The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-03
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publicans elected ten out OF nfteen
Aldermen.
In st. Louis the Democrats elected
all their Councilmen. The Greenback-
ers polled about 5000 votes.
General Grant and party are at Sing
apore and all well. The party will
leave Friday mex. for Siam. Saigon and
HongkoDg
Articles of agreement between the
Sutro tunnel and mining companies
were finally signed by all the contract
ing parties in San Francisco yesterday.
This afternoon Mr.. Sdtro star for
Virgins 10 begin work.
The whole city Democratic ticket was
elected in Chicago. by majorities rang.
ing from $500 to $500. Eor Mayor,
Harrison. Democrat. had 22,356;
Wright. Republican, 1908. and
Schmidt. Socialist. 800.
A squadron of the Tenth Hussars was
swept away by the current while cross
ing the Cabul river near Jellalabad on
the 3lst of March. A Lieutenant and
forty men are missing. Sixteen bodies
have been recovered
Some interest is excited in the iron
trade by the fact that Vanderbilt has
bought in Eogland 1900 tons of steel
rails at price which equals $50 per
ton landed here, while the price of the
best American would be S45 delivered.
The rails are understood to be- guar
anteed for fifteen years. bat the trade
is reluctant to regard this AS the reason
for paying $40 per ton advance upon
home prices.
An organization called st. Dominie's
Colonization Society of the City of New
York, has been formed for the purchase
of lands in Kansas, to be sold at cost
price to members actually settling upon
them. They propose erecting large
colony bulldog on the tract for use
until the families are able to provide
separate shelter. They also will loan
money to the eolonists when embar.
raised through sickness or failure of
crops. The whols movement is in the
interest of Irish laborers. under the
guidance of the Catholic Church, and
is supposed to be backed by Irish
capitalists.
The SUNS Washington special says:
A vigorous attempt will be made in the
present Congress to procure the pass
age of a bill to throw open Lndian Ter.
ritory for settlement. number of
Boston capitalists lately purchased
many thousand shares of stock and
bonds of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railroad. which will be greatly
benefited by the passage of the pro.
posed Act. The bill will provids that
United States Courts shalt be estab
llshed 10 the Territory, and that the
conditional laud Grants given railroads
in the Territory shall revert to the
Government. The railroads 10 the
Territory are willing to surrender their
land grants if settlers may be permitted
to pre- empt lands in the Territory.
The exodus of negroes to the free
States from the Suuth ia avidantly
becoming serious question. The
Herald says the movement is organized
and conducted under The guidance of
those whom the negroes regard as their
superlors. Many have already settled
10 Kansas and are prosperous there.
Reports of their success have further
demorslized the laborers in the old
States. who are very often badly used.
| even ii industrious. and are sometimes
ill paid, and who are not prosperous 10
anyway. This departure Of labor. if it
assumes the proportions spprehended,
will greatly hurt the South in its IA
| dnstrial interests, and the Southern
people may have occasion to reflect
upon their own folly ia their failure
to regard the great element of their
prosperity in any other than strictly
political spirit.
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