The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-26

1t is declared by competent judges
that the rain of last week, in England,
has done greater damagein some districts
than all the previous excessive rasas.
Cholera is increasing at Cabul. The
number Of deaths in the regments.vhich
lately returned from Aerat is vanously
estimated at 100 to sos.
Sunday night, at Tuscon, Arizona,
Charles Powell, in trying to shoot H.
b. Simpson, shot and killed Mexican
named Chavis, and slightly wounded
Joe Nelson. Powell is under arrest.
A mining engineer employed by the
British Government to examine the
Aguaad gold fields in Malabar reports
to the Viceroy of India that there isDot
much gold left ia the ailuvial deposits,
but the quartz. contains gold in greater
proportions, than many of the mines of
Australia.
The events at Eureka, which resulted
in the killing of five Italians have led
the Italians Of San Francisco to appoint
committee to investigate the matter.
A subcommittee was appointed to go to
Eureka, and if they find there has been
any abuse of power or criminality in
proceedings steps will be taken to pro-
secute the offenders.
American sailors at the port of Livsr-
pool have drawn up a petition to Coa--
sui General Packard, praying for the
appointment OF an American shipping
master at that port. They state that
by the present mode of shipping Ameri-
can sailors in Liverpool the men are
subjected to exorbitant charges.
The leaders of the Workingmen have
had consultation with the attending
physician as to the chances of kalloch's
recovery. The physician says there is
nothing in his condition to make ID
necessary to.nominate new candidate
for Nayor-the conclusion from which
is that Kalloch's recovery is reliedi on.
As a result Of the shooting of Golf at
Bodie, on Saturday last, over as dispute
between the Jupiter and Owyhee Com
panies to piece of mining ground,
George Daily, Superintendent ofthe Ju-
piter, whose party did the fatal shoot
ing, has been arrested for murtler and
taken to the Jail at Bridgeport. There
is great feeling against him among the
miners.
All the New York journals yesterday
surrendered the greater part Of the
news space to the recent affair in San
Francisco. The antecedents of Kalloch
and De Young are given at great
| length, both by editors and correspond
ents, and everything throwing any
light on the caase of the difficulty is
printed with great prominence. Sides
seem to be taken there as hastily as in
San Francisco.
The New York Suns Washington
correspondent says. Secretary Schurz,
before leaving for Ohio, told friend of
Grant that he was a stalwart Republi-
can in everything except his choice of
the man who should be the next Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency.
He would have to oppose Grant should
he be nominated. Should the nominee
be Blaine, while he would probably not
oppose him, he never could support
him.. His man was Sherman. Not
that he believed Sherman the best man
for the Republicans to nominate, but
he was just now the most available
man for those Republicans who, for in
stance, would rather vote for Demo
crat like Bayard than Republican like
Grant. He thought Sherman was the
man, to kill off the Grant boom. He
bad urged him to enter the field against
Grant, and upon his advice Sherman
consented and wrote the Haskin letter.
James Dobbins, and Michael Burns,
farmers and neighbors, living six miles
west of Kansas City in Kansas, had a
desperate and fatal encounter on Friday
evening in which both were killed. 1t
seems that Dobbins owed Burns money,
and IN tho avanipf, nama1 uhila naSs