The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-24
TELEGRAPasC ITEMS.
a rest.


The. News York Sun of yesterdays
says OF, thaSlate Supreme Court decision
OH the Thurman Act:,. Judge Field has
made a great mistake in seeking -
raise an issue in favog of State rights
!by the defense of these overshadowing
corporations, especially of the Central
I Pacific, for which he exhibits. aa extra
OBITUARY interest. Thurman, the au-
thor,of this act, now sustaRied by the
Supreme Court, is perhaps the last man
in public life. to be accused of making
any .susrendepo that paint, Wills, pro-
fessionally considered, he has nothing
to lose by the comparison. withss the
Judge who challenges it constitution
ally. Future contests in this,eoapsry
between tao parties are likely to tslFn
very muon,on the restraint of corporate
power whiah aggrandizes beyond Tea-
son and right Whoever upholds the
Cause of these. big monopalies, Of which
there are none more araaeious, must
expect to shase their fate when the
people come to. speak Though the bal
lot box
Ii Concer tSal efforts seem TO-, have been
made in Chicago night bkfare last
Al g H.
kosch Opera Troupe. While the opera
was in progress at McVnkers. Thsater
damonds and other valuable ieysisy,
said to be worth thousands of dollars,
were taken froIa the room of Miss
Teresa Singer 1t the Grand Pacific
Hotel, apd the rooms Of other1members
of the company the Cosamsssial Hotel
were entered and a,cons .saerasale amount
of valaables seGrred. No trace Of the
thieves has yes been found. I1fs.police
have been keeping tha matter qpiet.
In Madrid, Spain, thaeommittee hav
ing in charge the subject of slavery,
have~adoptsd by a vote of l6 to 3, re-
porta proposing that slavery be, abol-
ished ia. Cuba, but tkst, the, negroes,
who are enfranchised daring the maxi
mum period of five yeass, continue to
work for their present masters, receiv-
ing rot less than ten. piasters per.
month.
A,special from GraySon, Kentucky,
relates that 200 men ode into Mar4ps-
burg. Elliott county,. OH Monday nisnp,
surrounded the Jail, overpowerede, the
jailer, took. two prisoners, John. w
Randall and VIM. Mcmillan, to tree
near by and hanged thena The mea
hanged were known to bslong to gang
Of outlaws.
Yesterday morning Conrad Stein shot
George Altpeter on Second street, il
San francisco, the bali taking effect in
Altpe5ers left side, an. inch below the
nipple. The wound is mortal. Stein
waited two hours fors his victim. An
old feud was ahe cause.of the assassina-
ticn. Stein escaped.
A New Yorker named NJ. f.. Norton
shot himself through the head, in his
room at the Palace Hotel, in SaR Fran
cisco, Wednesday. He had lost4about
sec, 900 in stocks. He still had several
thousand dollars left. He was about
40 years of age.
A Pesth dispatch says: In official
circles it is now confessed that the pro-
tQeol Of a. treaty between Germany and
Austria las been signed by the Chan
cellors and .Emperors of the respective
countries.
The funeral Of Major Thornburgh,
who was killed by the Utes, took place
yesterday in Omaha, under the auspices
of the Knights Templar and military
from Fort Omaha~
At Bridgeport, Conn, Mary f.
Lounsbury has been indicted. for, the
murder of her husband, Rev. Dexter L.
Lounsbury, at Stratford, on September
oath.
Wednesday the Treasury, Department
purchased 4S2, COO ounces Of silver, to
be delivered at the minis at San Fran.
cisco and Philadelphia.
The Municipal Council of Berlin, Ger