Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-03-09
LATEST TELEGRAMS.

was recently sent to the penitentiary for rob
bling the mail, has confessed and implicated
others who to-day were arrested and con-
fessed.
New York, March Sit is reported by
the World that the Herald has reduced the
price OF composition to forty cents per thou
sand, and that the paper itself will be sold
for two cents copy
New York, March s. The recent local
elections in Maine show that the Greenback
party movement has eliminated While
Portland elected Democratic Greenback
fusion Mayor, the Republicans carried both
branches of the city government. In Lewis
ton, Auburn, Bath, Brunswick, Saco, Ken
nebec and many other towns the Republicans
scored brilliant victories
New York, March 8-The Tribune dis
closes the plot of a confidence gang at Wash
ington and here to obtain subscriptions to a
pretended memorial to the memory of Bay
ard Taylor. The parties engaged are appa-
rently respectable. The plans have been laid
with great care and elaboration. Forged
letters and subscriptions have been SUCCESS
fully used. General Dix's subscription of
$50 was obtained, also Frederic Depristers
for the same amount Peter Cooper's name
was forged for 800. He had been APP
preached, but he declined giving an opinion
of the parties. The swinding operations
have been carried on through all the large
Eastern cities.
New York, March 8.-The Worlds Wash
ington correspondent says: The Democratic
member elect from Oregon has not been heard
from in response to repeated telegraphic in
quiries, but he probably left to-day for Wash
ington. 1t will take him fully ten days to
reach this city, and his vote alone is in doubt.
1t is asserted positively that the President
Republican Congressman that he
will not oppose the repeal of the Act i'll regard
= the use of troops at elections, and points
to his record in Louisiana and South Carroll
ma TO show that he cannot do it, As to the
law, however, he is determined
to adhere to it, believing, or at least assert
ing, it to be protection of the purity of the
ballot and the like, and he loudly threatens
that he " i'll veto any legislation proposing its
repeal.
New York, March 7.-On Monday evening
next a grand reception will be given at the
house Of Cyrus y. Field to commemorate the
twenty fifth anniversary Of the formation of
he first company to lay cable across the At
antic. The list of invited guests includes a
number of prominent gentlemen Ill the West |
,rn States From Washington will come the |
British and Russian ministers, the Secretary
If State and members of the Supreme Court,
While the army and navy representatives are
General Hancock, Commodore Nicholson and
,ther conspicuous officers 1t is expected
hat not less than 900 persons will be in at
enhance, and among them many distin-
pushed in the arts, sciences, literature and
public life.
New York, March THE Central Pacific
Railroad earnings for February come up to
i O93, 900, gain on last year of S112, 500
Cor the first two months of the new year the
cures are 81, 236, 900, against 81 ,094 800 in
anuary and February of last year
st. Paul, March Fort Buford advices
ay two detachments have been sent from
Tort Keogh to the Yellowstone country to
Intercept the renegade Cheyennes. The
hances of success are good. as the Indians
annot cross the river on account of high
-ater
Topeka, March by order of the House,
mith the Western Union Telegraph man
ger, who refused to give up certain mes
ages supposed to show bribery in the recent {
enatorial election, and who for such refusal
as taken in custody and held prisoner for
eeks, was released to-day without action
eing taken
A "LoCAL" RAILROAD IN PERU. The
'nterpoise of yesterday tells of ''locaT rail-
,ad in South America as follows: f
George Brown, of this city, who has just
turned from jaunt through Peru, brings
lck the programme of an excursion trip into c
lie Andes over Meiggs' wonderful railroad.
he greater part of the programme is printed t
the Spanish language, but at the bottom U
e some of the necessary particulars in toll t
able English. We learn that an elevation L
1890 feet is reached on the road, the g
CHEST bridge in the world is reached, and s
lty tunnels, of a total length of 1886 .