The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-03-21
TELEGRAPRIC IrEMs.


The Rhode Island Republican Con.
vention, which met at Providence yes.
terday. nominated the present State Of
ficers.
Twelve hundred of the people of
Szegedin have taken refuge at Lemes
var, and SCI families aud 342 single
people have taken refuge at Mako.
Rowell received yesterday SlS. 39S 81.
Ennis $ll. 1888 80, Hartman %. 679 C..
Rowell takes away $4,000 more than
the total gate money for the first six
days contest for tbs belt in London.
begun year ago yesterday.
At Bakersfield. California. yesterday,
w. J. Yoskum. convicted of the muir
der of William Johnston, was sentenced
to be hanged on Friday. Nay 9th. A
notice of appeal to the Supreme Court
Was at once served on the District At
torney.
The New York Tribune says: "Kear-
neyism seems to have taken complete
possession OF both political parties in
California, The Repubhc.a State
Committee filled its address with sand
lot rhetoric on the Chinese question.
and its party orators follow the same
example in their speeches"
Sir Alexander Malet has presented his
credentials 80 Minister Plenipoteniiary
of Great Britain. The Sultan declared
that he wished 70 publicly recognize
the services rendered him by the Queen,
the British Government and the British
feet during the hour of his trial and
misfortunes.
The caucus of Democratic Senators
yesterday nominated Colonel John G.
Burch Of Tennessee. for Secretary Of
the Senate on the 9th ballot. when
Burch received twenty four votes.
Henry Wa.terson received nineteen
votes on the first and second ballots
within two votes of obtaining the nomi-
nstion.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate yesterday memorial signed by
Q number Of the members Of the Legis.
lature Of Kansas. asserting that the
election Of Senator Ingalls, was secured
b. bribery and corruption. and astipg
the Senate to give them an opportunity
to offer proof. Referred to Committee
on Elections.
The Cincinnati Commercial says
new Republican ticket has been pro-
posed 9th Blaine and Booth. For the
east and far vest it would become equal
TO Tllden and Thurman, IF We must"
says the Commercial. ''call In the art
ful aid of ALTERATION, let Blaine and
Booth BOOM" ~
II 10 announced thai Judge Sepul.
vsds. Of the Seventeenth Judicial Dis
triss Of California, will take bis seat on
the bench on Monday. to preside
1t the trial Of the alleged More mur-
desers. Judge Fawcets's iii health is
the presumed reason for the change.
A strenuous effort will Be- made to dis
pose Of eli cases 1t this term. as it ia
year since the prisoners were arrested.
and some Of them have not been tried
ct all. Churchill. regarding whose
guilt tbs jury disagreed ct the last term
viii be tried hrss. The Court seemed
to intimate when Lord vas first tried
that in case Of more disagrsemsnts bail
would be fxed. though this had pre-
viously been refused.
A terrible prairie FIRE recently oc
Cured in Republic and Cloud counties.
Kansas 1t extended ;over sn area OF
ten miles long and three miles vide.
and swept everything before it. Il ia
said that about . hundred homes we're
consumed. also large quantities OF
grain. farming implements. hay aud
other property. The wind was 90 high
and the nre 90 fierce and hot that the
inhabitants we're obliged 10 take refuge
in underground habi.ations. One life