The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-12

Book Department at Heenah, India,
have confessed that they set the recent
fires in order to destroy evidences Of
their defalcations.- Two were SEN
fenced to lifelong transportation, and
the other one to ten years transport
| tation.
Leading DEMOCRATS say that if the
President vetoes the Judiciary bill,
which omits any pay for the Deputy
Marshals and Supervisors of Elections,
that, Congress will adjourn without
making the necessary appropriations to
defray the expenses of the Federal
Courts.
The daily passenger coach Of the
Sidney L Black Hills Company, which
left Sidney on Monday morning for
Deadwood, was stopped few m'ns
north Ct Cheyenne river by masked
robbers. The passengers, four in num-
Der, were robbed of their money and
valuables The mail sacks We're opened
and the contents thrown on the road,
the robbers taking the registered pack
ages. Having made a successful clean
up the robbers allowed the coach to
proceed on its northward journey.
The affairs of United States Comm;s-
sioRer John /. Davenport, of New ork,
have been placed in the hands OF a re-
ceiyer and an injunction issued restrain
ing him from transferring or dispo.ing
OF any OF his property, Proceedings
supplementary to an execution were in
stituted against Davenport by the
American District Telegraph Company,
Charles E. Blumenthal and G. r.
Pettar. George Bliss has been ap-
pointed receiver, and Davenport has
fled his consent. Bliss holds judg-
ment against him.foT $40, $50.
4 horned toad sent through the mail
from Arizona or Colorado forms the
subject CT curious correspondence
between Postmaster James and the
Department as to what shall be done
with live creatures thus forwarded, the
practice having been hitherto to destroy
Them when found. The Department
now approves OF the forwarding OF live
aS4lraals TO the dead letter Office, The
official letter concludes: at Is with no
little qualification that 1.-The Department
recognizes through your letter that Mr..
Bergh's good influence prevails in the
Postoffice at New Nork.
The Minnesota Greenbaekers nomi-
mated the following State ticket: For
Governor, Ara Barton; Lieutenant Coy
ernor, William McGEen, Treasurer. An
drew Nelson; Secretary OF State, A. P.
Lane; Atoorney-General, William L.
Kelly; st. Paul Railroad Commissioner.
Ebenezer Avres. Resolutions were
adopoed. They demand the repeal Of
the Act OF 1869 to strengthen public
credit; that all United States bonds be
paid IN strict accordance with the
original contract, and that bonds issued
since 1869 be paid in non-interest bear
ing, full legal tender notes; declare in
favor OF free COINAGE of silver on the
same terms as gold; demand the re-
peal of the Resumption act, and de-
nounce the locking up OF coin in the
Treasury, and regard the system of
contraction " the currency pursued
since 1866 sabversivs OF the interests of
the people. Other resolutions OF sim.
lar character We're adopted.
The New York Times further
analyses Batler's aims. An Winter
md Spring he has been engaged in a
Lew movement, which is nothing more
nor less than the appropriation OF the
organization and machinery OF the regu-
lar Democratic party OF Massachusetts,.
He can control the caucus and secure
the majority Of the delegates TO the
State Convention if he wants them.
Boston Is intractabie and would create
some opposition, bat he has substantial
control OF the party throughout the
State. But, unfortunately for his
plans, the Democratie party Of Massa-