The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-03-14

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championship hss not decreased In the
least the interest," IN the pedestrians con.
test. It is only the more concentrated,
with an earnest wish that the belt be
kept in the country, together with ~
glory and profit Of the match. At =
O'Clock Rowell had made 3l9 miles,
Hartman 293, Ennis 800.
General Howard aud Governor Ferry
of Washington Territory, have started
for Yakima City. with the purpose of
interviewing, if possible. Chief Moses.
While there the gentlemen will fully in
! vestigate the situation and report the
same. Moses ut last accounts was with
his people at Priests rapids. Serious
trouble is anticipated should the civil
authorities attempt to use any coerci
in arresting Chief Moses.
The Times Washington correspond.
ent reviews tho laws and practice of
Congress regarding the pay Of
absentees. and contends that they are
not entitled to pay unless By = special
Act of Congress. He g otes Senator
Clayton of Delaware. in the thirty third
Congress. who said: There il DO law
for paying any man who stays away
upon his own business. What would
Clayton and his associates in tho Sc
ate have thooght If a Senator had Dc
manded pay for nearly two years.
during which time he was home ssper-
intending his silver mines, and in the
face Of two sections of the law. Sen
ator Sharon is the most conspieao ~
example Of absenteeism furnished by
the annals Of Congress.
A Herald reporter interviewed Sena-
tor Bayard. He thinks the extra
session of Congress will b. short
and general legislation excluded. Two
appropriations bills will be passed
and the obnoxious war test oath
of 1852 will be repealed, which be
says excludes nearly the entire white
population Of the South from the jury
box. A law will be passed providing
for impartial juries; an amendment of
the law permitting the presence of
armed forces at elections to keep the
peace; and repeal of those portions
of the revised statutes which provide
tor the appointment of Federal officials
as supervisors of elections in the sew
eral States, and of countless deputy
niarshals with unlimited power of ARREST
with or without process. even while the
election is proceeding. Bayard believed
! these measures will be pressed by the
united strength of the Democrats of
both Houses.
The navigation OF the Hudson opens
two weeks later than last year. The
steam boatiug season bids fair to out
rival that OF many previous years. both
in the elegance and number Of boats,
and in competition in prices, both for
passengers and freight. 1t is rumored
that mammoth iron steamer, intended
for night travel, is now building. which
in elegance and outfit will excel any
boat engaged in the Hudson river travel.
The Tribune's Augusta. Ga. special
says: A year ago young Italian
named Pimonti Indignantly assaulted
| Guiffridi. barber who had discharged
him. striking him ia the back of the
neck with Ratchet, burying the in.
strument in the flesh and deforming
Guiffridi for life. Pimonti. while in
Jail. was intractable. violent, and at
times had paroxysms of temper. He
was sentenced to six years in the Peni.
Tertiary. where he refused to work.
Under the discipline of the camp he
was stripped. tied up and whipped. He
laughed and cursed 10 broken English
as the lash cut into his flesh, and when
the punishment ended said, whip
some more; me want more" He was
whipped again until exhausted, and
again the next day, but would never
touch the pickax. His back was scanned
and raw. bat he never WINGED, though
every lash must have been torture. All
this time he never ate a mouthful, and