The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-07-01

lymount was won by the American
team. The scores at the various ranges
were as follows:
500 yards--Americans, 436; Irish,
436.
900 yards-Americans, 436; Irish,
42S.
1000. yards-Americans, APO; Irish,
4l6.
Grand ls-Americans, 1892;
Irish, 1850.
There was grand banquet in honor
of the American team last evening,
and any number of complimentary
speeches from both sides.
w. G. Budd, San Francisco stock
broker, filed petition in bankruptcy
yesterday. His liabilities are $40, 279;
his assets are seat in the San Fran
cisco Board and in the American Min
ing Board of New York, and claim
against j. s. Sparks for $4,000, the
value of which is unknown. The largest
creditors are the estate of A. Austin,
deceased, in the sum of $24, 600; Z.
Cahill & Co., $500; VIM. Sharon,
So, 600; B. B. Wade, of st. Louis, &c.
500; J. j. Dunn, $1,000; all of which is
either on notes or open accounts for
money borrowed.
At Macon, Georgia, about 10 o'clock
on Tuesday night, meteor as large as
a barrel, starting from the zenith,
plunged down the northeast sky with
report that reverberated for 80 seconds.
and shook the earth at that point. 1t
was about five seconds in falling, dur
ing which time the city was lit up as
By an electric light Much excitement
prevailed in the negro quarters, the in
habitants rushing into their houses,
closing the doors, and filling the air
with screams and prayers. The time
between the disappearance of the me-
teor and the report was about three
minutes.
Reports from Washington Territory
state that great damage has been done
to the crops, and timber booms and
saw logs have been swept away.
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has flooded the lower part of Portland
Small boats are running on First street
Business is suspended in the inundated.
districts.
Senator Wallace's friends say he viii
be candidate for the Craftsmanship Of
the Democratic National Committee,
and will make bold bid to become
Barnum's successor. He claims that,
as friend of General Hancock, he is
entitled to the position, and that Bar
mum must give way. The latter, how
ever, is candidate, and has already
written to several members of the Com.
mittee asking for their support.
Census Supervisor Wright reports
that the later returns have so far ex-
ceeded the estimates, and that the ac-
tual figures in hand at the close of
Office hours Wednesday night add up
within few hundred of 400, 900 as the
population of Chicago. Other returns
will increase this total, but to what ex-
tent is not known.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Illinois,
says: The levee which protects the
bottom lands in this county broke last
night, and the water is pouring through
a crevasse 200 feet wide. All wheat,
corn and other crops will be lost, and
Is. 900 acres of land will be overfiowed.
The people are now engaged in getting
their live stock off the bottom lands.
Among the visiters who called on
General Hancock yesterday were the
delegates from California and Nevada,
and DIR. Hitchcock CT San Francisco.
He is overrun with visitors.
1t is reported that the Russians have
been defeated by the Chinese at Kisel-
hurgan:
1t is now thought that General Lo-
gan will be made Chairman Of the Re-
publican National Committee.