The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-11-24
TELEGRAPHIE ITEMS.

Yreka, CalA, wasstopped near the.State
boundary, by a highwayman.. The rob-
Der got on the wheel to take the mail,
and wanted the express box, which.
Mason, the driver, laid on the side Of
the boot, at the same time taking
Ratchet lii his hand from the seat,
which evidently frightened the robber
from taking the box. The robber cut
open one mail sack and scattered the
letters, but got nothing, having failed
to take the registered packages. The
robber was probably green hand.
Several new cases of smallpox were
reported in Sam Francisco, among Them
that of a child. When. the Health
Officer sent for the afflicted infant, the
house was found vacant, the lpother
having fled with. it to parts unknnwn.
1t is feared that, rather than permit her
child to be taken to the pest house, the
mother has plunged into the bay with
it, or else is hiding in some out-of-the-
way place..
An Inter- Ocean Washington special
'sssys:4"' Grants" statement" at the New
York dinner. to the effect that he
thought this country had done enough
for him, is looked upon here as an OK
preston of disapprobation of the effort
of the New York Times to raise an en-
dowment fund. Very little interest
was ever taken in the matter, and it is.
observed that the Times has aban..
doned it.
The Board of State Canvassers of
Virginia has ordered certificates to issue
as follows: First Congressional Dis
trict, Garrison Dem.); Second, Bezen-
dorf (Rep.); Third, Wise (Dem.);
Fourth, Jorgensen (Rep.); Fifth. Cabill
Dem J.; Sixth, Tucker Dem. J; Seventh,
Jno. Paul tReadjuster); Eighth, Bar
bour (Dem.); Ninth, Abraham Faulker--
son (Readjuster.)
Colonel Moulton, Secretary Sher-
mans brother-in in law, believes Sherman
to be the almost unanimous choice of
the Legislature for Senator, as he is of
the people of Ohio; also, that the COM
plications of. tie Ohio Senatorial ques-
ton have been magnifed. There is no
law of Congress TO meet this case, and
the Legislature will therefore detin itely.
settle it,.
At Napa, California;. Mrs. Roehringeri
went to visit neighbor. She locked
her children in the house, and shortly
after the place was in flames. 1t is
supposed that the children got mold of
some matches, and i'll playing with
them set fire to the house. Their
bodies were after wards recovered,
burned to a crisp.
Sixty thousand immigrants arrived
at the leading ports of the United States
during October, always late month,
for arrivals. Despite the Irish famine,
followed by the Irish land troubles,
nearly thousand more English than
Irish immigrants came in October, and
three times as many Germans as Irish
The funeral of Governor Williams of
Indiana, takes place t.day. The Presi.
dent, and the Governors Of Illinois,
Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio, and'the
Senators and members of Congressfrom
Indiana were invited to attend. The
President and the Governor of Ohio
telegraphed that they could not attend.
Ex.Sheriff G.. w. Saith, of Nevada,
California, was found guilty of murder
in the second degree, for killing T. w.
Sigourney. The jury wsss out four
hours. He is to be sentenced. this
week. ae ,esa .H a8
Parnell has issssed an appeal to the
American people, hoping that all lovers
of freedom will assist the agitation now
going ON in Ireland, which will secure
a radical settlement of the land question.
The State canvassers. of New York
have declared the following results of
the State elections: Garfield, 555, 544 +.