The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-01-16
TELEGgAPnsC ITEMS.

Armed men from various parts of
Maine are concentrating at tae State
capital. The excitement at Bath, Lew
iston, and other places, is intense The
| Daily Standard calls General Chamber
lain a usurper. In reference to the ex-
pected opinion of the Court, it says:
1--WE have no concerns about the oues-
| tions or answers. We are sure they
will have no influence upon the action
of the properly constituted authorities
OF the State. Neither the Governor
nor the Legislature will retreat or sur
render the fort until it is bombarded
by more elfectual missiles than paper
0ullets. The Republicans will find out
what it is difficult for them to under
stand-that they have got to obey the
laws and submit TO the lawfully or
! dained authorities of this State, as well
as other persons, and the sooner some
be for them"
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate, by Hoar, relative to claims of
| States against the United States, which
provides that the several States that
have claims against the United States
may present the same to the Court OF
Claims on or before March |, 1881, and
| all claims not so presented shall be for
ever barred After hearing such cases,
! the Court shall communicate to Con-
gress the nature and grounds thereof,
their conclusions of fact and law in re-
gard to the same, and any considera-
ations which may be pertinent to the
question of legal or equitable obligation
of the United States to pay the same
Parnell had an enthusiastic reception
at Fall River, Mass. There were i'm
mense crowds on the streets. There
was torchLght procession, composed
of about a dozen societies. The ad-
dress was made at the Academy of
Music, to aboat 1000 persons. About
81 800 were subscribed.
Phe New York Sun says that it has
transrired that the Boston Directors of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
held session in conference with Jay
Gould, III reference to the consolidation
Of the Union Pacific with the Kansas
Pacific Railroad Company. 1t is under
stood that the consolidation was prac-
tically decided upon three months ago.
and only the details remained to be
| settled.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee of California, met in Sacramento
Wednesday, and a resolution was
adopted Recommending primaries, to
elect delegates to the State Convention,
the test being pledge to support the
nominees of the party. The State Con-
vention will be, smaller than usual, the
apportionment being based upon the
Perkins vote. The Committee Oh Ad-
dress was granted further time to re-
port.
One hundred colored emigrants, pas
sengers via the Baltimore end Ohio
I
Railroad from Goliboro, n. c., en-
route to Inliana, passed Petersburg
! Virginia, yesterday. The emigrants
consisted OF men, women and children
OF all ages and conditions. Several
hundred more will shortly follow.
| Prospectors in the Florida mountains
were recently surprised by. thirty In
dians. One was killed, two wounded,
and all their stock was stolen. On the
9th tifty-fve Indians were near Nc
Ewen's ranch. They went toward the
Black Range. Major Morrow is in
pursuit to-day.
Four hundred and eighty sacks of
Australian nail Left Omaha, yesterday,
for San F'raneisco-the heaviest Aus
tralian mail that ever passed over the
road.
The Governor of Chihuahua telegraphs
that about 100 Indians, with fam dies,
have gone north after committing great
depredations.
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