The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-11
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

The mercury is several degrees be-
low zero in many parts of the West.
The exposed prairie regions of Mime
sofa, which obtain their supplies of fuel
from long distances and by means of the
railroad, are experiencing more suffer
ing than ever before known. The peo-
pie, in the expectation that Winter
would not set in until December, neg
lected to procure supply of fuel, and
in St. Paul and elsewhere the cold
weather found them entirely unpro-
yided with wood and coal. The result
was sudden and universal demand for
fuel from all quarters, far beyond any
immediate means of supplying it-and
which the railroad companies found it
physically impossible to supply at such
short notice. At some points on the
Hastings and Dakota Railway, families
are already burning their household
furniture. The fault is Land to the rail-
road company, who, the people claim,
will not furnish cars to transport their
wheat; consequently they can not sell
it, and are destitute of means to pur-
chase the necessaries of life.
It now seems probable that every
State in the Union viii be represented
at the Inauguration by the local mill
tary. Arrangements are being made to
secure half-fare on all the leading rail-
roads, and from letters already received
from the managers of the trunk lines it
is probable that tn will be done. A
feature OF the occasion will be special
train from the Pacific slope with mill
tary companies and visitors. Permis-
sion has been given to the committee to
use the new National Museum for the
Inauguration bah.
Great excitement prevails in Castle
bar, Ireland, owing to the visit at night
of party with blackened faces to the
houses of several herdsmen, whom they
compelled to go down on their knees
and swear that they would leave their
employers. Shots were. fired and the
occupants of the houses greatly terri
fed. In one case the daughter of
herdsman was so overcome that she is
in precarious condition. Several of
the herdsmen. obeyedi the demands.
Similar midnight visitors, are reported
from various parts of the country.
The proceedings to remove Sheriff
Desmond from office came up for hear
ing in Department No. | of the Supe-
rior Court atsSan Francisco, yesterday.
At half-past 10 o'clock Desmond's
| counsel moved to set aside. Judge
Wilson announced that he would hear
arguments on motion next Tuesday
evening. The case was continued to
| that time.
/ The Special American Committee of
the Panama Canal Company are auth
ority for the statement that subscrip-
tions in Europe to the stock of this
Company, the books closing to-day,
amount to more than double the amount
of shares to be allotted, so that con-
siderable reduction will be made to
subscribers.
The Governor and Secretary Of State
fail to agree on the election from Brad
ley county, the former claiming that
Democrat is elected, and the latter
claiming that Republican is. The
case will be decided by the Legislature
itself. The Democrats still have
three majority ON joint ballot in Ten
nessee.
A dispatch from Belleville in Esmer-
aida county, says that Charles Marshall,
the desperado, who on Tuesday last
killed an old man named Jacl. Mccain,
was yesterday taken from the Sheriff