The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-04-13
TELEGRxPflIs Items.

The Berlin Post publishes the reply
| Il Bismarck TO letter from Herr Bueh-
hr, who forwarded copy of his motion
far Congress to promote a general
disarmament. Bismarck says, 81 am.
50 occupied with piaceoal, urgent
business of the present that am un-
| sble to deyoae attention. 10 the posi-
! lilities of future which L fear neither
Of us will see. Not until yom saa.
s-sesd ins winning; oven our neighhers
tony onr, plans could l. in behalf of our
evep-1efensive .Fatherland undertake.
TIE responsibility Of such proposals.
But even then fear mutual control
of nations over the armaments of their
neighbors would be difficult aad uncer-
tain, and thatit would be fan from. easy
to create a. forum which would effect
lively exercise such control
The New York Tribune says: George
G. Gosham, after supporting the Demo-
asatic ticket in California last Autumn,
u now taking a contract 10 get the Pa
eific coast delegation for Grant. He
has been telegraphing to, The coast that
all the East is for Grant, and the ticket
| would be Grant ard Blaine. We do
not desire to speak for Blaine, but we
think we know enough to pronounce it
absurd to snppose that- he would resign
a seat in the Senate to. run for Vice
PRESIDENT ON q. ticket with Grant or any
other man. Besides the rumor has
been authoRitively eontradicted half a
dozen times.
William II. Vanderbilt has sent to
siis Treasury s2l, 0e0, 900 more Of pea
cents to be registered ins his name.
He has now standing to hia account on
the books. of the Department the sum
of S5l 100000 OF 4 per cent. bonds,
being the. largest sum ever owned by
any individual in the history of the
Government. Mr. Vanderbilt expects
to receive. $6,00G000 more as the clos
ing payment of the New York Central
Syndicate. on Tuesday next, and this
amount, it is said, will also be invested
in 4 per cents
The following is an explanation OF
the horror: When a city is built in
/ Burniah@ human sacrifices are offered.
A new monarch usually hasa new CAPT
tai. The evil spirits of Mandalay are
irritated There has beemno change of
the capital, and the virtue of the Old
sacrifices being gone, to appease' the
evil spirits, the astrologers, declared it
necessary to offer 10 lives. The sacri-
fees were made by order CT King The
| baw.
At Neenah, Wisconsin, early on Sun
day morning three masked burglars en-
tered the residence of Mrs. j. L. Goats
and, with pistols at her head, de-
smanded her money She refusing,
they heat her into insensibility, ran
sacked the house and made off with
81, 000e worth. OF diamonds, watches.
jewelry, etc. Mrs. Coats is in criti-
cal condition. Two other women We're
| in the house at the time
An earthquake shock was felt yester-
day at San Buenaventura, California.
The New Orleans Custom House
people; who have been confident they
could send Louisiana delegation to
Chicago, for Sherman, begin to- express
grave fears that the Grant men viii
win the struggle. There RS also panic
among the Democracy over Tilden's
manipulations..
G. 1. j. Filley and james T.. Beach
will head the Grant Delegation from
Missouri to Chicagos Grant has a ma
jority in seventy-one counties. The
forty-two counties remaining and st.
Louis will only increase his majority.
na ,Phe seven hundred men, boys,
women girls, priests and foreigners
sacrificed at Mandalay for the, restora.
ettonof the Kings life, were b,,fen alise.
not burned, under the towers of the
city wallis.
Ice-boats are now used on the
Stickeen river. British Columbia. for
transporting freight.