The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-09
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II ulsp9tSH lToks Eureka says Judge
A. NJ. Hillhouse died at that place at
IL 80 o'clock yesterday. He had been
unconscious for thirty hours and passed
away peacefully. He was native of
Chalheothe, Ohio aged 80 years, and
leaves a wife and three children. He
came to Nevada from the East in 1864,
locating at Austin, Nevada. In 1869
he went to White Pine, and finally set
tied in Eureka in 1872. He had been
the recognized leading attorney for
Eastern Nevada for ten years, and had
been connected with most of the mining
htigations during that time. Judge
Hillhouse was the Democratic candidate
for Supreme Judge six years ago, and
two years ago received the Democratic
vote OF the Legislature for United
States Senator. He possessed one of
the brightest legal minds on. the Pacific
Coast, and was one of the noblest men
IN any country. His untimely death
has cast deep gloom over the entire
community The funeralwill probably
take place Friday.
The London Post says that serious
trouble has arisen in the Cabinet over
the Irish question, and it may lead to
important secessions from the Cabinet
or an early meeting of Parliament.
Large quantities of arms are arriving
in Ireland, principally from Wales. 1t
is said that one house there supplies
$50 revolvers weekly to different parts
of the country. A dispatch from Ban
gor (Wales) states that three large
cases of rifles and bayonets, which ar
rived at Penmain Manor by train, and
consigaed to strangers, had been de
tanned, pending instruction from the
Home Office. The discovery raised
great excitement. 1t is supposed the
cases were to be taken to ireland by
one Of the trading steamers.
General Irwin Mcdowell, the hero OF
Bull Run, and for several years past
Commander of the Military Division of
the Pacific, has been placed on the re-
tired list. Genera" Sherman vowed
that if Ord was retired, Mcdowell
should go. 1t appears that Sherman
succeeded in accomplishing his vow.
Mcdowell is very rich. He is reported
as. being worth upward Of 81 600, 600.
He has desired to retain his position in
the army, and as he gave the President
such a handsome entertainment when
the latter was ON the Pacific coast, it
was thought that the Presidents weak
ness for such men, and social obliga-
tons conferred would have some effect,
but Sherman proves to have been
stronger, and, indeed, it is hard to see
how he could have failed, for Mcdowell
is older than Ord. The retirement of
Mcdowell will naturally be followed
by the rest of the army Chiefs who
have so long been hanging ON over their
time.
In the Mussel Slough case, u. s.
Marshal Poole took the stand and told
the story of the shooting substantially
as heretofore reported. He identifed
the defendants, Patterson, Prior and
Braden as among the band of armed
men who surrounded him at the time of
the tragedy. The counsel for defend
ants foreshadowed his line OF defence,
and stated that he expected to show
that Hart and Crown went down there
with intent to commit murder if neces-
vsary; were there without authority, and
not to aid Marshal Poole, but for a
very different purpose.
A Virginia City dispatch says: So
many practicing physicians have said
that what was called the small-po
here was the chieken-pox, that people
believed them, and have been careless
about exposing themselves. The con-
sequence is, that it has been spread all
over the city, and bat a, single case has
been sent to the pest-house. There are
thirty cases here now, some malignant
and sone conHuent Tho ,,ao,Io ora