The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-04-06
TELEGRAPnIC ITEMS.

pleLe tne racine railway system anu ioh
other purposes, reported to the House,
proposes methods of railroad leglsla-
ton, and aims to complete the roads
mentioned and aid other projects OF
public Improvements without entaihng
any tax upon the people or involving
the Government by endorsements OF ralt-
road bonds. 1t proposes to restore to
the Government LOG, 500, 900 acres of
public lands heretofore granted to the
Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, and
ATLANTIC and Pacific railways, and from
their sale at an average of 50 per sacre,
to realize $2l3, 100000 to be consti-
tuted public improvement fund, from
which loans are to be made to these
railroads upon certain prescribed condi-
tions. Provision is made not to inter-
fere with homestead entry and at the
same time. to deal with justice and
equity with those companies who lost
their legal claims to the land grants
during the great financial crisis.
Saturday evening hurricane swept
through Kansas, demolishing buildings
and overturnirg freight cars in Ottawa.
In North Ottawa twelve or fifteen resi-
denees were totally destroyed or badly
damaged. The evening train for Law
renee was caught at the Junction, a
mile north CT the town. One passenger
car and two freight CAPS were upset and
one passenger was seriously injured.
The storm proceeded to the northeast,
destroying farm houses on its way.
About twenty persons were slightly
wounded. Lumber and furniture We're
scattered for blocks around, and in
some instances cattle, horses, wagons
and even persons were hurled through
the air. ~~0ne aliles from Girard it
destroyed seventeen houses. Grass
hedges, grain and trees were pulled out
of the ground, and houses were torn, to
splinters. The track Of the storm
varied in width from three to fifty rods
Serious charges have been preferred
by Delegate Campbell against Judge
Charles Silent, formerly of California,
and now one of the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
These charges set forth in substance,
that Silent is not a proper person to be
continued in office as Judge; that he is
notoriously engaged liz the business Of
buying, selling and bonding mines
within his judicial district, while min
ing Litigation forms prominent feature
of the businesssof his Court; that in
these operations he is in partnership
with Governor john C. Frefaont, who
has been, and is, solicitous to bond the
Peck Mining. Company's property
situated in Judge Silent's judicial
district, said property being in
litigation before Silent; and that
since judgment has been rem
4dered against said property in
Silent's Court, Fremont has made offer
10 its San Francisco owners to bond it
at an absurdly low price, accompanied
with an offer that he tFremontl will
settle the litigation.
r The Sam Diego, Cal., News has the
particulars OF reported battle between
the Mexican Government troops and
the revolutienists under Marquee in
Lower California, at place called
Comondre, north of Lopez and Nudge,
/ IN which fifty are said DO have been
Killed, including the officer IN command
of the forces andeY' Marquee. General
Marqaez is still at the Fla Jaana, near
the California State, line.
20 The London Spectator says: Noshing
surprises people more i'm the elections
than the evidence they give OF how easy
it Is to- live in Ehgand and not know
anything about the real opinion of
England Wherever you went you
were told that whatever Scotchmen or
lrishmen might think, England would
support Beaconsfeld's policy with en-
thusasm..
A brutal prize fight took place in
Philadelphia on Sunday, between two
bruisers, Callahan and Mcguire. The
latter was so badly beaten that his life
was despaired of.
The heaviest snow storm of the sea-
son prevailed in Silver City, Idaho, last
week. An immense amount of snow
fell
A company of Salt Lake capitalists
have arrived at South Mountain, Idaho.
and will probably purchase the furnace
and mines at that place.
i information has just been made pub,
lie of the sale Of the United States and