The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-11-07
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

his canvass for the Speakership, Hon.
Julius G. Burrows, of Michigan, anoth-
er candidate, has arrived there and
gone into fighting quarters at the Ma
tional. Hiscock and Keifer make fire.
quent trips to Washington, and the
contest for the Speakerslip of the For
ty-seventh Congress can be said to
have fairly begun. 1t is reported that
Burrows has sold out to Hiscock for
the craftsmanship of an important CON-
mittee.
The steamer War Eagle, while ON
her way down the Mississippi, collided
with the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge,
which was completely demolished.
Several passengers escaped by climbing
upon the bridge, but it is thought that
eight lost their lives The boat was
new and splendidly equipped, and was
valued at $4,000.
Many interior postmasters are en-
gagged in selling stamps, in violation of
the law, to non-residents of their towns.
The Postotfice Department has deter
mined to break up this illegal traffic.
One small office in Virginia sold nearly
$500 worth of stamps in a few months
to Baltimore merchants, at 10 per cent.
discount.
1t is stated that an army of $4,000
French volunteers has been armed for
the purpose OF occupying Tunis. Each
volunteer will receive | 100 francs, half
to be paid on engagement and half at
the close of the term of service of five
years. Twenty five hectares Of land in
Algeria will be allotted to each volun-
teer.
An important traffic arrangement has
been concluded between Huntington
and Gould, by which the large amount
of business going over the Southern
Pacific will become tributary to the
Texas Pacific, Missouri Pacific and
Wabash lines.
At Iowa City last Saturday A. Stein,
prominent in police circles for several
months, cut his wifes throat, chopped
up his mother-in-law, and killed him
self with poison. Stein and his wife
are dead. The mother-in-law may re-
cover. Jealousy, insanity and liquor
was the cause.
Prominent lawyers are nearly unsni.
nous III the opinion that the defendants
in the Star Route cases will win tn
battle now in progress against the va.
lidity OF the information. Should the
present motion to strike it off the dock
ct fail, a motion to quash will follow
with fair prospect of success.
Four miles west of Bloomington
Illinois,a young woman, Mamie Barton,
was tied to a chair and chloroformed
while the burglars went through the
house, leaving her nearly dead with
fear, exhaustion and terror If caught,
the perpetrators will be lynched.
Fritz Stein, the German journalist
and Bohemian, who disappeared some
weeks ago from San Francisco, leaving
letters saying that he was about to
commit suicide, has turned up in San
Jose, where he is living under the as
sumed name of Chas. Kramer.
The Manchester Examiner publishes a
vague statement that the Government
Intends to release Parnell and his
colleagues in time for them to partici-
pate in the proceedings of Parliament,
provided the state of the country JUS
titles the step.
Business is unusually active through
out Arizona. In Tucson every hotel is
crowded and rents are going up, not
withstanding 5000, 600 worth of build
ings have been erected there this year.
Miss Sarah Stokes, a l7-year.old girl,
is on trial at Arkadelphia, Ark, for the
murder OF Miss Stevens, IA years old,
whom she stabbed to death in moment
of wrath