The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-10-27
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hairbreadth escape while encamped on
Sonora river. Ewing says that some
parties unknown to himself and party
attempted to run off his stock in the
dark. A battle ensued in consequence,
in which man named Flanagan was
killed. Six prisoners were taken, and
Ewing escaped. He ascertained later
that his assailants were custom house
officers. 1t is now said that the Gus
tom house officers were riding along the
main road, looking for smugglers, and
seeing a fire on the road, rode forward
to investigate it. They were received
with volley, which they returned,
killing one man. Another dropped his
pistol at the commencement of the fray
| and run. Two others were captured
and taken to Orispe. The guards stated
that they supposed they were dealing
with smugglers, and did not fire until
fired upon.
General George B. Mcclellan is in
Washington, and his presence there is
supposed to be for the purpose of doing
what he can to defeat the promotion of
General Pope. The whole Democratic
element among the army officers is hos
tile to Pope and working theoretically
to induce the President not to promote
him to the vacant Major Generalship.
Charles Barnard, who ON the l4th of
December last, while acting as messen-
ger for Wells, Fargo 4 Co., claimed
that two men entered his car near III
Paso, bound and gagged him, and then
robbed the express, has pleaded guilty
to an indictment for embezzlement and
been sentenced to two years imprison-
ment in the State Prison.
The party who returned from the
search for the bodies of the Asia VIC
tins on Georgian Bay report the pock-
cts Of all the dead bodies robbed. La
some instances even their shoes were
taken off. The Indians in the vicinity
have been spending money freely OF
late, and evidently benefited financially
by the disaster.
Arthur Payne has been arrested at
Washington for bribing Juror Brown in
| the Star Route cases. When brought
into Court his bail was fixed at g., 900.
| The Government intends to have full
hearing in the Police Court of all the
circumstances in the case, so that the
public may judge of the merits Of the
prosecution.
In the suit of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company against the Credit Mo-
billier of America, begun in the New
York Supreme Court on October I'd,
judgment by default was taken against
them Wednesday for 81, 900, 305.
The German Government is making
every endeavor to prevent an alliance
of the Conservatives with the Clerical
party, and to effect fusion of the free
Conservatives with the moderate Ma
tional Liberals.
Ex-Deputy United States Marshal
Jake Wolfe and Henry Goldwater have
been arrested at San Antonio, Texas,
charged with defrauding the United
States Government while holding office.
James Carries, an expert member of
broken china, committed suicide in
Chicago by shooting himself. He had
two wives, and they were threatening
to give him trouble.
1t is stated that Richard B. Cornwall,
indicted for embezzling upwards OF
$4,000 from the Fourth National
Bank, New York city, has jumped his
bail and fled to Europe.
| J. j. Pratt, Il. N. Welsh and Albert
j. Dunkle, the Kewaunee. ILL.,, bank
robbers, were sentenced to six years
and j. L. Scott, an accomplice, to -four
years in the penitentiary.