The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-08-05
TELEGRAPEsIC ITEMS.

Star Route case, has broken down the
defense and confirmed Walsh's -testi-
mony in its essential parts. 1t proved
that Brady bought two papers there,
the Capital and Critic, and has been
running them, as Judge Wylie said, to
libel, with the vituperation of hired
scribblers, every one connected with
the administration of justice; and in
this case the testimony showed that
Brady was spending money long ago at
an investigation in Congress to create
further opinion in favor of the Star
Route people, and the contractors were
paid large sums of money in connection
with the appropriation for Star Routes
in the last Congress, which was called
in vindication of Brady.
The Anglo-Amercan Packing aud
Provision Company of Chicago has sus-
pended the killing OF hogs. and 1900
men are thereby thrown out of employ
ment. The scarcity and high price of
corn has sent that cereal to market in
stead of into hogs, and grass will not
make good packing hogs for the foreign
trade. In any event, Mr.. Fowler, the
senior in the business, says the Irish
and German markets can undersell him
now. Other establishments. are running
very light. A good corn crop would
bring great relief.
On the vote on passing the River and
Harbor bill over the Presidents veto
many pairs were announced, but the
announcement was not accompanied by
the Clerk with a statement as to the
way in which the paired members
would have voted; but it was stated on
the floor that McCook, Marcy, Prescott
and Cassidy would have voted in the
negative, and Pacheco, Thomas, Rus
sell, Frost. Martin, Covington, Null
drow, Hooker and Mooney in the af-
firmstive.
A female who may well be described
as phenomenon is just now being ex
hibited in London. She is just Is
years of age and is said to be eight feet
two inches in height. To crown the
matter she is still growing. Her face
is rather progressing, and her feet are
simply prodigious. The only disagree
able popularity of this giantess is that
she cannot hold herself easily erect.
She appears to be sitting or falling
down.
The Railway Age has figures show
ing that the total construction of the
main line of railroad for seven months
in the United States has been more
than 1000 miles. Should the proper
ton hold good during the remainder of
the year, the total mileage built for
1882 will be nearly $4,000, but it is not
likely to run over 10000 miles; al
though, as a rule, the heaviest work is
done during the latter months Of the
year.
An official Telegram from Alexandria
says the left front of picket guard
was driven in by the Arab Pasha cav
airy Wednesday morning. The bicket
maintained it's position eight yards in
the rear of its original post. firing furi-
ously. Arapi's cavalry finally withdrew,
and the post was reoccppied. No casu-
atty occurred.
A special from New York says: Over
a quarter of a million dollars worth
of property was destroyed in Southern
New Jersey by the forest fires. There
has been great excitement and much
hard fire fighting. The fires were ar
rested yesterday by the showers.
The decree in the Lewis will case is
signed by Judge Nixon Of New York.
The amount to be applied to the Ma
tional debt is S96S, $50. This will be
done by cancelling bonds or assigning
them to the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Sunset Cox says of the Presidents
veto of the River and Harbor BILL:
"The message was a gamey document
and will do great deal toward helping