The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-25
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

&c, Flower 81, Nelson 26, Corning 80,
Belmont IL, Campbell 80, Hutchins l3;
total, 1884; necessary to choice, 1913.
On the second ballot pandemonium
broke loose on account of the many
changes to Cleveland, and on the third
ballot he was nominated by the follow
ing vote: Cleveland 2ll, Slocum l56,
Flower Is; total vote, 3S2. The Chair
announced, amid great enthusiasm,
that the nominee of the Convention for
Governor was Grover Cleveland. The
band played and the delegates cheered,
and the nomination was made unani-
nous. The Convention then adjourned
to Shakespeare Hall. The ticket was
completed as follows: Lieutenant Gov
ernor, David B. Hill, Mayor of Elmira;
Congressman at Large. General Henry
w. Slocum; Judge of the Court OF APP
peals, VIM. c. Ruger.
A curious rumor was ahoat in Wash
ington Saturday afternoon, which is
neither affirmed nor denied, at the De-
partment of Justice. 1t is that bill
has been presented by hotel keeper,
who entertained the Star Route Jury,
for over $500, and that part of the
charges were for 80 bottles of wine.
The jurors have always denied that
they had liquors of any sort. A spe-
cial agent of the Department of Justice
said these bribery charges in the Star
Route case were the oldest he ever
knew. There were bushels of affidavits
on which arrests ought to be based
under ordinary practice, yet no arrests
were made. He did not understand it.
Colonel w. P. Canaday, one of the
Coalition candidates for Congress from
North Carolina, is in Washington, and
gives hopeful view OF the Independ-
ents in his State. He says that in his
opinion they will get five out of nine
Congressman, including the Congress
man at large. He estimates that 80, 900
Democrats will support the movement.
He is also hopeful that the Coalition
party will have a majority of the Leg
islature. though the Senatorial districts
were rearranged under the last census
greatly to the advantage of the regular
Democrats.
VIM. Rawson, telegraph operator on
the Harlem Road at 9Sth Street, New
York, and conductor Root and brake
man Robbins, of the wrecked New
Haven train, have been arrested. Raw
son is only Is years old, yet he holds
the responsible position of managing all
the trains of the' company that run
through the tunnel between seth and
9Sth streets. The New Haven Co.
claims Rawson should have detained
Harlems train until he received sig
nal from the Seth Street that the train
had passed that station.
Henry Starr and Nicholas P. Barleen,
connected with the Philadelphia Aims
house, the former as engineer and the
latter as Captain of the laundry, have
been arrested on a charge of conspiracy
in making fraudulent returns at an
election.
At the Colorado State Convention
the following ticket was nominated: S.
J. Wallace, for Congressman; F. G.
Johnson, for Secretary Of State; Dennis
Sullivan, for State Treasurer. Ex-Sen-
ator James r. Doolittle, of Wisconsin,
addressed the convention.
A very heavy rain-storm has pre-
vailed at New York and in the interior.
1t has rained constantly for two days
past. Considerable loss of property is
reported.
The negro garrison at Damietta.
Egypt, instead of surrendering fled,
taking besides other plumber, quantity
of ammunition.
Six-thousand miners in North Stat
fordshire, England, have given notice
of demand for an advance of ten per
cent. on their wages.
The loss by the destruction of the
Sidney Exhibition buildings. New