The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-05-24
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TELEGRApMEC NEWS.

Ferdinand Ward, of the firm OF Grant
& Ward, has been arrested on appli-
cation of City Chamberlain j. Nelson
Tappan, who claims that the firm owes
him S.J35, 900. Bail was fixed at S3O,-
600. Ward says he has concluded. to
make a clean breast of the entire trans.
actions OF his firm, as he dig not pro
pose to stand all the blame himself.
He will tell a story more remarkable
than romantic novels, and will show
tina. for eighteen months he has been
prosecuted and blackmailed by parties
who guessed his secret aud compelled
him TO pay for their silence with mill
ions of dollars actually stolen from
trusting customers. Mrs. Ward is said
TO be diving of nervous prostration at
her mothers home in Brooklyn. 1t is
believed that Ward will make start
ling confession aud then blow out his
brains, as he told friend that he would
never face criminal trial.
The Recorder of Deeds OF New York
received Thursday for record mort
gage conveying from Ulysses ;. Grant
to William H. Vanderbilt property at
No. 2O09 Chestnut street, now standing
in Grants name. The mortgage was
dated in New York, May 18th, and is
to secure part payment OF a debt OF
$50, 900, which the General owes to
the millionaire, and shows that he does
not intend to avail himself of Wander
hilt's offer not to trouble himself about
payment. The property is a private
house, the gift of the citizens OF Phila-
.delphia TO General Grant, and is valued
at about S39. 900. General Grant has
also placed a mort gage on his property
in Philadelphia in favor OF W. ii. Van
derbilt.
The World says: "a gentleman who
saw General Grant few days ago said,
that he Is almost completely broken
down by the disclosures which have be-
come public since the failure. The
shock will shorten his life many years.
lie converses freely with his intimate
friends upon his troubles. He seeks
seclusion as much as possible. and fears
he has lost the respect and confidence
Of the country at large. The general is
so sensitive that he shuns newspapers !;
therefore he has still to learn OF the
magnitude of the collapse. and the al
most unparalleled extent Of Ward $
fraudulent operations.
The latest fruit OF long-existing
ieud of many families in Hardin county,
Illinois, is the burning OF the Court
House at Elizabethtown on last Mon
day. together with everything IN 1t, in
Guiding the records. Hardin has no
railroad or telegraph. and the news has
Just reached ShawneetowD. Starting
many years ago, between two or three
individuals, this trouble has embraced
a large number OF families. Murder
after murder has succeeded and the
trouble eliminated IN a vendetta, per-
haps unequaled by the noted William
son county outlawry of few years ago.
A majority of the people were always
law abiding. however, aud finally they
began to get the law into operation.
Recently nearly one hundred indict-
ments were recorded, and to destroy
these and defeat the legal processes
under way, was doubtless the motive
underlying the act OF the incendiaries.
Some time ago n newspaper office was
burned, and anonymous threatening
letters have been no uncommon thing.
A prominent cattle man Of Texas, who
has just made an extensive tour in the
cattle region in some OF the northern
markets, says the outlook for beeves is
very fine. He reports some advanced
herds from Texas have already arrived
at Dodge City, Kan, He says this
seasons drive from Texas will be larger
than for ten years, and will probably
reach half a million head.
Ex Governor Stanford goes to Cali
fornia in two weeks. He will at once
draw up plans for great institution of
learning at Palo Alto. The work will
help divert the minds OF himself and
wife, and is fruits will be dedicated to
the memory of the dead. The school
will become a great monument TO the
name of Stanford.
During the recent reunion of the
Mexican Veterans Association, in
Washington, local artilleryman
named Charles Herbert had his arm
shot off in firing salute Through the
solicitations OF General Rosecrans, Her
bert has been appointed watehman in
one of the public parks in Washington.
Five men were found by Sheriff Tay.
lor near Glendive, NJ. T., Thursday,
who "stood him off with rifles when