The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-12

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was that of the attitude of the Irish
voters in the present campaign. Mrs.
Parnell assured the Governor that if
her countrymen desired to please her
they would cast their votes for him to
man. As Irishmen followed the lead
of Charles Stewart Parnell in the old
country, so should and would their
brethren here follow the lead of him
who best knows the Utmost desires and
wishes of their hearts. Mrs. Parnell
expressed herself as more than delight
ed with her interview, and assured
your correspondent that she would do
all in her power to make the Irish vote
unit for the American champion of
their rights, Grover Cleveland
There is great excitement at Benton,
Montana, over the confirmation of an
important gold discovery in the Little
Rocky Mountains, one hundred miles
northeast of that place. When the
discovery was first reported the citizens
of Benton sent committee, consisting
of p. H. Aspling and Dennis Halpin, to
investigate. They telegraphed that
the mines are good. About one hun
dred claims have been taken up, and
those worked pay from Sc to $ll per
day to man, working with an ordinary
gold pan. There is one instance where
5000 was taken from pit twenty feet
square. Jerry Collins. editor of the
Benton River Press, telegraphs that
half the citizens of the town are either
preparing to join the stampede or have
already gone.
The funeral of Secretary Folger took
place at Geneva, n. Y, "Wednesday.
The village and farming country about
seem to have turned out their popula.
tion en- mosse to pay tribute of respect
to the illustrious deceased. At least
40, coo people were in the town. The
body of Judge Folger lay in the north.
east room of his late residence on Main
street, in a massive casket, covered
with plain black velvet, with silver
mountings. 1t bore the simple inscrip.
ton: "Charles James Folger, Born
April l6, 1878; Died September 4,
1884. The President entered the
room accompanied by Secretaries Ere.
linghuysen, Teller and Chandler, and
Postmaster General Gresham, when
the religious services took place. The
obsequies were very impressive.
DIR. Salman, Chief of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, returned yesterday
to Chicago. He said he had been trac-
ing the source from which the cattle
disease had sprung over the west. He
had located it in herd at Troy, Ohio.
The herd was owned by man named
Dye, who had been handling a large
quantity of cattle. He had shipped
four lots west, and one Of them had
brought the epidemic into Illinois. He
could not trace the other three. There
were still chronic cases of the disease
among Dyes cattle. DIR. Salman said
he should continue to trace ND the
disease, and he would make a report
to the Bureau in Washington, and a
bill would probably be presented this
Winter in Congress to meet the exigen-
cies Of the occasion.
Paris yesterday was seething with
excitement over the prospect Of war
with China. The scenes along the
boulevards were comparable to nothing
seen in Paris since the days of July,
1870. when the war spirit against Ger.
many was at its highest pitch.
AT Peoria, Illinois, the cookers at the
Enterprise distillery, at Pekin, owned
by Spellman 4 Delaney, of that city,
exploded, making total wreck of the
building. The loss will reach $40, 600.
Seven persons were in the distillery at
the time, three OF whom are dead.
The steamer Wyoming arrived at
New York from Liverpool, and among
the passengers were five hundred Nor
mons, who are bound for Utah. They
appeared adapted for agricultural,
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