The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-01-31
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Raymond, whose oyster beds were de-
stroyed by the State Health Board.
The new claimants are farmers and
fishermen, whose oyster beds were in
bushes and poles in the Poquonoc river,
and which were also destroyed. They
discovered, few years since, that oys-
ters could be raised most successfully
on poles and brush planted in the bed
OF the river. The new process was at
once recognized as the beginning of an
important industry. Experiments
showed that the supply obtained in
this way was much larger, than by the
ordinary method of cuitiyating, and
that the quality of the oysters was far
superior. From one brush, alone
twenty-five bushels were obtained.
Selected oysters from these forest beds
brought fancy prices, Fulton Market
men being willing to pay So bushel,
when the ordinary kind were selling
for 81 50 to 81 70. Scarlet fever
breaking out in Grafton, it was thought
to come from the decomposed matter
coming from these oyster bushes, and
the whole plant was destroyed. The
owners now ask $50, 600 from the State.
A Portland (Or.,) dispatch, of the
29th, says: An exploring party is to
be sent out under the direction of Gen.
N. B. Miles, Commander of the De
partment of Columbia. It will leave
by the steamer Idaho tomorrow for
Alaska, and it consists of Lieutenant
Allen and Sergeant Robinson, u. S. A.,
and +. w. Pickett, United States Sig.
nal Observer. The proposed route ia
as follows: From Sitka to the mouth
OF the Copper river; by steamer thence
up Copper river as far as it shall be
possible to go upon ice. When the ice
breaks up, they will take boats and
push as far inland as they can 60 by
water. By this time they expect to
have penetrated beyond the mountain
range, when they will strike across the
country and endeaver to reach the head.
waters of the Yukan river, which they
will follow down to st. Michaels settle
ment and its mouth. The journey will
occupy about three years, and has for
its object the gathering of information,
which the exploring party last year
started for and failed to obtain.
AT the Denver Silver Convention on
the Goth instant. telegram was read
from Fl. nj. Teller, Secretary of the In
terror. the reading of which was re-
ceived with tremendous cheering. 1t
was as follows:
Washington, D. c.. Jan. %, 1855.
To the Chairman of the Silver Con-
vention: / desire, through you, to as
sure the convention, over which you
preside, that l am in full sympathy
with every effort to secure to silver all
the advantages conferred on gold. /
do not believe that silver will take its
just rank as money metal in the COM
mercial markets of the world until its
money functions shall be recognized by
the law giving the holder of silver bul.
lion every privilege given the holder of
gold bullion. To this end I pledge YOU
my untiring efforts. H. NJ. TELLER.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
anxiety over the non.arrival OF the
steamer San Pablo at Yokohama is in.
creasing, as it is now out forty days.
The vessel belongs to the Occidental
Steamship Company, and is insured for
S450,OC0. 1t had FIVE cabin passengers
and 900 Chinese, who were returning
home for their New Year, and $500, 600
in treasure. The crew, including the
officers, number SO. The excitement
in Chinatown is unusually great, owing
to the great number OF Chinese and
money on board. The officers OF the
company still say there is no cause for
anxiety, and they ascribe the delay
to an accident to the machinery. Other
steamers have been out longer than the
San Pablo.
The entire family of Philip Schraut,
. German baker, living at 1922 Lombard
street, Philadelphia, was poisoned
Thursday. A four.year-old son died;
the wife is dangerously ill. but Schraut
himself is recovering. A journeyman
baker was also taken sick, as well as
Mary Martin, German servant. II
has been found that all were poisoned
by water from pipes impregnated with
oxidized lead.
1t is reported that France has decided
TO officially declare war against China.
This decision is said to have been
made IN consequence of the action of
England in enforcing the terms of the
Foreign Enlistment Act at Hongkong
and elsewhere.
A mine at plummer Hill, Ohio, was
fired Thursday. There is no hope of
extinguishing the fire. The mine is
valued at 100000 The additional
guards brought there Thursday are sup
posed to be the cause of this incen.
disrism.
Elijah Haines Independent Demo-
craft was elected Permanent Speaker OF