The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-07-07
rrLEeRAPH1c NEWS.


Gushing and G. B. Harrington were
formally seized, Monday, at Shelburne,
Nova Scotia, by the captain OF the
Dominion cruiser Terror, and handed
over to the Collector Of Customs at that
port for a violation of the Custom laws.
Constables we're placed on board OF the
C.sB. Harrington, but the George ID.
Gushing still rides at anchor alongside OF
Terror. but in charge of the Collector.
Neither of the three vessels seized at
Shelburne (the above two and the City
Point) are charged with violating the
fishery laws, but were simply seized for
violating the Customs laws by coming to
anchor, and allowing their crews to 60
ashore before reporting at the Custom
House.
The Volkes Zeitung is the organ OF the
Socialists in New York City, and it's
latest issue has two threatening editorial
articles concerning the jury's verdict and
Judge Barrett's sentence. The first after
recommending Judge Barrett to the in
extinguishable and eternal hate of the
people, prints the names and address of
the jurymen and witnesses for the prose-
cution within heavy black border. The
second article ends: "Shall 1898 be
repeated? Shall 900 aristocrats once
more lose their heads for q specific reason?
We Socialists hope not, but we see that
these gentlemen are working for that end
with might and main, and in their blind
ness our warning is in vain. They want
it; then let them have il, and may the
dose go we'll with them.
The following is the position of the six
regular appropriation bills, which still
await the action of Congress- The legis-
lative bill has passed both Houses, and
awaits the action of the cenferers; the
river and harbor bill is unfinished BUSH
ness in the Senate; the naval bill has been
reported by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations and is upon the Senate
calendar; the sundry civil bin is under
consideration in the House, and the for
LITIGATION bill has not yet been reported
from the House Committee.
Last week small band of Apaches
fired the woods in the canyon at the
Providencia mine, twenty miles south
west of Nogales. The Waterman fired
three shots at the hostiles. but with what
result is not known. The same night
four Apaches passed Promontoria going
north. Sunday train of the same band
struck the Parjarito Mountains. The
main band is still moving toward the
Sierra Madres, with Captain Lawton still
pursuing them. During the past week
they have killed seven people. #1sw
Sunday evening man, evidently in
sane, called at the White House and
asked to see the President. He was told
that be could not see him until next day.
He insisted upon being admitted, but fin.
ally went away. Before reaching the
gate of the White House grounds he
dropped upon his knees aud began to
yell. Two policemen had all they could
do to take him into custody, and large
knife was found in his clothes. He was
taken to the station and was locked up,
where he tried to kill himself.
Serious damage is being done to the
hop crop OF Central New York by vermin
aud blight, known as honey dew. Hops
are not yet in blow and the full extent oil
the damage cannot yet he told. Growers
are considerably alarmed. The price Of
old hops, of which there are good many
10 store, has doubled within month.
At Milwaukee, Wis, after having
been out twenty. three hours, the jury 10
the trial of the Anarchist leaders, Frank
Hirsh, Carl Simon aud Anton Palm,
found them guilty of conspiring to burn
the Courthouse and Of destroying the
records and Of melting mob TO riot.
The Appomatox river in Virginia over.
flowed aud ruined all the crops in the
lowlands along it's course. AT Peters
burg all the wharves we're submerged. 1t
rained every day for two weeks.