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Show LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. i i Eeprted ijocisllr for the StLT Lkki Iltiili tj W oilarn Union Teiegniph. j Earthquake iu Greece. A Town in Ruins and an Island Disappeared. Steamboat Race on the Mississippi. Rich Silver Mines of IVew Mexico. GENERAL. More Burning. Cincinnati. 2. The livery stable of James Donnelly, and tbe stables of Wni. Sumner & Co., manufacturers or Wheeler -t Wilson's sewing machines, were burned . t one o'cloeK this a m. I'he horses were all saved. H. Andrew, a fireman, wis caught t'V th-i falling rubbish, and had nis leg broken, besides be-sides sustaining other injuries. Ja. Moneues, another firemen, wasiujjred. Chicago News. Chicago, i ;lhe e ection in this State to Uay is on the question of adopting adop-ting a new constitution and tor the election of supreme aud circuit judges under it ' 'lhe Tribune's Washington special says the contract, umler the Alaska fur seal bill, will undoubtedly be given to the Alaska commercial company, cou-sitina cou-sitina of ten I aiifomia and four Connecticut Con-necticut gentlemen, with John F. Mil ler, the former collector of the port of San Francisco, as president. a right off. St. Lous. 2 I'he attempt to deposit de-posit the second $5U0 in the MeCool-Allen MeCool-Allen fight has failed iu oousequeuoe of some miuiiderstanding. The Race on the Mississippi. Memphis, 'I. Excitement iu regard to the steamboat race, increases hourly. hour-ly. The betting is very heavy, with little odds in favor of either. Excursion, boats leave here at 4 o'clock to meet the boats. Arrangements are made for coaling by a tug without stopping. New Mexioo Silver Mines. Deuve , 2. A -anta Im3, .New Mexico, Mex-ico, letter to. the .Daily Post from Grant county, New Mexieo, speaks of the new silver mines, and describes their location at 5,000 leet above sea level. There is a population at Kals-ton, Kals-ton, the new vi lage, of two hundred It is about twenty five mi es from tne nearest river Two hundred and eighty-five ledges have been discovered, aud over fiicy " tidies of claims are located. lo-cated. Many of them not being made in conformity with the territorial laws are being thrown out, but are relocated about as fast as open A municipal government has been formed aud a recorder elected. There is no doubt of the immense wealth of a great many i f toe claims. A canal and railway company, with a capital of a million dolLrs, ban been formed to taku tbe ore to the mill at iho river, aud carry water iu eauals to itie mines. ' ' . The mines ar6 in the heart of the Apache Iudian- Territory, ' and the settlerreni wili be a great security to pioneer" bettf rs and travelers. New and v-ry lich siiver mines have been discovered eight miles from Fort Bayard. Delightful showers of rain have fallen at intervals during the pat two. Wtka. -The crops at one time weie regarded as almost a failure, but now give promise of a fa 1 average yield. |