The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-09-04

or in 1926 moved to Monroe county,
| where the present Senator worked on u
| inrm until twenty ono years Of age
when lie sought collegiate education
| preliminary to the study of the law.
lie WAS graduated from IIiawassee Col
lege, Monroe county, Tennessee, Mt the
aye Of twcnty.SiN, and very soon began
the practice Of law ut Chattanooga,
where his success was immediate, his
conspicuous qualifications being close
ness OF reasoning and apprehension of
| legal points Ills part i'll the politics
! of his State up to 1861 was chiefly
honorary, and he persistently declined
| to accept Office He served rs an cleo
tor Oh the Buchanan ticket in 1856,
and was nominated for the same posi-
tion oh the breckenridge ticket in 1860.
From his first vote he has acted with
| the Democratic party. He cast his for
tunes with the Confcderntcs ut the out
break Of the war, and served rs Lieu
tenant Colonel of II Tennessee regiment
until its close when lie returned to Chit
tano0ga and resumed the high position
| at the bar of his State which he Ind
held before his military service. IIo
wns one of the first Confederates to re-
cicve pardon fiom President johnson,
with whom he had always been III
intimate friendship. His activc politi-
cal career dates from the period Of his
| pardon. lie was chosen n member Of the
Tennessee Constitutional Convention in
| 1869, and in 1870 was elected by n large
majority Chancellor Of the second Chan
Gerry District of Tennessee, an Office
| which he was holding when no WAS
appointed Senator. In 1872 ho was
nominated for Congress but WIS defeat
ed by Mr.. CrutchiicId, Republican. Mr.
Key is described as "nntionnl' Dem
ocrat, md strongly fnvors policy that
shall cOncedc little or nothing to Sec
tional predjudices. On the occasion Of
the decoration of Confederate graves
in Chattanooga in 1870 he took, for
those days, very advanced 81 round i'll IN.
vor of reconciliation, He favors the re-
sumption of specie payments, as fnr rs
possible, by quiet and conservative meth
DDS, md believes that the end will be
gnincd by simply leaving the finances
| alone.
THE KELLY Moron AGAIx.-The Kccly
motor idea is still being pushed forward
Notwithstanding that many entertain
that the silence of those interested in
the invention mnst be- construed rs III
evidence of failure to accomplish what
WAS claimcd by the invention. Mr..
kcely and his lawyers are very reticcnt
OH the subject, and refuse to converse
OIL the topic lest the curiosity OF the
public DC again aroused. II has been
learned however, TINT stationary ell
CINE will be completed within three or
four weeks, when private exhibition
will be given to the members OF the
press Mt Mr.. Keely's residence. The
machine il il reported il now unier
| perfect control; that where all immense
| power can be generated i'll M instant,
| yet such improvements have been made
rs to allow the engineer to SO mnnipu-
late it us to reduce the pressure from
fifteen thousand pounds TO the square
inch down TO zero. An engine for rail-
road purposes is also being made. The
gauge to be used ON the apparatus has
been completed, and will be ON exhibit
ton on Chestnut street i'll u few days. 1t
registers rs high rs iifty-four thousand
pounds pressure. 1t is stated on
the same authority that the control Of
the patent will not he vested in stock
company. Shares have been sold 10y
Mr.. Kecly to parties who have advnn-
|
secure the patent right, and the shares
almost Immediately nfterwnrd were dis
posed Of to other parties ut u great
profit Philadelphia Times.
Is SEARCH OF HIS SI0TmEn.-Joe Ra-
pier, II lad fourteen Years of uge, nrri-
we'd here from the sink Of the Carson
last Sunday. He is SON Of Thomas
and Susie 1Iapicr, well known to old
settlers i'll this county. Tom Ia
pier was shot in the arm and crippled
for life by the Indians III Paradise Val
Icy in 1865, at which time they shot
and killed his brother-in-law' Joe Cur
field. Subsequently tho family rcmov-
ed to Carlin, from which plncc emigrn-
ted to Montana, md when lust heard
from WAS in Arizona. Susie followed
Captain Paine to Colorado, and WIS
living in New Mexico last Winter. The
boy appears to he tho "son of his MANI
my" and he says he is going to find her
or bust. lie snys hc Inns letters from
different persons informing him his
father was dead. Susie brought her
children up in tho way they should 80
and this one seems to bu going it,
Silver State.
4 NAUGHTY affair occurred on the
mountain, six or seven miles cHst of
Ashland. Thursday morning, lust week
Two PARTIES, Th9n;ns Smith and Oster,
both recently from California;, were IT.
boring together, and while Mt camp be-
came involved i'll M alteration. Smith
tireda shotgun at Ostcr, who returned the
fire with IL revolver, hitting Smith in the
left shoulder, making n Ghastly wound.
OStCr went to Jackson md surrendered
hiIuSrlf to tho proper authorities and re-
ported Smith dead. Coroner Inflow re-
paired 10 the place Of tho disaster and
found the wounded Inun in the care OF
his wife. The injured man WINS speed.
~ brought to town and il convnlcsing.
Gun Grand Jurors, snys the Phoebe
Record, have lately been exercised con.
sidcrnbly in regard to tho question OF
pulygniuy III Lincoln county, md nc.
COrdingly several parties were summon.
ell 10 appear before them. Among those
summoned were two women. Supposed
to be the wives Of ono individual, one OF
them having child in her arms. This
one WAS questioned in regard To the child
and asked whose child il was. She said
il Tas her own. Tho question wnt tlicr
asked. "Wh0 IL its fnthcr?" the mn.
swrr being, "Noue Of your business"
This settled the question. and 80 I'm
nothing has been effected.
THERE Is n class Of people who seem
to exist for the purpose Of writing unony.
nous letters to newspapers, asking them
why they don't 20 thir, and why they
don't do that: and hivh authorities I'm yr