The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-22
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At the Derby the betting is now 200
to against Lorillard's Uncas. Victor
Chief is at present the favorite at ! | to
2. There are to against Cadagan
Falmouth, and 7 to against Chara-
i bert.
At Plymouth, Virginia, one of the
| demi-monde was on debauch and wild
from the influence of liquor, she sang
out: Is hope Christ may paraiyze me
if don't get even with Estella johnson, J"
This threat was made about rival.
ran hour afterward she was stricken
with paralysis and died with curses on
her lips.
The World, reviewing recent debates
in the Senate, says, as the hackers of
Grant are bent on getting from the
Democrats a new sign and a new def
milton, let it be this: An indissolu-
bic Union of indestructible States, and
let Democrats in Congress calmly and
resolutely press forward under that
banner to make this definition reality.
At Terre Haute, Indiana, William
Nelson, colored, was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for. one year and to pay a
fine Of $1,000, for marrying a white
woman. The prosecution originated in
spite, but he was convicted under an
old Law of 1856, which Judge Long
held to be valid through decision OF
the Supreme Court.
The Catholic hierarchy and news.
papers Of Ireland maintain profound
silence respecting the bill in Parliament
for the establishment of University of
st. Patrick at Dublin. The Protestants
of Ireland look unfavorably on the
measure. Protestant dissenters and
the Church Liberation Society of Eng
land bitterly oppose the measure,
and are organizing public agitation
against it.
A special from Helena. Montana, of
the 18th says that the vicinity of Fort
Belknap swarms with Sioux. \ man
named. Lloyd, while camped twenty
miles from the post, was attacked by
fifteen warriors. He scooped out rife
pit with his hands, and, after desper--
ate fight of two hours, in which three
Indians were killed, the intrepid man
succeeded in driving off his assailants.
Lloyd had but three cartridges left
when the savages Abandoned the at
tack.
William Allen Storey, who eEoped
with Jennie Atchley, wife of farmer
of Batavia, Ohio, few days since, was
captured in Cincinnati, and placed in
jail at Batavia. Yesterday a mob en-
tered the jail, sliced Storey, and hung
him on one of the timbers of the bridge
over Little Miami river. After hang
ing for few moments the rope broke,
and Storey dropped into the river. He
succeeded in gaining the shore, when
he was taken to a hotel, where he now
lies in a bruised condition.
Regular police officer z. X. Rogers,
native of New York, aged sixty, shot
and killed himself at his residence, No.
1913 Ellis street, San Francisco, yester-
day. Deceased, after breakfast, occu-
pied himself IN his room cleaning his
pistols, among which was large regu-
lation Smith & Weston. The family in
the dining room heard muffied report
CT the pistol, and running to his room
found him seated in chair at table
dead. Blood was flowing from wound
IN his breast. The pistol lay on the
table pointing towards deceased. One
chamber was discharged. The ball
went entirely through his Body and
striking the opposite wall fell to the
floor. Deceased had shown no evil
dence OF an unsettled state of mind and
1t is questionable whether his death
was accidental or suicidal. Deceased
was an old member of the force and
was reputed to have been in good cir
cunlstances,