The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-07-23
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The Fall River striking spinners have
received 1858 from sympathizers.
Joseph Standing, a Mormon preacher,
was shot and killed by a mob of ten
men, in Catoosa county Georgia.
Ex-Tax Collector r.. g.. Waldron has
been arrested at North Adams, Massa-
chusetts, charged with embezzlement
of 800, 900 during 1876, 1877 and 1878
while in Office.
A white man with King Cetewayo
states the King had 10000 men. The
King is anxious to fight, but his Princes
are not.
A correspondent at Maritzburg,
under date OF July 4th. reports that p
600 Zuius were expected to submit that
night
John I. Pritcharl, of Gold Hill, shot
Officer Humphrey SimonsI in three
places. Pritchard was beating his wife,
when Simons went in to interfere, and
was shot in the jaw, breast and right
eye
Rumor has been current in New York
and Brooklyn for a day or two that
Rev. Dr. Talmage will not return to the
Tabernacle in Brooklyn, but remain
abroad permanently.
Mrs. Reinhart, in attempting to
rescue her daughter, Miss Honiker,
from the Sangamon River, at Decatur,
Illinois, went down with her and both
were drowned. Miss H. had plunged
into the stream after having waited at
the Catholic Church for young man
who was to have married her.
The Sun, in an editorial says: The
decision of the United States Circuit
Court at San Francisco, pronouncing
the queue ordidance of that city uncon-
stitutional, gives quietus to all devil
ces for checking Chinese immigration by
means of State legislation. An appeal
may be taken to the Supreme Court Of
the United States, but Justice Fields
opinion leaves little doubt that the de-
cision would there be affirmed E
Five new cases of yellow fever and
four deaths from the disease were re-
ported to the Memphis Board of Health
yesterday. Two colored military COM
panies, the Mcclellan Guard and Mem
phis Zouaves, have volunteered their
services to protect the property of the
city if necessity arises. The city
authorities will doubtless select a site
to-day where the camp will be es-
tablished, to which the poor of the city
will be removed.
A petition for the pardon of Deboigne
Bennett, who was recently convicted of
sending obscene literature through the
mails, was recently forwarded to Prssi-
dent Hayes bearing the signature OF
1906 persons. The President has
referred the matter to United States
Attorney Woodford, for his opinion and
report thereon. Most of the signers
are residents of San Francisco. Ben
nett was sentenced in May to two years
and six months imprisonment, and to
pay-a fine of $1,000. 1
A distressing and mysterious double
suicide occurred Monday night at Hyde
Park in the southern suburb Of Chicrgo,
the particulars of which are as follows:
Three maiden sisters, named Elizabeth,
Anna and Mona Trowbridge, aged re-
spectively 43, 40 and 80 years, have
been living for many years in good
style upon revenues derived from an
estate left them by their mother Re-
Gently their father has succeeded in
getting their entire property away and
has left them pennless When they
became fully aware of this state of
affairs they decided to die together, and
spent all Sunday and Monday in pre-
pairing for death. They nailed up the
doors and windows, and the two eldest
sisters, with the most careful prepare
ton, drove spikes in either side of the
easement of the folding doors. adjusted