The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-08-11
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Yesterday, in New York harbor, the
hull of the burning vessel Nictaux,
still ablaze, hoated against the pier oc-
cupicd by the American Export Lum.
Der Company at Hunters Point. The
premises of. the company include both
sides of, Newton Creek. Ab the time
the Nictaux came in contact with the
pier they were unloading large num-
Der of vessels. The fire immediately
communicated to the lumber yard and
spread i'm every. direction with lightning
rapidity. From the lumber. yard the
fire spread to the vessels, and notwith y
standing the efforts made by several
tugs, which fastened to their assist
ance, six barges, one schooner and one
ship, Were soon in = flames. Over ten
acres the fire is now raging wildly, and
it appears to be beyond' all control Of,
the firemen.s Several burning vessels
were towed into the. river and have
drifted, with the tide. toward Black
wells Island enveloped in sheets of
fame. The FIRE is spreading in every
direction, and no estimate can be
formed as to,its probable extent. The
scene from the river is one of indescrib-
able grandeur, the flames rising in
| every direction and devouring, every
thing in their. path.
+ Jarvis Nelson Phelps, young man
living near, Shutesbury Center Massa-
chpsetts, covered with blood, made his
appearance night. before last at a neigh
boris honse. He declared that he had
shot himself and. had but few minutes
| to liys, and that he mad left the dead
body of Sadie A. Grover, his former
mistress and the mother of a,three year.
| old child, in,the woods a short distance
back. An alarm was Immediately given,
and search proved Phelps story to be
true.v Phelps, who has a.wife living,
formerly, lived with the Grover girl,
who is SCARCELY 10, until his arrest for
| bigamy and sentence to Greenfield jail
for one year His sentence was COM
pleted about a year ago, since which
time he has been endeavoripg to.get
her to live with him again. Her con-
| tinued refusal and association with
other men excited him to commit the
crime. He says he fired four chambers
Of the pistol into the woman's heart,
and then cody reloaded and discharged
seven barrels,into his own breast. An
autopsy confirms this story substantial
ly. Phelps is st;ll living, and to all
appearances is the coolest man in. town.
but the doctors say. he cannot recover.
Blaine opened the campaign at Bath,
Maine, on Monday evening. The occa.
sion was grand mass meeting, with
all the usual Accomplishments of bands,
torches, flags, pyrotechnics and enthu-
| DldSuL Il ull Il ItCu, " AIiLUlldB was Slit
only other speaker. The Senator
briefly said he would spend no time
in eulogizing Garfield or criticising
Hancock, because the policies and
measures of their political organizations
are to be judged by their past history
and present membership, and not by
| the. personal characteristics Of their
standard bearers.
The old couple, supposed to be Bender
and. his wife, Were exposed in the
urt-honse., at Oswego, Kansas, for
some hours. Many persons went to
see them, and dozens CT them who knew
the real sBenders- pronounce these peo-
pie imposters. The Sheriff thinks they
will be discharged.
The Berlin Tagblatt states that the
| floods in the district of Ratisbon are
very serious. Over twenty villages
havo' been destroyed, and the loss,of