The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

following account OF horrible crime
committed in the northern portion of
Monroe county, Miss, last Saturday
night. The details are as follows: Mr..
Brown, promising young man of the
neighborhood, married, and built a
house near his parents. His family con-
sisted of wife and daughter two years
old. On Saturday night two men giving
the names of Meter called aud asked to
stay all night. The evening being so
disagreeable they were permitted to re-
mainland occupied a. bed in the same
room with the family, it being the only
one where there was a fire. About ii
o'clock flames from the little cottage at
tracted the neighboqs, who found the
house so far consumed that nothing
could be done toward saving it. 1t was
the-impression that the family had alb
scented themselves for the night, but in
the debris were found the charred re-
mains of the parents and child Inves-
tigation showed the visit of the Meters,
when search was at once made for them.
1t was. found they hadA eparated, one
going towards Aberdeen, the other di-
rect to Polo. \ posse that went in
pursuit of the Aberdeen bound man
found him hid in field six miles from
Aberdeen. East night he was taken
back to the scene, when he told the fol-
lowing story: "We wanted money and
were permitted to remain over night;
we lay awake after retiring until the
heavy breathing of the family satisfied
us of their slumbers, when we arose,
administered chloroform, rifled the
house OF valuables consisting of 81, a
watch, suit of clothes and pair of
boots, and then scattered cotton over
the floor and OF the bed, saturated it
with coal oil, set it ON fire and left ,"
The horror-stricken crowd, composed of
twenty-five resolute men, determined
that the devil should be punished with
his own weapon, and pinioned him with
pine spllnters artistically arranged
around him, dispensed with the chloro-
form and set him. on fire.. Dligent
search is being made for the other man,
who will doubtless share his compan-
ions fate, if caught
Fourteen Chinese lepers were shipped
by the steamer Belg,e yesterday for
Hong Kong, from San Francisco. The
Supervisors determined several days
ago to get rid of them, and made their
preparations secretly. Chinese Vice
Consul Bee, co-operated with them and
made q search of Chinatown, finding
but one case to be added to those in the
hospital.
Justin Mccarthy, Home Rule menu,
Der of the House of Commons for Long
ford county, speaking last night, said
he had reason to know that Forster
himself is as well convinced that the
state prosecutions in ireland must fail
as were any of his audience.
Eight OF. the crew. of the bark Nile,
Captains Dixon, from Quebec to Cardiff,
which capsized at sea on November ODD,
were drowned, including the Master and
Second. Mate. Two Of the men.. died
after being rescued.
The Directors of the Alta met-in San
Francisco yesterday, and adopted reso.
lutions calling for reports from the SUI
perintendent of all operations carried
on in-the l95aand 2O5O.. levels Of the
mine.
The case,of. John III. Burke VS.. J. C.
Flood ct al, is still on argument in De-
partment. No. 2, of the Superior Courts.
c. j. Hillyer for defendants, occupied
the forenoon in argument and Hall
McAllister in the afternoon.
In the Massel Slough case, the Uni
ted States District Attorney, Philip
Teare, opened the argument for the
prosecution. He wac followed by Henry
f. Highton, for the defense.
The public debt of Canada has in.
creased nine and half millions during
the fiscal year ending the Both of June