The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-11-14
TELEGRAPHAC ITEMS.

A Santa Ana, California, dispatch
says: Josiah b. Smith, a fisherman,
living on the Chico beach, near West
minister, murdered his fourteen-year-
old son by cutting his throat. The
crime was committed last week. Satur-
day, and the body hastily buried by
Smith, and nothing was known Of it
until yesterday noon, when the muir
| derer confessed it to some hunters.
He said when he was fishing few days
ago the Lord commanded him to stop
and to become a fisher of men. A
short time ago he called at the West
minister Post Office for a package,
which the good Lord had told him He
had sent by mail. When the Post
master told him that there was none,
he became quite angry, saying the Lord
never made any mistakes. He says
the Lord commanded him to sacrifice
his son, and he did it, cutting his
throat from ear to ear with long
butcher-knife. His wife seems to be
party to the deed, and says the Lord
commanded and they had to obey; that
if he ordered other sacrifices they would
make them, even if they lad to kill
each other. The family are Mormons,
and are considered crazy. The entire
family are uuder arrest. The body has
been disinterred, and the inquest and
examination is now being held at West
minister. Intense excitement exists in
the vicinity of the murder, but no
threats are made of summary punish
ment. 1t appears, on further investi-
CATION, that the boy was held by his
mother while the miserable father COM
mtted the crime.
Another dastardly piece of train
wrecking took place Sunday night on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
near Limerick Station. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY the intention of the parties to
throw the late passenger train down an
embankment at that point, as heavy
tmbers had been strewn across the
rails. An extra coal train came ahead
of the passenger train, and dashed into
the obstruction. The locomotive was
hurled down the bank and wrecked,
the crew jumping for their lives. A
number OF cars were wrecked and rails
torn up. The passenger train got
through safely.
The international match race of one
mile, between George, champion anna
teur of England, and Meyers, amateur
champion OF America, for the champion
ship of the world. took place in New
York at the polo grounds. 1t was won
easily by George, who led Meyers six
teen yards, and made the mile in four
minutes and twenty-five seconds.
Meyers time was four minutes and
twenty-seven and three-fifths seconds.
Betting, at the start, was even.
The Democratic managers concede
the election of Dockery, Rep, Con-
gresham at large, aud the entire Re-
publican State ticket in North Carolina.
Also Pool, Republican candidate in the
First District. O'Hara, Rep, in the
Second District. York, Lib, in the
Sixth, Cox, DEM, in the Fourth, and
Green, Dem, in the Third, are very
doubtful.
James Hewitt, man seventy years
old, had $1,000 in Government bonds
stolen from his dwelling near Cincin-
natl, Ohio, by burglars. The coupons
for interest, which had not been drawn
for seventeen years, were still attached,
which makes the loss nearly double.
There is no clew to the robbers.
The following ruling has been made
by the Commissioner of the Land
Office: 'In case of simultaneous appli
cations for timber culture entry OF a
tract in the same section, the Registers
and Receivers are instructed to sell the
right of entry to the highest bidder, as
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