The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-11-22
GENERAL NEWS.

n verdict. binding the defendant guilty
o! assault with n deadly weapon, and
recommending him to the mercy Of the
Count. SommeTset was tried previously
tor the murder Of Sarah Tndig, aud was
acquitted.
Adviees from Tanning. Clay county,
Texas, gives the d tails Of the deiiber-
ate murder lAst Saturday. Of Mrs. San
iDrd. ife ~ +. c. Schoield, a planter.
by her o n Valentine Sanford. He i,
Is years OF age. He committed the
deed during his fathers absence, by
firing FIVE shots at his mother with a
Winchester rifle while She WAS working
in the field. He a~f,erwards assisted in
the search for HIS mother. Some
neighbors found the woman's body on
Sunday evening Igd the boy confessed
the crime, saying he had also Intended
to kill his father, sell the plantation and
then become a brigand. lie exhibits
no remors',
The Bureau Of S cam Engineering
and Construction aud Repairs are pre-
parins plans for the new cruisers au-
thonzed by CongEssS las: Winter.
When completed the plans will proJs-
bly, be referred to a special board OF ma
val ofhcsrs LRf which Commodore
Walker is the PIesiient) appointed to
consider plans for these vessels.
Senator Stewart. vhq yesterday went
up to his home at Valley Springs, re-
turned last night AMI was ii passenger
for the Bay. 1t il said tn Senator has
purchased a house in Carson and will
soon take up his residence therc.-lRc-
no Journal. The Ownership Of "A house
In Carson Is all thai is required to ell
title the Hon. Bill 10 represent this
State in the United States Senate. In
fact, the gentleman is u~nrcasomably e1-
trava ant. The ownership ( n hound
pup in Reno would have been quite as
effcacious.
The Republican papers arr para!yzed
At the action of one Rsis. who recently
declined al appointment to oNice by tue
President. Under % years of l. publi-
can rule nothing Of the kind had ever
been heard Of, and was, deemed an i'm
possibility by the members OF that par
W. hut this is one Of many surprises
IN store for tue Republican ~iunoccnts.
While cxcavating for II puilding in
Fourteenth street in Brooklyn. the
TOrkmen unearthcd Il human skulls
within a small area, and only II inches
from the surface. There is considcra-
bic excitement thcreabOuts, as nobody
can explain the mystery.
The Coroner's jury in the case of
Sirs. Pratt, who was killed in the acct
dent on tie West Shore railroad, near
LATHE Falls, on Monday. rendered II
verdict, charging the railroad company
with gross negligence, in no. having
provided n culvcrI nj the place Of the
accident.
Congressman Morrow OF California.
will make an effort to regulate Chinese
Immigration by II bill which will fix n
limit 10 the number who may come 10
these shores on my one vessel,
As the Restriction Act /, is inadequate ia
our protection some oihor means mn Il
he adopted, and Tint above suggested
may prove the most III ,ctivc.
The announcement Of the death of
ex-senator Sharon is c,p cted ut any
time. At last accounts the circulation
had ceased entirely ia the lower limbs,
DIR. j. NJ. Bowers. who wns arrested
aud placed in Jail on Monday to await
the result of tho Coroner's ,nuucst on
the remnins Of his wife, in whose stom.
ach irnccs Of p~hosphorous were found,
stated that be had never given her nny
medicines which contained phosphor,
ous, or which might nave produced il.
He added: "rbo people must think IN,
u fool, II they bilievc that | gave IN,
wife PHOSPHORUS. traces Of which are
readily and always pcrceptible, as i,
pcrmeates the euiiro system" lie OK.
pressed great confidence in his ultimate
and complete e1ouer iion.
William +. Wheeler has instituted
y suit against the Chinese Six Compan.
les for SiOO reward offered 10y them fol
til arrest aid conviction Of Joe Tunp
Chung. who murdered Ju Bung on the
P9th Of September. 1884, in Oakland
The plnintif ayers that he effected the
rapture Of the murderer, who was con.
yicied and sentenced to imprisonment
for life, and that the defendants now re.
fusp 70 Pny over tho published reward.
A. a meeting Of the Trustees Of tho
Boys and Girls Aid Society a resolu-
ton was adopted, WHICH expressed the
Trustees gratitude TO Charles Croker
for his gift Of $4,000 to defrny the cost
Of the socioty's new building.
Henry Nell ri attempted to poison
bis mother and Two little brothers nj
Kingston, y. " two weeks ago, by