The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-05-09
TELEGRAPMIC News.


Short, for stabbing Captain Ph.lan re-
turned, the lobbies of the New York
City Court house remained thronged
with people. The jury. having made
known that an agreement had been
reached, were brought into Court and
asked what their verdict was. mot
guilty, answered the foreman. Shorts
friends set up tremendous shout. but
were quickly quieted by the officers.
The Judge frowned in indignation and
amaxement at the We dict, and said:
'Gentlsmen. / am astonished at your
verdict. You gre discharged from all
further service on this panel" Il
move for the discharge Of the prisoner," "
said Counsellor Brook. Granted" p"
said the Court, in manner that
seemed to show that his Honor was
anxious to get rid OF such extraordinary
business. Self-dsfense was the plea Of
Shorts counsel.
A special from Fort Stanton, New
Mexico. says: Tuesday, about 3 A. NJ,
at Bonite, fifteen miles from here, Mar
tin Nelson arose from bed while in fit
. Of insanity and shot and killed DR..
William II. Flynn, late of Boston, who
was sleeping in the same room with
Nelson, up stairs, in the houss of VI. s.
Maybury. The firing aroused the fam
lily, when Nelson shot and killed May
bury, his wife and two sons. A little
daughter was wounded fatally. A
neigbbor was alarmed and came to the
house, aud he. too, was shot dead 1t
was supposed that the murderer had
remained in the house, and ten citizens
watched it to prevent his escape, but at
IA. NJ. the guard was surprised to hear
. shot from the rear, and Herman Beck
fell dead. Nelson then came down the
street, firing his Winchester, aud be
was shot dead Nelson, when sane,
was good citizen. He came here four
years ago from Nebraska.
A heavy square box, wrapped in red
tape and securely bound, was found in
an out.ofthe.way nook of the Treasury
vault. The key had been mislaid and
. locksmith opened the box. 1t was
found to contain bottle OF diamonds,
. bottle OF pearls, a bottle OF altar of
roses and lump Of gold. One Of the
old employees identified the articles as
presents to President Monroe, about
the year 1923. from the japanese Gov
ernment, and which had been stored in
the Treasury pending the passage OF an
Act OF Congress authorizing their ac-
ceptance. Congress failed to legislate
on the subject, and the articles were
deposited 10 the Treasury. where they
have. remained ever since.
A Janesville, Wis. special says: A
powerful wind storm set in from the
northeast Thursday night. and the
Thermometer fell to stwsnty-eight de-
grees above zero. making ice quarter
OF an inch thick. Tobacco beds suf-
fered ssversly. The thermometer stood
thirty-eight degreess above zero Friday.
which 10 the coldest ever known in
May rir
Nothing of Importance was developed
in the strike Of the Denver and Rio
Grande shop employees at Denver yes.
e serday, except that new men are being
hired as rapidly as possible to take the
places of the strikers, and that freight
trains are beginning to move. Passen.
ger trains have not been interfered
with.
The ll7th annual report Of the New
York Chamber of Commerce shows
that for the year 1884 there was de.
crease in the imports OF the entire
country of $57, ,Sl3, 900 from the figures
OF 1883, aud a corresponding decrease
in exports of $45, 500. 900.