The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-12-27

levy upon aud sell its Property forth
with tn satisf. = Judgment oLtaiLed Tor
the amount. unless Il was promptly
paid.
Scarlet feveE OF a malignant type has
broken put at the Protestant Episcopal
Home for Children in Philadelphia.
There are eighty-ive children in the
Houe. and the situation is alarming.
-Four deaths have occurred and ten chill
den are now lying i'll with the dread
disease.
David whitIner. one of the founders
of the Mormon Church, aud a resident
Of Richmond. Mo. for almost hall II CEN
tury, lies at the point of death. Whit
mv. ~"s horn i'll Pennsylvania IN the
years neal Watkins Glen. ia New York
State: There, III 1879 he claims to have
seen the plates which Joseph Smith
translated into the Book Of Mormon
and to EGve been present during the
work Of Translation. WhitmrI became
one Of the apostles of the new church.
and moved with it to Ohio. When the
Church Was driven from Ohio it found
refuge in Missouri. WLilmcr has live!
in Richrn"nd ever since, and he. been
uiuyor aud couucilu,nr 81 ihe toNn.
lie owns wlai is said t. be- tie or;si,sl
manuscript from which the B luk a.
Mormon was printed, rud has refused
an otrr Of II very large sum Tor it liOm
the Mormon CInrrh. Whi;mer always
opposed po!!SIrays
At LLurcl. Miss. Thursday, 4 coiuref
woman named Celia Prrrymar was
murdered, together viii, her two child
rem, Il boy ana n girl, aged : and /!
Year.. 1t developed at The inquest that
sam Wilson, colJred, aged ~ years,
during the absence II the mother and
the Ivy, attempted to outrage the CIR,
ami then killed her with AN *. lie
then rnticcd the boy into the h use and
slew him, after which he broke open the
woan1'S trurk and took money anil
s]cvcrG! valuable articles thrrri.om.
The neither returned while Wilson was
III the house, and he immediately Mt
tac,,'i an! killed hC., and then SET iirc
t. the house and lett the scene 81 the
tragedy. I'hu fire Wa discovered in
tim" :" rescue the bodies. ihr villain
WAS captured nri did not live to see the
sur 30 duwn ca his body work.
Tho s;cg:ncr .'City OF Mexico ' lying
NJ Brooklyn, was boarded 10y custom.
hurfs oai:-rT Tttgslay, and Il lirlr
quantity OF arm, and ammunrt,ou vas
found in Ter huid. These wer.. taken
ont and M o.iicer placed in cu,rre OF
the ship.tA avail. the action Il liz iioy-
craruCut. Since ,ie d Eth oi the kim
OF Hpnim, The Rvyo.Uitout~t inry in Gu
bn EI,.l the Unit d States. have reUrupd
their CnGrnvor ,r give Cub. Lrr ir g
dom, nIW! doe. LOADING OF this steamer
with arms. Is but a part Of what j. snIG
to D. AN extensive schriue to sciEs this
Island, inr.s:CGu.cr VAS sold the 3ytu
II !"st month los o3J,cJo, tu a SpnuLud
who's. Initials are &c, bur whose nAIme
cOuid not br icarnctE
The committee of three, on irorgaui.
ZuiIun .: the TranscUutiucrLn Ra!lwnv
hssoc,h.iOn, met ia san Ernuci.ru
thursday, aud submitted lnajynt, a,~l
minority reports. The former wa,
signed by representatives uf the Cen
trLi hrcl!ic and Union Pacific, ii. mi-
n"riiy by the A,chison, Topeka < Santa
Fe Representatives. No action wa Ia.
ken. 1t is stated that the uNsocIaiiou
will in all probability adjourn to New
York, there Icing no prospect Of reach
InS II settlement before Christmas.
Tit September statement Of the
Southern rhci!ic- Railway, n the Allan
TIC system. which includes the Guivcs-
ton, lInrrishuTch & san Antonio, the
Texas IL New Orleans, the Louisiana
West I'm, the New York X Texas anI the
Mexican II Morgan lines, show ma in
crease Of Si07 ,9SS net earnings CON.
pared with September, 1857
During Il general melee 1T the Beaver
C'rri' mines in Kentucky. William
Parsons killed frank Wilson aud
Charles GooIcu. ara ". A. o VEINS Ia
t,iiy stabbed two other men. r,Iucs not
known. Parsons ESCAPED. hut the other
two were urlcg..I
The most di.ns,inis fire TINT ever
visited jacksonville, Fla, occurred in
that city Wednesday night, continuing
until 'ftrrnoon the next day. Several
lives were lost, aud the estimated lcss
of property Is gt3o,DOO.
william Dillon. n con-nrnptivr patient
Of the City ho-pitui, San Fruncisro, sui.
cidcd with IL pistol Friday. lie was n
plumber, aged ~ ycar4.
Mr. Mary A I;obHirs, m oil lady Of
GG years, II native Of Name. was lc.t ia
charge al the family Of her daughter
Mrs. Moody. ~ East Oakland. Thurs
day cv-aiii9, and on tic daughters re-
turn sue tJnnd thnt ia" old lady had
s~irhnElrd herself TO death with n strip