The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-07-17
NUMBER 8
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to u recent change in the regulations Of the.
Pustoffice department, no letters addressed to
initials will be delivered at any residence nor
in any postoffice box The man who ad-
dresses his communication to A. Is. c., box
1000 may rest assured that his epistle vii
never be deposited in the box in question, but
that, on the other hand, IL will bg i'm
mediately and effectually destroyed. The in
formation we desire to impress upon the pop
ular mind especially concerns the advertiser
la the public press. Many miscellaneous ad-
yertisements, such AS Wants, A." or Lost "
and Found notices, simply bear the initials
of the advertiser. In very many of these in
stances the address is not to the newspaper
Office, but to some box in the postofhce.
Such advertisers may be certain that not q
single reply to them will ever reach them
The letter, if not addressed to the office OF
the paper, must I've directed to the name and
not the initials or nom de plum. OF the party
recipient.
The DIFFEREScE.-Mr. Van Wyck, The as.
sayer, formerly refined the crude bullion Of
fifteen mills, working ores from the Comstbck,
Those mills yielded an average. OF 5O,OOO
per month Here the same number OF stamps
would produce three times that amount, or
million of dollars per month, as has been
demonstrated by actual trial In Gold Hill,
the mills work on the best ores that the mine
yields; while here our richer ores cannot be
Eberhardt, Original Hidden Treasure, Consol-
idated Chloride Flat, and several other mines,
are left untouched in the mines at present, pt
are only worked by mixing small amounts with
larger quantities of poor crei for great deal
of the ore on Treasure could no more be
crushed than could be twenty dollar pieces
Inland Empire.
To accommodate parties wishing to send for
friends in the East, the Central Pacific Rail
l,y,n tra, fr-nu
ward) for through tickets from Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati. st,
Louis, Chicago, and other principal cities, to
San Francisco, Sacramento, and other points
on the Central Pacific Railroad, upon direct
application to the home Office in Sacramento,
or through any of the company's agencies.
Further telegrams received confirm the ac-
count of great flood in Colorado Valley, Tex
as. The water was ten feet deep in the court
house square ut Lagrange. II is estimated
that twenty-five houses have been seen pass
ing down the stream. The river is still Hsipg.
Staging has been stopped for four days. Tho
town of Columbus is entirely surrounded by
water, Brazos river is also very high, and
still rising at the rate of four inches per hour.
4 Peruvian newspaper speaks of an extra
ordinary phenomenon discovered III the road
of Locumba, which appears to have been
caused by the late earthquake Every beast
dead. This has so often taken place that i'm
mense numbers Of carcasses are heaped on
! the spot.
| THE exodus from Europe 10 America the
! present year promises to be without precedent.
| Estimates Of Eastern papers place the numbet
of immigrants that will land on OUR shores at
] the close of the Year ut 100000. Ii each inn
migrant is possessed OF fifty dollars it would
add $50, 600, 600 to the coin of the country.
! WALTER PHILLIPS, night operator in the Of
flee of the Western Union Telegraph Company
| at Providence, X. l., has received letter
/ from Professor Morse, with gold pencil-cas
and pen, las n token of admiration for his
mastery performance ofrecording 2, I3f words
/ in one hoUr."
! THx British ship Cainsmore Captain Cum
ming, arrived at San Francisco lately, in los
days from Liverpool. This is the quickest
passage, by one day, ever made by ship be-
tween Liverpool and San Francisco.
CAMBRIDGE (Vt.), claims to be the cham
pion maple sugar town in the United States.
Last Spring, 75,730 trees were tapped, yield
ing 221, 800 pounds of sugar, which sold for
about $26,500.
The President has submitted the question
of the test oath, required of members elect OF
the Virginia Legislature by the order Of Gen
Candy, to tho Acknowledgement for an "opin-
ion -
:. BAYARD TAYLOR is believed to be the dds.
tinguised American statesman engaged by
the Moscow Gazette for its United States cor
d respondent.
HoRACE GREELEY says that any man who is
in favor of free trade is an advocate OF human
slavery. This is one Of the points in Horacei
new work on Protection.
SCIENTIFIC men say that the time of the
diurnal revolution Of the earth is gradual,
being shortened ON account of shrinkage o.
tho earth by cooling in the interior.
4 CoNpAaY has been chartered by the Con
; nocticut Legisttre to insure plate glass win
? dows and mirrors II has capital of $500, ,00t
; and power to increase to S500,000
, The Harpers have hit upon new notion il
, bookbinding. Mr.. Buffums "Contnenta
, Sketches" have sort of summary of con
: tents embossed in gilt on the front side.
,, CmcAco is now the great distributing post
Office for all the American mails for China
Japan, the Sandwich Islands md tho State
of the Pacific slope.
3 Ir is proposed to establish josh factory 4
!. Connecticut for the purpose of furnishing th
G Chinese with patent idols.
: GREEK newspaper in Copstantinople, th
. Neologos, has been suspended for two month
= for printing libel on tho Prihce Of Wales
j. IIESR1 RoCnFoRD. the Lt,tisrne man. wi
shortly marry Madame NJ, n wealthy wido
of Brussels.
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