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The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
wEDNEsDAY. APRIL Q. 1870.

RRox ELI DisrMcr.-A friend has shown us
letter from Phoebe City, in which affairs
there and In the district are thus summarily
described: Excitement high: cut-throats and
thieves plenty; mining camp looking better
every day; new locations are being made
daily; Phoebe City has a population of $50
men. white women and black, with more
sTPected; town property held enormously
high; as far as the ore is concerned it is GER
tainly extraordinary in every respect, the
Lodges being well defined in slate and por-
s"-Repeiue-
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

AT ottunwa, Iowa, a nice young man put
q sheet around him TO scare Dutchman. The
Teutonic gentleman says: Il shust jump my
wagon out, and vip der COST all the time 1
would vip him If he was whole graveyard"
Some one asked the young man what allied
his black eye, and he said he had received
bad news from Germany. ..
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

lscREAsE OF TRAvEL.-Saulsberry & Gilmer,
the great Western stage men, who have the
mail contract renewed to them for the next
four years from this city to the northern Ter
ritories, owing to the greatly increased travel
to Montana OF late, have commenced running
daily four-horse coaches from this place; and
If the travel increases at the same rate it has
Of late, they will be compelled to put on
double line soOn.-Corinne Reporter
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

TIE Albany Argus relates that, when a GER
tain railroad was rirst opened, a rural member
came down to the depot, closely examined
everything, and, after inquiring how much
they charged to go to the next station and re-
turn, said: well, guess III come down to-
morrow and ride bit on your road, but if
don't come on time you needn't wait"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06
our On,y Au,hoy,,ca Aocn,s,

T.. p. FISHER, 20 and 81 New Merchants Exchange.
10 our only authorized agent IN San Francisco. CAL
HUDSON MESET, u Park Row, lie our sole sgcni
In New York City,
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06
NAAEAh hAf'Ll- ...--...-.. y " SMITH
zARLL q SMITH,
Attorneys e. COunSelOrs at Law

nA-AuihoTiEed 20 receive and receipt for sales and
rent Of town lots.
yoface on railroad street, opposite the Freight
Depot. Elko, New. ?lll-u
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

The County Commissioners, at their next
session will take steps to have the boundary
line between Humboldt and Lander definitely
established. There seems to be difference
Of opinion as to which of the two counties
Battle Mountain belongs. Both claim it,
Humboldt REGISTER.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

A. y. TowSE General Superintendent
T. II. GOODMAN, Genl PAssg'r Agent JAlsu
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

A TRIAL in an English court is thus de-
scribed by Chinaman: lone, man is quite
silent, another talks AL the time, and twelve
wise men condemn tbs man that has not said
n word"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

SAID Stubs to one of his debtors, isn't
II about time for you to pay me that little
bill?" my dear sir, was the reply, Kit is
not question of time-it is a question of
eternity"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06

Within a few years one hundred nevspa-
Pers have started In Chicago and failed In
New York it is estimated that 50, 900, 5000
have been sunk on papers that lived but few
months
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-04-06
JOHN s. MATHUcH

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR ELKo town
- ship, Town Of Elko. Offico in Epley's Ruildin,
opposite the Passenger Depot.
Once hours from o'clock. A. NJ 10 3 O'Clock, p. y
s-u
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-07-05
A Man SeIiiGg for Money his Siaare
Ia the Future Life, 1


Before court iii the province of Pesth,
Hungary, q suit was pending, in which
an aged Jew was to make a statement
under oath. He was ready to take tue
oath, when another jew arose and pro
tested against it: Be- solsaftssss.
,"This man dare not take an oath.
why not p asked the judge. qse.,i.
"There exists a Hebrew prayer which
contains the sentences that every. jew
has share in the life to come 1t is
now about twenty years ago, whilst |
was, present, when the man who is, pow
about, to, take an oath sold his Share
in the life to come, guaranteed to him
in the prayer, to another Jew, q Mr. T.,
who paid him q certain amount of mon
ey for it.. As he, therefore, cannot
count any longer on a future existence,
he has nothing to fear ior. hope for in
the life. to conc; it must he certainly IL
differently to him whether to swear, to q
truth or ifalsehood ~ vs} ...s,se.
The matter was, examined into, and as
the strange transaction was found to
have taken place in reality, the court
granted the protest of the old man, aud
the party who sold his share in the life
to come was declared incapable of Ia
king an oath.--Je,cish Times. ,al4 -
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a srna.s poIi,lral Dodge.

1t seems to be conceded that the bill
to abolish the franking privilege is no,
to be passed. by the Senate,
|. This whole repeating business, incluj-
ing the passage of the bill by the House
appears to have been nothing more thar
a shrewd political dodge.
Being prelaisea that members of Con
gress are to be e!cctes thss. Fsll,aR@ that
many OF the districts have been fast
growing doubtful, this dodge was con
ceived and executed to cepciliate the
people who are known to be in. favor OF
the, pepeal It appears tod fhaye been ar
ranged that the House was to pass the
bill, and get the advantage of whatever
buncombe there might be in their votes
then the Senate, which is not directly
amenable to the popular will, was to de-
feat the bill, OF bury it in committee.
Thus the Radical candidates could go
before their constituents parading their
votes for repeal, while at the same time
loading down the mail with franked po-
Aitfcai docnl1ents. ef5eniia9 ea gglea
This is afclying on tue intelligence Of
the people" with vengeance. ,5.r
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sIe,n,an ana Taxaiian.

lhei stancllest friend Of high taxation
upon the people is Senator John Sber-
man, of Ohio. He is SO, for fear that
without it tie GondLoldiBg' aristoeraey
mishtlnot leraid two or three times as
much as we agreed to give in gold
Wlien tie e,preyisionto continue the in
cone tax faiicd in the Senate, Sherlnan's
heart was n6arlY broken. Nothing could
relieve, him but the insertion III the rev.
enue bill of heavy AK upon sugar
This also failed, 1t was the last ounce
THAT ''brokc the camels back" The
disconso,ate Sherman Immediately de-
clared that he should vote TO repeal the
duty on Tea. nd cehee,because the rev
enue might IS well lie all wiped out. at
once. Is no. that masnanimous revenge
upon the part of our Ohio Senator? :? 1t
is revenge, however, that will please
tie people, and We pray sherman to
give us more of the same sort. They
do not know of any reason why, they
can not baye tea, coffee and sugar free
of duty, as well as be relieved from the
expressions of the income tax. AS the
principal business Of Congress during
the war was TO impose taxes upon the
people, so now their main function
should be to take them off. No blow
can be struck III that direction that viii
be amiss. In the overthrowal Of Sher
man $ party, which will take place this
fail. nothing will contribute SO much as
the fact Of the high taxes and of the
irdisposition in Congress to remove
them from tie peoples shoulders. Gin
E1Q.
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d & "a II FL .
The Radical Party Gone Under.
From the New York Standard, edited by John
Russell Young, late managing editor New
Holk Tribune RcpA

From the New York Standard, edited by John
Russell Young, late managing editor New
Iolk Tribune tRep)
The official figures of the late election
in this State and city have, in part, been
published. Tie estimated majority Of
Mr. Church is eighty seven thousand two
hundred and six. fhe Republican par
ty has been utterly Geaten. Even in
many counties where Republicanism has
been always IN the ascendant, their vote
is i'll a dreadful minority The result
shows general falling off all Though
the State
: TIE picture is q dark one for the Re
publican party. Repullicanism in New
York to day is mockery and hyworl :;
in almost as deplorable condition, and
pitiable a plight, as the defeated Fenians
coming home from The border line. The
apathy and coldness, and indifference or
treachery of SO called leaders Lave
wrought this ruin. They were silent
when they should have been eloquent and
bold; they were timid and yacillating
when they should have been fearless ard
firm they were hartering. and 'dicker-
ing with Tammany Hall when they
/ should have been standing in solid line
against their Inscriptions enemies
What is the advantage of passing bills
to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment ;
of making statutes TO prevent naturali
zation frauds of straining every nerve
to obtain honest elections, when Rcpub-
licanism is thus unfaithful to ITSELF?
The Republican party in ;he State OF
New York to-day is demoralized, rout-
ed rabble, without organization, ard
without leaders.
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[ From the Wheeling Register, SOth ultimo.
A Woman Roasted Alive.
.,Eg@ sv5 ------sssssE tg
A RIFLE SEEN

i d"
About two o'clock yesterday morning
woman named Sarah L. Beetles, who
lived in doable brick house opposite
the North Wheeling Hospital, was burn
ed TO death, her clothes taking fire from
the explosion of can Of oil.
The particulars of this sad affair, as
near as we can give them,are as follows
The unfortunate woman was walked from
her sleep by her little son who was cry.
ing fer a drink of water. Taking the
lamp that was burning, she got the wa
ter, and noticing that the light was low
she got quart of coal oil and attempt
ed to fill the lamp-one Of those. little
affairs used by miners-wnile it was
lighted. The flame was instantly com
municated to the can and it burst scat
.tering the burning fluid all over. her
She was dressed in long cotton night
dress and this was Instantly in fames.-
Uttering the most piercing shrieks oi
agony, she ran into an adjoining room
where q man named Gillespie with his
wife were asleep, and threw herself or
the bed. Gillespie had presence of mint
enough to throw the bed clothes ovei
her, and thus smother out the flames
But it was too late. She was burned tc
a crisp. She fingered in intensest agony
until about I o'clock yesterday morning
and died. a
The corpse presented most revolt
ing aspect, as black as acoal everywhere
except around the eyes where she had
placed her hands to keep the flames from
her face She leaves two children friend
less and alone. She will be, perhaps
better known to our readers by her maid
en- name of Sallie McFadden
When will people learn that they
might as well put q. loaded pistol tc
their head as to attempt to fill coal oil
into lamp while it is burning? Never
do it. You may escape, but such is the
exception. The rule is such accidents
as VIC record above.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-07-05
The ExfraOs diaary San Domingo
Treaty of Crant--His "PrIvate
Influence

One of the most extraordinary steps
which has been taken BY Ulysses :.
Grant, since bls induction into the office
which he has demonstrated his entire
incapacity to fill, is in the protocol for
the San Domingo treaty, made by his
aid de camp, General Orville c. BaEoock,
his special agent to the dominican Re.
public, and one Gautier, the Seer etary
of State for that bogus republic. The
first article of that protocol reaos as fol
lows:
Ellis Excelency, General Grant, Pres
idcnt of the United States, promises pri
vately to use all his influence in order
that the idea Of anneNing the Dominican
Republic to tic United States may oh
tain such a degree Of popularity among
members of Congress as will be neces-
sary for its accomplishment, and he Of
fers to make no communication to that
body on the subject until he shall be Ger
tain that it will be approved by major
ity The acceptance of annexation. vii
oblige the United States to pay 1880,
600 in coin, in order that the Republic
may pay its debt, estimated at that sum
If the debt is in excess it is to bescbar
ged to the Republic" ~
| Now, what is meant by the Presiden
of the United States privately prom
Using a foreign government that he evil
use all of his influence" among members
of Congress TO accomplish q certain po
htical end? Can the President le9lti
mately exercise any other influence up
on Congress than that of publicly favor
ing measure by an official communica
ton to it? That was not the "infuence'
meant. 1t is ss'pritate PROMISE" an(
is to be ''prlvate" influence. How arr
Congressman to be approached il, tha
manner by the President? What "pri
vate influence" has he got, aside fron
his distribution Of offices and contracts
which he may give to the members as
reward for their votes !?
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: Salt 1IouopOiists.

Aresolution was introduced into the
House, on tlie 9th ult,, directing the
Committee on Ways and Means to report
to the House, forthwith, a bill reducing
the present duties ON all classes of salt
fifty per cent. e9 2 = Eea' 1ol l7ano.
The resolution passed, but our repre-
sentative, Mr.. AeoRE, voted against it.
Inasmech as Me- MooGE declines to
be d candidate for re elections the salt
consumers of his district will not have
an opportunity of expressing their vtews
upon his conduct in, this matter bat
there is one thing the people can and
should do. They should take care that
no salt monopolist, or any other mo-
nopolist, represents them again, 2ais'a q
The people of the district are not in
favor of paying twice as much for salt
as .they need ito pay, and they should
say SO at the. election. ssi2,i 1';H
q q. - IT, n
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POSTAGE TO GERMANY.
kn Important Reduction Going
into Eject OH and after July L,

In execution of the plans of the new
postal convention concluded lately be-
tween the Postmaster General and the
North German Confederacy. q general
reduction in foreign postage is to be
made on the first of July next. The
postage for prepaid letters to Germany,
via England, and exchanged in closed
mails, is reduced from fifteen to ten cents,
and for prepaid letters, exchanged by
direct steamers TO and from. Bremen and
Hamburg, respectively, from ten to sew
en- cents. Unpaid and unsufficiently paid
letters will be charged on their. delivery
with double postage for collection; the
stamps pasted upon insulliciently prepaid
letters being deducted from the public
postage. No change is made in postage
on newspapers or oacr printed matter.
1t remains three cents FOR q newspaper
and six cents for every four ounces of
books; but postage on such articles
must be fully prepaid; otherwise they
cannot be forwarded in the mails from
either country to the other. Letter cor
rcspondencc between the United States
and the Scandinavian kingdoms, or the
other States OF Northern Europe, for
! warded by thepGst-oflices of the North
German Confederacy, will receive the
benefit Of these new reductions. 1t will
be well to mark letters, which are to be
mailed via Enoland, with tire words
"Bv Prussian closed mail.'' or "via Eng.
land" because all lctters Witllout any
directions will 1escnt y direct German
steamers, and cost Only seven cents, when
prepaid. We adviseGerman coaespon
dents to scrupulously pat TIE postage
on their letters according to their weight
The German postmasters are SO strict
that on the delivery not q single letter
! is given out without being previously
weighed, and in case it proves heavier
only in tie weight CT pea double post
age VIII be charged to the receiver
| There are thousands of families in Ger
many to which tie expense Of doublt
postage is considerable amount, and ;
! disaoreeable Introduction to the recep
ton OF the most desirable news. Tht
lrcduced rate of foreign postage will ne
doubt increase foreign correspondence
to such an tSte1t that some of our pa
per mills Will fnd it paying specnla
ton TO manufacture a thin, substantial
foreign letter pepper The papcr which
is now called ~ that name has not be
come popular and it is unfit for the pur
pose The better qualities are too cost
ls- Whilst The cheaper ones are thinner
titan necessary and fimsy besides.
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From the jamestown (N. " Journal
Twenty-One Years OF Silence.

3 There is woman in the town of Har-
mony, Chautauqua county, who has not
spoken to her husband for twenty one
years. In The year 1S49 her husband
contradicted her harsbly in the presence
of company, and she threatened that if
he didn't behave better toward her she
would never speak to him again. He
retorted that he wished she wouldn't;
and she has not since spoken to him..
They have continued to live together
peacefully, and during the long silence
have had several children. Everything
goes on at their house as usual with far
mers. The husband is attentive, and
does his conversing with his wife
through one of the children. For in
stance, he will ask child at the table,
|:Will your mother have some more
meat 2" Or, at another time, as your
mother going to town with me to-day p
The family are wealthy, and belong to
the better class Of Chnutauqua farmers
and respectable citizens.
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The Spanish Throne.

The decision of the Spanish Cortes,
requiring All affirmative vote of ma
jority of all the delegates to elect the
monarch, and which was intended to put
the Duke Of Montpensier out of the list
of possible candidates, appears not to
have accomplished that object. The
last advlces from Madrid represent that
the adherents of Espartero have gone
over to Montpensier, which renders his
election to the vacant throne not impos-
sible, unless Napoleon and Prim shall
devise some new complication before
the question can be brought 10 decis.
ion.. The son of Louis Philippe upon
the Spanish throne is not yet among the
most amazing events that are possible
in European politics.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-07-05
Grant.sCabine,omce

4
During the sixteen months of Presi-
dent GRANT administration more
changes have been made in the Cabinet
than under any former administration
and yet there isssearcelya single states
man of any note in the whole catalogue
Look over the following list,wlich com
prises all his appointees:
Secretaries of State WlLscy Of iowa
WAsnBrRsE Of Illinois and FisH Of New
York.
Secretaries of the Treasury-STE'vARI
of New York and Boutwell, of Massa.
chusetts.
Secretaries of War--RAwLrNs, SuER
NAN and BELKNap
Secretaries OF the NavyABofiE o.
Pennsylvania and RoBEsoN Of New
Jersey
Secretary Of the fn:crior-Cox Q
Ohio e
Postmaster General-CREswEsb o
Maryland. ~ 8.
Attorney General -f1oAR OF Massa
chusetts and AkERNAN of Georgia 4,
In all that long list GRANT has failet
to place the name of any one of th'
foremost men of his party. Leavin:
out the name of Fish there is. not an
other whose abilities and standing cntitl
him to a position higher than that o
] member of the lower branch Of Con
gress, -
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Moderate Funeral Bills.

The bills for the funerals of Secreta-
ries Stanton and Rawlins having been
paid by the disbursing officers of the
department, under the orders of the
Secretary, have been rejected by the Sec
ond Comptroller, for the want of an ap-
preparation. Application is, therefore,
to be made to Congress, to provide for
their payment. Some of the charges
are enormous-even for Washington
The carriages for mourners are charged
at eight dollars each, the collins are
charged at three hundred dollars each,
while the number of white gloves char
eed is very large. The bill for the bu-
rial of Secretary Rawlins is about four
thousand dollars, that Of Mr.. Stanton
twelve hundred.
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awEverv day furnishes us some ii

Re- Every day furnishes US some in
dication Of the returning sense Of the
people by their desertion Of the radical
ranks, The Wooster (Ohio) Democrat
says: s,af r 4s5
Seventeen men who have hitherto uri7
formly acted with the Radical party came
without any solicitation to the Demo
cratic Primary election in this place,and
pledged themselves to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket this Fail. We met one Of
them on the streets afterwards, and he
said to US; II am sixty years. of age
and have never voted a democratic
ticket in my life, but if God spares me
till Fan, I will vote it; the nigger bus;-
ness is more than can stand H'i'
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W-on Tuesday,.the Senate refused,
by vote of 81 to 2S, to take up the
San Domingo treaty on the ratification
Of which GRANT has set his heart This
vote is regarded as decisive of the fate
of that corrdpt scheme. .igaaiu5i.. !
No other transaction of GR,xr's adj
ministration has done somucllt to weaken
faith ii. his integrity as has, the persis-
tency, and not always creditahle means,
with which he has tried to drive this
treaty through the Senate.
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As0tkg7. straw.

Still another political straw has been
thrown up, and again The indications are
in favor Of Il strong current from the
Democratic quarter This time it was
away out in Idaho, and here is the way
it is spoken of by Il Republican journal
--the EIko independent: s
''ldalio has gone Democratic, electing
Sam Merritt delegate to Congress by a
majority of from SOC to s00 Every
county in the Territory heard from gives
Democratic majorities on the general
ticket with the exception of the Nor
mon county of Oneida, where there is
said to he tie vote All the county
officers elected, with few scattering ex-
reptions, are Democrats"
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The war inC Cuba.

Dispatches of the alta ult-, from Ha
yana, will give thepublic an insight into
the manner Of conducting the war be
tween Caba and Spain, gig 's< tall Re
ai The insurgents recently captnrca .
party of marines who went out from
Puerto Principe on a foraging excursion
The prisoners were all killed soon aftcl
their capture. -..,s
Several more filibusters of Conoes'
command have been killed, and there are
only eight remaining of. the second ex
pedition landed by the steamer Uptony !
The volunteers surprised near Santa
60 a band OF twelve arebeis and 9sho'
them all. ~ e = is''f',a isii'is9s9fal 81