The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-01-14
THE ELKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. JANUARY Il. ls1l.
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CHMEsE TEsrIMoxI.-The Supreme Conn
Of California has decided in the case 81 ..ths
People vs. Brady" that the State laa which
excludes the testimony of Mongohzrs .eainst
white men - constitutional, and not IN
conflict with the Fourteenth ADe.drnent.
The ease win Be taken 70 the Supreme Court
Of the United States. Justice Rhodes dis
sented, holding that under that constitutional
amendment the Chinaman who Was admitted
N the District Court to testify to the robbery
alleged was eligible as witness The opinion
was written by Judge Temple. II takes the
position that Congress can not Interfere with
rules Of evidence established BY each State
This right belongs alone 10 the State LeSisla-
ture. The decision, says the State Register,
IL undoubtedly correct, bot whether il will be
permitted to stand By either Congress or the
Supreme Court Of the United States, as now
constituted, is another question.
UTAH CouSrS MRsLE.-The marble bed
discovered some time ago In Utah county
proves by recent investigations to be exceed
ingiy valuable. Our information Is derived
from Hon. l.. E Harrington. who SAYS that
on top is a stratum u about four feet Thick,
Of blue-clouded marble. Under this Is 4
stratum OF solid white nartle, akso about four
feet thick. And beneath it is q stratum two
and q half feet thick Of black and white
elouded- The quantity is apparently mex
haustble, and the bed Is situated on Dry
Greek. near the American fork.-S1g LaEs
Herald Al.
The apprehensions Of the ladies that dia-
.,oads might, by ceasing to be rare become
inexpensive and a drug. are likely TO be dis
Sipatod The South African briliants are
scientifically pronounced 10 be not genuiae
A London jeweler has found them to 6s Jumps
OF translucent quartz, and thereby won the
rch, were gathering quarts and bushels of
them to sell to dOwsgersr and brides, and
club men.
II costs the nation over $3.50 9ee y year to
pay Grsnt's relations, Who hold Office under
the General Government, for their offi<ial ser
vices. OF this s1n S2S3 600 81 GO 20 the
Dents and immediate relations, and the rs-
mainder Is gobbled up BY persons who have
succeeded in demonstrating beyond all ps.si-
bic doubt that they bsTs Grant blood In their
veins.
VAsr quantities of Australian preserved meat
have been sent TO London, and tons are now
lying on the docks, there being no market for
II. The giut OF these provisions appears to
rise principally f1om the trouble the importers
experience IN overcoming the preindicss of
consumers. People generally, especially the
poor, are Averse 70 t-yiag new and strange
foods.
The new flying machine was on trial in san
Francisco on the 9Th instant. II rose fifty
feet and moved about gracefully. 1t was
guided by cords in he hands Of men on the
ground, aud it WORKS as we'll as the model Of
the inventor, and wiz probably prove equally
Is useful practically
speaker at q recent Sunday School Con-
Tention at Vincennes, Indiana, related how
cruel parent forbade his Daughter 10 90 to
church, and how he took every bit of her
clothing and locked il up in . tyunk; but she
went, nevertheless.
PRIVATE letters received here indicate that
Hon Selby n. Cullom, Of Illinois, has deter
mined to accept the Governorskip of Utah
and that he will come to the TeTJ5tory at the
close Of the present session Of Congress-
Utah Reporter.
GENERAL GRASr's majority in Tennessee
was 30, 500. The Democrats, in Novsmber
%. 4I9. Here is q change in two years OF 81
s73 votes. "Straws show which way the
wind is blowing" -.
The engineers of the North Pacific road
have discovered vast veins Of coal on the line
Of the road in the valley Of the Missouri
This Is an important discovery to the company
IS there is no great amount Of woodland be-
tween Red river and the Missouri.
GOLD ore has been discovered in the range
OF mountains on the Satividad Ranch, in
Monterey county, Cal. The lode four feet
below the surface Of the ground is from four
70 six feet wide, and presents a very fattering
prospect
The San Jose fCal.) Independent advises
It's readers to examine their game, and SAYS q
wild duck, with the skin unbroken and appar-
entity healthy, vas found TO be full of parasites
IN the form Of worms.
ACCORDING to General Shermap's report
there are 2, 4S8 commissioned officers and a.
$40 enlisted men in the United States army
ut the present tme-or one Of the former to
Il Of the latter.
TIE eleven States that in 1864 declared
their secession from the Union, had in 1860
population Of 9,l04, 22l. BY the census of
557.
The Grand Jury Of Alameda county has
found an indictment against Mrs Fair. An
order for bench warrant was made, and tn
case transferred to the Third District Court.
An effort is being made by citizens of Co
rhine, Utah Territory, to have the United
States boundary survey Iun so as TO include
that town in Idaho Territory.
An ANCIENT LIZARD.-It is rumored that two
little lizards have been found inclosed in the
stone OF petrihed trees, near Calistoga. One
was killed by putting IL into whiskey; the other
was preserved alive, and is now in the posses
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