The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-04-01
Miscellaneous News.


II Is related Of a clergyman from northern
Vermont who years ago paid visit to New
York, and Was invited to all a city pulpit du-
ring the time of doe-day pastoral vacations, tina,
he had never had the privilege Of listening TO a
church organ. and Was totally unacquainted
With the fashion Of hiring few vocslists to do
the singing for the congregation. Giving out
his hrst hymn, the organ played fancy prelude
and IN the higest styls of the art the choir rem
dered the four verses. Addressing the Throne
OF Grace IN a ferTent invocation, which
stamped him as q man of intellect and power
with his audience, be cody recpened the
hymn book, and turning to the page, ex-
Claimed: The audience will nov Join with
me III singing a good old Methodist hymn,
and those persons running that bag Of wind in
the gallery will please aot interrupt.
FATAL AccTpENr.-Mr Benson, the Union
Pacific Railroad yard master at Ogden, was
accidentally killed there on March 9th. He
was coupling cars while in motion, when his
foot caught against a tie, which broke imme-
diately, striking the inside of his thigh and
pitching him forward. The wheels passed
over his body from the shoulder to the waist.
The conductor, who was present, at this in
slant seized him, and while dragging him ont
from under the car, two more wheels passed
over his legs below the knees, Mr. Benson
was a married man, his wife residing IN Ply
mouth, Indiana. Before breathing his last.
he exclaimed Il am killed, send word to NV
wife, and expired.
CENTRAL PACIFIC EARSrSGs-The annual
earnings of the Central Pacific railroad, for
hve years, are set down as follows, eommenc-
ing with 1865: S40l,94l; Ss64,9l7; Sl,42l,-
90; -, 3OO,I6I; $3.50, So, and closing with
the earnings of 1870. at the enormous sum of
$3.50, IOS. This Is certainly most favora-
Die showing. If the business continues TO in
crease IN the same ratio, the earnings for 1871
will not be less than so. 600 600 One Of the
most important features connected with this
exhibit Is the fact that of the earnings for 1870
about % per cent. was for local trafc.
The San Francisco Bulletin estimates the
present value of the property donated TO the
Mont Eagle University, San Mateo county
California, by the late Homce HAYES, at ST.
0OO,OOO. That journal says this is far larger
sum than was ever before given by one person
TO the cause of liberal education in the United
States, except the bequest of Stephen Girard
to the college which bears his name in Phila-
delphia.
A TEREIBLE LoSs.-An Illinois woman COM
United suicide by hanging herself to an apple
tree. AT the funeral a neighbor noticing the
sad appearance of the husband consoled him
by saying that he had met with a terrible loss.
"ies, says the husband heaying a sigh, she
must have kicked like thunder to shake off six
worth dollar bushel when they got ripe
BISMARCK has been made prince and Moltke
gets the decoration of the Order of the Iron
Cross, the highest favor that can be conferred
on Prussiau. Bismarck may now take "A seat
IN the CouncIl-Upper HOuse-Cfthe Imperial
Government of which seats Prussia has seven.
teen, Bavaria six, Saxony four, etc, according
to the population Of the several States com
posing the Empire.
WENDELL PHILLIPS declares his belief that the
experiment of universal suffrage is q failure.
SO far as great cities are concerned He saws:
on may put on your diamonds and walk on
London Strand and be safe. You would not
try 1t on Broadway without making your will;
and Broadway is the unadnlten.ted result OF
universal suffrage"
IL Portsmouth ~. II. } q ve-year-old girl.
whose father is an officer OF rank in the, I'M
ted States naval service. and now absent ON
sea duty, was recently Offering mp her PETITIONS
LOT the absent one, and concluded rs follows ::
"Oh, Lord! please send my dear papa home
again. as quick as Uncle Sam will let you!"
JUDGE lannon's died recently in Colorado.
lie had been printer, soldier, journalist, pol
iician, lecturer, lawyer and circus agent all
in twenty years.
WToMINo produces quantities Of precious
stones. The topaz, amethyst. agate, opal. jas
per, chalcedony, garnet, and several others,
abound there of the very finest quality.
Our of six million owners Of real estate in
the whole country, more than two-thirds are
farmers.
LARGE amounts of counterfeit grcenbacks
and National Bank notes are said TO have re-
Gently been put in circulation on this coast.
JONI w. FoRSgY has been confirmed collec-
tor Of the port of Philadelphia.