The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-02-18
Nevada Items.


THIRD HoUsr IN CARsoN.--The following
prayer was offered by Chaplain Patchen at the
opening of a recent session of the Third House
in Carson, as appears among the proceedings
in the Carson Register of the 7th:
Unto thee, Oh Lord, would we incline our
hearts. Thou knowest imam is frail." Poor
Ferg.l BE with us in this evenings proceed
ings, and 80 humble our hearts that We may
RESTRAIN our ieyity and preserve our dignity.
Bless and sanctIty the proceedings OF this
House; bless Mark Twain and Yankee Plum
mer; give rest and pence and JOY To the souls
of John Phoenix, Sut LOyengoOd aud Artemus
Ward. And We would humbly beseech thee,
oh Lord to lessen the Affections Of our be-
loved Page, George Tuly, who is absent Con
leave) on account OF sore eyes. Teach US, Oh
Lord, humihty-that we may not on account
of the greatest gravity and wisdom Of our pro-
ceediugs, look down with dIsdain upon the
Third House. Teach us undenIal--that no
member may absorb the whole Of the Senate
messages. lie with us now aud lin all proper
places) through life; watch over and guard us
(also the State Treasury; guide and direct
the members of the other two Houses, and at
last save us in that Kingdom where legislation
and Legislatures are unknown. and your peu-
TONERS will ever pray, and so forth. Amen.
PRErBERG DIsrRIcT.-Lincoln county, says
the Ely Record. now has bright future before
it. Besides the good prospects now being rap.
idly developed III Phoebe. We hear very good
news from Frcibrrg and TEN Piute An AS
say of some rock from FTcibcrg, brought in 10y
Mr. Sampson, taken from the Monitor ledge,
aud assayed III Z .ochc, shows the pulp Ia 90
S753 AZ per ton. The Monitor is 1000 feet
from the celebrated Morning Star, ind is sup
posed t0 lie the nOrtheTiy extension of the
same There is "a tunnel on the Monitor loIe
45 feet. In the last four feet they tapped the
ledge. which Is one foot in width, from which
the above rock is taken. San Francisco
4 4 H..
Star, aud We shall perhaps hear Of some rich
ore being extracted Ivy Spring. Surveyor Nc
Murray is at Ten Piute, and from specimens
of the rock brought into Hiko 10y him II would
appear to be "a rich camp.
The MISERAL RoD MIS.-Mr. Peck, the
man who pretends to- find precious metals with
n mineral rod-what he calls an "electro. mag
netic rOd-was iii this place yesterday says
the Virginia Enterprise OF the llth inst, try
ing to locate the ore in the Bullion mine. We
believe he succeeded To his own satisfaction
in showing the whereabouts Of the ore He
is the same man who was here with u mineral
rod in 1860. Having established the ore in
the Bullion mino he left last night for San
Francisco. The rod appears to contain two
or three ounces of quicksilver cncased in some
kind of covering. Mr.. Peck says he does not
know what is in the rod, but he knows that il
il over 100 years old, and that its great virtue
has been a thousand times tested. He made
no remarkable discoveries with the rod when
he was here in 1860 though guided 10y it min
ers made many locations.
Our OF PRisos.-Thomas u. Stewart, who
was sent to the State Prison from White Pine
county last Spring, on u charge Of grand lar.
ceny, in being accessory to cattle stealing,
says the Carson Register of the llth inst, has
been granted now trial 10y the Supreme
Court, and is now in charge Of Sheriff Patter.
son, who took him from prison on an order
from the Eighth District Court, day before
Yesterday. The Supreme Court held that tho
evidence adduced on Stewards trial was not
sufficient to implicate him even as an acccs
sorry and nOlie prOscgUi will be tho tcrmna
tion OF the case. lie was committed in April
last and is now allowed to run on his owl
recognizance, awaiting the departure Of tn,
Sheriff.
A CALIFORNIA LIos.--A ranchman at Doubl,
Springs on tho Esmoralda road, says the Car
son Register Of the 9th inst, has been losing
sheep, hogs aud calves for some time, and ha,
attributed his loss to the activity of coyotes
until Sunday last. On that day the ranch
mans little son was out on the hills with {
flock Of his fathers sheep, when largo Cali
fornia lion made his appearance, walked int,
the flock, picked mp lamb four months old
and started of. The boy ran home and toll
his father what had happened, when the ole
man took his gun and started in pursuit. III
soon cemo upon portion OF the lamb, but th
lion had fed The remainder Of the meat wa
poisoned with arsenic, and the next mornin
the lion and the lamb laid down together
Nor PosTED. .-- Some OF our merchants, sny
the Enterprise Of tho II tn inst, seem not I
be fully posted with reference to the STAN
duties Of the Federal Government. They cor
anue 10 stamp receipts and receipted bills {
merchandise. This wo are informed by a.
Assessor Of Internal Revenue Is not nocoss,r
and has not been since tho lst Of October last
All notee under 800 are exempt from sam
duty. All over that amount must be stSnpo