The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-10-09
WEEKLY 'ELKU INDEPENDENT,
sA1UnuAT'. ucTorEr, o. 1873.


NbSSA I"thtN lilillileS ElbNtu mo
the Placer Hotel nt San Francisco Thurs
day, and within the next :cn days the
finest hotel ON the globe will be open to
travellers. As on the first day Of the
month many families nrc rhaugin. their
residence, Mr.. Leland has accommodate
ed those Of the number who propose
making their homes IL the Palace By
admitting them before the arrangement
for thesrccsr:ion of guests are complete.
The interior Of the great building pre-
SCENTS z most attractive scene The del
icatc creamy color Of walls and pillars,
the sunlight. streaming through the
massive roofs of.ylass, n reelected b.
tier upon tier Of crystal baluStIatlcS, til.
rich carpet and elegant tapestry hang
ing in all the screen hundred and odd
apartments. the ia.se French mirrors
met ut every turn in miles of lofty cor
ridors, and the general air of elegance
and comfort everywhere encountered,
impress the visitor with Il profound
sense Of the grand and beautiful. The
upermost floor, il any, IS entitled to the
palm for attrIctivcnesS. Tho rooms
are larger, ceilings higher. and the
furniture on the saIuc scale Of mag
niticenee rs those several flights lower.
\ charming feature Of the sky door j.
the central court balcony. At each OF
the four corners is placed n statue TN
Ilematical of the four seasons. Large
vases are arranged around the balcony,
filed with tropical plants, and q few
steps ak one out upOn the roof,
where plank walks rallied in are laid,
from which 4 magnificent panorama of
San Francisco and Surroundings can be
> seen. a. 4&
The production Of California marble
Is becoming one Of :he Eost important
branches OF our State industry, and the
d~eVeloTemcrt Of the qunr;ias of TTol-
= Cinnea anil Sui51ni is rapidly augmeutiIg.
From the former county GLnr1lc is pro
cured which successfully rivals that Of
Italy. Cue finn IS san Francisco hes
receiyed, during the PAS: year. over 900
tons from the GuaTries of tiiat country
alone, besides - large quantity Of bcau-
t:fully culozcd and y--igatci marble
from Suisun- The production Of the
California FuarTiss has already affected
the market for the imported article, and
LIDS ta:rto supplan: 1t entirely Ill time.
The yield next year will bc greater than
5 that OF this, for the supply is inexhaus-
tib!e and orders for tomb
stones, etc of native marble are now
larger thnu can be readily tillcd.-OaI-
tind 7raH'erpf, October I'd.
TEE White Pine Ncrr, Of Saturday
says that Lieut.-Gov. Adams Was in
town during the first part Of the week.
Tor the purpose OF examining AMI audit
lhS all claims against the State for in
debtedness incurred by the militia dur
ing the late Indian trouble in his
f-nnnft- NJ SF.1 49,. A 1 4
audited by him have amounted 10 some
~ $4,000. The Governor thought the loss
Iof saddles in the late! nnplgagantlIess
was immense, and particularly So rs the
military did not have any closely con-
tested battles. lie left oil Tuccdav
for Phoebe. TO examine and audit the in
debtedness due Lincoln county.
TIE Sentinel says: The assessment
roll Of Eureka county foUts up rs fol-
lows; Real estate, SUI Oh; improve
ments, S52i,3T; personal property,
Sl,Gl9,425. This is exclusive Of the
listuf mortgages in the Recorders Of
hce, by which probably 800, 900 will be
added TO the roll, and with the raise bv
the Board of Equalization upon the
Central Pacific railroad, will make tho
entire amount in the ncighborLOod of
S3,OOO,OOO, II increase over last years
assessment Of 5000, 600.
The Salt Lake Tribune thinks il is n
pity that mining matters haze come to
a stand sill in Lincoln district, Utah.
r There are said to be thousands of tons
OF good smelling ore III sight, and n
good furnace almost hid from sight
by mammoth piles OF charcoal. stand
inu within "a NtaYrfg N1,r.,. - Al. -.
bad management and litigation are re-
spomsibly for the sta.nation. 1t
Z affords, however. a fine chance for cap
ital. The property is likely TO change
hands soUu.
81 ALEX NI1oS, Of Eureka, karin. elbow
cd around' that lac would fight Il fight
Of the prize persuasion with anJ muu
in that place % Ruby Hill, one William
Lynn II the last number Of the .S,H!tAsi,
engages 10 furnish the said Mr.. nixon
with ull the entertainment he desires OF
the kind specified for from 500 to ST.
q" 600, the festival to bc conducted in ac-
cordance with the rules Of the london
Prize Ring.
a London date Of saturday says q
railroad train was stopped by bIigandi
T. between ~Saragossa and Barcelona and all
the passengers robbed, among them be-
ing seventeen officers and scu.uen of an
American mnI-Uf-whr. The l.. y.
steamer franklin was announced to sail
Tomorrow from Barcelona for MaI4cillg,
and i, IL supposed the victims wcrc from
that vessel.
ToMMr DIMc%D. who vas injured n,
PiocEc Inst july 50 badly that il was
feared at the time his leg would have
to DC aInputatcd, hns SO far recovered
That in n short time he can get around
on crutches, and his medical attendant
thinks that ultimately he can dispense
with them and move oil his feet AS live
M ever he did.
Ar GrAss VALLEY, California, last
Friday night, IA ChinNmnn was stopped
NY ~ fooi.pnd, WHO demanded his vnlmt-
hlcs. II liz not known, tho Union SAYS.
whrthcrthc Celestial was in "bonnnHi, -
but at any rate he resisted the call. dis.
armed the would-bo rUbbcr aud put
him TO flight.
SEVERAL CHIMSEYS of rich orc have
recently been struck in various Lander
Hill mines viz: South American Glow.
imam inclinc). Ogden and Isabella. The
Rcrc1ie i9 rclinhly informed that the
mines of tho Manhattan Company are
looking better than at any time since
discovery.
Ir il rumoiCd that Prince Gurtscln.
koG will soon rC6ign tho ltussinn port.
folio Of Foreign Affairs. aud Ice succeed