The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-11-06

RABBIT. as a passenger train on the
Union Pacific, heading cast, was rat
Ting along OYER the plains the other
night, the engineer, Al. johnson, look
ing from the cab along the cleaning
rails espied ahuge jack-rnbbit bounding
over the ties about thirty feet ahead Of
the cow-catchcr. The engineer put OH
some more steam, and the poudcrous
locomotive shot ahead like nm arrow,
but the jacksonian-rabbit priclied up
his ears, slapped OH n full head OF ca
loric. and lit out ut tho rute of twenty
feet n JUMP. Jonnson's pride WIS
touched. His locomotive, No. I49, il
one Of the largest and swiftcst OH the
line, and he was afraid that il he let
the jack-hare outrun him the boys
would fluid it out and he would be ever
lastingly disgraced. So he turned on
more steam, and the engine made n
bound under the cloud of smoke which
bclched from the sIaoke-stack, md the
telegraph poles danced past wildly, and
jack let out another section of his legs.
and kept right along down the level
grade, just out Of reach of the cow
catcher. For five miles and n quarter
the locomotive and rabbit kept up this
speed, when the latter began to weaken.
johnson, reiguing in his iron horse,
went ont on the pilot, and, leaning for
ward, reached out and picked up the
rabbit, Us the engine jolted along.
IL the Virginia City correspondence
Of the San Francisco CdH, of late dntc,
appears the following:
The lawyers held u meeting this
evening. There were forty present,
and the First District Court, which
convened at the same time, ordered
that copies saved Of court papers may
be substituted for originals within thir-
ty-five days, defendants to have twenty
days to file substitute pleadings. All
cases made mt the present term of court
arc vacated and set inside. All trinls are
continued to the january term. Cali
forum ~litigants can, it is believed, get
more time in cases they have here than
given in the order. The meeting of
lawyers then appointed as II committee
g.. {. Whitman, j.. Scelcy, Judge
Lewis, Il. IL. Lindsay, Andrew Frazer,
and Judge Rising, to name II committee
OF ten TO call the citizens Of Storey
county to n mass meeting next Thurs
day afternoon in the Presbyterian
Church, to consult i'll rebuilding the
county buildings, and to petition for Nh
extra session of the Legislature this
winter, TO provide for cases arising out
Of the necessities of the city.
The Eberhardt & Aurora Companv's
mill, says the White Pine Ners, shut
down on Wednesday night for its rcgu-
lar monthly cleanup and repairs. We
are informed that this last run has been
one OF the best Of the season. The
mill will be started up again on Monday
next for another 800, 900.
y iirst-rate illustration of the lonr
drawn ont sweetness of American rcd
tape occurred ut the New York CUSTOM
house, October 1Ith, on which occasion
the officers wcrc urged to extraordinary
activity to pass II pair OF silk boots, i'm
ported from Europe by Miss Montague,
II which were to be worn by her that
evening at Booths, on the occasion OF
her debut in The HHyueRots. The boots
were valued Mt S24 aud the drty on
them GO per cent, making the total
cost OF them to the fair debntantc 3d.
Az. by putting the whole force of the
custom house OH the matter, and by
grent exertiOns on their part, the for
mGlities were complied with aud Miss
Montague wore the boots in the
evening.
REDUCTION OF FARES AND FnE1uurs -
On tho lst proximo, (next Monday,
fare on the L. IL T.. Il. Il. between
Eureka and Palisado will be reduced to
IS %, and the charges for freight from
Pa!isnde to this place Mill be IL % per
ton. The charges, both for fares and
frcights are considerably lower than the
rates established by the statutes.
EvinclnB such II disposition NJ the start
Is evidence that the company Intends Ia
deal Literally md justly by tile people
OF this community.-Sentinei.
CHANGE OF TIME.-On and after next
Monday, until further notice, the pas
senger train will leave Eureka ut 1
o'clock A. NJ, arriving nj PuIisude III
10 4. NJ. i'll timc 10 connect with the
western bound train OH the G. L. Re.
turning will leave palisade at 4 r.. ST.,
arriving at Eureka mt 10 y. ~. The
schedule time each way is six hours.
Through passengers arriving by the
Hamilton stage in the afternoon will
reinnin over night here instead OF al
Alpha rs formcrly.-.ScHtiRcI.
The Lassen Idroeate says; "a. r.
Arnold has nm apple tree in his orchard
which strangely enough blo5somed and
bore fruit like my other tree in the
Spring, but in the early Summer il
blooIncd again, and nlIout the time
the first fruit ripcncd, there wcru M,
pies Of the second crop ns large as
n%c0rns; md not content with the second
effort, II bloomcd agnin, and now tb,
second crop is ripe md tho fruit OF tho
third Is nbout tho size Of u quuils' egg
JoHS KING, in 1862, lived in Tcnncs.
sec. Soldiers Of both armies raidcd on
his firm. 80 ho removed all his pro
due to n cave in Cumberland Mount.
nins. a storm threw down Il rock which
closed the mouth of tho cave. Therein
he lived for thirteen years, in the dark,
eating from hi" produce and drinking
from II spring. Tho other day II rnii.
road company, blasting for n tunnel,
blasted him out. So says n paper.
There nre 1895 registered voters In
New York City. Tho registration closed
last Saturday, md the election takes