The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-09-04

t"'e N'cHiuB' lc IhloEluS Us tnat The
Indians planted, cultivated md are now
harvesting thirty ncrcs Of as good grain
rs IL grown i'll the State. They have al
30 planted and raised ten acres Of putu-
toes, the same having produced L SPLEEN
did article i'll abundance. Amajoritv Of
the Indians, following their natural
bent, keep NOV ing to and fro, impatient
Of even the scInblaucc OF restraint, not
withstanding Which the average number
usually in attendance ut meal time will
not fall far short Of three hundred, 10
the Young and scImi.civili2ed Shoshonee
the haunts Of the y hite r::sn posscss al
trnctions fsr superior to anything offered
by rural or savage life, and the many
little services chccrfully rendered by
housekeeping compensation in the
shape Of cold victuals and c;ist-Oii cloth
ing-ntiord many convcnienccs duly up-
prcciutcd 10y their white brethren. Al
though Inauy Of the tribe do not choose
to anvil themselves Of the advantages Of
the reservation, yet knowledge OF the
fact that i'll case Of sickness or other
misfortune provision hns been made for
their relief and also for the adjustment
OF their grevianccs, has already been
productive Of good results,
THE conservative newspapers Of the
coast have hccn predicting since the late
pa:'i3 that the Independent movement
i'll California would prove nn ignomin-
ious failure i'll consequence Of the nc
tion Of the principal organs Of the par
~, which, il is claimed are chiefly res
pomaibie for The failure Of the Bank Of
California and its attendant evils. The
action Of the Bulletin and Call, whatcv-
or their motives, has certainly not nd
ded strength to the party whose cause
they espoused, but the opinion had
been gaining ground long before the
catastrophe that Dolly-Ynrdcnism, ell
ginccrci ~ it has been in California,
must inevitably lack every clement of
sncceSa. y party protesting opposition
TO everything savuring Of monopoly,
with the prince of monopolists for its
standara,bcrrcr, could scarcely hope in
the light Of existing fncts To make
sufficient prosclytrs to enable it to ride
into power.
The conflict among the Republicans
Of the State lad also weakened that pnr-
ty to such M extent that the telegraph
icncwS to-day Announcing the election Of
Irwin and the entire Democratic State
ticket will excite little surprise, tho
same having been generally accepted in
this Stm,c, rs forc-gonc conclusion
SEVERELY LAoERATED.-ft becomes
our painful duty to aniluuncc that mis-
fortune has again uyrrtakcn our esteem
cd citizen, the wrll-knOwn dispenser of
cOngealcd water and wisdom, George
GansZ. Ills misrrics on this OCCASION
We're the result of II collision in.tween old
brindlc and Br,sic, his faithful mule,
1t appears that brindlr, attracted by the
smell Of new InOwn hay, ma'lc rush for
the barn and George with his usual dis
regard If danger, threw lctsir-upou
whom liz w;ta unuuntcl-into the deadly
breach which resulted i'll the complete
overthrow of the mule and his own ut
ter naturalization. The shattered APP
pcarancc OF the unfortunate na he plain
lively cried "git!" to the philosuphic
EeiSy un her HccustoInrJ rounds this
morning, excited much sympathy, but if
the sundry and divers bruises received
in the latu disaster together with the loss
Of large portion of the left aurirlc snail
have the effect Of restraining an over
adventurous disposition, tho impctuGs-
Ity Of the mncicnt bovine will not have
hccn spent i'll vain and George may yet
he spared TO cxcmplify in person the
truth Of The tritu ndagc, "virtue is its
own reward"
CAUGHT 81 LAsr.-A Chinnman who
has been selling whisky to the Indians
WIS II, length caught in the net and Jus
tice Taylor, i'll consequence Of the in
fraction Of law for such cases, made and
provided, demanded Of the abUminablu
Celestial the payment of 500 gold coin
or consume county grub for the spuco
Of fifty days. Being Of an economical
tnrn Of mind he chose the latter alter
nntivc aud tho dismal dcus Of China.
town will mourn his loss amid the fumes
Of opium and mean whisky.
ASorHEn NICn STEIKE.--TTrnry Mill,
or, who runs ihc Lone Mountain sta
ton on til" CUrnurupin road, brought to
this Office today largo chunk Of gold
bearing rock from new strike made on
the nbuyC mentioned mountain near his
station, Ills statCmcn. is that the ledge
is six feet wide end assays from the
rock in question, mndo in CornuCopin.
ran ~ high M $3.50 60 10 the ton. The
course II the ledge liz nearly east md
west and dips To tho north,
RErCRSED. George Russell, of the
firm Of Russell ~ Bradley, who has been
absent in san frnnrsco during the past
month. returned home last evening.
Largo additions to their nlicady heavy
stock Of goods j. uuw on the wny both
from New York and San Frnucisco and
they nrc resolved 10 sell goods ut such
prices that the pubic will find il to their