The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-28

with saddle and pack animals, inclu-
trtg all other nppliasees necessary on
1 s'lch trip. We hCari Of then At
Hamilton, but from there they dcpar-
ted unohserved. They evidently did
not care TO have the whereabouts q:
their new district known until they
should first settle their own pegs Al
bert Leathers Is recognized as Verr
sasacious and successful proSpccter.
He was the first white mnn to ascend
the famous mountain where stands the
once equally famous Treasure City,
End he was also the first man to dis
| cover the rich silver-bearing ORES il
that section. which shortly afterwards
| gave to White Pine .IoSld wide repu-
tasior. Napias .Iiin,- Shoshonee Indi-
an, vas his companion when he lifted
the first piece of rich chloride from
Ehat'lie afterwards christened the Orig
inal Hidden Treasure mine. He takes
| with him a white man. and the worst
luck we can wish him is that he may be
as successful as when he divided his
blankets with Napias Jim.
The following verdict was rendered in
| dog case n few days ago in Justice
Co1's Court in Virginia City : ....
We, the jury, aye compelled to find
| from the sworn complaint that the de-
PENDANT Is guilty. At the same time,
we believe that no theft has been COM
mittcd by defendant. We would say
that from the evidence we have heard
that defendant should deliver over to
| plaintiff the dog in controversy, as we
believe the plaintiff is the rightful own
er Of the dog. -- - ..-'
r GEORGE TEIXrIr Y. Foreman.
D. Il. ArsIIS. Of SIorey District, has
had nine tons and two hunlrcd and
eighty ponn'ls of magnificent Ure work
ed mt Eureka. II was from the AIngno-
lia mine, and yielded $G2S 81 per ton.
After paying NIL expenses Mr.. Austin
realized considerable over $4,000 from
his shipment, which may he considered
pretty fair return. There IRE several
rich claims In A1orey District, but ow-
ing to legal troubles of one kind and Nh
other concerning the new mill brought
their, the District Inns never had fair
start. " -.. ...... .
JOAQUIN MILLER. has bullets in vari-
GUS parts of his body, which prevent
him from doing anything but sit i'll n
large arnl-ehair and discourse to the
natives OH poetry. II man asks him
to play billiards, he says he has bull
let III his arm; il n woman asks him to
walk, he says he has II bullet in his leg;
but II any one, man, woman or child,
asks him to talk, he does not snv lie
has bullet in his brain, where it would
do the most good.-[ Chicago Tribune.
GOVERNOR Army has recently visited
Philadelphia and made arrangements
for two hundred feet square of land in
Paramount Park for the exhibition of
products and minerals of New Mexico
and the Pueblo and Navajo tribes. He
proposes to erect I'M adobe building nf-
ter the style of the Pueblos and ancient
Aztecs, for the display of the products
and hnndiwork OF the PucLlos md Nh
Tajns, and take on n delegation with
him to illustrate their skill III lnukinp
fabrics.
IT will require good sized sheet Of
! paper on which to print the tickets in
San Francisco. The citizens Of that
city have to vote for eighty local and
| Legislative Offices. Az there will be four
State and at least six local tickets i'll the
| field, it will he readily understood that
| the position OF III officer of the election
/ Z.
| be n full week after the poles IRE closed
before the returns can be completed.
THH aggregate of assessments Of prop.
crty in California this yenr, for taxable
purposes, is SSTSS, G3S, O35, against SGl2,
| l93, 222 last year-a total increase Of
| SGT, ,Sl2-an apparent incrence OF n
little over ten per cent. But some S52,
| 600, 900 solvent debt assstssnients which
Were OH The roll last year were stricken
off This, so that the real increase OF
IprOpertysis $l1S, 44l,Sl2, or over nine
teen per cent. 1870. -.
S. Is. Z. PIERCE informs the Silver
State TINT from the appearance OF the
| grain harvested, md being harvested,
this seasons crop in Paradise Valley
will exceed that of last year by twelve
or fiftccn Thousand, bushels, His own
crop will yield ut least onc-fOurth more
10 the mere than it did last ycur.
| BIauoP WnIrrAi:ER writes in the Reno
Journal that he has received donation
Of $4,000 toward erecting II building nj
that place to bG used "a q female semi
llnry, but lie desires M much more be-
fore commencing the work. The Reno
ties will have n meeting soon md Talk
the matter over. .......... ......f.. .. ..
| G. l.. GREATHoUsE, Wells, Fargo &
Co.'S agent Mt Silver City, offers re-
ward Of $500 for the arrest and convic-
ton Of tho lighwaymen who robbed tho
stnge near WagontOwn last Wednesday
Onc of the robbers was quite tall md the
other Of medium height. Doth were
mounted. .-s .. .... . ..
| "a,
COUNTY Assessor LUTON will soOn
complete his labors of assessing and TAX
ing the census Of Douglas county. lie
thinks the entire population will not OK.
coed sixteen hundred, or about five hui,-
drcd voters, with M assessment roll OF
over $1,000, 0O0-or 50, 900 for each
voter.
IlorE VALLEY IL Mt this time tho
scene Of much pleasure, and numrcous
CAMPS OF tourists turn out nightly Ia
enjoy the Sucrry dance. Fisl. aud game
nrG faid to be plenty, and the nights
are just cold enough to mike blankets
Il luxury.
,DIuALOw, sentenced from White Pine
county for grind larceny, and sentenced
III Ormsby county for being engaged In
the prison outbreak under Lieutenant
Governor Denver, has been pnrrluncd by
tho Governor, md is now ut liberty.
| ForETEES practical Elnss.blowcrs,
from pennsylvania, have agreed to put
| iiIcir money, energy and experience
together md stnrt II glnss mnnmfnctOry
in Colorado.
! The census of WinncmucCa, which
hos just been completed by AygCr.or