The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-09-18

The examination of witnesses by the
Red Cloud Commission is proceeding.
No particularly important disclosures
huvc been made as yet.
Moody and Sankey have been prench-
ing in Western Massachusetts.
The new fnst train by the pcnnsylyn-
nia railroad left this city yesterday at
l:30 II. M, arrived at West philntlcl-
phia nt 7:lO and Harrisburg ut IO:25,
exact schedule time.
Eleven persons pcrishcd OH Saturday
from the effects OF gus i'll the Dawing-
tonwood cOlliery.
Mnllcry Il Buttcriicld, the largest
dealers i'll pnper-bOard in America, rep
rcscntinS SOME 5O different mills, s,is-
pended yesterday. The creditors have
agreed to allow the firm to continue the
business ns usual.
y special from Montpelier, Vermont,
reports disastrous storms i'll thut neigh
burhood, nnd states that wnterspOut
struck st. Chcnair, carrying away nluny
persons und houses. Nine bodies have
been recovered md sixty persons are
still missing
y vessel from South America anchor
ed III East liarbur Yesterday, with the
yellow fever un hunrl. The cuptniu
passed quarantine without reporting,
and WIS arrested. .s,r d.
The Maine election took place ycstcr-
day, but returns are only III from forty
towns, and are not umfuvornblc to the
Republicans.
MI"sIs,ippI Affairs In the Cabinet.
.... WAsHISoToS, Sept. II.
The President is expected here to-
dny, nntl II cabinet meeting will be held
on the Mississippi troubles. There nh
pears to be nu grrnt fear Of violence to
the whites Of that State. .,...
Whisky Ring Prosecution.
CHICAGO, Sept. II.
The first conviction by the Govern
lncnt III the Whisky Ring cases was II
distillrr ut st. Joseph, Mo, WHO plead
guilty.
Murdered.
DENVER, Col, Sept. IL.
JAS. 4. Woodward was shot and killed
yesterday at Trout Greek, Like county,
by Thomas Walker. AIr. Woodward
was riding along the rond, going nLuut
his business, when Walker, who hud
some BrudSe against him, shot him with
II rifle. The murderer is u member of
the Sclf-lcfcnding Committee OF Safety,
gang Of fellows who have taken the
law into their own hands.
NInrkrts-Lo>s orthc Equinox.
, CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. II.
Flour very quiet; e % a. 700 per bar
rel. Wheat uctivc and firm; ScDl. Weld
l:lG, October yield :l2X. Corn strong:
Sept. yield 90, Oct. yield 59I;. Bnrloy
n"mimnl; nothing doing Pork quiet;
10 market. Lard quiet.
The schooner Havana arrived nt this
por, last night bringing burrows, who
is supposed Ia be the only survivor of
the propeller Equinox. He was picked
up 80 miles southwest Of Mnnituwar
Island on Saturday afternoon, iluntiug
on the pilot house. lie states illnt the
first signs of danger we've noticed about
l O'Clock Friday morning. The sea
w;Is very rOugh, and the vessel unusu-
nlly hard to steer. About that time her
bulw"rkS were stove. and the boat COM
menceh leaking aft. The water gained
last, and II SOON became evident that NIL
citurts to save the crnft would be uua-
vniling. The schooner Mars which wns
III tow, was signaled to come along
side, hut the waves were so high that il
was impossible. The port boat was
then lowered. but the vessel sank al-
most nmrtlintcly-nbOut o'clock.
burrows and the second cook iloated on
the pilot house. from which the latter
was subsequently lost.
Convicted OF Murder
LINCOLN, NID., Sept. II.