The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-10-16
WEEKLY ELKo INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1s7A

n every eighteen years anu about ten
days thereafter, every timc passing ovCr
the earth OH sixty miles farther south
m will finally pass or the earth ut the
South Pole, after having reuppenrcd sew
enty-sevcn times from its first nppcnran-
&C at tho North Pole, occupying 1883
ycnrs. After this il will not touch the
cnrth, but will take place in space till
nfter the lapse of IL. l92 years, when it
will touch the earth again at tho North
Pole,n $ before, to repeat the same clyde
over nnd over again forever.
.ACcIDENr At II RACE TrAcK.-
Hurry Monroe. n lad nine or ten years
old, was thrown from a horse on tho.
race track yesterday. md sustained n
simple facture OF the leg, both bones
having been broken above the ankle.
Tho lId whose father--J. A. Monroe-is
up near Bull Run ut present, WAS taken
to his sisters, where DIR. Hanson set the
limb. The sporting boys hive taken it
upon themselves to. see TINT he Is u
~ cared for, md provided with every
thing TINT will ut all contribute 10 his
comfort. He sustained no otlIor injuries
thnn having his leg broken, ind is get
ting along NJ well rs could be expected
under the circumstances.-SHrer State.
PEOPLE here aro beginning to take nh
interest III the latest phase Of the ever
ESstinE Eastern question:" A fond
youth called to see his sweetheart, who
had just recovered from n severe nttuct
Of brain fever, the other evening, and
attempted to explain tho IIerzGgoyiuiun
business to her; but the old mnn, over.
hearing him, swooped iuIO the parlor
with the prong Of Ill umbrella ruck in
his right hand, and the young man slid
OUT with n s~uddenness that left her in
doubt whether tho crescent Of tho hated
Turk would ever be mounted upon the
ruins OF Hcrzegovinian liberty.-Brook-
Ign argus.
A meeting OF the Centennial State
board of Managers WINS held in San Fran
cisco yesterday afternoon ut the rooms of
the Chamber OF Commerce, ut which q
Finance committee, consisting of Messrs.
Deeth. Show, Yanderslicc, Smiley aud
Wentworth, was appointed, md ". L.
Whittier WINS elected Treasurer Of the
Board Tho Finance Committee WIS
ordered to solicit donations anil loans
for the centennial Exposition. the latter
to DO subject to the condition that the
money DC repaid when the Legislature
shnll mike an appropriation in aid OF
tho Exposition.
Ono excellent reason why the Consoli-
dated Virginia Company can pay ten
dollars dividends il because they hnyo
milling facilities of the best Mt their COM
mnnd- OF the mills running on ore from
TINT mine the Chronicle Of lust evening
says; Ton mills aro now running on ore
from the Consolidated Virginia mine.
They arc the Consolidated Yirginin,
NlHriopsn, Sacramento, Hoosier Stnte,
Occidental, Bacon, Trench, Devils
Gnto Morgan and, Brunswick. These
mills have q total capacity of over 800
tons per day.
The railroad boys inform us that John
Moore, yard master at Ogden, was run
over md killed mt that station Inst Sat-
nrday. In making what is technically
called u ''hying SWITCH" he attempted
to get on tho cars, and slipped, falling
under the wheels. Twelve cars run
over his body, crushing it fearfully. He
lenyes n wife and ono child ut Ogden to
mourn his sad fnte.-SHver State, Ocf. S.
We were yesterday shown some orc
from n recent strike in mine on Lander
Hill, which is unlike any ore wo
have seen, except the surface ore of
the Eberhardt in White Pine. The ore
is principally chloride md horn-silvcr,
and the ledge from which il was taken
il said to be eight inches III width. We
are not permitted to make known the
name o fthc mino Mt prcsent.-RerciHc.
ESroprs from California, other tllnn
those by rAil, not including treasure, for
tho last nine months, aggregated
800, 7oi 800 in value. No account is
taken of the vnluo Of exports by mil;
but considering their quantity and char
meter, they must hare aggregated full ST,
O00, 900 during tho Inst nino months.
The export trade This year shows n largo
increase ovor that OF 1874.
Tho White Pino.Ncws says that nfter
ireading Attorney General Kittrell's cx-
PLANTATION Of tho BradlCy-hyman- Forshay
matter, rs published in the Virginia,
Enterprise Of tho Sd instant, John Cen
ger, an old friend OF Kits tainted dead
hwny, and Marcus Shultz wcpt like II child
Mt tho idea Of Kittrcll's moral sensibili-
ties having been shocked. .
.s San FR&NCIsco will have this fall a
collection Of tho fnstest runners and
t~rottcrs i'll the world. SpringbOk. Wild
lille Rutherford, katy Pcnsu, and sever
nl other EASTERN runners. besides u few
California horses that will not he lust
in the rncc by any mems. Budd Doble
will soon bc here with Occident, Gold
smith Maid, Clcmnltinc, st. James and
Nelly Wriglt.-EIehdage.
Bob Douglass, who killed II. Walker
ut RattlcsnRke Sutton on the Winncm.
ucca and Idaho road, August 20, 1874,
hns'just been arrested in Pleasant valley
Montana Territory, md tnkcn back to
.Roisc City. The Ardianeh says it was
nm unproyokcd murder, and doubts il
Douglass will escape the gallows.
IT Is reported on good authority that
the Railroad Company will put on u
daily Stngc line to Phoebe, by the south
ern route. Ms soon rs the trains Of the
Eurckn md Palisadc Railroad higgins TO
run to this plncc. This promises to
Iivcn up matters u little In tho singing
business to tho northumberland
Sentinel.
Hon. Common n. MorT, who onco rep.
resented WnshOe Territory in the Con-
gross Of the United States. md during
whose torn MS delegate the bill was pms.
sed providing for the Carson Mint has
been nominated by The San Francisco
Republican for Comfy Judge.-Ayptoi.
SEVERAL. small pciccs Of ordnance
wero recently brought up by n dredging
machine from the he'd Of the AppOmnt-
tox river, wlIcro they bayc lain since
Lafayette, from his position in the Po-