The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-12-25
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NV YorE, Dec. 20.


a violent earthquake shook Rich
mond, Virginia, Yesterday.
Mrs. Emma {. Gloul,on will call mn
SA-pGfte council in her case against
Reecher and Plymouth Church. unless
the latter will consent TO LoIdiur n mn.
tual counsel consisting O. the hes; mem
beers OF the Congregational Church in
the United States.
The convent buildings at Cross Vii
lage il the northern part Of Michigan.
have been destroyed by fire; also two
mills. Loss not stated.
AZ PittsLurg. John l.. Hoffman. ON
ductor Uf Hoffman * William bowers
distii!eries at Bath, Penn. has been ar
rested, charged with illicit distilliup.
Also Alex. Harvey and David KIM.
charged with fraud III the same business
the latter for issuing fraudulent ware
housing bonds.
Prince Pierre Donaparte, n parsonage
Of some notoriety, is a candidate for
the French Chamber Of Deputies from
Corsica.
General L. Chngon has been called TO
the command OF the army Of the Left in
Spain.
The training ship Goliah, OF Grayis-
don. England, w.ii burned Yesterday.
1t is believed that twenty persons per
ished.
ST. Louis sPsciel says there is n
strong probability Of pardon being
granted TO Joyce, recently convicted of
completely i'll the Whisky Ring frauds.
New IoRK, Dec. %.
~ Washington dispatch SAYS 4 very
strong pressure will be brought to bear
TO Secure the rejection of the recon
cndntlo of DIR. Lindernan for the To-
cation Of the new mint ut INDIANAPOLIS
or st. Louis. The South and S6uth-
western members will oppose the bill to
place the mint at either place unless IN
appropriation is passed TO reopen the
mint AT New Orleans for coinage.
The suit of j. G.. Bowen against the
brooklyn Eagle, begun yesterday in the
same court room in which the IIltou-
Bccchcr ease wls tried.
Governor Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, has refused To issue the COM
missions Of Whippcr and cx-Gover-
nor Moses, the obnoxious judges elect.
lie says that the terms of the pres
ent IncumLcnts OF the Offices to which the
ABOVE named persons claim to have
been elected, will not expire until after
another general election.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Dec. 90.
News reached here Yesterday from
San Juan, California, OF the death of
~. B- Carson, formerly of this city. and
W. jackson. Of C~oyington. They were
caught while decendlng the mountains
on the 10Th inst. in an avalanche Of
snow, and carried down n distance of
llitcen hundred feet. and were dead
when taken ont. Carson leaves n fam.
n.y. who now live at Terra 3Iill, Linn
Co., Iowa.
ST. PAUL, MESS., Dec. 23.
The schooner Stranger, of Superior
City, carrying provisions to the t,Liun
grounds oil Grand AIaris, capsiZcd III a
storm recently. Capt. j. Clark, GEORGE
Coburn, Joseph Codag and JunS,
So!anrc, all on board, were drowned.
The schooner has since come q shore in
fragments.
san FEASCIsco, Dec. 81.
Imports of treasure from Victoria
Tuesday aggregated S33, 800, mostly
bullion.
There was 2,7OO shares Of the Bank
OF California stock offered at auction
yesterday for account of whom it NAV
concern, of which $500 shares wets
bid in by Maurice Dore ut $3.50, and
200 shares by Dir. Goodman for SIGO
per share.
The Rock Bar Mining Company OF
Grass Valley has levied an ass, ssinent
OF 800 per share, delinquent January
%.
On the Goth instant S2i, 500 WAS
shipped from the Consolidated Vlrginin
lnine, making the total amount Of the
last dividend Slji, 100.
General Morgan. Commander ut Al
coiraz Island, died yesterday Of apo
plexy.
LoSDo%, Dec. %.
y Tmss' special from Berlin SAYS it is
now nsccriaIncd that the total number
of killed by the explosion Mt iircmeu-
ham is l2S, and Of wounded fifty.siy,
The Bremen aid committee reports that
twenty OF the injured are hopclcssly
MANNED, and there are iiftT-six widows
and l35 orphans Of the victims of the
disaster, for the benefit OF whom il pro-
poses to raise n subscription Of $50, 900.
Henry Wainwright, convicted Of the
murder Of Harriet Lane in White Chanel
road, Ill this city, was hung at Ncwuate
to-day. just before hc was pini0ncd lac
handed the Governor of the prison n
written statement which he desired
made public. In this paper he nc
kEowlcdgcs the Justice Of the sentence
though he does moi explicitly admit mo
murdered tho young WOMAN.
MADRID. Dec. %.
General Jovcllar, Minister Of War,
hns been appointed Captain General of
Cuba, and with Cabulla will shortly
leave for Cubn. General Qqcusndn will
he appointed Commander in Chief of
the Army Of tho North.
General Caballus tic lto1as, formerly
Captain General Of Cubn, rs dend.
BosroS, Dec. %.
Shortly before 7 p. M. II terrible OK
Ul""'0n GcCurrcd III south Boston, by
"hich a largc number Of pcrsons were
injured and several killed. II is i'm.
possible as yet to learn The cause
oi the explosion. The extent of
damage Is large. The gus main run
ming under tho Federal street bridge
to South Boston and along the watcr's
edgo under the pavement on Federal
street, exploded with n loud report.
tearing mp the pavement for $50 feet or
more. The street was throrgcd with
people ut tho time; many were buried
under the debris. and Croaby's grain
Warehouse was badly shattered and will
have 10 tic taken down. Tho foreman
was instantly killed. II Is supposed
that several persons were blown into
the wntcr.
LATEn.-Tho list Of killed and wound.
cd thus far ia. killed tro. foInII,. (,