The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-10-23
A dispatch dated n, Mountain yi.w

~ "tSh IN IIlSAul.llO hllIeU u llA0
named John Unrather, a native Of Chile,
1he trouble nrousc from II hint to the
effect that the man Unrathcr was not
averse to helping himself to other pco-
pies cattle, and otherproperty. OCCASION
any. Uhrather accused Mr.. Kings fam
lily OF circulating the report, and waited
on Slr: hlnS, informing him that he in
tended To oxterminate him and part rof
the family for h o~tTcnse, and. with II
revolver IN his hand, told King 10 step
out OF the house and he would finish
MN then and there. King did not 90
OUT ana, after watching him three DAYS
concluded that the man intended TO kill
hit'' and as ho was passing Kings Hotel
TINS morning, on horseback. King shot
him in the head, killing him instantly.
Inc man was considered n desperate
character, and ii is reported that he be-
longed to the EasQuez gang. The COM
mnnity generally think that King was
Justified, IL killed linn i'll s~eff-dcfcnse.
The Coroner held MI inquest Oh tho
body, N the jury returned q verdict of
j~ustiiiablc homicide.
The examination c. lTartwclI. CHARGED
with having committed n rape upon the
person OF Minnie Anderson, was defer
red by Justice Pyper until to-day, ut Q
o'clock, to allow the defendcnt time TO
procure counsel. The complaining wit-
ness was present. She is n delicate look
ing girl, Of between sixteen and eighteen
years Of nSe, and appeared TO be in fceb-
lc health, while the accused is u large
man, Of perhaps twenty-five years Of
ngc, and il found guilty of the crime
charged, will doubtless be uble TO serve
out n few years sentence in the penit-
cntiary without material injury TO his
moral Of physical MIXTURE. judge Pvpcr
very. wisely excluded the crowd Of goas-
~ip-monSers from the court room when
tho case was opened.-SaH Lake 1riJ-
HHe l9A.
Mr.. Nathan Rhine, Of Harris & Rhine,
returned II day or two since from his
visit to Panamint. After taking a look
through the mines for himself, he snys
the Surprise Valley Company have en-
ongh good ore out and i'll sight to keep
their big mill running steadily Il Whole
year to come. lie observed one pile of
silver bullion from this mill ready for
shipment Of about SO, 600 i'll value. The
Sunrise mill is running rs steadily us
scarcity OF water for the engine will per-
NIT. and with good results. Tho town
itself IL dull compared TO what it lng
been heretofore, but il is not dead by any
means.-H,yo Independent, gth.
IT is understood that the committee
representing the German bondholders
have accepted the terms offered by the
California Pacific Railroad COMPANY.
viz 10 exchange 50, 5U0, 900 of the old
bonds, with the unpaid inter
est thereon, amounting to over $780,
oOO,for n new issue of 81, 00O. 900 six
per cent. bonds of the California Pacific
Company, running thirty years from
July l., 1875, payment of which is
guaranteed by the Central Pacitic Com
pany. This action of the committee
requires the approval of the ~bondhold-
crs before it can become final.
LAKE TAHOE, in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, is 1920 feet above the level
OF the sea. Its greatest depth is rated
ut l,02o feet be government engineers,
but it is claimed thrt recent soundinns
have given over 1000 feet. 1t covers
mn area Of some 5000 square miles, and
is surrounded by high mountains. II
never freezes during the sevcrcst weather
and lis winters are uneGualed in the gen.
cral serenity and %hlandncsS ofthe atlnos-
phcrc, anc its brilliant clearnes6 and PHI
rity,
The editor Of the Piocho Record was
the victim Of u singular incident the
other night. While passing ulong the
street n boy exploded IL common cracker
just behind him. while mt the snme i'll
Giant n 1.NltnN haNrn EI H.
n~ciShboring fruit store, struck him Oh
the back Of the head. "I'm shot! I'm
shot! and taking n handful Of the decay
ed fruit from his head, he exhibited it
to n horror-stricken bystandcr MS a spe-
cimen Of his brains Chronicle.
CorPEH DIscovEnY.-J. II. McAllistCr
informs us that he md others discover
ed, % week ago, i'll Relief District, q cop
per ledge, which is also rich in silver.
Two men took out in half Il day two tons
Of ore, which a5snyed 10 per cent copper
and $JO.lU III silver TO the ton. The
minc is situated about eighteen miles
from Orcaua, and the locatcrB are j. IL.
McAllistcr, George Phillips, William
james and George Lovelock.
Owing 10 tho threatened competition
Of Senator Jones railroad, now nearly
completed. from Santa Monica to Los
Angeles, tho s. Z. r.. Il. Company has
reduced itS rates from San Pedro To
Los Angeles rs follows: Passengers
from $3.50 to 30 ccnts, and freight from
$40 to So. This action Is calculated
to make things lively" for tho new
railroad.
SUSAN Il. ANTHONY said recently that
she would "just like to catch n burglar
in her room once" The remark having
been reported, she next dry received a
noto signed "a. burglar, which reads
rs follOwsi "Dcer Miss, il yurc intcusli-
u IL honorabul would Mt mind CUM
min to yuro room sum mite rs yu REX
west,
WELLS, FARGo e. Co. shipped last
Thursday from WinncmuCca to San Fran
cisco S3l jig 30 in bullion received from
the North. OF this amount, 81, 900 in
silver Dnrs waS received from Silver City,
Idaho. The mills in that vicinity arc
nearly all working 10 their capacity at
present, ana turning out more bullion
than at nny time during the summer.
Amour forty stonc-lnasOns arc Cngng-
cd nj present in the erection OF the new
State Prison ut Reno. Tho outer wall
OH tho west side has already attained
the hight Of seventeen feet. The mat
crial used in building tho SAME is brvu-
Ght from tho Warm Springs quarry, at
Carson.
a number OF miners having contracts
from the Manhattan Company nro now
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