The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-22
from Wednesdays Daily

lAAoA ""Nu-outO 5 D0llN.
IL DEMASD.-When one Of tho pas
SenSer trains arrived the other day All
elderly lady, Of rather preposscssing up
pearnncc, stepped out on the platform,
and took rooms down town. She was
very quiet, and casually asked the
whereabouts OF IL male resident of EIko,
md finally inquired into his financial
status. Some Que volunteered the
information that lie had been absent
from this place several months, nobody
knowing when he might be expected
to return. bnt she could probably Oh
tain more definite answers b. callinr
upon his WHEAT the same time Civ
ing directions to the house Of the latter.
The last remark caused the NEWCOMER
to knit her browS and color in the face,
but seemed to make no further imprcs.
sion upon her. She remained in town
several days and finally took her de-
pa:turc from whence she come. Few
persons paid any attention TO the mat
ter, bnt one, more inquiaitive thun the
others, fcIrctcd out the case, ana learn
cd that the said gent has been passing
himself off rs 1t single man, and his
relation with the strange lldy's daugh-
ter were Of such an intimate character
that SHE had hunted him up, intending
to Institute legal proceedings for dam
na"S. bat finding him already the pos
scSsO: Of one wife she concluded to
drop the affair and let him depart in
SILENCE hoping to reap retribution in
'nLoiber and sLrcr way.
C~CTrISG.--A man named Thomas
Shelian WAS attacked in II d.:nx.ng
saloon AT the Leopard MIL On Dec
Geek, near CornucIp:a, Sa;L.d. ,
evening, by VIM. Allen AMI received
II knife wound which came near u:ov-
Ing fatal, the knife splitting Slrnun's
hat-rim. passing through and nearly
se"eTing his ear and grazing his heck
and was buried i" his shoulder. OPEN
Ing II woand i've inches in length, AL
len hal an examination br:.o:e Jus,ic,
BaSictt, and WAS Gi5ch tf,cd, it appear
inS that lie hid acted in sclf-dvfcns..
Shchan X liuichison " teams, and
had employed Allen rs IL driver, the
trouble growing ont Of II rcGasul to pay
Allen the wages due him. Shehan j.
severely wounded, bat his life il 10,
considered endangered.
DosES'r R@euInE IT.-The Eureka
.Set',deI co:Tcc!J our item rcgIrl:n. the
forgery case Of Tyler, aud says it "Has
10 far ~ tn. statement; Ihai
lm.ncl AZ ca. Wee ILS.rs." Ii IL. Tsat-
h"t! hal real oar article carefully IL
would have dlisUrrroi that W. mile 40
such assertion. We SIMPLY said
""heihur the EGrr!l FOLKS gct oil ~.
we'll, ii. (. wItiI1Ht losing No call not
SAY, but the chances are iIal they axe
losers to IL greater or lraS nuoimt.''
Hence our article required no correct
inS' o"t We are glad to learn that
"'e"'r'' i'"hiei * Co. c"ine out Of the
''""'"e''oh all night.
HAPPY III TiIf DREAMS. Our cX-
N"'"e' "t'"' "cl''i'S" Tor the city OF
i'ta '""cIcS uh yesterday mornings
NUN II" '""''"e" &" car ut least one
"o"'" t"'ih r" u h' WEI" permitted to
J"na' from 'h' lo'npo"s lhInlcr in
WIG" "o swung III" o''fco"t over his
"'"'' "'"' "'''c"ci III hand boarded the
ram, waving Kind "dien 10 his many
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Grub" sail no,h. whp, ,Li.l 49,,
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