The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-06-25

NEW IoLK, June %.
Commodore Vanderbilt is slightly i'm
proving.
Another yacht race takes place to-day
from Brooklyn. -Four will participate
i'll the race.
Washington special to the U,faM
says 1t Is reported that Jndga Davis has
declined TO DO candidate, and that
Hendricks will accordingly accept the
nomination is causing much confusion
among ST. Louis managers. Morrison
and General Palmer AFRO talked Of ms
candidates for tho Presidency. There
hro rumors Of bolt being probable
should soft money platform be adopt
ed.
blaine was not so sell since Monday.
He il now confined to his bed from en-
hausiiOn. Surgeon General Barnes nt-
tended him last evening, and found
him suffering from nervous exhaustion.
special from st. Louis says Tildcn
is the most prominent man. Chic is
divided between Thurman md Allen.
Hancock is hardly mentioned. Bnyard
is tho choice Of many southern dele
gates, but they confess his innynilibility.
Tho following arc among the losses
of Daniel Drew, showing where some
OF his money went: lie Lost nbOut ST.
100000 on corner OH corn in tho
northwest; then ko lost, iii rapid sue
c"Ssion, on Wabash and Canada South
crn Railroad, 500, 900; in Lake Shore
100000; aud, as lie expresses il, Il
great many moro little things Tint hU
cunt remember. Sixteen or eighteen
months ngo hc had 81 1000, 900 or there
nbouts, and al, debts paid. lie had
Lake Shore and Canton on hrnd and
it went way down, causing n heavy loss.
Quicksilver was his last loss, and lc
has not been OH Tie street since. lie
complains OF unfair dealing on tho pnrt
OF his broker. IIo Inns still lot Of
deprecated railroad and steamboat
stock which nobody wants, lie has
kept no account, and given no order IN
writing, but trusted wholly to his mem
DRY and to tho honesty Of his brokers.
OMAHA, juno %.
Reports received hero at army head.
quarters, state that General Crook
force had severe baltic with combined
Indians OH tho 18th instant. Ninc
soldiers wcro killed and twcnty.onc
wounded. Tho indians loss IN not
given. Gcucrnl Crook has tplcgraphcd
for additional troops, and several com.
pnnics are under orders to join him at
once,
San FnASCrsco, Juno %.
Nathan ID. Porter, n clerk employed
In tic insurance agency Of Is. Il. Ma.
! gill, who nbscOndcd suddenly, became
possessed Of funds through tho pay.
Incnt on account Of II policy TO tho
agency by ll0lbrook, Merrill e. Co.
while Mr.. Magill was away from his
business.
Tho very mir seems ilnprcghatcd with
| nntt.Coolcism. Last evening Oh thu
corner Of Clay and Battery streets, Just
| hitcr fire in that neighhOrhood, about
100 boys from 10 yonrs down, began 10
hoot nj Cinnamon living in tho vicinity
md from hooting To throwing stones.
In fow minutes tho Cclcstinlg were MI
forced TO takc refuge Ia their houses
when stones were directed nj tho heads
pccring out Of tho upper wIndowa. A
large number Of hoUdlums chccrcd tho
bGys Justify Whenever sOmo well direct.
I'd st0no found human mark. 81 ono
timo several Cinnamon made gnIjio
upon the thrOng, scattering lliom in
all dircciinir', and one Chinninan who
was about 20 oYcrtalo anil chasliso Quo
u tho buya, was seized and roughly