The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-07-09

nights report, via Salt Lake, Of the
massacre of General Custar md his ell
tire command.
CHICAGO. July 6.
Up to this writing-10 o'clock-Gcn.
Sheridan Inns received no official or
other direct information of the reported
mnssacrc Of General Custar's 3l5 men
on the Little Horn, but is expecting re-
ports Of some kind momcntarily. There
Is reason 10 fear that the worst reports
will DO confirmed aud perhaps aggra-
waited. ..
Reports Of damage aud disaster from
the storms OF Monday and Tuesday
nights continue to arrive. In various
parts Of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin
tho rainfall WINS very heavy. Corn
fields arc orertlOwn To the depth Of sew
crul feet i'll many places, and casualties,
particularly to railroad property, arc
numerous. Tho loss of lifo by tho
freshet Mt ROckdale, Iowa, is now re-
ported ut IL persons. a gentleman who
has just arrived from the region Of the
storms i'll Iowa and Illinois states that
tlr country seems to bo fnirly washed
out md ailoat, and farmers nro III dis
pair. fearing that they will DO unable
to save even small fraction Of their
| crops.
CoSsTASTISoPLE, July G.
The Government has declared tho
Danube neutral.
BELGRADE, July 6.
Tho Turkish town of Gabnn has cab
itulntcd to the SerVian, and its garrison
taken prisoners,
LONDON, July G.
y RaGusa telegram from Sluvunic
| sources denies tho truth of the reports
Of Turkish successes in Montenegro.
The Parliamentary Committee attrib-
utcs the depreciation of silver to the
| fluctuations of the Indian trade, tho
chnngc i'll the currency OF Germany
ind the enormous increase in tile Amer
lean production.
SAN FRAScIsco, July G.
The trotting race Mt the bay District
track yesterday was won by Peanuts.
a heavy gale intcrfered with the race,
and the time WINS slow; the best heat
being 1881.
Baldwin, the exposcr OF spiritual
manifestations, recently issued chal-
lcngo of $500 that lao could EXPOSE any
| manifestations known to mediums. II
was taken up by medium mined
Schimmons, who offered to eat ten
| grains 81 strychnine; baldwin to con-
sumo the same amount. Last night at
the performance baldwin stated to the
audience that he would not recognize
the acceptance, and Schiumons was Il
confirmed stTychn:ne eater and could
swallow the poison with impunity,
willie il would kill him.
Captain Xcvcrt Johnson, late Prcsi
dent of the Master Mariners Associn-
ton, is dead. He was the owner Of the
barkentinc AIodoc and WAS interested in
seven or eight other coasters.
Gen. Mcdowell has assumed conf
mand Of the Department OF the pncIlic.
The delinquency of the Savage ns-
scssIncnt Of - per share hus been post
| pOncd until the 10Th instant. \ strug-
gle for its control is said to be going on
still; notwithstanding the rUmor that
one OF the parties has withdrawn from
the fight.
weak opening OF the stock market
to-day. after the vacation, Is disnp-
| pointment to operators, and the street
is alive with runors OF water in tho
DonauZas.
| CISCT%SATI, juno Z.
The immense building, known rs En-
| position Hall, in which so many i'm
| Portant meetings have been held, has
been condemned as unsafe, and will bu
torn down Mt once. The new and mag
nilicCnt Springer Hall will in few
weeks be commenced on the same spot.
WISoSA, Mimi, july.
4 special says the steamer Key West
arrived with fifty wounded men and the
news uf IT fight near the big Horn, on
June 25ih. Generals Gustav and Reno
attacked 1000 Sioux, under Sitting
Dull. The entire force wa. killed.
NEW YORK, july.
The morning papers comment on the
Indian massacre on Little Horn. The
Ucrdh saga it is too evident that the
campaign is a blundcr and II rnutIdle, il
not n disgrace, md thinks there nrc
strong grounds for ascribinn tho mis-
management to General GTnnt himself.
Custur mny have been rash, but we
must treat his memory with indulgence.
Ills fight cclipscs even that oi the FAM
klnya. Ito wns ia such II subordinate
position that tho campaign lost the
benefit of cOunsUls and direction. Tho
result was disiOintcd plan Of opera
lions. Tho WsrGH reflects severely
upon tho degradation To which Cusinr
was subjected i'll consequence Of his
testimony in Post TradcrslIip matters,
| and blaInes the administration for rcn-
dcring him desperate. It also says the
general conduct Of the campaign has
been fatal, and thinks that IL such n
trophy should provoke the people into
demanding II speedy and complete re-
vision Of tho Indian policy, the blood OF
our soldiers will not have been shed in
| vain.
a special from the camp OH tho Big
| Horn, via. Bisnark, July 9Th, says:
Tho orders issued to Custar wore 10
proceed UP the l;OBchud in pursuit OF
tho Indians whose trail was fOumd los
Major Reno few days ago. When
the trail was found Custnr was To pro.
coed south to the head waters Of Tongue
river, and then turn towards the Little
Big Horn, lighting constantly 10 his
left 80 as to prevent tho Indians from
escaping to the south or to the south.
east. Gibbons column was 10 move NJ
as far Hs tho Big or Little Big Horn,
and tho plan wag thus to inclosc ia,
Indians between tho two columns. II
they wero found on tho Little Zig Horn
Custar was directed TO keep Gibbons
informed Of his operations. Gustav,
communal, as Is already known, struck
| n Il ~ al,