The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-07-16

marked 96,dcgs.es.
rs ., CHICAGO, July ~.
The commanding officer Of Red Cloud
Agency reports 10 General Shcridnn's
headquarters ilutnirairs nj the Agency
arc very nncertain. owing TO the rrccp-
uoh oil The news of Clusters disaster,
ana the failure To supply the Indians
located there with provisions.
Gchrrnl Crook s official report of the
| battle of Rosebud, June 18th, to Gcner-
al Shcridan's headquarters, this morn
ing, contains no information not here.
toforc published. Ills casualties were
ten men killed and twcnty-onc wounded;
some OF them severely. No ndvices.iu
regard To the later operations If the
command have been received by Cen
eral Sheridan, who feels confident that
nothing OF disastrous character has
happened.
LONDON, July -.
y meeting of Erie Railroad STOCKHOLM
ers took place to-day, and general
discussion Of the liftuirs Of the road and
us intnre prospects was had. Watkins
ana Jewett agreed that money spent to
rcnovatc tho limo should he under the
supervision of II committee exercising
absolute control, short of metldIesomc.
ness; also that. the Erie, Atlantic and
Treat Western Railroads should be
worked together. JewCtt said there
iiau been rebound i'll trade, and the
Traffic over the Erie road would he much
larger. Eric broad gnnge had cost
more than the MARROW Buagr, without in
crcasIn8 tho capacity d the line. nor
| / al .
lie would not attribute all faults to the
managers Ill America, NJ wrong hnd
often originated i'll England. REGARD
ing the future. he said if the cuarG was
narrowed and steel rails laid the line
could be worried with the same ccnno-
my as other lines. Jcwctt advocated
altering the cars To avoid transhipmcrt;
also, laying third steel rail FROM Huf-
f"!n TO New York. The new Wavcrlr
rail, lie sail, WAS CIcat sucSC,s. The
laying Of n third line would open M II
new market, from which they were
practically excluded.
San FEAHCIs"o, July 10.
y policeman named Owens amused
himself Yesterday morning by firing
three lanes at !unn banned Pratt.
while OttlIty on dcSsia street. Owens
called Pratt ont of hIs house, atn when
the latter came GA the street the for
MGR fired mt hiln with revolver. Pratt
! threw brick at tho officer, when the
latter Tired twg more shots, missing
MN. Iratt was arrested on CHARGE
81 assault and battery, and the officer
allowed to so free.
The United States Grand JG.Y mndc
an Inspection of the Bay View Distillury
yesterday.
I REPORTS were floating around Cali.
lorna street yesterday that several
bonanza holders wcic badly bent, II not
Drokc. So far ms the rumurS concern
ing hob Graves, john Skae, J. G.,
MorrI"oE and Archie linrclnnd are COLI
ceriIcd, they were maSr out Of whole
cloth by the "bcar" interest.
The price of silver in London having
recovered tn III, the bears arc without
this new ally To further their schemes
in dcprcciatiu9 values.
| The Utah Mining Ccinpanc has
levied AN assessment ui -, delinuucut
August 10th. The annual meeting of
! the Co. was hcll on Trcalay alter
ro"n, and the old Board If direction.
| was rc..slCctC.l.
y aloc!; dividend Of Il 30 per share,
has hccn declared 10y the Joe. Sc:,lc.;
Mining Company.
CTTciSSSTT, July II.
In the vicinity Of Tanl"nsvi!lc nnI
.-..iY" "a II mnr,G spout
prevailed, lasting nearly an huar, de.
SiroyinI fields Ut wheat and carrying off
nearly u5c hundred head Of sheen; also
doing damage to the railroad track b!.
washing out several hundred feet Of
track; son:o places to tho depth. OF
eight feet.
New YoEs, %ulyII.
4 special to the TribyHc from Wash,
imgt"n Nnys The President yesterday ord
cred Secretary MUiriil to Remove forth
with First Auditor Muhnu; Filth Audi.
tor Ely: Supervising Ar;Iiitcch Potter.
and Chief Uf tho Secret Service, Wash.
b'lrnc. lie also indicated IA desire TO
/ have Mr.. BroHdhcnd. late Second
CuinHrnllvr, made Fin auditor. and
Buttcriirlh, late Ch;rf Clerk in tho
SECOND Conptrollcr's Office, To lac Fifth
Auditor. These two men were dismissed
by l'riStOw for Cuusc. Mullct will bg
P0ttcr~ successor; Blackburn, late
Prosecuting Attorney Of Hamilton
county, Ohio, ii 10 be made Solicitor Of
the Treasury, and it is said that Tom.
brady viii l." Supervisor uf Internal
Revenue for Indiana, aud }. II. Cow
hill aucccCda Commissioner Pratt.
SAX FEt%Cisco, July H..
Lust evening q poiiccninn arrested n
man who was apparently drunk, on
Bpnl street. a;d escorted him towards
tho Station House, getting ~ far ms
California street, when The man drew
knife, and cut tho officer two iimu;
III tho face severely wnundn@ him.
~ ic% days ago while n gentleman
was Gaintcriug by The vacant lot at the
corner Of Mission and 2Gih street, his
attention was attracted 10y the conduc.
'i his dog. over II piece az 'ilcGg which
he "nF "',iving 10 pull from tho caIth-
llc investigated Tho matter, and ,liscoy-
cred the dead body If an infaut nrpar.
emily about iiYc mouths old. The body
instead 81 being scanlily nitircd in
coarse clothes ~ Hrc usually th" remains
81 children which ARE secretly dopoitcd
III untnllDwod grounds. WAS dressed in
J expensive clothes, and gold rlnin
with lpCkct oi the snnc muiurinl nj.
i"chcd, was claspch around its little
neck. The matter was. for some reason
not reported to the Coroner.
The Tillun Guards organized last
night, AMI several other Democratic
Clubs met. Also, two Republican or
CARNATIONS. Politicians nro beginning