The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-28

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Committee on l'ost Officials, and Post
Roads upon the sub1es.ef, corrupt mail
contract letti::g. TaggGtt is a warm
friend otGiles A. Smith, formerly Sec
ondsAssistant' Pos strnas,or Gcncral, mud
also his brother, Gen. Morgan Il. Smith.
-Taggnrt, on account Of, his friendliuesss
witt the Smiths. .Wez employed bytGil-
iner & Salisbury, 4 heavy contrastips
firm, to obtain for them Is contract for
two prominent mail contracts in Utah.
If successful. Taggnrt was to be paid
$4,000. Tho contracts in the end
were awarded to Gilner & Salisbury,
and when Taggart demanded the money
promised him they refused 10 pay him
PlSythirS, SAYING tho contracts hnd al
ready cost them SO much in Washing
ton that they could not pay him any
thing. To discover how mlcfi this
firm had 10 pay the Postoflico author
tiles, will be the next work of the Com
ilnittec. :. -'
On consultation Morrison, Randolph
and Holman havo come to mn agree
inent to pass resolution. for adjourn
pent OH Jnpo 18th: II Is said Conk-
ling and Morton, WHO wGnt ; to 60 to
Cincinnati. will aid this and idlscc65Suniitc-
nance opposition. ~n....a ..-a
Clerk Adams brought the attention Of
tho House Committee 10 tho partisan
gossip rejecting OH his character, md
demanded nh immediate investigation.
A Committee was at once authorized
and will be appointed shortly.
-. . r,l,, San FRSNcrsco, May 90.
The q GCOIIoS,nFS@o, which arrived. yester-
d19Py from Chinn, has been removed to
Quarantine by he Board of Health, and
will not bc allowed TO land until thor
onghly disinfected. The nino hun
dred Cinnamon OH Eqaya wore highly
| disguised IT. this action. The cause
was that several cases of Chinese black
small pox occurred on the voyage, over,
hnl the Board Of Health, remembering
y, thC ray"ges Of this plague IN 1868, does
not want my. more experience of the
same kind. The news hrgSgfIl by the
steamer is to tho effect that fmmaiil pox
e.. epidemic iii some Chinese PROV
inccs. q -. {. .rsg-s. j. -! .'t
The new uniform Of The police Il tNn aNim::
liar TO That Of New York City. The po-
liccmen nro 10 be drilled q Ia i',Iiiil TIIiilia,
ore hour day being given 10 insstr1aic. is1i
Tile bgsfi Si 81 St fire fiji DHhaefiTrissffss Tia II N
view Of the extensive usc Of pyroteehnics
at! at the coming Centennial celebration,
have fssnel,. n circular 10 agents, can- eau
tioning them TO uso every pfecHption
against fires, and TO obtain tie aid. OF
the local authorities to aid i'll enforcing
precautionary. measures, as it says it
docs no. want tho hundrcdth birthday
of the 1,htion to be + blaGE ictiicr ;tliay TO
the INSURANCE companies. ~ !G . '.'
Tho contest between Piper md Nc
Donald ii becoming exciting now, aid Giid
il is claimed i'y lie lat.or's friends that
he has some show for tho nomina-
tion. -s-.-- -..'as..-.t.s sr,.' --., p.
o'LeNry completed his fonr hundred
and second mile Gt d llttio before twelve
h'clook. lilo Is walking briskly.
Tho Trojan dissatisfied stockholders
will meet ut three o'clock 4. II. Tic
committee has discovered sixteen thoua-
and dollars III, over, qbatgcs; on ma.
chinery, wood, lumber, cic, Over sixty
thousand shares nre pledged already,
md no doubt IN entertained by the
committee that IL can orisl the Innuapc.
mrni ..u. ,i .'r r.Sii
New YORK, Sfdy 52.
a London special says tho Dublin
University Rowing Club, and the Uni
Tersity Boat Club, hnvc both decided
to send crows hn contest in tho Amerf-
c"n Centennial Regatias. r,.
4 Rome special snys, Cardinal Ai.o.
tellls liGplth is again causing uncnsi.
ness in tho Vatican. IIo is unnLIo to
walk amd il carried IN sedan chair.
lie IL over 10 years old.
Sloko's counsel went to Albany to-day
to make another effort to secure hia, re.
lease. His form o. injbriaonlncpt does
not expire until the 27th OF October.
a special from ltcllmond, w., SAYS,
intelligence was received horu ycs,cr.
day Of M txp'osion ~ tho old Stid.
Lothian conl pit, in Chesterfield Co.,
resulting In tho loss Of eight lives and
severe injury to two or three persons,
whilc n number Of others wcro slightly
Injured. Noi %cte. Working roo feet
below the surface when MI EXPLOSION ,of
foul mir took plOcc, II being heard for
miles. Tho manager nnd others tic.
sccnacd tho hii, mud after searching,
found tl!o bodies OF jas. Cnrran, fore.
mas, Gins. Holden, doscbh Marshal,
Thomas Golden, 1SoLctt hall, Joseph
ltadloy, :, Vim. Morris, and Phillip
Elliott, oil dead and number OF others
more or less injured. Tho mouth Of
tho Fl. wNs crowded Will tho wives
aud relatives Of tho Killed and imjdred,
frantic with grief 1t tl.cir loss.
Daniol Drew wna much worse yca.
to-day and is suffering from dyscnlcry
nnd loss Of appetite.
cutcauc, Nay 90.