The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-07
[Frum Fridays Daily.1

'iEIyIE IEEEiSi.l --n arT.:.,s. IUry, !
An ISoESIous TIstE-prkcs. There is
on exhibition at the jcwelry establish!
ment Of l.. S. Yeates & Go. q watch of
extraordinary construction, displaying
inventive genius and c knowledge OF
the nrt Of watch making on the pnrt Of
A. {. Grue, its maker, rarely found
outside of regular manufactures. The
piece il lever escapement, but differs
essentially from those. known in the
in"rket. being tho invention OF Mr..
Grue, and Introduces quite u new iIca
III its interior arrangement. The time
OF day is not only given, but by tho nd
dition OF four oxtrn wheels, only ono Of
which Is in, gear, the day of tho week
and also TINT Of tho Iuohih is, in reruLL
lar succession, marked upon tho dial.
tho " changes taking place exactly
at midnight, The hands, with the e1.
,ception Of those of the calandcr, are set
from the back. While the work WINS
III progress, vo Nero permitted to exam
inc it by Mr.. drue who explained his
hrw idcn Ms reaching d deaired end by
the very simplest mems, and 10 far as
VIC were ablo to comprehend the move
mentH, Ito has reached tho very acme
OF perfection, for notwithstanding the
thrco separate and distinct movements
marked upon the same dial every TWEEN.
ty-iour hours; ms statcd above only fonr
extra wheels, and but ono Of them in
gear, has been added to the ordinary
timC.picco IN order to produce the re-
suit mentioned, q. The size Of the watch
il that Of tho ordinary American; is a
beautiful piece Of workmanship, mud
wnsmnde entirely by Mr. drnc in his
shop In this plnco, mid out Of the pro.
duet OF our mines, tho wheels being Of
bcaten gold. whilst tie lllatosI dial, etc.
nro NIL Of solid silver. - ~
rERsoNAL.-Beu. Fitch started for
his homo in San Francisco by tho train
yesterday morning. DR. e. l.. De
Wolf Of Cornucopin, went WRIST by the
snmo. train. 90. Hon. &C. Stevenson
pissed through last evening on his way "
to tho Centennial to engineer his Neya-
dH quartz mill, ainto Mineralogist
Wbitulllll 10 already arranging the
hnhdaomo rnDihct Of Nnvhda spcrimorls
in tho Smithsonian Institute. Frank
Swift, tho we'll known bun Francisco
mining secretary, passed through Oh his
why to Now York yesterday, where lie
tnkes the STEAMER for Europe. S. L.
Chrlsty, PRESIDENT OF tho Leopard
Mining Company, was MISC passenger
on his way uHst. !. Frank BTcuiZcr mr..
rived by stngo from Cornucorin last
evening. He informs ma TINT the work
of preparing tho gruuhd for hoisting
machinery over Tho Leopard shaft IL
now IN progress, mud Low Willinrd's big
tedms hHvc goiio to The railroad for the
purpose Of hauling tho outfit to It's tlcs.
tinniiUn. >.r.- rv,-r
FooT RAcE.-A lively CONTEXT for n
prize Of four bits cninn off ut Tom Glib
Inns corner Inst ovoning between II coup.
10 of little bnre-footed urchins. After
n number Of inlso starts tho flyers got
squnrCly of, md wore neck md neck Ia
Tho 1unrtof.pole, whcf ",Tow-hcnd's''
near suVronder guro why, permitting
tito playful brcczo TO accumulate In hIs
buggy brtcchcs, which go retarded his
flight thnt liItlc ."Freckic'' cdnc IL
winner by sixteen lengths. - +.
LsMorLLE l,oAp.--Dick Dorsey IL ch
gagged IN onstlDsh fUod tilio,:ih froh
iIic fowcr bridge 10 intcrscet tho roat
from Lnmoillo for tho ACCOMMODATION
Of. residents Of that valley, tho uppc
bridge having become dcinoralizcd b.
the late floods. ...,....,,.