The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-22

night Of tho Boca collision, one year
ago. Mr.. Bennett WAS u passenger in
tho caboosc Of the Inflated train, and
was lying asleep in one Of the hunks
when the crash came. The cabOOse
was sliyered into kindliug wond, nnd
Bennett was hurled forty feet down tho
embankmcnt into the Truckee river.
Dead and wounded cattle, dead and
wounded men went down the bank with
him, and Il boy named L~ichtcnscin WIS
thrown far iii into the TrucEce river,
aud 1t was weeks before his body WIS
found. Mr.. Bennett was unconscious
when discovered, and for several days
there WIN little hopes Of his recovery.
The Coroner's verdict charged the con-
ductor OF the freight train, aud the fire.
man OF the passenger train. which ran
into the freight, with criminal careless
ness. Plaintiff alleges that lie received
injuries i'll tue collision which are per-
nancn and lrrcparublc. The trial is
II OF unusual importance because Of
tho principles il involves, md the YER
diet is anxiously awaitrd,-9rHc&ee Re
PHdticGn, ion. 12M.
THE San Francisco Stock Exchange,
referring to tho strong market says:
''Thoy say the Virginia City operators
are all ''short" OH the market, having
been nstonishcd that there should be
n market in San Francisco when there
was none expected Mt the front. 1t is
to be regretted that the Virginia sharps
should be short" Coming SO soon
after the fire u financial 'cinch' ut tho
present time must DO very binding.
Virginia City operators should remem-
her TINT deals Hrc made in San Fran
cisco with very little regard to the
mincs-which are prospective ut best.
II tho Virginia City operators think
they know it all because they hourly
walk over the bonanza they are very
much mistaken. One touch of Nature
makes the whole world akin and ono
word from jim Fair or frank Obiston
makes Il market or unmalics It. 4 very
shrewd and sugncious operator remark
ed yesterday, Before 1876 closes its Gu
reer there will be one unbroken mass
OF ore from Ophir TO Chollar. THEY'VE
got 1t and that's the matter with
tho market Another s%agncious op-
orator wants to bet that the yield of tho
bonanza mines for June, 1876, will be
$4,000, 900. Whcwr'
YESTERDAY afternoon, about half-pasL
o'clock, General Harris went into
Robinson's bath-house to Take n Hum
boldt bath. lie entered the room at
II quarter TO 2 o'clock, and turned OH
the water; and, not having taken II bath
for several weeks, thought lie would
soak II while. In this comfortable posi-
ton he fell asleep, and did not awaken
until 4 O'Clock, when he found himself
encascd in ice, the wnter in the bath
tub having frozen while he was asleep.
The General shouted for help, and tho
boy i'll waiting rushed into the room,
and by the aid Of n Ratchet brought the
General out all right, when no remnrk-
ed: "By Cd, sir, l feel like q boiled
turkey. "-HMmGo!h Register. Jan, Il.
The following nro tho most import
ant engagements for American horses
i'll England: Prcal;ncss will run in tho
international handicap, Newmarket,
II for the Ascot cup; Bay Eagle will
run for the Prince of Wales stakes, at
EPSON Bay; Final will run in this City,
Suburban, Metropolitan, md for tho
Alexnndriu plate, at Shutdown Park;
Mute will run i'll the Newmarket hand
leap n also i'll the City and Suburban;
the colt Eglost will run for SCOTS new
stakes; the colt Brown Princes will run
still later.
Cyrus L. Mills hns filed IN answer
i'll Sun Francisco in the suit brought by
L. NJ. Dawson, cx-clerSyman, TO restrain
and enjoin from publication certain let
letters written by Dawson 10 Mrs. Mills
while hor husband was absent in Japan.
The plain avcrincmt Of this document is
that Dawson is nu uumittigatcG sconn-
drcl; that lie is unprincipiCd anil cor
rupt; that the letters arc damaging to
him; that their publication would blast
his Character, and that he is q ma void
OF The principles Of honor and unfit for
decent society.
Two gamblers have been converted
by the Methodist i'll Portland. Oregon.
One of them upon his first attendance
Of n class meeting, handed to the Lead
or II worn dice box and the dice. "Thoso
have been my means OF livelihood for
years." he said, 'and I've bcrOni. %
expert with them that ] can T. B; II
game In which loaded dice -. rsed
against mo. l haven't my 9th. Hdr,
and it's like trading coInpet,. O for
proverty to give up tools" Nobody
doubted the gcnuiuencss Of that con-
version. ..
TnEnE Inns been n marked Increase in
production OF quicksilver of late at New
Almndcn, California. In the first half
of the year the average yield was only
u iluska II month, but for the lust four
months il has been 300, with u fair
prospect that the average for 1875
wilt be between 1,G0U and 1000.
a HeraM Washington dispatch gives
n rnnior that Ex-Governor Morgan, Of
New York. has II letter i'll his possos.
sion from General Grant i'll which tho
President MI explicit language, declares
himself opposed to the third term, aud
asserts positively that no will refuse
the nomination.
~ San francisco las! week there wcro
50 deaths reported by tho Health De-
pnriIncnt, I less than The previous week,
ind one less than tho corresponding
week last year. They nrc thus clussi.
fled: Males, 5S; females, ~; whites, IL;
copper cOlOrcd, If.
Dos MSrEo KELLER, Of Los Angeles,
has started OH his Malaga ranch tho
nucleus Of an extensive UyStcr pr0duc.
ton in the county, having 2l0, UDU, 900