The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-03-04
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way extension burned last night, spd
Nr. Rl!ssel proprietor Of tho Sherman
House, Chicago, and his son persisted
in the ilamcs: Ten others are reported
having been badly Burned. The acci-
dent WAS caused by the cnr running of
II broken rail, nnd the upsctting of the
the car which tlien took fire.
| O.. SIOUX CRY, Iowa, Feb. %.
John Gordon, who led the pioneer
purity Of miners that built the stocl:ade
near Custor City, in The Winter of 1874
and 1875, leaves here tomorrow to es-
,abiish for Sioux City and tho Blacl:
Hills transportation company aud q
stage line from this place to the Hills.
lie will arrange for bridging streams
that cannot be easily forded, and cstab-
lish ranches, and is expected to make
the Hills and return inside of thirty
days. Gordon viii return to the Hills,
leaving here OH April 5th, and pilot
through all teams that arc ready to
leave at that time. A company OF forty
men and their teams started to-day, I'M
der Albert Collins, who hao beon over
all the routes, 40 captain.
ST. LoEIs, o5.
Ever since General Babcock's d;s-
charge by The Court, his hotel has hecn
crowded with the most prominent citi-
zens Of 81. Louis. TO extend their con-
gEatulations on the result of the trial.
About p. IN. the officers Of the ar
senRl, accompanied by the band, gave
the General G serenade, Col. Hatch
ihade brief speech, im which he con-
graduated BaLcocl:. aud cnid the yer
diet was another evidence Of the CLOSING
Of tho Gap between the North and the
South, nnd the restoration of peace and
frsteirHl feeling. and called on the
band TO play Dixie" which VIVA done.
Cen. Babcoci: was then loudly called
for Crd responded in about the follow
words: ''Genti:Inen Of st. Louis-I
thank you FOR all your czpresgions of
kindness tcwerds nc. 3Iy hea:t Is toe
full ior me TO make speech TO you to.
night, even II could do so under other
circumstances. must thanh, YOU ell
mos: deeply" lie ihen introduced Mr..
Storns. who m6da fow remarks.
BRooKLYY, \. Y, Feb. &c.
Rev. Fred. Bell made statar2ent 10
the Brooklyn Edgls this morning in an
swer TO, and in refutation Of, charges
',rde few weeks ago agains, him by
Mrs. Morris, member Of his church.
II will be remembered that Mrs. Mofiii:s
charged Bell with making infamous and
Improper proposals. to her on the day
and evening Of tho ninth OF April, 1876
She was quite positive in her answers
to the cross-cNamination that the ninth
Of April was the day. Subsequently,
however, sho admitted t!lat sho WA
mistaken in the date, because, aa Bell
says, she heard that ho (Bell) was pre-
pared to disrrove the statement, bat
she declared the 18th OF April Vas the
date.
San FEAScisco, Feb. 25.
a two mile and repeat, and three
mile Hnd repeat race Is talked of, to
come of at the Bay District ground OIL
March fourth aud eleventh. Hook
Hooking, Golden Gc.c, aud others
will enter.
The celebrated thorough. stall
lion, WoodEurn, belonging 10 John
Hall of Alameda, il reported having
become infected with CHAMBERS, and had
to be killed in order 10 save tho ran,rin-
der Of 1Iali's horses.
Tho order requiring Revcrcnds Mills
and Shrarer, OF tho San Francisco Pres
bytery, to show cause why they should
not be punished for contempt in corr
ncction with the Dawson case, granted
by the Nineteenth District Court, was
dissolved yesterday by consent OF plain.
| tif. ....
Gilmo", Ito Boston Jubilee mnn, is
going TO hayo some monster concerts in
thia city, and yesterday his agent SC.
cured the pavilion for that purpose.
~ proposition to iucrcase the runry
capital stock to a!O,S00. 600 will be sub
mittod 70 tho stockholders Oh March
27th.
An assessment on Phoebe e 80 ccnta,
delinquent April sixth, has booa levied.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. %.
G. u. & a. Duon, merchants, have
failed, with liabilities reported nt
C3,60O,00D, aud assets believed 10 be
good. They were large holders Of the
National Steamship Compony's shares
The latter dCclinGd to-day from II 20
md 81.
| PAnis, Feb. %.
Cashmere Pcolier. at n meeting Of ,hf
Left Centre, ofa.ed thu. tho ronson Il,
had not accepted tho Ministry OF tht
Interior was because ho thought al
who w're nqscciatod niih tho policy o
Buff: should leaYe the Cabinet, whici
should bo almost entirely remcdcltd. Ii,
shid, however, that Dp rauro had no
finally settled With PRESIDENT Mn
Mahon what courgo would be taken il
tho meeting Of ChaInbcrs.