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

ACCORDING to MI Eastern paper mn
English mere consists Of G,272, GiO
square inches; nn inch deep Of rain ON
nh mere yields G.272 ,GIO cubic inches of
wntcr which ut 277,27I cubic inches To
tile gallon makes 22.G22.5 gallons. As
gallon OF distilled winter weighs Jobs.
tho min fall OH IN acre is I3G. 21Or,s'
nvoirdupois, counting S,2i0hA. IN "a ton,
an inch deep Of rain weights 100, 800
tons or nearly l0l tons per acre.. For
oTcry hundrcdth of an inch ton of
winter fills per acre.
AT meeting OF the Ormsby County
Association OF Mexican War Veterans.
y. ID TrcadwRy, President, in the
chair, Judge Patterson offered tho fol.
lowing resolutions: Rr'oIr,d, That q
Stnte Convention Of Mexican War Vet
Grams be held in tho District Court
room in Carson City. May 10, 1876, ut
z O'Clock y. NJ, 80 make the necessary
arrangements TO have tho Veterans pro-
perry represented at the PhiIa,IclplIia
Centennial celebration on July 1, 1876.
Re'ofred. That each county De requested
10 send delegates.
TRE total debt Of Spain, according to
the London Times, il $500, O0U. 900,
debt larger than that Of Great Britain,
and more than Thousand million
greater than the debt Of the United Sta
ties. The Interest on the debt Of Spain
ut 3 per cent. is not less than 500, 600, =
600, while the entire, revenue docs not
exceed 9O,OU0,O00. Spain has como ont
Of its recent civil war bankrupt. Thorc
is no prospect OF paying the debt.
4 Cineinnntinn who had purchased
an oil painting at u private SaIC, called
IN an artist TO consult him M to how he
should hung j! The artist looked Mt
u long and cIIriOuslJ. und then said,
81 wouldn't hang il IL ! were you."
Wouldn't hang il? Why notr" BE
cause the sentiment Of the nge * rather
against capitol punishment; / Womb
Commute It's acntcncc to solitary irnpris-
onmcnt for life
The sulphur mines ncHr Steamboat
Springs nro improving daily. The
Wheeler company Inns u5rne,l cnt
2Ox2O feet in the side hill ON which tho
clniin Is situated. and II has face Of
solid sulphur. 4 shaft has been sunk
l,2OO feet north Of the open cut and
shows "a continuation Of the sulphur
ledge and veins.
JANIS II. KEESH, tho broker. bna
purchased tile ranch Of l.. l.. Benrd al
Mission, San Jose. consisting Of 1900
ncrcs, including extensive orchards OF
pear trees, fs trees. etc, with vine.
ynr'l. The price Is said to have been
$50 per mere. Al that figure the ranch
costs Mr.. kccne the snug little sum Of
S720,000.
The Manhattan &. N. Co., shipped
for the month ending April 30. 1876,
SO bars Of bullion. weighing 5,G.In,s.
and valued nj STO,2ii 3G. This il mn.
der the average monthly shipment. and
is attributable to the fnci that tho ToEu.
lar monthly cleanup is moi included
in it.-RercHie.
Ok Friday night large body Of wa.
ter WINS struck in the south drift on the
5O0-foos level Of tho KOssuth mine.
About fifty miners inches suddenly be.
gan TO pour from n break In tho cast
clay wall. The mine, hy Saturday
morning. Was filled 10 the J5O.foot level.
- lUgind Chronicle, Nay Isl.
Dun renders remember Vivian, tho
talented and versatile character actor,
His true nnInO Is Richardson. and his
wife Inns been granted divorce front
him in London. on tho ground Of
adultery and dcscrtiun. ''.t.fE
THE wator Ia being steadily lowered
IN the Belmont shaft, md il below tho
3On.foot level, leaving depth Of near
2,U feet. Tho now machinery coniin.
ucs 10 run nicely. and is doing all that
was expected Of it, UtimoHt Courier,
iPTR 2sh. ...
GovEEsun RicE, Of Massachusetts, has
vetoed tho I'LL Ia lcgalizo The marriage
Of James Parton, on tho ground that
tho net WIS not within the constitutional
power Of the Legislature. ...
A manuscript Of the "KorniI," copied
by tho Cnliph Osinnn, third after tho
Prophet M0hammcd, is IN thr imperial
Library Ut 81. Petersburg. II is 200
ycarS old,