The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-29

gaged in mining here during the past
three years. died in o room in a lodging
house on Meadow Valley street, from
the effects of excessive drink. last even
ing. Mr.. Evans wal n native OF Corn
wall, England, and was IL man of moro
than ordinary Intelligence. IA private
letter from St. Thomas also informs the
Of tho suicide Of Judge Haskell.
Probate Judge Of Mohave county, Arr
iona, last Friday night, by shooting
himself through the head. Mt Mineral
Park. No cause is assigned for the
rash net. Deceased was about IS years
Of age, and formerly resided ut Forrest
Kill, California, where he has relatives
and many friends. and was highly res.
pected-
LAST night about eight o'clock, three
prisoners in the county Jail, named
Mark Moore, serving q sentunce of go
days for assault; Tyler, arrested for
passing forged checks; aud the man
Glover, sentenced for 80 days for rs
snult and battery, escaped from the
Jail by saving the bans from n window
III the rear OF the jail. Their flight
was not discovered until the officers in
charge went to lock up for the night,
when it was found that tho above par
ties were missing. The window from
which the escape WAS made leads 10
the wood yard i'll the rear OF the mil
building and is protected only by Il
bCNrd fence. Sheriff GilmorG is al
ready on the track of the fugitives, and
it il moro than probable that their
speedy capture will be cffcctcd.-SeaH-
mel.
Not long ago Frederick Holmes was
expelled from the Methodist Church i'll
Reading, Massachusetts, after many
years Of uuioubtcd riety, upon the
evidence Of his niece. The girl has
confessed TINT her story WAS n lie, aud
that her motive i'll telling it WAS re-
venge, her uncle having said that she
WAS too wicked to join the church.
The Salt Lake Tribune says the Utah
Southern Company contemplate ex-
tending their road 100 miles further
south this year. md will
work enrly in the Spring. This will be
the means Of opening up the great miu-
cral Of Southern Utah, aud
giving the miners II ready market for
their metals md coal.
AT 8 o'clock last evening. Thomas b.
Potter was stricken with paralysis of
the right side Of his body. 3Ir. Potter
has been confined to his bed for some
time by severe illness. and this stroke
renders the aspect Of his ease much
more serious, and the probabilities are
now that he will never recovcr.-R. II.
RtrtHic.
"An SIS," in Chinese, means Mr..
Victory Twenty yenrs hence some
Yankee, cooling himself OH the utmost
peak Of the Sierra Nevada, will cry. ".Ah
Sin, where Is thy victory!' and two
million hal1-headcd .Asiatics will pnt-
icntly rise md say, I'VE nrc. klumin,'
Fnller Allahnm, thlee hundle houscn
mlorc ."-N. J.. Herald.
THE following is the spaces allotted III
the Centennial Machinery ball: Great
Britain. 37,l2j square feet; France,
III, l39 square feet; Belgium, 9,3f5
spare feet; Canada. 1900 square feet;
Brazil, 1909 square feet; Sweden, g.
lGS; square feet; Spain, 2,IIS squire
feet; Russia, 1910 square feet; Austria,
1886 square feet.
\ wRITER in the Denver .Ners thinks
that the Catholics will defeat the new
constitution Of Colorado, il the conyen.
lion should put in a clause in reference
to the non-division Of the school fund,
and the Nrrs thinks the convention
should adopt any clause likely to cause
the defeat OF the document by the peo-
pie.
A FRESNO citizen, the other night,
in q fit Of abstraction, entered q drug
store and took n refreshing draught
from n jar containing nh assorted pick
ic OF snakes, tarnntulas. s~corcpions
and other interesting specimens in
natural history, the drink had no uu-
usual effect upon him.
\ san Francisco liquor dealer has
placed a bus; OF Franklin over his coun.
ter. When asked why he did so, he
replied that Franklin had drawn light
ming from the clouds and he had n
fellow-fcelinS for him. As he wss con-
stanily drawing lightning from barrels.
C~oESrcorI,ys axe limiting the prob.
ability OF n cali FOX a division Of Elko
county, ~ TIC az; sitting OF the Leg
.islaturc. Should re ne elected A me:n-
Der Of thai dishonoraLle holy. our vote
will be recorded against division. Oh
general rTinciplts.-EsiHon; Co"dr.
4 cEocE on Fifth South street, yes
teriay, ~rappei up a couple Of pounds
OF Lard in ! eory Of the Sal, Lake
N,ydid. When the lard rnau, zhs lives
on Fifth East. reached home, he found
that the concentrated lJs hrl chlnyei
il 10 sD5P.-&sh L,S TrityH<.
GroESE Fa,xcfs TSIIy. vho for the
La: cigL:Hea as77:L, has icen under an
englgssnsns Q! sj.0yJ ia keep ..ill. has
oGrTci ;ar r:E.: Contrasting parties
SI,5H1 80 let him Of.
ASoTaEn los: city hiss been discover.
81 just north o! the Caspian Sea. lie,
the man Who lost i; coin" forward. pay
for this notice aud take his old ruins
away.
4 PETITION Is in circulation against
LHine's bill prohibiting "any games "r
scheme involving the risk 81 money or
any other consideration Of value"
REprirtp, Of the Cincinnati Commtr.
ci"i, estimates tina. there have not