The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-15
ElKO INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. JANvAny -. 1870

~ ENH "a uSu oiehJ SuHic near burning
mp his shop q night or two ago. \
friend and a brother in the Order was
lying very ill--at The point of death, ns
wns Thought. In case of his death
4 y there were certain ceremonies to be per-
formed over the body while lying III the
"~wig-wam" by the Prophet. Now, our
/, = Prophet had never undertaken the PEI
formance of tho ceremonies and he was
not sure that he could acquit himself
crcdibly whcn, he came to undertake
them with the whole lodge standing
looking solemnly on. He thought he
should like n little previous practice.
With this i'll his mind he persuaded his
partner, also n Red Man, to join him in
: "a Srehenrsal and take the part OF the
corpse. The partner saw no harm in
having such n rehearsal and thought il
would really be IL good thing for his
TREND. the Prophet. Accordingly n
clean board Was placed oil two ~trcstieS
and the partner who Was to be the
corpse stretched himself ON it ut full
length, closed his eyes and told the
Prophet to proceed with the funeral
ceremonies. The Prophet, in full war
paint, aud with II cows tail stuck be-
hind his ear, then begain prancinG
around the remains. With some
prompting from the corpse he got
3 through with his mummerics i'll very
fair shape. He then caught I'D IL torch
made Of fat pine splin;crs aud began n
solemn dance nround the dccorous and
npprcciativer corpse. While in the
midst OF the dance and dolorous chant
he suddenly discovered that in waving
his torch he had left IL trail of fire be-
hind him in tho Bhavings covering the
ioor which completely encircled the Sc
: uate remains. The corpse took in the
situation at the same moment rs did
tho Prophet, and tho two wound up the
rehearsal in n very lively little fight to
save their premises. Both had their
hands and clothes badly scorchcd, and
the partner swenrs that it is the last
time lie ever will trim for II corpse.
The EUREKA Stntinel of Sunday has
! tho following items:
49, AmRn named Tjlcr WAS arrested here
about q week. ngo, md since that time
''3 has been lying III the County Jail. lie
has passed several checks, which are
said to be forgcrles, and a complaint,
charging him with that ~oifense, will be
< hiSu tO-ilOIlpN III ING IOllce Court.
He arrived here n short time MOO from
: CornucOpia, and claims he received the
checks in payment Of IL debt, supDosinp
them to be genuine, the truth of which
statement will doubtless be demon
Rtrated at the examination.
The predicted breach Of promise
suit, mentioned q short time ago in the
Sentinel, was settled by the payment of
two thousand dollars by the tickle Lo-
thario to tho forsakcn damscl. Pooling
with n mniden'S henrtstrings is IN eX-
pensive luxury in the Base Range and
one that should never be INDUCED in by
persons OF moderate means.
Yesterday, in. tho District Court.
Counselor Hillhouse argued the motion
for ii new trial in tho case of Sam.
= Oils. Judge Cole ovcrrulcd the motion;
but we understand that an appeal will
be taken to The Supreme Court. The
defense based IFS motion upon the
ground that the Court erred in its ill.,
structions to the jury.
Sheriff Gilmore left on this mornings
trim for Carson, having in charge Sam.
Oils, p. w. Keys, Pete Morris, 2. X.
Mason and All Hing, whom he will
convey to tho State Prison. This is
the largest shipment of prisoners ever
made from the Base Range.
The New York Sga of December 3lst
has the following.
Edward Murray and his wife, under
The stage name Of Miss Alice Ross,
have been singing IIibcrnian duets in
thfHey Park Theater, birooklyn, with
considerable success. Montgomery
Quenn, who used to he Brooklyn
2 livery stable keeper. afterwards super
inttndent OF the Second Avenue New
York. Horse Car Company and propric-
tor OF n circus, sat in n front. scat with
4 friend on Wednesday, night and was
s;nitten by Mrs. Murray. IIo wrote an
epistic to her asking her 10 meet lin
after the performance, and Mrs. Murray
promptly handed il TO her husband.
Sir. Murray md his Brother sought
Queen and his friend after the enter
tainncnt wns over, aud asked them to
drink III I'm adjoining saloon. In the
saloon Murray handed Queen the note,
aud asked him what he meant by insult
ing his wife. Queen explained that he
did not know that Alice loss was his
wife, but; Murray would take no apology,
and hc pitched into Queen, while Muir
rays brother pitched into Queens
: friend. Both OF the visitors were badly
pounded, and they hastily ran TO their
carriage and were driven to New York
i'll IL hurry.
TIE Cincinnati Commercial has this
account Of ~ horse with n silver
throat:''E "ltc was Il kind, gentle,
Woodworking. beast, belonging Ia the
Cincinnati Omnibus Company, but was
O., wind broken, mud on tlat account had
grown almost useless. II was Il pity
and n loss ms well, TO turn him ont 80
fie-hc wouldn't scll-so it was do.
termincd 10y Myers, tho veterinary sur
gcon, 10 try m experiment, IN cxpcdi-
rnt-in short, u 'kili-ur.curU' remedy.
So two mouths ago hr mndc nm incisiUn
in tho animals throat aud inserted u
silver tube In tho wind-pipo to facilitate
breathing, leaving q sort OF artificial
nostril ut the point Of insertion. Tho
device works like n charm. the terrible
Wheeling has ceased, tho incision lIns
healed mp beautifully, and the horse il
doing his full days work aud cats his
full allowance. Tho silver throat can
DO removed and replaced ut will for
cleansing, bbs I, is - arranged as not
10 get out Of place or cause any incoii-
vcDienec to the horse
TmE following from the Arizona
Miner, though not OF very recent date,
in too UuOd To be lost: