The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-08-20

TANGO actually walked was brought down
10 about 272 miles. Plummer, the
time-keepcr, makes the charge that each
night or early in the morning O'Leary.
instead OF being on tho track. wns
sleeping i'll bed, Willie no CPlummerl
marked off miles at the rate OF five miles
per houc. This, he says, occurred
every night, except tho last, when
OIscary finished in the presence of Il
vast crowd of adlniring spectators. It
appears that Clarke's and Pluinmcr's
only motive in exposing the fraud was
failure Of o'Lcary to Fay them more
literally for their services. rlummer
says O'Leary cheated everybody out Of
their pay, and says that nearly 1000
tickets wero sold, while, as O'Leary
says, only l, 700 wore sold. One of the
judges denies MI Of the above charges.
The Herald has special from Hous-
ton, Texas. giving the details Of the
murder Of two negroes, said to be
thieves. The negroes, at last accounts,
were assembling for vengeance.
From the returns ofdelcgates received
tonight it is moro than probable that
Vim. VI. Eyarts will be nominated for
Governor by the Republicans OIL the
first ballot Many delegates are 10 be
elected to-day and tomorrow. It il
just barely possible that the result may
changed.
VIM. jackson disembowcled Chns.
Simmons with razor last night in
Twenty-third street. The murderer
fled. Both are negroes.
At Riverside. Nj, yesterday, FL
wood Hill, well known gambler,
stabbed Elwood AIartca with knife.
lie died III II short time.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. II.
While returning from camp injecting
at Newman's Springs, last evening, in
small boat, Charles Major, Charlotte
Holmes, Esther and Fannie Dolds,
[coloredl, OF Redbauk, n. j., were
drowned by the capsizing of tho boat. :
New ORLEANS, Aug. II.
S. j. Packard, Republican nominee
for Governor. to-day, in letter, pro-
posed to General Nichols, the Demo
cratic nominee, II joint discussion and
canvass Of the State.
... UTICA, y. V, Aug. II.
Ten thousand people attended tho
races to-day. In the free-for-all race
Goldsmith Maid won in three straight
heats; Lucille Gold-dust second; Do
dine third, and Judge Fullerton last;
time 2:lSH, 2:lS34 and 2:lS1s. Snug
gler is taking n weeks rest.
Gold closed ut Ill and NIX.
CuEYENHE, Aug. II.
Sergeant Gunther, OF the Third Ca
vnlry, shot and mortally wounded
private Paul Lark, of the Twenty-third
Infantry, Mt Sidney Barracks, Ncb.,
this morning.
Rock ALUM SPRINGS, Aug. II.
Speaker Kerr is about the Same as
last night, there being no apparent
change for the better or worse. DR..
Pope says his condition is highly criti-
cal.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. II.
The strike of tho ncws-boyG against
the EccniRy Dispatch is ended, the boys
accepting the situation, and paying
previous prices for papers.
TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. II.
The Republican Convention has NOM
mated Col. Geo. L. Anthony for Gov
crnor; 81. ID. Sulter, Lieutenant. Gov
crnor; L. i. Cavanaugh, Secretary Of
St"tci Il. j. BonbrHLc, Auditori John
Francis, Treasurer and William Davis,
Attorney General.
GALEsDrRO, Ills, Aug II.
The Republicans to-day nominated
Thos. Il. Boyd for Congress-.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. II.
The Democrats Of the Fourth Dis
trict have nominated W. L. Lyndc for
Congress.
EOSDoH, Aug. lS.
This mornings Stamford belgrade
special states that that tho war mani
lcsto which wns expected from Prince
Milan OH Wednesday or Thursday, has
been suppressed. II is reported that at
II meeting Of tho Council Of Ministers
Oh Wednesday it was decided that n
loan Of two million ducat5 should 10
issued III lsussia. 1t is believed that
very bad nows has been received from
Bnnji. The details nrc not known, but
it MAJ bo considered ccrtain that tho
Turkish plan Of tho campaign has been
successful, and TINT, unless Russia i'll
torfcrcs, the war will DO terminated DO.
fore many days.
a correspondent, in letter dated
PhillopOlis, Aug. 9th, says tho Turkish
report Of outragos in Bulgaria Is such
tissue OF falsclOOds that IL calls for the
| protest Of Barring, OF the British Lcgn.
ton, and Schuhlcr, Of the American To-
CATION At Constantin0plc. Tho Turkish
authorities nro doing nothing to restrain
tho MahOmrnCdam populations; armed
| TURKS continue to commit acts of VIC.
loncc daily; Christian inhabitants nrc
robbed II they go outside Of their viii
lagos women arc assaulted and violated;