The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-12-17


being some OF the assets of the Bunk
from which they have not realized. q
further assessment in January, may be
niece ssary. The reporter seems 10 have
somewhat miscOnsirued the tenor Of
Mr.. Mills statement, for i'll reply to ill.,
quiries, lie states Tint there j. 10 ,n.c,:~
ton whatever Of levyins another rsscss-
ncnt, but that certain assets which n
month ego were stated nj value which
would repair the capital, may possibly
i'll the process OF realization, fall sligLt-
ly below the estimate, and consequently
the management may not be able TO de-
clare tho capital tally repaired in their
first Of January statement, but the de-
fciercy, il my, will be SO slight that
the profits of business will restore il in
n ShVit time.
YIEoISIi, Ncr., Dec. 10.
Hugh Mcdonald, miner in the In
rerial, tainted while coming up in the
cage yesterday afternoon, and falling
betwt Ell the cage and timJcrs was
frigLtfully mGnglcd. lie dropped to
the bottom OF the shaft, distance Of
1850 feet, and was mashed to jelly.
SAN FnASCIsco, Dec. 10.
The body Of an unknown man about
forty years Of Hge, WAS found i'll the
snnd hills back Of the aims house, who
mad su'cided by shooting himself
through the head.
Entri, for the four mile md repeat
race Of The Bay Dis net Fn;r Ground
Association, for $1,000, were to have
closed this afternoon Mt o'clock.
Under the conditions, five horses or
E:orc were to enter; ;hrcc or moro to
start. III cous eqa.ncc Of the fncs that
many Of the best horses i'll the State
conld not be so, into condition il time
for the race, on the day announced, the
30th OF December. the Trustees lctrrm.
incd to postpone tho race until the 22l
OF February.
Supervisor John Z. Shine, was as
saul,eI while sleeping in chair in the
back room o. Ssullay's saloon on Stock
ION street, this morning, by William
Coughlin, who shattered u heavy beer
mug over his head. His injuries are
very serious. The cause Of the assault
IS of n private nature, COughlin was
arrC atcd and the case was continued in
the Police Court pending the result o
his injuries.
NEw YOEH Dec. II.
The THme'' Washington special hna
this: "On the passage Of the Silver
Bill il was stated about the House. while
IL discussion Of the bill WAS going Oh.
that quotations III London, 10, day, were
;SIs pence per ounce, but the truth is
The real quotation was 5S1i pence, which
brings silver nearly TO the vGlrc Of gold,
it's equivalent prico in fixed ratio OF
IG to /, being about So. pence. Men
vi o were particularly wild last Sum-
mCr on the Silver Qrcation, have no
al! iciy for any law making silver " ten.
dr!, il IL is 10 remain ~ it's present
iii, - they ari1c the opportunity cf tie
high quotations, hoping for less oppos
;ion 10 tho measure than when silver
was cheaper. and to get the bill passed
ih:Urgh Congress they expect within n
shot time that silver will again so up
to is recent prices. The class who are
pnI iiculally interested i'll silver mining,
uf course, ME not - mnrh iIrlrc cd
hy this view Of ,hc situation. Initiation
sill or incn nrc likely. however. to lie
mistaken III the supp0si,iun that :hc
pIicc Of silver is full enough 10 maxi it
fmnncntly cheap. Coin experts are
al the opinion that the rcccLt drIrcs-
sion wax almost wholly abnormal. and
that silver will approximate HcaIly to
lis former rates, il ii shOulA remain
crrnnnently nj n sufficient per ccntn.c
# diiTercnco below gold TO cnusc il to
take the place Of the latter metal in cir.
culatiun. II the double standard Win
10 be adopted, this result would satisfy
Senator Jones and the Pacific Cunst but
il would not he acceptable TO people
who hnv9 been voting for silver cur
rcncy because il was cheap nnd could
lie made plenty. 1t is not believed the
ill will pass the Senate, and certainly
il cannot pass without very grca, moGi.
ii+ItiUns, which would render it much
less obnoxious thnn il Is in It's present
form. II il IL once established that tho
ratio OF gold aud silver j.; 10 rcinnim
nearly ns IL TO J, the Silver bill would
very rapidly drop away, both in the
House and Senate. ly tho lpss Of the
sIccnhack initiation voters, who will re-
turn To their first love-"
The Hnit Involving alleged fraudulent
transactions connected with the Emma
silver mine, cnmo NJ yesterday in the
Circuit Court. The tito 0f tho suit il
tho emma Silver Mining Company.
limited, Of London, against Trcnor W.
Inrk, II. W. Baxter, aud William NJ.
Stewart"
New ioRR, Dee. II.
Tho Lebanon Nrn.) 7Ua's says: Jns.
Lick was here last Friday. Ills object
Ia to procure the proper papers for II
final settlement Of tho estate which il
nos pending, and he lIns visited MI re.
lntivcy Of tho lniG james Lick In this
vicinity, with that view. Counsel for
the heirs here. om Friday last. informed