The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-15

distributed over oil nTea OF 90i,0I9
square miles, or 22l per square mile.
There being. however, much jungle and
waste land in some parts, the popula-
ton is in reality much dcnscr. Bengal
counting 397, the Northwest Provinces
100. and Oudh los to the square mile.
Including the States governed by ma
tive princes India has l,I50,7il square
miles, with n total population Of 24S,-
S3o,90S souls. or the population Of
British India 40, 0OO, 900 are IIin;iouS,
100000 0 Mahomeduns, 1900, 00U
Christians, Parsees, Buddhists. etc.
The Christians number 900, 900, Of
whom 25U, 900 nrc Europeans of the
European descent. As regards occupa-
tiOps India counts 1886, 900 govern
incnt servants; 929, 900 are employed.
i'll religious aad hospital services; there
ARE $4,000 fanatics and fnkirs, 10000
astrologer!, . conjurers, 465 eXercisers,
and l53, 900 persons devoted to cducl.
ton, science, and literature, 5lS of
%hom are poets; $4,000 arc employed
in the courts Of justice, $4,000 are doc
tors, and 2lS, 900 arc professors of fine
arts, which idcluac rope dancers, snake
chnrmcrs. etc. r
The Washington correspondent tells
us that Il bill will be introduced into
Congress, taking the appointment Of
Territorial officers away from the Pres
idcnt, and authorizing their election by
the people. This ought to be done.
The Executive OF the United States has
entirely too much patronage, which
might be greatly cmtuilcd with benefit
to the public service. The people can
always be trusted in the selection of
their public officers. II they err ut ono
time, the experience acquired serves to
guide them the next. Besides, the true
Republican principle is, to difruse in
stend Of concentrate power. \ 0ucs
ton which arises ill this connection,
however, and which is attracting some
attention is whether the Government
would be willing 10 pay the salaries OF
the officers which were not under its
direct control. We shall expect to hear
this point debated when the contem-
plated bill is put upon its passage
San francisco Cal.
w. II. SouraEr, of Kern Farm. Bnk.
erstield, California, is the owner of
quite n nice little ranch. In II letter to
the Lompoc Retcri he gives some idea
Of the work he is doing. He says:
81 am using from 100 to 100 men in
my canal and ranch work. / construct
ed seventy miles Of canal for irrigation
last ycrar atnn expense of $57 900. l
intend to grow three or four thousand
ncres Of wheat md barley. / hive 1000
to l,iOO sowed already and am running
forty teams which turn the land fast.
l expect to get 1 900 to 1900 acres OF
alfalfa. 1t yields four or five crops per
mountaineering one ton at each cut
ting. | used between four and six hun
drcd tons OF hay and four 10 five thous-
and sacks of barley for feed" t....
SENATOR LANES anti-gaming bill
recently introduced into the California
Legislature declaring that 'every per-
SOL who deals, plays, carries on, opens
or causes to be opened, or who conducts
either rs owner or cmpioyc, whether
Tor her or not, any game of faro, monte,
roulette lansqucnct, rouge-et-noir,
rondo, or any other banking game play
cd with cards, dice, or any other device,
for money, checks, credit, or any other
Representatives OF value, and any person
who shall engage in, or aid, or bet, any
other person i'll pool-sclling, is punish
able by n fine OF 10 less than 500 nor
more than 81 900, and shall be impris-
oned in the county Jail until such fine
and costs Of prosecution are paid; such
imprisonment, howeyGr,-aat-tQ- exceed
one year.
ARTHUR HouoTToN, n borax sharp, in
forms the s. f. alta that he has dis
covered several new uses for tho borax
which abounds in California and Me-
yada. lie says that one OF the most i'm
portnnt purposes for which it Gun be
used is in the washing OF linen, c~alicos,
ilanncls, nh! all WOODEN goods, etc, and
that two ounces boiled i'll twelve GALLONS
OF water for washing will make the
clothes cleaner and winter than soda or
washing powders, -nnd does not injure
or rot tho material; the co!Ors in prints
are not tho least affected when wished
with borax; ii saves hall the soap, and
the best Of all is, it does not hurt the
wnsherwoman's hands, but heals any
sores.
YIrGISIA is soon to hare, SAYS the
CHronicic, what she has always lacked
N lirst-class hotel. VI. VI. Frederick.
long identified here with the jewclry
business, having recently purchased
the piece of land Ut the corner of & md
Union streets, has decided to erect
thereon Il fine hotel. Tho Huildiun
VIII have three stories on G. street with
basement, and four stories on ID. All
the appointments are to be made first
class, and tho ncw hotel will be sup
fIi"d with MI the modern cUuvcnicncCs.
Alphabetically the structure will he an
ornament 10 the city. Work will he
commenced before long, much Of tho
building material being already on the
ground.
THE GoH mn NcrS Of the 9th snys
Contrary to general expectations the
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company
Yesterday declared their usual dividend
ut so per share, ag%srogating 81 ,O5U,-
900. This is II most wonderful result
when We consider for n moment tho
terrible disasters of fc0l, fire and
storms that have bcsct them for tho
pGst two months, Gnd speaks volumes
for tho management and the richncns Of
their ores.
The consolidation OF the cluster OF
small mines lying between the Alpha
and yellow Jacket is under wny. They
are being consolidated md s,bl;yi1rd