The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-03-04
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NSNH'S' "a3 tolNllS uCStfolcU DS nfc
last night. 1t is supposed that it took
lire from sparks frrm n LOCOMOTIVES Of
the night train. The loss is over $780,
700, aud but partially insured.
'SrRi&GrIxLn, Ills, Match l..
Tho Quilted States Marshal, who went
10 Belierille to capture Major Charles
Stephens, late Collector Of tho Twelfth
District, who is indicted for crooked
ness AS heretofore reported, and Cheslyn
Pfeilcr, who was the partner Of HERES
Schatfcr i'll the Lebanon distillery, had
to come lack without thtin, lbs it is re-
ported they'nr i'll Canada.
SAN FRINcISco, March ].
An up country farmer S~ojourning Mt the
Metropolitan Hotel met with II serious
loss yesterday through his f%oolishness.
lie formed the acquaintance Of n couple
of sharpers who knew l.n he'd $1,000 in
the bank, and offered him gold notes
and II per cent. i'll exchange for gold.
lio drew $3.50, and entrusted tho bag
containing it 10 n Of them. while lie
was purch:6iD3 \ righr. When ~ &c
turned they had vanished, Of course.
Benjamin i. Napthally, u Police
Court lawysrS WIG arrested yesterday on
Il charge OF. emhcZIletEant, Oh. rcrnln:st
Of William Casper. .ho states that he
parted with n watch and chain while in
the City Prison, under the representa-
tion that his mother had sent Nupthnllv
after Il.
Tho winners i'll the late $4,000 fcrr-
milo race ere dissatisfied with the con-
duct Of the Pacific Jockey Club. Not
w"IthStanding tho Legitimate profits, i'm
Guiding 1900 pail By killip & Co. az
percentage on pools sold, and 80, 0eo
saved by Inc notion OF the distance
judges. They huve not paid tho owner
OF Foster, first money. AR. Little md
Captain Moore, trainer of Foster, have
been anxious for covcrGl' days to return
to tho East but with little prospect of Il
reasonable result. Little wants his
money first, and ho wants its all. The
efforts to persuade him that SlI, 900 was
enough, when he won SI5, 900, have
thus far been fntile, art. rs 10 insists
upon tho full. amount. he may get, it.
II is authoritiyclJ stated that tie owner
OF Ono Of tho horses declared distancrd,
will bring the matter before the courts,
claiming the amount OF third or fourth
money on contract Tith the Club under
which his horse entered. An action
will probably stand, the result depend
ing OH The point rs to whether tho horse
wa7 actually d;"tan:cd, end upon this.
point n number OF witnesses have yoIun-
tocred their testimony.
An assessment OF fifty cents, dciin-
quent April 8ti. hes been leviad On tho
Senator IaiIie.
C~IScIyTITI, Feb. 90.
1t is estimated, upon reliable data.
thnt the loss by the burning Of tIse
s1eamer Nnry Belle, ri rickshurg, yos.
tsrsny. will reach over half L million Of
dollars. She had n large number Of
passengers, with valuable baggage. She
WAS believed to DO tho larges. steamer
ever constructed for navigation. Oh tho
9Lissiasipni or ar5other river, The extreme
length Of her hall being 325 feet. In
l.er construction seasoned psii wns iiscd,
and sho had n battery Of eight steel
boi!er5. She cost over Sl25. 900. Tho
iu~Hurance rn The cargo fails heavily on
tho Memphis MD New Orleans undcr-
writer's. There is no insurance OIL The
boat m Cincinnati.
pEELIs, March, /.
Tito Emperor William has refused
tho Count Won Amin permission td
visit his Gon who is lying sick.
C~iSciSTNTt, March, 9.
Morn Tclt6n, Of LvycIand, Ohio, and
Samuel Ertyl were engaged to DO mnr-
ricd, hut tho lody's friends opposed the
match, aid a fow days ago she wns no
tilted that hor dunt would Soun arrive to
take her away for the purpose Of ter.
miIm,ing tho acquaintance. Monday
night the girl WIS missed; and 1t was
supposed she had rim rwny:. Her body
was soon afterwards found floating
in tho river, and father developments
slr0w' tHicidc. Slu left u letter, i'll
which sho stated that her friends, who
Ind been busy in breaking of the Innr-'
ringe, would have something tlsB TO oc-
cupy them. She requested Ertyl never
to marry. and that when no died his
body shuuNd.b o buried in tho grave be:
side Ecr.
DIR. Garrett, n lending physician mnf
scholar and speaker ard writer Of great
force Oh Neutral oil Human Science,
died yesterday ncnr Losarsport, Ind:
Charley Wight, II boy, thoushtlcsgly
pointed II pistol at company Of ladies
aud pulled the trigger: Tho pistol
went of, seriously wouhd;hC Miss
|. Clara Clcpimscr in tho lover iEi#. Sho
il still alive, but no hopes Are cmtcr.
tanned Of her recovery.
NEw YoRK, Marck'2.
A. view Of TIE present startling OF tho
labor market shows that the uIcrcGniilo
industry has not recovered from tho
financial collapse caused by tho panic
Of 1879. The number Of hands ON