The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-01-01
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WAsHiSGroS. Dec. 90.

inc OPINION nj foreign Powers on the
question "f American Intervention for
adjustment Of the difficulties on the
Island Of Cuba. AMI that the replies re-
ccivcd are satisfactory, and thnt Great
Britain Is ready Ia approve Of hume
diate action.
NEw IoIE, Dec. 10.
y special from Nashville says II ter
rifle tornado, twelve miles east of HEX
man, last Sunday evening, swept down
Whole forests in its pathway. The
force Of the winl was 80 great that per-
sons cnn NOW walk over trunks OF trees
where before were dense woods. Twelve
dwelling houses aud barns were blown
down, Tie inmates barely escaping Will.
their lives. At Mnryfcld two persons
were crushed to death under tho ruins
of n house; n negro was killed outright.
II nj another place n man named
Shultz and n Miss Scnrlcs were killed
and her sister lady crushed. The no.
tel ut Bclfort Lake was blown down, the
guests barely escaping. some being bad
II bruised BY flying timhcrs.
SAN FGAHcTsco. Dec. 20.
y apcrinl commission of Supervisors
is Mt work oil the consolidation net,
amending mud improving it.
y man named II. Cunningham. from
Virginia. was arrested for fighting last
evening and taken 10 the station house.
On heins searched there was money,
notes and other valuablcs amounting 10
Sl7,2j taken from him.
j. Wilson, boss of the Ta-r!iat hood
huns, who has been engaged ms trus;v
at the City Prison, escaped yesterday.
lie was in for n long sentence, and WAS
acting rs cook in the prison. lie
wanted clothes, anl an officer was de-
tailed tn escort him home 10 obtain
them. On the why he broke from the
officer and got iii under a house on wi-
ter front. corner "f Stewart and Frank
lyn streets. The policeman followed
and fired n shot to bring lin to. 1t
brought him too much, for he turned on
his pursucT; got his head in the mud:
tool; his pistol from hira aud beat him
over the head with il and than went off.
Had II not been FOR outside aid the Off.
Ger would have been drowned iii the
slime.
EN
The Clearing House will b. III opera
ton By the iat of February.
Dawson LaS amended his complain;
again; the san Francisco press. Il p
pears from the complain: Ina: there has
been s"nc emotional business hrtwrcn
him anil II person OF thu opposite sox.
Of IL purely PL.uu;cal character. Whit,
in that ~c"':ntic condition hc w.ot" II
g"oi III my letters to u mutual friend
about the matter, which mutunl friend
betrayed confidence, aul placed imns, ui
these letters in Inc hands II three Mem
hers Of tn" press, who are ,lowM ON him:
wherefore he rays that the Court Order
said letters to be returned to him before
the newspapers get hoiLof thpE.
MN I"G::, Dec. 20.
IL" E"raiEJ j." ":.@o::aces the dealt,
Yesterday 81 l;ov. Henry Darlru. the
olica. Preacher al the Methodist Church
i'll this county, and probably ihc oll"st
clergyman in the world, TT tn hnnar of
his granddaughter, hear Richmond,
Staten Ia!and. On ;ia S!h Of last June
the IL hUndrodth anniversary of his
birth was celebrated -: icr..cy City by
the New York Conference. when Father
lSnehm HuiTmitirrl mn ouiliuc 81 las nwm
life and labor, in Ia" Mvlludi-t Church.
lie was chosen Is Hishnp AaLury ~ his
travelling c~cInpnTion i'll the Spring ii
1898, and Travelled with him until 1915,
whrn the Bishop appointed Father
Boclm Presiding Elder Of E~cluylkill
District, composing the whole territory
from Wilmington to Strnmdalmrr, lc-
tween the HTsIuchHmm and the Drlu-
ware. For more than thirty years.
Father B0chn has been in the New
Jersey Conference. and ~, carly ~ ISi!
he wa on the list Of au]pcrnuncrury
preachers.
Cu!ChGu. Dee. 80.
Officers "f the Government :u-,Iay
seized eight liquor establishments in
this city. together with the books aud
papers found III the offices ut tho time
Of the seizure. Thps" SEIZED are a rec
tifying establishment of tho Chicagu
Alcohol Works; the rcctifyins house
md distillcry Of Dickinson, Abel Il Co..
the Chicago Alcoholic Works. Distillrry;
south Manch Distillcry; WiiIinrl
Coopcr's Blachlinwk DiEiillcry: Mat.
tlIei5' DiatiIlcry and Eccly Il Ecrwin's
rcciifyins hOusc. II is expected Ollur
seizures will he made to.rnurrnw. though
the Government officials are very rcii,
cent concerning tn" matter.
CITCrSHNTr, Dee. 81.
Th" election contest for County Com.
missi0ncis wns concluded yoatcrdry uf.
,crno"m, showing II majority Of $50 foi
%licTbuun.
NEw ioRR, Dee. ~.
Last night n dispatch was received in
this city stating that Is largo yc"s"l was
| lying G" Fyo B"nch, blowing distress
| whistles, and wa" probably nshDrc. Tho
/ fate of the vessel Inns not been usccr.
tanned. owing 10 the iimpcmntrRblc fog.
Tho information caused some excite