The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-04-02


lived there ever since, though he rninc
over at all hours Of day and night five
or six times week. At times he WAS
very violent, and she feared personal
injury. His insanity lad been manifest
ed OH no point but this, though the
object of his suspicion changed often.
At first it was Carr; then her lawyer
who had drawn MP some real estate pa
pers for Mrs. White; then he suspected
Rev. j. X. Mclean, and finally, within
few days. had returned again to Carr.
The W0oIvillc Mining Company,
through W. j. Smith, its President,
says there !Ac only 1000 shares, or
thereabout, of old Woodvillc stock
atioat, and that this will be received for
new stock rs per agreement with J. W.
PEARSON. ANY attempt to take possess
sion Of the old mine, Mr.. Smith states,
will lie lnet by superior force.
The following persons were elected
Trustees Of tile Mint Mining Company:
II. 5. King, 5. L. Taylor, j. X. 5.
Latham, Vim. Harvey, J. Cook, Jno. \.
Russell and \. Lewthwaitc.
The new stock of the Dancy Mining
Company will be issued Oh the Ord Of
April.
New York hnd New York Consolidated
companies have lcYicd assessments of
30 cents and So: cents respectively;
delinquent i'll Office May LIST; day Of
sale May 10.
Statistics shows that since 1868 over
one hundred thousand Cinnamon Lave
arrived i'll this city, four thousand three
hundred uf whom were females. Nut
withsianding they number more than
one-cighth OF the population of the city,
they pay only ouc-half Of one per cent.
OF the personal property tax collected.
The truttinS stallion Saint Elmo, is
now owned by II. ". Steele, he having
purchased the half interest of Il. +.
Morrow ioT $1,000.
1t is Il significant fact that since the
passage Of Roach's bill to punish wife
bcatcrs with the lash, and ITS rpprovnl
by the Governor, that not Il siuglc case
or wifc-Lcatin3 has been brought before
the Police Court. Heretofore :hc aver
age has been as.cS!t four or five u week.
WAsuISGToH, March. 30.
General Geo 4. Caster appeared be-
fore the committee on expenditures in
the War Department to-day, and tcsti-
fed that ROb;. 4. Sirc, puSt-tradcr nj
For: Abraham Lincoln, told him his
profits were Slj,OUO Annually, one
third OF which was paid 10 Gen. IIcdrick,
Of Iowa, and onc-thirl to Gen. Rice, at
Washington; he did not know, but lie
understood, that portion Of it went to
the Secretary Of War. Raymond the
Indian agent at Fort Bcrthold, said he
paid Orvilic Grant 81 ,NGD ior getting
linn itIa hlnyn a..
the proclamation of the President OK
tending the great Sioux military reserve
enhanced the value Of trading posts on
the North Missouri river, because il
rendered them more complete mono
poly. witness said that Thumb, u
trader at For; Peek, WAS about to he re-
moved when he obtained some aillda-
Wits showing that Oryillc Grant and the
Dayton brothers were mixed i'll the In
dian frauds. Gen. Custer said one OBJ
ject of Gen. Bclknnp's visit to the
frontier waa to perfect arrangements
whereby whisky could lie brought across
the border at reduced rates, AMI ill.,
creased values given TO post traders.
Custer related various instances in
which grain had been stolen from the
Government, post traders taking il into
their stores.
New YORK. March 80.
y London letter, speaking uf tho ter
ilblc railway calamity nj III, France,
caused 10y the breaking OF u bridge, ow-
ing tu heavy rain storms, SAYS the car
HmScs fell on top of each other and
Immediately Disappeared in the river,
where they were broken up by the
strength Oi the stream. Those IS the
passengers who were not killed hy the
fall were unable Ia escape from the wag-
OILS Ill which they were imprisoned
and they were carried down the river
until they were dashed to pieces against
the rocks or slowly drowned. Over
thirty bodies haze already been rccuv-
cred, but this unfortunately does not
represent all the victiinI Of the Incident
LoSDoH, March 30.
II is understand that the capital re-
CURED for testing the practicability Vi
the chanm"l inmnci il being rapidly sub
s"rihcd. The French company already
has two million francs, half the rcrUi
site amount. The English company, j
nOt already equally advanced, doubtless
SOON will lac, and the experiments vii
Dc III active progress before long.
The Times this morning, has an crli
torial on the subject II tho adventure.
Of the survivors Of the Cmigrnn; shiJ
Strathmurr. which concludes; ''rht
vessel, which nj length arrived To rcscu,
her. was United States wlalcr on he
course To the South Sea. fisheries, He
captain, we nrc told, gave up the chnnc,
81 IT seasons profits for tho sake 81 ih
poor creatures he found ~ CrnZclH. ave
who needed an amount of care tlir,
could not have received il lIc had inErI
them with him. We arc sire the Eng
li5h nation will Judge as it deserves %
| the sacrifice to Which Captain GifInrr
submitted, and will not fail to do NOR
! than bare honor to the deed and To- til
| man.
SAS FGISCfs"n, March 81.
Mair General Schn!i"ld. for six year
Cu'nnnnolInS the Pacific Division. Ina
been appointed Superintendent Df Wc,
! Point. and sill leave for that plar
shorty. Major General ". $. IInmcoc!
will probably succeed SchOGcld.
General BattcrinnI. Of Virginia Git"
offers to Iut 80 men 81 the Snfiuut
Guard Of that city against any 80 mci
belonging 50 any militia company il
California for II shooting match at 5Dt
or l,ODJ yards, with Springfield niles
stakes anywhere fro!u $500 20 $lU,GUU
The match, il made. 20 come of 4
soinc ppin. midway b,twccu son Fran
cisco anil Nevada. The General als,
Offers to match iiYc men # tic Nation
ais against any Gyc men belonging e
tho Second Brigade on ihe game terms