The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-03-04


Sutro Tunnel was 80 feet, making tn
total length, 1905 feet.
CHANT is packing up, that he may b,
ready TO relieve tho White House of hi,
presence aud presents.
TnH Louisiana committee Of tho House
have agreed to report tho hill rcorgnu
izing tho Nichols government Of that
State.
Tux Radical party might survive the
defeat Of Hayes, Int it is not likely to
survive his fraudulent election.
WnxS Mr.. Moody remarked that he
had no time to study gr1trnner, il WIS
because hn saw 10 many of his fellow
creatures constantly i'arsing away.
HUNssr AMI courageous peoI,lo have
very little TO say ;.hoEt either their cpur-
age Or their honesty. The sun has 10
need to boast Of his briShtuess, nor the
moon "G his Gr'u!gcnce.
4 LAZY fellow, falling u distance of
fifty feet and escaping with only a few
scratches, Il hystHndcr remarked that lie
was too slow to fall fast cnonglI TO hurt
himself. 1.-.l r.a.
JAMES Il. KEESE claims thnt he has
innde $500, 900 by iho rise and fall o:
Western Union stock. il i: denied that
lie intends taking my active pant in
the telegraph dictatorship or making
telegraph Investments.
THE colorcd citizens Of Oakland, Mt
mnss-mecting held on tho Goth, re-
sulvGd: "rhat We will not hold our
selves bonnd ut the approaching mdui-
cipnl election 10 vote for any particular
parity"
THIS st. Louis RPn6tieG" regards the
decision Of tho Commission MS n fatal
blow 10 popular freedom. Tho country
could better hnvc afforded to endure
Grant twenty years longer than to DO
thus bound hand aud foot and delivered
over to tho organized iniquity OF Ro.
turning Boards.
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On. HOLLAND says in Seribger, "you
must tako your baby just where he is
now and educate his physical nature,
Tint is it exactly. Fake him with tho
bottom Of slipper where no lives aud
he will soon graduate with good cdu.
cation.
WHEN man without cash or CT edit
says the Oil City Derrick. attempts TO
leave a hotel, and lowers Lis yalise out
o the back window by mems OF a rope,
1t mnkes charity seem cold TO hear tho
voice OF the landlord below, yelling out:
can right. I've got the valisc; let go
the rope" ,s-' y i'@.
IL u moment Of inBpirationnl elo-
quence, q Pennsylvania minister ex-
claimed from his pulpit. "What are
riches2 Thank God I'm poor, and 1
pray Ho may over keep mo .so!'' linking
him ct his word, and wishing TO demon
strato tho efficacy OF prayer, tho dcacons
met together tho Same week and reduced
the pastors salary from 5000 to 5000
, per year.
IT is the opinion OF some mariners
that there are rocks in tho Atlantic
which hnvc been thrown up by volcanic
agency and are the frequent cause OF
ships disappearing. These rocks, It Is
asserted, hnyo often been seen by cap
tains, officers and oil hands. Various
British Governments have sent out ships
which hHyo searched for them in win,
md because those ships hnvo failed to
find what hundreds have seen with their
own eyes, these dangers havo been OK,
plunged from the Charts. Tho position
given by those who hnyo seen them is,
in most cases, obtained Try dead reckon
ing. and therefore is only approximate;
consequently IL ii most difficult task
to find them again.
SrEAKIH0 Of tho Rio Grando, n recent
writer says: "Iinnginc four Of tho crook
eldest things in the world, then imagine
four moro twico MS crooked, and fancy
to yourself n lnrgo river thrco tilues no
crooked Os all these put together. aud
you have n faint idea of tho crooked
disposition Of this crooked river. There
is no drift in il from :llc fnct that il Is
sorroOkcd That timber. can't find It's
Eay far enough down 20 iC1i.o two
sticks together; but few snakes, because
It Is not straight enough to swim in,
and tho iiHiI arc ali IN the whir!pools in
tho bonds, bccanac they can't find ihcir
why out. Birds frequently alton [ D.,
fly acrOss the river a;.d light on the
Same side they started from, being dc.
ceivcd by tho different crooks! Indeed
you may I've deceived whom you think
You are across II; anu Some Of th,
b'hoys say 1t Is 80 twisting there is ba
ono sido to it," ........
GILpEHr WnrEtclls o most drnmo,i,
story Of nciglIhot who had lost mos
OF his chickens by spnrrow.hawk tiln
cnmo gliding dom between II faggo
pilo and tho end Of mis- house, 10 tn
place wherc his coops stood. Th
owner, yoIcd to eco his 1ocks limin
ished, hung not between tho pil
and tho house. iatO which tho Dir
dashed and was cntsnglcd. Tho gentle
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