The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-09-16

SON9AhN VI 1uIh
ish commander in Herzegovina reports
that band OF 1000 Montenegrins sur
rounded village near Pressilia, in
tending to get cattle and corn. Dur
ing the night fresh band arrived,
whom the FIRST supposed 10 be Turks.
4 fierce combat folloSad in which roo
were killed md q great number
wounded. Tho mistake was not dis.
covered until morning. 80. ....,
SAN FnANcIsco, Sept. 8.--Tho city
count lacks few hundred OF compile
ton and will not be finished before
tomorrow evening, but tho present
position of tho candidates is not likely
to DO changed. The Democrats elect
a. ]. Bryant, present incumbent.
Mayor; Stewart II. Taylor, Recorder;
wm. Doolan. Public Administrator;
4. l.. Mann, Superintendent OF schools
q. Reis and Gordon Sloss, Fire Com
missioners. &c..
The Tax Payers elect William Nit
chell, Tux Collector: Churlcs Hubert,
Treasurer; Thos. II. Reynolds. present
incumbent, County Clerk; Dan ].
Murphy, present incumbent, District
Attorney; G. c. Burnett, present i'll
cumbent, Attorney and Counselor;
John kirkpatrick, Chief Of Police;
L. ". Manner, Superintendent OF
Streets; Geo. L. Maynard and W. p.
Humphreys are Ie-electod Auditor and
Surveyor, being on both tickets.
The contest for the shirevnlity between
Mathew Nunnn, Democrat. md Il. G..
Rogers. Tax Payer, il still doubtful,
the chances fnyoring the former.
J.. L. Aorr. Tax Payer, is ahead for
Coroner, and is probably elected.
or Supervisors, the Democrats elect
John Foley, First Ward; Mnrtin Man.
gels, Second Ward; Edwin Darfor;b,
Fourth Ward; ]. II. Smith Fifth Ward
james o. Rointrce, Sixth Ward; John
W. Furreu. Seventh Ward; L. S. Atch-
cSon, Eight Ward. The Tux Payers
elect a. W. Scott. Ninth Ward; Fred
A. Gibbs, present incumbent. Eleventh
Ward; Henry BEckwedel, Twelfth Wprd;
Horace l.. Hill, elected in the Third
Ward OH both tickets; Tenth Ward,
doubtful.
The Legislative ticket III the Ninth
Senatorial District, for Senator, il
doubtful between John &. Murphy,
Democrat, and W. ". Morrow, Re-
publican.
The Assembly, JnmcH V. Coifey. A.
j. Griffith and G. II. Cough. Demo.
Gratis, md probably VI. Conroy Re-
publican.
Tenth District, Senator, Peter Dean,
Republican; Assembly, W. d. May, S.
i. blake, Il. W. Murphy, Republicans.
and George Brnstow, Democrat.
Eleventh District. Senator, John S.
Boys:0u, DrmociNtI Assembly, James
COnnoly, John 4. Hicks, Jnmes Hay
worth, W. l.. Anderson, Democrats:
Twelfth District, Assembly, William
Frederick, j. J. Tobin. Charles Gildci
and i Asmusscn, Democrats.
Thirteenth District Assembly. ]. I.
Swift, Independent Republican, S. W.
Backus, W. X. Forsyth, Republicans,
and j. II. Dinniene, Democrat.
CORNSE, Sept. S.-Thc property of
Louis Dcmcrs, II large store and house
together, WAS destroyed by fire
this morning. a piano aud u fcY other
things uf nominal value were saved. 4
livery stable was burned, together with
eleven head Of horsos and mules, sa.
loon and other stuff. Tho estimated
loss is $50, 600; insurance, $3.50.
NEw IuRE, Sept. G.--An assignment
Of Frank Leslie, newspaper publisher,
To Isaac W. England, vas filed In the
Office Of the county clerk to-day. The
Sun says the liabilities are $500, 900.
The asst Ia nro represented by nuulor.
Ous publications, his large printing and
engraving establishment. withits press
CO. machinery and fixtures, and . con.
siderable csinbls II ncnt ut Inicrlakon,
ncar Saratoga. Mr. Leslio's Pmbarrass.
monts arose in n good pnrI from too OK
tended investments in rCRl estate.
Tho Indicator, q bearing stock journal,
sRys IL Is stated that Kccnc IN borrowing
Sl5. .000, ,000 upon thclinc Of stock which
lo is carrying. and that his brokers
stand in tho gap Tor tho loans.
LosDoN, Sept S'-Scmi Official Ger.
man papers declare that tho policy Of
Germany consists jnsl now OF pushing
peace negotiations in dislntcrcstcd
and unsprculntiyc manner. The policy
Of England Ia to put nn end TO bostiI.
tiles NJ soon ns possible without refer.
cncc TO conditions, since Bhc only cares
10 advance her own commercial inter.
csts, which nro in lnnguishing con.
ditinn.
M Iiussinn headquarters Il IL stated
That no oYcrturrs for peace will bc cn.
tcrtnincd until after some Oycrwhclm.
ing victory, when tho Gar can dictate
his own conditions. The Russians nro
determined to fight 10 the Inst. aud tho
Car hns r.ucntly declared that hc will
rotnrn t3 Russia either dead or victor.
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