The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-10-21
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| AShlEGTOSI OCT. lO.-ScOltOrS wcri
early in their places and tho usua
! bustle attending the opening of a ses
sion prevailed. The oath was admin
istered to Stnnly Matthews, Of Ohio
elected in tho place Of John Sherman
resigncd;J Don Cameron, in place O.
Simon Cameron, resigned, and d. II
Armstrong, appointed from Missouri
vice l.. Y. Bogy, deceased. Tho usua
committee was appointed to join com
mittec FROM Tho House to inform the
President that q quorum Of tho I've
Houses had assembled. Adjourned un
til twelve tomorrow. Senators absent
Morton, Mcmillan md Sharon.
At The opening Of tho session of tho
House, the galleries we're crowded and
the corridors for two hours previously
were almost impossible. Att O'CLOCK;
Clerk Adams called tho House 10 order,
read the Presidents proclamation coa-
TeninS Congress. md called tho roll OF
members by States, beginning with
blaine. After tho roll had been finish
cd, AIr. Randall was elected Speaker.
Rnndnlls nomination by such n tre-
mendous vote on the FIRST ballot means
simply anu only, that the Democratic
party is not going 10 nGato its oppose
ton TO standing armies, exlrayagant
appropriations and corrupt system Of
subsidics to corporations. Randall was
fiercely opposed by all these interests,
and by all rings md organized Hobbies
represented here, md his triumph is
the triumph. of tho better clements of
the party and country.
Strong indications nre becoming
::siblc that The last years combination
between tho Southern Pacific and Texas
Pacific Companies has been ruptufed,
and that tho so-celled Compromise bill
Will be henceforIl abandoned. Scott's
friends express distrast of tho Hunting
ton 1aEty, md are inclined to thiri;
that even if their suspicious nre i'll
founded tho coalition deprivcs Tho bill
OF the argument against monopoly,
and loses moro votes than ii gnius.
Tho California corporation on the
other hand. appears to have lille filth
in tho success OF any subsidy project
this year, and seems moro than ever
confident OF stability 10 builG the
whole road without Gssisinuce. War
to tho knife will therefore probably 10
the programme Of both compa uics dur
idg tho present Congress.
Tho Union has tho following dispatch
from Tucson: AdvicoS from Ell Paso
show most serious and IL, eatouiug
state OF affairs. The entire lower nor
ton Of Ell Paso county is in possession
Of mob, and Americans throughout
the county have abandoned their homes
and fled to FL Pnso Tor safety. judge
Howard, who killed Louis Ca.dos atEl
Paso oil the 10th list, just succeeded
in making his escape to MesilIR, where
he still remains. CG"tles is said to
have been the leader of tho mob, who
Grc all tho more desperate md throat
ening in consequence of his death.
New York, Oct. H. Some journals
report that jay Gould and Sidney Dill
ion, who have. been in tho West fo- threo
weeks, have perfected arrangements for
q railway hence to San Francisco under
ono management. The programme
embraces tho Erie, Grand Trunk Wcs-
tern or Grand Trunk, Michigan Central,
Northwestern Or Rock Island TO Omaha.
Gould for years has been aiming at
such stroke.
The San says tho grain crop OF the
United States this autumn IL n vast in.
crease over that Of any preceding year
In tho history Of tho country. IL
amounts i'll two principal cereals wheat
and corn, to 325, 900, 900 bushels of the
former, and 1850, 600, 900 Of tho latter.
according t. carefully prepared est;-
mates of Walker, Tue Biatis;ician of the
New York Produce Exchange.
An Associated Press dispatch says;
Tho election i'll France for members of
tho Charnber of Deputies pissed of
quietly, no disturbance having boon 70.
ported up 10 $50 o'cluck this morning.
a dispatch Of this forenoon states thot
the returns from 373 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
show tho election Of 2I8 Republicans
end 1T MNcSIahonites. In eight nrron.
easements second ballot will DO ro-
qnired. Thus far tho Republicans lose
20 seats and gain is. Among tho Dcpu.
ties elected arc Garnbttta, Groyy, Paul
Dc Cngsa1nao and Louis blanc.
ST Lotus, Oct. 15.-.A special to the
Times from Mexico, Missouri, says Jas.
Jerry, supposed 10 DO ono OF tie u. L.
rHilrond train robbers, wns captured 10.
day i'll Galloway county. lie hId ST.
eOO Oh his person and was badly woun-
dcd in tho leg. Ferry sold $4,000 ia
gold in Mexico q few days ago and left
there for Texas. This gold is said to
have been identified ms part of that
taken from tho train at Big Springs.
CnIcAGo, Oct. 3D. a Times Washing
ton special says: This was the dnllcst
day over know Mt tho 0pcningof II nov
session. There wCrO no passages nj