The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-08-19
of the Custom House here. 40 employ.
ccs were discharged to-day.

Of the Custom House here. 40 employ
ecs were discharged to-day.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. l5.-Arm strong &
Deattie Of st. Joe, Missouri, one Of tho
suretics Of Adler ~ Furst, listillers OF
| that city, paid into tho United States
District Court Mt Jefferson City yester-
day. $l7, 500, being the amount Of the
Judgment rendered against that firm for
violation Of Tie revenue law.
The State Insurance Commission has
debnrred the following companies from
further prosecutions of business III this
State: Franklin OF Wheeling, Old Do
miniOn OF Richmond, VA; Residence
Of Cleveland, Homestead Of WatertOwn.
n. V; Atlas Of Hartford, md Missouri
Valley Life of Leavenworth, Kansas.
NEw YoEK. Aug. I5.-Rulcs for tho
government Of tho International Riilo
Match, soon to take place, have been
adopted. They are mainly for rides
not exceeding ten pounds minimum.
pull Of trigger three pounds, distance
500, 900 and 1000 y0:ds, number of
shots 80 Mt each range by each COM
petitor; no sighting shots; the match
To las. two days; competitors to fire IL
shots ut each distance Oh each day,
commencing ut SEQ yards.
The San says it is rumnred III tinan-
cinl circles that there wis trouble brew
ing between Secretary Sherman and the
four per cent. loan syndicate Oh one
side aud certain national banks and
prominent banking houses on the other.
1t was limited that Sherman himself is
connected With the syndicate. and that
as result OF breach Of fGiih OH the part
of Morton, Bliss \ Co. to their recent
associates in the foar and half per
cent loan syndicate, suit had been be-
Gun against that firm.
The Times Washington special says
trustworthy Montana dispatches OF this
day says the hostiles arc on LGmhi res
crvGtion. Howard is at least three days
in the rear. The appearance Of Indians
i'll force at Lemhi, which is in Idaho,
just across the liuc from Montana aud
the western slope CT the mountains sep.
nrating the Territories, would show
thGt slipping away from Gibbons Zig
Hole Canyon flight, they have stolen
back ncross the mountains and are now
from three to five days march non5cr
there starting point, the Lnpwci rcser-
vntion, then when they started.
! LONDON, Aug. 15.-From reports
concerning the massacre, il seems rs If
the affairs continue many days longer.
not n single Christian will be left alive
Oh the slopes OF the southern Balkans.
The privy council prohibits the landing
in Great Britain Of leaves or STALKS of
potato; from the United States, Canada
or Germany after ihY 3lai Instant.
The new convention concluded he-
between Great Britain and Egypt for
the suppression Of the slave tr:si", en-
tirely prohibits the export o. import Of
negro Slaves. The Egyptian slave
traders will I've tried ut court martial ~
"ssnssins. The Kkcdiye engages to
abolish ali private traffic in s!avcs in
Egypt within seven years. and within
twelve years iii Souiam and frontier
provinces.
SHU3t :, Aug. 15.-Thc Russians
yesterday completed the second bridge
over the Danube nj Pyrgog, and the
troops are nov pushing over.
1t is stated that Turkish rcconnoil-
rring party found Kus:enlji evacuated
by the Russiuns. The Turks recon-
noitcrcd in several directions from
KusIcndji without meeting the crcmy.
81. PLTEEsnuru, Aug. l5.-Thc Min
lister of War officially declares
the reported mobilization Of the Whole
Russian army untrue.
GOSsrAHrrSorLE, August l5.-Thc
Turkish army in the province of Dag.
dal. numbering 5000 men, has been
summoned to Constnntinopic. They
will come by the valley OF the Euphrn-
ties. II will he replaced i'll Hagdud dis.
trict 10y militia.