The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-05-06
BREyITlES.

G +. CnHIsrExSEY was elected cnsh-
Ter Of tho Nevada Bank, vice y. X.
Masters, resigned.
DEPUTY SIEEIrr DEAN Of Whit, Pin.
county, got $l,SU0 for his broken leg
from the Stngc Company.
JoSEs and Slaughter, two Of the Chicu
incendiurics, have taken up their abode
in San Quintcn.
HENRY DE- FoEnEsr, aged Ga years.
was murdered and robbed about hnlf Il
milo from SAINT, Cruz, Saturday might.
1he murdrrcr6 arc not yet discovered.
bn' Hctive search il being made. . ..
Tux Sitter State gives nn account OF
tho dcnth of young man mined Taylor
Hardin, resulting from kick in the
abdomen from IL horse. Oh his uncle
fnru nenr Willow creek, in Humboldt
county. g..
The Eureka S;H;m,i says Constable
Livingston Gud Tom Short retained
from fruitlcss search uitcr Charles
Austin. who abscontlcd with n good
team Of Toms.
Tile Telegraph announces TINT Henry
WattrrSOn Of Kentucky. has accepted
mn invitation to deliver memorial NIL
dress on Decoration day. over the Union
soldiers buried ia the National Ccinu-
tAIy ut Nashville. II this be true. il
viii arouse suspicion that the lTcnifui
stories toll ,luiing the inie canvass OF
thnt journalists Radical righteousness
wrru false.
OS Monday last rs the switcll-cnsinc
Of the Chicago, Danvilir AMI Tinrrmmc,
hmilr"ad wis coming Ont uG Chicago,
the engine jumped tie track from some
| unknown cause aud WIS completely
overturned. Eight or ten rassens gers
| wrro On the engine. ruEc Of whom hud
time to jump. Five are r.poitCd killed
| lynn undcr the pundcrouS locomotive.
Two escaped with terrible Injuries, ono
engineer having both legs broken
| One OF tho killed was Il fireman Of the
engine, uml another, Chicago and
| Alton night operator nj the DunYillr
crossing, named Fahcy.
The San FranciscD .iryonaHi, refer
ring TO tho language Of tho EHicrpri1c
which was tho cnuse of the JEn1s insli-
iutinG IL suit against il for libel, after
noting what IN generally accepted M
fact, TINT five of tho wGidihicst uen on
the cohst are pr"pIietors Of the Enter
IniIe, asks: "Why cannot men Of such
eminent wealth and high social posi-.
ton, make lie experiment OF publish.
inS piper TINT should observe the
amenities OF lie, md set an example Of
honorable jounmlism?" Such men
conld camsc such journal to bc con-
dncted, il they only would. but il those
wealthy persons nrc tho controlling Gle
mcnt i'll shaping tho course and views
OF the EnirrPri'r. they nre quito as mar
row, illibcrnl and vcnnl NJ tho most
dependent Of the entire herd Of Buhe.
minns, and the .lrg"ndm will Look in
vain for tho Inauguration OF any sucl
system III that quarter. ..
Tnr following items nrc clipped from
the Gold Hill Scr' q! TurG1ny:
a hoy by the name Of Ryan last cvc-
ming discovered In tho mouth Of mn old
tunnel, liulo below tho Kelsey mill, in
Silver City,. large lot Of crude nin"l
gam, Just rs il had been ;ukGn from tho
matchmaking paiId. Parties Informed
Of Tho find lat evening visited tho tun-
amount Of about 400 pounds. Tho
anInlgnm had undoubtedly been placed
there very recently, ns there wns yet
plenty OF 1.-Two quicksilver mixed through
tho lot. 1t hid probably horn taken
from some mill In tho immediato yiciu-
ity. M IL was carried to tho tunnel and
left where 1t WIS found. Tho ninnIgnln
was taken Ia Wells, Fnrgo Il Go. = Office
aud deposited in their snfo, IN caro- uf
J. W. Grici, the agent, whcro it is now
open to inspection. Tho find hns ere.
MED much excitement in that vicinity,
and parties were out Ihis morning IN
every direction trying to discover con.
Iinuntion Of tho lcnd.
Amour noon to-day William Hum.
phrcy WA run overly u wngon In Spring
Wiley, below American Fiat. md killed,
lie wns with double load Of ore from
Justice - heavy wagon with "hdrk,
! action" attached -.and acting M brnkc
tender or "swHmpCr.' ITO ncridcntlS
, slipped nnd fell between tho wheels
+ which passed across both his thigh
= nnd one shoulder. llc lived but II few
: minutes. lie WAS 81 years Of ago at,
, n resident IT Dayton, where hc leaves
II wife and two children, ......