The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-05-27
BRE?iTiEs.
QUroLEr, tho wife-h.~rieror, was
nnged at Philadelphia Thurlday.


SEvEsSTr-rIvE needy persona nre
gratuitouBly fed in Virginia City daily.
JouH GooDE, JR., of Virginia, an
nounces himself candidate for Speaker
OF Tie House.
A DISPATCH from New York reports
tho third vessel of tho Russian feet rs
passing ont 10 sea. .-..s.
S. +. DIXON, California railroad en-
gineer, was run over and killed by a
train mt Learenworth, Kansas, Wedncs-
day. ......... 'aF
4 HEAVY rain at LenvenwoTth caused
flood which carried off houses and did
damage to the extent OF thousands OF
dollars. ..s.r
TIE Tribune says General Grant is to
hnre n srccinl audience with Queen
Victoria, and is to be the guest OF
DiBraeli. .:. ss...s ...r.
VER MEHn, the embezzling clerk OF
Parrot Il Co. OF San Francisco, has
been sentenced to six years iinprison-
nent in San Quentin.
LATE dispatches received in New York
from Salt Lake, stnte positively TINT the
Herald publications about the Mormons
arming, are false and merely sensational.
a Washington correspondent. OF tho
Now York World says tho Solicitorahip
OF the Treasury has been offered to d.
II. Chamberlain, Ex-Governor OF South
.Carolina. ........... =,
CHnIsIoPHER FLrAN, tailor Of Eureka
vas, unyH the SsntHtI, found dead in
cabin on the hill.Eido east Of Spring
street, Wednesday. Deceased wac
native OF Missouri, and AZ yeara OF age,
His death waH supposed to havo been
caused by intemperanco "a no had been
drinking to excess. r. &t
THs Syndicate lIas tnken md paid for
in goldr during the past threo days,
$4,000, 600 of the $4,000, 900 four and.
a,half per cent bonds, which they sub
scribed for week nGo. About I.1Dl.-
600 in coin resulting from tho sale Of
bonds has been placed in the Treasury
within the past few days.
TnS Carson 75iGuSpublishcs recent
lettor from ono Of party which went
to tho DlecE Hills FROM Carson only n
short time siuce. The writer says the
country is lumbrs and ko knows il;
thGt tho mines don't amount to anything
and Tint in view OF the immense imui.
grafton, its the enaiest country to got to
atarVe IN ortside CT New Jersey.
DISTRICT SUPr. BELL, OF the Western
Union Tclsraph Co., into:ms the Reno
Jo"rHGf that he ind quadruplox"
working between Virginia and salt
Lake. By the uso Gi tl.is instrument
two messages each way can DO sent
over single wire Mt tho samo time.
"DuplcZ," or one each way ut the same
Il ne, is common occurrence, but Two
messages each way is something new
for this coast, yesterday being the first
limo it WAS successfully accomplished.
II o"dor 10 prevent tho continuance
Of f:auas in tho Now York Custom
Lolso, the appointment Of moro expert
apprn:SoIs with incrca cd salaries is rec
omncrded. A memOrial from the silk
anu'aciu:crs declares TINT by cyasiors
OF tae du'y md undcrvaluatiou OF in
voices The Government looscs from
s.. o00.Ooo TO $1,000, 900 annually.
Somo merchants finding they could buy
silks cheaper at home ceased importing
on,;Ecly,
1Bs Phoebe Record in ito last issue
spcaN'fa OF tho Raymond & Ely miuc,
ar2o: Considerable coed orc is being
e:t.ucteh fson tho upper levels md
developments on the l!UU-foot level aro
looIins ne'lcr s. work progresses. The
s"ata !'iH4 Eio"g tho hanging wall
shows ledge Of four :ect IN thick ness,
ori wDc:e ;le lcd.o in run IT, or.h By
r:oss.cc;H the ledge matter is much
w:'c:. Mech Of iuid vein IL o: the iinest
character O que IL coutairing gold.
Tho q ihat IL lictcst n silver ia :icLcst
in cold. Ore assay sboscl aa hish aH
S"7 in gold, while others went $50, St2
and $40 IN gold. Captain Dav, The
superintendent ,hinls ,his sp!cudal
prospect. cad bNs no IoIhi ~ it ima:oy.
lbs rapidly ns il has dope bercto.o o az
The work Progressed. The last aasny
irn'" g"StC'dny vert 3"G7 o. Ia silver,
rad iT3 ~ in gold.