The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-02-18
BREVlTlES.
Gold, 81 O5s.; Currency, ok, o5I


working days Of the session of our State
Legislature.
SCENE oil q street car: Conductor 10
passenger Who is smoking: "If YOU
want to smoke III this car you must put
out your cigar, Or else get or right
away"
JUDGE MonuIsoS Of San Francisco hos
decided TINT tho firm Of Parrot & Co.,
have no redress against Briggs & Co.,
the gamblers, on account Of the losses
Of their clerk, Yer Mrhr.
TUE English liberals threaten. to
make q serious issue with The govern
ment in regard to the eastern question.
Their lenders demand that England
should cooperate with Russia TO car
~ out tho demand of tho conference.
You can always tell whether a buzz
81 /" is going or not by simply feeling OF
it. but il generally takes about an long
to fiud the ends Of your fingers rs il
would TO have gone and asked tho
foreman Of tho shop il the thing was
i'll molten.
The Prince OF Wales. having visited
every other country in Europe, besides
making excursions to ABis and America,
has suddenly determined 10 take look
NJ Wales. 10 is going there in January
TO " cut the hrst sod" for certain new
docks At Swansea,
A cLErK, to . young lady from tho
country who has bluntlJ asked for
stockings inttcRd OF hose, "What num-
Der do you wear, Niss 2" she looked nj
him An instant with inefable scorn, and
then replied. 81 wcnr two, sir. Do you
think am "A ccntipedc ?''
THE New York Herald snys that cor
tain elders CT the Mormon Church nre
about 70 open religious campaign in
hat city and Brooklyn. They haro
taken courage from the sucC cBsful sf-
fonts Of Moody and Sankey, in securing
couVerta, TO nuke an effort for ths
Church Of the Latter Day Saints" in
in Ibis behalf.
Ar the tclesranheTs' ball, held in
Chicago Oh Monday night, tho music
was transmitted over wires by means OF
Elisha GrHy's telephone. from MiIwnu-
Eee. With great success. The wires
were run into tha several newspaper
Offices, and caused great delight 20
those 10 whom it was novelty and
| wonder.
WHEN young md inexperienced
man has been envitcd TO dissecL the fur
key and is in cold Precipitation oyer
the uncertainty rs 10 which end tho
wish bone is situated in, nothing plcns.
cs him NO much MS to hnro the scicn-
iiic person who ia present to request
tho company to watch and note the
beautiful system of anatomy displayed
in fowl.
4 YOUNG Indy OF Bellevue, Ohio, be.
young mHn kiss that Tildon would
DC slected-hc to pNy Il ridden won,
sho to pny il Hayes wHs elected. On
tie morning OF the Slh he called md
pad the bet; on the oh he called and
took IL back. That evening she paid
the bet. Meet morning Dhe took il
back, and he Pnid; then she paid, md
he paid, nudso they have been Kept
busy by the contradictory dispatches
ever since, md both declare their will.
lingncss and ability TO hold out until
Congress decides tho question. Thoy
don't ike the new Compromise bill. .
LAsr Friday q tramp who WIS beating
his way Oh tho Eastward bound train
fell oG tho hreakbcRn a few miles be-
yond WinnCInucca and was killed. 10
had 500 dollars upon his person. HO
WAS therefore kindly inuuestcd and
buried. Another creature Of tho niser.
Nble class Of trnmps met with severe
accident yesterday just beyond Summit
lio wns BEATING his why OH the eInigrnnt
train, WHEN, by sorno ca,tsc or other, he
fell Oh II wh5 run over by tho train.
He vas taken 10 tho railrond hospital of
Sacramento minus \ lcg.-RenU Gdj<tft.
OpYIcE BHiihHiiny Cro,styr, Bull
hunting. VI. The patrons Of this pm.
per ars fully aware Of our weakness for
accepting Christmas presents, and tho
fOnducss We show for holiday presents
Is something beautiful. hut when ono
Of our Subscribers who has not paid his
dues for Two years back kindly wishes
us happy Fourth Of July mud ihon
forwards us Eercniy-Gye cent chrome,
upon which wo have TO pay 81 50 ex-
prcsa charges, NO calmly sit down aud
weep. We urdcrstand q large number
our friends ere laborinZ under Tho
impression that this paper pays us some
four millions annually. We know It
Ia very beautiful to be thought doing 80
we'll, but II any Of our numerous ntl.
miners should look into this Office some
cold morning aud SEQ us wear last Eum.
ncr's duslor with fur trimmings, their
ihcas might come down to--shy u mil.
lion. Nothing proud about us.
n. B.=-If any Of our subscribers feel
like sending W. n tcm.dollnr Ulstor IL
!2::M 10 very acceptable. Wo mover