The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-08-26

every township and voting precinct,
and that they select one delegate to the
State Convention, to he held in this
city, September 18th, to adopt plnt-
form and nominate State officers.
NEW YonK. August ls.-There is con-
siderable excitement in tho suburbs
because Colonel Smith. son-in-law OF
Horace Greeley, recently cowhided q
man at Chappaqua who proved to DO
an cpileptic patient and irresponsible.
Colonel Smith it seems has apoligizcd,
not having known at tho time the state
of his opponents health.
Thomas Harding aged IS years, shot
his housekecper, Mrs. Wood. aged 26,
ut his residence on Nineteenth street
this morning, and then put pistol to
his head and fred twice. He died in
stautly. Mrs. Woods wound is thought
| to be fntul.
IsRac p. Chambers, General Auditor
| OF tho New York Central and Hudson
River Railroads, has just completed
the apportionmcnt OF the 100000 Civ
ell by W II. Vanderbilt to the employees
OF tho road. or tho II, 900 men on the
rolls, 8.9O4 will get: Passenger con-
ductors $40. train bnggagemen $40,
brakcmen 50. freight conductors Sl5,
engineers $50, firemen Sl5, hagmen SO.
switchmen 50, laborers and watohmen
! 81. mechanics SI4. foremen SIG. track
foremen Sll. all others SO, each.
The Herald says editorially: Our
corresp pondent at Snn Antonio telegrAphs
that General Bennvides hns captured
three OF the eight outlaws who recently
broke open the Jail at Rio Grnndo City
and hopes to get the others. He tells
General Ord nIso TINT Of the jnil-brenk-
ers only five are residents OF Mexico
aud two arc Texans. This shows whit
wo supposed-thNt tho breaking open
OF the Jail was plot Of criminals to
help some of their confcderntes, and
was not blameable on the MeIicans as
such.
The Public sHys tho Clearing house
returns from ton leading cities OF tho
United States, show loss OF 90 100
per cont. for tho past two weeks, but
this is decidedly more favorable as
compared with the corresponding weeks
| Of last year than tkcro was reason to
expect. In view OF the interruption of
trade caused by tho strike, it is some
what encouraging that the returns are
not decidedly smaller than those OF
last year.
A WorkinSman's party was formed
i'll Cumberland, Maryland, yesterday.
Their platform opposes the National
Bank system and unequal taxation. and
/ favors legislation making paper money
equal to specie; also tariff to protect
homo industry; HdYocHtes a railroad
law making pro rata rates and fayors
Sunday laws.
PLEAsASroS, Cal, August 19.-LRst
night freight train, No. 0, going East.
q few miles enst of LiYeSmoro broke q
coupling, and two cars and the cRboose
started down the grade, passing through
Eiyermore, and collided with o freight
train, No. g, which was also going East,
two miles cast of Pleasantou, ut about
1880 o'clock. The conductor OF the
broken train was asleep in his caboose,
and two OF his brRkcmcn had gone to
danco i'll Livcrmoro while their trnin
was stopped there, and tho train had
gone OH and left thom, and whom they
saw tho returning broken train, and
knew TINT the collision would take
place, they skinned out. A fro re-
suited from the collision, md tho CO.
b0ose and one or two cars were burned.
Tho forward brakeman OF the East
bound train WAS thrown under somo
broken cars and badly injured.
BELoRGpL, August l8.--Ristica in
formed the foreign representatives that
no change in tho policy Of neutrality
'wHs intended. Tho army would not DO
mobilized at present, aud the calling
out OF tho militia was merely intended
TO protect tho frontier.
Tho Ouomnn bank In Constantinoplo
has succeeded in placing loan which
will net tho Porte $4,000, 900.
1t Is reported thu! Prince HnssNn, in
tho DObrudsehH, is marching rapidly
with his Egyptian troops. with the Oh.
jCct OF cutting Off tho communications
Of tho Russians with BrssRrnbin. Sim.
ultnnoously eight Turkish steamers
havo received orders to iiscmbark
forces north OF tho Danube's mouth
with tho samo object.
Montencgrin outposts report thnt tho
Turkish army Of twelve bsttalions Of
regulars and several thousand irrcgu-
lars hnyo begun movement on tho
Drobnisk. The Monteucgrin force is
utterly inadequate to oppose them, aud
will fall bnck for protection of tho In.
ba6itants until reinforcoments arrive.
Every detnil Of preparation shows
TINT tho Russian have made up their
minds for long war and nro preparing
groot depots Of provisions. Tho llou.
manian government IL also asking ton.
ders for supplies Of groat quantities Of
clothing and storos.
Snlcimnn Peshn las arrived at Elena.
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