The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-05-27
LATE Ti.EGR&M3,

h icuEIuHS uloluCt ulEcuuO. 4uO L 1uI-
kish monitors are hurrying toward this
spot and tho moro advanced ones arc
taking up positions in front or near 10
the point where the Russians hope TO
lay their pontoon bridges. Wo shn!l
sooa see whether their efforts will pre-
vent tho progress Of that important
wo:k. Tonight The scene on the Dun
uoe il indeed InnSniicen. one. Shells
ME 6d; sling in tho ni-, distant camp
signal rockets asceGd and fall nnd tell
the story OF advancing forces; the can
nonade grows heavier and heavier. AT
les rate i: viii not take long to destroy
Eustchuk. This place is the weakest
in the quadrangle OF the Turkish foIt-
Tesses. Further down tho river the sky
is :eddeaed ny the flames Of barnins
TuT;uhai. Tle town hns been fii ed by
Russian guns in O.seuitza. It will be
comparatively ensy for the Russians to
c:oss at that point. TIC headquarters
Of the left wing is still ut Ibrail. News
has just reached us that Mntschin,
some five miles distant from that point,
has been Set on fro bJ Russinn artii-
!e.y. .....
SAN FEAScIsco, May 1S.-At tie Bay
District Park to-day Charles Cfocker's
double team attempted 10 beat 2:27X,
the best double-team time ever made.
Tho track was in hne condition, but the
wind was blowing almost a gale from
the north. The driver OF the team, on
each heat, put the horses entirely
around tho track before letting them
ont for tacir record. In The frst heat
the mile wns made in 2:3i; tho second
heat was made in 2:GG, and the third in
ESQ. IN view Of the stato o: tho wealth
e7, and the manner in which the team
wGs diiyen, tIr:mtn consider the per-
fo!raace equal to anything evor ac-
comp'ishcd by ~ double team. Both
horses are comparatively green and un-
LrowD, neither having previously dono
ems i:ot,:Hg of consequence.
At the Executive meeting of the San
F5.ncicco Stock Board yesterday one
OF tho members was fined five thousand
d"!ia's and suspended, for having Yio-
lated the rules OF tho Eoard by doing
business for outsiders ut less thnu tho
established prices.
b. XoHE, Mny ia special from
Washington says Senator Jones OF Ne
vada, who has been one OF the fore
most Of tho harl-noncy advocates.
seems TO have bnckSl;ded, and is cred
tied with saying that he does not believe
Tho t'no will eve: come when gold spo-
Gle payments cnn be resumed. lie is
very anxious TO hive silver made n uni
vcrsal circulating mcdiam. He snys
that N lis belief it will 10 impossible
TO secure from CObSicsS sny additional
legislation to car:y out tho provisions
OF tho resumption Act OF 1879, and he
holds that, without additional logisln.
ton, that Acs amounts 10 nothing.
N&w YoGs, May IA dispatch from
New Orlcaus says the new State Board
Of C"nvassers met to-day md began to
count the returns from tho parishes OF
81. Mnrtin and New Iberia, which were
not counted owing to their being Ie-
ceived too late, and tho count now will
materially alter tho electoral ,oto,
Thcne changes may mako II basis for
opening tho Presidential q Icslion when
Congress meets, though it is stated they
Will only affect pnrochial onicc:s and
members of tho Legislature.
STOCKTON, May 1S.-This afternoon
John Cooper, colorcd boy, wns herd.
ing cattle in Cherokee lane. u few miles
from this city, when two men drove up
in n carriage, md ono OF them said,
Let's shoot that black son of n B."
md drawing revolver fired two shots,
"ne taking effect III tho boys hip, the
ball grazing the bone and passing out,
nnd the other in tho side, iuGieiing Il
painful wound. The boy was brought
TO this city and attended TO by Dr.
Clark. Tho shooting WAS done in irnc
White League style, their only object
Icingto shoot him because he was bluck,
DuenAHESr, May ls.-Iu tho Turkish
village Of TurtukGi thcro is quito n
Christian element. though subordinate
In numbers to tho Turks. Tho mnlcs
were put 10 tho sword and mnny OF tho
elder women shared tho aarIe fnlc, and
tho younger worc bruially outraged.
The cries Of the victims were di.tiuclly
heard by tho outposts OF tho Eoun,anian
nIiny, md the fact is further cofsobor.
nted by tho reports OF two Bulga,inns
who escaped the slaughter.
a dispatch Says tho establishment OF
The EusGian headquarters Of Coiroccni,
indicates tho expansion OF Itussinn opcr.
ations over an extended front. Il il
concluded that tho passage Of tho Dan.
ubc will not bc made for sono limo. ns
1t will DO nccessnryto bring tho Russian
reserve stores near the river. II is not
iikcly that Tho pnssngo Of tho Danube
will DO attempted until all the corps arc
IN position. Tho Russians Npponr to
have crossed between Rcmi and Ibroil
and are now waiting the development!