The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-12-09
LATE TflEGRkms.

Bowles, editor Of tho Rpub!icdn, who
has been i'll for several weeks, suffered
this morning paralysis OF tho brain,
and his physicians say hc cannot To.
cover. uc is COW unconscious.
CHEYEI:;E, Dec, 1.-The Deadwood
Evening Times says reports have reach
| e:! :i:;; city this morning, that the lii
| dams were numerous in the vicinity
Of Redwatcr, and Ind committed de.
pred0t:ons by killing 4 rarchman,
whose name wc are unable to learn,
other than Hank. Tho particulars Of
the shooting wcrc not known.
WAsrIXGro:;, 1.-The action Of tho
privilege and election committee in re-
porting that EUstIs is entitled TO !ko
vacant Louiaiaua scat in tho Senate,
created almost universal surprise, To-
day, nnl following SO closely The ad-
mission CT Butlor, excited alarm among
such Republicans as have not yet fully
realized that the recent danger Of lOgs Of
party supremacy III the Senate has bncn
avortcd BY The return OF Conover and
Patterson to the party fold, AID the
admission of Kellogg. The admission
OF EustiS will swell the total Democrat
10 Tote to SO, or, including Judge Davis
10 81, against T. Republican strength,
including Sharon, Of thirty.nine votes
together with the casting vote OF the
ico'Prcsidont TO fall Lacl: upon.
The Senate committee OH privilc lcges
and elections to-day by vote of six
eSains: three, decided to report ihe
resolution declnring j. i. Eustis en-
titled to tho scat ns Senator from
Louisiana FOR the short tera ending
March Sd, 1879. The following was
tho vote: yeas, Wndieish. 1litchcll,
Hoar. Salisbury, Mersiinon aud Hill;
nays, Cameron, OF Wisconsin, Mcmillan
and Ingalls,.
In the executive session Of the SEN
az" between two and three this morn.
ing the nominations uf Theodore Roose-
vel. I" be collector OF customs and l..
u Bradford Prince, tu be naval ollicer
for the port .: New Yurl; wGre reported
adversely, ana bo.h were placed OF li.c
calendar. lhe nomination Of Edwin
4. Merritt 10 bo surveyor Of customs
WAS a2l reported. --
There - apparently GtronS proLa.
hility tha. the duty on tea mrd coffee
viii be reatorcd during the coming scs.
sion OF Congress.
Assistant Secretary Mccormick. Gen.
crGl Green, Il. l;aunl aud Solicitor Ray
nog Of the Treasury Department Com
mission, appointed by Secretary SIcr-
inan to investigate tho operations OF
the Secret Service division, will make
their report Immediately. They rec
ornmcnd radical change in tho mnnn-
goIacnt.
Lieutenant Commander, Green, on
duty ut the wrccl; OF The stca,scr Huron.
tclcErarhg phymastcr, Sanders AMI
SHrGcom CutLbcrt's bodies have been
recovered and buried. Liuut. PGlmcr's
body Is found. I hear Of other UGiccr:'
bodies further north.
At Cabinet meeting to-day the M.
poinincnt OF Dodge, TO succeed la
Grange rs Superintendent OF tho San
Francisco Mint, vas agreed TO.
DETnorT, Dec. 1.-Two SCari ago
iymnn Iilacl:man, Il farmer living near
Birmingham, Michigan, decided his
farm 10 his Gon Henry, OH condition
TINT he should support his parents and
sister. lie fGiiing to do this his father
started for Pontiac to-day TO. get ou;
the noccHsorg papers. rcyol;inE tho
deed. In his absence Horny quarrclud
with his mother md sister, which ra-
suited i'll his shooting and killing them
both and setting fro TO tho house and
barn. I!o is now III Jail nt Pontiac.
WAanIHGToY, Dec. 1.--Thc Senate
this afternoon confirmed Owen J.. FitZ
eimmon United States MnrRhnl for
Georgia, Robert 7. Clayton, Of Georgia,
Consul nj CNilnn. Geo. Conn, to Gc
receiver Of public monica at Lake View,
OrBoni l.. q. ENrying, To he register at
Oregon City, Oregon.
a delegation Of Fox Iudilns hnvo or.
rvtd hero unexpectedly Gnd without
consent cf their agent, II is under.
stood that they want pay for thtir for.
mcr lands in Kansas.
Tho Missouri river gorscd abovo tho
bridge last night, and tho liver Ia now
CloTcd.
PmG'DHLrmis, Dec. 1.-The following
silver pieces were coined ot tho mint
drring November: Trade dollare, i00,-
OOu; ., vi dollars, s3l 900; quarter dol
lars, 722,. -: dimes, 10000. Total
Du'nbcr pieces, :. .@'G 400; value, 81,
Oll,GOO. No gold or pr." ,"ctal was
coined.
BhLfi;tonE, Doc. 1.-E;amucl lIsrth,
L. a. Saving, Chas. Harvey and ". IL:
SlrHls, lato directors Of Union Banking
Co., hnye bcon presented by tho grand
jury charged with conspiracy TO do
fraud.
Isaac pnltcrRon, n returned Cniifor.
ni0r, wns found dead in field at Lake.
field, Quebec.