The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-07-21
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IL IL our pleasing duty to state that the
Arsenta Mining Comp any has let a
contract TO q. w. Leach II sink n YER
dcle double compartment shaft on the
Argenta ledge to the depth of 500 feet.
Each compartment Of the new shaft
will be four aud one half feet wide in
the clear, aud the work Of sinking and
erecting hosting machinery will COM
mencc immediately.
The Superintendent Of the Leopard
and IIussey speak eucouragingiy of
both these mines. The Leopard mill
is running upon excellent ore from the
Leopard mine ard will make u good
showing Of bullion shortly. The Hus-
sey is taking out ore that will average
over a hundred dollars per ton and will
shortly have plenty o! rock for reduc-
ton as soon as the company can pro-
cure u mill to work it.
WI arc threatened with another hor
ror. Mrs. Maud Giles. OF Jersey City.
recently accomplished the feat of sing
ing three hours without intermission,
and proposes to repeat the task in pub.
lie. Where these trials of endurance
are to stop no one can tell. 1t may not
be long before a sunburned son Of the
sunny cline of Italy attempts to muir
der-encouraging feats of grinding u
hand before n mans dwelling
twenty-four hours without a rest or ar
rest! Happy thought In time of peace
prepare for war;. O., have O pile Of
brickbats in your back yard.
A number Of frightened negroes
from kentucky, opposite Cairo, brought
q report that a band Of Ku Klux visited
all the negroes in the vicinity, giving
them twenty.four hours to leave the
country. Later information proves the
ku Kiuxing to have been u drunken
frolic Of half n dozen youths aged six
teen to nineteen, one of whom reckless
ly shot at n negro. inAicting q flesh
wound in the arm.
The Rerei!!e of the l6 says: John
Mcpherson, in the rear OF his dwelling
house n short distance west OF the Star
Of Nevada tunnel, has struck IL very
rich body of ore. gome ten or twele in.
ches in width, and considering so near
the surface. the walls are well defined.
AID give promise of n valuable property.
Several assys OF the ore have been made
running all the way from SIG to nearly
$4,000 per ton.
a WESTERN member of Congress
lounged into the bar. room Of u fashion.
able uptown hotel one morning recent.
ly to get his matutinal invigorator.
When the necessary utensils were plac-
cd before him the Hoosier statesman
deliberately filled the glass to the brin,
with whisky. Goodness gracious!''
exclaimed tho astonished bar-keeper,
'that isn't a drink; that's q temperance
lecture. ~: J.. Sun.
A Providence youngster Of six years,
whose father had kept hens but II few
weeks, visited n playmate the other day
to find him q patient under chicken
pox. and the mistress Of the house ask
cd him with concer if they had had
the chicken-pox over to his house. and
was much amused at the reply, with all
gravity: mo; we haven't had our hens
long enough yet.
"THEEE is no boy in America, how
ever humble in birth or in whatever
depth of proverty his lot may be cast,
who, il he has a strong arm, n clear
head, and a brave heart, may not rise
by the light of our schools and the free
dom OF our laws, until he shall stand
foremost in the honor aud confidence
Of mis- country James 4.
Garfield.
In his speech closing the Information
al Congress, Saturday, Dismark ex-
pressed his firm conviction that the
European understanding would remain
durable, and that tho cordinl relations
established among the Plenipoten:iar.
les would consolidate these relations
between their Governments.
At tho annual meeting Of the Bel.
mont Mining Company, held in San
Francisco on 10th instant, d. L. Nc.
Donald was elected President. Stephen
Roberts Vice President. and NJ. j. Nc.
Donald and q. Il. Gould Trustees.
Tnx Pacific Mail Steamship Com.
pany has gwen notice to tho Union
Pacific Railroad Company that in sixty
days from August LIST the contract for
freight and passengers between tho two
companies will DO cancelled.
DmPArCHss of the 18th report that
intense bitterness Of feeling still pro.
walls in Canada between the opposing
factions. several murderous assaults
have boon made upon orangomen.
School, MASTER GEsERAL KELLEY
arrived by the train from tho west yes.
terday. He IL making the tour Of Ia,
State In the interest Of popular educa.
ton.
Doaih from sunstroke Is foarfuily
prevalent this season in st. Louis.
Chicago, Omaha and other points in
the Valley Of tho Mississipni.