The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-09-29
LATEST NEWS

sn,rn has been aiseovsrsd . few
miles north OF Colorado City. The orc
assays t5S per ton.
TIE Department chiefs at Washing
ton are issuing orders that eight hours
constitutes q days work. to be paid for
the same as now. Ten hours a day
~ill be id extra therefor.
Tue washoe Republican County
Convention meets on Saturday. the
DeuIoeIatio on Tuesday and the Work
ingmsn the Tuesday following.
Tux Slr,rr Sto,s Of Tuesday says two
families from Eldorado county. Cal.
passed through here to day going TO
Elko county: TO make homes. They
travel in the good old way-wuh wagons
aud teams.
WHILE Reecher ives l,ciuripg Mt the
Baptist Church in Omaha, Saturday
evening, 500 labonng men. mechanics.
ETC., held m anti-Beecher meeting at
the Courthouse. aud denounced his
bread and water differences. Speeches
were made and resolutions passed con-
demning him. A parade. with transpa-
rencies was to have taken place had it
not rained.
OSE Of the sigus Of the times, says
the RereiHe, is tina, this is to be a year
Of the people against slate politics-a
year Of slate-smashiBg. so to speak.
Money may run the Conventions and
nominate the candidates. but the people
will do the electing.
AT IL O'Clock Saturday night John
Hudson. n miner from Little Cotton
wood fell from the third story Of the
White House. in Salt Lake City, anL
was instantly killed. 1t is presumed
that he got up in the night, and mis-
taking the window for n door, fell out.
He arrived in the city on Monday and
wns supposed to be in good circumstan-
ces.
A DIsPAT-u from Dodge City, Kansas,
says: 1.-THE Indians who were pursued
by the troops and cattle men were found
intrcnched on Sand Greek. thirty.Rve
miles southwest Of here. Fighting be-
gan IN Saturday and ut last accounts
several Indians had been killed, but
nobody on our side hurt. The Indians
are said to, have n great number Of
stolen sheep in their possession"
An extensive bond robbery was COM
mitted by unknown persons at Hans..s
City on Friday afternoon. A man drove
10 the Office Of the jackson County
Horse Railroad at 3 o'clock on Friday
evening. called the cashier ont to the
sidewalk, had five minutes conversation
with him regarding the bad coAduct OF
q conductor on tho Company's car.
Shortly after the banker returned to the
Office. he discovered his safe had been
robbed.
Ak estimate Of the losses to the reve.
nue. on sugars for two years will be sent
to Congressman Woods Committee.
The figures, which are said to have been
prepared 10y II careful statistician, show
n loss to the government last year of
over S2.50O,0 0J. Special agents have
been ordered 10 prepare aud submit TO
the Treasury Department the result Of
their Investigations into the alleged
sugar frauds. II is reported that special
agents have discovered a refinery in
another city, where no samples Of ex.
ports have been kept as required by law.
ALL Chinatown was in a ferment Of
excitement yesterday, caused by the nr.
rival 81 some sixty Celestial females
from the old sol Of China. The old
Chinese and the young Chinese were
on hand to inspect the new arrivals and
sample their smiles. Tho Board of
Police Commissioners careful y exam.
ined the females and found their pass.
potts all right. This being assured, the
dumsels We're ferried over to the heart
OF the Chinese qunrtcr in elegant ex.
press wagons drawn Ivy native American
horses and driven by Milesiun drivers.
The new arrivals were Gctedlast evening.
Colonel Bee made another speech on
the queue ordinance, and Chinatown
was happy.--Sfock Exchange.
" the report Of the Black Hills Time,
is true a most important discovery has
been made in Savpit Gulch which is
separated from Deadwood by q noun.
tain. For some time prospectors have
been trying 10 full where the great
Father DE Slnet lode crossed through
the mountain. On the Ilth instant
NcDernIot, Smith an Durooil. found
the ledge. and have already exposed Il
face Of 80 feet Of solid gold. bearing
quartz and no vail yet struck. The en-.
tire ledge prospects from Sl2 to $40
per ton and already IL in shape TO sup.
ply 20 or 80 stamps with this rich ore.
The owners ask only a hundred thos-
and dollars. which liz considered mod.
est. the property being In reality as
valuable as the celebrated Father De
Smet.
The Gold Hill Mrs. h responsible
for the following: "Out in BeIlville
they started n hotel the other day and
Of course II was necessary TO num-