The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-08-18
BREVrTIEs.

has published letter in the Monitor in
which tho prelatc assures the faithful
that the holy sacrament will be refused
to all those who persist in sendiDS their
children to the public schools. Such
an ediet would place chuich members
i'll nm awkward predicament in Nevada,
for here the law compels people to send
their children to school and most OF
our laboring citizens are too poor TO sup
| port GcctIrian schools. In the same
journal, tho Rev. Father Rooney de-
nounces the public schools as 1.-THE
cradle of loafers, hoolluns aud muir
derers." The action Of those reverend
gentlemen upon the school question,
bodies no good to the peace aud har-
mony OF their respective locks and it
is pity they have Illuminated such
narrow dogmas.
There is no portion Of NevaIa where
general system of irrigation could be
more successfully carried forward than
in the valley Of the Hu.nboidt, and yet
our ranchers so on from year to year
depending solely upon provilcutial un-
certaiIties. This year the natural
meadows are literally dried out and the
hay crop is almost total failure. Hay
will be enormously dear in this region
next winter and i; is safe TO assert that
the amount which will be expended for
that species of proyender would more
than pay for ir=iga,ing half the meadow
lands i'll the valley.
GEORGE DAILY, II mining expert. ven-
lures this opinion OF the Hodie gold
mine; "The ledge is about three and I
half feet wide, but is immensely rich.
Gold can be seen glittcring in every
part of the vein. Taking out and
crushing the ore for the full width of
tho vein it yields about $500 per ton.
by measurements made, last Monday,
it is estimated that there is now ore to
the value OF -, 600, 900 in sight. The
mill at which the ore is being crushed
contains twenty stamps, but there arc
seldom more than twelve running. yet
abo-t $50, COO per day is being taken
out"
Picottc OF the Lyon county Times is
intensely Republican and therefore the
following from his paper is deeply sig
n!Acant: "Gcncral COnnOr may or may
not bo q tool Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company. But the people
OF Nevada cannot inquire into the facts
to ascertain il he is rightly or wrongly
accused. 1t is enough t1 know HE Is
accused. The people cannot afford to
run any risk on the chief executive orfi-
Ger of the StHte-the official who will
hold their life ana property in his
hands during the next four yours"
MISERABLE brute bearing the name
OF &. X. LudinStOn, was jailed Thurs.
dny, for the infamous crime Of attempt
ing to rape his own daughter, aged six
teen years. Tho testimony in the case
is of the most revolving character,
showing that attempts Of u similar ma.
ture had been made by him upon the
girl repeatedly. The wretch is held for
trial under 81, 500 bonds.
II is estimated that 5000. 900. 600 are
now lying idle in tLe United States
Treasury. 1t is nlso estimated that
there are not less than kali n million
idle tramps in the country. Ill fares
the land when the government is col.
oSSnlly rich and the people miserably
poor.
TnE Lyon County Times OF last Sntur.
day says: "a colored lady, who came
to Silver ou the afternoon bus, last
Wednesday, had great difficulty in
securing iudsinSs. She applied nj n
round dozen hOnsos before she could
rent n room. And yet, Silver is u Ro-
publican tCwn!"
TnE following item from nn eastern
exchange may ,hroS some light OIL ,l,o
tramp question: "Mrs. d. a. Dodd, of
Iumbvli. Iowa, last week gave birth to
her twenty. second child. II boy. She
has had seven pairs OF twins"
rnE boot and shoe manufacturers of
Chicago oro considering proposition
from the Fix Chinese Companies Of
California to furnish l.5OD Cinnamon
at sovcu;y.fyc cents day to take tho
place Of the strikers.
IL Tho Atlantic Statos during the
present Summer, more people Layc
been destroyed by cyclones than have
perishcd by earthquakes Ia California
since tho days VI Sir Francis Drake.
MA.Y Of the uuc0 good ut Virginia
City vow that they will not listen
to Bccchor's lectures. We will wager
q cord Of sngebrush that every ono Of
the pious frauds will patrVniae tho
great ncsi.hider.
TnE Nevada Bank has sold I, 200. 00C
ounces OF Cue silver 10 the Government
and delivered IL TO the mint. The price
paid is the London rate, payable il
standard dollars.
Tug Swiss National Council has voted
Si,3O0,000 towards completing tho s,
Gothard tVnuel.