The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-03-10
BnEVlTIES.

ccid cntally shot in the foot, the othe
day, ut Deadwood.
Fire commissioner Ordenstien is miss
ing. As the Widows and Orphan
fund Of the Exempt Fire Company, o
which he was custodian. is found to b
short about So. 1000. he is supposed t.
have a6sconded.
A STONE wal thrown by n blast N
Chattanooga a distance of two hundred
yards, crushing through the roof Of the
passenger depot. falling into the news
stand between three boys, splitting the
brim of ones hat, and thoroughly de-
noralizinS them all.
STILL another wonderful clock is be-
ing exhibited in Reading. II was made
by a man named Troutman, OF Donald
son, Schuylkill County, Pa, and has
ships and apostles and Modoc warriors
and Jonah and the whale, aud n great
many other things that couldn't be
brought together exceptin this way.
THEY have a summary way of deal
ing with careless engineers in China.
A boiler recently exploded in that
densely populated country, killing so
natives. The engineer was at once ar
rested aud convicted of manslaugGter.
There is asugScstion in this fact worthy
Of consideration in this country.
ACCORDING to the Controllers report
TO the General Assembly of the State
of Virginia, the Old Dominion is n
financial wreck. Taxes ure all paid III
coupons, which are thirty per cent.
discount, and SIc3 constitutes the en-
tire amount in the Treasury. with
Si75,OU0 now due the Banks, which Ie-
fuse further loans.
WHEN s.Anire% Jackson received
Count Bertrand ut the Hermitage, the
Frcnchman ran up TO tie American,
and throwing his arms around lin,
exclaimed: "a second Napoleoml a
second Napolcon!" NO." replied
Jackson, emo: u second Napoleon.
Napoleon stood alone the man 0! his
times, and it will be 800 years before
the Garth produces his equal"
A GENTLEMAN saw his little daughter
dipping her dolls dress into n tin cup,
and inquired; What are you doing,
my daughter 2" 'I'm coloriug my
dolls dress red" with WHAT"
With beer" "What put that foolish
notion into your head? You can't
color red with beer" Eyes, | can pa,
because ma said it was beer that made
your nose SO red" That man had
business which required him down
town Immediately.
The Chronicle is after Director Lind.
erman AGAIN; in its issue 90 tho Cub il is
stated that charges against that official
have been forwarded ftom San Fran
cisco to the chairman of tho committee
on expenditures OF the Treasury De-
partment. They are to the fleet Tat
Linderman directs the affairs Of tue
mint. especially the San L. Ino.sco
mint, to euHblo private indiS iduals to
make large gains at the expense Of
dealers, in good faith, or trade dollars,
and d~iscloses premai urely, orders II
the Treasury Department for illic;s
purposes.
Times 3sUie"", Jth.-Wiil:an Hooking,
who fell 100 feot in the Ho,net shaft
last Saturday, died Sunday night ut
1895 o'clock, and was buried yesterday
afternoon ut four O'Clock, quite a large
number of his friends attending the
funeral. Hooking was n rather ro-
mErli"ole man, rs was shown by his
erav, ling out of the sumpt into the drift
and removing the snuff from the fuse
after lie had received fatal inju.
ries.
Last evening Superintendent Melon
hiu deposited In Lancaster " Go. =
sa!o q bar of bullion, valued at about
$4,000, the result of four days run on
Young America ore at tho independence
mill 1t was principally gold.
A. V. L~ancaster's teams will to-day
commence hauling tho Young America
ore ncross the valley to the DeFroes
ten.stamp mill for reduction.
To-day Superintendent Mcdonald
will resume full operations upon the
Young America mine. and will give en-.
ployment to quite n number Of men
who are now lying idle around town.
The Manhattan Mine.