The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-08-25
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80 NAS hONAh. uGh1OllouGu
by n thunder bolt.
The British and Russian troops will
simultaneously evacuate their respective
positions in the vicinity Of CONSTANT
nople in a few days.
THx Potter Committee has concluded
to report Stanley Matthews to the House
for contempt. Stanley disobeyed the
mandates 81 the august Committee.
EDWARD MALIM. the d~efaulting book
keeper Of l.. p. Drexler & Co., Virginia
City, has been arrested in Philadelphia.
He will DO brought back 10 Virginia.
The Mexican troops on the border
are instructed to skirnlish with Colonel
McKenzie's forces but to avoid a gener-
nj engagement with the Americans.
ASSASSINATION is still the terror of
public f~unctionaries in Russia. One
day last week General Menztow, Chief
of the Emperor's private police was
shot and killed by two assassins who
made good their escape.
AT Virginia City last Sunday n lad
named Michael Coghlin was run over
aud terribly mangled by a train of cars.
The brave little fellow implored tho
surgeons to blow his brains out with n
shot gun in order to end his suffering.
The boy died an hour after receiving
the injury.
TIE acoustic qualities of the Court
house Mt Winnemucca are SO bad that
neither the Court, attornyes, o jurors
can hear what witnesses under exami.
nation a-e saying and the citizens of
Humboldt county are justly indignant
about the matter.
KEARSEY is rapidly finding his polit-
ical and social level in the Atlantic
States. The. World snys, editoIialy:
III Citizen kearney were to die to-day,
his obituary notices would not be nearly
so long us they would have been had he
persisted OH his way East"
FRED HARr will get off n joke no mat
ter how rough the surroundings. Here
is the latest from the Sazeracker:
''Cloud-bursts may come and Geyastate
the Office OF frst.c!ass family Journals.
but flies ye have always with you. II
didn't hurt 'em a bit. They are still
here.
AT New York last Monday. n journal
list named John a. L.eet, who is un I'm
portant witnes before the Potter Invrs-
tigating Committee, went clean daft
from mental excitement md made incf.
fectual attempts to shoot several police
officers. Leet is now under arrest and
will be examined upon a charge of lu-
macy.
A NEWS telegram dated at Omaha,
August Is, says: General Sherman,
accompanied by his Aide-de.C Camp Gen
eral A. Mcdowell McCook. left Omaha
yesterday for Fort Defiance, New Mexi-
CO, 80 miles ives. Of Santo Fe; his bus
mess there being in connection with The
Navajo Indians with whom no has some
matters to adjust, he having mnds n
treaty with them some years ago."
The SHver State Of last Monday re.
cords this melancholy event: ''Beu-
ma Vista Johns camp including four
tents, with clothing, blankets, sugar,
coffee and other articles, was burned
this morning. The camp was situated
on the hill in tho rear of the court
house, and is supposed to have
been fired by a crazy squaw. John is
one Of the best Of living Indians and the
loss Of NIL his worldly goods grieves
him worry much.
A dated At Boston, August
10th, contains suggestive facts in regard
to the man on horse back: General
Grants brother, Orulle. in an inter.
view here says that the General had
written his friends that he would ON no
account accept the Presidential nomi-
nation, but probably he could be edu.
Gated up 10 it rs he was once before.
IL lac could be made to believe that he
vas the only man able to save the
country he would allow his name to b.
used, even ut the risk OF defeat"
Tns following news telegram dated
Mt Sacramento ON tho 18th instant i'm.
Inmates that Dye, the hiddeous assassin
OF Tullis. may have been guilty Of nh.
other frightfnl murder: Geo. &. Law
renee last March was found dead In
Trivoli's pond, north Of this city. 1t
now transpires that he was n frequent,r
Of Dye & Clark's saloon. He had given
I'll his money and goods to a young
man, from whom by e.as Public Admin.
istrator, subsequently, recovered il.
Since Dyes arrest the young man has
been very uneasy, and on Friday ho
suddenly left the city for the East.
These facts excite the suspicion that
either lac or Dye. or both, had some.
thing 10 do With L~awronco's singular
death.
SOMEBODY started the story that Mr..
Hngerman Of Reno " M the hacker OF
Waldo and others in bringing out the
now Record at that place. The editor
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