The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-09-01
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mine are said to be highly encouraging.
Or Monday the Indep' ndenee Com
p"ny of Tuscarora. shipped bullion
valued at IS. 2s6 6s.
A SWARM OF vicious trarnps have been
driven out Of wadsworth by the indig-
nan citizens.
A STAGE driver named Cy. Haxley,
committed suicide in Ormsby county
last Saturday.
BRoAD-oAUoE railroad will be imme.
diately constructed from Carson City to
Esmeralda county.
Miss ALICE McGISLEY, Of the MeGin-
ley theatrical troupe. is dangerously i'll
at Reno.
A Texan mustang, seven years old,
with hons like those of an ox, which
he sheds every year. is on exhibition at
Vicksburg.
The little son Of S. Mooser. Of Tus
carora. who has been very i'll fos some
time. was still in n critical condition on
Tuesday last.
The Reno journals are jubilant over
the fact that seven big poker games
were in full blast in that burg on Sun
day night. Moral town is Reno.
TIE Remedies are building q splendid
pavilion on the site of the defunct Chi
nese quarter. 1t will be one Of the
largest public halls in the State.
AT Hartford. Connecticut, last Satur-
day. the famous nag Rarus. trotted
three heats in the remarkable time Of
GALS, 2:I3H and 2:l3X-average time
per mile 2:l4H.
For months past the citizens Of Reno
have mourned for the fate of w. S.
Bailey, q cattle dealer of that place,
who was supposed to have been muir
dered by the Bannocks. It now tran
spires that Mr.. Bailey is alive and we'll.
The Tines evie,O says: SUNDAY
morning, before he was out of bed,
Duff Brown had five applications for
loans from persons who had read in the
TTH1ts-RerieT of his suit in San Fran
cisco for $500. OO0."
Tue 7fnes-Repisio furnishes this ad
vice: ''Mose Haynes OF Elko, proposes
to stock the Humboldt with catfish and
horn pout. Better omit the latter,
Moses. They are o mud fish; OF but
little account for food and extremely
destructive to more valuable species OF
the fnny tribe"
TuE Tiaes-Reyie,V furnishes this polit.
ical item: Fuller, from the rutabaga
section, who was said to have announced
himself rs q Democratic candidate for
Sheriff, has Withdrawn from the field,
leaving it clear for n single-handed con.
test i'll the Convention between Billy
Weaver and Ben Fitch"
The Times Reri,r of Wednesday says:
ga gentleman down from Mountain
City informs us that Ben Plummer II
couple Of days ago was severely injured
ny falling forty feet down u shaft al
Hicks district. We did not learn the
extent Of his injuries, except that they
were serious"
MRs. WILKINS many Elko friends
will DO pleased to read the following
from the TSnes-ReUieto: "Mrs. Bert vii.
kins, who was so badly burned by hei
clothes taking fire. about three weeks
ago, has SO far recovered as to he able
to leave her bed for a short time every
day. With the exception Of some slight
marks on one Of her hands. all signs OF
the accident have disappeared"
The TTme,-Rsriete Of yesterday has
this unpleasant item: "Col. C. c.
Tracy was taken suddenly i'll last Sat.
urday evening with cholera morbus.
The attack was a worry violent one. and
the symptoms for some time were OF q
most alarming character. but yesterday
lie was feeling considerably better, and
although extremely weak, his physician
thGugh. the indications favorable ior
the patients speedy recovery"
LAST Friday, says the E~aierpriss, an
operation was performed upon Henry
Tompsou, the young man who attempt
cd suicide a few days ago. His chest
was filled with blood and serum to suah
an extent that the weight on the lungs
was almost unbearable. Drs. Harris
md johnson made an incision in tn.
chest and drew ninty. six ounces of 8,
away. There is now n possibility If
the young mai.'s recovery.
The white laundry. says the Reno
Gazette, is dead. The w~orkingmen did
not support Il or II would have survived.
We gave il washing and printing, but
are not proud about IL.
The CAB about starting white laun-
dries in opposition to the Chinese is
usually empty bosb. The experience
OF most men who earnestly desire TO
encourage the work Of white laborers
~, that when they give out their cloth.
lug TO DO washed nt white laundties,
they arc simply aiding . set Of middle
men. for, al u rule, Cinnamon do the
work for white bosses aftor all.
THE Reno journal Of yesterday says:
Friday night j. w. TnlIis. brother Of