The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-09-01
BREVITIES.

from California. The Ogden Junction
says Beecher will talk for $3.50 an
evening. As there are many persons
iu Winnemucca desirvus of hearing the
grea. sxpounier of theology and other
things, perhaps they will make AN effort
to secure him for an evening.
The SeHtiaei of yesterday contains
this encouraging item: "During the
| past few days we have received num-
Der of letters making inquiry as to the
decline OF Eureka Consolidated stock.
| Our answer is, from the best informa.
ton We can obtain, that the mine is
looking splendid, and the present ore
bodies in sight will yield 81 dividends
for the next six months. There is
nothing wrong at this end of the line.
The Tmses- Reriec of Friday says:
The hearing Of an arbitration case be-
tween I. y. Stone aud Smith Van Dreil-
len, commenced here yesterday. W.T..
SiGith. Mart Smith and $. W. Yawkey
are the arhitrators. and the amount in
VOWED is about seven thousand dcllars.
as books aud accounts of sevcrnl years
standing will have 10 be examined, the
i'tt r will probably occupy the atten-
tion of the Hrbi;rators for three or four
days"
TBE TGasS-Rseiss0 has been shown a
MI Il
strike in the 1niii,l mine at Bull Run,
weighing ten TO twelve pounds, which
would prob"b y work 81, 500 per ton.
The lead at the point from which the
oTc was tuEcm is - feet wide.
O. ThursdIy last the works OF the
Miners Powder Company at Ncgumie,
Mich, exploded doing terrible execu-
zion upon the buildings, fences. glass
and trees, and killing five men. One
Of these men was fairly driven into the
ground and his remains buried in dirt.
LlwLEss mobs sometimes gather
around the polls in the Old World as
well as III Canada and the United States.
Three mon were killed and cighty.four
wounded b. the police and soldiers in
tho recent election riots at Harbury,
Hanover.
BEH PIERCE wus arrested upon com
plTint Of w. q. Ford for misdeineauGr
III running the toll, ON the road between
here and Cornucopin. The case will be
tried in Justice Abbots Court next Sat-
urdIy.-TinSs ReVie'o.
TuS Times. Rsriev of Thursday has
this item: The sale OF the delinquent
stock OF the Young America. which YVES
to have come OF yesterday was post.
pomcd un;il Monday, the second prox.
imD."
InE lSDEPESELST says: "music lit
orally prevadcs the air OF Elko." So it
1t does i'll Tuschrora-in the vicinity of
the hurdy. houses. - Tines Reriew.
Presumably the music Of the pistol
during n skIrmish on Front street.
EvEEY day for sixteen years. the fol-
lowing side.hend has been affixed TO n
local item in the leading journal on the
Comstock: Pump rod broken" Can't |
that drottsd rod be fixed permanently? |
TGE TU"esRecie~ Of yesterday says:
"rhc little son Of $. Mooser, who has
been dangerously i'll with brain fever
for several days. was considerably bet |
ter last evening and was considered out |
ofdarger.'
oS Thursday last. there was q row in |
Jusiico hbbots court at Tuscarora be.
tween blacksmith and lawyer.
Rough language aud big chairs were
brought into requisition, but no bones
wCro broken.
IuE recent withdrawal by the Masonic
Bank has alarmed dcposi,ors in the
Clay Street Bank Of San Francisco. and
heavy run is being made oil that con.
cern.
Carr. JUDD, ono Of tho oldest mine
operators on tho Comstock, fell down
the Keystone shaft at Gold Hill las,
Thursday, and II is feared was fatally
injured
Tns Tm,'.Rcuico is still furnishing
nrotuitoua notices OF party whom IL
dosignatos ns "thc medical wonder
fraud."
lie Is reported In diplomatic circles
that strong suspicious are entertained
that the late Papal Secretary, Cardinal
Franchi, was poisoned.
SUMNER fcvcrs are prevalent among
the children at Tuscarora. A little son
of j. Tscbuda died there on Thursday
from nm attack Of fever.
TnR price Of tuition per week for
each attendant nt T. Tuscarora private
school, is only fifty cents. Cheap
enough.
Tns Tine'.RcriSr says there aro over
:hrec hundrcd tons OF ore on the dump
nj the Navajo.
TuE X X. Company at Eureka. has
resumed the work Of hosting water