The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-01-26
New. notes.


~lecturing the people OF TuseArora on
the subject of Immortality.
Matt Carpenter has been elected
United States Senator from Wisconsin
TO succeed Joseph Howe.
II il said that General Butler will run
fer Governor OF Massachusetts again IT
the next election.
Roscoe Conkling received the unAni-
nous nomination Of the Republican
Legislative caucus OF New York, and
hiss been elected to that ONCE.
General James Shields has been
elected United States Senator from
Missouri for the short term and George
g. Vest for the long term.
John A.Logsn has been elected Unit
ed States Senator by the Legislature Of
Illinois. receiving a majority Of six over
the Democratic nominee.
The Democratic caucus OF the Indiana
Legislature has nominated ID. W. Voor-
bees for United States Seustor for the
long term, and George W. Julian for
the short term.
Nevada has CT orphans in the Or
phans Home at Carson, liS convicts in
in the States Prison and lis insane in
tho asylum in Califoria.
An application for a patent for the
Mcdonald mine and mill site in Hicks
District in this county, has been filed
in the United States Land OAlce in
Eureka.
W. II. Vanderbilt has refused to pay
taxes on his personal property which is
assessed at 81, 000, 600, and has sworn
that his debts exceed the value of his
personal property.
The Footiiyht says: "Chief Brown of
the Fire Department continues to
thaw out hydrants by swearing az
them" What a saving OF hot water
it must be to have q man Of that kind
in that office.
There is q bill before Congress to
regulate charges on sleeping cars, which
provides that tho price oha-goI shall
not exceed 81 per day. The Cen.
trail Pacific Company row charges So
per day.
Judge S. c. Hastings the founder o.
the Law School in connection With tho
University Of California vii! leave San
Francisco =oou for ;he City OF 2exico,
where tits said he intends to establish
another Law School similar to the ore
in California.
4 sjrgnlsr complaint comes from
! Omaha that tho Banks have more gold
than they Enow whaG 90 DO with. The
! prediction OF the financial Snaps who
said that tho go.a wogId all be driven
ont Of the operation by the silver bill,
is not being fulfilled to any npp-eciab!e
extent.
The experiments ia The cast in the
cultivation Of California balmon have
satisfied experts that it - well adapted
to the great lakes and some OF the
western rivers, which fact ia encourage
ing to our efor: to introduce that Ash
into the waters OF this State.
Sitting Bull and hi. people consist
ing Of 500 lodges or about 1900 per-
sons have crossed over into the United
States. and has sent messengers to the
Cheyenne Indian Agency Chat they
want to DO taken charge OF by The IL.
dian Department.
4 recent London telegram says: GAN
unfounded report that the Pope had
been poisoned hes awaken painful up
prchensions." II All unfouudcd report
awakened painful spprehensions what
kind Of n feeling would u true report to
that effect producer
There is a delimna about tho arrears
Of pensions bill, which has recently
passed both Houses of Congress. 1t
wiz "hS hO" 6'',OVJ,'yO 10 SLOW
600, 900 to carry it out. And al taking
that amount of money out of the
Treasury would ombarrGss other mat
tiers, Secretary Sherman wants the
President to veto it; but as both par
ties are afraid TO do anything against it
for fear Of the influence it will have on
tho next Presidential election. the sup.
position is that it would be passed over
the veto.