The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-06-15

company nave nSSOtAsNSA q lo@n OF
$1,000.
ODDS of three to one are offered
against Parole in England Tor the Ascot
stakes Saturday.
The lA~ Offering 5000 for the head
CO Va. Lloyd Garrison is still on The
statute book of Georgia.
John Burke, and daughter IL years
old. were killed Saturday, at Astoria,
Oregon, ~ 8 falling tree.
AT Santa Fe, New Mexico, two alleged
murderers ~ere taken from the Jail and
hanged by s mob Of citizens.
An Indian fshed up a skeleton o.
Marlette lake las: week. Supposed to
be that Of a man named Phillips.
The las. mail which arrived at Lon
don from Australia reached there in -
days-the quickest passage on record.
The Union Shaft is the name be
which wil be known what has hereto
fore been the shaft of the North Con-
solidated Virginia Mining Company.
TSE rise in the price of silver has
slightly stimulated the demand on the
United States Treasury for standard sill.
yer dollars. TIE West is now ordering
more Of this coinage than ever before.
4 Chicago dispatch says that Rev.
Francis Patton yesterday resigned his
professorship in the Presbyterian Theo-
logical Seminary OF the Northwest TO
take effect April I, 1850. He will taken
the proTessoTship OF the Theological
College Of London, England.
Poor Carlotta" is sill hopelessly
insane in a chateau near Brussels. She
paints pictures, and writes letters to
soyereigns which are forwarded 10 them.
Her confidential servant is q Mexican.
She constantly thinks hat she is at the
Mexican court, and her talk is addressed
to persons found there al state receptions
and on other royal occasions.
Tho Yankees are not all &" down east
II OF Them at least, having found his
way to Stratiord, Canada, where he sold
packages warranted sure death to potato
bugs, no risk of poisoning animals as
with Paris green" They were not TO
be opened until the time to use them,
but n victim, having three, concluded
to investigate one. which he did, find
ing in it two small blocks, on which
was written: "Place tho bug on this
block and press firmly with the other"
The Renoites have adopted a new
role, laying the tar bucket and feathers
quietly aside, and taking up the CATO
uinetails. The Journal Of yesterday
says:
A nest Of sixteen vngs was captured
n short distance west Of town, neal the
river. Their offense was selling whisky
to the Indians. They were ordered to
disrobe. and when nearly naked, a
sound thrashing was administered to
all, when they were ordered to leave
town in a hurry and not show them
selves again under penalty of q worse
punishment. The whole affair was very
quietly conducted, showing that COL
must be thoroughly organized, and all
the moro n terror TO eyil-doors.
The trustees Of Harvard have. in or.
der to avail themselves Of Miss Marion
Hovey's offer Of an endowment, re-
ported in favor Of admitting women to
the medical school under the following
conditions: That after the completion
OF q new building, women be admitted
to the medical school as an experiment
for n period Of ten years; that they be
not less than twenty-five yenrs Of &
that tho requisite for admission and the
course Of study be the same az for men
that the examination for mon aud women
shall bo identical; that nothing shall
be oountonanced which will in nny way
lower the standard Of tho school OF
affect the execution Of the plans laid
out for its development.
THE telegraph informs that The Presi.
dent hns rendered tho position Of Sec.
rotary Of War, now held by McCrary, to
Charles +. Henderson, Of Nebraska. A
synopsis Of his entecedenis would no,
be out Of place: General Henderson
was born and educated in Philadelphia,
aud Is a lawyer by profession, but en-.
tered tho army MS Licutonan, nj the out.
break Of the Rebellion. Ho rapidly
rose through successive grades to the
ColonolcJ. lilo was twice severe wound.
ed. and was mustered out at tho close oil
the war az Breyet Brigadier. General.
Most OF his military service was with
the Army Of the Cumberland. At the
close Of tho war he removed 10 Omaha,
where he las since boon actively en-.
gaged in the practice OF his profession
Ho Is said u be n man OF extensive
reading and Of refined tasto. and n bril-.
liant eonversatioBalist. It's also stated
that ho enjoys a high reputation in the
Northwest for practical ability, and tina,
his appointment. II he accepts tho posi-.
ton, will bo certain 10 give satisfaction,
not only in that section Immediately,
but throughout the country. "a soon ~
high qualifications shall DO tested by
actual occupation Of the ofloo.