The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-14
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o. +. Rogers is loading his teams
With coke for Railroad District this
morning.
J. ". Dunlap who arrived hero from
Bodie. Sunday evening. has gone up on
q visit to his old quarters in the north
srn pant Of the county. f-r,
Ogden. says the Dipdteh of the 9Th
has gained another acquisition to its
population in the removal to this city Of
Dir. Thomas Saiter and family Who ar.
rived here yesterday from Elko. Ne
vada. E-
We regret TO hear that Mrs. Jas. Ad-
ANS, who was taken i'll Saturday is now
so low that hoT life is despaired of.
She is suffering from hemorrhage Of the
stomach, and though she wal resting a
Little moro easily this afternoon, her
condition is extremely critical.
A meeting Of the executive committee
appointed to arrange fot the Christmas
tree. was held at the house Of Rev. Mr..
Jennings. to-day, at which a soliciting
committee was chosen, to report at tho
conclusion Of its labors, when further
steps will be taken in the matter. Mr..
Freeman has kindly rendered the gratu-
itous use Of his half for Christmas eve.
The Pioneer ball at Virginia City.
Friday night, was, according to news
pap er reports, m immense affair. The
'Old Boys crawled into their masks
and hiding their identity in pasteboard
helmets aud hired dominoes, jest
turned themselves loose, gamboling
about among the "Old Girls, in their
innocent glee like q stampedod herd of
Spanish bronco steers.
The leaden canopy which hung above
us in the early part Of the day settled
to the horizon shortly after noon. aud
snow soon after began falling steadily
and in those fine PARTICLES generally in
dicntive Of regular business. The sleigh
ing in town was fair to middling this
morning. aud the new coating will now
make it Al. The merry jingle Of bells
heard at intervals is in evidence that
the boys are preparing to take advant
age OF the situation while it lasts,
which in this locality is a wise preeau.
ton.
The preliminary examination OF
George Hill, charged with the fatal
shooting OF Thomas Smith at the Bank
Exchange saloon. last "Wednesday night
was begun at 10 clock this morning in
Justice Suggett's Court. The testimony
Of witnesses was taken up until noon,
when a recess was taken until / o'clock.
At that hour the examination of wit.
ncsscs was resumed aud was still CON
tinuing as We went to press. As there
the hearing will probably extend into
TO morrow.
w understand to-day, that the meet
ing announced for Saturday evening.
to arrange for the preparation Of a
Christmas tree, was n failure. The
scheme should not be permitted to fall
to the ground in that manner. 1t is
MT yet too late to carry out the project,
the failure OF which will be n great dis
appointment To the little ones. Let
those who have the time TO spare, in,
augurnte the movement nfresh and push
II forward to success. Let us give the
youngsters tho benefit OF q Merry
Christmas at all hazards.
Mcssrs. Grunbaum and Greatzer, OF
Cornucopia who are among the princi,
pal creditors Of the Leopard Company.
have gone to San francisco for the pur.
pose Of making n proposition to the
company to take temporary charge OF
the mine and mill and to continue the
work, taking from the net proceeds OF
the orc extracted, the amount neceses-
sary to satisfy the outstanding claims.
We understand that those parties are
acting in conjunction with the
other prominent creditors, aud MS
the mine is looking remarkably we'll
just now; a large body OF rich ore being
in sight; the probabilities are that the
Indebtedness can be liquiditiated with.
out additional cost to the company, IL
this arrangement can DO effected.
We were informed this morning TINT
a"Christmas tree" meeting was hold at
the church Monday night, where arrange
ments for properly decorating said tree.
wero fully perfected. Two parties pres.
ent were authorized to give notice OF
the facts at this Office, but rs each 70.
lied upon the other TO perform the duty,
rs usual in such cases, IL was not per.
formed at all. The committee appoint
cd IN donations will doubtless 10 out
among us In duo time, and unless n
very radical change has taken place in
the hearts and pockets OF our citizens,
tho contributions will DO abundantly
liberal. The judicious expenditure OF
The money collected, by the purchns
ing committee will havo the offect OF
adding comfort In some instances, as
we'll M pleasure alone, Ia others. and
our citizens may have tho satisfaction
Of feeling TINT their practical benovo-
lonco has brought sunshine to hearts
which otherwise might have been un-
able TO join in tho happy greetings OF a
Merry Christmas.