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

In THE DISTRICT COURT or
thu Seventh judicial District Of this II te OF
Nevada, in ADD for he County of Elko
Jennie Ransom. PiAihtin. aginst George ".
ransom, Defendant.
Action brought In the District Court Of the
In and for the County OF Elto, aud the Com.
plant hledin the once of thu Clerk OF sald ni>.
trct Court.
The State OF Nevaia sends s~resting TO Geory.
W. Ransom. defendant: Won a.e n rebv re-
quired to App-ar IN Az action br ugh, asainSt
you by the above named Plaintiff 1 tho District
Court Of the seventh Judicial DiatTict OF tho
State Of Nevada, Ia and for thu cninty or kIkh,
and 20 answer the conpl dnt hled therein, wi, hin
ten days exclusive Ut tho day Of srrvicel aiL-r
tie service on you Of this S~nmmons-if served
within this County; or. IL served out Of this
County, LAT g ~ c!-!:!St. within twenty dAyA:
otherwise, within forty days-or judgment by
default will be taken against you. According 70
the prayer OF said complaint.
The said action Is brought to obtain , Judy
ment and deere Of this Court that tho houds q
matrimnnyE heretofore and now existing between
the Plaintiff and Defendant, he dissolved. That
the care aud custody OF their minor child Rlmav
RANSOM, be AWARDED 10 tha Plaintiff during the
minority OF said minor child and for such other
and fnrtI or relief a. b. she Court may seem Just
aud proper and for costs OF suit And ypu ars
hereby notified that " you fail to appear and
answer said complaint a. above required, the
said Plaintiff will NPply to the Court for the re-
lief herein demanded.
Given under my hand and the seal Of tho
District Court of the Seventh Ju,li-
.ciAl District Of the state OF EevSiA,
tsEALl County of Elko. thi1 10th day u
March IN the year Of our Lord ono
thouA1ndeight hundred and seventy
nine.
mlod9O o. Z. GREEN. Clerk.
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Rnlmaxundl.


Came-The rain.
SeasonRble-Ice.
Departed-John Dennis.
Thick-Three.card monte men.
T~uscarora stocks are looking mp.
A slight shower Of rain fell here last
night.
Will work ever be resumed on the
artosisn well.
The mill has started up for q short
run on barley.
The emigrnnt trains are not heavily
loaded at present.
The De Frees stockholders are hold
ing indignation meetings.
The new hall is almost completed.
We hear that it will probably be lighted
with gas.
She's a daisy; she's a darling, she's a
dumpling is now heard from every
body's lips.
The measels have made their appear.
ance in town. j. j.. Garrecht's is the
infected place.
Professor Trip received an order
this morning for two more life-sized
portraits Of Governor Bradley.
The Commissioners will meet next
Tuesday, 18th instant, for the purpose
Of receiving the bids for the new Jail.
ReckhHrt & Froelich arc making fine
improvements around their place Of
business. Solid black walnut doors are
the latest Innovation.
Miss Mamie Rogers, daughter of our
former County Recorder, departed for
Columbia this morning where she will
n charge Of the public school.
Van Aelstyn intends giving a grand
basket picnic during the dry. and n
grand ball in the evening at the Hot
Springs on the Fourth of July. See his
- nd" in another column.
A row III embryo occurred this morn
ing on the back street between a male
and female. Had it not been for cold
water thrown upon them the conse-
quenccs would have been impossible to
foretell.
Never; well hardly ever were we so
terribly scared ns we were this morning
VIXEN George CAM walked into our
sanctum and demanded in tones
OF thunder: N" Who wrote Inc dose
ardiclef"
Questrian, giving rein to his humor-
ons fancy, said to his wife: "If you
don't stirrup your coffee you will loose
all traces Of the sugar aud saddle be the
consequences" Mrs. +. Q. did not
like the remark a bit, but she bridled
her temper 30 we'll that no one could
tell by her carriage that she was n little
sulky.
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TO SELL REAL ESTATE,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIE
l Seventh Judicial District, IN and for the
County of Elko, State of Nevada.
In the matter OF the estate OF Leopold Dis
choff, deceased.
Order TO show cause why order OF gale Of
real estate should not be granted.
Carl Froclich, the Administrator OF the CO.
tate OF Leopold BischoF. dceenscd, having
hled his petition herein, dnly verified, praying
for an order Of salc OF the whole of the real
estate OF said dccCdcnt. for the purposes there.
In set forth. IL Is therefore ordered by said
District Conrt, that all persons interested In
the estate OF said deceased, appear before the
said District Cont, on Thursday, the 18th day
OF June, 1873. at ~ O'Clock 4. NJ. at the Court
Room OF said District Court. at the Court
House, in he town OF ElkO, County Of ETko,
state OF Nevada, to show cause why an. order
should not be granted TO the said AdminIstrA-
tor, To sell SO much OF the real estate of the
said deceased, nj public or private sale, a. may
be necessary, or the whole thereof. And that
a copy Of this order be published at least ionr
successive weeks In thc ELKo I~SDErESpExr,
n newspaper printed and publishrd In said
town and county Of Elko. Slate OF Nevada.
J. II. FLACK, District Judge.
Dated May 81, 1879. m3G5y
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A dispatch was received hee late las,
evening from Kelton, Utah. announcing
the sudden death Of Mullic WIllouEhby,
a courtezan, known here ns Maud. She
had been a resident OF this plaao the
greater portion OF tho time duiiug tho
past two or three years, and left here
for Kclton, in good health, only n fcw
days ago. In accordance with a dis.
patch from the relatives OF the deceased
10 San Francisco, tho rom aims will be
Immediately forwarded TO that city for
intcrmpnt.
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From Thursdays Daily.
SnlnIasundi

Henry Brown camo down from Tus-
carora last evening.
1t would pay a good photographer
to locate permanently in Elko.
Lish and Howell's teams loaded, for
the north to-day, with salt.
j. A. Savage came down from Tus-
carora last evening. He is on his way
to Yankee Fork.
The Board of Regents Of the Univor.
sity met to-day. We have not yet re-
ceived their report.
Miss Lizzie Hough's sickness took q
turn for tho work last night. DR.. Meigs
hns been telcgrnphed for.
Five cars OF salt were received to. day
by b. Reinhart * Co. They ship it to
the Columbia Mining Co.
We have been compelled to eat more
crow since the proprietor of this journ-
al left than our stomach can we'll
bear.
The tonsOrial establishment presided
over by johnny Simpson has been re-
moved to the building next door to the
Senate saloon.
The Ogden Dispatch will soon DO Oh.
larged. II is II spicy, wide awake little
sheet and entirely deserving of the sue
cess with which II has met.
Work has boon stopped temporarily
on Freemnn's new bank building, the
iron doors and frames for tho vault
have not yet arrived. Hence the delay.
The report that the mcasels had
broken ont in the family OF J. j. Gar.
rccht ia contracted by Mr.. Gaffccht. He
Informs us that there is no foundation
whatever to tho report.
A mau in Warrcnsviile has n jar of
eggs fifty years old.
IL wouldn't bo n very desirable place
for the Graham Tonkins.Rood Comb.
nation to perform in.
An eminent physician that
II il unhealthy to rise before S O'Clock
in tho morning. We will add, however.
that this applies only TO tho mon; wives
can rise at Z and start the firos rs
usual.
We have no! yet heard who has been
appointed M canvassers for Harry
NIighols' "Sagcbrush Leaves but
whoever they nre. they do not seem 10
DO making any oxortions towards re.
~cciving subscriptions for tho book.
When Richard Richardson took his
supper last evening, which was prcpnr
cd by tho hands Of his loving wife, no
thought IL was the best meal that she
had ever dishcd mp. Aud IL was too.
M she took particular pains 10 suit hia
tnsto exactly. for she had concluded
that IL would he the last monl that sho
would serve for him. or this. however.
ho was not cognizant. When no arose
this morning bis wife. tho doar beloved
OF his bosom, was non est, she had
flown TO q moro congoninl climate and
took with her their youngest child, n
beautiful little brunette Of about Two
years. Richard wcopa ut his loss, aud
wc would be pleased to put him upon
tho track Of his fnithloss spouse, but
whar, oh, whar nm SHOP
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Deeds Recorded.

The following deeds have been placed
upon record since our last report:
Jos. McClay to Jas. +. How, $50 feet
in the Golden Idol mine, Bull Run
INSTRUMENTATION, $4,000.
Jos. McClay to Jas. F. How, $50 feet
in the Cumberland mine, Bull Run dis.
characterization, 500.
S. G. Weston to w. u. Ford, 150 Il.
in the Hoosac, and $50 feet in tho Ele.
phaut mines, Tuscarora district-con.
s%iderHtion, 1000.
Young America Company OF al TO W.
II. Ennor ct nj, lot 8 in blk o, in Tus-
carora-consideration, S75.
Frank II. Smith to d. E. Griffith,
ranch on Bull Run crock, Elko county
consideration, $1,000.
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The Basin Ni:Ir.

Through private sources We learn
that the Basin mine. Owned by ". ID.
Ford. in Tusclrora district. which we
have had occasion TO give favorable no.
tice, is steadily improving as work up.
on il progresses. 4 depth OF sixty feet
~ nov reached upon the vein which il.
nearly three feet IN with aud the most
perfectly q, iiucd ia tho district, Ieiug
enclosed ia smooth, uubrokcu walls tho
entire distance. The quartz contains
free gold; was quite rirh ia That M tai
at the surface, ani according to Icccivcd
reports, increases ns dopth is attained.
The very latIering rcaultS obtained
from this mine aud others now being
worked in the western quarter Of Tus.
carora district, has attracted a large
share Of attention in that direction, and
all tho indications are that this neg.
lected portion will this season 10 proven
equal. il moi, superior in mineral wealth
to anything yet uncovered in that IA.
nous camp.
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Meeting pr the Board of Regents

hceiinE OF the Board OF Regents.
Pursuant to adjournment. Board met
Mt their Office in Elko. Nevada, June
18th, 1879. Regents presont-Stone
md Mayhugh, being n majority Of the
Board. The proceedings of the Board
were rs follows: il was
Resoired, That tho present term
should close at the usual period and the
second term III on the first
Monday in September, and That the
Board, in connection with Professor
Dewey, prepare and publish n prospcc.
tus setting forth the various branches
taught, and the advantages possessed
by the State University at Elko, Nevada.
II was further agreed thPt during the
period Of vacation, the northeastern
room should be replnstercd and other
wise repaired. and cases built and put
into place for the reception of tho
mathematical. and philosophical and
other instruments belonging to tho
University, aud that the outside Of
tho building should be fo.paintcd. Tho
question OF establishing a mining chair
and having lectures upon the subject OF
mining md mining interests, was con-
sidorod, but postponed until the next
meeting with a view OF having q full
Board present to consider the subject
matter. In the meantime a correspond
enco will 10 hold by tho President Of
the Board with tho leading mining men
of the State upon this subject. II was
further agreed hat the advantages Of
tho School for Mining and other pur.
poses should be advertised in all the
papers IN tho State. calling tho at,en.
ton Of tho friends Of education 10 the
necessity and importance OF fostering
nj home Institution.
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Accidentally shot.

An Indian was brought hero from
Mountain City yesterday for surgical
treatment. II appears that whilc in tho
act Of drawing n gun towards him by tho
muzzlc, II was discharged, tho contents
entering the palm OF the left hand,
mutilating tho member in n horrible
manner. DR.. Lucas tho attending
physician, informs us that II will DO
necessary 10 amputato n greater portion
OF tho hand as tho wound has been
neglected so long that modification
has already set in.
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EveryIsAy IL Liable - AeeAAeat.
The ssatisies Of The TravslsrS' In
suranee Company for the past year
show losses paid numbering i7o7 foe .
great variety Of accidents. 800 Of then
railway accidents. and the balance. cuts.
falls. sprains. cunning. burns. horSs
and carriage injuries. needles. splinter.
bites. every conceivable thing. AysA1iy
policy 10 cheap. Get me-.
d. II. 0AAS7. Agent.
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a q

George CAM feeling nggriovcd at mn
article that appeared in yesterdays is.
sue relating to q SOW and somo pigs.
said to have been found locked up in
his barn. takes this method of setting
tho public right in regard TO his prob.
ity:
last Saturday, I, George GAM. took
mp on my premises ono SOW and six
pigs, and sow without my mark,
which damaged mo, and locked Thorn
up in hog pen, not in my barn M tho
paper stated. informed the officers
that I had donc so. and hlso others in
town tina, I had taken them up. Tho
owner OF thom, Mr.. Bixel, claimed them
and took them 10y force. Any hogs
hereafter will get q square moal OF
buck.shot II found ou my promises.
GEoEGG GANB.
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O. W. Hui, p. NJ.


The scarcity Of diamonds, gold and
silver, and tho difficulties met I'm secur
ing them, Is n suro indication OF their
value. Thus il is with valuable medi
cine: Df. Aug. Kaisor's celebrated
German Pulmonic Elixir, through the
jealousy OF rivals has met with the most
bitter opposition. and apparently al.
most insurmountable obstacles have
boon thrown in It's way; but its oppo.
nents might MS we'll try TO change the
course Of the sun, sweep back tho ocean
with a broom or put out q prairie Hro
with n tear. For the cure OF throat and
lung diseases, such rs coughs, colds.
consumption and bronchial affections,
Il Ia u%nequallod. Its cures aro truly
magical. Ask your druggist. f. f.
Muller, for u. The genuine bears the
Prussian Coat Of Arms. tho fac-simile
signature Of DR.. Aug. Kaiser. and has
his name blown on every 75.cent bottle
Trial bottles % cents.
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From Monday 9 DAily.l
IHAlnaEundI.

Bouuced-0ur devil.
Rising-The Humboldt.
Capricicus-The weather.
Henry Mundell is assessing in town.
Elko is we'll represented at Yankee
Fork. ..
Peaches and pears. yum. yum; but it
takes wealth.
Three teams loaded with salt for Col
umbia to-day.
The crops in our valleys are said to
be looking we'll.
II. II. Bigelow returned from Virginia
City last Saturday.
Consolidated Virginia las declared a
dividend Of fifty cents per share.
Our devil wants to know if a long.
shoreman is longer than an ordinary
man.
Mrs. Senator Jones, with her family,
passed west Oh her way to Gold Hill,
this morning.
The body of Maud willoughby, who
died at Kelton, passed through yes
terday morning.
FalstafT asks whats honor? Your
wife sitting behind another in
church can tell what's on her without
any trouble.
A.. W. Flax and ]. II. Windle, both
formerly of this place, have formed a
partnership in the legal business at
W~inncmucca.
The little child that was so horri
burned on Saturday last. is not expected
to live. So we are informed by DIR.
Terry, the attending physician.
We would like to have our friends in
tho country send us an occasional note
and lot us know of anything of interest
to the general public that is going on.
Tho Berger Family and Sol Smith
Russell will give an entertainment at
Winnemuccn on the eth. Wonder IL
they couldn't be induced TO give one OF
their excellent performances here.
We feel that Summer is here. 4
person can 60 TO sleep at night with.
out "A stitch Of covering and wake up in
the morning with q cold that would
make an impee snious doctor jump for
joy.
A woman whose upper story is evil
IDENTIFY in a weak state, was put off the
the cmigraut train here last Friday
evening. Tho Commissioners yester-
day furnished her with a ticket further
west.
DR.. Moigs departed yesterday morn
ing. AMI s. s. Sears took the train this
morning for Virginia City, to attend the
meeting OF tho Granl Lodge OF Mlsons
which convencs at that place to-
morrow.
A black stocking with n yellow snake
coi!el arpund tho les Is the latest nov
city at Tuscnrorn. This for
tho great number OF mon in that un-
Gcdly burgh who arc so anxious to see
snakes.
Jas. Brair e Co. have purchased tho
entire sadiiery and harness establish.
ment Of A. Dover. This stock added
10 their already large assortment. makes
theirs on" of the most complete, in
their line, in the State.
Elko seems to DO put down by our
sister towns along the line OF the rail
road ns a sort Of depot to send all impc-
cunious and afflicted humanity. For
bonrnuce will cease to he n virtue soon,
and some vigorous "bucking will be
the result.
The rain yesterday came too late to
be OF much material benefit to our
ranchcrs AMI the crop this fall will be
onc of tho lightcst, il not The lightcs,.
ever produced in tho county. Those
farmers who arc able TO hold their last
seasons grain until July or August will
no able to realize high prices for 1t.
The crop Of last year in dealers hands
is almost exhausted and We would not
be surprised to hear OF grain being
shipped horo from California at an emily
date.
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Yesterday Afternoon bard.
40 Raymond & Ely, AZ: AZ
235 Eureka Con-, IL l5H
300 Belmont, Coo
1895 Gila, Toe 65C
10 Belle, GL
SO Manhattan, 230c
800 Star. 40c
$50 Day, 45c 40c
400 Hamburg, SOC
as Highbridge, ~
200 Paradise, Jose
80 Delmonte, 2
200 Albion, zoe ESQ
so Hillside. 2
100 STANDARD, 81
265 Bodie, 46 At
$50 Bechtel, 2 l50c
TO McClinton, l40c 1906
4iO Tioga, 4 390c
go Summit, 2l0c
l65 Bulwer, ll% u
$50 Syndicate, AZ
Gi5 Goodshaw, SOC Coo
i20 Belevidere, 2 2l0c
500 Champion. 35c
400 Blackhawk, 265c 3
T45 South Bodie, 40c 45c
1920 Booker, 90c Csc
$40 Mono, IL 1917
24O0 Con. Pacific, Tx
1850 University, Soc
2030 Dudley, 1850 ~
675 Jupiter, 1900 hoo
1875 s. Bulwer, 1I5c ~
2lG0 MONDAY, 3 3l0c
800 Vortex, 95c l
900 Orient, 200
1920 Tip Top, X
200 Leeds, l
$50 Golden Terra, l2T
80 White, Q
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GOOD PLAN

Anybody can learn to make money npidIy
operating In Stocks, by the Two UncrrInx
Rules for Success" III Me-srr. Lawrence Z
Co.'S new circular. The combination method,
which this firm has made 20 snccessful, en-
abies people with large or small means 20
reap all the benefits OF largest capital and brrt
skill. Thousands OF orders, In various
sums, arc pooled Into one vast amount and
eo-opcratcd as n mighty whole, thus securing
10 each shareholder ali the advantages of the
largest operator. Immense profits are divided
monthly. Any amount. from s. to S5,UOO, or
more. can be used successfully. n. y. Rapiist
Weekly, September sbth. Is.S. says: ..By the
combination system SIS would make Ga or
} per cent; go pays SEA, ar : per cent; SiOu
makes Sl,OJO, or 10 per cent. ON the stock dur
ing the month, according to the market"
Frank Lr-lic's Illustrated Newspaper, June
9th: The continuation method OF operating
In stocks l. the most successful ever adopted
New York Independent. Scpt-14s The CON-
~bination system y founded upon correct bnrI-
ness principles, and no perron need be with
nut an income while II T. kept working by
McSsrs. Lawrence & Co." BROOKLYN Journal,
April &th Our editor made n net profit 81
SiOi.S5 from $50 In one OF MessrS. Lawrence
\ Co.'S ombiuations." New circular (mAilrd
rreel explains everything. Stocks aud bonds
wanted. Government bonds supplied, Law
renee & Co. Bankcrs,5 So Exchange Place, MY.
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rFrom Fridays Daily.
Ralnaxandi.


Ben Reinhart returned from Eureka
last night.
The Reno tar and feather brigade has
again been on duty.
The cattle men are again smiling and
all because Of the rain.
George Shepherd and niece arrived in
town from Coral Hill to-day.
Our markets are we'll supplied with
all the delicacies Of the season.
Some Of the Grand Jurors have al
ready made their appearance in towns
The hogs nre rambling through the
Lane of Elko Notwithstanding the law
to the contrary.
A car load Of fine fat hogs, from Sac
ramento. was received this morning by
Russell & Bradley.
A car load Of excursionists from San
Francisco on their way to Boston, passed
through this morning.
Virginia City is troubled with swill
milk. Our Elko duirymen furnish the
purest of tactical fluid.
Call at the studio and see the maguf-
cent lifo-size portrait of Henry Brown
just completed by Prof. Trip.
We are happy to inform our readers
that Miss Lizzie Hough's illness has
taken n sudden turn for the better.
John Spence has entered into a con-
tract with NJ. p. Freeman to haul one
hundred tons OF coke to Railroad bis
trict.
The smiling couutenance of the pop.
ular proprietor of the Humboldt saloon
looked n little "oH" yesterday. He
said it was caused by q pine knot; but
We never heard it called by that name
before.
Edison wants to know if platinum
occurs in this neighborhood. He will
want considerable quantities in his new
system of electric lighting, and desires
information as to localities where it can
be found.
Several Tuscarora bloods have been
Visiting Elko. They tried to behave
themselves while here. but the Strain
was too apparent. The pure, I'M
adulterated c~ussedness developed by liv-
ing in that ungodly burgh, would crop
out.
The hunting party consisting OF Ike
Ostreicher, Jake Garrecht. Tom Prior
and Chris. Reckhart, returned from
their excursion last night. Nothing of
interest took place on the trip, but a
wonderful shot made by Mr.. Ostreicher
is worthy of note in these columns.
Spying two rabbits running towards
each other from opposite directions, he,
with hiS scientific eye, calculated the
exact spot ut which they would pass
each other. When about ten yards
apart he blazed away, and-missed both
rabbits.
A meeting Of the dissatisfied stock
holders Of the DeFrees Mining Com
pany, at which 1000 shares were rep.
resented, was held at 33l Montgomery
street on Monday evening. ii. v. S..
Mccullough was chosen President, and
Frank Grosvenor, Secretary. NJ. d.
Wittgenstein, S. Selleck, d. II. Jones
and the President and Secretary, were
elected M Executive Committee and
vested with full authority to act for the
stockholders in any matter that may
arise. The Committee was directed to
devise means for voting the stock held
by the meeting, it now being in the
name Of Atkinson, the arrested Secre-
tary. As it requires 81, 1000 shares of
stock to take action, an effort will be
made TO get it, and another meeting
will be held this evening.
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S. Lewis. San Francisco.
II. A. Davis,
Mrs. I. Martin aud child, Oakland.
j. Hicks, Eureka.
j. J.. Griffin, Culin.
Alex. Duffy, Pnlisado.
j. ID. Barnes, Wells.
NJ. Badt,
W. =. Rice. Salt Lake.
NJ. W. Banks,
Berlram Kuhn, Paris.
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shocking Accident.

A little five yoar old daughter of Mrs.
Henry Hansomo. n colorcd Of
this place, WIS terribly burned about
the face and neck and side this morn
ing by tho firing OF its clothing from
matches which tho littlo ono was hand
ling. Tho child's injuries arc very So
verc, but DR.. Moigs informs us that
before tomorrow. and they may posi-
bly, provo fatal.