The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-07
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Unioa-
The Sssih Of o..enl Kit.rell Il co.
trSdietsA-
Female valtists are anu.ing the
Comstocken.
The death nate Of Bodie has decreased
to less than one . day.
The PHILADELPHIA. Telegraph refers to
General Grantas lou uhits elephant"
An explosion Of FIRE damp in aSaIcny
mine killed between 20 md 50 miners.
The Eureka mine at Como has been
purchased py San Francisco capitalists
for $4,000.
George G. Gorham has been retained
as the Washington correspondent of the
san Francisco CAroaieLe.
L. Il. Parkinson has fled the neees-
sAry bonds, and been granted a new
trial upon the charge of illegal votIIg.
An enthusiastic meeting for relief Of
the suffering poor Of old Ireland, vas
helu in Virginia City. Monday evening.
News has been received at Liverpool
that var has broken out between the
rival chiefs in New CalAbsI, West Afri-
ca.
Charleston, S. c., has its frst fall of
sno" within ten years. Hundreds OF
school children had never seer snow
before.
The attempt on the life Of the Gar
has created great CONSERVATION and in
diguation in London, Paris, Berlin and
Vienna.
Queen Nictoria's health continues in
an alarming condition. Her physicians
say ouly the closest attention and ID ost
skillful treatment will save her. She
is over co years old.
Red Bluff has passed an ordinance
prohibiting boys under the age of IS
years from being on the streets after 8
O'Clock in the evening. unless aecomps-
MED by parents or q guardian.
We often see the advertisement:
Hands wanted on female underwear
It's a wonder they have to advertise in
that way when there are so many nice
young men around doing nothing.
4 RICH strike Of gold and silver ore is
rePorted in one Of the mining proper
ties belonging to the wasateh Marble
Co Snake Greek District. The assays
show ten ounces gold and lis ounces
silver.
President Green OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company, says his company
will make further reductions according
as the No. 4 wire is built, which they
intend to have put mp as soon as posi-
BILE TO San Francisco.
TIE old log building, says the Carson
TriGun<. known as Mormon Station, at
Genoa, the first house built in Nevada. T..
and at one time occupied as a hotel by
the FIRST publisher Of the TtrritoriaI En-
feprIe, is being rehtted for hotel pur-
poses.
All Of the men injured by the hosting
OF the car into the sheHyes Mt the Union
shaft are doing well except Mnlloy.
The engineer says The indicator was out
Of repair and the senm prevented his
seeing the station marks on the cable.
He is greatly distressed. E..
By IN accidental explosion OF FIVE
pounds Of powder, at the residence OF
William KBaps. Point Coupee Parish.
La. KnAps and one child were severely
burned. and two OF his children, one
three and the other six ycnrs old, and
their grandmother Mrs. Faber. were
killed.
TIE distress in Ireland is such that
the Catholic Bishops Of the island have
united in resolutions appealing alike to
the Government ard 10 individuals 10
make provisions to aver, the suffering,
which TIE pool law cannot ameliOgHte.
The bishops niso eIhoIt the Irish peo-
pie to respect the laws while continuing
the agitation for land reform.
A EARTUL tornado which devastated
Louisville. Kentucky, last Friday MORN
ing destroyed n church and a cemetery,
and o large brick warehouse containing
three hundred barrels Of whisky. Not
one brick was left upon another. yet
only three barrels OF whisky were de-
stroyed all OF which the LouisvilIians
consider q dispensAlion, etc.
WHILE riding in Union county, Ore
gon. recently, Z. A. McAlister, a herds.
man. csmo upon n wildcat. Unsling-
ing his lssso. he caught the beast fairly
around the neck. Instead Of pulling
back, however, tbe wildcat made for the
horse md rider with powerful heaps.
McAlister fled for his life, with the md
OF tho rope tied to the pommel Of his
saddle. He ran NJ breskueck speed for
n mile, and then. looking back, saw
that the animal was dragging dead be-
hind.
A VIRGINIA CITY dispatch Of the I'd
says the engineer at the Union shaft nj
the changing Of the shih this morning
ran the eage into the shearss. Ejsh-
tees men weJo IN the a & OF on the