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stolen Cattle.

The Sheriff OF Eureka got word Sunday
evening that n man known NJ Texas"
was approaching town with 10 head Of
stolen cattle. Texas" evidently be-.
came suspicious that he had been dis.
covered, and. abandoning tho stock,
loft for parts unknown. To Sheriff
went out and recovered the herd. aud
now has them in his possession. Tho
cattle do not belong TO any known
brand in this immediate section. II IL
presumed that they were driven from
tho noighborhood OF Belmont. Cattle
mon over that way would do we'll 10 In
vcstigato tho mnltcr.-SeHtinoi.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

A WAsHrSGros special says q procla.
nation l. expected from the President
within a few days in regard TO reported
combinations in Kansas and Missouri
for an invasion Of the Indian Territory
by large bodies OF squntters. The pur.
pose Of the President to prevent this
will be clearly set forth aud a necessary
disposition Of troops to enforce the posi-.
tions OF tho proclamation will be made
at once. As n matter Of fact, orders 10
The proper commanding officers have
been already issued.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

A DENVER dispatch Of the 9th says;
At II 30 to-day the last spike necessary
70 complete the branch Of tho Atcbison.
Topeka and Santa Fe road TO SAINT, Fe
was driven by Gov. Wallace. Gen. Hatch
and staff, the Legislature and other
noiables attending. There is much re-
toicing ut Sauta Fe.
Tom Henry, John Dorsey aud James
West. three Texas despersdoes, Who re-
Gently took part in a daLce hal, row
at Los Vegas. New Mexico. in which
abe Town Marshal. Joseph Carson, was
Killed. were yesterday lynched by a
body Of seventy masked men. West
vas hung. the others were shot.
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Tax Nevada and California Telegraph
Company has been incorporated. II
will build a line from San Francisco 10
Virginia by way Of Is rdie. Tho stock
will ne divided Into 60. 200 shares Of tn .
par value OF n dollar per share. The
managers propose to transmit messages
Tor one.hm the amount now charged
by the Western Union, provided bust
mesa men will contract to give the com.
pany all their telegrsphio business for a
term Of two years, II, ns it Is claimed,
the reduction OF fifty per cent. on pres.
ent rates would still lenve q sufficient
margin for reasonable profits. the rates
demanded by the Western Union Com.
pam, can he viewed IL no other light
than that Of gross e1tortion.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

REPRESENTATIVES, DEERrxo has intro
duced q bill to compensate the Ponca
Indians for lands from which thoy were
wantonly expelled In 1877. The bill ap.
propr,a,cs sisO,OOO. part Of which is to
be used for tho immediate wants Of the
Inlinps. part for tho purchase Of n res.
ervation and the remainder Is 10 be re
funded for their bencGt. annually for.
ever. Tho whole amount is to DO nc.
cepted MS payment for tho OG, 600 acres
Of land in Dakota formerly occupied
10y the Poncas. aud which was ceded 10
them by solemn treaty. by a blunder
in the making Of tho Sioux treaty OF
1868 the Pouch tract was celod 20 tho
Sioux ard the roncas were driven down
TO tho Indian Territory, where great
numbers Of them died in consequence
OF tho change in climate.
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We received q nots from Rob-. Logan
Of st. Joseph. says the Phoebe Record.
Who states that Joseph Up>her. The MN
supposed 10 have been kiilad. by Nc.
Lane aud McIutyre out in Pnhrauagat
Valley. arrived at his place ON the i6:h
OF December and stopped u. that place
oSet night, leaving the nek; morning
for Tombstone. AnzonH. wh-rr be very
probably now is. Mr. Logan also
whites that there arr three inches Of
snoIVi in the valley at st. Joseph. a thing
which has never been known to occur
before. even within the recollection 81
She Oldest inhabitant.
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A DISPATCH Of the 10Th from Albony,
New York, says the City Hall burned
this morning. When the dome fell
seven firenen we're crushed. One
named Keeler, has since died and two
or three others are expected to die.
Judgment records. chattel mortgages
and tho records Of tho proceedings OF
tho supervisors, wero destroyed. The
records Of deeds. moriagagos on real
estate, portraits Of eI. Governors and
the books and papers Of the Surrogate
Office were saved.
All the papers In the County Clerks
Office, except one judgment, were saved.
The extensive library in tho County
Court was destroyed. The burn.
Ing Of the hall turns out Of doors the
Supreme Court, tho County Courts md
and all oihor courts held in Albany,
except the Police Court ADD Court OF
Appeals. The fro is believed to 10 the
work Of m incondiary and rumor are
handed about IS TO the reasons why
the destruction OF the building was dc.
sired. The loss IL estimated at So, 900
with on insurance OF els, 900.
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{. THE following particulars OF the fatal
explosion In the Martin White mine, al
Ward District on Wednesday last ARE
given by tho Phoebe Record Of Saturday
One VI the drills struck an unexplodrd
giant powder charge in tho face Of the
drift, when an explosion took place.
killing Ira Logan instantly; In fac,
he was blown TO pieces and died without
knowing what struck him. Dick Pilker.
son was severely wounded and Il In
doubtful -hstber no will survive. His
face Is badly bruised aud his nose gone.
George Tovbridge Is also badly hurt In
che head and face. but IL L. thought that
he is not dangerously wounded Thos.
Edwards bad his shoulder, o ,liar.bone,
and probably bis arm broken. but he Is
not Dangerously injured and with tho
assistance Of Abe Travis. was able TO
walk home.
From tho snnie journal II IL ascertain.
oil that the jury before whom McIutyre
and McLauc. the men charged with the
murder Of Wnllbnum. in Pahranngat val
] y. found n verdict Of murder In The
frs, degree" after being out hvo hours.
The Record states that the verdict is in
accord with public sentiment In Phoebe,
being regarded rs emiucntiy just. The
testimony ,npcrrs TO hnv" established
the fact Of tho guilt Of the accuse, b.
yond all doubt.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

The New York Times belittes sher.
niHn'u Presidential candidacy and shows
how he captured the North Carolina
Republican Convention by faisehoods,
The Tfmei declares that in Ohio his
strength is over.rated, and that q boom
liz to DO started soon. artifciuily.
The Tribune has n dispatch from its
Washington correspondent. who has
kiters and tel'grams from all over the
State, showing tina, Blaine is the first
choice Of the Now York Republicans.
The Snn'i WashiI gton special says
Field declines to DO a Democratic can.
didnte for President. and says the peo-
pie Of The Pacific Coast are for Tilden.
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RKrours from thirty fve- Western
roads show gross earnings OF Ss.065. 1893
for January. against sc. 2I6, osl for the
same month last year; or a gain Of ST.
8l9. 3i2, or nearly 80 per cent Every
road with the exception of three, shows
. gain in traffic. Tho lines showing
tho greatest improvement we're the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe, $751;
76S; Chicago and Alton. sl5s,5is; ST.
Paul, $I7l, s25; Northwest, l26. $40; St.
Louis and San francisco, SIG. 297;
Union Pacific. $I6s. 276; Wabash and
Pacific, $2G9. $50.
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VIA nurar Ca.e n. NevaA..

W1lA HAGar Cane In NeVAAR.
County Clerk o. E Green has Just
received . communication from the
conmissionsr of the. Agriculture De-
Partnsak a. Hs~hington, in which al
tention nrN4lrecied to the following
article which Vas published By the
Virginia rrosPess. and reproduced by
the SeieniJfe Ltrsss Of San Francisco. in
its issue Of August 3lst. 1867. and from
whichthO Commissioner copies:
Large amounts Of an excellent spe-
cies Of sugar cane grows Wild and In
great abundance along many portions
of the banks Of the Humboldt, river. e.
peeially towards the lower portion Of
it- course. Tn. same plant is also seen
about tho sink of the Carson. When
the stalk is broken or punetured. which
is largely done by tho action Of the
wind. the juice flows quite freely. aud.
drying In the atmosphere. is converted
into . most excellent sugar. The sugar
forms in little balls. several Of which
are often attached to a single cane. and
sometimes are as large as walnuts.
The Jumps OF sugar are gathered BY the
Indians by the baketfull. Tho Tiespo.,
very properly observes: This mny be
an important thing to tho couutry-
finding the cane n native Of the soil.
1t Is superior to sorghum, 70. its blood
readily graduates, which the blood of
the sorghum will not, and can be man
ufactured only into syrup. A plant
native to the soil, may be found avail.
able for cultivation in lands where the
more tender Asiatic plant will not
thrive. Sorghum made q noted entry
upon the public attention some years
ago, and because of the announcement
that il was harder than the common
cane Of the South and could be cul,ivat.
ed in any soil or climate. 1t proved a
partial failure, as we have said, on ac-
count OF the impossibility Of granula.
ton. The wild caue on the Humboldt
honrishes in a climate composed of all
that goes to make life rough to animal
or veg-table-torrii heat and severe
cold by tuSPs, with terrific winds and
drifting sands. 1, ought to eroS in n
low lnpds in the United States, and, we
believe, would. IL planted and cared for
the FIRST season."
j is just possible that some such
plant rs mentioned may have grown in
the localities ms represented. but il 20,
our sense OF observation is less acute
than we had been led TO believe it. for
in all our ramblings near ito source, sink
and along It's course within the past
nineteen years. nothing Of the kind
either upon the Humboldt or elsewhere
In the State, ever attracted our nt,en.
ton, and we are inclined to the belief
that this peculiar cane like Dan ID
Qnille's rolling stones owes It's exist.
ence 10 the fertile brain OF n ''Trespass-
ing reporter. However. for the bene-
at Of the Agricultural Department, aud
the country at large. we sill take pleas
IRE in giving publicity to communica-
Ions in any n calculated to shed
a ray Of light upon the. subject.
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rHE Virginia Chronicle Of tho 9th says
forty men were discharged from the
Sierra Nevada mine to-day. It is under.
stood that the works will all be shut
down. except the engines required TO
worktbo air eomprossors and pumping
machinery. For all other operations in
the nIno the Union shaft will he EN-.
pfoyed. This will effect u great saving
in tho expense Of running the mine.
With oil tho machinery running Ms here.
tosors about S. cords Of wood per day
were consumed. or course " any i'm.
portant developments should be made
at any time. the works would probably
be started up again at once.
Tho ChoilGr west drift from the 2i0O
station Of the Combination shaft Lost
night cut into ledge matter showing
sireeks Of ore. This ore is reported by
some to be Of good grade; others shy II
Is low grade. All, however. agree in
considering II n very favorable prosp,c CT
NO ore having before been found IN thin
ground at so great n depth.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

Tia General Passenger Agent Of tn
Chicago. Rock Island e Pacific Rail
road notifies the roads leading west from
Chicago. that since they are selling
tickets to Kansas City and Colorado
points at very low figures tho Rock Is.
land road will make NO further attempts
to restore rates aud will not DO repre-
sented Mt the meeting. which was called
for that purpose.
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L. CONDOR

TaE following accoun of accidents
wore taken from the Sentinel OF yester-
day:
At about 5 o'clock last evening Nor.
gan kavonsugh met with a painful.
though net serious accident in the X X
niue. lie undertook to des:eud n
wiDze on a rope. Unfortunately the
rope was net fastened at tho upper end.
and he was precipitG!ed a distance of
80 feet. sustaining a sprnined ankle and
some slight bruises and abrasions Of the
body. His physicians reports that his
injuries are not serious, aud that he
will be around in o short time.
A serious. accident occurred at about
8 o'clock last evening ut the Richmond
Smelling Works. While Mr.. David
Walters. the assistant engineer. was
oiling tho machinery. he wns caught in
the belt OF the fy-wheel aud carried
between the wheel and the fioor. N
II witnessed the accid, mt, aud II il
not known exactly how il occurred.
The unfortunate mAn was picked mp "
an insensible condition, and Renamed
40 MP To n late hour last night. HIS
body wns found TO be badly bruised and
laceraied, though no bones were brok.
en-.
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rME 4 DEVILS.
rreaane.. q . VIrxi.Ia 'C1ty
hey - Their MandA

10y A@ElI
[ooll hin News. Deoenbsr iith.l
The follow ring letter from w. p. Cor
don . former resident Of Virginia City
and = miner. viii be read with interest.
not only by thoss Of his scquaintapees
on the Comstock. but by The public
generally everywhere. Il relates . feu
facts in The career Of one Who 10 not
given 10 exageration. and. while It tells
much that will DO read eagerly. Il con.
eeals evidently more than II tells:
BEIoaAA CrT. APACHE Co. AEiz"sAl
Nosember 20. 1879.
FRIEND TIN: 1t has been SO long since
I have heard from that OLD place. Vir-
GINA City. and asI am at leisure, /
thought I would write TO you and let
you know how I am getting. along.
Tim. I started out here with lis mul, 8
to sell to the mail lines here, and got rs
fr IS Old Fort Cummings, when the
damned redskins got all Of our mules.
and me too, and kept me for nine
months q prisoner with them.
I was sold aud traded of for horses
three times. TIE last time / Was trad I'd
or to the La Puas in old Mexico. aud
they put me to herding their stock and
pnt ayoung squav to watch INC.
Here followed in the letter an account
Of the writer's operations to &c, on the
right side Of this dusky maiden aud iu-
iuce her 10 run away with him. as lie
found her eye constantly on him, so that
he could not elude her watchfulness At
length she consented. The letter con-
tinues:
I took the squAw and so head OF the
best horses there was in the band and
started for the Texas line. I just got
into De. Norte on the Texas side, as the
noble red MAJ go. to the bank on the
other side. But / was safe as q bird
there. you bet; but 1 lost all but 81
head Fl the horses. 1 got through with
them and sold them for n good price,
and got the squaw a fine dress. She is
with me yet.
I am here with $50 Navajo Indian
g. outs. have been with lhem one
year til 2Gth Of this month. / am get
ting S75 per month. I have 400 head
Of cattle, eight head OF horses, mud one
She is AZ good a woman as l
ever met with think I will take her
TO st. Louis in the Spring. for I think 1
sell out my stock to Mr.. Blanchard.
q big stock man here.
Tim have got rs big a namehere as
a scout as Bill Cody or Jack Crawford
has on the plains up north. All OF my
nails and finger nails came of while
| was With the Indians. They are all
we'll now but one thumb which Is a lit
tie sore yet.
I do not think I will ever 60 back to
Virginia again. as I am not fit to be seen
by white people. I am tattooed on my
chin and cheek bones with a half moon
rs big as a trade dollar. Had it not
been for .he devotion and constancy OF
the squaw I should in all probability be
still 10 their devilish clutches.
w. L. CONDOR.
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ThS Ban francisco Board Of Health
Has eonsidsrd nstssSs In connection
With smallpox on boarl OF the City Of
P<king. snd - q result Of their deliber-
aiioss thu quarantine onico will i'm
mediately take steps 70 prosecute the
captain. hrst officer and surgeon Ct. tho
City Of Psking. The pilot will also
probably be prosecuted.
Rint Assistant Engineer Collins Of
She City OF Picking. died at the smallpox
hospital to-day. from the disease con-
tract on board the steamship.
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The Courier reports the recent dis
covery OF rich gold. silver and lead
veins in old Lone Mountain district,
south Of San Antonio, in the southern
part OF this State. Qnite a rubh is be.
ing made for the locality. Twenty neil
IRE now ut the cnmp aud seventy more
are on the road from Bodie.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

JOHN w. MAcKEr Of Virginia City, has
made a generous donation OF $40. 900 to
the Irish relief fund. The citizens of
Eureka. Tuesday subscribed and psiu
almost all Of the money at the time. SJ3T
for the same purpose.
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ANOTHER ore strike. regarded as an
important one. has Just been made in
II FL Dorado No. rs ground in the
Eureka tunnel; it is thirty one inches
in thickness aud rapidly increasing in
width.
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WV. WIrHEsow. the mpu who killed
Charles SlAde at Bodie had a prelimi
nary examination aud WAS acquitted, i,
being shown that the latter had been
following witherow. threatening his life.
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The State Normal school at San
Jose. war burned to the ground Tuesday
morning. The FIRE was first discovered
in the cupola, and there il suspicion Of
i~ncendaries. The loss is over n quar,er
Of a million; insurance, $50, 600.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-02-15

THE usher in St. Peters Catholic
Church ut Memphis. Tennessee. early
Tuesday morning heard cri 8 in the
church, and went in just in time TO pre-.
vent a negro from ravishinR n young
whit" girl who had gone in to prayers.
The negro escaped.
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AT n meeting Of the wagon-makes Of
the west, hold in Chicago. Tuesday. il
was determined 10 advance the price OF
wagons ten per cent The larges, Arms
were represented.
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THERE is soon to be a consolidation
Of another lot Of mines in the great
gold belt in bingham. says the Salt
Lake Tribune, aud the prospects are that
hundreds Of new stamps will be placed
in active operation this seHson.
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Tar Democratic National Committee
meets at Washington on the 22d inst.
Il. P. Heating Of Storey county. 10 the
member from this State.
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SPECULATION in mining stocks is evil
IDENTIFY gaining an active foothold in
Chicago. The sales OF fro mines now
listed On the Chicago Mining Board
reached %. 100 shares Tuesday.
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TIE New York Herald says since the
fund for the relief OF the distress in
Ireland was opened last "Wednesday. the
subscriptions received by 1t have been
in round numbers abont 80. 600.
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n h reported from San Franei.co.
6N . D ,m ,cratic paper. 9th . capital
u $50. 900 a. . starter will soon appear
HsAai city. Il IL probable that that
hat nsar coin enough 70 insure its life
I'D sAeOsa.
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A %sPEaA duel was fought between
two young women ut Hancock, Virginia,
last Saturday, one being armed with n
~pitcbfork and tho other with n club.
Both are terribly injured and nre not
expected TO live. Cause. jealousy On
account Of a young man.
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DUNNO the year 1879 the Eureku
Con yielded SoA2 500 In Ynla. Size.
2G' ia silver. and Ss5i.900 in lead,
Total. $2.T67. 6OJ.
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ScoTT CooPrR. stock dealer. vas chlo-
reformed. bound 10 . bed. gagged and
robbed Of 5000 ut . hotel At Brook.
title. Indiana, Tuesday morning. .tNl.
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GEo. BECK. Who recently buried HIS
wife in Queens county. New York. com.
mitted suicide upon her grave. Tues
dnY.
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TnE TTe' Reriew man has got to SEQ.
Ing s,rnngc sights again. Lot up u
ilIlc, old boy; let mp. Beer has body
csongh for regular beverage.
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II is thought tia. the CAson Mint viii
begin working to its full capacity again
about the hrst OF next month.
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Fresh sweet Eastern cider on drnugb,
at the Gem.
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FRTsu shell oysters received daily {,
the Gem by express.
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Ir Is reported that Baroness Burdctt
C"nits intends to give c5O0. 900 Tor tho
permanent relief Of Ireland.
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DIED.

GARRE HT-In San Francisco. February q
$50 Theosold Gafrceht, a native uf Bavaria
aged IS year and II months. IYrska and
Shasta papers please copy.l
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HOSDIY FEBRUARY IGf6. 1880.
For building q bridge aeIo-- the South Fork
OF The Hum OoIdl diver, nj n poidt whore the
road Ir.dIns f.Urn Eiko To Bullion. Railroad
A,uiu; District. intcrsccis -aid sIrrA'n. and
If IIrni-hing tabor and material for the same:
To H. cnn-trucie,i Ia accordance with the APP
pended -p"cihcaiions and Ihu pIaa un nIs and
subject to inspection N the County CLERK.
ohicr.
Surety In. the sum of f10oIsorh surety 81
be approved by the B~nArd-must be furnished
by the contracting party.
The bid will be opened on tho 10Th day o
February, lS-O.
OF ali bids.
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TIE editor OF the New York Spirit
cns Tfncs has given the Irish relief
fund $1,000.
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NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS & Bull }ERS.

NOTICE - HEREBY GIVEN ny THE
y Bari Of county commissioned Of ElEo
County. Nevada, that
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A good paying mercantile business
including bou+s and lot and ready sale.
able stock. - figures below cost. Lack
OF health, and . desire to move ct OF
the country. are the Us prompting
b above ofer. For particulars apply
At this oAhOe. ELKo. Jan. ~, 1880.
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nm u.ll knoun nrm ~

Trr v.il tno-n arm Q, Dunphy Z
Hildrsth. cattle dsAler. San Francisco.
Cal. have rsnorsa their business ONCE
nom rs Ksarnsy streetto 5O4 Kearney
street. room No. I. PAEties desiring
reliable i~ufornAtioA respecting the
markets will receive the latest quota:
tioas BY addressing the nrm rs above.
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SEALED PROPOSALS
MONDAY. FEBRUARY Iot4. 1880.

VIII DC received by rAid Board Of Commits
sioners up to iOU'elJcE a. -. on