The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-03-28
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teentb dividend.
C,ptaiu jack. tho poet seou'. he Of
the broad brimmeu hat anil H,wing
locks. is amusing the people OF Car
son.
Tlcy have brilt honsc wholly OF ice
in Moscow. Two n.chit, els aud 900
~orkmen have been employed in its
construction.
There ara no cats in Grcapland. but
they have n native dos that can howl II
hole in the side OF nn iceberg. 30 the
natives don't Miss the cats.
The St. Gotharl tunuel, the longest
in the world, was completed last Sun.
day. Itopeus communication b tween
Italy and Switzerland.
The editor OF the Amatlor Sentiasl has
been blackballcd by Temperance Re-
form Club. The shock was so great
that he hasn't touched drop OF liquor
since.
1t is asserted that there are $50 tons
OF silver in the Treasury ut Washing
ton. 1t has accumulated there simply
because John Sherman, being the toad
Of the gold bugs, has taken no pains to
circulate it among the people.
In the. Bern,se Oh rland, Switzerland.
the ground is frozen so hard that before
grave can be dug great fires have to
be made in tho thurchyards, aud in
some instances, when the fires proved
unavail ug, they have restored to dy
nrmitn.
The Reno Journa! says: There is at
the present time considerable of panic
i'll Central Pacific Railroad circles, in
siew Of tie fact that within the pnst
few days thirteen conductors who have
been running express and freight trains.
have beeu laid of, soino OF them for
good and others for from thirty to ninety
days.
The Government, by its agreement
with the Ute indians, gets II ,0g0 acres
OF land for ubUut sixteen cents per acre
The land is only fit for pasturage. but ii
is believed that an immense store OF
mineral wealth will be found under il.
The Indians who will remain in Color.
ado, 5000 in number, will live upon
farms owned by them soverally.
A FOND mother wants to learn some
way to tell how her son will turn ont.
That's easily told. II he's wanted to go
out and weed the garden he'll turn out
slowly and reluctantly and DO two
hours dressing. II he is called to see q
circus procession so by He'll turn out
| quick aud probably hurt himself trying
to como uown stairs and put boot on
ut the same iime.
Washington society" is snia to be on
the eve Of de.ugc OF scandal. A vile
procurcss has been placed in tho Treas
ury Department, where hundreds Of
young ladies' are employed. This wo
man enticcs her vIctins into back
rooms where they ale druggfd and
ruined - Senators. The matter is
being thoroughly investigated. The Hill
| scandal is reported as but the first rip.
pie OF the food soon to follow.
The Rev. Frank Bowles, paste or OF the
Florence, (Mass.) NJ. thodist Church,
has been suspended for financial irrrg
ularitics aud Misrepresentation. He
undertook to raise the church debt OF
$500, aud the money not coming in
fast enough lie borrowed $500 on his
personal note. aud told tho Treasurer
TO credit that sum as tho subscription OF
pa' ties from whom ho had borrowed.
As BowlCs has nothing to puy With The
society must refund the money.
Once upona time tho mule, without
having received an in.itution. attend, d
u convention Of rnimn!s thnt was called
for The purpose Of discussing the besi
methods Of family government. "Wha'
10 you know about all this7" askei ,h,
President, tnnntinRly; shave yon even
raised any childrcu2" Tho mule wcpj,
"Ah, no." she said: IL have never
raised anything hut iull.grown men;
oct land OF the pilgriml you should see
me raise man ;hat woigl's ns much ns
David Davis" Upon rising vote the
mnlo was immediately elected Financial
Secretary, with power to send for per.
sons and papers.
| The New York Ncrdli, in noticing an
order received by The Winchester Arms
Company to make from $1,000, 900 TO
ln,pyv.pUU cartridges for tie Chinese
Government. snyss This is the first or.
der, we believe. ever given liy the Chi.
reese GDvpfnmen, 20 oreiguCrs FOR the
manufacture OF cartridges. II is ru
mrrcd IN trade citcles here that i'm
mrrso nuinbcts Of guns have been
bought in Euglrnd aud shipped tt
China for use ngrinst the Russians
But Great Britain could not supply tb,
proper amount 81 cartridges. It's be
lievod that the Chinese have been qui
city arning cNor since BtHcnnsfGld has
bocn inoiiicc; that En- lish officers hav,
been lr,ining tho Chincsc uocra. and
| that uppcpugngll L. n. tsruiurI ia txc