The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-03-21
tFlon Wednesday. t.ily.I
salaAxuaAa.
t~neampmen. meeting tonight.

Ry uSoASd bhshuB
n Ball on the goth Of April. Due no.
tice will DO given in time.
Volley Bernard's cotillion band left
here by team for S5uth Fork this morn.
ing. They 60 to. furnish music for .
ball to be given at Hardestiss this even
ing, g-I,4-
Everybody goes 10 the gland public
ball to be given at Granger Hall to-
night. All arrangements for the most
enjoyable dauce OF the season have been
perfected and no efforts have been
spared by the committee to make the
affair complete success.
Agent Rusing. Of the Central Pacific
has received notice that trains Of the
Southern Pacific will run TO Tucson for
the first time on next Saturday. the goth
instant. Tickets through TO Tucson by
the Central and Southern roads can
now be purchased at tho Office of the
Company in this place. E-.rE=
At n special meeting of the Whist
Club held ut their rooms in the Hum.
boldt saloon last evening the followin
rules governing the game we're unani-
mously adopted! First-Playcrs are
not 10 spit on their fingers when dealing:
Secoud-Partncrs are not TO scold each
other after the baud is played. nor ar
que about the result had n different
play been made. ThirL-Playcrs will
refrain from complaining about their
hands more han once in each game.
F~ourth-No player, except when gain
ing the odd trick, shall DO allowed
while playing the winning card to swing
his hand in the air rs though he was
waving the flag of our Union.
Todd. the urbhne clerk ut Russell &
Brudley's Meat Market, is something of
u character in his way. aud many q
good thing is lost to The public through
his excessive molesty. AT the recent
election Of officers OF E.ho Guard, Todd
was bonorei with the position OF Third
Corporal. and although pretending TO
receive the Office under protest, was in
reality ,ickled almost to death over
his good fortune. One thing bothered
him, however; no one addressed him by
his newly acquired title. and Todd was
hurt to his very soul thcreat. GA
his way home he discover ID a Iarse
empty pork barrel in front Of the shop
and as his eye cnu2ht it a bright
thought flushed through his mind, which
was OF ouce acted upon. Thrasting his
head away down deep into the barrel.
Todd raised his voice to its fall cnpn-
city, md in stentorian tones beloved
forth, Corporal roid?" Then jerk
ing his fsad MP and assuming the posi-.
ton Of q soldier, responded, ''IIerc."
Fred. Kingieboch who hus been
doTn in'RiHs,sy mining district for the
past two weeks. has just returned here,
md reports operations in that locality
as progressing satisfactorily. The dis
tirct mentioned is sitn .tcd south If
TOauo near the Utah line, its mines
being of copper ore. l, was worked to
n limited extent, a number Of years ago,
bat until rccenily hal since remained
comparatively unuoticed. Mr.. Bixel,
Mr.. KiuSlvboch aud Mr.. Cullen. otthis
place, Lately got control of the best To-.
cations. mi have begun active opera
iioms FOR Tho production Of copper bul
lion from these mines. An engine.
furnace AMI all other material neces
s"Ty Tor smciiiug the orc, was pur.
chased by these parties. and Mr. Cullen
Is looking after tho Co.'S interest ut the
n,iues. Fred. informs us that all the
machinery il now on tho ground, and
the boiler Is already in position and
that the work would have been much
further advanced, bu. foI the severe aui
stormy weather which has prevailed
during the past few weeks. Seventeen
men nre now regularly employed in tho
mines, taking ont ore which Is nbun.
dHn;, and 50 easily extracted that more
than n ton per dsy TO the man is being
taken out. Fred returns to The district
nSnin in n day or two, his trip here at
this timo being only a business one.