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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
A Child Kills a Desperado.

a Letter from Santa Fe saysi John
Goshen. a New Mexico desperate, who
boasted that he had murdered ten men,
was killed by n siI-Year old son OF one
Haliowell, near Santa Fr. the other day.
Previously he had attacked Hallowell
without any provocation, and been
knocked down. Later he called at Hal.
lowell's house, found the lntter's son
playing in the yard, and asked for his
father. What is your name2" In
quired tho boy. "Gosben, was the
reply. "I'll see II father is at home, I"
said tho lad, as he went iuto the house.
When he returned he brought shot
gun, and Goshen received n load of
buckshot before he could mount his
horse. The boy had been instructed
by his father TO shoot Goshen IL he
called during his parents absence.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
An Impor.anI CIrcuInr.

A circular has been received by the
Register aud Receiver OF the General
Land Office stating that circulars issued
by any attorneys that officers and sol-
disrs Of the late war who were honor
ably discharged. ETC., are entitled to
lG0 acres of Government land under
the homestead laws. (which can be
entered by an agent or attorney for the
soldiers" are deceptive and false, and
are calculated and intended TO impose
upon and mislead the persons to whom
they are addressed. The circular fur.
ther reads: You will inforu, all such
persons that actual residence upon, and
cultivation OF land entered under the
homestead law is required of soldiers,
and that homestead entries made by
soldiers without personal residence and
improvements. within six months nfter
the filing OF a homestead declArutory
statement, are illegal and fraudulent" /"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
BA6OFd AIstrieG-

The Eureka Sentinel. OF Sunday, says
Superintendent Richard. OF tho Rich.
mond. brought up from the new mining
district near PalisAde. thirty samples Of
the ore, which upon assay gave the
following result: onondaga, 81 "a. S44
90. Sl2 Al. $240 I6. slS So, Sl35 IL,
Sl3 SO, si55. $27 W, SIG SO, sI6 l6;
Good Luck mine, IS 30; State Of Maine
mine. ISL IS; IropsIdes mine, 65 per
cent iron. Mr.. Rickard. who is evil
IDENTIFY a practical sort OF person. in
stead Of going into premature ecstasies
looks the facts square in the face,
coolly and calculatingly expressing
views as to the merits OF the district,
SO far as anybody can yet determine.
which will carry far greater weight than
all the high pressure reports that active
and vivid imaginations can produce.
Mr. Rickard says he was not favorably
impressed with the place or the ground,
but after obtaining the above mentioned
assays he was satisfied that there was @
chance to find a mine. and though there
is little in sight the indications are well
worth following up.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
From Wood River.

The following items are from the
Wood River Ners Of tho 9th:
The warehouses OF Rogers 4 Parsons
are being filled with goods for cyery.
body In the Wood River country. We
judge by the list OF names ON the pack.
ages. II would discount q welis-Fargo
"old horse sale to clean out their
houses now.
A host OF our people from Bellevue.
Charley Drum and others whose names
appear elsewhere, have been up aud
about Sawtooth and Galena lately.
They have gone along with some Of the
most practical mining men on the Pa
ciho Coast. and have taken pains 10
learn their opinions. AZ they returned
~o have questioned all, and without q
dissenting voice they say :" II beats all. +"
Two OF the very best mining experts
west OF the Missouri River stood on the
wall Of the Mountain King, or King Of
the Mountains, In Sniley's guich. sig
miles from Sawtooth City. and ~ they
viewod the II foot vein Of 800 rock,
free milling. and as solid ~ the very
mountains themselves. they said: "Ir,
q better prospect than the Comstoch
could ever show" All about the head
oi smilsy's gulch are located .ome YER,
rich mines mo, prospects. but mioes
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
PiscieuILuraI RuIinEs.

Dick Rule. former well.known poll
tician OF this State. now Of the Tomb.
stone Nugget, has been appointed Fish
Commissiuner ( Arizona, and In the
fIllowing disquisition discovers unsus-
pected proficiency as II pisciculiurist
Fish are ampbitious animals, and
require considerable water to keep them
from smelling bad. In importing Hsh
great care should be taken in securing
good. sound ones; II they smell. the
chances are that they arc sick. and
should be carefully nursed. See that
no cold air strikes them, and that the
water they drink Is pure. In propagat.
ing, the female should be furnished
with q good nest. and should mol set on
more than thirteen eggs. With larger
family she could not bring them up
properly. and Arizona fish should be
well behaved. Have canteen Of fresh
water convenient, II II can be procured.
30 that her 6shsbip can take drink
without going down town. It is much
cheaper ns we'll. for even "bit" drinks
Count up. In transplnnting great care
should be taken in the preparation Of
the soil. which should be Of loose
Duckymuck. stirred mp from the bot.
tom, with light dressing on top, after
the fashion Of the Tucson belle. Don't
put more than three eyes in a hill,
which should be at least three fec,
apart. to prevent gossip and allow the
6sh to spread themselves. Follow the
rules to the letter, and place no re.
lance in the adage that il is q poor
rule that won't work both ways. This
is 0 fshal."
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
Execution Postponed.

A new lease Of life has been given
Charley Hing, the Chinaman onvicted
Of murder in the first degree and sen
fenced to he executed on Monday. Sep.
tember 9Th, at Winnemucca. His cnse
WAS appealed TO the Supreme Court.
ssd that tribunal has issued q writ OF
supersedeas, commanding the Sheriff
to stay the execution until the appeal
Ia heard and determined. This extends
the time indefinitely, and the doomed
Chipnmnn Is corespoudingly happy.
The Chinese are very much pr,judiced
against him, for the reason that his
victim was q cousin and belonged to
the same company.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

E. A. Freed, Who left Ruby Valley
for Oregon. With . view OF ssttiiag In
that county. over . year ago. Writes M
from Weston. UmatillA county, a. fol-
lows:
ave are nov in the midst Of glori.
ous harvest. Thousands Of acres that
have been brought into cultivation the
past year or two have yielded bonnti-
fully. and made . good comfortable
home for many . poor man. Land.
too. that was thought ht only for graz
ing, . few years since. Is nov one i'm
mense wheat field, from the Blue Noun.
tains to the Dailes. Still there are
thousands of acres yet vacant. Claims
are being located every day. Several
companies have been testing the coun-
try as to it's fertility and agricultural
products. One company from Portland
had two thousand acres in wheat;
twenty thousand bushels have been
threshed from one thousand acres. from
FIRST years cultivation. and each sue.
ceeding year produces more abundant.
Another from Weston had in one thous-
and acres, and received an average Of
twenty. hve bushels per acre. DR.. BlA-
lock. from Walla Walla, raised seventy
thousand bushels this year-an average
OF thirty Ave bushels per acre. Fruit
and vegetables produce equally ns we'll
Peaches. plums, apples. grapes. are
abundant. and Of excellent quality, a.
we'll as small fruit. The climate is very
pleasant in the Summer, quite cold in
the Winter; not SO cold as Nevada.
I've hope that the mist Of uncer-
tainty that has been hanging to greater
or lesser extent over the fertility Of
Eastern Oregon, especially OF UmatillA
county, has been, by the wonderful
results Of this years harvest, thorough
ly dissipsted. The fears that were
originally 30 firmly entertained and
widely expressed that the soil was unit
for anything but growing bunch grass
for grazing purposes, have been year BY
year diminishing. as harvest after har.
vest presented itself in astonishing
fecundity with the foreboding dwindled
into the statement that the soil would
give Quit would not laet.' The yield
of 1881 has not yet been surpassed, and
the last murmuring doubt has been
crushed into silence. Tho older the
soil the moro certainly 10 tho yield
goud."
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

The following Is the latest Associated
Press dispatch from Washington: At a
very late hour Thursday night the con-
dition OF the President was very alarm.
ing. He was very weak; WAS out Of his
mind most Of the night, and his facul
ties wandered very wildly. The trouble
now arises from the swollen gland and
consequent serious complications. That
gland. in addition to not havins dimin-
ished in it's swelling, now shows uumis.
takably that pus has accumu lated in at
least half u dozen cells H. addition to
the one opened wednesday. aud that by
opening them as much matter could be
discharged from each us came forth
from the last incision. 1t is also evil
dent that the accumulation OF pus is
pressing downwards in other cells, uLd
1t in feared it will also go upwards and
reach the brain. These signs indicate
IN the most marked degree that blood
poisoning has full hold on the patient. Z.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

ILLUSTRATING tho progress tho South
is making in tho direction Of material
improvement. the Atlanta Constitution
reports that tho proprietor Of the Au.
RuSte Cotton Mills In that city declares
that he can mako and sell cloth at q
half cent yard less than the New Eng.
land mills. and yet mako micro money
than they do; and tho proprietor OF
another largo factory thoro states that
tho Southern manufacturer hns ono and
nine .tenths cents per pound advantage
over his rivals IL tho North.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04


The highwnyman who operates on
the stage route between Truckee, Sierra
Valley and Downieville is known by the
name OF French Bobby" who spends
most Of his time in hunting and fish
ing. and occasionally robs stages by way
OF diversion and to replenish an e1.
hausted eIchequer. He slips into towns
under cover OF darkners, obtains needed
supplies and is of before his presen 70 ce
IS known TO the officers. That he is
the same man who has robbed stages on
severHl occasions is shown by the gun
he carries, which is bound around the
stock with q brass wire. q peculiarly
which has been noticed by the passen-
gers who we're on the stages. He 10 the
same man who stood up eleven passen.
gers OF the Truckee and Downieville
stage few weeks ago. The Reno
papers think he may have been one of
the men concerned in the San Juan
stage robbery on Friday last, when the
robbers contented themselves with 5000
in coiu aud left S29.U0O in bullion be.
hind.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04
A hold RObbSrV.

Says the Sitter State OF Friday: This
morning, as the west. hound emierani
train was leaving Deouawe. two high
~aymen jumped on the platform Of one
OF the cars. seized passenger named
James II. burnett. aud robbed him Of
his watch and $lG0. which be carried
In the inside pocket Of his vest. The
robbers then jumped off. md Burnett,
fired two shots at them, one OF which
he thinks took effect. Tho. rctrcatine
robbers fred one shot At the passenger.
which rpisSed him. Conductor II. NJ.
Lyon says Burnett told him that ho wss
sitting on the platform OF tho car at the
tune. and the robbers jumped up nod
caught him by tho throat. aud no thinks
he killed one Of them"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

The two wealihiest widows In Eng.
land are the Hon. Mrs. MeynellInsraui,
daughter OF Lord Halifax. and Mrs.
Gerard Leigh. Tho FIRST inherited from
her husband two spleufid seats. each
With n deer park, and an income above
sihO.00O year. Mrs. Gerard Leigh,
who sails In the finest steam yacht sfioat.
owns Luton Park, formerly the seat OF
the Buto family, and Hne house in
Grosvenor Square, London. She enter
tains liboralIy. whereas the other lady
lives quietly.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

The Russian Cslmuek fermeut mHze's
or camel's milk, and BY distilling the
fermsnted liquor obtain an intoxicating
drink called koumiss.' The article
in its uniermented state has been intro
duced by physicians in the United
States Of late, and IL is said to be the
only article Of food which the Presi.
dent, while afflicted with nausea, could
retain on his stomach. A correspondent
gives the following recipe for making il {:
Into one quart Of new milk put one
gill Of fresh buttermilk and three or
four Jumps Of white sugar. Mix well.
and see that the sugar dissolves. Put
it into . warm place, to stand ten
hours, when it will be thick. Pour
from one vessel to another until it be-
comes smooth aud uniform in consist.
eucy. Bottle and keep in a warm place
twenty-four hours-it may take thirty
six in Winter. The bottles must be
tightly corked and the corks tied down.
Shake we'll Ave minutes before using.
It makes a very agreeable drink,
which is specially recommended for
persons who do not assimilate their
food, and for young children may be
drunk AS freely as milk. Instead OF
buttermilk some use a teaspoouful of
yeast. 1t is the standard beverage Of
the Tartars, who almost live upon il in
Summer, aud is also used largely by
the Russians.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

DrsrATcHEs from the East announcs
that the rnilro1d companies will try to
make Arthur President by mandAmus
from the Supreme Court. To attempt
any such action While tho liio OF Presi.
dent Garfield hangs in tho balance
willie his great soul yet remains 10 its
earthly would be an act 30
shoulish and brutal that nothing bu. q
corporation would attempt Il.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

II there are any Frencbmen i'm Ne
vadn, who were bnnished from their
uative land after the coup dtat OF 1851 l..
they may be interested in knowing that
a law has been passed by the Assembly
in France granting an indemnity Of
$6.Oo0,OOO francs to the e1patriaied
H. Publicans. The indemnity is not for
loss OF property, but for the Danish.
ment or eIile, and IL is not for the
descendants Of the dead, but only for
those still living. Every one entitled
to anything at all, is entitled to from,
400 to l.2OO francs per year the balance
OF his life. In order TO reap the beno.
his to which they nre entitled the eIiles
must mako application within two
months from this time to the Secretary
Of the Interior Of France through their
respective Consuls.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

The Reno GOzsts publishes the fol.
lowing item Of interest: Colonel Dan
Murphy OF Halleck Station, Elko
County, came to California in 1874,
and may be said to have made the
country p,y him we'll for his time. He
is now probably the largest land owner
on this continent. He has 1000, 900
acres Of land in one body in Mexico.
6O.OO in Nevada, and 5000 In Cali
fornia. His Mexican grant he bought
four years ago for $500. 900 cash. or d We
cents an acre. II is sixty miles long
and covers a beautiful country, OF hill
and valley, pine timber and meuduw
land. 1t comes to within twelve miles
OF the city OF Durango, which is to be
station on the Mexican Central. Mr..
Murphy raises wheat on his California
land and cattle Oh that in Nevada. He
got $1,000 sacks last year, and ships
6.OoO head Of cattle year right along.
A reporter asked him what he would do
II he could sell all bis land at dollar
an acre. He answered, "buy cattle"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-09-04

AT Fort Jones, CAL. ono day last
week, two Indian women engaged In a
6ght. Tho ono who first assailed tho
other was shot hvo times. but mono OF
the bullets entered vital part. Joal.
ousy aud whisky caused the trouble.
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Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
New Use for Sawdust.

The Latnaber1nG1a says: We have been shown a model of car wheel consisting of an iron rim of seven inches outward diameter by one-half inch thick, fitted with well proportioned hub, the space between the hub and rim filled with pine sawdust, pressed in so solidly that we are ready to believe the assertion that resting the iron rim upon bearings, @ pressure equal to twenty three tons applied to the hub failed to develop any signs of weakness. We hesitate in these days of progress to assert that anything is impossible, and we begin to think that even sawdust possesses ele- ments of value hitherto unsuspected, and that the day may come when the filled grounds adjacent to all sawmills may be seen to have great value in the mechanical development and utili- zation of the now useless debris placed upon them to get it out of the way. Sawdust car wheels, sawdust brick, saw dust fence posts, railroad ties, and even sawdust window and door frames, wainscoting and mouldings, begin to appear among the possibilities of the immediate future
Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
Fatal Blood Poisoning,

A letter from Richmond, Ind, says Richard Jackson, secretary and treas urer of the Chase Piano Company, died at his home on Linden Hill re- gently. His death was the result of a strange case of blood poisoning, which he firmly believed was caused by acci- dentally crushing a potato bug in his hand last spring and touching the inside of his ear with it. The ear immediately gathered, and deep-seated abscesses im- mediately followed which bafaed the skill of the best physicians in New York and Cincinnati. He suffered ter ribly. Recently the poison began to spread through his system, and at last reached his heart, causing death. He was one of the most prosperous busi- ness men in this section."
Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
Drops of Wisdom.

Jealousy is simply another name for sef-love.
 He who is ashamed of his poverty will surely be arrogant of his wealth.
 There is hope for man as long as he can blush.
 The man who feels certain he will not succeed is seldom mistaken.
 There is nothing that strengthens a mans honesty so much as trusting him 1; suspect him, and you weaken his faith in himself and in everybody else.
 He who has filled the measure of his days has only learned how to begin to live.
 Faults are the things that make us all brothers and sisters. There is nothing that has so much authority, and is entitled to so little, as custom. It rules all the fools with a rod of iron, and threatens even the wise.
 The difference between being perfect and constantly trying to be so, IS the difference between an angel in heaven and good man on earth. | How can we expect to know oul neighbor's character, when he doesn't know 1t himself.
 Talk is cheap, but @ good example costs something.
 The boy whose highest ambition it i' to equal his father, seldom amounts te anything. ng.-Scri6raer tor March.