The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-12-04
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.
From Saturdays Daily
0alaAranaL.

OAAMnBuR0Ls
Dan Murphy shipped from here for
Ban Francisco today twelve carloads Of
hne beef cattle.
4 carload Of grain for James Davis,
from Hall0ck. was received at the mill
to-day; also a carload OF wood from
Wells. for A. Bixsl.
Il. l.. Dyrne and bride, nee Miss
Celia Hunter. arrive from Salt Lake
City. by train No. 8 this evening. They
stopped over to visit friends at Wells.
Another carload Of machinery, con-
sisung Of pan-bottoms. mullers. etc..
weighing 10000 pounds. for tho Falcon
mill at Rock Greek. was received by
Warner & Co. to day.
County Commissioner ]. J. Campbell
and H. Keith came in from Lamoille
by wagon Thursday, after disposing OF
a turkey dinner at the home OF the
latter. They returned this morning.
Nellie Ainley. u little Miss OF eight
summers. was joined by juvenile friends
and schoolmates TO day in the celebra-
ton Of her birthday, by enjoying n little
feast at tho house Of her father, John
AinleY.
Dick Brown returned from the Duck
Valley Reservation last evening, aud is
To- prepared to stand in with the boys
on any rational sort OF q racket dur
ing tho Winter. Dick has become
complete master Of tho Shoshono tongue
during his ]protracted sojourn in tho
northern wilds, aud for a reasonable
compensation would engage to instruct
a class OF young ladies ia hat euphon-
ious aboriginal dialect.
1t is reported here that a vein Of coal.
two feet vide, was struck on the east
side Of Dixie Valley, about seven miles
from Bullion, Railroad District, some
time ago. aud that u shaft, now about
twenty feet i'll depth. is being sunk
upon il. Tn" coal taken from the shaft
Ii said to burn freely. and the prospect
OF developing a valuable bed OF fuel
very iatteriug. We hope the Gud muy
prove 10 be all that rumor pictures il OF
fancy can paint it. Ia this trrrless
country al. extensive cOHLbvd would DO
invaluable, aud wouI! prove IA fortune
to the finder.
Tho following is the roll 81 honor for
The primary department OF the Elko
Public School for the month OF Noyem.
her. Mrs. Josephine Taylor. tc .chcr:
Nellie Aiul"y. TO-; Lilly Rpscnsrock,
loo Mabel Kingston. 100; Hattie Clark.
100; Maui Gardiner, 100: Elma Ran.
som. 100; Ella Shechnn, 100; Creed
Sears, 100; Harry Street. 100; George
Parker. 100; Essie Rosenstock, 90; w.
Beard, 81; 6. Alexander, 9S; Mamie
Hrates, 9s; Belle Butler. %; Charley
Henderson,, 81; Owen Tucker. %; Katie
Freidenburg, 81; Efo Green. %; Min
mic GilliGan, %; Birdie Kinglebach, 90;
George Parks. %; Myrtle Bruce, %;
Nora Pollard. 80; Maggie Grant, 30.
At l o'clock to-day a number Of Mrs.
J.. Henderson's lady friends discussed
with her the merits Of n splendid
lunch-Hnd several other topics Of in.
tercst- which had been prepared for
tho occasion. An order excluding those
OF tho malo persuasion was rigidly en-.
forced, and all our reporter could gather
OF the Star proceedings was through
the contracted and aggrnva,ing channel
OF . k~ey-hole. In the musical murmur
OF voices he detected the words 'shirr-
3D. bias" ''gorod," etc.; but com.
Ing disj 'intedly no was unable to de.
termine whether these strange express.
sions were nllcgorical illusions 10 somo
feminine deity. or woro coined ambigui.
tics OF Nihilistic production. and as no
ray OF light will ever DO shed upon the
subject by my OF tho ladies', public
curiosity may mover hope to DO gratiRed,