The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-09-16
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= celebration ia Beaufort county. south
CarolinA. Three diel and more are
expected TO die.
A eolorsd xoman named Ka.s Cot
ton poisoned .hs family of Louis Ne
Murray at Cairo. H., by putting poison
in the coffee. One person died. and
several are dangerously III. Kate yes
arrested. and took poison while in Jail
and will probably die.
Henry P. Blessing. n St. Louis en-
Rinesr. shot his brother-in Law six
times. shot his wife twice. and then
went to the garden and cut his own
throat. He could scarcely be called IL
blessing in disguise"
Harry Hill. stake holder in the slade-
Mitchell fight. has issued the following
ultimatum:
II finally decide Michel and Slude
must fight within 100 miles Of New
Orleans. rs I am assured no interfer-
enco will Jake place there. Fight to
take place October %. Either party
failing to put in nm appearance Ia the
ring between 8 a. m. and IL m. to for.
felt. Nothing can alter my decision.
as ] net only in fairness TO both purties
and the sportig public. Harry Hill"
James G. Daily and Tom McAIpine,
the seconds Of Force and Dempsey in
the recent prize fight at Copey Island.
have been arrested. Richard X. Fox
Of the Police Gazette, stakeholder for
the fight, was served with O bench
warrant. At the time OF the arrest the
parties were arranging for a fight be-
tween DAILY aad Joe PendersNst.
Two men John Coker aud DR.. Flood,
were taken from the Cell county. Ark
nnsas Jail by a mob and hanged to the
iron bridge across the Pelletjsnn river.
Cocker begged to be shot.
A. willard. Consul at Guaymus. Mex.
teleprnphs that the reports Of yellow
fever at that place are exaggerated, as
there is no yellow fever there.
Sir Edward Stanley. tie new British
Consul, has arrived ut San Francisco.
A h~alf-wis;ed sailor, named James
II. Suith, committed q criminal as
sau!t upon u four.yeur old child. Ada
Ferguson, near Jacksonville, Florida.
Smith was captured and identified. The
child is III n prec rious condition. No
attempts at iynchius We're made, ns tn.
crime Is a capital one, proof being suf.
hcirut. aud the Law there heretofore
has been uniai!ins.
Colonel James T. Gregory. Of Gen,
eral Sueridun's staff. met the Coreau
Emnbnssy ut Omaha. This is the first
representation ever made in this
country by Corea, ind tho United
States Government desires to show IL
particular courtesy.
A postal Money Order system be.
tween the United States and the Haw.
allan Islands goes into effect January
LIST. 1884.
4 lro in the woods OF Rhode Is!nnt
has burned over a territory Of 1905
acres, aggregating II loss of Sl2. 900.
A dispatch from Pensacola says thu
all patients at the Navy YaId md Hos
pital nre oonvalescent. NJ new cases
The warehouse Of the C~ousolidutet
Tank Company of St. Joseph. Mo-.
containing $4,000 gallons of oil va.
destroyed by FIRE Tuesday morning.
Tho Mexican Nationl Railroad i.
completed to Morelis,
A hurricane on tho coast Of NORTH
Carolina drove thirteen vessels and
pilot boats ashore. The oldest pilots
say that in duration and violence the
storm exceeded any thing they ever ex.
]periencsd.
The total amount OF bonds redeemed
mp TO the 18th instant. under the l2lsI
call. was 1885, 900.
The city OF Chihuahua. Mexico. is in
mourning over the death Of Angela
Peralta. tho Mexican prina donna.
Advicts from Phoebe state that os.
car Baker. who was making the trip
from New York District. California, to
FL Dorado Canyon. perished from wan,
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canyon. making the third man who has
persisted this senson while attempting
10 GLOSS this desert eighty miles wide.