The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-07-01
Iron Wednesday. D.ily.I
sALnAouNDI.

home at Ruby Hill:
Rev. @. w. James. OF Eureka. with
drew himself and his miuistratiou.
from that unsodly city. yesterday.
The RsRo Journal says: ..rhe Elko
Free Press weekly is shortly to be
transformed into a daily newspaper.
Sixty members Of the Dewitt Com b.
mandery Of Virginia City will attend
the Grand Conelave of Knights Tenn
plar in San Francisco.
Private Hemstreet. Of the Eighth In.
fantry, was accidentally shot and killed
at Fort McDermit recently, while act.
iug as marker at target practice.
SILVER State Lodge, No. 50. Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen. gives its
Sd grand ball at Temperance Hall, Car.
lin, on the evening Of July 4th. The Is-
DEPENDANT acknowledges the courtesy
OF a complimentary"
Tuscarora Lodge No. 81. F. and A.
NJ. celebrated st. Johns Day by an
address by john II. Dennis at the
church. and a supper at the Can Can
restaurant.
One day last week. two convicts. WIN.
Pierce and Ali Lon. confued IN the
State Prison, had a lively row in tue
shoe shop. III which shoe knives were
drawn and freely used. bJth coavicts
were quite badly cut.
An exchange says George O'Dreiter
has erected u tent on the banks Of the
Humboldt, at Gerald, aud will rsmain
there during the Summer. George had
better borrow Alexis chiIled-steel ar
mo to start in with, for no mi!der de-
Tense can resitt the bomba:dm.ut of
those old b, Humboldt gallinippers.
The boys who have been in the
habit lately Of playing about the depot
during the time the e~ast-Dound psssen-
ger train is here. are warned that they
are liable to arrest II their boisterous
conduct is continued. The City Mar.
shal should see that the depot platform
be kept free from the disorder and
ru'ieness which Passengers aud travel
ers complained of last evening.
The supply ditch has furnished no
water for several days past aud vegeta-
ton about town is beginning to droop
for want Of it's accustomed moisture.
Mr.. Davis. owner Of the ditch, a y it
Yields him no revenue, aud he will
spend no more money in keeping it in
repair. 1t is reported to-day that the
property il about TO change hands. aud
il so. that n violent effort will bo made
to keep mp the supply Of water and to
make the di,ch pay.
Mercury % degreesin the shade to.
day.
In the New Hampshire Legislature
yesterday. Rollins received II votes I;
Patterson 50; Bingham III; Briggs 80.
Fifteen deaths daily from yellow few
er are reported at Vera Cruz. aud the
disease increasing.
Arrived by stage last evening: L. C.
Adams, S. $. BambcrSer. W. Marks.
Frank on, W. J. R.lis. James CLARK.
Departed this morning: j. II. Cook.
Geo Cosle,t. J. A. Banks:
Tho Wcsi.bound express train ar
rived at 3:3O to-day ssvea hours be
hind time. The d. tcntion was on the
Union Pacific, the c. 2. traiu waiting
10 make connection.
George II. Shepherd, OF South Fork;
4. j. Lane, Of Pine Valley; Joseph
Henry. Of IIuntingiou; d. L. Hooten,
Of Mound; aud we Casper, Of Wells.
nrs in town to-day.
Intelligence received from Sierra Le-
on is to tho effect that recent British
operations against hief Giipomc were
attended with great atrocities. The ma
tive allies buichered and mutilated all
the male prisoners. These allies los:
over a hundred men during M attack
on the main fort, which was cGptured.
E~igh,y.two OF the enemy were killed by
q single she'll.
4 Sacramentan who occasionally
tips the tinzy," started for home a
few nigh. ago, and becoming weary,
sat down On the ouTbstons TO rest.
While sitting there he fell asleep, and
while in that condition some tramp APP
propriated his hat, coat and sboes, aud
painted his face with lampblack. He
found II quite difficult to walk home in
his stocking feet, and much more di6i
cult when he knocked for admission to
his homo to convince his wife tina, he
was cher own John Henry"
Tho TusearoTa Ness says: A China
man working for All Cow. the Chinese
merchant, vas killed by the explosion
Of o blast at Six Mile Canyon on Sun
day. He was engaged blasting rock for
o road grude and thinking the fuse had
gone out, he approached tho place,
whom tho charge exploded. mangling
his legs. arms aud head 10 a most hor-
rible manner. lie suffered eIcrucia,ips
pain for a few houts aud died while
being brought into town.
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