The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-08-19
From T~hupd.y'. Daily.
sALMAGvNDi.

visit to the Eastern States by this even
ins's tain.
Mr.. Thomas Copnor of North Ruby.
aud daughter. ar. visiting friends in
town.
Ben. Rvinhart departed for San
francisco on a business trip by the
train lVs, evening.
George II. Shepherp was in town
last evening and We are glad to note, is
looking hearty again ns ever.
The new fare tariff adopted by the
California Railroad Commissioners
goes into elect on the Central Pacific
on Sunday next. The rate from Reno
TO San Francisco will be sig LOS.
Second Lieutenant Chas. j. Bailey.
First Artillery. has been or Tered by
General Schoheli TO make a survey of
the Duck Valley Indiau Reservation,
situated partly in Id.ho and partly in
Nevada.
Mr.. George Russell who has been
down at tide water during the past two
weeks. returned home by the train last
evening.
Mr. ana Mrs. Joseph Ling celebrated
the twelfth Anniversary Of their mar
riage yesterday by a sumpluous dinner
to a number of particular friends
which was a most enjoyable Hfr.ir.
Two highwaymen stopped the Sierra
valley stage on Monday night aud car
ried of the contents Of Wells. Fargo's
treasure box, SI7G and the passengers
watches an~dJewelry. The express de-
,~ectives Were put Oh their track.
The Journal reports the arrival OF a
Chinese leper at ths Reno Jail. he hav-
ing been brought n prisoner from
Wadsworth by Constable Shields. on
Tuesday, and the authorities recognize
that they have caught a. Tartar.
The plant of the Western Union Tel.
egraph Company may not be worth
more thau one fourth Of tho com.
pany's nominal capital (say $50. OOO.-
OOO! but the business pays a profit Of Z
per cent on $50, 900, 900. Its net earn
iuSs are aLout SO 600, 900.
J. d. Abel anil II. ]. Keith drove in
from Lamoille last evening and were
seen circulating about town this morn
Ing apparently on some special mission.
ii. j. admitted that be was establish
ing a new route, bat assured us that it
should not interfere with tha. Of Con.
tractor MunS5n.
A couple OF the c. p. Silver Palace
sl,epeTs, as altered by the Pullman
Company, passed west n few days ago.
No change, except hat they were
freshly painted end vanished. was
discoyeTnble in their outward appear
nnce, but the interior had undergone
material alterations. They always
were. aud sill are. handsome cars.
Aij.. Con, Kel'oo waB interviewed by
the Examiner. lls says there is no
truth in the statement, that the War
Department has q scheme on hand to
mobilize the militia IN anticipation Of
labor troubles or difficulties with Mex
leo. Respecting the possibility o! an.
ether Apache outbreak tho General
says no inform alton had been received.
The Denver N,ws says that on the
1t 81 Sci tvmb,r work on the new line
70 Ogden wall be commenced by the
CLicrga, Burlington Il Quincy, and 1t
is rnmor,d WHEN Ogden is reached. the
BuTlingt,U Will not rest satisfied with
any passenger Hgrecmcnt with the
Central Pacific. but will build n line of
its Own to California. At all events the
construction Of n line to Ogden may
be lnOkei upon as among the certain
ties Ct the coming Autumn.
J. Il, Abel has been having a streak
OF i!rluck for several months past. He
has lost three valuable horses 10y ncci.
dents happening TO them ut different
times; the last occurring Tuesday when
a Iucc-horsc impaled hims-lf on the
poles of a corral over which he a:temp-
I'd to leap. II is to be hoped that he
will soon strike a different lead.
James Clark, 81 tho Depot Hotel. &C
companied by his sister. Mrs. Wade,
departs for san Francisco by the train
this evening. Mr., Clark being a Knight
Tcmplar, goes to take active par, 10 the
proceedings at the grand conclnvs.
Mrs Wade, who is from tha East on a
visit 10 her relatives here, will return
home by the Southern route.
The enterprise snys that Pleasant
Moore. formerly OF the repprtorial slafr
Of the Gold Hill News, was tpkrn with n
severe homurrage from tho lungs at
DR.. Conu's Office last Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Moore came in from Euro.
ka Saturday morning. At PalisalH he
bl,d slighuy from the lungs, and on mr.
irving in Virginia repaired to the Office
OF DR.. Conn for Medical treatment. lie
vas very low ON Sunday, but yesterday
morning was much Improved.
Mr. Moore had been engaged ou the
Tuscnrorh News until It's suspension,
aud left here in opphrcn, health only a
few days ago