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Il DOWN-HTLL FIGHT
HO'c TtcO Miners Rolled 500 Feet While
Engaged ia a Death Struggle,

Hoo Ttco Miners Rolled 500 Feet EFhile
Engaged ia a Death Struggle,
Tom Cox and Jim Null were two mn
ers working far up on the bleak, snowy
slopes of Mount Ebert, in Colorado.
They slept in tent near the mouth of
Golden Lode, in which they were work
ing all night, when they went into the
tent for the purpose of going to sleep.
One OF them got in bed, and, enveloping
himself with the blankets, was snug and
comfortable and drowsy in moment.
The other, not in so great hurry, no.
ticed that the melting snow was dripping
through the roof of the tent and right
where he had to sleep. He couldn't
stand a wet couch, and, arouslnS his
companion, asked him to get up SO that
the bed might be moved to position
whe1e the melted snow would not touch
ii. His sleepy partner growled out re-
fusal. There was a hot reply, and in
less time than it takes to write it the two
men were engaged in a fierce personal
encounter. They were both clad in their
night-shirts alone, and small tent is
but limited space for two angry men to
fight each other in. They had hardly
clinched before one carried the other
through the front flaps Of the tent.
Right here it is necessary to say that
the tent was pitched on the fearful
y steep slope of Mount Ebert, and
there wasn't more than two feet Of level
ground between the front Of The tent
and the preclpitous slope Of the mount
ain. This slope was covered with four
feet Of soft snow, and it extended down
for 2, 900 feet before there was Il resting
place. In the fierce fight between the
two miners they were carried down the
dizzy slope, and, with their hands upon
each others Threats, they went whirling
down the mountain like pair. of bowld-
ers. They had gone but short dis
lance when anger vanished in the pres
ence Of possible death, and each man
turned his attention to the paramount
work Of saving his life. Down they
went along the fearful slant Of the great
mountain, and at each revolution they
sunk IN the soft STOW, sometimes head
first and sometimes feet first. They
were paralyzed with fright, and no
sound escaped their lips. The further
down they went the greater the momen-
tum Of their bodies, and when about
500 feet from the point where they
started, they bounded in the air and
alighted in the snow so deep that they
stuck fast. After arduous efforts they
managed to extricate themselves and
get back to their tent, bruised and
bleeding, and their quarrel healed. No
matter what the future has in store for
these two men, they will never forget
the time when they were whirling down
the snowy slopes Of the continental divide
of North America, and snow drift saved
them from landing 1000 feet below III a
condition in which none but the Coroner
and the undertaken would feel any prac.
heal interest in them. They have been
the best OF friends ever since their per-
lous down-hill fight.
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THE FUTURE OF TIE
SYSTEM.


In the Century, the "LegI A-f'"'
Of the Mormon Problem" are d!a.us~.
by Arthur G. Sedgwick, who cout.t.,
as follows:
The failure of the attempt to b III
up the Mormon system by Congrcss.n..s
legislation does not, by any means. s:,..v
that the Mormon system will II TINA ely
prevail in Utah. The operation OF nat
urai causes is certain, In the long rtll,
to sap the foundations of polygamy
The railroads have already brought the
Territory into communication with the
rest of the country, and the development
OF the mines must ultimately bring in
large Gentle population-almost alto
gether male. A strong tendency in the
direction of marriages between Gentle
men and the daughters of Mormon par
ents must spring up. Indeed, this is
said to show itself already. There is no
surplus of women in the West from
which to recruit polygamous households;
the births of the two sexes are always
very nearly equal, and the Mormon
population is no longer being rapidly
increased from abroad, as it was in the
! times of the early persecution of the
church. 1t is now stationary, or nearly
! SO, and being rapidly hemmed in by q
community having social system which
! all experience shows is the only one per-
manently adapted to modern industrial
life. As the Territory fills up, and the
Mormons are brought more and more
into relations with the rest of the world.
one of the strongest internal causes of
disintegration will unquestionably be the
sense of shame operating upon the
! younger female generation. In the nat
ural course of things, some of the daugh-
ters of Mormon householders must marry
Gentiles, and others, who do not marry
outside the church, will be made keenly
aware that they are surrounded by a
community which regards their position
as degraded one. AS long as they
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western city. 4 gentleman retired from
business was asked to become q candi-
date for election to Congress. HisrepIy,
in substance, was this:
"You know how our public men are
abused, and why they are abused. Now,
if [ should accept your nomination, I
might stand the abuse myself, but [ do
not want nay children to read every
morning in the papers that their father
is a scoundrel OF a fool. Youths Com
pdnSOn.
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CONGRESSIONAL DUELTsTs

A complete record of the number of
Congressman who have been engaged in
duels has never been kept; but the num-
Der who have died in affairs Of honor is
pretty well known.
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the
Treasury under Washington, leader Of
the Federalist party, and leading spirit
in the formation Of the constitution,
was MORALLY wounded by Aaron Burr,
at Hoboken, July 3, 1904.
Richard Spaight, of North Carolina,
was the first to die in duel. He served
in the Continental Congress, and sat in
the convention which framed the consti-
tuition. He was killed by his successor
in Congress, John Stanley. The latter
was tried and sentenced to imprison-
ment, but was pardoned by Gov. Will
Jams, of North Carolina, in a year. Stan
ley was subsequently elected to Con-
gress.
Thomas K. Harris, Of Tennessee, died
IL 1916 from wounds received in a duel
with Col. Simpson.
Spencer Pettis was killed in a duel
fought with Maj. Thomas Biddle, at St.
Louis, Aug. 26, 1881. The duel arose
out Of a quarrel over the United States
Bank, the President of which, Nicholas
Biddle, was the brother of the chal-
lenger.
Armstead I. Mason, ex-senator from
Virginia, fell in duel fought near
Washington city with John McCarty,
his brother-in-law, in 1919.
Joseph Pierson, of North Carolina,
died from duel fought in 1884 with
John Jackson.
Jonathan Ciliey, Of Maine, died from
a shot received in duel fought Feb. %,
1888, fired by William J. Graves, OF
Kentucky. Graves was subsequently
elected to Congress.
George A. Waggaman, United States
Senator from Louisiana, lost his life in q
duel near New Orleans, March %, 1S43.
George Poindexter, Representative
from Mississippi, fought a duel with
Elijah Hunt, a merchant, about 1885,
and killed him.
BLOODLESS DUELS.
There have been many duels which
were bloodless. Among them the fol-
lowing are the most notable.
Those between Henry Clay and Hum
phrey Marshall, and between Clay and
John Randolph, Of Virginia.
Samuel W. Inge, Representative from
Alabama, fought at Bladensburg with
Edward Stanley, of South Carolina, in
the Thirty-frst Congress, neither being
seriously injured.
John S. Jackson, of the Thirty-sev-
enth Congress, fought several duels, one
with Thomas F. Marshall-none result
ing seriously.
Leonard Jarvis, member from Maine,
challenged colleague, T. o. J. Smith,
from the Portland district, in about the
Twenty-fourth Congress but the latter
declined to fight.
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THERE is said to be no male descend
ant of the Sumner family. Its only
representatives are the three nieces of
the great Senator-the daughters Of his
sister, Mrs. Julia Hastings.
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THEIE ETRsT EPPEtR.t.

TRETT: FIRST APPEsR.t
Envelopes were first used in 1929
Anaesthesia was discovered in i3sA.
The first steel pen was made in 1924
The first air pump was made in 1864
The first lucifer match was made in
1893.
Mohammed was born at Mecca about
$40.
The first iron steamship was buat il
1880.
The first balloon ascent was made ii
1898.
Coaches were first used in England
in 1869.
The first steel plate was discovered
in 1880.
The rr,t horse railroad was built in
1867
81: we-e first "copper" bottomed"
in 1852.
The E.@aci<eans arrived in England
in 1921.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson
in 1907.
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
in 1883.
Gold was first discovered in CaHfor-
MIA in 1913.
srhe first telescope was used in En-
gland in 1908.
Christianity was first introduced INTO
Japan in 1549.
The first watches We're made at No
remburg in 1477.
First sawmaker's anvil brought to
America in 1919.
First almanac printed by. George
Van Furbach in 1850.
The first newspaper advertisement
prepared in 1862.
Percussion caps were used in the
United States army in 1880.
The first use of a locomotive IN this
country was in 1929.
Omnibuses were first introduced IL
New York in 1880.
Kerosene was first used for Lighting
purposes in 1925.
The - cojDar cent was coined in
New -z.r... -. 1887.
Ii, f., s,;s factory in the United
State "a: Init il 1880.
The first printing press in the United
States was worked in 1920.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
The first steam engine on this CONT
nent was brought from England in
1853.
The first complete sewing-machine
was patented by Elias Howe, Jr.. in
1916.
The first Society for the Promotion of
Christian knowledge was organized III
1893.
The first attempt to manufacture pins
in this country was made soon after the
War of 1912.
The first prayer-book Of Edward VI.
came into use by authority Of ParIia-
ment on Whitsunday, 1919.
The first temperance society in this
country was organized in Saratoga
county, N. Y, in March, 1908
The first coach in Scotland was
brought thither in 1861, when Queen
Mary came from France. It belonged
to Alexander Lord Seaton.
The first daily newspaper appeared
in 1902. The first newspaper printed
il the United States was published in
Boston Sept %, 1890.
The manufacture of porcelain was
introduced into the province Of Helm,
Japan, from China in 1913, and Helm
ware still bears Chinese marks.
The first society for the exclusive
purpose of circulating the Bible was or
ganized in 1885, under the name OF the
British and Foreign Bible Society.
The first Geographic instrument was
successfully operated byS. f. B. Morse,
the inventor, in 1885, though its utility
was not demonstrated to the world I'M
til 1912
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A YOUNG married man whose HOUSE.
rent is paid by his mother-in- law aliudes
to her as his darling payment.
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WHAT is the difference between cot
ton and wool? Give it up. Ell? Well,
one is grown down South, and the other
is grown on South Down,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-03-11
Iron Monday. D.ily.l
sALMAaUNHI.

There is q gas company in EIko.
and Dick Dorsey is president.
Tho Marker Exclamation" bill was
killed in the Assembly on the last day
Of the session.
Tho weather has pot changed since
the Legislature adjourned, which is
something remarkable.
One OF our 6olons. the Hon. E. p.
Hamiil. passed through "homeward
bound" on Saturday evening.
Our Commissioners are somewhat
averse to the Commissioner Bond
Bill passed q, this recent session Of the
Legislature.
All person who wish>to take lessons
in the social art should give their
names tor. II. Mckinley this evening
at Freeman Hall.
Commissioner Dabcox is Justly en-
titled to the coSnomen Of a celebrated
traveller, as it took him two days to
SShhb lGotu lubCtIOIl.
The County Commissioners are in
session to day, but owing to the amount
OF business t. be Transacted they will not
conclude their labors till Tomorrow.
Exchanges say: The new fivs-cent
nickel is a pretty coin" That may b,
we have not seen one; AMI what are
they worth in Elke when you cannot
exchange one for a glass OF bcer2
w. l.. Bolte, the foolish proprietor Of
n fruit cannery at San Francisco, com.
mitted suicide by swallowing two
ounccs Of laudanum 'and blowing the
top Of his head of with a revolver.
DR.. Moore. who las been n resident
Of Elko during the absence Of DR..
Neigs. and has gained many friends
during his short stay among us, will
depart for other fields Of usefulness in
a few days.
Much comment bns been occasioned
by the excavation in the sidewalk at
the Bakery, but our reporter. by the
exercise Of remarkable skill in cross
questioning. ns:-rtainel that there is
Il cellar building.
DR.. j. J. Meigs returaCd from his
Eastern trip yesterday, aud was called
TO Calm yesterday evening by the sud
den illncss Of Mr. Codiington, "A special
engine having been sent up for the
doctors accommodation.
A bt~d-toInpcrel man: Ito I'd lest
his knife and they asked him the usual
question: DO You know wLero you
lost it?" oh! yea. yes" he replied,
''oi counsel do. I'm merely hunting in
these other places forto kill time"
The Legislature that died the other
day at Carson seemed to hnYo County
COMMISSIONER very much in mind. 1t
enacted a law requiring them TO pub.
lish the LIST Of delinquent taxpayers.
This law aud tho law requiring them
to advertise all bills they allow indi-
cate that the legislators think that the
County CUurH:g.iousr should take The
people into THAR conGlcucs entirely.
n.iutI.
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From Saturday. Daily.

Elmer NcClelland wears the belt ~
the boss bullet dodger.
Tho latest craze in Paris is a poodle
dog with a natural handle.
II YOU nre fond Of sbrimps, bananas
etc, go TO Ed Auderson's.
Samuel McMullen, OF Star Valley,
came down by the train this morning.
r.. II. Mckinley aud wife .prrived
from Tuscarora by stage yesterday eTo-
ming.
The present weather will set ranch
men to work turning up the soil for the
crop Of 1888.
There are JUNIORS that there will be u
social affair at freeman Hall on the
evening Of ST. PatIick's Day.
Don't forget the sOiree at Freeman
Hall to. night. Put Of your Sunday
clothes aud take your best girl.
Iu order 10 reduce the probabilities
OF conjecture. 1t may be proper to re-
mark that the EIko beauty never weaIs
blue.
Two dead" engines. Nos. 1870 and
l9l, for the Northern Pacific liaiiroad.
passed wost by the II O'Clock train
this morning.
All persons who wish TO join the
dancing clab will please be present at
the hall tonight and put their auto
graph to the list.
Tue Eureka MGlis. on South Fork.
will resume business again Oh Monday
morning with n stock Of between GO
aud 700 toni Of grain o. hand.
Hugh McNoIIly having abandoned
his former residence 1t CLo.ry Greek,
Ia now here on his way to Washington
Territory. which will Ls his future
home.
Five ladies Of Denver ride the bicycle
''nll same clothcs.piD. =" clad IN black
velvet knee bfcrcbcs. WOODEN high
stoekings, polo caps. sack coats and
low-cut shoes.
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Commits ,Ioners' Meeting.

ILho' alutcn %, 1903.
The Board Of County Commissioners
met pursuant to adjournment. Present,
j. J.. Campbell, Chairman. ]. T. Bah.
cox and A. Bruce.
On motion, n warrant was ordered
drawn on the General Fund for $50 in
favor OF John Gibbons, the same 10 DO
applied on the Tuscarora stage road.
The Board then proceeded to levy
and assess the State md county taxes
for tho fiscal year 1888, rs follows, to-
wit:
II is hereby ordered that there be
levied and assessed, collected and paid
in United States gold coin. an adval.
orcm tax Of two hundred and seventy
five cent on each one hundred dollars
Of all taxable property in Elko county,
including the net proceeds Of mines for
county and State purposes. the snmo to
be npportioned rs follows. to-wit.
Eighty-hye cents to General County
Fund; twenty cents TO tho INDECENT
Led; twenty cents TO the Contingent
fund; ivo cents 10 pay tho interest on
County rcfundiug bonds for the year
ending December 81, 1859, and known
as tho Interest Fund; tweniy-eight
cents for County school purposes; CT.
teen cents for interest on Building
Fund Bonds; seven cents for interest
on University bonds; Gvo cents for in
tcfsst ON jail building bonds: ninety
cents for State purposes.
II Is further ordered that there DO
levied and assessed, collected and paid
an advalorem tax OF twenty.six cents OIL
onoh one hunlred dollars OF taxable
property in Tuscarora school district.
tho same 10 be placed in the Tuscarora
school fund to be used for school pur.
poses other than tho payment OF teach.
ere salaries.
Petition from II. Il. district received
praying for tho appointment Of lily
Stoksr Road Supervisor Of said district.
Petition granted.
Petition from Carlin granted praying
for the formation OF Carlin Road Dis.
tric,, and appointment of Thos. Holmes
| Supervisor Of said district.
The petition Of residents OF Secret
Valley, heretofore included In North
Ruby Valley. asking that a now school
district DO formed, being received, 4,
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An OLD Cnr.onIin Gnne.

II is claimed by parties in Carson
City that jim Elliott, tho prize-fghter,
recently killed in Chicago by Dunn,
once resided in that city, and in early
times kept n saloon there. II this
story, says the Appeal, is true, IL is not
a circumstance that will rebound TO the
credit Of Carson. For several years
past Elliott has achieved considerable
notoriotv by issuing challenges TO lead
ing prize. fighters aud then forgetting
to be around when the stakes were 10
DO put mp.
Bill Nye has tho following to shy
concerning the fraud who was last week
sent from Reno for n three years
cruise inside the State Prison.; "Such
men as Major Wilson make us suspi-
cious of humanity, and very likely the
next man who comes along here and
represents that he is a great man md
wants So on his well rounded figure
and fair fame. will havo 10 be idenli-
fed. We have helped 40 or 90 such
men TO mako q bridal tour Of wyo.
ming, and now we are going to saw of
and quit. When a great journalist
comes into this Office again with an in.
ternai ovenu tax on bis breath and
$40 back on his baggage, we will prob
ably pick up a 5o.pound chunk Of
North Park quartz and spread his in.
tellectual faculties around this build.
ing till 1t looks like the Custer nassa-
Gro"
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Iron Tuesday. D.ily.l
sALMAouNDL.

An inordinate love Of dress made q
Connecticut woman crazy. Queer
State. that.
The departures by stage for tho
north this morning we're Mrs Stun, +
Rankin and Z II orem.
The Indianapolis Journal says that a
cousin OF Mrs. Langtry is keeper of q
toll gate near Sprinfisld. Ohio.
A onster l0-wheelsd engine, No.
262. for the Northern Pacific railroad,
passed west yesterday evening.
Several emigrants. westward bound,
favored the INDEPENDENT Office with
their presence yesterday evening.
Hon. L. p. Hsrdesiy. Member Of tho
late Assembly, came up last evening
aud stopped over interviewing his nu-
merous friends to-day.
DIR. King, Of Zion, who accompanied
the wounded train robbers on their way
to their quarters ut tho Capital. re-
turned Eouo last night.
Elko Lodge. No. 10. f. & A. NJ,
meets at Masonic Hall ct 8 p. m. to-
night. Members aud so~jourping .bre,h-
rem are cordially invited.
The canine fiend is again on the var
path. o. L. Rogers f~avorite having re-
ceived n dose at the hands Of some I'M
prineip!ed wretch this morning.
The frs, newspaper advertisement
appeared ia 1921. aud it has taken just
23i years to convince some business
men that tits q good investment.
An aged couple came down from
TuscarorA yesterday. and left by the
train this morning for Chicago. They
were German, unable to speak 4 word
Of English.
j. Ostreicher received a consignment
Of carp from the fish commissioner on
Sunday evening. which were trans
ferred to the placid waters Of the gentle
II humboldt.
In addition TO the classes organized
by X. ii. M:Ginley, there will be a
class for NIL good dancers. Nndies and
gents every Tuesiny and Thursday
evenings from S to 10.
DIR. W. NJ. Parsons. the dentist, will
arrive from Tuscarora this evening, and
ali persons desiring to avail themselves
OF his services will do we'll to call on
him Il, the Depot IIot.l, as his stay
here viii be limited.
The County Commissioners exceeded
their authority somewhat, yesterday,
Ia ordering that the school money re-
manning in The Moth Ruby school
fund remain ia said fund aud not be
divided" That matter belongs oxclu-
siVeiy to the County Superintendent Of
Schools.
The attention Of the Board OF County
Conmissiyac:s is called to q matter Of
serious consideration which they have
no doubt overlooked; hat il. that Dad
Sale Ia a Democrat, aud a rabId Demo-
crai, and lhh; 10 is the man who makes
collins for deiLnc; hospital patients.
This matter should be regulated, and
while the Commissioners are oustiug
employees Of the county on political
grounds alone, they should ''iet no
guilty man escape" Come, genilc-
men, make a clear sweep. Mans ex-
trcmity Is tho Commissiouer's-oppor-
family
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Tho annual report Of Superintendent
Dunn to tho Secretary Of State. shows
that tbs gross receipts for the year
1882, were only SllO. i4O.07. All tho
expenses appear to DO olossed under
tho head Of operating expenses and
amounted to 800, 70s. 80. Tho net
profit is stated at $40. 73i.77, which
sum Ia less than tho taxes Of 1882.
Tho annual interest on one million
dollars. first mortgage construction
bonds, il SEQ, 600.