The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-06-17
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inches In hight, 10 growing thrifty OF
GROUND sdjscent to this once.
A strong. cool breeze has been blow
ing from the West during the day and
indications are favorable for q storm.
Arrived by stage from Tusosrora last
evening: Ed. Judson. Departed this
morning: Il. Ritter and q Mongolian.
John b. CLARK, Jr.. Of the Kin.lsy
Mining Company. started for New
York by the belsted train this morning.
Geo. d. Hill and Chss. d. Hines,
travelling agents for San Francisco
firms, went west by the train this
morning.
The express train from tha west dus
here Mt 7:i0 last evening. vas delayed
until about z o'clock this morning By =
freight train which jumped the track at
Rose Greek, near winnemucca.
Cap Warner and E. N. Chaplin ar.
rived here by private conveyance from
T~usearors this morning. Mr.. Chaplin is
on his way TO San Francisco. aud goes
down by the train In tho morning.
New wagons, mowers and other
farming implements are literally scat.
tered about the depot platforms. A big
lot of barbed wire. also. belonging to W.
I. Smith. covers a part Of the space.
Miss Chsffse. of Montreal, who put
her coin against the bogus title Lord
Cnntyne," has discovered her error and
succeeded in having the marriage an.
nulled. Nothing short Of . sure enough
''lord" need now apply.
Lawrence Barrows has resigned the
position Of clerk at the Depot Hotel to
engage in the soda business. He has
fitted out a team aud wagon for the ppr-
pose aud started out with q load Of the
effervescent for Tuscarora this morning.
Mat. Delahanty takes the position of
night clerk at the hotel.
While the hot winds Of the past week
have been burning up tho fruit and
grain crops in many parts OF California
aud rendering life extremely uncom-
Portable even in San Francisco, the
weather out this way has been unusu-
ally cool and pleasant; the mercury
having never risen above IS degrees in
the shade yet this season.
A bronco over at vore's stable, yes
terday. was seized with an irresistible
desire to buck @ saddle off his back be-
fore the rider was up or the blind was
raised, and after q couple OF desperate
lungss, banged his head against q
hrmly-Planted post, breaking his neck
and killing him instantly. The animal
belonged to John Vowel, and was par
tally broken to the saddle.
Deana, daughter Of the late Dan
Murphy, the well-known cattle king. is
now seeking to obtain q divorce from a
man to whom she was married without
the knowledge Of her father. some
months prior TO his death; and his dy-
ing request that she would never marry
the man Hill-to whom she was already
m~arried-is one Of the grounds upon
which the action Is said to be based.
Persons just returned from the gold
fields Of lower CalifArniu report those
fabulously rich mines o myth. They
state that the little gold hat Is there
canuot be secured ON account Of the ab-
sencc OF water, and that the field, in
stead of being q new discovery, has
been worked for n long time past with
very small returns, by Mr1icans. Tho
gold. instead Of being spread over q
vast area, as reported, is confined to o
nero spot exhibiting nothing'at all cal.
culated to create an oIcitemsnt.
X. II. Conner 10 in town to-day from
his homo in Lamoillo valley. having
just sufficiently recovered iIom an i'll
ness Of six weeks duration TO get
abroad once more. Mr.. Conner went
from here to Butte City, Montana, last
January, with a view Of locaiipgin that
It rritoTy. b ut found that the cIimat.
did not agree with him, and starting
back was taken seriously i'll on the
route. He reached home about the first
Of May, and has been confined to his
bed until within the last fow days.