The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-05-13
iFron Tuesday. D.ily.l
sALMAGuNDE


Thomas Foster. of Csrlip. was In
town on a brief visit to-day.
We are informed that Mrs. Carl.
CogsHelPs eondition.eontinues to i'm
prove. * IA r.
Arrived by stage from the North las,
evening: Peter Williams. Departed this
morning: Mr.. Dennery.
Commissioner Campbell started for
homo this morning in a buggy. acom-
panied By Deputy Mlt Polk. who has
business up in tbs vicinity Of Halleck.
j. Roseustock has just received a
fine assortment OF ladies' and children's
blrck and colored Lisie :hre hose,
parasols, and @ few or those beautif ul
Newport ties aud Irish point lace col.
lars and cuffs. Call and examine them.
John Beard and W. Shoecraft have
been in town a couple Of days attend.
ing to some land matters in court. They
started on their return trip to Tusca-
fora, accompanied by Col. J. c. Dow,
by private conveyance this morning.
The particulars of the accident at the
Navajo shaft by which Stark was
killed and o'Neal iDjnred-it il feared
~iatally-will bs obtained from the Tus-
earorA papers, which will arrive by
stage this evening. All that We have
been able to learn is that the cage be-
came detached, aud with the two men
upon 1t, dropped down the shaft to the
bottom, a distance Of 400 feet.
The Reno Journal says: The man
named Vim. Nash, who had n wooden
leg, and who was peddling pencils in
Reno Thursday. left for wadsworth
that evening and got beastIy drunk,
and was put in the o%alaboose there by
Constable Jake Lewis. At2 "A. m the
.calaboose was discovered on fire and
nothing left Of Nash but his charred
remains. Thus the poor fellow caused
his death"
At the Champion mine. in the Lake
Superior iron region, two miners were
killed Sunday night by AN accident.
They wore knocked from the skip by
falling ice, and dashed to pieces at the
bottom OF the pit. The fireman at the
Mitchell mine wac buried by a run last
plight and it will take at least three
days to recover him. All three leave
large families who were dependent
upon them for support. t
Yesterday, "Mnutana's" bull, while
being driven towards the bridge TO cross
the river, says the Silver State, walked
into Z. Re'nhart L Co.'S store. the door
being partly open, aud taking the
DRESS Goods" side Of the building
took a look at the ladies spring fash
ions. Ell. Reiuhnrt, who was in the
back part Of the store at the time, saw
the monarch Of the sage brush np.
preaching. and the Marker tragedy
flashed upon his mind instantly and
for a moment he hardly knew what to
do with such an ugly customer. He
then yelled at Mr.. Taurus, who reiraced
his course without doing any damage
whatever.
A bachelor citizen Of Elko recently
attended a private auction sale Of
household Effects, and purchased n
couple Of rOJSI ne mutt. \ day or SO
Rfterward he exhibited his purchase to
a friend. His friend remarked that he
must have made n mistake in the pur-
chase, ms the garments, judging fr, IN
the embroidery that adorned them.
were evidently made to be worn by Ii
OF the opposite sex. The bachelor
seemed n little cresIfnllcn at this inior.
nation, but quickly recovered himself
and confdentially remarked to his
friend that he would carefully preserve
tho articles and when he got married
he would throw them in to help make
mp N outfit"