The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-06-01
IFsOm Tuesday, Daily.l
sALMAGUNDr.

lard Adams. Departed this morning:
A. Gennery. ~
The body OF one Of the Italians lost in
the snow-slide near Franktown, washoe
county, last winter, was found Last Sat
urday.
An Eastern temperance exchange
asks: why are We total absiainers7"
Major Dennis gives the answer, Either
your credit is bad or you don't know
any better"
The uLiquous Charley Ross turns up
again ut Palmyra. No, in Il youth of
nineteen, who claims to have just es-
capped tom a band Of Gypsies by whom
he was kidnapped.
The Eureka Leader says: 1t is re-
ported around town that the trains on
E. x p. II. r., will on account OF an
increase in thlE business run daily
trains IL a few days.
The California e1cursionists to Ckica-
so are reported Us being on a special
train which is to arrive here this
evening at G o. clock in time 10 take
supper and pull out to make room for
the regular paAS,ngcr train.
In France, according to statisticians
suicides are rapidly increasing, not only
AmOug adults with real woes or suffering
TO account for their rash act, but also
among juveniles. who make away with
themselves for the most trivial causes.
The IIunbold. Irrigation and I'm.
provement Compuny's dam at Oreana is
bcins washed sSay blythe nYer. Ii was
butt OF Aewn umb"rs by Sacrament
men tor,iac pUrpoa. oi irrigating Il large
tract Of laEd III Big Meadows, sud cost
over $50. go.
Cha:les u. Potter, OF Schenectady. re.
Gently married. HIS f.;hcr su~bscqueut.
ly died, leaving him -. COO, 600 il he
will separate frOIa his wife. Charlie, re-
fuses, and Ihe viii is nOw under consid-
ersuou hy the Court, Witnesses decl.r-
ing the old man insane.
The Idaho Avalanche o! the 9th saws:
W. >. Paxton, Wells. Fargo 4 Cos,
Messenger. passed through here this
Sgek bJu-i Iur Miunrmucca. When
be let Boise City, one hundred wagons
were employed hauling earth and rock
Sith which to keep the Boise river from
o~Teraowiug the town.
At noon last Thursday the watchers Of
the body OF L-tyreuci MoIlor, the girl
~iIo, though dad. had every appear,rce
OF being awe, noticed that dccolnposi-
ton had set IN, and all hopes Of bring
ihS her back To- the land of the living
were abandoned. Within an hour alter
the discovery was made the death
odor was most pronounced, and the
body was removed from the conservatory
to the receiving vault, preparatory 10
being finally disposed Of in the grave.
lhc lowering and showcry weather of
yesterday got down TO regular business
about 10 o'clock fast night. About Tint
uDc the Clerk OF the weather pulled tie
plug nid the ugss.rgaUej moisture began
pouring down "A steady torrent.
Il, Yer stopping to catch breath for y new
start even until about daylight this
morning. Prior to this last dc!uge the
entire country was US thoroughly soaked
a. the hide Of A Barhary cons.cr. so that
the necessity for this last out-pouriuy of
humid grace is not apparent to the per-
captions OF the ordinary citizen. A
reserve for the Sencfit Of July and
August would be advisable.
The Democratic primaries for the
election Of delegates TO the State Con-
vention at Austin, will take place in this
county next Saturday. and it would he
advisable that the Democrats of this
place hold a me, ting prior to that time
to solcatthsee ctulii,tes for election
who will attend said convention in
person.
We would suggest Thursday evening,
ut the Courthouse, as II favorable time
for such mcrting.
4 Stockton, Cali. al patch Of the %.
says: William Olsen, aged twenty Years.
committed suicide on his fathers farm
near L7chford. lie used a rifle. and
pulled the trigger 10y hanging il on n
hook on II header nCDn, and st. pping
backward, placed the mulzlc t. his
forehead aud pulled the trigger. Ills
brains were scattered for about itccn
feet. The Ccrnuer's jury stood seven
for suicide and five for accidental death.
a Paris telegram says that the French
government has decided 10 introduce a
bill in the Chambrs Of Deputies proyid-
ing for the taxation Of cereals and cat
Tie. Should France udOp, such a law,
and her example lr followed By other
European countries, il would be only a
measure Of just retaliation upon the
stupid protection" policy Of the United
states. IL would in a very short time
painfully prove 10 our farmers, and cattle
and sheep ~raiscrs. that the protective"
rule can be made to work both ways.
We Prodncc annually millions Of bushels
OF cereals ana hundreds of thousands Of
cattle in excess Of home production, and
II shut out of foreign markets but for n
singnl year the results would prove dis
nstsous in many sections of the country.
We ~US:!i Is -! 10 "stew in our own
juice" 10 TO speGk.-ChroniClo.