The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-11-16
From Wednesdays Daiiy.I


bullion. weighing 72o pounds, valued at
O,4O5 G5.
Hon. E. p. Hardesty is in town to-
day.
Lineman Henry HIATT is ont repairing
the wires betweed here and Tuscarora.
The joint report OF the Auditor aud
Treasurer for the quarter ending Oct.
LIST appears elsewhere in this issue.
The election is now over and Minister
naSgett is about to return to the Kali
kaua sugar plantation.
War between the Piute and washoe
Indians is reported imminent. The
Silver State says: yesterday John
O'CUnuell, First Lieutenant, Sth Infau-
try, from Fort NcDermit, left for Wads-
worth for the purpose of ascertaining il
the fintes are going to war, and if it is
necessary to take troops to the western
part Of the State to prevent the hostile
tribes from lighting"
George w. Grayson, the well-knowu
mining man, is to arrive here from the
West tomorrow evening, and will 20
hence on n business trip 10 Tuscarora.
Air. Grayson is still aLeavy owner in the
mines Of that district.
Phillip Hennessey, n young married
man VAS killed ut the polls III Cincinnati
election day, and through grief ut his
loss, his vile took her own lie.
The large painting representing n
touching scene in the life OF Mary Stew
art, which wus rallied for at the Gem
last evening, was won by Thomas
Short OF Ruby Valley.
A.. II. Doscher, Il well-known citizen Of
Cherry Greek. was drowned in the
Ogden river on the Both ult., under cir
cam!stances that indicate lie committed
suicide.
The vote Of the county of Albany,
New York, was carefully revised Sunday
night and Cleveland's plurality found to
be $50 instead Of $40. The plurality in
the State according to official figures re-
ceived by Chairman Manning from
County Clerks is 1924.
The President has accepted n section
OF twenty-five miles Of the Northern
pacific Railroaiin Washington Territory,
extending enthusiastically from Tacoma
to Il point neal South Prairie, but has
directed that no patents for lands lying
along this section shall issue until lie
gives specific ogdcrs to that effect.
Paris dispatches of the 10th say: Chol-
era IS increasing mere, especially during
the forty-eisht hourI ended ut midnight
last night. There We're reported 1856 new
cases and siXty-six denths at Montrcvel,
ANA ten Icw cases reported during the
same tirle to-day. Oue fresh case is re-
ported Il ST. >I4Zaire ana four deaths at
Nantes.
La Libcrte says: Premier Ferry will
onno lnce TO the Tonquin Committee to-
day that the Cabinet council Saturday
agreed to iorcgo the demand for indemn-
ity from China and that preliminary
peace negotiations with China have been
almost concluded. Much discomfort pre-
walls on account Of this in the Tonqu.n
Committee of the Chamber Of Deputies.
ChHrreHu, Chairman OF the Committee,
has resigned, and the Committee has re-
ro.Yed to postpone presenting its report
until Ferry has made an explanation.
The prcsen: estimate ns 10 the COM
p!e1ion of the Illinois State Legislature
Is that it will be n tic on joint ballot, the
Senate having n majority of one Rcpub.
lean and the House u majority Of ono
Democrat. Contests are Likely to ensuc
III three districts, which may reverse this
conu,uuu OF Affairs. The situation is
made more interesting from the fact that
a successor to General Logan is 10 be
elected.
Official returns from fity-nine Of the
sixty-Sevcn counties in Pennsylvania,
and estimate Of the remaining eight
counties, give Blaine n plurality il the
State OF 7S,lU3. The counties from
which the official vo:c is not yict re.
ccivcd are Allegheny, Butler, Carbon.
Montgomery, Philadelphia, ~Schuylkill,
Sullivan uud Tiugc.
Additional returns just received from
the mountain districts OF Modoc county,
California, put Henley, Democrat, sew
enty ahead for Congress in the First Dis.
trict. Full returns from Del Nortc ARE
still missing. II is expected they will
! give Carothcrs, Republican, n small ma.
jority. and il 80, it will place the candi.
dates abou! even.
The complete vote Of Massachusetts,
is: Blaine, lI3, IlG; Cleveland, 49,
2il; Butler, 23,sGG; st. John, 10, 200.
For Governor, Robinson, los, O97; Endi-
colt, los .2GG; McCnIcrty, 23,552, See
lyc, S,2il; Robinson's plurality 4 1887.
Official returns from all the counties
in Florida but two (nnd these estiinatcd)
give Cleveland i,lii majority. The two
counties not heard from cast bu., 800
votes altogether.
The White Fine News says: "The re.
turns which have reached us from the
several precincts in this county, though
far from being complete, are sufficient
To indicate that the county has gone he
publican from forty to fifty majority on
both National aud State tickets. The
whole Republican county ticket il prol.