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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-03-16
From Monday. D.ily.l
HALMAGUNDI.

DIR. Msigs has been ON flying trip to
WiunemBeea.
The Express from the East is reported
five beurs late.
A $4,000 fire occurred at Stockton,
California, early Saturday morning.
Judge Sabin presidcs at the opening
OF the United States District Court at
Carson, to-day.
The rate Of taxation in Lander county
for the present year is IS - on the 500
same as last year.
4 lot Of men have been indicted in
humboldt county for a too free use of
their branding irons
Sam Howry and WIN. Puryiance. both
well-known Jehus, are driving stage II
Of Wipnemucca on the Boise City road.
The Mapleson Opera troupe with
Madame Gerster, the lannon's prima DON
pa, passed through for San Francisco
ny special train Friday night. Patti did
pot ON West.
To Pusvent the spread Of foot aud
mouth diseaSe among cattle, which has
appeared III Kansas. it is proposed to
establish Il quareptine and to raise suf-
hcient funds 10 bay up all diseased cat
tie and kill them.
The first train through from Eureka
since last Tuesday was to arrive ut Pal
isadc this evening at 4.2O How the
Eureka papers Of the 9th got here SAtur-
day night is II mystery.
The bulk of reports now coming. with
regard 10 the CGar d Aiere country,
are to the effect that the mines are a
fraud and the excitement the result Of
false representations.
\ pronin nj flour grinder aud one Of
Rcno's leading physicians enjoyed an
auniirated discussion on Americans and
Socialists ending in blows. No damage
was done, howeve, says the Gazette.
Daniel McClain, who euticed W. S.
Sexton to his gate on the 9TH Of Febru-
AIRY 1879, and then shot him in the pres
ence Of his family, was hanged Saturday
ut Traders Hin Georgia.
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Mail Lettings.

Proposals will be received at the Con
tract Once Of the POstoficc Department
until . P. 81, Of May the 81. 1881. for
carrying the mails Of the United States
upon the routes, aud according to the
schedules Of arrival and departure spec
flied by the Department in the State Of
Nevada, from July LIST 1891, to June 30,
1856. Lists of rontrs, schedules Of mr.
rivals and departures, instructions to
bidders, with forms for contracts and
bonds and all other necessary informn-
ton, will be furnished upon application
to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
cral,
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Tho Catt.e

A dispatch Of the 9Th, from Emporin.
Kansas, says "a large number OF
prominent cattle dealers Held a public
meeting this evening, to take steps for
the suppression Of the cattle plague.
known as the foot and mouth disease.
which exists i'll IA mHligant form at
Ncosho Falls. Several large cattle own
ers returned from NcOsho Falls ycstrr-
day, and report IA bad state of affairs
existing. Resolutions were Adopted
urging the citizens Of the affected dis
tricts TO use all means in their power to
stamp ont the disease, and il is believed
this can he done. Hon. William Mar
iindH!", l. ) Every, Sheriff white and
William ID. Bird, who went u NeOsho
Falls, to examine into ia, prevalence Of
the disease, and consult ns to best means
Of cSterninatng II, returned yesterday.
These gentlemen state that they visited
three herds OF cattle. OF these cnttlc
Adopt 3Ss head are more or less af.
fectcd, and many hnve the disease in
n very Nirulet form. Some have their
feet Oft, aud the legs Of some have rottcd
of Us far up Ms the second joint. The
dcscasc is said to resemble and ito be-
communicated exactly like the smallpox.
III feet, there is no contagion among
horned cattle 50 easily spread.
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RESUMED HIS JOURNEY.

Samuel Deal, an officer in the employ
Of the railroad company arrived here
from Sacramento Saturday evening, and
J. J.. Brown. the madman who attacked
Len. Wines, on the train near here a
few days ago, with his family, started on
his way To Mnrysvilic in charge Of Mr..
Zeal, by the regular express tmin.
Brown appeared to hive recovered his
reason. aud since Wednesday last Ind
given no evidence Of insanity, being
quiet nnd rational and requiring 70 .rr-
%strjnt. In order, however, that there
SHOULD be 30 possibility Of danger to
passengers. through Browns dcmcptia,
the company sent the officer to nccom-
pnny him To- the end Of his japrncy.
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Supposed Poisoning.

a Cihnaman died suddenly at Stone
House, on the line OF the railroad in
Humboldt county, n couple Of days ngo
under circumstances suggestive Of foul
play. l.. J. Helms. agent for Sisson Il
Crockcr, informs W. that the deceased
was onc of n party Of Chinese whom
the railroad company wanted to 30 to
work at repairing the road, some Of
whom refused. The one now dead
agreed to nccept the terms offered, and IL
is suspected some his comrades, taking
oicusc Mt his opposition to their course
in the matter, have poisoned him.
The case will be investigated by the
legal authorities.
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DIED.
TuosPsos-In Carlin, March Is, 1884.
Serene Thompson, n native of Den
mark. aged about 80 years.
DIea at carlIn.

Serene Thompson, who for the past
three years has been employed on this
division as an engineer, died at his home
in Carlin, at 8 o'clock this morning. He
was n victim to that lingering disease
consumption and had but recently re-
turned from the hospital at Sacramento;
medical skill being powerless to stay the
disease which was fast fastening him to
the grave
The decreased was a native Of Den
mark, about thirty years Of age, and
leaves n wife and child at CarUn, TO
mourn bis untimely fate:
His remains will be buried Mt Carlin;
the funeral taking place tomorrow eve
ming.
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Hon. James McBuney. who has been
under treatment Of nm ~occuIist in San
Francisco, during the greater part of
the Winter, arrived home by the trim
last evening. His general health has
been much improved by his s~ojourn at
the Bay, and he is highly gratifed with
the result of the treatment Of his eyes,
which were in such an alarming condi-
ton when he lett here that an operation
was found to be n necessity and was
most skillfully performed by DIR. II. Fer
rcr, of No. 1G, Geary street, of whose
merits rs a thorough oculist and genial
gentleman, Mac speaks in terms of high
est praise. He says every possible con-
sidcnuon and attention was cheerfully
accorded him by the doctor, to which,
with the skAiful handling Of the case, he
ascribcs the fact that he has been saved
FROM total blindness.
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Saturdays advises from San Francis
80 are that the rain still continues. II
has rained more or less every day since
Monday, and almost necessarily during
the last thiriy-siS hours. The Signal
Service reports q heavy storm all over
the Coast. The reports here state that
the Southern Pacific track is again wash
cd out at Mojnvc, Rayonpn and other
points. General Manager Towue says
tonight that gangs Of men ore at work
in oil directions. BY Tuesday be hopes
to have the trains passing over the Mo.
jnvc bridge, thus rc.esinblishing commu-
nicatiOn cast via the Texas Pacific. The
road between Cotton and Yuma and east
thereof IN NIL right. Between Mojave
and Los Angeles II will probably require
q weeks work-with no rains. On tho
Central Pacific trains are again moving
to-day. The Maplcson Opera Troupc,
Which was b]lockndcd ut blue Creek,
arrived at Reno this morning, aud Is OK
pccted here tomorrow morning.
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InGI.nd's Demand for Beef.

Morton Freeman, of England, the
owner Of $4,000 cattle at the head of
Powder river, iii Montana, i'll n publish
ed letter, says the English Government
is introducing a bill for the purpose Of
making easy shipments Of feeders for
THAT ropntry hy way Of Canada and the
lakes. lie believes the Nulthcm Pacific
will have almost a monopoly of the wes-
tern carrying :rade and that Chicago, as
far ns Gun western shipments are con-
ccrned, is doomed. England, he says.
could take three million head OF cattI,
annually il the Western United States
could supply the beasts. The letter
created an excitement among the dressed
beef men.
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From Flid.y's Daily.
sALMAGUNDl.

q. II. Hale came in to-day from his
ranch in Huntington.
The passengers by stage this morning
for Tuscarora were G. Shafer, Simon
Harris, W. V. Everett.
Edward d. Payne, a brother of Sena.
tor II. d. Payne, of Ohio, died Of paral-
ysis, at Dayton, Wednesday.
The rain Of yesterday was succeeded
last night by snow and this morning the
ground had about n three inch coating
OF the "beautiful."
During the past month Bodie Con.
has shipped about 100000. During
the whole Of last year the entire ship
ment aggregated sag, 900.
EI-Postmaster-G General, James, and
eI-Attorney-Genera MGyeigh, testified
in regard to the star-route frauds. before
the Springer Committee, on Wednesday.
The friends Of Mrs. p. Mccall will be
sorry TO hear that she is seriously i'll.
We understand that u messenger was
sent here frgm The. ranch utter the Doc
tor. during the night.
George Penneton johnson, one Of he
pioneers Of California, and one of the.
most noted men in the State, died at his
residence in San Francisco at 10 O'Clock.
Tuesday evening, after Il lingering ill
ness.
Cunningham, Hawkins and Tex" are
the only occupants Of the County Jail at
present. They are all three, however.
awaiting the action of the Grand Jury.
which foreShadows business for the next
term OF Court.
M~echaricf' Pavilion vas packed with
people to 'Yitpcss the match between
Sullivan and Robinson Of San Francisco.
The latter stood up the specified four
rounds but lost 10y falling, in lodging a
blow in the fourth round
In the House "Wednesday, Lewis, from
the Committee on Public Lands. re-
ported a bill to repeal Section 22 of the
Act incorporating the Texas and Pacific
Railroad Company, and to declare a
forfeiture Of the land grant therein made
J. T. Brown, the gentleman from Ar
kansas, with whom Len. Wines became
intimately acquainted without the form
atty Of n society introduction, on the
cars, the other night, has now recover
ed his mental equilibrium, and with his
wife and children will continue his jour
.pey west 10y the train this evening. To
make dOubly sure, however,
the company will SEND n robust athlete
along, to see that he arrives ut his des-
,tinatIOn III safety.
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The Times-licyiew says: Joseph Nc
GoTan has recently struck a fine pros
pest in the Paymastor claim in u shaft
sunk about $50 feet south from the Nav.
10 hosting works. lie struck the ledge
about 30 feet from the surface, on which
he has run an incline ten feet. At that
depth the lode is fully four fee. in
width with q vein Of milling ore nearly
two fcctin thickness, which he thinks
will average from 800 to $500 per ion.
Specimens of the ore contain the very
unusual variety of native, wire and ruby
silver. with free gold all visible
to the naked eye. The ore vein has
widoncd uniformly from the shaft, and II
itincreascs proportionstely ten or fifteen
feet further, in will developc to the en-
tire width OF the ledge. 1t is certainly
n most favorable prospect at present.
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hHD q Squo~i.

Were We endowed with the morbidly
sensitive nature Of Dun- TT Porter. the
Virginia Enterprise would suffer instant
d'caPitPtion, for il gobblcd our half-col-
,mmn Lien wincs' item, withou, the
mos, remote n~llusion TO the IsnErES-
DENT. But the fibre Of the I~apErENDySr
organism is Of coarser texture than that
OF the Chicago DuiTcr, which renders IT
capable Of bearing such sights with
christian fortitudc, il not With absolute
serenity, supported ms IT is by faith-in
its capacity to keep even with it's big
cOtrmpomry i'm the "cabbnging" line.
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from Saturdays DaiIy.l
sALMA0UNDI.

Trains No. l and No. 9 are both -.
ported on time this evening.
Nothing is yet heard from either of the
h~pSGsrora stages, us we go to press.
The Humboldt river had risen but III.
we mere until to-day, when it began
rising rapidly.
Ciydesdale Stallion weighing 1900
pounds has recently been brought from
1T. Louis to Petaluma.
The Blood-horse association have is
sued their Spring progrnmme. The
races will open April 18th.
Indian Bob" sent from Humboldt
county to the State Prison, in 1882, for
three years for the crime of burglary.
died at the Prison Thursday.
The subjects for Divine service SUI
day March 9th, are as follows: Morn
ming: "The Beginning Of the GOSPEL"
Evening; "The Necessity Of Conycr-
sion"
Vim. Woodbnrn's house at Vagina
City had u narrow escape from desiruc-
ton, Thursday. After burning some
window curtain and cornicc, the lire vas
eXtinguished.
by the sudden Gazing Of IA shaft in the
Pre,tcns mines, Sonora, Thursday.
twenty miners were buried alive. None
OF the bodies had yet been recovered at
asst count
\ Sacramento dispatch states that the
prisoners III the Folsom Jail have be.
come sulIen and uneasy since learning
The decision Of the Supreme Court in the
Hnrtndo and Rutau Cases.
The repairs to the track to the east
ward of this place are now completed
and the gangs Of men sent out will be
returned this evening. The Salt Lake
division is now also in good running
order.
Amos Roach, Sho came from the
Adobe, today, was obliged to shovel a
track = great portion of the route down
the canyon, the last snow having drift
ed heavily. The roads are literally i'm
passablc.
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FRANK LESLiE'S SUNDAY MAG
AZiNE.

The April number has such nm album
dance of good things that our space will
not permit us 10 particulnrizc. The edi.
tor (Rcv. T. De Witt Talmngc) has mn
admirable article, practical Sympathy"
and i'll tkc Home Pulpit IL a crmon by
him, The Royal Exile Among the
deliberately illustrated articles are "a
Pilgrim in Yellowstone Park Johann
Wolfgang Won Gothic" by ID. l.. Hervey:
Easter Festivities ut st. PETERSBURG"
''Thc Founding Asylum of New York
City," and other articles ESSAYS.
Sketches. etc, 10y Alfcrton Hcrvcy.
Leigh Norval, Rev. J.. Rand, Mrs. A. L.
Alexander, Rev. j. +. Clay-NIoran, J.
Alexander Pattcn, etc. The serial and
short stories are 10y Helen W. Picrson.
l.. I. Meade, Joshcphjnc Il. Willioms.
etc. The poems are Of great merit. and
the miscellany is most comprehensive.
interesting and entertaining. Price, %
cents II single number. or $3.50 n year.
postpaid. MEs. FEASK LESLIE, Pub.
Usher So, 30 and 81 Park Place, New
York.
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From r~Aund.y'. Daily.
nALnAeUxDL

The MsIicanftreaty Was ratified by
the Senate. Tuesday. by a vote Of Al 70
%.
The Knights OF Pythiasb hold a
lar meeting at their Castle Hall this
evening.
The French mails have been subjected
to some heavy robberies during the past
few days.
The Times-Review reports Miss Bella,
daughter Of Z. S. Yates, attacked with
diptheria.
Frank Ridel is very much better to-
day, and wiil doubtless soon be able TO
get about again.
The Chinese OF San Francisco have
sent S45, 900 to the relief Of sufferers by
the late floods in China.
The Express train from the vest this
evening is reported on time; that from
the east is five hours late.
Sierrett aud Campbell, a couple of
Iowa school boys quarrelled, Tuesday,
when the former drew a pistol and shot
Campbell through the heart.
A twelve-year-old son of E. b. Turner,
Of st. Paul, Mimi, being reprored by
his mother, Tuesday morning, grab
bed Il pistol and shot himself dead.
Arrived by stage from Tuscarora Inst
evaning: C. o. Ergstrom and wife. De-
parted this morning: Mrs. S. ". Pit
cher and two children. Ma. NJ. Hensley:
j. Saloman and II. w. Brown.
Tom Ryan. who with Lee and Bowien
was indicted for horse stealing in Hum
boldt county, and was discharged from
lack of evidence to convict him, on the
night of his discharge is said to have
burglarized a t0use in Winnemucca.
Subjects for Divine Services Sunday,
March 18th: Morning-"why is God
Mindful of Man." Evening-"The
Great Missionary" A collection will be
taken on the close of the evening service,
for the "Home Missionary Society"
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From ra.sd.y'u Daily.l
8ALNAGrAEI.

Mrs. Fannie Cox departed for Galifor-
mia by the train Sunday night.
I. H.. DeLosse arrived here from San
Francisco by the train Last evening.
The emiSraIt train from the west
passed through at noon. ssain to-day.
IL. A. Henderson was the only passen-
ger by stage for T~uscarora this morning.
The new furnace being built by a
Chicago Company OF Pslisade, is APP
proaching completion. The Company is
working three claims at Schroeder dis
trict and getting some good ore
VIM. wore, u brother Of Pierce Yore.
who left here over n yea ago on a visit
to his parents at the old home in Iowa.
returned by the train last evening. He
xill probably remain in this section dur
ing the SEASON
Peter Burke, of Virginia City. who
some three years ago invented a sewer
husher. which he has since been irving
to sell, has, it is reported on good au-
thority, recently disposed of IA State
Right TO bis patept, in Illinois, for
500, 600.
The Ward Reflex Of February 2sth
which has just come to hand. contains
the following At the present time
There is not u pound OF -four in the
stores OF this place Those who have
failed 10 lay III n supply will have TO go
upon the rustic.
Our old-timc acquaintance, CORPORAL
Todd is III town to-day pleasant and
happy as usual. After perambulating
the Coast in search Of contentmcnt and
n desirable spot on which to locate, he
has again assumed his old position at
the block in CaIlin.
>. " LoTeti who was engaged in
fraGuring the peace apd dignity OF the
town Of Wells, by rude and boistcrous
coGdud, vas bound over as a guaranty
Of good behavior, and failing to furnish
the bonds required, was consigned to the
Elko bastilc where he now lnnguisheth.
A hog case has been ou trial ut Eurekn
about a week, and the end is not yet.
The costs bid fair to consume both liti-
giants root and branch. A fierce array
of counsel is engaged and batch
after batch of witnesses arc being
brought from the uttcrmost corpen Of
the county.
Frank Ridel was taken with cramps
about noon yesterday, and suffered Sc
vcrcly during the evcping. Vigorous
treatment brought him much relief last
night, however, and this morning, We
are glad to announce, he was resting
quite comfortably. Inflammation OF the
bowels was feared but that danger seems
now averted.
The foods in Pine valley daJing the
past week have carried away bridges.
submerged the railroad track in some
places and torn 1t away in others, but by
constant and well directed work the
route is now open again for travel, a
train from Eureka having arrived at
Palisade last evening bringing u large
amount Of delayed mail.
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President Grcys,a organ, LIE Paris,
contains a threatening note directed
against Comts de Paris. The note says
the Government is aware Ahat the Roy
alist party is engaging in the.active work
OF n propaganda against the Republic,
and that the Government has resolved
to adopt the most energetic measures
against the pretender uponthc day when
saloon talk passes into practical organi-
zation. The Comtc has gone for q six
months sojourn at Cannes, under a
private warning that his presence in
Paris was fostering Royaist intrigues.
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The report Of Superintendent Bishop
Of the Nevada Insane Asylum shoys
that a saving of $4,000 was effected
last year by the State in the care Of its
insane at home. instead Of farming the
job out to California. Bu, IL the cost of
the maintcpapcc OF the State Asylum.
instead Of s2O,oo0 less than under the
former system, was folly equal. the
change would still be On advantageous
II in many respects. That the heavy
balance mentioned is In favor OF tho
asylum, is 30 much more q matter OF
congratulation.
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By glance at the bylaws OF the
Stock Growers Organization which were
published in the INDEPENDENT "A couple
Of days ago, the object OF the Association
will be cl,arly understood. In union
there is strength, and combination in
any interest is an important element of
safety and success. There is perhaps
no industry in the country to which
unity and consent Of action on the part
OF those pursuing it, will prove so ad-
vantagcous rs to that of stock raising.
The necessarily exposed and unprotected
condition Of stock on the ranges subject
its owners to heavy losses by theft, and
every person engaged in the business in
this section will certainly further his
own interest by uniting with the associa-
ton already formed, thus 10y his coun-
tcnancc and contributions, assisting its
efficiency for the common good.
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IT is said that arrangements whereby
there will be mnch reduction Of the eI,
penses Of travel to Tahoe. Independence
and Bonner lakes viii be put into effect
th coming Spring. These resorts are
coming into such poprdaf taror TINT the
movement appears to be q natural and
a proper ne. The Central Pacific Rail.
road is said to have in consideration Q
reduced tariff that @ in effect will be
the means of inducing a great increase
of travel to the. Summer resorts Of the
Sierras-
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At the moment Of the explosion nj the
Victoria depot, London, while the ami
mails belonging 10 Sangcr's mcnngcric
were being removed from the train NJ
the depot Of the town in Vent, two elc.
plants became alarmed at tue whistling
Of tho engine, broke loose aud rushed
wildly through the streets, breaking
through tho massive gates Of the depot,
attacking three persons. two Of whom
were seriously injured. They finally
entered n culdcsnc and made their way
into n house tho flooring OF which gave
way md the Nuimpls we're prcCipi,ntod
into the cellar. from Which, after M
hours work. they we're drawn up by
other elephants. There was the widest
excitement on the strocts.
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NEVADA LIVE sIock ASsuoLnsS
NOTICE.

TNhsrs Will DO ssps7isi mtsGnz OF The q
i e%eutiive o,mmiioe Of the NEVADA Liva
sTook ASSOCIATION held At Rho. on the arst
Monday In April All members OF the Com,
mitiee are requested 70 attend. The Commit
tee would be pleased 70 have all msmber Of
tho Association present and especially tbs
stocf sen throughout Eastern Neyads, q
matters Of vital impof. sncetto stock grower,
generally will be considered on that occasion.
We hope NIL mcn who are 90 interested and
do not leloag 10 tho Association will ~
tend ibi. mceiing and enroll their names ~
members. By order Of y, y. cauroHRs.
Chairman.
y d. svsETAEn, seste,sr1.