The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-03-22
GENERAL NEws.

General Ewart has arrived, mud work
Of the Suakirn- Bsrber rod has begun.
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
Fairfield has assumed the duties OF tie
Office.
An Arabian paper reports that 5000
men in Ahyssiria are l,i1G prepared for
III advance on KhGrtouM.
keyolutionis:s attacked the city Of
Paurnn, Moaday. and q: l.-t account
o SrsE light WAS being wsgcl,
The rresiIyI.. HIS nominated J. 5.
Miller, Of West yirgini,. foc Comrnis-
sioner OF Internal Revenue.
1t IS low stated Governor Moody Of
Oregon viii appoint c. W. Lewis, Of
Portland, - L vacant L. >. Senator
ship from thGt State.
President C!eveiand's PROCLAMATION
resp. ting the Oklahoma lands has had
the effect Of retaining the wouli-bc in
vaders At their homes.
The city 0. Dublin BIAS rejected the
proposition to tender the Prince Of
Wales IN address Of welcome at his in
tended visi; next month.
II is u~ndez5tood That e = Reprcscutr-
tive Post, O! Pennsylvania, will be re-
commended 10y Secretary Lamar for the
Assistant seeretlIysLip Of ia, Interior.
Reports hive been received at Cal
cu;in that an actual collision between the
Russians and Aighuus has occurred.
The government j. very redcent con-
corning frontier news.
Tie Nevada Wool Growers Associn-
ton met nj Reno Monday, and reelected
:. c. Hall, President; II. Frazier, Vice
President; i. 5. Flanagan, Secretary.
and ii. Nugent, Treasurer.
E~epudiator Mahoue has Just been re-
pudiaicd by the new Administration.
Commander Evans, Lighthouse In
Specior, who wns dismissed at the in
stance of Malone, has been :, instuted.
The fight FOR the Commisaioncrshir Of
the Gcncmi Land Office has chou, iiar.
roTcd down t0 ex-senator Slater of Ore
Gon, ,1-Rcprcscuta;ive Sparks OF Iiin.
"is aud SurYcyor-Gcuern Wiley Of Cal.
i%.ornia.
Captain Bush Of San Francisco claims
TINT hr mow leads all other applicants
for the position Of Pension Agent. Of Cal
i%iornil. lie regards Cox, tine present
P,n,ion Agent. rs one Of the offensive
p]artisanf included as ono Of those who
are TO 60 in Clcvclaud's letter.
The statement is published that d. T..
Mccarthy learned through q private dis.
patch from Washington that J.. u. RYAN
Of Virginia City had been appointed
superintendent of the Carson Mint. Mr..
Ryan informed the Virginia Chronicle.
howe'gT. that he Lad heard nothing yet
10 that effect.
There nrc quite II number Of beef cat
tie feeding III Paradise valley yet. A..
q. Mitchuin has go; Walsh O'NeaI
about 500: William Stock lT5: Ed Lying
90; james Farrell 10 and NJ. Kochcrs-
pcrgcr, 800 head. Cattle are lower than
for some time past. and owners Of fat
bcoYes are not disposed to sell at pres
ent prices
In the Commons Monday, Gladstone
Ill answer to questions regarding tho
liusian-Afghm frontier difficulty, said
the only Foundation hc had for the nu-
noupcctnuni that au amiCablc agreement
had been arrived ut wns the promise
wired by De GieB, Russian Minister Of
foreign uGirs, from ~. Petersburg.
March 9th.
A mail train Of the Texas Paciic
road fell through u bridge near Airing.
ton, Tcxas, Sunday. The Fort Worth
strikers visited Che scene, went man.
fully TO work anl cleared the wreck.
The Grtmsn, ). O.. Hobeck, jumped
from The tender and wnu carried under
and killed The engineer, =. Roach.
is badly injured. Hngg,gc.mastcr
WoOlmT aud mail agcn. Stewart warU
Wounded, but not seriously.