The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-03
IFrOm tuesdays Daily.l
HALMAGUNDI.
A refreshing shower this afternoon;

n IeitesLinS ShoNer IhlS hiteTnOOnS
Hugh Martin and son arrived yester-
day evening from Bruneau.
An epidemic resembling typhoid fever
is raging in Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
There are upwards Of six hundred cases
and fifteen deaths occurred Saturday and
thirteen Friday.
Senator Fair says Mr.. Cleaveland's
course thus far has given the greatest
satisfaction throughout the whole coun-
try to men of ali parties, already pro-
duciug good fruits, as shown by the re-
cent Democrat" victory in Michigan,
aud in scores Of municipal elections in
other States.
There is nothing SURF rising in the news
which comes from Virginia, that Ma
homes powers hopelcssly broken. From
first to last it rested upon patronage.
So long as the national Administration
put all the offices for the State ut Ma
homes disposal, he was able to keep his
party together and be IA formidable boss;
but like all other boss-ships ever set nv,
his crumbles the moment the patronage
is removed.
Those who may meet Frank Hough,
Since his return from the valley last
evening, will not fail to observe that his
hugle is fearfully peeled aud its accus-
toned symmetry thereby much disfgrUed.
In order to save our young frie:,d the
exhaustion Of answering "A ciiechisIn of
questions, We Tow give due notice t. all.
that the serious abrasion was not the re-
suit Of any personal encounter, but was
the r suit Of AN accident While ia the
pursuit %. happiness nul q hrOncDc colt.
Whit lin. News: There must be
something radically wrong in the curse
OF training pursued in our public
schools. Ia the past six weeks, Ne have
taken several boys, b5twecn the ages o.
IL AMI IA, to learn TO ''stick type"
The its; knew SO little of the first rUdi
mcnts of an English education that We
gave it up as Il bad job, not caring to
turn orr Office iuto un infant school.
lie cou.d not srri!'u wpId oi one sy!a-
BIZ, and had never hard OF such IL
thing ~ Uu interrogation point. IL spell
ling, we founi them MI deficient, which
shows plainly that ,his first, and most
importHut 81 ali bn,nchvs, i sadly neg
lectcd in our puhiic schools. 4 boy o:
ordinary c~aiacii: c.n gain more solid
knowledge Of a common English educn-
ton in a. print shop in L year than is
acquired in the public scho"ls in iiy,
years. At least, :his Is the expert nee
We have had with half IL duz Il youths
i'll the pas, six years.
c. L. Loosr, one OF the nominees for
Sheriff Mt the late election, WAS shot and
seriously wounded Wednesday, at Bod.
by Pat. Curtis. NGtclnun nj the Al.
dendh mine. Loose ami n man named
Farrell We're walking upon the dump
and were ordered oil 10y CARTS, who,
without psoyocation, discharged the
contents If "a shotgun into the body OF
Loose.
Governor Ireland, OF T,1ns, has We.
iocd the land bill passed by the last
Legislature. The Governor finds tlc
hill has two distinct objects. thus VIC.
lating the Site Constitution. lie points
ont the Objectionable provisions in scv,
crni sections, and adds: "By no &C; OF
mine will | ever sanction the acquisition
Of these large tracts Of land by one
Management"
Postmaster Bailey. Of Camden. New
Jersey, has been suspended b he
had admitted thnt he purchased tyu
pianos ana about 81, 900 worth III mrr.
chaudisc, and paid Tor them in postage
stamps. The effect Was 10 increase lis
apparent sales Of stamps, and consc-
qrcntty his srliIy, q p%rac'ic" which the
President drd not regard rs good policy.
Bishop Hiram b. Ciawson was ar
rested Friday at Salt Lake on "a Cum-
m~iSsiomCr's warrant, charging him with
unlawful cuhnbitaIion Ills bonds were