The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-03-29
from Wednesdays Daily
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Senator Briggs, OF White Pine Is laid
up with n severe attack Of iniammatory
rheumatism.
A car of wood arrived from Wells to-
day for j. Adams, aud four ears Of rail-
road ties for the q. p. Company.
A. p. Mathews, the well-known agent
for san Francisco liquor houses. ar
rived by the train last night and re-
manned i'll town to dny.
Warner d Co. to-day loaded Grooln's
teams with l,4i5 pounds of merehan-
disc for Peltier y Co.; also u lot vi lum-
Der and piekets Tor Il. w. Brown at
TuscaIUra. r
C.. McMaster Of Tuscarora came down
by stage Last evening aud this incoming
went by train to San Francisco. He
goes to purchase new stock for his store
Oh the Upper Level.
w. L. Smith to-day received two car.
loads Of Observation-Disclosures from the
Eas: and one from the Misunderstanding
Of groceries, hardware. paints, etc, etc.
for the general ~repf7nashing of his big
stock. Now is the time to make pur-
chases cheap for cash Call and exam
Inc the new stock. %,
a Sal; Lake dispatch says the next
Mormon conference, which is to be held
at the town of Logan in May, will have
the subject Of polygumy under review,
and 1t is confidently predicted that IA
proclamation will then aud there be is
sued. "suSpeuding the operation of the
divine law of polygamy. and directing
the people to quit entering into it,"
\ letter received at this office this
morning from John W. Williams, mt Red
Bluff, Montana, states that stock gem
orally i'll that section look well and are
i'll fine condition for the season Of the
year. Horses particularly have lone
spleniidly. John says he will finish
blowing in II few days. He says Frank
Hughes is at Miles City in robust health
his "voirdupoiSe being now 1875.
4 Mrs. lynn, Of Downievi;le, CAL, who
was on her return home from the East
by the train last evening became insane
while enroute, requiring yig;lant watch
ing. Dir. Meigs WAS notified of the fact
10y telegraph, and after ali examination
OF the Lady concluded it would be safe
to permit h.r To continue the Journey
West, with III attendant II take care OF
her. She was not disposed to violence
but WAS qnite irresponsible for her nc
tiOus.
The boys extract lots Of fun from the
game OF football which has come to us
with the opening sprins.time. An am
Billions youth last evening made such IA
vicious kick ut the rubber sphere that
both his props flew out, suddenly seat
lug him on the hard unyirldmg earth.
aud shortening ms spinal column about
an inch and a hall. The particular spo,
! on which he sat is still there and to AL
) appearances totally unimparcd.
+. NJ. Hufaker, writing TO the Enter,
, prise from Washington, makes the fol,
lowing complimentary mention of ouI
, Democratic Senator and Congressman
O.. W. Cassidy will remain here some
weeks winding up his affairs, coming
ont perhaps a Railroad Commissioner
1t will bc a long time bc!ors Nevada will
have II more efficient Representative,
l than George has been.
I
Senator Fair i hard at work on tn,
matters l;nding before tn Senate cx;r.
l session. He is one OF tn most nirtho,
dlcai and business Senators of the body.
and does u vast amount of Legislative
] work IN the run Of II session that many
iiNsy members could never get int,
shape.
Eu7'"i sentinel: William Davis, whc
for many yvaTs held tb" position of shift
? boss at the lichrnoHd mine, aud snbsc.
Z qucntiy WIS in the employ Of the Albion
Company. hrd his npSr Hmputated in
Snn Francisco last week. Mr.. Davi,
hnd been troubled with II cancer fol
: many years. IL cNtcwdtd to his nose
and thit member had to b" parted will
IN order to save ;hc sufferers life.
While Mis-. jerry Ahrru md her It'll,
one were out riding Yesterday Afternoon
in an open buggy, the horse took frighO
AMI ram away. The chiil became 81
frightened it went into IL spnsnm, AM
between 1t and the horse the lady i'm,
all she could attend 10 log q few mo.
, mrnis. She finally stopped the animal
and Tie little one was soon rcsusitot,d
, The resolution for the appointment OF
IN Alaskan Committee was laid bcfor,
l the Senate aud Mnndcrson moved il,
reference to the Committee on 'Territor.
les. a debate arose, during which Van
Wyck attacked the South American
Commission in n vigorous style. II,
said the first thing they did was tn 90 tc
San Francisco, then To- New Mexico AND
then to the New Orleans. Exposition
Each member was provided With 81. 5OG
for his expenses. The commission con.
sisted of two men and II boy. for IL.
chairman remained in Olbany. The
first thing these two men ana a boy did
was to hire II palace car Mt S3j per dny.
for which the total was al Az