The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-06-07
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mucca this morning to attend the meet
ing Of the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge.
W.. II. Rank. Agent Of the d. & z. G.
road at Ogden is in town to-day. He
will proceed to San Francisco in the
morning.
Frank Glenn and wife, who have been
visiting Mrs. Glenn's parents here dur
ing the past month departed this morn
lug for their home in Colusa.
q. II. Stoddard and wife went down
this morning ON "A two weeks visi, to
their old home in Oakland. b. +.
Coons, Of San Francisco, is acting agent
for the Railroad Company during Stod.
dard's absence.
Superintendent d. w. Rhodes, Of the
division Of ~pos'ofice supplies was re-
moved by the Postmaster eneral, and
Morello Noyes, OF Burlington, VT, was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Prof. Max Muller makes u calculation
showing that in ths next two centuries
there will be two million Of English
speaking people in the world against
l51, 4Sn,0 900 French and sos, 2S6, 900
Germans.
A current cable dispatch says the
Latin Monetary Commission did not
consider the proposition OF Americn to
suspend the coinage of silver. Who
made any such suggestion for America
Is it not time for Congress to iuvesti-
gate this whole silver scandal?
Mrs. Preston Smith, wife of a promi-
nent capitalist Of Portland, Oregon, was
instantly killed in her bedroom Sunday
morning, while seated in IL chair nurs-
ing her babe, by the accidental discharge
Of II pistol which the chamber-maid was
carrying from the bed to "a place on the
mantle. The husband had left his re-
volver under the pillow when he left
home a few minutes before.
Mrs. j. W. VIM, IA widow, and three
OF her children. and Mrs. Tony Stefano,
wife of al Italian musician, were
drowned of Zeje's Island, about twenty
five miles below Wilmington, Monday.
The children were wading in the water,
and getting beyond their depth, Mrs.
Wlun and Mrs. Stefano went to their
rescue, when all were drowned.
White Pine News. J.. b. williamson
Is now shipping OLE first-class ore from
the Exchequcr mine to Salt Lake, aud
will continue to ship as fast AS return
teams can be had to the railroad. The
second-Class ore he is retaining at the
mine. A shipment made from this mine
last winter to Salt Lake Melted IL good
profit after paying all expenses.
The gold and silver craze OIL the north
shore OF Lake Superior, which n few
moths ago set the Western speculative
world 10y the ears, has just been revived.
The whole number of acres taken up is
about $4,000 Two hundreds thousand
dollars has been spent in buying lands,
exploring and ~ussaying. TIE excitement
bids fair to increase.
Instead Of having lights streaming
from the diadem Of the Bartholdi figure.
as WAS Mt first proposed it is now pro-
posed to have electric lights placed.
with strong Ictiectors, around The foot Of
the 1t tue, cnsting II very strong light
upon it, and thus giving it the appear
ance dnring the night of u shining sta
tue. THEN Il vertical stream of light
will spring from the up!i!ted torch,
whose light, it is calculated, will strike
the lower stratum OF clouds when they
are over it, enabling the reflection upon
them to be seen far out at sen.