The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-11-08
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AOou VI OuiuOu 10 the oelDy smelling
Works Ut San Francisco.
Elko Lodge No. 15. f. < A. NJ, will
hold n regular communication ut their
hall ut 8 O'Clock this evening.
On Friday last nm Indian was run
over and fatally injured by a train near
Mill City, Humboldt County.
A couple more white babies have been
discovered in and rescued from the Chi.
nese quarters in San Francisco.
EI-Surveyor General Z. S. Davis, is
reported quite sick at his home in Oak.
land. He is a sufferer from Asthma,
also.
The Elko Cornet Band will give a
Grand Bali ON the evening of Thanks
giving day. See ''ad." in another col
umn.
Jacob Dreyfuss, an old-timc citizen OF
Austin, passed through here ON his way
to visit relatives in the East, where he
will pass the Winter.
Warren NJ. Angel. formerly of Wells,
now in business at Jasper, aud Miss
Ruth III Wisrmun, daughter of Isaac
wiseman, Of Clover Valley. were mar
ried October 20, 1885.
Billy Borphy. who some months aco
was dragged by II belt through the shaft
ins of Douglass mill. aud m~ir.culously
escaped instant death, is again able to
be around attending 10 his duties.
Mrs. Governor Adams accompanied
her husband as far as Humboldt House,
on the Central Pacific Railroad, where
she Will Remain until he returns from
his cattle ranges i'll White Pine county.
TIE OF taxes received ut the
Trc"surer's Office for the present Year
to date i, oa!y .i,su; $1,000. At the
expiration OF two muIe weeks all un-
paid taxes vii! then become delinquent.
A grand ball was given in the Odd
Fellows Hail over Tom Jewell's store u;
Palisade Friday might. ut which there
was q large attendance o! the people OF
that settlement and the surrounding
count Y.
\ san Francisco mining expert who
has been inspecting the Hawthorne
mines and others along the Carson and
Colorado road, told "a Carson Tribune
reporter that he expects 70 heur Of "A tire.
mendous boom in that section within
the next sixty days.
Silver Enthusiastically a young eni,
grant named Alison, who had IA. ticket
for Kansas, was taken il as the train
was leaving the depot. 4 sncak.thici
asked him to change IL twenty-doliRy
piece, and he took uu. his purse. which
lac says contained So. The thief, h,
alleges, snatGhed The pu.ac out Of hi.
hand md ja:nped OH the train. viii b
was running pretty lively "a. tie tins,
and made his cscnpe.
Private Washington adv;ces represen
TINT the effort 10 coasoliilte the Crutr.,
American republics iu:" one strong fcl
Grafton, has not been abandoned. SEC
retpry BIynrI has bcca approached {,
tender the Goud offices al the Unite,
States to the SPanish-Amcr.cau Repub
lie to hc formed. The dominion o
Spain over Cabs is AN obstacle To tn
plan.
An intimate personal friend OF ia
President. who talked with hrm on Tia
suhjcc; sTys lac is experiencing niue.
difficulty in hiS efforts t. rcorsauizu tn
Civil Service Commission. lie is aim
ing to secure !ur that service, three me
who are we'll known To the country an
whose names would he received as a.
earnest Of Of his purpose to give such
character To the Commission as to Civ
confidence to the friends OF the nov,
mcnt that he regards the reform in I'll
civil service as one Of the most iinpoI
tnnt features of his administration.