The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-10
tFrOr. Saturday Daily.
nALMA0CNDI.

Hon. w. J.. Hanks came up from the
Bay last night ON his way home ut Wells.
Elko Lodge. No. X, 1. o. o. T., meet
in regular session at their hall to-
night.
WIN. Duncan Of the Is & o. road. aud
party, passed east in a special car, last
evening.
Zee Board Of County Commissioners
will bS i'll session on Monday next. File
your claims.
j, ID. Abel, who came down from the
Fort yesterday, departed for San Frau
cisco by the traiu this morning.
The Government contract for supply
ing Fort Halleck with flour, was yester-
cay awarded to James Davis. proprietor
vi the Eiko mills.
|. General Sheridan expects to leave
Washington ia II few days on an inspec-
ton tour OF the military ports OF the
West.
The boilers and machinery ut the
Grand Prize hoisting works are being
oNcrh"uled preparatory to starting up
SOME time this month.
The Central Pacific pay-car raised
West this morning, stopping just long
enough to dish out the stipend OF the
two employees Of the company retained
nj this place.
The Virginia Chronicle denies thut
Mr. Knapp or anybody else followed
Senator Fair about the streets Of Nirgi-
MIA City for the purpose Of ..hoOting him.
HALEY News Miner: Levi Ghcen. al.
though n cripple. is open to any propo-
sItion, from painting and decorating the
new hotel down to making miuce-meat
Of John l.. Sullivan.
Supt. &. W. Grover who has been
during the week visiting the schools in
the Northern part Of the county, return
cd home by stage last evening.
He Is much pleased with both the trip
and the people.
w. IL. Parker, II San Francisco printer
aged Is, while frolicking with others,
IA few days ago, accidentally ran against
the blade Of an open pocket knife in the
hands OF n companion. The blade EN-
tered his side, resulting in Park,r's
lcEth IA few hour, lnt.r
Major General Irwin Mcdowell has
been suffering for some time past form an
affection Of the principal digestive or
gans, wich prevents him from retaining
anything Oh his stomach. Physicians
hnvc given up all hopes Of his recovery,
aud death ~ expected to occur nt any
time. lie is delirious most Of the time.
A. J. Pullman, who wa over in Ruby
Valley the past three months en-
gagged in painting and paPering the resi-
dvncc Of Thomas Short aud others. re-
turned home last evening and will begin
active operations in town Monday morn.
ing.
Mr.. Pullman informs us that Eugene
Thompson, who for the past two years
has taught the Ruby school, has re-
signed the position aud is now engaged
in surveying land in the ~nrighburhood;
surveying being his regular profession.
Mr.. Thompson WIS u very competent
aud successful teacher, and it will be
found difficult to I'LL the place made va
cant by his withdrawal.
"Of all the liars on the face oil
the earth, We believe the Nevada news
paper liar is the most prodigious outside
of Missouri, says the st. Louis Dem
ocrnt, "Ind the newspaper men of that
State all seem to bc equally accomplish.
ed. They also place IA great deal Of
confidence in each other. One of them
will publish a wild imaginative ynrnand
every other paper in the State will re-
print 1t. After it has gone around the
entire c%irclr, ume other duircr will start
another fabulous tale. and in this man
ncr the pubic il constantly kept in a
state Of excitement.
About a year ago one Of these scnsa-
ZION orginntors related how u wonder
fIl illuminating shrub had been ,ii,-
covered in IL remote locality. This bush
would emit u Brilliant phosporrscrnt
light after dmk and could be seen for
mules around.
Some other fellow told Of an nppar-
emily buItomlcss cavern ia Lake Tahoe,
which WAS .cclipscd by thu subscqu mt
announcement that tue cavern proved
to- he the extended jaws Of u driunct
fish. Tie Carson Appeal viclimizcd II
great many East rn papers with the de
scriptlun ol u novel vehicle patented by
a Nevada mnu. This wagon was ~ con.
struCtcd that the horse travelled under
meath il and was thus protected from
the weather. Ia going down hill, the
wagon would pick the horse up and eur
~ him. Strange To say, the Eastern
papers hook right on and swallow the
yarn whole"
The Appeal thinks TINT The above
sounds like the work Of some cow
county Missouri journalist. who has
never had the luck to travel beyond the
moss-CnCrustCd precincts Of his own