The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-24
From Tu saay's DAily.l
AALNAGUNDI.

J. IL. weiland. Mrs. Il. IL. Eggles;on.
Miss Litton.
Warner & Co. forwarded to-day fol
TuscHron by fast freight, 5000 pound.
Of general merchandise.
BY order OF the Postofice Depart.
ment the star route service is to be dis
continued after june Both between Ce.
darville and Reno.
DIR. Lewis Terry, formerly of this
place, has removed from Butte City u
Anaconda, Montana, where lie is prac-
ticing his profession.
The Reese River Reville was TWEEN y.
two years old Satu rday. II has always
been conducted with ability and energy
and deserves to live and receive u liber-
al support.
w. 5. BootEe aud wife, of Chicago,
passed through on their way home from
San Francisco. last evening. Mr.. Boothe
Is a brother Of George BoOthe, "a former
w~ell-kuown railroad man OH the Hum.
5Oldt division Of the Central Pacific.
Nevada wheat and potatoes took the
first prize at the New Orleans EAposi.
ton. Mr.. Sunderland, who recently It,
turned Ia Reno from a visit to the Ex-
position. says, hat men were willing TO
pay ~ apiece Tor the potatoes for seed.
Warden Bell, Of the State Prison, has
issued hi, monthly report for April. The
number of prisoners on .Apnl 5. Was III
received during April, .; total, III.
Number Of prisoners discharged Ill
April, ); leaving III prison April 80, Iii,
. II vi whom are United States prIsou-
ers. The expenses for April amount, /
to S3,iSs 81.
There is no less than 5000 white
opium smokers in San Francisco to-
day, " remarked II well informed police
officer TO Il reporter of the Chronicle re-
In hat number" he cOutin-
u,d, ''urr included m,n and women
from forty years Of age down to boys
and girls Of Is years. The terrible vice
is on the Increase"
Following Is IA list of Nevada war
now before the Cummi ],,!oEers at
Washington: Lizzie J. Donnel, SIJ,-
GSU; John q. \. Moore, sl.jOO; J. II.
Cole, $500; Isaac +. Lcbn. $500; John
+. Little, $500 II. Z. Phillips. $500;
John Ruricr, $500; Louis u. Epstein,
SiSl; J.F Holiday, S23l Rubcr; Lyon,
-, 600, \. q. Turncr, Si,U1j; heirs Of
Samuel Turner, SO; +. L, nrnd, $4,000,
Seymour PiNlcy, Sij5; total, SJJ, l7S.
4 Yale, Is. c., di-pttch Of the 10th
says: The regular mail and pI>scu -
train on the way down this morning. al
1 o'clock, welt through "a irc,tl" s.Nty
feet in hight. The locomotive and all
the cars Except the passenger coaches
went into the gully, totally wr,ckiug
them, anil killing fireman Stanton aud
brakeman rcclc Instantly. EXPr ~ agent
Costcrton and mail clerk Armstrong;
were slightly injured. The cause Of the
accident was the late rains, which caused
the river t. rise. washing away two large
bent, in the tIrstlc.
The PuciHt Mail Company is said to
be Disguised with the contention over
the distribution of the subsidy voted by
the last Congress. When the 800, 900
WAS voted, there was no expectation that
sundTy other claimants would APP ear, or
that the President would be puzzled, as
hc j. now snil to Toe, how to carry out
the law within the meaning Of Congress.
The Alexander line, the Ward In and
the Atlas line are, or may br, mail
steamers within the meaning u the Act,
and they nov have agents at Washing.
ton to iusis; upon their sharing the
money.
This morning, at 3 O'Clock, says the
Rcyciilc OF the 10th. James Sullivan
brcathcd his last at his residence in Up
per Austin. Mr.. Sullivan had BEEN
IA resident Of this place since 1868,
and had for many years been employed
in the Manhattan Mill. He has been i'll
poor health for some time, though his
last illness was only Of u few days ;ur.
alton. Tomorrow the Pioneers will
gather once nor to follow u commdc
down TO his last resting pincc and tn V
will then close up tie ranks and before
long will assemble again and again I,
lay away still others. One 10y one thu
old. timer nrr falling 10y tn way, aud
there is non to take their places.
The Genoa Courier Of Saturday says.
News from Red Canyon District ron.
tinucs OF the most encouraging charlr.
ter. Mcssrs. Bradley and Winnie u few
days since brought in from that section
a specimen weighing several pounds,
That literally glittcrcd with the precious
metal. Alex Morrison hns II quantity
Of rich rock. tnkcn from his claim in The
same ncighhorhood. in which the gold
is easily discovered with the naked Eye.
Mcknight has struck another
pocket, winch is reported to exceed any.
thing in richness and extent heretofore
found in that locality, Altogether the
prospects bid fnir for Il regular mining