The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-07-19
GENERAL NEWS.

For some weeks past the steamers Of
the White Cross freight line have been
laid up 1t Antwerp. owing TO the poor
condition OF freights.
General Grant seems To be improving,
rs he rests well at night. and taxes
food without difficulty. His pulse is
strong. full. and regular.
Au absence OF four months on a sur
geon's certificate of disability, with per-
mission tn leave the United States, has
been granted Lieutenant Greedy.
Wesley Posey, the negro who caused
the Alabama riot ut birmingham, Ala,
died in Jail ut that place ola Tuesday.
lie was under sentence OF death. and
his last words were, Boys, | die nh in
nocent man"
4 nnchman named Malone reports
AN Indian raid in which fifteen Next
ans were killed. Monday night, forty
miles above Eagle Pass on the Rio
Grande. An officer with a small de-
laNNl vi HoOBa naS lLlLlCulitCll
sent to investigate.
Nearly all drivers of two-horse mail
wagons in New York City went on a
strike on Monday. thereby delaying the
mails several hours. Their places were
quickly filed, and the strikers threat
encd with arrest for delaying the mails.
Edward Withers, who held the po-
sition Of clerk at the Custom House Mt
Halifax for several years, shot his
daughter. aged Is, and then himself, at
his residence on Tuesday morning.
both are dead. WIthers for some time
past has not been considered Of sound
mind.
The deficit in the POstOnice Depart
ment for thu" quarter ended March 3lst
Is 81 Cos ,OOJ. During the correspond
ing time last year the deficit was $751;
OGO. Thus thu deficit for the March
quarter of the present year Is $3.50. 900
i'll excess of the deficit during the cor
responding year Of 1881.
The "Dolphin'' excitement remains
undated. and the New York sun char
grs collision between ex-SecTetary
Chandler and John Roach in drawing
the contract for building the vessel, and
adds that the investigation is shifted
from Roach To Chandler, and il n aurs-
ton which must be settled by n COM
mittee Of the Forty.ninth Congress.
An attempt to rob n pny.car Of the
Richmond & Danville railroad was
made ut Atlanta, Ga, on Tuesday
morning about 2 o'clock. The pny-
master and cook were the only occu.
pants Of the car, which was takcm some
distance from town before they we're
awakened. but they succeeded in fright
ening the robbers, who left after firing
several shots without effect.
A conference for tho protection Of
young girls was held In London on
Tuesday afternoon. Professor James
Stewart proposrd n vote Of thnnksto tho
proprietor md editor Of the Pail Mall
Gazette for tho assistance their work
has rendered to the cauGc Of Christian
morality. This proposal was unnni.
mously adopted, ~ was also n resolu.
ton urging Parliament 90 raise the "nge
Of consent from thirteen To- eighteen
years.
A change has been made in the man
nor Of purchasing silver lay the Treasury
Department for coinage into standard
dollars. Offers for the sale Of silver
for this purpose hereafter will he mndr
10 The Treasurer instead Of the Director |
Of the Mint. aud purchases will be made
Tuesday and Friday Of each week, in
stead Of Wednesday. The change IL
stated to bc for the purpose Of ~ollowing
the Director to give his undivided Mt
tcniion 10 the business Of the Mint.
The Mexican editors now nj New
York are very rotioent about pnblic nf-
fairs In Mexico, hut ngrcc that there In
nc truth in the report that she Ia desir-
Gus TO sell any portion Of her territory