The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-08-09
GENERAL NEWS.

prise.
At aboHt Q o'clock Tuesday night.
two masked men robbed the store 20.
Judges X Gallagher, at Arco. abont six
ty miles rom Black:ooi. Ilaho, ard then
lying in ambush FOR the stage. sho; the
driver, L. II. wAshburne, SIX tim S.
ani robbed the IT nsury box. Only one
passenger was Ola "a cvAch and he was
uuiujured.
The New York Telegram SAYS: Some
idea Of .he Labor demon STATION to be
made on the Laborrrs' holiday on Sep
tsmber eth. next, may Je had from the
report O: t!:e organizers of the grand
parade to the effect that $1,000 men will
be in line, besides 1000 young women
and youths, who will take part in the
devices. interspersei throughout the
grand column. Suffers, Harlem River
Park, has been chosen rs the reudcz-
ous OF The festivities at tn close Of the
march Though the principal streets OF
the city.
The rate of postage on Letters sent
from the United States to Australia and
New Zealand, via England. BIindisi
and the SueZ Canal, has been reduced
t:ola II I" ~ cents. making it uniform
with the rates via San Francisco.
The examining board OF five members
at the Mare Island Navy Yard. appoint
ed to examine the applicants for fore
manShips. has made its rcport to the
Secretary OF the Navy. Tnerc we're
about 100 applicants Tor positions and
only twelve vacancies. Only those
whom the board recommends will BE-
given positions.
4 terrible wind and rnin storm, ac-
compauicd by lightning, ragged III Min
neSota Wednesday. AT 3 O'clock all the
Telegraph wires between Milwaukee and
Chicago ceased 20 work. SO that the
damage aud the extent o! III. storm is
not known.
Hon. q. Ii. Stewart, died at Mouigom- |
cry, Texas. Tuesday, aged 81, aud was
buried with Masonic hpaurs. Deceased
was one of the two surviving sisnerS OF
the declaration Of Texas independence.
lie held many important positions under
the Republic nf Texas aud afterwards
under the State.
Sarah Aithca Hill. Sharon proposes to
lecture on the subjrci of the recent de.
cisions Of the California Supreme Court. !
She assigns ns u reason for this move
that she has no more available means to
Prosecute ler suit against Sharon. md |
hopes to rep.enIsh her c2chrIuer in this ,
why.
The police say that all the thieves.
pick-p"ck"ts aud burglars in the couu-
try ARE moving on New York. with tue
anticipation OF plying their ,radc with
surce's at the tIme OF Grants funeral.
The police Intend to formally instruct
hou'thp.de.at t. take all yo she prccau-
iions. and their intention i, tn arrest all
local md visiting crooS1 tuey can Law
their hands on in time to pIeyeu; their
doing mischief.
A Chicago dispatch Of August Is,
says; At Chutenham Beach, to-day,
w. l.. Smith aud A. L. Talbot, ascend
ed IN two btll"Gs for u race IN mid air.
When n height OF twelve hundred feet
md been reached the machines col
lnpsed. Talbot came down with his
wreck comparatively uninjured. but
smith fell the whole distance, strikin.
some telegraph wires before reaching
the earth. He still lives, but will die.
The San Francisco Post says; viii
liHm Center, director Of the Oceanic
Steamship Company, owned by J. ID.
SprcckIrS & TO-, left on the steamer
"Aus;ralin" for New Hralanl to confer
with the Colonial Gov. rnmcn. regarding
the establishment of II line Of steam.
ships between San Francisco mud New
Zealand in place Of tho Pacific Mail.
The difficulty between the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and the
Washington Postal authorities culmi.
mated Saturday by M absolute refusal
on the part OF the company to
carry the mails to Central
Am riran and Southern American ports.
In obedience to q telegram from Post
mns;cr-Gcncral Was. the Pustm ,stcr Of
SAa Francisco undertook - send the
mail rs luggage with an agent. but
when the company nsccrtuimed whit the
bugs contained they refused to take il.
ana II WAS sent overland Ia New York
and New Orleans. whence it will be
distributed To- its various destinations
Many persons will experience n sense
OF relief when rending IL New York dis
patch of July 3lst. which says; Stan.
ley Huntley, q popular journalist and
author OF the "SPoopendykc Papers"
died last night. His residence wns in
Foriy-ffth street.