The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-04-12
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The Knights Of Pythias hold irregular
meeting at their new hall tonight.
Norcross is quoted at sle and Saw
age at SC. We hope there is some
thing to justify these iguies.
The New York Legislature has passed
an Act requiring the Western Union
Company to put their wires under
ground in the city. The President of
the company openly declares that they
will not comply with the law. Tue
question now is, which is the stronger,
the Legislature or. the Telegraph com
pany?
While attempting to speak at a politi.
cal meeting in a quarter Of Chicago
known rs Little HE'LL" Monday, ex-
Congressman j.. +. Finperty and others:
were assailed by the mob and pelted
with decayed eggs. The demonstration
was accepted ns a hint that neither the
speakers nor their oratory WIS wanted
in that particular locality. ans tAar7 &
Attached to the cast-bound Express
train last night was Tour special. cars,
having on board the following officers OF
the @. p. road: j. A: Fillmore, Col.
Fred Croker, w. G. Curtis. L. F. Ger
aid and Clark Crockcr. e '.Ha-
The o. II. IL n, special car eontsfaed.
Brayton Ives OF hat road and parfy'of
six persons. The c. p. special with the.
above named officials will probably pass
west from Ogden on Sunday : ~
General Stone, engineer OF the Bar
tholdi statue base, says the work will be
renewed ut once. Alarge force OF labor
ers is being employed, which looks as
though assurance had come to the COM
mittee of means being provided. The
Word promises to hand in a check for
$4,000 in II few days. and says if there
Is no further interruption of the work
every stone will be laid by June, and by
July 18th the statue. will be in its posi-
ton.
L. NJ. Crane, Of Carlin, formerly n
jeweler of this place, received a severe
stroke OF paralysis at his home in the
above mentioned place, Tuesday. Mr..
Crane was n soldier in the late war and
his present trouble is said to be the re-
suit of injuries received while in the
Federal service. We understand that
his application for IA pension is now be-
fore the Department.
Salt Lake Tribune: Mr.. Jack Sea.
gers, settler ut Fort Douglus, is exhibit
ing some very tine looking gold quartz,
showing spccks of free gold, which he
claims to have found ON the military
reservation. The specimensarc portions
of II large boulder which had been car
ried down from the mountiins, and
although lie has had two men prospect.
ing for the ledge the past ten days. they
have been unable to find it. A quartz
ledge has been found, however, which
resembles the boulder bearing the gold.
The portable shop of the CeP, arpen
ters Is now here, and the. men are to-day
engaged in cutting fourteen inches from
the entire front Of the elevated platform
facing the side track, at the company.
freight houses. In accordance with M
order Of the company, similar work il
to be done on all the platforms on tn,
line of the route. The object OF thes,
changes is said to be to prevent accident.
toTassengers and others by providin.
sufficient space between the platform
and the track for persons to stand with
out danger, while a train is passing.
Martin Roach, John Hicks and q
scandinavian started out a week age
last Sunday on n prospecting tour he
tween Yuma, Arizona, and Picacho
Late on Tuesday night Roach and hi.
partner reached Yuma nearly famishrt
for water, aud reported Hicks as unabl,
to keep up with them. 4 party WAS al
once organized to SearCh for him, nnd
wednesday afternoon they found hi,
body about twenty yards from water
with his blankets near him. 8. Roucl
would have ~spccumhcd too, bad il no.
been for tn vigorous efforts of his part.
ner. Hicks was Il .%ell.known pros
pcctor and had been in the yicini,,
Of Silver district for the past ten year.
and owned some good claims.
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