The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-05-17
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along a. usual at The minrs and mli.
The miners and Superintendent MeCui-
dy had n conference, discussed their diff
fsrehres. anI anieAbly adjusted them.
The Salt LAks Tribune OF Saturday.
says: At the Sisters Hospital yester-
day an operation was performs ON
Thomas Evans, OF Tscoma, Nevada
Evans vas thrown from a wagon about
eight months ago. and his lex wac am
patated above :he knee WHIST Vas lett
OF the thigh b0pe died up to the hip
joint, and il was found that unless the
bone was removed the patent would
die. The operation ~.s therefore under
taken yesterday afternoon, but Evans
never rallied from the shock. dying
o Q alter the bone had teen removed.
An operation was also performed on
jacob Butter, Of bingham. who Was af-
hIct Il with abdominal dr0psy, caused
by tunor. 1t was found that IA series of
tuinurs existed IN the abdomen, OF can
ceroas nature, aud that 1t would be i'm
possible to remove them The case is
considered hopeless.
Secretary Manning proposes to stop
the issue Of one and two dollar notes
and give siiT,ra chance.
A. the population Of Nevada is COM
posei almost wholly of statesmen. and,
rs every statesman feels that lie is en-
TITLED TO an office ut the hands OF ii
grateiul country. Presideu; Cleveland
need not lie surprised should he be uu-
der the necessity Of ordering troops to
Nevada. II he continues Ia hold the
spoils much longer. High treason is a
tritle to "A Nevada man who has been re-
tslsed an Ofiee.-Post.
The machinery at the Grand Prize
hoisung works Was to start up yester-
day. The Time~lieriew says that some
r,pairs viii have IT, be made on the shaft
but wVik in the iniue viii probably COM
Inence some tine this week.
The Cinnamon who have been en-
gagged ut placer mining at TuscarUri,
have done better this season tlan ever
before. There are about twenty-five
Cinnamon working with rockers who are
believed to be making from - 90 10 So
per day to the man.
EN-GoTcmor Johu II. Kinkead OF
Nevada has just been superseded as
Governor II Alaska 10y the appointment
OF A. L. SwineiDrd, cx-NEaSur o. Mar
quette, Michigan. kiukrud, though APP
pointed TO the position nearly "a year
age, has spent only about thirty days Of
the time in tbs country he Was supposed
20 govern. aud the new Administration
probably thought that Alaska might pos
'sibly worry along without n Governor
resident at Washington.
The price OF silver brlliom has been
steadily advancing FOX some time past;
the latest quotation being l.O9 with Il
prospect Of further advance.
tits stated tha. the new compilation
of the Nevada laws will be ready for
publication in July next. 1t is to be
dsvoutly hoped that it will prove a SUI
Perior job 10 the old complication"
The New York Mining record closes
a long and very able argument in favor
OF the silver industry. rs follows. at
behooyes the West to rally their whole
strength and all their rcsou ces for the
coming contest and iur such an ,xhibi.
hon Of their real inherent power and tie
rightul influence which belongs to the
industrial interests of the wide West,
that 1t viii come to be clearly seen and
known for all time that VIII IL such n
struggle Is provoked it is not tue Vest
That u to DC %yauquished, nor the tran
silent Interest OF IA pet'y cot rie o! mar
. row minded Eastern Money Bags which
q are To continue to p-cSail as has BEEN 50
common Ia the financial legislation Of
the country since 1862"
TIT %ood struck at a depth Of 1,Gi5
feet, while boring the we'll at White
Plains, on the lihc uf the &. T.. road,
was the subject % q recent scientific
lecture by DIR. Hardness, OF San Fran
cisco. Specimens OF the wood brought
TO the surface was found to be in an al
most perfect state Of preservation, md
under the MICROSCOPE showed that the
ancient tree was probably similar to the
present nut-pine. TIE character Of the
strata formed above where the timber
was deposited, showed that il wns full
grown trees Mt least ~ muliCn years MO
while our friend Of the IIumboldt
Temple Of Baccus wis yet in short
clothes. -playinlly chasing grHEshoppcrs
in the apcicnt peach. orchards Of jersey
flats.
The Carson papers report, that Folsom
block, opposite Klein's brewery, has
been SELECTED as the site Of the new
government building. Tie price ptid
for the ground was $1,000.
The District Attorney and Recorder
Of Washoe county refuse to accept their
monthly official salaries, and are taking
steps to test the constitutionality of the
law regulating the compensation OF ON.
GERS in the several counties of the state.
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