The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-02-22

1884. Some Of the heaviest increases
are reported by Western roads which.
during the latter months Of 1884. showed
a large decrease compared with the pre-
vious year.
The Eureka Leader feels called upon
to stigmatize Cleveland as u d~emagogue
because he declined the proffer Of a
special train to convey him to Washing
ton for his inaugural.
The contrast between the st:rdy indie
pendence and Democratic simplicity Of
Mr. Cleveland and the dramatically OPP
posite traits so strikingly exhibited by
some of the late Republican Presidents,
stirs up the Leaders gall,-and well it
may, for it is IA humil' ating picture for
radical Republicans to look upon. Hai
Mr.. Cleveland been willing to place
himself under obligations 10 every de-
signing person who chose to offer him
presents he would have stood higher in
the estimation OF the Leader, but he
would have fallen ~fearfrlly in the es-
TEEN of the American people. 1t is
therefore better perhaps to have offended
our distinguished Eureka contemporary.
At u meeting of the committe Oh the
payment of pensions, bounty and back
pay, Comstock, chief of the Western di-
vision, testified that he was instructed,
during the recent campaign, by Com
missioner Dudley, to extend to Grubbs
OF Indiana, the same privileges accord
ed Congressman IN presenting pensions.
Grubbs was the Republican candidate
for Congress from the fifth district of
that State. and was the opponent Of
Representative Matson. the Democratic
candidate. Such an order, Comstock
said. was considered strange, both by
himself and clerks in the office. II had
been the practice to extend these privil-
eyes to ex-members of Congress, but
never before had they been extended to
any person who had not served in Con-
gress, and who, like Grubbs, was a
Congressional candidate. A number OF
clerks were examined, who c~orroborated
the testimony gwen, that orders were
given to hold rejected cases till after the
election
Another bloody affray is reported to
have occurred Mt n dance in Indian Ter
ritory. Last Friday night Ned Bounds
gave "A dance at his house in the Chickn-
saw Nation, Mt which whisky flowed
freely, and nearly everybody got drunk.
Two men engaged in a. fight: the friends
OF both intericrcd and the tight became
general. +. +. Craig aud several st-an-
gers were killed outright and a number
VI others badly wounded.
N. l.. Powers. n wcll.known mining
man, was slashcd on the left side OF the
head with a pocket-ksjfe three times by
Frank McCan. a mining cITert, during
a quarrel i'll San Francisco last week.
At Portland, Oregon. last week. j. &.
Barnes was sentenced to twenty yenrs in
the Pcnitentiary for ASSEMBLING a girl
aged seven years. The vile Of the pri,-
oner, who was present III Court, tainted
on the announcement OF the sentence,
and was carried from the room inscnsi-
bic.
One Macken il n defendant in the mat
ter Of the election fraud in Chicago. now
undcr investigation. and now comes J. j.
sullivan, a witness for the defense and
conlesses that for foRr dollars and a
promise of n place in the Government
printing Office at Washington, he COM
mittcd perjury, and that the testimony lie
gave last week was entirely ut Mackrn's
dictatiOu.
Mamie Hasson, aged IL, returning
home from the butchers with some meat
in Philadelphia Tuesday, was fol-
lowed by three or four dogs who were
jumping around her and swapping at the
meat. The child became frightened and
ran toward home. The whining ours
were joined by others, who quickly Sc
cured lie meat, aud knocked down the
child and attacked he. She was terribly
mnngled when rescued by two men, at
tracted by her cries, but may recovcr.
Gen. Durhin Ward, Of Ohio, while
showed in near knulakce, entertained
his seventy fellow passengers with peg
sonal and military "reminiscences, saying:
II dislike to discuss battles over which
Generals are in controversary; still. ]
ASSURE you that il our Union Generals
say that they were not surprised ut the
battle of Shiloh, it ia n great surprise TO
me. Had not the death OF the C~onfcder-
ate General, Albert Sidney Johnston,
happened just when it did, our fate
would have been far different"
An official telegram from General
nierc 40 Lialn states that tue flag Of
France now floats over Langon; the
Chinese position at Kulna was also cnp-
tured by the French, the Chinese army
having been routed after a hot fight.
Will Adams, 20 years OF ngc and
TIME Wilmouth, a pretty 15.year-old
girl, were found dead Monday u. ruing
ut Shelbyvillc, n.y., with n bullet hole
in the temple OF each. A pistol was
found near the bodies which belongs 10
Adams. II is supposed tho lovers had n