The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1885-03-01
IFron wednesday. D.ily.I
sALAAaUNDI.

Carson. He sold his whisky to Ind ans.
We learn that on Monday, d. E.
Hooten sold his ranch and station in
Mound Valley to j. II. Henry, who re-
Gently sold his ranch in Huntington Val
ley.
The very latest: Grover Cleveland is
engaged to be married to the 2O-year-
old daughter Of Oscar Folsom Of Buffalo
who was the deceased partner OF Cleve.
LAM and was accidently killed in 1875.
Norman Walter. aged 90 years, son Of
the editor Of the London Times, died ut
the Arlington Hotel, Santa Barbara,
Cal. He went there several months
ago for his health, accompanied by his
uncle.
Cleveland's inaugural address smear
~ completed, needing only n few touches
to make it complete. 1t will be short,
not over 200 to 800 words, and will
clearly define the position of the Presi-
dent on public matters.
The Belmont Courier says: There is
no truth in the item-at present going
the round OF the papers-that the Grants
vile mill is going to start up on tail
ings. Neither does any one know yet
that the tailings will average twelve dol
lars per ton.
The Annual meeting of the Oregon
Stock Growers Association will be held
on the second Monday OF March next, at
the school house in Jordan Valley, at l
o'clock p. NJ. A general attendance Of
he members is desired. Officers and
members OF the Idaho Association are
cordially invited.
The parties who went from here 70 at
tend the Washington ball at Hooten's
Monday, returned last evening and re-
port Il good time generally, at the dance.
The surrounding country was well rep
resented by It's young people who enjoy
ed themselves immensely. Dancing be-
gan soon after dark i'll the evening, and
was kept up, as only country dances can
be, until breakfast time in the morning.
The Idaho Avalanche saws: That
among the beef cattle driven in for Juli-
us lsay, on Thursday last, was n COW
that showed fight in the streets. While
driving the cattle by Townsend's carpen-
ter shop, she concluded that she would
invade the premises, but she was driven
OIL by the Naqueros,. After going as far
as the primary school house, she con-
Guided to so no farther, and made a rush
for the horScmen, passed them ond with
TAIL high Ill the air, tackled a tin water
bucket which had been dropped by two
Of the boys III their effort to escape the
animal. Having thrown this out OF the
road the Infatuated COW crossed the foot
bridge and came AS far as JorGon Street,
where she encountered All Ping, whom
she threw, but the agility Of Ping saved
him and he made tracks for the Idaho
Hotel. The animal then stopped in
front OF Judge Lynam's residence, and
was finally killed heal the same. 1t i.
only n wonder some OF the school child.
rem were not injured.
U. S. Marshal Gosling, accompanied
by two deputies, while taking two U. S.
prisoners from Austin, Texas, 10 San
Antonio for safe keeping were attacked
or board the train 10y cOnfederates of the
prisoners, and in the fight the Marshal
and the grandmother of one Of the pris.
oners were killed, and one OF the depu.
Ties and another female relation of the
roughs are dangerously wounded. The
prisoners succeeded in jumping from the
train und for the time eludod the officers.
but one Of them who had three bullets in
his body was found Il short distance
from the railroad, and the other was
fired upon by his puisuers and mortally
wounded. The four confcderates of the
deiunct prisoners were arrested and
placed i'll Jail, and there is strong talk Of
l~ynching.
A member of the New York Legisla-
ture has brought in n bill for the consid-
Grafton of that body, which provides that
any person who shall send or carry bo-
quets or other articles of Injuries to con-
demned murdcrers, shall be fined not
more than $2J for the first o%fTense, and
imprisonment not more than 20 days for
the second, and the sheriff or other Off
Ger who assists at such presentation
shall suffer the same penalties. Such a
law as that would be likely I, put a stop
to the maudlin sentimentality which tries
to exalt convicted murderers or notorious
criminals into heroes.
The colored postal clerk injured in the
collision at Four-mile Run, Thursday
night is dead. making the seventh death
by the accident. II is stated that the
express company loses $3.50, 900, burned
in the car. Conductor Augur, one of
the victims Of the disaster, was a nephew
OF Gen. Augur, commanding the De-
partmcnt Of the Missouri.
One judicial District.
Senate bill No. lis, introduced by the
Judiciary Committee as n substitute for
Sonata hill No IA To- ..1i.,.s.u