The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-06-06
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President Cleveland rufnrned from
1r- Yo.k to w.shiRxSSa yesterday
asSming; MisS FolsoSa Epd her lady
frisnds following in the evening.
BeAn& Osborne. the bankers who
left Hayward. With some thousands Of
dollars deposited vie them. ser- cap
turrd in Saa Francisco SATURDAY.
They arc rop in tie Almeds Comfy
Jail.
Secretary HAraeJ, of the knights
Of PythiHS VAS arrested in
San Francisco Saturday afternoon.
changed with srabezzlemeut. HIS de
fAIcaiou sDOants 10 $1,000. He vAs
released on bonds
". s. Warner. notorioas By the Grant
4 Wand 1ilHrs, secretly sailed for Eu-
rSpe . feu days ago. II Is suspected
that the Investigation Of his trans tons
now in progress is making . residence
In this country unpleasant; fOT Mr..
Warner.
Gladstone has received a letter signed
by 500 Protestant residents o! Ulster IN
favor of IiSh Home Rule. They say
that they are convinced that the native
Pertinent will be conducive TO the pros
perity, eonteatpeEi ami observance OF
the lay in Ireland. The letter has given
Gladstone mach eradication.
The great Lick telescope. when
mounted and swung against the sky
Eill have a focus OF hfty-hve feet lon
ger than the largest Die eTer made.
IL will be a ~reiractor. which means that
the image Is formed directly to the eye
by the obiect-Slass, as coutradis,in-
Buished from the Gregorian and Her
eh, liam telescopes.
The election Of a Congressman. Leg
isla;are and State officers AXE place in
Or Gon lei Monday. Three tickets
are IN the field: Democratic, Repuhli-
can and Prohibition; the latter claiming
hat it will eLscs a portion OF its nomi-
neeG- Tho contest is q heated one, and
which OF the National parties viii con-
tribute most TO the Prohibilionists is the
VsIinS question.
The Monaghan Bee at San Francisco
- sending the following printed pIopo-
sition to Troy. n. y. lAundrymen. "If
you are DESTROYS OF replacing your
worthless help with Chinese, who are
industrious, sober, and o striking. l
will be ready to furnish, on short notice
from ten to twenty thousand Chinese
who understand all branches of laundry
work, at prices that will be suitable 10
your requirements.
The Bell Telephone Company has
suffered . defeat in n law suit in Penn
sylvanis. Under i;E peculiar contract
with tbs Western Union Telegraph
Company, il bound itself not to furnish
telephones To the competitors of the lat
ter; but the Supreme Court OF Pennsyl-
VAniA holds that the contract is bad,
n that q telrpqoee must be placed in
the train Office Of the baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad Company at Phila-
delPhia.
George Ferguson, n stage driver. was
shot and killed by road agents between
helrose and Glendale. Montana, last
Saturday evening. Thomas S. Mer-
chant. the ~well-known Commercial
drummer. was n Passenger on the stage
and was shot through the hat. The
discharge OF firearms frightened the
horses. and they broke into q dead ron.
A passenger seized the reins AMI drove
the stage into Glendale. Ferguson
ived only q Few minutes.
George w. Nelson, IA native Of Mich
i2Hn, agen -, and for 10 years a highly
respected citizen OF Eureka, was killed
At the Eureka Con. reduction works las,
Friday afternoon. His business was to
I'LL a skip" or coal car with Stag, and
signal the engineer 10 hoist it up m in
cline to the furnace. 1t appears that
at the time OF his death, after he had
given the signal to hoist he got under
the ear in some way and vas crushed
TO death. His vita and little daughter
are in Iowa visiting relatives.
Commissioner Black bas demonstrate
ed that IA over twenty casss his prcde-
cessor made politics the test Of the val.
idity Of claims for pensions. This is
IN objectionable insult to the soldier
who risked his life for the country, aud
disgrace TO the Government which
tolerated such ri infamous system.
Yet this Is what was done in the Pen.
sion Office under Republican manage
mebt. The party which is constantly
pratipg about its solicituds for the sol.
der has nevor missed en opportunity
10 use him for the basesL Of political
purposes.
John Moran. Of Scranton. Pa, twelve
years ngo lost n check for $1,000. Last
Saturday IL vas found at the Comics.
sionsl in the Catholic Church by an old
lady. who handed 1t TO the Priest, who
discovered the owner aud returned the
soiled and crumpled paper 10 him.
The supposition Is that the person who
siole the draft kept Il in his poss assion