The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-05-02
lFror- Saturdays Daily.l
bALNA0UEDI.

Va VLnuemuccA Will
celebrate the 9th anniversary Of the
Order next Monday.
Hon. J. W. Powell, who came up
from the Bay thursday night went Out
-! stage for TusearoIa this morning.
WIN. Duuphy has imported from
Australia fifteen head of Hereford Lull,
II sent them to his Battle Mountain
ranch.
A New York dispatch v The
condition Of young lawyer Wick y, wLu
shot himself and mistress Tuesday.
hourly grows worse. aud ply siciaus say
he will not live.
IF. Sweetzer Of Humboldt county
was II passenger for Wuneu,ucc, Jy the
Train this morning. Du ing his ab-
sence Mr. Swcetzer visited C.unL. and
Florida. in which State his father re-
Gently died.
Both the trains from the East this
morning were unusually heavy ones,
but reached here on time. The first
seton comprised i've ~sle-prrs aud fl {
Otbri coaches, whle the second section
was made up Of an equal number Of
cara.
The Z year-old daughter OF y. Huus-
ton attempted to carry her baby .istrr
across Canyon Creek, near Salt, Lake
City, last Sunday. When half way
across the child slipped from tue foot
log. and falling with the infant into the
rapid stream. both were drowuel.
Recent rich strikes Of ore ut Noun
tain City have caused considerable cx-
c.teuIcnt III that ancient mining camp.
a correspondent of the Times. Review
Informs t!at journal that ore In been
struck IN thIrc different mines, some of
which Is too rich to tax about, ana j.,
satisfied that "a strIkr similar to those
made III the independent aud Excelsior
would raise shares IN an iucuryOna,rd
company to Ia high figure, aud takes
pleasure III sending samples from each
Mn for inspection by the old Munn-
tam C!tyitcs living IN aud arouLd ruS-
eaTora, who will enjoy the sight Of, ant
recognize the rea! old stIf taken GU; by
themselves Ia years gone by.
New York de-patchrs Of the 22ud state
that the Passenger rates nov charged by
all tue lines are, Omaha aui Kansn-
City, first class. Sl2: second. elias, -; ~.
Louis, $l1 80 and Sli 80, Chicago. 81.
81 ami sIy.jJ; New Gyrk, SiJ AMI Soi.-
%: Il .stpu, Sij and $685.. Tue
rebates nrs sis ami III respectively.
The freight rates OF tine AtchIsom. To
pckn 4 Santa Fe Railway on the bu,.-
ness to the Pacific Coast were advanced
ysstcTd,! 10 the old tarriT by imstrucIl. Il ,
from the head officers At Boston. The
tariff Is OH the basis of SI72 for fest
class from New York to San Frauciscu,
whereas the cut ritcr tin; have pre-
vailed have ranged from - 20 - csuts
per hundred pounds.
The advance does not mean that the
transcont!uentai VAR is settled. 1t looks
more Rs II the AtChisou was not grttin.
business enough to warrant the cut
rates. The Southern Pacilc rate. ARE
not being advanced, and there j. n i'm.
mediate prospect Of II settlement with
the Pa life Mail.
A new ruilroud Compnny~ith q capitol
Of $4,000, 900 TO be known AZ the S,uih.
ern Pacific Branch Railway Company is
to bc organized, cumpoScd Of the South
ern Pacific Hail Dad people whose pur-
pose il to buIId a branch of the Southern
Pacific $50 miles long IA California from
san Miguel sOuthea,tcrly through SIN
Luis ObiSpo. Sauto Barbara, Venture
AID Los Angeles counties conn .ctin :
with the main line ut Newhail: the
Southern Pacific also to build u line
from Sulcdad to Il krrsficId. which will
give 1t n through route from san Fran.
cisco to Los Angeles. At present tie
trains enter san Francisco over the
Central Pacific tracks.