The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-03-21


1-st l.sa sTeninE ard registered at che
w.Ek-s, He Is 90 his way 10 C4li.or-
Aia fUF the PnrpoSe Of nisk.nga trip
down Sacramento River frlm the head
waters 10 the bSJ in hi. rubber dress.
HIS rIP'ots ih- shooting through raIids
and swimming FROM nn- end to TIL 9th
or Of many Of thu great rivers Of til
rnrid are too veil known TO need any
paEiicnlIr reference to them at this
tim. He has his spptrataS, consisting
9i bis Ssinming sal, aud bot along
vsita bin. aud utter making the trip
frpm the hstd~at-n Of tile Sacramento
and SAP Joaquin rivers. lie nil .etErn
:, this city AMI sprnd a week or more.
lie has ofPp heard Of the wonders OF
our great Lake, ani on his r-t.ra Will
try IL waters, study their charac:cr.s-
ties and give our rit.z Us an oFportuni-
81 Of seeing the wonders of his Perform
Ance
Senator Sanford's private secretary
tells a Chicago paper that the Senator
receives from twenty to forty begging
letters a day. They come from all over
the world. In one day there we're two
from Irelrnd, one from Egypt, aud one
frpm Calcutta. They solicit help from
J. spitAls, orphan Hsylums, churches
and libraries. They ask money to pay
OF mortgages. Iuyentors ant the
Hruntqr for Partner, and miners want
- be grab-stAEed. One young lady
Nanted q silk dress and several asked
bin to make Christmas presents to the
writer's.
Although il is feared by the friends Of
Hon. Zach Montgomery that the attack
pPun him in . Senate may result ia
bis rejeetion, Mr. Montgomery himself
does not Eeem Gisturbed IN the least.
He Las sent each Senator a copy Of his
pamphlet, called Hrhe Poison Fount-
AIM With the request that they read it.
He says in . letter that his other works
arc ~ tRs Congressional Library, aud
he invites scrutiny. He nays he has no
apology 70 offer for them, and will stand
or fall by them.
Th- tax levy in Gye county for the
present. year is 50 IS on each 500
proprsfy yalpStiop.
The three notorious Archer brothers
were LAX n BY a mob from the Jail at
shoais. Ind, Wednesday night. and
hanged to trees in the courtyard.
The tug "John Markell" exploded her
boiler ip Boston harbor Wednesday.
beat end her grew Of I've men were
literally blown TO atoms.
The will Of the Late General Saglse.
Of San jose. divides the niIiion,dollar
estate equally between his two dapsLt-
en.
Judge Toohy. Of San Francisco, de-
eidEs that at tie tune Judge Clough re-
from the bepeh OF the Superior
Lourt be vas sane, and that W. Ii. Le-
~, appointed to the vacancy by Cover
nor Stonemhn, is legally entitled TO hold
the position.
The richest quartz ledge ever struck
ia Shasta county, Cal, was discovered
neas Delta last Monday. The rein is
reported to ! e seven feet vile.
Al q meetig If the Anti Chinese As
in San Francisco Wednesday.
= plan vas agreed TO for Il general boy
colt Of the city.
A report has reached Petaluma, Cali
I 'rnia, that Harvey Brlttou, Lon Child
FRS aud Tom Harris, Constable, al Of
Santa Rosa and in a buggy. ran into u
d'tch. n. = ting the buggy anil horses,
u hich ieii upon them. Bnttru got to
Barnes for help. Chi.ders was
killed aud Harris can't live.
The trial Of Milton J. Powers charged
With the murder Of his wife by poison,
begun in SAP Francisco Wedues-
day. The prosecution claims that il
will be sh ,wn that Bowers deliberately
Prq iyht her to a bel Of agony and
while sue lay there guarded the door
nnd for eleven weeks administered n
secret poison that at last comrasssd
lrr death on NOV. 1, 1885, and he did
all in order to gain n small amoun Of
money from certain beneficiary certif-
Gates arranged by her at his request.
IL woul be shown that defendant had
much krogledge Of poisons and their
s'fec S; thai lac I'D had thr,e wives,
all had d.ed under very similar cir
~cnmssances, and that while Cecilia
Bower" lay dying he was arranging to
n fourth wife, and that a young la
dy OF San Jose ey n bad her Wedding
trosseau partly prepared for her mar
to defebdant.
Counsel for defense interrpptcd TO
th= statements Of this chnrne-
fer outside OF specific charges being
aud a long argument ensn,S.
During the argument counsel outlined
ths dsfenao by = statement that poison.
ing Of any kind would be denied by de-
absolutely and in toto.
Carson Appssi:-Tho compiled laws
Fsaehed here handsomely bound Mon
diy. They srs mAyuiaceply printed,
but IL 10 too early to spesk Of tho cor.
r~eetnsss Of the compilation until the