The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-12-12
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aALMAoUNnI.

a slight earthquake, lasting two SEQ
onds, occurred at San Francisco abo Mt
0 o'clock Tuesday night.
John Q. Cannon. in Court yesterday,
pleaded not guilty to a charge of polyga-
my.
The Nebraska Republicans insist that
there shall be no caucus Of the Legisla-
ture on the selection Of q United States
Senator.
II. Peterson, confined in the county
Jail at Carson, for robbing the house Of
Judge Leonard, dug out of his cell Sun
day night and is still at large.
The jury in the. case Of Beaver. charg-
ed with the murder Of HIyes. editor Of
the Tidings, Mt Visalia. Tuesday found
u verdict of mot guilty"
A small house at Usage, Kansas. was
destroyed by fire Tuesday. and the aged
negro and wife who occupied it were
burned to n crisp in the building.
A squaw over at Genoa, gave birth to
a pappoose in January last and now
brings forth another-two in one year
which he Courier thinks indicates un
open Winter.
The Bank Of Gold Hill, Storey coun-
ty, fniied TO open tut Tuesday morning,
II remains closed up tight as an oys-
ter ever since. The Bank had been
dabbiing in stocks, and probably got
cinehed along with the others.
Thomas Morrison of Henderson.
Michigan. went to the public school
house, Tuesday, and informed the
teacher, Fred Joslyn, that he had come
to whip him for furnishing Morrison's
hoy III tie school, whereupon Joslyn
drew II pistol aud shot Morrison dead.
1t is reported in Eureka that +. n.
Robinson, of the Sweetwnter. Mining
C1mPnn, ut Hamilton. White Pine
county, has bought the wenbau mining
property at CorteZ. Mr.. Robinson has
Just returned to Eureka from Cor,ez.
a warm chenook wind began blowing
last evening followed by IA steady fall of
rain last night. 1t has continued rain
ing to-day with an occasional mixture
OF snow. almost without iuterruptio
n With u good prospect of "A con.inu-
ance, the barometer steadily settling.
The Reno Gizetts says: The Fran
kel Bros, who scoopei the Comsto ok
people for nearly q million dollars sue.
ceeded in boarding the west-bound
overland ut Verdi last Friday night.
They appeared ut the station, having
been taken there in IL wagon, about If
teen inmates before the arrival OF the
train.
Jas. W. Watts cartoon artist OF Puck.
Judge aud other publications, died
tuesday III Il restaurant or Broadway.
lie had brcakfastcd there between III
and II o'clock, after which he went gu.
for IA potion of bromide OF pes. sGia.
Which he drank with liquor. lie thcr
stretched himself ON q sofa in "A pri ate
Office to, sleep, aud some "u"rs aft :
he was discovered to be dead.
Mr.. 2. K. Robert, an Idaho mining
man. is here awaiting the arrival OF Ed,
ward Reilly from San Francisco. Mr..
Robert Is now direct from New York
and comes to examine n mining proper.
ty Of Mr.. EeIIly's, situated in Railroat
District, for Eastern capitalists. He il
a practical mining man Of large expert
ence, and il the property he comes to
examine prcTes To he rs represented
the parties in whose interest Nc. Rob
crt makes his present. visit will probn.
bly, invest literally i'll that prosperous
camp. The lack Of means with viii cl
to carry on the work OF development
has kept the district in the background
for years, and it only emerged from il
poverty within the last Two years b
7irtne Of perseverance under privution
and the potent influence Of manly mus
Gle. To these factors alone, is ascrib
able whatever Of merit or success tn
camp has yet de veloped or achieved
With the maLy advantages secured I
every enterprise by tue use OF sunicieu
means to properly carry it forward, tn,
mines OF Railroad District would, in on
opinion, prove to be quite ms vOlunbl
rs those OF 9th or localities which hay
attracted infinitely more attention.