The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-02-21
IFron wednesday. D.ily.J
nALMAGuNpI.

morning: u. W. Pelier. George Bird.
This is one more Of the beautiful
Spring days with which We have bsen
favored here this Winter.
Warner & Co., Forwarded for Tusca-
rora by fast freight Yesterday, 1900
pounds Of merchandise and GI0 feet Of
lumber.
Dick Brown bought most of the Dor
mi;ory furniture sold here Monday. and
it is now at his furniture store on Com
mercial street.
The Directors car of the Central Pa
cifc, attached to the train for the East
last night, contained Mrs Fred. CrocSer
aud some lady friends.
In the suit brought by engineer Res
siSue for damages against the Railroad
Company in Sacramento last week, the
verdict was for the defendant.
Special reports from thirty leading
Postofices Of the country, show an in
crease in the revenue of the Postofice
Department on the first.class matter for
the month of January, 1856, to have
been $S3, 900.
The Steam Laundry Association was
founded in Reno Monday, with Z. IL.
Mulcahy. G. II. StoIdard, Il. l.. Fulton.
Henry Ruhe and l.. ID. Folsom AS Trus-
tees. The capital stock is 50, 800, di-
yided into 500 shares ut 50 each.
Two bills were introduced in the
House Monday. one by Representative
FELTON,, and the other by Representative
Henley, to terminate the treaty relations
between the United States and the Chi
nesc Empire. and to absolutely prohib.
1t the immigration of Chinese. Mr..
lleuley's bill is Il duplicate Of the bill
introduced in the Senate last week by
Senator Mitchell.
1t was learned here this morning that
Apostle Cannon, vino jumped from the
train near P~rJmontory, vas quite Sc
ycrely injured by the fall. He was re-
captured by the officers soon after his
escape. aud held to await a special
which was to 90 down to-day to take
Cannon and company TO Salt Lake City.
They were probably Mt their destination
before this paper went 10 press.
Sait Lake Tribune: One of the men
who WAS ~cscortius Geo Q. Cannon out
of the country Was .. l.. Arnold. Il po-
lygamist who escaped going to the Fen
10y promising to support the laws and
counsel others to do the saline.
Company X, Of the L. $. Sixth In
fantry. stationed in This city, have lie
ceived orders from Washington to /.
drilled i'll infantry tactics every moruiu.
between the hour OF 10 and II. IL,
Skating P"viiliCu has beer leased to til,
Government COR the purpose.
M'rriSOn's tariff bill was introduced
in the House Monday. Mr. Morriso,
says the bill will effect an estimate r,
IUet!on OF twenty million dollars il IL,
revenues from the Customs b#s Il o,
the revenues of last year. The creates
reduction on any one article is ia ia,
case Of sugar, where the new duty vii
result in a decrease Of ten million dol
lars III the receipts. The additions I,
the frst list will involve n loss Of iv,
and ona-hulf millions, and the rrduc
tons made by the bill on the other arti
cIcs about five millions.
W. :. D. memt, United States Surrey,
or for Utah, about whom the newspl
pcrs have had So much to- sry lately
has jus; retained irnuI his trip E.tst
and resumed business at his Office i
Salt Lake City. Ia answer to u uucs
ton put hy IL Tribune reporter, the Zen
eral replied: al tell you, ola. li.-i
have been the victim Of a damuahi
conspiracy, which, fortunately. | shaI
be ubic TO show mp. II | I deemed it rX
prdicnt could at the present time yer
quickly charge the tone Of the press
After my confirmation, or inter- the Sen
ate has passed on my appointment,
shall have something to say"