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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-07-25
exE2lsAL NEWS.

The Honse Naval Affairs Committee
has voted to report u bill providing for
one doGble-bottom cruiser oi 1900 tons.
tSo small toTpedu.buAtS aud one cruiser
~ 1000 tons, These will cost S2.5JO.-
600. The bill also provides for the con
pietion uf the monitors nj u cost vi ST.
O0O, Geo.
Twenty suits have been brought in
the First aud Third District Con,ts Of
Utah against alleged timber thirSsS.
The heaviest are against the United
Manufacturing Company Of Ogden.
S20,S37; David Eccles OF Ogden, S27,-
QUO; VIM. Foreman of Provo. so, 500:
John d. Atkinson, S3G.GU1; Bn;ler X
Brint"n, S2T, GOO; Thomas Tnngwel!.
Sl2,s0. Other amounts vary from ST.
900 to $1,000.
Duncan C.. Ross, the cx-vrcstlcr. has
been arrested for brutaily nsstuTliug
Sergeant Walsh, his competitor ia u
mounted sword exhibition. Walsh APP
peared to be the better swordsmSn and
had the sympathy OF the audience.
Every point he made was loudly cheer
ed, while the scores made 10y Ross were
unnoticed. This seemed to anger Ross,
and when the contestants were ordered
To retire after the ninth round, instead
uf doing so Ross rushed at his adver-
ssry savagely, cutting him with his
sword. The force OF the attack WAS
such that Walsh's horse was thrnwn
down aud fell on his rider who was
knocked senseless 10y the blows from
his assailant's sword.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Enquirer says: '.Scn-
stor Fair doesn't say much when on
the floor Of the Senate. aud yet it is
safe to say he is onc OF the most iEdu-
eutiIl members of ths upper house.
The country is indebted TO Fair rrObn-
bly, more than to IN one man in the
Senate for the maintenance of the sill
Yer dollar, and while others were MAX
ing speeches he Was EHal ut work get
ting votes.
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Geo. X. Watkins. rnvmts'nr ~ tho
United States worship O.,.. o.
tried aud convicted 10y Courtmqrtini or
board the Ossir'c Mt Yokohama on
changes Of cn.br1zlrmrn, auI dcsrriiau.
tic was sentenced on June n tp three
F'nrS imprisonment at hard D. hpr I'm a
United S,rios prison, t. hc designated
10y the Secretary Of the Navy. and 10 r..
cc'Tn hnlf mriourh pry during that 20.
Rod. mud 10 10 dismissed from thc Scr.
vice Mt the expiration Of tho term OF Iin.
Iri5gnmeut.
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A sad case.

Silver Stato:-Wm. Black. q miner,
for.nery vi Spring City, - suffering
from caucer OF the Jaw. lie la been
to Sun Fmnci~co FOR treatment. aud
writes his wife t. meet hun u, 3 40
to-day. Hs hr has given up nIl hopes of
recovery. and desires her to accom- my
him to Virginia City, where lie expects
- die AMI h. buried. Mrs. Black has
four children. mad j. ia destitute cir
cums'amr,s. AT Spring Ci:y they
raised SO for beg, AMI here DR.. Kent
aud y. I. Irus Interested themselves
"a her behalf. and collected Sol - fer
the rrJr woman while she was waiting
ioE tie trliu.
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He Is Very Graf ful.

II. T. Bartine, the well known Car
son Attorney, writes a. follows to tLr
1imcs-ltevirw: AS You are doubtless
aware, the effort for the ~rc'cus, OF Tom
Dunkin was successful. and he is now
n free man. He desires me to thank
you aud your entire community for the
kindly sympathy and endorsement,
without which it would have been inn
possible for him to regain his liberty.
lie fully realizes that his misfortune.
have been the result Of evil associations:
and he begs me to assure sou and the
people of ElkO county, u the hitter
lesson of the past will never Ic FORGOT
ten by him, aud that his future life suuI.
be such ns Is convince y"n that YOU
sympathy has not been bestowed uir,u
an unworthy person. Mrs. puuLIu'.
heart is overlooking with gratitude. and
she wishes me to say that the kindness
OF those friends through whose aid her
husband has been re.torcd to her. viii
be held IN remembrance by h,T Us Ion.
ns she lives.
Permit me to say for myself that
whatever may have been DuuEin's fn,.
lies aud indiscretions in the past, | be-
lieve that hcnccforth lac will bc a man
in the best + n.c al the woid, aid TINT
none who have assisted him will ever
have cause to I hrct il.
II yonr space will permit, please give
this II place in Your columns, in order
that the community may know how
Duukin feels
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-07-25
Evssysosy Bug. so.ne.

According to their Al. which appears
elsewhere IN tbis paper, Sells Bros.
have got the "htnginesi'' show thu. ev-
er burst npon ti. amazed. but delight
ed vision OF the inhabitants Of an aka
lied sage-brush camp. Unlike tho or-
diuary Nevada equine, these circus
horses are proSileI, like litlle cupebS,
with wings. and mriou,'y lis round
the saw-dust cir'ie. while gauaily u:t.r-
ed etheriEl danes rrtuce g~.acc.G'ly
about Ovcr tho veitrbras uf the prouuI
chargers, from stem TO Stern, without
the sligh;cs; fear Il dls,uc llinEa uec,
or an ankle.
Aside from the human pin.whcel.
who for tho space Of haii.uu.hour spins
around like II button on . Juc. harden
gate, AND the female Lady who makes
1t extremely iU,rrcsIiuy Ter everybody
aud Tie furniture. with her ~pouirrou,
o Jaw. the uutics Of !ac phruouiaai
elephants aud tuc guu.ut agility OF ti,r
hopuru"tom,-whIcu giaylul'y spor; j IA
tn" brnn.hea Of ia" fullest trers-are by
lar, the HOT instructive md a.npuiji-
Gus pant of the VyTu;reLuicd prr!yrm-
uncc. Unlike the common Bengal ar.i.
Gle. Sells Bros, li-cr, were. at cupImuu.
Expense, AMI iwin.t, danger. cu,iu.vI
10y q Goa lie et.t with Simply q lirt.t
ia III, hand, while the lrIug!uus aut-
mails ,rrr, uu-usUlr:pu,fy t.,Gr,, r,..u
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-07-25

fo'iowin2is the report u tho Mound
Valley school FOR the month Of Jun.
1885,:
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JOINT STATEMENT
o. SVDGTOE EsE, THEA-IREiS
OE .s.AD EDlSEN.

For the Quarter Eldn.s July 5. 1855.
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Lot NJ CUNruvr,r.
Teacher.
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H. ". Lrvra Secretary
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09
Battle of Sea Monsters.

The British steamship Humboldt, from
Rio de Janeiro TO this port with a cargo
of coffee, has come up to the city from
quarantine station, says a New Orleans
dispatch to the ST. Louis Globe Demo-
crdt Capt. Grimes and his officers re-
late an account of marine combat
witnessed by them. The vessel was
blowing ahead in latitude Is. % south,
longitude SO. l6 west off San Salvador.
Brazil, when the attention of officers
and crew was attracted by a furious
commotion of the waters a short dis
lance ahead. As they neared the spot
they saw that terrible combat was 90
ing on between monsters of the deep.
The sea was dashed into q seething
foam. 1t fairly boiled within circum-
ference of 100 yards, and myriads of
mad whitecaps floated away beyond this
circle. Moving closely up and slowing
down, they stopped to watch the battle.
1t was one to the death. A swordfish
and a thrasher had attacked tremen-
dous sperm whale. The strength, size,
and force were with the broad-backed
sperm, that, wheeling round and round
as if working on swivel, swung its
huge tail with mighty power. 1t would
raise itself aloft clear out of the water,
blow spray through its nostrils, and
make frantic efforts to annihilate its
foes; but science, skill, and maneuver-
ing were on the side of its enemies.
The thrasher is supplied with sucker"
that enables it to stick to whatever it
attacks. The tactics adopted by the
pair were successful. The thrasher
springing upon the back of the whale,
chung there, at the same time lashing
the unfortunate creature with its tail,
actually whipping it to death. The
great sea animal with its most gigantic
efforts was not able to cast it of. There
it held and dashed, while the swordfish
drove MS sword time after time into the
side of their big antagonist. The
waters were dyed with the blood of the
leviathan, and in the course of a short
time he had succumbed to the effects of
the beating and the stabbing and float
ed upon the sea lifeless mass. The
vessel ut the termination of the conflict
steamed on its way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09
whence Come OR Great Fortunes.

Most of the great fortunes of the
United States-those that are unduly
great-are ascribed to the rapid develop
ment of the means of transportation
and the facility with which those means
have been conferred in comparatively
few hands. The general sense of the
nation is that this concentration of
power, of wealth, is an evil, and that it
would be much better if we could have
had the development of the transporta-
ton interests that we have had with q
greater diffusion of the power and wealth
that have attended them. The founders
of our republic thought they were estab-
fishing civil institutions where enormous
fortunes would be comparatively I'M
known. A hundred years have hardly
passed-certainly not long time in
national life-when the largest individ-
ual fortune of the world is accredited TO
the United States, and there are others
that approximate this in magnitude,
and many of them dating back to less
than one fifth of century. In the mat
ter of private wealth, we have clearly
departed from the ideas of our fathers.
In this departure is there adherence to
the stern principles of republicanism
with which our country started out, and
have these growths been fortuitous, ex-
ceptional, easily swallowed up in the
general growth and prosperity of the
country, so that the spirit of our institu-
tons is unchanged, and are these for
tunes to be disslpated in an early sue
ceeding generation, and not to be re-
placed by others of equal or greater
magnitude and greater in number? The
instincts of the nation are that danger
turks in any other solution of these In
quiries than in the line of suppression
of causes that have made these fortunes
possible. Nor can the subject be dis
missed on the ground that, in the de-
velopment of the use of the physical
forces of steam and electricity that this
generation has seen, there is inherent
this aggregation of wealth in few hands.
The disproof of this is that in European
countries that have enjoyed like favor
able development with ourselves in
wealth, barring that which came from
our virgin territory. such developments
of the physical forces in their admins
tration and the accompanying emolu-
ments have not been centralized upon
few.-John C. Weich, IN Popular Science
Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09
Euchred by a Cow.

Zone of our hardest experiences in
the army" writes correspondent, was
the constant longing after home rations
We wanted milk, butter, vegetables,
light bread, eggs, etc. AT one time our
commissary issued to us five days ra-
tons in hard tack, along with the infor-
nation that we must make the supply
last us into Nashville.
Pretty soon after, while on the
march, | thought | would do little
foraging. | found Tennessee cow, u
nice-looking brute, and l decided to try
for some milk. | approached, and
well, she wouldn't, quite-so coaxed
and approached again to draw milk
no-not yet. So thinking to bride her,
l gave her hard tack-tamer yet, but
again she eluded me; but | had her
so near coaxed that | knew / should
succeed, and ! gave her another hard
tack. | so-so-bossie and So-so-bos-
sled in my gcntlest and most seductive
notes, and thought each moment that
the next id get her. And thus that
brute of Tennessee COW fooled with
me until she had my very last morsel of
hard tack and had not the first drop
of her milk. She had been flirting with
me and / was euchred. 49, Chicago Led
ger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

A remarkable scene took place at the
funeral OF n young man named Frank
Peachy, at San Francisco, Il few days
ago. The father of Frank, a man gray
bearded and bent with age met face
to face with his former wife-the moth
er-from whom be had been separated
twenty-five years The father resides
at Los Angeles and the mother at Oak
land. They have married again and
have families. Their actions over the
body of their boy were sad to behold.
The father tenderly stroked the hair Of
his son and the mother kissed the lips.
Both wept bitterly, but neither reeog-
nlzed the other At the grave the old
mother knelt down and prayed while
the earth was being thrown over her
son.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

seen anything of that kind that they
could not recall anything about it.
They examined the water that fell and
said that it seemed that they had seen
something like it some time when they
were young, and that maybe it was
what people called rain. However. it
quit raining in a short time and MANY
OF our citizens are in doubt vet as 10
what it all meant.
One of the funniest things that We
have witnessed for some time was an
attempt made by certain young gen
tleman in this town to iron a white
shirt. 1t may be well to say at the out
set that the folks were away on visit
and 1t devolved upon the aforesaid
young man to iron his shirt or to wear
1t without having it ironed. However,
he is one that never doubts his ability
to accomplish anything that he under
takes to do, and he went at the opera
Ven III ehO noSC SOuoIule uuHuer pos
sible. He had the irons on the stove all
OF the forenoon and consequently they
were up to the required heat He put
the ironing board on the head of bar
rel in the back shed, got out the shirt
and made personal examination of it.
lie didn't much like the looks of it and
seemed to be somewhat uncertain lust
where and how to begin. Finally he
spread it out on the board and went
for the iron As he took it up he spit
on his fingers and touched them to the
iron. He said he did not know what he
did it for, but he had seen the woman
do 1t, and he thought it must be neces-
sary. Then he went at the shirt. He
ironed half dozen times on every
place but on the front and when asked
why he did not iron it there SAID, "Why,
you blamed fool, don't you see that if |
iron it there everybody will see it, and
the whole operation will be given
away" A friend suggested that the
proper way would be for him to put the
shirt on and then iron it, for then he
would be more apt to get a good fit.
This seemed to strike him favorablv,
and he hastily entered the shirt and
then laid himself out on the board and
told the friend to do the ironing act for
him. The friend took the iron and was
about to apply it to the bosom of the
aforesaid shirt, when it flashed through
the mind of the gentleman in the shirt
that he was not just the right kind of
timber for an ironing board and he
jumped about ten feet in the air, and
told his friend, that if he did not make
an extemporaueous exit he would assist
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

Henry and Albert Morgan of Green
field, Miss, got drunk, and, going to a
store kept by Lee Brown, q colored
man, said they would kill any man who
attempted to close the door Brown
asked them TO 90 out peaceably. They
drove him into back room. and then
he picked up double-barreled shot
gun loaded with buckshot. and with
double shot brought down both broth
ers, killing both outright
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09
PERSONAL.

}. b. Mccoy returned Monday even
ing from Madison.
Len Vanderbilt and Chas. Vance took
in Lancaster Monday
Justice Bratton, of Ipswich. made us
q pleasant call Friday.
Mr.. j. S. Judd, of Ottawa, Kansas,
is in town visiting relatives.
John T. Richards and his wife, of
Cuba City, were in town Friday.
Hon. Jas. H. Cabanis, of Georgetown,
was visitor in town last Wednesday.
d. j. Murphy, of New Diggings, is in
town, spending few days with friends.
N. Schubert, of Galena. was in town
visiting his son, John F. Schubert, last
Tuesday.
Woody Bell, one of the prominent
farmers of Darlington, spent Friday in
Platteville.
Miss Chamley, of Mineral Point, is
here visiting at the residence of Thomas
Shepard, ESQ.
j. l.. Cabanis and his family left
Thursday morning for their home in
Waukon, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Huntington, and
Miss Clara Thomas, of Elk Grove, were
in town Friday
Rev. Bert Wheeler left Tuesday morn
ing for Madison. From there he will
90 west on a trip.
j. F. Ziegler and his wife and daugh-
ter, of Belmont, were in our city Tues
day, visiting friends,
President McGregor went to Elmo
Wednesdayin company with his daugh-
ter, Miss Allie and Miss Clara Whit
ham.
Miss Annie Woodward returned last
Saturday from quite an extended visit
among friends in Lancaster and Dodge
vile.
Frank NJ. Jones, of Georgetown, was
in town Wednesday. He has been in
Iowa the last month visiting friends and
relatives
Isaac Block and Mrs. Moss and herson,
who have been visiting at the j. S.
Block mansion fol some time, returned
to Chicago Wednesday.
LACTART, tie new milk acid, at
Barber, McNair & Co : Soda Foun-
tam. 11w2-S
BE sure to see those wedding
cream and wedding white note tablets,
with envelopes to match, ut Barber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

The Omaha Bee says: "a return his
been made by the estate of Col. Folsom
Of its interest in Nebraska real estate.
The inventory fixes the value at about
$4,000. We venture the assertion
that the property OF Mrs. Cleveiand's
grandfather which is located in Omaha
alone could BE sold to-day for nearly
S250,000. The President Vii do well 10
increase his executive interest IN nai-
ters pertanin- e ;hs particular section
Of the Wct
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

Poor Clara Belle, ike Hugh Con-
way, continues work after death.
Neither of them does as well as when
with the minority. Chicago tribune.
Prominent Gaarcia farmers are pre-
pairing 10 substitute chinese foy negro
labo. on their plyuta Jns.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-09

DaTVtf, ICNNIT ~ u. : NOUa FOUD-
tam 11w2-S
BE sure to see those wedding
cream and wedding white note tablets,
with envelopes to match, at Barber.
McNair X Cos. lIw2 S
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28

get contract another one usually did.
In those days the contractors had their
own way. They made what the
pleased. and the Government accepted
it withcne question. Extras were al
lowed On presentation. and ships that
were founu absolutely worthless were
paid for just the same as any otaer.
The result is now before the country.
An expenditure of S400,00O,OO0 in
twenty years has left US a navy which
does not contain one first-class ship,
and the best vessel in which, it is esti-
mated, viii have to 20 to the junk shop
in two or three years.
After making such record, what Is
to be thought of the ship-builders who
now refuse to put in bids for the con-
struction of new vessels? The conclu-
sion is irresistible that they are I'M
willing to be bound by contracts and
the law. They are not prepared to en-
gage in an honest compact which they
know they will be compelled to OBJ
serve to the letter. Their preseLt atti-
tude is at once unbusinesslike and I'M
patriotic. More than that, it is the
strongest kind of evidence that they
are incapable of building the honest
ships which the people now demand
for their navy.-ChicGg0 Herald.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

A magazine writer discourses on
the music OF the grasshOpper. Won
der what he would call filing a saw?-
NoYTiSt0lCn Herald.
"A little girl of six to one of her
companions-''H old is your grand
ma that you are always talking about?"
Ninety years" "Ohl How big she
must be. "-French Paper.
Lightning recently passed between
a mule and a lawyer in Texas. and
killed the lawyer. Even lightning
seems to know a thing or two about
the mule.-NeU HaUeH NeWS.
-Guest-"Waiter did you say this
was genuine turtle soup?'' Yes, sir;
it was made out OF the water of pond
near here in which a turtle was kept
last summer. ~ T. Telegram.
-'What are you doing thers, you
rascal?" Merely taking cold. sir
sit looks to me as if you were stealing
ice" We'll, yes-pcrhaps it will bear
that construction. Prairie Farmer.
The foreman's trouble
The fOrcman's weary and wrnkied face
Wears look that sad and solemn.
Square up at the top of one column.
-NerchGHt YrGCeter.
-"Auch! That horrid man stepped
on my big toe My dear young
lady, that is impossible How can a
person having such beautiful little
foot as you possess big ?"-BerliH
Times.
-'.Whoy are you when you 90 to
the theayter like spud full o eyes?"
Zoos amt. We fule." "Begorra you
are-you are a speckt later Eye
blatherin' hiijut. You amt a spectator
at all, at all-you're order-torium.
Boston Bulletin.
Judge Jeffreys, taking dislike to
a man who had long beard, told him
"that if his conscience was as long as
his beard. he had swinging one"
my lord, if you measure conscience
by boards, YOU will have none at all. :"
Albany journal.
The story comes from Boston of a
dude who, having been asked to say
grace at formal spread at which he
took a leading part, bowed his head
slightly, languidly lowered his eyelids,
and murmuped, .'Oh, Lord, thanks
awfullyr'-N Y. Sun.
Host Gin agony about his polished
inlaid floor you better come
in on the carpet, old fellow? I'm
afraid yon will slip, you know. Guest
with a wooden leg)-Oh, it's all
right, old fellow, thanks. There's a
nail in the end. Won know
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-28
THE NATIONS FLAG.
Story of the Adoption of the Beautiful ID
sign Now in Use.


sign Now in Use.
The stars and stripes of the present
design. adopted in 1918, were first
hoisted over the hall of the House of
Representative on the 18th of April,
1918, at two p. m. Previous to the
adoption of the present flag by
Congress the number of stripes in the
old flag had been increased to eighteen,
according to the number of States adj
mitted into the Union, thus destroying
the beauty and perspicuity of the flag;
and while this order was preserved in
some, others contained but nine stripes,
as fancy dictated. On the admission
of Indiana into the Union in 1916, MIR.
Peter II. Wendover, of New York,
offered a resolution ''that committee
be appointed to inquire into the expe-
diency of altering the flag of the United
States A committee was appointed,
who reported a bill on the I'd of JAN
uary, 1917, but it was not acted upon.
While the committee had the matter
under consideration, Mr.. Wendover
called on Captain Reid, who was in
Washington at the time, and requested
him to form design of our flag, so as
to represent the increase of the
States without destroying its
distinctive character, as the COM
mittee were about to increase the
stars and stripes to the whole number
of States. Captain Reid recommended
that the stripes be reduced to the orig
inal number of thirteen States, and to
form the number of stars representing
the whole number of States into one
great star in the Union, adding one
star for every new State, thus giving
the significant meaning to the flag,
symbolically expressive of ''E pturt6uS
unum." This design of Captain Reid S
was adopted in committee, but the bill
did not pass until the next Congress,
in 1918. The President on the 4th OF
April, 1918, signed a bill to establish
the flag of the United States" Cap
tain Reid, who commanded the pri-
vateer General Armstrong in the war
of 1912, had flag of the new pattern
made at his house in New York by his
wife, assisted by number of young
ladies. When completed he sent it to
Washington, where it arrived on the
18th of April and was hoisted that
afternoon to replace damaged flag
then flying. One of Captain Reid 5
daughters is the wife of the eloquent
Irish-born poet, John Savage, now q
Judge in New York. Captain Reds
son, who now resides in Washington,
had bill passed year or two since,
recompensing his gallant father ser
vices in the Warden: Perley POOre
in Boston Budget.