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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23
From Wednesdays DAily.I
sALMAGUNDI.

Judge Bigelow came on from the wes
last evouing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson Green left
this morning for the Humboldt House.
There will be a hue opportunity to
view the total eclipse at Lainoille Cross
Roads on New Years Day.
Jerry SheeLan is taking a lay-off un.
til after the holidays VIXEN he will take
the RAILROAD Freight and Ticket Agency
at Deeth.
Sir. and Mrs. Z. Penrod returned
last evening from Reno where they at
tended the funeral Of Mrs. Penrcd's
sister, Mrs. Orlando Evaur.
Another car load Of live fowls, chick
ems. geese aud du:ks. passed through
this morning. Tho shipment Of East
cru fowls tc California has grown to be
an immense business.
Our foreman is suffering with
munps, hence VI are running n little
short Of reading matter. Our patrons
will please bear with us for a few days
until he RECEIVERS when ne will give you
n better paper.
Alta:-Four years woaniug OF Re-
publican o0ic, holders is like shutting
n yenrlina calf away from the COW. lie
lS hIu annfnb IN rau,atph.r ut,l ,,L...
lie gets TO her again he buut. her hind
feet off the ground.
1t having been reported that there is
danger Of the old church falling down,
We ARE requested to state that there is
no danger whatever, and no one need
fear to attend the Christmas festivities
on next Monday evening.
We have seen in the east thousands
Of persi,pmon trees loaded with the
gollen fruit. but We never saw any
thing to equal the persimmons which
go as one fentuie Of California pro-
ducts. They were as large MS apples
and Icing OF such immense propo
tions We knew not what TO call them
until told that they were persim-
mons.
A very quiet wedding took place last
Saturday, So quiet that very few OF our
c~itizens were aware OF the interesting
event until to-day; but Il is very diff
cult to keap such occurrences secret,
hence it is time thut we give it pub
LEFTY. The INDEPENDENT extends con-
CALCULATIONS trusting that n long life of
prosperity and happiness awaits Mr..
and Mrs. Patterson.
Altn:--Phrophet Virgins has a wet
fit on. lie snys that Encke's comet is
in danger Of lodging in our neighbor-
mood, and becoming another moon to
us. He says its attraction will then
cause the oceans TO rire fifty feet above
their present level. flooding n large part
of both the eastern and western CONT
nemts, md wiping out Australia md
tte Gulf Stream. This last will give
England the climate OF Labrador, and
cinch her the worst way. Now il the
time to buy hill land, and get up out of
the wet.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23
TO Bo Appealed.

Tho Phoebe l,ecord an ys tho bond
casos In which judgments wcre obtained
ngninst Lincoln county In tho United
States Court NJ Carson for S9l2,2 O2 %
nrc 10 DO appealed to the Supreme
Court OF tho United States. Tho luea.
ton now is how this amount Of money
10 TO he paid with a total ns,csscd yaiu.
alton in tho county OF only sos. GOO.
md taxes at tho highest notch md tho
revenue insufficient TO meet curront tx
pcnscs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23

No II is independent, no matter
what amount of wealth he possesses;
for Notwithstanding the fact that wealth
cuts al impOittnt figure in society,
wealth does not make the man. The
millionaire 10 dependent upon the result
Of tho labor Of brain aud muscle
for every comfort he enjoys. Tho
food that he eats, the clothes that
no wears and the FIRE that warns him
nrc produced By the labor which he af-
fects to scorn; and tho newspapers
which koop him informed Of flair
Of the world, as well rs the books OF
history, biography and romance with
which no passes an Idle hour, are the
result OF both brain and muscle which
are fr frequently kept busy in furnishing
the bNro necossnries of life. What
would tho millionaire do were il not for
the laborrr, aud how cau anyone claim
hat ho is "independent"?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT,
From Saturdays Daily
In AGUSDI.


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n''' "ni'h everyone Is anxious
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Iva Dee'h 'h's morning.
eGula mce''ug Eiko Lodge No. Is,
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Mrs 'ohh H. brHdlcy "rd her dnugh-
so"' III WISH 10 San
john Nttn''agc Is III from the Siam
Peac i"ich "hero u las been stopping
"f
Inc present Board OF Commissioners
VIII aold their last meeting on Monday
The 3lst OF December.
Inc I~SnErE"pErT hunier obligations
hlrs. ). II. lsanl for n copy OF the
Lewiston Maine Journal.
Gen. C. W. I,ish came up on last
evening trHin' 't'ppel over night aud
icit TINS morning Tor Keno.
=. L. Wore is putting up n building
noar the Elko Livery Stable which Lo
will occupy III bachelor quarters.
Mrs. Barbara Lang and hor two
youngest children left this morning for
n three months visit in California.
J. 5. Gardner has finished J.. II.
Hnrdman's new building at Cariin aud
tho opening will take place tonight.
A p~e,i,iop is being circulated for tbe
rordou NJ Tur.no Tho mnsou who vos
sent to the Penitontiary from this couu-
~ for forgery.
A barber in Lsyistop Maine. Accord
ING 10 tho journal. wns fined 800 70.
c.ntlv IN, HAVING , can NJ wbjskov in
his back room.
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
DEPOT HorrL-Clark & Greer. Proprie-
tors.

Miss Mollie KilIoen, Ben Harris,
Huntington; II J Ba,try, Omaha; B
Grcenbauln, N Y; Idella Wiley, Car
lin; W I Brissel. Winnemrcca; Henry
Smiley, @ H Black, Deeth; j l.
Wines, Eureka; II II Digelow, Reno;
G II Shepherd, So Fork.
JH Lander, O II Shepherd. l3-M
Ranch; II Spath, Miss May Williams,
Tuscarom; f Il Burbank, Omaha; VIM
Hicks, Reno; I B Jaques. roano; Mrs
I z Conroy, Minneapolis, MINI; j NJ
Banfeld HALEY, Idaho.
" II Freeman. Oregon; G Hurtndo,
Winnemucca; G J Boskowitz, s F; WIN
Smiley, Decth; O Ii Coop. w U Tel
Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23

M A N III ALL,

Tuesday Evening, December ..25, 1883.
Invitation Committees:
ELKO.
RE keyser. ElGar Reinbari,
John Henderson.
WELLS,
IN oOryOii, Allen Fisher.
DEETH.
LII Bradley. McAdams.
CARLIN.
Fred Perry, Ferren.
Reception Committee:
Mark Ilosenstock, II Keyser,
Thos Hunter. G Grover,
Hs Van DreiIcn.
Floor Director:
l. Henderson.
Floor Manager:
E G Mcclellan, A shcarer
mark Cecil, III sproule.
&C Cd Nj u s. q
Has been secured and everything will be done
for tho comfort and pleasure of those who at
tend.
ESrGrand March ut $3.50 o'clock sharp.
Masks will be removed at 10 O'Clock.
TICKETS, naskers...... ..............sl 20
SPECTATORS, Gentlemcn,... ........s1 20
SPECTATORS, Ladies', ................ Jocts.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-23

@ o M u s.
Has been secured and everything will be done
for tho comfort and pleasure OF thoss who at
tend.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
The Steele-Peterson Case.

The following dispatch from Fremont
TO the Omaha Bee under date Of August
4th, gives the final disposition of the
much mentioned Steel-Peterson case:
The final scene in the Shaver-Steele-
Peterson abduction case from the Black
Hills was enacted in the district court
this morning. Judge Marshall render
ed his decision in the case, which was
withheld yesterday. He dissolved the
writ of habeas corpus issued in the
interest OF the girl and her husband
giving the father, Mr.. Steele, the GUS
tody of his daughter and depriving
Peterson Of his unawfully welded wife
The girl viii resume her journey in
with Mr.. Shaver, her minis
terial chaperon, to Lodi, Wisconsin,
whittier they were bound when they
were halted here. She will enter schq5i
there, this plan having been arrf iged
before she clandestinely MARI .FPeter.
son, a few days before the tilSs fixed for
leaving home. 80
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
Pent Up Plethora.

IF that Chronic champion of question.
able methods under which county seats
are obtained could make it appear clear
that it was perfectly proper to locate
county seats by "afidavits," instead OF
using up so much valuable (?)-blessed
space in blowing off pent
up plethora, it would not be SO difficult
for him to satisfy many suspicious
Pilot.
The Pilot bluntly accuses us Of "blow-
ing off pent up plethora" Pent up
plethora is combination Of words
which is doubtless original with the
Pilot; but what is pent up plethora
Will the Pilot kindly explain the sen
tence, which 10 our crude comprehension
doth seem to be far more euphonious
than sensible? The Pilot will, we trust
pardon US for thus rashly continuing
against its solemn injunctions, to "use
mp valuable blessed interrogation space
in the earnest effort to fully and clearly
understand its somewhat ambiguous
precepts.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
Mexican Tn.

Commenting upon communication
received from Pittsburg correspondent
in which it was stated that a company
in that city had recently been formed
with a nominal capital Of million
dollars for the purpose Of exploiting,
upon large scale, certain tin mines OF
Durango, Mexico, the ores Of which are
said to bear from % to 30 per cent tin, the
New York Financial and Mining Record
says:
That there is tin in Mexico and in the
State Of Durango and Zacatecas, we do
not doubt, but that there is any such an
excessive body of tin ore visibly eX-
posed as that described by our Pittsburg
correspondent, we do not credit. Upon
representations made TO parties in En-
gland several years ago, an English min
ing engineer was sent to Iacatecas to
examine the properties reported to be
SO extremely rich in tin. That engineer
found the whole matter cunning
scheme for swindling his English
hackers out of their money, and could
find nothing whatsoever to justify the
representations that had been made by
an unscrupulous and dangerous Ameri-
can adventurer, at The time in ZacateCas,
through whose representations and
devices he had been inveigled to Mexico.
We hope this Pttsburg venture has
better grounds to stand on.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
The Tin Mines.

Reports from the Black Hills during
several weeks last past portend i'm
portant development of the tin mines
1t has been reported, and the reports
seem to be well authenticated, that large
amounts Of capital, both from England
and from the large eastern cities in this
country, have been invested in the pur-
chase Of tin deposits. And the pur-
chasing operations are still going for
ward. Some of the richest tin fields
have changed hands, having been bought
on foreign account.
This movemen. cannot but be re-
garded as significant, especially in the
light of recent events. These purchases
follow closely upon the heels of an
interesting debate which had been going
on in England as to the actual value of
the tin deposits of the Black Hills. For
time ii was denied by English author
tiles that the tin deposits of the Black
Hills could be prohtably reduced.
Nevertheless, interested parties sent ex-
perts to make actual exploration and
test of the ores. The result of the tests
was that the ajority opinion Of English
authorities came over to the opposite
view. A few months ago the debate
came up anew and further and more
complete examinations and tests were
made. The result of these has been
more firmly to convince English opinion
Of the great value Of the American tin
deposits.
Now these investments Of English
money in the Black Hills tin mines
come Immediately after the making OF
exhaustive practical tests. Moreover
there have been contemporaneously in.
yentions Of new methods Of reducing
the ore, by which important operative
economies are effected. These thi,.ss
| together with the promise of act~..l de
velopment, seem to indicate t,s:t new
era is about to be inaugurasSd in the tin
mines. The conclusiesi is warranted
that their developp"snt is to be begun
on scale and j. accordance with meth
DDS which in.'Ire success.
OF the 'ast extent of the tin deposits
of th& BLACK Hills there is no doubt. L
h-s long been known. The successful
development of these deposits is a mat
ter which is of national interest The
mines of Cornwall. in England, have fol
centuries had monopoly of the tir
supply of the world, and the limited
supply Of so useful an article has ren
dered the price thereof great tax upol
consumers. TO break the English
monopoly and to produce at home th,
home supply is not merely to supply 1
boon to consumers, but at the same time
to build up new American industry O
the highest importance.-Sioux City
Journal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
An Unfav@tdble Report.

The late FAY River county grand jury
report theFtounty Jail entirely made
quate - all repects for holding prisoners
Wb|nave a desire to effect their escape
that the ventilation is bad, and the
sewerage gas from the water closets
contaminates the whole building, max
ing it extremely unhealthy for the
prisoners. That the water closets were
not separated from the sleeping apart,
ments. That some of the prisoners
complained that at times their diet was
insufficient. That the records of the
county have not been kept in proper
condition. That there has been a reck-
less expenditure of the peoples money
That the four per cent law of congress
has been transcribed in one of the road
districts. That halt should be called
on unnecessary expenses, and that the
officers Of that county should be taught
that "a public Office is a public trust"
That a thorough investigation of the
acts of the county officials, past and
present, should be made. That it APP
pears from expert testimony that il
would cost $1,000 to place the records in
proper shape, but deem it prudence and
economy to have them placed in proper
form. The jury also call the attention
of the court to the violation of the laws
enacted for the prohibition of public
gambling, and keeping saloons open on
Sunday, recommending the infiction Of
such penalties as the laws prescribe.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
Death of General Sheridan

Gen. Phil Sheridan, the renowned
cavalry leader, the hero Of Winchester
upon whom was deservingly conferred
the highest American military title
after lingering illness, passed painless
ly away at Nonquitt, Massachusetts, on
Sunday, the 9Th inst, at 1920 p. IN.
The immediate cause Of his death was
failure of the hearts action. The remote
cause was disease of the mitral and
aortic valves, the existence Of which
has been known to his physicians, to
himself and family since November II
last year. He had not yet reached the
close Of his fifty-eight year, having been
born at Somerset, Ohio, March 9th,
1881,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
Steam Stamp.

The patent steam stamp that has been
ordered by the Homestake company
when started up will add greatly to the
ore crushing capacity of the company.
The stamp is single one weighing three
tons, with capacity of $50 tons day.
The foundation for it is now being put
down. In the way of solidity it seems
to be perfect. 1t is composed of sawed
timbers framed solidly together, solid
mass, that is eighteen feet deep, twenty
two feet wide and twenty-four feet long.
The top of this framed structure will be
covered with a single sheet of rubbe,
one foot in thickness, and on this the
stamp rests. Times.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11
Central and Southern Hills.

Alex Dunbar, who recently completed
II tour of the central and southern Hills
thus sums up the situation as he saw it.
for the Deadwood Times:
At Lookout he found the mill running
with results that seemed satisfactory to
the management. The mill and mine
furnish constant employment to seventy
five men.
At the unknown mine he found the
lO-stamp mill running in good shape
and apparently on good ore. This is the
mine that James &. Sherman is largely
interested in.
The Queen Bee mill is idle but the
management is anything else. A large
force of men of busy putting in set ot
concentrators and large ore crusher
AS soon as these improvements are con
pleted the mill will start up.
At the Castle Chief great activity pre-.
walls. The mill is running, it is univer
sally admitted, with fattering results.
AT Hill City he found quite a camp
two stores, and large population talk
ing tin, even when asleep. The same
applies to Custer City 50 far as tin talk
is concerned. The bulk Of the cash
received on bonded tin locations during
the last sixty days has gone into Custer
wallets.
JEFF McDermott is at work placer
mining, giving employment to twelve
men, and has satisfactory clean-ups.
The Standby mill at Rockford has
had another back-sct The water-wheeI
broke or gave out, which occasioned O
suspension of mining and milling. Nc
one seemed TO know what the mex
move will be.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11

Lowest Living Prices to All for Cash
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-08-11

Free milling gold ore assaging $l04 40
per ton is said to have recently been
discovered IL Bear Butte district
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-25
THAT PRESTON COUNTY VOTE.

Mr.. CarskAdon Fails to Find Fraud but Says
There was IrregulArity in the Certificate.
To The Editor ofLe IRtelltgtHoer.
Sir: The facts as to tho votes cast for
the Prohibition candidate for Congress,
Hon. ]. T. siler, in Preston county in
1886, I have from personal examina.
ton OF the records in the Office Of the
Clerk of the County Court, Mr.. j. Ami
Martin, clerk, very courteous!y and
Cheerfully assisting.
Thirteen votes were cast for Mr.. Siler
and regularly certified and returned nc
cording TO law to the county commits
sioners at the county seat by the pre-
cinCt election officers where said votes
were received.
Yet, in the return OF the county COM
missiOners, whose sworn duty under the
law it was to have canvassed and placed
on record the result OF the election In
the county, and to have certified these
votes to the Governor and Legislature
not one single vote for Mr.. Siler is re-
ported.
While it is true that the Preston
County Journal did as matter OF news
publish the number OF votes cast at the
several precincts for Mr.. Silcr, that was
no compliance with the law nor any ex-
cuse for the failure Of the proper county
officers to certify the vote us the law di-
reefs, and is certainly very poor foun-
dation for the flourish OF trumpets made
by the honorable Senator and editor in
his unjust aspersions OF the characters
of my friends Capt. Burt and Editor
Brandon, whose charge OF crookedness
in Preston county's election returns is
not by long sight proven lie by the
record" On the contrary, the record is
us have stated, and somebody else has
unduly expanded the truth. 1t may be
well also for the Senator to take to him
self the lesson he 80 kindly teaches
"Capt. Burt and Major Grandon"-vlz:
"that it is dangerous to go of half
cooked" especially when, as in this case,
it was loaded.
l am not going to impugn the motives
OF the h honorable Election Commission
ers of Preston county. l simply state
facts-and to say the very least it was
extremely unfortunate that this "ban-
per Republican county," whose leading
Republican politicians have been more
uncharitable toward their former Re-
publican friend (now Prohibitionists)
than those OF any other county in the
State and have done more to prevent a
fair hearing by the people OF the merits
Of the Prohibition party than any others,
even deriding them because OF the small
ness OF their votes-should in the face
OF all these facts, totally suppress the
votes that were cast,
1t will be rendered that Republicans
all over the State have been publishing
Judge Ferguson's animadversionson the
insignificance OF the Prohibition vote.
And knowing, as We do, from the facts
in the case that we have been greatly
wroDged by the suppression Of votes,
We think it very probable more have
been lost in the same way.
T. r. CARsKADoS.
nJs..I IT.U LS.,,ss, IIT u, Nm 9
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-25

there are life preseryers in every stat
room. Seel There are oursp
Suppose they are there-what OF
earth does anybody know about them
/ should drown before could get ont
on. Listen There it is again"
"What again? stopped again ?"
mo, II hasn't started since it stopped
the first time. They are running again
What Is that ior?"
81 don't know, my dear, but suppose
for some reason they are in a hurry
You open the door gently and look into
the cabin"
closed.
"What did you see, MirandaT"
"a man is sitting asleep right outside
our door here. He has his boots of, and
his feet in an arm chair. Wouldn't you
suppose he would get up and see what's
the matter?"
"Didn't you say he is asleep2 He
doesn't know about anything being the
matter. II you hadn't aroused me l
Hadn't aroused you? Wasn't it
enough to arouse anybody really be-
lieve that you could sleep through a
hurricane or ship wreck and would rath-
er do it. Oh, dear, now know why
those men are sitting up there asleep in
the cabin. They want to be dressedand
ready for anything that may happen
when We go round that terrible Point
Judith"
/ fell asleep as Miranda was talking,
and in the morning saw her; a sweet
gentle faced woman, haggard and worn,
as one who had not rested we'll the night
before. Poor soul, she had died dozen
deaths in those silent watches. l quite
admired the calm, christian resignation
with which William suffered his rest to
be broken without any sufficient dis
turbing cause. We men and husbands
earn new crowns every day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-25

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