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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-08
Two quarrel. a Thirai. rs,,,sa.

Two Quarrel. "a THIRD q. KILLED.
81. Louis, June IA street fight
occurred .her, iior q ht between A ndfsw
smith and Peter Peterson, a prize
fighter. otherwise known as tho drer.
rible bwede." resulting In Smith un.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
tFRoM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALNIAGUNDI

Mr.. Muller's health is improving
and he will soon be home.
1t is reported here that Dave jolly
died III DeLaunr last week. We
have 40 particulars.
The President has appointed Will
liam Woodvillc, Of Maryland. Assist.
ant Secretary OF State.
MIS-. Watson. nee Miss Blanche
Roach, passed through this morning
on her way to join her husband in
Montana.
The Masonic and X. OF u. flags are
Mt half mast to day as Il token of re
epect to the memory OF the late
George ii. Bird.
Tho decision Of Judge Cheney i'll
the Lyon county case, published else
where to-day ~reviyes memories of the
job by which Elko county was looted
Of II pesthouse in 1891.
sBat" Shea. who murdered Robert
Ross at Troy, New York. i'll March,
1891. paid the penalty Of his crime
Yesterday. He took the electrical
route nj the Dlnnemorra prison.
Yesterday ballot in the Kentucky
Senatorial fight resulted as follows:
Hunter 81, Blackburn 90, Carlisle .
McCrcary 3, Bennett /, Cochran /,
Bate /. Holt l.. Hunters friends de.
clare il he cannot be elected, no other
Republican shall.
The Chronicle says that almond nuts
are raised in Storey county within
eighteen miles OF Virginia City. The
trees are thriving and a good many
Comstockcrs have eaten thefruit that
they bear. The ranch is the property
Of l.. Bcnnyton. 1t contains eight
acres and it bears besides almond
trees, apples, peaches, prunes, plums
pears aud grapes.
j. G. harrington, pioneer Of the
Pacific Coast, dropped dead in Vir'
ginin City yesterday afternoon. His
death is attributed to heart disease
and general debility. he was IL ua.
tive o! New York, aged about - years
Mr.. harrington WIS Il prominent Odd
Fellow and IL regular attendant at the
sessions OF the Grand Lodge. lie has
a host of friends all over the State
who will be panied to hear o: his sud
den ieath.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
Tho Two ]sh-r,nnn's.

Col. L. L. Polk related the following
incident in N of his speeches in
Georgia:
a man in Washington said to me:
did not Gen. Sherman cause great
damage to the Southern people?7
-Yes," said Col. Polk.
@And great suffermg?7
@Yes."
Don't you people entertain a very
bitter feeling toward him?'
"a grent many do" replied Col.
Polk, @but Gen. Sherman was en-.
gagged in legitimate war. He cut a
swath through that God favored land
fifty miles wide and five.hundred
miles long, and left nothing but death
and ashes to mark his track. | stood
IN my house night after night and
saw the horizon Lit up with the lurid
flames of burning dwellings and gin
houses. But he left us and We were
left to recuperate. But ! want TO saw
that there is another man named
Sherman i'll this country who inflicted
ten thousand fold moro suffering upon
the people than eve Tccumseh did,
You find his work ut every hovel. At
the fireside of every laboring man
you find the whitening effects OF John
Snerman's financial policy."-South
ern Mercury.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
Lost u Fortune.

The London correspondent OF the
the Philadelphia Ledger says: 1t is a
curious commentary upon the insta.
bility Of human affairs that the form.
er owner Of the entire city Of Johan.
nesburg now lies Il confirmed invalid
in tho workhouse infirmary Of the
quaint old market town Of Guildford
in Surrey. Tho old man seems to
have had a remarkable career. He
was in the service of tho East India
Company, fought in the Crimea, was
seriously wounded at Sebastopol, and
afterwards passed through the Indian
mutiny. He then went TO South At
RIGA. where he fought agains; IT,. Zu.
lus and the Beers before Tic Trans
vaal q made over to then. He
bought for sI,750, his c ulated
savings, over $4,000 acres of land near
the source of the Limpopo, here he
made up his mind TO ultimately settle
Bot war broke out, he took up arms
against the Beers and formed one Of
the party who held Pretoria against
them. In 1880, when the republic
was declared, he refused to accept
service under President Kruger and
the consequence was that his land
upon n portion OF which the Trans.
vaal city OF Johannesburg now stands,
was forfeited. Thus the old man who
lies dying without n penny in the
world Just escaped being rich beyond
the dreams OF avarice.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

George III. Bird. an old-tIme resi-.
dent of Elko county, died ut the De-
pot Hotel at about half past eight o.
clock this morning. The deceased
had been ailing for q long time and
his death was not unexpected. Mr..
Bird came to Eiko from Tuscarora
last November and went To the Hot
Springs and st ,yed for some time.
While at the Springs he seemed 20
improve and his friends were i'll hopes
that lac would fully O lie re-
turned la town shortly after the fist
Of the year and, though feeble, he was
able to he around until Il little over
a week ago when he WAS compelled TO
take To his bed.
The deceased was born in the State
Of Tennessee i'll 1888 and came to- Ne
vada in 1872. lie first settled i'll the
Bucl mining district and went from
there To Cornucopia. On the failure
Of those mines, he moved TO Tuscaro.
ra where he has lived and followed
mining for the last fifteen years.
On the breaking out Of the civil
war. he joined the Union army and
served in the ranks until peace was
restored.
Mr.. Bird was prominent in the coun.
ellis Of tho Republican party in this
county and in 1857 he was appointed
County commissioner 10y Governor
Stevenson To fill the vacancy caused
10y the death of Mart Smith.
The deceased leaves five sisters and
three brothers residing in Greene
county, Tennessee, TO mourn his loss.
The relatives have been notified of his
death.
He was II member OF the Mnsons,
and knights Of Pytlins Lodges Of
Tuscarora. The funeral will take
place from tho Presbyterian Church
Mt = o'clock tomorrow afternoon
under the auspices of Elko Lodge
No. ID, +. & \. NJ.
May the old soldiers long sleep be
MS peaceful as nm infants slumbcr.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Tho Pro Bono Publico is the name
OF another company which has been
formed by several Carsonitcs and
Daytonitcs for carrying on placer
mining in Lyon county. Tho com.
phny has this week located about G,
600 acres Of placer ground extending
from the mouth OF Sixmile Canyon
across the flat below Sutro TO tho Chr.
son river. 1t has been known for
some years that there wns consider.
able pay dirt in tho ground that has
been located, but il lins been left TO
enterprising outsiders to come in and
make an effort to do something with
the ground. 1t is tho idea OF this
company that the ground can be work.
cd proiitably with n steam shovel, aud
nm apparatus Of this kind will probab.
ly be tried somc time this coming
Summcr~-Dayton Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
Information for Miners.

Eighteen cubic feet OF gravel in
bank or twenty-seven cubic feet dry
weigh a ton. Thirteen cubic feet of
average gold or silver ore in mine, or
twenty cubic feet OF broken quartz,
weigh a ton.
The value OF an ounce OF gold is
go IL. Tho value OF n grain is s.Ol3.
Tho coinage value OF an ounce OF
pure silver Is 81 36. The value of an
ounce OF standard gold 600 fine) is
SlS GO. Tho coinage value OF an
ounce OF standard silver is 81. 90.
y ton Of silver is worth s32.G7o
Coinage v%aluc). A ton Of gold is
worth Si9G,123.
With cast iron rs IL unit mt $1,000,
the weight OF silver is 1913; lead 1914;
mercury, 1880; gold 2702.
The proper heat for tempering
drills is 1870 to $50 degrees, ut which
temperature the steel assumes n pale
yellow color,
Quicksilver mclts at 80 degrees, gold
ut 201G, silver ut 1874, AMI lead at
Gl2.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
The Zig Fight.

Ell PAso, February 1.-The place
Of the fight ~ still secret and no one
will know until the spot ia reached.
Several additional Texas Rangers
reached here this morning. making
thirty-two now under command of
Adjutunt General Mabry. II il re.
ported that the Mexican Rurnlcs are
gathering acrOss Tho river at JuracH.
a number Of cxcursiOnists from New
York and other eastern points arrived
this morning md II large number are
reported on the road. Tho Minister
Of FL Paso decided this morning to
open up Il Board Of Foreign Missions
against prizc-lights. They went in u
body across the river Ia JunrcI 10 see
Governor Ahumada to get him to take
active steps against u possible design
Of Dan Stuart to pull or the fight in
Mexico. Stuart, however. remains
confident and declares that Tho fights
will como or. There ia no doubt but
that hc will keep his word So far us
the big fight IL concerned and the
chances are very strong that he will
keep IL ny regards most, II not all. If
the lcsscr fights.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

The funeral of Mr.. Bird took place
from the Presbyterian church at .
o'clock this afternoon under the
auspices of the Masonic lodge. The
remains we're escorted from the Hall
by the Masons and Knight of Pythias
of which orders the deceased was an
hOnOrcd member. The exercises at
the church consisted of singing by
the choir, reading Of the burial ser.
vice and n short culogy on the de-
ceased by the Rev. NJ. S. Riddle in
which he spoke eloqucntly of his
services rs IL soldier during the Civil
war.
Al the conclusion OF the church
service, the Masons rendered their
beautiful and impressive service,
after which the remains we're escort.
ed to the cemetery 10y the Masons and
Knights, followed 10y Il long line of
carriages and people on foot.
At the grave the concluding cere.
monies were performed and all that
WIS mortal of George II. Bird was
left in the silent city of the dead.
May the clods rest lightly on tho
old soldiers grave and may his spirit
find eternal rest i'll the better land.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Tho Syracuse Standard tells Of an
amusing correspondence that recent.
ly took place between n Wisconsin
farmer and Il local boiler firm. Tho
farmer wrote as follows:
"Dcrc Sirs | have Il 1000 akcrs OF
trees TINT ! want cut. I'm pore but
I'm willing Ia pay too hundred dolers
fer mn cngin that will do my work.
and he went on To explain Just wlint
sort OF nm engine he wanted.
Tho boiler firm saw that tho engine
necessary to accomplish the dcvcsta.
ton Of his virginia. forest would cost
$1,000, and they informed him TO this
effect.
A week passed, and then the follow.
ing pithy cpistlc cainc from the Wis.
consin woods:
"Dcro Sirs what in HI wud |
want Of mn cngin or bilcr il | he'd
SIOOOf-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Tho completed mortgage statistics
Of tho country have been published
10y tho census burcau, and tho total
amount Of mortgage debt shown To
have been in existence on January
1890, was s2,2O9. ~. i3i on acres and
S3.SlOj3l ,55i on lots. In other words,
tho total private debts Of the United
States occurred 10y real cstatc mort.
gage is over sG,000,0OO. 900. or nm aver.
ngc Of about 800 per capita for each
person in tho country.-lndianapolis
Sentinel.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

ThOs. NJ. Charles. tho Mnrdis min.
ing man, has returned from SHIT Lake
City and il q at Dccth arranging
to csumo operations Rs o o M the
weather will permit. Mr.. Charles
lIas paid of II majority Of tho debts
against his mining properties In
Mardis and il fast paying or the bal.
ancc. lie has purchased the latest
improved machinery for working the
basc ores Of Mardis and as soon as il
arrives at Dccth IL will 10 hauled Ia
Mardis aud placed in working order
Our informant, who supplied us with
the above information. states That the
outlook for prosperous season in
that district il first class.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Jerusalem has no clubs. no bar.
rooms. no beer gardens, no concert
halls, no tliontcrs, no lecture rooms.
no places Of amusement Of nny kind,
no street bands, no wandering min
~strcls. M wealthy or upper classes,
no mayor, no alderman. no newspaper
no printing presses. no book storca-
except II outside tho walls for tho
sale Of Bibles no chccrfulnoss. no
life. No one stnga, no onc dances, no
one laughs in Jerusalem; oven tho
children do not play. So writes q
traveller who visited the Holy City
rcccntly.-Guide.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
THURSDAYS DAILY
sALsIAGUNDI.

To. morrow will be st. Valentines
day.
Frank BU;:. ;tz. the jolly drummer
spent today ii own.
DIR. Moore has returned from his
business trip and is now ready to wait
on all who may need his services.
The autopsy performed by DIR. Nc.
Dowell yesterday showed that Mr..
Birds death was caused by cancer
Of the liver.
News comes from Washington that
the director OF the mint has recon
mendcd the closing down OF the Car
son mint.
III noise and powder smoke will
Danish the devil, the Chinese will Ger.
tainly drive him out OF Chinatown
for awhile at least.
There are nearly 100000 chill
drcn in schools in the United Sta.
Nearly II. 000,0C0 in the public schools
and about 100000 teachers.
Ex-Governor P%attison's. Presi-
dental boon was launched yesterday
at II meeting OF he Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee.
Boston Transcript:-I is OF course,
Il real mean man who asks: @Why
not let women throw BALLOTS if they
want to? They'll nevcr hit the box
The S. +. Star think that the Brown
affair in the First Congregational
church is n race between gall md
morality with the odds in favor of the
gall.
The Carson Tribune has this chunk
of wisdom: Keep an eye on the news.
paper that always boasts of the
amount of business it is doing. Only
Il scheme to fool creditors.
1t is reported that Lawyer Coffin
has withdrawn from the Mint cases
and that James +. Dennis OF Reno
and p. Reddy of California have
been engaged for the defense.
Nine hundred and eighty four thou
sand men who voted the Democratic
ticket i'll 1892 either stayed at home OF
voted some other ticket i'll 1894
These are the independent voters
who make naiorities.
1t is SAID that the Sheriff of Mendo
Gina county, Cal, left the door of the
jail open recently, hoping that the no,
hos would escape. 1t was not long
before he was surprised by Il hobo
asking him to close the door and lock
it, so the Jail would not be overcrowd
ed.
Internal Revenue Collector Ma,
has received instructions from the de
partmcnt at Washington that here
after he will be expected 10 furnish j
with the name of every Chinamal
:hat dies i'll his district. This i
probably done to prevent a transfe
Of the certificate the deceased nigh
hold.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Il wonder il thus ncw-womun move.
ment will result III the erection of
monuments To womcn?7 she said
thoughtfully.
at won't" he replied promptly.
Il don't see why she persisted. il
Seems to mo that women have been
slightcd i'll that line. Why shouldn't
there he statues OF great wonen as
well M Of grent mem"
~llow would II statue with pulled
sleeves look?" he asked.
Il don't see why it wouldn't look
all right" she replied.
"But how would it look after
pulled sleeves have gone out Of fash
ion?"
81 never thought Of that she an
swercd. "But | don't see why they
couldn't change the statue as the
fashions changed; and | guess they'll
do il, too, when omc are in full
control OF things."-Chicago Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
lFRoM~ SATURDAYS DAILY
ShL,AIAGUSDi

DIR. Mcigs left for his home in
Oakland last night.
Mrs. George Meigs returned to San
Francisco on No Yesterday
William p. Frye, OF Maine il nov
President protein OF the U. S. Sen.
ate.
DIR. Petty is in town to-day. He
says there is nothing new around
Wells
Mr.. Henry Voigt returned from his
visit TO Germany last night and went
out to his home i'll Lamoille to day,
Yesterdays ballot in the Kentucky
legislature resulted ms follows: Hunt
erGG. Blackburn o., McCrcary 3, Car.
Isle ., Bate /.
Mr.. Bird is gradually gorwing weak,
or. DIR. Drake will arrive from Tus,
carora to night TO hold Il consulta.
ton with DR.. Mcdowell,
Charley Gee, was found guilty OF
murder in the second degree last
week. lie killed another Chinaman
in Silver Star last October.
Most Of the machinery used in
South Africa is OF American manu-
facturc, and all Of the mine timbers
are supplied by California and Ore
gon.
Tho bids for the new bonds have al
been tabulatcd and the result shows
ISL bids, aggrcgatinG sGG.7Ss.S50
above the Morgan syndicate bid. This
leaves S3i,lll,l5C to be awarded "a
the syndicate.
Tho lSDErESDESr, il informed that
there is more snow now III the Ruby
and other mountains ranges in this
county than there has been in any
winter during the past five pears
This will insure plenty Of water next
Summer for the rnnchrrs around
Lovelock.
The people OF DcLamar must bc ii
tough lot, Judging from the following
from the Lode: The ways Of a scoun
drcl are certainly dark. and every
section is filled with this class. but for
low and most contemplate crime
there IL moro covered up to the
square inch i'll this place than any.
where c!sc on the globe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
Poisoned Cake.

At the return leap year party given
at Carson Friday evening some cbo.
colatc cake was eaten by Il number OF
persons. who shortly after we're taken
violcutly Ill. Tho symptoms OF those
who we're taken sick indicated poison
ing md there was considerable OK.
citcmcnt. Two Of those who pattook
OF the cake wore very sick, but re.
covered. II is presumed that the
chocolate used in preparing the cako
caused tho trouble, bat Tor u time IL
was suspicioncd that some miscreant
had dopod tho cake for revenge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

Ex:--Thorc il n hank c~usiior III
Chicago who was the hoo uf u won.
dcrfdi performance. Just after the
great lire. Tho books al tho bank IN
which he was employed entirely
consumed 10y the flames. and with no
date except tho rGashuuks ~ the de-.
pOsitors and his memory, this mnn
restored all tho l,jpu accounts gO sue.
cosstully that ever dcpusitor was eat.
isllcd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16

DENVER, Feb. l0.-.A special to tho
Times from Washington says: Rep.
r%oscn,ativc Gamble OF South Dakota
carly intho present session Introduced
IL hill in give cncli arid land State
outright ono million acres Of land to
he disposed of in such Il manner IA
the legislature 81 tho States might
elect, md tho proceeds To DO applied
10 irrigation purposes. Officials Of the
Interior Department have gone oven
further than Gamblc'a hill and will
send u recommendation Ia tho Public
Lands Committee that every nero Of
arid land iunnd land States bc turned
over Ia these States for irrigation
purposes. Under such n provision
tho lands could Ice sold and tho pro.
cccds expended III carrying on such
irrigation projcciH M tho lcgisla.
turc Of these States might deem ad.
yisable.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-06


We may still stand on the tower OF the
capitol and survey that glorious pBno-
rama bounded by Tuscan, Sabine and
Alban hills and dream what that scene
was some l.700 or 800 years ago. The
Forum below was one radiant avenue Of
temples, triumphal arches, triumphal
columns, colossal statues, monuments
aud votive shrines-the senate house, the
rostra, the sacred way on the one side.
the circular temple of Vesta, the temple
of Castor and the basilica of Julius on
the other; above on the right the temple
Of Jove; on the left that of Juno, and the
towerin palaces of the Paiatine and the
Circus Maximus beyond the valley. Far
as the eye can reach would be vast thea
ters, enormous baths, colossal sepulchers.
obelisks, columns. fountains. equestrian
statues in marble or in bronze
The walls of these sumptuous edifices
are all of dazzling brilliance in oriental
marbles, bright with mosaic and with
frescoes, and their roofs are covered with
plates Of hammered gold, In the far
distance, across terraces and gardens
shady with the dark foliage of cypress
and stone pine, might be seen the aque-
ducts which briug from the mountains
whole rivers into the city to fill its thou
sand baths and its hundred fountains.
And between the aqueducts and the
porticoes, far as the eye can reach to the
hills beyond, villas CLEAN in the sun
with their terraces, gardens, statues and
shrines, each little city in itself. This
earth has never seen before or since 30
prodigious an accumulation of all that is
beautiful and rare.-Frederic Harrison
in Nineteenth Century
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-06

"Talk about children. " said young
woman the other day. "Why, I'm hon
estly afraid of them. feel just about as
safe when youngster is around as
would If dynamite bomb was rolling
about under my feet II seems to me
children are always striving TO make a
sensation. Sometimes can I tell wheth-
er it is pure guilelessness or wicked pre-
meditation ON their part to do or say
something that gives want o-sink.
through feeling to their elders.
Now, just imagine my sensations as
a hostess when several people paid a
most unexpected visit to my suburban
home on Monday, the scrap day Of all
housekeepers. and settled down for
luncheon.
Il hadn't time to get up any extras
except hustle few of my company pre-
serves on the table and make raid on
my cake box. My only meaty relish was
hash but, honestly, it was all original
goods, as the boarding house lady de-
clared.
Zone of my visitors brought with her
an inquiring young man of five. IL
seems this child has mania for inves-
tigating the former conditin of all eat
ables before they have passed into the
cooks hands. l didn't know this at the
time, so you can imagine my horrar
when the hash was brought on to see
that child fasten his eyes upon it and in
the interests of culinary science loudly
ask, Mamma, what was that when it was
aliveT "-Philadelphia Inquirer