The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-06-15
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Up-The Humboldt.
Scarce-Local items.
GloQmy-TLe weather.
Court meets next Monday.
Boys now 60 swimming in the river.
Andrew Lane was in town yesterday.
Al. Fisher, the rambler, is still in
town.
Lester Wallack passed through this
morning. ..
The De Frees mill is crushing Grand
Prize chloride ore.
Shall We allow the Fourth Of July to
pass by without celebration.
The roof joists of Freeman's new
bank building were put into position
to-day.
We are sorry to announce to our read
ers the ~serious illness OF Miss Lizzie
Hough.
The s%alutation here in Elko on Sun
day was: "Hail. fell Oh" But We
must admit that it was not we'll met.
The drawing OF the Arizona Lottery
Is postponed until August 4th. Send
to Prescott for a ticket and try your
luck.
A Tuscarora female came to a miser-
able death, through her love OF dress.
She was n COW, and she ate a hoop
skirt.
DIR. Huntington came down from Tus-
carora. by private conveyance, early
this morning. He came down TO attend
Miss Hough.
Call Ut the studio oppo site the Court
house and examine the portraits just
completed. One, in colors. OF little
Hattie Clark is the gem of the group.
II any Of our readers feel aggrieyed at
anything said in this column, now is
the time to have it corrected. Our
towel never was in n better condition
for the fray.
Mr.. Wenban's mine at Cortez is
yielding better than ever before. The
mill is running steadily 10 Its full capa-
city, and the dumps at :Le mine are
OVERLOOKING with ore.
Duringthe absence OF the proprietor
Of this journal we would be pleased to
receive two or three hundred subscrip-
tions per day. We will-during his
absence only-take rutabagas, cabbases,
sausages and SIGH like.
A few days ago A. BiNel missed n
valuable SOW with a litter Of pigs. On
searching for them no found them
locked up in the barn of George GAM.
George don't know how they got there;
who can imagine?
We call attention to the two new ad.
vertiscments of "Simmonds' Nabob
Whisky" on the second and fourth
pages of this issue. Messrs. Il. Reinhart
* Co. have been appointed agents for
this brand and will sell it in lots to
suit.
The little girl of Gay Dawley was
yesterday thrown from n horse at the
Wells and her arm broken. DR.. Terry.
who was telcgraphod for. took the train
last night for that place and set the in
jured member. The accident is not
considered dangerous.
A singular encounter was witnessed
last night by us. We noticed two men,
evidently quarrcling, walking towards
the Hat nea the river and as We are
always on the lookout for items we
concluded to follow them. We pictur-
ed in IL minds eye heavy head lines
Of shooting scrape, murder, killed and
others Of n similar import. When they
reached the flat they took off their
coats, laid them deliberately on q stone.
looked Mt each other n moment and
then clinched in an earnest contest.
They fought for some time, each giving
and receiving numerous heavy blows,
sometimes IN and sometimes the other
being knocked down, until il seemed
that both were pretty well exhausted.
After repeated rounds OF this kind, and
both had become pretty we'll battered.
they suddenly paused, advanced and
shook hands, put on their outer gar.
menis and walked off as amicably to-
gethcr rs though nothing had happened.