Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-03-25
From Tuesdays Daily.l
BALMAGUADI.
This weather is very March-like.


Read liybschman's rythmical rhupso-
dy on the virtues Of Elko brewed beer.
+. J. Frank came in from Bullion
yesterday. lie reports plenty of snow
there yet.
Special meeting Of Elko Lodge No.
IL, F. d A.. 81. at their Hall tonight for
work IN the First Degree.
Abbey's Uncle Toms Cabin Company
is heading this way and may possibly
stop here and give Elko n benefit.
DR.. John Hall of New York is worth
a million aud breaches TO u congregation
worth SiO0, OGO, 600. Let the cnmel be
creased and have the needles eye
reamed out.
Ben Haywood, OF Shoshone, Idaho.
and W. G. Ii. Allen, editor Of the Sho.
shone, Idaho, journal, passed through
this morning en- route for Winncmucca,
to attend the meeting Of the Live Stock
Association.
Reno Gnzettc:-C. S. Preble is alter
nntely dubbed Colonel and General by
the people of Butte county, Cal, and it
is among the probabilities that they will
insist on his being n candidate for Gov
crnor at the next election.
Fires nre being lighted under the po-
litical pot in this county, and ere long
there will be Il siIumeriug which will
eventually be raised to the boiling
point. Let the best men win, ia tho
earnest wish Of the INDEPENDENT.
Miss Kitty wilkins, the Horse Queen
OF Idnho, en- rout to the East. stopped
over here yesterday and to-day, and
will leave oil this evenings train. Her
brother. who accompanied her this far.
left on this mornings stnge for Tusca-
rora whence he will 60 across the
country on horseback to their home OH
the Bruneau.
Another wreck is reported on the c.
p. Railroad somewhere in the Sierra
Nevada mountains by the collision of
two freight trains. 1t is also reported
that several lives were lost in tie dis
ns.er Tut We are unable to obtain par
ticulnrs. Train No 3, east bound, due
here at 9:25 this morning was delayed
several hours.
The plump and pretty person who
wants to form n "Widow's Trust" does
not seem to appreciate the gravity of
the undertaking. Widows may be par-
tial to corners, but it is safe to say that
when it comes to n question Of coinlin-
ntion they will cry with one voice, "No
trust" Experience is a great teacher
and the widow is IL willy bird.
The Times-Iicview says: 1t is at this
Eenson that the prospector puts on his
war paint. shoulders his pick, aud, with
blood i'll his eye, lays his course for the
mountain peaks. towering in the dim,
blue distance. His friends all shake
hands with him and drink to his sue
oess while his shekels hold out. for hc
may one OF these days return Il million
aiTe.
White Pine Scws:-Mnny good pco-
pie nre nn1iously waiting the second
coming OF Christ. But, like the Eureka
mail line. the Prophets and Apostles
have not figured down the exact time by
a few hundred thousand years. Have
patience brethren: the Rrdecmer will
come, and SO will the Eureka mail
sometime between now and the Great
Judgment Day!
The Medicine Bow correspondent Of
the RHwlins, Wyoming, Tribune writes
n. follows: The Medicine Bow country
Inns tho best grazing country in Wy
oIninE Territory. Witnessrs-the cattle
OH this ransc-ull jolly. fat and happy.
Our %ranrhmcn will bo to blame III does
not compare fnvorNbly with even the
Pass Creek country, from an agricuItu-
raj stand point.
The ncatcst answer TO the charge that
revenue reform means reduced wages
for the laborcr, is reported by the Prov
idencc Journal rs having been made by
IN IrishInan, to whom u mill wuer
snil: ''Pnt, don't you vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. II il q free trade ticket.
II TINT purity wins. your wages will be
reduced" "Devil trust yc now" eI.
claimed Pat. III that's so yc'd vote it
yoursclf!'' Patrick il correct.
Some time since We received q letter
from Senator Stewart stating that he
would furnish the people Of Nevada
with q variety OF seeds from the Patent
Onicc on application. Wc immediately
answered and requested that lac send u
supply to this office and VIC would ace
that they would be placed in the hands
OF those who would give them n fair
test. Not q scod has been received at
this Office, neither do NO know OF u
resident Of this county who has received
any.
Col. ". u. Hodge, Travelling Agent
for the New York Mutual Life Insur.
nncc Company. who has been ~sojourn-
ing amongst us for tho past several