Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-01-08
From Tuesdays DsiIy.l
AALMAGUADI.


F& A. NJ. ut their Hall tonight.
Fr-d MulIer lett on to-day's train for
a visit I, fri,udS aud relatives in Texas.
Arrangements have bren perfected
Tor n iSe;. Y"nr Ball. Look out for thr
al.
The Board nf Commissioners met yes
teIdAy and adjourned until this morn
ing.
The high wind Of Inst night brought n
fierce suow storm which set in tui,
morning
Nr. rnd Mrs. Frank Honeymnn. of
Clover Valley, attended the social dance
Inst night.
1t is easy to make good resolutions
for the coming year, but how many will
keep them?
Frank Tcrrii. foreman OF Russell &
BradI"y's Idaho rnuge. came in last
week 10 SETH" up for the year.
A plumber Of new and powerful loco
motives have recently been put on this
division Of the 4. p. Railroad.
All who desire old newspapers cnr
have tn m, until tn. present supply Mt
this office is exhausted. tree o! charge.
The C"nt Al Pacific is just now an
noy-d with IL number OF disabled en-
gin"s which will be obliged to 60 to tho
shops for repairs.
onr pubic schools oprncl yesterday,
though on ccoun Of its being cousid-
erel n holiday the attendance WAS
rather light.
George Miller. Of Akron. Ohio, has
been buried in u coffin made from the
wood of II cherry tree which he planted
sixty ycnrs ngo for that purpose.
Cris w"l-h. who ms been foreman
for Russell & Bradley for the past
tiftc"u years, .c't Yesterday morning for
California where he..will reside permn-
nently.
a Lesson in Addition.-"One and one
IL two md one TO carry make three.
is the way Gbl'tS argued it when hia
wife presented him with OH heir on
Christians Day.
a Western exchange says: Glad
ucss Will foll"" SORROW, wait till the
ciouis roll by" and in the next breath.
"rwclv" colorrd t.nmus were arrested
one day Til. week."
Reno Journnl:-Four feet OF smow Mt
Trurker. md il took arc engines four
teen hours to make f"uIteen miles yes
trrdhy. 80 badly was the sunv hl.ckndc
bctHcrn rruckce and the Summit.
White Pine N~"ws:-Thcrc nra M less
than fifty cns"s Of measles now in Tny-
Tor and down ut the IN II. SO far in no
case has it proved fatal. Whrl" hmi
lies. young and old, liz some Cases. nre
down together.
Dayton is suffering from chicken
thieves Int ia" Lyon Times thinks
there is little chance Of conviction even
II the "fowl" thieves hc caught 80 long
as murdcrcrs. ~nrsonisIs and horse
thieves are turned ndrift by intelligent
juries.
With this isHuc We enter upon Vol
ume Twenty-Five OF The DAILY ISpErES
pSSr. The only promise we have to
make IN the advent OF the new volume
is that Sc shall give orr readers, dur.
ing the coming year, MS good IL pnpcr as
the patronage warrants, coupled with
whatever Of energy AMI ability We pos.
Sess.
The weather has been cI,re nelly cold
in the Western States during the week.
From the great lakes II thu Rocky
Mountains the mercury has been down
to zero. "n! in pniis OF Colorado mud
Wyoming from % 10 40 degrees below
TINT point. Ar znrH has experienced
the greatest cold ever known in that
Territory. and two or three inches Of
SNOW fell At Il Phso, on the Rio Glande
A spirited contest took plnce recently
nj n ball at Sprucrmont when n gold
watch was voted to tho Mosi popular
young l"hy. The watch wns worth
about $40 aud votes were cast at 25
cents each. On closing tho bnll,t il
was found TINT 1873 Lad beer realized
mud Miss i%Inu"ymnn, daughter OF Com
missioner Frank Hone, man, was de.
clared dnly elected.
From tho handsome girl's head. lith-
ogrnphcd in colDrs, nicely cut ont, TO
the last slip OF the pad H,Od's House.
hold Calendar for 1883 ~ thoroughly
artistic. Every month Is beautifully
engraved. and each alp az torn OF
presents n nnw aud pleasing combinn
Iion u color printing. Copies mny hc
obtniued AT tho drug store. or ny send
ing SIX CENTS in STAMPS TO &. ]. Hood e.
Co, Lowell, Mass.
Yesterday n generally recognized
as q holiday by our business men. stores
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