Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-01-22
from Thursdays Daily.1
BALNAGUNDl.

6eo notice OF q LOST letter.
Two trains on time this morning.
Appearances favorable for . snov
storm.
Prepare for making garden; get your
seeds Of d. IL. Frr,-.
Weather is getting warm; only 2 de-
grees below zero this morning.
Regular meeting Elko Lodge No. Is.
K. OF P, ct Castle Hall tonight.
Now TINT Lamar is confirmed the
country will surely ''go to tho dogs"
Tho Albion, Idaho. Times says a
stranger in town Is almost q curiosity.
The sieighiug could not be better, and
the jingle OF the bells Is constantly
heard upon our streets.
English girls use the water of q boiled
cucumber as face wash. This makes
them las cool as a cucumber"
Manfred Reinhart arrived from Win
nemucca last evening anil will remain
in town for a few days. He is tho saIne
jolly Fred AS Of yore.
In the February instalment Of Edgar
Fawoett's novel. in The American Mng-
azine. the position OF affairs becomes
seriouS-at least. for the fair Olivia.
Louis Bradley cane down from
Deeth to-day. He came in response to
a telegram from his best girl who de-
sirrs the pleasure Of his company to the
Leap Year Ball.
Cassia County Times:-Frank Terrill
arrived Tuesday from his trip to Neva-
ds. He reports plenty of cold and
snow mp that way. His little boy,
frankie, was taken quite sick during
his absence. but is now improving.
One OF thoss new style rotary snow
plows passed through Inst evening. go
ing east. and attracted consid .rable at
tention from the curious. There WAS a
universal desire TO see the machine in
active operation on a snow drift.
Congress has no right under the Con-
stitution to take money from the peo
pie, unless it is required to eIecu te
some one OF the specific powers Entrusted
to the Government; aud if they raise
more than necessary for such purposes
It is An abuse OF the power OF taxation,
and unjust and oppressive .-(Jackson's
Farewell Address.
Some Of our Republican exchanges
would have us believe thnt James G.
Blaine carries the whole commonwealth
OF New York in his vest pocket. There
is one satisfaction, however, and that is
that the prosperity OF this great nation
does not depend upon who occupies the
chair OF Chief Magistrate. The United
States would purSue the even tenor II
her way with An Egyptian mummy for
President.
A letter from Henry schodde. dated
Jessie, Idaho, Jan. l4th, brings the
neva OF the birth OF a "ten pound COW
boy" so he terms IL. He says they
have had extreme cold weather in Idaho
with Is inches OF snow on the level,
IL unless il turns warm soon but few
cattle will DO left on Snake River.
Many cattle are drowned In ate mptine
to CROSS the river on the ice, in search
OF food and water.
Record Union :-Delya Lockv wood r-
presses the desire to ngain run for the
Presidency. She proposes as q plat
form 1.-THE reservation Of public lands
for deserving people. and the giving o!
the same wages to women and men,"
Nobody holds Belvn. She and our pro-
hibition friends have managed to do q
great deal Of damage in the pnat by
putting i'll their oars. but it's a free
country. and Belva cnn run, even II she
can muster no party to support her.
A. b. Simonds. Of Youngston, Ohio,
has completed q model for O canal. boat,
which will mako no waves. Ho claims
that his invention can he applied 10
lnrge 7teamers, and that a speed OF fifty
miles sn hour can be attained. Many
inventors have tried to accomplish the
making Of a boat for cannls which
would not create waves during progress,
thereby washing tho banks. but until
the present no ons has fully succeeded.
aud It IL an open question il this in
ventor las practically solved tho prob
lem.
James O'Neil while confined In tho
county juil was taken with measles and
Was transferred to the Humboldt House
where no Is ul5!or care Of his mother,
We aro assured that ho Is now recoyor
ing and that every procnution has been
tnkcn TO avoid q spread Of tho disease,
bot Mrs. Lang deems IL host under tho
circumstance not TO prepare a ball sup
per. We think this moyo on her part
n proper one. although :Lore might be
no danger in Attending ~ Soc Special
Notice.
Alfalfa.