Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-12-16
From Friday. Daily.
sALMAGUNDI.

Il Gay.
Birdie Dawlsy is reported better this
AFTERNOON.
Bills that did not pass Congress arc
not necessarily counterfeit.
Mumps are affecting a number OF our
citizons. principally children.
Columbus was the first foreigner i'm
ported to America uudor contract.
Col. E. p Hnrdosiy aud J. d. Fitch
came down from Wells this morning.
Charity covers II multitude OF sins,
and That is what some Of it is used for.
The Tuscnroro stage took out this
morning 26G pounds Of express freight.
The Hard Times Masquerade at
Wells promises to be o grand social
event.
Get your masks and costumes ready
i"r tine masquerade at Freeman Hall Gu
Christmas night.
Many Of our subscribsrs arc taking
advantage Of our offer 10 furnish Texas
Siftiugs for 81 q year.
The CALIFORNIA; Sugar Refinery an
Inc u reduction Of l cont per pound
on oil grades OF sugar.
Rosenstock will hnve n largo and
varied assortment Of masks suitable for
the coming masquerade.
1t is now beloved that Venus rose
from the sen ~ allow the hired girl to
make the bed Of the ocenn.
The Western Sugar Refinery has paid
SG2,401 additional duty on the West
mea,h's cargo, under protest.
Our town was never better supplied
with Christmas goods then at present.
Santa Claus is in luck this year.
There is n man in this town so thin
that he doesn't know the difference be-
tween hunger aud the back nche.
Beef aud Pork Sausage, Wiener
vurSt, Liverwurst Head Choose, Tripe
aud Corped Beef OF the Elko Meat
Market.
Those who cannot afford to take
their homo paper are usually good bor-
rowers. for n penny saved is as good ms
a penny earned.
Yesterdays wind storm brought q
shower Of min which ended in snow
and this morning tho ground wa
dressed in white.
The Reno Gazette saya TINT nj no
previous history of the State hns there
been so many npplica hts for Legislative
positions as mt present.
NJ. p. Freeman. formerly Of Hum
bold! county, and later q banker Mt
Elko, was last Monday elected City
Treasurer Of Tucson. Arizona.
Those knowing theselvcs indebted to
the INDEPENDENT will confer a grent fa-
yor by making payment rs speedily rs
possible, to enable us to meet our liz
bilities.
Tho Truckeo Republican says there
WAS cut A. 900, 900 feet OF lumber on
the Truckee river this season. which is
about 1000, 900 feet more than were
cut lust year.
ale Too" Plntt is n very probable
candidate for Secretary OF tho Ire asury.
II my partuor Levi has the naming Of
that Office. (nnd he claims the privi-
lego). Mr.. Plntt is quite liablo to get
there.
County Clerk Dawley has just conf
pleted the transcript on appeal in the
cuRe Of Geo. W. Lewis, who was son.
fenced to the penitentiary for life for
killing Piccoli Mt Bullion. Tho trans
cript is a pondorous document com
prising over 900 foiios.
Governor Stevenson and his private
Secretary, Judge Wells, both deny the
authorship OF the famous Thanksgiving
proclamation. II they both tell the
truth the question is. Who did write Iii
A moro important question, however, Is,
Do they both Tell the truth?
Messrs. Blossom & Cohoon, Of Battle
Mountain, hive purchased OF J. u
Francis tho Weilnnd Bottling Works ut
Reno. The journal says il is the in
tention OF tho new firm to establish
similar works in Elko. Such an enter.
prise here would certainly be n paying
investment, AZ tho Wcilnnd beer Inns O
high reputation wherever II has been
introduced. a.
Our contract with Texas Siftings foI
chsnp clubbing rates expires on the 31sI
Of neSt January. Send In your sub
scriptiOns mud commence with tho new
year. For So you get the WEEKLY Is
nmd Texas SiftingsI price 81
for n year. Both new and old sub
scribors are entitled to this Offer Tht
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT alonul will be
sent one year for 81 in advance. 3r
McRowo, n tcsmstsr oil the Tuscn.
rora road, was brought down by tb,
stngo lnst evening suffering with
broken wrist. lie was taken TO tht