Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-02-26
From Fridays Daily.
kALMAGUSDI

According to naturalisis wasps re-
member the locality Of their nests jus!
ninety-Sx hours.
Miss Rose Gardner left last evening
for Rally Valley where she will teach n
term Of school commencing next Mon
day.
Everyone should provide against nc
cident by securing a policy in the Pa
cihn Mutual. represented by NJ. II. Mil
Ter.
See official notice Of annual meeting
Of the Nevada Live Stock Association
which will be held in Winurmucea on
tn. Goth day Of March.
There are Mt this Tins but lO7 SON
victs i'll the State Prison. This is the
least number reported for over 20 years,
md speaks well for the morality Of the
State.
Do not forget the Leap Year Ball
which will be given by the ladies Of
Wells on next Wednesday evening. All
arrangements for II good time are COM
plete.
II you desire to locate in a tropical
climate where everything is cheap, 10
to Los Angeles. Coal is $50 per ton.
butter 81 90 per roll. aud Eggs 81 40
per dozen.
II thos" persons who "forget" to pay
the small mount due the INDEPENDENT
would reflect u m they might renl-
ize that IL newspaper Cannot be run
wholly on wind.
As n toilet article, Ayers Hair Vigor
stands unriTaled. 1t cleanses the scalp
md removes dandruff, cures itching
hnmora, restores the original color to
faded and grny hair. and promotes its
growth.
S. II. Henley hns planted som c seeds
OF the genuine Tea Plant, which he re-
ceived direct from Japan, and soon we
will he permitted to see Just what this
rare shrub looks like in its native YER
dure.
n. Y. Star:-Mrs. Langtry has struck
n rich vein OF silver on some land she
own ut Carson, Nevada. If Mrs. Pot
ter doesn't strike II gold mine now, she
may as we'll hide her diminished dra-
maIic.
In n letter from the land OF spirits the
lately executed Anarchist, August Spies,
says that he is still laboring in the
cause for which he died. lie naturally
considered it unnecessary to give his
present address.
Virginia Chronicle:-The most nota-
BILE feature about John Sherman's
speech on 'free ballot and q fair
count" is the absence OF all a~Ilusion
to certain proceedings in the State of
Louisiana in the Winter OF lS7G-77.
Central Nevadnn:-A car load Of ma
chinery for n smelling furnace has ar
rived mt Golconda for Roulestone &
Bates, who own large copper mines
twelve miles south Of that station.
There is ore enough in sight to run the
smelter for months.
Detroit Free Press:-During the last
ten years the tohdyit-s OF the United
States have been taken in aud done for
by three bogus lords, four bogus dukes
md five bogus counts, to say nothing of
the fifteen or twenty BARRIERS who have
gone around playing earl.
No other Spring medicine has won
for itself such universal confidence rs
Ayers SHrsnparilln. 1t is the most
powerful combination OF vegetable al
terntives ever offered to the public, and
IL acknowledged by the medical prof
fession to be the best blood purifier.
Virgins Chronicle :--Ex-SheriI Hanks
arrived from Wells. Elko county, last
evening. lie is Superintendent ot the
Sun Creek Cattle Company in Elko
county, in which Professor f. L. Field
ing, Hon. w. ]. Wcstcrfield and other
prominent Western Ncvad,ms are inter
ested.
The Pnrke County News comes to
our table much improved in appearance
under the management OF our old friend
DIR. Crooks. Who wonlt have thought
that the Doctor would ever enter the
uncertain field Of journalism Give US
your ~, old friend, and mny SUCCESS
attend the News. and numerous shckels
flow into the Golfers Of the manager.
1t requires something more than CON-
mon pluck in n mnn to march to tho n.y.
mencal altar. According to Bulwer,
Cardinal 1iichclieu said "It takes the
courage Of n lion" That being the
case, the Kansas man who was waylaid
by highwnymcn, robbed md beaten hnlf
to death. but nevertheless showed up at
the altar and was married according TO
schedule time, is entitled TO the bolt for
bravery.
Quite n little excitement WIS caused
just after noon 10y n runaway. A tenn
belonging to Thomas Hunter was left
standing in the street and becoming
frightened at M incoming trnin started