Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-12-22
From Wednesdays Dnily.J
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Col. ]. D. Moore was in town yes
tcrday.
John S. Mayhugh has COMO t.
Tuscarora.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Dorsey arc in
San Francisco.
: q. w. Taylor and 10. Hennen, o.
Fl SAINT Valley, were in town las
Li;nt.
A fine snow storm set in about II
O'Clock this morning and the ground
is covered to tho depth OF about two
'inches.
The Board OF Trade mcoting will
bs hold Mt McIiissick's Opera House
Reno, next Saturday. Will Elko be
represented?
Miss Maggie Wright, teacher at Star
Valley, came down from Dccth this
morning and went out to Lamoille to
attend tho wedding.
Quite a number cfour citizens wen.
out to Lamoille to-day To attend the
Griswold.D akin wedding which takes
place at S o'clock this oven ing.
White Pine News: Secretary Win
dom is the smallest financial head the
Treasury Department has had since
tho foundation OF the Government.
Henry frankie, OF Lamoille, came
in last evening suffering with a
severely sprained wrist. d.. Meigs
repaired damages US far as possible.
Those in tho vicinity Of Fort Hal
leck should not fail to attonl and
participate in the mlslusra 10 to be
given on next "Wednesday, Christmas
| night.
The receipts Of cattle at Chicago
during tho weak ending Dee. Ii, ac-
cording to Keenan, e Sons circular,
wero 72,0Oo head. Prices range from
81 to 50 GO por cwt.
William Sprague, the war governor
OF Rhode Island, once worth SO, OOo,-
90 and noted later for wild ways and
trouble with his wife, the daughter of
Chief Justice Chase, is now in
poverty.
Reno G Izettc:-Sonator Plumb, of
Kansas, has cut out work enough to
keep him as busy rs a hen laying IN
egg if he passes through Congress
the Sc bills he introduced on the
seventh day Of the session.
Alta:-Patti's hair is now the color
known in New York rs "SInncateles,"
the next station bsyond Auburn.
She declares that she dyed for hcr
art. As Juliet she has to make up rs
a blonde, and sha dislikes wigs.
The Silver State says Rsv. Van
D~cventer, in his lecture on Tho Mis-
takes OF Ingcrsoll, will handle the
great ugEostic without gloves" II
does not require gloves TO handle a
man who is LOGO miles away.
Times evicw:--An of tho Eve
children Of Ed. Hardesiy ut jack
Creek, are down with scarlet fever.
The first two takcn arc c%onvalcgcing,
but the cases of tho three taken later
arc more virulcnt and serious fears
arc entertained in regard TO the re-
suits.
Tcrrc Haute Mail:-On Saturday
night, December 1th, tho receipts OF
the thirty-four New York City theaters
werc S2O,S52.35, and even then some
managers complained OF poor bust
moss. At this rate how IN an fortunes
arc expended in one year in THO city
ulono for the qualification OF cul-
tivatcd taste?
Times.R eview:-W. T.. +. Dcal, OF
Virginia City, and j. ii. Macmillan,
attorneys for plaintiff in tho mining
suit between tho Dcxtor and Eira
companies, and n. Wcstcoatt, the
surveyor and mining export, arrived
on Saturdays Elko stage and ara on
gagod today examining and survey
ing the disputed ground.
Tho Silver State oulogiaes in tho
highest terms Rev. L. w. Van Doycn-
ter who is occurring at Winncmuccn
and other places. Let's FEC; is not
this tho samo man who not long since
assorted that n large majority Of tho
inhabitants OF Nevada, from the child
in the cradle 10 tho Judge on tho
bench, wcro stepped in drunkenness
and dcbauchcryY Or was IL some
other man?
Tho Christmas ball To DO given nj
a. o. u. w. Hall next Wednesday
evening gives promise OF being Il
most successful and pleasant cntcr-
tainmcnt, as everything will be dono
by tho management to make IL n sue
cess. Tho best of music has been
provided AMI n Gno supper will DO
served ut tho Com. by re;croncc to
their nd. IL will he seer that all who
participate are expected 10 b. prosont
Mt $50 at which tins tho ball opens
with tho grand march.
Mated for Life.