Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-02-03
From Friday. Daily.
nALMAGUNDI.

Thanks to AsEsmblyman johnson for
Legislative documents.
We nre pleased to learn ,h,t Thomas
Hunter /. reported better To day.
II is proposed to remove Thomas o.
COuner to a Hospital at Salt Lake
City.
Mrs. d ,nson has been elected Super
intendent Of the ". c. T. U. Reading
Rooms.
w, j. Hanks. who hns been confined
Mt Virxiuin City some time by sickness.
passed through Last evening &c route to
Wells.
EssHugh Tate has secured q position
with tho Tuscaron Trading Co. and
left By stage yesterday morning for tho
upper levels.
Ches. Woodward arrived from Ja,k
Greek yesterday with teans for lumber
with which to build a new school
house in that district. EyZ3
Frel Gebhardt's palace horse car,
containing n numter Of his line ami
mails. ps-el through thi. morning at
, tucLei to the express train.
The list Of polling llaces aud inspect
ora far the special election il Published
to-day. The Proclamation OF the Com
missiuners is crowded ont but will an
pear tomorrow. 81
Mrs. Rule: loft this morning for Reno
whore abe will locate permanently. A
large number Of her friends wore ut the
tram to bid her good bye AMI wish her
success and happiness in her new home.
p. X. Spencer. Of Pike county, Mis-
souri,, who has been visiting his brothe',
Grorgs Spencer. OF Smith Creek, for
the last two m"nths. left on last nights
trniu for his home east Of the Rockies.
Der clubbing contract with Texas
Siftings has been excluded to March
81, 1889. All who desire Texas Sift-
ings ono year for 81 sLoull send in
their subscriptions previous to TINT
time.
Frank Wines has removed his family
to Peko where Ia. will re side in future.
This chnngs 10 residence vas mude
necessary on account Of his business in
running the II. r. pumps both at Peko
and Elko.
Mrs. II. G. Davis received q dispatch
Mt noon requesting her to leave
for San Francisco forthwith; her hu:-
band, the Lieutenant Governor, is be-
low for medical aid aud it is feared he
il in n dangerous condition T Carson
Tribune.
Reno Gazette: The Interstate Com
mission il tying to prevent ticket scalp
ing. This il really n very nice joke.
Anybody who has ever seen the facility
with which railroad managers make
and break agreements will smile
Mt the charming confidence OF the Cou.-
mission.
Mr.. CoryeIl Inns introduced a bill, A.
B. SO, to reviv. the Office OF Road Su-
pervisor. the Act provides that the
several Boards of Commissioners shall
appoint a Supervisor in each Road
District to serve until <ho next general
election. when a supervisor shall be
elected by the people in the same nun
nor that other township officers are
elected. We think tho mensure q wise
one.
We were not greatly opposed 10 the
lottery bill until tao Legislature pro-
vidcd with such unsecmly hnstn for II
specia! election. when we secuted u 70.
dent Of goodly proportions. We sup
posed tue people would have until the
next general election to think over the
matter, but when the special election
was called in Hpch great haste We con.
cluded there was n job in il. hence we
took a stnnl against the measure ard
will continue to oppose it until the
polls close on February llth.