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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-12-08
LIFE IN SORRY CITY.

Some of tho Trials md Pnstlmcs OF the
Editor OF the "ScalpIng Knlfe."
A SPLENDID PIECE OF MARKsMANsHr.
Last night about twelve o'clock we
were awakened from our sound slumber
by unscemly noises coming from the di-
rection OF our c~hicken-coop.
Suspecting something wrong we lifted
our doublc-barrelcd bird-gun from Its
rack over our couch (where It always
hangs heavily loaded) and stole noise
lessly to tho window. Seeing tho dim
outline OF a man moving about, we raised
our pieco and fred. Judging from tho
shrill sounds Of distress that followed
We think We must havo hit our man. He
bolted, however, before we could INQUIRE
with another shot
Early this morning. as we wero pass-
Ing jack Tarcr's house, wo noticed Jack
VAS eating his breakfast from of his
mantol-picco, and that no did not put
much choorincss into his good morn
ing" to us. Wo regard tho matter as .
singular coincidence.
We don't want to mako any charges
against individuals; all we want to say
to our fellow townsmcn TO prevent any
misunderstanding in tho ~futuro) Is this:
II you are going to call on our %hen-coop,
1t will DO a good p%recaution to don y suit
Of riveted stool armor. We never waste
q cartridge.
Why can't people be honest3 Have
wc got to loso our rest gottipg up at all
hours OF the night, squirting buckshot
into dishonest people2 Shame on such
o community.
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Clubbing Rates.

We have made arrangements where.
by wo can offer tho Now York World,
(Wocltly) aud the WEEKLY ISDErEsD.
Il ono year for g. in advance.
Subscribers can have either the
World, Chicago News or Ioxas Silt.
ings with tho INDEPENDENT Tor IS il
advance. Send in your subscription.
for tho year 1870.
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The Ruby Strike,

Wo learn that tho boys at tho
Ruby inino hnvo struck u ledge IN
IN" Wine from tho $50 lovol, that
El'arklos with tho rod genuine article,
from which bullion Is made. They
havo four ! tho Fortuna lcdgo cnst OF
tho big break. which has never been
tapped That far cost since tho camp
"as hcon founded, and Is a nnc stroke
OF 9ood fortune 10 Tom Brennan,
ION Carney mud the two Falycy
btothors. IAustin T.
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White Pine PIacera.

There has been considerable excite.
mcnt in placer locating during the
past week, says tho Nows. Tho whole
Of Robinson Canyon, the town of Ely
aud down MS far us McQuity's have
been tnkcn up. In all tho prospects
mado course gold in paying quantities
has been found. II now looks as
il tho Ely placer fields would at no
distant day show up as promising
Rs those Of Oscoola
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A Fish Mine.

A fish story comes from SANTA Rosa,
Cal: a well has been dug on tho
ranch OF John Walker, who lives n few
miles west Of this city, which Is IL
marvel to tho ncighbors. In drawing
water thousands Of cyeloss fish, rang
ing from half an inch to six inches in
length, have been taken out. Occa-
sionally tho bucket is drawn up half
full OF fish. No subtorranoun inlet 10
tho vol has yet been discovered. Tho
we'll is about fifteen miles from the
ocean and u chain Of mountains in
teryenna
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From Mondays Daily.l
NALMAGUNDI.

Lake rahoe is rising, occasioned by
recent storms.
Ham Mccain came down from Hal
leck this morning.
Ed. Carville and A. B. Miller, OF
Mound, arc in town to-day.
Mr. and Mrs j. d. Abel, OF Fort
Halleck, are in town to-day.
Tho County Fathers held their
usual monthly council to-day.
Tho first session OF the Fifty-first
Congress IA opened at noon to-day.
Miss Gertie Moody left this morn
ing for her home near Santa Cruz,
California.
Some new, unique and beautiful
holiday goods are Oh exhibition at
Reinhart's.
n. b. Nye is almost sick with n Sc
we're cold. Many others are suffering
from tho same cause.
Miss Lena Alexander left last night
for Tccona to resume her school after
u weeks vacation.
Miss Barbara Lang went out TO La
noble yesterday where she is engaged
to te2ch n private school.
Commissioner Frcd Wilson returned
Saturday night from the East, and
is attending the meeting Of the Board
to-day.
Mrs. ]. Z. Smith, wife OF Postmaster
Smith, left this morning on Il visit OF
several months in Southern Cali
fornia.
Buffalo Bills daughter, Arta l..
Cody, was married to Horton S. Boal
at North Platte, Nebraska, last Thurs
day night.
Attention is directed to an article
o.: interest on tho third page CT this
paper, in reference 10 the signcrs of
the Declaration OF Independence.
Joe. Lang has resumed his old po-
sition as proprietor Of tho Humboldt
House. Mr.. Dover, the former pro-
prietor, will probably remove to Car
liu.
a glorious rnin fell last night,
amounting to 81 hundrcdths OF an
inch according TO the Free Press
gauge. To-day is moro like April
than December.
Mr.. Pcttigrcw, the new Senator
from South Dakota, having lived in
n Territory ever since he was OF age,
has never yet voted for n President.
This il tho first instance OF tho kind
on record.
Davo Casper has purchased the
General Merchandise business nj
Mountain City, formerly carried on
by Max Schocn and l.. Goldstoin, and
will remove to that northern country
the last Of this week.
New England is suffering n scourgo
from great fires. Lynn suffers n loss
OF Sl0,Oo0,0lO, Boston ono next
with an estimated loss Of slO,C0o,00o
and Hartford, Conn., follows with a
con!lagration entailing Il loss OF $780,
Oo0.
Tho following account OF u horrible
calamity comes from ElliottJyille, |
Virginia: -Four little girls, children
Of Hugh Dunn, found a keg OF
powder last Thursday and in some
way set il OFT. All four were blown
TO pieces. Their mother has gone
crazy.
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III ARRIVALS.
Depot IIotci--C CLARK sc Green, Pro.
prictoIs.

Mira Geo Grant, Joo ITonnen, Ploas.
ant Valley; Mrs Campbell, & daugh.
tor, Mound Valley; j Il Fast & %iio,
Palisadc; 4 Kcyscr, a Parker, Salt
Lake; W II Ennor, Tuscurora; Con
Robert NJ Clark, Carson; Geo Recdcr,
Lamoillc; Paul Schillortrom, Louis
ADDISON, South Fork.
G II Nichols, Secret Valley; p II
McDcrmott, Sam Rogers, Lamoillc;
Geo Roedcr, Star Valley; Ed Car
vile, John McGinnie, Mound Valley;
- Hayden, Piorcc, Kansas; N
Nelson, Gantz Creek; Goo j Smith,
Tuscarora; WIN ID Roche, S L; Harry
Halo, Carlin; j u Moore, Ruby Val.
10y; AL Fisher, Wells; Jno Crosson
II Goodnlo, Dccth; G ID Grogor,
Utah; II Lidyard, liallock.
j II Lander, l3M Ranch; j. a L
johnson, Mound Valley; Chas Adams,
South Fork; Geo l. Lord, Salt Lake
City; w ID Foster, s l.; Ii Armstrong
Star Valley.
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From Wednesdays Daily. ]
sAI.MAGUxDI.

The public debt was reduced 81
GG0,CG0 in November.
j. b. Fitch, OF Wells, left this
morning for San Francisco.
We learn that j. J. Campbell is
quite sick ut his residence neal Fort
Hulleck.
Regular meeting Elko Encamp-
ment No. Q, l. o. o. f., at their Hall
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. james Stauts re-
turned last night from their trip 10
Montana.
Mrs. J. D.. Bradley camo down from
Deeth this morning on Il visit Of a
few days.
Harry Lidyard, proprietor of the
Ruby Valley stage line, came down
from HaI!cck last night.
Stanley is to write a book, the
copy right OF which he has already
sold for $4,000, SO it is reported.
Recorder Geo. II. Meigs is moving
his furniture into his new house and
will sccn DC ut home once more.
Allen Fisher, Of Wells, and John
Crosscn, OF Star Valley, came down
last night and stopped over in town
to-day.
Mrs. A. G.. Dawlcy came down this
morning from Halleck where shc
has been visiting Mrs. Ham Mccain
for Il week.
Times. lteview:-An exchange says
that most people entertain the fear OF
being buried ulive. What wo arc
most afraid OF is being dead enough
to be buried.
The Carson Tribune says Sam
Davis is reported as figuring to cap
ture the Republican nomination for
Secretary OF State next Fall. Billy
Rogers, OF Elko, has had his eye on
that plum for several years.
An exchange says: Iron is rolled
so thin Mt the Pittsburg iron mills
that it takes 1900 shoots laid one Oh
another to make n single inch in
thickness. Light shines through
these sheets rs readily as it does
through CREASED tissue paper.
Indianapolis Sun:-It is not true
that Mr.. Wanumalier will have en-
gravcd OIL the new postage-stamps
the burning and timely motto, "Do
you wear pants?" He has arrived at
this decision because somebody has
informed him tina: males arc not the
only ones who use stamps.
Carson Tribunc:-Silver is crawling
up toward 81 por ounce. IL Congress
would compel the Secretary to coin
Si,0H0,OoO n month it would SCOT be
worth its coming value OF 81 -. The
continent in favor OF silver is fas:
improving in tho East, while the West
anal South are almost solid in favor
OF free coinage or double the coinage
OF the present.
Eleven human lives and s50o,noo
worth OF property were sacrificed Mt
Minneapolis, Mimi, last Saturday
night by n fire that originated in tho
rooms OF the Union League on tho
third floor Of the Minneapolis Tribune
building. Milton Pickett, assistant
city editor Of tho Pioneer Pross, and
three printers persisted in tho flames.
the Tribune building was five year
old, a brick structure and valued at
SJOO,O00.
Some ono sends us n copy OF lie
ciaulois,"a French newspaper pub.
lishod at Paris, containing marked
article undor tho head OF "Le Pays
Dcs Millions" which, bcing in n
language with which wo are not
amiljlr, we have not read. 1t refers,
however, to Nevada, and gives q de-
scription of tho country and tho
principal points Of interest in tho
State. AS the name Of "le docteur
Dibcr" in frequently mentioned il IL
quito likcly that wo aro indebtod to
tho Doctor for tho paper.
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lie Changed tho Subject.

Tx Congressman Fitch, tho silver
tongucd smgcbrush orator, Ia n dclo.
cato from Nevada to the st. Louis
Silver Convention. llo gavo his
Vows Mt somo length 10 n ST. Louis
newspaper reporter tho other day, and
tho intorv iow closed ~ follows:
Reporter -"liow about tho Son.
ntorinl contest noxt yoar; aro you il
tho swimY"
Fitch-."f think tho weather in s.,
Louia, from what / can learn, ID III
,lunlly lnO."
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Judgment Affirmed.

On Saturday, Nov. Sotb, tho Su.
prone Court OF tho State OF Nevada
affirmed tho judgment OF the
lower Court in tho case Of S. NJ
Streetor, convicted Of incest in
tho District Court OF Elko county
md sentenced 10 tho State Prison
for ton years.
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The NIinstrcis.

Lew Johnson's Minstrcl Troupe
arrived lust night. At noon to-day
they gave II very crcditablo street
parade In uniform, tho music rcndotcd
boing pronounced excellent by those
who witnessed tho parade. The salo
Of reserved coats already insurcs n
packed houao, and as We seldom ara
favored with n real good entertain.
mcnt, no II should full to Witness
tho performance given by Lew John.
sons Minstrels OF Freeman Hall TO-
~ ~
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AN l.

Yesterday sftorpoon wo worc called
away on business, and ashod Charley
Clark TO mind ofhco until wo returned.
When We loft, n OF our high grade ei-
gars, OF which wo had only takon o few
pLns, was lying on our dcskj whom NO
returned II was gone. We asked Mr..
Clark what had become Of our property.
and no replied with some cmbarrass-
mcnt that no didn't know. OF course
every body knows II isn't tho loss Of tho
cigar that 80 mind, it's tho dishonesty
that makes us hot
Charley, tho finger OF guiis sccms %
point 10 you.-C. $. MoSeir, In Time, /,
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Christmns Bali.

Humboldt Lodge No. 90, a. o. u. w.
will give n Gtand Ball ut their Hall
on Christmas Eve, 1880. Look out
for their nd. which will appear IN
the6o columns In duo time.
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oun CRITIC


We understand our paper has been
criticised by that slow-iooted old hypo-
crit, Squeak. AS no ono ever listens to
what the gossiping old imbecilo has to
say, wo shall not give him the showing
up 70 had intended, but shall content
ourself with rotating an anecdoto o.
him.
Wo had always noticed what . POI
culiar whito color his beard was and
how It seemed to continue down past his
collar.
Our suspicious being aroused we msds
somo inquiries and found our critic had
been lifted out OF Nebraska on o fence
rail. Before leaving, tho thoughtful
citizens presented him with q thick,
tight.Atting suit Of tar and feathers,
which no has nevor boon ablo TO rcmore
Ho now goes around passing of the
feathers on his iaco for q gray beaiI.
Readers, this is Tho man who pasScs
Judgment on tho boat paper In the
United Statoa
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A handsome line OF Ladies' md
Misses Wraps Of tho latest fashion
Just received ut Reinhart'a. Go and
take II look at thom. Prices way
down.
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ARiassssss.y. Mass. |pa,ss.,
I k,ii,s3. ia;,, ilsO. ssssiI.S;
Quincy. 1871.
Boston, lTa.......lMerchaut
I75S.
lBoston. l73i.......lLawyer,
Marblehead, l7&4. Merchant
|Scituate, lso7.....lMerchant
Newport 1Td.
Newton Mass, ~17nILawye..
|Windham, OF .,1T3iILAWyer.
Lebanon, Ct, ISL.
Windsor, Ct, 17se. PhySidAz
%. l7S4. ..trxrme.
17l6. ..lhferchnnt
Landau, Wales slMerchsnt
MorriSania, ITO
l7SO....ILawyer.
Scotland, l79.....IMinisteI.
Philadelphia, IT'S.
.Hopewen, l7U9.
ElLabetht'wn, ~l796lLAwyer.
England. l7ss......iFinancics
.Byberry, Pa, 7&5.lPhysieiAr
Boston, lS0o. Printer.
Ridley, Pa, 1874. .ISuryeyor,
Philadelphia, 1886. Merchant
l7D.......ILRwyer.
Ireland l7l0..-....IIron rndi
Scotland, 11{2~. ....tLawyer,
E'wc'stle, Del, lT3oILaWyeI.
Dover, Del, 1870. .lFarmer.
Maryland, i733. ...lL.nwyer.
Pennsylvania, lT34lLawyeE
Somerset Co. lT4iILawyes.
Hartford Co., l74O. Lawyer
Co, l7tS. Lnwyer
Annapolis, l7ST..
Elizao'th City, l72olLavyer.
S~tratford, lTn....
Monticello, 1913. Lawyer.
City Point l74o. Farmer.
York, 1888.
Stratfou. 1874. ...lFarmer.
Newington, l7So. ..IFarmer.
i749.-.....ILawyer.
kingston. n. J., lzOINerchnnt
Virginia lT4l......lLawyer.
Charleston, 1910. ..ILnwyer.
ST. Luke's, l745.. ..lLawyer.
Prince Georges
Parish; 1872. .,.;Lawyer.
River. g..
C.. isis. ....Lawyer.
lT3o......lFarmer.
Connecticut, lT25. .lPhysician
Frederick Co., Vn.,
l7lO n.a-AF
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THE GREAT DECLARATION,

WHARF Its signer Were Born AnA WtsAt
Profesalons TAsy Followed
The signers Of the great DeclarAHoA
OF Independence, the colonies they rep
resented, their ~nativities and profes-
sions were as follows:
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""'" s ss1. '~aA''1Asft..aeA
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-23
A Young Woman of Nerve.

Mrs. James G. Blaine, seems
abundantly able to hold her own. The
New York correspondent of the Gin
%cinnati Enquirer relates the following
incident of this young and lovely
creature showing her astonishing
check; al saw young Mrs. James G.
Blaine. Jr., walking in Broadway.
While this young creature about whom
so much talk is being made, is dohbt=
less placed at this moment in a position
which by many people would be called
unfortunate, and therefore should com-
mand some of our sympathy; there is
not the shadow of doubt that she Is
n of the furthest advanced women Of
the world to be found in the country.
She will get on. She knows the ways,
and her nerve in carrying out these
ways is stupendous to contemplate. l
doubt if a girl can be found with a
tirmer hold upon the art of personal
progress than Mrs. James G. Blaine,
Jr., has. AS | saw her she met a lady
who returned her quiet smile of recog-
milton by tho rudcst of I-don't-know.
you stares. Mrs. Blaine went on afew
steps, suddenly wheeled. passed her
quondam acquaintance aud paused be-
fore a store-window till the latter CANT
up; then, advancing with extended
hand and Il bright smile, she exclaimed:
"Oh! l beg your pardon for passing
you without recognition a moment
ago. | was lost in thought till too
late The exquisite assurance was
irresistible, and the gloves of publisher
and punished touched for an instant,
when Mrs. Blaine snatched another
lanrcl-loaf by adding, pray excuse me;
| am on my way to rehearsal" aud she
continued her lcisurcly walk down the
street
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-23
An Arisrocratfc Tom.

when people search for cats in the
dead Of night beneath the spluttering
electric lights Of the thoroughfares it is
usually with vengeance and a club, but
such wss not the case with N Moran,
Of Fourth avenue, near Twenty eighth
street, the other night. She had lost q
pet tabby and was almost inconsolable.
Besides advertising that she would pay O
liberal reward for its return, she passed
q large portion Of the night searching for
her pet among the vsgrant street felines
which ream in darkness. Her search was
fruitless, but at daybresk the wicked
NAL voluntarily returned and "meowed'
for admittance at the front door.
II wouldn't take 500 for him." ssid
Mrs. Moran. Then she brought him in
forinspection. He was lying asleep In a
tiny bed which had been constructed for
his especial benefit between snowy sheets
with his head upon the pillow and an
embroidered blanket tucked carefully
about his chin. He wa evidently accus.
toned to these comforts, for he lay
browsing in q languid manner like a well
conducted cat, Of refined and luxurious
tastes, About his neck was q collar en-
graved with his name, Tommy Moran"
and bearing two tiny bells.
Hes the most intelligent cat in the
world" said Mrs. Moran. "He under.
stands everything I say to him and eats
at the table with the rest OF US. When
he is tired he gets into his bed, crawls
between the sheets and cover himself up
without any assistance. I don't believe
there's another cat in the CITY that ce,,ld
do it. I've had him since he was q little
kitten. I cannot understand how he
came to run away. Ordinarily he won't
associate with common cats on the
street. New York World.
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Golden words.

The London Evening News and Post
of May ID contains an article on Ameri-
can literary syndicates. and mentions
some of the large offers made to them by
English statesmen for articles written by
them. among others the John Bright
offer of $50 per column for a series of
free trade articles, which he was unable
to furnieh on account of old age. The
paper then mentions an offer that has
caused much comment, as follows:
The Bright offer, however, seems q
slight n when contrasted with another
made the other day to Mr.. Gladstone, by
MIR. Sheridan Ford for the Bacheller syn
dictate. 1t was proposed that Mr.. Glad
stone should select his own subjects and
write twenty-five short articles, none to
exceed 2, 500 words in length. The pay
ment was to be e200 an article, or e5, 900
for the serles. This would have been at
the rate Of 1s Sd a word-the most lib
eral offer ever made to any prose writer,
living or dead. Mr.. Gladstone's declina-
ton was characteristic. Your pro
posal," he said, 'is undoubtedly Sc
d@uctive, but it is my duty inwardly to re-
sist seduction as such, and to say nothing
with an offer before me. except what ]
ought to say without ar offer, in the
hope of doing some intinitesimal good by
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-23

Lotta's Handsome Summer Home.
Lotta's cottage, all towers and turrets
and points and shingles, is one of the
handgomcst at the lake. II cost some
500, GOO. 1t is much more valuable now,
for it was one of the first erected at the
resort, and land values have much en-
HANGED in the meantime. Lolita was 30
much pleased with it that she moved in
before it was really completed. She
calls it her home. She is on the jump 80
constantly for ten months in the year
that it does her good to have some place
that she may call home for two months.
Just the same she doesn't mind telling
me that q migratory existence has be-
come so much a second nature to her that
if che were obliged to remain in one
place definitely she fears she would pine
away and die like a wild bird confined
to q cage. She has q house full Of guests
constantly at the lake, and she provides
for their amusement with the most
m%ethodical care. She has q billiard
room, a bowling alley, tennis courts,
boats and carriages, all for their delecta-
ton. Every night before she retires she
lays out q plan for her guests pleasures
for the next day. So many she assigns
for carriage rides around the beautiful
region; SO many more for excursions in
the row boats or launch around the
lake; SO many for diversions in other
ways. And she expects you to take your
allotment of pleasure and be happy
Long Branch Letter to Chicago Tribune.