Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-02-24
6UKteus TAl:Ies OF LIFE.

John Connerton, Of Louisville, KY, hos q
mule which, chews tobacco.
a Spanish paper announces that a Spanish
mapmaker has proved the world to he lat
a single gold dollar can be male into q
sheet that will CARPET two rooms 1861 feet
square.
q Swiss has invented n musical box which
Introduces the human voice and also tho trill
Of birds.
They Gro going back to the old fashion OF
selling grains mud vegetables by weight In.
stead OF measure in Philadelphia.
Among the students Mt Princeton college IL
ono a. yearsoid. lie is studying for tho min.
istry. and expects to graduate this term.
y COW broke into n brooklyn oyster deal
cr's establishment and devourcd eight quarts
OF raw oysters before she ,sis discovered.
The Baxter family, OF Norwich, Conn,
found n valuable diamond ring slowed away
In the interior OF their thanksgiving turkey.
a California farmer, believing that cats
will eStcrminuto squirrels and gophcrs, pur-
chased n large number nrd set them ut lib
crty on his land.
a Chicago paper, IN trying To refer to "iIo
late lnmcntcd," gets it: 1.-The late ~licutcn-
mt, " and what makes IL worse is tho fact
'hai' ~ was u olii
William Solomon, nm Ohio tourist, fell
through n ~s%yliglit In II Ecnrny street. San
Francisco, lodging house. y fragment OF
glnss caught him in tho right eye md gouged
tho member out
Gum chewers should take warming from
the fntc OF II Newton, Conn, girl, aged ID.
a piece Of gum slipped down her thro1t. and.
lolging at tho entrance to tho stomach,
caused n fatal liberation.
An Iowa well digger who was imprisoned
for five days in Il well says he did not sulT.
much for food or drink, but hc was muc!,
vezcd TINT no did not think to PIT "a novel in
his pocket when no left lioinc that morning.
a citizen Of New Ulm. Mimi. owns n horse
which lo considers an u~ncrring weather
prophet. lie can always tell when a storm
IL coming by watching the animals eyes,
which riiG;iTc from Il very light color To dark
blue twci:y-fOur lIouIs before a change In
the weather.
a culnrTd nurse girl Of McTiac, Ga, plny
itiIly INT Il IGhy in n bureau drawer te
1!ns;sr 1t The child. of course. screamed,
nd "'CryL,dy lctTimr so excited that the
'ihH rrGitli si'u'livIr'! before any bniy could
r'.:"tr sufficient presence OF mind TO ujcu
"a drawer.
rii,.p "ls too lii;io water IN tho b1ptis
iHal I"r'I of n rclOrul Baptist church III kir.;
liz. Ala, uud wiich The mStui started IA,
.rI,l! " up The c.,urrh was full OF ,co
&c n';h The Irgi0r had to hc taken oil the
rI'jrrs- "hIiiuI hc was t.iiuwn- with n lad
iCr. n; to nir was hurt
y irri.st train Oh the Southern Pacific
.",.r0r! ln;cIy ran intu u herd OF cattle.
rii.in% IL y]'lriiia cali, which jumped nj
no 'Tnimh ~ tuc pilot ~ the locomotive. Il
ID i'wi quietly hul rode for rinc mile.
\stIr train approached Tucson the si.nnl
".Ii'i!" Ci"iisrl II ami II jumped from tic
LOT nnI >catnirr,TI ucitrs the rnnsc.
Tie Dstroit j urmal shoulders this s,n,c
ncr;. ~ 'iwui Rapids family nnincG
%.iiin u~o u Cu.mhinatiuii bcdstend, wlirl
"'rc' FOR un UPRIGHT piano, desk mud side
mlrd drrin: tic day and n couch ut niri,;
Tiic o''irr ]iinrn!ng Mr.. Smith rot ~ filni
sud hnl scarcely doui:rd his clothes when L..
r1"in "l't. and Ioosing rround saw ,ir
.%gri:iiirr It'd closed with Mrs. Smith insi,It
u cni''i'ed TIE combination quickly, bat Mr.
"ihitI was tHdiy tsel up 10y the accident