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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-07-14
1,h Palace r,o,ei.

AL White has not been making mrch
noise abOnt it. but has been making eI-
tensire and costly repairs to the Palace
Hvtel during the lost few months. Tho
hotel hns been almost ny good as ie-
bn IL. II has been remnl, led, en-
urged aud ie:urnishsd until it bear
Very little Resemblance Ia the origin |
bnil1ing. AZ il now sands il il on at
tho most Imposing buildings in mo
and one Of the tincst hot,l /, OH tho line
of the Southern Pacific rn,l-oad. Wi lie
adding siz. To the building it, beauty
has been greatly cnhanceL. A hand
some man>Hrd has taken the place of
the old gable roof. aud iusteal of eI-
couuirIing ali uubrokrn surface oil
white the oye Of the travel r now rests
upon II structure in which nEc combined
the best productions OF tasty carpenters
IL Artistic painters. There is n con-
sistency, AIS, about the ! uiliing which
is not always found in public houses.
80 - NV k"h "" NV
outside. but tho same mir of comfort
ubls elegance Ie.IAdes the eniiie
esta' l,-hment. No expense has been
spared i'll reitting the hotel, aud from
top 10 bottom it il frat 81 tss in nli its
appointments. MIR. White has spent
above 50 900 in remodtl,ng aud dec,
rating the Pol ,co, and it is the popul r
verdict TIM, the money has Leeu well
spent. f Reno journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-07-14
PILGRIMS TO PALESTINE.
Sights and Scenes on tho Banks of
River Jordan.

SiShCN unu 6ConcS On u oAAAs
River Jordan.
Tho crossing OF the Jordan by tho
Israclites was accomplished in tho
most perfect order, because they had
beGn trained under Moses to perfect
military discipline. which was contin-
ued under Joshua. 1t vas an occasion
when almost any largo body OF men
would have been thrown into con-
fusion unless thorough discipline can
be presupposcd. II this was tho first
great pilgrimage to tho Jordan, it
certainly vas not the last one. Thou
sands Of devout pilgrims from differ
ent parts of tho world visit this river
every year. They batho in it; and
carry water from 1t to their distant
homes. Greater numbers como from
Russia than any other II country;
but every country in Europe is repre-
seutcd, as we'll rs North and South
America and Australia. l have seer
the road from Bethany 10 tho banks
Of tho Jordan literally crowded with
pilgrims on their way to this sacred
stream. In groups OF ten, twenty d.
fifty, rs tho case might be, they were
scattered throughout tho entire dis
lance, like tho rcmnants OF Il routed
army. They numbered probably two
thousand or more. Once, on arriving as
Jericho, l saw tho bushes covered with
garments, like tho washing Of Il mill
tary encampment, and o ascortaincd
that they belonged to Il crowd Of pill
grims hat had just returned from
bathing in tho Jordan. Tho clothing
in which they bathe is preserved with
great care, and it is these garments in
which they desire and expect to 10
buried. Tho current Of tho rive. is
very strong, and by ropes and other
means precautions are taken against
accidents while the pilgrims aro bath
ing. 1t not ~irfrcqucntly happens,
however, that persons lose their lives;
but 1t is usually those who have con-
fidence in themselves rs being good
swimmers Such persons pay littlo
heed to cautions. They run risks, and
in n moment ARE carried beyond tho
reach OF help. These facts servo 10
illustratI tho difficulties the Israclitcs
would have found in crossing the river
had they not been miraculously aided.
Three years ago the Governor Of Pal
Cstinc hnd II narrow bridge butt over
the Jordan. 1t was called m "Amcrican
bridge" and mt tho opening, to which
l was invited. tho valley presented Il
strange and lively scone-tcnts, horse
men. n multitude of people, and tho
sound Of trumpCt5, as II some new
Joshua, with another invading army.
had arrived in tho .'bordcrs of Jeri-
cho. "~-Iutcrior.
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SuIliYnn-Kiiraln.

The tide has turned in favor of Sulli-
II who is now the favUrits ut odds Of
about SlGO 10 $50. Jack BAiIeit
brought $4,000 with him TO put on
Sullivan. and inter waiting patiently
for several days to get some of it
Ilscol at even figures, began to offer
very long odds. He succreded i'll plac-
ing about 81. 900 at figures rangirg
from SlO0 to $50 To- 500 to $50. Tie
last bet was made wil W. L. Harding,
FOx'S representative, the stakes being
$500 to 500. Barnett has offered to
bet Harding SlO0 to $75 Tint Sullivan
would wln the light in twenty minutes,
but the offer WAS declined.
IL il said thUt K:lmiu's party have
SlO,O which tury IRE ANXIOUS TO
place when they reach New OIlenns.
The Indications ure that they VII be
promptly accommodated il they do not
demand too great Odds.
A determined ,ffJIt will he made Ivy
the authorities To prevent the fight. but
1t Is hard to tell whether they wi |
succeed. II the arrangements nre pet
fected so that the fight will take plncc
without delay on arriving Mt the ground
it may he completed before tie officers
succeed i'll locat ny the bnit c ground.
The tale will Le tull next Monday.
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Another Zig Fire.

There seems to he no end to destruc-
ton by fires, which are occurring almo.t
every day III various portions OF tho
United Sinte'. a dispatch dated
Eilenshurg, ". T July 5. snys:
Ten ! ! cks Of the best portion OF this
city are in ashes. nearly a hurd,eI
fnmil es nre home less, and whnt WINS
yesterday n Thriving business center il
now a mnts OF ruins. Fire broke out
ut III OIL ok last night in the grocery
store Of j. L. Author y, OH Main street.
4 high wind prevailed nnd soon tie
flames spread TO tie adjoining frau o
buildings.
The burned district embraces Main
STREET from Fifth to First, Fourth from
Mrin to Pine, Third from Water TO
Sprngue. Pearl from Fifth To Twentieth
covering m mr., n Of ten business blocks
in tho heart OF the city. The only
brick buildings ieit nre the Lynch ! lock
and Eli 'nsburg National Bank. Two
hundred houses were totally deStro, ed,
aud The spnco burned is over ten blocks.
or about fifty acres. The lpss, ns f..
~ can be nscer:ained, IL 81 600, 900,
500 900 being in bull lings and ST..
25u.0OO in goods. The origin Of the
fire is supposed TO bc i~nccndiaIy.
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storms aud Floods.

Dispatches of the 3rd instant report
heavy and destructive storms through
ont Pennsylvania OH Tuesday night.
At John,town the heavy rains flooded
out five families in Cambria City. The
water came pouring down tho mountain
mud filled tho first floors 81 the houses,
destroying all the furniture saved from
tho big flood. There is giont alarm
among the people over the condition Of
the Cunelnaugh liver. The water rose
i've feet in " hours aud carried away
n footbridge above the Pennsylvania
ltallrOnd Station. The Temporary
bridge erected Mt the lower end 81 the
Gautier Offices Is almost II total wreck.
At Titusville n terrific thunder-storm
passed over the city and caused n fnri-
ous overflow OF Church run which
winds through the city. Fnmilies along
the line Of the food became frantic,
aud n n1mbrr Of RATS were bnil,, on
which wUinen aud children were taken
to Places Of safety. The water poured
down the side htllt from noiihwost Of
the city in n perfect uya'auch", sweep
ing I'll before it. What wore fu,t le
gardens are nov stony wastes. and II
number OF valuable farms are ruined.
In throe hours time ihios inches Of
rain fell at l~IolidnysbGrg. by mid-
night JuniniB river stood fifteen feet
above tho low-Suter mnrk. Thn lower
streets OF tho tcwn were covered with
from three tu five feet of water. mud
many people had to leave their houses.
The streets, faims, mills aud houses
on the river lhnk were all II Odrd aud
truck eaidena md farms ia tho sur
rounding r0un,ry hndly damaged.
The miIlt ~ the pottrge lion Works,
at Duncan"il o. were flooded and the
fires put out. The water was higher nj
DuhcnnviIlo than IL was on May 3lst
last and the river, five feet deep, rushed
brough and destroyed the mnin street
OF the town. Several houses were
struck 10y tightening hero and the III
mate. seriously Injured.
In the vicinity Of franklin Tho storm
was severe and much damage VAS done.
Hundreds Of dctrioks were blown down
aud on Bully iii. south Of the city,
several barus we're hloon over. wli!c
dn,nug. to growing crops il heavy. IN
the city gardens were ,otn ~ destroyed.
cellars Hooded and outhouscs washed
away.
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SutIiYau-AlIrutn.

Rcpo,tS in reference to the gront hg! |
nrc soinGwhnt mengrc nni AFRO not con-
sidcrcd rcliaLl,. Tie fl .ht commenced.
so IT is said, nj Mississippi city. where
Sullivan aud Ryan tonight, and IL uns
reported that both parties were arrested
10y tue Sheriff.
Mississippi City il In Harrison II
~. Miss, Sovcniy.ivo miles, In n
straight limo. month ohst of New Or
leans. aud CONNECTED With II by n rail.
road perhaps but littlo over 100 miles in
longlh.
Tho latest report is that sullivan won
tho fight IN s'ychty.tro rounds. inter
which he WAS arrested aud locked NJ in
jail. but 80 do not consider u OF the o
reports strictly rcliaLlc.
LAIKsf: Sullivan Uon in teyrn'y-
five ionnds. Sullivan md Kiltnin both
att, sted aud In jail. TLis IN reliable.
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rou. ,ho rJuiy mt MOUND valley.

Il .H##. #H..r- H...H.
Early IN the day a large coucourse Of
| people assembled Ia the Letu,iful grove
of Mr.. Thos. Suttle. to cuj'y the fes-
tivi,its II the day. To describe the
| grounds in ~ius.ic. would take nn all T
pen than mine. Tall cottonwood trees.
by their Rprea'liug branches. made a
htting shade. wh:le the geuil- b.eeze
added comfort to the Hsscmlld multi
tu:r and gently waved the en' lem of
our liberty. the starry banner. that is
known aud respected by every milton
and kissed by tue winds OF every
cline.
The proceedings aud exercises Mt the
grove were Of the m".t enjoyable char-
! aci.r Mr.. J. II. Henry being detained
nj home, 10y reason Of sickness in his
faulty. Mr.. n. Ouderkirk was unani-
mouely chosen President Of tue day.
The exercises we've commenced by n
very neat and appropriate address by
the President. which ~ns VIII -ppre-
ciated and duly appl,uded by the audi
euce. Tie ". 1t orivr on the programme
was a song from the Mound Valley Glee
Club, " The Star Spnngled Banner"
which was rendered in a very fine Rnd
eflective manner aud for the rendering
Of hich the club was highly cumpli-
nisnted. The main event thut pleased
every une was the Grafton Of AIr. Ell. A.
Johuson y hich was one OF the best
Fourth OF July speeches that this writer
ever hard. In the first zee it was
original. genuine thought, spoken with
out manuscript. nnl delivered in that
%orhtoIicnl manner that might excit: the
envy Of tlre best of speakers. Some Of
the iiuest figures Of speech known in
the English tongue were delivered III
that manner tlint showed ut once tina
whit he said wns without preiuedItu-
lion or preparation.
The AFTERNOON exercises were quite
interesting. First there were the
drvlhunt,ons and rrcit ,tions Of the
srholArs OF the different schools in the
valley, and afterwnrd n comical comedy
caIltd, 'rhe Limerick" ar Paddy
Miles Boy. The piny created II grent
deal OF amusement and WAS well pc l.
formed. The efforts of the usiig youths
OF Mound Valley To show their t.lrnt
came next in order. Master Will KEN
nedy delivered II de,l ,mation of merit.
and in n manner that does the Young
man much credit. Mrs Ma ME CAL
vile, IL prtite Miss of eight years, de-
livered, "rho Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight" in n wny TINT pleased mud
astonishel al present. Miss Myrrl-
Oulerkirk dcllTrred II tius recitation.
Miss May Kennedy r"ud mn excellent
essay which showed that the young
lady had rend history well. Miss Maud
Miller rrciteh II lengthy piece Of poetry
which showed II remarkable memory as
well az graceful delivery. Her hi ter
Miss Lille Miller. iecilei u piece that
pleased every one. The most unique
md interesting feature Of this part Was
the iecitntions Of the two litils Misses.
Permiil. Henry aud Fernie Onderkirk,
both under six y ears Of ngo. They
brought down Tue house.
A GUEST.
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Ma. raE,.r.. sac w..mo

The people Of tue United States AS
y-t know absolutely nothing shout the
A-ims OF the new samoan treaty which
has .hesn negotiated by commissioners
appointed by this nation. Germany aud
Great Britnin- They do not kuos
~hether America has been ably repre-
septel at Berlin or otherwi,e. They
have no means OF jadsing this matter
nutl they arc made acquainted with
The provisions Of the treaty. which N
yet has not been ratid. ii by either Of
the thrSe covers. II is very odd. there
fore. that The President and 1-cretary
OF State have resortsd TO n theatrical
di-illy OF -I iltltiou over this sui;.
pressed treaty.
Mr. PheiJ ~. Of the American Com
mission. arrived ia Washington the
other day with a copy OF tho agreement
in his po-ses>ion. having brought it di-
reciiy from Berlin. lie Was instantly
presented by the President with u Com-
mission as Minister to Germany. The
pubic. therefore. are left I, suppose
that tho President anI tho Secretary OF
State are so delighted with the services
rendered by Air. ph-lps IN Beiliu TINT
thoy positively coul not wait an hour
after his arrival before rendering him
n substantial reward. So he got his
commission to 80 hack to Germany b.
fore he l,al time to remove the dust Of
travel from his raimen;.
Dir. PHIL - is nn aLl- man mud he
compares very hyorably with the other
Ministers to foreign countries whom the
President has appointed. But tue sin
gnlar manner in vnicn lie VAS given the
commission Lads one to suspect that
the new treniy is not SO favorable to
America as 1t might be and that II
studiei effort has been made by The
Government to prejudice the people in
ITS favor by means Of n mighty show OF
gratitude to Mr. Phelps .--[Chicvgo
News.
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HALEY In ri., mes.

From the Wood River News-Miner
Of the Bird inst ,ut we comdeuse the fol-
lowing in references to tine great fire:
About l o'clock yesterday morning
u fire alarm WAS sounded by Night
wntchinam Tatro. The fire originated
in the Nevada hotel. 1t is currently
rnmored that u man engaged lodgings,
betwcen - aud l o'clock. Mt the Ne
rn IA. nud was given No. IL. HIS fuce
~ns bound up with n napkin. he claim
ing 10 he suffiring from neuralgia.
rhi. plausible disguise attracted no ut
teution from the l~andlady. After re-
manning III his room but II short time he
passed out thu front way.
The lire immediately broke out in
room 10. a stiff breeze blowing from
the northwest carried the flames rapid
~ to Cliifs hard ware store. blossoms
general merchandise establishment, the
postolice building, Campbrll's snlooL'
EIrhnrt'a groc ry, Rnpert's drug store
aud the Merchants hotel. This block
aud u facing it, consisting Of Will
man Il Walkers general merchandise,
Friedlnan's dry goods house, n number
OF saloons aud snail retail stores, were
doomed f:om the start. Orr chief re-
lance in fire-our hose c~ompnny-lost
their cart ut the ontart, their building
being among :ho first eDveloped in
flames. The frame buildings burnod
with i rrlirh, the heat being so intense
t'nt but little could be done toward
saving anything.
"rho burning missiles in lie mir set
fire to the brick block III which are the
French bull ling, HALEY hotel, Steward
Brothers. Ptughofr's harness establish
mont, Krieg's general merchandise
store, tho Idaho Forwarding company,
the CUifim Hardware company, rracy's
drug store nnd smaller business inter
.sis, These brick buildings crumbied
beneath the %iIuies. apparently as fast
ns the wunden onoS, aud To- lny the
naked wallis remind oil. OF tue standing
ruins Of the old wa d."
Tho losses nro e-timnted mt half n
million, and among the heavy losers we
Aud that u old friend Henry Plug
lofr 3 'ss IN stock is laced Mt $4,000
with MI insurance Of only $1,000. We
rympO.hizU with Alr. Plugh"n in his
misfortune. bit We SEQ that he is o
discouraged. for The nocUunt closes ns
follows: "Msssrs. plugllon. Rupert.
heean. McGowan, Riley, White aud
others expressed confidence in tie
future Of the county"
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llOIsIAIIAAN.

-Customcr-"I can't woar this
suit and that's tho end OF ii It's all
shrunk up on ono sidc!" lioscdnlo-
wat you cxpccSt init doih diagonal
goots. ".-PucIs.
Young Lawyer 10 his Cliont-'Do
not trouble yourself about tho case at
nli. my donr sir. assure you that TO
gain q favorable verdict for you will
DO tho object OF my whole llic."
III u merchant marino has como
10 decay wo still havo moro ships than
my nation on tho fnco OF tho oar,I,.
Some arc consul-ships, but moro nro
postma9tcr.ships. -IIoston Post.
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The Carson Mint.

The new officers Of the Carson Mint
took chnrge ii the institution Last Mon
dry. the out going officials turning over
to their SUCCESSORS 81 100000 in z Ill
coin and bullion deposits. The Reno
journal says: Buck H,briskio. tho
rurl:er md %reriurr, viii not succeed J..
II. Dennis for two weeks, AZ his bond
has not yet lcen approved. The now
officers who bave taken cl nrgs urc: s..
@. Wright, Superintendent; g. II. Col
burn, Conner; +. -. Il lis, Assaycr: T..
Is. ~lIofer. Chief Clerk; Allen q. Brngg,
Cashier; Lawrence ElrOd, Is )okkeoper;
j.. Humphrey. Record Clerk; W. H..
Ciisslcr, Captain Of the Watch. with
Dan Sbeehnn. j.. Il. buckingham aud
4. X. Lnmb IA Watclmen. MIR. Ellis
retains Ala mn "a biz n-si.tant. and has
Phipps I wo!gher md Miss Ollie
Bray for Computing Clerk. The IL ices
IN the Coiucr's aud Mcltcr's aud L. :
tiucr's departments VII not bp filled
until coming is rcsumed. which will be
some time In August.
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Anothcr Ming.

Reno has been visited by another
FIRE. On Saturday morning. about | 20
hto was discovered IN TIN . of tue
Ilue snloun and the store luildings on
Everett crEnsr. Tho baptist Church.
nhasr's saloon. Sol Lcvy'a store aud u
few other building, were destroyol he.
fore tho frc was sublned. The Jon,.
nal says that Slb 900 will cover the
l,'s on which there is about 5000 in
sulauee.
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CURIOUS PUNCTUATION.
IL Number OF Specimens Collected by
~Iun-LoViuE Editor.

Il Number of Specimens Collected by u
Iun-LovluE Editor.
The following specimens of curious
punctuation are given by tho Printers
Register: A man who was suddenly
taken sick ''hnstcncd home while every
mean for his recovery wcro rcsortcd
10. In spite OF all his efforts. no died
in the triumphs Of tho Christian rc.ig-
ion.' "a mar n killed by Il rail
road II running into Boston, sup
posed to be deaf" a man writes:
I'VE have decided to erect IL school
house large enough to accommodate
five hundred scholars five stories
high On Il certain railway tho fol-
lowing luminous direction was print
cd: "Hcrcaftor, when trains in nn on
positc direction are approaching each
other on separate lines, conductors and
engineers will DO requested 10 bring
their respective trains to n dead hall
before tho point of meeting. and be
careful MOTTO proceed till each train has
passed tho othc :" \ steamboat can
tain, advertising an excursion, saws:
Tickets, twenty-five cents; children
half-price to DO had mt the Office" 4
hotel was thus advertised: ''l'bis hotel
will DO kept by the widow of tho for
mcr landlord, Mr.. Brown, who died
last summer on n new and improved
plan" WANTED, Il saddlc-hOrso for n
lady weighing about $50 pounds" An
Iowa editor says: 1--WE havo received II
basket OF fine gra pcs from our friend
W., for which no will please accept our
compliments, some OF which arc nearly
two inches in diameter" '}onrd NAV
DO had at No. 4 Pearl street for two
gentlemen with gas" Over n bridpo
ut Atlanta, Ga, is tho following: ANY
person driving ovor this bridge I'm n
pace faster than u walk shall, II n
white man., be fined five dollars, and II
II negro. receive twenty-five lashcs,
hall tho penalty to DO bestowed on tho
informcr." A newspaper contained
this: "IYo have two school.rooms suf-
iicicntly largo to accommodate three
hundred pupils one above another
Another newspaper, in describing tho
'O'iSo VI ~ SOIlNtIltlOU NJ cleveland,
said: "Thc procession was vory fine.
aud nearly two miles long. as was nlso
tho prayer OF DIR. Perry, tho chaplain"
A Very Unkind Question. '
"Miss Bcllo Pcppcrton is u very snr.
cnstic young lady. isn't shop" said
Gus Do Jay 10 ono OF his friends.
81 havo noticed some tendency That
way In her. What has she been say.
Ing TO you?"
"Why, yesterday evening I wns call.
Ing on her, and during tho evening I
remarked that IL sho wished 1 would
toll her " littlo incident, adding that II
bad just crossed my mind"
"Whnt did shc say?"
"Sho merely looked ut mo and re.
marked: Did II havo far TO travel,
MIR. Do JayP'"
"That was unkind. Did you make
any rcplyP"
"No; but ] looked real grioycd." -
Merchant Traveller.
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Timos ResieS.-Apil locations Tor Pc
siuou, ~ To ,clsts III The Tnscatora
Public School. ste requested hy the
Trustees up 10 the 18th Instant. On or
about that date = ,eivciioh will be maue.
aud fortunate applluauis notified.
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GounterrcI. NJ

There IL ovihrihly n stiong gang Of
counterf.iters on this Coast. The only
mounbtr ,tt cnught has shown that he
has good financial backing. aud the
Government OIL :ialt freely ,xpresp
their belief that wealthy aud influential
insn nru concerned ;n the scheme. II
this proves to DO the case II may be i'm
poasible to convict them OF tho onfrnsr.
Wealthy and %iflirn ial meu lavo n
wny Of getting out Of the clutches Of
Justice when they break the laws. hut
IT VIII be pussible to break up tho gang.
aud ~ effort should Oc SPARED to accom-
pliali that eal. Tbs officers OF the
Secret Service are confident lint notL-
lug eau save the nkeht Uf tho counter
isiter from conviction except his II Git.
II " cDunterfGitcrs are convinced Of
this they will not be- on lnnl for tIihl
Criminals WHO know too much nbont
ihe secrets OF "en.thy aud Influential
offenders nsunlly find IL wOrt.l their
wbile 10 forfeit their bal mud take n
iorsign tour, niter tho manner Of Dick
Creighton. While tho Gn,otnment
officers are trying to put aii end to tho
HeneineS Of tho cDuUterieiters, the peU-
PIE had better keep u sharp eye on the
money that Is paid them Examiner.
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hchooI Report.

Following is the report Of the Carlin
school for the mouth commencing june
3, 1859, and ending JUNE %. 1889:
rFeur FT Aga