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DcCiulting Mead.

Frank r. Mead, late cashier for
Newhall &c Sons, auctioneers Mt 225
Bush street, has disappeared. Rumor
has it that lie is about $4,000 short
in his accounts with tho Tuscarora
Trading Company, for which concern
he was n buyer or financial agent.
His accounts with tho auction house
nre said to DO straight. A fondness
for vino, women and horse racing arc
said to have caused his downfall
[San Francisco Post.
An Examiner reporter interviewed
Mr.. Newball, junior member Of the
firm OF Newhall & Sons, and was
assured that so far as the firm is
concerned nothing had been lost by
Mead's sudden fight. Mr.. Ncwhall
also assured tho reporter that while
he knew OF some who were losers, the
amount is not onc.third OF $4,000
which rumor charges him with steal
Ing. While it may be possible that
tho Tuscarora Trading Company is
involved TO n small amount in tho
transaction, 1t is not probable that IL
Is to any considerable extent, rs it is
not reasonable to suppose that that
firm would have oven ono.fourth OF
$4,000 ut tho disposal OF n financial
agent in San Francisco.
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One Of 1iarnum'. LI,.ls Jokes.

"Do you know why p. T. Barnum 10
unpopular with tho Canadians7" asked .
theatrical agent OF q Rochester POST
Express man. al will toll you. There
Is . hoavy duty on posters in Canada,
and tho Snowman who takes 8 largo
quantity OF printed matter into tho
dominion Is under ON enormous expense.
Barnutn determined to avoid tho OK
action. Ho planned a Canadian tour for
1880, and two years before no sent tons
OF posters TO Canada and neglected. 70
pay the duty. Tho stun lay in tho
custom-house without being called for,
and at last tho officials decided IN adj
yertiso II for salo at auction. Barnum
sont an agent 70 tho sale 10 buy up tho
show bills, and no did 80 At q bargain.
Tho secret leaked out, and that's tho
roason tho patriotic citizens Of Canadx
arc down on Barnum."
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A DANGEROUS A
Tho DuE-Bear Described by n Student OF
Unnatural History.

Ihe bug-bear Described by n Student OF
Unnatural History.
This animal, like several others,
flourishes and grows in imagination.
Its size varies according to tho locality
and the demand for it. II the case is
urgent, then q large bug-bear is best;
but If it is unimportant, Ind only neces-
sary to have n on hand but not for
actual use. then q little bug-bear will
answer.
Tho bug-bear IS always equal to the
occasion-that Is, II the person hand.
ling 1t is equal to the emergency. IL
must DO acknowledged hat tho bug
bear, like the cinnamon bear, Is apt 10
turn on Its trainer or handler and hug
all the fun out OF him; but such risks
must be taken in tho menagerie bust.
ness. What think you would have
been tho size OF Barnum's great show
had he been afraid of o bug-bear?
The chief use Of the bug-bcar Is to
add TO the fright Of those who would be
frightened ut their own shadow, any
way. When they are all nicely scared,
along comes some fellow with q bug.
bear. and away they go, taking fences.
hedges and bitches at a bound, meta.
phorically speaking. 1t is strange.
but nevertheless true, that all peo-
pie are liable to DO frightened by a
bug-bcar. Men who would bravely face
q stuffed bear and valiantly knock the
straw out OF him, turn pale. and II would
BIO impossible to draw a sheet Of paper
between their knees whom they meet O
bug-bcar.
Tho nurse, to keep her charges order
ly. has q bug-bcar; the ~stock-broker
uses a bug-bcar TO influence tho market
In his favor; the tradesman, tho man OF
leisure, the laboring man and tho bond.
holder, NIL have q b~ug-bear. Tho police
man is An exception-he has n bare club
Tho weak and timid can take consola-
ton from tho fact that, although the
bug-bear has done a great deal Of harm,
1t has never yet boon known to bite
Z. X. Collins, In Texas Siftinps.
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An SHAVE.
what John Jacob AstoT. Jr., was Con
PEELED to Fay Hls HarbsF.

WHAT John Jacob AstoY. Jr., Wa con-
PEELED to Fay Hls harbsr.
Young John Jacob Astor, Jr., perhaps
tho richest youth in the United States,
1t would seem, from an incident that oc-
Cured in q barber-shop the other day,
lacks that ~closeness in money matters
that stood his grandfather In such good
stead when he began the fortune that
the boy is now spending. The barber
that shaved Mr.. Astor il remarkable
in his weird appreciation OF ethicS Ho
would deal honestly with mon OF ordi-
nary means, but he has an abnormal
socialistic iden that the millionaire is
Legitimate prey for him. Therefore no
resolved to got q very largo price for
shaving young Mr.. Aston II ho could
manage It Aftor finishing his work he
brushed Mr.. Astor's coat for him with
great caro- and held out his hand for tho
bill that the millionaire la extricat-
ing from q fat roll It is one Of Mr..
Astor's habits to pay for small items
out OF n huge roll OF bills. The bar
Der passed across tho room to his cash
drawer and then. returning. handed to
Mr. Aston W pieces Of silver. The rich
youth looked at the money and then =,
tho barber.
"Wh-wh-wh-y, what's this?" he said.
"Change for tho dollar you gaze me.
sir" responded the barber.
"But, cawnfound Il, I gavo you O
twenty-dollar bill"
"Oh. no. sir" said the barber. "Only
a one. Look at my drawer IL you like.
and you'll see there is nothing larger
than = one there"
Several Of young Astor's friends wcro
with him and so he did not caro- to dis
cuss such q vulgar question as money.
Ho made up his mind hat it was q dol.
lar he had given up and jammed his hat
down over his ears and went for q walk
on the Avenue. Tho barber tells abou,
his getting sl9.s so for a shave.
"And I'd tako a hundred OF tina,
young fellow II I could" says he.
A strange case, surely, OF keen ton
serial artistry and ingenious criminal
ity, and this sort Of thing Is not uncom.
mon in New York.-N. Y. Star.
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Tho Bill.

Tho New York Herald, speaking Of
tho silver bills now before Congress,
says: Tho Window bill ought, on
the face Of it, to have the support of
the silver men, rs under it tho Gov
ernmoat would buy all tho siivor pro-
duced. But tho silver men object TO
it that it maintains the gold basis in
our currency, which is truo." Tho
Herald would have told tho whole
truth had it said on n basis of gold
appreciated by tho outlawing Of silver
in 1873. What has tho Herald to say
OF the justice and legality OF an Act
passed rs was that onc.-tVirginia
Enterprise.
And what has the Enterprise to say
Of tho party that passed tho Act Of
1873 "outlawing silver?
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Roscoe Conkling's biogrnphor snys
that the bravest and most honest of
the Republican leaders believed that
the vote Of Louisiana belonged to
Tildcn in 1876. 1t is difficult to SEQ
how any honest man OF any party
who knows tho circumstances could
believe otherwise, and in our opinion
Rutherford d. Hayes enveloped him.
self in q mantle Of i~neffaccable lis
grace by accepting tho Office to which
he M not elected. D%epriving Saml.
j. Tildcn OF tho Office of President OF
tho United States was tho most gi-
gantic fraud oyer perpetrated in n re-
publican government.
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THE I QUESTION.
A. Discussed By . Rarcher.

EprroR INDEPESpEsr.-On tho 18th
instant there was a meeting Of the
water claimants OF this valley for the
purpose OF talking over tho cas- OF
the pending adjudication OF water
rights IN District No. 1. The first
conclusion We came to was that the
law under which the case is TO be tried
is unjust in ONE OF its provisions,
for it provides for the appointment Of
n Water Commissioner irithout bonds,
and gives him power TO close tho
hcadsate Of any ditch that has not
gone through the adiudicating pro-
cess, and debars the owner Of the
ditch from offering any evidence in
support OF his right To the use OF the
water, no matter how long he has
used il, until no has gone through
the whole process OF an adjudication
and pays the entire cost Of suit,
whether he wins or looses. This to
us looks like the State robbing n man
OF his rights, and then making him
pay the cost Of getting them back.
We were much puzzled to know II
the law repealed the statute OF limitn-
ton or not, and what n vested" right
to water is, for to-day we have it and
tomorrow it is gone. We also Won
dered IL tho object OF the law is to
make n decree OF the Court a legal
title to the use OF water, dating the
title back to the time the water was
first used, so that it will bar the
action OF the statute of Limitation
thus enabling the holder Of n decree
to show n legal title from tho time Of
the first s OF the water through his
ditch. We also wondered il the
legislature has tho right to force the
provisions of the law upon only a
part OF tho State when it could have
been made applicable over tho entire
State. Walker river, one OF tho larg-
est streams in the State, is left out.
It is true that upon a petition OF the
water claimants on that stream tho
Governor may create n District but
they have not yet, rs far as I know,
sent in a petition. The right to petit
ton and the right to demonstrate
goes together. The people OF District
No. J had no chance to do either but
have to take the law whether or no.
II tho State reserves tho unappro.
priatei water flowing in the streams
of this State for the use OF the public,
and those streams run through the
land or an individual, lands that he
had bought from the State and the
State in the patent for the land did
not reserve the bed and banks OF the
stream for the purpose Of flowing
water through tho channel for tho
use OF the public, and tho public
water ovcrflows the banks, destroys G
crop OF grain, cuts great chasms in
tho land and plays smash generally
who pays the damages; tho State o.
tho public? We finally como to the
conclusion that things were mixed
and that it would take q lawyer t.
seperate them, so we appointed
committee to interview m and re
port on Saturday, the Goth instant
Hoping to henr through your column!
what action other precincts have
taken, / will close.
WATER CLAIMANT.
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Politics In Lotteries.

The Philadelphia Press says: 1.-THE
Louisiana Lottery must never be nj
lowed to acquire a habitation in any
Republican State. 1t is Democratic
institution, located in n Democratic
commonwealth and oficered by
Democratic Confederate generals.
There is neither room O respect for
it in any Republican community"
AS II matter Of fact the Louisiana
Lottery was chartered by n Rerubli-
4 Legislature, and the principal
proprietor OF the C is to-day
chairman OF tho Republican State
Committee. When the Democrats
got into power they passed n law for
bidding lotteries, and the lottery
company has never been able to get
it's charter renewed in louisiana
is. +. Alta.
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In soliciting candidates for tho
Presidency duo attention should bo
given 10 m important qualification
for tho highest Office within tho gift
OF tho people, which is skill ms q
sportsman. No man should be
selected who Is not successful either
with tho roll or gun. Cleveland wa
n successful angler und Harrison has
just proved himself handy with his
gun by bagging n largo number OF
ducks. Prospective candidates for
President in 1892 should begin 10
make n record.
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Star Valley, New, March 20, 1890.
ST. Patrick's Day ut South Fork.

49, O"J
EDITOR ISpEPENpEST:--Notwith-
standing tho almost impossible roads
tho people OF South Fork by pre-
arrangement began to assemble carly
on the 18th at the residence OF James
Mccoy where there is n largo hall,
and by 8 o'clock thcre wero about
fifteen couple assembled. When tho
floor manager announced tho music
ready they took themselves to tho
hall and dancing commenced ut $50
o'clock and was kept up to IL o'clock
when tho contents OF tho various
baskets was brought forth and spread
on u table, when 10, and behold! there
was a fcast fit for a king. Aftcr par
taking OF tho good things, dancing
was resumed and kept up to nearly
daylight whom they began 10 depart
for their several homes, we'll pleased
with tho nights pleasure.
Among those present were A. W.
Fuller and family, Knox Crano and
wife, a. d. Streetor and wife, Paul
Schillerstrom and wife, Hurry Stone
and wife, Dave Ogilvic, Chas. Francis,
Miss Nevada Hardcsty, Miss Lizzio
Hardesty, Miss Nollie O. Quinn and
many moro which space forbids men.
tioning. Tho music furnished by
Messrs. Clayton, Stone and Womack
was par excellence, aud great praise Is
duo Mr.. Charles SHETLAND for tho
efficient manner in which no managed
the floor during tho ontiro evening.
G...nra
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' l-EalsLATIoS.

The way the friends Of silver arc
obliged to hedge in. order to obtain
any favorable action in Congress is
pretty good evidence that the pub
lished report OF there being q majority
ia both Houses 10 favor of free coin
Z must have been a mistake. IRE
no Gazette.
The report that there was a major
ity in Congress in favor of free coin
age originated with the Representa-
tiyes from Nevada, all OF whom are
Republicans. What object they could
have had in making such statements
we are ut q loss TO understand, unless
it was to gull their constituents, and
still they must have been aware that
the truth would come out sooner or
later. Both Houses OF Congress arc
Republican, and this fact alone is
pretty good evidence that there is
not a majority in either House in ia
vor Of the free coinage OF silver. The
Republican party, rs q party, is not in
favor OF placing silver in the position
to which it naturally belongs Us n
precious metal, although it has n few
friends in that party, the proportion
OF which is about equal to the n
mics Of silver in the Democratic par
ty. The fact that Bartine in the
House and Jones and Stewart in the
Senate are willing to unite on some
compromise as favorable as possible to
the silver interests is conclusive evil
dence that there is no hope for the
free coinage OF silver at the hands OF
the Republican party.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-30

New York papers are constantly
pokiny fun Mt Chicago in connection
with the Worlds Fair. Never mind
Chicago; she never undertook any
thing she did not accomplish, and
she will chow her ability to provide
amply for tho great Fair. In push
and enterprise Chicago is ns far
ahead Of New York as tho limited
express on the Now York Central is
ahead Of q two-mulo boat on tho Erie
canal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-30

Rev. Sam Jones was recently nc
cuscd Of intending to quit preaching
to go to farming. lie denied this in
his next sermon to this effect: ~
am making more money than any ten
bishops in the Methodist Church, and
it would be foolish for me to go into
anything like an experiment." Sam
would rather save souls than raise
wheat ut protected prices.
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DAN REMEMBERED HIM.
A Horse Recognizes . Friend Whom i
Has Not Seen for Year,.

A Horse Recognizes . Friend Whom He
Has Not Seen for Years.
T%averncr tolls n good story In tho
Boston Post apropos Of tho subject of
memory in horses: l happened to DO the
witness Of an odd sceno tho other day
which, whom recounted, may possibly
nmuso h reader. Ono OF those not in
frequent, but l must confess usually fc-
titlous necessities had arisen which
tako mo to o stable-on this occasion 10
q large establishment in tho vicinity Of
Chardon street. 1t was about Ave o'clock
In the afternoon and various people
were starting for homo, among them a
man and woman who had q remarkably
intelligent-looking gray horse. Just as
no began TO trot down tho lano by which
tho stable Is reached from tho street, o
stout "party" who, I noticed, had boon
watching tho gray worry ~intontly, sud.
denly cried out In o loud voice: "Dan,
don't you want o pioco OF cakc2" Tho
horse stopped short, pricked up his ears,
looked around and uttered n faint
whinny Of recognition and assent; nor
would no 60 On until tho stout mar had
como forward and explained his inter
florence. 1t appeared that several years
before no had brought tho horse from
Vermont, whcro no had owned him for
somo time, and as tho boast was par.
ticularly docilo no had taught him tho
true scnso OF tho question, tho sudden
asking Of which brought tho animal to
o standstill. It Is we'll known that
horses mover forget q person or place,
and scarcely an event. No matter how
much timo has elapsed or how greatly
tho horse may hnvo changed in DISPOSE
ton, ono word from a former master will
establish immediately tho old rotation
between Thorn.
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New Hampshire Senators.

The Senators from Now Hampshire
have been well.named industrious
pests. Senator Blair is a hard-work-
ing educational crank and is deter
mined to force his views upon tho
American people and compel an ap-
preparation OF ~SI7,OO0,OO0 to DO dis
bursed under the direction OF the
OF tho National Government. Sena-
tor Plumb recently said that there is
no life, nor energy, nor interest in the
Blair bill save that which tho Senator
constantly ongondcrs by his enthusi-
astic appeals to the people. Senator
Chandler is n nervous, active, busy
little pest also, who makes the South
ern Outrage business a specially and
invites ca.-pu!!!2s by his venom and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-30

II Is said that Salt Lake City will
this Summer show moro lilo and
activity in building md substantial
progress than my other city In tho
United Stntcs. Tho transactions In
real estate amount TO about 100000
u week. Tho pcoplo who nro invcst.
ing aro wido.nwako ind energetic, and
tho now buildings will 10 OF tho most
substantial character. Big money
can DO mndo by investing in Salt
Lake rcnl estate, and capitalists arc
not slow in scoing and taking advnn.
tnRe OF IL.
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SHOULD STICK TO HIS LAST.

Bill Nye in n recent interview states
that it is his intention, when he has
completed his present tour, to aban-
don humorous writing and devote
himself to serious literature. He
thinks it was the mistake OF his life
time when he allowed himself to drift
into tho funny style. There never
yet was n successful comedian who
didn't think he would have developed
into n still greater tragedian, if he
had followed that branch Of tho the
atrical profession. Several have
made tho change, which in every
instance resulted in 4 dismal failure.
1t would be the same with Nye. He
has gained u reputation rs n humor-
list, which will remain with him, and
which he can nevcr rid himself OF as
l,ng as he lives. It would fatally
handicap him in any other field OF
literature, for if no possessed the
talent and genius Of n dozen Elmer
sons, Tennysons and Hawthornes,
he could never disaonncct himself, in
the mind OF the public, with the cap
and bells which he has 80 long and
successfully worn. 1t would indeed
be the mistake OF his lifetime if he
should abandon tho vein which he
discovered and located and which
still continues to yield him profitable
returns, to prospect for another lode
of an entirely different quality Of
literary metal, which if found he
could probably never successfully
work. -lTimes-R Review.
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The Columbia Shooting AMIR.

Joseph McClay publishes n card In
Thursdays Review in which
no denounces Kicrnan's version OF
tho shooting affair, and would DO
pleased to know on what grounds the
"sympathics Of tho people Of Column
bin nre with Herman In reply TO
this tho Times Review says:
"Wo simply gavo tho statements OF
the two principals concerning imme.
diuto circumstances connected with
tho shooting, as matters OF news, md
with no desire TO prejudice public
opinion one way or the other. Our
information in regard TO tho feeling Mt
Columbia was obtained from persons
recently from, but residents,
there, md whom we presume enter.
tain no unkindly feelings towards tho
wounded man. Public feeling Is
often Mt variance with law and justice,
~ perhaps IL Is in this case. At nll
events wo most sincerely hopo that
tho matter will receive q fair and i'm
partial investigation from tho proper
authorities, and IL q crime has been
committed tho perpctrator held to o
strict accountability for his act"
Tho Carson Appeal is running dis.
play advertisements Of two lotteries,
ono In Mexico and one in Montana.
Sam Davis seems determined TO test
tho validity OF tho law prohibiting
Nevada newspapers from advertising
otteries.
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An Illus,rious Precedent.

&Lise," said Mr.. Harrison. "they
cal me a nepotist because l look aft
Or my family"
"Thas's about the size Of it, SIRE
piled the private secretary.
"Wall, it's too bad. 1 am simply
following in the steps OF Washington
He was the Father Of his Country,
and I'm blessed II he didn't look aft
or his country tho first thing."|lN.
Y. Sun.
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Eureka Sentinel:-The boy with
tho knee breeches is a poor marble
player generally. 1t is the boy with
tho bnggy trousers, who wipes his
nose on his coat sleeve and rubs his
hands in the dirt before shooting, that
has the most marbles in his pocket.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-30

Peter Jackson black and pugilist,
is accused OF looking too often upon
red liquor and Of habitually retiring
at 5 a. NJ. Peter will not long reign
rs the black king Of the ring Mt this
rate. He will wind up MS a bootblnck
instead. He should drink milk in
stead aud go TO bed with the chickens.
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Thore aro 22,oO0 negroes now in Ok
nhoma, and by Spring there will be
$4,000. The exodus from North Car
DINA is in that direction. Thoy claim
that this territory was promised them
by President Lincoln and the Repub-
lican party, and they intend to mako
Oklahoma negro State.
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Reno Gazette:-The Branton boys
have just finished the shearing OF
Grove Holcomb's band If l,5OO sheep.
In view Of the fact that this band
was shoared about tho middle OF last
September, and the unprecedented
severe Winter, the Az pounds per
head just realized is considered u
rood clip.
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Timos.l .oview:--1'ho public build.
ings bills for Virginia City and Reno
havo passed tho Senate. Those for
Winnemucca, Eureka, Elko, Ryo Patch
Moline OF al, have probably boon TO.
forrcd TO tho Committee Of the Hello
--tbc pigeon hole.
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Edward Bellamy, tho author, Is In
poor health. Readers Of "Looking
Backward" will regret to hear this.
Bcllamy has mado thus far on his
famous book $4,000 ind his publish.
ers $4,000.
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STOCK BRANDS.


RANGE: North Fork Of the'Hunbodt md Mountain City, Elko count, :.
ada. and Duck and Drnnenn Ynney.. Owyhee county, Idaho.
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$1,000 REWARD.

We will pay the above reward for the arrest aud conviction Of AMI, -
parties found guilty Of killing or stealing any stock belonging to mr. ~. 49,: y
my pnry or parties cutting hay OIL our land will DO prosecuted 10 4. III
eut Of The Inv. s- "