Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-05-04
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SALAAGUNDI.

Fred Bertsch, Of Ruby Valley, came
down last night.
Mrs. G. H. Sproule returned last
evening from Reno.
G.. 7. Suttle and wife came in from
Mound Valley to-day.
Mrs. Alice Ricord went to Tusca-
rora the fore part OF this week.
H. L. Byrne and family came up
from San Francisco last evening.
Zack Tucker, formerly otthis. place,
came up from San Jose last night, on
his why to Tuscsrora.
All the dead cattle which have
been lying in or near town have been
disposed OF by burial.
A Turkish working day lasts from
sunrise to sunset, with certain inter-
walls for refreshment and repose.
Miss E. Ainley! has just received
from Chicago a choice lot OF new and
stylish millinery. Call and examine
it. .
The frequent reports Of railroad &C.
cidcnts caused by detective air brakes,
shows that system to be far from per-
feet. ,
A small valise, or satchel, was
found in front Of the residence OF Jas.
Russell yesterday morning. The
owner can have same by applying at
Mr.. Russell's. +
Thirteen prominent business men
Of Helena, Mont, have been indicted
for stealing coal from the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company. The COM
pany claims to have lost 30 car loads
there in one month.
A shnrp little boy in Georgia who
was kicked by n mule, instead OF say
ing naughty words or going homo
crying to his mother, tied the mulo
within five feet OF n beehive, backed
him round to it and let him kick
The murderer Kemmler has writ
ten n statement declaring that he is
ready to die and that he is glad elec.
tricity will be used. He prefers it to
the gallows. He says he is guilty
and should be punished and is sure
that death will be painless, aud he is
confident he will not weaken.
A very respectable sea.serpent must
have been the immense squid which
was recently stranded upon Achill
Island off the west coast OF Mayo
Ireland. Though shrunk, it's long
arms measured 80 feet in length, and
tho body and short arms were 60 fee
in circumference. Some OF the short
arms were 1 feet in circumference:
+. Thompson, A. ]. Dryer, NJ
Burns, Il. j. O'Donnell and w. Dillon
who we're indicted by the Grand Jury
last Monday for burglary, we're ar.
raigned to day, and on motion OF the
District Attorney they were allowed
by the Court, TO plead guilty to petit
larceny. At l o'clock they were taker
before Justice Henley and fined SG(
each, or the usual alternative of thir.
ty days in the County Jail. .
Journal:-One OF the strange feat
urcs OF tho recent epidemic Of the
grip" is now said to DO its effect up,
on insane patients. In n number OF
such cases the insanity of the person
disappears with the subsistence oil
tho influenza. There mny be, prob.
ably is, a good reason for this result
Tho grip in nearly all cnsos affected
tho brain, and the foyer resulting may
have had tho direct tendency to de
stroy conditions out Of which insanity
grew.
Tho Orovillc, (Cal.) Mercury Of last
week says: a mnn who can neithor
read nor write, who didn't know
whether we had q President or a
King, in fact, who know nothing OF
our form OF Government, applied for
admission TO ~citizenahip Wednesday,
and tho Honorable Superior Judge
refused his papers. Judge Huudley
is entitled to congratulation for his
refusal. 1t is pleasant to note that
judges nil orcr tho State are refusing
citizenship to men who do not take
sufficient interest in the Government
to ncquaint themselves with it's rudi,
mentary principles.