Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-02
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+ Several teams from Lamoille are in
to-day.
/ There r now ten patients at tho
County Hospital.
Mrs. G. A. Gooding came down from
Osino on to.day's train.
Mre. J. b. Abel is quite ill, suffer
ing fron an attack Of pneumonia.
Frank and Lee Parsons came down
from Tuscarora by stage yesterday.
There win 10 a west bound null
train here on regular time, 10AO A. II.
tomorrow.
Uncle Billy Heseltine IS ablo to be
UP, and is slo~ly recovering from his
recent illness:
]. p. Edof WINS. a passenger on the
west bound train which pissed
through at noon to-day.
Mrs. M'tnson and Mrs. Geo. Brewer
came up from Carlin this afternoon
on an east bouua freight train.
We publish to-day a report OF the
County Hospital for january, which
will be Of interest to the general
public. .
See notice OF Hard Times ball Mt
Freeman Hall next Tuesday evening.
Good music" has been secured and a
good time is assured.
Pittsburg Chronicle:-A man who
has had tho influenza says the best
prescription for it is a barrel of brandy
and a strect-car ticket home.
L.. w. St Clair, OF Star Valley, went
down to Carlin on yesterday morn
ing's train and returned here on the
snow shovelers' train last night.
r. Keefer is in from Bullion, having
made the trip on snow shoes, on
horseback and in any other manner
by which he could get through. :.
Old Grimes is. dead. His given
namo was Jesse, and he was the old
est citizen OF Allentown, Pa. He died
recently at the ago of ninety-fve.
Tho train due at 8 o'clock this
morning arrived at noon preceded by
a snow pillow. The delay was caused
by an accident to the pillow. at Hal
lcck.
A dispatch was received here ut
noon to-day announcing that the
blockade had been raised and trains
were pulling out from Reno for San.
Francisco.
A herd OF Russell & Bradloy's cat
tie arrived here from Osino to-day
and will be shipped to Wadsworth to
morrow whence they will be driven to
the sink OF the Carson.
New York World:--The new Gov
eminent of Brazil is getting on fairly
we'll. 1t is strong enough to stand a
shake from the clammS and chilly
hand OF President Harrison.
The warm, bright sunshine has
caused tho snow to melt rapidly dur
ing the day. Should the warm
weather continue it may be possible
to save u small per. cent. Of range
stock. MI s.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has taken
to u peculiar course Of life. He al
ways retires ut the same hour, eats
diEner in the middle Of the day and
walks ut least two miles every twenty
four hours.
The wind blow n gale nearly all
last night, but this morning opened
out clear, balmy and Sprina-like, and
it is sincerely to DO hoped that tho
long spell Of severe Winter weather
is ut In end. -.
An exchange truthfnIly snys: "Ii
all farmers could be brought to real
izethe fact that stock;in bad flesh is
moro liuble' to disease than when in
fine bodily condition, n vast amount
OF trouble, expense ind money would
DO savcd."
r. l.. Fulton, Of Reno, passed
through today on his return from
New York. lilo says tho snow reaches
ms far cast MS tho Black Hills in Wy
oming, beyond which thcre is. Ii
and the weuther is lovely. Turing
the trip through Nebraska it was ut
times so warm that tho windo VS. OF
the cars were kept open.
VIM. Snow informs us that Lon
Wines lost another valuable horse a
few days since by driving him into n
hugo 10 drift whoro ho became
swamped and remained ovcr night.
The horse was rescued next dry but
died from exposure. Wines managed
with srent eEertioB to get to Il house
after he left tho hoEsc, otherwise he
too would undoubtedly havo persisted
in tho storm which p~revnilcd at tho
time.
'Wnr. SNOW urrivod from Ruby Vii
10y yesterday, having made most Of
the trip on nion. shoes. He gives. a
gloomy account Of tho situation In
that part OF tho country on account
Of tho grcat depth OF snow and scare.
lily Of feed. Hoftes and cattle are
dying by hundreds, and there seems
M nrolnb;iity nj .~onvinu onv ,o,I