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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-08-16
G.. M. RIDDLE,
SURVE YOR
AND
ENGINEER--

DEPUTY y. So LAND AND MINERAL
- Surveyor for Nevada, Mines laid out
and Surveyed for Pat mt. Land surveyed, ap-
plicatfons, contracts. payments on land, and
appertaining to taking up or holding land Of
the State OF Government attended to. shall
keep fully posted as to all lands taken up and
acsnt In tho eastern pL Of EeyadA Ado
dress Elko, NevSdaa
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
Why She Didn't Move.

Yesterday afternoon a young lady
stood lganing against the front door
OF a handsome residence ON Meridian
street. \ gentleman who was passing
noticed her and saw, or imagined he
saw, a look of embarrassment and an
noyauce upon her face.
Halfa an hour later, rs he was again
passing the same place. he WAS sur
prised 10 see the young woman stand
ing in precisely the same position.
This time he WAS are he was not mis-
taken about the troubled look upon her
face. Big tears of vcxation slowly
crept down her checks and the end Of
her nose. and her chin quivered in a
manner which betokened the near
ness of a good cry" The gentleman
being elderly and exceedingly kind
hearted abruptly paused aud asked
the young woman if he could be of
any service 10 her.
''Ye-yes, sir: | think you can If
you will be so kind" was the reply,
rendered half unintelligible by the in
reference of an aggressive sob. II
was waiting for some one to come
along that ! was acquainted with.
You see, it was this way, sir: Every
body had gone away from the house
but me and | was going. | locked the
back door and took the key, SO that |
could get in this evening when ] came
home. Then / fixed the spring lock
OH this door so that when | came out
and closed il would lock itself. When
| came out | shut the door with q
bang. SO that it would b. sure to lock.
1t caught a fold of my dress and held
me prisoner. Here | have been ever
since waiting 10 see some acquaintance
whom ! could call TO help me-"
And | don't see just how / am to
release you now, said the man.
''Oh, 1 have had plenty of time to
study that all out" said the girl, and
with the prospect of freedom she was
once more able 10 srlile at the ludi,
crousness of the situation. 'Ihave no
key 10 this door, but | have to the
back door. You will have TO take that
key and 60 around the house and come
in the back way. You can open this
door from the inside. ] ann very sorry
10 trouble YOU so much. sir, but | do
not know Of any other plan by which
can be Helped"
Walking into the rear of the house
Of total strangers wa an odd expert.
ence to the old gentleman. but lac did
it, and presently the girl was laughing
n~eryouSly oyer her emancipation. =
IudiannpOlis News
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
The II, yator Aufocrat.

One Of these days some scientific
man Will win great fame by explain
ing what eife.t continual locomotion
of an artificial order has upon the hu-
man mind. Everybody is familiar
with the peruliarities of the men en-
ployed on the elevated railroads, and
nearly every business man is acquaint-
ed With the manners of the elevator
boy" There is "A striking similarity
between them. There is "A resemblance
in their uniforms, in their habit of
speaking a weird, strange language,
in their habit of showing a p~ugnacious
resistance TO the stupid public, and in
their power Of taking up more room
than any other class OF men on the
face OF the earth. There is an elevator
man in one of the towering down
town Office buildings who is a shining
sample of his tribe. Ii is not likely
that he would make his mark in any
ordinary walk of life, but as the cap
tain Of an elevator he is a glowing
success. He is about 80 years old, and
has a quaint frame and a dyspeptic
cast OF features.
Come now, get a move on; wot's
de use Of plantin' yerself dere' Yer
can't grow on marble"
In this way he hurries his passen-
gers in and ont of the elevator.
is Mr.. Smith in this buildingl'you
ask.
''Fee0urumsteen," he promptly an
swers.
What
This remarks stirs all the gall in his
system, and he fixes You with his eye
and says with heaps Of sarcasm:
Fifth tloor-room-siXteen. Did
yer heari'
This elevator man has adopted, with
a good deal of success. the pleasant
habit of the elevated brakeman of lur-
ing passengers into a mad rush by
keeping the door of the car open until
the passenger is about To step in il and
then banging the door in a highly
humorous way.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
Titles I'm Trade.

The influence of the English ladies
who went into trade as millincrs and
dressmakers few years ago has shown
itself in some unexpected ways. The
newspapers, especially those devoted
70 fashion aud the society papers,
treating the advent of the titled ladies
as a matter Of news, published 50 much
about them and their shops that the
regular advertisers Indignantly de-
manded that similar notices should be
given TO them; and, in consequence,
even the best papers now show col
umstilled with articles in which there
is scarcely a scrap Of real news, and
which the sensible reader soon discov-
ers are nothing more than the frame in
which some advertisers name is dis
covered.
AS many Of the s~hopkeepers sell
similar goods, repetitions are inevita-
BILE; and as it is impossible 10 make a
series Of putrs really good reading,
the writing has fallen into hands far
less able than these formerly employ
ed, and the papers have greatly deteri.
GRATED. 1t is the old story, varying
only in detail, that the influence Of
the reduced lady" is invariably bad
in any and every occupation. As for
the noble milliners and dressmakers,
more than one Of them is now going
through the second stage Of the Helen
Hardness story, and finds, too late,
that friends betray, and now buy their
bonnets Of regular tradeswomen.-
Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29

a New York gentleman gave this
account of his experience among the
blazing forests of Oregon: / have been
over Europe and Asia and have seen
most Of the scenic wonders Of my ma.
tive land: bat the trip ! made one
night through the heart OF the fam
ing mountains is immeasurably the
grandest sight | eve saw. We left
Astoria at s o'clock, aud for a few
miles the steamer ran through Egypt
ian darkness. In the distant heaven
there was u rosy glare, but it served
only TO intensity the blackness of our
surroundings. We were steaming
swiftly up the broad river, lugging
a precipItous mountain that came
sheer into the stream. Suddenly we
turned a sharp bend and were trans.
ported to the heart of an inferno. The
mountains were atlame, and the high
wind swept through the forest with q
fierce oar that brought my heart to
my throat. At brief intervals the
stricken giant of the wood came crash.
ing TO TO the earth, and the fountains
of sparks leaped through the night air.
The wide, swift riveruyas a rosy sea of
liquid fire, rejecting each flaming
crag. Hot blasts swept over the river.
The air was full of sparks, and the
light was dazzling to the eyes. An
other turn and blackncss came again,
and thus it ran hour after hour, a be.
wildering succession of brilliancy
and darkness, with here and there a
lonely cabin, the occupants fighting
back the furious flames.
Any estimate of the losses that have
attended this sweeping destruction Of
the forests Of the northwest would be
nearly worthless. Fires have destroyed
the witness trees that marked the
boundary between Oregon and Cali
fornia by the survey made some fifteen
years ago, thus obliterating all record.
A party that recently took the contract
for surveying five townships in Curry
county was obliged TO suspend opera
tons, as all the trees OF the state line
had vanished. Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
shooting for Life.

An Indian correspondent writes:
sour experienced and ucccSsful shi-
karee, Capt. l.. /. Fenton, superin-
tendeut of surveys under The RAINS
than court, lad some rather exciting
sport in the CHR during the last hot
weather. and finished up with an ex-
ceedlngiy harrow escape for his life.
A lion had been discovered Wing down
under a banyan tree. Capt. Fcnton
commenced to creep up within shot
under owe Of the jungle. lie had
reached within some fifty yards when
a couple Of sambar broke cover close
To him and startled the lion, giving
Capt. Fenton only snap shots Us ii
broke away, half concealed by the UNI
derwood. The shots. Us was subse-
emily discovered, took effect high up
on the shoulder. The lioneSs, for such
she proved 10 be, ran into a lot of Sc
poys some distance To the right, where
several shots were fired at her, one
taking effect in the stomach.
"On Capt. Fenton running up
very much out of breath, the wounded
lioness WAS pointed out to him sitting
under a tree so,ne sixty PAGES off. and
without waiting he went forward at
once TO finish her, keeping his putty
walla with IA second gun behind him.
He wa considerably blown with hard
running and heat, and So his aim was
mol 50 true as usual, and instead of hit
ting her la the chest, Us he intended,
the bullet struck her i'm the forearm,
the effect of which Was Ia increase her
rage 10 the attacking point. ard with
a roar she am straight for l,er tor
mentor. At this point in the tamasha
the puttywalla vanished, taking the
second gun with him. and in the in
slant Capt. Fenton felt that his life de-
pended Oh the remaining barrel. As
the beast approached To within twenty
PAGES he fired at her head. Then,
without waiting 10 see if she were
stopped or not, he turned and ran for
his second gun, wllen the pucgle, who
had bolted 10 one side during the
charge, came up 10 say theauimal was
dead. TIE shot vas true enough this
time."-London Standard.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
l. Man Immortal?

Upon this short question, rs mar
immortal or is he noti' depends all
that is most interesting 10 man as a 50.
cial being and as a rational and
accountable intelligence. II he is des
tined 10 an external existence, an i'm
mense importance must sttach 10 all
his present affections, actions and pur-
suits; and il must bea matter Of infl-
mite moment that they be directed in
such a channel as will tend 10 carry
him forward in safety 10 the feliclties
of a future world. But il his whole
existence be circumscribed within the
circle Of a few ileeting years, man APP
pears an enigma, an inexplicable phe-
nomeDon in the universe, human life
a mystery, the world a of con-
fusion, virtue a mere phantom, the
Creator a capricious being, and his
plans and arrangements an inexplica-
bic mae. DIR. Thomas Dick.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
No Dentists Needed in Labrador.

Little Miss Krarer, the Esquimaux,
called on L. ii. White, the Lewiston
dentist. Tuesday, 10 have her teeth
fixed. She told in her own way TO
Mr.. White that probably she was the
first Esquimaux that lie ever attended
professionally. and he agreed. She re
marked this curious fact that only
since coming 10 civilization, where
dentists live and thrive, had she ever
needed the attendance of one, and she
said naively lis there anything con-
Eliminating in the professioni' Her
father lived 10 be nearly so and never
had a dccayed tooth. None Of her fam
lily or friends were ever troubled. She
never heard Of an Esquimaux who had
anything but sound teeth. Mr.. White
found Miss krarer's needs, from a
dental point Of view, TO be quite as
great ms those of any average Ameri-
can lady. all of it developed, she de-
clared, since coming TO America. -
Lewiston Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
laughter.

There ought 10 be societies formed
for the encouragement Of laughter. y
real laugh is not common. for II must
be remembered that a smoker is not a
laugh. Foreigners travelling in this
country have more than oncc com
mented upon the singular gravity Of
America. ) Us d race.
The Puritans were inclined 70 frOwn
upon laughter as frivolous, aud there
fore wicked. Life was a very grave
affair to them, and an almost constant
struggle for existence, and they had
40 time 10 make merry. The first two
centuries of our national life were
busy years. Privations were many
and the IndiaIs almost constantly on
tie warpa,h. Ii is no wonder our fore.
fathers rarely enjoyed a hearty laugh.
Then came the Revolution, which was
certainly no laughing matter.
Perhaps all these wars, troubles and
p~rivations may have fixed gravity in
our national Heart. Then it may be
that the idea was widely entertained
that it was undignifed TO iaigh. We
knew that the eyes of the world were
upon US. and it would never do To act
Like children. Philosophers and Gym
les snecr at laughter. Goldsmith
twho was always laughingJ tells us Of
1.-THE loud laugh that spoke the vacant
mind" and the scornful Byron says,
And il | laugh at any mortal thing,
It's that | may not weep
Many people arc AFRAID Ia laugh, be.
cause they think il is common; SO
they rcpress their mcrrlment with a
smile.
They do wrong. Nature evidently
intended MS to laugh, or children
would not know how. Laughter il
healthful, saHd provocative Of good
morals as well as good health.
Hamlet says that zone may smile,
and smile, AID he a villain and So
one might; Tut no one could laugh
and laugh and be II villain.
To smirli, grin, ga.iaw or smile is
not to laugh. \ good. whole souled,
hearty laugh is a panacca for many
ills, and worth u doctors prescription.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
Following the Leader.

Several sheep men" from tho In
land empire ,s""e gathered around tho
stove at one OF the hotels discussing
The prospects .or mutton and wool and
lie profits tn I've made by irivingshecp
10 the " iliaLlctie 10 winter. and at
last they got to telling stories about
sheep.
One told about the captain of a
schooner WHO had a band of sheep on
the deck al his vessel. IS he was turn
ing and twisting the wheel to keep the
schooner un her course, the old ram
VINO headed the flock, taxing umbrage
at his motions, came up behind him.
and at one fell swoop butted him over
the wheel. The curagcd captain
seized his woolly asSailant and threw
him overheard, when, presto! away
went the whole flock, popping over the
rail, one after another, into the sea.
Boats were lowered, and with much
labor a portion of the flock was saved.
Another told IA story which illustra-
ted the same follow-my-lealer trait in
the character of sheep. At a port on
the sound one everng just after the
decks hands had got all the freight
slowed away, there came down 500
sheep to be put on board. All hands
were vexed because of the delay and
trouble connected with shipping
them, but finally a pen was made OF
hurdles between decks. and gangway
rugged, and in the dusk all was ready
TO take the sheep on board. and they
we're started down the gangway. The
first one, as he struck the deck, saw
an opening in the other side Of the
boat across which a hurdle had been
placed. Instead of going along the
corral prepared this sheep made a run.
ming jump, cleared the hurdle aud
landed in the salt chuck alongside.
Every one of the band followed suit,
and in a short time 500 sheep were
struggling in the water. The captain
having seen the last one go down the
plank yelled out: ".Ail right down
tIerei An answer came back: "All
right, sir; send them down" Send
'em down." roarcd the captain, 'iav.
emit you the sheep down there Not
asleep, sir" was the reply, and invest.
CATION showed that there was not a
sheep on the boat. The captain could
not delay any longer, and 50 steamed
away, and only a small number Of the
sheep even 60. ashore. Portland Ore.
CONAN.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
She whistled.

A Philadelphia pension attorney
collected 1858 for a widow, carried Il
In bis pocket for a month, and finally,
after she refused TO take 800 and call
it square. told her TO whistle for any
portion Of il. She whistled 10 loud and
long that Lo goes 10 prison for three
years and she gets I'll her money
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
sAfter the

Before / CO." he said, in broken
tones, 81 have one last request 10 mako
of you
Eyes, Mr. Sampson" said she.
"INhUn you return my presents,
please prepay the express charges. ]
cannot afford 10 pay any more ON
your account. ~ arper's Bazaar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29

IL ] had known Of the Cuticura Remedies
twenty eight yea : ago Il would have saved me
$4,000 1.-TWO hundred dollarsl and an immepse
amount OF suffering My disease (psoriasit) com.
menced on my head In 4 spot not larger than .
cent. The scales would drop oG 81 me ali the
time. and my suffering was endless and without
relief. One thousand dollars would not tempt me
10 have this pissas- over agaih. / am a poor
N N, but feel rich 10 he relieved Of whst some Of
e doctors said vas leprosy, some ~ringworm, pso-
one year and a hall, but no cure. ! went TO two or
tbre doctors, but no cure. / canno praise the
T%uticura Remedies too much. They have made
my skin a. clear ana free from scales a. a baby's.
All used OF them were three boxes Of Caticnrs,
and three BEETLES Of uticura kesolvent, and
two cakes Of Cuticurs soap. II you had been
here aud said you wouti have cured M tor $500 90
you would have had the money. looked like the
picture In your book Of '~oriasis picture numtsr
twO, 'How 10 Cure skin Die Ises'1, but now ] am
A. clear as anv person ever was. Through force u
habit rub my hands over my arms aud legs TO
scratch once In a while, but 10 no purpose. j am
all well. scratched twenty -eight years, and Il
got to be = kind Of second nature 10 me. thank
you q Thousand times.
DENNIS DOWNING. "A ateybury. VI.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29

WVPLEs, black heads. red, rough, chapnsd apd
iin oily skin prevented by Cuticur, soap.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
AGEiTS WANTED D.

Foi club Rates. or any further Information de-
sired. writ, legihly to the undersigned clearly stat.
ing your residence, with State. County, street and
Number. Moro rapid return mail delivery will be
assured by your enclosing an Envelope hearing
your full address,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
IMPORTANT.
Address 81. A. DAipHN.
New Orleans, La.

or NJ. n. DAJEulNp
Washington. u. q.
BY ordinary letter, Containing Money Order
issued BY all Express Companies, New York Ia.
change, Draft or postal note.
Address Registered Letters
Containing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANk,
New OrleAns, La,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
GpgyS
H&~S
missi0ners,

We the undersigned BANKS and Bankers will pay
al frizes dIswp IN The Louisiana state Lotteries
which may De presented At our counters.
k.M.M ALMsLEl. i'res Louisiana Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAtN, Pres, State Nat. Bank
\. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat. Bank
CARL kOHN, Pres. Cn:on National Bank.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-29
GRAND MONTHLY DRAINING.
Al the ACADEMY Of Music. kew Orleans.
tuesday. Feb. II 1890. .TTr
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000.

l0O,0 900 Tickets at Twenty Dollars
Each; Halves $1,000; Quarters S.;
Tenths 81: Tweniirihs 81.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
No NickelS There.

This talk about Introducing coppe,
cents in San Francisco reminds me of
the attempts made to bring five-cent
pieces into circulation in Virginia
City" said Gen. Daniel O'Connor. "a
dime has always been the smallest coin
there, and the nickels that men
brought there had either to STAY there
or be thrown away. No one in Viz
ginia City would compromise the dig
nifty OF the place by accepting them.
Finally a dry goods merchant returned
from the city with a lot of half-dimes.
He didn't want to lose them, so ne adj
vertlsed a great 2O-cent sale. His
scheme was to give the nickels in
change for the quarters that would be
rendered for his bargains.
well, do YOU know, sir, that as
soon as the ladies got on to his scheme
they. just boycotted his place, and
within two months he had to close his
shop. That stopped the nickel bust
ness. and to this day a dime is the
smallest change you get on the
Co mstock. Ii there is fifteen cents in
change coming to you, you lose five
cents, and if you complained the whole
town would jeer at you."-San Flau-
cisco Examiner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
A Murderer Arrested,

Joseph r.. Reynolds was arrested in
Port Huron, Mich, through the
efforts Of Detective Robert Bruce.
Of Chicago. Reynolds is charged
With having committed murder in Morgan
county. Georgia, March IL, 1858. The kill
ing was the outgrowth Of a political teud
that existed between the Reynolds fam 1ly
and that of Benjamin H. Jones, who was
his victim. The affair occurred lust after an
election. The men met at the depot of a
small towa and after a few words haa been
exchanged Reynolds, a democrat.
drew q revolver and shot
Jones in the head. The SHOOTING
was done in tho presence of a large
number of men. Reynolds, who is but
~ years old, fed and nothing was heard of
him until a few days ago., when he was To-
Gated by a detective agency,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
Armour Branching Out.

The firm of Armour & Co., of Chi
are announced to have invested in
500 acres of salt mining land near Wal
n. Y. The price paid is reported
5000 an acre. 1t is said that they
sink a shaft at once and mine the pro-
The Retsof Salt Mining company are
only salt producers in the western
York oelt. Their plant is said to have
over $1,000, 600. Their shaft is nea
farm said to have been purchased b!
Armours. No deed has been record
Livingston county showing the pure
but the county clerk states that ezhau
searches have been made for CHI
parties on these lands. Packers and
ern stock raisers are large buyers OF s
the rock.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
The state at the Natlpna, Capital.


Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill au-
thorizing the secretary of the interior to
appoint a commissioner at $40 per day to
ascertain and pay the damage resulting to
any person who settled upon the Crow
Creek Indian reserervation in South Da-
kota by reason of the proclamation of
President Arthur, Feb. 81. 1885, and the
subsequent ejectment of said persons IN
der a proclamation Of President Cleveland
April II. 1885.
Senator Moody introduced the Clifford
bill for the erection Of q public building at
1ankton, appropriating $500, 900.
Congressman Clifford introduced a me-
moral of the legislature of South Dakota
asking payment for the expenses OF the
last Legislature, S15. 900; also a memorial
from the legislature of South Dakota pray
ing that the Wahpeton military reservation
may be set aside for the use of the annual
encampment of the South Dakota militia.
Senator Pettigrew presented a memorial
of the legislature of South Dakota asking
that the agreement with the Sioux Indians
concerning the Sisseton reservation in
South Dakota be ratified by congress.
The South Dakota senators and con-
gressmen are working unitedly and indus
triously to secure an appropriation for
artesian irrigation. Their prospects are
bright, SO far as promises from individual
members are concerned, but as the days go
by there is a growing disposition mani
Tested in the committee on appropriations
to %antagonize all special appropriations for
localities.
The house committee on has
favorably reported the bill introduced by
Mr.. Clifford for a bridge over the Missouri
river at Pierre.
In the senate bills were reported and
placed on the calendar for S250,0 600 pub
lie building at Sioux Falls, and a $500, 900
building at Deadwood,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07
"A Blow at lotteries.

Senator Sawyer has introduced a bill in
the senate to amend certain sections of the
revised statutes relating to lotteries. It
provides hat no letter or circular contain.
ing the advertisement of lotteries shall be
sen, through the mails: Any person guilty
6a using me mails for this purpose shall
$500. The postmaster general NAV also
upon finding any person engaged n .h;s
business. instruct the postmasters Mt towns
to which registered letters are sent ;n
answer to such advertisements to retnrn
them to the person who mailed them w;tb
the word fraudulent" stamped On the ont
side. 'ne ouI-