Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-03-09
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postponed to the 18th instant.
E L. Stevens, the Ruby Valley
school teacher, is in town for a few
days.
j. B. Fitch, mine host OF the Bulls
Head Hotel, came down from Wells
to-day.
The Commissioners advertise In to-
days issue for bids to do the county
printing.
Geo. w. Peltier arrived from San
Francisco Sunday and Rent up to
Tuscarora today.
Hook Mason passed through last
evening en- routo to Idaho to inspect
his ranges up there.
We are informed that q piano tunor
will be here Thursday prepared to do
ull work in that line.
Regular meeting Elko Lodge No
Is, l.. e. A. NJ, Mt their Hall tonight.
Lodge opens Mt 7 o'clock.
Tho snow turnod to rain last oven
ing and it continued to rain gently
throughout the night and during
to-day.
Quito n large amount OF water has
fallen since yesterday evening, as it
has rained continuously throughout
tho day.
John Mcintosh took his position as
salesman for tho Elko-T uscarora Nor
camille Co. yesterday. He will remove
his family 10 E!ko soon.
Auguste Rcboule and vito came in
from Lamoille yesterday and stopped
over today. Mr.. Rebould has entire
ly recovered from his recent severe
illness.
Jacob Nelson took charge of tho
Humboldt House yesterday rs pro-
prictor, having leased the premises
Of Joseph Lang. lie will conduct tho
saloon in connection with the Hotel.
\ social scandal, involving n man
scarcely three months married and n
prominent young lady, is shaking
Carlin society from center TO circum-
florence. The affair will probably
eliminate in n divorce suit.
When n person is "rcmoved' by
death he is simply killed; and yet fra
ternal societies will persist in charg-
ing that the Creator has been pleased
to remove" a member who has, in the
natural course OF events, passed. to
the unknown hereafter.
Carson Tribune:-One who pretends
to know says Elko county will pre-
sent the name OF Lawyer Geo. Talbot
for Attorney General. With Alex
andcr, Torreyson and Talbot in the
race II lively contest may DO expected
in the Republican Convention.
Patti has n great voice bat n very
dim;nu.ivc soul. Ro:entiy when
askel TO subscribe to the fund for a
monument to deceased dear friend
OF hcrs she agreed to give S2) il her
name headed the list with 800. Tho
offer was declined and the misery
trick exposed.
Andy West, an old resident OF Ellis.
worth, Lander county, was burned to
death in II cabin about tho Goth Of
last month. Whether il was IN acct
dent or suicide will mover DO known.
4 few years since he sold his share in
n mino for 5000, but soon squandered
tho money.
Tho council OF ministers, which has
boon Investigating tho charges OF i'm
morality and drunkenness against
the Row. William A. Smith, OF the
Perkins street, Boston, Baptist church
recommended that he DO excluded
from church membership. Tho report
was adopted by tho church.
Tho County Commissioners fixed
the tax levy for tho year 1890 at 50 %
on each 800 OF assessed valuation.
This is u raise OF 45 cents from last
year, made necessary by tho unprcce-
dented loss OF stock throughout tho
county during tho past severe Winter.
Silver Stato:-J. Sibbald drove
about 500 head of cattle from Stone
House TO Golconda last Saturday.
Thoro were n dozen or moro too poor
and weak to walk, 80 ho had them
lifted into large wagons, and hnuled
TO Golconda, whore ho has hay to
feed them.
Times Itcyiow:--The salary Of tho
Governor OF Rhode Island, is $1,000
por year, and that OF his Secretary
$1,000. Tint is as it should be-, for q
Governors Secretary does nine. tenths
of the work, and somo times furnishes
II tonth moro than TINT proportion OF
tho gubernatorial brains.
White Pine Nows:-Two Of tho
largest wildcats wo over saw wore
killed. IN tho mountain north OF town
last Monday. Hunger and doop snow
drove them out Of tho mountains aud
they made u fcast on tho Chinnmcn's
pigeons tho night before. They wore
easily tracked ia tho fresh snow.
White Pine Nows:-D Drunken squnws