Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-01-19
FROM friday. Daily.
sALaAGUKDI.

Miss Gruy is still confined TO her
room with la grippe for company.
Lake Victoria, in Central Africa,
is said 10 be larger than Lake SUI
perior.
An enlarged edition OF the antici-
pated snow storm reached here at IL
o'clock a. n. to-day.
Train No. 3, due here at 9:45 last
night was abandoned, hence there
was no mail from tho west.
N. B. Nye makes a specially Of
cleaning and repairing watches in a
workmanlike at reasonable
pricea.
Snow glasses, eye protectors, COM
passes, specs, eye glasses and a full
assortment Of optical goods at
Muller'a. BIN
Tho telegraph reports tho heaviest
snow storm OF the season at Reno
this morning, also showing fearfully
Mt Winnemucca-
fEnterprise:-The bullion product
OF Hale & Norcross for December was
ms follows: Gold, s2G,25s; silver,
s45r349; total, .s71,GO7. Tho discount
on silver amounted TO s1l,765, and
the ore 'milled amounted to 4,T63
tors.
"Unclo, Remus," Joel Chandler
Harris, succeeds Mr.. Grady Us editor
OF the Atlanta Constitution. He is q
literary man OF great merit, and has
written some OF the most charming
conceits that have been contributed
by any Southern author.
Superintendent Myrick says there
ID more snow west than there is here.
Between Golconda and Winnemucca
the snow is from four to five feet
deep, and n snow pillow is kept run
ming constantly in order to keep tho
track from being completely block
aded.
A speaker on the affirmative side of
the question, Resolved that farming
pays in Kansas" had just taken tho
fioor Mt the meeting Of n debating So
ciety out in Western Kansas, when u
fellow on the negative side opened
the stove door and shoveled in. three
or four pecka of corn
Tho Ruby Valley stage left Halleck
two weeks ago to-day, since which
time, up to last accounts, it has not
been heard from. 1t is not apprc-
hended that the driver is in any dan
ger, ms the country through which
no passes is thickly settled, and he
is no doubt showed in at some one of
the ranches on the route.
Trains No. l and 8 are blockaded in
the Sierra Nevada mountains. Train
No. 4, which passed here yesterday,
will turn at Truckee and return here
tonight provided it does not get
stuck in the snow or the way. Owing
to the unprecedented storm there is
no certainty in tho trains; the only
wonder is that thoy got through ut
all.
The Window silver plan does not
make any Roadway except with those
who are opposed to silver, and who
c in the Sccretary's very crude
scheme n way to defeat silver legisla-
ton under the guise Of pretending:.to
aid it. Tho S. +. Post says: Silver
bullion is not silver coinage, and oil
the rofinements and distinctions OF
Secretary Window cannot mako it
such.
Tho Philadelphia Press boasts that
1889 was a fine year for business, to
the credit OF the new Administration.
1t finds cause for congratulation thu
"wheat fell in price l5 per cent, corn
and oats 10 per cent, lard ID per cont
pork 30 per cent" These low prices
in farm products, the Press observes,
shave stimulated tho demand for
manufactured articles" and therefore,
"it has been the most prosperous
season ever known in iron, cotton,
boots, shoes, etc." This, says the
Alta California, is icicular and frosty
comfort for the farmers.