Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-01-12
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Augusta, tho Douaser Empress Of
Germany, died at Berlin on Tuss.
day.
]. L. Wines, who had q little scrap
with @la grippe" at Reno, u able to b
out again.
John R Bradley came up from
Reno yesterday and stopped over in
town to day.
The Sacramento Boo has treated it.
self to q new head and a new dress
throughout.
From present appearances We will
havo more snow within the next
twelve hours.
Nineteen hundred OF the pupils OF
the Boston public schools arc down
with influenza.
s. NJ. Henley is minus a dog, the
little "black and tan" having gone
west on to-day's train.
Most OF the cadets and one hun.
dred soldiers at West Point are suff-
ering with Ia grippe.
Two women, occupying different
rooms in a Senttlo hotel Saturday
night, blew out the gas and were
asphyxiated.
r. D. Lanham, who has boon con
fined to his bed for the past month,
has so far recovered as to DO able to
be out again.
Silver State:-The Elko IHpEPESp.
rNT, n OF our most welcome eastern
exchanges, has entered on it's Goth
volume. Mny it always prosper.
Tho Appeal says hay is on the rise
in Carson. From present appearances
hay will DO worth go pieces in this
locality before tho grass glows.
There lisa coffso-houss and restau.
rant in San Bernardino, California
bearing the inviting name of Coffee.
Likely NJ Made Restaurant. >
Tuesdays Times Review says: Al
sunrise this morning tho mercury
stood ut Ii degrees below zero, and
an hour later it had only risen q single
notch.
Ed. Kelly came down from Hal
leck to-day. He says Elko can beat
Halleck on cold weather, as the cold,
est they have had is 30 degrees below
zero.
Col. Jerry Moore is stopping il
Reno. The Eifelcsque story was
telegraphed him tho other day that
tho snow is forty foet deep in Rub,
Valley.
It was not 30 cold by six degrees
last night as on Tuesday night. The
weather seems to be gradually nnd
slowly moderating, Tor which oil ar,
truly thankful.
Reno Journnl:-The now Presiden'
OF the University looks and acts lik,
the right kind OF n man for tho place
and the Journal believes will mako {
model executive.
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scribe for it; but il you don't like it
borrow your neighbours paper and
save the prIce Of subscription, for you
know you can't rost till you read it.
James Clark, of the Depot Hotel
is on the sick list, though nothing &C.
rious. His indisposition is no doub,
caused by exposure in overseeing and
directing the work of filling his ice
house.
Tho development OF n vein of orc
EN- fcetin width, assaying s35 por ton,
is reported in Mineral Hill district,
Eureka county. We trust that our
old friend j. G. Crombio's claim is in.
cludod in this bonanza ycin.
Tho County Commissioners OF
Ormsby County have fixed tho ratio OF
taxation for tho year 1890 Mt sl.4O on
tho 800 valuation. This, with the
State tax OF 90 cents, mikes the rate
$3.50, u reduction OF 10 cents from
last years rate.
The Chicago Board Of Trade is up
in arms against tho practice Of act.
ually buying grain and storing it for
trade purposes. Such action is n viola.
ton OF tho revered custom of tho
board OF gambling exclusively in
wind.
s. r. Post:--Mrs. John G. Fremont
is being entertained by Colonel and
Mrs. do Arnaud OF tho Russian lcga.
ton in Washington. Mrs. Fremont
will visit friends in New York before
hor return to her present homo in
Los Angeles.
Virginia Chroniclo:---Kirman &
Riokey are feeding 10000 head OF
on hay at their Douglas county
ranch. The firm has 10000 head OF
in Humboldt county, nearly all
OF which they oSpoot To lose on ac.
count Of tho heavy snowfall in that
region.
Walter Wright, an American, mr..
rived In Now York from Brazil on the
steamer Alliance, which left Rio in.
norio on December 18th. Ho reports
everything going as usual In Brazil
and oil tho natives have sworn al.
leyianco to tho Republican Govern.