Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-09-28
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No mail FROM tho East this morn.
ing.
At last Elko is to have a circus.
Next Tuesday is tho day.
Ben Craighead left yesterday for
Reno to attend the Nevada State
Fair.
j. Il. Fitch, candidate for Assessor
before the Democratic Convention,
came down from Wells this morning.
Carson Appcal:-A gentleman OH
the inside says that on election day
tho voters will find three candidates
for State Senator in tho field FROM
Ornsby county.
With Ben Craighead gone to tho
Fair, and John Mcintosh on tho sick
list, tho EFT. NJ. Co. is short OF help,
and Il. o. Henderson is taking u hand
to help them out.
Jno. NJ. Dorsey and J. D. Abel left
for their homes near Fort Haileck to-
day. 1t ID rumored hat Mr.. Abel
will be n candidate before tho County
Convention for Treasurer.
Hugh Tate and Webster Patterson
arc passing an examination on their
application for admission TO tho bar.
Two young lawyers will thus DO I'D
mitted TO Elkois corps Of attorneys.
The Fifteenth session OF the No.
vnda Legislature should be composed
OF men who will attend strictly to
business, and who know what bills
arc introduced and whether thoy pass
or not.
Our thanks are duo Mr.. w. 7. Craze,
Of South Fork, for some immense
specimens Of vegetables grown on his
ranch. Ono radish measures %, one
rutabaga p, and ono be0t 1874 inches
in circumference.
Tho Republicans indorse tho com
modify silver law because it. was
passed by II "strict party vote" and
because President Harrison said ho
would veto n free coinage bill, should
n be passed by Congress.
Charles S. Weiland won tho Exam
iner's $500 badge as the most popu-
lar Native Son Of the Golden West.
Out OF n total OF 550,l53 votes cast
Mr.. Weiland received q ,797. NJ. a.
Dorm was n good second with III, TlG
votes.
President Palmer, OF the Worlds
Fair Commission, has appointed
standing committees. George Russell
is on the committee on Live Stock
and also on Mines and Mining, aud j.
w. HaineS is on the committee on
Tariffs and Transportation and on
Agriculture.
Tho suspension Of Il. Gardner
Chase & Company, bankers and bro.
kcrs OF Boston, is announced. Jas. r
Phelps, tho assignee, says: "The
liabilities aro S2,O0O,OOo." 4 bank
President said: II don't think any
bank will DO affected. Think it is IN
honorable failure"
The Enterprise is very much o1or.
cised over the subject Of the Austral.
ian ballot systom. IL can find some
good arguments on tho question by
an examination OF tho Nevada Senate
Journal, Fourteenth session, 1889,
pages 1870. 202, 205 and 23S, tho latter
pngo showing just how tho secret
ballot bill was disposed OF.
+. G. Hardy, Manager OF tho Oasis
Ranch Company, hus returned from
tho East and came down from Toano
last night. Mr.. Hnrdy's last shipment
Of horses did not provo Il worry sue
cessful venture, rs he happened to
strike n poor market. He will 80
down to Reno tomorrow to visit the
State Fair.
Examinor:-The customs inspectors
nre busy just O in figuring tho ro'
batcs allowed to the exporters OF
canned goods for tho duties paid on
tho tin in their cans. Tho object Of
these rebates. which aro still further
extended by the Mckinley Tariff bill,
is TO enable American producers to
coll goods to foreigners cheaper than
TO Americans.
Tho claim OF Republican papors
that tho present commodity silver
law "will load up TO FREQ coinage is
getting to 10 monotonous. We arc
anxious that tho said papers will OK
plain how this wonderful ieat is to
DO accomplished. Wo havo had
enough Of bare assertion, now we
want tho argument. Ploaso toll us
how FREQ coinage is TO- DO secured
under tho present law.
Virginia Chroniclo:---The Silver
State proposes that Cassidy and Bar.
tino discuss jointly tho silyor question
In tho several towns in the Stato,
Brother Kelly Is con, siderable OF a
humorist but is sometimes n little
cruol and oyon malicious in his TO.
marks. Why don't ho propose n fight
10 n finish with bnro knuckles botwoor
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