Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-01-19
Iron Wednesday. D.ily.I
sALnAaUNDI.

W. Crane, Of South Fork, is, in
town to-day.
Reading matter on every page Of
tho INDEPENDENT.
Judge Wells still fingers at the
county scat Of Elko county.
Mrs. r. A. Shearer returned Mon
day night from her visit to Cllitor-
mia.
The case of John Hubbard vs.. Geo.
j. Smith and Hugh Kerr was SGT for
trial February 3, 1890.
r. A. Shoarer has purchased John
Craig's residence on Railroad street,
and is moving in to-day.
Tho mercantile business OF Wood
ruff, Ennor & Williams, ut Tuscarora,
has been transferred 10 j. A. Ford.
Tho proclamation to opon the Da-
kota Sioux Reservation has been pre-
pared, and will be issued some time
this week.
Tho Idaho Avalanche says: AL
though snow is quite doep. tho noun
tains, stock in the valleys arc doing
first rate.
Uncle Billy Heseltine, who was
brought down to the Hospital u few
days ugo, ID reported no better, but
growing weaker.
The Commissioners Of Douglas
county have fixed the rate OF taxation
for 1890 mt 81 on each 500 valuation
of taxable property.
Judge Bigelow is on the sick list,
having been quite i'll last night. tits
reported that he is suffering from a
slight attack Of influenza.
The Senate Committee on Terri
tories reported separate bills last
Monday providing for the admission
OF Wyoming and Idaho ns States.
A train was loaded here to-day
with snow, the object being to get
rid Of the vast accumulation about
the depot and side tracks. Snow IS
plenty when it has to DO hauled out
OF town.
During 1889 the San Francisco
Mint coined s20,495,2 67 worth OF
money, as follows: Twenty-dollar
pieces, S25,440,OO0; ten-dollar pieces,
Si,2li,Oo0; standard dollars, 100000.
The coinage was about s5,0oO,OOO less
than 1888.
a. Leichter, formerly OF tho Elko
Brewery, has opened an assay Office
IN Tuscarora. Mr.! Leichter is nm
experienced and reliable assayer, and
his certificates may BIO depended on
as being strictly correct.
4 disabled engine was taken west
to-day. Ono OF the axles Of the driy-
ers WAS broken square off. The ncci-
dent occurred last night in tho can
yon this side OF Peko whore the loco
motive got stuck in n snow bank.
Reno Journnl:-The question Of
naming a site for the Worlds Fair is
Fshortly to DO decided at Washington.
Onr people would prefer seeing one OF
tho big places OF the West got it to
having it 60 to New York-that
greatest and meanest Of American
cities.
Virginia Chronicle:-John Wanna
maker remarked in his speech at the
Now England dinner in Philadelphia:
SHOOT TINT man who spends n penny
for dishonest elections" Get your
gun. Johnny, and hunt for Quay and
Dudley.
Silver State:-It is reported that
George Watt, whose sheep range is in
Reese River Valley, South OF Baltic
Mountain, lost 400 head from one OF
his hocks IL OF tho cold nights last
week. 1t is said too TINT L. L. Rick
ard lost q good many sheep up on
Kings river, during tho cold spell.
1t is said in Washington that Secre-
tary Blaine spends an hour or two q
day on literary work. He is engaged
upon some historical treatise tho sub,
ject OF which is not known. Mr..
Blaine has boon much pleased at tho
success Of his book, Twenty Years Of
Congress-" and longs for further
literary laurols.
The Virginia Enterprise is in favor
OF wiping out oil National Banks.
Wo are ploasod to motto this expression
OF sentiment in n Republican news-
paper, rs wc have always considered
those institutions nothing moro than
n schomo to enrich q few ut the OK
penso Of tho masses, with no benefit
to anyone except the s~tockholder, who
invariably grows rich in tho enter
prise.
Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, m en-
ployo OF tho Standard Oil Company,
is reported to hayo saved 1920, OO0,O 900
out Of his wages. This shows what
immonse possibilities arc presontedto
economical, industrious American lii:
borers. Still IL is hardly possible that
ovory one will be able TO savo $780,
100000 In Il life timo, but you might
try and 300 how neal you can como TO
IT,
Andrew McDermott and his BROTH