Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-09
From Friday. Daily.
SALNAGUNDl.

HH"#|wNH 49, 49, ~ = -
Mrs. Maggie Hough returned last
evening from a visit to Carlin. nfs
The next social event is tho st.
Valentine Ball at Freeman Hall.
Eureka was three weeks without
mail from either east or west.
R N. Dorsey received this morning
a a load Of hay from Livermor,
California.
A Chinese journal says in Ame-ta
II man does not smoke or drink he
is universally respected.
Snow glasses, eye protectors, com
passes, specs, eye glasses and a full
assortment OF optical goods at
Muller's. 3m
U~squebaugh may he a good pre-
ventiye OF Ia grippe. but its excessive
use sometimes causes an unpleasant
grip to be laid on the .imbiber.
"Early to bed and early to rise,
Mind your own business, toll no lish 4:
Don't get drunk and spoil your eyes
Pay, your debts and ADVERTISE"
White Pine News:-Elko is the ST.
IBERIA OF the Great Basin, as regerds
cold weather. A mercury thermome.
ter is OF n o use to the Elkoite.
A correspondent Of the White Pine
News writes from Cherry Creek that
whiskey is scarce, and what there is
is growing powerful weak"
The E. & p. Railroad must be open,
us we received by last nights mail
three numbers of the White Pine
News and two Of tho Eureka Sent,-
mel.
Henry Voigt is in from Lamoille
Valley. He saysthe snow is rapidly
disappearing and the chances are
favorable for stock that hayesurvived
80 far.
The big pump in the Raymond &
Ely deep Wine at Phoebe, which has
been under water for ton years, was
uncovered last week and found as
good as new..
Some one furnishes whiskey to
Indians who make night hideous with
their drunken revelry. Our officers
should Use all possible diligence to
detect the offender.
Owing to the continued abs ence
from the capital and illness OF Attor-
ney-General Alexander, the meetir g
Of the Board OF Pardons has br,n
postponed until March. r.,
H. Lidyard writes that Secret Pass
is bare, Secret Valley is n perfect
slush, the snow in North Ruby is still
from one to Two feet deep end still
deeper farther south. -:
The White Pine News says that
reading matter has been SO scarce at
Ely that in some instances old! family
bibles have been taken from dusty
hooks and laid on the center thbies.'n
Reno Gazette:-During tho recent
storm and railroad blockades' Tuscas
rora, which is reached by eixty mileB
of staging from Elko, was not without
n mail for more than q hours ut o
time. -
Mrs. j. B. Abel, who has been very
sick with pneumonia, is slowly re-
covering. A few days since it was
thought that she was at the point Of
death, but she is now considered out
Of danger.
We have received n copy Of The
Crime OF tho Century, issued by the
History Company, OF San Francisco,
giving II detailed account Of the as!
s~assination Of DR.. Cronin and tho
trial and conviction Of his murderers.
Tho White Pine News Of tho LIST
instant says: ave have waited and
waited, and held back this issue OF
the News, hoping to get a mail from
Eureka, but as Sunday morning ap-
proaches and one came, we had to
go to pross without my news from
the outside world. It is just three
weeks since we received our last
mall"
The Robinson Canyon Consolidated
Placer Mining Company has been
organized in White Pine county, and
Incorporated under the laws. OF tho
State OF Nevada. The capital stock
is $4,000, oil Of which has boon sub.
scribcd. The Board OF Directors arc
j. d. Simpson, j. b. Williams, r. NJ.
Petors and ID. G. Mcdonald, OF Ely,
Nevada, and 9. j. Boskowitz, Of San
Francisco.
1t is possible, IL not probable, that
when tho House Of Representatives
shall obtain n olear Republican ma
jority by filling the places OF Domo.
cratic mombcrs by Republicans, as in,
tho case Of Smith VS.. jackson, the
Window silver bill will become o. law,
and silver reduced to n moro commod.
ity for the Government to trade Ia.
for tho benefit Of tho gold bugs Of
Wall street. .
J.J. Hylton has just received news
from his band Of sheep which arc
Wintoring in tho vicinity Of Pan Cake
mountain. abouL fnnrioon miloa from,