Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-02-16
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Mr. Moss left yesterday at noon for
San Francisco.
The Reno journal pays sl25 a month
Tor its Geographic dispatches.
Regular meeting Humboldt Lodge
No. q, A. o. U. W., ut their Hall to-
night
Joe Hcnnen aud wife left this
morning for their home in Pleasant
Valley.
There was a light fall Of snow last
night, just enough to cover the
ground.
Cardinal. Pccci, brother OF the Pope,
died Of pneumonia at Rome last
Saturday afternoon.
The Silver State says tho stock
losses on the Humboldt river below
Winnemucca will not exceed 10 per
cent.
Adelina Patti and her company are
now in San Francisco having arrived
there by tho Southern route last
Saturday.
The rate OF taxation for the present
year in Nye county is fixed ut So so
on each 500 valuation.
Miss AMMO Mulchay arrived last
evening from San Francisco where
she has been under medical treat
ment for partial deafness.
Although the Humboldt House has
been closed as q Hotel, it is still kept
rs n Lodging House where good
rooms can be obtained at reasonable
prices
Thirteen car loads OF hay from
California were received here this
morning; seven for w. L. Smith, live
for w. j. Triton and ono for Fred
Wilson.
K Kcofcr is thoroughly cleaning,
repairing and putting in limo condi-
ton the Humboldt Brewery Saloon
which will he opened TO tho public
about the 18th instant
The annual election OF municipal
officers took place in Salt Lake City
to-day. As the contest is between
tho Gentilcs and Mormons much in
terest is felt in tho result.
Take anything you wish, Bro.
Davis, from the columns of the INDIE
PENDENT without credit, and the
chances arc that you will have tho
pleasure OF seeing the articles copied
and credited 10 the Carson Appeal
Shoshonc Jonrnal:--Wheat sown
last Fall is doing nicely under tho
snow. II in two inches high, and has
n healthy green color. Tho ground
does not contain n particle OF frost,
and tho undor layer OF snow is melt
ing. -.
Three students Mt the Willamette,
Or, University have been expelled for
refusing to attend church. And got
this is called the land OF tho 'frcc."
In that institution freedom means
FREQ to attond church or DO expelled.
An usher who was going to remove
IN intoxicated man from tho theatre
was told by a lady to "let him alone.
He got all he wanted before he came
in, and will not TO likely to annoy
people by going out between the
nets"
Toncher Tommy, what did our
Saviour mean when no said to Peter,
"From %honcetorth thou shut catch
men?"
TOMMY suppose no meant Peter
wns going TO DO n policeman.
Reno Gazotto:--Tho San Francisco
Examiner and n few OF it's Nevada
followers SOON determined TO iorco
Mr.. Newlands into some sort Of n
political contest. The latest is that
ho is going to try TO succeed Mr.. Bar
tine.
Saturday nights mail brought
twonty-one numbers OF tho Reese
River Rovoillc, tho daily issue Of three
weeks, an evidence that tho Nevada
Central Railroad il open again md
communication with Austin cstab.
lislicd.
On New Years day Geo. L. Booze,
OF the Hclcna Journal, gavo TO each
OF tho six editors Of TINT journal n
crisp 800 bill, and no didn't borrow
it all back tho nextday either. Print
ors arc generally noted for n fondnoss
for "boozc," but unfortunately II is OF
n different kind from tho editor Of tho
lIolona Journal.
John Tronor, Of Huntington Vnlloy,
returned last week from I'm extended
visit TO California. 10 Is disguised
with tho GLORIOUS climate" as he
snys il rained continuously, dry and
night, for six weeks and tho consc.
qucnce was that everything was
flooded; and aside from tho general
Inconvenience and unplonsantnoss
much damage was done by tho floods
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