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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Sunday n. South Fork.

.HNEH
EDrron INDEPRNpkSr:-Our usual.
ly quiet neighborhood was thrown in
to a state Of expectancy by tho an
nouncement that divine services
would BIO held at tho schoolhouse on
Sunday, July Goth, and on Sunday
morning almost the entire community
gathered to listen to a sermon by the
Rev. Mc(:om6s which was very good.
After the services were over they en-
deavored to organize a Sunday
school, which they did in n very few
minutes, with Miss Nellie Lee ss
Superintendent and Miss Nellio C..
Quinn rs Secretary aud Treasurer, to-
gether with four teachers and about
thirty scholars. An order was imme,
diatcly sent for song books, etc.
which was paid for by voluntary sub
scription, the money being raised
sooner than it takos to tell it. Verify
South Fork is coming to the front us
IL religious community, and lot tho
good work go on, as it won't hurt us
in tho least. Probably more religious
news in tho future. 70,
r G
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
State Officers.

The Silver State, Of last Saturday,
prints i'm article OH the subject Of our
State government, and sums up the
situation rs follows:
"The Governrr, who does not have
to sign his name toa public document
once Il month, except when the Legis-
laturc is in session, and then ifhe dis
played common sense ho would not
sign anything except his objections
to bills, must have n Private SeGre-
tary, and the Secretary OF State, Con.
all have deputies, who do all the work
while the principals airs and
dignity, look wise and damn the
Dcmocrats.'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Prize. Fighters.
R s.

The American press OF late has been
devoting considerable space to tho
band of toughs known as "prize fight
era" 1t seems to us that the devilish
revels of tho hippodrome prompt
these brutes to better each other.
Thus tho queen OF misru!e settles on
tho heads Of Amcrica's men and
guides them to greedily devour II
sight Of brutality with eyes that
oasht to be turned towards prosper
ity. The tiends bob mp in %pcnitenco
one day, then sell their very souls to
the pool box the next. Let the
American journals wipc them in the
dust like tho sncaking vampires most
OF them are--lCarson Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
The Base BAN Game.

There was q largo crowd Of people
at Battle Mountain yesterday 10 Wit
ness tho base ball game between tho
Carlin and Battle Mountain mines.
The special train from Austin arrived
at noon, bringing about eighty
passengers, mon, women aud children,
who we're enthusiastically Welcomed
By the citizens Of Battle Mountain
and u largo delegation from Car!in
who had previously arrived by special
train.
After p~artaking Of n sumptuous
dlnner the teams repaired to tho
grounds and the game was called at
lilo p. N. The players went eagerly
to work, with the Carlins at the bat.
and such fine playing was done that
during tho first two innings neither
side secured n single run. We do not
profess to know anything about the
game, but those who d. say that the
playing on both sides was equal to
tho work OF professionals. Notwitb-
standing the cautious aud skillful
playing, in the third inning tho Car
Inns begun to forge ahead, and tho
game closed mt 3:25 II. 81, by q scoro
OF 10 to 0 in their favor. The people
OF Battle Mountain, or number of
them, claimed that their team was
beaten, not by Cdrlin, but by u picked
nine from various parts of tho State,
though this claim would hardly 10
admissible from tho fact that it is
said that Battl" Mountain wis also
aided by outside players, but in any
event tho defeated party would
naturally seek for an excuse for tho
result, however it might have tormi-
mated. It was an interesting game
and considerable moaey changed
hFnds, tho Carlin boys going homo
in high spirits.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
The Water Suits.

The Carson Appeal OF last Saturday
has the following:
Some days ago Goncral r. NJ. Clarke
sued out a writ OF prohibition in the
Supreme Court to prohibit Judge
Bigelow from trying the water suits
10 aud about the Truckee river.
Yesterday Con. Clarke caused his
suit in the Supreme Court to DO dis.
missed.
On tho Same day T. D. Edwards ne
attorney filed n petition in tho Su.
prone Court praying tho Cnurt to
prohibit Judge Rising from trying
the suit relating 10 tho waters OF Car.
son river and its tributaries.
The object Of this suit is to test the
constitutionnlity Of the water law
BY testing this law n groat expense
may be saved to the $50 defendants
and 1T is claimed thatauch test should
10 made before tho deiondunts be
put to tho cxponse, trouble and loss
Of time Of trying tho case IN tho Dis
trict Court.
This hearing in tho Supreme Court
o ret for tho 25th day Of August
noxt. Eminent counsol will appear
on both sides.
II is the most impartnnt suit md
involvce7 greater interest than any
suit ever triod in our Courts.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
MonuInetalisln.

Tho action OF Congress on tho silver
question ought 10 be sufficiently con
rirc!ng TO the nations OF the Ola
World that there is no hope OF induc-
ing the limited States to embrace
gold nonometalism.
The above from the San Francisco
Chronicle is copied by the Reyeille
which would film make its readers be-
lieve that the new law makes silver Il
standard Of values, and that bimctal-
ism prevails in the United States. Ii
is not necessary for the Old World to
hope that gold monomntalism will ba
embraced by the United States, for
wa have it in all its purity since the
passage Of the law which provides for
the purchase Of 100000 OF. silver per
month at the market price in gold, to
be paid for in Treasury notes which
shall DO a legal tender, in tho absence
OF n Gourmet to pay in gold, hence
there is but n standard OF values in
the United States and that is the
almighty gold dollar before whose
shrine NO arc all compelled to bow.
Bimetalism in the United States is ms
dead as IN Egyptian mummy so long
rs tho present laws prevail, and our
Republican friends daro not deny it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
THE NEW SILVER LAW.

All classes in Nevada except the
professional Democratic politicians
nre pleased with tho silver bill. The
latter would have growled at free
coinage il adopted by a Republican
Congress aud Administration and
would have clamored for q premium
upon the metal at the United States
MINIS. --[Reno Journal.
No genuine advocate of free coin
age, whether no be Democrat Or Re-
publican, is satisfied with law which
recognizes gold as tho only standard
OF values In tho United States, and
silver a zero commodity subject to
the fluctuations Of tho market; and
overy genuine free coinage advocate,
whether Democrat or Republican,
would have hailed with delight the
passage Of law providing for tho
free coinage OF silver by tho United
States Mints, over il pnseed by n
',strict party vote" and signed by a
Republican President. Unlike tho
editor Of the Journal, oil Democrats
do not place party above principle,
nor kick ut q good law oven whom
passed by the opposition party. You
cant measure our corn in your peck
measure, Mr.. Pownips, and it's non
sense for you to try.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
the SILVER STATE sLoPs
OVEN

BY reading the comments OF other
papers on what We have said in refer
eaco to tho commodity silver law ia
Asoad OF reading the INDEPENDENT il
seli, tho Silver State seems to have
become somewhat MIXED on our posi-
tia, and reals us u lecture on the
slbject. Whit led to tho statement
.t the GIzette upon which the Silver
State comments with such ucerbity
WIS this, Published in the ISDEPESD-
ESr of tho 18th iastint:
That the law will have n tendency
10 increase the price OF silver wc have
at DOUBT, aud thlt is well; but that
1t treats silver as u understandable
commodity, instead OF II precious
metal equal with gold at an estab-
1ished ratio, which nothing but FREQ
and unlimited coinage can accom
plish, M N will deny.
II the Silver State, or any other
paper, can SEQ anything Objectionable
in tina, proposition they are welcome
20 amuse themselves by dcnouncing
it. Our ideas on this or any other
question OF public policy are not
based apoa wh:t this or that paper
may bold, nor upon whether n meas
ure is advocated by this or that party.
Our objections to tho compromise
silver bill have been stated fully time
and again, in language plain enough
for oven n casual reader to under
stlnd. We do not believe it is Il good
law, because we are for FREQ coinage
first, list aud oil the time; but il it
shlll prove q benefit to tho silver pro-
ducers OF the Pacific Coast in enhanc-
ing the price Of silver, that result we
Rhall not regret even though it DO q
Republican measure.
Tho statement OF the Silver State
that "The INDEPENDENT knows,
whether it has the candor to admit
it or not, that the FREQ coinage OF
silver would benefit silver producers
by giving silver a fixed value" shows
either that Bro. Kelly does not read
the INDEPENDENT or that no is striv.
ing to place us in n falso position on
une of tho most important questions
which has boon before the public in
many yours,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
THE PRICE OF SILVER.

Silver was quoted in New Yorl:
yesterday Mt 100, which is II slight
falling off from Wednesdays quota
ton. There were nearly 100000
ounces held in New York, aud the
turning loose of a large portion of it
upon tho market was the evident
cause Of tho slight depression. -[Reno
Journal.
And thus it will ever be so long rs
silver is treuted as n commodity, sub
ject to the fluctuations of the market
Incident to supply and demand.
Nothing except tho FREQ aud unlimit-
ed coinage OF silver will rcctify the
crime committed in 1873, and the
present law which authorizes the
purchase OF 100000 ounces of silver
at the market price, provided that
amount is offered, and provided fur
Their that the price docs not exceed 81
for 3Il.25 grains Of pure silver, 10 a
Lleasure to maintain tho gold stand
ard OF values, else the money lords,
with John Sherman at their head,
would neve have submitted to its
passage, much less advocated il.
Under existing laws there is but ono
standard of values in the United
States, and that is the gold dollar of
25.S grains, n~ine-tonths fine, by which
the value OF all commodities is rcgu-
lated.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Board or Pa,,dons.

At Wednesdays session OF the State
Board of Pardons the following action
was taken upon the applications con.
sid.re1:
John Scuily, sent from White Pine
county in June, 1889, for selling whis,
key to Indians aud sentenced to tive
years, was pardoned.
Application of L. F. Keith denied
Application Of William Thomas de-
MED.
jose Estrada, sent from Esmeralda
county in April, 1876, for robbery ard
sentenced TO . years Imprisonment,
was pardoned.
James Harrington, who killed John
Sullivan in Virginia in 1876, and was
sentenced for - years, was pardoped.
His cool conduct credits had left him
but a short tcru 10 serve, and pi,ysi.
clans testified that his health is such
that he could not survive if continued
in confinement.
LII NlCo VI luo liSlltbg Win "iiiCAI
murderers are %pardored, it is not
much wonder thnt SO many persons
adhorc to the theory that hanging is
the proper punishment for tho crime
of murder.
The following business vas trans
acted last Friday by the Board of
Pardons:
Fred G. Davis, sent from Douglass
county in January, 1887, and sent
enced 10 - years Imprisonment, was
pardoned.
Edward Jones and Harry Martin
we're restored to citizenship.
The following applications were de-
MED:
Peter Leoini, Michael Georges, Jno.
a. Murphy, LOWS Smith, Joe. SAM
mi, All Chuey, Charles Lehman,
ICY Sow, David Frances, Frank Nc
Intyrc.
Adjourned for the term.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
JEST AND JOLLY.

Mis-. SMITHERs-"Did you ovcr hear
those hons cackle so?' Mr.. S.-"Prob-
ably they arc caroling u lay"
CLAIM-JUMpERs arc 80 unpopular in
Oklahoma that q man who has n Jump.
Ing toothacbo Is regarded with sus.
picion.
TIE Duke OF Orleans Is TO no married
In prison. Mrs. Orleans will have tho
advantage OF knowing whero no is Mt
night.
A PROFESSIONAL giant and giantess,
each seven feet in height, wero married
the othor day in Cincinnati. A genuine
wedding in high life. =.
IN Hungary q mar convicted OF big.
amy was compeiiod 10 live with both
wiyos In tho samo house. Hence big
amy was raro In that country.
IT is noticed that in tho springtimo
OF tho year tho newspapers which
really have tho welfare Of tho public
ut heart publish tho advice: Don't tako
OIL your undorshirts too SOON"
IA GOOD momory Is n blessing" says
q writer, and IL may DO remarked thati
is ono that wealth can not buy. Just
look at tho man who became suddenly
iSh' Hp Shu Hok cfSu TOlnCH1DCT THO
faces Of his old friends.
~ SUPPOSE that you will soon find
somebody TO Nil my Shoes" said Mrs.
Blankins who hadn't boon feeling very
well. 81 doubt IL very much," and no
looked at her foot 30 significantly that
sho entirely lost her temper.
CONGRATULATIONS opistlo 10 old ohum
about TO DO marricd--'I suppose I
ought to wish you both happiness; but
rs l don't know tho bride, | can not
congratulate you. and as l know you
altogether too wcll, I can not congratu-
lato tho BRIDE"
hN accepted authority says tho
spring onion Is a great slocp inducor,
and about equal 10 q~uinino for malaria.
II liz kept out of its most useful province
~ tho prcjufico against tho odor. This
may DO overcome by h~ypnotism, and
nado n nasal delight.
a LADY whose husband was tho ohnm.
pi0n snorcr OF tho community in which
thoy resided, conlded 10 a female
friend tho following painful intolli.
gencei my lifo has not boon n Of un.
alleged delight. I havo had tho measles,
tho ohicken.pox, tho cholera, tho ty.
phoid fcvor and inflammatory rhouma-
tism, but i never knew what real mis-.
fortune was until ] married . burglar
alarm"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
For Commissioners.

Undor tho appropriate head in to-
duy's issue will DO found the an
nouncemcnt OF q. Woodruff as Il can
didate for tho Office OF Lang Term
Commissioner. Mr.. Woodruff 10 ono
Of our oldest and most respected
citizens, and this is the first time, so
far rs We know, that no has over
asked Tor tto nomination to a county
Office. He 10 go we'll known through.
out tho county that he needs no intro.
duction at our hands, and being n
man Of vol known honesty and in
tegrity no 10 sure 10 receive n hodrty
support from those who look 10 these
characteristics ns u claim TO public
favor; and wo feel assured that il
elected to the oiico TO which be ns-
pircs he would servo tho county with
honor t. himself and credit TO tho
people. MI. Woodruff will, without
doubt, hayo n largo support in tho
Republican County Convention.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
An Important Case.

Judge Rising has invited Judge
Bigelow 10 cit with him in Carson
noxt Monday, whom tho case Of tho
Comsto,k milling companies against
tho farmers along the Cursor river
will como up for hearing. Recently
Judge Fitzgerald declared tho Sta!o
water law Unconstitutional, and tho
circumstances IN the Ormshy county
cnso are identical with those Of tho
ense decided by Judge Fitzgerald.
Grcut interest is taken In this caso by
the parties concerned, und the de-
cision Of Judges Rising and Bigclow
win DO oagerly looked %for.--lIicno
Gaaette,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Consistency.

Tho Reno Gazette ncruecs Demo.
cratic editors and LtateBuen of insin-
cority because tlioy aro not satisfied
with tho recent commodity silver law
passed by Congress. Democratic
editors and statesmen demanded, and
still domand, and are satisfied with
nothing less than frOo coinage, and
that ID wherein they nro entirely con.
sistent; whilo Republican editors and
statesmen who demanded FREQ coinago
now indorso u mensuro tho very
opposite Of free coinage, because sour
party" pnssod IL, which shows tho
worry ssonce Of i~nsinccrity in tho
cl9im that thoy favored tho FREQ ind
unlimited coinage OF oliver. Con.
,sistency 10 n jewel, but thoro is worry
littlo Of that kind Of iewelry worn by
Republican editors and statesmen.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Poisoned Water.

Last week while at work on the
Newmurkcr ranch cast OF Reno, Billy
Hoffman drank copiously from n
ptrcam OF water, along the ditch-way
OF which some wild parsnips were
growing. An hour afterwards II son
OF the ranchman found him almost
insensible on the ground. Speedy
remedies wore used, and in about an
hour no revived. The water OF the
same ditch has already killed several
cnttlo Of Mr.. Nowmarker's.-[Reno
Gazettc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
The I~scyeilIc Angry.

Tho Austin Revcilio trios TO console
itself with tho belief, or it tries to
make its readers believe, that tho
gold bugs of Wall Street wcro belten
in tho light on tho silver question.
Vain hope; for while tho R9vcillo has
tho candor to admit that "tho INDIE
PENDENT, as a general thing, is in
clined TO bo fai-, it cannot got round
tho fact that John Sherman is tho
ardent friend Of Wall Street, and that
John Sherman advocated tho measure
which bocamo Il law, and which is 50
far from being in tho interest OF tho
white metal that it makes that metal
a moro commodity with gold, tho only
standard OF values, and also gives
capitalists and others the power,
which thoy will not DO SLOW to take
advantage Of, to r~epudiato tho legal
tender provision of tho Treasury
notes issued for tho purchase OF bull.
lion, and hencs everybody knows
"that a read" that it is a law
favorable TO Wall street, and that IL
is no "dirty iunuendo" to say 80.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
The Fnrmcrs' Alliance.

At tho Farmcrs' Alliance and
United Labor Convention, ut st.
Paul, Mimi, tho first business was
the report of tho Committee ON
Resolutions, which was adopted.
1t demands that tho "war tariff" be
radically revised, especially, denounc.
ing the Mckinley bill rs tho "crown-
ing intamy Of Projections" demands
Government control OF railroads;
favors an incroaso in tho volume OF
money, and demands the free coinage
OF silver.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Census Estimates.
Tho Enterprise says tho following
estimates Of important towns aro very

Newspapers arc worry properly, We
think, waging u war against tho
st~ereotyped card Of thanks" which
is SO often published ove the sigma
turo Of those who have had tho mis-
fortune to lose II friend by death.
Ono paper says these arc written by
tho editor, which Is true, and rarely
arc over seon by tho supposed signer
until no reads IL in print. or curse
anyone knows that borrowed rricn ls
nro truly grateful for favors shown,
ind IL seoms ia bad form TO resort TO
u newspaper TO mako IL public.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Now 1~,nilrond.

BY private communication received
at this Office Yesterday we we're In.
formed that tho Rio Grando Company
aro preparing 70 commence building
tho road from Salt Lake through
White Pine and Nyo counties, run.
ming through lnyo county TO Los
Angeles, California. This IL good
news, and beyond doubt IL ID cor
rect. -.[Austin Revo H..
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27

Rono Journal: Mrs. Frank Leslie
says sbc isn't going 70 marry tho Mar.
quie o.What-you.mny.call-him and
II sho ever marrios anyone IL will DO
a journalist. No use looking Noynda.
ward, Leslie. All Of the eagebrush
journalists are married men excepting
ono, and he's going out Of tho bust.
ness no aoon 90 no oap borrow a pack
tedalo 70 20 prospecting.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27
Alta.-Thu destruction OF lito in tho

Alta:-Thc destruction OF lifo In tho
East since tho vcrnal equinox this
year, by storms md floods, md hoat
that 10 TO sny, by climatic Causes.
amounts 70 ovor 1900 people. 30.
sides this groat total, many have been
loft tnaimod and broken. 1Dsano
asylums aro filled with tho vi ctims
who survive heat prostration, and cy-
clono and lightning stroke bruiso md
break and cripple whero they do not
kill.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-07-27

Tho suns rays reflected from eome
bright tip pans put out to dry, cot
HrU to n houee 10 South Fairfield,
Mich. 1t happened that they wero so
piaccd that the reflection iron each
pan focused on the Same spot.
Telegram-herald., 1890-11-22
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so~ethisg wrsar Ahsut fHis Drs.s-

Hew "A. ToaSd oat nat Thsre Wa
Sos citing wrsnr Ahsut ffis Dress
Here IL q case oi Ebsen b ~ indetnees
which. soosrding 10 the New York T'rib-
une. caused the victim good desl of
embarrassment, altbough. a. be after
ward said in a melancholy tone. he
might have Jared worse than be did.
p was t. attend thostor party
one evening. ard Vent home rather
early 10 dress Ne asoen6sd the steps
Of tie house where be Ma D. join lis
friends only about half AT hour before
the time set Jor starting fos The theatcr
When the maid opened the door be
stepped In ard. unbats0nsng hs over
coat threw IL back. She looked al him
In peculiar way. and then tVrne6 her
head quickly AZ II she were Nying 10
hide . smile.
p happened 10 look down at hts
shoes. and then said burrietiT 10 the
maid:
"Oh. you needn't announce ne vet
and doa't say any thing about this'
that's good girl
He hurried out again and rushed Cor
cab.
Drive as rapidly a. you can he said.
breathlcssly.
lie startled bic family ~ bustling into
tie house like tempest
What's the matter. WIZ" asked bis
mother. 'vou will be late. won't vosf-
What's the ustteri" cried F-.
Look a. roei" and be threw GO HE
ovcrcost lie vas ir evening eress
that Is. be suppossd that b. vas Bot
when dressiaF hc bad pot On. in ft ~
bsent-fnindet ness. psir ~ light
checked trousers The cont nation %
evening dress IS regards csat auc waist
oeat and immacrlate shirt front and
ughtcolore6 trousers wss 80 i0alcrDHs
that F--s brother simply resreS vitb
lsugstsr. p. however. lad torn up-
stairs - dress hirss~f property He
was do~D-stsi-s ir wink Eis brotbeT
followed him cut " ths cab. and - tbs
vehicle whsshsd away F- Etfsot his
head out q tie win3ev and Esias
Great Seett. suppose ] hat gotteD
irto that room fril - people before J
disooTerod bow J vas oress~d
Hs wa Iptls lste. but very -ssl ter ted
70 escape so lightly