Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1890-01-26
srsu Friday. Daily.
SALMAGUNDl.

Lunch will be serve,l at the w. G.
i. U. Reading Rooms tomorrow night.
Mrs. l.. o. Henderson is 30 much
better that she is able to BIO up this
morning.
NJ. u. Bowen, formerly Principal
OF tho Tuscarora schools, came down
by stage yesterday.
L. G. Plunkott has applied for
lettors OF administration on the estate
OF Mart Smith, deceased.
w. j. Urton has made application
for letters OF administration on tho
estate OF John Hubbard, deceased.
Mrs. oven and Miss Gray left last
evening for Wells where they will
find n tine fold for missionary work.
Snow glasses, oye protectors, COM
passes, specs, oye glasses and a full
assortment Of optical goods Mt
Muller's. am
Hay is $50 ton at Reno, and IL tho
signal service predictions are fulfilled
it may DO impossible Gro long to get it
mt any price.
Paxton & Gallagher have entered
suit in the District Court against
Woodruff, Ennor & Williams for the
collection of a debt.
No mail again last night, and the
task OF getting out n daily paper
without the AID OF exchanges is grow
ing somewhat monotonous.
A chinook wind set in this morning
which is rapidly softening and settling
tho o 1t is to be hoped that it
may continue until we get rid Of somo
OF tho surplus snow.
Times-Rsview:--The barometer in
dication is favorable. The dunic.ser
this forenoon pointed to the first
notch on tho fair weather side Of the
perpendicular what-you-may-call-'em.
Tie French Government is having
rifles turned out for tho army ut the
rate OF LOCO per day. The rifle sends
a small bullet through 10 inches OF
solid oak at 90 yards.
A heavy storm is prevailing in the
mountains, and the Signal Service
predicts that the heaviest storm OF
the season is yet to como, but whether
it will reach here is a matter Of con-
lecture.
Tho weather is much warmer, the
thermometer standing this morning
about at tho freezing point, 80 de-
grees above zero. 1t is sincerely
hoped that the extreme cold weather
IS at nm end for this Winter.
Louis Bradley came down from
Decth suffering from an accident to
a OF his eyes. He was engaged in
skinning n beef when the knife slip
ped md struck him in the eye, cut
ting the ball and making n painful if
not dangerous wound.
Ton cars %cattle, shipped Mt Halleck
yesterday by Col. Moore and John
Wright, passed through last evening.
These cattle, we understand, came
from Ruby Valley through Secret Pass
and it seems that tho mail ought to
DO able to go through where a band of
cattle can 60.
National Dcmocrat:-The House
Committee on Ways and Means have
practically closed tho hearings on the
tariff bill. The Senate bill of last
year will form the base upon which
tho committee will build n now meas.
ure. All OF tho building will DO in
tho direction OF increase, except on
sugar.
Feed is getting very short in this
part OF the country, and those who are
feeding stock arc fearful that their
supply Of hay will DO exhausted be.
fore Spring opens. Cattle that have
boon fed for a time will nuke no
effort to forngo after thor regular ra.
tons nre withdrawn, but will stand
about idly until thoy starve to death.
The outlook is anything but chcorful,
il we have no more storm.
Many persons entertain the sinau.
idea TINT snow becomes heavier
by melting, but whore the additional
weight comes from they do not pre-.
tend to say. We are told to clear
roofs from snow, lest when it begins
to thaw tho roof will cave in. Take
100 pounds Of snow and melt it; does
any n suppose that you will have
more thnn 100 pounds OF water? The
weight Of snow upon your roof will
not increase by thawing, unless that
weight is increased by rain. war
Times oview:--Crimina busintss
is dull in the Justice's Court. Tho
turbulent element probably dread tho
trip to Elko during the present con
OF tho roads. by tho by, what 9
tho matter with making tho Tusca.
pots in tho county jail do tho
and splitting OF tho wood for
tho Courthouse, that the Grand Jury
mado 70 much fuss nbout2 It would
DO healthful exercise, and tcnd to
thoir muscles for tho Spring
fights which will commence about tho
time Of their reloa @
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