Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-09-06
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SALNAGUNDI.

...- $3.50 r.
Charley GreeuburR, OF osino, is in
town tn-day.
Geo. Gilmore drove in from his
ranch Mt Peko this forenoon.
E. NJ. Baum, Of Pulisade, came I'M
on Nc. l und returned on No. 4 10.
day.
George Washington SNOWFALL
"Fo' de Lavd's sake, Dlnah, wipe do
pnsspira'ion of nah browi 1t will
run into nah cars an glib mo wutuh
on de brain..-[Ex.
Jas. Mccoy, OF South Fork. while
cutting willows II few days ago ut his
ranch, accidentally cut his right foot
across the instep. lie is confined to
tho house with It but is doing nicely.
White Pine Nsws:--Ex- Governor
Adams in with US n.ain. The Cover
nor has large interests in this and the
adjoining county oflNye. aud tiuds It
pleasant occupation to spend the
Summer months among his cattle
ranges in Eastern Nevada.
U. S. Marshal Moore and u. S. At.
torney Whitcher left on No. 4 for
Carson. The Marshal took along
with him Geo. Wallace and john
Conlin TO await the action OF the U,
S. Grand Jury, on Il churge Of selling
whiskey to Indians.
Chris R,ckhart has had a beautiful
monument Of white Vermont marble
put up to mark The resting place Of
his late partner Carl Fruelich. II il
from the marble works OF G. T..
Middleton & Co, OF Ogden, and il a
line piece OF work.
Phoebe Record:-A! minor coming
to town from Highland was stopped
on tho road by n urge ruttlcsnake
The reptile disputed the right OF way
and showed n considerable amount of
light. II was ultimately killed, aud
found to have fourteen rattle, at
tached to his eau lal dppsndagc.
A PASSENGER train on the Z. p. r.
r. was thrown from the trestle nj
Webster, between. Sacramento md
San Francisco. Monday afternoon
and two persons were killed and sew
erul injured. The. accident was
caused by the intense heat spreading
the rails.
In the yard Of Mr.. A. w. Hesson,
can be seen several tobacco plants.
One ot THIN is about three feet tall
and about ready 10 bloom. The late
fr 'sts retarded the growth OF the
plants but from their present appear.
ancc tobacco in an ordinary soason
would do we'll in this climate.
The Mining Index warns non-pro-
ducers to keep out OF Lundy in III.
following: Ways, short-card ~pllyeIs,
INDECENT touahs; sentlemen-out-at.
work-nnd.d don't want any, hash .fiends
fog.horn Spectators and all others
Of that complexion. are requested
to "get IA move on" and camp else.
where.
In answer To the question which
side Il patient should sleep on, IL De
troit doctor said: I'm Winter when
it is cold, you should sleep on the in
side; but in such weather as this you
should sleep on the outside in n ham,
mock with u draught all around it
and q piece OF ice for u pillow. Two
dollars, ploase." p
Tho Silver State put in an appear
anco this morning slightly disIigured
by the great fro OF Sunday. It's
Mrndny ISSUE wn3 printed on n Job
press, the other presses and most OF
tho material having been destroyed.
The INDEPENDENT extends its sympa
thics to its neigbbor and offers il any
assistance it can give.
Tho Lyon County Time, says that
diss Minnie Saul, a young lady Of
sixteen, residing AT Sutro, ran from
Sutro to Dayton, u dist inco Of three
miles. in - minutes anil 81 seconds.
Tom CurrLn aud another gentleman,
al Sutro, had wayereI fifty dollars
that the Young laly could not mako
tho distance in half an hour. She
won the bet.
The citizens OF Winnemucca arc
considering tho HdvisabilIty OF sueing
tho Winnemucca Water Co. for thoir
failure To supply water for uso Mt the
lire. Tho Silver State charges that
the company, in or,lcr TO save n small
expense and TO give three per cent.
dividends on it's stock, housed up tho
engine rnd depended upon tho natural
flow OF wHter from mountain springs.
White Pine News:-The ~ill.fceling
IN Cherry Crock ovor tho suspension
OF the Nilsson Con. Cjmpany's orsr.
utions is subsiding. Tho people nre
30 usoi TO getting "left" 10y mining
companies that they got over their
many sad and dearIy.bought eIuor.
ionces Ia n short while, mud uro ready
u bite at tho noxt bIit thrown thsm
by sotno irresponsible fortune seeker.
John II. ~Snodgrass, n Of Washoo
county's prominent ~citizrns, died at
tis ranch nonr Reno, Sunday morn.
ing nj tho ago Of IL years. Mr.. Suod.
grnss crossed tho plains in 1850 set.
Ting in California. whore ko followed
mining. Ito vas ono nt tho oldest