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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
GETTING AROUND THE LAW

"Whcro there's n will there's n
way This old ndage is strikingly
illustrated in tho advertising columns
OF tho Virginia Chr ,niclo OF n recent
date. In large black capital lettcrs
undcrscored by II like black line, to
attract attention, appears tho name Of
n certain resident OF New Orlclns,
Louisiana, who says that "whilc it is
true that have been chosen Presi.
dent OF tho Louisiana state Lottery
Company, vice NJ. 4. Dauphin, do
cSascd, | still retain tho Presidency of
The Gull Coast Ice and Manufacture.
ing Company" While tho snid
gentleman may DO President Of tho
Gulf Coast Company, il il not to that
end that tho adj. is inserted in the
Chronicle. Az tho statutes of nearly
every State in tho Union prohibit
Lottery adj ertisements, and q recent.
ly enacted United States law forbids
newspapers containing lottery adver.
tisomcnts circulating in the mails, IL
was thought that in tho death OF NJ.
a. D%anphin, tho Lottery Company
had sustained n loss which would re-.
suit in tho closing down OF that insti.
t~ntion, on account that IL would not
DO generally known 20 whom to nrnd
for ticko,s. Anyone after arglancc ut
tho so.called nd. Of tho Gulf Const leo
CO.. n 300 that tho Lottery has do.
visod n means of Guiding tho law and
still making known tho address OF
their ngonts. There 10 only ono limo
when tho Lottery Company can bc
quellcd, and that is whom its present
charter expires.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
Obituary.

Tho many friends OF w. j. Van
Nance, OF Carlin, will be panied to
learn Of his death which occurred at
that place this morning. The old
gentleman was a native of Troy, Now
York, and father of f. II. and John
Van Nance, tho former an enginoor
on the Humboldt division of tho Csn-
trail Pacific Railroad, tho latter n
brakeman on the same division. After
leaving the place Of his birth he fol-
lowed s~ea-far'ng forabout thirty years
and was Captain OF tho first vessel
that over transported n cargo Of tea
direct from japan to Now York. IIo
finally settled at Wells, this State,
whcro no resided for n number OF
years; afterwards moving to Santa
Rosa, Cal, and thence to San Fran
cisco. After n residence of some time
in the latter place he returned to
Nevada and located at Hawthorne.
About a year ago he came to Carlin,
where he has livod since.
Last September MIR. Van Nance
was stricken with paralysis, from tho
shock Of which he never fully re.
covered, and about thrco weeks since
no suffered n second attack, which
caused his death this morning. Tho
end was calm and painlcss, as no had
boon sleeping almost constantly for
tho past three days. "Cap.," as he
was familiarly called. had o host of
friends wherever known, who join us
in extending sympathy to tho two
sons Frank and John in tho loss OF
their aged father.
Tho remains will be inclosed in n
metallic caskot and inferred at Carlin
tomorrow afternoon Mt Q o'clock,
whero thoy will reposo until some
future timo when they will be dis.
inferred and takon East.
Peace TO his ashes.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
The Deadlock Unbrokcn.

In reference to the Senatorial dead
lock in tho Illinois Legislature, q
dispatch datel Springfield, Fob. g.,
says:
The sensation to-day is tho news
that tho deadlock over tho United
States Scnatorship hero may not bo
broken until 1892. II Is authoritively
learned that Senator Eimunds, Chair
man Of tho Judiciary COMMITTEES Of
tho Senate Of tho Unitoh Statos, has
given m expression Of opinion of
great moment In this Particular
juncture. He snys that II Governor
had not tho power 10 appoint u United
Statos Senator In cases whcro the
vacancy occurred during n session OF
the Legislature Of tho State ia ques.
lion and where said Legislature fails
TO elect. Consequently tho vacancy
mny continue until tho Thirty. eighth
Assembly meets md makes u choice.
Illinois would, In the emergency,
have but n single Senator; nor would
lhcro DO Congressional or Legislative
apportionments. Tho extra or addi.
tionnl Congrcssmcn thut Illinois
would get under tho now ratio would
DO elected at largo. There Is q do.
cidcd chance, therefore, thnt Illinois
will, 10 1892, DO tho biggest battle.
ground IN tho country, with Prcsi.
dental, State and legislative tickets
in tho field, tho Legislature charged
with tho duty Of npportioning tho
State into Congressional AMI lcgisla.
two districts, und tho election OF q
Senator, while tho nomination OF can.
didates for Congressman at large will
: udd vaatly 70 tho interest,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
IMPORTED cioARs
Figures Showing tho Number Of II .vnnns
CONSUMED Ia This Country.

Figures Showing the Number OF II .vnnns
CONSUMED In This Country.
"As near as VIC can get at it." said n
cigar dealer tho other day to n rcpso-
sentative of the Chicago Evening Jour-
mol, "wo calculate that there arc thir-
teen million smokers in the United
States. Wo haven't been able TO get It
dow finc enough yet to estimate how
many Of these smoke cigars. what pro-
portion tho pipe, or the number Of those
who inhalc the delusive cigarette, but
wo can get pretty close to the number
who 20 In for imported cigars. And that
number surprised mo when I figured 4.
out. Not n person in q thousand
would DO ablo to guess anywhere near
1t, aftor knowing tho total number Of
smokers in tho country. Now, out OF
those thirteen million smokers how
many indulge in H~avanas2"
About four million" replied tho ro-
porter.
That's tho nearest to tho number OF
any guess I've had, and I havo q stand
ing offcr Of q box OF tho best Perfecto,
TO tho man who guesses within half u
million OF the actual figures. I'm sorry,
but near as you canio you havo not won
tho box. You're out Of the way, though,
only about four million in your guess.
Now, then, II you'll tell me whether you
are too high or too low I'll give you tho
Pcrfcctos."
100 low, Of course"
Exactly. That's what tboy nil think.
I'm sorry, young man, but you don't got
tho box. You're just 1884, 900 smokers
too high in your estimate. Hardly he
l!ovc 1t, would you? Nobody would.
But It's SO, and there's no getting
around 1t, Why, il there wore 1000, coo
consumers OF Havana cigars in this
country, how often do you suppose each
ono would got a Havana to smoke? Just
about three n month. That Is, II nil tho
cigars imported from Cuba into tho Uni.
ted States wore equally divided among
4,oo0,0 600 smokers, zach smoker would
have twenty-five cigars and O piece o..
ono. At tho outside, wo take from Cuba
100000 cigars q year. This Is all
tho demand calls for. Consequently, wo
smoke in round numbers $50, 900 OF them
every day.
II think 1t Is fair to give five cigars rs
each smokers daily average. Solwo SEQ
by easy figuring that just 60. 900 persons
arc oil that arc required TO got away
with oil tho imported cigars that tho
United States consumes annually. AS
tonishing, isn't II? Out of an army OF
l3,0oO,ooo people in this country who
smoke, only co, 900 indulge In tho luxury
OF imported cigars. but that co, 900 pay
not less than nh average Of ono dollar
apiece every day for tho privilege. which
makes tho snug littlo sum Of s22, 900, ooo
agar which goes up In tho fragrant
smoke OF tho Havana In this Eroat and
glorious land"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
Killed by the Cnra.

a fatal accident occurred on tho
Central Pacific Railroad near Toapo
last Monday morning by which W. +.
Casgolmnn lost his lie. C,sselmnn
hpd u brother we-o on train No. 2 on
rou,c IN California. Tho brother
missed deceased on tho morning inter
i"apihs horc, but continued on hia
way as TAR ns Winnein uccn, where hc
lonrned 10y telegram OF tho accident.
lilo thon returned TO Toano, and after
tho Coroner's inquest took the re
mains on to California, tho railroad
company passing thom TO the dos,i.
nation at Riverside.
From tho testimony Of e. w. lIor.
Tington and T. O.. Hals,ed, pnrt OF tho
GROW o! freight train No. 10, which
arrived Mt Tonno about fifty.hyo
minutes iator than No. 9. aud who
FOUND tho mutilated remains, with
tho head entirely scvorol, tho jury
enminnncd by acting Coroner Conger,
rondefed n verdict that doccased was
namsd W. Il. Cassolmnn, agod about
30 yoara, on route from Canada TO
ts'Tcrsidc, Cal, n passenger on train
ne. =, and that no oanio TO his dcath
~ accident.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
tFnoA TUESDAYS DAlLr.I
sALMAGuNDI.

Mrs. ]. B. Gheen, OF Lamoillo Val.
ley, has been confined to her room by
sickness since arriving here last Mon.
day, but is better to-day.
Enterprise:-Andy Canayan hasjnst
returned from q trip to the Bay, where
he says business OF every kind is live
ly. Fair aud Flood are quietly scoop
ing in all tho real estate there is for
sale, and II boom that will astonish the
country may I've looked for soon.
Reno Journal:-Captaiu Warner, Of
tho Nevada Agency, has posted cir
culars inviting proposals for furnish.
ing Agency with 5000 pounds of seed
wheat; 5000 lbs. potatoes; 500 pounds
seed oats; 1900 pounds Of seed barley
and 1000 pounds Of alfalfa seed. Tho
articles must be delivered at Wads-
worth, Nevada.
Jerry Pollock and wife, nee Miss
Helen Bruce, n niece OF L. G. Hardy,
OF Toano, arrived from Minnesota
yesterday morning and left on to-
days stage for Tuscarora. .ar. Pol
lock, who is n resident OF the upper
levels, went East soIie time ago,a and
last week claimed his bride. We
wish tho newly married couple n
prosperous and happy life.
An exchange truthfully remarks:
To discontinue an advertisement is
like taking DOWN your sign. II you
want tn do business, you must let tho
public know it. Standing advertise
ment arc better and cheaper than
reading notices. They look moro
substantial and business.l like, and in.
spire confidence. 1 would rs SOON
think Of doing business without
clerks as without advertising.
Tho Fifteenth session OF tho Neva-
da Legislature will close on Thurs
day, March 10, 1891. The session
holds GO days from the day of open.
ing, countin g Sundays and all other
days in which no session is held,
though the members draw their IS n
day all the same, whether anything is
done or not. Shorld no session be
held on Saturdays as heretofore, tho
Legislature will DO in actual session
but A days during the term. Up to
the present time the sessions have
not averaged to exceed threo hours a
day, and perhaps no. that long.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
eARNUM's Athletic rRAiNlMo.
The Old shounan's- E-1pereaos In tas
S.udast Ring.

Ehs Old shoWnaA's- Experience In thO
ssvdast Ring.
1t = NOT generally known that Der
mum has all his lifc long been an et...
lctc, md TINT In HIS younger DAYS In
was ns skillful y performer on ito
tropcze as Some of the professional
ncrobats in his employ. When he FIRST
went into tho circus business, says tia
Chicago Evening Journal Darnuu,
satisfied himself that In ORDER to mako
n success Of 1t he would hive TO La
familiar with every department md OH
matters pertaining to Il. Hc cccori-
ingly went into training, and within a
year was nble to turn a handspring nd
walk tho tight rope with the best Of
them On several occasions wien his
principal performers were talecn Ill,
Bornum disguised himself and did their
turns" OF course, the audience vas
moi aware Of this, for Barnum nlways
dislilied to b. known as a performer.
But when he had begun to grow proc
porous and it was no longer necessary
Tor him to act Barnum stopped per
forming in public, though he continued
Practicing in private. When no built
thc wonderful Persian palace, Ircr-
istan, in Bridgeport, he had o la-gs
room set apart as n gymnasium, whcrS
he exercised one or two hours every
day. 1t was fitted up with nll the OPP
pliances and improvements Of agy1n-
nasium, and there Barnum used tn
swing Indian clubs, practice JUMPING.
trmbling and all the other acrobctic
tricks Of bone and limb. In all tie
exercises he was Of course nttired in
tights.
Ills athletic costume consisted Of
white shirt, blue silk trunks, yellow
hose and cram slippers, with black
tips. Sometimes he varied his appear
ancc by wearing green satin trunks CIR
u buf-colorcd shirt. lie still has thcte
garments preserved in n trunk, which
i3 not open to general inspection When
Ircnistan was destroyed by Gre Barnuri
built Waldemerc, and there, too, he liad
q private gymnasium, fitted up like tho
first. with all the improvements. Thers
he continued his acrobatic e Ia
private, and so built up tho splendid con-
stitution which has just carried him
through almost q fatal illness.
Wnldemcrc gave place in time TO his
present residence, Marina, which facc,
tho Eound, and, although age has stolcn
uponhiln, Barnum when in health lseets
up his old habits of exercise, though Of
course In a modified degree. lie has u
gymnasium connected with his house,
and there he still swings clubs oecu-
s~ionally or works the dumb bells. IFS
does not turn h~andsprings any more,
nor walk the tight rope. He Inns as we'll
discarded his athletic costume, but re
exercises sufficiently to retain hia viSor
and chcerfulness. There are no ,rcea
on his grounds, SO he is deprived Of
GladStone's favorite pursuit of wool
c!iopping. The acrobatic eide OF Bar
NUNS nature has never before been
written up. This is because his inn- ia
modesty made him hesitate about tell-
ing OF it to more than n few friends,
who were pledged to secrecy, but Ike
every thing else it had to come out, and
now 1t Is a secret no longer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
Star Valley I. o. q. t.

The following nro tho officers Of
Star Valley Lodge No. 10, /. o. q. 7,
elected for tho ensuing term:
John Crosson, Chief Templar:
Esther Woathcrs, Vice cmplar; Nina
Porter, Secretary; Mnggio Porter, AS.
sistant Secretary; james Lyons, Fl.
noncial Secretary; w. ". Woathors,
Treasurer; VIM. Adams. Marshal; Eva
Crosson, Deputy Marshal; May
Wcathors, Guard; II. ST. Clair, Son
tinol; Jano Crosson, S. j. r.; j. II.
O'Brion. p. Q. Tcmplar; Sam Davis,
@. Il. ID.
Installation and "Supper night
comes or February 7, 1901. Alison,
mombers sro cordially invited to be
present and help to homer this, our
Sixth Anniversary,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
BrlnRlng IN Chinnmcn.

IL has just bscn discovered that
wholesale smuggling OF Cinnamon IN
TO tho Unitod States has boon going
on at Duluth, Wisconsin, all Winter.
Tho colcstials nre BROUGHT Canadian
ports from China and thcn make
thcir way to Port Arthur. Thorc
.hoy aro provided with transportation
into the United States In eloighs and
wagons In most cases being brought
a di%stancooi about 300 milos to Two
,iatoors, Mimi, at which point tho
D"lnth % Iron railroad convoya thcn
!" lhe'r ultimate destination. As
high ne htty por day have arrived nj
limos.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
In McmOriuIn.

At n regular meeting OF Star Val.
10y Lodge No. 10, i. 0. G. r., held on
January 81, 1891, tho following pro.
amblo and resolutions wore unani-
rnously adopted:
Whereas II has pleased Almighty
God TO remove from our midst our
Sister, Annie Taufer, who departed
this life January %, 1901, and hor
littlo daughter, AMMO, who was
called away January %, 1891.
Whcreds-That whilo wo how In
humble submission to Him who
watches ove all, wo deem il fitting 10
express tho feelings OF this Lodge mt
this sad bereavement, therefore
RESOLVED: That in tho death OF
our lato Sister we lament tho LOGS OF
n worthy sistor, the community d kind
ncighbor, and tho boreaved husband
and children, u loving wife and
mother.
RESOLVED: Tint tho heartfelt
lympathy OF this Lodge DO extended
to hcr husband and ohildrcn, also to
her agcd mother, hor brothors and
s~istcra, In this their hour Of sod anlic.
ton.
RELoLvED: That thcso resolutions
DO placod upon tho records OF this
Lodge, that n copy signed by tho 9.
Il. and Secretary, DO sent to tho DO.
roavod husband, also 10 tho ILgo
ISDErEspESr with tho requost that
they be published.
Mas. w. j. BLACK, L.,
Mns. W. w. WEAruERs, oom'
Star Valley, New, Jan. 81, 1901.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
a Norcl Adyertl, em.nt.

Not long age IN cnterprising advcr.
tiscr hit upon tho idea Of making an
electrical tricycle. carry his placards
through the streets. A more realistic
idea Is that carried out by n firm OF bell.
makers in n Western city. A miniature
got OF chimes has been designed, to DO
attached to an electrical tricycle., which
will travel around tho city. In tho
lower part OF tho frame on which tho
chimes are fixed Is q keyboard OF hn.
tween two and threo octavcs. This Is
played in exactly tho sano way as tho
organ or piano keyboard, and some very
beautiful combinations are rendered
possible. All tho thirty bclls forming
tho set which arc hung on q rack arc runR
electrically. Attached ~ each Of thcn IA
an olectro.msguot. aud tho keys mako
tho circuit from a battery in tho base 10
tho electromagnetic at tho beils.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
rFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SAL1IAGUNDI.

r. II. Baum, OF Palisade is in town
today.
G. ". Grover is still confined to
his room.
Thos. Short, OF Ruby Valley, was in
town yesterday.
Sam NcMullen, OF Star Valley, came
down yesterday.
DO not forget tho Soirce at Free
man Hall tonight.
Bar silver sl!02n per ounce in New
York nj noon yesterday.
Jas. Clark returned from n trip to
tho western part of tho State last
night.
Go 10 the Depot Hotel Mt 4:3O to-
morrow afternoon for your Sunday
dinner.
We hereby extend our thanks to d.
II. Williams for copies OF Sonatc bills
Nos ! 20 10.
Senator G. II. Sproulc arrival this
morning from Carson. Iie will re.
turn next week to his duties mt the
Capital.
The indian who assassinated Lieu
tenant Ciisey is 4 graduate 81 the
Carlisle Indian school and tho son OF
t!e SlouS Chief, no Water.
jim Townsend alludcs to for.
cignerB who take out their first papers
aud mover intond TO tRkc out their
sHcoad, as "brevct Americans"
Tho Elko public schools are crowded,
every scat in tho Grammar, and near.
ly all in tho Intermediate and Pri.
mary Departments being occupied.
II looks now rs If the Nonpnrioi met
n cnse N Long. primer from the New
Zealand type foundry, with whom he
waa unblo to justify and no found it
pretty solid matter.
a little boy Of Utica, n. Y, n day
recently played letter carrier, and dis
tributed through tho neighborhood n
banda OF old lovo letters TINT lis
mother had saved from her courtship
dnys.
Virginia Chroniclo:-If n majority
of tho Legislature was 10 votc agains,
the constitutional Convention, there
would DO perjury enough committed
TO damn ten thousand souls for a hun
drcd thousand otcrnitics.
After tho Senate adjourned last
Thursday tho Assembly and Senate
md male attnchos repaired TO tho
Arlington, where MI partoDk OF Demo.
cratic wine To the health of Theodore
WintorP, who received tho compli.
Inontary vote for United Statos Sen.
ntur.
Rawlins (Wyo.) Ropublican:-Thc
outlook for tho cattle industry looks
cheerful, md IL 10 10 DO hoped TINT
pTicos will soon reach n point whore
cattlcmcn can realize some Of thor old
't,nc profile. Ihoy have played in hard
luck for soIuo years and it is nhouttimo
the tables turned md they 10
PERMITTED 10 oajoy a littlo prosperity
. "a OF yoro.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
Laid TO Rest.

Washington dispatch OF tho end
instant says:
The national city il truly in mourn.
ing to-day. Tho executive depart.
nonts aud their branches have boon
closed all day, and Congress did not
assemble until 2 o'clock in the after.
noon. Those honors were paid To tho
memory OF tho late Secretary Win.
dom, whose ROMANS wero committed
TO thor last resting place to-day. Tho
funoral was s!lhplc in character and
without tho loust attempt at display
or o~sfentatior. Tho only semblanco
to military honors was tho presence
oil sixteen menbers Of tho TREASURY
branch OF national guards oi tho Dis.
trict who nctod az body bonrcrs and
marched beside the hoarsc. Tho civic
funeral was 30 large, howover, ms to
DO n striking ovidonos Of tho peoples
great loTc and esteem for the deal
states nan.
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[FRox TurDAr's DArLr.l
sALMAGUNDL

r. L. Myrick, of Carlin, was in towr
to-day.
c. f. Mayer, OF Fort Halleck, came
in yesterday.
1t is reported that there is another
case OF diphthorla in Carlin.
c. W. Grover il considerable better
to-day ana will soon DO out again.
Both Houses of Congress adjourned
out Of respect to tho late Secretary
Window.
Michael Eyraud, the French muir.
dorer, is likely to escape with life im.
prisonment.
The mother OF Senator Voorhees,,
OF Indiana, died at Velder4burg, that
State, last Saturday.
Tho German newspapers print
warm eulogies OF tho lato George
Bancroft, the American historian.
Four car loads OF beef cattle,
shipped Mt Deeth by Samuel McMul
len, passed through at noon to-day.
DIR. J. w. Petty came down from
Wells on the late train which
reached here nj $40 this afternoon.
The other day tho Union Pacific
passenger broke down near Nephi
Utah, and the passengers were forced
TO walk about twelve miles.
D%iphtheria threatens to become
epidemic in Virginia City. Fifteen
cases arc reported, and the disease i;
said to be OF u virulcnt character.
Yesterdays west bound lIail train
due here ut Los, did not arrive unit
last night ut S:ij. Tho delay was
caused by snow on the Union Pacific
Beef is quoted in San Francisco b,
wholesale, rs follows: First quality, {
cents; second quality . and 5I5 cents
third quality, AZ and . conts. Mutton
s and . cents.
Walker Like Bulletin:-A game Of
baseball last Sunday between tho
Goats aud tho Kids baseball clubs ra.
suited in n score OF 90 for the forme,
and 81 for tho latter.
Ex Assemblyman 4. ]. Spencer, o.
White Pine, has purchased the for
warding and commission business o.
tho late L. B. JaIues ut Toano, anC
will hereafter conduct the business.
The Worlds Fair finance committc,
estimates that fifteen million dollar!
Will be required to carry the cxposi
ton through, and the funds in Sigh
fall short OF this amount two and {
half millions.
White Pine Ncws:-It holders oI
county scrip want TO get 10 on tho
Redemption Fund Monday they
mustn't fly their kites too high. It.
n OF those propositions where the
wren gets in ahead OF tho eagle.
Tho Eureka Sentinel denies tho
item in the San Francisco Bulletin
stating that there was n ease of small
pox in Eureka. Tho Sentinel say.
there is not now nor has there been {
case in Eureka for the last ninc years
Phoebe Record Oac thing Of which
this town is decidedly short is II sup
ply OF domcstics. There arc n nun,
Der OF places open for girls or women
for houscwork at wages ranging from
sl5 to go per month but they CAM
be had. ~
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
DR.. Bosnnko's Cough nnd Lung
syrup.

This syrup is composed Of wild
cherry, tnr and balsam Of Tolu, which
everyone knows are tho most tonic
mud henling remedies known for the
thront and lungs. TO this 80 add
Just enough squills, ipccac aud blood
root 10 loosen and throw Off tho OF.
Tending mnttcr, by cxpectoration.
Aek your doctor IL there could posi-
Dly DO ninore happy combination for
tho cure OF coughs. colds and bron.
chitis, OF. to build up n weak aud
cmaciatod consumptivo patient
than this. For Group and whooping
cough thero Ia nothing boiter, md
ovcry pothor who vaiucs tho livcs oi
her little childror should always keep
It 10 tho house. II ia perfectly harm.
loss and tho babies like IT, Sold by L.
r. Muller,