Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-06-14
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SALNIAGUNDI.

o4u'rrei anu Eophe poison ut
Mulloris.
Grasshoppers arc destroying the
vineyards around Milton, California.
II you want your watch or clock re-.
paired in first class sharo take it to
S. NcIshwander at the Gem Hotel.
Tho Depot Hotel, kept by Clark &
Green is first class in nil its appoiut-
ments. Give them n call whom you
como to town.
Governor Colcord has appointed r.
NJ. King, OF Hawthorne, County Com
missioner OF Esneralda county, vice
Jas. Cardwell, resigned.
Fred Beogle, a young mar OF eigh-
teen years OF age, committed suicide
in Virginia City Sunday afternoon by
taking strychnine.
The County Commissioners OF
Ormsby county have app 1inted Sardis
Summcrtield District. Attorney vice
L. ID. Edwards, deceased.
Judge Biselow sold his band OF 80
horses yesterday to a.. Fl. Rocker, Of
San Francisco, who shipped three
car loads OF them today.
u. T. Hardesty came in from
South Fork yesterday afternoon,
bringing With him Mr.. D. d. Cook,
who is suffering with q severe attack
OF rheumatism.
Tho Humboldt Brewery is for sale
or rent. 1t is fitted up with modern
improvements and offers n good
opportunity for any one to engage in
a lucrative business. For further
particulars see al. elsewhere.
Another horrible tragedy was
enacted IN Sacramento Monday after
noon. A man by the name of Perry
shot his cousin twice in tho head be-
Il she would not marry him, and
then killed himself. The young lady's
wounds ara dangerous but not neces-
Barily fatal.
jackson Rhodes, who murdered d.
r.. Shull, the school teacher, near
Greenwood, Cal, surrendered TO the
Constable at Boonville and was taken
10 Ukiah and lodged in tho County
Jail. Rhodes had been hiding in the
mountains in tho vicinity OF Boonville
ever Slice tho murder.
The salaries OF the postmastcrs in
the principal cities OF California have
been adjusted to take place July LIST.
The salaries, which are based on the
receipts Of the offices, are as follows:
San Francisco, $1,000; Oakland, $1,000;
Los Angeles, $500; Sacramento,
S3,lCo; Saa Jose, $1,000.
Leo Hechinger carried full keg of
beer from tho corner of Union and @
streets, Virginia City, to the flag staff
on Mound Davidson and back with
out resting, in two hours and twenty
minutea, Sunday afternoon. The
distance was over five miles, and he
won S2l0 on the result.
j. +. Blanchard, tho witness for
the defense in the Olsen murder case
who swore positively that no iudenti-
tied the defendant at a certain place
On tho night lvett was murdered, has
been arrested on the charge OF perju.
ry. It is said that other arrests on
the anne charge will follow.
Miss Bessie Mayer loft for her homo
at Fort Halleck this morning. The
young lady has made many friends
during her stay here, md her bright
happy face and merry laugh will be
sadly missed among her associates
IL you sea my Of Elko's young mon
wearing long faces to-day don't ask
them what's tho mattot.
Chloride Belt:--A slight earthquake
shock was felt 10 Candslaria yester-
day morning ut 8 o'clock. The vibra-
ton was from west To cast. At l0:I5
a. N. there was another shock. while
between 10 and IL p. N. thoro were
three more quakes, ono OF them q So
we're one. Nervous people are all
broken up over the repontod shocks.
II is to DO hoped that with her othor
attractions Candolarin is not going 10
become an earthquake resort.
Careon Tribune:--H Harry, son OF u.
s. Court Clerk Edwards, broke his
collar bono Saturday evening. lie and
Ralph Bender started TO race, ono Oh
each side OF lIerbort Y%erriugton's
saddle horse, holding to the saddle
girth. Herbert started his horse
suddenly md both footraccrs wore
thrown TO tho ground :. Ralph str lex
on his hoad, and Hurry plowed tho
ground up with his shoulder. Tho
boy is resting comfortably.
Tho SIM Francisco Chronicle Of
Juno Tlh 10 d mammoth edition OF 80
pages, over IL Of which aro devoted 10
n description Of Califurniu's Systom
OF Irrigation, n subject OF vast import.
nnce not only to tho people OF Cali.
fornia but u tho rooplo OF our State
us we'll. Sundays Chronicle should
DO filed away by evcry one Interested
in tho irrigation OF our arid lands. 1t
is n whole text book on tho subject
ind "a monument Of newspaper ontor.
prise and pluck.
Tho Andovcr Gazette Is responsible
for tho assertion that II South Dakota
pubIislior who "picltpd I'M tho tro,j, 4"