Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-11
lFroA rnunsDAr's DAILY
sALMAGUNDI.

There are several now cases OF
scarlet fever in town.
A. w. Fuller aud family came in
from South Fork to-day.
There are only five or six cases Of
scarlet fever in town now.
There is barely enough snow on the
ground to bring out u few sleighs.
Ex.SheriI Barnard WA taken quite
ill yesterday, but was better this
morning.
The EFT. NJ. Co. has a two.horse
wagon on exhibit IN which is some.
thing new. Call und SEQ il.
John j. Jones gave the required
bonds to keep the peace, and was re-
leased from durancs vilo yesterday
afternoon.
The ghost dance which was to have
begun yesterday at Red Rock, Okla
homa, in which the representatives OF
many tribes were to participate, was a
fizzle.
The Free Press thermometer regis
tered l6 degrees below zero last night,
md II degrees below the night before.
At noon to-day tho barometer WIS
falling slowly.
Severe Searley, County Treasurer
Mt Chippewa Falls, Wis, was arrested
yesterday charged with being $4,000
short in his cash account. Ibis is
severe on Scarley.
The House Committee on Invalid
Pensions has agreed to report favor
ably Il bill granting q pension Of 500
per month to Franz Sigel, late major
general OF volunteers.
Ex-Governor Shoup has drawn the
four Year, term rs United States
Senator from Idaho. McConnell's
term will eGd on the 3rd day OF next
Murch, less thun two months from
this duto.
When the next Legislature moets
keep your eyes open for the mon who
oppose the Australian ballot system,
and determine IN your own mind
their eason for such opposition.
Tho party sent out to bury the In
dians killed at the battle OF Wounded
Knee found and buried 81 buckle and
Go squaws and children. These, to-
gether with those carried away by
the Indians, it is believed will swell
the plumber to 200 good Indians as
the result OF that battle.
Henderson Green, OF the Hum
boldt House, is in town. lie has
abandoned the project Of leasing tho
Broom Hotel at Ogden, and Messrs.
Clark g. Green having leased tho
Humboldt House for another term,
Mr.. Green will continue as Manager
Of that "Oasis in the Desert"
Tho Carson Tribune SAYS: "Free
coinage o; silver would result in n
financial awakening and n stimulus
to business on every hand. 1t is the
open, broad highway for conservative
legislation and certain results" Glad
tn see our Republican friends taking
n Democratic view OF tho situation.
That measure passed "by n strict par.
ty vote" WINS not such n glorious thing
aftor NIL.
Republicans nre gradually but sure
ly coming to the conclusion that Sen
ntor Stewart was off his base when no
asserted that the present so-called
silver law is Letlor than free coinage.
A radical Republican OF this county
who is engaged in mining made the
samo assertion soon aftcr the bill was
passed, but no admits that FREQ
coinage in the only proper thing for
tho country.
In support OF our advocacy Of tho
Australian ballot system Of voting wo
nro not quito prepared to ngree with
tho White Pine News that "a man
who Inns not ambition enough to learn
to read and write should not be al-
lowed to live in the United States"
but we do think that n man who has
not ambition enough to lourn to road
and write the English language should
not DO pormittod to vote in tho United
States.