Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-18
TIE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
[FRoM SATURDAYS DAILY
SAT,MAGUSDI.

jeff Bradley came down from Dceth
Yesterday afternoon.
GEO. w. Taylor, Of Pleasant Valley,
was in town last night.
Il. ReinharL left this afternoon for
San Francisco where he will spend
tho Winter.
Tho Reno Journal shows n marked
Improvement under the new manage
m"nt. Bro. Kelley is nothing if not IL
rustlcr.
Another death from diphtherin, that
Of a child of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Cozzcns,
is reported in CarIin.
Tho man who sighed for the lost
dreams OF his boyhood could likely
bring them bIck BY eating one Of his
boyhool suppers.
Tho most expensive drug is physo.
etigminc, two ounces CT which cost
nearly s2,O0o,O0I.- l2x. How much is
Il ounce worth?
In response to n Telegram d.. +. b.
Harris, OF Virginia City, has goao To-
Wells to attend w. j. Hanks, who is
reported seriously i'll.
: IheAppeal says: "When Ahbylon
went down, = per cent, OF her popula-
ton owned all her wealth." Where
the mischief is A.bbylon?
The fand for tho relief OF the suffer
ing poor Of ireland started by ito
Elrl of ZGtland, and Dalfour, and
rEsncrally known is tho Balfour fund,
now amounts II eli 900.
Financially Washes is tho first
county III tho State, while Elko is tho
s-;pai. There arc many worsyconn.
tries ia this world FOR n permanent
- home than EIko county, but We do
not intend 10 try 10 find them.
Tho nows comes over the wire that
Blind Tom the negro musical prodigy,
las bacomo hoplssSly rliotic and is
d%irs q pauper. Blind Tom was The
most extraordinary puzzle TO tho mu-
: ,aical world that ever lived.
Tho Chronicle says tin has not been
produced in this country because
there "has beon no adequate protoc.
two duty" Perhaps our protection
brother does not know that thcrc hns
b'en no dnty at all on block tin.-[Altl.
1t is reporto l that the Indians arc
INDUCING in n ghost, skeleton or some
other kind Of Il dance at Wells. A
fcw of Unclo Sans unemployed
troops might 10 transferred to Nrvh-
da with good results ut tho present
limo.
1don't hcleavo in fighting; | mn
soiomiy nginst it If n man gifts tow
fighting am also solcrnly uginst hiz
Citing lickol, After n fight il onco
np,acd all tho vir:cw tharo liz in il L.
-" HEX tho other party.-EIosh Bill.
iDgs.
Tho Free Press thorm lmctcr regis.
tered % degrees bclow zero last night
being tho coolest weather OF tho sen.
- son. Last year The Temperature was
below z"ro nearly every day in tho
month Of %Januury, ~ degrees being
fho lowest.
~. D.. Thompson, notice Of whose
death is published elsewhere, was
Formerly II resident OF Ruby Valley,
!" : tins county, aud tho father OF John
Thompson, n eon.in.!uw Of Mrs. ".
. =. Van Drcilol. Tho old gentleman
hnd many friends in f;il,u county
who Will regret 10 learn OF his death.
Tho ta.Calitorniu pcrtinon,ly
nshs: II tho Idaho Legislature
could elect three Senator's in antici.
patton OF n future vacancy, why mny
no; u Legislature proceed 10 elect
Scnntots for an indefinite numbpr of
terms to como in anticipation Of con-
additional vacancicsY
Carson Appcni:-Lottcrs and p,pcrs
hnro frequently reached this Office In
tho editors care, nddrc :scI 10 John.
eon sidcs, tho Indian Messiah. This
is TO Inform tho public that Mr.. Sidca
ia not at present boarding with this
scribe, moi aro We authorized TO hap.
dlc his mail matter.
White Pine cws:-Scvcral OF Tho
scrip shnrps got badly left on tho
opening OF bids last Monday for tho
surrender OF county warrants. Tho
Nevada Bank OF San Francisco
Rcoopod in $3.50 80 Of tho fund ut
2o.0302O0i cents on tho dollar. All
bids ovcr 30 cents wore rcjUctrd by
tho Board, and tho Troasurcr directed
to ndyortiRo for new bids Mt tho next
-r"inlnr mcotins Of tho Doard-l'cL.
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