Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-01-10
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SAr.MAGUNDI.

MIS- y. Is some 0ettor
to-day
Vinccn 6 Walker arc loading n car
with ice to-day TO be shipped 10 VOLS.
A snow storm commenced last
night ard continued till after noon
today.
rho Grand Jury mado q fna, re.
port this morning at 1880, and were
discharged.
". d.. Jones, editor Of tho Peoples
4Grocaic, Austin, has been appoiuiod
u Notary Public b! Governor Colcord.
john ". Madrill, ex.!State Printer
OF Nevada, is cunning n printing oi-
ice IL tho Palace Hotel, San Fran
cIsCo.
Two hundred census clerlss in
Wasi iugton will 10 furloughed on
the 30th instant for sixty days with
out pay.
Mr.. NJ. Badt, who camo down from
Wells Monday to consult DR.. Meigs,
Is getting along nicely aud will soon
be out again.
john Mclaughlin, II young man Of
San francisco. died suddenly on Sun
day, aud the doctors state that his
death was the direct effect Of cxcas-
sire cigarette smoking.
The now postal card is M inch
longer than the old one. This means
another thousand words for the
patient souls who pride themselves
on microscopic writing.
Tho contest for the tierz watch in
Reno has closed. John Shaver, en-
p!oyed in the Gazette Office. Won the
watch with Ii total vote OF 6,491, Mar
Gus friedrich, the uext highest, had
l,Ol7.
The residence OF II. s.. Mason in
hFgIetta, California, was totally de-
atroyed by lire last Sunday morning.
Nothing WAS saved but tho clothing
worn by tho family. The loss is
EOJ"I pD,tJp.
AT tho rattle for tho two dressing
cuE@a AZ the Gem Tuesday night Z.
y. Baum, OF Pa!isade, won first
choice, aud Jud D"kin, OF Lsmoiiie,
being the poorest tAr0wcr, walked off
with second choice.
JAS. Talbot, q prominent resident
OF ElSo, left Sunday for his ncw home
al Pocntelin, Idaho. lie took with
him the b,at wishes of Il host OF
friends who will always DO glad to
hear o: his prosperity.
Michael Flynn, . Virginia City in
ven."r, has applied FOR Il patent on an
air snip which he claims he can hold
stationery while the oarlh ~revoIves
benenth him, enabling him to circum-
navigate it in Ii hours.
Rono JournG!:-Tho SALARY OF Will
Barney, thu weather observer at the
Experiment Station, has been re-
duccd FROM SO 10 so per month by
tho Director. Mr.. Barney is Il Ne.
vadn boy, which probably accounts
for it.
DR.. Graves. the convicted murderer
of Mrs. Barnaby, denied that he made
any confession 10 tho ponyer officers
when taking hin tn jail after tho ver-
diet, or that he made any statement
duplicating Col. Ballou, ono of his at
turneys.
Al! parties indebted to the ISpr-
PENDENT ara requested 10 settle their
accounts this month. We hope that
all ~ u sub5cIibers will see the
necessity for this und send in the
amount due us at once as we ncel
the uIoloy. .
Reno GUzciic:-There haa bsen TO-.
600 mutton sheep billed fcom Reno
during the month OF December ana
2,i@O head OF beef cattle during the
sHlne period which werc valued n.
fully SG3,GGO which 10 n fair showing
for Il hard, cold, Winter month.
Hon. John Sherman was last night
nominated 10y tho Republican Soma.
tOrial caucus OF OHIO 10 succeed him.
self in the u. S. Senate. The ballot
standing, sherman, 80; Foraker, 80;
Foster, |; Mckinley, 1. The man
with The big lip got lcftl
Charley Holland received n letter
from Mrs. +. n. McPhctres to-day,
dated ut Salt Lake on the 9th instant,
Sitting that MIR. McPhctrcs had
fallen that afternoon, %dislocating hi;
left shoulder. His many friends here
hopc that his injuries will not prove
scrioas.
Tho President has appointed the
following Interstate Commerce Com.
missio. james w. McDill, OF
Iowa, Vic, Thomas NJ. C.ulcy, re-,
signed; William 81. Lindsay. of Zen.
lucky, vice W. l.. Bragg. deceased.
William L. Morrison. Of Illinois, t.
succeed himself.