Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-05-28
(FRoa THURSDAYS DA1LY.l
SALMAGUNDI.

Only onc prisoner in the County
Jail.
III you hear n man saying anything
about our glorious climate, shoot him
on tho spot.
Judge Talbot, who has been con
fined TO his bed for the last few days,
is able to sit up.
Indinn Agent Plumb came down
from tho reservation yesterday aud
remained ver 10 day.
Horny Freuden,hal. OF M,untain
City, aud +. a.. Clrrillo, OF North
Fork. came down yesterday.
The outlook for n Fourth Of July
celebration in Virginia City is very
slim as tho militia companies have
nbJut decided TO so to Reno.
j. j. Baird and Joe Phillips came
in yesterday after machinery to be
used by Mr.. Baird in working over
tho t:rnace dump ut Bullion.
Thos. Hunter and II. II. Miller 70.
turned from Mountain City yesterday
~afternoon, whittier they hud been on
business connectel with the Ross
estate.
Thirty one million, four hundred
md sev"nty-tive Thousand five hue.
dred and ninetsen barrels OF domestic
beer were consumed in the United
States last year.
TIC National Commission, By n vote
OF thirty to twenty y has refused
TO modify tho rule adopted by the
local directory opening the Wo,ld's
Fair On Sunday.
Two hundred feet OF land on Michi-
n Ave. Chicago. sold the other day
for 100000. or $1,000 per front foot.
Mr.. Primley, who bought it, has made
n fortune in chewing gum.
Mrs. Anna Potter's Expenses ms n
candidate for Mayor Of Kansas CITY
were $3.50 according 10 her sworn
statement. Asar Offset 10 this, she
received t~Senty-uiue voto,.
j. VI. D)Iyllss. to- millionaire OF
Virginia City, was iincd go in the
police court, Monday, for com milling
an assau t on II. c. Bigss, with whom
he had had n mining transaction.
Joe Henry arrived yesterday after.
moo from an extended trip through
Eureka end White Pine counties.
He reports times quito lively in
Hamilt0n but dull in the otner places
he Visited.
Captain B. j. Re,lley returned last
evening from un cxlondcd trip
through the Southern country. lie
is not favoTably impressed with tho
mining outlook in Arizona and south
ern California. "a
The Carson Tribune says that there
has boon another em~bezzlement in
the Wells Fargo express ufTl - Il: V,r-
ginia City, but docs not giso the
name OF ihc cmploye who got awny
with tbs swag.
e Jhange:-"Any tishboats?" asked
the small boy at the p~ostoIico win.
dow. The clerk Eodded her head.
"rhrce flshboats, n landing and a dis.
covery," said tho boy. Thcn throw.
ing n dime he added, "One whiskey t,
Indians"
Washington Star: -"Wiilio," said
that young mans mother, "yuu were
very restless in church." "Ycs'm,'
was the psnitent response. You
never SEQ papa behaving in that way.
WHY couldn't you be quiet like him?"
"Why, mam:pa,"hc answered frankly;
you sec, wasn't a bit sIo .py."
Silver State: Sheriff Hldley left
for Keno this morning, taking James
kca!inG to the insano ASYLUM. Ke,t-
ing is n young fellow about 81 years
OK age, who was arrested n few DAYS
ago for vagrancy. He commcdccd TO
uct qucorly shortly after being arrest
cd, imagining that he was going 10 DO
transformed into n dog
The Indian Department will soon
commence the construction OF n large
schoolhouse on tho Walker Lnkc
Reservation, tho money having boon
appropriated md now ready for usp.
AS a Cood sizad dwelling house will
DO built ut tho same time. il looks
worry much as il thoro will DO no aban
donment OF TINT Reservation.
Ogden Standard: -Ncvauu, our sis.
tor State on the weot, has no building
on tho Worlds Fair grounds Ore.
gon Is tho II othcr State which is
similarly sitnr,ed, Both Statos, how.
ever, have line exhibits. that OF No.
vadn beinS much bottor than could
have been expected under tho cir.
cumstances. This 10 especially truo
OF her IMMORAL exhibit.