Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-19
lFRoM TuuRsDAY's DAILY.l
SALMAGCNDI.


The ball supper at the Depot Hotel
tomorrow night will he unsurpassed.
Tho Worlds Fair souvenir coins
arc not proving SO great n success as
was hoped for.
The orchestra are rehearsing some
excellent st. Patrick's day music for
tho ball tomorrow night. .
We are glad to announce that Mrs.
VS.. Van Drielen has improved con-
siderably since going to Ogden.
Julius SteinberGer, formerly Of
Elko, now nlargo importing merchant
in San FRANCISCO, passed through on
No. 4 10 day.
Brown-I'm glad I met your wife.
Sho seemed 10 take fancy to INC.
Joncs-Did she? I wish you'd
mot hcr sooner. o.
"Fho poor man was dying. His
breath wac becominS weaker and
weaker every minute when I eaw
him." Sand what did you do?" ~
gave him an onion."-Judge.
Il see Jones has applied for tho
Chinese mission" '.What nre his
4ua!iicatiors?" "Been patronizir'
II Chinese laundry six yoars."-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
Queen Victoria has recently pur-
chased valuable property on Nassau
street, New York. 1t is said that the
queen ALEC owns thousands Of acres
OF land in tho West.
Two dusky maidens OF the forest
had n lively "sct-too' on the platform
at the west end OF tho Depot Hotel
to-day. Wounded feelings and bat
tered noses was tho result.
1t is said that young man IN Elko
missed his lunch while waiting for
the train from tho east today, ex-
pecting the arrival of his best girl,
but his expectations failed to ma
~teriulize.
Not an Iuduccment-"Dr. iIaw-
kins ia u fine man. You should send
for him. Why, he can speak twenty
different languages" "Mercyl" said
the sicl; man. ~ want TO be cured,
not translated."-Truth.
Tommy-There's a girl at school,
mamma, they call Postscript? Do
you know why?
Msmma-No, donr.
Tommy - Because her namo is
Alkaline Notwithstanding Lilo.
The Postmaster General has given
notice That no local business man
will be appointed postmaster of any
town for the reason that tho actual
duties are performed by irresponsible
and often incompetent clcrks ana sub.
stitutcs.
1t appears that Cabinet Officer
Smiths name is Michael Hoko Smith.
He dropped tho Michael because he
did not like it, just as Stephen Grover
Cleveland has dropped tho Stephen
and Jacob Whitolaw Reid has dropped
tho Jacob.
Mira. Ayres, whose body was found
in tho ruins Of tho Brighton Station
fire, was once the vito OF a wealthy
Wyoming citizen, and nov n member
OF the Legislature Of that State. JET
foria, who is charged With her muir
der. 10 still in Jail.
Tho children throughout this part
OF the country have had n hard time
tho past month. with n mild form OF
whooping cough or some similar cpl.
demic. Many IL family in town has
not had a nights res: for several
weeks.-Gonoa Courior.
Denver has ono OF tho most novel
street railways 10 DO found in the
Wost. The lino is built on n grade
sufficient TO allow cars to run by force
OF gravity. Horses draw a car to the
top OF the grade and thon get into q
a specially provided for them and
rido back, TO tho great amusement
and delight of tho passengers.
Tho Utah Loan ADD Trust Compa.
ny building IN Ogden was destroyed
by fro Tuesday. Tho STANDARD 30
vorcly scores tho chief OF tho fro do.
pnrtment, charging him with incom.
potency IN managing tho ire, which.
it is said, could hnvo becn controlled
had a competent man been in charge
Of tho fro department. The loss ID
pytinntc1 Mt 1000 0D0