Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-07-23
[Fnox WEDNESDAY S DAILr.l
sALMAGUNDI.

Bar, silver is I0H to-day.
w. T. Smith has returned from the
west.
Wheat foil to G6K in Chicago yes.
terday.
Everybody should be at the Court
house tonight.
There was n largo attendance mt tho
Worlds Fair yesterday.
The New York Stock Exchange
va very panickJ yesterday.
Jud Dakin, OF Lamoille, and c. w.
Grover, OF Pleasant. we're in town to-
day.
The Premium Note Company, n
San francisco lottery scheme, has
gone TO the wall.
A tire in London ,londny night de.
stroyed property valued at u million
and a half pounds.
The ReveiiIe says il tho price Of
silver falls below 40 tho mines of Aus
Tin will all stop work.
The Carson silver meeting chose
Hon. II. +. Bartin5 as delegate to the
Chi ago Bimetallic Convention.
The Sentinel says during tho past
few days not less thnn 100 persons,
principally miuers, have left Eureka.
Alex Penrod came down from Is.
land Mountain yesterday. He reports
millions OF grassEoppers in that Sec
ton.
Elk. Governor VIM. Stone OF Iowa,
late Commissioners OF the General
Land Office, died ut his residence near
Oklahoma City, yesterday.
Tom Harris met with a place of bad
luck yesterday. In moving to his
new residence, his piano tipped over
and was completely wrecked.
j. w. Puett, OF Carlin, showed IN
in the INDEPENDENT Office this morn
ing. He comes up quite frequently
now us if attracted by a magnet.
1t is rum"red in Washington that
Attorney General Olney will be MP.
pointed to the Supreme bench to
succeed the late Judge Blatchford.
Miss Laura NJ. Tilden, OF Virginia
City, has applied to tho Supreme
Court for admission to the bar. Her
examination is set for Saturday, July
22nd.
Phoebe Lodc:-The contractors on
the Ely mail contemplate carrying
tho mail through on horseback, and
expect to Inaugurato tho new order
about the first OF n, xt month.
There will be a large silver meet
ing II: the Palace Hotel San Fran
cisco tonight. II will b. addressed
by Hon. Francis G.. Newlands and
other friends Of the White Metal.
An exchange remarks that it is n
little discouraging to n man TO carry
n yelling, squalling baby around for
half the night thensit down and refisc;
that OF such is the kingdom OF heaven.
After taking n snort Of Kunsns
whisky n travelling man observed:
"There is no need OF II Keelry insti-
tuto in Kansas; no one would ever
contract the liquor habit il he had 10
drink this elufYu
a Helene correspondent Of the Pr
oche Lode says: Quite an exciting
time was had IN the postoilico on the
arrival Of the mail Monday evening.
a largo t%arantula had taken charge
OF Pony's mail pouch. \ SHOVEL was
procured and the unwelcome gold bug
was given a western &. b. on the Sher-
man sentiment plan.
OGDEN Standard They do things
am'cable up in Wyoming. Two
ranchmen named Baker and 10y
lived and toilod near Casper, the for.
mer in the sweet matrimonial state
and the lattor in the loneliness OF
bachelorhood. Last Thursday three
people came into Casper in two buck.
boards; they wero Mr.. and Mrs. Ba.
ker and Mr.. 10y. a few hours later
the same three people went out OF
Casper in two buckboards; they were
Nr. and Mrs. 10y and Mr.. Baker. a
bran new divorce and a still mower
marriage certificate accompanied Mrs,
10y on her last trip.