Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-05-21
lFIoN THURSDAYS DAlLY.l
SALMAGUNDI
Rather cool d

Western Pennsylvania and Eastern
Ohio are suffering from foods.
Ono million dollars in gold was
shipped from New York today.
Tho Irish Homo Rule bill passed
tho House OF Conrcons yesterday by
2s7 20 225.
The Carson Guard broke oil pro-
vious records on Sunday, and forty
men averaged 40 3I-40.
A Lodge of Odd Fellows will be in
s.ituted mt Greenfield, Esmeralda
county, morrow evening.
The top prices in Chicago last week
were: Becvos, Sc, live weight; hogs,
s.; sheep, $3.50; lambs, 1925.
The President has appointed John
John Dassett, OF CAL, Superintepd
dent OF the San Francisco mint.
Atlanta Constitution:-Somo men
cast their bread upon the waters only
to hook tho fish that n!bblo at it.
Tho INDEPENDENT acknowledges
tho receipt OF an invitation 10 attend
the Fourth of July celebration al
Reno.
The weight of n cubic foot of gold
is 1903 pounds avoirdupois; the
weight OF q cubic foot of silver ia .C5i
noupls
The wind of the last few days
brought rain 10 this section last night.
This morning tho surrounding hills
wesc white with o
On Saturday u. S. Ulriclr,, Of Carson
while out hunting was loading his
gun with powder when it exploded
badly burning his right eye.
Chris Reckhart's old dog, Lion
gave up the ghost yesterday. Lion
could whip all the dogs in town, but
was no match for piece Of meat load
ed with strychpine.
September llth has been sot apurt
Us Silvor Day at tho Worlds Fair.
II ID expected that prominent silver
orators will be present on that day
and that the addresses will be OF ma.
tioDal importance.
Tho silver issue in q nutshell, says
tho Denver News, is moro money for
tho masses OF tho people, more
trade, o prosperity, moro enter
prise and fewer mortgage foreclos-
ures. Rcmonetize silver and double
tho amount OF money ia circula-
tod.
y Kentucky boy says girls kill tho
breath with cors:ts that squeezes tho
diagram. Girls can't holler or run
like boys, because their diagram is
squeezed too much. II / was u girl
! would rather Ue Ia boy, GO l n
hoilor and run and havea great big
diagram.
Progressive People:--Justico must
DO blind, olsc it could SEQ that slenl-
ing a million dollars is a greater crime
than stealing a ham to feed ones
hungry family, but it can't and 80 the
ham stenlor goes 10 prison md tho
million thief often into tho "best cir
c!es OF society"
Reno Journal:-Hon. @. r. Berry
OF Franklin, Tenn, latc president Of
the senate OF that State, is horo on
legal business. IIo says the people
taSc as much interest in tho rcmone-
tization Of silver ia Tcnnessoo as they
do in Nevada, but they hopo that tho
financial question will not disrupt the
Democratic party.
Tho Reno journal publishes n COM
m%unication from T. j. Brown, OF Ply
ramid Lake, dated May 10, stating
that 4 reliable Indian ha3 just mr.
rived from Tom Anderson canyon
where he snid he saw Sontag aud
Evans. The Indian claims That he
knows both Sontag and Evaua and
that u Of tho men claimed his name
was Ward and that both pretended
~ DO cattlomen.
Three wagons loaded with Dexter
ore and drawn by eight horses, left
town this morning for tho De Frees
mill. While attempting to ford tho
Owyhcc at the usual crossing, tho
animals becauo ratified in tho swift
CURRENT, tangled themselves up and
thrOo we!o drowned before 10y could
be cxtricated. Tho loss is rather a
severe ono to Fred Wilson, tho own.
or.-Tlmes. Review.
ST. Louis Ropublic:--rhe safety
Of business demands tho mainten.
anco Of tho bimptaliic standard mud
tho use of both gold and silver ~
money. II this Ia not dono tho
business men OF tho country will be
forced into abjoct subsection TO n
few greedy money dcalers, often the
agents of combinations Of Eurcpcau
capitalists, who will not hesitate To
bring disaster on thousands, il by
doing 80, thcy can mako profit for
themselves.