Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-08
lFRoA THURSDAYS DAILY
sALsIAGUNDI.
Silver is $. 73ss to day.


Their. are rumors Of another wed.
1ing in town soon.
Samuel McMullen, ono OF Starr
Valleys prominent ranchers, came
down on No. 4 to-day.
The entire town OF Fulton, Ark,
containing several thousand people,
was destroyed 10y fire yesterday.
A new threshipg machine, con.
signed TO Mr.. Charles Adams, OF
South Fork, was side tracked here to-
day.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has concluded to repor:
favorahly on tho appointment OF j.
*. Van Allen, ms Ambassador tn I!aly.
The Board OF Equalization Of Hum
boldt County raised the assessment
OF the main track OF tho Central Pa
citic railroad from $4,000 TO $4,000
per mile.
All persons desiring TO preserve
fruit for the Califol MIA Midwinter
Fair can obtain the necessary infor-
nation from p. II. Mulcuhy, Reno,
Nevada, free OF charge.
The Nevada State Journal says
that Barney Glow, who has IL black
berry orchard on his ranch west of
RcCo, 70 now harvesting n crop OF
these berries which will amount to
five or six tons.
\ bank in Arizona which closed n
short time ngo issued tho following
notice: "This bank has not busted;
it owes the people $4,000; tho people
owe IL $4,000; il is the people who
are busted; when they pay we'll pay"
Assistant ito employer What
shall l mark that new lot of b!uck
silk at? Empl"ycr-Mark the selling
price IS Cd n yard. Assistant-But
1t only cost IS II yard. Employer e. /
don't care what it cost 1 am selling
off regardless Of cost.-Tid- Bits.
The Board Of Regents Saturday au-
thorlZed X. Ii. Mcdowell Of the Ne
vadn Experiment station TO represent
this Station at the Convention OF En-
pertinent Stations and Mechanical
Colleges Of the United States that
meets at Chicago on October 18th,
S93.-Gazcttc.
There will be an eclipse OF the sun
on the 9th OF October, visible rs a
partial eclipse in Southern aud West
ern North America. This will be a
show that the Eastern gcldbug States
will be deprived Of, but enc in which
all the silver States and Territories
n participate.
Vincent and John Halle separated
in 1871, one going West, one South.
They fought in the war on opposite
sides aud each supposed tne other
dead. The other day they met by
accident in Kentucky. they have
been living for years within n few
miles Of each other.
II n stranger had happened in town
todny and seer tho boxes, barrels and
bundles in front OF Casper's store, he
would not have thought this was n
"bnsted" community. Dave says
that lie is receiving tho largest stock
OF dry goods, clothing, hats, caps,
brots and shoes ever brought TO
Elko.
The assessment Of the V. e. II. r.
Il in this county was yesterday re.
duced by tho board of Equalization
from 80 800 10 $500 per mile. 1t af.
fects thirteen miles OF road in tho
county. Tho assessment in this
county has fallen Off since last year
$4,000 and tho tax rate is lower. -
Carson Tribune.
Tho Now Era gays Colonel H.. ID
MuSson with n corps Of Government
surveyors, is running township lines
out OF Lovoiock to determine il tho
iron deposits IT. Duenn Vista Valley
como within tho twenty mile grant OF
the G. u. II. II, If SO tho railroad
will claim possession and, 1t is sur
misod, will build n branch limo from
this point to the orc bodies thero to
manufacture their owp Pig iron and
convert il into rails, etc.