Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-15
(FRox TUESDAYS DA1LY.l
3ALoIAGUSDI.

Rather raw to-dsy.
Silver is s.73h to-day.
W. Badt, tho Wells merchant, has
returned from San Francisco.
Five carloads OF beef cattle were
shipped from Deeth yesterday.
All lovers OF sport should take in
the races at Wells Friday and Satur-
DAY.
The Gazette says: 1t is reported
that diptheria has broken out in
Reno again:
Tho Elko String Orchestra will
five n Grand Ball Thanksgiving
night. Ad will appear later.
Tho Bonrd OF Equalization otiIum-
boldt county has raised the main
track OF the c. p. 500 per mile.
j. a. Fillmore, General Superin-
tendent o. tho Southern Pacific.
passed west in his special car to-
day.
j. Il. Henry brought in 23S head OF
horses from Mound Valley yesterday,
which he will ship to Chicago TO-
morrow.
In the second OF the series OF races
between the YiGilant and Valkyrie
yesterday, the Yigiiaut beat tho VAL
kyrie 1919 minutes.
Tho County Commissioners OF
Humboldt county have reduced the
rate OF taxu:ion FOR county purposes
ten cents on the sl00.
Yesterday was "Chicngn" day at
the Worlds Fair and i: is estimated
that about $4,000 people were on tho
the Exposition grounds 1T noon.
L. Wintermantel, Elko's popular
~jeweler, has a new al. elsewhere in
this issue. Read 1t and give him n
call when you want anything in his
line.
The Reno Gazette has the following
telegram from Commissioner Yering-
ton TO his father at Carson, yesterday:
Nevada takes fifteen awards In the
Department OF Mines and Mining"
Dan dc Quil!c's yarn about cycless
fish, being found in the hot wafer OF
the Hale & NurcIoss and Savage
mines in Virginia City In 1876, is
going tho rounds OF ihe press aGaiu.
Max Schoen and Joe Laug are
down from Mountain City and tho
Bruncau country. Max says the
people up there are I'll gold bugs
since tho discovery OF the B:uncau
placers,
The Presbyterian Pastor would like
to see the members Of his church ut
the Wednesday evening prayer meet
Ing this week, for business aud other
special purposes. Others are at lib.
erty 10 come
Thu oxact geographical centre OF
the United States 10 marked by 1.
Grnve-the last resting place OF one
Major Ogden, who is buried on II little
knoll II short distance northeast OF
Fort Riley, Karans.
w. II. Armstrong was around rown
this morning setting 'cm up for the
boys. The cause was the arrival OF n
young lady nt his house at an early
hour this morning. Mother aud
daughter nre doing we'll.
Tho following States will hold cleo
tons on tho 9TH OF next mouth:
Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode leland,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Maryland, Virginia, Iowa aud
tho territory OF Utah. Tho three
principal contests will take place in
Ohio, Iowa aud Virginia.
The Senate by avotc Of 81 to 81 has
confirmed j. j. Van Allen, tho Ihode
Island millionaire, ns Embassador TO
Italy. II has also confirmed all of
tho carpet bag Indian Agents. Yer
lily, the Dcniot ratio Senate liz follow
ing in tho footsteps OF its Republican
predecessor.
Ii is rumorcd in Washington that
tho Carson Mint, now conducted IA
an ussay office, will Do closed at the
end OF tho year, il not sooner, rs the
busincrs does not warrant the OK.
penso Of keeping il open. Great is
the present Democratic Administra.
ton, and Grover is tho boes.-
Visalia Timcs:-A citizen OF this
county while pnssing Rmilliner store
CHANGED TO hear n lady inside OK
claim: ION, what loves OF hints you
have this fcHsqpl And just think,
only sl2 ~apiecer" 1t is ssid that the
passing gentleman who had n vito
and four or five grown daughters Mt
home, Mt onco bcgan.i 10 mako propa-
rations 10 go into insolvency.
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A Game OF Frcczc.0nt.
Tho struggle 10 tho Sonuto over the
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