Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-20
[FRon THURSDAYS DAHL.
sALMAGUNDI.

hiSS uhg amer Ihc etoiHh.
Strawberries are selling in Wads.
for ten cents u box.
Remember the ball at A. o. U. w.
Hall tomorrow night.
Most OF the jurors and witnesses
have returned to their homes in the
various parts Of tho county:
Geo. S. Nixon, the Winnemucca
banker, came up last night ON No. 3
and returned ON No. . this morn
ing.
Mrs. j. S. Gardner went down to
Winnemncca to-day on No. 4. on a
visit to her daughter Mrs. G. II. Oil
yer.
Judge Cheney having finished the
business before the District Court,
left for the west on No. 4 this after
noon.
Eugene Way and Terrence Nc
Mahon were acquitted yesterday OF
the charge OF assault with intent to
kill and were discharged.
MI. S. NJ. Henley and Mrs. Thos.
Hunter and two Children, Ossie
Miller and Mrs. E. E. Bilkey return
ed from the Fair this morning.
The show given by the Elko Anna.
teur Minstrel Co. at Freeman Hall
last night WIS we'll patronized. The
receipts were about seventy five
dollars.
j. II. Taber, who has been confined
to his bed for the last two weeks with
u severe cold, is not improving Ms
fast as his many friends would like to
see him.
Two colored boys awaiting trial for
burglary committed in Churchill
county, broke Jail at Reno on Sunday
by digging through the wall. They
are still at large.
Jerry Sheehan, the popular con.
ductor of the Humboldt division OF
the c.. p, who has been visiting his
sisters here for a couple OF days, re.
turned on No 4. to-day.
Governor Flower Of New York has
signed a bill which makes it Il INSIDE
meano for any person to furnish a
newspaper, magazine or periodical
matter which, if published, would be
libelous.
1t is reported that cattle are selling
for 80 n head in Ventura and San Lnis
Obispo counties and parties there are
talking Of killing them by thousands
for their hides and tallow, so as to
save a little something before the
poor creatures gtarve to death.
Elko Lodge No. IS, 1. o. o. +. will
rs is their usual custom, observe
Memorial Day with appropriate servic-
es at their Hall on May Both. See
the announcement in another column.
A cordial invitation is extended toall
to attend and take part in the exercis-
es.
Len Harris, a detective. for Wells,
Fargo IL Co, was shot and probably
fatally wounded at Boulder Creek,
Cal, Tuesday by a robber who at
tempted to rob Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
office Mt that place. LATER:-Mr.
Harris died last night from the effect
of his wounds.
a lawyer had a horse that always
stopped and refused to cross acertain
bridge leading ont OF the city. No
whipping, no urging, would induce
him to cross it, so he advertised him:
ITO be sold for no other reasons than
that the owner wants to get ont Of
town."-Boston Beacon.
An exchange tells OF q man who
purchased n revolver for his wife and
insisted OIL target practice, so that
che could defend the home in case OF
his absence. After the bullet had
been dug ont Of his leg and the COW
buried he said he guessed she'd bot
ter shoot with an AK.
Persons returning to Fresno, Cali.
fornia from the western portion OF
TINT county report the drought the
worst in twenty years. Not only is
the grain dried till it can be rubbed
into powder, but the desert weeds
are dying, which has never been
known to occur before. This is in
that region lying near the base of the
Coast Range Mountains. Rabbits
arc seldom seen where thousands are
usually counted.