Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-01-21
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Tuscarora.
VIM. Mitchell shipped 10 carloads
OF sheep to San Francisco yesterday.
The Orchestra boys would like to
see you at Freeman hall to morrow
night.
100 acres improved farm land in
Carson Valley sold for $1,000 last
week.
Willie Fernald is much worse to-
day and TO hopeR are entertained Of
his recovery.
The Carson Tribune has entered
on another volume. 1t is q good Pc
per, barring it's politics.
Quite a number OF Elko's young
folks will so TO tho masked ball at
Lamoille tomorrow night.
Captain John II. Dali. a pioneer Of
Western Nevada, died in San Fran
cisco last week, aged 10 years.
Quite n crowd of Masons and
others went up to Wells last night 10
attend the funeral of Hon. r. p.
Hamill today.
The Senate by a vote OF 81 to 26
has rejected the nomination of w.
B Hcrnblower TO DO Associate Jus
tlce OF the Supreme Court.
Congressman !. II. Gear, OF Iowa,
las been elected y. S. Senator to
succeed james +. wilson whose term
expires the Attn of next March.
A New York paper estimates the
total capitalization OF American rail-
roads ut $4,000 100000 and says they
could be duplicated for s4,Ooo,OO0,OOo.
The News says there are eleven
United States prisoners at the State
Prison awaiting the action OF the
United States Grand Jury, which il
To meet next month.
Myron Pixley and Tom CahilI, Of
Lamoille, j. NJ. Dorsey, Of Fort Hal
leck, and j. G. Mccoy Of South Fork
were in town to-day. They reported
everything quiet in their neighbor-
hoods.
Governor Markham has refused to
commute John McNulty's sentence
and no will DO hanged in San Fran
cisco on January 26th for the murder
OF John Collins, committed nearly
six years ago.
The Carson Tribune says tho Sill
yer party has SO mismanaged tho ii
nances OF OSmbsy county that the
tax rate for 1891 is placed at e.. on
the 500, MS against 81 60 in 1892 when
the county was under Republican
control.
A Rondout, n. Y. dispatch says:
Nineteen head OF valuable Guernsy
cattle, including the one which re.
ceived the highest award Mt tie
Worlds Fair, the property OF ex-
Vice President Levi p. Morton, have
been killed on account OF tubercu-
losis.
a hint to Young bachelors who are
"afraid Of marrying" is found in the
following clipping: "Tho female Ute
is taught from infancy that she is in
terior TO tho male, and in copse-
quencc makes the meekest, humblest
and most patient OF wives. There
are no baldhealed Utes."
The Chronicle says the heaviest
wind storm OF n long time swept
Virg:niI last Sunday and it wfs fol
lowed by tho heaviest snow OF the
season. Tho wind did considerable
damage. Yesterday morning early u
snow storm set in and by noon Gov
cred the ground Il foot deep.
The San Francisco Butchers Re
view recently started in the interest
OF the Butchertown wholesalers and
against m%onorolics quotes first quail
ity steers at 6 cents; second quality,
AZ to 81; third quality, SIS to 4 per
pound, wethers, choice, 6 To 61l cents
and wethers, heavy, G cents per
pound.
The San Francisco papers say that
ono OF tho passenger trains enst and
west over the Central Pacific will
probably DO discontinued in conse-
quenco OF tho light travel oast. They
say that upon three days last seek
not n single overland passenger left
San Francisco on train No.