Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-12-30
FROM wEIEsEsDAY,s DAILY.l
sAIAaGuND,
da Drown is spending the

holidays in town.
Christmas passed OIL yer. quietl,
in Elko yesterday.
Miss Ellie Tructt. the Toano school
ma'nm, spent Christmas in town.
The ice gatherers are busy to-da!
putting up ice for next Summers
use.
Commissioners Mc!Afee came down
Monday aud will remain until after
the first Of next year.
Mrs. George Gilmore is quite sick.
She WIS brought i'll from the ranch
near Peko in n sleigh Monday after.
noon.
Mr.. Joseph Henry and family, OF
Mound Valley, and Mr.. .Ainley and
family, OF Pleasant, spent Christmas
III town.
Douglas county has purchased a
road machine at a cost of s3i0. 1t is
claimed that the machine will grade
a u mile OF road a day.
Cats and several other animals have
a. false cyelid. which Fan he drawn
over the eyehall. either TO cleanse it
or To protect. it from too strong "a
light. ms -
Judge Talbot returned from hold.
ing court i'll White Pine and Lincoln
counties this forenoon. He looks
much better than be Inns for several
months.
Mr.. james Clark came up from
Humboldt last night and took in the
ball. He will remain over until after
the installation of the officers of the
Masonic Lodge.
The Carson Tribune says Dorsey
Notewarc has filed application for TO-.
600 acres Of land in Elko county.
The land will he purchased by com
pany who will doubtless improve the
same.
Hon. 7. y. Stone and family left
for Carson OH No. 1 TO day. Mr.. Stone
will serve the State as Deputy Con-
troller for the next four years. The IS-
DEPENDENT wishes him success at the
State Capitol.
Last Saturday Judge Cheney con-
tinued the hearing of Mrs. Iiartley's
motion for u new trial and motion in
arrest of judgment and passing of SEN.
teuce until Saturday January >, 1895,
ut 10 o'clock \. NJ.
The mercury thermometer at Null
ler's drugstore registered II below
zero at s o'clock this morning, His
spirit thermometer showed % below
ut the same time but it proved to be
ont of order. 1t was colder at S
o'clock this morning than ut any time
during the night.
GRADUATED sugar il quoted in New
York ut $3.50 per hundred pounds,
and the same grade of German beet
sugar is offered i'll the market at S3.4S.
The tariff, il is said, docs not affect
the price. There is IL surplus Of sugar
in the world aud the prices must drop
until it is worked oil.
The Christmas tree attracted Il big
crowd Ia Freeman Hall Monday
night. The exercises were quite in
terestmg and the youngsters, judging
from the noise they made, had a splen-
did time. Every child received one
or more presents and all went home
wishing old Santa Claus a long life.
Journal:--It is claimed that some
Of the land for which the railroad com.
pany has applied for patents is more
valuable for mineral than for agricul
tural purposes and that protests will
he filed with the officers of the Unit.
cd States Land Office at Carson
against granting patents for such
lands.
Tho Christmas Examiner is Il
whopping big paper Of forty pages.
IL reflects n great deal Of credit on
the charitable ladies Of San Francisco
who gave their time and ability To the
poor, incurablc children of that
city. They will have to do some.
thing very, very shocking To erase the
mark the Recording Angel gave them
yesterday.
\ Kansns editor and q rich widow
wore engaged to he married, when
the ncighbors began to talk about it,
charging that lie was marrying her
for her riches. Tho young editor was
yexcd Mt this, Of course, and he per.
suaded his affinity TO turn all her
worldly pelf over to II grown daugh.
ter, and that would prove to the
world the sincerity Of his affections.
The trusting widow did so, and the
first night the editor and the girl
eloped, and in the morning tho widow
pied the forms in tho Office nnd would
have pied the editor il she had found
him.--Ex.