Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-12-30
.lrRoM THURSDAYS DAILY
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a rotary snow pillow passed ives
this afternoon.
There are several eases of scarlet
fever in Virginia City.
Only eight degrees below zero thi.
morning at the drugstore.
The dance Mt Fort Halleck on De.
cember 3lst has been postponed.
George Stolker came mp from 1--we
lock to day. He reports Bert as al Ie
to sit up.
The burning OF the Cliff house re-
moves one of'San Francisco's histt ric
landmarks.
The Reno school children distribut-
ed provisions uniung thirty poor fami-
lies OF Christmas day.
At least s 100000 more than the
s22,000000 heretofcrc cstimatec will
be needed TO complete the Chicago
drainage channel.
The apple trade with Great Britian
has assumed great proportion,
amounting to 1000, 900 bushels within
the past twelve years.
The Director OF the Mint has our
thanks for a copy III his report for
1893 on the production OF gold and
silver in the United States.
The money spent on advertising
Is like -breadupon the waters
For ii guarantees Il sure return
or dollars, halves and quarters.
Virginia Enterprise:-The postofice
building settled "a foot Yesterday
coming down with a thud that
thoroughly frightened its occupants.
The state law making it compulso-
ry on the part of parents To send their
children TO school is to be enforced in.
Austin, where they are derilict in that
duty.
Bath tubs are TO be placed III Chi
cago school buildings. and hereafter
the cleanliness of the pupils will he
looked after by men and women jan
itc.s.
There are GS,000 postofices in the
United States: about $1,000 do not
pay their running expenses. The
profits of the New York p:stofice are
si,OO0.00O u year.
New York Mereury;-The gold re-
serve Will need another tonic by the
time Grover gets back from his funt.
We suppose another dose of Wall
street bitters will be prescribed.
Gazctto:-State Treasurer. elect
Westeriicld has filed his official bond
the sun of $4,000. with allWash-
oc county men on it. He went to
Carson this morning ITO take his Of
fetal oath OF Office.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has obtained
possession Of her deceased husbands
memoirs ~ Il result of Il suit with
publishers. and hopes TO soon secure
the sheets and plates OF his Short
History of the Contederacy."
The Trustees and members of the
Presbyterian church are requested to
meet at ~tbejecturc room Of the church
this evening at ! o'clock. Business
of importance will be before the
meeting and there should be full at
tendance.
Mean Daddirs-First Boy-Your
father must be IN awful mean man.
Him n shoe maker, and maxim you
wear them Old shoes! Second Boy
Hes nothin to what your father is.
Him II dentist, and your baby only got
tooth.
ingalls,, Mich. school trustees have
issued specifications for next years
s~choolma'am rs follows: aShc must
be pnssably good looking, hold a
second-grade certificate, have plenty
OF muscle aud wear Il No. 3 shoe
In the shop OF II ST. Petersburg
matchmaker Il human. faced clock is
on vicw-thc only ono OF it's kind.
The hands arc pivotcd on itsnose. and
any message that may be spoken into
its ears arc repeated by aphonogrnph
through its mouth.
Judge Wallace yesterday instructed
the jury To acquit Louis Cohen OF the
charge of perjury growing out of the
Baldwin Hotel registration frauds.
II was held that Cohen. as an infor.
mer against StcrnIcrg, another cul.
prit. was entitled to immunity under
the purity of election laws.
The delay Of No. | 10. day was caus.
cd hy II rcar.cnd collision between
two west bound freight trains a few
miles west OF Palisndc about 8
o'clock this morning. Tho caboosc OF
the head train was pushed OF top OF
the car in front. The accident was
caused by defective mir brakes on the
hcnd train.
An exchanges giyoe the following
good advice. abe tolerant. This