Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-04-08
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ter are in Carson.
Mrs. Lee Parsons is visiting friends
aud relatives in Elko.
Bishop Leonard stopped over yes.
to-day afternoon and left for the
Vest on No. 4 to-day.
Mr.. Farrington's mother md wife,
Mrs. j. 7. Wright ind Mrs. J Hen
derson left for San Francisco yester-
day.
Lots OF cattle are dying in Kern
county, California, ON account Of the
drouth.
There wns n head-end collision be-
tween two passenger trains on the
Union Pacific yesterday. No par-
t%iculnrs.
Judge Talbot held court at his
residence this afternoon and heard
the case OF tho Henderson Banking
Co. VS.. Woodward.
The Ormsby county Grand Jury
ia investigating the robbery Of the
Virginia & rruckee train which &C.
CURED several weeks ugo.
It is reported that two young ladies'
OF Carson Valley recently had n hair
pulling match over tho affections oil
u young man .-Genoa Courier.
An attempt was made Sunday
night 10 burn tho town OF Yeringtun
10 Mason Valley. The fire was dis.
covered before it had gained any
Roadway.
The Republicans of the House
voted solid'y against the passage oil
the seigniorage bill over the Presi.
dents veto yesterday. Mr.. Bartine
will please stick II pin here.
sMr. Sherwood's commission arrived
FROM Washington today and this
afternoon he moved the postoaice
from the Free Press building to Null
ler's So go there for your
mail tonight.
The Reno Gazette has entered on q
new volume. 1t has the best tele-
graphic report OF any paper ir the
State and is chock full Of news. The
Gazette deserves the position it holds
in Nevada journalism.
The Hungarian coke workers are
still rioting in Pennsylvania. J. Fl.
HaddOcks, chief engineer of the II.
G. Frick company, was killed at
Davidson yesterday by a mob OF
strikers.
In tho election Tuesday through
out the east, the Republicans carried
everything. The Democratic ship
is badly fouudered and nothing but
throwing the whole crew overheard
will ever save her.
1t is snid TINT there is q strong
probability TINT the Carson Mint will
be cloeed. The Reno Gazette un-
derstands that Senator Stewart has
stated that it would be difficult to Sc.
euro an appropriation 10 keep the
institution running.
Dave Casper IN to the front to-
dny with n hig tnlk 10 the people Of
EIko county. He has a fine stock OF
Spring and Summer goods, clothing
md, in fact, everything kept in u
drst-class dry goods store. Read
his nd. and DO sure that you remem
Der the place.
At the election held In Kansas
City yesterday, there was u riot be-
tween the American Protective AS.
ISOLATION and the anita. P. A. poll
ticians. One man was killed md two
mortaily wounded. The trouble wns
over tho swearing in OF deputy mar
shnls, who attacked the 4. P. A.
workers.
According 10 n late report OF the
director Of the mint, 1850 silver dol
lars with the date OF 1904 were coined
during that year. To-day less than q
dozen OF them are known to be in ex-
istence and each is worth q small for
tune. There were 10000 half dollars
coined in the saue year; at present
but one is known. Whatever became
OF the silver coinage Of that year il
n OF the unsolved governmental
mysteries. TLirty-two years later
there wore 1000 OF tho 1856 dollar
pieces coined. Yet anyone who has
81 to invest can got ono OF them for
n pocket piece. a cool $1,000 would
not buy on 1904 dollar.