Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-07-28
lFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY.I
sALMAGUNDl

MIR. Henderson returned from the
west this morning.
Senator Jones and family passed
west on No. 4 to-day.
Homer Raffenberg lie improving
nicely and will soon be all right.
f. f. Ross is down from Mountain
City. He reports quiet times in that
section.
Elko is very quiet town these
days, consequently local items are
very scarce.
Cap. Palmer was up from Carlin
this morning. He reports everything
quiet in our sister town.
Miss Rosn Alexander is writing up
the assessment roll, instead of Miss
Becca rs stated the other day.
We noticed J. w. Puett, Carlin's
Nusby, on the street last night. He
told n reporter hat his brother was
very sick.
The lntest figures from the English
Election gives the Conservatives and
Unionists 317 to137 for the combined
opposition.
DIR. Moore returned from his bus
mess trip last night and is now ready
to attend TO all who need the services
Of dentist.
Cast .stcelbilliard balls are in use in
Sweden. They are made hollow, so
that their weight il about the same
as that of ivory balls.
Edward Atkinson says 10000, 900.
600 eggs are laid in this country in a
year. They are worth $4,000, 900
rs much rs the pig.iron and wool
crop.
Il. X. Parkinson, familiarly known
rs Deacon" o long connected with
early Nevada journalism, has gone to
Seattle to spend the declining years
OF his life.
The locust trees were in full bloom
in Reno early in June when the frost
killed the blossoms. Now, the Jour.
nal says, many Of the trees are in
full bloom again.
Wichita Eagle:-It is not ouI Gus.
tom TO criticise nature, but We have
no hesitancy in saying that she fell
down when she didn't grow handles
IN watermelons.
1t is wonderful how sharp sighted
you are when you want a nod from a
millionaire, and how short sighted
you are when you pass n poor relative
on the sidewalk.
John Sherman is writing u book OF
his "recollections.r IL ne recollccts
all the rascallity no has done il viii
take more than the two volumes nm.
nounced to tell it all.
Deaf persons frequently hear re.
marks in II moderate voice better
than in a shout, because too loud n
sonnd has II tendency to stnn tho
membranes Of the EAR.
Emma Nevada has an 8 year old
daughter, Mignon, who is said to
rival her romantic namesake in the
witchery OF her dancing, her birdlike
voice and her dazzling beauty.
Florida Times Union:-Since it hns
been discovered That some workers in
New York's sweat shops earn II cents
per week, the employers are studying
about cutting of the 10 cents.
The Con. Virginia waste dumps
have been purchased by n Nevada
corporation. This corporation will
erect mills within thirty days near
the dumps and reduce the rock they
contain.
\ Lowell, Massachusetts,, dispatch
Of the 10Th says: Notices wore post.
ed ut all tho cotton mills OF the city
this morning that u general increase
Of wages would be made beginning
on August 9th. The amount il not
stated. About 10000 employees arc
benefited.
Sections OF Illinois, Town and Kan.
sns were Visited by severe rain storms
Thursday night. At Usage City,
Kansas, nm electrical storm occurred
which listed nearly two hour. Dur
ing nearly all the storm hailstones
fell varying in size from walnuts to
hens eggs.
Our miners should not forget that
tile suspension OF assessment Of '93
mud ~ does not apply to 1895. and
that to hold mn unpatented mining
claim in any state or territory In tho
union 300 worth OF work or i'm.
p%rovcmcnis must DO put thereon DO.
tween January Let and December
3lst, 1906.
II Is now unlawful to employ any
but American c%itizncs on public
work In Pennsylvania. Tho law
imposing this condition was passed
Mt tho instance OF tho labor organ.
i2ations, and it's expected effect il MI
increasc Of wages on account OF
tho diminished number Of men who
u bo hired.
Xix. The argument IL advanced
that woman lins II moral and natura
RICH TO wear brooches because ow
ing toa difference in tho formation