Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-01-27
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sALMAGuNni.
More snow fell last night.

More snow fell last night.
L~icutenlnt Governor Sadler made
u nelt spe,ch in call ng the Senate to
order Mon lay.
The Swiis postoiiice conveys amy
thing from u postal card TO barrels
OF wine. scythes md bundles of old
iron.
Last year the railroad OF this coun.
try paid s232. 659,OsO in interest on
their bonds and ss3y336.Sll in divi-
dends.
Assenblymnn Hogan, OF Washoe
county, elected on the Populist tick
ct voted with the Republicans on the
organization Of the Assembly.
The architect ofthe Wcmnn's build
ing Of the Cotton States exposition to
be held in Atlanta. Ga. this year,
il to be Miss Elsie Mercur, OF Pitts.
burgh.
a statistician has figured out that
there are 10000 professional tramps
in the United Stutes and it cost sever
al million dollars to support them in
idleness.
Internal Revenue Collector May
has received instructions relative to
the income tax. lie will doubtless
be aronnd shortly interviewing those
whose income is above $4,000.
The year 1896 will be a leap year,
but the year 1900 will not be. 1t is
necessary to drop out three leap
years every 400 years. The year 1000
was Il leap year and the year 1000 will
be Il leap year.
New York Rccorder:-The east side
woman who pawned her husbands
ashes for Il as loan will do to 20 with
the Jerseyman who had his wife's
body dug up in order to remove the
gold from her filed teeth.
The Governor OF Alaska says that
although tho Territory is prohibition
by law it is free whiskey in practice.
Traders have only to secure Il ccrtiii;
cate from the Commissioner of Inter.
nal Revenue to carry ON their bust
mess.
White Pine News:-EX. Sheriff Ben
Payne has been employed by adams
& Heating to succeed J. y. Reed rs
foreman OF their cattle interestsin this
section. Ben has had considerable
experience in the cattle business and
will make Il good foreman.
From returns received at the Brit
ish war Office, il is estimated that the
number OF non-commisEioncd officers
and men entitled to the queens medal
for long and meritorious service, run
ming from twenty to thirty.four years
i'll many cases, Is over 10000.
rhe Assembly might investigate
the stealing of the bill passed at tine
last session of the Legislature reduc-
ing the salaries OF the deputy State
officers. II the guilty party were de.
tected and severely punished, it might
deter othcrs.from committing like of.
fences.
On Monday, Asscmblyman Beck,
OF Reno, introduced Concurrent
Resolution No. ], relative to submit
ting to the people the question OF call.
ing Constitutional Convention. Also
Concurrent Resolution No. ., to
strike out the word male" in the cont
stitution where it refers to the righ-
OF suffrage.
Women freely travel about i'll Co.
rea until midnight, a writer on the Co
rean says, while the me- are rcquir.
cd to- be i'll the house at eight o'clock
Il. NJ. Only the married men are per
mittcd to wenr hats, and the inference
is that their wives are watchful how
the wcarcrs Use them for conversa-
tional purposes.
Tho falling oil in imports and du-
ties at tho New York Custom House
il shown by the following report: In
1891 the value Of imports was $780,,
02l,lT3, and tho duties amounted to
sS9,23l 100. In 1899 the imports were
S3l6,lSl SOC and the duties were
Sll5.i3l,G9S. In 1891 the imports
s5G9,S5S.7 O2 and the duties sl2S,.
7ii.l2S.