Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-21
INDEPENDENT
IrRoM SATURDAYS DAILY


Tomorrow Will DO the 30th annivcr-
sary Of the assassination Of President
Lincoln.
Examinations for the railway mail
and Indian service will be held at
Reno on April 2Gth.
1t is reported that cx.Lieutenant
Governor Poujade will open u law OF.
flee in Elko in the near future.
Hon II. L. Dartine passed through
last night on his way TO Salt Lake
where he will open a law office.
Yesterdays treasury statement
shows an available cash balance OF
SiS5, l3l, Lilo; gold reserve, s90,3i7,-
20i.
Tho grain warehouse Of Balfour,
Guthrie az Co. mt Benicia with it's
contcu,s was burned yesterday. Loss
SD 900.
Governor Jones has appointed Mary
4. Griffin, OF Hawthorne, on the hon
Dry hoard Of visitors to tho State Uni
versity.
When YOU have idle time, think OF
the entertainment to be given by the
band boys Tuesday night and mako
up Your mind to help them ont.
1t is said that the S. p. Company
has decided to abolish its black list of
cX-strikcrs and givethem employment
az fust as work can he found for them.
Argument in the Hartley case will
be made before the supreme court on
the 18th inst. General Clark and f..
l.. Dodge are attorney for the de
Tense.
Horses will he scarce and high
priced three years from now. just
cut this out aud paste it on the inside
Of the front door Of the barn. Then
go to raising colts, says an exchange.
Tho steamer Coptic arrived i'll San
Francisco yesterday from Hong Kong
with several cases Of smallpox on
board. Tho steamer wa i~umigated
and sent to quarantine for fourteen
days.
The Commissioners OF Arapahoc
county. in which Denver is situated,
have subscribed 100000 toward the
proposed international Mining and
Industrial Exposition to be held i'll
Denver in 1896.
Alfalfa-fed beef FROM Nevada
brings nearly M much in the Eastern
markets as Nebraska corn-fed cattle.
This should encourage our ranchcrs
10 put a larger area in alfalfa the
coming s
Exit "a womaD's thumb has a
long first joint che il ms stubborn ms a
mule; il Il long second joint she is rs
stubborn us two mules; but il the first
md second joint are short she is no
o stubborn than other woman
The Fresno Loan md savings l'ank
closed it's doors YESTERDAY. The MS
Gets arc @ s2O0,0O0 in excess OF tho
liabilities. The depositOrs will be
paid in full. Inability to make col.
lcctions is given rs the cause OF the
suspension.
\ young lady explained to a
printer tho other day tho distinction
between printing and publishing
At the conclusion Of her remarks by
way OF distinction, she said: "iou
may print II kiss oil my cheek but you
must not publish it,
Tho INDEPENDENT would like the
people To understand that il Il high
school il established the children
living in Elso will have no advantage
over those from the outside districts
Of the county. All will he on mn
equality and all will he admitted free
who can pass tho examination for nd
mission.
Tho preliminary examination OF
Nick Mccoy on the charge Of assault
with intent To kill Sheriff Matccr be-
gan before Justice Henley ut | o'clock
this afternoon. Sheriff Mntccr, Il. NJ.
Dorsey and Charley Wilson testified
and the Court then adjourned the
case until 10 o'clock Monday on nc.
count OF the condition Of John Craig,
tho next witness.
a New York dispatch says: Tx.
Senator Warner Miller has recently
bccn in Chicago. lilo discovered TINT
there arc many free silver advocates
in that part Of the country. lie says:
"T1Io prairie seems to DO on fro with
sentiment in favor Of FREQ coinage. |
believe tho feeling permcatcs many
western states"
III St. paul's church tomorrow, be-
ing Easter Day, there will DO n cello.
bration OF tho Holy Communion ut s
o'clock, morning prayer md sermon
at II o'clock. childrcn'B service with
baptism ut $50 o'clock and evening
prayer and scrmon ut 7 o'clock.
1lloro will bc no pession OF tho Sun.
day school ut 10 o'clock.
4 Portland expert on carrier
pigeon Gays that II u homing pigeon
has covered tho distance between
that city mud SIM Francisco, some 700
miles. nino hours, tho worlds record
Inns been not only beaten but com.