Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-21
lFRoM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
sALMAoUNDl.
Silver touched s.67A yesterday.

Mrs. Terry. wife OF mill.wright Ter
ry. arrived from San Francisco last
night.
Chns. IL. Nansur, Assistant Con-
troler Of the Treasury. died in Wash
ington yesterday morning.
Tho police found Blanche La
mont's shoes ard school books in the
rafters Of Emanuel church yesterday
afternoon.
General a. j. Warner and ex Con
gresham Sibley, the silver leaders.
addressed an immense audience at
Denver yesterday.
Tho Chinese legation Mt Washing
ton received unofficial notice from
Japan yesterday that the treaty Of
peace had been signed.
j. a. White, Il shoemaker Of Column
bus, Georgia, himself us a
candidate for President It's a laboring
man, u silver man and n Southerner.
Charley Brown the pioneer under
taker OF Virginia City, has been very
sick for some time and his recovery is
very uncertain. Old Comstockers
will regret to hear this.
The Reveille says one OF the squaws
attending the fandango near Austin
wears corsets. Wonder how the
Reveillc man found that out? His
better half had better watch him.
The entertainment at Freeman
Hail last night was well attended.
The play was Il good one and the diff
ferent actors all did well. Quite a
handsome sum went into the band
treasury.
4 dispatch from Elmoro, Colorado
says: ~ thick coating OF sand is
over everything here. 1t surely
came in the form OF n snow storm
from the clouds, as no such sand is in
this section"
The murder OF Miss Marian viii
liams in the Emanuel Baptist church
Friday night adds another to the long
list Of San F%rancisco's mysterious
crimes. The tiend, il caught, should
be given a short shrift Mt the end OF u
rope.
There are no new developments in
the Mint scandal. Mrs. james Hcney,
the wife of the mau accused Of dis
posing OF the stolen bullion, arrived
i'll Carson yesterday armed with a
power OF attorney from her husband
to dispose Of any property he may
have in this State. 1t isreported that
Heney is i'll Colorado and hat his ar
rest will occur in a day or two.
Journal:-Mr. b. +. Lecte has
found several p~etrifactions ut the
Eagle Salt Works WHICH would be of
interest to biologists. Among these
are n fish and Il walnut. The fish
was thrown carelessly Oh the ground
by the workmen employed at the
works and run yer by a wagon and
| i'hCI DHt lhC walnut NuS pre-
served intact.
The revenue of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, for furnishing
the time of day amounted last year to
about 81 100000. The company has a
telegraph desk in tho naval observat
DRY in Washington. Four minutes
before noon the wires of the system
all over the United States are cleared
of business and the instant the sun
passes the 10th meridian electricity
carries the news to every city.
Tho Denver News in discussing
Cleveland's latest letter says: IAN
actor Mt Washington now appears
without his Disguise, obedient to the
money powers, OF which he is the
friend, ally and servant. He openly
throws the weight Of his great posi-
ton on the side of the money kings
and against the people. No more
striking confession OF the growth OF
bimetalism has been wrung from I'M
willing lips
Journal:-People who know that
thousands OF dollars worth OF refined
gold, 900 fine, has ben taken from the
Carson mint, melted into bars by
innocent persons in Reno, and the
proceeds paid to the person who
brought the gold here are wondering
why no arrests have been made. Will
the Government have to send an in
vestigating committee hero to ascer-
tain why this is SO.