Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-11-03
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Governor Jones 10 improving fast
and will be well in "a few days.
William r. Jeter is now the Lieu.
tenant-G overnorof California.
Rev. Francis r. Starr departed for
his Texus home Saturday night.
Everybody interested in the Board
OF Trade should read the notice pub.
lished in another column.
The IA on which the big gun for
tho Oregon was shipped to San Fran.
cisco, passed east this forenoon.
The electric light plant formerly in
uge ut Tuscarora has been brought to
Elko and will probably be put. up
here.
Messrs. Dunn and Lommon OF the
Carson Tribune have purchased the
plant Of the News from Miss Anna
Martin.
Tom. Hunter, Ed. Odell and Joe
Hennen left yesterday for San Fran.
cisco with twenty.four carloads Of
beef cattle.
Reed pens, split Mt the end like
quill pens, have been found in Egyp.
tian tombs, dating probably $500
years before Christ.
Mr.. Blakely finished burning his
first kiln OF brick last night. They
will be cool enough for handling in
about three days.
Tho quarantine was raised at the
Carson Indian school yesterday. The
Tribune says all the buildings have
beenithoroughly fumigated.
Yerington Rustler:-Last Tuesday
Geo. Plummer picked twenty.nine
hundred and seventy. six pounds of
apples from two trees in his orchard
Who II beat that?
VIM. Smiley and Ben Armstrong
are down from Starr Valley to-day.
They told the INDEPENDENT that about
1000 head OF beef cattle had been
shipped from Dceth so far this Fall.
Tho sheets OF steel for pen making
are, i'll their original condition, 8 feet
long and 3 feet wide, From these
strips are cut WIDE enough to permit
OF the cutting OF three or four pens.
Enterprise:-The wage. Garner who
refuses to work for the silver cause il
like the invalid who screens the sun.
light from tho bed Of pain, and rcfus.
es the cheering ray that would bring
health and light III place Of the pain
and gloom so bitterly bemouned.
\ western orator got OIL a new
aphorism recently: III it is true"
said he, that We should not preach
free silver here where every one is
for it. but go east where converts
are to be made. by tho same token
the ministers should go to hell to
preach"
The Genoa Courier quotes Charles
Lane ms saying: 1--WE have taken IA
$4,000 bond on the Buckeye property
and will pay the price, s250,000. the
LIST OF June. am ready to say rs n
matter Of fact that the sale il as good
as made and that we are ready To
back the mines with our capital
Three Of tho ca G.. gang OF hood.
lums That made life miserable in Vir.
ginia City have been convicted OF
robbery. One is III the pen and the
other two will take up their residence
there this week. Tho people OF tho
Comstock are to be congratulated
upon breaking up the lawlcss gang.
George Smith. OF Reno. went up to
Tuscarorn last week and sized up the
prospects Of the camp. Ile returned
yesterday well pleased with the future
prospects OF Tuscarora. He thinks
it will not he long before there will
be an awakening on the upper levels
that will place the old camp in the
front rank rs Il bullion producer.
r. T.. Miller, tho high school con.
trnctc-, and Charles Cakes, who will
have charge OF the work in the absence
OF Mr.. Miller, arrived from Caldwell,
Idaho, yesterday. The foundation
will be surveyed tomorrow and active
work will Dc begun on the arrival Of
the stone masons who arc coming
overland from Caldwell.
Kansas News cttcr:-If. according
to gold bug argument. il takes 100
cents worth OF silver To make nm "hon-
cat" silver dollar. why 10 il not ncccs.
sur! to put 100 cents worth OF paper
in a paper dollar to make M "honcst-
dollar. Tho paper in n national bauk
bill don't cost to exceed | cent, yet
va are told il is the best paper cur.
rency this country ever had.
Tho Los Angeles Times discusses
tho question: slow to mature patri.
otism," and advises tho teaching Of
American history in the schools in
something q than Il ~perfunctory
way. 1t declares that the citizen
should DO taught the difference DO.
tween II partisan md n patriot, Il poll.
tician and Il statesman, and to "dwoll
upon liberty until overy letter IN tho
sacred word shall be luminous with
Il heavenly flame"
Fort Deposit, Alabama. has broken
tho record on babies. three mothers