Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-06-02
lFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY
sALs1AGuND,

Go to the Presbyterian church to-
morrow morning and evening and hear
the discourses OF Rev. Mr.. Riddle.
The c.. & c. railroad is doing Il big
business in Inyo county this season;
full trains every trip. Soda, marble.
borax and ore are going out in car
load lots.
Don't go around looking for q flaw
in your neighbours eye, but keep
Your own specks well busted and
watch the corners Of your " side OF
the street.
a picture OF James Monroe has
been taken iout OF it's frame in the
White House and one OF President
Cleveland ,Il,ut III IFS plnce'% CoPment
is unnecessary.
Mexico is iaboutto raise the revenue
by taxing all silver and gold mines in
which American capital is interested.
Tho new tax is 2la per cent on silver
and ~ per cent on gold.
A Western man points with pride to
the fact that his wife has o one
bonnet for % years. The feeling with
which the wife points to her husband
has not yet been described.
Rockiand Argus:-Doing business
among II reading public without nd.
vertising is a good deal like climbing
the stairs of n t~wenty.story building
when the elevator is running.
It liz said that the Presidency Of the
Pullman Car Company has beentend-
cred to Secretary Gresham. Millions
OF his countrymen would like TO e
him out Of his present position.
Mr.. Morgan and Charley Gooding
are overhauling the fire bell and ap.
paratus. They have fixed the bell so
that when ruUg it will not be mis-
taken for a church or engine bell.
a twenty-five ton Armstrong rifle
throws asolid shot twelve miles, much
farther thnn is report cur be heard
At it's highest point, for this extreme
range. the shot would be rel three
miles above the earth's surface.
Carson Tribunc;-A Virginia City
son OF Erin. in speaking OF miners
who tunnelled through into adjoin.
ing claims, i'll his wrath designated
them rs sthem dom sub terrestrial pi-
rates. Rather extravaganza, but II
safe ten to one bot it expressed his
feelings perfectly.
DIR. j. G. Lanncrberg, the optician.
will go the the Cross. Roads TO NOR
row, returning tho same night. He
will be here all day Monday. and
those desiring work should not fail
to call then, M il will be his last day
here.
The Tribune says: Jackson, Gun.
ningham Ellsworth md Watson, four
men whowcre arrested and sentenced
to- five years Imprisonment in the
State PenitentIary for robbing Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express at Dayton
we're released to-day.
Tho family of Sheriff J. j. Bogard
OF Tehamn county, California; who
was killed in u train robbery near
Whcatland, has been paid by the
Southern Pacific railroad company
$4,000 reward for the killing Of Nc
Guirc, one OF the train robbers.
1t is rightly said that III dead
American has u right TO lie under q
grave stone worth a hundred aud fifty
thousand dollars, while q live Ameri-
can woman it starving in Il garrett.
The wealth OF this world belongs to
the quick, and not the dead.
The Democratic Editorial Associa-
ton OF Now York at their session
Friday adopted resolutions plcdging
tho Democratic press Of tho Stnte To
oppose my legislation looking to the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
1'horc WIS only ono vote against the
resolutions.
Tho Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, yesterday adopted M injunction
to mombcrs Of their denomination not
to vote in favor OF granting licenses.
After q long and disorderly debate it
WINS decided that uDfcrmented fruit OF
thb' tiho fulfilled all conditions OF tho
Sacrament Of the Lords Supper
Carson Tnbunc:--From II reliable
source we learn that several CAPT.
talists are planning TO erect u pork
packing establishment in Carson
soon. They estimate tlat tho quantity
OF ham and bacon used in our homo
market will bc sufficient to assure
largo dividends on tho money invest.
ed.
Appcal:--Some men near Fort
Churchill think OF going into bust
ness OF raising camcls for Nevada
teamstcrs to take tho place OF horses.
Camcls wore used hero in carly days.
but were only II success in u small
way, and not allowed in the limit OF
cities except at certain hours, m they
frightened horses out OF their wits,
Tho report OF tho Central Pacific
for tho year ending December 81,
1891, shows tho gross earnings worc
sla,l1S,2I4, d decrease OF si,20l COS;
operating expenses, Ss,1GS,S57, n dc.
crcasc Of s39a,032; net earnings, sI..