Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-08-04
lFRoM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
sALMAGUNDI.

DIR. Hood vent down 10 Carhn thu
forenoon.
Mr.. g. E. Clough, the Reno archi
tect, is in town to day.
w. E Wines, of the Good Temp
lar News, is in town to-day.
Miss Bessie Mayer went up to Fort
Halleck this morning on a visit.
MissIda Dakin, the Pleasant Vale,
schoolma'am, was in town to-day.
Misses Rose and May Gardner de.
parted for Alameda yesterday on Q
visit.
The New York Republican State
Convention will be held at Saratoga
on tho 18th OF September.
Fred Mason came down from Wells
Inst night and put in to-day shaking
hands with his many friends.
Ricketts, & Donnelan of Bullion
want teams to haul ore from their
mines to Palisade. Teamsters should
read their notice in another column.
Mrs. j. F. Parsons and family, Miss
Dora Triplett and little Babe Mayer
left this morning on a three weeks
visit to Mountain City and other
points.
Mr.. Kerr did not go to the hospit'
al for treatment as stated yesterday
but is stopping at the Depot HoteI
and is under treatment by DR.. Nc
Dowell.
The belated Cunard line steamer
Aurania, reached New York yester
day with all on board safe and well
The delay WAS caused by n broker
steam pipe.
The Reno Gazette denies the report
that DR.. Stubbs, President Of the
State University, will be the Rupub
lican candidate for United States
Senator next year.
Mr.. J. b. Holland and family, tour
lists from Galesburg, Illinois, stopped
over last night and left for the wesI
on No. 4. They are very pleasant
people and seemed to be very much
interested in Nevada.
Marchie Kelley of Carson made his
fifth attempt at suicide Sunday night
He cut his wrists while on the street
and then went home to bed, The bee
upon which he was found Monday
morning, was saturated with blood.
Captain Thomas c.. Williams o
Oakland, California, claims that he il
the Oldest Odd Fellow in the world
having been initiated in 1924. Hi.
claim is disputed by sUncle" George
Lord OF San Barnardino, who is now
90 years old.
A betting company Of Hartford
Conn, has just made the largest bel
that any firm or any other company
ever made. 1t is for the Washburr
and Moen Iron Company, Of Worces
ter. The belt is six and one-half fec
wide and 100 feet long.
Silver State:-A telegram was re
ceived here from Humboldt House
this morning stating that IN unknown
man had been found lying by the side
Of the railroad track stone dead. Up
on investigation it was found the maj
was in n terribly mangled condition
having been run " by n train while
either asleep on the track, or in fall,
ing from a brakebeam while stealing
a ride.
A trampin Reno has a new scheme
to obtain sympathy and aid, He is
a contortionist of no mean ability and
twists his arm over his head in such
n manner as to give the appearance
OF its being thrown out OF the shout,
der socket. But his dodge did moi
deceive the physician who was called
to sec him and he now languishes il
the county Jail with n big rock pile in
prospect.
U. S. District Attorney Jones and
Deputy Marshal Furguson arrived
from Reno this morning to attend the
examination Of Louis Watson, charg.
ed with selling whiskey to Indians
Commissioner Henley held Watson to
appear before the U. S. Grand jury
and placed his bonds at 1900. Not
being able to give the bonds Watson
was taken to Carson on No. 4 by the
deputy marshal.
Many years ago Lod Macaulay sale
that IL the rich men OF the countr,
should believe it to be to their inter
est to destroy faith in the laws Of
gravitation they would have no diff
Guilty in employing the ablest scien
lists to construct plausible reasons tc
prove the adsurdity Of tho law. The
Raleigh News anil Observer mourn
ftilly admits that Macaulny was
right. 1t goes ON to point the mora.
by saying that our p~lutocrats and
goldbugs have their reasons for want
ing to destroy tho time. honored faith
in bimotallism and they mako It tc
the interest OF able men TO furnish
thom with plausible theories for it
overthrow.
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