Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-12-22
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of toys and Christmas goods. Call
and sec them.
Mason Valley people will give more
attention TO the hog industry the
coming season thnn they have hereto.
fore.
Gilbert Ross OF the Virginia High
School has been elected special cor.
respondent for the Christmas edition
OF the Examiner.
George Lolelocks has sold the
White Cloud copper mines in Chur
chill county, ncar the Humboldt line,
to an Eastern company for $4,000.
The Attorney General Of Minneso-
Ia has decided that the Lords Prayer
must not be used to open sessions Of
the public schools, il any IL objects.
An estimate OF the French and Rus
sian armies combined is l,370,OOO men,
and the armies of the triple alliance
Germany, Austria and Italy. 100000
men.
Mining assessments amounting to
s223,0SS will become delinquent this
month, Of which the Nevada mines
call for saI3,5SS and California mines
$4,000.
\ cold wave swept Owe Eastern
New York and New England yester.
day. At London, New Hampshire,
the thermometer registered 26 degrees
below zero.
The National Committee of the
Peoples Party will meet ut St. Louis,
No, on January II, 1896, To fix the
time and place for holding II National
Convention.
American pine, when green, weighs
forty.four pounds twelve ounces to
the cubic foot. When seasoned its
weight is reduced to thirty pounds
eleven ounces.
Frank Shaw last week sold forty
head Of horses I Il hog raiser "a
Bishop for 81 80 per head. They will
he killed aud fed To the hogs says the
Hawthorne Bulletin.
1t is said that the lower classes in
Japan are afraid Of the telegraph, not
being able to discover how the thing
works. They fancy the whole ar.
rangcmcnt to he Il device Of the devil.
Genoa Couricr:--Times are on tho
mend, surely. 4 Tat Washoc Indian
-hc weighs over 200 pounds -pcram
bulatcd Main street one day last
week, wearing Il pair OF light kid
gloves and twirling Il cane.
Mark Twin having been invited to
contribute something to an Infant
Asylum, offered to be ono OF one
thousand citizens "who shall agree
Ia contribute two or more OF their
children to this enterprise"
IL You want first class photos. mt
reasonable prices, yOu should so at
once 10 the Iioston Photo. Company's
ar. They will only remain here to-
morrow and il may he Il long time 10.
fore you can get such fine work done
at such low prices.
Charley Langevin, the young man
who drove lIcney from Carson to
Reno. has been at Lovolnck all tho
time instead Of Quebec as testified to
by his father. lie las gone up to
Carson and probably will create mn.
other sensation in the Honcy case.
John Trolson, who was convicted OF
cmbcZzlemcnt III Storey county in
1893 and eontcnccd to five years in
Stntc Prison, and james Mccarthy,
who was convicted Of murder in the
second degree in 1883 and sentenced
To twcnty.onc years in State Prison.
have applied for pardon.
THIS is how Congressman Joe Can
non sums upthc probable programme
Of the Congressional session: "Iliero
III be u lot OF liddlin' an inlkin' nm re.
eolutin' nn' investigator mn bluIfin
an maxim faces an playing buncombo
an iirin' tho populcr h,nrt, but when
we get through we'll find We have
not done II blamed thing but pIss the
appropriation bills
a dispatch from Columbus. Ohio,
Gays: Tho death OF Allen G. Thur.
mar has caused profound sorrow, and
tho citizens generally arc preparing
to honor his memory. The Supreme
Court Of the State adjourned until
Tuesday and the Court OF Common
Peas until Monday. Flags on all tho
public buildings, National, State and
City, have been placed Mt half mast.
Congressman Johnson's amend.
mcht 10 the naturalization law 10
Drict anu To tho point. II nmcnl In
Section 2lIa Of tho Revised Statutes
10 rcnd ns follows: "No alien shall DO
admitted ~ become Il citizen who
n not for the continued term OF
iivo years preceding his admission rc.
sided within tho United States, and
who cannot speak, rcnd and write
tho English language
Tho dinner and festival given by
tho ladies ut Freeman Hail lust oven.
ing was Il fine affair. Tho di,ncr VIVA
Immense, and Davo CGspor's remark
That tho architccta who got up u,o
plans and specifications for tho lay,
OUT were first. class mechanics was
a,,ictiy true. II We did not have an.