Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-02-03
.lFRoM THURSDAYS DAlLY.l
sA,.MAouNDI.
A lovely day.
Tba I,st 5ay 30

iOsCiy unS.
The last day OF january.
The Arkansas Democrats have re-
elected Senator James II. Berry.
Warden Henderson takes charge OF
the penitentiary tomorrow.
Rev. f. j. Gillespie left for San
Jose, California on No. 4 to-day.
~Ex.Secretary of State Grey has the
Thanks OF the INDEPENDENT for a copy
OF his biennial report.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
been sued for not stopping at a STA
ton to let a passenger Off.
w. S. Clayton came in from Mound
Valley yesterday and returned to day.
he reports everything quiet in the
valley.
Governor Jones has II thanks for
u copy of his report as Surveyor Gen.
eral also his inaugural message to the
Legislature.
Cuckoo Springer is preparing n bill
to carry out the financial policy Of the
Administration. 1t should be prompt
ly knocked in the head.
Don't" says "a shoemaker. Ego early
in the forenoon to have boots or shoes
fitted. In the latter part OF the day
the feet are Mt their maximum size
The defensive weapon OF the ostrich
Is his leg. He eau kick as hard rs u
mule, and it is a remarkable fact
that his kick is forward, never back.
ward.
c. E. Noble returned from Omaha
to day where he had been with sever.
al carloads Of beef cattle. He reports
a better market in Omaha than in
San Francisco.
Grove NJ. Sayles, OF Tuscarora, took
his wife to the Reno Insane Asylum
to-day. Mrs. Sayles is afflicted with q
suicidal mania and insists that she is
going to be hanged.
Tho lottery amendment To the State
Constitution ~receivei its death blow
in the Senate yesterday. Not a sin.
gle Senator had the hardihood to cast
his vote in favor OF the corrupt
scheme.
The Peak Sisters" an entertainment
by ten young ladies. will be given at
Freeman Hall on the evening of Feb.
10, under the supervision OF the La
dies Aid Society OF the Presbyterian
church.
The following is given as the depth
Of snow in tho mountaius: Tructce,
10 feet; Summit, 81; Cisco, Is; Emf
grant Gap, II; Blue Canyon. O.; Towle,
I; Dutch Flat, G; Gold Run, 3; Cape
Horn, ;; Colrax, 10 inches.
Post:-Talk about Ignorance. 4
prominent London paper, in refer.
ring to the death of the late James G..
Fair. says: "Hc WINS one OF the
c~ornstalk millionaires OF California
and was Mt the time n partner in the
famous firm of the Mackeys."
The bill introduced into the Assem-.
bly, by Wilson OF Lyon county, pro,
hibiting the sale Of liquo: in the
Capitol, should be promptly pissed.
The Legislature should discourage
drunkenness instead Of encouraging
1t by conducting grog shop in the
Capitol.
The Chicago Live Stock Report
says the highest price paid for cattle
III Chicago last week was 1915 per
hundred pounds live weight. Prime
sheep are worth about the same MS a
year ago-s4.75 per hundred pounds.
No branch OF the live stock is heal
thier than the sheep market.
1t is said that an examination of the
ballots cast in the Rebel Creek pre
ciuct, Humboldt county, at the last
election shows that Chief Clerk Hop.
pin OF the Assembly voted the
straight Republican ticket. In this
precinct the judges Of election failed
to detach the numbers from the bal
lots.
Ham Mccain informed tho INDIE.
PENDENT late yesterday afternoon
that MIR. Henry Voigt had so far re.
covered from his recent severe at.
tack OF pneumonia hat he would he
removed to his home in Lamoillc Val.
ley to day. Mr.. Voigt's many friends
will be pleased TO hear this good
news.