Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-28
lFRoM DAILY
SALMAGUNDl.

Ross Co, came down from Mountain
City Saturday.
The Pullman Palace Car CO. has
declared Il regular quarterly dividend
Of two per cent.
Miss Lille Rosenstock has closed
her school in the Buel District and
returned TO town.
Those having cows running at large
around town should take care OF them
at night or the law will be enforced.
State Superintendent Cutting ar
rved yesterday morning and went di-
rect to Tuscarora to visit the school.
MR. Switzer, nee Miss Carrie
Smith, arrived yesterday morning on
u visit to her brother, Mr.. w. r.
Smith.
The Reveillc says about two inches
Of now fell at Austin last Sunday
morning and the ladies who had
Easter bonnets were in a towering
rage.
The NeZ Perccs reservation i'll Ida
no is to he opened to settlement the
first OF May. 4 rich gold mining
country is embraced within the bord-
ers Of this tract.
Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon. thinks
the National Democratic Convention
will make concessions to the silver
men and that, il il does. the party
will sweep the country in 1896.
1t should be noted says an ex-
change, that tho signs Of returning
prosperity are coincident with the
signs OF M almost universal revival
Of Il sentiment favorable to silver.
1t is said that more cattle were
shipped from Nevada during the
month of March, this year, than at any
other period i'll the history OF the
State, not excepting the beef bonanza
days.
Joseph Douglas, the Virginia capt.
alist. who held Il mortgage on w. S.
Bailey's Churchill county ranch. at
the foreclosure sale bid in about 1900
head Of stock cattle at $3.50 Il head all
around.
The Enterprise says that Major
Dennis il considering the proposition
OF strating II weekly paper i'll Reno. to
be called the Free Lance" which is
intended To become the -Argonaut"
OF Nevada.
Governor Jones has appointed Hon.
Ii. +. Lcete, OF Reno, Hon. III. T.. Bar
tine OF Casson, and Hon. w. Il. lShar-
on OF Virginia City to represent Ne
vada ut the silver conference to be
held ut Salt Lake City. May ID.
Silver State:-Another importation
OF Basque shecphcrdcrs arrived from
Spain yesterday. Under the new
sheep law they will have Ia buy land
or pay m annual license before they
cal engage extensively in the sheep
business like their predecessors.
Thoy do some things pretty well in
Switzerland. The State holds II mo
nopoh Of matchmaking, and has de-
cidcd that the surplus shall be de
voted to improving the quality Of the
match and ~lcsscning the price.
Fancy anything Of that sort i'll this
country.
\ saloon. Keeper by the name OF
Robert Bricsc petitioncd the Super
visors Of San Francisco to have the
side::cntranccs toall the churches clos
cd md the lounges removed from the
churches. Tho Supervisors thought
Briesc WIS joking and referred lis
petition To the wastc bnskct.
Tho thicving ring ut Carson have
finally succeeded in closing the Mint.
II ia now in order for them to shed
crocodile tears Over the result Of their
work and curse the Administration
for putting Il stop to their thicvory.
No honest man will blame tho Gov.
crnmcnt for closing up II robbers
rOOst.
Harry, the Preacher, wishes the IS-
DEPENDENT tn give notice That there
will he m Indian fandnngo in Elko in
about three days. Harry wants all tho
Indians to behave themselves and net
get drunk. llo says drunken Indians
make all the trouble for his people in
Ellso county. Harry is the chief of
the Elko lndiansand they should obey
him.
Jefferson said: "Nothing is 40 i'm.
portaDt ns thnt America slrnll separate
herself from the systems of Europe
md establish one Of her own. Our
circumstances, ON pursuits, our in.
terests are distinct; the principles Of
our policy should he nlso." What do
those who insist on cpgratting the II.
nancjal policy OF Europe on tho Unit.
cd StatcH think Of itY
Appcal:-Wc think it might he Il
good idea for the Republican papers
in this State. 10 admit that thorn is II
shortage in thoMint, and that tho par
tics responsible for II will lIavo to face
the issue i'll n criminal trial. The prac.
ticc INDUCED in by some Of these or
gans IN trying TO discrcdit everything
in connection with tho case. will not
nssist tho guilty u particle, when tho
time comes to prove the fact.