Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-08-18
.lFRoM THURSDAYS DAILY
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time learning to ride a bicycle.
The INDEPENDENT regrets to learn
that Mrs. Doughty, OF Carlin. rs Sc.
riously i'll.
Miss Hattie Riddle, daughter of
Rev. NJ. s. Riddle, arrived from Ho-
quinn, Washington, this morning.
George Hardesty was in from South
Fork to day. He reports a fair hay
crop in that section.
Hon. j. w. Dorsey arrived from
San Francisco last night to defend
Mr.. Pearson at the preliminary exam
nation next Saturday.
The greatest bicycle rider in the
world will be present at the Nevada
State Fair and will give exhibitions
that will delight the multitude.
Constable Cozzens came up last
night in charge OF two Indians who
were sent to the county Jail for thirty
days each for disturbing the peace Of
Carlin.
The value Of all property used for
educational purpnscs in the United
States is placed at s6OO,OOO,OO0. The
public school property alone is valued
at s4OO,OoO.OOO.
James Ritchie, of Paradise Valley,
committed suicide in Winnemucca
Tuesday night by shooting himself.
Dependency over money matters is
supposed to be the ause.
The Boston Art Co. is crowded
with orders already. Go and sit bes
fore Sunday night and get your fin
ished photos before the a leaves.
Paris panels only "a per dozen.
a girl baby born the other day in
Kokomo, Ind, is the fourteenth
daughter OF u fourteenth daughter Of
a fourteenth daughter, a record which
is though. to be unprecedented.
w. w. Taylor, who stole all the
money in the treasury of South Da-
kota, was yesterday sentenced to five
years hard labor in the Sioux Falls
penitentiary, the limit of the law.
Ten thousand acres Of peach orch.
ards in Central Georgia are owned
and managed by one man, who
claims the distinction OF being the
largest peach grower in the world.
x-Congressman Bartine has writ
ten and published n caustic reply to
Secretary Carlisle's speech on the
silver question. The INDEPENDENT
acknowledges the receipt of n copy.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer,
sits down on the theory of waving a
signal flag to the supposed inhabit.
ants of Mars by saying that the flag
would have to be as lnrge as Ireland
and the pole five hundred miles long.
The indictment against G. p. Hunt
ington for issuing an inter state pass
to T. NJ. Stone, a lawyer and politician
was dismissed in the United States
District Court at San Francisco yes.
terday on motion OF the United States
District Attorney.
The lines OF no two human hands
are exactly alike. When a traveller
at China desires a passport the palm
of the hand is covered with fine oil.
pant and an impression is taken on
thin, damp paper. This paper, off,
cially signed, is his passport.
Carson Tribune:-The flow OF hot
water at Shaws' hot springs seems to
be regulated by the tides. The flow
increases regularly each day at nine
o'clock in the morning. At IL o.
clock it is ut its greatest flow and in.
crcases from that time until 4 o'clock
when il decreases again. a curious
fact certainly. Will some one offer
an explanation?
Observation-Disclosures is a good State.
We want to see her prosper. Her
people can do much to build it up il
they will. Hospitable, chivalrous, en-.
terprising, her men are the equals of
any, In beauty, refinement and
Christian loneliness her women arc
not surpassed by those OF any other
State. This State has plenty Of re.
sources and its inhabitants ability,
and why should we not have a pros.
porous State2
The San Jose Mercury truthfully
remarks: There are Some people
whose minds are so contracted that
they can see nothing but jobbery in
every movement for the public good.
Such people have neither the capacity
nor the inclination to originate n
kind OF nm enterprise themselves and
they are a clog to the wheels of prog.
ress in any community that is ailict.
cd by their presence. That class OF
in~competents undoubtedly harbors
the suspicion that tho Creator had
some n%efarious design when Ho gave
life and motion to the universe.
Severe gripping pains OF tho stomach
and bowels instantly and cf~fcctually
stopped by DcWitt's Collie and ChoI.
era Cure. +. f. Muller.