Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-04-05
IERoM THURSDAYS DAILY.l
S.AhNIhGUSDl.

The railroad carpenters repaired
the posts, supporting the vIrandah oil
the Depot Hotel, to-day.
The Reno Journal says that Geo.
Russell and family will into the
Nallaincourt house in tho Powning
addition.
See the notice OF Il lecture to be
given for the benefit OF tue public
school next Monday evening. You
should take it in.
There will be Il special meeting of
the Ladies' Aid Society Saturday Mt
: o'clock p. III. All members are re-
questcd TO be present.
Dave Casper has II large stock Of
Spring and Summer goods. See his
al and give him "a call whem you Nu4.
anything in his Ele.
Services will b. held III ST. Paul's
Church to morrow ~ Bishop Leonard
at noon and at 1870 p. IN. Confirma-
lion ut cyeningcscryi,,.
Tho President has signed tie act
repeating the statute prohibiting the
appointment 10 army al navy Of per-
sons who held Confederate commits.
sious.
W. y. McNumara. alias Buttermilli
Jake. has been convicted of selling
whisky to Indians. \ few years ago
Mcnamara was Il prominent citizen
of Storey county.
There will be an interesting Easter
programme rendered Sunday c
ing at the Presbyterian Church under
the auspices ON the Ladies Aid So.
cicty. commencing at 1870 o'clock.
Cousicr:-Tho me and farmers
Of Nyc county live in hopes that Con-
grcss will order the rcopening Of the
American mints to the free coinage
OF silver. Were silver remoue,ized
operations would he resume1in every
mining district in this county, and the
farmers wouId find good markets for
the sale o! their products. In fact all
industries world flourish.
Three masked men held up the can.
uon ball train on the ST. Lonis and
San Francisco railroad. ahOut three
miles east Of Lebanon. Missouri, early
yesterday morning. Tho express car
was blown open with dynamite and
the safe riilcd Of its contents. The
Z Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S officials at St
Lonis say the robbers got sl.2T7
About on" hundred men started i,
pursuit of the robbers.
Silver Statc:-Ule Central Paciti,
railroad company has six new postn
cars on the way from the East which
will arrive in about Il week. The,
were built at Dayton, Ohio. The ar
rangcment Is new. The cars hay,
been built especially for the Contra
Pacific service upon plans furnishc,
10y Mr.. Flint, superintendent Of TIA
railway mail service.
Tho Trustees OF the public schoD
haze made arrangements TO purchase
Il new set Of maps for the use of tn,
school. Ia order to raise the money
they have made arrangements will
Prof. viii Alsford Of san francisco
To deliver u lecture, illustrated will
stcrcopticOn views. Mt Freeman Hal
next Monday evening. Tho entire
proceeds Of the lecture will go TOWARD
purchasing the maps. Sec the No
ticc elsewhere.
The Reno Gazette turned its 2lst
birthday yesterday. For twenty year:
the Gazette has done it's fuii share in
building up the State and its past his
tory Is a sure guarantee that under its
present management it will not lac
behind in the good work to be done
in the future. It is outspokcn in nd,
vocating its sentiments and, though
it, politics are Il little OH color at
times, it is ouc Of the best papers in
the State.
The San Francisco Gail says the
Board OF Directors of the Hale N Nor.
cross minc has decided To send II. W.
~Tangcrman back to Virginia as Sup,
crintcndcmt of the anne. and Tangcr.
man says lac is quite ready TO go. lie
says he IL not afraid. and had they
not taken hlm at Il complete disad,
vantage they would not have sue.
cecdcd as they did, as il" WIS fully
"hCclCd."
\ newspaper published III pckin il
claimed To he the oldest in the world
1t dates from a period 900 years prior
Ia the Norman conquest in En- Innd.
Naturally it's prolonged rNist e in
an aristocratically governed country
like China has been marked by many
vicissitudcs, not tho lCast Of which is
tho fact. recently announced in it,
columns, that during the LOCO years
al it's existence 1900 Of it's cditora
have been bchCadCd. or. roughly
I speaking. two pcrnnuum.
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