Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
IFROM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALIMAGUNDI

StOln. OuE local weather sharp won
make my prediction.
The Z II. NJ. Co.'S delivery horse
ran away to-day. No damage WIS
done to horse or wagon.
Tho oldest national flag in the
world is that OF Denmark, which las
been in use since the year 1919.
Senator Lodge has cunvassed the
Senate on the Monroe doctrine and
finds but eight votes against the Davis
resolution.
The Dceth Theatrical Company
will play dot the Miners Daughter"
at the |. .. G. II. Hall. Lamoille, next
Friday night.
Charley May, Deputy U. S. Inter
nal Revenue Collector, came up from
the west last night. He reports quiet
times around Reno and Carson.
One hundred and thirty-iive thous-
and Americans visited Europe last
year, and they are supposed to have
spent sG0,000,000 during their visit.
Mr.. j. W. Felt, the electrician who
put in the electric light plant. finished
his work here yesterday and left for
his home in San Francisco on No. 4
to day.
Mrs. $. NJ. Henley has an interest
ing card i'll another column. Those
in need OF anything i'll her line will
do well To examine her stock before
purchasing.
GaEcttc:-It il understood from
the trainmcn that the ice palace at
TruclIcc Is in first class condition
again. The last two nights there
have been very cold.
Eugene Pardiui. one 81 the gang
Of old men arrested in San Francisco
for outrnging little girls was senten-
ced to ten years imprisonment by
Judge Wallace yesterday.
The Omaha Bee says: In one day
recently Emperor William OF Ger.
many, wrote Il song, painted "a picture,
designed a fort, and lost his temper.
1t was Il dull day with him, too.
Young doctor ION his honeymoon)-
Just observe. WHEY dear. the curious
tints Of the sky. That cloud poised
OH the mountain crest ever yonder IL
exactly the color Of n diseased
liver"
Here is II New Years sentiment
from Sydney Smith Elf il he my lot
to crawl, | will crawl c~ontcntcdly; If
to fly, | will fly with Hlucrity; but, as
long rs | can avoid il, | will never be
unhappy"
Tho ladies should not forget the
meeting at the parlOr Of tho Depot
Hotel at I o'clock this evening To-
make arrangements for "A leap year
ball. The ladies having the matter
in charge would like Ia see Il big at
tendance.
\ large stream or creek that has
been flowing through Antelope Valley
for over thirty years hns entirely
dried up. Mr.. Todkill, who il now in
Carson. thinks the disappearance il
due to earthquake shock that visited
the valley last Friday.
a severe storm Of wind, rain and
slcct prevailed in the East yesterday.
Tclcgraphic communicn tion between
Now York City and New England
WA entirely suspended. Along tho
coast tho wind had "a velocity OF from
forty To sixty miles an hour.
In Albany Il man sold his wife for
% cents; Il Pittsbug woman sold her
husband for 500 in cash aud jowelry.
This wide variation shows the use.
fulncsS of market quoatious and
even Of the stock market. There
ought to bc some kind Of stcRdincss
in these transactions.
An experienced matron suys: a
man will cat Goggy biscuits twice n
week without cOpmlaint when his girl
invites him out to tea. Bnt after tho
girl becomes his wife, IL thcrc IN tho
f~aintcst indication of Il touch Of sal.
Hratus in thom, tho ncighbors will
think there il Il district school out
for Il recess by the racket no makes.
Fifty.Ri H. tons Of gold ore from tho
April Fool mine Mt De Lamar, that
ncttcd the owners about SlJ, 900. was
recently sold ut Salt Lake through
the Taylof& Burton sampling works.
Tho ore was in two lots, both high
grade, but ono containing thirty.s ix
tons, selling Mt $3.50 II ton; the other
containing twenty tons and bringing
sl35 Il ton.
Last evening while little Bessie
Keith was playing on the street shc
was bitten in tho right oyc by u dog
belonging To Frank Riddle. One OF
tho teeth puncturcd tho eye. lid, nm.
other bruised the cyc.bnll md another
elightly bruised tho flesh below tho
cyc. Very fortunately tho injury ia
not serious. Tho wounds were
dressed and eto will eoon bc all right.
a process has been patented in Gcr.
mnny for making II substitute Tor the
natural skin for use in wounds. Tho
muscular coating Of the intCatincs Of
animals IN Invested Of mucous mem.
hrnnc. md tlon. treated in II pcpsin
solution Until tho muscular iibcrs arc