Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-09-20
uFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
SAIiMAGUNDl.

Webster Dorsey arrived from San
Francisco last night.
WIN. Smiley. one OF Elko ~county's
next Assemblymen. is in town.
General r. 81. Clark came up from
Carson last night.
4. w. Gobblc, the postmaster and
solid citizen OF Wells. Is in town to-
day.
Ed Kelley is down from lialleck.
He will visit his old home in Penn
sylvaniu next month.
a party OF sixteen Rathbonc Sisters
went To Tuscarora this morning To
institute "a lodge Mt that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Morrow and
Miss Nellie Shechan left last evening
on nm extended trip through New
York and the East. They will he
gone about three months.
Maine held mn election yesterday
for State and county officers. Tho
Republicans carried the State 10y
$4,000 plurality and elect all the State
and county officers.
Scntipcl: - William Thomas was
found dead in his cabin on Ruby Hill
last Monday morning. His death is
believed to have been due Ia hem
orrhage of the lungs. lie first came
To this country from Cornwall Eng
land. in 1857. and has been mining Oh
Ruby fill Tor the last IL years.
4 German doctor. who has been
collecting infor nation about the hab-
its Of long-livcd persons, finds that
the majority OF those who attained
old age lpdulged i'll late hours. Eight
out OF ten persons I'VE so never went
to bed till well into the small hours
and did not get up again till late in
the day
Rrveilic:-There is Il huge mount
ain lion in the mountains between
Ellsworth and Downeyvillc. and every
night for two weeks has gone to ;ha
house Of the lJowney Bros. ut Down
cyvillc, and when very near by roarS
frightfully. The !. owney Bros have
tracked the animal Tor owe three
miles, along the road towards Els
worth. The dog thnt has conquered
every other beast tremblcs with fear
Mt the roar Of the lion.
The trial az the ease 81 Raine W.
Perry. Il water suit from Eureka conn
~. began in the District Court this
morning. II will consume sevcral
days. f. S. Harrington and General
Clarke represented the plaintiff and j
w. Dorsey and Is. i. Curlor. Jr. the
defendcnt. The panel "f jmrymcn
was exhausted mt > o'clock with
eleven jurors i'll the box. The Court
issued n special vcnirc for Mr.. james
Russell and adjourned until Is this
evening.
1t is lille for Mai. Mckinley 10 talk
rs he docs about repeating the Will
son bill. lie knows and the country
knows TINT however the next election
for congress may result no high tariff
legislation can pass the senate with
its assured majority for silver unless
with il arc joined some concessions tn
FREQ coinage demands. Facts are
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sight by mere gesture. Boston
Globe.
At meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee, presided
over by j. x. Ryan, at Virginia City
Inst Friday. n committee consisting OF
W. G. Thompson. Major Dennis and
John Gallagher n appointed To
unite with a like committee. Ia he APP
pointed by the other wing OF the party.
in recognizing the State Central
Committee mud consolidating ali FAC
tions Of the party.
Tho Fifth Annual Session of the
National Irrigation Congress will
meet in Phoenix. Arizona. December
10Th To- nth. Governor Sadler has
appointed Gcmgo /. ltlmy delegate
from Nevada. who viii attend and use
his best efforts 10 bring the next meet.
ing oil in Nevada. All the arid States
sayo Nevada has had the Congress
and there is no good reason why we
should not hnvo tho next ono.