Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-02
[FRoM MONDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUNDl.

The State University cade Is Satur.
day received two brccch loading can.
moo from the Government for artillery
/ practice.
New York has 2i,065 moro women
than men between the ages Of 20 and
%, and Chicago has 3S,9G7 more men
than women.
George j. d. King arrived from
Virginia City Saturday night and
will remain until tomorrow evening.
lIc reports times very quiet ON the
Comstock.
We regret to learn that Mr.. w. Il.
Crane, OF South Fork, is very sick.
Knox came in after DR.. Mcdowell to-
day. Hope the old gentleman may
soon ecovcr.
y commission WIS issued Friday
by Acting Governor Sadler to George
III. Corey rs Commissioner of Deeds
for Nevada. to reside at 10 Wall
street, New York.
Charley Wallace told the Reno Ga.
zctte Saturday that he doubted
whether the improvement in Cover
nor Jones' condition would prove
permanent. lie says the Governor is
yet a very sick man.
Cecil Rhodes. who has been the rul-
ing spirit in South Africa, and who is
SO rich hat the Bank Of England
thinks nothing Of cashIng ms check
for { 100000, saved his life by going
south when he was Il boy after he
had lost one lung.
The United States government has
taken possession OF several mounds
recently found near Charleston, Ga,
which some seem to think were built
by DeSotO. Recently Il farm hand
blowing near the mounds turned up
Spanish CONS bearing dates Of 500
and l30S.
Tho Cincinnati Tribune Of the 10Th
inst. says: There now seems To be no
question that the Hon. John G.. Car
Isle is IN uvowed candidate for the
nomination for President. and in soIne
quarters It il believed that he has
been selected to perpc;uate the Cleve-
land dynasty.
District Attorney Massey left for
Carson Saturday night to argue the
case OF the State w. the Wheeler
Bros. before the Supreme Court.
This il the suit brought 10y the Dis
tnct Attorney last Summerto test the
Wciland sheep law passed by the last
Legislature.
"Iho trouble with the young men
OF the present day said Miss Strong
who was explaining why she did not
marry, lis that they are too ambitious.
They expect their wives to be able to
put them in the position III which
their fathers find themselves after
middle life
\ woman will he drafted for ser.
vice i'll the French army next year
for tho rcasou that at her birth she
was enormously registered rs a male
child. Though the officials are cogni.
zant Of the blunder. red tape makes
1t essential for her to present herself
for military duty.
One OF the best disinfcctants in the
sick room is II BASIN Of fresh water.
Water is a great absorbant Of noNious
gases. Water that has been open in
the bedroom soon gathers Impurities
and ii unfit To drink. 4 wide mouthed
vessel OF pure water will often do
more to bring refreshing sleep Ia n
nervous patient than will an opiutc,
This is not a theory, but experience.
Tho INDEPENDENT Office has been
Il noisy place to-day. Gardner & Son
took ont the old doors and put III u
brand new front, which not only adds
greatly to tho appearance OF the OF.
iico but makes il much warmer and
lighter. Tho pcsky carpenters made
so much noise that IL has been almost
impossible for tho force to do any
work.
Detroit Free Press: - Inscription on
the blade Of Kaiser Willclm's sword:
Trust in God! he courageous in bat.
tie, in order that you may preserve
your honor and your glo!y! Tho one
who rclics couragcously on tho aid OF
God IL never beaten. Your strength
belongs to the fatlicrland. 70 my
dcnr son, Wilhelm, May 6, 1892. vii.
holm, H."
Chicago lntcr.O ccan:-Onc OF tho
most wonderful Of tho fcathcrcd in.
habitatts OF Sonth America is the
oven bird, which mixes hair with mud
md builds its nest in tho form Of q
bakers oven, In this structure there
are two compartments, one OF which
where the eggs nro laid is high up.
so TINT tho birds may hatch their
young in tho dry.
Elaborate plans are under way Tor
making Lake Tahoe accessible aud
attractive. bliss & Son, Of Nevada,
are having built ut tho Union iron
works u steel steamer which in Ia run
twonty.thrCc knots an hour. In nd.
dition 10 this they propose Ia built Il
broad gauge electric road from
Truckcc Ia Lake Tahoe, and also
build u large hotel ncnr the lake.