Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-02-16
DAILY.l
SALNiAGUNDl.

'"IlHe DISPATCH SayS the
Indians are killing spawning fish on
the reservation ground.
Between 1867 uud 1886 divorces i'll
creased in the United States 1871 per
cent, while the population increased
only 81 per cent.
Tho San Francisco mint COINS on an
average s3.OO0.O 600 a month. Its ca.
pacity is about 60. O00, 600. 1t now
coins 100000 in silver monthly.
John G. Taylor, Il big sheep man
from San Francisco, told the Reno
Gazette Saturday that mutton would
soon touch eight cents in that mark.
ct.
Tho Commissioners Of Eureka
county have fixed the tax rate at
1910 on the 800 outside Of the town
Of Eureka and 1925 on property in
the town.
y contract has been let to run the
Strickles tunnel. near Colorado City,
one and II half miles i'll length through
Pixies Peak ut mn altitude of 1850
feet through solid granite.
Tho Democratic voters Of Texas
will decide Mt the primary election
whether the delegates to the national
convention shall insist on IA free coin.
age plank i'll the platform.
Here is another explanation. \
doctor says that he has found that
most women chew gum for the ". mt
Of some II to talk To. Chewing
gum may after all be a blessing i'll dis.
guisc.
y competitive examination for the
cadetship to the Annapolis Naval
Academy will be held III Nevada
soon. Why don't some Of the bright
boys of Elko county try to capture
the prize?
George W. Mnpcs. the Reno cattle
man, fell hcadlong into II barbcd wire
fence at his ranch i'll Churchill com
- ihob iIihy dHu WAS ScNcItlS cut
about the face. lie will be laid up
for several days.
Montana will lead the "A OF min
cral output i'll 1896. Butte, within
nn area Of less than two square miles,
extracts more money value han II
II district ten times its area ON the
face OF the globe.
Superintendent Agler's private car
was switched oil here to-day and he
and Assistant Superintendent Fitz-
gerald and RUadmastcr Wright put
i'll the afternoon getting acquainted
with Our people.
In three s~tatcs-Wyoming, Colo.
RADIO aud Utah women will vote for
President III November. Colorado
will cast a total vote Of about O,O0O:
Utah $4,000, and Wyoming 10000
This will be the first considerable
test of woman suffrage in Il national
election.
County Commissioner Samuel
States Of Jefferson, Pa, has Il son
whom he calls "Unitcd." lie had him
baptized So. Tho other day he wrote
a letter To his son and addressed it
"Unitcd States, Punxsu:awncy, Pa.
md the Postmaster Mt Brookvillc post
ed it up in II frame outside, labelled:
"hpll for hotter uIIrpsS-
Tho annual report of State Treas.
urcr Wcstcriicld is received. II shows
that the amount i'll the State school
and University funds. including ac.
crucd interest, is sl,2i9.9OG Go. This
includes SG30,0U in State bonds and
S59O,C00 in United Statco bonds. Tho
general fund has Sl2S,Sl0 o.. it being
tho amount applicable for the pay.
mcnt Of current expenses for 1896.
Remarks u western exchange: III
the silver in the treasury vault we're
coined; IL the grccnbacks are not re-
tired; il, ina word, tho metallic money
i'll tho country-including the paper
money - ,ccmablc at demand in met.
al moncy-is increased instead Of
contracted, this country will takc it's
place with prosperous France"
During the last five years there have
been 1902 homicidca in tho United
States AN average Of 7.i37 per year.
In the samC time there have been 723
legal executions md LIS lynchings.
In the last year lc.500 persons we're
killed. or ut the rate Of so II month.
whereas in 1870 the number was only
1900. or less than half as many ma in
1900. Those figures show that tho
crime Of murder is increasing instead
OF diminishing.
South Africa has Il multimillionairc
who can give Rockefeller points
Ills naino IL John Is. Robinson, and
liis fortune IL estimated ut S3jO,0OO,
600. In 1878 Robinson WIS in debt.
He had kept u grocery stor, in tho
Orange Erec State, but he could not
mako both ends meet. lie and his
vito begged their way for 300 miles
la Kimberley. Hero Robinson laid
the foundation Of hin enormous for.
tune by picking up II rough diamond
worth $1,000. llIs one ambition il
said la bc able Ia $50 on record M tho
worlds first millionaire.
Mortgage SintI.iIC-.
Tho completed mortgage statistics
Of tho country have been published