Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-29
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=. IL. Hale arrived from 'mnh,
Saturday.
Dave e sper got ia "a lot 81 new
goods today.
Miss Nellie Anderson left FOL
i'Clover Valley yesterday to resume
work in her school.
Ed i,cin!Iart put up Il large sigT
on the store today. Ed. says the tow
is bound 10 grow uud he wants the
peopie to know where he does bust
ness.
Women constitute two-thirds Of al
the church members OF the United
| States and only one thirteenth Of III
the criminals.
Thomas Collins and y. II. Gramlir
arrived from Butte City last night
They are interested III Salmon River
Mining district ana will leave ior
there tonight.
The Il. II. NJ. Co. will give away
s2IO worth Of presents to their
customers on December 2lth. Read
the new nd. and make up yonr mind
To get one OF them. ga
More than - per cent. of the en-.
listed men OF the United States navy
are now American citizens, and u.orc
than 81 per cent. of the apprentice
boys are American born, according to
the statement of Adm. Ramsay,
chief Of the bureau Of navigation. i'll
his annual report. During the year
So men and liG apprentices deserted,
by far the greater number OF descr-
tions being at home ports
y newspaper i'll a neighboring town
recently said: The prettiest girl in
town doesn't carry herself straight
enough when promenading." For a
week after all the young ladies' in
town staikcd about like So many bean
poles. aud every girl said: That
hOrrid old paper ina, don't ! walk
straight
The Bucnos Ayrcs STANDARD states
that Il certain province in Brazil has
fixed a tax on all bachelors according
to the following scale: Twenty to
80 years old, 81 lii ,ntlly; 80 to b,
SlO monthly; b to 30, go monthly;
90 to 10. $50 monthly;
monthly: T5 to so, 30 cents monthly
New York Tribune:-A Maine man
who has studied church fairs pretty
carefully thus defines them: ~
church fair is "a place where we spend
more money than We can afford fol-
things We do not want. in order tc
please people whom we don't like
and To- hep the heathcns, who are
happier than We are
Here Is something worth trying
should you have occasion: There i.
no use walking the floor with a fclon,'
says n gentleman who has had some
experience i'll that direction. -WraI
a cloth loosely around the fclon leav,
ing tie end open. Pour gun powder
III the end aud shake IT down until
the f"lon ia covered. Then keep il
wet with camphOr. In two hours the
pain will he rclivcd and Il perfect cure
will quickly follow
\ report was current in town this
morning that Sam Jones and Nick
Mccoy had had Il shooting scrapc in
Mardis and that Mccoy had been
killed. investigation, however, proved
that the report was without founda.
ton.
Tho Reno Plaindcalcr, the ouly
Populist paper in the State. suspended
publication. DR.. Hogan, tho editor
md PROPRIETOR, said in the last issue
that tho suspension was temporary.
Mr.. Holmes has completed the
work un the schOulhouse and court.
house. He went up to Starr Valley
tins morning to do some work for
Mr.. Smiley.
Maurice Brandt and Mrs. Della
Mcclellan we're married in Ogden
Wednesday. Their many friends
here wish them happincs5 and pros
pcrily.
Judge Talbot returned from Ely
Saturday night. lie says that Ely is
rather quiet, but that Cherry Creek
il ~livelicr than it has been for years
Maj. Mckinley will he tho first sol,
dicr in tho white house who entered
the army M u private.
"wivcs wanted is the aign con,
R~picuously displayed in the mining
cnmps Of British Columbia, where
there are ten men to ono woman
Hero il M opportunity for spinstcrI
who have failed To make good use o
their lcap-yoar chances.
Oscar llildGbrandi rccciv we'd II lcttc
written in German. today from WI
lloughtOn. the tramp arrested for tn
murder Of Charles Sucnd. lloughto
IL now in tho Washdc county hospitn.
lie asks lIildcbrnndt To look up cy.
dcncc for him M no intends to brin
u suit for damages against tho Il.
Co. for putting him oil tho trni
here.
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