Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-12-06
lFRoM THURSDAYS DAILY.
sAl.MAGUNDI.
John Hibbets is better today.

oNhoco Alho ~
from his Eastern trip.
Sheriff Mnteer collected s253.Io I,
licenses last month.
Fitzsimmons put SharIley.!o s'e,p
III the eighth round. The fight was
given to Sharkey on u foul.
9. d. Van Du ger was married to
Kentucky girl-Miss Nellie Webster
on November 18th.
a new squirrel exterminator thai
killed 1000 squirrels In one round is
a production OF Santa Rosa. Cal.
Mark Hanna spent yesterday at
Canton fixing up McKinley's cab
met.
Marion Wilson, the young Reno
lawyer has, concluded to locate in
Elko. The INDEPENDENT wishes him
success.
Professor Edward A. Schu'ze,
teacher of music in the State Univcr-
sity, died in Reno Tuesday night
after u brief illness.
A Russian family, consisting OF Il
husband, wife and three children,
froze to death in North Dakota on
TIL thanksgiving day.
District Attorney Massey has been
notified that Edward S. Kendrick,
sent from here to the penitentiary for
life in 1889 for the murder OF Otto
Hugo, has applied for n pardon on
the grounds of mercy.
Yonkers Stateman:-A Western
farmer wrote TO his lawyer rs follows:
will you please tell me where you
learned to write? l have Il boy l
wish to send to school, and l am
afraid 1 may hit upon the same school
that you went to-"
Cripple Creek has about 5000
claims on record, Of which 5000 are
not patented. To comply with the
law requiring assessment work. ex-
perditures aggregating half n million
dollars will be necessary to hold the
ground.
At a regular meeting OF Elko Lodge
No. 10 +. & \. NJ. held on Tuesday
evening the following officers we're
elected: John Henderson, w. NJ; r.
Z. Keyser, s. W.; David Casper, j. W.
j. \. Mcbride, Treasurer; and j. F.
Triplett. Secretary.
The Silver State says there ia about
5000 head OF cattle feeding in Para
disc Valley at present time, about 3
COO less than there were at this time
last year. Owners OF beef cattle are
holding them for the better prices,
the indications beng that the market
will be much better in Il few weeks.
The editor of the Wadsworth Dis.
patch, is Il bachelor aud yet he gets
oil the following: "rhe girl who can
hold her beau during December has
a good chance to wear his name
through life a whole month would
he II long sitting and we wouldn't
like to be held that long. Have you,
Bro. Hummel?
Expert craftsmen blew open the
safe in IIirschburg's jewelry store,
Omaha. yesterday morning and took
$4,000 in cash and diamonds. They
did not leave n cent in the store.
Though the store Is in the heart OF the
business district, the exploding dyna-
mite was not heard.
Those who have not as yet done
the required 800 worth Of work or
improvements on the unpatented
claims owned by them, for the IL
months ending midnight, December
81, 1896, should bear in mind that tho
time is drawing very short for this
work to be done.
A trolley man-oi.war, modelled after
the battleship Brooklyn, has been
placed On n street car line in Fitch
burg, Mass. Tho Chicago Times
Herald says it is a device that ia
likely to invade all the principle cities
in the near future. Tho present ship
carries 100 people and is 81 feet long,
Q feet wide and 10 foot high.
1t is said that the $40 aud the 81
gold pieces and the Bland dollar NC
tho only coins perpetuating tho dc.
signer's name. Underneath the lower
line OF the medallion on the diverse
OF the gold pieces is j. b. l.. (James
b. L%aDgacre.l In nearly the same
position on the diverse OF the Bland
dollar is tho letter M. II also appcare
on tho reverse upon the left fold Of
the ribbon uniting the wreath, beng
the initial letter OF Morgan.
Gazctte:-C Congressman Nowlandt
will do his best to get an appropriation
through tho next session OF Congress
to build II Postoflice building ut Reno
lie has three sites in Wow, ono is th,
Morning and O'Connor lot on Secont
street, the other is the vacant 10
opposite tho Episcopal Church OF
Second street and tho third ia tho 10
where tho old Alhambra buildinl
stands nj the corner OF First I'm,
Virginia streets.