Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-05-24
SALSIAG uSDi

y cold disagrecable day.
Cholera has broken out in Mar
settles, France.
Bring your job work to the INDIE
PENDENT Office.
Assessor Eggcrs has returned from
an assessing trip.
Twenty pounds Of Bayo beans for
II dollar, at Craighead's.
Tho INDEPENDENT devil says this
has been a windy afternoon.
Alfred Field, IL colored murderer.
was hanged Mt Chicago yesterday.
The Nevada wool clip this year il
reported to he Of good staple and I'M
usually good condition.
When the addition to the CONNER
cial Hotel is completed. it will be one
Of the cosiest places in town.
Mr.. +. Ii. O'Kecfc, Of San Jose, was
in town this forenoon. He reports
business picking ny in California.
There arc seven prisoners in the
county Jail. Three Of these are lndi-
ans who are in for getting drunk.
Rear Admiral Thomas ii. Stevens,
U. 5. ~. retired. was found dead in
bed Mt Rockville. Maryland. ycstcr-
day morning.
Edison has taken out I'll patents
up to date. and il he lives ten years
longer will probably make the mum
bora round thousand.
Philadelphia Times:-The man who
sits down Ia wait for his opportunity
will discover that 1t passed that way
several hours before he sat down.
\ large crowd attended the dance
Mt the Commercial Hotel last night.
Everybody had a splendid time and
pronounced 1t II Of the ~pleasantcst
dances Of the sens on.
Sam Small, the Indian. who conf
mittcd the murder at the Pyramid
Reservation, hung himself III the
Wadsworth Jail Tuesday afternoon
with Il rope made out Of ms jumper.
He Is Il good Indian now.
Genoa Courier: In these days
when you see Il man with IL worn and
weary look going about with the gem
cral bearing Of II hen in Il hnilstorm,
you can bet your sweetheart against
u last year = bird-nest that his vita is
cleaning house.
Senator Teller was elected a dele
gate to the National Convention by
the Colorado Republicans and all the
delegates were instructed To act in
harmony with him. This means that
Colorado will bolt il u gold bug is
nominated ona sound money plank.
Gazcrtc:-E. 4. Moore has Just re-
ceivcd his medal and diploma for his
honey exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
Tho medal IL Of fine workmanship.
Ii is OF bronze and put up III IN al
minimum case. Tho diploma is ON
shecpskin, and is very neat. Mr..
Moore il exceedingly proud Of his
Worlds Fair achievements.
Tho knights OF Labor journal says
Tho owner OF the $1,000 invested in
Western Union Telegraph stock in
1853. has been paid down to tho pres
ent time $4,000 in stock and 300, 900
in cash dividends, M average OF 800
per cent per annum, And our select.
cd solons at Washington say TINT tho
Government might lose money il it
tried to run the telegraph"
y confederate veteran in North
Carolina, lOl years old, recently pc-
titioncd the State legislature for a
pension. Htating that he was no longer
nblo to support himself. IIo had VOL
untecrcd at the age Of CT. md had
served through the war. being wound
ed several times, had not applied bo-
fore for aid because he did not think
II right to do so while no could earn
HE living. Finally, thiscxtraorlinary
old hero asked for no arrears. but for
just enough Ia keep him alive and
decent during the rest oi his stay on
earth. His petition w@ granted.
Tho Treasury Department has IL.
sued u further call on tho depository
banks graded according to tile amount
Of their holdings Of Government non
"y. Tho aggregate amount 80 held ia
approximately s0.OO0,OOO. The call
is general on all depository banks for
Iifty per cent of their holdings. To DO
puid on or before juno lat. AZ tho
tho sub-trcasury and banks il In stat
ed no important change in money
rites IL likely Ia result at the moment
from tho call, owing to tho large con.
iinued receipts ot funds from inter-
nal and heavy amounts Of foreign
capital Offering in this market.
SchnoI Report.