Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-12-06
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.l
sALMAGUNDl.
Not 60 cold today.

The h. L. NJ. Co. has cometbing
new today about the fine presents to
be given away ON the 9th. Read it.
President MILFORD Woodruff OF the
Mormon church, is the grandfather OF
ninety grandchildren, the ninetieth
grandchild being born last week.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church are rehearsIng n play to be
given during the teachers institute.
VIM. Mitchell and j. c. Mccoy will
ship a carload OF beef cattle and three
Of calves to San Francisco this even.
ing
The jury in the Hartley case failed
to agree and were discharged. They
stood eight to four in favor Of the
child.
Young Connors, Person and Breed
ing, arrested for the Keeter robbery,
were seen at the Jail by u reporter
this afternoon. They said they were
getting along nicely. Asked il they
wanted 10 make a statement. all said
they did not.
Taxes are coming in slower than
last year. At this time II year ago 200
more receipts had been issued than
have been this year. Taxpayers will
have to get in lively this week TO es-
cape the ten per cent delinquency.
At the late election, Charlton coun.
ty, Georgia, failed to hold IN election.
Whether the voters felt so little inter-
est i'll the result rs to allow it 20 by
default, or did moi learn OF it in time,
is not stated. The Secretary Of State
declares, however, that no election
was held in Charlton county.
Rev. Irl Il. Hicks says i'll his -Word
and Works. "E'or more than Il year
we have been warming the readers Of
on paper and Almanac. Of violent eX-
;rcmes and winter storms i'll Deem
Der, 1896. Such il still our belief,
and SO We still warn"
The Central Ncvadan says il the
Adeluiie copper mine, ncurG olconda
turns ont we'll there will be 80 men
at work i'll il before spring. English
capitalists have put ten ortwelve men
ut work prospecting the mine with Il
view Of determining its value.
Phoebe Record:-The Bunllcrvillo
cotton crop this year will not exceed
10000 pounds. The product per acre
is as good us usual, but less OF it vas
planted. The cotton product of the
settlement is ginned by water power
and shipped to the Woollen Mills N
Washington county, Utah, where it
is exchanged FOR goods.
The official returns from Nebraska
show that Bryan carried the State 10y
1860. Tie full returns are: Bryan
ll5,G2i, Mckinney lG2.jGi, Palmer ..
797. lowering LOG, Socialists and
Nationnlists 90. -Four fusion and
two Republican congressman were
elected. The Legislature stands:
Senatc-Fusionists -. Republicans
S. IIOuse--Fusionists IS, Republi-
cans -.
4 writer in the Springfield Rcpub-
licanrnoting that the gold majority in
the House Inns been reduced from 10
to less than 30 and that the Senate is
.ttlI a., Il,n l,,,la 80 It,a aiI,.arit,y A
marks that another landslide would
leave the Republicans without repre-
s~entation in either branch OF the gov
crnmcnt. Tho Congressional fight
was Il decided victory for the silver
forces.
Great Salt Lake, Utah. has for sew
cral years been furnishing n good part
Of the surrounding country with salt
Lately the salt company, while driv-
ing some piles, discovered II stratum
Of sulphatc Of soda, or glauber's salt ,
with Il slight mixture of silica, which
n he casily separated. Ii IS claimed
that there is sufficient i,ntitics to
mike the discovery q. value. Most
OF II sulphate OF soda IN from
Europe.
EX:-A lady askcd us whether cti
quct.c requires II To knock at the
door ~ an editors snmnctum before
entering. We hasten To reply. II
you arc coming to pay your subscrip-
ton or bring in II nice juicy item OF
news. don't stop 10 knock. but just
walk right in ~ il you owned the
place. II on the other hand. you arc
on collecting tour. you should make
tho fact known through the window
md thcn knock at tho door until the
editor opens. iou mny sink from
exhaustion before lie docs SO. but
You will be adlicring to tho printing
Office etiquette that IL bound tC
please tho average editor.
$500
Jus, what MIncf. want.
All who are. or CSDrct Ia bc inter