Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-29
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IL" MH.!:2tiOns arc good Tor 4 hi.
storm.
The e was only one colored man
elected 20 the coming Congress, and
his MAINS is White.
How the fur will fly among the Ne.
vada Republicans after MrKinlcy's
al auguration.
There ara thrcs Indians and one
white man III tic county Jail.
Al. FISHER came down from Wells
today to look for the -other fellow"
Ike GlNoli Is Ill from Ruby Val
ley. lie rsporis everything lovely III
that sect on.
The the is getting short in which
TO pay y"nr taxes before the ten per
cent. delinquency Is added.
LOOK out tor the big nd. OF tho T..
L. NJ. Co. which will appear Mon.
day.
The man who enters upon II life
Of deceit. will sOon bc ale to lie and
steal without hurting his conscience.
Take away woman" shouted the
orator. and what would followI' we
would" sai | u man at the back Of the
audience, promptly.
The tirsi paper money uscd Ill this
country Was issCed 10y Pennsylvania
a. ...yt A., tina .urIks ,.r, - tI.t
year Flo uJU WIS issued Oh the credit
ot tie colony, and "a lev months later
i3v,UUU more followed.
An envelope is made III Germany
with an opaluc lining ar inner coat
my al silver, which sven ii liocnigen
ray cHLnoi penetrate, making tile
contents q; dlc envelope sccdrc from
all attempt, al pryng.
In the American ciyI! war / out of
every ~ men was killed aud | III each
10 wounded. In Napuieon's early
wars | out III each % WAS killed, and
an average as | death Il each 10 EN-
gagged Is reported
Tho official reports u: the crops in
European tsuasIa. show a deficiency
81 iG,5Ol.OoJ quarters of grain as
compared with the average Of the last
fifteen years.
james Porter aud Thomas lIalkct:,
charged wIliI attempting To wreck Il
train near itcao. Il few months ago.
were acquitted by u Washoc county
jury yrstcr lay.
Mining and Scientific Prcss:-In
the recent political campaign Color
ado and Montana each contributed
s2uO,0Oo u the silver campaign fund.
and U!uh 100000.
New York State elected II Rcpubli-
can Legislature whiri will in the or
derby course Of events retire Senator
David Is. iiIll from public life. as his
term nf u!licc expires on the 18th OF
March next,
Thomas j. bradley, congressman
elect for The ninth district Of Now
York, will be the youngest member
vino ever rat IN the halls of congress.
Bradley WAS born January I'd, 1870,
in the district which he will represent
in congress.
Miss Magtic Keith has closed her
school at White Rock and is spending
IL iow days in town with her mother.
She will leave for NOr,h Fork next
week to take charge ui the school in
Mr.. i]iuthcrford's district.
Don't forget the shuoting match at
the hot springs on Thanksgiving
LAY.
Mining and Scientific Prcas:--
Those who have not rs yet done the
required 800 worth Of work or i'm
pre- vcmcnis on the unpatcnted claims
held by them, for the twelve months
ending midnight, Dec. 81, 1896,
should bear III mnd that tho time il
drawing very short for this work to
he done. 1t IL also necessary that
proof Of such wor. he filed with the
Recorder.
Tho word money owes its very cx-
is,cncc Ia the Latin goddess Juno
Moncta. III whose great temple was
struck the first Roman coinage. Tho
form took it's nam, from Florence,
in which city il was struck about the
thirteenth century. Ducats were
especially struck for circulation in
the huchy Of Apulia in lll0 ind bore
a beautiful inscription.
Tho ecvcnty.two races mnuDiting
the world communicate with cacl,
other in 1901 different Tongues and
confess 10 about 1000 religions rlt
number Of men aud wOmcn arc vor,
nearly equal and the average lOngev.
ity 81 both HcXcs being only 81 years
about onc.tliird OF tho population dy
ing before tho age Of II.
An Alcdo. Illinois. merchant ~ in
peck OF trouble. lIc has dunn!
female figures in front Of his store, oi
which nro displayed tho gauds tina
gladden. tho girls. Ito supposed h
had carried them all in the othc
night, hut discovered after turning
out tho lights and starting home. tim
no hRd left one standing outside.
little vcxcd. he grabbed tho iigur