Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-15
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
sALMAGUNDI.

Silver was down to 55h yestel
day.
There are six boarders in Maieer'
hotel.
The loss by the Battle Mountain
lire is now placed at $4,000 instead o
$4,000 as first reported.
Uncle Sans available cash balanc,
in the treasury yesterday was s22s.
loi.809; gold reserve, sl44.l4l.l77.
Mrs. T. T. Harris, Miss Jessie and
Ray left this forenoon on a visit
through Mound. Huntington and
Ruby Valleys.
The Outlook contains the follow.
ing interesting bit Of information re.
gardinR school teachers: Nevada,
the so-called rotten borough, and
abont the poorest State in the Union
pays her teachers hi ger salaries than
any other State"
j. 4. Knollin. a livestock commits
sion merchant OF Kansas City. has
bought S0.00l head Of sheep which he
is driving to Kansas to feed. He has
divided them into Twelve bands. each
OF which is driven by eight men. BY
driving the sheep overland instead OF
shipping them he will save 100000.
BY reference to the proper heading
1t will he seen That another OF Elko
cnunty's school ma'ams has suc
cumbed to the wiles OF Cupid and
and taken unto herself a husblnd.
The newly welded pair left on No.
this morning for Salt Lake. The In
DEPENDENT extends its c%ongratuIa-
tons to the bride and groom.
The Reno Gazette says: Eastern
cattle BUYERS here Say TINT there is a
great demand for cattle feeders,
East and thnt il the farmers ON the
Meadows intend to feed up their hay
or il the the San Francisco butchers
intend feeding here they will have to
lay for cattle, for the East must have
them to eat up its corn.
Commissioner McCreary OF the
Dominion Government has informed
the Canadian Pacific authorities that
any American laboreB engaged for
10
that work will be deported to their
own country. fIe has instructions
from the Canadian Government to
strictly enforce the new law. 1t ap.
pears that Canadians treat Americans
ms Americans treat Chinese.
a Civil Service examination to fill
the acanc in the posi- ion If fireman
Of the Federal building in Carson
will he held in that towr on the 10Th
Of this month. The position is worth
s720 per mum and the examination
will consist OF a light educational
test and practical questions in the
work. Blanks will be furnished on
application to S. II. Day. p~netaIuster
The Ohio Populists held their
State convention yesterday. The del,
egates inGulged in a wordy war thai
finally resulted in n free fight. Chair
were broken and pandemonium reign
ed. '"lhe police were finally callet
and restored order. Tine anti-fusior
men were in the majority and nomin.
nted Jacob S. Coxey for Governor
This indicates that Hanna got in hil
fine worS.
The Journal says two Indiar
women, injured in the late wreck, are
lying i'll the Indian camps compare
lively helpless and ono in the most
intense agony. They were visited b,
some oi the ladies OF Reno wlrc
found the condition OF the womer
pitiable and aim At II disgrace to q
civilized community. 1t was thought
that Livingston of San Jose, who
gave such n wild story Ia the Exam,
liner abont the inhumanity shown the
Indians al the wreck, WIS talking
through his In but by tho condi
ton or these poor Indians below towr
it woul ! appear TINT he was not ell
tircly wrong.
The latest nows from Alaska is tina,
outfits are being sold Mt Dyca for nj
most nothing, and the disguised
Klondikers are arranging to come
home rs fnst ms possible. Between
$500 and 5000 miners are now en-
campcd at Dyea. They have organ
IL ii to keep down the packing rates
to % carts per pound from Dyea Il
the head Of Lake Bennett and no on,
is allowed to pay mor Tho stcI
was made necessary owing to the fac
that men with money wore on thu
ground and offering as high "a 81
cents per pound in some cascs to go
their goods across. A poor mar wa
left behind and something had to b
done.
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