Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-06-06
WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUNDI.

Miss Rosie Alexander is Working
in the county assessors office~,!F
Tho Sheriff turned over s625 to the
county treasurer for licenses COL
lected for May.
1t il said that the ore stolen in Tus-
carora not long since is worth ubout
$4,000.
j. ID. Haven has been appointed
United States District Judge lCr the
no rthern district Of California.
j. W. Sellers has newly papered and
painted the Arcade saloon and is
now sole proprietor OF the same.
The Literary Society at its last
meeting adjourned till the second
week in September.
MISS Della Wilson spralned her
wrist last evening and rs a conse-
quence carries her arm in d sling to-
day.
The Webster building Is nearly
completed and will soon be ready
Tor occupancy. 1t will be a neat
looking building when completed.
The friends OF Mark Twain in Lon
don deny the stories in circulation
regarding his i'll health and impover.
ished condition.
Elko Is no longer a jay town. A
lady in regulation bloomcrs was seen
on the. b; OK streets last evening. She
attracted considerable attention.
Who says Elko is not prospecting?
KIT Billiard. an old Tuscarora
miner. who has Just returned from
De Lamar, says that. that camp is ON
the decline and ia a good place to
stay away from. lIo says that Elko
county is the best county in the state
and has the brightest prospects.
Salter d. Worden, the condemned
train w%recker, made another attempt
to prolong his life yesterday by APP
plying to the United States District
Court for a writ Of habeas corpus on
purely technical grounds. 1t is be-
lieved that the Federal court will not
interfere with the sentence.
Editors rs n rule are kind hearted
and liberal. An exchange tells OF a
subscriber who died and left fourteen
years Of subscription un' aid. The
editor appeared at the grave rs the
lid WIS being screwed down the last
time. and put in a linen duster, Their
mometcr, n palm leaf fan and a 70.
ccipt for making ice.
An earthquake ratified the New
Workers ont Of their set ways last
week; Hoods drowned the sugar crops
i'll Louisiana Oh Saturday. and snow,
accompanied by d temperature Of 30
degrees below zero, "isited Michigan
yesterday. However, il the people Of
tho East have not sense enough to
come to Nevada they deserve moth.
ing better than they get.
Claus Sprecklcs commenced suit
yesterday to ccove Sl.N00,O0O dam
1gcs from VIM. II. Hearst. proprietor
"f the Examiner for alleged libel.
The libellous matter complained Of
was contained in nm article comment.
ing upon the recent visit OF John f..
Searles to this city and tho deal by
which the Salinas and WatsOnvillc
sugar factories passed into the hands
Of Il combine.
The revolt OF the striking convicts
has been quclled cTectualIy. While
threats OF bullets had apparently no
effect on the mutinccrs. n iour.incli
stream Of winter from tho fire hose had
the effect Of completely subduing the
most refractory, and the affairs ut tho
:. prison have once more assumed their
normal condition, though the guards
have not relaxed their vigilance.
George Brophy a Young man OF
about 10 years. was drowned in the
Humboldt neal Golconda Sunday az.
ternoon. Ho was iordinR the river
on horseback. and the horse being a
poor swimmer. started to plugging and
threw Brophy of, who, being unable
TO swim. ennk TO riso no moro. At
last accounts tho boiy had not been
recovered. Little is known OF Brophy
further thnn that he formerly lived at
Mineral Hill.
In spcnking of an "old horse sale
Mt Ogdcn recently, tho Standard
says: "ri,o feature Of tho salo woe
five boxes 81 stun consigned to NJ.
Selig nj Ogden. They brought from
sixty cents 10 GLIB zach. md when
opened n lot Of plaster Of Paris casts
Of "CHbott's right" End casts OF Cor.
bett and Fitz in tho ring nj Carson.
rolled out. Tho boys who bought
them thought they had a bonanza.
but after Vainly trying TO market
them. they concluded TINT Corbet,
and Fiiz personally might DO all
right. but in plaster casts they were
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