Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-11-28
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUSDI

SaILHlAG UNDl
\ fine rain last night.
Joe Scott il down from lIalleck.
Asscmblyman Smiley is in town.
Mr.. Lowell is building another
house.
NJ. Gldzer. the Pcko cattleman, is
i'll town.
Charley Mcbride came up from
Carlin this morning.
j. II. Peck, constable Of Mountain
City, is in town. lie reports the min
ing interests Of that camp rs looking
up.
All members Of the Everett Liter.
AIRY Society arc requested To attend
the business meeting OF the society at
the high school building at s o'clock
this evening.
Ernest Gray, the Colorado pros.
pcctor, will arrive next Thursday
from Colorado Springs and will
leave ut once Ter Mountain City,
where he has "A bona on the Walker
BrGs. mine.
Walter Sto;icl has been offered "A
situation MS bookkccpcr as soon ~
la .,p.,1.ta- NI,. z. ~ Al. d..
hess Collage. This should he an in
c-ntiye to him and the other
students To make the most uf their
opportunities.
The population of London is now
estimated tO inclLde 10000 persons
Of Irish and 10000 Of Scotch par
cmtage; 1900 Asiatics, Africans umd
Americans; with some GO,OOO Ger
mans, $4,000 French. 1850 Dutch.
1000 Poles, 1850 Italians and 1900
Swiss.
y disastrous fire ragged in London
yesterday. The loss il enormous. rs
most ~ the buildings destroyed were
Fix stories high aud filled with mcr-
chnndisc. At T.. ". the lire WIS
still raging. and extended from Mood
street To Allcrgatc street. The loss
at that hour was placed at SlO.OOU.OOO.
In speaking or L. S. Grants boom
for United States Senator. the Sac
ramcnto Bee says the people Of Cali
tornia hnve II high vcncration for the
memory II General Grant. but they
nrn not nj present exchanging I.it"l
States Scnntorships for old Army
vcrcoats and other hrirlOoms Of tie
Republic.
s. Y. Itchart, an Oregon sheer man.
sold a baud Of III sheep ut auction
nj Reno Thursday. The band con-
sisted of 80 2~.ycnr-old wcthcrs and
the remainder was evenly divided be.
tween ycarlrng wethcrs and ewes. D..
&. Wheeler az Reno bought the en-.
tire band at $40 per head.
Frank Rrckhnrt has sold the old
Humboldt brewery saloon la the t..
Il. NJ. Go. II il the intention Of the
purchasers Ia tear down the old
building and replace II with n brick
ms soon ms the weather will permit in
the Spring. This will give them
store room to add other lines to their
already large business.
Enterprise: Yesterday while work
men AT %liarris. Flood 4 Co.'S plant
were working along on the bedrock
under the taIlingE they uncovered u
lump ~ nearly solid amu'gam weigh
ing about 100 pounds. The amalgam
although mixed with blHck clay. con-
tanned n sufficient I,Iunuty 81 gold I"
give il u rich !cllOw color aud was
soft. being largely quicksilver. Th"
lump was considered To- Toe worth
several Thousand dollars.
There il every indication that
times will lie lively in the western
PA. Of Nyc county in the near IN
turc. The gold mines meal lone are
.oukiug well, and tho Nevada Mining
Company is making preparations to
develop its newly purchased silver
mines in u Systematic manner. Work
ia To he resumed III the minCs ot Sui
Ivan district. and probably the gold
properties at Marble Fails will he
developed also. Altogether .hc ont
look for that section ~ county il
excellent. belmont Courier.