Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-15
WEEKLY
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sALMAoUNDI

See Payne & McBride's new nd.
Low Bradley is down from Deeth
Painters are repairing the flag pole
today.
Sheriff Matter collected sS7I Ter fees
Ind licenses last month.
Mrs. Mcbride and Bonnie left for
California last night on n visit.
The total loss by the Battle Noun.
tim fire is placed at $4,000. partly
Insured.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company will establish a commercial
lice here in the near future.
The receipts OF the State Land of
& e last week were sl3, 3j9.O7. AL.
~ications were filed for 732i.93 acres.
Up To- 3 O'Clock this afternoon. six
I aims of fruit md two Of lambs
pissed through Elko bound Z for
Istern markets.
The preliminary examination OF
Theodore a. Figel, uron the charge
o killing his employer. Isaac Hoff-
nan, began before Judge C9mpLen
y.ster lay.
Joe Mcgee. the Italian brought in
f")m Ruby Valley. was examined by
T.. Hood today and discharged. lie
hs shown no evidence OF insanity
lile in Jail.
The attention OF tie proper author
II q is called to II very bad smelling
III id hole back oi the Depot hotel
X chen. II ia u disease breeder and
81 1ull be looked after.
\ dispatch from Paris says that a
pi 'con bearing i%nstrctions regarding
Professor Andrec's balloon expedi-
IT, II has been captured mt Gradisca.
nc IT Coritz. 22 miles from Trieste, in
II 'ngary.
Coroner Morgan received n mes.
10 &c from Tuscarorn this afternoon
at ting that George Davis was run
o' by a hay wagon on the Spanish
RI ch Yesterday and Instantly killed.
ID Wis was formerly foreman Of Rus.
SC * B~rndley's ranch in Hunting.
to- Valley.
IN old lady. who was bewailing
he misfortunes. being told that she
on hit not to dwell UP her troubles
bu should try to nss above them. re-
pli ii firmly, Young man. when the
l., ii sends III tribulati"ns he expects
us 20 tribulate, an | aint u.goin' to
dit appoint him
.. clergyman was being shaved by
"a arber Who had evidently become
un icrved by the prcvious nights
dir '%iphtion. Finally be cut the cler-
gy mans chin. The latter looked up
at he artist reproachfully and said:
"lru see. my what comes OF
I'm d drinking" Yes. cir" replied
tho bnrber, consolingly, lit makes the
SIX n tender.
Tho Western Union Telegraph
Company in arranging to string an
al itional wire from San Francisco
to chicago. TIC wiro will be Of cop.
pc md Of large aize. 1t is proposed
to make n record in strInging and
In ing il in working order in n GER
tai stipulated time. II will be over
"a 0 miIes long and will be ready for
us' before Winter sets in. a largcl,
int 'cnsing business on this cons
ma ;es the new wire a necessity.
The postal service of tho United
Statcs costs 90 OOu.OOO n year above
rec ipts, while TINT OF Great Britian
vic ds IA profit OF Ga. 900. 900. that OF
Fl. nee nearly sl0.000.OoO. that OF
Gle many g. ZOO. tina! OF Russia
49, 10000 and that Of even lndia md
Jal an 81 100000. Abont the only
oth n nations whose postal service
doc not pny expenses are Canada,
No way. siam. Chile. Peru. Bulgaria,
II Bolivia. This deficit in tho Unit
rd 'tates ia largely caused by Nh in.
ter rotation Of the law that carries in
The mails mn enormous amount Oi
pri ted matter ut n sum greatly be
lov the cost of so dong.