Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-06-20
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SALMAGUNDI.

Phil Iriplett came down from Cole
Creek yesterday.
One death occurred in Chicago
yesterday from the excessive heat.
The President has nominated
Stewart l.. Woodford Of New Cork to
he Minister TO Spain.
The salaries OF the postmasters at
Carson. Virginia City, De Lamar and
Eiko have been raised 800 a year
each.
Seven Cinnamon were sent from
Hawthorne to Carson last week for
selling whiskey and opium to the
Indians.
THEE bars OF gold bullion we're
received an Battle Mountain yester-
day from the lone mines in Nye
county.
Tho mineral and metal production
OF the United States i'll 1896 was $751;
I32,TS2, an increase OF SlS, T9l, 1854 over
ule preceding year.
a man whose name appears to be
McLeran. from papers found on his
person, WIS run over and killed 10y
Il freight train in the Lovelock rail-
road yard last week.
y special meeting OF Elko Lodge
No. Is, L. D. O.. +. will be held Mt the
Hall tomorrow evening ut s o'clock
Tor the purpose Of receiving the
Grand Muster. See the notice else.
where.
When II girl is sixteen she thinks
most about a mans hair and eyes;
when she's twenty she thinbs most
about his clothes; when she's thirty
she thinks most about his bank &C.
count.
Charles d. Lane, the wealthy mine
owner, Is expected to arrive at Car.
son today and to at once proceed Ia
Buckeye, where he will arrange plans
Tor an aqucduct from Alpine county
to the mines. The cost of the ON.
struc!ion will be about sl,rOo.UOO.
An abandoned church III a western
town bears e the entrance the in,
scription: -This is the Gate of
Heaven Beneath it is n Sheriff
notice containing this line: CLOSED
by order or the American Loan Com
pany.'
Frank Butler, the Australian, has
been convicted Of murder in tie first
degree for killing Captain Lee Wei.
Ter while on a prospecting trip. We
will wager Il new hat that Butler will
not stavc off the hanging bee rs long
as Durrant has done.
The first issuc OF the Times Re
view under the management Of the
bingham Bros. was received las
night. 1t is d welcome visit or to OH
sanctum and has the IvDEpEyDENT'
best wishes for its success and pros
perity. MAJ it, resurrection prove
harbihger OF better times to the pco
pie Of Tuscarora.
The WGdsworth Dispatch, in speak
ing OF tie mines in Olinghouse Can
yon says: Day after day the boy.
iini rock with fee gold in it, ant
night after night when they get into
McClancshur. and -horm her out
they go wild with excitement. w.
hope every earnest worker there vii
reap Il rich reward for his toll and W,
verify believe every one OF them will
Lyon County Times:-S. Pcdroli
the Silver City mining man. has taker
out some small punches OF gold or,
from his claim recently. He has {
small mill right in his house that h,
works his ore in. and IL ls not knowr
exactly villa: il g cs To the ton, but il
is reported that some Of il worked IL
tins Way. hns Yielded over &c pc
pound. or over 5l2 o0) per ton.
Ex.Su,ior Muu.e. Of Nye county
Grand Muster Of the /. o. o.. +. o
Nevada, arrived this morning and vii
remain until Friday night, when h,
will 60 to Eureka to visit the lodge
at TINT place. lIo will return MOI
day evening and preside at the meet
ing Of the Grand Lodge that con
vcncs here next Tuesday.
Most OF Of tho cities and towns il
Michigan are buying voting machine.
that cost about 300 apiece. The,
are constructed something ON the or
der OF the ordinary slot machine. {
is claimed TINT these will obyiatc Oh,
necessity of recording and t~allyinl
clerks. judges, police officers aud tn,
like thereby saving about 40 nc
cent. annually in the cost OF cleo
tons.
Tho costlicst macadam on recor,
once paved tho streets OF Kimberly
South Africa. This celebrated road
bed was studded with diamonds. ant
hundreds OF valuable gems wer
taken from it. A pcddlcr, 30 year
ago. while hawking HE wares iror
farmhouse to farmhouse, found
shining stone by tho wayeidc. M,