Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-10-17
R TUESDAYS DAILY
ALsIAGUNDI

lIe NlOuuNdlu HIST evening.
There arc four carloads OF heavy
timber for the Dexter mine on she
side track.
Judge Talbot will leave Thursday
night to hold court i'll White Pine
and Lincoln counties.
Miss Rena Ford, who has been
visiting her sister Mn. J. L. Wheeler.
left for Woodland. Cal, on No. 1 to-
day to visit friends.
Mr.. W. I. Crane will leave for Nye
county in Il few days after "a load Of
apples. lie expects to return about
the first OF next month.
y 4 Nova Scotia seal skin doing the
work OF n bucket filled with water,
upon which a tiny boat, floats is the
attraction in Reinhart's show win
dow.
The Gold Creek litigation having
come to IN end for the present there
will be a stampede OF witnesses and
parties interested tomorrow morning
All are glad that the suits are over.
JUST rs We were going to press we
learned that lawyer Wilson's brother
fell oil n freight train below Battle
Mountain this forenoon and was i'll
stantly killed. lie WAS d brakeman.
An Alabama murderer addressed
the following note to the Governor:
Il wish you would grant me Il thirty
day respite. | an, short on religion.
Intended t. get it last week but YVES
too busy"
An Austrian astronomer is ont
with the prediction that the earth
will he destroyed by collision with "A
comet on the 18th day of November.
1899. An American expert figures
that tlre prediction has about one
chance III two hundred and sixty-one
millions Of being fulfilled.
The st. LOuis Republi: stands for
Missouri through thick and thin.
This is the latest: @Of course a Mis-.
souriHn was the first man to he
strung up by the Klondikcrs who
have got beyond Chilcoot Pass. Do
what you may, but You cant keep
MissOurians down
+. \. Sp:igga, a hated New Yorker.
has been appointed Indian Agent at
the Nevada Agency. This will set
rather heavy on the stomachs o Ne
vada Republicans who want to get to
the federal pie counter. Ii the Pres
ident should send carpet-hagsers to
till the other federal Offices in the
State, what d bowling there would be
aniongthc faithful.
y South Carolina gentleman asked
n lady for permission to escort her
home. She refused. Then he shot
her and, she being crippled. carried
her home without much difficulty.
According to the Buffalo Express it
does not do tn cross a South Caro-
lima gentleman when he has made up
hIs mind.
The second suit Of the Corey Bros.
against the Gold Creek Mining COM
pnny was tried md submitted to the
court today on briefs. This suit is
for about $1,000 Tor labor, materials
and supplies furnished. The third
suit against the company for putting
in the town water works will be set
for trial next month. Both sides nrc
confident Of winning tile suits already
tried.
Ramon Blanco, the new Captiua
General 81 Cuba. announces that he
will act with great energy against the
insurgents and will employ all politi-
cal means to restore equality Of treat.
mcnt in the various sections of the
community. The Captain General
adds that he Inns the greatest desire
to end the horrors Of war and to cs-
tablish peace by the system which he
adopted in 1879.
Tho cnso Of Corey Bros. against the
Gold Creek mining company for bal
anc due on building the bitches and
reservoir rms closed last night. Tho
attorneys stipulated That the caso DO
submitted to the Court on briefs, the
plaintiff to In &c 10 days in which to
file its brief and the defendant 10
days thereafter to answer. Tho plain
till will have 10 days after the de-
PENDANTS hiicf il filed in which to
reply.
Lyon County Times: - Where IL
lIanna's agent in Nevada? This
State has produced the lnrgcst pine.
nut crop this year tint has ever been
known. Tho piu,cs have gathe rcd
hundreds Of bushels OF tho nuts. and
rs n consequence will 10 rolling fat
this Winter. II Marks nun in Ncva.
da docs not telegraph the news Ia
headquarters 80 that II mny 10 sent
broadcast thnt the wavo Of prosperity
has Int the Pluto tribo for wearing
Mckinley buttons Inst Fall, no will
bc very likely TO lose his job.
II is estimated by the Santa II
officials that the recent wreck ncal
Emnnrin will cnst Hlhn.0nn hN IhI