Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-10-10
IRON TUESDAYS DAILY
3ALMAGuSDI.

MI. tflNBer lB uONn IrOm fehO.
Editor Furguson OF the Herald is
down from Wells.
George Pcltier. wife aud daughter,
arrived from Sacramento last even
ing.
Mrs. j. II. Henry came ia from
Mound Valley yesterday aud return
cd today.
Judge Massey camo up from Car
son this morning. lie will remain
with US two or three days.
In Hawthorne Saturday Drew Will
son was kicked in the face by one OF
S. a. Kuapp's horses. The animal
was dying and kicked ,strikingDr Drew in
the fBce. Tho boys face WAS badly
lacerated, but fortunately no bones
were broken.
Brother BIockson-Ah! Fishing
on the Sabbath day /! just wat, mis-
cradle sinner, until the lake OF ever-
lasting fire is before you.
Unregenerate Ike-I allow then l
kin keith 'em already cooked.
The board OF equalization Mt its
meeting yesterday raised the assess.
ments of the following PERSONS: Mss
Craighead S2lc; Edward T.. Cox
1910; Charles w. Clubinc $500: and
Mrs. Wibra $500. The clerk was in
sirucled To notify the parties Of the
raises made in their assessments.
Tom Harris has let a contract To
NJ. J. Curtis Of Reno to build Il two
sto:y frame building, 2GxSO feet. on
the corner OF Fourth and idaho
streets. The lower story will he used
ms a public hall and the upper one
will contain sixteen line sleeping
rooms. Work will begin in earnest
tomorrow and the building will he
pushcu to completion us RAPIDLY as
possible.
Nearly the @!.Ole Of Gold Creek
will be III E!ko before the week
closes us witnesses III the case of The
Corey Bros. Co. rs. The Gold Creek
Mining ca. Editor sam. J.. Il. Bar
low, engineer COR the company, Joe
Prasr. Clint Kimsey. \. l.. johnson
and Mr.. Lodge are already here and
j. -. Babcock. Walter Stoiicl. w. p,
Anderson, Jr, and Martin Reynolds
will arrive by tCnight'g stage.
Ari"k OsCll. the infant son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Os"ll, died NJ noon today
The little N saw but 81 days of this
world bcfOr" the summons came to
JON the silent majority on the other
side OF the river. The parents have
the sympathy Of the community in
their sad bereavement. The funeral
will take place from the house at
10 \. NJ. Thursday. Friends and uc-
qnaintanccs are invited Ia attend.
The White Pine Ncwa says that
John Griffin. known as Happy Jack
was killed i'll Cherry Creek ON the
9th OF last month by James G.
Rodgers. Rodgers claims that he
struck Griffin with hrs fist. Griffin
WIS Knocked senscless and died with
out recovering from the effects Of the
blow. No n saw the difficulty be
tween the two men,. Rodgers has
been held to answer the charge OF
murder before the White Pine grand
jury.
The BuE"man tMontana) Chronicle
tells q: u Montana legislator who.
when some corrections in his spelling
and grammar i'll his ILL were called
to his attention 10y the committee,
said: why. you fellows have mucil.
atcd it," II WINS the same statesman
who sail, in addressing a committee
or which he was "a member: The
muGdy slough Of politics was tho
bowldcr upon which the law was
split in twain aud fell in a thou"nnd
pieces from the pedro OF justice.
Let us. then gear up our lOIus that
we can go forth with Il clear head
Tho case Of Tho Corcy Bros. Co. va:
tho Gold Creek Mining Co. is Oh
trial in the District Court today be
fore Judge Talbot. The plaintiff is
represented 10y Evans. Rogers IL Horn
Of Ogden and Wren e Wheeler OF
Ellto, and the defendants by George
Brown and Il. S. harrington OF Elko.
The suit is to the balance due
for building tho reservoir and bitches
for the Gold Creek Mining Company.
The pleadings are vOlumiDous and
the trial Of the case will occupy the
court for the rest OF the week and
perhaps longer,