Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-11-25
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Two carloads ofpipe for the Dexter,
Mining company arrived last night.
Between tire" and Tour IN ches
snow fell last night and this morn
1t made the first sleishms OF the
season.
Corbett and Sharkey punch each
other tonight i'll New York City.
Both men are ia fine condition, but
Corbett is the fayorite with the sport
ing
William Miller WAS taken To the
hospital yesterday. afternoon. The
old gentleman is in II pretty bad shape.
and will probably remain i'll the hos
pital for some time.
Senator Quay OF Pennsylvania. and
his son., Richard. have been indicted
for a conspiracy to unlawfnlly use
public money deposited in the Pro-
pies National Bank OF Philadelphia.
AS Mn. Garrecht has been unable
I o procure turkeys i1r Thanksgiving
Day. the shooting. match has been
declared of. Sportsmsn and others
should govern-themseives according
ly.
Tom Tenant. foreman OF the IN
DEPENDENT office. left for Carson to-
day to spend Thanksgiving and the
holidays with .lle Old folks. Phil
Triplett will hold down his case dur
ing his absence.
Tom Lawrence, who was so severe
~ injured by being thrown into a
wire fence several weeks ago, died ut
the county hospital yesterday. Ills
death WAS rather sudden as he was
around town Sunday.
The INDEPENDENT IL very, very sor-
~ to learn that George Russell las
had another setback. and that Ills
condition is worse now than at any
time since his return from Camp
Cuba Libre. We sincerely hope he
may soon recover.
Amongst the national coiUrs Of tho
great powers, the "Star Spangled
Banner" Of the United States is the
Oldest OF the flags now actually in use.
Ii dates from l777, when the Ameri-
can colonies had thrown oil the Brit
ish yoke. Next in point OF age comes
the Spanish flag-l7S5; followed by
the French ~tricolor in 1874. The
English Union Jack dates from lSa!.
Colonel Torrey writes TO seize Of
his Rough Riders that the boys who
were on furlough when the regiment
was mustered out will not be allowed
travel pay. The Colonel says that he
does not think this is fair and will
use every endeavor to have the rul-
ing OF the Pay Master General
changed Ill this particular. lie re-
grcts the ruling very much and says
the boys. should receive full pay.
Tho funeral 81 Miss Bailey will
take place from the undertaking par
Tors tomorrow afternoon IL 2:3O. The
services will be ut the grave. The
railroad company telcgraphed last
night to bury the remains here and
put n fence around the grave. Tie
company will paw $40, a rebate ON
Allaa Rutlny'a tinlrnI intnrl a., -
penses OF the funeral. Nothing fur
tlier has been heard from the young
ludy's relatives.
Antonio Pctagna, who killed ThoS
ZeimetE in Dayton several weeks ago,
hanged himself In the Ly on county
jail last Friday afternoon. Ills body
wns found dangling from a cord, the
other end OF which was fastened to "A
beam. While preparing the body for
burial, it wa discovered that Petag
ma Ind made n previous attempt at
suicide. On the calf OF the left leg
Petagna had inflicted Il wound nm
inch and II half long which pcnetrat
ed to the bone. a piece OF tin was
found in his cell and he had prob.
ably used TINT in IN effort to end his
life. Not bleeding to death as he en-
pected he had bound up the wound
ind smcared it with honey. Ills sec
ond attempt was successful and Lyon
county is saved u large bill Of expense
in fitting INN for the hangman's rope.