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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
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Talking about rainy weather."
said the W~esterner, Il remember
once ont in Indianapolis meeting a
farmer who took the most cheerful
view Of dampness OF any body 1 ever
saw. I asked him il they had much
rain down on the Wabash that spring
well, it has been a little damp
he "swered. 'Fle day before / left
home had to hang up twerty-four
of my ducks. They had got so water
soaked that they couldn't swim any
longer. / planted my corn in two
feet "f water, and I cont expect over
thirty bushels to the .'cre. My wheat
is looking pretty we'll, but the II ur-
geon and catfish have damaged 1t con-
siderably. There WIS about fifteen
minutes sunshine one day, and I
thought l wonld plant my potat' es,
so 1 loaded them ON a COW and
anchored my scow in three feet Of
water, when it began to rain again.
Il wanted to go down on the bot
tom lands next the Wabash to see #
the grass was growing for my hay
crop, but my wife said that, as we
didn't have any diving bell. she'd
rather ] wouldn't. 1 should feel kind
Of discouraged with all the rain, but
I've spent my odd hours Of leisure
time-and the even ones, too. on ac-
count Of staying in ont Of the wet =
building IFS al ark. IT it will only
ram another we tx or two until I get
her ready to sail Pm gong to take my
family ont to Missouri by water for Il
trip to visit our folks that moved off
out there because they didn't know
enough % stay in a place where they
were comfortable" Boston Tran
script.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
Historical Rooms.

Senator Stewart has opened head.
quarters in the ~l | Ormsby House at
Carson. The rooms are the game
used by the late JameI w. Nye when
he was fighting with the lamented
Charley De Long. That tighr makes
IN interesting page in Nevada's his
tory, for it was var to the knife and
the knife to the hilr, and votes were
worth anywhere fro II S5.UUO to Sl5.-
600
Later OH John P. Jones occupied
the came rooms when he made his
first fight, and is said to have spent
barrels Of money.
Uncle Jimmy Fair also established
headquarters at the Ormsby when he
bought his seat in the United States
Senate.
The old Ormsby couli tell many m
interesting tale Of Nevada politics il
it's dusty walls could talk.
The Hon. Francis q. Newlands haa
opened headquarters ut the Arlington
md will be "at home" to all comerg
until after the battle is
Carson will probably witness some
exciting scenes in the next month or
two. 1t is said that Hon II. B. Rick
ey will be o candidate before the r..
publican caucus. lie may have
headquarters" too. and make the
fight a three cornered One.-Gazstte.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
Presbyterian Church.

The subject for next Sabbath at II
A. NJ. will be "a Question for the New
Year"
III" rite OF baptism and admissio,
to the church will be observed. WI
all members endeavor 20 he preseu
to extend to those received the rigl,
hand Of fellowship?
Christian Endeavor at 6 p. NJ, le
by Miss Ethel Grover. Will thos
lately elected to membership b..
present to be received in due form,
At the Z O'Clock ser vice the Last !
will give the history OF one of the pre-
ferred. hymns from the following,
churches: Catholic, Episcopal, Metl.
odist. Baptist, Congregational, Luth
eran, Unitarian, Presb. terrain aud Oh.
from a converted intidel. AL Are III
vited.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
Advance Of Science.

Or about fifty species Of electric
fishes, only three are Of special inn
portance-t6e torpedo, a kind of skate
Of the Mediterranean; the gymnotus
or electrical eel Of the Ornoco, and
the malapturns Dr. murderer fish OF the
Nile. Interesting facts about the
electric organ have been lately
brought to light. This most remark
able Of all batteries who go results are
said TO be more economically obtained
than any reached by man, acts only at
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30

the will Of the annual, which also con-
trolls it's intensity and the discharge
seems to depend upon some chemical
process in the plate where the nerve
hlaments end. In the full grown
Gymnotue, whose shocks may stun d
man, the voltage is probably between
BOZ and 20. a curious feature of
the batteries is that they are withou,
insulation. Tho discharge, which
does not affect the fish it II, is used
Tor protection and securing food.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
A Free Chi1dren's Dance.

A children's masquerade ball viii
he given 10y Frank and Will Womack
Mt Harris Hall on Monday night
January 2, 1859. for all children under
he age Of 16 years. No charge win
ne made for the children who attend
he dance. The dance will begin at
8 O'Clock sharp and the maskers Will
.Iold the floor Until 8 o'clock. from
t till il U'c,ork the floor will DO
lee to all chilLreu. After IL O'Clock
I the ol ter people wish to dal.oe
,Iey can do % 10y paying So cents .
1uple To pay TOR the music and hall.
- charge will be made Tor spectators
urIng tie time the children hold tho
IL they remain In the han
tier IL O'clock, they will have to put
p to pay the fiddler.
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hemisphere, if not in the world, is a
monster chestnut standing at the foot
OF Mt Htna. The circumference Of
the main trunk at Gu feet from the
ground is 2l2 feet.
Arthur G. Meyers, ~: Carson. one
of Torrey's "Rough Killers" who was
very sick with typhoid fever when TIT
regiment was mustered out at lack
s~nnville, passed through last night Ell
route to HE home in Carson.
The Philadelphia Times observe.
that that Congressman with his three
better halves continues to be Il live
topic OF general discussion. Still this
is not surprising. Sometimes one
wife originates a great deal Of talk.
The cattlemen are wearing broad
smiles these days. The winter Ina.
been fine this far and the fall of SNOW
in the maintains is above tho average
at this season Of the year. These
combine to make the cattleman and
rancher smile.
Lieutenant Henderson received a
telegram from Jacksonville, Florida,
this morning stating that Corporal
Harry War; OF Genoa, this State, n
member of the late Second U. S. Vol
unteer Cavalry, has been very ill of
typhoid fever, brt is now ON the road
to recovery.
r. f. Ellsworth, formerly editor nj
the Siskiyou. Cal, News, shot and
fatally wounded E. e. Dixon, a con-
stable at Mantague, Il few days since.
Ellsworth was in the employ Of the
INDEPENDENT for sc veral years in the
eighties and was familiarly known
here as ed"
The flag on Morrill, Hall at the
Slate University was at half mast
yesterday ont Of respect tc the mem.
DRY Of Senator Morrill, of Vermont. N
whose honor the building was named,
as the author Of the law giving to ag.
ricnItuTal colleges throughout the
United States $4,000 a year for ex.
perimental purposes.
What the Buffalo Express considers
a truly romantic affair has occurred
! in the c~ouniy,jail at Milan, Mo. A 49,
year-old hoy, who is there ;or burgla-
~, has married a17-year.oll girl. who
WAS recently divorced from his So
year.old father, who is in the peni-
Tertiary for horse stealing. 1t was a
case of "like father, like son." with q
vengeance. ..
w. E. Cassin, agent Of the IndinB
Department, is in Carson to distribute
400 deeds to land to the Indians in
this vicinity. Each preservation
Indian gets 160 acres Of llnd, which.
~ 25 years. they acquire title to. The
land is mostly grazing land, who'll the
Indians can lease, it they so desire,
but cannot sell until the 25 years X
pire. Most Of the land is in Douglas
county.
Senator White Of California is op.
posed TO the annexation OF the Phil
lppines. Before leaving for Washing
ton yesterday he eaid to a reporter
Il am utterly opposed to the acqui
k,aition Of these distantf and barbaric
Flands. 1t seems foolish to me to ON
bark on a line of policy which we have
heretofore never done 1t is my
earne It conviction that the carrying
ont Of the expansion program will
/ prove disastrous TO the republic ns
such. The result may be postponed
for years, but it will be reached IL we
abandon our plecedents.'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO
LUCAS County eS'

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath tina,
he Is the senior partner of the firm al
f. j. CHENEY & Co, doing business III
the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot he cured by the Use
Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed
i'll my presence. this 9Th day of De-
cumber, \. D., 1896.
.r., A. w. Gleason,
~ Notary Public.
Send for testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-30
SALMAGUNDI.
Another cold, raw day.

From Charles Toyne We learn that
MI. Lindsay is improving slowly, but
Il still very We k.
Klondike makinaw Winter suits
and a magnificent line of underwear,
etc. ut Alexander's. +
The railroad from Golcouda to the
copper mines will be completed about
the 18th IF next month.
If the Carson Appeal is still alive,
the INDEPENDENT wonld be pleased to
receive IL copy occasionally.
The arguments in the Botkin muir
der case wore conclu led yesterday
and it went to the jury today.
Hon. j. M. Dormer. former efficient
Secretary OF State of Nevada, ls keep
ing a toll gate near Dyea, Alaska.
Harry G. Howell, the husband OF
eight wives in as many states, has
been orde- led out Of Kansas City.
Wells-Fargo's agent at San Anto-
MIA, Texas. skipped out yesterday
with $4,000 of the ccmpany's money.
After IA v e spell Of sickness Jesse
Snider is agaiu holding down his seat
on the boot of the Tuscarora stage.
Johnny Vargas and Albert Butler
left by private CONVEYANCE this morn
ing for Phoebe IN d prospecting trip.
Fifty-five war+hips for the United
States government are under con
tract, II twenty are nearing CON-
pletioD.
l.. Peckhart and bride passed
through ON No. 2 La night on their
way to OAkl md. where they will make
their future home.
Dave Cnsuer liza Just received b
new lot ~ sarnp 81 Of Fall and
Winter Clothing which will be made
to or Ter from $3.50 No. "
j. +. Triplett is confined to his bed
with ii severe attack OF erysipelas.
During his confinement Howard Rid
die is acting as night Waterman.
Mrs. Rebonle. one Of the old resi-
dents of Ltmoille Valley, died Mt
6:30 last evening. The deceased was
well known and highly respected.
There is a movement in England to
erect a monument to Washington in
Westminster abbey, where 30 many Of
the British notable deLd are Inferred.
Storkmen from the east and west
are in Elko looking after beef cattle
and calves. Cattle Of all classes are
pretty well cleaned up in this county.
The ice crops at Boca and Prosser
creek this season will aggregate about
$4,000 tons. The work Of cutting and
storing gives employment to 300 men.
A Southern California paper de-
clares that between U. S. Grant and
Dan Burns there is a choice between
the son OF his father and a son of q gun.
The Atchison Glnbe believes that
times are changing to such an extent
that it will be only a few years until
parents are sent to bed for talking
back. 't>.. "a
The INDEPENDENT received tan
anonymous communication from
Alexander to-day Rivingtap saooonHt
OF q big blow out up there. It found
rest in the waste basket.
A noted palmist declares that g
young woman with a long thumb will
have her own way. He Is right. Sc
will n ehort.thumbed woman, re,
marks the Indianapolis Journal.
The Supreme Court OF Michigan
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COST At Actual COST

All fancy and many useful articles
suitable for New Years gifts OF actd-
al cost, at Alexander's.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-10-06

brigade acting as pivot ,Iool7 GA ,no
right.
On the 10th Sherman received from
Chattanooga some ~ inch r;t ed guns.
and we were put To work night and day,
and did execution on the city. causing
frequent fires and creating CONSERVATION
On the 10Th he issued orders prescribing
the mode and manner of executing the
grand movement by the right flank 10 be
gin on the 18th Aboutthe time OF the
publication of these orders Gen. Wheeler,
with his corps of 10 900 cavalry, was de-
tached by Hood to break up the Union
communications. Passing around by east
and north, Wheeler made his appearance
on the railroad near AdairsyilIe and Ca.
houn, making a break in the same, and
gobbied up some 900 bcef-cattie- Hood
could not have more distinctly evlnced
his want Of mental perspective than by
detaching SO large force on the exc OF d
battle momentariiy to be expected.
Sherman was not slow to take ad-
vantage of a blunder so well timed for his
plans. He now ordered Gen. Fitzpatrick,
who had returned, to make up we'll
appointed force of about 5000 cavalry
proceed to the West Point Railway and
cffectually break it near Fairburn, then TO
cross to the Macon Railway and destroy it.
This expedition, meeting with too strong
a force OF the cnemyS infantry, was only
partial success. Sherman at once re-
newed his original orders for the move
ment of the whole army. Accordingly, all
things being ready, on the night OF the
18th the Fourth Corps, Gen. Stanley,
drew out of its lines on the extreme left
while the Twentieth Corps moved back to
the Chattahoochee, with surplus wagons,
lncum brdnceS and sick, to the intrench-
ed position at the bridge.
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withdrew with loss in both engagements
of . ,0G0, while ouslosB was > 900.
On the same ntsi,,ciiood hastily evacu-
atcd Atlanta, blew up seven locomotives
and 81 cars. magazines. stores, etc,
which accounted for the unexplained
sounds so plainly heard. Gen. Slocum
with the TwcntHah Corps, took posses
sion of the city on the morning of Sept. g
The news flew GSerothe wires: Atlanta
is ours, and fairly won Yes, and true.
Won by genius, nskill and hard fighting.
Thus ended, fourimdnths after its incep-
ton, one of the EseatpSt campaigns of the
war. a campaign which doubly secured
the possession OF the mountain regions of
the center, and laid the Atlantic and Gulf
slopes at the mercy of the Union COM
mander. A vital spot had been reached:
the granary of Georgia was lost, and there
was suddenly presented to the Confed
crate authorities the alternatives-t0 con-
centrate their two remaining armies or to
perish.
Our army lay grouped in and about the
Gate City, resting from their hard earned
and at times almost superhuman toll.
l.. F. BECK Err, Corporal, Co. A, 10ith Ohio,
Clinton, O.
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Believes the Best is Being Done.

Editor National Tribune 1t is easy to
find fault, and / believe that fault-finding
if persisted in, Will convert the most con
Servative Individual into common scold
and when this animal is evolved and per
fected we have in our midst a plague and
a hindrance TO all well-intendGI effort
Ever since the war with Spain began the
Scold pests have been on the increase,
and at present they have matured a host
that ought to be in some way suppressed.
Every body who has anything to do with
caring for and relieving our sick and
wounded heroes has been struck. These
fault-finderS never once think of eXdmin-
ing into the circumstances and seldom
deal in facts.
Sadly we realize that our boys have not
only been tried by fire, but have gone
down under the whitening blast of disease,
a condition, which once confronted, as did
Skaters army in the trenches around
could not be avoided. The only
wonder is that all were not Frustrated
and that a greater number did not die
And. singular to say, these fault-fnding
scoldS rarely, if ever, were exposed to the
hardShipS that confronted our boys in the
field.
| received letter from SOldier-bOy
friend of mine who is Just recovering from
typhoid. He wrote that his appetite is
enormous, and Notwithstanding plenty of
good things in sight they were actually
starving him to death. | can understand
all this and so do all thinking people.
During the civil war the same conditions
existed and the same care was exercised
by physicians and nurses.
How much more healthful and cheering
to friends at home it would be if correspond
cntS for papers would encourage friends at
home by telling them that all was being
done that could be done for the boys.
They would only be stating facts. But it
seems as though this beautiful land is to
being cursed by calamity
hOwlers.-S. II. H., Ashley,yO.
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OF his forces male q dctour, attacking
ShermanS lelt.-the Fifteenth. Sixteenth
seventeenth Corps, under Gen. j. b. Nc
PneTson, in tank and rear The on
slaucht was terrific. Mcpherson. Idol of
the whole Western army. fell early in the
battle. For 23Out half an hour the two
armies fought face to face. each side of the
same line of intrenchments. with battle
coiorS OF the respective parties flying from
the same works. Many acts OF heroiSm
were performed upon this occasion. CON
spicuou5 among them being that of Gen.
John y. Logan, who temporarily was in
command of the left wing after the death
OF Gen. Mcpherson.
The enenly's loss in killed was about
3GGO, wounded over coo and nearly seo
prisoners. besides CAPTURING S 600 al
arms and Is stand of coiors The Union
loss was less than 2.0C0 killed. wounded
and prisoners, and eight pieces OF artii-
lerg.
Pursuant TO the general plan the Army
OF the Tennessee drew out of its lines on
the left and on the 9th moved behind the
resi- oi. the amy to Proctor's Creek. the
extreme right beyond it, to prolonr the
line due south, f2rirC- east Gen. Oliver
q. Howard assumed command of the Army
81 the Tennessee, relieving Gen Logan.
who had exercised the command with great
ability since the death of the lamented
Mcpherson On the 22d, and who row re-
turned 10 the immediate charge OF his
own Fifteenth Corps
Here. at Ezra Church. on the Bells
Ferry read. on July q. Hoods brave men
sailed out from Atlanta and for four
hours hurled their columns. under Hardee
and Lee. in six successive charges ogainst
the Army of the Tennessee. The blow
however, fell the heaviest on LoCan's
Fifteenth Corps. About : p. m. the enemy
disappeared. leaving hrs dead and wound
cd on the battlefield Our entire loss was
less than 600 while The Confederate loss
was estimated at 5000 great disparity.
II true. Two thousand muskets and il
stand of colors were taken.
On Aug. we marched rast the rear
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Of all the other six corps OF our army from
the extreme left To the extreme right In
structcd by the terrible lessons of July 20
%, and % Gen. Hood abandoned his rash
offensive and assumed a strict defensive
attitude merely meeting Gen. Shcrman's
successive extensions OF his right flank
by continuing his own line OF works to the
south.
Near Utoy Creek the 9Th we were holly
engaged with the Jollanies taking their
outer line Of works. During the right q
drilling rain fell; the boys. however. lay
low in the trenches Hood's fines were
about II or IS miles i'm length Reilly's
Corps, made an assault on one of the
cnemy's forts the following day, but were
unable To carry the position. No support
coming TO our relief, we were compelled TO
fall back, leaving about 400 dead and
wounded in the hands of the enemy
To reach the Macon road Sherman now
saw he would have to move the whole
army; he saw, too, that the place could
not be carried by storm without loss that
would leave him without an army and he
cast about for other means of reducing it,
We buried our dead comrades on
Sunday, Aug. 7, under a flag of truce;
stripped of shoes. hats. clothing etc. by
the enemy, many of them torn by shot
and shell, with features turned black.
their corpseS were tenderly placed i'm
trenches about seven feet wide and three
and one-half feet deep. First we covered
them with blankets, then filled the
trenches with earth. We continued the
| following day ~ make left wheel, our
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at Roswell, a half dozen miles up the river.
Howard had also built bridge ut Powers S
Ferry, two miles Fellow Gen. Schofield
and had crossed over and taken a posi-
ton on his right
Thus, on the morning of the 10th. Sher-
mans army held undisputed possession
of the right bank of the Chattahoochee
One of the chief OBJECTS of his campaign
was gained. Atlanta lay before him only
eight miles distant. Here we had a hard
earned week : rest which the boys APP
preciated as only tired soldiers can. The
whole army moved forward on the 18th.
The same day Jefferson Davis relieved
Gen. Joseph T.. Johnston from his com
n1and and designated Lieut. Gen. J. b.
Hood aS-hiS successor. The Confederate
tactics changed at once and the battle
which Johnston, at the very moment he
was relieved, was about to deliver upon
the decisive point with thorough prepara-
ton was delivered by Hood upon the first
point that presented Itself. with rash i'm
petuesity. All the armies had closed in
towards Atlanta. by July 20
but as a gap existed between Gems, Scho-
field and Thomas. two divisions of Gen.
Towards Corps of Gen Thomas army
were moved to the left to connect with
Schofield
About ! D. m. the enemy sailed from
his works III force and fell in line-of-battie
a-airst Sherman $ right center at Peach
Tree Creek. the blow falling heavily on
Newton s Division OF Howard's Corps,
Iiooker's Corps. and Johnson . Division
Of Gen. 'Paimer's Corps
Sherman'S entire loss was about I 500
killed. wounded aud missing. chiefly in
len. Hookcr'S Corps. by reason of its eX-
posed condition. Two DAYS later the lion
hearted Hood, having during the night of
he 2lst shortened his line, with the bulk
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THAT WONDERFUL CHURN.

IL T. Marshall writes as follows sI want to
add my testimony to the list of those who have used
the lightning churn. 1t does all that they claim for
It. You churn easily in minnie and get a
larger percentage of butter than with ordinary
chrns. never took the agency for anything before
but many of my neighbors wanted churns that
/ ordered 80 and they all Sold Other farmers
can do well Mr.. Marshall. No farmer can
afford II be without one of our churns BY using
it he can make - per cent. more butter than with
his old churn. Any intelligent farmer can easily
sell four five churns every week in his own town
ship Every one who sees his churn will want one
Ike It. We will mail circulars and full particulars
demand Mound City Churn Co, Ozark Bldg
ST. Louis, Mo-
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ON TO ATLANTA.
The 104th Ohio with Sherman
in the Georgia Campaign.
Reilly's Brigade of the Third Division,
Twenty-third Corps-Fierce Fighting and
Sharp ManuveTing Hood Terrible sailies.
Capturing the Gra-ary OF the South.

Editor National Tri. une: January ! 1861.
that proverbial cold New Year, found us
of the 10tth OHIO closely huddled around
campfires, with the wind and snow sing
'sng through the tree-tops. The boys
snade the best of it. though thinly clad,
and with rations reduced to hard pan -,
About a week afteTward Grant, the silent
man, came from Chattanooga. and took a
survey of the situation. We were fas.
being supplied with crackers. rice, beans.
pork, coffee, sugar. etc. and later were
marched back TO Knoxville. where the
men drew shoes and clothing and got
ready for the year of battles" that, after
the tremendous expenditure of blood and
money. finally crushed the life out of the
most gigantic rebellion known in history.
All who had served the required me
and wished to do so. re-enlisted; the ATTN,
OF orr brigade, were vets who responded,