Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-10-21
tFROM DAILY.l
SALMAGUNDl.

Mr.. Morgan Is not quite so well to.
day.
George Russell is still very sick. but
Is slightly Oh the mend. III. iSpE.
PENDENT truly hopes that George
will soon regain his health.
y new sidewalk is being put in
front OF tho Club saloon today. When
this is completed, tho INDEPENDENT
property will be in first class shape.
X. X, Bowles returned from Lone
Mountain last night. lilo has just
completed n fine house ut the copper
mine for the use Of the men Working
| there.
U. S. Attorney Symmetrical passed
through on No. 1 today e%nroutc home
from a trip TO Washington and New
York. lie came up to the office and
paid his respects to the force.
The bullion yield Of the State OF
Nevada for 1897 is: gold, 1872 GOO. 900,
and silver 81, G32, OOO, Il total ofsi.77i,-
600, against a total in 1896 OF si.OO9,.
DIS. The DE Lamar mine is account
able for most of this increase.
Alctter received yesterday from Mrs.
GUNNER, at whose house Lieutenant
Henderson is sick, states there Is no
change i'll his condition. John was
at st Louis when last heard from.
lie Is having trouble in getting TO
FLORIDA on account OF the yellow
fcavor III the south.
The Carson News contains a hot
letter from +. NJ. IIurakcr on the in
side workings OF the Silver Party
state convention. II any one thinks
there was no boss there. they should
read Mr.. HutTnkcr's letter. 1t is ex-
ccllcnt reading and we may publish
1t 10y uri 10y.
Ed ScItz, a former sheriff Of this
county was run Over by a freight train
in Reno Saturday night had both legs
cut oil and died about two hours af.
tcrward. He was attempting to cross
"a freight train and fell and the cars
ran over him dragging him quitc n
Distance. Mr.. Scitz was sheriff Of
Eiko county from 1877 to 1879 and
had mnny friends here who will re-.
grct Ia learn of his horrible death.
Enicrprisc-A. Patngna. who
murdered Thomas Xcinmetz in Day.
ton. has invented an ingenious de.
Tense. lie claimed that the s;abbiug
was accidental. His story was to the
effect That when he started to shake
hands with Icinmetz hc(Patagna) had
Il knife IN his hand. and that Zeinmetz
shook his hand so roughly and Wig.
orousiy that he drew Patagna over
against him, and the knife a%ccidentlly
entered Icinmctz's body.
Germany celebrated the tlIousamdth
anniversary OF the sausage, winch
dates back to S97 \. y. Tho ancient
sausage was made Of goTt's stomach
stuffed with fat and blood. II was
not till the 10Th century that chopped
pork was used, and the sausages OF
FTanfort and S~trasbourg began to he
lannon's III 1900. by the introduction
into Germany Of cinnamon and SAT.
from.
Tho INDEPENDENT acknowledges
the receipt Of the "VOtnrs Guide" got
ten up by Mcssrs Harrington and
Remington Of Virginia City. Ii con.
tains the portraits Of u number OF the
candidates on the State tickets and il
II fine piece nf work. No state in tho
Union can boast Of II finer looking lot
Of men. This is mn original idea OF
MIR. Remington and II copyright has
been applied tor.
We are just completing the ballots
20 he used ut the election November
Stli. Evcyono who has seer them
compliments tho work OF rom Ten.
mint and Chris G%uldaggcr md suys
the ballots are all right. They arc
clean and neat and will be rcGdy for
delivery not latter tlinn Wednesday.
IL is not hoastng TO say they are tho
finest lot of ballots ever turned ont
in this county.
Governor SHddlcr in his speech nj
the courthouse the other night snid
the editor Of the INDEPENDENT would
bear hun out in his statmcuts in re-.
gard Ia The economical management
Of the insane asylum because he
the editor, had been there. rho Cover,
nor il he thinks back will remember
TINT the editor complained about the
lugty young men, sous OF tho Board oI
Managers. who we're sitting nrount
with no work apparently except I,
kill time. There ~ too much ncpotisu
III TINT institution aud IL now BoarC
might change II. Give George Rus
sell II chHncc.