Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-07-29
IRON TUESDAYS DAILY.I
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tonight.
The plant Of the deiunct Mountain
CITY Times wus brought 10 Elko yes.
terday and stored.
Warden Henderson arrive from
Cursor Inst night. lie will remain Il
day OF two with us.
\ Georgia minister. whose 10
CATION protested against his enlist
ing IN the army. replied: ~If war is
hell, it offers the finest field on winch
to tight the devil. | shall take him
on his w ground
Tho oldest bank note is in the
British museum. 1t wis printed in
China in l3GS, nincty.two years be-
fore the birth OF Gutenberg, the re-
puted inventor Of printing.
1t is reported that the Spanish gov
crnment has drawn up a message la
the Government at Washington pro-
posing an armistice for discussing
the terms upon which peace with the
United States a be arranged.
1t has been found in Switzerland
that i'll building Il railway. labnrcrs
could work only one-third rs long at
Il height % 10000 feet as Il nile
lower.
Two dead horses were found last
Sunday in the old Graham stable on
the hill. 1t seems that they had
gone i'll the stable To fight the flies
and the door had blown shut nnI
fastened them in. The poor brutes
died from starvation. Constable
Iriplctt had them hauled away and
buried.
Congressman Ncwlands arrived
from the east last night and stopped
vcr lie put in the forenoon inter
viewing the people on the political
outlook. To nm INDEPENDENT re-.
porter he said that he la not AN.
nouhccd himself us "a candiIntc for
United States Senator. lie impress
scd the reporter, however, As being
willing to wear the Senatorial toga
il III" people wanted him To. lie left
on No. 1 today for Reno.
\ New York paper nsks: WIN Is
1t that when there is a French disus-
ter the rome suffer most!- Such a
thing is unavoidable in France. um-
swers a contemporary. The French
civilization uf tie nineteenth century
Is as vain and hollow a thing Us the
raunird Spanish honor.
Alex Harms writes tho Carson
Weekly from jacksonville that it is
rnmorrd :hat Charley Henderson
will he promoted To First Lieutenant
Of Troop & OF Torrey'S regiment.
The First Lieutenant 81 that troop
has been promoted into the regular
army and Henderson may tuitc his
place.
When we come Ia discuss the in.
dcmnity question with Spain. the
Baltimore Sun says. the main factors
i'll II will be these: The length of
the war and the actual nmnnnt nf "rr
military and naval expenditures. the
amount al damage directly inflicted
upon Our trade and commerce: the
extent Of the losses Of life ON onr
side. and. finally. the vnIu. nf any
territory winch We may insist upon
taking away from Spain. winch, nc
coriing /" prccedcnts. will have to
be treated as an offset to orr hill of
costs.
Tie many friends II John lIrbbets
throughout the comfy will regret ,o
learn that lac WAS stricken with par.
alysis ycstcrl lay afternoon. Ahnut
3:3O Charley Holland. who was sit.
ting IN the porch of the saloon read.
ing. heard u noise in the saloon rs il
some II had fallen ma on going in
found John stretched on the floor
helpless. llu carried him la his bed
nml summoned DIR. Hood. Johns
left side is pnralyAed md his condi.
li"u is scrious. lie rested fairly we'll
last ni:ht md at II late hour this al
;crnoon he WIS resting cnsily.
Tia 'mrshrnnm' wound caused by
the Mamsrr bullcr used by the Span-
ish troops in Cuba. is so called be
cnu o OF condition Of the wound nttrr
the bullet has done it's work. Upon
impnc'. the lead ballet fla,,ena out
over tho brass cone, resembling tho
formation 81 The mushroom. At tho
point Of i'm pact the wound is usually
OF a normal size. hut with zach sue
cccding movement of the Spread
bullet, .hc flesh il torn aud larernted.
At the end Of the channel through
which the bullet has passed the
wound IL sometimes four times as
lnrgc as at the point Of impact.
Uot stun.