Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-03-11
(FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.l
3ALNIAGUNDt.

Iii home in Oalil mi.
II II Lawson, the railroad man
from Salt Lake. IL ia tow.
Major Miller IS Mt iIautDr I Califor.
mia. Will return in ten days or two
weeks.
u. i. ~licrthclut. Manager W iI"
Bald Mountain Mining Company
went ont tn the miues tins morning.
Tom Hunter the well kucwn cattle
man has been busy during the past
week d%chorning cattle Mt his rauch
down the river.
Dave Casper, the up To date CLOTH
Ter, returned yesterday from II weeks
visit III San~,crauciscO. where he re-
ports he secured the -smuothest- line
Of goods yet offered i'll the town.
T.. Il Gray. General freight agent
for the Nevada division Of the $. u.
was III town Yesterday baking into
matters pertaining to the Mountain
City traffic.
W. J. Cruise n Montana rat;lemuu,
who has been in this county Tor the
pIst month, purchased tive hundred
head of stock cattle, which hc shipped
this afternoon to the vicinity of
Butte.
y monster engine, estimated to- he
Of fully onc Thousand horse power
pascsd through on Il freight train
Sunday afternoon destined for Ana
conda, Montana.
Valentino Wallhcr, Of Huntington
Valley. set 'cm up" To the IHDErEY-
DENT force this morning. his ri.
consisting Of choice apples grown on
his farm.
Grover Cleveland is credited with
having ma'ic many mistakes, but he
was all right when lac appointed
General Lee, OF Virginia, ms Consul
General ut Havana.
Senator Shomp has introduced Il
Till relieving silver mines and pros. |
pccls from the annual assessment
work required 10y Law III eases where
$1,000 worth of work has already been
performed upon them.
Number nf witnesses have been
examined i'll the Mound Valley water
case now on trial III the district court
and the case bids fair 10 last for srv-
crul days longer. Only questions Of
Tact relating to priority of location
AMI use have thus far developed.
The Smcltcr ut GuIcuuda will be
blown III some time this week. Tho
railroad people are putting in new
siirnes and 1t is said will builI "A new
depot. Gulconda haS the ear marks
Of IL camp of solid merit and bids
fair tai become II big producer.
The total value Of the gold. silver
and lead porduccd in idaho during
the year 1891 has been romputcd by
j. W CUNNINGHAM. q. 5. Nssaycr at
Boise Ia Ice Sl3 199.SSj, being mn in
crcasc of s~j,"7S,OiO over tie yield OF
1895.
w. >. Earis manager Of the T.. T..
NJ. Company returned last night
from IL short business trip to Salt
Lake. lie reports u livcl, interest in
Nevada mining properties among .
Utah mining men, and that several Of
thcm will he out i'll Il short time to
inspect Mountain City district.
The report received some days
since Of the tinrlIne of the vcrm in the
fourth tunnel on the Murphy Curicux
min" on Bull Bun mOuntri in is con-
iirmrd by later reports. II appears
too that the ore improves with depth,
the grade in this tunnel nearly doub.
ling III value that found in the upper
tunnels.
The CouGty Commissioners at their
session yesterday received IA number
of communications from parties III
the northern end IF the county con.
tending that the proposed Trail
Creek cut oil Ia Mountain city was
Impractical. Tho board decided to
Thoroughly investigate tho several
routes. choose the most practical and
make Of it a first class thoroughbred.
Intense excitement prevailed in
town early this morning over the re-.
mort lhpt Consul. Grurrnl Inn hnJ
been assassiuntcd Mt Havana. In.
quiry soon proved the report false.
but while il lasted u recruiting officer
could have done u land Office business
in this town without advertising.
Tho lHOErESDEHT will run the rcst
nf the week with n new force with
the exception Of Mr.. Tenant. Tho
editor wont 10 Carson to attend the
meeting Of the Press Association aud
on business connected with the Grand
Lodge !. .. o. T.. Of Nevada, and
George Russell. the typo. took a lay.
oil la take Il trip to Montana. Dur.
ing their absence MIR Ish will attend
to the editorial part Of the work aud
Caesar Alexander aud Chris Guldag-
ger will sub for the typo.
Sam Jones who was go badly carved
up 10y jack Flynn at MaTdis Inst
Friday ia reported 10y DR.. Gardner Ia
be in Il very critical condition. Ills
=