Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-23
FROM WEDNESDAYS pAILY.l
SaDMAGUNDI

Only 8 degrees below zero las
night.
Low Bradley paid the county seat
n visit today.
Ed Reinlart has HE show window
handsomely decorated with sprigs Of
holly.
This is the shortes. day Of the year
From now on the days will gradually
grow longer.
Lieutenant liobson the hero Of the
Mcrrimac, will pass through ON No. 4
tomorrow. Girls. he on the depot
Platform and get Il lIobson kiss.
j. u. Dourherty Of Cnrlin has sol l
the Railroad Hotel to MI. j. p.
~ltuincs. We underst md that the CON-
sideration was slO.5o0. The change
Of projectors will take place on the
first Of January.
y letter received from David Lind
gay last evening states that his
brother was not feeling quite as we'll
yesterday morning as he had been.
From other parties we learn TINT MI.
Lindsay had slight hemorrhage
yesterday.
Mr.. Cutting denies the report that
lie intends to remove to California
when his term NJ office as superin-
tcndent o, public instruction expires.
He has mines in Esmeralda county
which lie proposes to operate as soon
rs he is foot loose from office.
Boston has disco' cred that We do
not know how To walk; that the time.
honoreh, conventional method We are
all taught Of -tOcing ont is not the
natural method; that we should walk
with the feet parallel, N young chill
dren do. Tho pioneer OF this new
theory is DR.. Jane ID. Kelly OF the
Physical Education society OF Bos-
ton.
Tie souvenir committee appointed
by the people OF Olympia, State of
Washington has mnde arrangements
for the purchase Of "A commemorative
tablet as the most suitable memorial
for Rear Admiral Dcwcy's flagship,
the Olympia. The tablet selected is
. feet high md 3 feet wide in the mar
rowest part, and will be placed on
the Onward turret between the two
S.inch guns. Tho design will be done
in relief on copper, the attraction Of
which will be II figure representing
Fame. Suspended from the arms Of
the figure and falling ncross the front
Of the body will he strcamcrs on
which will he Inscribed Dewey's
famous order at Manila. "Gndlcy,
you may fire when ready"
The lSDEPENDkNT understands that
it has been quietly whispered around
TINT W. l. lIargrove, late Indian
agent at the Western ShOshone
Agency, was short in his accounts
with the government. That there is
10 foundation for the report the Is
DEPENDENT is in n position to aver.
1t has seen the proofs and knows
whereof it speaks. It sOmctimcstakc
] Indian - f,,, N,, " .,,lt
years tO settle their accounts with
! Uncle Sam, but Mr.. IIarsrOve's ac-
counts were rcadjustCd aud balanced
six months after he left tue agency
This speaks well for him and should
set M rest any malicious ISLANDERS that
are circulating in regard to his settle
ment with the government.
The trial OF Mrs. Botkiu has got
John L. Dunning into n very bad
hole. lie airIly testified to many yir-
Tins Of his wIlcs. but when Attorney
| Knight wanted tn know their names
Dunnmg refused tO give them away.
Knight WIS mcrcilcss and insisted
upon knowing who Cummings VIC
tins were. Dunning wanted time To
think it over ami Judge Cork sent
him to Jail. He WIS brought ont yes.
tcrday morning and again questioned
and again refused to divuIge the
namcs unless il wa shown that some
m other than Mrs. Botkiu was
connected with the muir Ter Of his
wife and hcr sister. This did not
suit Judge Cook and Dnnnmg was
rrmandcd To the custody Of tho Shcr
in. The world would better il he and
god.