Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18
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Wyoming, this morning.
DIR. w. II. Hood Of Battle Noun
tain was in town tins forenoon.
Ed. Mead and +. NJ. Ish returned
from Mountain City this afternoon
Mr.. IIcnuen aud Vim. M"o,!> v-.
in town. They report every 80 ".
lovely i'll their sections.
assessor iicgcrs Is considerably
under the weather. lie has not been
able to get Ia the office today.
There will be a teachers Institute
at Wmncmucca i'll the near future.
md State Superintendent Cutting il
working hard to make it Il success.
Lawrence .Acklanr! is some better
today. II he continues to improve. he
will he taken to the railroad hospital
at Sacramento.
Mrs. Fcrnnld's condition is about
the same today. She is very sick.
but there are hopes of her recovery.
The INDEPENDENT sincerely hopes
that her life may he spared.
Mrs. J. X. Shclicll of Ogden who
has been VISITING Mrs. J. ~. Thomp-
sou :hc past week went up to Starr
Valley this morning Ia visit Mrs. l..
NJ. Hardy.
Miss Katie McEnerncy. Miss An
ME Fellows. Miss Ciythic Bradshaw-
and Miss Lille Stinson were selected
M the four h~andsOmcst Young ladies
III Humboldt county in the beauty
contest.
Nevada potatoes are i'll demand in
San Francesca. Dealers have been
through the western part Of the State
Offering good prices for them. They
bought about thirty carloads in Lyon
county. pa! ing from $l2 to Sl3 per
ton.
Barney Horn WHO has been in the
hospital the last month with Il broken
leg Is able to- get ont on crutchcs. lie
speaks i'll the highest terms Of the
treatment he has reccivci at the
hands Of Mr.. Wumack.
Cripple Creek makes nc great hur-
rah ovc " hat her mines can do, but
while all the world is rushing past
her. klondikc mad. she pegs away and
turns out Sl.@0O."oO III gulI month.
with the product increasing from
time Ia time.
y large fidelity company Of New
York recently tahulntcd all the EN-.
hc2zlcmcnts reported in 1891 in the
United States. They Amounted Ia
the enormous total Of Sll.ljI. 80. be-
ing S2,O0r.OO0 more than those uf
1886.
The Young Peoples Dramatic
Club will present The Spy Of Get
t!shurg' To the people 81 EIkO mt
Harris Hall on the 22i az February.
This play has never been presented
here and it should draw "a full house.
Read the al aud don't forget the
date.
Some Of Elko's young men draw
up and sign written agreements that
they will not nssuciatc with the youug
ladies for six months under penalty
of paying for Il wine supper for six
One of these agreements duly signed
~Hcridcntly FIJI into the hand OF this
scribe today. lie will lot give the
boys away II invited to the next wine
supper.
In the opinion 81 the Louisville
Courier journal if ii is true. IA re-
ported. that the Italian Government
intends la rails by selling
titles at the rates Of $4,000 for that of
prince, 5000 for that of marquis,
$1,000 for that Of count, and $1,000 for
that of baron, some 81 our American
girls who have already made their IN
vcstmcnts ought to have consider.
able rcbit cs.
Mr.. Dorsey returned Yesterday
from hist rip to North Fork where he
and Commissioner Reed had gone to
20 over the proposed change i'll the
Mountain City road. At Mr.. Ruthcr.
tord's they met Mr.. lrliud who in.
formed them that the snow WIS too
deep i'll the mountains for them Ia 90
over the route except IN snow shoes.
They will make another trip ms soon
ns they caa get over the road with
u team.
by refusing Ia accept the plea OF
intoXica.ion advanced 10y an illegal
voter in CXtcnuatiun Of lis oNcnsc. II
Philadelphia judge has taken Il stand
which good citizens will generally
support. nni which has reason. judg
mcnt and common sense back Of it.
In u vigorous manner the judge
charged the jury that Il they found
the prisoner had voted illegally, ms
charged, il WINS their duty to convict
HIM without regard TO his condition
at tho time, whether he wns drunk or
sober. Tho jury promptly convicted
the man.
It is now known that Jerry SiTp.
sons speech about the l.onhon label
in Representative Dinglcy's hat.