Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-12-09
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAIlYl
IMAGUS

Captain Linscott's company ar,
rived at Manila Yesterday.
The p~ostolice ut Wadsworth, New.
will he raised from a fourth class tr 1
Presidential Office january |, will
the postmastcr's compensation ut ST.,
zee f:e: a%nmma.
The Spanish treaty is still unsiyu,
ed Judge Day said Yesterday that
all requests had been settleI and
That the treaty would be signed in
three ar four days.
Congress "A Cousins OF Iowa in
~tro'rcal "A hill yesterday to make the
gold dollar Of twenty-five and eight
tenth grains, 800 fine, the S standard
"t value III the United States.
\ Carson jnry yesterday gave tho
Carson band Il verdict for forty dol
lars nnL costs in it's suit against SEN
htor StewHrt for music furnished ut
III" of his meetings. The Senator re
nudiarcd the debt and the band
brought suit.
1t. Weber. a man about forty years
"li. WIS arrested at Wells this morn
ny on a Telegram charging him with
" forgery committed at Ogden. Ho
WAS brought down on No. 1 and
paced in j Ill tn await the arrival Of
the Ogden officers.
John aud Charley Henderson left
Nc" York Sunday morning for
Washington, where they will remain
II short time and continue on to Chi
''ag". After a short stay in the windy
citl they viii start for home and are
"Nre'tc &c arrive next Wednesday or
Thursday.
IN" t"tHl corn crop If the u it Il
Si"tcs ii!is year is set down at 1926.
20 .u'O bushels, an increase of ~.
Cougar bushels over last year. An
estimate of 80 cents Il bushel wou.d
Mas" Ire r''ru prulUrt for 1898 Of the
raIun Of ;7704 $500.
Miss Mary Mabel Spinner. daugh
tor "t County Recorder Spinner Of
EuT.ia. has graduated from the
National Hormal University at Leh
anon, Ohio, having received from
that institution Il decree as bachelor
'i Sri.u'" aud a diploma us an In
at uclor of Science.
II lrci" Sam generously refuses TO
@i'r h~ims"Ii uny advantage in the
Philippines that lie does no.. GIVE To-
ether rIt."sls. might he not srIgycst
I" the other nations that they gencr-
"usIy chip IN tn help cake up that
V-n,UDo,u'u, which he has been soft
enough t" offer SPAN! asks the Buff
fl" Express.
Superintendent +. \. Eager Of the
Occidental, Utah and Kcn,uck mines
was formerly a printcr and WIS a
member 81 Washoe Typographical
union No. 81 ii matter OF twelve or
more ,"Hr- ago. This is the first in.
si"nr" on record where "A local Is Pc
s.!c ser las 'uccccdcd t" the Ruperir-
icudcnr! uf IOmstuck mines. SAYS the
Virginia Chronicle.
The Jewish colony in Smith Valley,
tr"n which 80 much was tx pected
last 'prlnr has broken up aud most OF
the cUluutsts have pOnc To San Fran.
cisco Ouly tive families remain in
the valley. The San Francisco lie.
brew Benevolent Society furnished
forty mcmhcrs Of the colony. men.
women and children, with transporta
ton Ia that city, where they will seek
employment.
The Gaz"tic don't understand how
1t II that the vote OF the State was
"'iici ally c~amvass,d lust Monday when
ii" constitution provides that the Su-
prem" Court shall canvas tho vote
ON the third Monday Of December.
Tho sc,'I"L of tho constitution pro.
Ni'irur far ii3c official canvass Of the
vo'" on the third Monday OF Decem-
hcr Isl wun iatory and. rs II is has not
been amended, the IEDEPEHDEST is
al" unable Ia understand how or by
what authority the Board OF Exan,in
crs CauyIs-cd the vote last Monday.
Will some II please cnlightcn us?
y rich strike il reported to have
hr"n ma !" on cvcnty-Six hill, Tus
c"rora. last Sunday. Reports say
uIni ihr Young brothers leascd II
mining claim on the hill from Hugh
krrr mad ibat last Sunday they stru"l;
, It I"rr-f no' vein VI ore running from
q To- 100 per ton, Kerr, the ownc.
81 lh" ground. wns mn inmate Of tho
comfy hospital for n long timo and
ind ufioG tried to lease the grouno
hCfnrr the prcfcut ~lcEscCs took hoil
. " II. II ihr striI" proves to Lc NJ
rich ns reported, Kerr mud the lcfsocs
will he ~ velvet for II long time &c
come.
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