Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-02-18
DAILY.l
SALNiAG UNDI.

.1rs. Bert lIolcomb- and children
re urned to Reno OH No. 1 today.
Or. Mcdowell received word today
til t Stanton Witeinun WINS improv-
in.
Iicquerra Pasqul shot I.uscnio
G ravanta in the back at Vista, eight
III. les rast oi Rene. yesterday. The
tr ubie was over Pasquui's wife. Pas.
quIl was arrested.
dr. jacobs, the tailor. went 20 Tus-
ca ora this morning on u business
tr ?. lie will be gone four or five
dt ie, md requests that all persons
In ing work in his line hold it until
hi return.
'ime5-Revicw: - Tho Dexter is
k, ping both Of its mills running on
or. Tho new mill is dropping
tvinty stamps and the KinkcGd mill
hs its four mullers running. The
ne t shipment Of gold bullion will
Ill ioubteaiy, be IA good one.
Tho Genoa Courier says that Hon.
j. v. ~liaines is quite feeble. lie has
lot the use OF his lower limbs en-
tir ly. lie has procured au invalid's
ch ir, however, and proposes To get
alb ut some when the weather is tine.
:. Il. Bowlcs, who is building Mr..
W ston's house. fell from the roof
tn forenoon. Several patches Of
SIX were knocked oil his face and he
WI badly shaken up. lie WIS not
ba ly injured and soon tackled his
joi again.
here are eight ways Of getting la
the Klondikc. but only onc-throush
Ia lship and FrivdtiOn-o getting
ou' Of the iccbound region. The
D,iver Republican calls attention To
the fact that there are hundreds or
wa + Of getting to the gold fields 81
the West, and us many ways OF get
tin out.
rod Saar man, "A son OF Mrs. VIM.
Sa" rman, who was murdered in
DO Iglas county il 1895, has IL card in
the Genoa CnTrier, in which he SAYS
the story that his mothers life was
ins ircd or that she had money ot Der
ow' ID a lie. Tho young man be-
lie, 's that his mother was murdered
by he tramp who was arrested and
chI 'ged with the crime md dis
chr 'gcd ut the preliminary cxamina-
ito.
utes in the beauty contest hnvc
sol al in lively since yesterday. Miss
Ca ne Keith now leads with -;
MI 4 Edith Hunter comes next with
Do follow by Miss Alice Lowe
wit lOi. a great MAN., scattering
vol - have been cast, but MS the
Ina'les OF n good many OF the Indies
ha @ been used without their knowl.
ed G or consent the INDEPENDENT
do' } moi think it proper to publish
the IL, Tho three young ladies' men
ito cd above should put on their
pre- .ticst looks and get their pictures
tai en.
ecretary Gage says the demand
fOi new fractional silver coin is much
gr, tier thnn the amount coined and
the treasury is compelled to pay out
We n coin. ms tho amount of new
col II manufactured has been esti.
ma ed 10y the appropriations made for
the payment OF loss on recoinage Of
Bu'I coin. The secretary wants
au' iority to use silver bullion in tho
tire sury i'll the coinage OF subsidiary
sil, n coin and to RECON- all worn out
ant nbraded fractional silver com.
Til re is now in the treasury about
s7,"00,0O0 subsidiary silver coin unit
for circulation.
Found Gold.
y his ia Sam Davis latest steamboat
'Ye terday afternoon Jacob Muller, in
let ing out water from II bath tub
dis ovcred several bright shining
par iclcs in tho bottom 0f a tub. lie
ga Iercd them up aud took them to
the Bullion Bank. They proved To
he gold. and in all he got six bits ont
OF he tub and no thinks u good deal
csc ipcd. lie was quite excited
his find md began Ia trace tho
mH ter up. lie aacertaincd TINT Bob
L. IAN had como III from the Como
dir riot where no had been exploring
I mncl and had reached town cover
cd With pay dirt from the mine. lio
too IA bath at MuIlcr's nnd left tho
go! ! in a tub. When Bob WINS told Of
tho find in tho bath tub no started
for Como To mako further invcstiga.
tiOls. IL looks m il no had cut the
go ! bearing lodge in the tunnel with
OF knowing It.
Iio thinks Muller elIould ~rGtuDdtho
mnicy no paid Tor his bath, but Null
Ter can't sec II in that light. Ito il
COZ eidering, however, tho proposition
OF flowing miners from the Como.
dilirict 10 battle free Of charge or ut
lot It half rates.
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