Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-01-07
. ONDAY' DAILY
SALMAGUNDl.

4 big crowd attended the a. o. U
W. Ball Friday night. All had q
good time.
Miss Rosa Alexander returned from
I'M extended visit to Salt Lake Oh
No. 4 today.
Mr.. Earles delivered u very inter.
csting discourse ut the Presbyterian
church last night.
Paul Kcyser and Charley Mayer
left for Reno last night to resume
their work in the University.
The ladies Of the Episcopal Church
are getting up an entertainment to
he given ut Harris Hall in the near
future.
Work in the county clerks Office
being rather slack Mr.. Mcbride is
now running the Office without tho
All OF "a deputy.
Ray Harris is clcrking for Mr..
Clark. Ray Ia I'M industrious honest
boy mad is worthy Of Mr.. Clark's con.
tideucc. .
Commissioners Reed and Woolver.
ton are attending meeting Of the
BOard e day. They report every
thing quiet in their neighborhoods.
W. T.. Buttcriield was examined by
DIR. Hood this afternoon and commit
ted t" tho Hospital for Mental Dis.
eases at Reno. Sheriff Matecr will
take him down tomorrow ON No 4,
Tom Harris has sold his dwelling
house on Picty Hill TO Peter Carat of
White Rock. Mr.. Carat will take
possession rs 500 as Mr.. tlarris can
move. The INDEPENDENT extends a
hearty welcome to Mr.. Carat aud
family.
The News says that Il little In,iian
girl attending the school ut Carson
fell Saturday and was put 10 bed by
the matron and made as comfortable
III possible. Sunday morning he girl
was dcnd and it IN Their found that
her skull was fractured.
Saturday afternoon while Dick
Dorsey was cutting ice with an ice
pillow his feet slipped from under him
md hc fell striking the back OF his
neck on the ice. Dick was badly
shaken up and was confined To his
bed until this afternoon. His MUIR
les are severe aud he ia hardly able 10
be around.
We were glad To sec Mr.. Critchlcy
ON the streets this afternoon. He still
carries his left hand in "a sling ard his
face shows the effect OF the scaling
lac received. He il getting along
nicely, hut it will be some time vet
before lac is able to resume work at
the mill
Lawyer BCardman, one OF Dur.
rants counsel, passed through last
evening bound for Washington to
make Il final appeal TO the. United
States Supreme Court ON behalf OF
his client. While the train stopped
here Boardman paced ucrvously NJ
and down the platform us il chatting
under the delay.
Friday afternoon Mr. iTyland sold
ont his butcher and grocery business
To Ed LittoD and Ed. sold III iutn 10
Mr.. James Clark who took charge
Saturday morning. The INDEPENDENT
IL glad to announce TINT Mr.. Clark
has gone into business once more in
Elko and will make his future home
with U.S.. IL also wishes him prosper.
ity in his new venture.
Saturday afternoon while Charles
Cook was unloading ice Tor Frank
Rockhart, the tongs slipped of Of IA
cake, weighing about $50 pounds md
1t fcll pcrpcndicularly about eight
feet striking Cook on the instcp Of the
left foot. Cook blcd proruscly and
was Mt once taken to DIR. Hoods Office.
Tho DR.. stopped the flow OF blood
and Cook was taken Ia the hospital.
No bones were broken but some OF
tho ligamcnts wore torn loose. Cook
has a very sorc foot, but will he NIL
right III three or four weeks.
y Chicago MN who visited Swift.
crlnnd asked cx.Prcsidcnt Frcyc how
the referendum il working in the
mountain republic. lie replied That
when n grcnt question ia brought for.
ward tho people feel Il deep interest
in IL go to the polls md vote. and they
alwayg vote right, but that when the
mnttcr In OF comparatively little con.
sequence they do NOT wake up md go
To tho polls. "lIc told Of onc farmer
named Bauer, WHO had eccentric
idras OF tho fran slisc. Bnucr naid no
wns accustomed for a long timo nj.
ways to vote mo- but recently no had
invariably voted yes aud since then
he had had much better luck with his
cattle"
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