Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-03-18
CFRoM FRIDAYS DAILYl
SALMAGUNDI.

DancinS pumps and light weight
boots and shoes at Alexander's. i.
Tnb lubricates the muscles md
sinews and promotes quick action.
Dave Casper has Just re viewed n
new lot OF samples Of Fall md
Winter Clothing viii III will be made
to order from 1880 up. .
The weather Is cold and raw, but
not 80 stormy and d~isagreeable as a
year ago. The day On which Corbett
and Fitzsimmons argued their dill.
culties wa about the only pleasant
day in last March, and that, too, not
withstanding the fact that nearly
every preacher in the State was pray
ing for the day to be cold and
stormy.
While you are LOOKING for a chnpge
IN the weather. examine the Intest
patterns in wall paper at the Postot-
hce. All goods first class and mt the
lowest living prices. Call in and OK.
anime my stock. No :rouble.to show
goods. /. ". SHEswood.
There was u good attendance at the
ball last night and everything passed
OH nicely. The gross receipts were
s9i.55 and the expenses about So.
This leaves n handsome sum to be
used in the erection Of a monument
10 the gallant men who lost their
lives in the harbor Of Havana.
l.. c. Bayer has moved his barber
shop from the Commercial Hotel to
the roo adjoining the billiard room
in the Depot Hotel. He Is fitting up
n tirst-clas shop and is now ready to
attend to the wants OF his old custom.
ers and OF all WHO want work in his
line. Call upon him In his new
shop.
a taxpayer would like to know
whether the principal Of the Elko
public school is paid our OF the public
funds to perform his duties in the
schoolroom or look after the interests
OF his paper during the hours when
school Is in session. The ISDEpES-
DENT Is unable to answer the query
and respectfully refers it to the
trustees Of the EIko district.
The Mound Valley water suit was
submitted to Judge Talbot this FORE
noon. The Judge will divide up the
water in dispute between the firms
in interest and unless IN appeal is
taken his judgment will ue final. The
settlers III Mound Valley should re-
spect each others right to the waters
OF Smith Creek and live IN peace.
Litigation is u very costly luxury.
BE Sure You Are Right and then
go ahead. Be sure You get Hoods
sarsaparilla and you may confidently
expect it will purify your blood and
give you appetite and strength.
HOODS PILL are easy To take
easy to operate. Cure indigestion,
billiousness. 2jc.
NJ j. Curtis, the contractor, settled
his judgment against the Gold Creek
Townsite Company last Tuesday, re-
ceiving $500 in coin and the balance
Ill notes. Although he had agreed to
pay the carpenters who worked for
him at Gold Creek out OF the first
money he received, he left town
Tuesday night without paying their
claims. There is a good deal OF hot
talk over Mr.. Curtis action in this
matter.
Capt. NJ. b. Rowe OF Fredricks-
burg, Va, not long since presented
to Col. Teller Of Washington n rifle
which was plowed up on the Bloody
Angle. On the rifle was this inscrip-
ton: AZ. DuGal, Company F., One
Hundred and Forty sixth New York"
Col. Teller resorted to the records,
and after n long search found Mr..
Dugal at Denver, and returned to
him the gun which he dropped when
badly wounded in that fearful battle
in 1864.