Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-08-12
FROM wEDNEsDAY,s DAILY
SAB,iAGUNDI.

Sheriff MatPcr nov has -four board
ers ut his hotel.
Dave Casper is considerably under
The weather today.
The Thermometer registered 100 de-
greesIn the shade Mt = o'clock this
afternoon.
Vim. b. Ryan. IN old aud prominent
resident Of the Comstock. died in
Virginia City Tuesl lay night.
Charley Gardner is laid up with the
quinsy sore throat. He Will be all
right i'll Il few days.
{. III. White. the printer card writer,
will write cards nt the Depot Hotel
tonight for the last time.
After Il maj has accumulated Ms
mucn rs $1,000 it is perfectly proper
for his wife to refer to the grounds
surround NJ their home, instead Of
the ~yard."
The G.. p. snowsheds caught fire
yesterday and No. | which should
have arrived here Mt T:l5 this morn.
ing. was pulled or. NJ. 3 will arrive
sometime tonight.
The posIofice was moved last
nigh! I" Henry Jones residence. The
new office Is light, airy and conven-
lent. Mrs. Jones takes the place OF
Miss Nellie Shcchnn in the office.
Jhomas o. larkin, the first white
child born in California, died recently.
i!o Ans otherwise noted for having
been sued by Rem Jefferson for tie
biggest whisky bill on rocord-SG.IOO.
l. ia said that VIM. II. Hearst has
been appointed an ensign in the
navy, and that tho R~uccnneer has
been fitted out ms u war vessel.
Erigadicr General John s. Poland,
who died at Ashvillc. y. c., Monday.
commanded the troops along the line
OF the SOntheu Pacific during the
great railroad strike Of 1891.
In Germany. when the vote OF the
jury stands six against six. Il prisoner
Is acquitted. \ vote Of seven aruiust
five leaves the decision To the court.
and on II vote Of eight against four
the prisoner is convicted.
y correspondent Of the Dayton
Times sa,s nearly every farmer IN
Mason valley is pumping or drawing
wafer for stock. The East Fork Of
the Carson is dry. while the West
Forl; carries only a small stream.
Srvcral Of the farmers are us,nr horse
power mnchncs to hoist water.
III" Scuntorirl fight this foil PROM
iscS to he Il warm one. Stewart, New
lands aud Cleveland nre said To he
Silver party asrirants for the Senator
ship. They will undoubtedly be op-
posed 10y q Republican and possibly
hy IA Democrat. IL the silver vote is
divided. the Republican may win.
While "A lot Of bucks md their ma
ha!as were playing poker on the plat.
form ~ the frcightlouse this after,
noon, II Of the bucks quit the game
and got II bottle Of iire-water. On his
return his better half took the bottle
from HIM and smashed it.. The fire.
water was wasted and the buck took
no further interest in the game.
Jonrnal.-A telegram wns received
from the Secretary of War Yesterday,
in answer to ono sent Saturday. ask.
ing permission to recruit enough men
to I'LL The Nevada battalion To the
full limit. which denied them that
privilege. This does not look rs
though Uncle sam is very anxious to
secure more men.
y ping Of tobacco ia rs good a ha-
r"mctcr rs any ono needs. As long
MS tn" weather ia To be fine the tnbac.
9" will ne dry. and il there is not too
much sugar mud l~icOricc in If, il will
crumbic like bark. But just before
rain the t"hlccu will get damp and
flexible, and The moisture in the mir
Will make il almost Glammy.
IN exchange says the three lessons
that are all the better for knowing
are: That chpCrfulncss can cha lgc
misfortune into love nnd friends; that
in ordering ones splf Alright. ono
helps others to 30 the same: aud that
the power az finding hcanty in the
humhlcFt things. makes homo happy
and life lovely.
Some ~ The boys III the Nevada
battalion are making it very lively i'm
Carson. Tho News says some OF
them I'LL mp with hooze mud Try TO
II the town. This has rilcd Sheriff
Kinney aud he threatens TO arrcst
thirty or forty of them and put them
in n chain gang. This would prob.
ably bring them to II realization of
their diegraccful conduct.
Tho lwDErEHprHT building will
present II neat appearance when com.
ulctCd. Tho adobe wall will he taken
ont and the wood front brought down
Ia the ground. An attractive glass
front will he put in and the stairs
lending up To- tho printing office will