Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-22
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
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Hotel is completed.
Two hundred and sixty students
are attending the State University.
Admiral Snhley has been assigned
to command the South Atlantic sta
ton.
JJe Carroll returned last night
from u hunting trip to Battle Noun
tain.
w. o. Vorc and John Yowell will
ship four carloads Of horses east next
week.
The INDEPENDENT regrets to learn
that Mrs. James Adams Is very sick.
We sincerely hope che may be spared
many years yet.
twenty-five years ago the United
States supplied 10 per cent Of the
worlds consumption OF coal; now it
supplies 80.
A Boston paper says that about
3C0 women have been licensed to
preach. The rest have not taken the
trouble to get a license.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Elko club has challenged the
Tuscarora boys to play the deciding
game OF baseball here one week from
tomorrow. An answer il expected 10y
tonight's mail.
G. +. Mayer received IL letter from
Marble Rock, Iowa, this morning
stating TINT NJ. T.. Dawson, the man
that the Odd Fellows sent cast last
week, had reached home ~safcly.
Read the new al OF the Engler Co.
md profit thereby. Their stock Of fall
md winter goods and other lines OF
merchandise Is complete and you can
get what you want at reasonable
prices.
Eureka county's assessment roll
shows Il total valuation of Sl,5lJ,Gi6,
IA falling OF Of s37,97l from last years
valuation. The Sentinel ascribes the
loss to the scarcity Of cattle in the
county.
The pretty and talented young lady
who edits the Pucatello Advance pro.
claims aloud; az man who cannot
appreciate IA good should be
taken ont and fed to the hogs or shot
before breakfast
KodOl Dyspepsia Cnrc III Il scicn-
tiiic compound having the endorse
ment OF eminent physicians and the
medical press. 1t -digests what you
eat" and positively cures dyspepsia.
NJ. 4. Ketron. BloOmingdhie. Tenn,
says it cured lIim Of indigestion OF
ten years standing. Elko Drug Co.
White Pine county has shipped
more orc this year than any other
county in tho State except Eureka.
Lend orc from Hamilton. lead. copper
and gold ore from Ely, and lead and
oliver ore and concentrates from
Cherry Creek, all servo To swell the
totals.-News.
The uir Is clcarast ut Arequipa
Peru. From the observatory ut that
place, $3.50 feet above the sea, n
black spot, ono inch in diameter.
placed on a white disc, has been seen
on Mt. C%lIarchani, a distance OF IL
wi!aa, through . thirteen iu"h tclcs-
cope.
\ Gardnerville oma says that
poker is Il game OF chance, and her
husband pronounces it skilled labor.
These divergent views mixes us all
w again. Tho world and its ways
keep us guessing. And few men are
sure whether IN tho world to come
they will wear wings or n taii.-COur.
Ter.
Major Carricrc. the Government
Commissary in the Drcyius court.
martial says: "Dreyfus ia certain to
he pardoncd very shortly. Everybody
wants to got rid Of the Drcyfus case.
the soldiers more tliun anybody else.
In my case Drcyfus will not have to
60 through n second degradation
Of that ! am certain"
An attemp Il WIZ made early ycster-
day morning to burglarizc tho Win.
postoilicc. Tho burglars
Ind one window open and were try
ing to raisc another when G.. r. War
rem. who was sleeping in tho building
teok n shot at one Of them. His aim
was bad and the burglar and his com
pnnion fitted away. Suspicion points
TO two trarnps who have been around
Win8umucca for several days.
Tho Tw~cnty.sixth u. s. Volunteers
passed through last night on their
way Ia Manila to shoot Christianity
and civilization into tho dcludcd
F~ilipinos. Tic regiment was recruit.
ed at platisburg, Now York, and is
nndcr the command of Col. Rice
Major Long and Colonel Rice served
together "a tho regular nrmy. Tlicy
renewed their acquaintance while
tho train stopped. Nearly the whole
town turned ont 10 hear the music OF
tho rcgiimcntal band.
.rhe collision near Cldrk's station
yesterday In Raid to have bo9n caused
by E%npincoT Penny of the light engine