Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-30
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SALNIAGUNDI.

his WcalIler mhheS u leION 1caIu
for ice water.
Reese Wheeler has returned from
California.
Miss Ellie johnson departed for
her home at Toano thus morning.
Bring your Job Work to the 1NDE.
PENDENT Office. Low prices.
George Anderson was taken quito
sick yesterday morning and Is con-
fined to his bed. His many friends
hope to see him out soon.
The contract for supplying grocer
les and supplies to the Insane Asy-
lum has been awarded to p. A. Wag-
e OF Carson for $780, 80 per month.
Notwithstand the enormous income
from the internal revenue, it Is estl.
mated til.f 40 treasury deficit will
be nearly 100000 ,OOG for the c.=ie.:t
year.
William Goebel, a lG to l Demo-
crat, has been nominated for Cover
10 OF Kentucky. The Blue Grass
Democrats should now get together
and elect him,
The average girls knowledge OF
pugilism Is rather limited, but it
doesn't take her long TO discover that
the prize ring INT with her engage
ment.
Tho ice cream social was n big
success last night. The orchestra
d~iscoursed sweet music on the out.
side OF Ning's restaurant and the
ladies on the inside set up ice cream.
cake aud other things for the inner
map.
Aiger Inns returned to Washington,
announced his candidacy Cor the
United States Senate from Michigan,
and denounced the report that he
will i'll the meanwhile resign from the
Cabinet. What Mckinley needs
now more than anything else ia a
good healthy bouncer.-Bee.
Sam Bachman came in from Ruby
Valley yesterday afternoon. lie re-
ports the sugar beets, planted by him,
up and growing nicely with splendid
prospects for a good crop. Sam also
informed us that Mr.. Woolyerton's
horse easily Won the 1900 race and
that the losers were wanting their
money back.
Included in the Colorado exhibit
mt the Paris Exposition will be the
hfe-size statue Of a girl cast in solid
gold. Is carats fine. The statue with
the pedestal will be six feet four in
chcs high.
When a mother is looking for a
place for her boy and says that wages
are no object, she doesn't mean it;
she means that while her boy is worth
a hundred dollars a week, che il will.
ing for him to work for SO to start
on.-Atchinson Globe.
Winnemucca will be a hot town on
the glorious Fourth. The Wads
worth Dramatic Club plays there the
night before the Fourth, Elko md
Battle Mountain play ball there on
the morning OF the Fourth, then the
procession and exercises, all to wind
up with fireworks and a coon ball.
The mosquitoes are worse IN town
this year than over before. They have
no regard for youth, beauty or age
and take rs much delight in punching
their bills into tho soft, smooth check
OF an editor rs they do in sticking
them into the flinty check Of a delin.
quent subscriber. All people LOOK
alike to them and all arc tormented
by tho critters. Even the Office hold
en- that buns his papers at the saloon
is made more miserable by his atten.
ton.
| John ii. Kelley, an old-time pros.
I pector Of Humboldt county, is miss
ing. lilo WINS recently employed by
Z. N. Silvo OF Golconda and put TO
work on his mining claims in the
Granite Creek district. About ten
dnys ago Kelley started out on horse.
back to go to Silve's place, six miles
distant, to got somo food for tho
camp. Since that time neither Kel.
ley nor tho horse has been seen
Search las been made for him with.
out avail. He il abont 60 years old
and had no food with him and it Is
feared that he wa taken III, got of OF
his horse and died IN tho open coun
try.
Tho war in the Philippines has al.
ready cost tho American people
twelve million dollars. In addition
to tho money expended wo have
practically destroyed the health OF
twenty thousand soldiers to whom
pension must he paid in tho rear fu.
turo. Hundreds Of our bravo boye
have boon killed upon tho battle field
aud have died OF disease. TO offset
this loss wo n only boast Of having
killed n icw thousand Filippinos, and