Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-09
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Sydney Smith is dow from Tusca,
rora.
Judge Curler came up from Reno
yesterday.
Mrs. ". II. O'Neil left for Palisade
on No. 4 today.
The steam wagon returned to EIko
this afternoon.
Carson CITY has GIL school chill
dren, u luss OF 20 in two years.
Commissioners Reed and Wcathers
are attending II meeting OF the board
today.
Diplomatic relations with Spain,
broken or April 81, 1893, were form
ally resumed Saturday.
Dan Simpson Of Smith Valley. Ly-
on county. IL pioneer OF Nevada. died
in Carson Saturday evening.
The trial Of the GulernRtorial con
test case was commenced in the Su
preme court in Carson today.
Miss Matte Keith who has been
visiting relatives sveral days, return
ed to her lchonl nj IIalleck last night
Miss Jessie Kcyser who Inns been
teaching in Ruby. returned saturday
evening to speEd the summer vaca
ton.
X. X. COlrurl will lose his position
as superintendent when the Carson
mint IL reduced to n assay Office. but
hi may r~eceiv" the appointment Of
chief assak cr.
The baseball game between Elko
ana Battle Mountain ninrs will he
played IN Battle Mountain Sunday
next. Our boys huve been practicing
diligenily and eApect To win in a
walk.
The county clerks Of Land n aud
Nye passed through Reno yesterday
with ballots az their counties which
are to he recOuntcd in tho Guberna.
torial contest case ut Carson.--Jour-
nal.
Nevada pays more for school pur-
poses per capita uf population than
other States, the average being si.SG
and the salaries OF teachers are high
or in this State than in any other.
The parties arrested in Wyoming
yesterday Tor stealing Exc county
horses, proved to he the wrong men,
and we're di,chIrl cd fro II custody The
men who left here in search OF them
Rre still ON the rail and have strong
hopes II securing the stolen animals.
\ Russian remedy for insomnia is
tn have II dog sleep in the room. and
preferably in the same h d. IL may
be through II sense Of companionship.
or II ~ security, or it may net sug-
sc 'tively. ut amy rate it il said Mt
times To prove OF value when other
means fail.
St0ckmen in northeastern Lincoln
count. express great fear for the
stock this coming summer. owing to
the Ii .ht snow I'll last winter aud
the exceedingly dry spring. In tho
vicinity Of the State line large stock
interests left that county Inst Sunday
for Idaho in search ~ u better range.
Sentinel.
The Ferris Wheel. which wns con.
sidcrod u of the grcatcst pieces ~
engineering shill ut the Worlds Fair
liz To be moved tn Paris Tor the big
exposition in 1907. Tho wheel was
che work Oi II Nevada boy, and al
though lo il dead. liis great work
will live after him and will chow in
favorable light among the bug pieces
Of engineering icats ut the French
capital.-Appeal.
In Holland among the quaint old
towns that lino the bants u the Guy
der Zee. 1t is tho custom when tho
stork has paid u visit for tho forum.
aic household 10 announce the fact
10y hanging outside the door q tiny
elk piicushion. a black ono indi.
Gates that tho now arrival ia u boy.
and Il white one tells the nelshbors II
il II girl.
Hays City. Kansas. has II youthful
body ~ officials. At recent clec.
o II ticket composed Of boys was
run against the old men and the boya
won in Il cantcr. Ere | llaifamoir IN
brcly twonty'ono md noUe Of tho
c0unci'mcD arc orcr i've I~iy.thro,.
lluiTmcir was born on tho to snsito
and two Of tho councilmcn were in
tho twenty Fir It Kansas.
Over 2,0On.0D0 silver dollars " hicll
fnr antnruI ,nux. I,. 10. .a.,..l L.. Al