Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-01
lFRoM DAILY


The Kentucky made an average Of
1851 knots per hour in her trial trip
yesterday.
Howard Riddle came up from
Wadsworth last evening to remain u
few days.
The section men are cleaning up
the cinders and hauling them out Of
town. More power to their brawny
arms.
Frank Robinson returned today
from a trip to Gold Creek and Ten
nessee gulch. lie reports everything
lovely in that section.
do you understand the nature Of
an oath?' asked tue Judge. Il
should think 1 ought to-" said the
nervous little man. I've been put
ting up stovepipes for my wife all
morning"
Contracts for the building OF six
new $500 ton cruisers for our navy
were awarded yesterday. The Union
Iron works OF San francisco was
awarded one OF the contracts.
Mrs. lIOugh is gradually growing
weaker and there is no hope Of her
recovery. The old lady is having .he
best OF care and everything possible
Ii being done to smooth her pathway
to the grave.
The Southern Pacific company has
just made telegraph stations OF u
number OF points, which heretofore
yer merely sidetracKs, namely:
Rose Creek, Cosgrave. Roselle and
Dreams. Browns and Rye Patch were
made night offices.
According TO a high authority, cold
water is IL valuable stimulant to
many il not all people. Its action on
the heart Is more stimulating than
brandy. His own experience is that
slipping half a wine glass of cold
water will raise his pulse from 70 to
over 100.
The consolidated Montana Sheep
and Land company, which has been
amalgamating the sheep industry Of
that State with a capital of $4,000
OCO has options on 100000 head OF
sheep and 5G0,00a acres ni the best
sheep raising land in the State.
The Queen OF Italy weighs l7G
pounds, Queen Victoria li7.4 pounds,
the Queen Of Belgium l43 pounds,
the German Empress 1864 pounds,
the Queen of Portugal I32 pounds,
and the late Empress OF Austria
weighed but 96.S pounds.
y German scientist, who believes
that woman has been maIigned
enough, has IN the basis OF some in
tercsting experiments, found the rule
that given u man and II women OF an
equal size and weight, the tongue
OF the woman is smaller than that Of
the man.
Tho Junior Christian Endeavor
met ut the home of Mr.. j. l.. Keyser
Monday evening to the number Of
thirty with Il sprInkling Of older peo-
pie. Conversation. games and re-
freshments kept the Juniors together
most sociubly from 7 to 10 o'clock,
and all agreed that they must meet
go again.
The dispatches from Manila indi.
cate that the wal in the Philippines is
about ended SO far rs Aguinaldo's
nrmy is concerned. His forces lay
their arms at the approach OF
the AFRICANS and he is DONG some
tall sprinting to get out Of the colm-
try. Peace may come with the dis
perscment of his army and it maynot.
An old lady, Mrs. Stone. sister 20
Captain Stanley the miner, was found
dead in her home, near the woodward
on Commercial row, Sunday morn
ing. She appears to- have been en-
tirely alone and it is supposed that
she died OF pneumonia. Sho had
been complaining OF n bad cold and
sore chest when last scep.-Reno
Ledger.
a French paper has this droll story
OF n laundrcss who lntcly gained the
first prize III o lottery, with the num-
Der seventeen. When asked how she
hit on that number she said she had
dreamed three nights running OF tho
number seven. and thought it must
mean something, so she said. "Thrce
timG8 seven are seventeen! Seventeen
will be n lucky ticket. So bought it
AMI won The prizc!' 1t will he seen
that in spite OF education, supersti.
ton still fingers and is often found in
unexpected quarters.-Boston Herald
Captain Harry Preacher, high
muCk.a muck OF the Shoshono In.
dians in this part OF the State, writes
us that this is tho time OF the year
when tho Indians arc idle and he
wants them TO live in peace with the
whites. lie Gays il the Indians get
whiskcy they arc liable TO do somo-
thing serious in tho night and he 70.
quests US to ask the whites not To
sell tlIom any liquor. IIc nlso wants
the constable to lock up all drunken
Indians and keep them 10 jail until
they arc perfectly sober. Thus