Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
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Mn. Mead. Miss Grace and Frank
Will leave for San Francisco tonight.
They will return in about two weeks.
There are enrolled in the Carson
Indian school for the present quarter
seventy one Washoee, seventy.uue
Pahutes, and fifteen Shoshones--In-
dian Advance.
One Of the latest tests for sobricty
is Il word OF twenty-thrce letters. II
il clcctroplIotomicrography and the
meaning is "photographirg by cleo
trio light objects magniiied by the
microscope"
At Munich there is hospital which
is entirely supported by the sale Of
old steel pens and nibs collected from
oil parts OF Germany. They are
made INTO watch springs, knives md
razor
The S. p. X. r is building some
new style snowsheds near Truckce.
They are built on rollers and are
smaller than the old ones. 80 that in
summer they can be run one inside
the other-telescope fashion.
\ curions barometer is used in
parts OF Germany and Switzerland.
1t il a jar Of water with IA frog and "a
step ladder III it. When tho frog
comes out Uf the water aud sits on
the steps a rainstorm will sOon occur.
The new cattle quarantine bound
aries between Nevada and California,
extend from the southern end Of
Marin county Ia the southern end Of
Eldorado. then bending eOuthward to
include Alpine, Mono and Inyo coun.
ties III the district outside Of quarnn
tine.
One Of the old cannon which stood
guard at Fort Homestead in Cold
Hill i'll the early days has been pur-
chased for "scrap iron. Tho cannon
WIS known as the Little Giant and
was cast ut the Gold Hill foundry.
May Both, 1865. II was two and Il
half feet long with a three inch bore
and weighed 1850 pounds Enter.
prise.
The Hebrew New Year. ROsh Hash.
ona, begins ut sunset next Monday
ard continues until sunset the day
following. The next Hebrew holiday
the Day Of Atoncmcnt, begins Mt sun
set on Wednesday, Sept. 18th and
continues till sunset on Thursday. 10
Hebrew chronology the coming ysar
is given as $500.
Tho Director Of the United States
Mint estimates the gold production Of
the world for 1899 10 be the enormous
sum Of 100000. 900. Tho correspond.
ing figures for 1897 were S237 300, 0GO
and for 1898, nearly ass. OC0, 1900.
These are astounding figures. but
they arc reasonably accurate. 'vhe
increase in the gold yield in part nc
counts for the stimulation OF bust.
ncss over all the commercial world.
An extra freight train wa wrecked
about noon today two miles east Of
Os.no by Il loose wheel under one .oi
the cars. FOurcars and the caboose
went oil the track.One OF the wrecked
cnrs is loadcd withGovernment. horses
None Of them were hurt. Tho rest
OF The train pulled into EllSo and no.
tice OF tho wreck was sen la Carlin.
the wrecking train went up this af-
tcrnoon aud cleared the truck.
The INDEPENDENT il i'll receipt OF
the first issue OF the Indian Advance.
published ut the Car.onIndianschool.
which ia a neat and attractive sheet.
IL will DO devoted. first to the interest
OF tho Carson lEdidn school, second,
to the WashOc, Pahute and Shoshonc
Indians; third, To the education oi all
Indians. Tho mechanical work will
he done by the pupils OF tho school
under tho supervision OF W. l.. Tay:
lor. seq
a copy OF the document 10y which
tho Central Pacific Railway Company
md tho Southern Pacific, under the
new consolidation, mortgages all its
property to the Central Trust Com.
pany Of New York for 300. 600
and another Tor . 100000 in tho
United States Trust Company OF New
York were filed for record ut Sucra.
mento recently. Tho former il called
the first rciundinE" mortgage, and
required 100000 OF war stamps, md
the other $4,000.
United States Commissioner Will
liam a. Jones mnkcs tho interesting
statement TINT "a full blooded Indian
lunatic never lived After inspect.
ing tho otto recently purchased by
the Government for nm Indian insane
asylum in tho Indian Territory he
says: "Ilio occupants of the hOapitnl
which will soon be opened will all DO
mixed breeds. Probably iIcro never
WA Il case Of insanity in ady tribe
until the malady ww introduced by
mixing with tho whitcs.T
Mayor Jones' Of Toledo, who IL run
ming for Governor Of Ohio III his
own nomination, has mRdo u plat.