Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-04
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
3ALMAGUNDI.

Mr.. Fraitas' wounds are doing
nicely and he is resting comfortably
There were four deaths from yell
low fever yesterday ut tho Soldiers
Home at Hampton, Virginia.
Let two men bury the hatchet and
each will watch the other for the rest
of his life to see that he does not 90
back and dig it up.
MB. Garrecht will leave for Idaho
in a day or 80 to visit the family OF
her daughter. Mrs. j. j. Rogers. Miss
Addio will accompany her mother.
See the new nj OF the w. T. Smith
Company. Silver Medal flour makes
excellent bread. Buy a sack and try
it. Read the ad ind profit by it.
The sum OF $4,000 900 was expend-
ed in the United States in outdoor
advertising in 1893, OF which Chicago
spent half a million.
Tom McKellips was up from Carlin
this forenoon. He informed US that
MIR. Puett continues to improve and
Is o in n fair way to recover.
There will be a big picnic at the
Lamoille Cross roads next Sunday.
A game OF base ball between tho
Fort lialleck and Lamoille clubs will
be n feature Of the day.
We have received a copy Of the
first number Of the Nevada magazine
published by Van Duzer i Haley. 1t
is full OF interesting matter about
the State and is a credit to the pub.
fishers.
The Elko base ball club has accept
ed the challenge OF the Tuscarora
club to play n match game here OIL
the 10th. Elko club guarantees the
expenses OF the visiting players.
Alger babe farewell to the War Of
flee yesterday. lie has lost his yell
low coat and peacock feathers. Great
Is Alger,but greater are the scandals
connected with his administration OF
the War Department.
Mr.. Hanna says hat no man need
go hungry in the United States. He
probably has reference to the nour.
ishment derived from licking revenue
stamps. 1t is orr chief diet nova
days.-Columbus Post.
1t is estimated by the American
Agricultural that there are T5,OOO,-
GOO horses in the world, Europe being
credited with 3S,0CO,0O0, North Amer.
lea with 100000 and Asia with
100000. The mules ami asses in
the world are said to number 9,OOO,-
900.
a stubborn attack OF hiccoughs
will almost invariably yield il a drop
OF oil OF cassia (cinnamon) on a piece
OF sugar is given to the sufferer every
ten or fifteen minutes. This has
been proved effective when all other
remedies fail.
According to the Chicago Railway
Age, railroad has been put down this
year i'll thirty.seven Of the forty. nine
States and Territories, on LAG roads.
to the extent Of 1860 miles and the to.
tai extent Of new track to be laid in
the next six months is estimated Mt
5000 miles.
Tho fellow that has not paid his
tax for six ycars, the fellow that
never contributed n cent to the
church, the fellow that never devoted
Il moment in assisting his party md
the fellow that never paid n cent OH
his subscription, usually stands on
the corner in Il shady nook and Won.
ders why in gehena the town. the
church and everything on earth don't
run Just rs they think it ought to-
FIX.
In the small town OF Lincoln, n. ],
all the members OF the Council are
women Aldcrwomen, in other words
and now it is proposed to have the
Mayor Of the came gender and it
looks rs though tho movement would
be successful. The men are mildly
objccting. but the voters are being
won over by the feminine wiles, md
all the prominent candidates arc
women.