Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-22
tFRoM MONDAYS DAILYl
SALMAGUNDl.

Mn Allen and daughter left for
California Saturday night.
X. Kcefer has been appointed post
master at Charleston. vice &. +. Pear.
son.
Il. G. Murphy has been appointed
postmaster at Fort IIulleck, vice
John Murphy, resigned.
MIR. Bowles, agent for the Mutual
Lille Insurance Co, Inns our thanks
for Il beautiful calendar.
The delinquent assessment roll OF
Lyon county this year To
Oh IT, the smallest it has been for
years.
10 10 ut the drug store has II tiue
line OF Christmas goods. II you don't
believe it, read his al and go to see
them.
a Belkuap, u Of Supreme Judge
Belknap, and Miss Ida Brule OF Car.
Sol were married ct San Rafael, Cal,
last Wednesday.
George Stoker came up from Love
lock this morning. We will wait a
few days to see how he behaves him.
sell before writing hm up.
There are said to be eighty young
widows i'll st. George, Utah who
credit their stations in life To the
deadly dust OF the DcLarrar mill.
The gross receipts OF tho doll and
handkerchief sale Saturday night
were go %. The ladies' Of the Aid
Society return hearty thanks for the
generous patronage they received.
General Buffers boast that his ar-
my would eat their Christmas dinner
III Pretoria is i'll IA fair way to prove
true, Dom Paul will sit ut the head
OF the table, however, ns the master
OF ceremonies.
The New York Press tells that a
woman has Mt last choked to death
from putting hair pins i'll her mouth.
but probably all tho other women will
go right ahead with the same mad
recklessness.
Tho peanut crop ii now being har.
vested III the south. and il is a good
one. This will be cheering news To
the crunchers, for prices will he
lower. The entire crop i'll The Unit.
ed States il only 10 5000 bushels, So
get ii hustle on.
Mr.. and MB. Morrow and Judge
Massey and wife arrived from the
west last night. We understand that
Mr.. and Mrs. Massey will spend the
holidays in town.
\ horse can draw on the worst kind
OF earth u! out four times ms much as
he can carry on his back. On n good
macadamizcd road he can pull ten
times Us much; on a wooden road
twenty-five times as much; and on a
railway about iifty-thrcG times
~ much.
Arrangements have been romplct-
ed Tor Il big gambling and theatrical
enterprise To bo established ut Nome
i'll the spring. Tho plant involves an
expenditure Of 100000. \ special
steamer will take north forty variety
performers, ihe pnraphtrnalia for the
gambling house in Alaska
"ud a building 30 by $40 feet, three
high.
II the ten thousand plum pud
dings the English people were going
Ia send To their soldier boys III South
for their Christmas dinner are
not already on the way, We would re-
apcctfully suggest that they consign
to Dom Paul Kruger. lie will
have nearly the whole British army
M prisoners OF war by Christmas
time and will need the buildings.
4 mining project That will add ma
tcrially Ia the bullion product Of the
and give employment to Il
large number Of mon will he one Of
the local events Of the early part Of
1900. The Virginia Chronicle il in
possession OF the details uf tho enter.
prise, which will be made public NJ
soon MS tho prcliminarics are arrang-
ed which will be accomplished in a
few days.
Tho total Hmount Of taxes for Eur.
eka county for the year 1879 amount
ed to 1888 "a. Of which amount
81 has already been paid, |
leaving u balance OF Sl6,073 10 to DO
paid in on or before tho first Monday
in June. The delinquency amounts
to sGi 10. which we believe is the
smallest in tho history Of the county.
Tho delinquent list all ovc the State
is unusually small this yCar.-Scn.
tincl. !
Thorc recently wont into effect in
Ohio Il law providing that u jury in n
capital cnsc, where tho accused ia
found guilty Of murder in the tirst
degree, may recommend him to the
mercy of the court, and when this is
done tho judge shall sentence the
prisoner to lifc imprisonment. But