Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-01-13
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SAN vi 2
visit to Cal fornis today.
Misses Clara md Cora Taber lei,
for Stanford University today.
The case OF the Reno Journal W.
Senator Stewart has been transferred
to Ormsby county.
1t is said that j. q. Mccarthy has
the inside track for Superintendent OF
the Orphans Home at Carson.
Elko's population is On the increase.
Two youngsters have made their ap.
P%earance since our last issue.
Misses Jessie Harris and Fern, Ged.
ney md Charley Mayer have re.
turned to the University at Reno.
The great trouble with the average
man is that he wants to hIndle the
rudder all the time instead Of taking
hiS turn at the oars.
At II meeting ~ the director, IT the
Henderson Banking Co. held this
morning. Hayden Henderson was
elected assistant cashier. The INDIE
PENDENT congraiu lates Hayden on
his well deserved promotion.
The Supreme Court Of Michigan
iins decided that reading selections
from the Bible in the public schools
Is constitutional, but that the pupils
ere not obliged to listen.
a tunnel one mile in length and
fmnr feet i'll width 10y RiI in heights
being eIcavaicd as an aqucduct TO
convey waier from Silver lake to sup.
ply the new smclter tn be built ut An
acoDda. Montana. The work will be
completed next June.
The cost OF the Spanish war, in
Guiding garrisons i'll the dependencies
during tile remainder Of the present
fiscnl year, will probably fall within
tho limit OF s25n,CO0.OOO. This waa
about the amount estimated at the
signing Of the peace protocol in Aug
ust.
Senator lIsrdesty and wife Of Wells
are in town. The Senator is on the
way to Carson to attend the session Of
the legislature. He is still for Stew.
art for u. S. Senator. The blaudish-
ments Of the Newlands outfit have
left no car on him. .
The examination OF applicants for
teachers certificates begun at the
courthouse this morning. Miss Alice
Lowe and Miss Carrie Keith arc on
the grill for grammar grade certiti.
catcs, and Miss Rpse McMullen, Mas
Ollie Wcathers. Miss Annie Toyne.
MISS Katie Murphy and Claude
Scliocr Tor primary certificates.
Petroleum drinking il reported to
he On the increase in Paris. and the
medical men are wrestling with the
habit to determine its ultimate effect
on the syRtem. As usual with all
such vices, the tasto grows upon the
victim until it develops into no irre-
sistlble passion. The dnnker il made
sal ,diScontcntcd md despairing. rare
ly quarrelsomc or %pugnaCious.
In addition To the stock OF old
worries left over, in already announced
in 90 that a crack sin the bottom or
the sea- it liable to occasion the i'm.
mediate precipitation Of the entire
volume ~ the oceans 10 the center Of
the earth, causinR so violent an erup-
ton as to destroy all life. Sir Robert
Bril- " London. nm astronomer Of re-
putc.% announces this latest disquirting
possibility. which. were il tn occur,
would doubil, "a interfere with min.
ing md scientitic progresa to IN I'm.
sat isfactory extent.
a Dakota pnper gives the following
account ~ u cyclone: "A sonthwe T..
ern wind tumbled weeds aud Russian
thisiles through the mir ut a tw0nty-
milo gait, and the gate went too
Many stoves we're drawn out Of chin
neys; the strong wind blew in the
neck - bottle and blew tho bottom
ont. Nebraska wngon tracks wont
over tho town by thousands. Tho
strain ON wiro fences was 40 great
TINT staples wore drawn out on the
north sido Of the posts. a kerUsenc
barrel stnnding in front OF a grocery
store waa sucked out by tho buuR
hole and turned inpide out like a In.
dy's slipper. Tho dirt blew FROM n
pOai hole on the hillaIde aud left the
lolc sticking ont Of tho ground two
feet with no dirt around H.