Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-21
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY
SaIIMAGUSnI.

Tom Hunter and William Moody
shipped:thirtcen carloads of horses to
New York today.
Mrs. J. II. Taber and daughters
and Miss Ethel Smith went to Clover
Valley on II visit today.
Seven and II quarter million BUSH
els of oysters were taken in Mar, lana
waters during 1897.
People who burn rubbish in the
street should SEQ TINT it ia not blown
around town by tho wind.
The Appeal says that Miss Edith
Taylor is going out OF business in
Carson. She has advertised her stock
for sale.
Invitations are ont for tie mar.
riage OF Miss Nora Warwick and Guy
l.. Flint at Provo. Utah. ou the 2Gth
Of this month.
The Tidings has suspended publi-
cation, but the INDEPENDENT contin-
ues to do business at the old stand
Other papers come and go, bnt It
goes Oh forever.
Nevada potatoes and onions are ex.
pccted to he even more in demand
this year than last on account of the
California crop shortage and high
prices for those products will prevail.
An attempt WIS made in Reno Fri.
day night to holi up two members OF
the police force. The cops were too
fly for the fooipads and they took to
their hccls. followed 10y bullets. and
finally made their escape.
John Il. Scott left for his old home
i'll Italy today. Before leaving lie
made arrangements to have the IH-
DEPENDENT greet him weekly. We
wish him n cafe voyage and II pleas.
ant time in his bOyhoud home.
Tho Filipino who lost Il leg fight.
ing Spqniards and then tied himself
III a tree and fought the United
States troops TO a finish would have
BEEN n hero had he not been Il saw.
age.
1t ~ not all pleasure To be the wife
OF Il president ot the United States.
Mrs. Mckinley receives about 200
letters a day, all OF which she feels
bound to glance at, il not read en-.
tircly, very many Of the III che is COM
PEELED by circumstances to answer.
Utah mining men will have II gold
statue Of Maudc Adams, the actress,
made for exhibition at tho Paris OK
position. Tho statue will be lfe.size
and will cost 100000, the material to
he used all coming from the Utah
mines.
Letters dropped in the postotlice at
Paris are delivered in Berlin in one
hour and Il hall and some times with
80 Nv lhlIuitSs lut Wis
lance between the two cities is $50
miles and the letters are sen through
pneumatic tubes.
Ncnr Good Hope. in San Juan
county, on the Colorado river, a Cliff
Dweilers' village has been discovered
10y Charles V. Clinton OF Salt Lake
City. a number Of mummies have
been discovered. and nm expedition il
il to he organized to further invcsti-
gate the find.
Here il the latest Nugget" of news
from the Klondikc: or the 92iG men
who departed from Seattle for the
Klondikc during the pnst six months,
$3.50 hRye already returned and near.
ly all Of them have returned empty
handed. The glitter has nearly all
been rubbed or Of that region.
What il the use OF buying Il horse
Shen no will not ALLOW you to get on
IIis back and ride him? The Filipino
horse absolutely refuses on he ridden
10y the American jockey. 1t is ~ old
as Shakespeare that tho man who
bought the tigers skin wlnlr the nni-
nal was still living, died in hunting
him.-Journalist.
Tie town Of Shnkcrag. Mo-, got It's
queer name some years ago through
the fact that tho people living there
were 90 poor in those days that when.
ever u family begun to make propara-
tions to move it's members Ind 81
little personal property that all they
had to do wa Ia shake out Il fow old
rags. fold them up and put them in
tho wagon before starting.
Word comes from tho PostOnlcc
Department mt Washington TINT with
in the next three months United
States postal orders viii be accom-.
panied by n receipt to the sender. Ia
DO kept as n proof OF it's sending In
case Of II dispute rs Ia the payment
~; Il debt on it, lrSs.
"A Chicago PAPER notes that Senator
Mason's emclling committee 10 OK
posing lots Of sinful gamcs in the
way 0f food authorizations. Wood
alcohol Is ueed to preserve crcam
pulls md chocolate cclaircs. ground