Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-01
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per hundred, cash.
Farmer Matcer il in from Lanioille.
He says the frost ruined the garden
truck in TINT section.
MI. Smiley is down from Stnrr
Valley. He reports considerable
damage to garden truck by the frost.
-Four companies OF the First Ne.
braska regiment passed East this az.
tcrnoon. The remainder o, the rcri-
ment will go through this evening.
Admirald Schley says Of his Vest
crn trip: IF Il man had two reasons
for pride in his country and should
then visit the West he would return
with Il hundred moIc.-
Prof. Kaye has been elected prin-
cipal OF the Verdi school. The INDIE.
pendent cong~ratrlatcs Mr.. Kaye on
his election and the Verdi trustees in
securing Il first class teacher for their
school.
The dance given ut Schirley's Hall
last night i'll honor Of the Tuscarora
baseball club YVES we'll attended and
proved Il social The music
was very good and dancing continued
until the small hours OF the morning.
An unknown nun WIS found dead
near Truckee Monday evening. VIM.
O'Bricn, who discovered the body,
notified Deputy Coroner William Me
Dougald, who held IN inquest. The
autopsy revealed that death resulted
from heart failure.
District Attorney Wilson returned
from Denver last night. While in
that sinful city. lie occupied the
front seat ut Il prize fight. Ills
brother attorneys are so horror Etrick-
cn over his lapse from grace that
they threaten disbarment proccc,l.
ings.
y man IN a little village in Kansas
was the father of two son, and n
widow in the same village was the
mother Of two daughters. The father
married the widows oldest daughter.
his oldest son married the widow. and
the youngest son married the widows
youngest daughter. II You car fig
IRE ont their kin, the cake il vours.
III You want Ia enjoy a new scnsa.
ton. tell a man you have heard some.
thing about him. lie will think il is
something mean, OF course, for u man
never hears anything else. Then tell
him something pleasant. lie will
glow like a schoolboy, and beth Of you
will feel better all day. Don't tell
people the mean things you hear
about them. That is mexcusable.-
Atchison Globe.
The Treasury Department up to
this time has accepted all compro-
mlses offered 10y banks for tho settle.
ment 0t fines where examiners have,
found them III possession OF unstamp-
Ell Checks u notes. The plea in al
mGst every instance liz ignorance. But
tho violations Of the law have not de.
creased as they should, and tho De-
partmcnt Ii on the point Of adopting
II rigid policy OF enforcing "A heavier
penalty for every violation.
The jury summoned by Coron-
or Morgan to enquire into The death
OF Harry Phillippi, the mun who died
on the train the other day. rendered a
verdict TINT the deceased was about
- years Of age and that he came To-
his death from natural causes The
body WIS very much cmaciatcd and
sliowcd that the man had been sick
for Il long time. Tho remains were
brought to Elko last night and will
bc shipped to his brothers in PlIila.
dclphia tomorrow.
When Mrs. j.. -. Fitzgerald died
about eight months ago, che left mn
infant son. The child was taken in
charge by Mrs. T.. II. Mead. who ton
derry cared for him and watched ov-
or him as lovingly ms IL he had been
her own. This morning tho baby was
seized with a spasm, incident TO teeth
Jug. and died in n TOW minutes. 'rho
death Of the boy in Il snd blow to Mr..
Fitzgerald. The time Of the funeral
will not be fixed until Mr.. Fitzgerald
arrives from Lovclock this evening.
An exchange tells this story, which
In probably true, ms il sounds much
like some Of tho youngsters Of tho
present fast age: a man was cngsg.
ed in repairing II piece Of n sidewalk,
with n dinner bucket beside mm.
when his daughter, attircd in hor
Sunday clothes, passed will, II young
nan. Tho girl nodded hor head and
after tloy had passed the father
heard the young man nsk tic girl who
that old dulTcr WA, 81 can't recall
his name" tho girl replied. "But no
is the man that my mother always
gets to cut tho grnss and clean the
yard"
George Russell. tho former ISDE-
rENDEsT typo thus tells n tale Of WOO
In the Golconda Ncws. George
should have completed tho story 10y
addinR this sentence: "And ! was