Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-10
GFROM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUNDI.

Reports from Carlin say that Willie
Griffin is getting along nicely.
Otis reported the benevolent us.
stimulation OF n score or SO OF Fill.
pinos yesterday.
The latest dispatches from the seat
OF war i'll South Africa contain moth.
ing Of importance.
S. jacobs, Elko'e merchant tailor
will open a ilne line Of gents furnish.
ing goods, underwear, neckweur, etc,
next Monday OF Tuesday.
Next Tuesday Maryland, Nebraska,
Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, Massachu.
sc tts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and
South Dakota will hold elections for
State officers.
james O'Donnell, the Paradise for.
ger, plead guilty TO one indictment at
Winnemucca yesterday aud Judge
Bonnificld sentenced him to the pen
for four years. The other iudict-
meuts We're withdrawn.
Engineer Iovclace and Ed Shcarer.
a mechanic i'll the Wadsworth shops,
joshed eacli other Wednesday MORN
ing until Shearer got angry and slap.
ped Lovelace. Lovelnce then pulled
his gun mud fired three shots at
Shearer, hut did not hit him.
Mrs. f.. S. Ieates arrived from
North yakima, Washington, this
morning on Il visit to her daughters,
Mrs. keyser and Aln. LESSON. Mrs.
lcates was Il resident Of Elko for
many years and left here in 1885
This is her first visit to Elko since
that time.
Two eastbound freight trains COL
lided i'll the sHud-cut near Palisade
Thursday night. Engineer Aldrich
Of the rear train telegraphed his res
igna,ion to the company from Pals
Rde. No one WIS injured in the
wreck.
MIR. Smiley came down yesterday
afternoon to attend a meeting Of tn.
board OF education and woe kept here
until this afternoon by the Pcko
wreck. Principal Start returned
with him and will spend Sunday in
Starr valley.
The mixed condition OF Kentucky
politics tins year IL too much for the
gallant Henri Watterson. lie says in
his paper, the Louisville Courier
journal: Nv" abatc none OF IL
opinions upon the great questions OF
the time. We Just shut our cyes.
give our soul to God and vote the
ticket"
Cornelius Vandcrbilt's caution is
revealed in tho way in which he pro.
tected himself when giving his auto
graph for II charitable object. He
first wrote his name on a piece OF
paper, then carefully trimmed of tho
paper close down to the INK. and then
drew three red lines through the
NAME.
The way To sound the keynote OF
the future welfare of the west is TO
arouse the people to support the plan
for federal storage reservoirs. Unite
tho west on the proposition and the
federal storage reservoirs will be-
come II reality. Give the wost reser-
voirs to hold tho water That nov runs
to waste and there will be u develop.
ment III this section that will make
greater demands upon the manufac-
turers OF the east than they are able
to supply.
Jcffries won tho prize fight Inst
night in the 25th round. Tho fight
was n hot ole from stnrt 10 finish, but
neither was able to knock the other
out. SharlScy was knocked down
once and remained down six seconds.
JefTries was given the fight in the
last round 10y tho referee. Sharkcy
was groggy in the last two or three
rounds. He Gays DO WIS robbed out
Of tho fight by tho referees decision.
The first ne ction Of freight train
No. 207 wns wrecked a short distance
west OF pclSo about 9 o'clock this
morning. Five or six cars were
ditchcd and the track was torn NJ
for nbout 300 yards. No was in.
jurcd and the damage is slight be,
yond the delay Of trains. Tho wreck,
ing train went up from Cnrlin last
night and cleared the track. Tho
overland flyer and passenger train
No. 4 were held here until tho road
was clearcd. Tho track was cleared
this afternoon and the delayed trains
pulled out.