Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-02-24
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SALMAGUNDl.

Phil TriI.lett left for winuemucca
yesterday to take the position OF fore
man Of the Advocate office.
Two 81 Mr.. Cogswcll's children ar.
very sick and their recovery il donht.
ml Mr.. Cosswcll is improving
! slowly.
a bird ticw into the INDEPENDENT
ollice yesterday mud whispered to us
TINT II OF Elk"'s popular grocery
clerks wonlh uon wed II Of urc.
ka's lair daughters.
Ass"mblymnn Gednay's wild horse
bill Inns been laid IN The table in tin.
Senate 10y II vote Of to 6. Ii will
probably sleep there FOR the rest OF
the session.
The latest scientific discovery ;s
thai spontaneous combustion in hay-
stacks il due tn Il mirrohe. The only
thing left that we have any MSS urance
does not depend upon a microJc il a
live wire"
Ass"mhlyman Coryrll has nnr
thanks Tor copies Of the water bills
introduced by Srustnr Williams and
Assembly, man StroIEidcr. Those in
tercs,cd in the storage and u.r Of
waier should call and examine them.
The first issue Of the Gulcopda
News Is on our table. The paper has
Il neat hppcaTan e and is a great i'm
pr"'cmrn', geographically and Inc
chlmCally, over the Ul Argonaut.
Its columns are filed with interest.
ing matter and the paper is u crcdi,
/" the new town. The whole force
has the l.DErESpE, rs best wishes
Tor II prosperous future.
Silver Siat":-A report from Battle
Mountain says that Il ,prcr Of men
ar" going tu commence work on "A
mining property IN that vucinity
under the management 81 the Nevada
mining company. IL is an oil mine
and the new operate = antiripatr
good rcsu + after the DEVELOPMENT
that lis Intended IN the property has
been completed.
Sunny Italy. The md II SOM. has
some shad ". but yuu have To look
foI them III official rep 'rts and not ~
tile ruidcb-Oks. the yinvinc. Of
Naples has II population OF n little
over II million inhahit mis-. and its
yearly rccUr ~ deadly crimes is 81.
IWl, ar about i.SJ0 crimes Ia every
! n,'OJ inhabitants. The you iulirrs
do no: mcmtion this. 1t Is the pro.
curator general.
THIS Is rnt way the New York World
Putr it: Who is Miles any way! Why
anyhudy could win promotion, ms he
won il, 10y being brave and cnp.blc in
"a III campaigns aud Il hundred
battles. BII il takes II gen us To he
promoted Ia tim office OF seer, Iary OF
War rI dcs' rtiuD III the face 0f the
u my. or to the ,ficr Of Aujuinnt
General for letting ones horse run
away nnd carry u eight miles from
the battle.
There liz II bill before the legisla
ture prohibiting the practice uI law
by amy attorney III II court presided
over 10y II JUICE who IL related wi H.
III the third degree of cOusIusuinty
To snch practitioner Tho law wUnld
prevent the Eltrr Curler from
pructi, ing before his ION in IA,
Wnshuc district md W. y. Bouni.
field from prartic,nr before his
brother i'll Humboldt county.
Tho Ciitor ~ tiiu Iid.ngs complains
a 200 deal ut several ,qulii,s that
have appeared III tile lNDErESDExT.
lie forgcts TINT III the i.su- OF lns
paper before those tIIllis appcuIcd
Inc cullc1 the editor ~ the ISDFrES.
DESr Il liar. Ii seems to make u
diilci mt with him whose character
ia assaulted. II he thinks wo ike TINT
kind of mc'iicin", hu should not cuu,-
PLAN ~ hen u similar dose ia admins
tered To liu.