Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-03-17
lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
1ALMAGUNpl.

Con siie SNOW fell last night
md to lay. 1t is rapidly melting AMI
will soon be gone.
MIR. Mitchell is confined to the
house with IN attack OF the grippe.
He is getting along nicely and will
soon be out.
Ed Mead is getting along NIGEL,
with the measles. He WIS on the
street yesterday.
Phil Triplett and Howard Riddle
came up from Winnemucca Inst
night.
Subscribers not receiving tile
INDEPENDENT and Bulletin regularly.
will please report the same to this
Office.
Mrs. Mitchell returned from San
Francisco last night. She was nc
companied by her niece, Miss Minnie
Newcomb.
The 18th ballot in the California
legislature yesterday showed no
change i'll the deadlock.
Next Monday the Silver Stute will
come out in it's enlarged form. We
wish Bro Nixon success in his enter.
prise and hope it will I'LL his pockets
with the GOT VI all evil.
The ud niuis,ratiou has decided to
take a 4 OF the island Of Cuba.
\ census is found to be necess NY TO
determine who are qualified voters
before the eIt ctinu 10 he Il to estab.
lish a Representative, government.
Ed. Mard has quito a hospital ut
his house He and MISS Mile VII.
s"n and the three yonnge It eli lirn
are confined to the hou<e. Little
Oracle is quite sick. All are doing
uicely.
Commissioner Clark is having the
hospital puI in good condition.
Fletcher md Patterson are doing he
carpenter work and Craighegd and
Miller the painting.
We find the following item in the
last issue " the Mercur (UtHh) Mer
cnry: Q w. Hull. who has given
such universal satisfaction rs nssist-
ant pOstma 'ter. has accepted a posi-
ton as bonkkeeper for the Mercur
Meat & Produce co.
The Virginia Chronicle publishes
m item ahoui the editor OF the IapE-
PENDENT that has no foundation
whatever. The only polecats We
have come in contact with for
aver thirty years have been those OF
he humnn kind and none OF III, ir
foul udor has ever scented our
clothes. We hope the Chronicle will
maze the proper correction.
Jerry Williams. better known to
all old C~nmstockers ma ~Jeromio' and
the -child Of the bloc dy &C. nm" died
in the Storey county hospital Sunday
night. He was evidently Of Welsh
%plrantage and aged about 7G years
and 30 Tar M known leaves no rel
atives on this continent. lie was u
character on the Comstpck for over
thirty years.
Secretary Long has received a let
ter fnm Rear Admiral Sampson in
which the Admiral after referring to
the allegations that the list Of officers
recommended Tor promotion for gal.
laniry off Santiago had failed Of con-
iirmntion because il included his
name asked the Secretary to Immed.
iately reappoinL these officers. omit
ting his own name.
The Remnant Company in their adj
to-day draw your attention to- the line
NJ trimmed hate, now on exhibition
Mt their store. There can he no uuea-
ti"n but TINT the patrons ~ any nnllin-
cry establishment, will he better sat
is'ied to come into u at rrc try on
trimme ! hats. select on, to please,
aud walk mt with that hat, instead Of
leaving mn order for some kind Of u
hat, which when made up. wouid in
most cases prove unsatisfactory. The
hats shown by the Reinhart Company
need no special mention. Go To their
store nnh hear them speak for them
selves.
Charlea Breeder committed suicide
in Dm. ton Sunday afternoon by .end-
ing II bullet from II pea riff . through
his brain. Breedin hal been III with
pneumonia for some itmc, hut was rc-
covering. Sunday afternoon he sent
lila nurse for some medicine. As
30 N M the nurse left. Brccdon wont
to II closet. took ont pea milo md,
seatinR himself on a trunk, u mt a
bullet through hi. brain. lie WINS u
carpenter, but had been unable io
work ut his trade for some time.
hIs coupled with dependency from
his p%roiracted illcDss are surpassed to
I've the causeR Tor liia ending his Ito.
lc vas aged 81 ycars nnd G II onths.
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