Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-01-13
.lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
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W. I. Smith is expected to arrive
from the East ON tue 18TH Of this
month.
Assemblymen I foryell and Gedno,
came dosn on NJ. 1 tolay on tie ir
way to Carson. e.
The north pile is like u wo,nnn's
pocket we all K, ow where il should
be, bnt no one can find it.
Tom Lawrence, one u Elko II
tvs bright students a. The University,
Ii in town today. He will spend u
lew days here and then return to
Reno.
All reports from the southern sec.
ton OF the county say there is a
good deal Of snow in the valleys md
heaps OF it in the mountains. This
Aasures plenty OF water for next ear.
According to the st. Paul Globe the
hravest woman Of the year is Mrs.
Lucinda Reese Of Brazil, Ind, who
has asked for a diverse, $4,000 ali.
mony and the custody Of her four
teen children.
Carrier pigeons made the flight
from Lawrenceburg, Tenn, to But
falo, New York, last week in twelve
hours, covering 700 mics in that
time. 81.
The divorce suit OF Margar t Vain
vR. Alex Vain was tried In Dayton
last week and resulted in the defend
ant obtaining the decree ON the
ground that MB. Vain was too fond
liquor.
Eureka Sentinel:-A number OF
Mexican Chilean dollars are floating
around town. Some ii our business
men have been taking them for lUO
cents valuation. rhey are worth
about i8 cents each.
The Crow Indians, although still de-
signated as u blanket" irib., are SELL
supporting. Last year they rails ii
6t,WO bushels OF wheat OH their Mon
tana reservation and own 10000
horses.
The latest dispatches from Manila
state that u fight between the Ameri-
cans and Fillipinos is unavoidable.
Dispatches FROM English residents
says the situation is very. strained
and there In much anxiety there.
II many more OF the Silver PARTY
papers flop on the Senatorial fight,
tile party will be left without nm or
gan in the State. The Ar .onaut de-
sarfed Senator Stewart yesterday and
came ont for Newlrnds, thereby pIac-
ing itself outside OF the Silver party
fold.
Superintendent Wilson smoked his
applicants for certificates today and
then froze them. The trouble WIS
caused by the furnace smoking badly
anu refusing to stop. It was no
fault OF the board or oi the appli.
canta, but merely IL freak Of the fur.
mace caused 10y the wind.
Frank j. GiIligan who was arrested
in San Francisco the other day for
attempting to swindle miners has
not been n resident ~ Elko for many
years. His father lived here many
years ago and run a shoe shop. Frank
has not been here since the family
moved away and il remembered only
rs u hoy by the old timers. He learn
ed his tricks after leaving here.
Virginia Chronicle: - The entire
shipment oi three carloads OF pressure
pipe from tho american Tubing Com
pany ut Middleton. Pa, has been de-
livercd mt the Z. & Z. SHIFT and its
m.stallment will soon begin. The
teatinR OF the machinery for the n.y.
draulic pump plant is now in progress
at the Rlsdon works in San Francisco
and il in expected the 1t will be ship.
ped here this week.
There are quite a number OF aspir-
ants for legislative positions from
Elko county this yeRr. The l DEPEN-
DENT has heard Of the following: Miss
Edith Thy Tor, Miss BucoD, Ben Crnig.
head, Howard Riddle, T. n. Stone
md Harry Mayer. There may he
otlIrra. but NO have not heard Of
them. There is good timber III the
above list and the INDEPENDENT
hopes all OF them may secure posi-.
items.
Officer Brulo oi t'arRon .ricd 10 nr.
rest Meta Boho and Pete Duncan
India 70. Sunday night, wien thuy
jumped him and got him down,
Brulo finally got the best Of them,
but n compelled TO shoot Bobo IN
he made u rush for him. Boho male
his escape after being shot aud other
lndians say he was hit III the aldo.
men. The News spya Bobo Inns
killed about a halt II dozen Indians
in TINT neighborhood and will MOI be
missed much in peace loving circles.
Train No. 3, the fast passenger
tram on the Union Pacific. ran into
train No. at Sunol, fifteen uilee
eaet Of Sidney, Nebraska, early yes.
torday moruing No 2 had orders 10