Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-04
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he now has u show to ecover.
The receipts OF the State Land
office for the week ending July Doth
were s3,O61 70.
Charley Holland came down from
Tuscarora yesterday. He will remain
with Us for a while.
A new house in Reno. belonging to
9. L. Bender WIS destroyed by fire
Saturday afternoon. The loss is
placed at $1,000, with IN insurance OF
$1,000.
In the Switzerland public schools
-heat holidays are recognized by the
law. When the thermometer goes
above a certain point school is dis
missed.
DR.. Meigs. wife and child returned
from the East Saturday night. The
DIR. went on to Alameda and Mrs.
heigs and son remained in Elko to
visit old friends.
The sheriff, clerk and district at
torney held Il postmortem examina.
ton on a lot OF coyote and wildcat
scalps today. They were OF all sizes,
sexes and conditions.
\ press dispatch from Indianapolis
says: Monroe Hedges, aged LOG,
walloped his o Hiram Hedges, aged
10, because Hiram came home in
liquor and abused his wife.
DIR. Meriwether will remain at the
Duck Valley reservation until the
first Of September, the former order
to report at the Crow Agency on the
first OF August having been counter
mnndcd.
w. IL. \. Pike OF Wadsworth, NJ.
Frederick and f.. Van Patten OF Reno
and MB. 4. NJ. Warren OF Virginia
City were examined by the Supreme
Court last Saturday and admitted to
practice III the courts OF the State.
An Omaha paper had an item a few
days ago to the effect that DR.. j. T..
Stubs name had been presented to
the Board OF Regents for Chancellor
Of the Nebraska University, and that
Senator Thurston was strongly in.
dorsing him for the position.
Mayhugh, the State representative
OF the unpopular element of the Adj
miDlstration, rushcs into print. His
literary effort is pathetic in it's weak.
ness, and criticism would be unkind.
Poor Mayhugh-out OF his W
mouth has he convicted himself
Silver State.
Tho demand for automobiles ia
astonishing. Ii is next to impossible
to buy one. The manufacturers will
take your order. but you have to wait
for the machine. rhe craze for BIZ
cycles has been replaced by thRt for
automobiles, and that industry ia
bound to increase to u wonderful ex-
ten: within the next five years.
Major Miller came in from his
Pleasant valley ranch Saturday. The
exposure To- the sun aud wind has
blcached his complexion and he is
nov a shade fairer than Tom Hunter
and dad" Schirlcy. He lost his
mOuStache in IA barbed wire fence the
other dny md tins has improved his
looks n good deal. IIe wonld now
take the first prize in II beauty show.
Word has been received hero Of mn
explosion Of giant powder Mt Noun
tain City last Tuesday, by which Ben
Nelson met with injuries which may
prove fatal. We could not learn the
particulars, but from the report Mr..
Nelson had II OF his arms shattered
and WIS badly injured about the head
DR.. Mcriwether is Attending the in
jurcd man.--Timcs- Review.
George Footc Of Silver City, in a
drunken ROY Thursday afternoon.
stabbed his father in the shoulder
with n lnrge pocket knife. Footc
had to he knocked down by his
brother before the knife could be
taken away from him. The wound
made III not Il serious one and Mr..
FOOtc, ST., will recover in u short
time, No urrpgis hnyc bppn mnde
yet, but there probably will be-
Lyon County Times.
Nevada docs not abound in multi
millionaircs, Tho reason is, before
they became multi they scost ont for
some other State or country. No.
vada, just tho same, has made moro
multi.millionaircs than any other
| State in tho Union OF twenty times its
population. She can mako them fast
enough, but il seems sle can't keep
them. Wonder tho reason whyY--
Journal.
a Philadelphia editor makes this
plea for tho barcfootcd boy and girl:
lot your children run barciootcd
when tho warm weather comes. It will
do tliom lots OF good md they will on.
JOY II immensely. There is some.
thing about tho electric currents Of
tho earth TINT strengthen md nourish
mnn. Get tho bnrcfeot Of tho child