Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-08-11
Peaches and piumS Sf.25
per crate at the Post
office.

hAis.nlcr rlHnd,a sister or Attorney
Wilson, will arrive from Reno to-
night on her way to her home IN
Butte City, Montana. She will stop
over and visit her b%rotner's family.
Why not dress neatly when it
costs no more than to wear shabby.
misfit clothing. Jacobs fits You and
gives satisfaction or no pay.
Seymour jacobs has new d%esignsIi
the latest goods and all suits are
home made, at prices never before
hazard Of. Try him. He will make
you smile. y
Kodol Dyspepsia euro cures dys-
pepsia because its ingredients are
such that it can't help dong so. sThe
public can rely upon il as a master
remedy for all disorders arising from
imperfect digestion" - james NJ,
Thomas. NJ. d., in American Journal
OF Health, n. Y. Elko Drug Co.
Lieutenant English has closed the
recruiting Office in Reno on account
of the scarcity Of men willing to en-.
list and has gone to other fields. The
young men OF Nevada do not seem
anxious to fight the Filipinos.
Irritating stings, bites, scratches,
wounds and cuts soothed and healed
by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.-
"A sure and sate application for tortur-
ed flesh. Beware OF counterfeits.
Elko Drug Co.
The clock mt the house OF parliament
is the largest in the world. The dials
are - feet in diameter. The pondu
lum is 10 feet long. Tho hour bell is
s feet high md 0 feet Id diameter and
weighs nearly 10 tons. Tho hammer
alone weighs over 400 pounds.
Hamilton Clark, Of Chauncey, Ga,
says he suffered with itching piles
twenty years before trying DeWitt's
witch Hazel Salve, two boxes OF
which completely cured him. Be-
OF worthless and dangerous
counterfcits. Elko Drug Co.
Tho suit of the Washburn, Moen
Company vs. w. T. Smith and tile
Elko-Tuscarora Mercantile Company
has occupied tho attention Of Judge
Talbot today. The plaintiff sues to
recover value OF the wire and SUP.
plies used in the construction OF the
Elko'Gold Creek telephone line.
Wren & Wheeler are tho attorneys
for the plaintiff, and Il. S. Harrington
for the defendants.
a hurricane struck Ponce, Porto
Rico. Tuesday morning, doing a vast
amount OF damage. Tho rivers over
iiowed and Hooded the town. 1t ia
estimated that over two hundred
persons wero drowned. The town
md ports arc n total wreck. Contri.
buttons OF food and clothing are
nskcd for.
a letter from lr. Patterson, Super
intendent OF the Hospital for Mental
Diseasee, says that tho condition of
Mrs. Allen lis such Mt present that Il
is commonly impossible to discover
evidences OF insanity except by lead.
ing the conversation to matters per-
tanning to army life or by denying
her wliat she may want, which is not
often unreasonable. Still il is there
and | do not think her TT TO DO with.
out constant oversight by some sane
person."
Men OF tho Indiana gas belt arc be-
coming bald. Physicians who hnye
boon investigating find that a 10
form OF hair scurvoy is sweeping tho
entire section. At tirst it was thought
that 1t was n disease OF tho eoalp that
had became locally epidemic, but in.
v~estigation made later, and covering
the entire territory. led to the belief
Tint 1t was caused by tho action of
natural gas vapor. Tho investigation
has reached over tho principle cities
and 1t is claimed that fully 90 per
cent OF the young men are getting
bald. liairdrossors claim TINT Il IL
also beginning to 10 noticed upon
the women.