Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-08
SATURDAYS DAILY,
SALNiAGUNDI.

NNAs . IllkS DGeD COUIlUeu
to his house this week with rheuma.
tism in his right arm. is better today.
Tom Stinton returned last night
from Denver, where he had been with
shipment Of cattle. He SAYS the
market for cattle is better here than
IN Denver.
Sheriff Campbell returned last
night from Il trip to Tuscarora and
White Rock after witnesses. He re.
ports everything quiet in norther I'm
Elko. +.
The total gold production of the
Cripple Creek district, Col, in No
vember was s2,5I5,500. an increase OF
more thnn % per cent over the lnrg.
est previous monthly record.
There are between $4,000 and 90.
OW sheep being fed around Reno
and about 10000 head on the Love
lock meadows. Buyers say Nevada
mutton il the best on tho market.
The remains OF Mrs. j. p. Hough
will lie i'll state at her late residence
between the hours OF 8 Il. NJ. and 9
p. III. tomorrow. Friends wishing to
loJk upon her face for the last time
will please call between those hours
Tho late Vice President Hobart
was the son OF a country school teach
or and began his business career with
a capital OF al 80. In opportunities
for poor boys Of the right stamp, no
other country is equal to the United
States.
john Rice, I'M engineer on the
Eureka ~ Palisadc railruad for the
lust twenty-five years, died ut Pals
adc this morning. He leaves a wife
and II child and u father and
mother over 80 years Of age, all re-
siding at Eureka.
Tho Lyon comfy Times places the
potato crop OF Carson river ranches
this year Mt 5000 tons. This OF course
only covers the territory in the vicin-
ity OF Dayton md New Jerusalem.
At last years top price OF $50 per ten
tho value OF the crop would he $780,.
600.
Joe Lang is bringing in some large
chunks OF good coal from his mine
south OF town. lie says the vein is
growing wider and the coal harder ~
he gGr& dcrrcr nnj tia: he will soon
he compelled to blast it, IA it is get.
ting too hard to be worked with a
pick.
William Da lis, arrested at Battle
Mountain and held in the Winnie.
mucca jail to appear before the L. S.
grand jury for selling whisky to In.
dams. died in the Humboldt county
hospital Thursday morning OF heart
disense. lie wa AZ years old aud u
native OF this county.
a New York Judge has refused a
divorce to Il woman whose applica.
ton vas based on the fact that her
husband had failed ID business and
become poor accompanying the re-
fusal with a cutting rebuke. Thus
the principle ia legally established
that a woman cannot break her hus
band aid then shake him because he
III brokc,-Kansas City journal.
Says M exchange: Lay inside u
penny for your child for the first
year OF its life; two cents for it's sec.
ond, four cents for its third, eight
cents for its fourth. and SO on at
this ratio until the twenty first year
10 complete and your child will have
4 competency, and the interest on the
last fow payments should give tho
child II schooling. Just figure il ont
for yourself:
There should be power lodged
somewhere to compel the railroad
employees to keep the crossings in
town open. We understand that the
crossing Mt the mill has been blocked
recently 10y freight cara for fourteen
consecutive hours, IL the commits
sionen have the power 10 compel the
railroad company TO keep tho town
crossings open, they should pass Il
stringent ordinance. Tho matter IL
likely to he brought before the board
and the district attorney might look
il up.