Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-17
lFRoM DAILY
SALMAGUNDI

j. ii. FOLEY left for Overton, Cal,
this forenoon 10 take charge of the
blacksmith,ng department OF the
lumber company.
George lIardasty is in from South
Fork. He informs us that his sister
is improving slowly at the Woman's
hospital i'll San Francisco.
Sheriff Campbell nov has four
regular boarders, one OF whom is the
Eureka Chinaman committed by
Commissioner Morgan the other day
to await the action Of the U. S. grand
jury.
Something strange is surely going
to happen. Train No. 3, the west
bound mail, got in on time again to-
day. Guess Uncle Coils has con.
Guided not To burn his time cards for
the westbound trains.
III you remain up tonight to see the
meteCric shower. lind an open space
and lie down On the fiat OF your back.
In this way you will be able to take
i'll all points Of the heavens and Gee
the full splendor Of the celestial
show.
During the yeai 1928 the United
States bureau Of Printing and En-.
craving has issued 2,Ju0,0 600 OF the
common red two-ccnt stamps, enough
to go almost twice around the earth.
There has been no change in the
sit uatlon i'll Kentucky sill ce Sunday.
The Republicans still C aim the State
10y 1900. and the Democrats by a safe
plurality. There is likely TO he hot
times III old kaintuck before the
election muddlr is settled.
As the second section Of freight
train No. 205 WAS pulling through
town this forenoon at II speed of four
or five miles an hour, an old Indian
attempted to get oil and fell under
the caro-. The wheels pasasd over his
right leg, managing 1t 80 badly that
it will have t1 be taken oil below the
knee. lie WAS taken tn the hospital.
II the forecast 81 the most rcnown-
ell astronomers is fulfilled. between
ten O'clock tonight and the first
flush Of dawn tomorrow morning, the
most brilliant celestial pyrotcchnic
display ever witnessed since mans
advent on earth will be in evidence
when the earth passes through the
center Uf Bigla's comet. the contact
resulting IN a metcoric shower OF I'M
surpassed ~splcnior.
Is il any wonder The Republicans
carried Pennsylvania by over 100000
at tie recent election? An inspector
at II Of the precincts inPhiladelphia
testified yesterday that he assisted in
deposltmg 200 ltcpublican votes in
the ballot box before the polls opened
and that only III legal votes were
cast III the precinct, while the returns
showed GiJ. Of which 3B2 were given
to Burnett, Republican for State
Treasurer, and only five to his Demo.
cratic opponent.
The trial of what are known rs the
riot cases" began before Judge Kohl
eatt in the Federal Court at Chicago
yesterday. These arc the cases in
which various railway companies ask
for Judgments against the city for
damages to their property suffered
during the railroad strike III 1894, on
account of the alleged failure OF the
police dep Timcnt to furnish adc-
qunic protection. The aggregate OF
these claims is nearly S5,O00,O0O.
W. T.. Mahouey, tn, sheepmau,
arrived from Red Bluffs, California,
this morning. He informs us that
Mr.. McAfcc has purchased an inter-
est III an agsaying business at Red
Bluffs and il on the highroad to pros.
pcriiy. As for Mr.. Mahoney, he is
still singing the praises Of Mckinley
aud protection. Isn't it strange that
some men will persist in living in the
darkness when light IL breaking all
around them? Nothing but the
crack Of doom will arouse such men
to Il knowledge Of their surroundings.
We fear MIR. Mahoney is Il man OF
that kind.
While Il wostbound freight train
WIS bowling along at a good pace
about twelve miles east OF ElkO yea
tcrday afternoon, n journal under M
Of the mrs broGc, letting tho car on
the rails. II was dragged come dis
lance before the train could be stop.
pod, breaking a number OF tics and
chewing up several others. No cars
went of the track and the only dam
age was broken tics. Tho cars ahend
Of tho broken journal were uncouplcd
mud pulled into town md the wreck.
mig train sent for. Tho track was
cleared during the night ibid traffic
resumed. Tho cnstbound passenger
train was held n Rindon until the
truck was cleared.
IcnsIng Arid Lands,