Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-02
lFRoM SATURDAYS DAILY.l


Miss Anna Toyne and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Martin gave this office u pleas
AM, call today.
IL man could invent roses Ia grow
like those We see ON hats he would
have u grent fortune.
The crazy Indian sheepherder,
brought in the other day by Sam
Wheeler, died at the county jail this
morning.
The Governor has appointed DIR. T.
G. Hansen, DIR. s. G. Gibson md DR..
j. Guinan rs members ~ the State
Board OF Health.
John Ainlcy will soon open a tin.
shop in Golconda. The INDEPENDENT
hopes he will gather in many phekels
and live long TO enjoy them.
Reno saloon keepers arc going to
test the validity Of the law providing
for collecting n double license since
the town was disincorporatad.
General Arthur Macarthur WIS n
Of tile hoy heroes Of the civil war, was
decorated with a medal mt lS and n
year later WIS i'll mnand az a fight
ing regiment.
MIR. Smiley IL in town attending a
meeting 81 the county board OF edu.
cation. lie reports between four and
five Inches Of snow at. his place in
Starr Valley this morning.
Three hundred men belonging to
the Sixteenth United States ~Intantry
passed through today enronte to Man
lila. They were under the command
81 Captain Dunnu.
Justice Morgan dismissed the case
nf the State VI. Kaye this afternoon.
There Is a lesson i'll this case for the
boIs OF the town il they arc wise
enough to learn it.
The latest uewe from Manila says
that more men are needed in tho
Philippines in or Ter to maintain
American supremacy i'll those islands.
THIS would indicate that the end OF
the war il not yet in sight.
Nevada honey han "a reputation
abroad. II is consider red il the Enst
the best in the market and is advcr-
tised us II specially. In from, Of many
OF the retail groceries in Chicago.
New York and other cities may be
seen signs with the legend Nevada
Honey inscribed thereon.
BY a new system 81 telcgruphy it is
possible to transmit 1900 words Il
minute on n single wire, but even this
says Il cruel and wick II man; would
hardly make it possible for "a uma
To say all she wanted to il she and her
husband were ut the opposite ends Of
the liue II the baby had begun to
cut Ii tooth.
Tho Journals OF the late. unlamentcd
Legislature we're received this morn.
ing. Secretary OF State Howell has
oar thanks Tor kindly furnishing
IL III Il permanent form the records
OF .lIe men who voted for the Lieu.
tenani-GGvernor steal and the lottery
infamy. 1t will he 4 useful record
two years hence.
Word has just come in from the
railroad That the work OF extending
the line for the present has been dis.
continued, and tnat the terminus for
the section will be at Modena. The
contractors have settled with their
men ind withdrawn their working
material, whether or not II new O
tract will 10 let il not stated Phoebe
Messenger.
III. G. Blnsdcll. the first State G ~.
crnor OF Nevada, has gone TO Como to
live mt the Logan 4 IIully property.
The Governor has boon engaged in
mining enterprises since tho cxpira.
lion OF liiS G~ubcrnatorial term in 1869
and although pnst the SEVENTEEN
milestone. in still hale and hearty md
M nctivc in liis bonanza searches ~
hc was nearly n third OF q century
BgO.
An old Scotch wo man WIS lannon's
for speaking kindly. No sheep was
~ dark but she could find u white
spot to point out 10 those who could
zee only its blackncB. One day n
gossiping ncighbor lost patience with
her aud anid anErily: "Wpnman. yen
line Il guild word to say for tho dccvil
himeclt!" Instantly camc the reply:
'Wccl. he's II vera INDUSTRIOUS
body!-
Riley Shepard OF Anderson, Ind,
has become II father for tho twonty.
seventh time md uOw lnya clam to
Indiana records. All OF the children
nrc nlivc md IRE n hardy lot. Tho
family in somewhat q puzzle in
namoa. Thorc arc, Tor instance.
three Johns. Tho oldest 10 called
John. the second is John. Jr, md the
tbir !, now man. IN Johnnie. Shcp
ard. tho fu'hor, IL past 60 years Of
ago.
TILL. Y0IIR SISTHR