Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-07-14
lFROM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SAL.SIAG UNDI.

Banker Henderson left for Sar
Francisco yesterday to take a vaca.
ton.
George W. Pratt Of North Fork was
i'll town today. lie reports matters
quiet up TINT way.
Some horses in the corral waiting
shipment broke the corral down las,
night and about fifty OF them took to
the hills.
Lieutenant Neall has been dis.
missed from the army. While the
sentence is undoubtedly just, it is a
sad ending to what might have been
glorious career.
Lawrence Horn. "a former Elko
boy, WAS married to Miss Annie
Hycr OF Tuscarora last Monday even
ing. Tho INDEPENDENT extends con.
CALCULATIONS TO barney" and his
bride.
w. S. Clayton, Jr. Is in from
Mound Valley. lie informs us that
the people Of Mound and Hunting
ton had Il glorious time on the Fourth
which wound up with IA dance at the
I. O.. q. Il. hall.
Mrs. Clauson, who received the
most serious injury in the wreck, is
improving rapidly. \ letter received
from her daughter at Ogden states
that her mother made the trip safely
and is doing exceedingly well.
Old bachelors are not allowed hon
ors at death in IrdIn. Their bodies
are not allowed tn he crcmated. but
are tied up in Il blanket, slung on II
pole. carried To- IA grave and buried
without coffin or shroud.
Tho asscssnr. OF California are AS.
scssing refrigerator and beer cars for
the first time. What is there to him
der the assessor OF the counties in
Nevada through winch the &. T..
runs doing the same! 1t would con-
sidcrnbly increase the taxable prop.
erty in each Of the counties.
n few weeks ago IA California ape
stated that younG alfalfa makes the
choicest kind Of greens. and returns
are now coming in To the effect that
the folks got the alfalfa bloat and
had to be tapped to let the wind ont.
by gosh! we believe there are dozens
of old fellows in Nevada who have
been eating alfalfa for ycarI-Gard.
nervillc Courier.
Medical science has discovered
that the use OF Strawberries some.
times produces on the human Jaw the
cifcc; q entirely arresting it's actiri
ties. The disability is a curious one,
marking out the strawberry rs Il pos.
siblc agent Of relief in cases OF oh.
stinntc volubility. domestic and pub.
lie. III it always worked. the fruit
slould De worth its weight in gold in
tile markets, instead Of tho beggurly
10 cents n quart which Is at present
Che ruling ratc.-Ncw York Tribune.
The question as to when u girl il
the sweetest- has been worrying the
press Of Missouri. Many opinions
have been passed ON the question, but
the editor Of the Slater Index comes
nearest to the truth. He says his
girl is sweetest about 1890 o'clock
Sunday night, when he wants to 20
home and don't want To go, whcn she
says he must 90, clings To him and
says mot yet" when she Kisses him
good night for the seventeenth time
and then puts up her mouth and
Gays, Just one more That scttles
it.
At four o'clock this morning Il
freight traiu.wns ditched Mt Moorc's.
twelve miles east OF Wells. Eight
carlonds 81 horses, two hundred head,
shipped from here yesterday after.
noon To Russell, Kansas, by G.. II.
King, composed part OF tho train.
The wreck II caused 10y one OF the
horses kicking out the end OF ono Of
the cars and falling on the truck he.
tween two cars. -Four cars OF horses
wont INTO tho ditch. killing about
hRll IT them. No. s was held on the
cast eide Of the wreck until the truck
wns cleared.