Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-08
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
sPinatore- was raging.


Telephones were a novelty.
John Kelley ruled Tammany.
@Bahy Mine" was prevalent.
Denis Kearuey was rampant.
Sitting Bull WAS Il @big injun."
Campanini was the great tenor.
Loan exhibitions were in vogue.
Adelaide Nelson was playing
Juliet.
Six day walking matches were Il
craze.
England was fighting Afghans and
Zu!us.
Edward IIlnlon WIS champion oars.
man.
The Brighton Beach race.course
was opened.
Kaiser William celebrated his
golden wedding.
General Grant was finishing a tour
OF tho world.
Prince LOUIS Napoleon was slain
by Zulus.
Every band played the -Fatinitza'
march.
George S. Knight was playlnG'Otto
a German
"Wot dyer say:' was the slang
phrase Of the day.
The great Brooklyn bridge was
nearing completion.
The United States army was fight
ing the Ute Indians.
Tennyson completed and publish.
ed The Lovers Tale"
LcaIville was two years old and
had 10000 inhabitants.
Robert j. Burdette made the Bur-
lington llawkcyc famous.
Zola's -L'Assommoir" had just
shocked the reading world.
Millionaire y. L. Stewards body
was stolen for ransom.
Grevy succeeded Marshal McMah-
on us President OF France.
"rho Mulligan Guards Ball" was
produced 10y Harrigan and Hart.
Henry James AN International
Episode was Il new book.
Pierre Lorillard's Parole won the
Newmarket handicap in England.
The Bankers Daughter" Was run
ming ut the Union Square Theatcr /
New York.
George ElliOt's Impressions OF
rheophratus Such had Just been
published.
Sol EyctIngc. Jr., Frank Bcllcy and
Thomns Worth were leading humor-
OILS artists.
Bernhardt created a furore III Lon.
don and announced an intention Of
coming to America.
The exodus Of negroes from Mis-
sis5ippI, Louisiana Pud Texas Ia Kan
sas was in PROCESS.
"Shc's Il daisy, she's Il darling. she's
Il dumping, she's a lamb" WAS sung
in all circles Of society.
Archery was the favoritc sport, md
William Thompson and Mrs. Spuld-
ing Brown were the national champ.
ions.
The Jeanette Arctic expedition
commanded 10y Lieutenant DE Long
sailed from San Francisco.
The ~bloody shirt" was waving aud
the "rcbeI ~brigudiers' in Congress
were terrifying the Republican ora
tors.
Rutherford Is Hayes n President,
Disracli Was premier Of England and
John u. St. John was Governor OF
Kansas.
Paul Boynton. in his lie saving
suit, iloated 25G miles down the AL
lcgheny. Ohio and Mississippi rivers
in 80 days,
Stanlcy's Through the Dark Con-
tinent7 was out selling any other
book, and Stanley himself had just
returned to Africa.
Alice Oates still adorned the stage
and Amicc was enchanting American
audiences in "Ihe little Duke aud
LA Periodic"
Thomas Mast was the great Amari-
n carcaturist and the "Solid South"
was his especial subject. Kepplcr
was coming on.
Tho ncmc Of uglincss was reached
in woman's dress, Though the fact
was unknown ut the time, and men
wore "soupdish"hats.
The Arizona iiGj feet long, and the
City NJ Berlin wCro the largcst PAS.
songcr steamships nilont. The Kais-
cr Wilhelm do Cross 81 today il Go
lot long.
Iho frat great battle between IRON
clads WIG fought in the Chilc.Pcru.
vian WIZ. and the lluuscar was cap.
turcd by ,l!e Almiranto Coch-aun
and the blanca Eucnludl.
John Sherman was Secretary OF
Treasury; William NJ. Eyarts, Secrc.
tary Of state; Charles Dcvcns, At.
tornoy.G General; T.. W. Thompson,
Secretary Of the Navy; Carl Schurz,
Secretary Of the Interior; George W.
McCrnry, Secretary Of Wnr;nnd Day
id NJ. Key WIS the Postmaster Gcncr.