Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALAIAGUNDI.

essay of three words: @Feed the
brute"
Rev. }. a. Mitchell returned from
California this morning, lie will &C.
cupy the pulpit OF the Presbyterian
church tomorrow.
The Nevada soldier boys arrived in
Reno today and were given u royal
reception. y big parade took place
this afternoon and tonight there will
be a banquet.
Money amt cherthing in die II
try yit," said Uncle Nose. People
still thinks n whole lot more oh de
man who ketches Que fish dan oh d.
man who buys a whole string oh
en-"
Benjamin Franklin's mother. in law
hesitated at letting her daughter
marry Il printer; Us there we're then
two printing offices III the United
States. she was uncertain whether
the country would support the third.
President McKinley's full din
ner pals" have been cmptied to the
extent OF 100000 600 worth Of pie
every month by the tinpIatc com.
bine. This saving i'll pie ought to
relieve the nottingham Of the night.
mare OF prosperity.
a match between jim Jcnries, the
champion heavyweight pugilist, and
Jim Curbett, eX.champIon. WIS ar
ranged yesterday between Jim Cor
belt personally and W. y. Brady for
Jetfries. The articles will be signed
next Tuesday. JclTric will have the
fixing OF the date OF the bout.
This Is the way it looks To Quel-
quefois, the Carson correspondent Of
the Gcnoa Courier: One evening a
lion and Il lamb lay down together.
Tho next morning the lion got up;
the lamb had been ~benevolently III.
simIlntcd. II WAS his manifest dcs.
tiny.
Thomas w. Booth. formerly INT na.
ger of ;he Western Union at Virginia
City, died ill Ogden Sunday Of con-
sumption. Mr.. Booth wus prominent
in |. q. .. F.circlcs III Nevada in 1856
and succeeded this scribe lis Grand
Patriarch. lie leaves Il widow and
three children Ia mourn his loss.
According .O the New York Trib.
une, California pears and pugilists,
among the chief productions OF the
State, appear to be about the best
Of their kind, but as only the former
IL n tit commodity Tor export, she
should keep the latter at home, even
II che has Ia hire "a hall in which they
may hammer the cOHccit and stuff
ing" out OF each other without both
eriES tho rest Of the world with their
staggering p%retcnses.
Irrigation development means in
cstimable increase in wealth alike to
State and individual; it mcans All in
crease Of taxable property, Il lower
Il al taxation and the building up
OF communities with the Increased
demand which Immigration naturally
creates for merchandise and other sup
plics. a stendy, healthy agricuIt urnl
growth adds the greatest possible
wealth and stability to "a community,
Governor Sadler has received Il RI.
quest from the President Of the Inter
national Mining Congress, which will
meet in June, 1900, TO appoint dele.
gates. Tho congress- meets in Mil
waukce aud il not confined la the
intcrests Of gold and silver mining.
but includes the mining products OF
all the States. Tho Governor will
comply with tho request in the near
future, md Nevada will be ably rep
r%cscntct.
There seems To DO considerable
difference Of opinion us To how long
train No. 20G blocked the crossings
tho night Tim Mullen was killed.
The record in tho railroad office likes
its arrival Mt G:l2 and its departure mt
j:lG. We inter viewed n good many
people OH this point tho day after tho
accident and the time the train stood
ON tho truck, in their opinion, varied
from five to fifteen minutes. There
is nothing in the evidence adduccd
before the coroncr's jury showing
how long tho crossings were blocked
or how the deceased lost his lifo fur.
Their than TINT ho was killed by tho
cars. There seemingly was no effort
made TO fix the responsibility on amy
ono. No ono will over know whether
Tin Mullen committed suicide or
VIVA accidentally killed.
There in considerable complaint
among %stockmcn over tho failure OF
the rallrond company to furnish the
necessary cars for the shipment Of
cattle. a prominent stOckman in.
formed the INDEPENDENT Inst night
that owing to tho shortage Of cars for
tho shipment oi cattle west, q nun
Dor OF stockmcn had suffered loss and
wcro finally compelled to chip thoir
cattio Ia eastern markets, whore the
prices arc lower. Tho nilroad man.