Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-29
[FROM MONDAYS DAILY
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night.
Four soldier trains passed through
last night.
Enroll Taber left Saturd day night to
visit hiS brother, Stanley. at Ana.
conda, Montana.
MIR. Bruce te~lcsraphcd Saturday
that he had sold all Of his horses and
would start FOR home today.
The call for the Silver Party State
Convention appears in this issue.
Members Of that party should read it
Mn. 4. G. Trufton and daughter OF
Boston arrived Saturday evening on
Il visit to their Elko relatives, Mrs.
Sheldon aud Mrs. Abel.
The ease with which Durrant and
Lee made their escape from the Jail
last night, suggests the necessity of
having the ceiling Of that institution
covered with boiler iron.
Mrs. j. IL. Tabcr und daughters.
Misses Clara and Cora, arrived this
morning from California. The young
ladies have been attending Stanford
University the past year and come
home to spend their vacation.
An immense number OF horses are
being shipped east. A big train
passed through Saturday night and
another last night. Nc Crazy Il
Carey will ship four carloads from
here tonight.
Tho administration papers tell us
that the Philippine war is over, but
the latest dispatches from Manila tell
us of Il battle with the f'illipinos in
which the Americans were forced to
retreat. leaving six or seven brave
men dead Oh the iicld. Are the boys
fighting for fun, or is the war still on?
The following birth notice recently
appeared III the columns al a Kansas
paper: Born. Ia ia. wife Of Jim
Jones, Il boy. The boy favors his old
dad i'll several ways, viz, he is bald
las "a req nose. takes to a bottle like
n bumblcbec to a lump OF sugar. and
makes "A lot OF ruisc about nothing.
1t has developed that the rumor
that Ed McNlanus was implicated in
the cattle stealing case is unioundcd.
He is merely detained as a witness,
having been i'll the employ Of Doug
lass. His many friends will he
pleased Ia hear that he had no guilty
knowledge Of la" nifLir.-Rcpor;.
Constable Triplctt returned, this
morning from Carson. where he had
been Il witness before the u. 5.
Grand Jury Oh the whisky selling
cases from Elko. or the three men
arrested here for selling wlIiskcy to
Indians all were indicted and
Me Cormick and Sullivan plead
guilty and Martin, not guilty. Tho
two former will receive their senten-
ces today.
Mr.. Wintcrmnntcl has put nm cleo.
trlc regulator III his irwelry store. 1t
u sad to he the most perfect time
piece known 'or Use on land 1t il
rUu 10y Il small battery III the bottom
and ~ guaranteed To keep perfect
time for two years without any attcn-
ton whatever. At the end 81 that
time the battery has tn be charged
and the regulator is good for another
two years run IT. is II beautiful
piece OF furniture and with it in
town no one has any business Of 20.
Ing around without tho correct time.
y coyote roostlng on top Oi q tcle.
graph pole Oh the line "t the Nevada
Central railroad was mistaken for "a
bear by the Sheriff Of Lander county
and passengosa on Il train which was
halted and Il general iusiladc from
revolycrs followed. None OF the
bullets hit the coyote, which quietly
slid down the pole and disappeared
in the Ragahrush. II IL a well.kmown
fact that coy"t"s climb telegraph
poles looking for mbbits SILVER
State.
Abe l]'rrgucruun had both his legs
broken Wednesday in Churchill
county. IL appears that hc Wa driv-
ing u team Of mulcs hitohcd To u
moving m8chino III from the field at
noon la dinner when the animals be
came Frightened and h6 lost control OF
them and jumped from the machine.
Both Of his legs went through the
spOkcs Of tho wheel blocking il. lie
was dragged quite n distance and
when released il was found that both
his Lego were broken, the injury to
tho right leg being serious Reno
! Ledger.