Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-08
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUNDI.

Sheriff Campbell collected S595.75
for fees and licenses last month.
Robbie EIesson aud John Mayhugh
returned from the State University
last night.
Mrs. Morrow and children and Mrs.
Massey left for Golconda this after.
noon on II visit.
j. w. Puett was in town this fore.
noon.. He has started up business
again in Carlin.
Mr.. Nichols went to Carlin this
afternoon to take the position OF bar
tender at the Railroad Hotel.
Judge Talbot returned yesterday
afternoon from holding court in
White Pine and Lincoln counties.
At $50 this Afternoon thirty tax
payerO had failed to settle with
Treasurer Dawley. Monday is the
Jast day Of grace.
a threshing machine with I'm old
fashioned horse power was unloaded
this afternoon for the Western Sho-
shone Indians.
Eugene Mitchell, the oldest son OF
Rev. j. A. Mitchell, is learning the
mysteries OF type setting in the
INDEPENDENT office.
The committee to solicit funds for
Fourth OF July celebration will can.
vdss the town Monday. Get your
patriotism up to the giving point by
that time.
A few days after the terrible
mine calamity in Utah, the Nevada
state Red Cross Association donated
fifty dollars for the relief OF the sutT-
erers. This was probably the first
outside donation contributed.
4 resolution to submit "A woman
sun rage constitutional amendment re-
ceiyed ~ affirmative votes in the
Iowa Senate, against % negatives.
Two more votes would have given 1t
a constitutional majority.
Elko has not celebrated the Fourth
ot July since 1897. In that year
SGlo.S was raised and the entire cost
OF the celebration WIS s5J7.40. The
balance S62 40 was used in fixing up
the iiagpole md purchasing II dag.
The celebration this year Ought not
TO cost any more than II did three
years ago.
In Alglcrl one drop a nicltle
i'll the slot pud get prayers blessed
10y the hail. But beware Of play; over
tho machine il placed "a notice, al
Arabic, to the effect TINT any miscre-
ant who darcs Ia cheat the prophet
10y annexing "A prayer in return for "a
disc Of lead or IA spurious com will
bo consigned to eternal punishment
y woman passenger who rode OH
one Of the cars Of the Nassau Flee.
trio Railroad Company Of Brooklyn
has been awarded S2I00 damages for
injuries received 10y beng sat upon
10y Il -rery fqt man. Tho Fat man
had been standing. and lost his bal
nnce N tho resull Of a sudden uppli-
cation oi the brakes.
Two men are rivals in holding the
State record for being the oldest
man III the State. Frank Backus, a
colored man is one OF them. IIo
claims to be 90 ycars, II months.
This places him one year ahead Of
Joe Stanley. Mr.. Backue il quite
clipper for such an old person. and
can relate tales dating back To times
"befo de wah."-JournaI.
An epidemic 81 black canoe rash
prevails Mt Wcst Derby, a suburb OF
Newport. Vermont. Tho victims had
been i'll but two days when fatal
eymptoms appeared. About fifty
houses have been q%uaruntined, the
schools have been been closed and
everything possible lIus been done to
prevent tho further sprcad Of the
plague.
At Dewey. thirty miles south Of
c~oiTcyvillc, Kun, II gigantic walnut
log has just been cut for shipment to
the Paris Exposition. Tho tree from
which tho log was taken was supposed
to have been four hundred ycnrs old.
The trunk was sixteen fect in circum.
ference. md the first limb grew forty.
five feet from the ground.
Harry Mayer had had luck ycster.
dry. IIo started Mt the month OF tho
South Fork To tako the census mud
then went up the stream to tho ford
near the China garden md attempted
TO cross the stream. llc got nearly
half way acrosa when iiis horse mud
buggy won't under md were swept
down the strenm three or -four miles.
Harry swum ont and one az Mr.. Dot.
ta'e men helped him get the l,urso
md buggy out Of the river. Harry
lost all OF Ina census papers and
camc back To- town and tclcgraphed
Supervisor fremont for another ont.
TT.
This afternoon M tho passenger
train from tho cast pulled in, DR..