Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-05-11
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SALmASUNDl.


Leo Perry arrived from Ogden yes
terday. lie will do the brick and
stone work ON Mr.. Mahoncv's new
hotel.
Two hundred and fifty bodies have
been taken from the mines Of SEQ
field. Utah. This accounts for all the
missing men.
We were pleased to meet Miss
Woolverton on the street today walk
ing with her mother. The Young
lady is improving rapidly.
The Nevada girls defeated the
Stanford team in Il game OF basket
ball at Reno Saturday. The score
stood 1 to =. This leaves the Nevada
team champions OF the coast.
Mr.. Keyser has moved the old Office
Of the Gold Creek lumber company
to the corner west Of the lSDEPES.
DEST Office, where it will do duty rs
Il blacksmith shop for Mr.. Clinton.
Two tramps engaged in IA bloody
rough and tumble fight yesterday al
ternoon i'll the real OF the SmithCom-
pcny's sto:". The tight attracted a
big crowd Of boys.
An application has been made to
Governor Sadlcr to issue IA requ'ai-
ton for the return to Nevada OF j. b.
Henderson, held by the San Francis
10 police on Il charge Of mayhem
committedat Battle Mountain.
Sometimes il seems as il Congress
wabhlcs the President. and at other
times it seems us il the President
wabblcs Cnngress. Meanwhile there
Is no wabble To III big var tax.-St.
Louis Post Dispatched.
Hon. Thoe. l.. Cnrson. formerly Of
Carson city, but now a wealthy resi-
dent Of Philadelphia, wants to bet
100000 that William j.. Bryan will
he nominated and elected President.
Here's u chance for some wealth, Re-
publican to deplctc his %cXchcqucr to
that amount.
One Of our prominent citiZenH said
to Us this morning that EIku was get
ting to he a very tough place. Asked
why, he said that tights aud shooting
in the streets were becoming very
frequent aud no one was punished
Tor these violations Of the law.
&. ID. Zeigler OF Virginia City,
Grand Chancellor Of the Knights Of
Pythius, wus an arrival this morning.
He is on his way to Wells to institute
n Lodge 81 the Order at that place.
\ large ,ieIcgation 81 Elkn Knights
will accompany him from here.
One ot the men digging the cellar
in the rear Of the INDEPENDENT office
today found a small copper cent OF
the mintage of 1857. II il the size Of
the bronze ccnts now i'll circulation.
Ii has laid III the ground so long that
il il so badly cOrroded TINT II magni-
Tying glass IL necessary to read the
inscription on il.
We forgot to mention Saturday
thu, Madam Bishop went from here
10 st. Paul. From there slc goes to
Chicago, Washington. ID. c., md New
York. giving concerts IN each place.
From New York she goes Ia Europe.
1t will therefore bc seen that Elkn il
strictly In it, III Il musical sense, with
the great cities Of tho country.
Some Of the State papers have had
considerable fun with us the last
three weeks. They published our
conversion to the world and spoke Of
il rs something truly wonderful. We
did not see III to set our brothers Of
the quill right 10y denying their state.
ments, Int will now say that there's
nothing in it.
SuperintcndcntN0blc OF the South
ern Pacific, members OF the engineer
corps and other officers say the qucs-
ton is settled that the 9 Il & will he
brOad gaugcd and the new line will
connect with the &. p. mt WadswOrtb
The connection will he south OF the
present main inc, about five miles
from town. to run in and out 0fWnds.
worth on double trucks Wadswortll
Dispatch.
Ellis G1oding and Ossic Miller took
ono uf Pierce Vorc's horses yesterday
morning aud went to South Fork on
II fishing trip. lhoy tied tho horse
uear the river and went of fishing
On their return tO where they had
left the horse, they found her in tho
river dead. Tho boys had. tied hor
gu TINT she became %cntanglcd in the
rope md fell into tho river and
drowned. They walked homo con.
sidctably enddcr thnn when they left
in the morning. MIR. Wore valued the
horse at $50.