Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-07-20
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY,
sALMAGUNDI.

ton OF the bowels.
The Silver party ship OF Elko
county seems to DO knocking about
on the political sea without a sudder,
compass or crew.
Mrs. Collin OF Reno, nee Miss Ida
Pullman, came up last evening to
visit her Elko relatives and friends.
An Ohio girl who is unable to
speak above a whisper has had forty
seven offers Of marriage. a word to
the wise, etc.
The Silver State says the railroad
coal at Wipnemucca Is still burning.
The total loss to the company is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The London Times 81. Petersburg
correspondent says that on June Beth
the grand staff OF the Russian army
estimated the Chinese army to num-
Der l,720,O0O men.
Adrian Wheeler, u hanger-on OF
the Reno tenderloin, committed a
brutal assault upon W. NJ. Gotwaldt
OF the Reno Journal the other night.
Gotwaldt las been writing up these
characters Of late and this is supposed
to have been the cause OF the assault.
1t seems that clergymen are, on the
whole, the longest and medical men
the shortest lived. 4 well. known
authority gives the following con-
illusions on the su beet: The average
age OF clergymen is Go; Of merchants,
o.; clerks and farmers. Gl; military
men. 80; lawyers, IS; artists, 81; medi.
cal mer, %.
Ticn Tsin, the center OF so many
exciting scenes in China Just now, is
one OF the largest cities in the empire
having fully l,01O, 600 inhabitants. 1t
is the port of Pekin and stands on the
t%ortuous and muddy Peiho river, 83
miles below PekIn and 80 miles
above the Taku tCris at the mouth OF
the river.
y cabinet officer made the state.
ment yesterday that there would be
no further Withdrawal OF troops from
the Philippines for service in China.
The II given for the statement
was that it would be unsafe to take
any more away. This seems strange
i'll the face of Otis statement that the
war in the Philippines was ended
some time ago.
When a sleepy person in a hot
night ID trying his best to get to sleep,
there is nothing that will induce sleep
so much rs a band Of singers on the
front doorstep waking the echos at
the hour of midnight. 1t smoothes
out tho rough place in his temper
and cultivates n Christian spirit.
Singing is alright in its place, but we
prefer ours before bed time.
Miss Maria Schmidt, aged Is years,
has reached Saginaw, Mich, from
San Francisco, having covered the
entire distance on foot, about 1000
miles. Miss Schmidt left San Fran
cisco on March 9th last Oh a $500
wager, made by a social club of San
Francisco, that she could not reach
Saginaw 10y August LIST, and beg her
living en- route.
y glass Of cold water slowly slipped
will produce Il greater aCccleratiun of
the pulse for II time than will n glass
OF wine or spirits taken at n draft. In
this connection it may not he ont Of
place to mention that slipping cold
water will often allay the craving for
alcohol in those who have been in
the habit Of taking too much Of it
and may bc endeavoring to reform,
the effect bang probably due 10 the
stimulating action Of the sipping.-
Hamilton Times.
At meeting of the Board OF asy.
lum commissioners in Reno yester.
day they granted the Southern Pa
ciifc the right Of way through Tie
land owned 10y the State. The rail-
road company wanted TO buy the land
but the board did not have authority
to sell it without Legislative enact.
mant. The amount OF land coveted
by the railroad company was about
six and one.quarter acres and they
will transfer to the State twice that
amount.-Carsnn Newe,
Only II member OF Nyc's Central
Committee obcycd the ca, on July
End, and it was found that every 9th
or member OF tie committee TO- re-
sides i'll some other county OF the
State. No committee business could
be transacted and no cali for primar
les Mt which delegates to the State
convention are elected WIS made and
as tho date for holding tho primaries
Ia very near wo doubt 10 a call will be
made and in that caso Nyo will not
be represented in the State convcn-
ton. This will DO greatly regretted
10y the majority OF the citizens Of Nyc
We would suggest that IN the future
only men who can DO depended upon
to remain in the county, 10 selected
miomhnta OF the ConniYCcnirnl Cntn.