Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-02
TFROM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALNIAGUNDI.

Senator Jones denies that he has
changed his political convictions in
any way.
WIN. Griswold is III from Ruby val.
ley. He reports but little snow in
mountains.
II. +. BartIne, ex-Coneressman
from Nevada, is editing the mining
column OF the Anaconda Standard.
MIR. Smiley attended tho meeting
OF the county board Of education to-
day. lilo reports very little snow in
the mountains.
General Warren abandoned Spoin-
kop Wednesday. The official COM
ment Of the British War office OH this
news WIS that General Warren
found the position toe hot to hold
Governor Adams has received IN
order from the east for a shipment OF
gypsum III soon as his grinding plant
at Mound House, Lyon County is
completed.
\ two.cent postage stamp OF the
first issue OF British Guiuna in 1850
was recently sold for sl7i0. This il
the largest sum my stamp has ever
brought in this country at ausaion.
w. l.. Taylor Of Carson has r~eceiv.
ell an appointment in the Govern
ment printing o &c at Washington.
Mr. Taylor has been in the printing
business In Nevada for fifteen or
twenty years and thoroughly under.
stands hIs trade.
Attorneys Brown and Patterson
and the editor Of the ISDIrENDEN!
looked over some Of the examination
papers this forenoon. EnouLh has
not yet been done to justify any con.
clusion as Ia the markings. We may
have something to say when all the
papers are gone over.
The children hau u fine time ut the
dance last night. Dancing began at
7::P and continued until 10, when
supper WIZ served by the Rnthbonc
Sisters. After supper dancing was
resumed and kept up until II o'clock
when all the youngsters went home
well satisfied with the EVENING" en-
tertainmcnt.
The Southern Pacific Company will
lave headquarters in Paris during
the exposition at No. 20 Boulevard
Des Italiens. They invite residents Of
States served by their lines to call at
their headquarters for information re.
gardInR steamship lines, railroad
trnvel or accommodations while in
Paris.
The House committee on Interstate
and Foreign commerce yesterday re-
considered the Nicaraguan canal bill
which had been reported with an ap-
preparation Of sli0,O0C, 600 and
changed the appropriation section SO
M To make sl0,OOO,000 available with
authority to contract for tho entire
excavation and completion OF the
canal at u total cost not exceeding
$4,000. 900.
a mar Mt Ottawa, ILL.,, lost his voice
One day he got most tremendously
mad about something, and in Il red
fuced rago he rOnrcd out oaths us big
MS n hnycock. Can it he thnt swear
ing ia an antIdotc TO loss oi speech?
Thon here is the caso Of tho Iowa
man who went blind. and Il girl mar
ricd him out Of pity. Tho moment
he was married. he recovered his
sight. Tins, however, IL logical,
Marriage is II mighty oyo.opener.
Tho London Times has Il CORE.
spOndent mt Moddcr Rivcrr who IL
certainly doing the best no can. In
spcaking OF the Beers in brittle he
says: Their nervousness causes
much Amusement among tho British
Ii il "a miainkc 10 put guns in the
hands OF such nervous people. even
for amuscmcn,. They are liable to
loco control of themselves Mt any mo-
mcnt aud kill hnlt II regiment OF
Ilighlandcrs or Fusilecrs who are be.
ing amused. Now Orleans Picnyunc.
Tho president OF tho Now York
bar association has taken alarm ut
tho rapid accumulation Of enormous
fortunes and makes tho suggestion
that II Limitation OF sIO,G00.OO0 DO
plnccd on tho property that nny man
u leave to hie heirs. That such Il
proposition should como from SO con.
s%orvntivc Il source indicates that tlIis
question is bound to come up some
day and become Il burning issue.
a fair siZcl audience listened to
Mr.. Plummcr's lecture last evening.
llissubjcCt ws tho humor aud pulhos
Of Dickens. Tho lecturer clothed the
characters Of tho novelist with flesh
md blood and u could almost 500
md hear them. 1loy almost became
living human beings under the mast.
or touch Of tho lecturer. Thoso who
heard the lecture went away with II
larger and broader Wow Of tho works
OF Dickens. Mr.. Plummcr held the
attention OF tho audience closely dur.