Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-03-30
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
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NuIlJOCll VII III
noon train from his trip to Butte val.
ley. He will take Ham Blaine to the
penitentiary tomorrow.
Our idea OF bravery and uncxam.
pied heroism is for a poor preacher to
differ in opinion with the most gen.
erous contributor OF his ilock.-Atch-
ison Globe.
A cubic foot Of quicksilver weighs
Si7.S9 pounds. In IL column OF quick.
silver every foot in height gives Il
pressure Of 5,5s5 pounds per square
inch.
\. fund is being raised i'll Reno for
the purpose OF erecting Il kindergar-
ten building in memory OF Miss Bah
cock, the pioneer kindergarten teach
or of Nevada.
An old salt. when asked how far
north he had ever been, replied that
he had been so far north that the
o"S "hcii ihiihtu DSSiuc d Itu uOl
stove gave ice cream.
Tho election in DesMoines. Iowa,
Monday resulted in jeremiah Har-
tenbower, Democrat, defeating Mayor
John McVicar, Republican, by 800
majority. Two Years ago MacVicar
beat iiartenbower 10y $4,000 votes.
The annual meeting OF the Elko
County Cattle Association will be
held mt the courthouse at / y. M,
April 9TH. The attention OF the menu
hers is called to the notice in this is.
sue.
y London dispatch OF yesterday
says: \ dispatch TO the Exchange
Telegraph Company from Paris says
the sale OF the Danish Antilles to the
United States has practically been
completed.
y good Samaritan started to take
two DRINKS to their shome near the
Utah Saturday night and the buggy
in which they were riding WA tipped
over and broken, and the gnodSamar-
itan was the only person To &c. hurt.
Enterprise.
Supervisor fremont has been mott.
fled feOm Washing ton that the follow.
ing districts have been withdrawn
from his supervision: Duck Valley
Indian Reservation, EIko county;
Pyramid Reservation, Washoe county;
Walker Lake Reservation. Esmeralda
county.
Nov, boys" said a Sunday school
teacher. addressing her class OF BOYS.
" II tell me why ST. Peter il al.
ways Standing at the pearly gate?"
One little fellow answered: Maybe
he's laying for the chap who robbed
hin TO pay Paul
Harris Hall is beng cut I'D into
rooms and Elko is without Il place Of
amusement. As soon as the hall IL
ready for occupancy. the old frame
part Of the Commercial Hotel will he
tern down and a two.story brick will
take it's place. Elko has no boom,
but 1t gets there all the same.
Chief Moore Of the Weather Bureau
has issued an order f~orbidding cIga.
reltc smoking by any person connect
ed with thc service. Surely the pass
ing Of the cigarette ticnd is in sight
when the Government joins the cru
sadc against him.
The report that Lord Salisbury
had apol"giZcd To the United States
for tho opening Of Consul Mucrum's
mail is denied both at London and
Washington. 1t is further stated in
the Washington dispatch that the
United Siates government has made
no demand unon the British govern.
ment for an apology.
a Lexington, Ky, dispatch Of the
9th says: II. Il. foutscy, Rcpubli-
can Auditor Swecnncy's private sec.
rotary. was arrested today ms the man
with the black moustachc, whom
Golden mentioned in his testimony as
the man TO whom John Powers gave
the key to the Office OF Caleb Powers.
Tho warrant charges hlm with being
nm accessory before the fact 10 the
murder OF GOobcl.
The Michigan Legislature has re.
Gently passed II law forbidding the
marriaro of any person suffering from
INFECTIONS or transmissible diseases.
Tho law states that anyone SO discus.
cd who may marry shnll be guilty Of
felony, punishable by u fine OF not
Ices thnn $500 or more than $1,000 or
by imprisonment for u term not cx.
cccding five years or 10y both fine md
! Imprisonment.
y resolution providing lint cuspi.
dorcs be placed along all OF the prin.
cipal streets has been introduced In
tho Cleveland city council. Tho res.
olution states that these cuspidorcs
are to bc fastened to the sidewalks.
go feet apart, and all who wish to
cxpcctorato car have ample oppor
tunity. A iiun OF two dollars pcr
oifensc will be imposed upon anyone
caught Fpitting on the pavoments.
Caleb Powers, Kcniucky's Repair.
lican Secretary OF State. was ycstcr.
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