Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-02-02
IFROM TUESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUND

The receipts OF the State Land
Office last week were sl,iS7.3 81.
Attorney Harrington returned from
the western part OF the State this
morning.
The lS~DSrENDENT regrets to learn
that Mrs. G. II. Hale is quite sick.
Her many friends hope she may soon
ecover.
The Lawton fund yesterday
amounted to s95.922. General Shat
ter reported that he had $1,000 at
San Francisco.
= report that General Roberts had
been killed iloated around town to
day. II probably came by the grape
VINE line as it lacked all the elements
OF truth.
\ special election will be held in
Utah on the 2nd OF Apnl to elect a
Congressman to ill the vacancy
caused by the exclusion OF Brigham
II. Roberts.
The Republican State Central
! Committee will meet mt Reno Feb
ruary 10th for the purpose Of arrang.
ing the matter OF selecting delegates
to the national Republican conyen-
ton.
Count Castellainc is the possessor
Of ten thousand pairs OF trousers,
and the Countcss-but never mind.
says the Boston Globe.
The latest from the seat Of Wal is
that General Butler has retreated
with his army and Ladysmith will
nave 10 surrender II the bcsicged
forces do not break through the Bocr
lines and JOIN General Butler. %
JOE Pete, the murderer Of young
Danbcrg, at Gardncrvillc. was ar
raigaed ut Genoa Saturday morning.
and plead not guilty. His trial is set
for February 18th and i'll the mcan-
time lie will be confined in the Doug
las county Jail, md a close watch kept
over him so there will he 10 chance
Of escape or suicide.
IL thIs administration were sudden
ly called upon to Iphold til! Monroe
doctrine, rs President Cleveland did
in Venezuela. its pretensiuns !wonld
be the laughing stock Of both Europe
and America, That Is what imperial.
ism has done for this government
| Columbus Fress Post.
Chinese New Year was ushercd in
last night by the MnDgolians with
tirccrackcrs and bombs. From now
on until the close of their festivities
the evil ono will have a rocky time in
Chinatown. IL they do not succeed
in frightening him away with the
noise Of exploding i]irecrackcrs and
bombs, they will turn loose their
music.
Two morc castcrn railroads are
headed toward California and the pre-.
diction is that they will build into
Ogden this year. IL they do 1t is not
gong to. DO long until they will be
crossing Nevada and when that time
comes we will have n State and a big
population. What Nevada needs is
more railroads and cheaper Transport
tation.
MIR. and MH. PIlliucr and family
will leave Elko abnut the first OF tho
month. Fred will go to Philadelphia
to enter upon Il two years course OF
training as II practical matchmaker
and the remainder OF the family will
go to Idaho OF Montana. They take
with ten tho best wishes Of tho
lSDErENDENT for their future sue.
cess.
Attorneys Brown and Patterson
md this scribe spent the forenoon in
looking over the papers Of tho appli-
cnnts at tho recent examination.
Thoy lave examined tho papers Of
the applicants for primary certificates
in spelling, orlhogrnphy. written
arithmetic, grammar, geography and
physiology. Three torcnoons have
been devoted to tho work and the
papers have been gone ovcr carefully.
Tho result of their work will be made
public in a day or so. Until then no
comment will he made.
Before Rome WINS mn empire Rome
wns n republic, Az republic Rome
was loved, trusted and respected. Az
mn empire Rome waved grent aud
mighty. rich and degenerate. Az a
republic Rome tiourishcd and dcvel.
opcd great IN and civic virtues.
Ae M empire RJmc planted colonies
and assimilntcd many peoples and
then collapsed md became II memory
Omaha Herald.