Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-14

evening for Cotton, California. They
will spend the winter III Southern
California and Arizona.
Bert Mcintosh is "a c,ndidnt. for
Secretary Of the Senate and Homer
Riddle wants IA job IN the Assembly.
Hope the boys may win out.
The governments expenditures Oh
account Of the red man tie past year
were $40, lIG,l The brown mau is
somewhat more expensive, and the
white MAJ must hust!" TnI himself.
Tho members Of the orchestra are
spir'ng no expense Ia make the
masquerade ball a success. The
prizes given for the best sustained
characters will be handsome aud use.
full.
The South African salesman who
worked Carson last week caught a
big crop Of suckers in Winnemucca
Friday night.
Gardner &Son will begin work On
the hall for the Ladies Aid Society
as soon as the material can be got on
the ground. The hall is to be i2l2i
feet AMI will he a valuable addition
to the church property.
Elko %county's Delinquent list foots
up S95I IS, due from twnnty.one tax.
payers. This is the largest delin
quent list since 1891. when it amount
cd to S2,:sil Sc. Evidently the wave
OF Mckinley prosperity missed the
dclinquents.
j. j. Baird received n dispatch
Saturday morning from Eureka
stating that Mr. l.. T.. Rice had died
al Ruby Hill Friday evening. She
was the wife OF l.. + Rice of Willow
Creek. Mr.. Rice left for Ruby Hill
Friday night.
MB. Garrccht received il dispatch
from San Francisco today stating
that william lakewood died there at
Q O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Hack
wood was badly injured in an acct.
dent at Bullion over a year ago.
Robert johnson vas found dead in
his bed at TuscarOru this morning.
Mr.. Johnson was one OF the pioneer
residents Of Tuscarora and was II
man highly esteemed 10y all who
knew him. II: was about e. years OF
age. Coroner Morgan has been
notified ~ MIR. Johnsou's death.
odd Man" Backus, one Of the
pioneers Of Reno. lics III the county
hospital at deaths door. B4ckus ls
the D dest man III the State; lac lacks
but u year Of IA ccntury.-Journul.
Come III 10Y or send in your back
pa! for your paper. There are quite
number OF our old subscribers
whose obituary we shall he called up
on To iuditc III the next few years and
We can do better 10y them in that line
IL they are not delinquent.
\ KnusasC ity justice whose docket
Ii Tiled with domestic cases, Hlvo.
Gates II graded form OF punishment
for vito heaters. lie wOuld begin
with an ordinary elm club, then ad.
vance Ia the whipping post aud fin
ally round up tho offender on the
CORY block.
\ Boston physician was recently
called To a family which he found in
such destitute circumstances TINT he
gave. i'll addition to his prescription.
Il 81 bill, Happening III the next day
lie discovered that his gift had hcen
thus spent: Threc dollars to the
priest and g. to get another doctor.
Tho body Of female infant WIS
discovered 10y Dan MCGeary Thurs.
day evening III the brush beside
Riverside Avenue. II had been
placed in n pnstabOnrd box. The
body had lain there several days.
1t WIS impossible to learn whether
death resulted from natural causes
or noi.-Reno journal.
Constable Walsh of LOvclock has
recovered q watch and chain, which
are supposed to have been stolen
from the Girls Cottage Mt Reno by
th9 men who werc arrested in Vim
ncmucca a few days ago. The articles
were sold to Lovclock parties. Tho
Reno officers have been commune.
Gated with in regard TO tho recovered
jewelry.
Aescmhlyman elect johnson Of Nye
county promised the people TINT IL
| elected no would give them q big iur
hoy dinner ut Belmont III Thanks
giving Day. llo kept his PROMISE
and fcnstcd nearly the entire populn
iiCD OF the county on turkeys OF his
own raising ano other good things.
Tho people u Nyo county seem to
know Il good thing.
NcOdonhn. Kan, has II population
of about 1900, winch includes moro
thin people than any other place
twice ITS sizc in America, Many OF
the men weigh less than 100 pounds,
though in good health. Physicians
say that tie petroleum aud natural
gas wells there arc responsible for
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