Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-11-16
IRON DAILY
sALMAGUNDl.
Taxes are coming in quite lively.

AiAhy uIHuIs
1t is reported that Mrs. J.. I
Wheeler is i'll with typhoid fever at
Der home in Winneuucca.
Deputy Marshal Humphrey arrived
from Reno Saturday night aud lef,
for North Fork yesterday morning.
Lyon county gave the Democratic
National and State ticket the fol
lowing mnjorities: Bryan l4O, New,
lands lis. Fitzgerald 300. Evans 10
Booher 49.
Congressman NewIands carried
every county i'll the State EXCEPT
Elko and Judge Fitzgerald bagged
all OF them. His majority will be
over 1000.
There is n result OF the election
which the people OF the entire coun-
try will be thankful for, and that is
the assured retirement to private life
OF Senator Wolcott OF Colorado.
The returns from Bryan precinct
got in last night. They reduced
Farrington's majority in the county
to "a. The full unofficial vote of the
county will be found in the table.
Farmer Matter OF LamoilIe and
Dallas Gilmore OF Pleasant are in
town. Farmer Mateer drew down
some election bets and was all smiles
whom We met him.
The town is full OF grand Jurors.
-Four Of them have Just returned
from a trip 20 the head OF Salt river,
but all look smiling and contented.
The grand inry is hard at work on
criminal cases. There is a large
amount OF bushes before Tho jury
and il will probably be in session two
or three days.
The next State Senate will stand
eleven Democrats and Silver Party
to iour Republicans. There will
be only three or four Republicans in
the Assembly.
w. II. Gilmer, one OF tile old
Democratic stand-bys, ia in town to-
day on land matters. lie lives about
GO miles north of Wells and gets mail
abo1. 5nGG q month IN the winter
time.
According to the Belmont Courier.
IL. L. Stimler, The Registry Agent for
tI:at precinct, registered three In
and in order to cover up his
crooked work refused TO have the list
printed.
g.. NJ. Sain will establish u Rrpubli.
can paper in Reno shortly after the
tirst Of the year or as soon as a limo
type machine can DO put up in. The
name OF Tie paper will be the Reno
Republican. Mr.. Sain will continue
to own and run the Tribune i'll Love
lock-.
Two petitions granted by the com.
missioncrs at their last meeting up
pear today. The order OF the board
seems TO us to be devoid OF any merit,
but it has to he obeycd. IL the petit
TONERS do not recognise their names
they should charge it to their poor
penmanship. 4 Philadelphia lawyer
couldn't read some OF the names.
The State papers that have dis.
cussed tho results Of the Presidential
election agree in declaring tho silver
issue dead beyond resurrection. The
Lyon County Times goes even fur
thor and declares the Silver party
dead. Tho INDEPENDENT is con-
strained to flo a concurring opinion
OIL both questions.
Supervisor OF Census fremont in
forms the Eureka Sentinel that TN.
der a recent ruling OF tho census
Office all Census Enumerators who
worked ON Il per dion basis will be
paid for the actual time employed
that i, they will he paid for all over
time, ten liourB boirg the basis for Il
days work. All overtime will be
paid for ut the rate 80 for ten hours.
Tho most remarkable municipal
growth shown by the cousus in any
single section Of the country ia in the
three cities OF Seattle, Spokane and
Tecoma in the State of Washington.
Those three cities combined had Il
population Of 1881 twenty years ago.
Now they have l25, 233 Inhabitants.
Tho unofficial returns give the
Bryan electors 391 majority in this
county. This makes Elko tho banner
Democratic county OF tic State.
Humboldt comes next with 1877 ma.
jority for Bryan and 279 for New.
lands. Tho Elko county Democrats
wero a little crooked on Congress.
man, but they did very vol on the
rest OF tho ticket.
Frank Hammer, who was Injured
last week by n premature explosion,
will. it ID believed, the sight
OF both cyes. Tho victim car now
sec and tho attending physician ia
fully satisiicd with tho manner in
which tho burned TISSUES arc slough.
ing. Meesrs. Harrington and Coffin,
who spoke hero ON the evening Of tho
accident, presented tho young man
with S5O.-Enrcka Sentinel.