Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-12-21
r 0 THURSDAYS DALI.
sALMAGUNDI.
Dan Hin is up from Carlin.

The indications seem favorable Tor
a storm.
There is nothing uew today from
Tuscarora.
See the w. I. Smith Company ad,
and keep your eyes on that space.
Sorry to learn TINT County Clerk
Dawley is not able to be at his Of
flee
Kew. Mitchell went to Eureka e
terday. Will return Monday. Dec,
oath.
The Watch Meeting. to be held in
connection with the Red Cross So
ciety. has been given up.
Campbell & HARRISON have opened
their new saloon opposite the upper
freight house.
One OF Reno's soiled doves got
g~loriously drunk the other day night
and made her bed Oh the side walk.
The officers put her III the lookup.
Big preparations are being made
for the masquerade ball Christmas
Eve. Remember that it is the last
Christmas eve OF the century.
During the yeaF 1899 the State Of
Nevada produced s2,2l9,OOO in gold
and S5O6.oiO in sill Eer. The total pro.
| duction in the United States was:
Gold, sTl,053,i 400; silver, s32, 1853, 700.
Miss Mabel Plumb arrived from
San Jose this morning on her way
home. She stopped over today to
visit Mrs. Casper and well depart Tor
Tuscarora in the morning.
Molli, Forsha, who long since es
tablished for herself IN uneuviable
notoriety throughout the state, had
the misfortune TO fall last night, sus-
tanning u fractured ankle Times
Review.
The ierington Monitor gays that
Pine Grove has two youug women
miners who command "a per day.
They are good judges OF ore. and it
Is due to their skill and engineering
that the Bonanza mine promises To
be second TO none in this vicinity.
The Standard Oil Company, with a
capitalization nf SIO0,00OUOO, has paid
Sli4.OOO.tO0 i'll dividends in the last
four years. At this rate how long
will it take the oil trust TO W the
earth? .
The Elko County cattle Association
has elected the following delegates to
the National Livestock Association
which meets in Salt Lake on January
10, 1901: George Russell. Thomas
Hunter, Frank FernaId, j. j. Hylton,
n. II. A. Mason, II. Mccain, Nj.
CHASER.
Hunter e Wallace come to the
front with ii new holiday adj. They
have the sweetest and best candies,
fresh oysters, turkeys and other good
things Tor the holidays. See the ad
and give the boys "A share Of your
patronage.
The buchanan COmpouy drew a
crowded house again last night. East
Lynne WAS presented in IL highly
creditable manner, considering the
many difficulties under which the
company Iabors. Tonight Married
10y Mistake" will be presented. This
Ia Il high class comedy whose funny
situations drive away the blues.
The most beautifully dressed dolls
ever seen in Elko will be at the 4. o,
U. ". Hall Saturday night. One OF
these dolls will make your little
daughter the hnppiest girl on earth
on christmas morning. There will
be other things at the hall beside the
doiis, such rs good things to eat, use.
full articles, etc. All will be sold ut
reasonable prices md the proceeds
applied to the construction Of the new
hall. 1t will cost you nothing Tor nd.
mission.
y young man who has no more
sense than to smoke cigarettes or CT,
CARS in a hall crowded us 4. o. u. w,
Hall wns last night, should be taken
outside tho limits Of the town, his
head laid upon n block and q shnrE
AK, swung by brawny arms, applied
with such force to his neck that his
,, empty head would be severed from
his worthless carcass. This might
serve ns u warning to others Of his
kind.
Tho distinction Of being tho oldest
married couple III the country, is
claimed 10y Mr.. md Mn. O.U Thorn.
burgh, OF Forest Grove, Ore, who 70.
Gently celebrated the seventy first
anniversary Of the wedding day. They
we're married in Tennessee ~ 1920
when both bride and groom we're II
years Of ngc. After Mr.. and Mrs
Thornburgh had been married for Il;
years they moved to Knokuk county
Ia, where they spent tho next Is