Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-07-27
IRON DAILY
SALMASUNDl.

Light showers yesterday Afternoon
and today laid the dust and cooied
the atmosphere.
Work on the new hotel goes RICH,
along. Two workmen arrived from
salt Lake last night to put on the
galvanized iron cornice and roof.
DIR. lIuiFakcr and wife, nee. Miss
Edith Taylor. arrived from the eas,
Saturday night aud spent yesterday
in town visiting old friends. They
left for Carson last night. where they
will make their future home.
Tho Silver party central committee
Of Storey county held a special meet.
ing Saturday and instructed the dele.
gates to the State convention for
fusion.
a great many funny things happen
III this old world, and once in a while
they occur in Elko. An Incident OF
tnis kind, in which IA candidate for
Congress and this scribe figured, &C.
Cured Saturday night. Each caught
the other.
Edgar Rcinhart las resigned as u
member OF the State and county COM
mittees OF the Silver party. Ed
thinks the Silver party has outlived
its usefulness. lie goes back to his
first love and becomes an unregencr-
ute member Of the 4. o. p.
Tho Silver party county committee
seems to be having Il hard time in
calling primaries for the election Of
delegates To the State convention.
Two meetings have been held SO far
without results and another will be
held tonight. The boys should shoot
or give up their guns.
Mr.. Sherwood received a dispatch
from Major Dennis this afternoon
stating that Charles y. Towne would
speak here Saturday evening. No
effort should be spared to make the
meeting Il grand e Let us all
get into the harness and work.
Mr.. keyser has received Il letter
from Paul stating that he has but
slight chances OF recovering the sight
Of his eye TINT WAS injured some time
ago 10y the bursting OF tile water
gauge OF the engine hc WIS firing
] Ills is bad news to Paui's many
friends.
Our exchanges aru calling attention
To the fact that the vertical style Of
writing now being taught III our
schools has been discarded by the
public schools Of New York City
One reason given is that business
men will not have il in their Offices
and denominate il II characterless
fad. and children who come to seek
employment are obliged tn learn the
slant system.
Tho Jefferson Bible in the Smith
soninn institute says the Washing.
ton correspondent OF tho Chicago
Record, has never been printed. The
manuscript remains ia IT left .%IciTcr.
sons hands aud. although several
persons have proposed from time to
time To print il, no one has ever done
SO. The Bible consists only Of the
teachings Of / hrist, extracts from the
gospel asraugcd i'll chronological or
der from his birth to the ascension,
and nothing else. All controversial
passages are lett out
Tuesday afternoon IA tire was dis
covered III the barn Of George Stokcr
just out Of town. BcfOrr anyone
could cxtlngu ish the blaZr the build
ing was all i'll flames and beyond con.
troll. Some horses, which were in u
corral adjoining the barn, wore turn.
cd out i'll time to save them, ms wore
Il lot Of pigs. \ young cali was tied
III the bnrn and did not get loose un
til the rope burned from the manager
Z new buggy, :hc barn mud consider
able hay was destroyed. Tho loss
amounts la siO0. and us there WIS no
insurance ON the property it makes
it pretty tough on George L,vcIuck
Argus.