Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-08-24
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
sALMAGUNDI.

Jim townsend, ono Of the pioneer
editors OF the Pacific Coast, died ut
Lake Forrest. Illinois, on August
10Th.
The band OF gypsies. that have
worked the town for the last few
days. struck ont for other fields this
afternoon.
Ed Carville attended the meeting
OF the Democratic county committee
last night. lie Is II Of the sturdy
Democrats Of Mound Valley.
l.P. Woolverton came from Ruby
Valley yesterday to attend the meet
ing OF the Democratic county COM
mittee. There is no discount on his
loyalty To his purity.
4 Democratic campaign club has
been organized i'll Illinois composed
OF eighty.seven German members. or
this number sirty-two voted for Nc
kinley in 1896. This is "A pretty big
straw rs to the way the German
American vote will go.
Sixteen OF the married women OF
tile town went to the Hot Springs
this morning to spend the day with
Mrs. Garrecht. They left their hub
bys ut home to dine ON cold Gwittels"
while they dined on fried chicken and
all the delicacies to the season.
Misses Blanche and Edith Plumb
have been granted teachers certifi
Gates, good for three years, by the
State Board Of Education. The GER
titicates were issued on their diplo.
mas from the San Jose Normal
school.
y man in San Jose has opened up
a new industry for the Pacific coast.
lie has gone into the manufacture OF
Saratoga chips, and already has Sc
cured an order from the Government
for $1,000 pounds. This is I'M idea
for come enterprising Nevadans. We
can beat the world on potatoes and
with care Nevada Saratoga chips"
could BRING the cream market price
Carson News.
Two Republican campaign Argyll
ments: ~ The purchase Of contlgu-
Gus territory, geographically n part
OF this country and tninly peopled
with savages, Is the same thing as
the purchase OF islands 5000 miles from
orr western coast and populated by
100000 beings OF different ice
speaking other languages and wodd-
Ell to other customs. (2) Honest
money. WOW! Honest money. woS!
Honest money. WOW! Honest money
wow!-Iconocalst.
Under the time card winch went
into effect Sunday night the passen.
ger trains arrive and depart az fol-
lows: Eastbound: No. 6 arrives and
departs at 7:35 p IN; No arrives at
1:iO Il IN and departs at s Il IN; No. =
the flyer. goes through at l:3O a IN.
Westbound: No. !, the flyer, passes
through Mt 9:32 p IN; No. 3 arrives at
BOO p m and departs at 2:25 p NJ: No.
. arrives and departs at 7:l5 p II.
The most important change from the
old time card is the cutting out OF
the dead time of the trains arriving
i'll the evening.
y Georgia boy sends to tho Atlanta
Constitution the following compost
ton on Wat: -War Is a great thing, [
think. Before dad went TO fife the
Spaniards he was rs pore us Jobs
turkey. But he had the good fort
n to have II leg shot off, and they
sent him home with a big Pension,
which bought Sue Il pianner and
painted the house red ind the shut
ters green. IL we only had another
war lie might git his other leg shot
OIL, and then we'd be as rich rs cresm,
and could drive a horse faster than
the deacon's what holds his head so
high
\ discharged soldier recently re-
turned from the Philippines tells n
tale OF n shirt which is too good TO
be lost. His company was returning
from a long End tiresome scouting
trip, i'll which most OF the men had
lost more than half Of their wearing
apparel, when he saw OIL II clothes.
limo III the grounds OF Il residence
adjoining "a big stone church two
very good shirts hung out to dry.
AS he had ut tho time only half a
shirt to his back, he proceeded to
help himself to a whole onr. where.
upon IL woman came out OF the house
and said TO him, in passablo English J,
you'll pay for that on the judgment
day "Madam," he replied, ~if you
give such long credit / will take both
Shirts which he proceeded to do.
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