Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-08-24
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SALMASUNDl.

SOD ana VIII mako 1t his future home.
&C. Doughty has been reelected
principal OF the Tuscarora school.
Miss Blanche Plumb will be his
assistant.
The INDEPENDENT acknowledges
tile receipt Of the Twelfth Annual
Register Of the Nevada State Univcr.
sity. II is full OF information resurd-
ing the courses Of study, iacult, etc.
1t WIS reported in town yesterday
that Ii brakeman shot IA tramp
through the leg at Golconda Satur-
day. The tramp returned the shot
and the bullet gra2ed the brakcman's
arm.
Tho Republican county committee
held u meeting Friday evening and
appointed the following delegates to
the State convention; 4. II. Sproule
a. Bruce, c. w. Griswold, w. S
Long, Warren Angel, Mel Badt, W
+. Mahoncy, WI. Plumb and W. S.
liillman.
Mrs. james Dewar and live children
and Mrs. John McFarlaue and her
two children left Sunday morning
Ter IA years visit IN Scotland. 4
large gathering OF friends and nc.
quaIniances WIS at the tram to bid
them good bye and wish them Il safe
and pleasant trip.
Frank Darrah was shot and fatally
wounded by Harry Brooks at Para
disc last Saturday night. The re-.
ports Of the affair are yer, conflicting
Broo ks WIS arrested and placed UNI
der $500 bonds. At latest accounts
Darrah was still alive, but there we're
no hopes Of his recovery.
The population Of Greater Now
York AS indicated by the count ju ST
completed at the Census office is
3,437, 202. This includes the popuIa-
ton ot the bOroughs Of Manhattan
and Bronx, previously announc ed, and
those Of Brooklyn, Richmond and
Queens. Ap approximate estimate Of
the increase since 1890 shows 1t Ia
have been 37,9 per cent.
Il. y. Mccoy and family got in
from Mardis Saturday evening. He
has sold his ranch To y. II. 4. Mason
and will make a tour overland
through Washington and Oregon TO
spy out "A location. The best wishes
Of the INDEPENDENT 20 with them.
Joe White, who II under arrest at
Austin for an attempt To commit
murder on his mother and two
sisters with an Is inch bar OF pointed
steel last July. and who was bound
over to appear before the Grand Jury
broke jail Tuesday evening 10y dig.
eing through the wall into the %juilor's
office.
Clerk Dawlcy Ilns received n letter
from Judge Tuibot. dated Chicago.
August 10Th, i'll which he states that
he will leave the next day for the
Paris Exposition and will not return
until October. Judge Bonniicld
will hold III here on the 81 of next
month for the purpose of naturaliz.
ing citizens.
DIR. Gardner removed a large con.
cerous growth from Frank Grcgory's
neck this morniug. Tho operation
was performed ut the county hospital
nnh WA entirely successful. Mr..
Gregory rallied from the shock and
at lntest accounts WINS doing rs well
M could he expected.
Mr.. Mayer IL determined to have
everything about the Depot Hotel
first cluss. New closets and bath.
roomn are bong put in on both floors
of the hotel. All connect with Il big
sewer that adds greatly to the suni-
tary conditions Of the hotel. AZ o
ns the new work IL completed. the
old buildings III the rear will he torn
down. This alone will be a grcat
benefit to the people Of that neigh
borhood.
james a.. Minkler u Boulder
Creek, California, il visiting ms
cousin Miss Hattie Clark. Ills father
superintendent the laying Of tho track
through here when tho Central Pa
ciilc vas built. 1t was his gang Of
men that lnyrd ten miles and fifty
feet Of track IN one day uear Promlon.
tory Point. Mr.. Minklcr ia OH his
way to Missouri to visit tho old folks.
Tho funeral Of tho late Coils T..
Huntington took place in New York
yesterday. Tho services conducted
by Rev. a. W. Halscy were marked
with simplicity. Only half u dozen
carriages followed the hcarse down
Fifth Avenue to the Grand Central
Station. a spccinl train Of two cara
carried the funeral party Ia Wood.
lawn cemetery. Tho burial was
strictly private only the immediate
family aud intimate friends being
present.
While il was believed NJ Washington
yesterday that tho allied forces had en-
tered Pckin and rescued ministers and
Foreigners. there were 10 official dis.