Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-03-09
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
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Fif;y.two inches of snow fell at
Summit during the last storm.
Humboldt couniy's grand jury has
found four moro indictments Tor cat.
tie stegiing.
Lcwcllcn. the smallpox patient. is
getting along nicely and win suon be
able tn leave the p~esthouSc.
Fred Drown. Il fireman on the road
between Carlin and Wadsworth, is in
town trying 10 get rid Of Il bad cold.
4 broken rail WAS discovered by a
brakeman last night, just in time to
prevent the wreck of freight train
i'll the Eiko yard.
&. S. Prebblc, en-. Survcyor-General
Df Nevada, has purchased Il onc-third
interest i'll Il San Francisco =
manufacturing business.
WIN. Mitchell returned tn : morn.
ing from I'M extended trip through
California. He says he had an ex-
ceilcnt trip, but Is glad TO get home.
Nevada has six boys and three girls
in the deaf and dumb school atBprke-
ly, California. These u~ntortunatcs
are educated at the expense OF the
State.
The first national convention OF the
Social Democratic party is in session
at indianapolis. It Is believed that
EIGcne Dcbs will be namel rs IA
Presidential candidate.
Joe Sanguinct is i'll from Mound
valley. Ke says the last storm piled
up a good deal Of snow in the NOM
tains and that prospects for water are
much better than they were.
General Corbin Yesterday turned
ver to Mrs. Lawtun 9S,i32O7, the
amount subscribed Ivy the people Of
the country for her benefit. 1t is Il
handsome tribute TO the wpi tn OF the
dead general.
Harlan Whitaker. arrested on the
charge Of as:nssinating Governor
Guobcl, was yesterday held without
bail To appear before the April grand
jury at Frankfort, kentucky. Tho
defense submitted no Evidence.
The work Of excaya;img lie cellar
for the a. store Of tile W. L. Smith
Company Is we'll under way. The
dirt il being used to ill up the mud.
holes in the main street. This is IA
benefit to the town without any cx-
pcnse to the county.
Probably the man who receives the
smallest salary from the government
IS Charles Henry Gibbs. whose total
onolumenis amount to 81 a year. He
Is the Keeper Of an abandoned light
house IN Nantucket island. Incident
ally he runs a poultry farm the re.
ccirts from which keep him from
want.
The Senate Committee on Naval
Affairs yesterday ordered Il favorable
report upon the hill To construct a
cable 10 Manila by way Of I~Ionolulu.
Midway islands and Guam. 1t is to
be under the direction Of the Navy
Department aud To Toe a Government
cable. II is estimated that the cable
to Honolulu will cost between $4,000.
0O) aud $1,000, coo.
l.. -. Albert left last night for
San FTauciacO. where he will pur-
chase AN outfit and go to Cape Nome
ah soon us navigation opens. He has
promised to write the INDEPENDENT
occasionally about the conditions in
that land of gold.
Mr.. Matthew'S has Tom Jones'
house well under way and will SEQ
have it completed. 1t is well ar
ranged on the inside aud will be Il
very comfortable and handsome resi-.
dcncc. Tho building of such homes
shows faith in the future prosperity
81 our town.
The American Sugar Refining Co.
NJ Now York hns reduced the price
at all its sugar ten cents per hundred
pounds. The usual reduction is five
cents Mt "a time. This double reduc.
ton bring the price Of standard gran.
ulatcd down from 5,2O to 80 cts. per
pound.
The western boast that every mans
house is his castle is as nothing TO
the saEctity Of the eastern harrm.
No officer Of the law may enter a
ltarcm. and therefore there is no safe
guard for the life and liberty of its
inhabitants. One day they may DO
slaves. the next princcRscs md tho
next strauglcd or poisoned. An i'll
disposed man could carry of an
enemy TO his harcm aud kill him,
and uouc would be the wiser.
\ circular has been issued from
the general Offices OF the Southern
Pacific at San Fruncisru, announcing
tho formal transfer Uf The Carson &
Colorado road 10 the Southern Pa.
cilic, which will now operate the
property na Il part Of its system. II
il stated that nothing will he done in
tho direction az broad.guagiug the
liuc and constructing tho connecting
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