Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-05-18
lFROM TUESDAYS DAiLY.l
ALMAGUS DI


Road Supervisor Yates is hauling
gravel on the main streets to-day.
y blind violinist tried to gather n
few nickcls on the street this after.
noOn
DR.. Gardner WIS called to Palisade
yesterday to see Mr. Raine. She is
suffering from pneL moniu.
Wintermantel can furnish you the
works ot standard watches ut reason
able prices. See his ud and be con-
WINGED.
The Carson News says that Mrs. T.
n. Stone has engaged Il house III
Reno and will move there shortly To
reside.
George Lovelock has been offered
s5O,o1O for his Cottonwood, Church.
i'll county, nickel and cobalt mines
by an English company.
Mr.. Il. NJ Richardson, agent for H..
>. Crocker Co. Of SACRAMENTO, paid
the INDEPENDENT office a pleasant
call this afternoon.
The Senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals yesterday ordered Il
favorable report on the Nicaragua
canal bill Us it passed the House.
Ii ii common man gets full and
paints the town red, it's Il drunk. III
n prominent citizen makes a trail
like a scythc handle, he is only feel
ing good.
The Silver State says about fifty
people were out to hear Evangelist
divers first sermon Sunday morning
and that a fair audience wa out in
the evening.
w. ID. Tobcy and ID. l.. Bliss oi
Carson, who some years ago purchas-
ed Il few hundred dcres Of oil land in
Kern county. Cal. have disposed OF
one-half for Sl00.O 0C.
William Saarmau. husband Of the
Woman who was murdered by a
tramp III Douglas county five years
ago this month, died last week. lie
was buried IN Genoa yesterday.
Mrs. Ed. Relnhart, Miss Hattie
Roscnstock. Milton Remnant and W.
i. Smith leave Tor the east tonight.
The three former will spend the sum
mcr lnChicagO wiihMs.J. I;oscustock.
Two prostratIons from the heat
were reported in Chicago Yesterday.
Al : o'clock ia the afternoon street
Thermometers registered rs high rs
81. the great humidity adding to the
general discomfort.
Harry Brown, II brother OF ID. l..
Brown Of the Virginia Report. WINS
killed 10y IL cave III a mine III Smith
valley last Friday afternoon. He was
run ing II tunnel when the ground
gave way and buried him under five
tons OF casth.
Lee Parsons Is very sick and his
condition the last few days Inns been
critical. He Is better today. lie is
suffering from heart trouble brought
on 10y an attack OF the grippe. Ills
many friends hope to see him out
soon.
The railroad company will soon
put III Il third sidc-track in front OF
the Depot Hotel to be used exclusive.
10y way freight trains aud freight
cars. The other two tracks will be
kept clear 10 expedite the passing OF
trains.
sam Mullrnnix and jim Campbell
began this morning to mike 100, 900
bricks ut the yard where the bricks
for the high school were made. They
will Lo nearly all used in M~alloncy's
new hotel. 1t IL tho intention now TO
build the saloon part brick to cor.c-
tpond with the main hotel.
DIR. II. II. Hogan OF Reno passcd
through Inst evening on his way
home from attending the middle.of-
the. road Populist convention at Gin.
crnnati. Tho Dr. said to n friend
while hero that his Reno friends Of.
ten called him q fool, and that ho was
now willing to subscribe tu that opin.
ion himself.
Since the storm building opera
tions arc gong along at Il rapid rate.
Charley ana Joe Gardner are tearing
down the old blacksmith shop. used
by Mr. Garcin preparatory To building
II larger ono, aud Mr.. Gardner il lay.
ing n walk in front Of the Waller
property. All the other carpenters
ARE busy on buildings that were nm.
der way before tho storm. There IL
more solid Improvement in Elko this
ycnr thnn for Il long time.
icstor lay Mr.. lIarbim sold II car.
lOnd of horses and loaded them for
shipment 10 Portland. Oregon. While
waiting for the train. somconc open.
ed the car door. adjusted the chute
md opened tho yard gntcs and all the
horses walked out and took Ia tho
hille. They wore Nil found IN the
hills south Of town about . o'clock
tliia morning. Anyone mean enough
In pluy guph A iripk uh,II,nr H., f,,