Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-03-01
GFROM MONDAYS DAILYl
SALniASUNDl.

Mrs. r. l.. Horton is visiting
friends in Elko.
1t Is reported thai William Hunter
has purchased 0OU head Of stock
cattle from Henderson Green,
ALI the slot machines in town wont
out Of business to-day. Assembly man
Webster did it with his-little biz.
We publish the nickel. the .slo.
! machine law for the benefit Of those
who W or run the machines.
Eli Perkins stopped in town snis
forenoon and gave The pupils OF the
high school an interesting talk. lie
lectures here next month.
lfyou van u nice little Forget me.
q heart for your best girl or 10:
some friend, go tn l. Wntermantel's.
See his new ad.
Hunter X Wallace have some OF the
attest beef ever seen in the Elko
market. The prime rib steaks are so
fat that they resemble chunks OF
tallow.
George Stoker Of Lnvelock and
RUDE Battles Of Winnemucca came
up yesterday morning. They are
stii! i'll town swapping yarns with
their friends.
For the first time in the history Of
the state tue supply of nursing bot
ties has run short, the demand from
Carson being SD great on accoun Of
the necessity OF soft food for legislu.
tive klds.-Reno Ledger.
Denver, Colo. is excited ovcr a
dog that smokes cigarettes. We are
willing to wager that they are not the
brand used here by the boys on the
street No dog would smoke
them.
One OF the measures pending in
the Missouri legislature il Il bill to
do away with cOnyic, labor IN COM
petItiYe Industries. 1t provides that
cOEvlCts shall not work at u trade
that produces for the purpose OF
consumption, Uut shall work upon
the public highways, reclamation ui
swamp lands or in the production Of
food for State institutions III any Of
the political divisions Of the state.
Secretary Of State for War BrOder.
lex, III the House of Commons, re
Gently made "A statement ns Ia the
death rate III South Africa among the
troops. In October there were gS
deaths ont Of 5GS typhoid fever cases;
III November, 2O1 deaths ont Of LIB
rHseG; III December. 1870 cases OF
typhoid fever and 2S6 deaths. Since
the war began there have been -, lOI
cases OF typhoid and LIB deaths.
BRING your JuG Work to tie IvnF-
PENDENT Office. LoN Prices.
y cutting aiTrny occurred in a sa.
loon at Ely Thursday night in which
William Lloyd WIS stabbed several
timcs, ono wound III ;he neck being
considered serious, and a man named
West Watkins had his clothing badly
cut. Two men, named Fleming and
Mnrklcy. have been arrested and are
now III jail at that place. charged with
TIA, ifcnsc. Whiskcy il SUPPOSED to
he responsible Tor the trouble
Eureka Sentinel.
To date the Nevada Legislature has
passed II law driving insurance com.
pauics from the State and has made
it Il criminal offcnse Ia operate n
nickcl.in.the slot machine. To do
this there have been millions Of cubic
feet Of hot mir launched into the cir.
Cumjacencc of the State capitol and
the wind bill, which the people OF the
state must pay, amounts to thous
"nds OF dollars. And the goyscrs are
atill Hpouting Silver S,ntc.
1t ccins that within the past ten
ycHre u fund Of something over 81 100
belonging to the Orphans Home, has
disappeared. Several Of our TX.
changes have mentioned this fact aud
intimatcd that they knew who got
awnj with Mt least si0O OF the money.
One puper states no vas u good man
and is now dead. This tender 70
memberanCc Of the dead while the
living suffer ia Il touching piece Of
journalism. Who stolr tho money!
Lyon County Times.