Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-23
lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY.l
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turning the peace.
Sheriff Campbell has twelve prison.
ers III the jail. The most Of then: are
sevring light sentences.
The Increased valuation of Idaho
over last year., according tn the asses.
sors' reports. is si.49T.5i23 81.
\ telegram last evening brought
the information that tue meeting OF
the Regents set ,or today-had been
postponed. Consequently the editor
did not go Reno.
Word has been received from
kelton, Utah. thut +. IL. Mcdonald,
whose death we mentioned yesterday,
died from heart desense Ms first re.
ported. The suicide story is said to
have no foundation.
n freight wreck occurred on the
Southern Pacific in the Pequop hills,
near Wells, Saturday morning. 4
freight train broke in two and VIVA
run into by an extra freight following
close behind. \ caboose and several
cars were derailcd. hut no NE was in
jured.
I. T.. bingham came down from
Tuscarora yesterday on his way 10
l!eno to take "a position OH the
journal. He spent nearly the whole
forenoon III the INDEPENDENT Office
talking sweet things To the young
ladies AMI swapping lies with the rest
OF the force. He will continue his
journey tomorrow night.
For the want Of something better
to do. Ike Griswold's little boy poked
n bean in his ear the other day. Ike
tried his surgical skill on the hpnn
hut only succeeded in poking it fur.
ther INTO the boys ear. Not meeting
with success he brought the boy To-
town yesterday afternoon anc DR..
Hood extracted the bean.
John B.Rltch tells the Great Falls
tMoni.J Tnhnnr that after Ii recen,
severe haIlstorn III the vicinity of
Gilt Edge. the hailstonea remained
on the ground Tor some time. and the
manager Of one Of the compapies
sent ii large force OF men and teams
out to shHEeI them up and haul them
To the anil, where they were treated
by the cyanide process. yielding SIi
per ton III gold.
The Sultan Of Sulu Is d great old
sport. He WAS hammering away at a
pair Of rrbelliOus datos when word
came That Gen. Corbin had arrived in
the vicinity and wnuli fain roDvers Sc
with hun. The Sultan %thereuDou
stopped the battle. made II pleasant
visit t" Gen. Corhin, lit a fresh cigar
an1 then went back and resumed
hamiherIng the datus. Ynu cant
lose the SuIIHu nf SuIu.
iii" hone! crop III this valley will
he decidedly shur. this season on
account az some disease that has
been affecting the sWarTs. Not only
have the bees failed to produce much
honey. but many Of them have died.
Some apihrists ~ the valley, who
Usually reaiIZ" from S2UO to SIOD a
sensun III this iudustr., will not only
fail t" get any honey. but will be
lucky II they have any bees left.
Lyon County Times.
Frank Biancy, the conductor Of the
swing train between Reno and
Iruckce, WIS fatally injured Sunday
III a rear end collision between two
light engines and his train. The acct
dent wns caused by the engineers on
the light engines MISUNDERSTANDING
their orders. BIaney wa taken TO
the hospital at Sacramento. where he
died Sunday evening. lie leaves a
yonng wits aud countless friends TO
mourn his loas.
MH. DIR. Gardner. Mrs. Hurry
Dunn, Miss Katy Gheen, Miss lda
Cambell. Miss Fern Gedney and Miss
Edith Hunter LETT Tor BIoomeryille
the morning op Il camping trip. They
took with them u shotgun. u lot OF
fishing tackle, md u full cunning
outfit. Among the other things no.
ticcd IL the wagon was II hnx marked
"Sportsmun's Old Whiskr,.- One Of
the young ladiee sat un this box 10
keep it from falling ont OF he wagon.
They will spend two uT Oh rec weeks
camping oh Sontb Fork.
Ed Persons drove or Aimrt Sell .
cr's horse md wagon III Wmnemucca
Sunday morning. Scriigcr hal tied
his horse III front o. Il saloon and
gone in when Persons cnmr along I'm.
liitohea the horse and drove off
Seeliger saw him and en- rl to him 10
stop, but Persons raid no attention
to him. Secliger mwd a deputy
sheriff got horses and chased pcrsons
about eight miles before a~vertakma
INN. Tho entire uutlii VIVA taken
back to Winnomuccp and Persons
lodged in jail with n charge Of grand
larceny against him.
Tho Indications are TINT there will
bc a lively fight IN Congress this
winter over tho passage of nm Act 10
prohibit tue immigration Of Chinese