Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-09-13
(FRoM MoNrAY's DAILY.l
SALMASUNDI.

this afternoon.
Frank Riddle paid his Elko friends
Il visit yestcr day.
MIR. Gu'rihge returned from Salt
Lake yesterday afternoon.
Floyd Davis is the Bulletin
carrier. He will yet the paper around
without delay.
DIR. Leonard is Mt home again. III.
will visit Dceth. Ruby md Hunting.
ton valleys next week.
Miss Neitie Armstrong. who has
been visiting II Kn fricnds, returned
to her home in nreth last night.
Twenty carloads 81 beef cattle
were shipped from Eiko yesterday Ia
San Francisco. Louis Dean wns the
purchaser.
John l.. Cnnsidine. formerly editor
OF the Virginia Report has taken
charge Of the Chronicle. Mr.. Consi.
dine is Il ready writer and the lNDE
PENDENT hopes he will win laurels
and cash III his new position.
AT the birth OF Il japanese baby II
tree IL planted that must remain IN.
touched until the marriage of the
child. When tie nuptial hour arrives
the tree is cut down and the wood is
transfer med into furniture.
Tho VirIinia Chronicle says that
Misses Ncvu md Nellie Winters were
thrown from Il buggy while driv ~
near WnslIoe City sunday. Tue ac-
cident WIS caused by tlIe team tax.
my frlsht and running away. Miss
Ncva Winters had Il leg broken.
y notice under the proper heading
tells Ii tale 81 true love. Last year
j. +. Clements was arrested mud ian.
pri-"ncd for eluprng with Miss Nellie
Porch Of Huntington valley Satur-
Hay evening he ind Miss Porch were
ma lie ono by justice Morgan. The
y"ung people nave the INDEPES.
Dents best wishes.
U. S. Marshal Emmitt ca ne in
FROM Ruby valley yesterday with J..
T.. short. whom he had III custody un
the charge of selling whiskcy to
IL dians. The case came before the
U. 5. Commissioner this forenoon.
IlIo defendant plead not guilty and
on his m"tI"u the hearing WINS con-
unucd until the l9th. lie was Hd-
united to bail III the sum Of 500.
y copy Of the assessors list of tax.
payers ~ Humboldt county Inns come
under II notice. Assessor Guthri.
pays no nttrn !uu Ia HE law requir M
hun t" am the property. but pub.
h-iIrs his list under the old Law. The
last legislature ma ie IT unlawful for
the assess n To prepare ny printed
lit Of taxpayers, for d~istribuuuu.
other than provided III the law. hui
fixed no penalty. The State Board
should look up the matter.
For more than - years John Hausc
of Jrif 'rsnnvIilc, Ind. uaa been cor.
ncctcd with the business nf marrying
"loprnr couples from Kentucky md
Illinois, an industry Of which no is
PRACTICAL! the creator. Long before
lie WIS elected II squire with power
Ia tie matrimonial knots and collect
we ding fccs. he was II RUNNER. for
another justice. Finally. nine yrarr
ago, be became IL justice ~ the peace.
u since TINT time he has pcrfor ned
more than 5000 marriages. 1t il
saii TINT HE income from wedding
fees is more thnn S3.UJU year.
Good things Of this world a.c moi
evenly distributed. \ gentleman
WhO travels II great de n rcla ca the
following experience which he had
on Il train not long ago. 4 indy pas
scnVer was bon lloumg tit tu Kill,
when n man said to her; "My dear
Madam. what can | do to con- ole
!0n 10 !onr troublr?- She said her
troubles were uncOnfoIcablr; that
she wiB on her way to California "a
have her tifth husband crcmatcd.
Just then across the aisle and two
seats back another lndv burst ont
CRYING with all her might. and the
gentleman stepped bact to see what
accustomed her giro Il ret can't hc'J,
it the woman replied "IIcrc I nm
forty two years oil and have ncvcr
had II mar yet, while TINT thing over
there has had hush mdl to burn. !
don't think it's right.--Srl, ctcd.