Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-02
(FRoM FRIDAYS DAILY
SALNIAGUNDI,

Carson this morning.
Fox SALE.-IIousehold furniture,
Enquire at the Manse.
1t is now said drilling will begin in
the oil fields on or before the 18th OF
September.
All kinds OF fruit in season at the
Postotfice stand, also nuts, candies
cigars, tobacco. etc.
Parties for whom Hunter &WaIlace
had pictures enlarged can now get
the same by calling at the store.
The Reno Journal comes out in a
new make up. Under the present
management .he Journal is strictly
up to.date.
j. Is. Fitzgerald will build 4 resi-
dence on The corner opposite Mr..
Brein's. Gardner & Son have the
contract.
Congressman Nowlands has return.
ed from Europe and is now visiting
the Buffalo Exposition. He expects
to be IN Reno by the 25th.
A Carson rancher who employed
Indian school students to harvest hay
at a wage Of 81 % per day, charged
them 81 per day for board.
The piles that annoy you SO will be
quickly and permanently healed il
You use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Beware Of worthless counterfeits.
E!ko Drug Company.
Hay stacks containing 700 tons
were destroyed by fire on the, Kelly
ranch near Reno last Saturday. The
hay was insured for $4,000.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
Company is sinking for oil on its
Texas lands, and is now running 900
miles Of its road with oil rs fuel.
The store OF A. Ruckteschler Mt
Wiunemucca was b~urglarized early
yesterday morning and half IA dozen
watches stolen. There is no clue to
the burglar.
Pete Hubeck OF Washoe Valley has
been committed to the asylum at
Reno. He is laboring under the de.
fusion that he is haunted by birds,
man and BEASTS. "".
GraphOphones and talking machine
supplies for sale at San Francisco
prices. Write for catalogue and in.
formation. Il. l.. LYNDs. Sole Agent,
Virginia City Nevada.
1t is easier to keep well than get
cured. DeWItt's Little Early Risere
taken now and then, will always keep
your bowels In perfect order. They
never gripe. but promote an easy gen.
tie action. Elko Drug Company.
1t began to rain last evening be.
tween 6 and 7 o'clock and kept it up
at a lively rate for over two hours.
AS n consequence the dust Is laid and
tho atmosphere is purer.
The House Of Lords has unani.
mously voted Lord Roberts a grant
OF 100000 rs a token OF the nations
appreciation OF his services in South
Africa. The British subjects pay the
freight.
No country ON earth SURPRISES the
United States in natural facilities for
irrigation. The question OF IA certain
supply Of water for growing crops il
sure to be Il great issue OF the future,
Lieutenant Gignoux, who recently
passed the mental examination for
promotion to c~aptuincy in the regular
army, failed in the physical examina-
ton. Owing to his splendid wal rec
ord, he has been given elk months in
which to recuperate.
a little girl leaving Eureka. New.
ada, Tor this camp knelt down by her
bedside and prayed: "Good bye,
God. we're going to TonOpah. this is
the last wo y e expect to hear Of
yOu, dear God."-BoDanza.
Judge lIawley yesterday sentenced
Robler to 7 months imprisonment in
the Storey county Jail. Cullen and
Leonard were given 8 months each IN
the came institution. M%urray's case
is on trial today and Halle ia sot for
Saturday,
An autopsy was performed on the
remains OF the late x. S. Osburn
Tuesday afternoon and an inauest
held yesterday. 1t was found TINT
death resulted from natural causes
Ibis formality was made necesaar \
10y reason Of insurance upon his Ito.
journal.
Two Of Humboldt connty's citi
zens wero sentenced to the peniten.
tary yesterday. Frank Wilson plead
guilty to housebreakiDg aud Ed. Nc
Donald to an assault with a deadl,
weapon. Judge BonniGeld gave vii
o eighteen months in tho pen and
Mcdonald fifteen months.
a Portland woman prayed long end
earnestly for hor husband, and fnall,
asked her pastor what she could do
to induce him to stay homo at nights
lilo advised adding to his home com
toris something that no enjoyed away
from home. The next day the wife
was inquiring the price OF beer by
Iho boz,