Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-03-22
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
sALmAGUNDI.


at the Hot Springs this toreno n.
Mr.. Sherwood went to Carlin this
afterno III to finish up rome work.
Charley Haws is suffering from a
severe attack OF neuralgia in his face
Don't forget the play to he given at
the high school SItur lay evening. II
will pay ynu tn TAX" u III.
MI. Winter, unutcl has returned FROM
s n Francisco. The new fixtures for
his store will arrive in u few days.
MIR. MTov hat re ,orer d SUI.
tcieDtly to appear on the street.
The rest NJ the sick people are i'm
proving.
The State Teachers Irstitu'e will
he held at Carson this year. Efforts
are beng male to secur, half rates
over the railroads for the teachers.
Elkin Cohn has sold to The Bullion
and Exch nge Is NIX of Carson what
Is kuo Sn as the Cnhn ranches il
Carson Valley, consisting OF abou,
1. o. acres.
ia. Yer ngton. Nevada's Gem
missioner tn the Par American Elk
posi- Iou pass Il Ihro Ugh la / night ON
his way To rjuif Iu. lie viii maze the
Nevada ANhihtf IA npr-co
The Supreme Court has denied the
apElicaunu for ~arrhearrug i'll the ease
of the State vs. Vie Benton. Vic's
hopes for release from the pen:ten.
hiry have gone glinmerng.
Btrney Co@grove, who brutally
murdered Il wuman III EIko thirty
years ago and who served u long term
III the penIten ;iary for the cri lie. is
nov a fruit vendor on Market Street,
near Fifth, San Francisco.
Tom Tenant. the INDEPENDENT
foreman. has budde ! INTO i'm agent
Tor an oil company III Kern county
California. He and Mr.. Scott can
v'ssed tue town to-day tor Subscribers
to the capt. al stock Of the
There was IL blaze i'll the Tuscarnra
postutlice Monday night, caused by
the upseilimg Of d LAMP. We don't
know What caused the upsettmg OF
the lamp uUr the mouut Of damage
done by the hre.
The local Civil Service Exanimn.
ton Board has rec, ived Instructions
To- hold an examination ON April Sth,
for position Of I!pew ritter and sten.
ugrapher III the United States land
"ii III Reno, und oL 4 irl 23I for
chief clerk III the same ulli TuOse
wishing to compete SHOULD apply at
once to the local Board at Reno.
Sheriff Campbell went down to
Whnemucca last night after Thomas
Elmer who escape from the chain
ana here last Thur day. Ebner WIS
serving d sentence for beng drunk
aud dlsorderly When he tpuk ltg b ii.
lie was arc strd at wiuuemuccu for
some otfense and that way his where.
hbnuts we:e learned. The Sheriff
will arrive tonight aud EDner will 20
back to his old place III the j Ill.
Colonel II. f.. Mar-on yesterday
mnTnEny lnnt ,,,,t TA,,. .. -.1
with supplies and men to survey in
Lincoln county. They will be gone
all su II uer. Tho party CONSISTS Of
IL ufn. They will do government
WORK and ru.lno I'll surveying on the
proposed railroad FROM Sail Lake 10
Los Angeles. Twenty thousand
acres Of Land have been sold IN Lin.
coin county tins last three months
md transfers in realty have scarcely
begnn,-Reno journal.
Very soon, 1t is said. work will he
commenced on the cutoff across
Great Salt Lake. his III mn under
taking Of great magnitude and when
II is completed the work OF eli limit
ing grades and curves along the line
III Nevada will be taken up in Earnest.
IN engineer says that practically the
whole liue i'll Nevada will eventually
bo changed, md when completed il
wi he one 0f The very finest pieces
OF track III the whole Wcst.-Sllver
State.
John Henderson ia still in san
Francisco trying to induce the insnr.
nnce corhplnics to- do bu-inrss ~ Ne.
vada. \ letter from him states TINT
the insurance men have treated him
with every courtesy, bui have posi-.
hveiy refused to re.cnter the Nevada
field for business All he had nc
comIli4hed up Ia the 18th was To get
the rep 'cscniativcs Of the companies
to hold q meeting on the l9.h To Talk
over The tituatiuu aud make a lin Il
decision. The tone Of Juhp's letter
indicates that he Inns but little hope
~ ncr0mpliAh hing anything.