Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-07-12
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
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little dab OF s250,000 he owed Uncle
Samuel.
George S. Clinton OF San Francis.
co is visiting his brother, Hobo, and
family.
j. Q. Doughty's bond has been ap.
proved and he is now a full fledged
postmaster.
Alex Garden is in from his Pleas.
ant valley ranch. He says this is
great weather for pigs.
Another train OF tourists passed
west this afternoon. They were n
big Improvement: owe yesterdays lot.
Constable McAdams brought a
hobo from Carlin last night and left
him to the tende: care OF Jailer Bev-
eridpe.
Miss Clark was the only applicant
to win a certificate Mt the recent ex-
animation. Mr.. Barnes did not take
the examination.
The hearing IN the ease OF the Cen
trail Pacific against the assessors of
Nevada has been continued from the
18th Of July to the 22nd.
The Democrats of Ohio nominated
Il full State ticket yesterday. The
platform adopted contains no mem
| finn nf RrNn, - a., K,z.z T.l..
platform.
Yesterday the thermometer IN
Chicago's weather tower registered
lOO1a degrees. while those on the
streets were from . to 4 degrees
higher. IT was the hottest day ever
recorded in Chicago.
Mr. Martha Patterson, the last OF
the children OF eI-President Andrew
Johnson. died yesterday morning at
Gr~eenville, Tennessee. The death OF
Mrs. Patterson leaves only five sur
vivors in tho johnson family.
Tonapah had II big celebration on
the Fourth ana the Bonanza says
there were no drunks OF street
brhwls. This condition OF affairs it
ascribes 10 the fact that no preachers
have struck the Gown as yot.
or the G3,0O0 persons held by the
British III the concentration camps in
the Transvaal $4,000 are children.
When to these are added the women
it Is apparent that. most OF the men
are not prisoners OF war, but are still
in the Boer fighting line.
During the carnival the Carson
brewery sold 1900 gallons Of beer.
As the Midway ladies did not drink
over ll,C0O gallons, it is plain to DO
seen tina: the visiting public got
away with at least 1000 gallons
Report.
a Judge in Naples recently had
before him a prisoner who pleaded
guilty to and was convicted OF 81 for
geries. The Judge figured up the
penalties and officially sentenced the
prisoner to 1858 years OF solitary con.
tinement.
Last year the number Of Immi-
grants from Italy numbered 100, l35;
from Austro-H Hungary, lli.S4G, and
from Russia, 90,7S7. Nearly half the
immigrants arriving this year are
Italians. The problems connected
with the foreign addition to the pCp.
u~lntiUn OF the United States are not
growing lighter.
Il. j. Crawford OF San Jose fell
under the Influence OF a woman who
called herself Miss Mabel Howes OF
ColfaX. Mabel sold the old duifer a
silver mine IN this county for $1,000
and got the coin. lie can't find the
mine and wants the woman arrested.
She also goes under the name of Mrs.
Reed. It's another case Of a fool and
his money.
The lumber famine still continues
undated. In many instances min
ing operations have been brought t.
Il stand still Tor lack Of a few two by
tours with which to make ladders.
Lumber can he bought in Sodayille
for s2T n thousand. 1t wonld sell
here now like hot cakes for 800 a
thousand und would continue To sell
mt tina nuurp il IL rouI1 Ina hoI M al
-Tonopah Bonanza.
a passenger train Oh the Chicago
and Alton Railroad run into n freight
train near Norton, Missouri, yester.
day morning. Eight people were
killed outright and u grOnt many in.
jured. The trains collided while 10.
ing at n rapid rate, the engines being
demolished and the forward cars tel.
escOped. Tho wreck caught fire from
the engines and several cars were
burned.
Two hig mogul engines from the
U. p. are being tested on the hill be.
tween Wadsworth aud Truckcc.
They are numbered 1907 and lr;O5 re-.
epectively, and are designed to pull
about $40 tons more than the largest
engine now in the service. so far
they have given little satisfaction as
their stcaming qualities are very poor
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