Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-05-17
lFRoM TUESDAYS DAILY
ALMACCN

w. I. Smith left ON the afternoon
tram for San Francisco
Miss Stella Mayhurh has closed
her school and returned to town.
4 load Of sheep shearers left town
this morning FOR Mahone,'s ranch.
1t is reported TINT the late Evan
Williams carried Il S50.Q0J life ibsur.
ance policy.
Ed. Rohler. a Mexican. bought
whiskey last nj. hit and sold it to In
dams. He was locked up by Con-
stable Mccoy.
The grippe got hold OF Mr.. Cnney
last week and laid h,n up. tie is
around today and will soon be able
to attend To business.
1t is said that o j. Smith will be
the next U"ite,l States District At
torney for Nevada 10 succeed Hon.
Shrdis Summeriield.
More fruit Is raised in tue United
STATES than III an. other country.
This nation excels in the raising Of
strawberries and grapes.
\ fOur-fnot vein Of coal formation
has been fOuBd on oil CLAIMS south of
Green's ranch. lie iiud adj ,ins tie
SECTION on winch the Duluth oil men
will sink a well.
Willard Johnson. charged with as
sault'ng Tom Phillips with intent
to commit murder, has been bound
over tai await the ac'iOn OF the
WashOe county grand jury.
The Young ladies are making great
preparation for Friday nights -
Besides Il whole lot nf good things to
eat, there will be beautiful Il ~ ers
and the sweetest Of candles for sale.
In ten years the center 81 pupula
nnu 81 the United States has moved
westward fourteen miles und south
ward two and One-haIf miles. 1t now
rests rix miles southeast of Columbus
Indiana.
George Russell has u fine specimen
~ coal from ii LInder county pros.
peel. IL al! III. poal ~,,rJ-pecis ii,
Eastern Nevada pan ont, this State
will be II great coal producer in IL few
years.
From all indications the mineral
output Of the Immediate ueighbor.
hood OF Rem for tic seas IN vii he
up in six figures. The lead that
Nedekind nnd Bell il working ON is
II second Cumstuck.- journal.
George Clayton caught a man
stealing his wood the other day and
when tie fellow pnssed his place on
Feu'MIle George read the riot act tn
him and made him unload. Verify.
tie way Of the iransgressur ia hard.
Thirty five years Z the buffalo
existed OH the prairics Of the Urited
States by the million. \ few months
L II, buff tlo census" was taken and
revealed that only l.02I nov exist.
OF this number GSI are ~ cnl tivit,
and $40 in a will state.
\ New York man Ina his coffin all
! prepared with ii bursular proof safe
at the head md propn! es TO take all
his worldly poss 'ss II into the
ground with him. This ia one case
that rather up>e,s the oil theory
about fool and his money being
soon parted.
y letter written by IA Wells Indian
to hiE friend in EIk0 sn,s that Harr,
Preacher and eleven other Indians
have the smallpox Mt Wells, and are
quar- ntired anu that eight moro AT
Cherry Creek have the disease. THIS
Information IL given us by Mr.. Muuk
who read tn" letter.
Tho career ~ G ,tlinR, the famons
inventor az machine guns, covers
more than 20 years, for it began
when he was only II. ills first boyish
invention WA II machine for sowing
seeds. and the latest pro luct ~ hi
brain is mn automobile pillow. which il
to do the work Of a dozen horses.
Tho national debts Of the world
aggregate nearly thirty billions III
dollars. The sno w nh increase III
little moro than Il century Of over
1900 per cent. while the population nI
the globe has Increased only 80 pei
cent. The bulk Uf this VA mnnl III
dcbtcdness represents the linauci q
side Of the "hcll OF war;"
y new method of blast 'ug without
report or shock has bcun devised. 1
consiats Of first charging the holes
drilled on the line 81 the cleavage al
the rock with steam to heat Il; the
introducing II charge of liqui air &c
suddenly chill it. The sudden con
L. irnc ION Of tho rock by the liquid al
. mnkce 1t brittle and cusy TO remove
: Tho railroad puirtcrs have give
y tho q gng Mt The crossings II new con
OF pant. Now, IL the company woul
: rig up some purchase Ou it's trainme
: to keep the town crossings open,
: would he appreciated by Il long eui
icrmR public Climbing over frcigL