Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-23
Il o THURSDAYS DALI.
sALMAoUNDI.

SuotDy "dleE OOnNlhiOn nc
better today.
Mrs. Major Miller departed Tor Sar
Francisco Inst night.
A. w. Sewall Of Tuscarora in in
town waiting for the arrival Of his
wife and children from the west.
II is reported today that a standard
drilling rig will be shipped from Los
Angeles to Elko before the end OF
this month.
Prof. Start has been elected princi.
pal Of the Austin schools at a sal try
OF $50 per month. The ISDEPEN.
DENT wishes him success.
John Murphy, the Bull Run miner
is stopping with Mrs. Glrrecht at the
Hot Springs. His health ls not very
good and he will rest and recuperate
Tor a few weeks.
The snow sheds in the Sierras
caught f'e yesterday and all east
bound trains are delayed. The flyer
and other eastbound trains will arrive
between 5 and 6 o'clock this evening
While ont hunting yesterday Ches.
ter Littletield narrowly escaped a
serious accident. He was taking the
shells from his gun when one ex.
ploded. The powder singed one of
his eyes and burned his shirt.
! Hunter i Wallace have Il SORT Of
Carrie Nation ad in this issue. They
will not take a hstchet to their
Customers, but they viii give them
better coffee and more Of it than they
can get at any other store in town for
the same money.
In a newspaper card, Il New York
woman thus thanks an insurance
company for the prompt payment Of
her claim: @April a2nd my husband
took ont ar accident policy, and in
less than u month was accidentally
drowned. l consider it a good in.
vestment."
Bank failures are becoming Cpl
demic not only in the United States
and Germany, but in Russia, where in
the southern part OF that empire
there Is a financial panic. These are
all gold standard countries, with the
banks under the control OF the gov.
ernmert. What is the matter with
the finances OF these countries? Per-
haps Secretary Gage will explain.
The stone building ut the foot OF
Weed street. formerly occupied by
the Int Robert Johnson as a hard
ware store, and the lot upon which it
stands, was bid in at the ~adninistrat.
or's sale on Saturday last by w. l..
Plumb IN behalf Of the Miners Union
OF this place, who propose to remodel
the building into a place Of meeting.
The price paid was s230.-Times.Re-
view.
4 month ago the ~embezzling cash.
Ter of a national bank in Rutland, VT,
was let out Of the peniter tiary by a
Presidential pardon. Ii was repre-
sented that the cashier wa fatally i'll
and could live but a few days. Last
week this morihnnd cashier set off,
IN perfect health, for n long hunting
trip IN the Adirondacks. This chsh-
Ter is not the first mar who has been
let ont Of prison to die and has re.
covered his health at once, nor will
he be the Inst, so long M prison doc.
tors are gullible and Presidents and
Governors are merciful.
Two young ladies met the reporter
on the streets this forenoon and cal
led linn -Uncle MAZE" flo cannot
understand why he should he mis-
taken for Major Miller. His com.
plexion is several shRdeR lighter than
Majors and he is a deuced sight bet.
ter looking. The young ladies saw
their mistake and walked away
b%lushIng, leaving the reporter as
mad as n hornet. Major will probab.
ly be ss angry when he hears OF the
occurrence. II he in, no knows
where to lind the reporter.
DR.. LaFcvinr bundled up hiR corn
medicine Inst night and boarded the
eastbound train. Before leaving he
told some parties that he had called
at the INDEPENDENT office and fixed
matters and that nm entirely different
article would appear IN this issue
IL the old liar called at this
office last evening, he chilled
when the Office was locked up aud no.
body was around. This story ia on Il
par with others he told in town. n
the old fraud never comes back, the
town will be the gamer.
From the reports flying about re,
garding the closing down ot the Blue.
stouo mine IN Mason Valley, the lay.
nan is puzzled to know whether it
ws9 because Of n request for increase
OF pay on the part Of three OF tho 200
men employed or whether the mine
is not producing Ms well as desired
and The company desires to take adj
vantage Of the circumstance and do a
little producing. Tho Blues.one
plnnt Ia the larRest legitimate mining
scheme in Western Nevada today aud
il will DO n hard blow 10 II tails 20
produce any ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.