Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-02-15
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
sALMAGUNDl.
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Assembly man Coryell has the
thanks OF the INDEPENDENT for a
batch Of bills.
Last year in Paris 1850 horses.
275 d~onkeys and 40 mules were
killed and consumed as food.
The Ormsby County Commission.
ers have placed the State and county
tax for 1891 at Sl.70, Il reduction Of
twenty cents from two years ago.
About two inches of suow fell in
this section last night. All fears Of a
scarcity Of water for irrigation pur.
poses have vanished.
The recent count Of Carsou's people
gives Il gam Of 52l over the figures re-
turned by the census euunerator
According to the last count Carson
has Il population Of 25G6.
Read the new insurance law Pad, il
you think it will work an injury to
NNS NA'N ~ VIC loGlo VI
the legislature urging It's repeal.
The Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton Of the Nevada State University
has sent ITS Bulletin No. 10. 10 this
Office. The SUI ject III this pamphlet
is termed "lhc Carpenter Worm"
The Legislative committee appoint
ed to confer with President Hayes of
tile Southern Pacific company will
v:slt San Francisco ~ about ten days
or MS soon as MIR. Hayes returns from
the East.
The Douglas county creamery has
shipped frCm 80 900 To $4,000 pounds
Of butter to California III the last ten
days. =. creamery or two would be IA
good thing for the ranchcrs of this
county.
The electoral vote was counted yes
terJay at d jJlnt Senate aud Hou SO.
President Protein Frye declared
William Mckinley elected President
aud Theodore Roosevelt VIce-Presi-
dent.
The backbone OF the cold weather
seems to be hroSen. II began mod
Grating yesterday afternoon and this
morning the mercury stood at - de-
grees above zero, Ii difference OF 10
degrees III twenty four hours.
y plague of toads has decended on
several places IN the v%i:InIty Of New
York, but Hawthorne and Patterson,
y. J. are the most uiflicied or say the
most about it. y lawyer who wheels
bet Sccn his home aud Oili:e III the
two places respectively says that he
kills thousands Of them every morn
ing.
Persons WHO canuot take ordinary
pile lind II IA pleasure to take De-
Waits Little Early klsCrs. They are
the best little pills ever made. EIko
Drug COMPANY.
In a western court the other day a
man asked for divorce on ;he ground
that his wife would not get up early
enough To get his breakfast. 10 her
counter petition the wife alleged that
her husband snored So loud that in
the early part or the night che could
not 60 tu s.eep. Ihe court granted
the divorce on general principles,
without prejudice against either side.
y lady who recently arrived here
from California, never having seen
snow IN her life, except in pictures
upon seeing the genuine article fall
ing lie other day, hecamc enchanted
with the beautiful sight, and she
stepped on the soft. white SNOW, then
she rht on the cruel, cold snow, and
notwithst Indlng this, her favorable
impression Oh the beautiful snow con.
unucd.-Piuchc Record.
II You want to spend an ENJOYABLE
evening. don't fail to take in the Jan.
ancs" Wedding ut the PRESBYTERIAN
church tomorrow night. And after
you see how the Jap hooks himself in
the matrimonial harness, don't forget
the good things tn eat. You will find
thcm in the new hail. Some of EIi,p's
unrest daughters will. 5e there To
wcltome you and to see that YOU are
supplied with something to eat.
Cows ~ belgium wear earrings.
This is IN accordance with the law.
which DEGREES hat every animal OF
the BOVINE species when it has at.
tanned the age Of three months must
have III it's ear II ring. tn which il
attached II metal tag bearing a mum.
Der. The ,bjcct is to preserve the
exact record IT the number Of ami.
mails raised each year.
Senator Pitts revenue bill makes
the cuuriy assrssors the state board
of Equalization. TIns strikes the
iNDErENDEHT ns Il rather weak fca.
iurc nf the biiI. As each usscs.or toe.
licvcs that property in his county il
nov asscsacd higher than in any other
county, the danger would bc tina; Il
combination wOuld br formed in the
Board that would prevent u juei
equalization uf the prUport, in the
State. The lYpErEHDE r believes m
II State Board Of E1u hlzI;ion. but
holds that IT should DO COMPOSED Of
state officers.
Tho Idaho Lcgtslaturc is after the