Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-10-04
FROM THURSDAYS DAlL,.
sALMAGUNDI.


very sick man.
j. G. Ford. the Eureka sheepman
arrived last night.
Sheriff Campbell has returned
from eumuoninR grand jurors.
Claude Anderson has returned
from. Utah. where he has been spend.
ing his vacation.
Tho Columbia won the yacht race
today. She finished two minutes
ahead Of the Shamrock.
Statistics OF fire losses III the
United States for the last year show
that. next to incendiarism, defective
tiues were the largest factor in the
destruction OF sl6l, OOD, 900 worth Of
property.
Tho lightning flashed and the thun
der roared last night and the rain
came down by the bucketful for u
while. The storm continued at inter
vals today, 10y ing the dust and clear
ing up the atmosphere.
Mr.. Penrod came down yesteria.
The old gentleman is spry and seems
good Tor many years yet. lie and
jim will leave for Bald Mountain on
IA prospecting trip rs soon Us the
storm let's up.
At the Fisk Of being called IN un-
archist, we rise to remark that the
latest dispatches from Manila indi
cate that the benevolent assimilation
OF the PHILIPPINES is not yet all accom-.
plished fact.
Rev. Dorrance OF the Carson Pres
hy terian church has resigned. He
says he will take up the work where
he can accomplish more than he
could there. Tue Carson sinner il
too hard Il formation for Rev. Dor.
rance.
! IL Is said THAI the roar Of 4 lion can
be heard farther than the sound
made Oy Il other living creature.
Next 10 that comes the note OF IA wo.
mar who has found a mouse IN her
bureau.-Boston Transcript.
The Hungarian Minister of the In
terror has ordered that no mattresses
under 40 years Of age shall hereafter
be seen in the Budapest cafes. AS to
how he intends to discover the exact
age Of the ladies' the cable is silent,
remarks the New York World.
The brigands who carried of Miss
Helen III. Stone, the American mis-
sionary. and he companion. Nine. T..
Sllka, Il Bulgarian lady, have fixed
October Sth as the limit OF time for
The payment of tine ramon, SllO,O 600,
demanded Tor Miss Stones release.
One OF the queerest of the
earth il Chatham isl md, off the coast
Of Ecuador. The island abnunds in
cats. Every n ui them is black.
They live III the crevices of the lava
near he coast, and get a living by
catching fish and crabs. instead OF
rats.
About 100000 porcupine quilts
are Imported yearly into England
from India, with Il Few from SPAN.
the quilts upon each spike pig" be-
ing worth $3.50 The quilts are used
for penhOIoers. floats for anglers, fans
ornamental screen and muny other
fancy arucles.
a decision by the United States
treasury department affecting the
status IT Chinese born or naturalized
III the Hawaiian Islnnds before their
annexation has been handed down to
Port Collector StrattOn of San Fran.
cisco. Under the decision they are
declared citizens OF the United
States.
There are now III the hands Of the
Tonopah school trustees 1872 appli-
cants of the faIr sex to teach. At
least eighteen old maid teachers de.
sirc the plum. One lady teacher in
Massachusetts, writes TINT she hoe al
the qualifications to teach and asks il
the young men i'll Tonopah are OF the
marriagoabie age.-BODunza,
Ionopah has a boom in the build
ing line. y 5000 residence is being
built for o. f.. Turner by SawIe e.
Hollis, "nd n 5000 residence will be
built 10y the TonUpah Mining Com.
pany Tor Manager j. II. Jenkins,
while dwellings, arc bong built
throughout the 10 IN. The cams IN
the road cannot haul tho lumber IN
last enough to supply tho demand
Bonanza.
Mike Higgins. the genial Western
UniGu lineman, had o hrad-on coils
ion with the track riders Inst night.
tie was coming home on his yeloci
Uede when he ran into the track md
ers gong III the opposite direction
Mike landed III the ditch and so did
the two track riders. None OF the
men we're hurt, hut the macbiuce
we're badly crippled. Tho accident
nccurred about q mile west OF town
md was caused by the darkness.
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