Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-01-25

"S ''O'h Ills recent Illness. nllu ID at
tending the duties Of his office.
The attention Of members OF the
Nevada Wool Growers Association is
called to notice Of meeting else.
where.
Mr.. Mauk will leave this evening
Tor Euresa to visit the Encarpmeut.
He is making til" liveliest Grand Pat.
riarch Nevada has had for mauy a
year.
Rev. j. A.. Mitchell was called to
Clover vale. Yesterday to o ciate at
the funeral Of Mrs. Curtis. For this
reason there was no services in the
PresbS terian church lie returned
this Afternoon.
TIE value Of tho yearly ice crop in
the United States ID estimated 10 be
sllC,OUO. 600. Tho annual gold pro
lucllon Is several millions under this
figure.
Detective Fitzpatrick is in town
investigating the robbery Of a freight
car last week in the Elko yard. Two
o' the parties are III ja | here and one
at Golcouda. Mr.. Fitzpatrick SAYS
hs has tho dead medicine on the out
tit.
at meeting Of Elko Lodge No.
Is, It, .. .. + held Saturday evening
the following elective officers were
installed by District Deputy Grand
Master y Bruce: G. " Grover,
N"hIe Grrndi J \ Mitchell, Vice
Grand; ii \ Start, Secretary.
We are informed that the anti gam
bling bin which it is said will be
Introduced i'll the Legislature this
winter comes pretty near prohibiting
all forms Of gambling in Nevada
except shaking dice for the drinks.
Reno Ledger.
Mr.. Morrow informs us that he ia
receipt OF a letter from Supt. Noble.
III which the Sunt says that he has
instructed all tr8lnmcn To prohibit
Indians riding on trains bet wecn
Wells and ElHo. This is III accord.
nnce with tie request made last Fri.
day.
The twentieth session of tho Ne.
yada legislature was called 10 order
at noon today. Hon. Z. D.. Van
Duzcr q Humboldt county was
elected Speaker. The legislative
machinery Is rather rusty now. but
II will doubtless get i'll running orde.
III Il few day.
The dispatches Il few days ago an
nounced the finding Of a body near
Sioct0n and Mrs. Lopez identified the
remain ~ those I'll her brother, &. Is.
Logan 1t seems that she WIS mistak- (
en-. ms Logan is at present an inmate
OF the Nevada PenitGntiury, having
served four years Of tHenty.yrar
sentence carson News.
Mira. T. n"gene Curtil died at Wads.
worth ia,t Thurs lay. Shr wns the
wItc Of Homer q Curtis who works
III the railroad shops at Wad-worth,
and a sister {" Ms. J. &. Wood Of
Glover valley. Tho remains were
taken to Clover Valley aud inter red
Sun lay afternoon. Rev. j. 4. Mitch
ell officiating,
y tclcragm from Carson SAYS that
Assembly man Wilson Of this county
presided at the Fusion rauc ~ and
Assembly rEau Paul OF White Pine
county as secretary. Van Du2cr was
nominated Tor Speaker, C0ryrll.
Speaker pro ten aud Bingham Of
JuscHfora. CIi"i tlcIk. Tie trlc.
gram nj o says that only hogs could
ask more for EIkO.
Saturday afternoon Consiablc Nc.
Coy urrc ed Matthew I'tggUtt for
scliIug wlnskcy TO Indians. Piggoit
plead guilty this afternoon and Jus.
tice Morgan tined him $50, with the
alternative Of boarding 1t ont IN the
county j Ill at thr rate ~ - u day.
Plgg"it thought the latter propositions
the letter one aud viii no Il guest oi
Sheriff Campbell FOR 80 days. lilo is
said To be an old and 1T furnishing
rci.cyc to the red man.
Is y. Harris. sent Ia the penitcn.
tIury iron Elko county IN 1891, has
applied for Il pirdun. ~Ilnrris IL the
man who dccoycd Frank 10 Castro,
a cook. INTO the ~sagcbrush, near
Wells cut his throat, nnd robbed him.
Harris richly deserved the gnllOws for
his crime. Tho Board Oi Pardnna
should not turn him ont Of prison to
prey upon pcHceable citizens who
may have "a few dollars III their
pockets.
Free from The tolls. tho cares and
the Rurr,ra " the world. the infant
snn uf Mr.. and Mrs. f.. Elliot Of Bul
lion swcctly sleeps. llls young lilo
went Ont saturday and the parents
mourn. \ large circle Of friends
syi1pathizU with them IN their be.
r"avrmcut. May The death OF their
little one bc tho light III tho window
TO guide them safely over lifc's rough
sea To She haven uf rrst oh the otner
side.
Tho New York Engineering and
Mining journal gives tho total out.
80, - Ir,.l. " Al. IN