Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-02-07
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SIlmagundi.

" peanut oTISHue was ont III Tor e
~ the show last night. They male lif.
miserable Tor those Who were compelIeJ
l." sit near them.
AZ il:lo this morning a big oil tank
exploded ut Ogden. The amornt q,
hinn "a IL nni known. as the explosion
crippled the Western Uuron wires.
Neil Owen. II Of Wmnemucca'a old
'st nhd moStt respected citizen, !, died
AlOn'thy morning. He WIS a native OF
New York, aged co Years.
MIR. and Mn. Williams Of South Fork
came To ElLo yesterday to attend their
hau- liter who is i'll. Mr.. Williams re-.
'nrned THIS morning and Mrs. Williams
will remain IN Elko a few days.
Seymour jacobs. Eiko's merch1nt
TAI or. haS IA new nj in this issue. He
makes clothes that tit mud has Il fine
stock 81 underwear. ueck wear, gloves.
etc etc. See his ad.
y 81. Petersburg paper spenlSs OF the
1AnIericnm prutectnrate over England
which |-s the Chi:ago Record Tier.
ali t" remark that lie kutx.iuls ha ve
evidently learned how TO write -sarcas-
ticie.-
y bill was passed 10y the iionse Of
Representatives las; Thurs lay pruvid.
ing HAT IN every mine over lUi feet u,
depth mime owneIs be required to pro.
vid 55DO cubic Zee; OF pure air for every
tiity miners.
y regular blizzard rngel throughout
the EIst yesterday. At Chicago an in
mate ~ The OH Peoples Home froz, Ia
death. In central aud Northern New
York tl"r SNOW blocked the railroad and
damaged telegraph and telephone wires.
y Wnnemucca merchant seat up a
balloon The other day with u card at
tdched. upon viii Ii wps written, Tile
tinieE is en- IIled 10 Il new pair OF pants
The card was ric;ied up three miles
north Of town by Il handsome young
lady.
There Wis Il good audience at the
Commercial Hotel dining . last
night 10 see 'he Buchan Company III
theIE initial play. The seats were all
"rcIpicd ard everybody seemed to he
pleased with 'he performance. Tonight
the company will present The Struggle
for LUfc.-
y lire broke ont III the heart of
Waterbury, Connecticut. San lay night
and before II was considered under con-
irOl the riIe burned over four acres II
al" c't!'s best business section. The
cold WAS intense and the wind blew IL
gale. Inc loss liz placed at over S3,OJO,.
900.
The Why's and Means Committee Of
the House Yesterday unanimous ly
ordered favorable report on the bili
reducing the war tHxcs. A surprise &c
cured when Representative Bnhcu.k
tR"rublicnr) "iFrrd his Till reducing
duties nn the steel schedule ind placing
some a:tirlc1 on the free lisl. rs mn
amendment to the tea repeal section.
The amendment was defeated, q tn 7.
Mrssrs HnbcOrk aud Tawncy and all tlr
Democrats voting III the affirmative.
The Sou'Icrn Pacific Company has
bon sht forty ucrca more land on the
eastern borIer Of Reno. While that
corporation Is not divulEnrg at present
what it bought the land for it IL pre-
sumej the purchase was made for the
purpose II cutting 1t up into town lots
to give Ia employees vino I on .ht lots oi
that corporation in Wadsworth Il few
years ago. the value az which will be
dcstrO! ed 10y rcnsun Of moving tie line
south III Tia! tOwn-GBZcttc.
A Milwaukee, preacher asserts TINT
"nuic t!gures" on hve.dnllar bills are
Indecent" Perhaps this is, hut we
never had one of these bills hong enough
to examine II critically. But we don't
think ~nule figures would shock Us
very much. We have attended social
entertainments where the ladies were IN
"fnll dress md wore bui little more
than n necklace above the belt aud we
still live. The figures on u tIve.!' liar
bill which have the most attraction Tor
~ is the "J."-Ex.