Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-11
FROM THURSDAYS DAiLI.
Salmagundi.

The jury in the Plunke,, case ia stin
ont.
Judge Talbot returned from Austin
last night. s;sa .ps.,.- 8
Dir. George Russ I'll went down to his
Battle Mountain ranch today.
Miss Miller OF Winnemucca is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Mcbride.
An offer OF sl5. 600 each was refused
last week for a group Of mines In Jeffer
son canyon, Nye county.
Under the provisions OF the will OF
Cecil Rhodes. Nevada will be entitled to
two scholarships at Oxford.
". j. W~esterfield has applied 70 the
WasLoe County Board Of Commission.
era for II street railway franchise.
George Moody is in from Mound
Valley. He reports plenty OF water and
good prospects in that section.
The committee OF arrangements. Tor
the Rcbekah dance has sci the time for
dancing To begin. at $50 .sharp. Note
the time III tile adj and govern yourself
accordingly. 49,. -
The case OF the State va. William Ball,
charged with assault, was tried before
Justice Morgan and Il jury today. Al
this writing the jnr, is wreStling with
the caRe.
Joe Lung. Jr. left FOR Cariiu this fore.
nom to assist in putting up The macIin.
cry Tor boring the new railroad tunnel.
Joe is a good machinist and is not
afraid of hard work.
The first field day event Of the season
will takc place Saturday afternoon on
the University campus The Uniyer-
sity OF Nevada will compete with the
Stanford freshmen team. 80
/ Jim Bett haa a force Of men at work
digging nm irrigating ditch two miles
long. The. ditch begins at the dam in
the anderson field and runs to the old
race track, where the water will be used
to irrigate a piece Of land Jim has
secured i'll that locality.
1t ia said that the railroad track run.
ning through Elko will be moved in
order to TO away with the curve Just be
low town. and il this iodepasihe,Dsp
hotel will be torn down or moved up the
track and q new passenger and freight
depot built Oh the site OF the present
freight depot.-Sllver State.
w. ii. Truman, whose name was
signed to one Of the mining locations
found on the body Of Leonard E~inecker,
is o employed at one of the MINES at
Berlin, Nevada, The Gazette says that
Truman and Einecker have been com.
p%anions for years. Truman will be
communicated with. EinecKer was
quite we'll known in Reno. '| "
The case Of the State vs.. j, j: :Shnugh.
messy, charged with the murder OF iIeeta,
Winston in Golconda last january. was
Yesterday continued in tho Humboldt
county District Court until Tuesday,
July 10Th, ON motion Of the defendants
attorney. -Four Of the witnesses for the
State we're placed under bonds OF $500
each to insure their appearance at the
time Of the trial. 81,
Constable Mccoy ye8terday arrested
Herman Pross, a deserter from Tie navy.
Pross enlisted in Chicago on Nov. 10,
1902, as a landsmsn for training on the
U. 5. training ship Pensacola. lie and
a colored sailor were here a
few weeks ago aud held forth at the
gymnasium. They left here together
and Pross returned n few days ago max
ing hiR headquarters in Chinatown.
He is in Jail waiting until Constable
Mccoy receives instructions from San
Francisco. .-. a
Prof. j. Il. Church arrived this morn.
ing and will lecture at the high school
room this afternoon, evening aud tomor.
row afternoon. The lecture this even.
ing will be Oil "Forcign Travel" md will
be. illustrated by lantern views. These
lectures will DO both entertaining and
instructive. There should be Il good
audience tonight. As Prot. Church has
to be in Eureka Saturday night, he can
deliver but n lecture in tho evening.
A large crowd was ut tho west.
bonnd train last night to Rny good. bye
to Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. O'Neil who took
their departure from Elko to other fields
Mrs. O'Ncil will visit her parents in
Eureka while Mr.. )'Neil makes a tnp
to California. The INDEPENDENT re.
grets their going nway and wishes the
a full measure OF prosperity and hap.
piuess, wherever their Inns mkS he
cast.
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