Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-31
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Sa1magundi.

"%u. lie reports Eureka county ali
riIht.
Only ~ degrees below zero Inst nigh,
Il the cold wave continues "a few da,
Reno has u case of emallpox. TIE
"atient is ut the fremont Hotel. on
PIaz street. The Gazette sayp the man
mallpox nnd hotel have been quuran
ined.
Mrs. Neitiu Dougla OF Dayton. Ina.
applied for divorce from her husband,
Lrss Dou :ln-. IN the ground TIM he hus
':een convicted Of 4 felony. iIouginss il
lie man who was sent to the peniten.
larry fer steuIIuS cattle in Churc chill
county.
Tie east wnier tank caught fire abou
mo O'clock Sunday morning pr-sum
'bly from Il hot st"ve. 1t WIS ooid
Aor's putting it cont and little damage WINS
lone where hropuf water spla>h he'd outht
i'"ys it turned to ice and made some oi
hem stiT.-wadsworth Dispatch.
l~t.Liucoln county docs not possess the
champion assessment worker it comes
very near it. o 10 mine owner certIiiee
Ia performing SltO worth Of Iabor nu
twenty seven claims and HE Lord only
knows how many claims he performed
on during the year that he dIdu'I
have recoried.-PiOchc Record.
The ilnnse Committee on Commerce
yes:er lay. by Il vote al eight to seven.
decide; III favor OF government con
struciit'r, operation aud maintenance Of
II Pacific cable and ordered II favorable
report "f the till III R"pres, n,aIive Cor.
Ii : Of Vii 'hisnn. providing for the can.
siruc'I"u 81 the cable.
The irrigation bill, recently agreed
upon 10y the Senators and Representa-
tives from the semi arid Stnies. was
unanimously reported fbvorahIy yes,er
day 10y the Senate Committee on Public
Lm"is. Lrt"r III the day the hill was
reported to the Senate 10y Senator Hans
borough. chairman Of the committee.
John O'ionle received n Telephone
message fmm r,unp"h Yesterday stmi-
ing that "A rich find had been made
ah"n. ten miles north ~ tlrut carp.
the di 'covcry WIS ma le 10y n man who
worked for Billy Med maid. \ stam-
peie has set IN for the neH iii vipgs.
IT IL unlcr-iood that as-HNs from the
i4 a. ~ rn th 4 rntt,n la ia a., ,l,. W
gInia Chronicle.
James k.lley, who robbed a bank mt
Hartford. Kentucky. last Wednesday,
md who said he was from Nevada. is
believed b! the local pnlice de- ariment
t" DC the same nan who robbed Man
nmrs 1--WE ~ store in this city about
the wear 1851 and vino vas captured and
sentenced to the Stat, Pri ON for four
teen y r..-Enterprise.
Oue rhnusnnd bushels Of shucked
oysters leave ahou, LOO bushels OF
shells. which accumulate u great heaps
ahnni the shuckng houses. The oyster
shnil- md Il IN The shores Of Mar,lind
during the last ninety years have been
rcc"ned ut lL.0I0.0 % tons-a quantity
iwire sufficient ;o overload md sink
every sailing vessel, steam vessel, barge
and cnnulbuat III America.
Mckinley day wiR properly observed
10y the teachers mL IupiIs ~ the public
and high schools. The cx ar1ises mt the
pu' lie school this forenoon we're u de.
cii"'i sucnrss. Attorneys + ittcrson aud
Williams made short nd Irrsscs to The
children. Al the hi III school Superin.
t%cn'lcni Henderson presided and Il pro.
rrnm, consisting ~ music. songs md
ehor' nddr' sses ny Rev. Greenfield and
Prot w Its 'y,s' rendered. Aside from
tue exercises mt the schools, but little
attention was paid to the day. The ",
L smith Company closed the store this
afternoon nmd the errp'n, ca took Il rest.
No other business house clio Ied.