Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-06-27
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

ia. Miller. the Austin banker, In in
town today. 4,
Charley Brossemer ia spending a Few
days in town.
Rev. G,o. II. Greenfield returned
from Eureka last night.
L. L. Bradley aud Nm. Bradley came
down from Deeth this morning.
a K. Merritt and BOD. j. C. Merritt.
arrived from Lexington, Nebraska, this
morning.
Z e. Howell has been bound over to
answer to I charge 81 house breaking
ut Wadswor,h.
3. N. Nicholson. Of Helena, Montana
supreme organizer for Nevada Of the A
o. U. w. is in Elko.
Attention ID called to Il special meet.
ing notice OF humboldt Lodge. No. %.
40 U. W. viii ID viii be found else
where.
The dispatches state that KING
Edward ls Il very sick man and the
coronation ceremonies have been IN
definitely postponed, Ill consequence.
Arthur Keddie, the surveyor, arrived
from the west last night and left for
the north this mornInR tn join the party
OF Surveyor that left here recently.
Miss NJ rtha Gse. the North Fork
school teacher, came down from the re
yesterday and left foe her home in
Virginia last night to spend tie summer
vacation.
j. W. Whitcher Of Virginia City, for
mrrly Unitet STATES District Attorney.
was examined rs to his sanity and sent
To the Storey hospital. On his pc son
was fonnd IA bank buok showing 81, 100
On deposit.
Gilbert Sepulyeds, charged with sell
ing the liqu " that cansed Tip to kill
old Antelope in Starr valley last Sunday
waS held TO appear before the grand
Jury BY Justice O'Brien. He gave
bonds and was released.
The Gazette says tour cars of men TO
be employed on the -cut-oti' to the east
Of Clsrks station came up from the west
yesterday. There are now over two
thousand men employed in the work OF
grading etc. in that vicinity.
j. C.. Fuller and wife came up from
Pdiisade last night. Mr.. Fuller got into
II mix up with one Of the graders in his
saloon yesterday afternoon and had his
h md badly bitten by the fellow. He
came to Elko To have the woundd dressed.
Taylor Allen had the misfortune TO
break his left arm near the shoulder.
mt the springs late yesterday afternoon.
He was walking near the house and
stepped on Ii loose stone and fell, with
The above result. DIR. GARDNER waS
summoned and set the arm, and made
MIR. Allen as comfortable as possible.
Early Sunday morning some person
unknown put Il charge Of dynamite
under Pete Haslunn's saloon at Vivian
about -four miles east Of Carlin, and
blew the tent and its contents into
kingdom come. liaslupd WIN asleep
III the renr OF the saloon and escaped
injury. He WA in town Monday buying
u new outfit.
An exchange has discovered that the
moon gets full. but she goes on shining;
the rain drops. but it get, up again; the
Stars shoot, bu do nc kill; the wiIloSe
weep, but never shed teur; night falls,
but doesn't break: day breuke, but
doesn't fall; the fly swallows and the
swallows fly; the beee buzz and 30 do
the girls.
Mr. Pull nan received II lotter sever nj
days aHof!om Miss Mae Force, daughter
Of tue old gentleman who died on the
cars near here recently while the
family were on their way to their old
home mt Tehsma. Mob. Tho lstter
statee that the body OF her father winch
was embalmed by Mr.. Pullman arrived
at its destination in excellent condition
and that the undertakor's work WA
highly comrlimeuted by the friends Of
tile deceased there. This speaks well
for the work Of Mr.. Pullman in this
line. Enclosed in the letter was n check
covering the emit g cost ot the work and
caskct,
Representative Sutherland OF Utah
has introduced a substitute for the bill
recently introduced by him amending
the placer laws and which the members
I'm tho committee could not accept, The
new bill il M follows: That where oil
lands are located, aS placer mining
claims, IN annual Rssessment labor upon
anyone Of q group Of claims lying con.
tiguous and II by tie Same person
or corporation, not exceeding five cla,ma
in all, providing that such labor will
tend 10 tho development OF. deter uins
oil hearing character Of such contiguous
claims
Tho Tnnopah Mining Company has
purchased tho Columbus coal mines.
These undevel' pei coal deposits lie
south ut tho TUnupah aud Cnndelaria
stage road and Hrs distant about forty