Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-02-07
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Col. Lord and wife OF Virginia City
are here to attend the marriage Of their
daughter this evening.
Rumor says there will be something
like a half dozen weddings in town to-
night. What Il picnic tie small boys
will have!
The commissioners OF Washoe county
have fixed the State and county lax
rate mt sl61 on the slOJ. Wushoe's rate
Is the same MS Elku's.
mittee will meet IN REM at | o'clock u.
NJ. On Marsh Is Ii. The attention of
mesabers 0f the committee is called TO
the notice elsewhere.
1t snowed atou, two inches Inst night
but nearly all Of it melted today. The
indications ut this writing Seem good
for Il big rain. Rain in the valleys
means snOw in the mountains.
The commits 'ioncrs OF l. mier county
have fixed the county tax levy at 81 65
ON the 800 The State rate Of 20 cents
nd led To the county rate makes u total
Of s3i5 on The Sln0, for the taxpayers OF
LIndcr county To dig Ip. o.
Clerk Dawlcy is do!ng Il rushing bus
mess III marriage licenses these days.
His supply of first class Licenses Is
rather limiied. but u- will turn no one
away who waula 10 tie himself up for
lie.
Bob Arthur found two letters in the
sEgenrush near Saliva that must have
blown from a mail car auI the car can
lie located from the ppstmarks. This il
The wnv that letters and other mail are
lost. wad+wor,h Dispatch.
Treasurer Dawley has succeeded in
collecting al the delinquent taxes due
on the first iusiallment Of 1901. The
owners OF the property sold for delin-
quent taxes nave settled in full ana the
county starts with d clean sheet.
j.. L.. keyser returned from Oakland
this morning. While away he saw Mrs.
II. j.. Talhutt aud Mrs. J. 4. Taylor.
former residents Of Exc. Mrs. Talbot
is now living at SIG San Pablo a venue,
Oakland. She sent her regar,is to her
old lLlku friends.
Ii is said that IA home grnwp, hand.
spanked. sharp. listed ounir hoy
makes a much better fighter i'll the bat
! tlR nI lila flann ill.,. l..l
collarcd. crease.truuscrcu Youths of our
cities. whose clio hes have always been
brushed with a whisk broom instead of
Il silingie.
w. II. Mercer, a brakeman Oh the
Carson & Colorado railroad, was serious.
ly injured at Hawthorne Sunday morn.
ing. In attempting :" board the engine
while in motion, he slipped and fell, his
taken below Sunday aight TO the rail
road hospital.
The Piuisch gas house Of the Rio
GInndc Western Railroad at OGDEN
caught tire yesterday afternoon md
tire" of the large tanks exploded, leav
ing another intact within a few feet Of
the flames. Two tiremen were Indy
burned. The luss to the railroad com-
pnny liz placed ut 5000, fully covered
by insurance.
II. Farrell, one 81 Elko %county's well
known cattlemen. died mt Curlin Inst
night. He had II hot OF friends
throughout the county who will I've
gricved to learn ~ his death. The fun.
crai will take place mt Carlin ut 2:30 to.
morrow afternoon. Rev. Willis ~ Bat
tie Mountain will conduct the funeral
services.
PoTtl and, Oregon. If now q candidate
for nm exposition. \ delegation from
that State uHs Hsk"d Congress for nm
appropriation Of s5OO.0OO toward nm ex-
position to he held to commemorate the
lannon's expeditions Of Captains Lewis
and Clark from st. Louis to the month
Of the Columbia river.
Chris Fry. mn old timer, died ut Cans
Creek Inst night. lie was u member Of
the |. o. o. T.. Lodge ut Wiunemucca.
Ills remains were brought to Elko this
afternoon aud will bo buried here under
the auspices Of Elko Lodge No. IS l. ..
O.. +. a COnmitnn of Odd Fellows
c"n~isimg Of George Bruce, u NJ. Reed
&. w. Grover md j J. Garrecbt met the
remnins this afternoon and escorted
them to the undertaking parlors,
Tho silver State saya the flyer met
with mn accident yesterday morning ut
lmlay, the first siding east OF Humboldt
House. Tho driving rod on the tire.
mans 81 10 broke. dcmulishng the cal
and playing havoc generally with the
machmcr. Of the locomotive. One cyl.
IDdcr head vas kuockcd out md three
~ the driving wheels were broken.
Fireman j. -. Cameron was thrown
hnckWarl into the tender and sustained
- spinal injury. a freight extra waa
following No. Z aud Engineer Cad,gan
NJ the former train took the flyer into
Winncmucca,