Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-04
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

last night. Hc snys the roads are IN a
horrible condition.
The first OF the imn,anse new car shops
for the Union Pacific in Omaha. the
aggregate cost Of which is to be s75O,OOO,
is being pushed ahead.
The proposed Philippine thrift bill is
precisely like the tax bill the British
parlia proposed for the American
colonies in 1867. -Commoner.
A league has been formed in New Jer-
sey to erect Il memorial To Aaron Burr
IN Newark, where he was born and
where iIiy father preached. Smbscrip.
tons. Us might he anticipated. are slow.
Frank Bell, e1.warden OF the Nevada
State Prison. and who has resided in
Sau Francisco for. the past few years,
will return to Reno where he will reside
perInanently.-Jou'na
An Indian WAS found dead in one Of
The cabins III the rear OF Parr,'s corrall
this morning. From all appearances he
hui been murdered. Ills face wa hor-
ribly cut and MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette.
The first overland train thoroughly
equipped wIth electric lights LETT Oma-
la Yesterday morning FOR San Francisco.
The train Is n Of eight whose aggre.
gate equipment cost S2,uOO. 600.
The people of Reno held au cnthus
ihstic meeting Monday night and ap
pointed committees to investigate the
Carnegie Library proposition. Reno
should not LET this opportunity pass.
An exchange says: The greatest
thinI we ever saw in the way OF "A phi
losopher was Il one.armed man in a
manicure establishment VITO glOated be
cause he got his work done for half
puce.
\ farmer figures that one dog costs as
much for keeping as 50 hens; 90 hens
will lay in IA year 600 dozen eggs worth
say sl5O. Now will some ono figure out
what the profit would be in transform
all Of the dogs in Eiko and vicinity
into hens?
4 mathematician has calculated that
the streets OF heaven occupy 2.l24, 1888.
212,OnO.0 ,000. 900 cubic feet. This NAV
be comforting to persons who live in
mortal fear TINT they may be jammed
up against disagrecable ueighbors in
hat better land.
DR.. w. l.. Samuels has been appoint
ed district surgeon Of the Southern Pa.
cItic Company, to fill the vacancy caused
10y the death Of DR.. L. G.. Hanson. DR..
"ill have charge Of the rail
road %company's surgical and medical
work in the territory from Golconda to
Rye Patch. Silver State.
f. K McNamec. district attorney OF
Lincoln county. came in from the west
his mOrning and put in the day sizing
M Ia court proceedings and paying
calls. II" Gays Lincoln county IL
looking up and that her future pros.
poets are bright. ile will leave for
salt Lake on this evenings train.
The supreme Court haR decided the
tax case ~ the Nevada Central railroad
com nny. 1he company refused to pay
Ita taxes as assessed and took the matter
into the District Court, where il lost.
Tie Supreme Court uGirms the de
cision OF the lover tribunal in denying II
new trinl,
\ certain Young mnn OF this town
To New York Il short time ago for u
necktIc which lie saw advertised IL ono
of the numerous mRil order catalogues
received IN this city. ! esterday he 70.
ccived through the pnstofice n large
envelope. Upon opening tile same he
found n strip e. chcesecloth about a
yard long. So his name is nd led to the
long list Of fish that persist in sending
away Tor goods. Patronize your home
merchants, young man, and save money.
-En;erprise.
Tho naked body OF Samuel Collins
with the throat cut from ear TO ear, was
found by a number Of boyp in a small
IN The hills north oi Salt Lake City
on Sunday. Tho police cay that it is n
rasc ri suicide, but others think that
Eollins was murdered md his body
thrown into tho cave, tho entrance OF
which was partly closed 10y a number OF
rocks. Tho grounl in tho cave mud
Immediately outside was covered with
blood. With the exception OF his shoee.
stockings and ~susponders, none OF the
mnn's clothing has been found.
Yesterday afternoon, while the argu.
ment in the Mcdonald. Congcr case was
III progress, G. Il. Wiseman and Ed.
Brndish, witnesses Oh opposite sides Of
tho cnsc. Ind II personal encounter in
the hall leading 10 tho court room. Re.
ports regarding tho affair, IN they have
come to ia. are contradictory. For q
time il was feared by the friends OF the
parties That serious results would follow
the difficulty. Mutual friends interested
themselves md succeeded in preventing
further trouble. I was this matter to
which Judge Talbot referred this morn.
Ing Oh the opening ot Court.