Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-02-07
: FROM .THuRsDAxs DALI.
Salmagundi.
Colonel lori and wife departed last
night for their home at Virginia City.

Attorney Williams has moved his
Office to HE residence opposite the
courthouse.
E. Penrod and w. F. Mahouey accom-.
pruied the remains OF Chris stan p. Fry
to Elko yesterday.
Guy Hnrbin has been awarded the
contract to carry the mail on the Elko-
Huntington route and Robert Lebriski
gets the Elko-voight route.
The Silver Party State Committee
will meet in Reno ut l p. M. of March
9th. The attention OF members OF the
committee is called to- the notice Else
where.
Quite a delegation OF Elkoites went
down TO Carlin to attend the funeral of
the late r Farrell. Among them were
George Russell, Frank FeInald aud
John Vowel.
Wyatt carp and wife and H. Martin
arrived from Los Angeles Tuesday. MIR.
carp has just returned from Nome and
M to Tonopah to EN- snge in the
saloon business. bonanza.
Representative Cummings OF New
YORK. has introduced ii bill in the House
autl oriziug the coinage OF two-aud.a,
half cant pieces. 1t should he entitled,
~ Bill to Encourage Bargain Sales.
The funeral of the late Christian p.
Fry will take place from Odd Fellows
Hall tomorrow afternoon ut . o'clnck.
R'v. George II. Greenfield officiating.
Friends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited To attend.
Two brothers named Newhall died in
Touopah last week. aged a and 76
years. The Bonanza says they were
from Panaca anu that but little WIS
known OF them there. They were en-
gagged in the wood business.
George G. Bryfon, Que of the pioneers
OF Nevada. died at the home Of his son
in Reno yesterday. lie had reached the
ripe old age OF eighty years. Tie
writer has known him for over a quarter
OF Il century. lie a n genial. kind old
man. Peace TO his ashes.
II nothing happens to change the
present n!aas at Mnssrs Pixley and
Dottn, Elko will have 4 line opera house
before 1917 is half gone. They have be
gun to tear down the old adobe build.
ings o on the lots where the opera
house will be built and are leaking 9th, r
p operations to push the worx us sOon as
the weather will permit.
At Reading, Pa, recently, John A..
Rigg was elected president OF sixiy-two
corporations. 1t is a queslrn whether
any other man in the country is at the
head - so many different corporalops.
MIR. Rigg ia II selma lie man, having
risen to he presidency nf MANI street
railway companies aud other corpora
! lions from the ranks OF the street car
company's employees.
Mr.. Mayer has uu exhibition at the
Depot Hotel a clock that has licked the
seconds away for nearly one hundred
Years. 1t has been in his family for
over eighty years and was brought from
the old country by his grandmother
The old relic dues not look ns bright
ami handsome as the clocks OF today.
but it keeps on ticking and marks the
time MS correctly "a the 2Cth century
clock.
Mira. Brooks. pronrietress OF a
restaurant at Dayton, was senou>ly
I'M ired last evening. She WIS re plepislI.
ing the stove with fuel when IN oxplo-
zion occurred supposed to have been
from powder or IA giant cap. 4 section
OF the stove was blown through d
window and the flames burned Mn.
Brooks about the hands md face. Her
eyes were injured. but il is not thought
her sight will be destro! ed.-Virginia
Report.
Fritz lleDkle and Charles james
brniaily bent u squaw in Tuscarora the
other day. They were arrested by Con
stable Way and Heukle plead guilty
nnd turned States evidence. James de
maDded n jury trial md was convicted.
Justice II 'gnn tined james 8 100 or 10 }
dRys in the county inil, while IlenIsie got
of with II tine OF $50 or 80 days in Jail.
as neither u OF them had the where.
with to 6quihate the fine, Constable
Way brought them down yesterday mud
lctt them with Sheriff Campbell.