Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-08-01
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
Salmagundi.

night.
f. Drake the gentlemanly agent OF
the Great Rock Island Route arrived
from Salt Lake this forenoon. He Is
putting in some good ticks for his road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Williams returned
from Virginia City this morning. They
report q splendid visit to the CoDstock
and other points In the western part Of
the State.
Mr.. Forrest, the Bulletin route agent,
left for Carlin this morning. lie
succeeded in adding several new sub.
scribers to the INDEPENDENT. Bulletin
list while in Elko.
Cholera il raging in Egypt. At Cairo
that we:s torty-one new cases and
thirty.tive deaths Tuesday. AT Moucha
there were t xenty-two new cases and
fourteen deRths.
Reports from the Burner Basin oil
will say that the preliminary work is
completed and that steam would be
gotten up this afternoon. Good pro.
gross is being made at the we'll south of
town.
John Hogan, the man discharged from
custody yesterday by Justice Morgan.
did not take advantage OF his liberty
and was back in Jail before night on the
original charge preferred against him
by Constable Mccoy
According TO the returns published in
the Times-Review T.. l.. Mcmillan was
elected a delegate TO the Democratic
State convention instead Of WIN.
Bentley as heretofore published.
Probably heart-broken mt the poor
treatment by his master, who hItcbed
him to a post and long neglected him,
a eorrel horse hanged himself Saturday
on Main street. He belonged to Ma
honey Bros. railroad contractors.-
Wadsworth Dispatch.
Roy Pike, son Of District Attorney Pike
OF Reno, has passed a very creditable
examination for admission into the
Annapolis Naval Academy. His final
examination will take place before n
Civil Service Commission on August
18th. IL he passes that, he will be
admitted to the Academy.
The trustees OF St Pauls episcopal
church and the Elko Presbyterian
church have received notice thai $500
was left to each church by Mr.. Jefferson
Henderson. This generous gift places
the Elko churches on the road TO
financial prosperity.
Three hobos held up and robbed a
passenger on the platform Of the Union
Station at Ogden Tuesday night. A
detective, who went in pursuit. OF the
robbers, was also held up and relieved
OF his revolver, handcutfs and other
paraphanalia and told to get away which
he did,
The Reno Gazette says that J. f.
H~umphries has struck arteslan water
IN hia ranch about fOnr miles aonth
OF town. lie struck water at a depth
OF one undred feet Pud now has a flow
OF twenty gallons and more a minute
through q three.inch pipe. Mr.. Hum
phries says the water is ms cold rs ice
and as clear as a crystal.
Ely is today the greatest copper camp
on earth, no exception being made, OF
any locality, and with the New York
and Nevada Copper C%umpany's big
smelter i'll operation, the machinery for
which is being gotten ready for ship
ment, the output Of our mines will
spread the fame OF White Pine over tho
world.-White Pine News.
Mr.. Morris Armer, nm old resident OF
Nevada, died In San Francisco this
morning. Mr.. Armer was in business
in Elko a good many years 70. IIe
also lived in Virginia City, where he con
Quoted d tobacco and cigar business for
several years. Flo leaves a widow and
two sons and two daughters residing in
San Francisco and u brother.in.law.
Mr.. Jacob EugIer, and a sister-in.law,
Mrs. Eisenberg, and several nieces and
n nephew residing in Elko. Mr.. Armer
was highly respected by all who knew
him. Peace to his ashes.
Jack Lcstor, OF Silver City, had n
broken leg for n month and didn't know
it. Hisleg got iammed by n car in a
Silver City.mine, and Lester, suspeciing
nothing s%erious, has been hobbling
about for a month on the injured mem.
Der. II became greatly swollen and
caused him much pain, 30 no sought
surgical MD on Saturday, and DR.. Man.
son informed him that no had a broken
leg. The leg was put INTO splints. but
II il feared that owing 10 the length Of
time that has elapsed since the accident
the fracture will not henl.-ChrOniclc.
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Good shoes.