Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-10
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
sALmAGUNDI.

lee came in from h e this morn
ing.
A letter received last night from
Mr.. r. q. Harrison stated that he
was improving.
Colonel Boyle has recovered son.
sciousness and hopes Of HE complete
recovery are confidently entertained.
The editor leaves for Reno tonight
tn attend n meeting Of the Board OF
Regents. He will return Friday
morning.
Debate on the Ni%carasuan Canal
till began in the House yesterday.
t'nngr, IN Hepburn of Iowa has
charge OF the bill.
The U. S. grand jury Monday
fonnd nine indictments and Ignored
i.,e. Most Of The cases are for sell
ing whiskey to Indians.
Senator Clark Of Montana has Just
paid S300,d0O for "a London collection
of paintings. Who says we have no
appreciation of fine artf
The bonanza warns persons seed.
ing employment to remain away from
T"n"pah Tor Il while. When men are
wanted, the iBOnhnza will make it
ino IN.
Andrew Martin who carved a TEL.
i"w "oiiinnn m cpG1ravu last
Thur day riyh; has hren held to
n'-w. nefoF" !u.. IIumbpldt county
Grwrd jury.
Walter Stoiicl is down from Gold
Creek and D. L. Griffith is in from
White Rock. b tn say Their il no
snow III their localities or between
EiGn and their homes.
All news agents on the trains Of
the Northern Pacific were discon-
tinued on the tirs. Of this month
Daily papers will be kept on the din
ing cars and supplied 10y one of the
walters. This means that the train
pCddier is /" 90.
The ice harvest still goes on. Bet.
ter weather for cutting ice and het-
ter ice were never seen in this neck
~ the woods. Ice II inches thick,
clear rs crystal, is beng stored away
and that without amy zero weather
SC tur this wiLtcr.
In the United States Court at
Carson Monday, the case Of |. Cohn
vs.. the Gid Creek Nevada Mining
Company ct al came before Judge
llawlcy. Motion to declare testi.
mony ciused denied. Order for snle
Of the property granted.
-Iiit WIZ Il mighty cold day said
:hc old deacon, zen dey wuz some ex-
cuse fer lie pnson maxim dat big
mistake in his text, fer stidder sayin'
MANY is called, but faw in chosen he
give Int ont, MANY ia cold. en- a few
If frozen. '"-A:lHnta Constitution.
Marshal Humphrey and Sheriff
Campbell left for Carson this morn
ing w;h@ix U. S prisoners, indicted
for selling liquor to indians. Lucas
Mrrgca and j. &. Clark will remain
il the Jail here until the U. 5. grand
Jnr! passes ON their cases. Both Of
them WI doubtless be indicted.
Parts Of Australia are becoming
liveley rivals tn Canada and the
United States III the European apple
trade. Tasmania, especially, has
been found II first class ap%ple.raisIng
country. There are 1878 acres in
apple orchards there and the product
i'll 1899 WIS 363,9I5 busheIs.-N. Y.
Sun.
We are informed by the staiisti
cilnE that III the last twenty-five
years not less than three thousand
million dollar worth Of property III
the United States has gone up in
smoke. This is Il stupendous de
81 rIctiOn, and il seems strange TINT
more eifectual methods of preventing
1t arc not adopted.
Il l.. Fulton informs the Gizeito
that instead 81 there being six feot OF
now at Summit, in the Sierras. the re
is none, and wagons are crjssing the
summit every day. The strrots OF
TruChcc ho says are dry. 1t looks rs
il the State might have dry time
this summer. The Inst storm
! brought u little rain but no snow.
Tho Tonopah Bonanza, published
on The ith, reports six deaths from
pneumonia in that camp last week
/ |, ulso says That q. ID Van Duzer WIS
down with pneumonia. but was out
, Of danger and would he arUund IN a
few days. Tho bonanza says unless
tho filth in removed iron, the camp
the death rate will DO increased.
rho object Of Admiral Schley's
! Wait to the President the other day
was Ia request him to entertain and
consider an appeal Tor tho rovereal Of
tho action ~ Secretary Long and the
! disapproval Of the majority decision
of the Court Of lquiry. President
Roosevelt granted tho request md
Admiral SchIcy will appeal to him