Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-02-21
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FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

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Lake last night Oh u visit to her Elko
trienus.
There are eleven prisoners III the
county jail. Six are serving sentences
and live are held for the grand jury.
Miss Alice Lowe departed for San
Francisco this morning to be with her
uncle, Charley Greenberg. who is quito
i'll.
The Senate yesterday ratified the
treaty with Denmark providing for the
purchase Of the DANISH West Indies.
| ncle Sam seems to be hungry for
islhJds.
The State Llnd Office is said to be
unusually busy these days. The force
is kept On the jump from the time the
office opens until late in the afternoon.
Nevada land ia in demand.
Constable Mccoy jagged Bert Park. a
habitue OF Chinatown, and Justice Nor
gun gave him the alternative OF digging
up s30 or spending Is lays ia jIil. lie
Is boarding with Sheriff Campbell.
Saturday night Topsy, n Shoshome
squaw, got hilarious and C0nsi able Me.
Coy lugGed her oil to jail. Justice Nor.
gan yesterday fined her $40 or - days i'll
Jail. Topsy Is II guest of the county.
Last Friday DR.. Hood performed Il
surgical operation upon MB. 4. \. Con
over for the removal Of ~ tumor. She
rallied from the operation, but has had a
relapse nnd her condition is reported
critical today.
MIR. tiyltnn thinks there is plenty of
i'll the mountains to give the
ranchers OF Mound and Huntington
valleys plenty OF water during the SUM
mer. He sayr but little water from that
section will reach the Humboldt.
Mr.. MuIcahy is reror;ed about the
~ame today. The old gentleman has Il
severe attack Of pneumonia and his
recovery il doubtful. Ills daughter.
Mrs. Prosser. II expected to arrive
Friday from Fitcnburg, Massachu1et It's.
Smallpox ST .mG to be spreading in
Reno. Tho Board Of Health has issued
an order prohibit ing the meetings OF all
fraternHl societies and public gatherings
OF all kinds. The pbysIcians are out III
u card nSkInR the citizens to l0nd their
ia suppressng the contagiun.
Pnclatelphiu's oldest corporation
uatIng back lI3 years, was founded by
Thomas P.un and Richard Penn for the
relief Of poor and distressed Presby.
terimn ministers and their widows ana
children" II claims to rank all other
i'll it's ratio Of assets to
liabilities.
The new equipments for the Southern
Pacific Company's overland limited are
being received from the East. The cars
on the trains will be supplied with the
very latest heating and lighting appli.
Rnces and Il new feature will be AN OBJ
car in the tram. The company
will have enough cars 30 equipped to
make ten truinf, six cars to the rain.
Que publication in this country, the
Express Gazette looks after the Stats.
tics OF train %robberies. In the last IL
years 800 trains have been held up in
the United States, with casualties OF 95
persons killed and 100 wounded. In
the years 1900 and 1901 10 trans were
robbed, the casualties being 2 pnsseng-
crs killed. ~ wounded and 5 robbers
killed, 3 wounded.
The trust maynates are brazen in
their boast OF beng able to underselI
Foreigners, after paying the freight
abroad, md iDsoleut in their demand
that they shall continue to have the
night to charge high Lrices IN America.
Never were mOnopolists-who do bust.
ness upon public bounty--so defiant Of
the people whom the, have piundered
under cover OF law and pretext OF pat.
riotism.-BuTalo Courier.
j. +. Merritt, the Duluth oil man. and
Mr.. J, II. Phillips returned from San
Frnnciaco last night. They purchased u
new 2S.horse. power boiler to go with
the other machinery already here. The
boiler and Il lot ~ IL 5.S inch pipe will
be shipped Saturday. fho machinery
and pipe will he taken to the site Of tho
proposed oil vol uB RoUn M possible and
drilling will begin NJ 500 s the ma
chinery il in place. IT in the intention
Of the Rocky Mountain Oil Company to
put the drill down IA inst as men and
money can d. Il. ..
Chicago Ia a great plncc for "%corners."
Leaving out OF consideration al
questions Of wheat aud corn corners.
whore millions are lost and won. There
arc minor transactions tina, cause con.
ettrnation TO tho ~housckcrpnrs all over
the country, and particularly to tlioae IN
Chicago itself. At Thanksgiving time
II commission mot ohant had mn option
un all tho pumpkins that could be
%Obtaincd, and grew wealthy OH that one
transnctioD. 4 little while later the
price Of eggs was forced up 10y u Judi.
ciOns holding III "uld storage and now
tho fowl market il coruered 10y a