Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-17
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
sALMAouNDI.

~" VI inah uikut.
Hurrah for the suow! Don't you
like to see it come DOWN.
Dr.. j. G. Leonard has located at
Fallon, Churchill county.
A fire in Los Angeles yesterday de-
stroyed property valued at $4,000.
The Gazette reports that Constable
Leeper was dong well at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Frank Spencer, the man whom the
ROY WIS over that resulted in tho
killing Of Scott. has skipped to San
Jose.
Frank Wildes. Deputy State
TREASURER, hRs gone 70 San Francisco
to have An operation performed Tor
appendicitis.
The B, ard Of Pardons has refused
to pardon Crowley. Nothing is said
in the Careop papers regarding the
Kendrick and Morris ca =es.
s. A. Crescenzn. a prominent
ynun. man Of Lander county, died at
Ton"pnh on the 9th. HIS remains
wers taken to Austin for burial.
The attention Of those wishing to
take a thorough coursa in hook.
kecp;np is called Ia no. moth =. - HE
chairnIRn III the ,'ofri "f ~-in"E.,nn
in this issue.
P. II. Mulcbay lras been appointed
nelter at tie Car un mint to ill the
vacancy caused by tho resignation OF
r. -. Clark. Tho INDEPENDENT
congratulates pat on his promotion
i'll Uncle Sans service.
The following companies have filed
papers OF incorporation with the Sec
rotary OF State: New Era Mining
Company, Searchlight. Nevada: cap
,tal, s15 .00n, Orocobra Mining and
Milling Company, Humboldt county.
capital. el, 5OO,O0O.
Tue remains OF Scott, whot shot
Constable Lceper, were tnken to
Reno and turned over to the woman
with whom he had lived, after the
coroner's inquest. The verdict of the
jury was in accordance with the facts
already published.
According to the statement of the
Carson News, published elsewhere.
the State Board IT Assessors agreed
to disagree aud adjourned. The
INDEPENDENT may have something
to say about the action Of the Board
when il gets all the facts.
A storm set in this afternoon and
! appearances indicate 4 heavy fall Of
rain and snow. Ham Mccain missed
the ARRIVAL Of the storm by several
days, II the rest OF his prediction
comes to pass q few days more or lesa
will make no difference with tho
water supply,
II there was q railroad connecting
Tonopah with the outside world and
equipped with plenty Of passenger
coacbee; the town of Tonopah would
be depopulated inside OF two days, az
everybody il scared owe the pnou.
monia epidemic. 1t is nov believed
the worst ia over and the epidemic
has spent its force Bonanza.
Most tiattering news comes from
White Pine county. II is a county
TINT is rapidly forging to the front in
a mining way, and it begins to look
as II Ely will be a big mining town
and the cauter Of a big mining in.
dustry. There is much railroad talk
and II roads are built connecting
White Pine with the outside world it
will be one Of the richest and most
popuIous counties in Nevada.
There Ia n country in the world
where it in considered Il crime to
smoke. Ably ssinia is the region. and
the law forblddinR tobacco dates
from the year l642. It was first
merely Intended t. prevent priests
from smoking iu tho churches, but
was taken too literally, and nova.
days wen Foreigners have TO DO
careful not to DO sneD smoking.
Frank Bressinaer, better known as
.Snider,' was found dead in his bed
On TueadRy by James IIulso and Pete
IVnoh, whu went 10 his cabin 10 SEQ
what had become Of him. ns he had
not been seen OH tho stroeta for a
tow days. He evidently had been
dead three or four days, Judging from
HE appearance, and the rats aud
nice had eaten part Of HE forehead.
Phoebe Record,
Tho vito Of a Carson Valley farmer
has a liniment she uses 70, overy.
thing. Tho other nigh, che got sick
and her husband 20, up in tho dark,
got the Eminent and rubbed il over
hor body. She was given lnstpnt 70.
liet. Tho next morning IL was dis.
covered that the husband had got
hold Of y hottie Of blucing instead or
tho liniment. How IN that for the