Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-07-25
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

tDTOUt.
DIR. Joseph Henderson returned 70
San Francisco lust night.
MIR. and MB. James Russell arrived
from San Francisco la: even ing. Tney
will visit relatives and friends her. Tor
II few days.
recorder Grover wHs released from
quarantine Saturday afternoon. He
says he does not banker after another
dose OF smallpox.
MIR. q. Ii. Smith arrived last evening
from San Francisco and took charge
the Western Union Telegraph, office
vice Is. W. Sayre resigned.
Coroner Morgan received notice this
forenoon from FcnnelOn that another
man had been killed there by the cars
this morning. lie will go up on No. G
tonlhgt to hold an inquest. No particu.
lars were given in the dispatch.
The Nye county Democrats expect to
NEST i'll TonOpah the latter purt OF this
month Tor th9 purpose 81 appointing u
county central COMMITTEES, as the first
step toward revivng II political organ
ization that has long lain dormant on
account OF the sparsely settled condi.
ton OF the county before this camp
came To the front.-Tonopuh Miner.
Deputy Constable Nichols brought q
man named Harrington from Carlin this
morning to serve ninety days III Jail for
disturbing the peace. Mr.. Nichols
reports another Jail break in Carlin last
night, He says Carlin is badly in need
OF IA place III winch To detain her
criminal element. The cCunty com.
m%Issioners should investigate the
matter.
Fred Mailer, n laboring man. was
beaten insensiblc at Loyelock last
Wednesday morning and robbed OF Si7O
III gold md 80 III SILVER. Tn rec men.
Sam "a anderson. j. r. Gray and an
unknown man, are accused Of doing the
work. Anderson was arrested Wedncs-
day afternoon. lie denied any knowledge
of the robbery, but knife wounds, in
ilicted by Mailer III the fight, we're found
on his legs. The other mon escaped.
There is great excitement at Search.
light over the discovery Of oil in the
Crescent mountains twelve miles west
Of Senrchlight and close to the turquoise
mines that belong la the Toltec Gem
Co Of New York. james Jacks il orc
Of the lncators. The find WIS made I'D
sinking Il well for water. At a depth OF
80 feet they were compelled to quit
work on account Of the strong OdOr OF
oil and gaa.-Piucbc Record.
W. II. Hill. "A pioneer i'll surnnco agent,
arrived from the west Saturday night
and still remains IN town. MIR. fill
lived III Virginia city from 1863 To 1884
when he went to California. lie If now
i'll San Francisco but spends a
good deal Of the time on the road look
after Tie affairs Of tho insurance com.
with which 10" is connected. H.
met many oil time friends who knew
him when lac was Grant Secretary 81
tho |. q. q. f.. ~ N.,adi Tie viii r.
main III t"pna f"r de-, IA hook over
the in'uTar rc iir,'.
The wh.rP o., News. l. vr,u.i Fri.
bunr. Rem q ,Ecttc. aud ghe ruuo. ala
bonanza. all strong lscr.hli nm papers.
advocate he nomination II Sudlcr Ia
head the Dcmocrntic.SIl,rt Fusion tick.
ct. With those papers the wish is
father to the thought, for thoy certainly
dcsir" the succ, IS OF the Republican
ticket and therefore wish the Fusion
Convention to nominate the weakest
man III the State, one the Republicans
can easily defeat. Tho Fusion Convcn.
tIon should remember that it is bad
policy Ia nominate Il man favored by
its enemy Eureka Sentinel.
Saturday afternoon "a hobo, working
at one 81 the ranches down the river,
rode ~ horse Inm town aud hitGhed il to
n post. iIe then proceeded 10 I'LL his
hide With bug juice and along late in
the evening became very drunk. Ills
horse was left standing where he hitch
cd II until one o'clock Sunday morning
when Constable Mccoy took the abused
animnl to Dorscy's stable. Tho hobo
became worry noisy al the Silver Brick
and Ia save unrest promised the cOn'
stable TO go home. Thoy got the horse
from tho stable, but, instead Of going
home. tho fellow went back To the Silver
Brick and lead his horse into the paloon.
Constable Mccoy happened around
again about . o'clock and arrested the
fellow against the protest Of tho propri.
ctor Of tho sn'Oon. Tho horse WIS
again sent to the stable and the hobo
was locked up. This afternoon the
fellow plead guilty to disturbing the
peace md Judge Morgan fined him 900
or ten days in jail, lie went to Jail
under the namo OF Ed. Mcdonald.