Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-23
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.


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ganizng Il company tn york HE mines
III Prospect mountain.
Leopold Stern Of Carson hns been mp.
pointed 81 deputy in the United States
Marshars Office, to till tie place made
vacant by the death ~ James Holbrook.
4 few days the News published a
story of treasure buried in II we'll ut
Carson by an early Comstock bandit
and nos nearly all the people Of that
place are searching their wells.
All persons having bills against the
Elko Jockey Club are requested to pre-
sent them to Edgar Reinlart within the
TEXT day or two. as the Club is anxious
to straighten up its accounts.
Worlds Fair Commissioners Yeriny.
ton has had photographs taken Of the
old log house at Genoa, the first build.
ing erected in the State OF Nevada, for
the exhibition at the st. Louis Fair.
The Federal National Bank Of Pitts
burg Ius closed it, DOORS. Tho rrsorr-
ces and liabilities are placed mt $40 g..
932 Republican prosperity seems To
have Il queer effect on banks and 'rvs:
companies.
Farmers say that The rabbits have
thick fur. which means IA " winter.
Prudent animals, rabbits! They also
say that the wild is flying north.
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birds, wild geesc.-Ex.
Dick Rogers. nm Indian and JEFF
Lowry, Il half breed, fought II duel with
a knife and 81 revolver Saturday. and
Lowery may die from ti.c wounds he
received from the large kccn-edgc,l bat.
cher knife USE 10y Ru.crs.-Dc Lamar
Lode.
In a quarrel ut ronopih Sunday night
Il blacksmith named Williams was stab
bed by n saloon man named b. Barnum,
Incl knife entering between the collar
bone and ncc.,, and is feared death will
result. The men have heretofore been
bosom friends.
- NbelIih lhEIltcT, WHO IL IL bitIlSlDf,
threatened to propose to the first Young
lady he rau"h; picking blacisherries on
his farm, and now he has had to put Il
barbcd wirc fence around his black.
berry patch and published II rr!ract;0n
in the local paper.
Reno is putting on aIrs To beat the
band. Not content with having nearly
all the crimes III the calendar commit.
tel within its borders, it ndvertiscs a
scientific bull fight to take place at the
race track next Sunday. Senior En-.
riqu" Robles is the bull fighter.
Might Superintendent Waterman at
Enst Reno struck Conductor Cromleigh
in the face with a lantern the other
night aud cut the end of the conductors
nose of. Waterman was arrested and
lined $40. y Reno physician patched
up the conductors nose and it will he
all right again.
Major Spriggs and Frank IL. Norcross
have been appointed by the respective
parties in interest to adjust the damages
which the Southern Pacific
shall pay to the Piute tribe on account
Of the new right of way Of the railroad
crossing the reservation.
The mines at Eaglcvillc,3j miles from
Surf, in Churchill county, have been
sold 20 San Francisco people for $4,000.
The mines are we'll opened
up, and the ore will pay we'll, as it can
DO worked on the ground ut II moderate
cosi.-JouInal.
Ten Of the leading physicians OF Reno
have secured mn option upon the beau.
titul grounds and building on the
heights northwest OF town, which was
formerly Bishop Whi,aker's School for
Girls. y meeting will DO held tonigh,
for the purpose Of perfccting arrange.
mCnts and plans which will result in
converting it into "A modern hospital to-
be named after the beloved founder OF
the old seminary Gazette.
\ letter received from Win Wines
this morning, dated at Boise, Idaho,
IDI'luiItN III iolIONluR CllpIluS' III
lam f.. Wines, and Miss Clara l.. SUIT
ton we're married ut the brides home nn
Monday evening, Rev. F.. n. Murphy,
officiating. After the ceremony, II mum.
Der Of friends and rclntiycs sat down tr
we'll filled tables Of good things. Mr..
Sutton is from northern Idaho and Inns
been living here but n year.
Ed. Siflon, n passenger on No 4, lost
certificates OF deposits amounting to
$1,000 in Reno Tuesday night. lilo
mingled with the crowd while the tram
stopped and did not miss his money I'm.
iii after the train Ind started. lie tcln
| graphed his lose and tho railroad officials
and officers made o search FOR the miss
ing property and found il on the floor oi
the waiting room, where il had fallen
from the owners pocket. Tho owner
was notified Of the recovery Of the Ger.
tilicntee. They will 10 forwarded to
him nj Winfield, Missouri.
Robert Burnside, u workman for the
construction company, met with II scri.