Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-25
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.
sir. Engler has gone to San Fra,c,seo

T.. l.. Wore still occupies the attention
"f Judge Brown and a jury.
The Carson News calls Assessor Gutl,.
RES raw work in Humboldt county q
crooked assessment That If the way
1t Will strike most people.
Mrs. Mary Martin warns all persons
not to hunt or shoot ON the Mulcahy
ranch below town. Hunters should
rend the notice and profit thereby.
III" corner stone Of tile State Orpbau
Home building at Carson was laid Sat.
nrday by the Masonic Grand Lodge in
lie pr"s"nc" " IL large number OF peo-
pie.
Tie hoard "i equalization finished it's
w"rk thus morning md adjourned until
Tie hrst Saturday III October. The only
changes male III the assessment roll by
thc board is the addition OF Il few mort
cages.
II Report snys IA citizen Of Virginia
City threw Ii stone ut u dog the o:l,er
day, missed I'll" dog 10y fifty feet and
smashed II plate glass window. The
owner Ut the building taxed him 81 FOR
the window which he pau
The addition to the Commercial flo.
tel is gong up rs fast Ia Mr.. O'Dnnn
can lay the brick. The Dotia building
ID moving along nt Il good gait and Mr..
Gilmore will soon have the brick work Of
The second stor, completed. This
building will be one Of the most sub
~siantial buildings i'll town.
John Scott, one of Tonopah'e citizens.
went on a big drunk last week, ana
while recovering from its effects nearly
cut his head oil with IL rnzor. H.. came
to his senses rs q ia he saw the blood
and called Toe assistance II took rwen.
ty'thrce stitches in his throat 10 fastcp
his head "n again. Al last accounts he
was IN the mend.
Tho first Americans to prohibit slny-
cry in this country were the backwoods.
men OF Vermont, who Incorporated this
rule III the cOnstit ution OF iT77, which
established Vermont Us an independent
republic, Mayo w. IIazeltine contrib
utcs an historical account Of the time
when Vermont Tas II seli-goYeTning re.
public, possessing IL unique council,
OF 10 censOrs, who were chosen by the
people every sever years for the pur.
pose OF inqniring il the constitution Ind
been violated.
The othor night the colOred pastor Of
the Wheat street Baptist church of At
lRnta, Ga, spoke Il welcome to Booker
/. Washington. Pastor Bryant is a
regular -~rOuscment7 preacher. In the
course of his speech he said he could
imagine 1.-THE angels leaving the battle.
mcnts Of heaven to kneel mt the foot OF
the throne and beg for furlourhs to |
perch on the stars outside Pnd hear
Booker Washington speaking wisdom
and patriOtism!T The crowd cheered
and laughed Mt the remarkable sugges.
iion and then Pastor Bryant joined
heartily i'll the uproar.
An Irish undertaken was laying out
the deceased husband Of n weeping
lhGcrLian widow. The compose wore n
wig md it wns very Difficult: to induce
it to stay ON straight, ns wigs ought nj.
ways to do, even il they don't. The be-
reaved widow was called in TO assist.
Go and get me IA pot OF glue, Mrs. Me.
Govern said the undertaken, so that ]
may keep this wig whore it belongs
McCiovern set out after the stick
ing material, and after q time she re-
turned. -llere 10 the gluc for ,r.- she
said with IL sigh. Mrs. McGovern, you
can take back the mucilnge,- suii the
undertaken; 'the difficulty is fixed.
used II tack."-Ex.
An exchange tells Of a prominent bus.
mess man ont in II "dry" Kansas town
who received IL letter from u large dis.
filling firm nskinR FOR u list ~ nnmee nf
citizens who might he interested in lii.
Issued by the firm setting forth
the merits Of u new brand ~ whiskry
mud promising him Il commission on nil
sales. Tho merchant being somewhat
Of u joker himself, snt down and made
out n list nf all the prominent prOhibi.
tiOnists Of the town md sent il in. lilo
forgot oil abouN the matter until about
a month latter when il was called to his
attention by the distillcrs by II letter en-.
u draft Tor SlG.50 with ,hnnks
for tho list which had been found to be
peculiarly rcnumerativc.
Tho Rcbckahs Of Nevada arc dong a
noble work in their cfTorts TO rnisc funds
TO build and equip u Home for aged aud
ibtim Odd Fcllows, their widows md
orpl,ane. While this work nppcnls Iii.
rcctly 10 the meEhcrs oi the Order il
also appeal Ia those Uuteidc Of
il; for IL they euccccd in accomplishing
their object the taxpayers are relieved ~
burdens ilmi might otherwise fall uuCn
them. Tho liclmkHhs IN other pDr. ioua
~ the state Rre WORKING like beavers to
together funds ruomgh io justify
them In founding the %Iioinc, md the
ElkO Rcbckahs ara not behind ~ tho