Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-28
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SalmaQundi.

just received mt the Club saloon will be
retailed in quantities to suit the trade. .
Mr.. and MB. Harry Keyser came up
from Oakland this morning ON a visit To
relatives aud friends. They will remain
for sc vera days.
The Elko baseball club will try con-
illusions Sunday with the Winnemucca
nile. Which ono Of the boys will come
home with a broken arm?
Death came suddenly to Hon. 4. G.,
Cleveland. According to IL dispatch
published in the Gazette. he WIS read.
ing IA newspaper at his home when the
summons came.
Cook IL Lowmap are moving the old
store Of the Thomas Hunter Company.
As soon rs the old building is out CT the
way, the work Of e%xcavating Il lar &c
cellar will begin,
Governor Pardee has congratulated
the Reno officers over the capture Of
Murphy and Woods. The Carson Of.
iicers missed both tho cungratulation
and the rewards.
In yesterdays yacht race, the wind
torsook the Reliance when nearing the
line, while the Shamrock had u good
breeze, but the American boat crossed
the line first, beating tie Shamrock |
minute and 10 seconds.
4 Carson resident holding a V. IL T.
return trip ticket from Reno to Virginia
CITY dated February II. 1871, had it ex.
changed for II new one at the office there
last week. The ticket has been framed
and will be kept ms a souvenir.
Tho ceremony Of laying TIE corner
stone OF the t Orphans Home build.
ing will take place on or about the 18th
Of September, and will be performed by
the Grand Lodge Of MasOns. Work on
the building is progressing rapidly ind
satisfactorily, says the news.
y Young hnlf-bred squaw committed
suicide in Belmont one day last week by
Jumping down an old abandoned shaft.
Tho squaT had often remarked Il, her
companions that she womb kill herself
and the assertion had become "A st auding
joke with the lndi u.s 81 the toxin. But
his day the sguaw WAS suppl Il with
fire water and her courage being ut a
high point, she did what she had often
threatened to do.
WAHTED-The present address or III
formation leading to the address Of lost
brother. -. T.. FinkIe. | will pay a re-
ward to any one furnishing the above
address to W. II. Finklr, l76l Blake
Denver Colo.
The expression "wHtcrcd stock" which
describes so well the expansion OF the
OF Il company beyond the value of
property originated. it Ii said, III con.
nection with Daniel Drew, who was once
he ealthicst and mos: unique manipu.
latCr III Wall street. Drew had been n
drover in his younger days, and it was
W iaiHi' AAisi' ''lol rf-lllIlG Ills Culllt
in the mark"; he would first give them
quantities Of snli tn make them
ana then provide them with all
the wafer they could drink. In this way
their VT iEht was greatly increased and
purchaser n buying watered
Ii was reported this morning that n
lot Of horses had been confined in the
shipping corral since last Sunday with.
either food or water. Tho reporter
investigated the report and found that
horses had hal plenty OF water, but
had been very sparingly fed on hay
until yesterday when they wee not fed
ut all. The horses were brought from the
northern Part Of the county over ten
days ago for Il horse buyer named Brad
street who failed to show up until this
morning. The men who brought the
in got tired waiting for him and
sold thirty of tho horses Sunday to pay
expenses. As Mr.. Bradstrect il now on
ground, he will probably see that
horses are properly taken care OF.
Joe Carroll and Hobo Clinton return.
ed 10y private conveyance last night from
their automobile trip to Mountain City.
They made Mountain City all right and
FOR Tuscaroru and got M fur rs
Trail Creek. In going up II heavy grade
the brake pin broke md tho machine
backed down scvcnty.iiye or eighty feet
to level ground. AZ they did not have
the necessary tools To repair the brok.
pin. they left tho machine by
the side 81 tho road md struck
out Tor TuscRrera. There they
hirGl n team and came home. Mr.. Car
roll says the emergency brake OF the
machine wns out Of order when they
left here and could not be used when the
other brake gave out. Had that been
in order, the trip would have bees n
lie 10 well satisfied with the be.
hnNiDr M N,o automobile nm Tho trim nnI