Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-09-04

hoIeeS p~utcuiseu from the Keeu Bros. e
Omaha this afternoon.
Jules Aitube came up irom Sun Fran
cisco Inst night and took in the town To-
day. He will ,avc Tor llis ranch thi,
afternoon or tomorrow.
Mrs. Meredith leaves tonight for ,
visit to her home in Fredericksburg
virginia.. Her many friends wisl
n"r " pleasant trip and u safe return.
Wilkinson and Rynr. the guards from
Folsom prison Who were here a day O,
tw" looking for escaped convicts. LET,
for Reno yesterday. Their trip here
was fruit,,ss
Prof, Cninc returned this morning
from Reno. He looks rs il he lived well
dur,nr vn"a'I"n and WAS allie to manug
the !onng T"u and woman Who will nj
tend the high school the an term.
John Henderson is all smiles today .
The arrival OF "A young bunker ut his
house this morning is the cause OF the
smiles. May the youngster grow up to
he Il blessing tn his parents.
Claude Schocr came down from CIo-
yer valley Saturday and left today for
Battle Mountain To take charge of the
school at that place. The INDEPENDENT
WISHES Claude success us Il pedagogue.
\ sergeant and six privatrs employed
III the German army magazine near
Metz have been arrested oh the charge
al selling I a. agents ~ II foreign power
the secret 81 manufacturing "a new bomb
fuse.
Mrs. Marry Ash, widoy IL Augustus
Ash who WIS United States Marshal Of
at her home in Virginia City last FRI.
lay. She WIS u native Of ireland. aged
IS YEAR.
Judge Brown md his father returned
Saturday from thar "trip through the
southern VI legs. They had such II
good time TINT the Judge and all his
family left Ter Bullion this morning on
II camping trip.
Some intcrrsiing facts in relation tO
New YORK. Cit!'s fight against consump-
ton are given III Worlds Work for
September. II 1T stated TINT within the
twelve years that the New York health
department has been carry on Il cam.
paign for the prevention of tuberculosis,
the deaths from TINT disease have been
reduced forty per cent.
The Elk0 boys mel defeat at Winnie
mucca yesterday i'll the game Of base
ball, the cor standing II to II in favor
u the WInncmuccRns, The boys report
IA big crowd ut the game and courteous
treatment lay their rivals on the dia.
m0ud. All came back with whole
bones. They can crow over that oven il
they did get walloped OH the diamond.
The yacht race WIS declared of again
today un account 81 the light wind.
When six miles OF the home line, the
Reliance was two nud "a half miles ahead
~ tn, Shamrock and she had all her
sails spread and was doing the best she
could with the light hrccz.. to q the
line inside Of the time limit, coming III
worry close. The race will DO sailed over
tomorrow.
The pump Tor the Water Company =
well on the bank Of the river was unload.
soon ~ the well If ready and whcE in
operation their should be no scarcity Of
water in town for irrigation. domestic
and fire purposes. When that happy
time zones, there will be lcss profanity,
prctticr lnwns and more security Hgaiust
loss 10y tire.
Henry Ward Bccchcr once received a
letter from II lat askiIrg him t0 lind an
casy berth. To this Mr.. lIcccbcr re.
piled: lyon cannot he nm editor, do not
think Of the ministry, let alone all ships,
shops and merchandise; abhor politics;
don't practice medicine; be not n farmer
or II mechanics: neither bc u soldier nor u
sailor, don't work: don't study: don't
think. None Of these arc casy. Oh, my
sou, you have come into II lHrd world.
| know Of only IN easy place in il. and
TINT IL the grave
Journal:-1ho Folsom convicts will
not be taken back to prison before the
middle Ot tho week. Tho guards arc
etrll out somewhere III the eastern rart
81 tho Sihtc looking Tor moro escapes.
Tho matter Of the rewards is not yet
settled. nor have the rcquisiti2n papers
been signed. Murphy and Wnods are
perfectly c]ontcntch to remain here.
They arc not p]ampc'cd by tho deputy
shcriiTs, but nrc nevertheless receiving
much more human" treatment thnn
they can expect t0 get inter being
tnkcn back to the California pcpitcu
tiary.
Louisiana mosquitoes have forced Il
government surveying party to abandon
their work hbd ilcc Tor their lives. n
short time ago Prof. j, Is. TaS l0r. Of the
United States coast and gcOdctic survey
~ a. ..:., o.. ,r,,r lI,o nNaIny