Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-16
GTRoM FRIDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Dr.. Arthur Hood is Improving slowly.
Assessor Hooper at Eureka is taking
in the races.
IIerc are "ighty.rour convicta III tho
pe%nitentinry.
The Ep:srvp.i church III Gold Will
il being torn down and moved to Day.
ton.
WIN. Smiley, one Of Starr Valleys
most progressive citizens. came down
last night.
Judge Morgan WAS on the street this
morning looking MS IL he WAS good for
many more years.
Rev. George II. Greenfield went to
Decth this morning to ofliclata ut the
funeral of George W. Monks. lie will
return this evening
\ Lexington. South Carolina, dis.
patch says that j. II. T,llmun WIS uc-
quilted by the jury. He was tried fer
the murder OF Editor Gonzales.
The Reed iiroihcrs have started IA drhy-
ing business III Elko. They will do
all WORK III their line nn short notice.
liCited.
The h~onsrwarmine dance last night,
~ the new addition to the Commercini
Hotel, vas Il grand ucccsa. The large
~ - II --
dancers danced to- the EXCELLENT music
q! the Elko orchestra until :; o'clock
this morning.
While canpcd at IL, otc Lake Tue.
day, Eli Stciniuucr and joe Taber bad a
wrestling match tlrat resulted in Joo
throwing StainIneCr AMI breaking his
collar bone. Joe set the bono and Stein
niger went To Dccth and came home nn
tile first train. lie is getting along
nicely.
\ few days ago II ronopHh restaurant
keeper, who owed several bills, left his
place % business to go down town Ia
purchase some beef and during his alb
sence creditors entered the establish.
mert and carried away everything in
sight, cvon to the stove on which part OF
the dinner was cooking Enterprise.
Tho railroad compIny has given each
nmployc, who OWLS a home in Wads.
worth, a LOT free in Eust Reno, and will
furnish the carpenters to take dow the
houses in Wadsworth and remove them
to the new town. Tho owners will pay
the cost Of tearing down and rebuilding
but the transportation Will be Furnished
10y the company.
George w. Monks. one Of tile earliest
settlers OF Starr Valley, died Thursday
afternoon after a long and painful i'll
ness. lie was taken eick over u yeal
ago with a disease resembling palsy thai
resisted NIL efforts of the physicians tc
check its curse. Ito finally became
completely parulyzcd and decomposition
set in before his death. Tho funeral
took place this afternoon, Rev. Geo. II
Greenfield officiating.
Josephine Meade, IL young woman
from Los Angeles. was shot md instant
ly killed in San Francisco yesterday b,
an unknown man an che was approach
ing her lodgings in Laguna street. I'm
medi1tcly after the shooting the MAJ
walked u short distance down the 1t rect
and placing n pistol to his head blow hi
brains ont. Miss Meade was vel
known in Los Angeles, where che In,
been n teacher in the schools.
AS II train left Unrk's station Sunda,
morning II man boarded u box en- M,
mingled with probably a dozen me
stealing n ride. As the train nearC,
Reno he hit one Of the occupants OF tn
car with Il piece OF iron and robbed hir
Of 5l.25. The scuilic frightened tn
other men in the car and one Of them Ii
a match to sec wiRt tho trouble wa'
AZ the flame frightened up the unknow
fired u shot at the others head, but jus
missed the mark. The would. he mu,
derer then made his escape.