Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-28
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Salmaqundi.

Mrs. Mnllett lief, fpr Ogden Inst night
to spend several weeks.
Three indians have been arrested at
Austin for killing deer out Of season.
The J%onrnal estimates TINT it will
take one billion bricks to build the new
railroad shops at Reno.
This afternoon Cook & l.owmnn start.
ell the old store 81 the Thomas Hunter
Company OH its journey to Missouri
Flat.
Vesuvius is bclchng flames to the
height Of nearly a mile. Though little
Is known Of what goes on IN the interior
of the earth, the indications 81 a hot
time are strong.
The Reed Broii crs have started n dray-
ing business in Elko. They will do
all work IL their line on short notice.
y share Of til" public patronage is so.
licited.
Following is II list 81 eight OF the base
ball players t!:at will go to Winnemucca
tomorrow afternoon to play the Winnie
mucca club OH Sunday: Robert Adams,
@Buck' Dorsey, Will Warnecke, j. c..
Harris, Joe, Lander and Enroll Tabcr
and Tom Stiles. The ninth member Of
club has not yet been decided upon.
Subscribers to the San Francisco Rul
lctin cnn now get the II piece set
NJ dinner dishes now being
H'!riuucd by tina paper. The
dishes will he sem to amy address,
freight charges collect, all brcakages
guaranteed. Tho terms are invariably
800 in advance to Subscribers. Leave
orders at the IHDEpExDExr office, y
The Carlin wrrcEcr went East this
afternoon. One report says No. 4 is in
the ditch ut Fcnnelon and that two
freight trains collided head on. Inquiry
at the freight office elected the mforma-
ton that there was Il wreck ut Lucin
last night that detained the west bound
flyer and that the wrecking outfit was
going to Lucin,
Tie cancer that is %guawing mt the
vitals uf the \ merichn common wealth is
the bribery OF its public servants. Grad
naily the standard OF integrity is being
lowered and public sentiment no longer
rcvOlts mt the bctra!a al Of public trusts
and the miscarriage of justice through
the open covert purchase Of lawmakers,
I1riaE pnurta md nEap,f,s Tho "a.
insidious poison Justified into the human
~ stcm, bribery does its deadly work
s%tealthily in tle bod! polite until popu.
lar selt-govcrnment becomes Il delusion
and II snare.
About two weeks ago Peter johnson,
Il Swcdc, came to the Depot Hotel from
Ryndon suffering with IL fever md stom.
nch trouble. He called Dr.. Mcdowell
who treated him and seemed to he get
ting along. Yesterday forenoon ho was
the hotel and seemed to he as well us
usual. About | o'clock in the after.
noon, :he DR.. called on him AMI found
him in bed. After talking Ia him
awhile, the DR.. asked him il he had had
dinner and he replied that he had not
but would get it shortly. Immediately
after making this reply ho gasped a few
times and was dead, His death was due
to heart failure. He left sufficient means
tn give him Il decent burial. Nothing is
known here about the relatives or friends
Of tho deceased.
The Water Company ia digging n well
lOx20 feet on the bink Of the river, Just
below the Chiuamnn's water wheel.
When the reporter visited the we'll this
morning it was about 10 feet deep aud
there was quite n flow 81 water in the
bottom. Mr.. C%ritchlcy, who il super
intending the work, estimates that five
feet more IN depth will give n sutlic cni
supply of good, pure water. When the
well ia completed, II pump OF the carac.
ity ~ 10000 gallons an hour against u
iO.pound pressure will be put in and
tho water pumped into The pipe connect
ing the well with the main pipo hno Mt
lIarfah's stable. Tho pump will be run
by electric power at night and the winter
forced into the reservoir. When the
pump is in operation. E!ko Rhould have
a plentiful supply Of water.
Timothy Connolly, Il pioneer Of Aus.
tin, WINS found III II dying condition Sun.
day morning in his cabin near The Yam.
kcc Blndc mine by two men who were
hunting horses. They noticed that the
door was slightly ajar and on pushing
1t IN found Connolly OH the floor. ron.
sclous but unable Ia speak They did
what they could for Iiim and ono OF
them went 10 Austin for assistance.
They tried Ia give him water but lis
tongue was 90 hadly swollen lie could
not swallow il. Hin lips mud mouth
were also swOllCu winch indicated TINT
he had been u long time without food and
water. He died shortly after being
found. The deceased wa . native Of Ire
land, aged 10 years. Il IL supposed that
he was stricken with paralysis IN the
night "a he was clad only III nh under
and outer slnrt. his hips wotc soro from