Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-14
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Does anyone know OF a pumice mine
IN Eik county:
Frank Boskowitz came III from the
east this afternoon.
Hayden Henderson is getting along
nicely with his broken arm.
Engineer Harlow lIns gone To Tonne
to look over the Western Pacific surveys
in TIA, section.
Mr.. Harris and Ray left this after
noon for the northern part of the coun-
I! on a camping trip.
Nearly one hundred people were kill
ed III an Underground railway accident
in Paris Monday night.
Seymour Jacobs has rented the store
Mr.. Dotta will build and will open his
new stock OF goods i'll about sixty days.
New York city below the Harlem is
the most dcnsely populated city in the
world. In the Eleventh Wnrd ,herc are
CSC persons tn the acre.
George Wallace. m old stage driver,
while intoxicated, WIS run over by a
train at Reno. His right arm was so
badly msngled TINT it had to he ampu-
tatcd.
Mr. Quincy Is not doing very we'll. The
foretinger Of his injured hand pains Inn
Il good deal. MR. Fisher will take him
below the lust of this week or the first
Of next.
Charley Brosscmer will leave Tor Snr
Francisco tomorrow to take in the meet.
mg - the Grand Army. What yarns
he and lrs old comrades will spin when
they meet.
a postonice has beer established at
Sherman, Elko county, and Valentine
walther appointed postmaster. The mail
route will be extended from lIun,iDgto tor
to the new Office.
The Ormsby county grand jury ignor.
I'd the charge against Charley Blue, the
negro who killed the Chinese cook OF the
Arlington hotel in Carson. The jury
also ignored the charge 81 burglary
against William Hathaway.
Joe TRber is fitting up the Iunch.roum
Of the Depot Hotel Tor the reception OF
his new stock Of drugs. lilo expects to
have lIis new building in shape to do
business in about two weeks. Until
then he will do the best he can in his
present quarters.
Several reports are in circulation IA
Ia the number 81 Grand Army trains
that will pass through here and Gs to
the time OF the rush. When Agent
Morrow was inter viewed on the subject,
he replied that he had no information as
To the number Of trains or when they
would pass through.
Nearly l5,C0O new pensioners have al.
ready found places on the iollH m u
result %: the Spnnish.American war and
the experts have estimatcd that by the
year 1897 We can look Tor Spanish
war pensioners Of lil,O00 out Of the
21j,0G0 men engaged in TINT conflict.
Dan King. the man who separated Mr..
Duttn aud Peter Autcnc, when they were
lighting. was tried yesterday before Jus.
ticc Morgan who took the matter under
Amusement until 10 o'clock this fore.
noon. At that honr tho defendant was
found guilty and sentenced to pay II
fine oi gu or go to Jail ten days, lie
took tho latter.
Sheriff Reese. OF Sacramento has prnc,
l~ticnlly abandoned the hunt Tor tho ca
capped convicts. At The Folsom prison
no reports from Sheriff Bosquit or Shcr
TT Norman wore received yesterday ol
from the posses. t~tailcre and blood
hounds. which have been following liy,
Of the convicis through the Corral Fla
country. II Ia feared they have cscnpct
"a tho Devils basin region, ~ rocky. hcav
ily iimborcd section. aiTording cxccllcn
shelter.