Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-02
FROM THURSDAYS DAHL.
Salmagnndi.

Col Hyman AID wife left this after.
noon for San Francisco. The Col. will
return in a few iays.
l.. &. ShonerJ. Il young mau from
Muieen, has come to Elko to work Ter
the railroad company.
Claude Anderson has returned from
his vacation and liz back at ms old place
in the ticket office.
Sir Michael Herbert, the English
Ambassador To the United States. died
yesterday at Davos--P!atz, Switzcr.
land.
DR.. Jacobs, U. S. Stock Inspector,
came in from Kelton, Utah, last night.
lie will put in a few days in this vicin-
ity and than return to Reno.
John Brooks, who WIS release ed from
the Nevada State p%enitentiary but n
week ago, is again behind prison bnrs at
Grass Valley for petty larceny.
There Will he a meeting Of the Jockey
Club at the Club saloon ut 7:39 this
MI 4 full attendance is request
ell rs business "f importance will come
before Club.
Sam BachmRn is in from Ruby valley.
He places his loss by the recent lire be-
tween 1880 and 1880. lIc thinks the
right man has been arrested Tor bnrn-
ing his property.
Mr.. and MH. Mcbride entertained a
number OF their friends last night with
a progressive whist parry, given in
honor ~ Mrs. Slaughter. who will soon
return to her home ut Pueblo. Colorado.
\ count of the funds i'll the Stale
treasury Oh the 2Sth Of September
showed sl93,GI5.S5 III coin. S3G, 800. 81 in
paid vouchers not returned Ia the Con-
t~rCller. and 81 .57l, 100 i'll bonds belong
ing to the State school fund.
In writing up nn account of their trip
across the continent, the last crowd to
pass through this city with M automo-
bile. mention tiiat in Nevada they
pissed through Carson, ana also through
.Rena, Elco aud Winemucki.--CeTson
Newe.
a Berlin doctor says that tile learning
OF the pinno hHs great risks. Out Of
1000 young girls under the Z 81 four
teen who began to learn, Go, the doctor
has discovered, were affected 10y some
I;,I - ., ~ m a--
recommends the & Limit Of sixteen,
before which 10 girl should be allowei
To learn the instrument.
E~thnologists ~ the Smithsonian III.
stitLte have investigate the Philip
pines. with results that are of rare in
terest to science. They have called ut
tention to the TACT that in the VEINS of
the tribes Of the archipelago flows the
blood OF all the races and varieties Of
mankind.
Race suicide does not prevail Ia my
extent in Webster county, West Viz.
gina. for it is said that Currency Greg.
DRY, an assemblyman Of the State. has
thh'Seu suhS, Wl over eiA iecl TAIL All
weighing more than 1870 pounds, and
TINT each boy owns n farm. Mr.. Greg
DRY is still young at II. and his wife
does all the homework ut G5 years.
Benjamin Hamrick, n near neighbor of
the GregOry's, is six feet five inches tall
and has nine some. all over six feet tall,
who weigh from 155 to 226 pounds each.
The fact TINT Mr.. Roosevelt i'll the
course OF a long speech on the battle
OF Antictam made no mention OF Gen
eral Mcclellan, who commanded, will
hardly affect McClellnn's place in his
tory. II is MISC highly probable that
Thomas Jefferson will be generally re-.
membercd in connection with the Louis.
lima Purchase, though Mr.. Roosevelt
overlooked him in his extended remarks
at the dedication Of tho St. Louis
Worlds Fair, intended to commemorate
that tremendous acquisition OF Ameri.
can territory. And both General Miles
and Admiral Dewey. we should say
may with sJmo confide nee rely upon
their fame surviving tho rehukes and
Sights with which this broad-minded
and modest administration has favored
them. Incidentally, it is noteworthy
that Jefferson and Mcclellan we're. aud
Dewey and Miles arc Democrats.