Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

last night on official business.
The wind blew down Que Of the shnde
trees in the park this afternoon.
Mics Permelia Henry, the ISpEpES
DENT typo, is on the sick list this after
uoon.
The trial - Pat Heron ON the charge
OF murder is in progress at Reno before
Judge Murphy.
Rev. Greenfield returned from his
northern trip last night and left this
morning for the . iIeru part NJ the
county.
Ii Is said that the Miller Il Lux peo.
pie have $1,000 acres OF public domain
under fence, which the government
says must come down.
1t liz said that trains will run over the
cutoff at Gerald before the end OF the
week., This will practically end the
construction work west OF Elko.
a communication from Carlin says
the people OF TINT town had II big dance
Monday night. j. Haley, Of Wells,
furnished the music and all had II good
time.
Engineer II allow told the reporter
this afternoon that work on the Western
Pacific surveys was progressing rapidly.
Engineer Arnold's party is now III Pekn
canyon.
Lon Burkhart. Mr.. Sherwood, aud
S'eninPer Bros. bid OH painting and pa
perimg the District Courtroom. Mr..
Bnrkhnrt put i'll The lowest bid and was
awarded the contract. lie does the
work FOR 1860 and the county buys the
paper.
Mr.. W. IL. Finklr, Den ver. Colorado,
wants To know the whereabouts OF his
brother, ID. +. Finkle, who formerly re-
sided in or neal Elko. Perhars some of
the old timers ma, know the present
address OF ID. T.. Finkre. II they do.
they should write {" his brother ID
Denver.
\ new receipt for sIeeplessness has
been discovered. Very simple, too. The
RENE ly Is to pay al old 'lebt or two and
you will sleep better. such Il remedy
is far reaching. The man who collects
AMI old debt sleeps better himself. and
Ii" can make some other man sleep bet
ter, and 40 on. Try it, Try il.
The nd Of Cock & Lowmau. contract
orS mud house movers appears else
where. They are fully equipped with
the necessary machinery to move all
kinds Of frame buildings quickly AMI at
reasonable rates. Give the boys Il show
il You have any work in their liue.
Th" heat Of the last few days was fol-
lowed by n slight shower this forenoon
that cooled the uir considerably. The
shower was followed this afternoon by a
high wind that sent several trim loads
OF Nevada real estate towards tho Utah
line and blew down the west wall OF the
drugstore left standing by the fire. In
fact the afternoon WAS Il counterpart Of
'"' = y ~ W IAlh' VIZ
shaken up 10y an earthquakes.
L%ieutcnant.G Governor Allen was yes
terdHy app coached by Promoter Schu-
man %! Bowers mansion and asked to
make an address nf welcome at the
Eagles picnic next Sunday. He com
piled with the request, but when asked
10 wear a nec!ttie at the function he said
TINT is something t!:at he couldn't really
DO. Lem stated that it WA twelve
years since hu has been guilty nf such
an unProfcssiOnal act, but in Difference
to the order that recently received him
into membership he promised to wear a
shoe string around his neck.-Journal.
The officers III the courthouse yestcr-
day were RECALLED with IL multiplicity OF
perfumes from the cell in tie old Jail
md the garbage pile in the Jail yard.
Mono Of the perfumes WIRE rs pleasant TO
the most iils IA the hclioirope or the up.
pie blossom. but the officers had to take
their just the same. \ condition that
bIttNS Vic BtenCD tnnt circulated
throughout the courthouse yesterday
will nlso breed disease and ought no. TO
he tolerated around the Jail and court.
house, The proper officer should see
TINT the county buildings and grounds
are kent in a healthy condition,
Frank Winters, convicted Of burglary
Mt Winncmucca, has been sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary by Judge
lIonniiicld. Winters and n man named
Adams broke into Il freight car. Adams
plead guilty and was given four years in
the pen. Winters first plead not guilty.
then changed his plea TO guilty and when
he came up for sentence surprised Judge
Bonniiield by changing his plea to not
guilty, He wns then tried and convict.
ed. When taken back to jail after the
sentence. Winters knocked Adams down
aud would have beaten him severely Ind
il not been Tor Sheriff Lamb who took q
hand in the fight and locked Winters in
a cell, Winters IL said to bc n hard
casc.
There has been some comment over
the discharge Of Dan KING from the