Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-17
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

u1 rest. There was no notable change
in has general condition.
Mn. Quincy is suffering from IL severe
attack Of neuralgia in the head. She is
hardly able to be around.
lloDe Clinton is Oh the sick Ii It. He
is suffering with Il sore throat. tie was
ont ii while today, but Is not able to
work.
Ed White, Il sport, WIS fined $3.50 III
Wmuemucco the other day for carrying
concealed weapons. lie will languish
III Jail l25 days il he does not dig up the
fine.
Mr.. Quincy still continues to improve.
His injured hand is healing nicely. IL
il were not for d bad attack Of rheuma-
tIsm in one Of his feet, he would I've on
the street.
John II. Martin, one OF Elko county's
volunteers in the Spanish War. has
been granted a pension of SO per month.
John was in the Philippines a year or so
with Captain Linscol;.
The property Of the Calitor Nevada
Mining Company at UDionville, Hum
boldt county, has been plastered all over
with attachments. This is the fake CON-
pnny that advertised GO per cent monthly
dividends.
Bishop Wilberforcc used to tell "A
story Of II greedy clergy man who, when
asked to say grace. looked anxiously to
see il there were champagne glasses on
the table. IL there were he began:
"Boun.iful JehoyHh!" But il he saw
only claret glasses he said: ave are
not worthy Of the Ieust a! thy msrcies."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The heaviest known rainfall in the
world occurs Oh the southern slope OF
the Ilimalnyas back Of the bay OF Ben.
gal, where it averages / feet Annually.
nearly al Of which falls between May
and September. and sometimes 40 inches
are known to have fallen III a single day.
la a country like that tie story Of
NOah's ark is less difficult To believe
thau III an nrId region.
Five or six days ago the camp tender
for Jones md Garcia was sent to the
summit between North Fork and Tus.
carora to take charge of "a land OF sheep
that was being herded by Juan lzainae.
lie found the camp and sheep alright,
but ~lzainae WAS missing. \ search was
made for the missing herder, but no
trace Of lnm was found until Yesterday.
when he was found dead in a small
creek uenr the camp. Ii il not known
how he came to his death. The dead
man has two brothers working in La.
noble wiley for Chauuccy Griswold.
They have been notified OF their broth.
cr's death.
Frederick {. Fisher was hanged ut
San Quentin yesterday for the murder
Of his wife at Riverside, California, on
the Did Of last April. His wife had a
sorc cyclih and the husband suggested
that she inliale c%hlorotorm in order to
undergo an operation. She consented
and soon became insensible. Previously
Fisher Ind his wiie's life insured TOR
$1,000. While she was unconscious no
poured oil on her body and attempted to
destroy II by setting fire 10 the building
Tho evidence against the man was slight
when Inc was arrested Oh suspicion. but
after several nights in jail he sent for
the sheriff and confessed.
Sheriff ~lIcnncu Of Grcat Falls, Mon.
Furrcn, arrested lust week Mt Tccoma by
Constable Mccoy. lie stopped of to
gee IL MCFnrrcn was the man no wns
after and finding that hc WIS, the sher.
iT went to Carson on No. , after requi.
si,ion pnpcrs. Last September Mcl'nr.
rem purchased Il carload Of valuable
horses nj Great FAlle, which he shipped
10 himself ut Memphis. Tennessee. md
for which no forgot to remit the pur.
chase price. Sheriff %lieuncn has been
after him ever since and has tracked
him over 1900 miles. lie found out
through TIE postmaster ut Memphis
TINT Mclarrcn's mail was being sent to
Cherry Creek, White Pine county. lie
tclcgraphcd the sheriff oi White Pine
county and VIVA informed that Mcl'ar.
rem Ind ordered Ina mail for wardcd Ia
Wells. lie then telcgraphcd Sheriff
! Clark and Constable Mccoy did the
rest. Mcl'arrCn IL willing to return
without u requisition, but Sheriff Bon
pen does not propose 10 take auJ
chances with his ipan.