Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-22
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

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District Attorue! Henderson went tc
Starr Valley last night.
The return baseball game between
Elko and T"nka will probably take
place at Curlin t"morrnw.
III" cold whvc that struck this section
Thursday AFTERNOON still continues.
Today has been Internationally cool
Attorney .. L. Williams and wife re-.
turned last night from their visit to Vir.
gInia City. They report Il very pleasant
trip.
MIR. Willis returned from Mountain
CITY yesterday afternoon and left for
the southern part II the comfy this
morning
The journal say TINT II blind man
mndc iN" strail ht Ecnos ~ Reno the
other night aud no one helped him to
place the buttons.
Tho papers from the western part Of
the Stat" that usually come III the east.
bound flyer failed I" Turn up this morn.
my This will explain tn, lack of State
news i'll this issu"
few weeks Hgo Charles Johnson, a
col0red gentleman of Reno. stole "A lot
hams and several sIics II bacon from
the Mitchell Company. lie was tried
Thursday aud the jury found him guilty.
There being nn money in Rrno's city
TREASURY. Chief uf Police Leeper has
called upon forty citizens to volunteer
their services uE special policemen to
serve during President Rooscvclt's visit
NEXT Tucsdn,.
Joe Collier, the ma who fell oil the
ears yesterday, was not az badly hurt as
WIS supposed. Dr. Hood examined Inn
at the hospital and found "A broken cot
lar bone. lie will he ready Tor another
drink III II few weeks.
Some kids found "A loaded cartridge
this morning and proepcctcd its iusi,les
with a jackknifc. Before they had sat
rsiicl their curiosity, the cartridge cx.
plodcd AM their eyebrows were badly
srngrd They won't monkey with Il car.
fridge again.
Mrs. Hood gave Il farewell party to
the members oi the Shakespeare Club
yesterday Afternoon. III honor 81 Mrs. VIII
liz, who will soon leave Elko. The par.
Tor VIVA huudaomcly decorated with
flowers md excellent refreshments were
served. Those present cr joycd the
afternoon immensely.
\ little after 9 o'clock this morning
tho root al the 80 restaurant caught tire
from n defective stovcpipe aud the chang
II the lire bell startled the For
tunately Tor tlInt part 81 town tho fire
WIZ sOOn discovered aud u few buckets
of water put il ont. Nh damage was
done.
\ number II Wadsworth end Win.
ncmuuc men have visited Reno within
TIA" past week or two Tor the purpose Of
securing lo's on winch tO build humCe,
Tho rnilroud changes will bring at least
'w" Thousand people to this city. There
will also be somewhat ~ nm exodus from
Fruckrc. ~ il in generally believed TINT
the Southern Pacific company will not
maintain II thiriy.tivc mile freight Iii.
rini0n, Journal.
Referring Ia the 600 boxes ~ specie
shipped 10y this government to tho
Philippines tho Knhsns City World re.
marks tlInt "tllis IN hardly nh oven OK.
changt for the 5000 or moro boxes OF u
different kind shipped home from tho
Philippines dnrinR tho Inst four ,carp."
Tho World should he prepared TO bc dc.
nOunccd 10y the Commercial interests"
that object to my and all r]cfcrcnccs to
coin and cOrpsca in tho same paragraph.
-Commoncr.
a novel means of rclt destruction wns
recently rcrordC" in England. 4 Lon.
lion cnblcgram Ia tho Chicngo Tribune
sayH: ~ ]c0r0ncr's iuqncst at Shtcw'
bury this week revealed n remarkable
cnao ~ suicide. Mn. Roberta. the
buXom wife of n small farmer, died in
the Shrcwhury Intimacy. \ poat MOI
tenn examination revealed the fact tina.
the deceased hnd swallowed thirteen
!nrninR needles. two ordinary nccdlcn
twelve pms. live safety pins, hat pin, q
boot protector. II button hook, two
screw naile, twelve wire nails, cighj
short nails. three tacks. n piece
81 tho atom ~ n clny pipe, two bits al
cnlorcd chllk. u Manx coin. nm Englisl
fartiing, twelve fragments oi plaRs. nu'
other nrticlca. 100 In ALL"