Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-27

The boys have some rx .clIent mu 'eriul
among them and will put on u good
show.
There was Il biz crowd ut the upeni:.g
OF the new barruom OF the Commeic igl
Hotel Wednesday night. The Club sal
u orchestra furnished splendid music
during the evening and excellent re-
fershments were served.
The . ork OF counting the silver dollars
III the United States mint ut Phila.
delphia, which WIS commenced last
May. has Just been finished and the
count shows tLr re- are Sll0,'Oo.D! {
dollars stored III that institution.
There is nothing ike lonkrnr at tie
mote IN y"nr neighhor's ~" hiir II hr
beam Is sticking put OF your y This
applies to the Silver State as it wearies
not Ill telling ita readers tint EIlko has
a contagious di sease while it SURPRISES
the news that winuemYcca has, accord
ing to reports, about forty cases Of
chicken pox.
Tho entertainment given by the chill
dren Of the public school Wednesday
night was u decided SUCCESS. The
youngsters acquitted themselves well
and showed the result OF careful train.
:ng on the part of OF their teacher. EIko
will have ONE splcrdid singers in a few
years IL the work III music Is continued
in the schools.
Tho Fitz-immons-Girducr r z G
fight resulted i'll Fitz getting the de
cision. Gariurr stay ed the twenty
rounds, bnt failed to make any decide
impression upon the Cornis hman.
Pools on the fight were sold mt the COM
nIercinl llotcl, the betting being st ropsly
i'll favor ~ Gardm r. Conlidcrab.c cu,a
changed ownership. Z.
Some scientific genius has taken it
into his head to make Us wear p
J~vcrcoats. And why not? In the large
cities Of japan Il sort OF mackiutosh
made Of oiled paper costs less than ten
cen'R. 1t IL worn by the coolies who
draw n~ckshaws III the streets. These
men exposed to all Seasons wear III, se
oiled paper cIoaks constantly, aud not
w~!ths;ardmg their ucrrdible c~hcapntss
the will last a year or more.
Chester Littletiald and Miss Mae
Garduer attended the bride and groom
and little Louie Wintermantel was the
ring bearer at yesterdays wed,iing.
While all did their work well. Louie
acted hns part With the grace OF IN old
stager aud was the ~happiest person
present when the dinner was announc-
ed. lie had practiced his Jart several
times and always went away disappoint-
ed because supper did not follow tine
work. lie wna happy yesterday.
There was no lack ~ amusement For
Eiko's people yesterday. The turkoy
shooting at the Hot Springs attracted a
good many III the forenoon md the foot.
ball game in the afternoon brought ont
ncarly everyb Idy in town. The festev-
tiles closed with tie Knights OF Pythias
dance ut the old Freeman Hall.
There WIS a large crowd present and the
evening passed off most pleasantly.
The Knights know how to entertain
their guest aud did it in splendid siy 10
last night.
The temporary ticket Office ia nearly
completed. While it possesses no archi-
tectural beaut, it will answer the pur.
pose OF the railroad company till the new
Office il built. This 1t is said will DO
done inside OF the hext three MONTE.
Tho location OF the new Office Is a matter
Of conjecture will onr people. Some
say 1t Will he i'll one place and others SAY
Il will he somewhere elsc. The INDIE.
has il from good authority that
the new building will begin at the cast
end 81 the park md extend east as far ns
the old office.
Tho Inst spike nn the Ogden lIucin
cutoff was driven ,esteI day with apIro
printc ceremonies in the presence Of u
largo crowd Of prominent railroad Of.
t~icials, representing several lines. Two
trains carrying tho ~ofliuials passed over
the new track and stopped here over
night. President Hartman and party
Of tho Southern Pacific and prominent
officials OF the Union Pacific, Oregon
Short Limo, Oregon Railroad and Navi-
CATION Line, Chicago, Milwaukee aud
st. Paul mud the Pacific Western com.
posed the pnrty. They left this forenoon
for tho West.
a Young man who was down from
Olinghousc canyon yesterday with W.
II. Port tells II hard luck story on him.
sell which was n romance Tor another
man. Tho aforesaid you th likes to roll
the wheel, buck faro and shoot crap
and in doing 90 here got broke. lie
won't to rruckce aud struck Il friend for
n piece Of money. Tho friend had no
money but he gave n lottery ticket to
the yonng man TO cell and realize p
Tho young man peddled the .ickot for
ONO time without success until he hap.
pcncd to strike Wilkic, the grocer. Tho
ticket won $4,000, and Wilkio now hes
tho cOir.-Wadsworth Dispatch.