Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-27
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Frank Curieux departed Tor San
Francisco to-day.
Steve Henley left i"r Carson tt.dny To
begin work us clerk ut the State Prison.
&. Is. Welshon has gone to the Hot
Springs to try the baths on ms rheu-
mntism.
Mrs. II. Van Volkenburr left for VIM
muc today. where she will in tu-
ture reside.
The Gazettc says tlnt some ~ the
high school boys and girls 81 Reno
frequent the side entrance s%nlnons.
The s;lInul trustees will ask the lesis-
tnrc for authority Ia issue bonds in the
sum ~ 5000 to- tie used in building
and rquippiug another schuol-room.
Many ami unls in heser, regions never
have au! water except The lex ~ vege-
tation. y parrot IN The London 400 has
lived - years without drinking "A drop
~ water.
No attention wsA paid to W~ashiugton's
birthday Yesterday. The people Of Elko
must be SAVING their patriotism Tor tile
Fourth Of July MS none of it oozcd ont
yesterday.
There will he Il meeting ut the court
room at S o'clock THIS evening Tor the
purpose Of making arrangements for
the Farmers Institute. There should
Se Il good attendance.
At "a meeting ~ ElkO Loige No IL
o. o. +. held Saturday evening the
following officers were installed: y. G..
f. X Kcyser; V. G.. John Garrccht;
Secretary. \. Bruce; Warden. G. W.
Grover; X. S. n. c.. \. W. Hesson; r. ).
V G.E u. woolverton'
\ curious placer washing machine has
been uncovered in one Of the Prudential
Mining Company's workings near No
gales. The NINE was worked several
hundred years ago 10y -ptniards. and the
apparatus appear To- nave been used Ia
separate gold from the ore by means Of
nm air blast after the ore had been
thoroughly crushed
The alarming spread Of consumption
III New York C!ty Is arnusing great i'll
ter,tt among the 1000 ph! sicians u the
METROPOLIS. Tho New York Board 81
Health statistics show to date that 30
0OO persons are suffering from :ubercu.
losis III That city. One hundred new
cases develop daily and thirty persons
die every day.
The full crew bill, which had been
introduced by Senator Hardin at the re-.
quest Of the railroad men. was killed in
mcnt. Tho vote was n tie and Lieut..
Governor Allen cas- the deciding vote.
Hardin, the introducer OF the measure. |
voted against it, cngrossment.-Dis-
patch.
J. J. Baird received a dispatch from
Eureka yesterday stating that James
Williams WIS dead. Mr.. Williams WAS
a prominent Odd Fellow and held the
Office ~ Grand Senior Warden in the
Grand Encampment OF the State. Tie |
had many warm friends in the Order who |
VIII he sorry to hear OF his untimely
death. Mny Ills last long Sleep he
peaceful.
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Paul Kruger IN Ina memories tclls the
for beng drunk 10y tying him to II
wagon wheel. During tho night 5000
Raflirs II about 200 Hulus attacked
the liocr camp and were not driven oil
till dayhroak. The secretary slept sd
soundlY That hc noticed nothing Of the
light, and the next day, when he At last
invoke, no looked around in GstOnish-
mCnt Hnu uskCu: Have YOU upDulp