Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-28
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
Salmagundi.

Mr.. and Mrs, MIXER are ID from Pleas
ant valley.
Tho yacht race WINS declared of yes-
terday owing to their being unable to
finish within the time limit OH account
Of the ligh; wind.
The pipe from the new reservoir ia
laid as far us Mr.. IIale's corner. The
Water Company is doing all it can to
give the town Il good water supply.
An AeIie OF Eagles was instituted in
"inuemuccn Tuesday night by State
Organizer Brearley, Of Reno. The Sill.
yer State says the town is full OF young
Eagles.
The men arrested IN Virginia City as
escaped cunvicts turned ont to be harm.
less hobos. Two Of the Folsom prison
guards failed to identi y then and they
were discharged. One OF rnCm was sup.
posed TO he Fahey.
The dressing case containing $1,000
worth Of diamonds, which was stolen
from Il passenger train near Winnie
mnc, was found in the sagebrush near
the railroad track by an Indian. Tie
diamonds were missing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Russell returned
from San Francisco this morning. Mr..
Russell r'puIis having met II number OF
old comrades at the ~cncamrnIcnt whom'
he had neither seen nor heard az siL CO
the close of the war in 20.
Joseph Murphy, the convict captured
III Keno, was II resident of that city IN
1899 and 1901. He knew the city thor.
oughly and posted Miller how to get
away il they were attacked.
Sheriff lla! es has telegrnphci Sheriff
Lamb OF Humboldt county 10 be ON tho
alert for Miller rs the only possible way
OF escape for him is To come this way.
Miller might escape the Wmuemucca
officers and the liIko officers might bvg
him and $3.50 il they are on the alert.
Articles of incorporation u: the Reno
Suburban Railway Company have been
filed. The :ncorpOratOrs are 7. T.. Dun
away, ". j. Westcrlicld, u.J. Gosse, 4
j CLARK and John Wagner. The cap.
ital stock is placed at 500, 900. divided
into 100000 shares Of the par value Of
81.
Mrs. Quincy received a letter from Mr..
Quincy this morning, III which he said
that DR.. Il huntington performed another
operation on hie hand Monday. Tie
wrote that the operation was very pain.
full, but that he stood it very well. This
is the second time that DR.. Huntington
has operated on his hand.
Henry Stafford Little, a trustee of
Princeton University, says Grover
Cleveland is not "A candidate Tor Prcsi.
dent, but will accept the nomination il
t.e people u! the country rise up and
demand it. There is no one in this neck
Of the woods shouting for the stuffed
prophet. Grover 90 to. Thou Rrt polit.
ically dead and damned.
y clouuburst occurred ut the head Of n
canyon in Lincoln county "a few days ago
and caught two men on horseback in
the rushing water. One OF them was un
seated and his companion saved him 10y
nGatly throwing n lariat over his head
and dragged hIm ont. II was a close
shave bad wonderful rescue.
Tho Western Pacific surveyors are
making good progress with their work.
Engineer w. &. Ambrosc's party survey.
ms west, made connection yesterday
with Engineer SCOTS party coming
cnst, near Bcowawe. Engineer Arnold's
party, going east from Elko, is now mt
Mr.. Glascr's ranch at Peko. Chief
Engineer Harlow is nrar tile Nevada
Utah line looking over the route.
r. j. lsham, popularity known rs
Jack lsham. dropped dead in the rail-
road depot mt Sacramento Monday
morning just after buying u ticket to
Folsom. MIR. lsham was a commercial
traveller for Langley IL Micbcls. whole.
snlo druggists OF San Francisco, md
made frequent trips TO Elko. On the
LIST OF September Inc intended to open n
drug store III Chico.
In all there will be seven or eight foot.
ball games played 10y the Nevada state
University this winter, and the dates of
the big games Of the scnson arc already
set. Stanford will plny Nevada ut Stan.
ford October 81. Ncvn1n will inlay Rn.
linncc at Reno OH tho 18th OF October:
Nevada and the University Of California
will play at Berkeley on November 7th,
and possibly q game with the University
OF Oregon, and one with the University
of California may be arranged to Jc
played in Reno.