Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-15
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.

no complications arise, she will be
around the house ma few daye.
a freight n jumped the track be.
tween here and Carlin last night delay.
ing the eastbound flyer aud other trims.
This morning Mr.. McMullen began
laying Off the foundation for two new
houses to be built on the lois nearly op-
posite MIR. R%einhart's residence. The
houses will he for rent.
An experienced orchardist Of this sec.
lion says that IL no frost within
the next week or ten daya. fruit will be
go plentiful in this section that il will
be allowed to rot ON the trees in many
places.-Carson News.
Word was received in Reno Saturday
that another rich strike has been made
in the Montana Tonopah. The ore Ms.
says 1000 in gold. The wires were kept
hot Saturday night, yesterday and to-
day and the stock was in great demand.
Gazette.
4 Kentucky judge has decided that a
mau who went to the house OF n neigh
Dor hunting for trouble. and WIS killed,
committed suicide. From this il is safe
to infer that the judge will never go to
that ueighbor's residence on n similar
Grand.
Governor Sparks will go to San Fran
cisco had escort President Roosevelt to
Nevada. That is the proper thing for
Governor Sparks to do. Nevada's citi.
zens should give the Presi L. ut a eplen-
did reception and the Governor should
be in it with both feet.
Those who will take part in the pro-
duc;iou Of "It's all in the Pay Streak
at NiZpah Hall next Friday night, are
rehearsing diligently and the play
promises to be up tn the standard OF
former amateur performances in Elko.
Secure seats now at the telephone office.
Five hundred feet Of the permanent
trestlc work on the Ogden-Lucin cutoff
adjacent 4" the east shore sank Sunda,
while II train WIS passing nver it and
twenty cars Wei re- tl.rnwn into the filled.
IN grade ~ will take ihirry.six hours
Ia clear the track. y" one was in
jured.
Last week II quantity of counterfeit
money wa passed III Reno among the
business houses. says the Gazette. The
guilty ole made good his escape. after
having been identified 10y one ~ his
victims. He arrived in town posed IA
4 man Of means, visited the resorts and
spent his none very freely.
The Telegram says that the Treasury
Department has accepted the offer OF
Senator Newlands made SIX months q
to sell the 10: IN Virginia street for the
cite Of the RanO'5 new public building.
The price paid If $1,000. Work will be-
gin inside OF thirty days md the build
ing will be completed as soon rs pos
sible.
Frank. l.. C,nuell md Miss Lucy
Wilson II White Rock were married Mt
the Presbyterian mans" NJ 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Rev. Gcn. ~ Greenfield
p"rfnI med the ceremony IN his usual
style Tho bride and groom will return
to White Rock for u few days visit with
their friends and will then go to their
new home III Wyoming.
II. II Porch lis in from Huntington
valley. n" saws the season is very back
war;i i'll that section. Until the last few
days the the ruinmctcr has stood below
freezing point fnnr ont Of live mornings
for the last three weeks. No water ia
coming from the mountains md Mr..
Porch considers the prospects for n good
crop in his section very poor.
The Carson News says: Yesterday
morning II party 81 eastern indies Ell
route to Tnnopah were much interested
in a crowd ~ indiana c]ongregated ut
the depot. They gave several squaws
nickels for the usually unapprrciated
pleasnn" of kissing their papooses. The
result ~ this innovation WIS seen this
NV hibE N'tb nDl InuCIl lPRS lDHn DHII
Il hundoni Indian kids were nj the
depot ready for the eastern travel.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has issued "A bulletin on railroad acci-
dents Tor three months ending Deem
Der 81, 1902, says n Washington dispatch
IL shows TINT during that period in train
accidents 2G6 persons were killed and
2TSS injured. Accidents OF other kinds,
including those sustained by employees
while ut work, and by passengers In
getting on and of care. etc. bring the
casualties mp to 93s killed and 1873 In
jurcd.
Two largc cement walks are being
laid Oh the University hill. They OK
tend from the gates to the bridge that
spans the ditch at the crest Of the hill.
Tho students and public IN general will
be greatly pleased to hear Of this i'm
p~royoments, no the walks viii do away
with the mud which covers the grade
whenever there in any rain. Between
the pavement the road will be covered
with crushed rocl; ~ order 10 make the
climb easier for horses Reno Tcie.