Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-06-19

upon The graduates. Principal Caine
followed with a short address 10 the class
which WE well received. The INDIE
PENDENT reporter regrets that he was
tot able to attend the exercises.
Eddie. the 2-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. WIN. Mckay. was poisoned Thurs.
day afternoon 10y Strawberries. In the
Temporary absence OF his mother the
little fellow helped himself to Il few OF
the berries that were OH the table and
which had not been washed, Ii is pre-
sumed arsenic had been used by the
grower Of the fruit, us the chrld's symp.
toms were arsenical poisoning. lie Is
all right egain.-Sentinel.
The story liz TOLD ~ an exchange uf a
LoaIE lady vino vent into a dry goods
store and q up halt Hn hours time Of
one of the clerks III showing her differ
cnt patterns Of dress goods. Finally
she said h did not want anything; was
Just looking fer "a friend. mo trouble to
me, miss, II you think your friend is Ind
away III any ar these shelves | will keep
on taking down the goods
Judsou T.. Rice Of Grand Rapids is
suing for divorce basing his case on the
alleged cruelty of his wife. tie declares
that a familiar pastIme OF Mrs. Rice was
to sit up in bed all night with the lighte
full ON singing and playing II violin.
One night she accompanied her mnsic
with the following prayer, 20, Lord have
mercy GU that hog OF Il husband OF mine
in that bed my first husband bought"
Another fabulous strike Is reported III
the Is I'm mt mine at TnnupLh. The
Miner says the winz" has opened up a
body Of ore four feet thick that aver.
ages Sl.Ibuh ton and the entire bottom
OF the ledge il III or. which assays 81,
240 a ton. The ledge is nov eighty.
three feet vile and getting wider. This,
the Miner says, IL undoubtedly the big
gest and richest ledge ever discovered
IN the worlj.
\ y"nng maj named Holland who is
employed at Barry Il Twcrdies stable,
met with ii very severe accident yester-
day. He attempted to grab Il fractious
horse by the halter when the animal sud
denly threw his head around, striking
Hollandon the nose and breaking that
organ. besides cutting quite a cash on
the side of the ose DIR. IIodgins set
the broken nose and the young man will
L. III i'll.
In "A set ~ resolutions adopted by the
executive committee Of the Western
Federation 81 Miners. President Roose-
welt il severely taken to task Tor order
ing Federal troops to qucll the dieiurb.
anccs mt Morenci. Arizona. The resn.
lutions charge that as Il member OF the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen
the President, by bis action. has been
guilty of TREASON Ia the principles Of or
g~aniZcd labor.
Exchange Imagine n procession oi
100000 cattle marching, two by two, in
a line fifteen miles long, let $4,000 sheep
follow them bleating along twelve miles
OF road; nfter them drive seventeen
miles Of hogs, ~ 1000 strong, then let 30.
900 fowls bring up the rear, clucking
and quacSing and gobbling. over a space
OF six miles; md in this whole caravan,
q%uiring two days to pass a given point,
you will see tn" animals devoted to
death in the packing houses Of Swift Il
Go. i'll a single day.
Although Mira. Chapman is bright and
cheerful and still insists that she will re-
cover, she il gradually growing weaker
and her recovery il extremely doubtful.
She is having the best Of care and atteu.
ton and everything possible is beng
done to make her comfortable. Those
who thOughtlessly persist in using the
sidewalk III front OF the house. nOiw1th-
standing tho boards nailed across the
walk, would add to her comfor. il they
would kindly refrain from using the
walk during her illness. \ compliance
with this request will make her last days
more comfortable.
Robert Henderson md Dan Doanc
began cleaning up n new brick yard
this afternoon. Tho yard is on the land
Of MIR. james Russell, aud lies about
300 yards cas. Of the Gilmore ~ Dotta
yard They will make 100000 brick. all
of which are contracted for. II is their
intention to turn out 10000 u day when
they get started. They have also locnt,
cd a lime quarry aud viii build kilns
and burn the lime needed 10 put the
brick into buildings. Tho quarry ia
about three miles north Of WIN. Hun.
tcr's ranch on II mountain. The lime.
stone IL abundant mud ~ good quality
and WOO, is handy and plentiful. Mr..
Henderson burned lime there in 1879.
The enterprise 81 Mcssrs Henderson &
Doano will given n new impetus to
building operations III town.