Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-02-05
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

W. f.. johnson IS down from North
Fork.
Commissioners Snyder and WeatEers
are Attending the meeting Of the board.
Mr.. llansrl IL III from Lamoille. He
has been working ON the power plant.
The Appeal tells OF the recent discuv.
cry Of a fuur-foot vein OF coal d few
mile" from Carson.
\ letter received from Mrs. Booher
this morning states that her mother is
improving. She IL able to sit up an
hour OF 90 each day.
The delinquent list OF the California
Mining and Milling Company oi Ne.
vada. which appears eiscw here, In re-.
sron-iblc Tor the shortage III reading
matter today. II had to 90.
John IIcnicr,ou's horse was killed
yesterday to put him out of his misery.
The poor brute broke one Of his legs
over "a week ago and up till yesterday
John had hopes 81 saving him.
Daniel Powell has bccn awarded Il
judgement 81 $500 against the NC. q.
railroad company for injuries received
in u runaway accident iii Reno caused
10y the blowing uf u loromotiv sc whistle
I.pt night Constabir Mccoy caught
Gins Tucker, ChHs Pagan and WI
James stealing coHl from II car. lilo mr..
rrBted them and found that they had
sold sacks Oiicoal to Belle Hobart and
Fiussir Adams. The women wore ar.
rested to lay f"r their part i'll the Trans.
action.
Patrick Murphy, Il lahorcr, was beaten
and robbed ai East Reno last Thursday
night Of checks amounting tn SlOl -.
H. WINS so badly used up that hc did not
leave his car until Friday night when
hc started Tor Reno. As he was entering
the back door OF II resort III East Reno
he was again stopped and searched.
Not having my money lc wns beaten n
a shocking anu
Mr.. /. u. Jewell came up from Pal
isudc this m.urnrnE after n chskrt III
which I" lny away the r"mnina "f hi1
little grandson who died last night.
The child's father died about n Tar ago
Mr.. Jewell wished the ISDErESDEST to
thank the people of PaliHnd' for their
kindness and assistance during W" i'll.
ness OF tho little boy. He returned on
No. 3 thiR afternoon.
%"iIcrc,- according to the Wurrcnshurg
tMo) journal. Dcmucra', zig the way u
Il benton county nan confessed ai
revival: lie had been pressed Ia repent
aud finally got up nnd said: -Drar friend
feel the spirit moving in me t0 Talk
and tell what u bnd man | have boon,
but ! emit do il while she grand jury
is IN session" "rho Lord will forgive
shouted the preacher. 81 guess that's
right" enid the pcnitcni. but h" mint IN
tho grand jury
a mnn Gnu got gloriously drunk an the
frontier where rcxaa joins MoSir", with
ont coating the fractional purt ~ u red
cont. II il done thusly. In the United
States the Mexican dollar has M cx.
change value oi 40 ccuta. In Mexico
tho American silver dollar ins the same
ynluc. In n certain locality tho-c are
two paloona ono OF each aide ~ the line
4 man buys n 10 cent drink Of whisky
nj tho American saloon mud pays Tor II
with mn American silver dollar, receiving
II Mexican silver dollar in change with
this hc croRsra the border, gure in'o u
Mexican saloon, hands over the Mexican
=, dollar Tor u ~ cent drink aud receives nj
I; American dollar in change. II ia cvi'
dent that the limit 81 his purchasing
rover In tho length ~ time he can stand
tie finally wakca up with u bad head
, ache mud the American dollar will
, winch he started. Tho question is, wht
paid Tor the boozcY