Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-04-29

been arrested Tor eDticing u professional
gambler to his rooms and robbiug hun.
IL Is reported That the gambler squealed
harder than my @come OIL" that WIS
ever skinned by a brace faro game.
II is said that Henry Watterson was
offered $4,000 Il year to stay in Wash
lngton aud write u few letters for a Ger.
tain sensational journal. After being
repeatedly urged he wrote: sYou have
not enough millions i'll Your family and
never will have. 20 induce me b. write
one line for ,ou."
y famous lotion OF colonial days.
known us -MornnI Dew" consisted OF
ounce OF rose water. half an ounce
OF gly"erine, half IA teaspoOnful of borax
anu three drops OF berzuin. Tho guam
titles may be multiplied il "a greater
amount is needed. The lotion is mp.
piled to the chopped face, made rough
from wind or exposure, with a bit Of
old linen.
The amount nf gold contained in sea
water. as determined by the weli.known
.Austrnliun chemist, Liycrriigc, is about
% to 10 grams per ,"u; ar III round
numhers, l3D to go ions Of gold per
cubic mile. II has been calculated on
tins basis that The waters of the globe
contain I5.090, O00, c0a tons Of gold. III"
mine caruot grasp the immensely OF
these figures.
Ernest Dalzcll and the Wo Is broth.
ers. charged with rohbing the Gray,
Reid i Wright Company OF Reno. were
allowed /" plead gull y to petty larceny.
Dalzcll WAS sentenced to three months
i'll the count, Jail aud :incd S,CU. The
Woods brothers were fined $i2O each
with the alternative Of goin. to Jail for
co days. All Of them went to Jail.
Blackwell, having turned safes evil
dence, the case against him wa dis
missed.
On hin return yesterday afternoon
from attending the inquest ut Toano on
the remains Of William Norton, Acting
District Attorney Otto Williams swore
to ii complaint before Justice Morgan
charging Chaunccy Griswold with the
crime of murder. Tho defendant WAS
taken before Justice Morgan and admit.
ted tn bail il the sun OF SlO,OO0to appenr
for examination Saturday. Isaac lad
a. NJ. Griswold, brothers of the defend
ant, signed the bond and he was ~releas-
cd from custody.
y cliff OF natural glass can be seen in
Yellowstone Park, Wyo. 1t is half n
mile long and 100 to 200 feet high. the
material Of which it consists being ms
good glass rs that artiiicinlly manufac.
turcd. The dense glass which forms the
base is from 10 to leo feet thick, while
the upper portion having suffered and
survived many ages OF wind and rain,
has naturally worn much thinner. or
course the color is not that Of natural
glass transparent and white-but is
mostly black, and some places notified
and streakcd with brownish red and
shades OF olive green and brown.
fl. j. Horn, recently appointed gener.
al manager IT ;hc Northern Pacific rail-
road, entered The service Of that corpor.
alton as IA draughtsman fifteen years
ago, receiving SG1 Il month. His ad.
vance has been steady. until no y. mt the
age OF 10, he finds reward in his present
position. Howard Elliot, president OF
the read, has had similar experience,
having begun work with a surveying
party twenty yerrs ago. There is al.
ways room at the top for the man who is
determined TO go up the ladder.
w. l.. Prtchard, one Of tie early. day
freighters OF California and Nevada, and
who, with Edgar Mills. built the Eureka
Il Pallsadc railroad in Nevada, has been
i'll Mt his home at Oak Grove Tor several
weeks, although his condition is not
alarming. Mr.. PritchRrd sold his inter-
est in the Eureka & Palisadc for $780,
GOO and came to Sacramento. He built
the first strcetcar line in this city md
opened Il carriage factory in what is nov
the Clunie builping. He also acquired
considerable land along the Sacramento
river several miles above this city, and
still has extensive holdings in Nevada.
sacramento Bee.
Robert Stanfield was brought in from
the north yesterday and taken to the
hospital. lle was suffering from a bad
case OF jim jams and Il badly laccrated
throat, caused by falling out Of a
wagon and striking ON a sharp rock.
DR.. Hood dressed his throat at the hos.
pital, and tried to make him comfort.
able, but Stantield was so full Of sheep.
herder's delight tina. no tore of the
bandagcs and made his escape from the
hospital. Steward Abel followed him
and caught him in Chinatown. IIc was
then taken TO Jail and kept until this
morning, when he was removed to the
hospital .Rgllc 10 gradually SOLDERING up
and will DO all right in n few days.