Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-03-25

la ArkHnsas when un ubnoyious Post.
'n"" er wont resign. they rry him on,
with Il stick 81 ynamit.-aud then he
JJsi scattcrs.
Mrs. +. X. ~Brntherton, wife 81 the post.
muster 1T Belmont, died ou sae 18th
inst She leaves eight children. the
Youngest tcimr f"nr weeks old.
Owtns to the non.arrivdl ~ "A uortiop
Of Mrs. Campbell's stock nf ,rimm, q
hats. her opening display has been post.
r"ued until Monday morning.
The South Fork rauchers have. rur-
chased one OF the fine stations that
have been on exhibition here the last
few weeks. The purchase price is said
to b. $1,000.
Constable Mccoy went to Carlin yes
tcrday and arrrsten II white man and a
I,hInaman on the charge OF selling
whiskcy I" Indians. They were brought
to E!ko last night and lodged in the
count! jail.
Frank Dnnahuc. Il tramp, was sho,
and seriously wounded yesterday by an
other tramp, while riding III "a box car
Sacramento and Reno. The
man who did the shooting wis arrested
III Keno ana locked up Donahue was
taken Ia the hospital.
The management OF the Eureka Couu-
~ Hank hau contemplated opening for
business on or before April LIST, but ow-
ing I" delay i'll the manufacture If their
counter and bullet proof screens they
hind 1t necessary to postpone opening
until about April 18Th when everything
will he completed.
Charles SoutEworth, editor and man.
ager al the Gardnerviilc Record, has
purchased the Gardnerville Courier and
will publish the two papers rs the Rec-
ord-Courier. The office and plant OF
the Record were destroyed by fire on
the 9th. The first issue of the new pa.
per will appear y pril Sth.
1t Is generally believed by ethnolo.
glsts that copper was the first metal
used. That metal is iornd III nearly all
countries md its color and weight
wouid be certain to attract attention; be.
sides, the earliest traces OF metal found
in ancient human habitatious are OF
copper o: LrOnze.
y grandfather's clock was brought to
a whtchmaker's shop in Pc~terstowu, y.
l., recently for repairs. the first tina,
have been made upon it since some tri.
fling ones in l175 which were due to the
raid Of the Indians under Brant and the
Tory Butler at Cherry Valley in Novem-
Der OF hat year. The clock was brought
from England to this country in ITO.
An extraordinary head OF hair is pos
scssd 10y Mercedes Lopez. the wife of IL
poor s~hecphcrder i'll San Vicente, Mex
leo. Her height is five feet, and when
she stands erect liar hair trails on the
ground four feet eight inches. She can
completely hide herself in it. She has
1t cut very frequently, rs it grows so
quickly, and sells large ,rcsscs to hair
dealers every three months.
None than a million dollars in gold
double.eagles is the daily output at pre-
sent Of the Philadelphia mint, The
force mt the mint Is working IA part Of
tile night IN order to meet the pressing
demand OF the treasury for $40 gold
pieces for the purpose OF backing up is-
sues OF gold certificates. II IS expected
this mint and the one in San Ernnclscu
will turn out 3i~5,000,OOO in gold eagles
this month.
BruZiliurs are great coffee drinkers.
Numerous cups are drunk each day by
the AVERAGE man and woman. The bev.
CraEc Ia made very strong and very
sweet. II produces an cXhilaratiou nf
II more intense and lasting kind than
beer. Those addicted to this habit be.
come very restless and can scarcely sit
still or stand still even for Il moment.
Representative Champ Clark OF the
Ninth Missouri district has secured the
passagc Of Il bill to raise the pension of
Aunt Ann Waters OF Rails county, one
his constituents, from Sl2 to S2I per
month. She is % years old. and is the
widow of Il colder OF the war Of 1872.
She ia probably the oldest person ever
pCnsioncd 10y Congress. IT whose pen.
sion has been Increased 10y Congarss.
Dad Williams prOpcntity for taking
other peoples horses has finally landed
him in Jail. Wednesday he stole q eor
rel horse FROM the Mcintyre ranch ncnr
'Inllrck, rode linn to bamolllc and sold
him for 80. Mir. Mcintyre tclcgraphcd
Constable MCCoI THE morning to nrrcs,
Williams and H. had him III Jail in a lit.
Ito while. THE Ia not the first time tlial
Williams has boon IN trouble 81 This
kind. Lnsi fall he stole u team from tho
Spanish ranch, drove 1t tu Elkn and sold
it to Nm Moody, Who shipped 'hc team
East. Friends came to Williams reg.
II mud paid for the team and no wa
not prosecuted. u" may not get of +,
cnsy this time.
Tho pay Of the Mikado's soldier