Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-08-05
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Tho bricklayers IRE making a good
showing on the new drugstore.
Read Wintermauters new al and
learn something to your advantage.
Walter Kline received a dispatch yes.
terday from Reno stating that his
mother WIS very sick. He left for her
bedside last night.
II commissioners OF Washoe county
have appointed Charles IL. Stoddard
auditor aud recorder to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF Il. G..
Shearer. The appointment is a most en-
cellent
y slight wreck occurred on the new
Tonopah road Saturday, several cars
and mn engine being deraiied tire E
miles out Of T~oropah. Engineer Neil
Ward WAS reported to have been injured
but this is incorrect. Tho derailment
delayed traffic !ur IL short while.
h commissioners OF Washoe county
have rrworkcd the licenses III six
SALOONS doing business along the line Of
the government irrigation work. They
hope by this to put an ed to the muir.
dcrs and rObheriCs That have occurred
recCutlyat Derby aud Ninth Crossing.
Last weeks Free Press contained an
articl" rom J"hn G.. Taylor, the con.
cluiing paragraph Of which sizes Mr..
Taylor up Mt his rea! worth. 1t proves
him to l.? u ri.n that would not only
iu,iI,"- OOPS 81 his employ, but vUuld
also descend Ia the grnssrSt abuse ,o
Justify his hui!,'' z 80 q ii II John g.
Ta! Tor IL satisfied with hi defense, the
editor Of the l~ADErEYDEr has no right
to cOtnplain uf his abuse. Tho facts
upon which the l~NDEPEHDENT article
was based were obtained from reliable
sources and are doubtless trua nOiwith-
standing MIR. Ta!lor's ATTEMPTED denial
Tho attention az %stockmcn in Elko
couriy Is called to the ad OF George l.
GOu!dIng Il Co. Of Denver, Colorado,
III this issue. They al vertise Il great
sale Of range horses at the City Stock
Yards, Denver, on Sept, l2th, 18th aud
18th. The facilities Of this firm for
handling and selling horses are TN
cIualrd 10y any tirm IN the wet. They
are strictly reliable and deal fairly and
%squnrcly 10y all. Those having horses
to sell should take advantage Of this
sale.
TX. Governor Robert f.. pattison uf
Pennsylvania died yesterday Mt his home
at Overbrook. a suburb OF Philadelphia.
lie contracted a cold during the st
Louis convention which developed into
pneumonia and this complicated with
heart trouble caused his death. Mr..
Pattison was twice elected Governor Of
Pennsylvania on the Democratic ticket,
and served the people Of Philadelphia
two terms as controller. He was prom
i~ncntly mentioned for the Presidency i'll
more than one campaign. lie was Il
loyal uncompromlslng Democrat and
above all Il mau Of the strictcst integrity.
Opponents Dry l HTc HOW 'hIhllle :"
his defeat i'll the National Democratic
Convention" says the Springfield llll.l
Register. Bryan was the mnn who Won
all the victories for principle, and Bryan
Was the idol Of the people nt the cOnvcn.
ton. ,iryan was the sole topic Of ron.
vcrsaIiou on the streets, III the hotels and
in the convention. Ills speeches we're
the convention features, and those he hit
now talk Of l5rynn's dcfcar. Bryan will
he found lighting with and for the party
all the time, aud no one member 81 the
party will he founl fighting better and
harder Tor Jcifcrsonian Democratic prin.
ciplcs than the leader from Nebraska.