Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-01-27

money can rush it. This is indeed good
news to the people OF Nevada aud gives
promise OF breaking the grip the South.
ern Pacific has had or the people OF
Nevada for over thirty years.
After the paper was OFT the press last
night, We received d dispatch from
Carson stating that in the Assembly
Nixon received twenty.four votes and
Sparkle fifteen, and in the Senate Sparks
received ten and Nixon seven. This
elects Nixon by a vote OF thirty ono to
twenty-five. The joint srssion Of the
two houses was held this afternoon and
Nixon was elected by the above vote.
A who was waiting FOR a train
recently had a bad scare. A freight
train was bLckinR up us che stood on
the plattoIm and one Of the brakemen
called to the other: Jump on her when
she comes by run her down beyond the
elevator and cut her in two and head
end up to the depot" The local paper
adds that. the lady Jumped and yelled
murder ns hard as she could.
4 farmers wife hanged herself. ON q
tree in his garden. He married another
wife and curiously enough abe hanged
herself OH that same tree. He married
again n the third did the sumo. lie
wrote to an old married chum of his who
lived at u distance, acquainting him OF
the mournful co incidence. Short and
sharp came the reply: For heavens
sake send me a cutting Of your tree"
Tho election Of Hon. George S. Nixon
to the United States Senate il but carry
ing ont the will OF the people. He made
his fight and won it at the polls and any
other result would have been a BETRAYAL
OF the people. While thus writer fought
him and his party and would have been
happy ut his defeat, he nevertheless con-
graduates Mr.. Nixon on his victOry and
wishes him SUCCESS as United States
Senator.
A message from Goldtield last night
bought the Information that a big body
OF ore has beer uncovered ON the Little
Wonder. This is n claim on the Wonder
Goldfield group. A twenty pound sam.
pie showed II possible return OF
s~l9,327.20 a ton. The orc is all free
milling. and is thoroughly o1idized.
The Wonder group is the property OF the
Dixie Mining company. This property
was mentioned yesterday as having un-
covered shipping ore and that another
| Inn TnnN ,-,,l A.. ..- m
pah Sun.
Albert Winter, an Englishman work.
ing in the Grannity Creek mines, New
Zealand, picked up n stone to throw at
Il pigeon one evening while on his way
home. Something in the stone attract.
ed his attention, aud Oh examining il he
found go~ld-bearing quartz. Winter
quickly took out miners rights, and
with n mate pegged out a claim. This
WAS only a few months ago. lie recent
ly sold his interest for Si0o.C0 and has
gone home to his parents, who had not
heard OF HIN for ten yrnrs.
Rev. f.. a. Wicher, who lived in Japan
for several yonrs as Il representative Of
tho Canadian Presbyterian church, re.
Gently enid: @Tbe moral conditions Of
oriental cities, particularly in China and
japan, are almost unspenkable. | know
one city III which 1900 Europeans and
American lived. Among theH were 100
young men, OF whom all but 20 kept
native ome as mistresscs. All this
| limo N n irrnnnrahIa oHnn. 80, n.,r ,,;-,.,.,
work. Tho natives nrgue that il Christi
Rnity results thus, they will nave none
OF it,
Pride is the commonest human frailty.
We arc all proud. n not OF our
appearance, money in the bank and fine
houses, wo may be proud Of how much
work we can do, or OF n dog smarter
than some other dog, or OF Il hen that
lays the most eggs. People urc some.
times proud Of their yiceR, OF how much
beer they can drink, or how slick they
are Mt carde. Every parent n the
smHrtcst children; every youth has the
dearest sweetheart. Pride surrounds US
oil aud permeates all OF life. doing some
good and much harm.-Exohango.
One Colorado mine. the Bassick, Gus.
ter county, ia celebrated for having pro-
duced 5000. 600. and being nothing
more nor lees than tho crater OF nm OK.
tinct volcano, filed with boulders in
size from tiny pebblee TO hugo rocke
80 feet across. These, coated with a
urutn ri lnlluFinn nro . pGlo. x;ol, Il,
gold, giving as high values M $40 per
pound. Scientists suppose this scale
was deposited by the Rasee OF tho VOL
cano. aud this In tho only place in the
world where the evidence seoms TO show
that such mineral deposit from gases
hns been made.
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