Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-03-03

brother. Inc iatner VIII arrye to-
night.
Hattie Jones, a squaw, committed
suicide in Reno Friday night by eating
wild parsnip. because her buck paid
| attention to another maha!a.
Mrs. Mcbride left Tor Carson yester.
day Ia visit her husband. The writer
will wager many dollars that Assembly.
uan Mcbride behaves himself the rest
OF the session Of the legislature.
Judge Curler has sentenced Dick
Forrest. Il Reno tough, to ten years
imprisonment Ill The penitentiary for
shooting ut Officers CHdIe aud Berry Oh
the night OF September 2Sth last year.
II. II. Porch il in from Huntington.
lie says the prevailing opinion out tina,
way lis that there is hut little snow in
the. mountains and uni, 81 more CONES
there will be a scarcity OF wafer next
summer.
The bill To r~e-arportion the members
OF the legislature gives Donglas one
more assembly man. Nye two senators
and fOur assemhlymeu, and Washoc
three senators and ten assemblyIncn.
The rest VI tile oIutirs are lett to Jog
along with their present representation.
MIR. Morrow is now "a gentleman Of
leisure. Ills books were checked up
Saturday 10y the auditor of the rail.
road CO Lpapy and showed him To hc
o cents Ia the good. Tho auditor
gave Mr.. Morrow a clear receipt aud
turned the office over to Claude AndeT-
son who Will manage it until the new
agent is appointed. Claude knows the
business from Il la iZztrd and il popu.
lar with everybody. hlr. Morrow feels
like a free man once more.
The full text Of the court house bill
will be iuund elsewhere. As the
question o! building ii ncw court house
will not be submitted Ia the people
until the general election in 1896, they
have "A long time IN which To study
It. \ good many 81 us may bc under
the sod before the question is voted
upon, hence it Is not worth while to
work ourselves mt" a passion over 1t.
Compliant is made that Il number
ot small boys with s~i.ugshots nmusc
the ~niselvcs 10y shooting at signs and
Windows. Several signs have been
injured and Windows broken 10y by-
with slIugshoiz and the OHTers are on
the warpath. The officers are luvesti-
eating the matter and arrrsts may
follow. II the boys escape arrest this
time they should consiic. themselves
lucky and burn their sllng=hOts or they
will get into trouble.
The Mormon raUchcrs 81 the White
River section are taking advantage ~
the good times and high prices at
Kawich. Several -! thcm recently went
into the new camp with prOiucc, beef
and has and found i ready mnrHct.
they asked slO0 a ton Tor hay. but
Disposed Of it ut $50 Il ton. 4 Hot
Creek rnncher who ooh beef 10 ka-
wich funnd the market hnd been sup
piled temporarily 10y the Murmnns, and
offered his beet at ) cents by the quart
cr. Beef ~rr,ails at - cents a pound.
The bill fixing the offices and salaries
in Elko county, Of which mention was
made Saturday, turns out To be ai
amendment to the act fixing the salaries
Of the county comm .~s5iuUCrs. The
Amendment allows the commissioners
90 a day and expenses when inspecting
roads and bridges on the or Ter II the
board. 1t also provide no more than
Sl2 shnll bc allowed Oh one trip. The
lSDErESpEST has no utj'c'ion to th's
bill us it will probably save the county
more than the expense and per diem
will amount 70.
Considerable mystery IL attached to
the death OF Otto u. Poole, a mining
man OF Denver. who passed away at
Carson several days ago. On the day ~
his death. Miss l.. l.. White. Il Young
woman OF Denver, arrived at Reno,
where she was Ia have been married to
Poole. but since then another woman
has appeared aud clnimcI the body. say
ing that Poole was to have married Lcr.
Tho undertaken i'll charge has refused
TO surrender the remains Ia either, and
is awaiting adviccs from u sister of the
dead man, who il euId la live III
s- - $500. .a, - .u,.
and wWs sent to Goldtirld ia 4 mining
Cxpert.-Obscr"or.
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