Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-11-24

can be wired to a train while speeding
ncross the continent ut GO miles nm
hour.-Sparks Dispatch.
Senator Hunter returned last night
from II trip to Lamoille valley. lie
corroboratcs the stage drivers rabbit
story Il says there are millions OF the
pests ill the valleys. The senator's well
known reputation for truth aud veracity
ia proof positive hat he saw millions of
rabbits, more or less. Tho reader is
permitted to take his choice between
more and less,
The Ogden Journal says that p. B..
Sawsrr, who IL wanted ut Palisade for
robbing the Southern Pacific Company,
took Il tram for the north after he was
discharged Oh a writ Of habeus corpus
and was ar :cstcd ngain at Malad, Idaho.
Sheriff Sweeney OF Eureka and Sheriff
Bailey OF Ogden were ON their way north
when the news OF Sawser's arrest
reached Ogden.
Johl Braydner, an escaped %lunatic,
shot Sheriff Jones OF Esmeralda county
twice through the body Tuesday after
noon, while Jones WIS attempting to ar.
rest him. Sheriff Jones was resting
easy at last accounts and it is thought
that he will recover. Braydner escaped
from the Nevada asylum several weeks
ago. After shooting Jones. he was ar
rested by other officers and taken back
to the asylum.
The report has gone throughout the
State that the board Of Iardons voted
three to two, then four to one and finally
unanimously against the Communication
Of he sentences Of S"vener, Gormgn,
LInderman and Roberts, who we're hung
at Carson last Friday. The ~ISpEPENp-
EN- has it on excellent authority that at
no time did the beard stand three to two
or solidly against tho communication OF
their sentences. The vote stood four to
n against communication.
Perhaps the most miraculous nscapo
from wholesale death ever experienced
IN Il western mining amp was witnessed
Monday morning i'll the heart of Gold
field, says the Sun. An express wagon
carrying six cases q giant powder and
one case Of caps was wrecked by a col.
hsion on Main street md the cases
thrown heavily to the ground. The half
inch cover Of ono Of the large cases was
torn into slivers by the fall, yet neither
powder nor caps exploded. Tho express
wagon was turned on its side and the
powder spilled out.
The japanese bank ut Los Angeles
was entered by burglars Wednesday
night and $4,000 taken. Entrance to.
the banl; WA gained by cutting through
a ITicE wall between u bicycle shop and
HE hmnk. The burglars evidently
ntcrdcd 10 blow open the safe with
dynamite, but were afraid OF the noise
md used chisels with winch they cut
through the safe. They reached the
strong box through the hole and took
out all the cash except s3l2.50, which
WIS covered with papers. Tho burglary
was the work Of experts.
We read with grief that u farmer from
the southcastern part OF Amherst, n. H.,
came to Boston recently and bought u
handsome horse for 800, the animal to
be delivered at the Amherst railway
station. We read with grief, We say,
because two days aftcrward e roor,
worthless little blind beast arrived,
accompanied by Il freight bill for 3l5.
or course, when the Amherst far mer
came down to locate the stable where no
bought tho horse, tue stable wasn't
there What Il wicked, wicked world
this is!-BOston Globe.
y Lancashire mechanic has invented
a machine which will sew direct from
two reels Of thread, thus obvinting tho
winding OF epools and threading ot
shuttles. Experts are quoted to tho
effect that IL the invention is put ON tho
market in u thorough manuer it will
revOlutionizo tho sewing machine trade
Of the world. a remarkable fcaiure is
the very small number nf parts required
in its construction, and ns the cost OF
production will, comparatively speaking,
be email, it is expected that the contriv-
nnco will DO put on the market at n price
far below that charged for most sewing
machines.
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