Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-01-06
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Constable Moore O! Wells ~ III town.
\. ron of ErusmuS Ilan'Sins died i'll
Lamuillc last nighl. IA" "";.Iaius will
lie brought here Tor burial.
The grand jury finished iis work this
attcrnO III md made itg iinnl report.
Judge Brown thanked the jurors for
their faithfulnPss md discharged them.
The latest i;ica in belts Is that in
which mems suspcndcrs are used, one
unir mnk mr two belts. Being elastic.
they accommodate themselves Ia any
figure and Inc variety Of patterns
max" them vert attractive.
There Ii an expert ladies gIrvemaker
~ town. II any OF the Ellto Indies wish
to see some beautiful specimens Of her
habduy"rk they can do 80 10y calling on
the la y :hat bosscs the editor. She
viii take great pleasure in showing
them to all who may call.
Seven hunlrch scrdsmcn sent sam.
pies - seeds to Secretary Wilson for i'll
s~pcc;lon and ~ that lot there were
twcnty-thrce lot, sOll by eight seeds.
men, which were fouui Ia bc adultcrnt.
al. 81" that your blue grass il not a
tak0 when yOu plant it next Year.
The last lay of 1901 is rather soft, with
go rnsiona! fnrric5 ~ snow. The streets
ARE rloppv ana full IT slush, making it
uisIgrcahlc to get around. We can't
remember what kind of n day the lirst
day of the year was, but Miss NuIty. one
~ our typos, says il was cold aud
windy.
\ syndicate composed ~ Reno and
FIIInn capitalists has been organized to
GUILD an electric railroad from lIa2cn
"m the Sou bern Pacific : FIllIn. Tho
rntd can be built and equipped, accord
ing To the rough estimates uf tho cngin-
"crs, for $4,000. The syndicate il said
t" linyc plenty u money behind IT.
In Ii district court last night Albert
l.. BlHcS well and Jerry POllock pl,nd
guilty. To the in iictments against
them. All the men who have been in.
dicted by thus grand jury have pIcnd
guilty. This indicate, that the dis
trict attorney aud Judge B!owu will
have a very busy time Tor tie next week
two.
Within u few weeks hundreds uf men
Of Nevada. These men nave been
10y the various contractors to
work Oh the grades OF the new rHil, ond
between Salt Lake aud Los Angclrp. |
AS all tho grading will be flashed GER
;ainly by February st. thero will DO no
need 81 the small army aud they viii
drtt Ia other places.
The commissioner tLis Afternoon
rejected the bill 81 the FREQ Press Pub.
l:-h'ng company for printing rrgistrn
ton llsts not ordered by the board.
They wound up the business - ia" year
aud adj mrncd without iutn.. The ncw
board, composed ~ CommiEsipucr-
Snyder, Clatt aud Lytiun, will meet
Monday and take up the business 81 the
ucw year.
Mana ucarrG! approach 20 producing
;he power Of suulight ~ he hrurchlight
that has just been huili hy he Schucx
crt Co., al Nuremberg. The light ia
3~iG'OJO,1Oo candle power. md IL the
largest scarchlight ever butt. II Is tit.
ted with an iris shutter having a diane
ter OF Elk inches. Tho hole device IL
electrically controlled by two levers. II
IL said ihHt this Ii l.; will throw u beam
eighty miles or more, and would thus
bo Visible clear across Lake Mirhiunn.
Our Timca.
u wild eat yarn, copied from the
Silver state yesterday il said 10y Larry
Ahcrn. tho fireman who In sud tn have
vacated the cab. Ia hc the invention ~
Engineer Downcy. Wa thought the
story II fake, but ma Iiro. Iirngg vouchcd
Tor the vIracity ~ the man who gave it
I" linn. va cor Guided to take chances.
w" dill not doubt the vctnrity Of the
OH" who pnvc the story Ia the silver
State, hut some how nr other We hal D.
snspiciUn Of Bro. Bragg. 40 wor,lcrrd
what sort 81 "Chri4tma4 rhrci- hr had
been taking that made him geo wild
cRia.
Mre. a, W. Chnac. occupying u low or
berth in II Pullman on No. q Wcdncs.
day evening, claims to have had a box
containing S2O, 600 worth Of bonds aud
other sccuritirR taken from her suit cusc
Inst night. Her dream VIVA wilt mud
woody. when ehc Thinks my one in
Winn"mnccn would get up IN the cold
md "'cnl such n pnliry Rum ne that.
Tho mercury VIVA m%onkcying a:nnnd
the zorro mark and no one in Wiunc.
muccn would hnvc tnlrn Tie irunhlo "a
unlock II la1y'p suit caqc Ia rol, her "
vnluablcs Sh" says. however, TINT
W'nncmncra VIVA tho only station nj
which her suit Gaze was unlnCltcd.-
Silver state.