Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-08-25

funds OF the home by buying large
quantities OF liquor for his own con-
sumption and having it charged to the
home as vinegar. He enters Il denial to
the stories, and says they nre being
circulated by political enemies.-Euter-
prise.
y heavy rainstorm, accompanied by a
~c!oudburst in the foothills, visited Elko
this afternoon. The streets were flooded
and some namag WIS done to the rail-
road track. Cellars i'll the eastern Fart
of town were damaged.
Johan tioch, the Chicago B~luebeard,
under sentence to no hanged today. was
granted another reprieve yesterday
until the supreme court Of Illinois can
pass upon his case. This is the third
time he has escaped the gallows.
Tho Philadelphia North America
thinks it would he II horrible thing il
somebody should step into John ID
liockcfellcrs shoes while he is walking
barefoot over his lawn. 1t would, indeed
Jc horrible for the misguided individual
who did il.
Henderson Banking Co. is pref AIRED to
furnish at reasonable rates IN the
National Surety Co. OF New York
SURETY BONDS for county oficials,
administrators, executors. guardians,
trustees, mercantile employees. mail
| on rrfnr. inln,, ~ a. ,,,1 ,,l.,,ol l.-.l,
and bid bonds. Insurance against bur-
glary ii special feat urc
} II. Nevin, the State Revenue md
Tax Agent, who is spending Il few days
III Carson, claims the bullion tax this
year will he enormous and will show a
considerable increase even outside OF
Nyc and Esmcralda counties. The new
railroad to Goldiicld will add immen.
scly to the shipment of ore md will
greatly augment the bullion tux News
Dave Graham, an old resident OF Es-
meralda county md one OF the oldest
residents Of Hawthorne, arrived this
morning. lie is Low serving Uncle Sam
as deputy marshall and IL here to attend
the examination OF John Beldlng, charg.
ed with hispos ng OF liquor.to an Indian.
Dave looks ns young rs he did twenty
years ago when the writer WAS a resi-
dent Of l~iawthornc.
Tho State Of Nevada. through At
torncy General Sweeney and Messrs.
Deal and Summeriirld, secured a tenn
porary Injunction against the Floriston
Paper and Pulp compuny from dumping
any OF the refuse matter Of their mill
mt" the TruClice river and an order WIS
made t" the defendant company to show
cause why sail temporary Injunction
should no bc made perpetual.
All WORK on the Touopah and Tide.
water railroad, leading to the borax
fields, wis ordered discontinued by
General Monager John Ryan. Diff
Guilty IN oba,inimg satisfactory traffic
agreements and reasonable rates on
contractors material from tho Salt
Lake railroad Is given ms the reason for
stpppagc Of construction, and il is
rumOrcd that II new route will be cx-
plotted, making the TonoPah and Tide
water independent OF the Salt Lake
rOrtc.-DeLamRr Lode.
The Southern Pacific Company is
now permanently established at Nina.
Tho old Carson and Colorado railroad
mas been renamed the Nevada and
California and from now on Hawthorne
will be completely of the line. The
title to town lots is not e~nti:ely Gle ar
yet. 1t is understood the company will
prohibit the sale Of liquor in tie town
giving "A uinety-ninc year lease t. al
lots with the prOviso that no liquor be
sold on the property. This makes Nina
the only strictly prohibition town in
Nevada.
Peculiar Disappearance
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