Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-25

the Ora King mine at Columbia.
The Ladies' Guild will hold a Straw.
berry Festival at Leonard Hall, Friday
evening May 25tb.
AS the fish season ia open j. ".
Thompson OF the Elephant Stable can
furnish you with the best rig in
town. y
Rev. b. E. Jacobs has arrived in
Wells and will have charge Of the
Presbyterian Church in Wells. Starr
and Clover.
The ladies Of the Guild would like TO
have you take lunch with them at Leon
ard Hall this afternoon and evening.
They have lots of good things to eat.
Mrs. ]. a. Mcbride, Mrs. S. a. Dorsey
and MIR. aud Mrs. liooher leave Tor Reno
tonight. Mrs. Dorsey will visit Mrs.
Loripg and the others will attend the
commencement exercises of the univers-
ity.
The L. j. Wintermanrel Co., jewelers.
are prepared to do repairing at the most
reasonable rates at their place OF bust
uess, Engraving free Of charge on all
articles sold. =
Wednesdays Carson Appeal says that
the condition Of Joo Josephs, superin-
tendent Of the Orphans Home, was very
critical. Everything is being done for
him that can be.
Butte is a prosperous city. A million
dollars Il month for miners, eight hours
a day; 6,oO0 900 tons Of ore Inst year;
3l2, COO, 900 pounds OF copper; 10, O00. 900
ounces OF silver; 67,G00 ounces OF gold.
The richest camp ON earth.
At Furnace Greek. Death Valley, the
thermometer stood 105 in the shade
yesterday, and the borax boys were
working in their o%vercoats to keep
warm. In July it will go to 100 in the
ice b~ox.-Beatty Miner.
DR.. McCullagh the pastor at large Of
the Sacramento Presbyterv is going TO
put ii minister Mt La,noilis and Starr
Valley and an assistant at Elko for the
P"tk vi II NouuLJ HS oOOa u6
men can be tound to take up the work.
An American, who had spent more
time gathering money than In studying
grammar, while coaching in England
remarked to the driver: IL suppose,
ooaaEman, all them trees growed ont Of
hen hedges" "Oh. no, sir responded
the coachman; @all Of them hedges
growed ont Of the trees."
Thomas Ryan, he mar who was
taken off the train here Wednesday, is
still in the county Jail. The officials
have not yet been ablo TO determine
whether he Is insane from excessive
drinking or from other causes. Ho
improves slowly.
According to tho Reno Gazette, Mar.
shal Grimmon has closed a deal for tho
purchase OF n five acre tract belonging
TO Senator Newlands, fronting on tho
Truckce nver and lying Immediately
east OF hin home. The price is not
given, but it is understood to be S25, 900.
The tract will be divided in two tiers OF
lots which will be sold for residence
purposes.
a Boise dispatch Of the oath eays: Tho
San Francisco, Idaho and NJ oniaua
Railroad company which proposes to
build II line from Butte. Montana, TO
W iDnemucca, Nevada, was r%corgauized
here Mt n meeting OF the Stockholders.
Donald Grant Of Chicago was elected
president anG II. Niger, cashier Of the
Hamilton National Bank Chicago, was
elected treasurer. 1t is stated that the
construction OF the western section OF
line viii begin within thirty days. II is
believed here to DO n Gould or a tIill
project.
The second hand store oi Wnld &
Bushell on Lake street, Reno, was
entered by thieves Wednesday night
md several hundred dollars worth OF
goods were carried away. The stolen
propert, includce rnzors, eixiy gold
and silver watch chains, two alarm
clock, shirts, shoes, fifty knives, thirty
five combs, twenty five purses, three
fold glassee and a large quantity Of
email articles Of j~ewelry. Entrance to
the store was gained by smashing a
heavy plate glass show window with a
rock, Tho officers have no clew TO the
thieves.
!, q. W. Higgins, a Tonopah mining
man. tells how no came near being
ropcd and tied In the Bullion district
when no carried the news thore OF the
San Francisco disaster. Out in the
desert he met two ]prospcctore whom no
stopped to toll OF the calamity. AZ he
, %recountcd how the city had been
= wrecked by nm earthquake and tben
burned TO ashes from tho bay far into
! tho residence section, ono OF tho mon
! moved toward a rope. Higgins first
. thought tho p]rospector was joking, but
when edged close 10 him with the RATA
] he ran TO his outfit and produced news.
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