Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-24
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&C run a foot race.
Judge Dunno overruled the motion OF
Mayor Schultz for a change Of venu
n ordered a panel Of fifty Jurors from
the regular box. The yenire was made
returnable at 1880 today. and all wit.
nesses were excused until 10 o'clock &c.
morrow.
To celebrate three weddings, more
than 5000 persons recently assembl, d
in a village at Brittany, and tor thr, Q
days kept up a feast, during which the
consumed Is barrels OF wine aud cider.
10 oxen, 10 cove. 80 calves and 1000
fowls and rabbits.
1t costs us about 1926, GO0,' 90 u year
TO bury our dead in America. There
are 1000 funerals a day, and, included
In the expenses are coiin caskets,
metal or slate outside boxes upholstery
Grape. hire Of horses, carriages and
traine, purchase Of cemetery lois and
fees for the undertaken AMI Minister
New York Press.
: Mrs. L. =, Lyman, Tor several weeks o
visitor to relatives IN the city, left yes
terdsy for a weeks stay at the James.
town Exposition. From there che will
return to her home at Elko, Nevada.
Mrs. Hyman Ia the wife Of Col r. @.
Hyman OF the latter place, and a eister-
in-law OF Capt. r. G. Lyman of this
city. During her stay here Mrs. Hyman
made many warm friends here who
hope she will return t o Sand ersv vile
again. -Sandcrsville, Ca, Herald.
The Nevada Monarch Copper Com
pauy Of Virginia City is offering a lin.
tied amount oi!its stock for sale at 90
cents u share. The mine Ia in Storey
county, twelve miles from the famous
Comstock lode. The owners are all
poor men and tho stock is sold to raise
money to develop the property. The
company Ii capitalized at $3.50 900, divid.
ed into 30u, 900 worcestershire shares OF
the par value Of 90 cents each. The
stock was first put on the market at
10 cents a share and has doubled In
"'s "a - euOib iLlC aNpSDIlOu
is called to the ad in this issue. Speci-
mems OF the ore taken from the crop
plnRs can be seen at this office.
Saturday morning, Lindsay. the man
who was arrested for passing some old
Georgia money which had zone ont OF
circulation was arraigned before Justice
Folsom and given ninety days or a
chance to pay $3.50 fine for obtaining
money under false preteuses. He had
no money and will soon appear OH the
streets with a ball and chain tied TO his
leg,-Carson Appeal.
Elko Ii IN the swim. Two automo-
biles arrived last night for general liy-
cry use In Elko and surrounding coun.
try, b drivers came with the ma.
chimes and are experts AT the business.
one OF the chug. chug wagons is a 80
horse power Winton direct from the
factory and the other Is Il 3-horse pow
er Studebaker locomobile. They are
the property Of ii. j. Mayham, the Den.
yer mining man. II they prove success
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bring the various MINING camps nearer
the county seat.
A few weeks ago Andy Young sold a
three-story frame building in the rear
OF Is aalaon 70. 5000, and il he had held
it until Sunday could have received
$1,000 for the same building, A party
arrived from Reno Sunday and tried : o
arrange for the purchase Of the lumber
i'll the building at a price which would
have brought the total up to 81, 800,
lilo wanted the lumber for shipment to
the country around Lovelock, where
rough lumber brings Sos per thousand.
lie lumber mills will not be able to
supply one half Of the demand this
season. Virginia Enterprise.