Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-07-12

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trated 10 cturo Oh the Holy Lind III the
Presbyterian Church next week.
A fine G-hole steel rauge with reservoir
for sale at a bargain. For further III
formation call at this office.
The report thai Fred Grove was dying
from blood poisoning is entirely un-
founded. The boy is much improved
and is doing us well ,s expected copsid.
esing the serious nature Of the wound.
Appeal.
Cali on DR.. Mabel X. Young, the
Elko Dentist for up-tC-Iatc work III that
line. All work guarantc ri. =
The contract for building E.tneralda
c%ounty's new court house has been let
to John Shea Tor $50 500. Shea Inns ill
ed his bond and work will begin immed-
lately.
A new lroquos bicy Gle, 1881 model,
direct from the factory, will be sold at D
bargain. For further information call
at this office.
Tho ladies are sure 10 he interested
in the Reinhart Compnuy's new nd.
Rsad it and note the bargains offered in
shirt waist suits for only two days.
Stick Il pin in the dates and get to the
store before the sale closes.
Nelson ShaiTer and Glen Pike arc on
trial in Reno for the murder Of George
Murphy at the Derby dam several
months age, They were fishing on for
hidden ground aud Murphy, who was a
government engineer, attempted to
drive them away. In the quarrel that
followed, Shaifer shot Murphy.
Superintendent Davis and Mr..
Critchiey left for Bullion thus afternoon
to install the electric drill for tho
Nevada Bunker Hill mining company.
When the drill Is i'll operation, rapid
progress will he mnde in driving the
main tunnel. The company is pushing
the work and the prospects are excellent
for one of the best mines 10 the State.
To free Charles l.. Treadwell, the
l9-year'Old newspaper %cartoonist and
son OF a Hartford, Conn banker from
the Nevada state penitentiary cost his
father over $1,000. TreadwelI's father
came all the way from the 4 tlantic coast
10 testify in his sons behalf, bringing
plenty OF coin along to pay the attorney
mud the WitnpkspS-JnnrnaI-
An indication Of the uninterrupted
prosperity Of the mining and metal.
iurgical industries OF the United States
Is the declaration OF S5i ,S23,0G in
dividends for tue five months ending
May, this year. According to the Min
ing Worlds record 93 companies have
divided these profits, and since their
Incorporation have declared dividends
amounting to the large total Of s5Js.-
3l5,47i, on al issued share-capital Of
S7Si ,03i ,SO7.
New plans Tor the governors mansion
have been submitted to the capitol COM
missioncrs for their approval. AitOrn-
ey-General Stoddard holds that time is
past for the adoption OF plans and that
the mansion cannot now DO legally
built. The board took the plans under
consideration and say that the mansion
will be built. This looks as il the cap
itol commissioners did not have much
respect for the law.
Mrs. WLshburn, who changed her
maiden name for that OF q man twice
her senior, may leave her spouse for re-
fuslng to accompany her to church in
Reno last Sunday because she wore a
peckaboo waist. Mr.. Washburn is quot
ed by the JonrDal rs saying: ESTHER
might have been welcomed by King
Ahnsuerus had she worn such Il garment
MS that, and | admit that it might have
pleased KING David in his old age, but
in these days it is scandalous. 90 to
your room and change it at once. You
shall not wear such nm indecent gar
meDt in church."
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
Morgan was startled by hearing what no
thought was a pistol shot in the jail, but
on rushing out into the yard found the
son OF j. Ii. Cocks with Ii large portion
Of his pants torn from his body. The
lad had three caps such IA are used in
cannon canes, in his hip pocket, and IN
running after a rabbit, bumped into q
box in the yard, causing the caps to cI-
piodc aud tear away II large piece OF his
trousers. For u space Of several inches
his leg was bruised and burned, and a
moro uerions result WINS avcrtcd by tho
force Of the explosion blowing outward
The little fellow was taken home by tho
deputy sheriff, and it 10 not thought
any serious results will cnsue.-Yirgin-
ia Enterprise.
Mr.. Fairbanks ought to have known
better than to use just forty Manhattan
cocktails on the occaeiou OF the presi.
dent'e visit to indianapolis. Tho number
used suggests the shorty thioyos," and
the Manhattan brand suggests "Wall
Street thieves" II no had ordered mn
odd number oi good whtskcy cocktails,
no might have escaped the wrath OF
good democrats, eve though his
! Methodist republican, brethren Kicked