Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-03-01

up and today Judge Bruce cent him to
jail for ten days.
We regret to learn that Uncle George
Lytton had a paralytlc stroke yesterday
afternoon and that his condition is csiti-
cal. He s very old and his chances Of
recovery are much less than they would
be weee he a younger man. Everybody
hopes Uncle George will recover.
The Appeal says it is now proposed
to create the Office OF State auditor
which will combine the office OF
auditor, bullion tag collector. bank
examiner and insurance commissioner.
His business win be to travel about the
state and look after revenue matters in
general and shnke up delinquent taxes.
Assemblyman Williams OF Lincoln
county has introduced a bill to repeal
the prize tight law. This il in accord
with the governors Recommendation.
The best sentiment OF the state tayors
the repeal OF the prize t1ht Inv and
the Williams bin should pass the legis-
lature unanimously
There is little change in the condition
OF Senator Brossemer oi Eureka conn
ty. who is critically i'll at his hotel in this
city. The physicians give little hope OF
recovery, and the wor'I rrm the sick
cham Der last Y e ny was TO the effect
that from the present Indications the
end is but a matter Of a few days. Hope
has been practically abandoned III the
case. Carson news.
j. Warne Phillips, Il min .nR q perstor
at Silver City, has been arrested on the
charge of grand larceny. He is accused
OF taking ore from IL MINI belong ing to
another party. Mr.. Phillips was at one
time professor OF chemistry at the state
university, and at the last election he
was one Of the republi tan candidates
for short term regent. Special coun sci
has been employed to prosecute him.
The U. s. grand jury failed to iudict
Adelbert Hogue, Jim jones' and Joe =.
Noriega, held in Jail here on the charge
OF %disposing OF whiekey to Indians, and
they were discharged from CUSTODY Lass
night. Jones was in Jail eleven months
and d day. lie was arrested by Dep.
uty Constable Miller. The evidence
against him was conclusive at the exam
i~natiop.
Judge Harrington issued a bench
warrant for Kitty Blaine Wednesday
and Sheriff Clark took her to Carson
Wednesday night. Kitty was a witness
III tho cases against Jim Jones and Joe
S. Norieca, charged with dispcsrug Of
whisKey t" Indians. She did not want
to tc-tiiy agiEa asst Noriega us the m user
able cur iH her lover.
A Southern man tells OF a conversa
ton Le overheard between his conk and
n maid, both uegroes. with reference TO
a recent funeral uf IL member Of tn. il
race, ut which funeral there had he ell !
proiusion 81 floral trihutes. Said iii,
cook: "bnt's AL very well, Mandy; hut
when | dirS, / don't want no flowers Oh
my grave. Jes plant IL good old wd
termelon Yine; an when che gifts ripe,
You come dar, nm don't you eat it, but
jes bus il ON de rave. nm let lie good
old juice drIbble down lie grounj!"-
Harper's Weekly.
Opium is obtained by cutting TIC a D
suic NJ the poppy Hover with Il uotched
iron instrument AT sunrise, and by the
next morning IA drop OF so OF juice has
oozed ouI. TINS is escaped of and saved
by the grower, and after he has d vessel
full Of it, il is strained and dued. II
takes II great many poppies to mike a
pound oi opium. aud it goes through "a
number NJ processes before it is ready
Tor market. In a liquid state il looks
like dark strawberry Jam.
The railroads are having a lively time
with the legislatures this year. Nearly
every state ha4 passed lnws reducing
ireigh,s and fares aud the governors are
signing them. Yesterday Governor
Folk OF Missouri signed u bill reducing
passenger rates to two cents Il mile.
1t will soou he up to Nevada's governor
to Sign n bill reducing fares aud ireighis
in this state. Other governors have set
bin n splendid example.
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