Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-02-01

Frank Ferri were severely injured last
Thursday by exploding dynamite, while
they were grading the eite Of the Ely
Witch boarding house near Lano City.
Mr.. Harris was taken with n chill
Saturday afternoon and he is now in a
serious condition. His many friends
still hope that he will pull through and
be spared many years yet.
A Tennessee judge who had oillciated
at many a divorce suit say tina, he two
uain causes for domestic infelicity are
mans iondness for wet goods and u
woman's love Of dry goods.
Mr.. MsyLam aud his party Of eastern
capitalists left Saturday night Tor Salt
Lake. where they will remain several
days settling up matters in connection
with the Tuscarora mines.
The snow has nearly all disappeared
from the streets and in it's place are
mud, water and elush. The streets
car be safely crossed without swimming
ooo Vic uChlk W liz IIinoihS
with pride thereat.
Another rich strike il reported in the
Gold Quartz mine in the Bullion dis.
trict. A ledge 2Is feet wide and nssay-
ing SO, 900 per ton has been cut i'll Il
tunnel on tho Trout lease. The new
lind il 2.0o1 feet from tho Gold Quartz
ehnft.
h Carson News rsys nat n name is
applied 10 every legislature that gen
orally sticks during the session. The
present bunch, it eaye. will probably be
called the Mineral Water Solons,' as
they seem to be IL very temperate crowd.
a remarkable circumstances attended
the boring OF an oil well in Indiana re-
Gently. Att depth OF $50 teet the drill
penetrated II tree, through branches,
trunk and roots, III the order named.
Some OF the fragments brought to the
surface were FOUND to contain lively
black ants, the presence OF which at
such a depth no one il able satisfactorily
to explain.
We tried to make some poetry in
praise OF streets this Afternoon, but
our poetic genius refused to respond. II
bucked AT beng put To such a test.
Neverthe less, the streets are worthy OF
the best efforts OF the greatest living
poet. In short, they are just as the
people want them.
Walter Cole, II painter and decorator,
perished in the cold Wednesday night
while making his way from Ely, with
three com panions, to the smelter site at
McGin. AL the men were intoxicated,
not one knew the way across the valley
and Cole, whom the News says had
scarcely been sober in two montha, fell
an easy victim to the cold.
IL the person whose duty it is to
deliver the mails 10 the postollice. doea
not 10 better work in the future thar
he has done the last few days, the
"lSDErEyDErT will report the facts to
headquarters. Saturday, Sunday and
this morning the mail of No. o wa held
ut the station nearly an hour before it
WAS taken To the postofice. This il mn
imposition on the public that must be
stopped.
Charles Wake. n negro porter. blew
himself to pioces Saturday morning in
tho basement OF tho Nixon building in
Qoldiield. Tho structure caught fire
shortly after the explosion. aud total
destruction WA prevented by the fire
d department. 1t has not been deter
mined Whether Wake attempted to COM
init suicide, Fragments OF the negro's
body we're found after tho alInir. WGko
wns employed rs u ~jnnit0r in the Nixon
building.
Otto IIupicr, Il bartender ut the Park
Hotel, Carson, committed suicide
Saturday morning by shooting himself
through the head. He had been gnnb.
ling md had lost s239.95 Of his employ.
ore money. His body was found lying
i'll n deep ditch II short distance from
town and wns partly covered with water.
iIc u u uOlc W lS eIl Ut, III WHICH
no stated that he Ind been gambling
and had lost go which he could not
pay. lIupfer was II bright,
dating young man, about 20 ycnrs Of
age, and had mapy iricnde.
Thomas Griffin. ono Of Carlin's solid
citizens, in in town. lie signed the
petition for tho reduction q frcigh,s
and fares on tho railrond mud then told
tho reporter that no shipped eome
lumber from here To Carlin on tho 9th OF
November and tint part OF it hnd never
shovel ~. Tho freight agent here IL
conliden, that nll the lumber was put in
tho same car nnI is unable To account
for u par Of It not showing up in Carlin.
Mr.. Griffin says lIo "oul'l hive got the
lumber from Australia by this time.
llis experience with tliis small phipmeui
~ lumber Inns 40 dieg listed him that he
declares TINT hc will ship no moro stun
from Elko.