Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-26

For having .'coccanuts'' made of iron,
weighing 81 pounds each. on the front
row of her stand at n fair. 50 that they
conld not he Knocked of. Sarah Hnyer
was fined *i5 and her son 1880 ut Nm.
neaton. England.
Mr. and MB. w. T. Crane returned
last night from their California trip.
Mr.. Crane does not look as if Califor-
nia's climate had been very beneficial to
his health. In fact, he says he can't
boom it a many have done.
The funeral of Ex-President Cleveland
took place ut Princeton today. His re-
mains were laid beside those of his dau-
ghter. Ruth, the first born of the Cleye-
land household. The funeral was at
tended bp many prominent people.
The Nevada Northern railroad com
pany has begun II suit i'll the u. S. dis
trict cour ut Carson to restrain the
railroad commission from enforcing it's
order to compel the railroad company
to build and maintain u depot mt Ely.
The French gardening methods by
which an acre of ground is made to
yield $2433 to 1920 per annum by the
forcing hot bed process, has been intro
duced in England. Vegetables are pro-
dnced all the year and are forced by a
steady temperature of 90 degrees.
The many friends of Isaac Griswold
will he pleased to learn that he is able
to he up and around the house and that
he is getting along nicely. His head is
still very sore, bnt the swelling is leav-
ing and his prospects are good for an
early recovery.
There are no new developments in
the attempted robbery of the postoffice.
The man arrested for providing around
the town the night the robbery was
attempted is still in Jail, but there is no
evidence to connect him with the crime
The job was probably lone by someone
familiar with the Office.
In 1893, when 81 banks closed their
doors i'll the United States, the republi-
cans called it Il demOcrttic panic, In
1907, when nearly every bank in the
United States closed their doors and
paid their debts in cashiers checks. the
republicans called it Il holiday. Verify,
it makes II difference whose OK is gored
Henry Harkless was i'm town TODAY.
after a thirty-three mile drive from
Salisbury Springs-pretty good for Il
corpse. For Harkless is the man who
was adludged dead awhile ago and his
wagon, worth 1926. sold by ]. H. Nor
ris. acting rs public administrator for
l.. l.. Blumenthal, to pay the burial ex-
penses. The old chap intends to get
back his wagon before he leaves Tono-
pah.-Tonopah Sun.
The jury that convicted w. ]. Bart
nett, the San Francisco bank thief, re.
commended him to the mercy of the
court. Bartnett, Brown and their pals
robbed hundreds of poor people by mis-
using the funds of their bank and
neither of them deserve sympathy or
mercy. If the same jury had tried a
poor devil for stealing bread to feed his
hungry family, do you think they
would have asked the court to show
him any mercyr Such requests for
wealthy thieves are getting to common
When one is caught. he should Ike given
the limit.
The center of population i'm the Unit
ed States i'll 1900 was six miles south
east of Columbus. Ind. In 1880 it was
eight miles west by south of Cincinnati.
Since 100 it has moved 5l9 miles. In
1900 the center of negro population was
near Rome, Ga, and travelling outward.
If Alaska and other recent island ac-
ccssions to IL territory are excluded,
the center of area Of the United States
is In Smith county, in northern Kansas,
about three miles north of Reamsyille.
and some fifteen miles north by west of
Smith Center. But if Alaska, Porto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines are
included, then this country's center of
area is out in the Pacific ocean, west of
the northern part of the coast of Oregon
and south of the south coast of Alaska.