Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-09-04
Commissioners Lytton's family has
moved to town for the winter.

Commissioner Lytton's family has
moved to town for the winter.
MY friends" said the itinerant
preacher. 1.-The Scriptural rule for Civ
ing was one-tenth of what u man pos.
sessed. If you feel that you can't af.
ford 50 much, just give u sixth or n
fourth, according to your means. We
will dispense with the next hymn, and
take up the collection. '-Lippincott's.
sl'ijfi Clark received word this for :
noon that Frank Wall and u man
named Kelley held up u Chinaman al
Gold Creek yesterday and took $ll5. 90
from him. The sheriff swore out Il
warrant for their arrest and telephoned
Will Johnson at North Fork to 20
after the men. Kelly is said to have
escaped last night.
The Hearst Club, organized ut Lima,
New York. two years x has openly
repudiated Hearst and his indepen-
dence league ticket. and will support
Bryan and Kern. In 1906, Lima WAS
the most loyal Hearst town in Western
New York. The action taken by the
Lima club is being taken by similar
clubs i'll all sections Of the country.
There are 1880 newspapers pub
lished in the United States; about
1000 of them are published daily and
l20 are managed, edited and pub.
lished by negroes. In Asia there are
5000 periodical publications, Of which
the greater part appear in British In
dia and Japan; the latter country pub
fishes 1900 newspapers. Africa has
only 200 newspapers, of which 30 are
published i'll Egypt and the rest ap-
pear i'll the various European colonies.
On his way to Lamoille yesterday,
Sheriff Clark met Jim McDermott
and Jud Dakin coming in with the
insane man. He returned with them
and the man is now in Jail. His
name is William Ballard and he is
about d years of age. He has Il
brother and sister living ut Water
town, South Dakota. He seems to be
insane Ove religion. He was very
noisy last night. hut is more quiet
today.
The jury in the Sunmerfield divorce
case. after having been out nearly
forty-eight hours, returned Il sealed
verdict late Monday afternoon. The
Gazette a y that it was rumored that
the jury failed to grant Il divorce to
either Of the parties and that both were
fonud guilty of cruelty. The charge of
adultery against Mrs. Symmetrical was
beaten by Il vote of nine To three. The
general feeling in Reno was that the
case is still up in the air.
German educators are now intro.
ducing picture postcards into the
schools. Within the last few months
cards have been put on the market
illustrating natural history, political
history and even giving instructions in
the German language. These cards
have been approved by professors and
teachers Of reputation and at "A re-
cent meeting of the German Gle.
Ographical Society it WAS proposed for
the first time to use them in the
schools.
Never suspect Il friend of doing You
wrong until the proof of it is plain and
Us clear rs the sun OF Il cloudlcss day,
and thcn-ycs, even h en-do not accuse
or ccnsure until you have heard from
his w lips his version of the supposed
wrong. If you were ever II friend to
him. he is certainly entitled to that
much forbearancc and consideration.
II this rule was practiccd, many Il mis-
understanding would he avertcd and
many Il heartache spared.-Exchange.
y hoy ina State school for depend
cnt children wrote his futher thus:
Dear Papa: We children are having
II good time here now. Mr.. Sager broke
his leg and can't work. We went OH u
picnic and it raincd and we all got wet.
Many children here are sick with
mnmps. Mr.. Higgins fell off the wag.
on and broke his rib, but he can work
II little. The man that is digging the
deep well whipped us boys with II bug
gy whip because we threw sand in his
machine, and made black and blue
marks on us. Ernest cut his finger
badly. We are NIL very happy"
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