Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-12-10
S~almagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

Inc supper at Leonard Hall was well
patronized Saturday night and over $l5t
went into the Guild treasury.
Forty-one lawyers are engaged In
litigation over an estate in New York
City, and as the estate amounts To only
*2,OOO,OOO it looks as if the LAWYERS
can't get much more than $is. 600 apiece
ont of it.
1t is stated that the new billion
dollar copper combination will be able
to control 80 per cent Of the copper
output OF the world. q sufficient
amount to regulate the price of the
metal with absolute certainty.
Mrs. Patterson's funeral will take
place at the Presbyterian church tn.
morrow afternoon ut O'clock. The
interment will be in the Knights of
Pythias cemetery. Friends and
acquaintatces are respectfully requested
to attend the services.
Information has been received that
Sol Hip. one Of the pioneer merchants
OF this city, who has been residing in
Reno for some years past, is now suf.
tering with paralysis of his right leg,
which has confined him to his home
for some weeks past. His many friends
in old White Pine hope for his speedy re.
covery.-Ely Record.
A verdict of guilty Of murder in the
first degree was returned Saturday
afternoon by the jury in the lie
Baron murder case ut Winnemucca.
The jury fixed the penalty
ut life imprisonment. Lebanon killed
Thomas New in a saloon at Winnie.
mucca OH the 25th Of May. He plead
self-defense and the unwritten law.
Chicken pie, or more correctly speak.
ing. n chicken pie took a big drop "A,
Leonard Hall Saturday night. Attorney
Henderson carried a big fat pie to the
Hall and handed it To Mrs. Brown.
Thinking that she had a good hold on
1t he let looSe and the pie turned turtl,
on the floor. There was sadness for 4
time. but the humor of the situation
drove it away. Mr.. Henderson made
up the losss with Two big cakes. Thes,
he held - until they were safely in
other hands.
AT Goldtield Saturday Judge Stevens
sentenced Patrick Casey, the murderer
OF Mrs. Hcslip, to b. hung at the pnni
Tertiary on Tuesday, March /. 1910
Judge Stevens objected To makinl
Friday hangman's day and naincC
Tuesday i'll hopes that other court,
would follow suit. Casey told the c0mrt
that the jury that tried him was pre-
JUDGED and vas unfit TO try evcn ;
petty larceny case. He said he knew
nothing about the killing Of Mrs. iicsliI
and would walk to the gallows pro
claiming his innocence.
Thirty.thrcG giant freight engines
have been completed for the Southern
Pacific Railroad company. and some OF
them have been started west for
delivery. The engines are all of the
Mallett compound type. Twenty one
of these engines are Of the same size rs
two already in use on the Southern
Pacific. They weigh 3JJ tons aud are
sometimes called two locJmDtivcs in
one. Some Of the eastern roads refused
TO haul them over their tracks because
they were 80 heavy that bridges might bt
damaged. Each Of the leviathans COS,
$50. 900.
Order has been issued by the Posta
authorities tn the railway mail clerks
requiring the transfer Of registered
mail packages Of second. third and
fourth class in bulk instead Of keeping
an individual record of each package
~ heretofore. 1t is believed the order
was issued to discourage the I'M.
necessary use of the registered mails for
holiday packages. Under the new
order, packages will be more easily
handled, but will bc more difficult tC
trace in case they are lost. Registered
letters and all first class registered
matter will ie handled as usual.