Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-07-16
Salmagund
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

Miss Inez Grover and Mrs. Robert
Howell left for Ogden this morning.
Mrs. Clarence Ems. arrived on No. 3
yesterday on u visit to her sister, Mrs.
Ed. Lytton.
You spoke too late"-as the boarder
said when he heard Is chirpinS as he
swallowed Il hard.r0ilcd egg.-Purple
Cow.
Bert Cunningham. deputy recorder Of
White Pine county, has skipped out
and left numerous creditors tn mourn
his going.
At 2:30 this afternoon. the thcrmoin-
etcr in this Office registered 100 degrees
in the shade. This is tina highest point
we have noticed this year.
The most remarkable increase in
| copper production ever made by any
State in the Union was that Of Nevada
in 1909. showing over 100 per cent.
Probably the most expensive Fourth
Of July this year was experienced by
Nampa. Idaho, where Il firccracker
caused the loss of nearly 5000. 900
worth of property.
Joseph Holdridgc. II laborcr. walking
from Reno to Verdi, was struck deaf,
dumb and blind by sunstrokc Monday
afternoon. Holdridge then made IL des-
perate effort to end his life in the True
kee river, hut was restrained.
As "A joke on his mother. I'm Oklaho-
ma kid advertised in the name of said
mother for Il husband. He stung him
self. Now he has II husky" stepfather
who is equally expert with his hand,
his foot, Il hoop pole or a green sprout
of any tough variety.
Five magnificent Alpine channels from
the Bernese oberland, a present from
the Swiss government to- the govern
ment of the United States. are on their
way across the Atlantic. These will be
the first channels skins ever received i'll
this country with channels in them.
Mrs. Margaret Sclleck, Il l0-ycar old
bride, was burned to death Tuesday
night ut Copper fiat. M Ely. She
was kindling n fire with coal oil and
her clothing caught fire, Before the
fatally burned and died in Il few hours.
A Kentucky physician, after exten.
.,,., q - ...,,,f, hnu N.riHtn, 81 ,Nn,NnT
to show that whisky ~aggravatcs the
venom of snake bites. This is testi.
mnny from Il high source and leaves
little to be done except to appeal the
case to the supreme experts in North
Carolina.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
There is II great deal Of bitter feeling
in our ncighborhood just now. Men
who have been friendly for years for
get to speak when they meet in the
street cars. and the women have stopped
gossiping over the fences. No one knows
for certain whose chsld it was that
started the chicken-pox circulating in
the block, but we I'LL have our suspicious.
Providence Or. H. Journal.
There are two men in the condemned
cells mt the p~cnitcntiary who are now
pretty close to the hangman's moose.
One of these is an Indian and the other
is G. &. Petty. the Sparks murderer.
The board of pardons has refused to
| interfere in the Indians case and his
time is short. Pctty's attorneys have
appealed his case to the supreme court
and it will probably he several months
| before he stretches hemp.
4 note from Prof. Howard states that
the committee IN admission and
| advanced standing of the University of
Nevada will continue the accrcditing of
the Elko high school in full for 1909.
The note Is dated Maumcc. Ohio. July
9th. In it Mr.. Howard also states That
he is having the time Of his life. but is
getting II little uneasy and wants to
| get Il good smell Of sagcbrush again.
He expects to hr home in about ten
days.
John ID. Morley. employed as q boiler,
maker in the Southern Pacific shops ut
Monticello. was crushed To death at that
point. He was working on the front
end Of an engine and next TO the back
wall. when another engine, in charge OF
I~IOstlcr j. w. Brccch, crashed into tho
first locomotive aud crushed Morley t.
death between the bOilcrlcad and tn,
brick wall. The unfortunate man was
taken from tho debris as quickly ~
possible, hut life was extinct.
The John Brucncr Company of Rc"C
has brought suit against Governor
Dickorson, Controller Eggcrs. Treasurer
Ryan and Secretary of State Douglass
us the board of capitol commissioners,
Eggcrs us state controller. Ryan us
treasurer. and DOnncls &c Stcininctz o
Reno. The complaint alleges that Tn,
capitol commissioners awarded tn,
contract to furnish the governor
mansion to DOnncls 81 Stcinncntz fol