Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-06
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY


FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Rer. VI. :. Riddle and wife left Oh
No. . this afternoon To visit their son at
Lovclock.
Judge Rutledge came from Carlin
this morning in search of Il pay day.
He had nothing exciting to relate.
The Humboldt Star says that Mr..
PiXley has sold his lot on Bridge street,
Winncmucca. The consideration is not
given.
Mrs. Reinfeldt suffered considerably
to-day from rheumatism in one Of her
feet. but her general condition is much
better.
George Vasketchiannes WAS welded
to Miss Panagratitcha Giannatchelc of
McGill in this state during the week
by the Reverend Lymperopulos.
Col. Hymun returned from his Gold
Creek mine last night. He reports that
section prosperous and his mine look
ing yell. Hope he he has II bonanza in
sight.
The first gold bar ever produced in
Eureka. Il silver and lead camp. WAS
recently shipped from the Windfall
mine. The value WAS between SD. 600
and Sli, 900.
X. +. Ricd, one of the men who
swipcd n shirt at Englcr's store yester-
day forenoon. was charged with assault
and battery ON Arthur Miller. He WAS
before Judge Bruce yesterday afternoon
and plead not guilty.
Stanley Phillips, the man who abused
charge yesterday afternoon and Judge
Bruce fined him $50 and costs with the
privilege Of working il ont in the county
Jail. lie took the ihil part Of the sen
tcncc.
The snake editor of the YeringtOn
Times is responsible for the following:
Over II thousand rattlesnakcs have been
killed at Glendale, Nyc county, this
year. Some of the tcrrors were ten
feet long and Us big around lis "A cham
payne bottle. y prospector extracted
the fangs from the jaws of one reptile
and has it mounted and uses it to hang
hats on.
The term ''halcyon days is derived
from u pretty little fable of the Sicil-
ians, who believed that during the
seven days proceeding and following
the winter solsticc, Dec. 2l, the hal
cyon or kingfishcr floated on the water
in II nest on which her young were de-
posted and that during this time of
her brOoding the seas were calm. Our
Indian summer corresponds with the
halcyOn of the Sicilians.-Ncw York
Telegram.
The Southern Pacific has notified the
state railroad commission that it refuses
to obey the Full Crew Law passed by
the last Legislature. General Manager
Bancroft says that Il fair test Of the
law has been made and that it hampers
the operation Of trains and adds largely
to the expense. He also says that the
law department of the company claims
that the law is invalid. The railroad
commission will now place the matter
in the hands of the attorney. general
who will probably take steps To test the
constitutiOnality of the law by hrining
a suit against the railroad company.
William Shaw. Il young man from
Paradise valley, went insane in Winnie.
mucca Sunday morning. He procured
II shotgun and took possession of his
lodging-housc. lie held the fort until
noon when he invited Constable Moore
into the house to talk ovc the situation.
Moore took Shaw ut his word and fin.
ally persuaded him to leave the house
and go to Shaw's grandmothcr's resi-
dcncc. On the way. the constable got
possession Of the gun and Shaw was
ovcrpowcrcd and taken to Jail. He is
about 81 years of ago and has recently
recovered from an attack of typhoid
fever.