The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1883-01-14
iFron Monday 8 Daiiy.]
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Mis- yesta Edwards il in town. hav.
ing come down from Tuscarora on Sat
aTday.
Tho thermometer stood at ten do
grees below zero this morning at .
o'clock.
Tho assessments levied on Eovadr
mines during the year 1882 aggregate
S5,44i,4O0.
The cat and the boot-jack are no.
phere mentioned in tho Bible; hence
wo call for an amendment.
The receipts from Custom duties at
San Francisco for tho week ending
January C. 1883, werO SlGI, 2O2.l5.
An exchange says it requires two
packs to play q successful gamo Of
poker-a pack Of cards and a pack of
foe!s.
The latest thing out is n doll which
cries and sings. Fortunately it don't
cat, and consequently never has the
stomach ncho.
In the Assembly, James McBurney
ia n member OF the Committee on
Mines and Mining, and Il. Z. Hamill
On Contingent Expenses.
81 have the baby. where ID tho
eradlc?" was tho message received by
Il business man Of Elko recently. The
orNdio was forwarded promptly.
Tickets FOX omigrant passage from
HaVrc, France, to Gan Francisco. Cal
~ifornia, via New Orleans AMI San An
tonia, can now be bought ioz 500.
Orr Major Dennis has been honored
by ~ appointment on four different
Senate Committees. viz, Corporations,
Judiciary, Military ard Indian Affairs,
and State Prison and Insane Asylum.
Jud Eakin, Of LainOille, Is in town
soF tho purpose Of securing medical At
tcntiont 20 q i09t which was severely in
jured by the upsettiDs Of q wagon on
Thanksgiving day.
The ad. Of tho grand masquerade
ball TO take place Ct Freeman Hall,
will appear in ts-inoTrow's Issue. Cos
tunes. masks @ul dominoes, in great
variety, can be procured Of Mrs. j. T..
Edwards, at her place Of business in
thu old Bank building.
Tho c~i,izens OF Tuscarora have raised
fond Of SAL 90 by private sabscrip-
ton, for the purpose 0! securing fac
:itties for the prevention II the 10
siruciion Of property by fire. IL very
iaudaL!o outerPrisc aud ono in which
every resident OF that town Is person
ally interested.
An cd man named McElroy, who
had been working IL the mines and had
b tho GtriclssS economy nuccccd5a 10
saving some four or i've hundred dol
lars, fell into a poker Camo IN Daum's
SELDOM ?. Pnli1aic. on Saturday, end
lost IT oil. becoming desperate, be
dew & pi6:ol and blew out has l7lins
before anyone knew Of lis intoution or
could interfere.
The bill introduced in tho Senate hv
!. II. DENIM, Scnste Bill 10. ), pro
viling that officers salaries flGll b
ouhj~ct to attachment, is ono which. in
our opinion, should meet With little OF
no opposition, as TO can 500 TO good
reason why officers salaries SHOULD he
more sacred than tho earnings OF e pri-
vh'n individual. Then We are no! sufo
thai oNlcerl n,c any more prompt in
paying thvir debts than private per.
sous, and vo think it ia unfair TO tho
creditor to shie!d delinquent officers by
special legislation.
We urO under obligation to Senator
Donnis for Z copy OF Senate Fill 10 !
introduced by Mr. B-auscy, Jau. .. en-
til0i IAN BOT TO regulate primary
elections, rnd 10 psotoo. tho same from
fraud As thore iE Mt present no law
governing primary elections. and thoro
is no doubt TIA; in "rsny instances the
will Of toe people Is tLwat;od by IN
fair mcans' vO ,hink 1t perfect jas.
and proper that political parties SHOULD
DO protected in their rights BY nppro.
psintc legislation and from n has.7 OF.
animation Of tho Bill in question NO
Se' no reason why it should no. pasJ.