Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-02-16

that Nevada shall donate not less than
300 acres Of ground for school purposes,
and makes IN appropriation OF $50. 600
fog the construction Of the necessary
buildihss.i
&ocord:-Soma of our Mormon breth.
RON afro Furnishing the ungodly In Pr
oehs by selling frozen potatoes. They
All the top of the bags With good pota-
toes, while the lower two.thirds Of tho
BAG contain frozen. tubers. Tho Lord
gives Mormon Q white mark every
time he swindles Gentle.
The name OF James G. Blaine as q
Presidential candidate has been laid
aside by the Reno Journal. The as
sertion frequently made in these COL
umus that James G. Blaine will never
be President Of the United States is no
more apparent to us now than it has
been ever since tho prediction. was first
made.
i. Virginia Chronicle:-It Is now said
that Henry Wilson, once 'the inspired
cobbler Of Massachusetts" and later
Woe President Of the United States I'm.
der Grant. was the grandson of a GER
tain English nObleman. The story may
be true. but it does not make Wilson a
better oobbler or better vice prssi-
dent. ..
II .l.s.+s,
Sacramento Bee:-Mrs. Maggie Sulli-
van, an immigrant, arrived here last
evening enroute to Council Bluffs.
She lost her ticket, and being penniless,
Was provided with lodgings at
the station-house. Water Works
Engineer DAronx gave the woman 50 to
help her along. This morning she was
sent 20 her destination by the railroad
company. an.7t}
Patrick Connolly, the ex-sherifr OF
San Francisco. has commenced suit
against William b. Hearst, proprietor
ofthe Examiner, TO recover 800, 900
and oOats for the publicatieR OF an all
logged libel. The suit ID based on the
articles published in the Examiner ON
Saturday and Suaday. charging Con-
nelly with being connected with big
opium snnogeling ring.
8. +. Alta. No country. in the world
pays anything like the amount the
United States does for pensions. Eng
land With military asd civil list
part Of u hsreditary-that has been
growing for $50 years. doss not pay
half 80 much. Although Germany has
been engaged In three wars since thu
close Of ous civil struggIe, shs pays
hardly : third what We do.
The House CommiGtse on Commerce
Last Tuesday decided to report favorabIy
the bill 20 charter the Nicaragua Canal
Company. The Committee inserted
two amondmsnss in he original bill,
the 6rst requiring q majority Of the
Directors Of The Company 20 be Ameri-
can citizens, Aad the second providing
that the President OF the Company
shall be . citizen and resident Of the
United States,
Omaha WoFid:-Febsuasy 10 the
dreariest month Of che year In Omaha.
No sleighing, no toboGganing, no skat-
ing; nothing but budding trees. bios
souing lilacs, auooosonous buttercups
and the tiresome wsrblings OF che Dir. %
that couldn't sing bar Of Wagner to
save their necks. We hardly get time
to enjoy our )dslighfful Winter weather
before II ~ over and the long, weary
summer begins.
The Assistant SeOrstsry Of the Treas-
ury has vrittAn ~ ofnoial letter on the
subject Of eoiM UoEn smooth BY abrasion
which viii - Of much interest 10 every
ons who has had Tho tender Of smooth
quarter orhalf.doihr rdecined-A very
common experience, BY the way. The
Secretary says that nader Department
regulations Of Augu,t 1, 1887, mutilated
silver coins are not redeemed, but ..re-
duction BY natural sbEasion 10 not con-
{, sidercd nsutilsGon.' and that sach