Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-01-15

voc portion Il their energies toa re-
peal of our gambling laws there would
seem to DO some conSistsAcy in their &C.
zion.
Senator Boyle and others will renew
their petition ct ehis session of the
Legislature for franchise to build .
canal to tap Lake Tahoe for the pur-
pose of getting water for irrigatinS the
waste lands Of Eagle and Carson VAL
leys.
A diamond owned In Buffalo and
known a. the Buffalo gem" weighs
sixty oarats aud Is supposed to be the
largest in the United States. It il
about tho size OF an almond and before
cutting weighed ninety hve carats. It
was bought in Amsterdam for $4,000
This paper has so far taken no hand
in tho formation of Cabinet for Presi-
don't Harrison. but we now take pleasure
in informing our readers that James G..
Blaine, of Maine. will occupy tho i'm
portant position Of Secretary of State.
This 10 our upiHlcn based on the signs
! of tho times.
Appeal:-Carson will ultimately come
to the front as one of the most flourish
ing towns in the State. Eagle Valley
is fertile, its productions varied, and the
day will come. now that highways to
market and encouragement is offered to
its land owners. when Carson will re-
ceive the foil benefit of the agricultural
lands by which It is surrounded.
Lake Tahoe should be damned rather
than tapped. Last September it was
something like Eve feet below its natural
level. The outlet, head of the Truok-e
river, should be damned sufficient to
raise the water to its ordinary level;
but then has not California something
to say about this grand sheet of Nater2
1t is asserted that Henry M. Flagler,
the standard oil magnate, not long ago
gave his check for $50, QUO to the liqui-
| alton Of church debt. His generosity
is OF the most unostsntatious kind, and
the person who came to ask hic assis-
tance did not know that few weeks be.
fore he had given q large sum to the
church.
4 Hindoo god is offered for sale in
London. It's throne was at Delhi, and
to it female pilgrims fooked for moro
than thousand years. It ceased to
be an object OF worship about the year
1898. The divinity is of gold, inorusted
with precious stones, and is set round
With pricslsss gems called "the nine
lcharms."
/ The Carson correspondent of the
Virginia Chronicle says: The con-
tested election case relative to the seat
Of the Assemblyman from Lander coun-
ty, is etill in the hands of the Commit
tee. McHardy will get away with the
.lcske, but Dickson will be allowed his
mileage. which is obviously right, az he
received the certificate Of election"
| It Is perfectly legitimate under the
laws of our State for one. who pays a
license for the privilege, to impoverish
a man and send his wife and children
to beggary through faro game, bat to
permit man TO invest dollar in
lottery ticket "means goodbye to the
last vostige Of political liberty in Neva-
da," to quote from circular now be-
fore as.
| Members of tho Legislature should
not be expected to bear their own ex-
penses in looking after the States in
terests, hence IL is not justice to send a
sawdust Committee to California unless
their necessary expenses are paid from
the State Treasury. Suppose com-
mittee is appointed and tho members
refuse to goat their own expense; is
there any law TO compel than to go2
One Of our subscribers stopped the
INDEPENDENT on tho ground that IL
opposed Blaine. Our friend is mis-.
taken; for Il he will take tho trouble to
look over the Rles Of this paper he will
fnd that We were anxious to see Blaine
nominated at Chicago, for tho reason