Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-08-10
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a husband on being told that his wife
ID lost her temper, replied that he was
ad of it, for twas very bad one.
An exchange says that a mother who
esires to bring up her son as he should
J. frequently finds it necessary to be-
at the bottom. =. # "...,-....,.
Another Roosevelt prosperity item:
,e deficit Of the u. s. treasury for the
onth of July this year was twelve
illion greater than.that of last year.
State Bullion Tax Collector Haley
rived from Reno this morning and
ut in the day sizing up affairs here.
will leave for the east tonight or
bmorrow morning: '.' 81 ' -. ii
A good many years ago, when g
by was whipped at school, he receied
mother whipping when he went home,
Mt in these days the father and mother
ipe his tears away and go and whip
be teacher.
According to an interview published
the Goldfeld Tribune McCarren
aimed 90 of the 173 delegates to the
on6pah convention. The young man
bust have been dreaming when he
arFle that claim.
In an effort to put stop to the
hiring of concealed weapons in the
late of Alabama a law has been
|assed by the state legislature and is
low in effect prohibiting the sale or
arrying of a pistol less than two feet
length.
A Missouri physician who perform
ID an operation for appendicitis re-
Eently found that the victims appendix
lad already been removed in previous
operation. Presumably the doctor re-
urned the patient to his family mark
ID, opened by mistake" -Ex.
Superintendent Davis and Prof. van
Barneveld returned this forenoon from
Bullion, where they spent several day s
! II examining the mines of the New
ida Bunker Hill Company. Prof van
Barneveld was very well pleased with
4 he mines of the company and the pros
)ects of the old camp. He left on No.
b this afternoon to visit the Lawson
mines is trinity, county California. :
u Little Edith, who has a cross old
aunt with whom she cannot live in
peace and concord, heard visitor tell
ler mother that a neighbor had shot
} dog because it had grown old and
cross. The young maid is sometimes
quick to reason by analogy, and Edith
WAS equal to the occasion. Mamma"
'she said, after the visitor had left,
when do you think papa will shoot
Aunt Eliza2"
There was considerable fOot-race talk
around the Commercial Hotel at noon,
but opinions were very conflicting as to
whether Mayer and Stewart would run
this afternoon or at ALL To man up
ia tree it looked as if the hackers of the
racers were about ready to pull down
their money and treat the race as a
memory. The writer does not believe
the hackers of the boys are very anxious
for race since yesterdays performance,
About 8 o'clock Sunday forenoon
smoke was seen raising from the plat
form between the upper freight housl
of the Smith company and the Hessor
warehouse. The alarm was sounded and
the fire boys. were soon on the ground
nh the hose carts ready for business.
'fhe fire was extinguished before any
damage of consequence was done. II
is supposed to have been caused by
tramps setting fire to some straw by the
side of the platform.
Charles A. Brown and Miss Ethe
Jane Cowling were married in ElkC
Saturday evening. The bride is {
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. james
COwling of South Fork and the groom