Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-01-03
Salmagundi.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.

Beginning tomorrow night all the dry
good stores VII c.ose ut I p. IN. Make
q note Of tins and save yourselves
trouble.
The first day i'll 1908 was IA perfect
winter day. The sUn shoue warm and
bright and The air was pleasant. No
l~Oyelier winter day could be found an
where.
In this, the first issue 81 the new year,
the I%DErE>DEST returns thAnks for ;hr
patronage it received last year and
wi, hes all OF its friends happiness and
prosperity during the coming year.
Edgar R%einhart, son Of Julius Rein
hart, arrived Yesterday IN D!nIng on q
visit to his RI ~ relatives. ihr young
man dropped Ia. u is office this after
noon and pussrL t., compliments Of the
season.
New !rar's day ped off very quietly
II ElkU. ihra w;s BEE n-uul nose and
uss over the DE- r:i II The old aud the
firth Of the urH, bat aside from that
nothing occnr :r,i '. make the first day
If the year dfIrI III from any other
holiday.
The pistol that 10, Pete, a Wasioe
lndIan, used III killing Young Viii
Dansbcrs III 1898, on the Dan5bers
ranch was found last week near the
scene Of the mnrdcr.
An OHIO convict made $4,000 whi!u
serving II five year term. lie got board
and cIotbing free, too. y sc.ambi" may
be expected for position under tina,
wardcu:-PhIladelp hin Ledger.
Ramsdell has moved his photograph
gallery to his new building on Railroad
street, west Of the lumber yaTu. lie has
the best equipped gallery III the State
and s now prepared to TAX better pct
ures than eveI. Secure lhe shallow be-
fore the substance fades.
Ii the people OF Elko county want
Paul Loyelace TO stay ill the pcniten-
tiary they should make themselves heard
before the board OF pardoDs. The plea
tina; he is an plary prisoner should
have but little weight with the pardon
ing board.
Tho supreme court hns granted Il stay
OF execution to Buckaroo Jack, the
Indian murderer, sentenced to be
hanged on the 10th Of January Tor the
murder oi another ludian near Winnie
muccR. The stay was grhuteI until the
appeal Of the Indian was settled. The
attorneys for the Indian contend that
the state court has no Jurisdiction III
the case and that the case should have
been tried III the Uuites States courts.
1t ia very likely that the lndinn will
wip his appeal Carson News.
George Pratt was brought in from his
North Fork ranch yesterday with IA
brosuu leg. y horse on the ranch
steppeu Oh a post and it flew up striking
MIR. Pralt's leg between the knee and
Hnkle brrasing 1t. He reached here
about II o'clock last night and wRs
taken to his home where DR.. Hood at
tended To- his injuries. lie Is doing us
we'll rs can DO expected.
The masquerade on roller skates drew
II big crowd to the Opera House Tues
day night and everybody enjoyed the
Rhtics Of tho mnsquers. Tho price
wore awarded IA fOllows: Howard
Reese, Miss Annie Mcintyre, Miss
Iclma Carroll and Miss May Clinton
took the $40 prize for tho best group;
Mr.. Commons, who ]pcrsUnatrd Il lady
edater, took tho lndics' prize nnd Mr..
George McMuIIen carried of tho gcnt's
prize. The masquerade was a big cue
cess III every way.
a sensation Inns been spoiled by late
news regarding tins "Hitempted nssnssin-
alton" Of John Smi,h, brother Of Shcr.
iii Phil Smith, Lincoln county, at Cali.
entc, ON December 22nd. Ii nov mp
pears TINT Smith was accidentally ehut
by he revolver falling to the ground and
tho hammer striking II rock aud dis
charging the weapon. Smith IL now in
q Salt Lako hospital and will cCoYer.
Tho bullet plnwUd through the ilcshy
part Of ing body and came out nj tho
| back.
Ihore Ia n good deal Of excitement IN
Reno over the murders Md robberics
that are beng comittcd tlIorr. llc
Hotel JargstorT near tnc Nevada rack-
ing Company was held up 10y four mask.
cd men Monday night nnd all tho money
taken from the gambling games md
each register. After the robbers LETT
the place, thcy fred II shot through the
door that struck George Brown, M old
man, woundlng hin so badly that he
died shortly after. Officers wore soon al
tile place, but up to this time no reliable
clcw has been found. although ono Ed.
Dorr has been mrcstcd and 10 being
held ~ a euspoct. There In considerable
talk OF organizing a vigilance committee
to clean up the lntd characters that IN.
feet the city.