Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-07-20
SALMAGUNDI

&2ckmeS Yof eastern ElkO county, are In
own this afternoon.
If you want to buy New Home sew
ng machine or q new Iroquois bicycle,
,all on or address this Office.
Mr.. George Litter and daughter,
Hertha, left yesterday for Oakland.
This is Mr.. Litter's first trip since com
ing here several years ago.
Mr.. w. T. Smith, Attorney Hender-
son and their driver left yesterday for
an automobile trip through the north
ern part of the county. They expect to
be gone eight or ten days.
The republicans of Minnesota have
nominated Jacob Jacobson for governor
against John johnson Ole ,Oleson
should now !be pnt in the field by some
Other party. The tSwedes seem to have
the Best Of it in the North Star state.
Stanley Peek, who was acquitted of
murder in Reno a few days ago, left for
some point in California last Friday
night. He was very nervous and be-
came insane shortly after leaving Reno.
At Auburn, he was taken from the train
raving maniac.
Surveyor E. C. Mcclellan and wife,
Mo have occupied the Pullman house,
at the corner of Fourth and Idaho
streets for ::over nine years, have leased
the McMullen house, on Court street,
opposite Edgar Remnants residence,
for term of years, and will move into
it September LIST.
Last week Hearst sent long dispatch
to his papers in which he claimed to be
replying to dispatch from Gompers,
the labor leader, asking him to support
Bryan and Kern Gompers denies, &C
cording to the dispatches, that he sent
Hearst any such dispatch This leaves.
Hearst in the position of replying to a
fake dispatch or to one he did not re-
ceive at all.
Constable Ouderkirk arrested young
man Saturday afternoon that he thought
bore some resemblance to Peter Clau-
danes, the Greek wanted in San Fran
cisco for !dynamiting Gallagher's house,
hut on applying the description sent out
from San Francisco to the prisoner it
was s0N seen that he was not the man
0antf sSor trying to kill Gallagher with.
dynamite.
Col. Hyman and Joseph Farren, the
mining expert, returned Saturday after
noon from Gold Creek. where they went
to examine some mining claims belong
ing to the Colonel and his associates.
Mr.. Farren seemed to be we'll pleased
with the property. Col Lyman suffer
ed severely with, rheumatism while on
the trip and is confined to. his bed today.
Hope to see him out in a few days.
Washoe. county seems to be very
safe place for people to kill each other
in. 1t has had two murder trials with
in the last month and both of the de-
PENDANTS were acquitted. Mrs. George
Winter, who killed James A. BABY while
riding with him in a buggy, was acquit-
ted Saturday afternoon on the first bal
lot. The Reno papers should not criti.
CHE Elko county juries any more.
l.. 0. Henderson, state auditor has
sent his resignation to Governor Dicker-
son to take effect upon the appointment,
of his successor. The INDEPENDENT
has known since the 4th Of this month
that Mr.. Henderson contemplated re-
signing, but the information was con-
fidental and we could not use it. Mr..
Henderson resigns because his business
interests require his time and attention.
In the early days in the northwest,
when the Hudson Bay company laid the
foundations of great fortunes by trade
with the savages and gun paid for as
many beaver skins as would reach to
the muzzle of it, the skins packed fiat
and the gun held upright, it was alleged
that the barrel of the weapon grew and