Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Tom Brennan. the Pleasant valley
la cher, took in the county seat t., Y.
Attorney HsaIerspn left for San
trancisco on No. 3 Yesterday.
Mr.. ana Mrs. TnDnA, Griffin of Car.
lin spent the ii inc between trains at the
county seat.
Now, that the storm has cleared away
think over the sewer proposition. Elko
must have a sewer system next year.
Don't forget the meeting at Mizpah
Hall tonight. If you are Interested in
the public Christmas tres. 20 O. the
meeting.
Sorry to learn that Mrs. Otto Williams
Is confined to her bed NIsn Al attack of
ptoinainc poisoning. She is improving
and will soon he nronnri again.
Ahner Wiscman, Il ri hhccr of Clover
valley, and one Of a.. rbuaty'S hest
citizens, is spending u few days in town.
He carries his years we'll.
The schools close toby for the
Thanksgiving holiday. rl.f will opsn
again next Monday, wlirA all the
Youngsters are expected To b. on deck.
In accordance with the long cstah-
lished custom of this office, there will
he no paper issued tomorrow. The
force will feast and give thanks. ali the
SAM as other people.
Mrs. Webster PLttcrso VS. taken to
IN Francisco yesterday for treatment.
Her condition is serious, hlt her legion
OF friends hope that sh" VIII rcturn to
them with her health fully restored.
Mistrcss-"NorL, why didn't You
finish winding the cloci;I You only
gave it a couple of turns" Nora
'Shure, and III lie LAWN yez tcrmorr,r,
num-, and Ill not u. after dDin' amy of
tie new gyrui', wUr-rk."
y Boston MAJ b.iievcs that if
children were not allowed u play with
tin soldiers the era of universal peace
would cOne quicker. Would il not b,
better to have ail the. babies born gIrls!
st. Louis POST Dispatch.
From a Vienna paper: ''CJ,ntortablc
pension for English visitors; good kitch.
en- with Continental eatIblc5, or plain
roShe1f with pOttats for same prizes nice
sleeping rooms with open windows;
painful cleanliness; numerous extra
ordinary rcfcrencrS."-St. james Ga,
zett".
Uneasy persons who think the gov
eminent unnecessarily SUI rnIcrs money
by getting out II new postage stamI
whenever some great national event or
anniversary happens along may RI
assurc themselves. There is a fairly
good profit III il sheet of postage stamps
Chicago Tribune.
The political state makers in Reno ant
Carson mix up some very nauscJus dose:
for the people to swallow q fall
Some Of the men named for places OF
both tickets will have hard rows To hos
should they be unfortunate enough to
get on the ticket. One or two are men,
toned from this county that will fine
and rocks that they will be unable I,
Treasurer Miller reports taxes com
ing in very slowly. This III Drning only
3GI receipts out Of 1854 had been issue |.
This leaves 100 IN IRE II BE- issued he,
tween nov and q o'clock Of Monday
December 9TH. 1t will keep Mr.. Mile
going some To issue I'LL the outstanding
receipts between now and the time tn,
books close. Taxpayers should get {
hustle on if they do not wan to pay II
per cent OH the amount due from then
beside the other costs.
It is related that Chicf JuStic,
Salmon u. Chase OH stopping ut thu
birthplace of Patrick Henry in Virginia
exclaimed: What an atmosphere!
What a view! What glorious noun
tains' No wonder that Patrick Henri!
grew hero WhcrcupJn an homes
native dryly remarked that the atmps
DlltTt, lil' Nl'N N'll WV Hlph''llil1 hd'
been there for ages. but that only on,
Patrick Henry had been produced
Macon Telegraph.
Judge Avcrill has sentence | Ascension
Maugann. a Mexican, to b. hanged Il
the pcnitcntiary On the 18th of Feb
ruary. 1910. MIngIna vas convicted q
the murder of Byron Nelson at Iceland
Nyc county. on the 18th Of last juno
Maugana showed no emotion when tn,
sentence WAS pronounced. but broke
down and cried for half an hour aftc
being returned tn his cell. Sheriff
Owens has taken Mangann to til,
ponitcntiary. .
Congressman David De Armoud ant
his six year old grandson were burned
to death early yesterday morning in
fire that destroyed the DcArmond HON,
at Butler. Missouri. Mrs. DcArmOnd
"A daughter and the servant. the othc
occupants of the house, escaped. ID
Almond has represented his district II
congress since 1891. He was ne of tn,
allcst mon in that body and was ono o
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