Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-12
Salmagundi
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY

Ill from White Rock last night.
See the new ads of the Commercial
Tailors and the Wiutermantel Com
pany.
II You nave any idle time. go to tn
teachers institute. Your presence will
encourage the teachers and you will be
well entertained. Let the teachers
KNOW by your presence that you take
an interest in their work.
The coroncr's jury that investigated
the death of A. f. Talbot. the Reno
sport, found that he died from "A gun
shot wound inflicted by his wife. Judge
Jones i'll whose Office the shooting &C.
Cured refused To testify ut the inquest.
The trial of Frank NJ. Pcurt for the
murder of Frank II. Read ut Mazuma
last May began before Judge Orr ut
Winncrnucca Monday. Peart and
Read were well known citizens of
Mazuma and members of the Miners
Union. The killing was the outcome of
a disagreement over u matters.
Last Friday night james Mobiles was
convicted of murder in the first degree
at Las Vegas and the penalty was fixed
ut life imprisonment by the jury.
Mobiles killed Arthur S.. Dow ut New.
berry mountain, Clark county, on the
18th of April and wounded Il man
named Orr. The jury WAS out six
hours before agreeing upon u verdict.
+. NJ. Lee, cashier of the Nixon Ma
tional Bank of Reno, was robbed of
jewelry valued at $1,000. while on the
way from San Francisco to Reno.
He carelcssly left his jewel casc in the
dressing room of the Pullman and for
get all about it until he opened his
suit case Tuesday evening and found
no icwelry. He will be more careful
of his gems in the future.
Several inches Of snow fell last night
and today. At this writing it is com.
ing down 10 beat the band and the in
dications are that there is plenty to
come. The STERN is Il great thing for
the country. Since the above was put
IN type the clouds broke away and the
sun shone warm. The storm now seems
to De ovcr.
The Waverly tO.) Democrat is au-
thorithy for the statement that the
following answers were made ut an
examination Of teachers in an anony.
nous Ohio county: "a blizzard is the
inside Of "A hen" The equator is a
~menageric line running around the
earth" Oxygen is Il thing that has
eight sides" The cuckoo never lays
It's wi eggs "A mosquito is Il child
Of white and black parents"
When you hear a man snccring ut
the local paper because it is not rs big,
cheap and newsy as the city papers,
You can safely bet he does not spend
any of his wealth in assisting to make
it better, and that generally the paper
has lone more for him than he has for
IT. The man who cannot see the bene-
fits arising from Il local newspaper is
just about aS much value to a town as a
delinquent tax list.-Baltic CO., AIneri-
can.
Lawyers stand up in c%ourthouses be.
fore jurors in the presence of large
audiences, and dcEOuncc men us liars,
~scoundrcls, thieves and pcriured vii
lains. and when court adiOurns the men
appear to harbor no i'll will against
them. But let II newspaper family
intimate that II mans character is
blcnishcd, and he has to confront u
horse pistol. stand 4 libel suit or suffer
what the people think to be the greatest
Arlington (Ky.) Courier.
In other cities the doors of public
buildings are set IN springs and slap to
and fro as the visitor wills. but in
Washington it appears ncccssaI? to
have Il special man to open and close
the doors human hinges as it were
no undigniiicd banging of doors there;
this custom has died out in other
places, but there. are many veteran
negroes in Washington who have seen
years of such service for the o crn-
mcnt; they have II stately way of per
forming this office. which gives II door
an official and unofficial swing.-Na.
tional Magazine.
The ScarGhlight Bulletin says that
the first session of tho district court of
Clark county was uslIcrcd in with
prayer. Judge Bro vn in preliminary
remarks stated that while the court
recognized no connection between
church and state he felt 1t altogether
fitting and proper upon this notable
occasion in the history Of Clark county
that they who were to convene its first
district court should call upon tho
supreme court of the universe for light
and guidance. Fl HO then introduced
RcY. Harry Gray Of tho Episcopal
church. and tho as~scmblagc stood with
bowed heads while an appropriate
Invocation was pronounced.