Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-24
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scribe for box of cigars. The cigars
will be smoked in honor of the giver
and his bride.
Irwin Mcdowell will return from
Boston about the first Of June. All
those wishing their pianos tuned are
requested to wait for him " He knows
how to do the work.
Last night was q busy one at the
county Jail. Constable Happier brought
up four prisoners for petty offences and
one was brought down from Monticello.
The latter will board with Sheriff Clark
for 1870 days for appropristing other
peoples property. ,.H
Fred Merrill and j. L. Williams. two
dope fends, were arrested last night 2by
Constable oudefkirk on the charge of
vagrancy. They were taken before
Judge Bruce this morning and were
given thirty minutes in which to leave
town. They took the time limit and bid
goodbye to Elko. j. s.
The examination Of Dick Sullivan on
be charge of disposing whiskey to
Indians was Held this forenoon before
the U. S. commissioner. Dick said that
he gave squaw liquor, but did not
know whether it was Fat Lizzie or not,
therefore he plead not guilty The evil
dence was against him, however, and he
was sent back to Jail to await the action
of the U. 8. grand jury.
Artesian wells promise to make the
Vegas valley in the new county of Clark
bloom into a garden Already they
have eight flowing wells and no failures.
The Clarks have three wells one flowing
as high as % inches. Mrs. Helen
Stewart has let contract to sink an
other we'll about mile north of Las
Vegas. where a flow of water is almost
certain to be struck at 300 to 300 feet. =
Frank Mckinney, who was arrested
last week on the charge of vagrancy
for living in the red light district, APP
peared before Judge Bruce last evening
and withdrew his plea Of not guilty
and entered a plea of guilty. District
Attorney Taber asked the court to be
lenient with Mckinney and Judge
Bruce considered the request and gave
himN days in the county Jail :
1s 8ning recently struck farm near
Eargentiere, France with extraordinary
results The roof of the house which
the farmer, his wife, and two children
were sleeping-was torn off and thrown
into a field SO yards away. The bal
cony Of the house ives smashed
to pieces, as were the cooking range,
table and cupboards in the kitchen.
Neither the farmer nor any Of his family
was awakened by the tightening and
when in the morning they found their
home wrecked, they could not, for time
make out what had happened.
We received notice this morning from
Senator Tallman, chairman of the Joint
committee Investigating university af-
fairs, to appear before the committee at
the Overland Hotel Saturday or Sunday
to testify regarding the management OF
the university while o regent. As a
failure to comply with the notice would
leave grounds for criticism and unfair in
ferences, we notified Senator Taliman
that we would be. IN Reno Sunday to
give the committee all the information
we could regarding The management Of
the university during our term Of
service 90 pa. & ~
The Reno branch Of the Nye g
Ormsby County chain Of banks closed
it's doors yesterday. It is said that all
the depositors will be paid in fuH. The
closing Of the bank caused but little
comment in Reno, but in Carson there
was run on the First National Bank,