Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-01-28
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his Elko friends. He is on his way
from Ely to Los Angeles.
This\- Bald to be the first winter in
twenty years that q team and wagon
may be driven across Walker river on
ice.-Carson News.
John Sheridan who stabbed his wife
to death at Goldfield last year and who
was convicted of manslaughter by the
jury, has been sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary, the limit, by Judge
Somers.
In Moscow playing cards are sold
only by the municipal government, and
the vast income derived from that
source is applied toward the mainten-
ance of orphan asylums.
More than 500, 900, 900 worth of Amer
lean merchandise was carried by rail
across the isthmus of Panama in the
fiscal year 1909, and in the calendar
year the total will probably reach $75,
100000.
1t is declared that the most beautiful
buttons are being made out of the same
properties that constitute cheese. By
using Swiss cheese the manufacturers
ing holes in the buttons.
Lack of sofas is blamed for a decrease
in the number of marriages in some
parts of the country. Furniture dealers
might exhibit patriotism by making
special rates on sofas to men who have
more than three daughters each.
Fent Fulkerson, foreman of the
Dunphy ranch at Beowawe. is in town.
He informed us that the loss of cattle on
the Dunphy ranch has been greatly
exaggerated. He says the loss up to
the present time has not been heavier
than it usually is in the winter.
We are pleased to report that Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce are getting along
nicely. Both of them passed Il very
comfortable night and both OF them
Ashow u marked improvement today
over Yesterday. Everything now seems
ta,point to their speedy recovery. This
is goi&Rews to their many friends.
Thettfia of Mrs. Mae Talbot for the
murder of her husband is in full blast
ut Reno. The defense are trying to
convince the jury that Talbot's death
was not caused by the bullet fired by
his wife. The physicians that attended
Talbot claim that the bullet wound was
the cause of his death
Notices have been received from
Secret Service headquarters to be on the
lookout for 81 silver certificates. The
bogus paper is made to resemble the
issue of 1899. The counterfeit certifi-
Gates. the secret service men say, are
easily detected by white patch over
the nose of General Grant, whose like
ness appears on them. 1t is further
pointed ont by the secret service men
that the word United" is misspelled
and appears on certificates Unlisted"
The comet which was so plainly visi-
BILE in the western sky is not the famous
HALEY comet, but new one which was
only discovered a few days ago An
u official statement issued from the Lick
observatory says the comet is brighter
than the planet Venus and should be a
brilliant object in the heavens for the
next few evenings. The best time for
observing the comet is Just after sunset,
when it is visible for a short time in
the western SHY.
1t will be sur prise to many to learn
that the original mining locations
made in the Bullfrog country were
made 81 years ago, and that these same
locations stand as the Franklin group.
B F. Franklin, a surveyor in the en-
ploy OF the United States government
was the man who made the location q
third of century ago. They lie about