Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-01-07
SALMAGUNDI.

Five room modern cottage for rent
on reasonable terms. Inquire ut this
office.
The w7hor moderated good deal
last night lind today is several degrees
warmer than yesterday.
Mr.. Sheldon, who has been very
poorly for q long time, is reported worse
t,day. His condition is serious.
Beggar-''Say, mister, would you
give pore Teller dime to save his
lifer" Stranger-''I should say not. 1
am an undertaken. Chicago News.
What do you think of man with u
rip in his coat and only three buttons
on his vest2" HE should either get
married or divorced Boston Tran
'1Ip'.
1.-THE alligator swallowed him. =" "An'
did they kill the .'gator?.' No; they
thought that swallerin' him was pun
ishment enough. Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Mining Inspector Ed Stuart will re-
turn to this city on the 18th of January
Mr.. Stuart has been suffering with an
affliction of the eyes and had an opera
ton performed upon them Il short time
ago.-Carson News.
The board eff pardons refused to
grant the applications of Preston and
Smith, the Goldfield murderers. This
action of the board will meet with the
approval of very large majority of the
people of Nevada.
We received q communication yester-
day about Il wedding that took place in
( Elko the night before. AS no name
/ was signed to it, we gently laid it aside
I If you are too indolent to sign your
name to communications, don't send
3 them to this paper for publication.
! Supervisor George B. Russell will
laeve for Denver tomorrow nighn to
! attend the conference of census super
4 vision of themountain states. The con-
( feHpce will meet Tuesday and
| he IN session Tuesday and Wednesday.
He will return Immediately after the
conference
! The pa$eBf census enumerators in
! this state has not yet been fixed by
Director Durand. 1t will be somewhere
ibetween $3 and SO per day Ten years
fago the enumerators were paid SO u
day in Nevada and it is more than
probable that will he the pay this year
AS the work will last thirty days or
more. there should be no lack of appli-
icants to fill the positi ons.
4 A flood caused by melting show in
the canyons around Caliente have swept
chat town off the map. Every house
b1 the path of the flood was swept away
The houses left standing on the hillside
were made unfit for occupation by the
hnud and refuse that swept through
them. The people were forced to take
refuge on the hillsides anl much
suffering is sure to result. OIL one
man is reported missing
Harry Grain, who was sent to the
l.enitentiary for 20 years about two
yeas ago for robbing IL man named
Williamson on the streets of Elko, has
been paroled by the board of pardons.
, The evidence ut the trial was sufficient
to convince the jury of his guilt. Grain
sprotested his innocence when sentenced
4, and his conduct while in Jail here and
hl the prison impressed the officers with
| the truth of his claim. 1t is barely
possible that a mistake was made in his
\ case.
Last Tuesday Judge Brown sent his
resignation as judge of the Fourth
Judicial District, composed of Elko,
White Pine, Lincoln and Clark counties.
to Governor Dickerson to take effect on
the governors receipt of the same.
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