Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-01-28
S~almagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

S.acey Moore. who clerkel for Mr..
casper "A year or two agp. il visiting
ms Eiko friends. tie i, On his way
fro Ely to Los Angeles.
This is said to be the first winter in
twenty years that a team and
may be driven arross Walker river ON
Ice. Carson N,w>
joan Sheridan who stabbed his wife
to death mt ioldtield last year and who
was convicted of ~manslaughter by the
Jury, has been sentenced to ten years
IN the panitentiary. the limit. bv Judge
SoIncrs.
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 $50, 900, 900 worth OF Amer
lean merchandise was carried by rail
across the isthmus of Panama iii the
fiscal year 1909. and in the calendar
year the total will probably reach $50
600. 900.
Ii Is declared that the most beautiful
buttons are being made out of the same
properties that constitute cheese. BY
using Swiss cheese the manufacturers
might eliminate the nccnssitv nf punch
ing holes in the buttons.
Lack of sofas is blamed for "A decrease
i'll 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 tina three daughters each.
Fcnt Fulkerson, foreman of the
Dunphy ranch AT BeDwawe. is in town.
He informed rs 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 "a very
comfortable night and both Of them
show "A marked improvement today
over Yesterday. Everything now seems
t. point to their speedy recovery. This
is good news to their many friends.
The trial of Mrs. Mae Talbot for the
murder of her husband is in full blast
at Reno. The defense are trying to
convince the jury that Talbot's death
was not caused 10y 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 he ON tho
lookout for 81 silver certificates. The
bogus paper is made to resemble the
issue of 1899. The counterfeit certif.
cafes, the secret service men say, az,
easily detected by "A white patch over
the nose of General Grant. whose like
ness appears ON them. 1t is further
pointed ont by the secret service mel
that the word United" is misspc!lct
and appears on certificates Unlisted.
The comet which vas 50 plainly visi
BILE in the western sky is not the famou.
HALEY comet, hut a new one which WI.
only discovered a few days ago. Al
official statement issued from the Lick
observatory says the comet is brighter
than the planet Venus and should b. q
brilliant object in the heavens for tn,
next few evenings. The best tim, fot
observing the comet is just after sunset
when it is visible for "A short time il
the western sky.
1t will be a surprise to many to iearr
that the original mining location
made in the Bullfrog country wcr,
made "a years ago, and that these am,
locations stand rs the Franklin group
Il f. Franklin, q surveyor in the EN-
ploy of the United States government,
was the man WHO made the location O
third of a century ago. They lie about
on the summit of the Funeral rang,
and almost adjoining the Keant
Wonder and Big Bell properties.
Some idea of the general use of falls,
teeth may be gathered from the fac
that 20, ZOO. 900 of them are exported
from America to England every year
When we consider that probably not
more than half the inhabitants of Great
Britain indulge in the luxury Of fal
teeth, no matter how many grinde S
they may have lost. these figures would
seem to indicate that nearly evcryon,
in England suffers from defective OF
missing teeth As far as observation
goes the United States is no better Of
than England in this respect.
So