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Newspaper
Fresno Republican Weekly
Location
Fresno, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
5
The Fresno Republican lists social visits, family travels, court actions, and community happenings around Fresno. It notes visitors from Sacramento and San Francisco, court cases including a divorce action, county officials and a fire department event, plus assorted local business and society announcements.
A Sunday edition report details arrests of several women linked to a disreputable house on South Mosted near a schoolyard. Citizens including clergy and a local boss Grady push for removal to a segregated district, while police and prosecutors prepare cases against the women, their lovers, and liquor suppliers. The piece notes community outrage, court bonds set for two women and one man, and hints at broader social crusade against vice in the neighborhood.
An interview with V R Vasmore claims growers expect good prices for raisins this year while buyers fear lower returns. Fresno producers stress direct deals with fruit raisin firms, noting New York and coast buyers eye shifts and Spanish exports threaten California markets.
A local meeting denounces vice from a burst of reformers in South Mostreek. Citizens request law and decency protection, criticize newspaper silence, and urge city authorities to close the district, citing impact on property values and public safety.
A letter to the editor discusses orthodoxy versus Darwinian evolution, citing debates within the church, bishops, and universities. It references Galileo, Gibraltar, Darwin, and Cambridge disputes, questioning which views remain orthodox and which are heretical. The piece critiques sermons and professorships shaping modern theology and science.
Ined Benso fought with G Beneditts in a Front Street saloon last Monday night. Beneditts suffered several ugly facial cuts. Benso was arrested, brought before Justice Hogue, and a jury found him guilty as charged. He was fined 76 dollars and paid.
The Merchants' Carnival raised $60 120 in receipts with expenses $1 050. Net proceeds of Flo 30 went to the Methodist Episcopal Church building fund. The Ladies Aid Society thanks the women and business community for support and praises Rena Phaver and Miss Jose Beckwith for their efforts.
Reported tensions include California growers optimistic about the season amid competition from Spain and Russia. California packers see a favorable outlook while a real estate fraud case involving Shaw and Abbott unfolds with disputed receipts and mounting payments.
A forest fire south and west of Buller damages a vineyard and nearby fields while a Titire de Dreane memorial day program unfolds with races and a glove contest for $100. News covers arrests, insolvency petitions by Robert Mixwell of Raymond and Dennis Hennelly the Fresno saloon keeper, plus creditors and attorneys listed.
Mr A and Butler of Fresno, a noted raisin packer, has returned from a long trip through Spain's raisin districts including Malaga. He visited the California Uru Grower and shared his views on the future of the Malaga raisin crop, noting insights gained during his tour.
A deranged blend of humor and local notes describes a Young Men’s Christian Association club in Fresno renting a home on T and Inyo streets. Bald headed members plan meals and social life, with Wright as secretary, while other Fresno topics include cattle sales, Hereford herd entries, and school certificate grants.
The San Francisco Post reports Van Arnam, former Arizona Secretary of State and Southern Pacific agent, leads a New York syndicate with English capital to buy Antelope Valley. They plan artesian wells, 10000 to 12000 new residents, and a grape and fruit district in Fresno County on long terms with low interest. The scheme targets eastern settlers and foresees rapid growth despite labor cost concerns. Colonel Forsyth and General Bull returned from Europe examining Spanish rain industries. Spanish labor costs and Chinaman labor impact are debated as California looks to attract settlers and expansion.
Inquiry seeks estimated acres under irrigation in Fresno County and whether streams are legally permitted for irrigation. It asks for catchment reservoir opportunities, water yield of county streams, and a rough acreage figure for irrigable land. Also requests vintage irrigation data, property value changes, production of irrigated lands, and any relevant statistics for Wright Molesto.
A decorative lithograph features the California Seal encircled by vine leaves and fruit, with blue and gold autumnal shades. The design includes Nearalsos in red on end flaps and a peacock feather motif, framed by text about arts and printing limits.
A swindler posing as a laborer shows a large “gold” ring made from a mine nugget to a victim aboard Southern Pacific trains in the San Joaquin Valley. He offers the ring at escalating prices from eight to fifteen dollars, prompting buyers under the pretense of aiding a struggling miner. Authorities believe the ring’s operation is centered in the city.
Niels Hanson eldest son of Ivar Hanson of West Park colony and a Danish native died last Monday from inflammation of the stomach after gastric fever. An exemplary young man and deacon of Kesno Lutheran church he was to be married soon. Friends joined the last rites at the cemetery with Rev J W Webb officiating.
Public appeals to Chief Stingmeer Higging of the Fire Department urge the city trustees to provide lodging for twenty five dollars so volunteers can sleep near their engine ready for night duty. Company F will drill Thursday at the armory where uniforms measured for and a state representative from the State Commissary Department will attend.
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