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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1895
Page
3
Win Curtis is in town as Mrs Chas Owens of Paradise Hill visits. The Humboldt region sees strong ice, river, and stage-line chatter plus legal notes on jurors in the Durrant case and prison reforms. Local figures, visits, and crimes color a broad civic update.
The Elko Independent reports commissioners ordered apportioning protest funds from Central Pacific taxes paid November 27 1889 totaling 97.77. It questions why unsurveyed railroad lands weren’t assessed in 1887 88 and notes losses to state and county near 2000. Highland mill at Lewis expected to start next month from Starr Grove ore with Thorpe leasing property and workers needed. A five year old girl Irene Dake was attacked by dogs near Carson but escaped with a leg bite and no severe injury.
A stylishly dressed woman delivered a large bouquet of sweet pea blossoms to prisoner Durrant at the county jail Sunday afternoon. He thanked her, inquired about the mysterious sender, and wore one bloom in court. The woman fled. no arrest followed. Francis Brown, Pastor. W.8 Porter in Winnemucca. Office in Busch hotel parlor.
Huntington departed Liverpool on the Majestic bound for New York while an indictment for pass law violations remains unresolved in San Francisco. U S District Attorney Foote and U S Marshal Baldwin said pressing charges still undecided as Huntington plans to visit San Francisco to appoint a successor to A N Towne, late Pacific system general manager.
Senator W. M. Fulton of Denver argues woman suffrage is desirable and Colorado is united on the silver question. He supported in New York an interview stating the need for a free silver platform and a ticket aligned accordingly. He sat with the first women in the state legislature during deliberations. Lost, Strayed or Stolen horses from Lassen Meadows in Humboldt county, Nev with brands 70B and 00. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is promoted as relief for tiredness and headaches.
Local notice announces R. H. Cowles offering cash sale of his Wadsworth general merchandise store. The package includes the building, stock, good will, large fireproof safe, and all fixtures, with relocation to allow focus on other ventures. Also notes adult laxative and clothing dealers advertisements and a Boston Photo car return to Winnemucca for five days ending the 28th.
Water will be shut off from 9 00 to 4 00 and 9 00 to 8 00 daily until further notice. no street sprinkling allowed. Magnolia ice drinks advertised. Buckeye mower offered. a newly painted house for rent. Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and local testimonials by Chaney and Toledo druggists.
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