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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1880
Page
2
The second session of the Forty sixth Congress convenes in Washington and will end by March 1881. It notes limited expected legislative action, with potential Civil Service reform favored by Democrats, aiming to end partisan official assessments and travel for campaign purposes by cabinet members and bureau chiefs.
The Associated Press notes Nevada will be unrepresented in both Houses today with Senator Jones and Daggett whereabouts unclear. Sharon, seeking re election, faces doubt over whether he will retain a seat. Nevada voters should demand a more engaged replacement.
The Enterprise notes twelve smallpox cases in Virginia City and Gold Hill with more expected as strong symptoms appear. The disease is now epidemic in San Francisco with thirteen new cases verified on Saturday. Deaths from the illness, contracted in San Francisco, are reported from California's interior.
The White Pine News is relocated from Hamilton to Cherry Creek where it will be published henceforth. The Eureka Sentinel notes strong inducements offered by Cherry Creek residents for the move. An unrelated paragraph describes a New Orleans man with 560 spiders in his bedroom and a ceiling full of webs.
The Inter Ocean reports Jews in Germany are economical and thrifty, suffered less from postwar lows, and held top spots in literature. A Washington special notes President McKinley faces retirement decisions for officers over 62, with Ord McDowell and Meiggs under opposition. A Tennessee mob hanged Dan Smith after a verdict for assault with intent to kill. Abrams Hewitt defends himself on a politically charged letter, while Davenport links Barnum to the Morey forgery. Funds, party coalitions, and opium treaty details surface amid cabinet and legal actions. A Niagara duel ends without a challenger. Garfield may add a Pacific Coast cabinet member. and New York indictments target Hart, Post, Philp, Byrne, and Morey.
Edward Simms arrives from Canton Ohio and announces readiness to be inaugurated as president. He asserts a compromise bargain between San cock and Garfield on election day to cast all Electoral College votes for Lim. He presents large seal laden documents asserting his claim’s validity.
A young thief arrested at Heading, Pa., declared he would be paralyzed if he were not innocent. Days later he suffered paralysis and now believes the spell of his impious prayer felled him, firm in his guilt or absolution as fate dictates.
The State of Nevada greets defendants James Gould Kye Milling and Mining Company A B Forbes and others in a civil action by William Curtis. Defendants must answer within ten to forty days depending on service, or default will be entered. action to enforce a mechanics lien on Kye Paton Milling and Reduction Works for 2485.81 with repairs and materials furnished by Mill City Foundry Company and James Gould and James L O Donnell, the latter at A Morrison’s request. Certified copy of complaint accompanies summons.
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