Nevada News Briefs from the Midwinter Fair to Local Courts
Quiet town scene as snow covers ground. Indictments target Hearst and Williams over lottery law. Nevada university reports record attendance. Cattle dehorning advances. petrified tree exhibit planned for Reno fair. Model capitol in progress at Virginia City. Mortgage suit seeks 2 070 000. various defendants listed. Italian case ends with fine. Jacksonville boxing bout advances amid mayoral scrutiny.
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Foster
W. KR. Hearst
T. T. Williams
The
Examiner
United States
Grand Jury
Virginia City
van Buren
Carson News
J. A. Yerington
Nevada
Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust Company
Fourth District
Ogden
Bear Lake and River Water Works and Irrigation Company
William Garland
W. W. Corey
County action and San Francisco relief efforts noted
The county commissioners draw 200 jurors for 1894 and approve a $250 salary warrant for Paradise school principal C L Flack after review. They reduce a $11 487 painting bill to $100, remit Mrs Browns 1893 taxes, and allocate $500 for a state exhibit. They set 1894 tax rates totaling $2 35 per $100, adjourn to April 2. In San Francisco leaders fund relief for unemployed with $14,000 for Golden Gate park works and 14 000 dollars for other aid. wages set at one dollar daily. In Denver the Kingston mine sale to Denver parties nets $450,000, part of Nevada Southern extension plans. A valiant canine saved two men at Mason Valley by extinguishing a fire. All exhibits must be shipped to Reno by Jan 26 1894. Secretary H Stopparp notes details.
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Board of County Commissioners
Anker
Bell and Trousdale
Dunn
C.L. Flack
Paradise
Flack
Mre. Brown
Kitten Springs
State Board of Agriculture
Winnemucca
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Denver
Dr. T. Godbe
Kingston
Nevada Southern Railroad
Jim Crow and Monitor
Helene
Nevada
Ferguson Mining
Blake
Cal
Utah
Rio Grande Western
Reno
Wells, Fargo & Co
H. Stopparp
Slaughter at a New Year’s dance in Cedar near Columbia
A New Year’s night shooting at a Cedar dance near Columbia left three dead and many wounded. E N Williams refused to yield his place, sparking a melee led by Lemon London Gayle and brothers, with London Gayle fatally shooting a boy named Waddy. A woman died from a breast wound, Lemon Gayle and others were wounded, and panicked dancers suffered multiple injuries.
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Columbia
Texas
Cedar
E. N. Williams
Lemon Gayle
Williams
Gayle
Gale
London Gayle
Bob Ealy
Waddy
Isaac Scott
London
Winchester
Foote Ousted Over Frontier Theater Plans at Midwinter Fair
War erupts in the 49 mining camp as actor Richard Foote loses a permit for a frontier theater and a Wild West show plan. A tent erection sparks clash with camp managers, now awaiting action from the Midwinter fair executive committee. Also noted: 12-year-old James Darwin dies after a vicious bear attack in Huntsville. First National Bank of Winnemucca to hold annual meeting January 11 to elect directors. Pills promote constipation and Higmans Liver Regulator offered as remedy.
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Foote
Frontier Theater
Nevada
First National Bank of Winnemucca
The
Association
Winnemucca
Gro
Nixox
Leet
December Weather and Public Notices From Winnemucca
December weather data from Winnemucca Nevada includes average temperature 32.0F, annual precipitation 1.28 inches, snow depth 2.7 inches, wind and humidity figures, plus notices on medical remedies and local affairs. It lists debts to estate of Paul Neth, cautions about mercury in catarrh remedies, and a delayed fire company meeting.
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U.S. Derr
Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Wisxewveca
Nev
AMT
Geo. D. Bourcuer
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State University
Heath
McWhirter
Fresno
Chris Evans
Visalia
Morrill
OC. A. Stoddard
Augustine Paoletti
Jacksonville
Fla
Mitchell
Duval Athletic Club
Duval People
Mason Valley
Tin
Slaughter
Huntsville
Alabama
James Darwin
Darwin
Stockholders Meeting
U.S
Reval
Paul Neth
Charles Neth
Jennie Neth
Hull
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Ohio
Winnemucca Hose Company No. 1
Rasx
J. H. Jow
Krause
Eagle Drug Store
Buckingham
Simmons Liver
Humboldt Flouring Mills
Paradise Valley, Nev
Stock & Schwartz, Proprietors
BR. I. Schwartz
Simmons
Ayers
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