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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1884
Page
5
Town items note the Geiger grade toll road is for sale at three thousand dollars. The paper lists arrivals and departures, local business, mining, and social news from Reno and surrounding areas with remarks on rail time changes, land irrigation prospects, and local officials.
Robert Ross Dread died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock after traveling from Los Angeles to Long Valley to finalize business before returning to California. He fell ill with pneumonia a week after a bright visit, ending a twenty year effort in Long Valley. A respected public citizen, he was noted for judgment, reliability, and service in trust. The Journal commends his widow and child to God’s mercy.
The 1881 amended law, now in effect, restricts April to September hunting of pheasant woodcock quail and many waterfowl with county exceptions. penalties are severe. Also note Prof Foater of Reno Public School departs for California to visit Southern California points and return next Monday to open the April term.
In District Court yesterday morning David Utey was granted a divorce from his wife on grounds of desertion. The couple married in New York 35 years ago and raised five children, all but one now grown. the youngest is 18.
A letter from Winne mucca urged Postmaster General Gresham to discontinue the mail route north from here to Boise City. Residents, cattle ranchers, miners and settlers across Idaho and Southeastern Oregon protest, warning loss of mail service to Paradise Station, Cane Springs and Bartlett Creek. A petition signed by business interests urges Senators and Representative to oppose the change.
At a Reno Guard meeting on Monday night the company voted to organize the Reno Guard band. Members were elected and will meet at Kimball Hall Sunday at 2 pm to finalize the group. The company will buy complete instruments to keep them in case a member leaves, and plans a ball in late April or May to raise funds. The band and Guard are seen as boosting the company’s efficiency and credit.
The Plumas National notes Reno papers claim of a railroad into Plumas county lacks foundation, yet asserts the enterprise is being vigorously pushed. It cites solid reasons to believe extension to Plumas timber is imminent and that A. J. Nation will depart for the East next week on related business.
On May first two bicycle riders will depart New York for San Francisco aiming to finish in 70 days. They plan to reach San Francisco by night and parade at the Mechanics Pavilion the next day before a crowd of twelve to twenty thousand. The tour promises widespread advertising and a return by palace car after one San Francisco exhibition.
Better bargains than ever announced at the M. Nathan clothing shop with wide ranges of garments offered at lower prices than during the clothing war. A purchaser can buy at near their own prices by presenting coin. Easter Beef dealer Jim Miller bought Al Longley's twin 3-year-old beef cattle weighing 2,960 pounds yesterday in Surprise Valley Washoe County.
The Silver State reports hay ranches complain beef and hay prices are out of balance. Beef cattle demand high this winter while hay sold for five dollars per ton on Little Humboldt. Authors argue higher hay prices would encourage fattening cattle and boost the economy, noting Paradise Valley and other areas have hay unsold and prospects for more beef remain strong.
W T Allen secretary of the Railroad Time Convention reports 108 of 153 railroads and 78 of 100 principal cities named in the 1880 census have adopted standard time. The Union Pacific will adopt on its Union Division in spring. Central Pacific to follow. Pacific Coast likely to join. Old local time persists mainly in six Ohio cities and at most two in each other state except Pennsylvania.
Last Monday four boot-black boys near Sacramento opened fire on a passenger train as it passed, injuring a man and a baby in a sleeper with sticks and stones. Detectives pursued and captured the youths, who were taken to Sacramento in irons and jeered at their restraints.
Ike Weston formerly of Reno now a Sierra Valley farmer rode home on horseback across snow capped mountains. He reports snow depths of twenty to forty feet in places, with light new snow recent. He believes canyons and ridges will keep snow through summer, delaying seeding for farmers in the valley.
M C Lake clears ground west of the Lake House to plant shade trees this spring creating a large park connected to the hotel. A swimming pond and a larger boating pond will be built at the park’s west end and stocked with fish. Work began last fall and continues this season, promising a charming town retreat for picnics.
The Hawthorne Bulletin reports from a partial canvass of Hawthorne voters. Of 97 ballots, Blaine leads for President with 78 votes, Thurman 4, Tilden 7, Butler 2, Edmunds 2, Logan 2, Arthur 1, Washburne 1. For Vice President, Lincoln 75, Hendricks 6, McVeagh 4, Ingersoll 1, Beecher 2, Miller 3, Thurman 2, Tilden 1, and 3 voters dont care.
Wool growers plan a major fall convention with representatives from Esmeralda Churchill Humboldt Lander and Eiko counties and possibly more. The meeting is viewed as important by those directly involved in the wool industry.
Last Sunday night the will of John Booth was found among his papers notes the bequest of all property to his wife Mrs Catherine Jane Booth. An advertisement invites young and middle aged men with nervous debility memory loss and hypochondria to enclose three stamps for Part VII of Worlds Dispensary Dime Series of Pamphlets and directs to address Worlds Dispensary and Medical Association Buffalo NY.
Brevities report measles raging in Austin while Reno items note notable residents, court activity, planned eclipses, cadetship contests, Wool-Growers Convention, and property shifts. Mentions Frank Belmont, A T Rice, John D McDonald, H Nugent, Charley Chase, James Shay, and local legal and civic happenings.
The last official letter from the Meno mine reports a 244 foot wide ore vein on the 400 level believed to be the Bruce ledge continuation from Bodie, ready to mill. An additional vein 12 to 18 inches wide of rich ore 60 feet east on the same level is thought to be part of the Fortune ledge.
The Virginia Chronicle reports several men search Six Mile Canyon for buried treasure linked to the outlaw days. The treasure is said to be hidden after an outlaw who was killed while attempting to rob Wells Fargo and Company express near Battle Mountain years ago.
The row between Nye County Commissioners and officials ends in a final settlement. The last Grand Jury exonerates the officers from official crookedness and reproves the Commissioners for making the charge.
Warden Bell reports February 29 prison on hand and March 31 figures, with 6 prisoners received in March and 3 discharged. Expenses total 3003.55 including officers, guards, physician and chaplains salaries. Factory output totals 1634.50 for manufactured goods and 1581.14 for boot and shoe work. A prisoner named Indian Bob died March 5 at Humboldt county and Peter Carta was sentenced to two years in the prison on March 15 by the U S District Court.
A Vermonter named Dave Rideout once traveled 60 miles for a Republican County Convention only to find it had met a day earlier. A ruse by Uncle John swapped credentials to let him sit as a Democrat, which let him participate but ultimately led to a disputed sheriff vote and a long retrospective joke revealed to a few confidants.
Receipts from tickets for three lectures to aid the Public School Library totaled 615 dollars with 70 dollars 25 cents on hand. Audiences were similar across lectures, with season tickets and pupil canvassing affecting the totals. The aim is to show progress toward purchasing a library, not to compare lecture attendances.
The notice calls all members to a Thursday afternoon drill at four o clock on April 34. Citizens and property holders are urged to assist the officers in maintaining the organization for public use and to help operate the machine. Foreman Joan Fanzies orders the efforts. A recent incident reports an Austin boy swallowing a large button, with removal attempts failing and the child weakening unable to eat solid foods for weeks.
The statement lauds Mr. Sargent for declining the Russian mission praising him as faithful to American interests an honorable gentleman and accomplished diplomat in the Lasker German matter.
The article alleges Frelinghuysen caused diplomatic friction by publishing confidential correspondence through the State Department. It claims Sargent faced German suspicion over letters on the pork question and suggests Berlin’s unpopularity for revealing confidential matters. It recalls a 1852 Chile mission where Secretaries Blaine and Frelinghuysen altered instructions and publicized them, undermining U.S. aims.
The Eureka Leader urges voters to keep an open choice among Blaine Arthur Edmonds Sherman and others, insisting the party should not dictate nominations or claim certainty of disaster if a favored man is not chosen. It emphasizes party interests over personal ambition and denounces false advertising.
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