Weekly Nevada State Journal highlights from Duck Flat to Reno
Lew Clark reports from Duck Flat while many locals travel and news circulates. A prisoner awaits Grand Jury action for robbery and a Swiss citizen applicant plans U S naturalization. H K Mitchell ill with pneumonia in Eureka. A parade of visitors and locals circulates around Reno with business talks, prospecting, and minor incidents.
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Camile Trosie
Switzerland
United States
H.K. Mitchell
Virginia City
Eureka
Turkey dinner at the Palace restaurant today
Sunday notes from Daly Journal list local visitors including D A Bender from Carson and Lieutenant Governor Laughton in town. Mentions mining, farming, and upcoming Steamer Day, with many short items on people, places, and happenings.
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Palace
Carson
Laughton
The Superintendent's Elephant and School Statistics
A Reno school note details the vast Record Book of statistics kept by the superintendent and teachers. It discusses gender patterns in study, curriculum ideas from Froebel, and recent teachers meeting with Miss Michaelson and Mrs. Scoville in attendance. The upcoming week-long break follows Friday’s lecture by Mr. Young before the superintendent's California trip.
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Reno
Washoe County
Gouc
United States
Carl Schmidt
America
Michaelson
Bergstein
Scoville
Froebel
Young
California
Snow Avalanche Hits Eastern Nevada With Record Depth
Another heavy snowfall blankets Eastern Nevada with Eureka reporting eighteen inches in two hours and twelve inches the night before. Roads from Eureka southeast are impassable, water stands four feet deep between Ward and Pioche, travelers shovel passages, and the Eureka and Palisade Railroad runs once every two days.
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Nevada
Eureka
Ward
Pioche
Eureka and Palisade
Lecture at Methodist Church on Ancient and Modern Teaching Methods
A large audience attended Prof. Young at the Methodist Church last evening to hear a talk on teaching methods. The speaker delivered a thoughtful, well organized address though not a professional orator. A death report notes Wm Weinbeck died at the County Hospital from Brights disease after recent illness. he was admitted from Wadsworth and buried yesterday.
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Methodist Church
Prof. Young
Young
Wm. Weinbeck
Bright
Wadsworth
The Jury List Deliberations For April Term
Judge Boardman summoned a Grand Jury to convene Monday April 7 with members John Wright Geo B Smith J C Hagerman J L McFarlin Ross Lewers Sol Levy G B Holcomb M Gulling G H Fogg Erwin Crane Wm Caughlin J G Becker John Wilson Henry Whistler J B Shoemaker P N Norton W W Morton P J Kelly T K Hymers W H Gould J K Everett Thomas N Carey W R Chamberlain John Lee A separate trial jury is to meet on April 9 with members J Newman James Riley Wm Ware Jacob Gregg Maurice May J E Lenderman Alex Twaddle John Douglas Jas Whitehead E A Bates Geo E Hill Lewis Blanchard J C Cutting J Q Grady W Bay W F Meyers David Utley S J Hill H F Gates Wm Foot R H Leigh John Little Thos Wheeler John Hoy Orlando Evans
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Boardman
John Wright
Geo
Alex Twaddle
John Douglas
Jas. Whitehead
E. A. Bates
Geo. E. Hill
Lewis Blanchard
J. C. Cutting
J. Q. Grady
W. Bay
W. F. Meyers
David Utley
S. J. Hill
H. F. Gates
Wm. Foot
R. H. Leigh
John Little
Thos, Wheeler
John Hoy
Orlando Evans
Laughable job request ends with a party loyally swapped
Charles Forman of the Yellow Jacket mine, a Democrat ally, faces a persistently hopeful applicant with a heavy Irish accent seeking work. After refusals, the applicant vows to cost Forman votes, while Forman quips about losing Republican support and gaining a Democrat, highlighting partisan humor on the way to the mine.
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The
Virginia Chronicle
Charles Forman
Yellow Jacket
Forman
Mr. F
Mr. Jones
Bridge repair urged after cattle damaged railing and crossing
M J Smith had men at work yesterday repairing the bridge when a band of wild cattle crossed Thursday evening tearing away railing on both sides. Commissioners should establish a safe ford nearby for cattle crossing to prevent further damage and protect riders. Stockmen favor a ford within reasonable distance to avoid future risks.
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M.j.smith
Democratic programme outlines for Pall campaign
The Democratic plan favors Ian Ellis for Senator and Cassidy for Congress with judicial contenders from Reno, Austin, Eureka, or other party members who accept the nomination. Delegates to the National Convention include Senator Dennis of Tuscarora, J. B. Moore of Ruby Valley, Jos Williams of Nye, G. W. Mapes or Al Longley of Reno, plus one Storey envoy. Col. Stone is slated as a Presidential Elector with two more to apply.
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Ian Ellis
Cassidy
Congress
Webster
Reno
McBonnifield
Austin
Rives
Eureka
Dennis
Tuscarora
J. B. Moore
Ruby Valley
Jos Williams
Nye
G. W. Mapes
A Tramp's Life and Hardship
A stark portrait outlines the life of a tramp, lacking home or friends and facing hunger, cold, and peril. The piece contrasts a bird’s regular habit with a tramp’s improvised shelter in hay stacks or lumber yards, highlighting desperation in urban society.
Boss Nelligan Climbs Pole to Paint Hazardous Cupola
In a Reno Post fire of March 29 1884 Nelligan in charge of Old Fellows building painting insisted on tackling the dangerous job alone when workers declined. He climbed the flagstaff to complete the task despite the risk while a list of uncilled letters from the fire appears in the same issue.
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Nelligan
Old Fellows
Reno
Nevada
Allen
Auntie Dolan
F Beemer
J J Lewis
James W Boots
Sawyer
DJ Calthoon
L Stevens
W J Carey
Emma Western
W Davis
N P Weston
Geo H
M. Jamison
P. M
Observance urged for annivery next Tuesday
Dan De Quille of the Enterprise urges that the anniverary next Tuesday be observed by all especially those who endured flash times on the Comstock and cannot emigrate. Judge Sabin rules that only Moran New York banker first mortgage bonds are valid in the N. and O. case. The road likely to be sold on the 3d. Reno Gazette notes Hawley may refuse Supreme Court nomination. Carson Tribune doubts that claim.
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A. Alexander
Maxwell
Samuel Hoffman
Geo. Fry
Lassen
California
Fry
Reno
Berlin
Sargent
St. Petersburg
United States
Senate
Carson
Morgan
Caiin
C. O. Applegate
Mint
Dan de Quille
The
Enterprise
Comstock
Sabin
Moran
New York
Reno Gazette
Hawley
the Tribune
Carson Tribune
Brett Dow
Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
From Tuesdays Daily Journal Brevities
A compilation of brief items notes Dr Bergman in San Francisco snow at Peavine, a mob of Chinamen leaving for the flowery kingdom, a banker's death in San Francisco, and local movements of Wells Fargo staff. Also mentions theater reviews, a false report about Frank James, firefighting drills planned, a legal decision in a syrup case, a hand injury, and weather rainfall totals in Nevada and California.
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Peavine
San Francisco
Flowery Kingdom
James D. Stratton
Oakland
Nothern
Bay
E. W. Cassidy
Truckee
Jack Fraser
Vermont
Nevada Theater
Reno
Frank James
Leathers
Missouri
Brown
Wisconsin
Southern Pacific
Central
Union Pacific
Boardman
Alt
Fig Syrup Company
Jim Burge
Johnny Cannon
Nevada
Calfornia
Signal Service
McFarlin Demers juror contest over service date
J J McFarlin, summoned as Grand Juror, seeks to challenge service claiming it was served on his birthday, the 46th anniversary of which would make him unable to attend. He plans to abstain from business for 46 days, and asks to be excused when the court is informed.
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Wadsworth
A. O. Bailey
Maxwell
Susanville
San Francisco
Gregg
Verdi
J. M. Helsley
Virginia
Maryland
F. M. Alexander
Reno
California
Monterey
Unit
Esmeralda
Chase & Thyes
Joe Woodworth
Nevada
Hailey
Wood River
Coeur d’ Alene
G. W. Raine
Franciscy
E. Meyer
Villian
John Parrott
Eugene Griewold
Wadeworth
Bay
Huck Mason
Hock
Democracy
J. J. McFarlin
Veterans' Home camp fire planned to raise funds
The Grand Army of the Republic groups on the Pacific Coast plan a grand camp fire to secure funds for the Veterans' Home. They seek a fitting site, with Reno's Odd Fellows' building touted for its handsome new appearance as a potential venue.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Pacific Coast
Odd Fellows
Reno
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