26 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1884
Page
1
Publication details state Do C Powning as proprietor with subscription terms inclosing one year by mail or six months, carrier delivery in Reno at fifty cents per month, and advance payment required for mail delivery. Certain lines are garbled but indicate tenure and pricing structures.
A subst complaint from Eureka residents contends the Eureka and Palisade Railroad cannot afford a daily mail run and asks the Department to cancel the contract and seek cheaper daily mail transportation. The letter notes six to seven thousand locals deserve daily mail and cites two Congressmen Smalls and O Hara, detailing Smalls’ background and O Hara’s Harvard education.
The article notes California ranked high in barley output, producing 19,000,000 bushels in 1883. Most of this barley was shipped to the East where brewers esteem it. The piece highlights that California’s wealth stems beyond gold, wheat, fruit, and wine.
Saturday afternoon Vallejo residents near Lake Chabot faced a heavy downpour as Lake Chabot rose a foot in an hour and a half. In the House Representative Ward led a 10 to 5 vote to adopt the contract system of Postal Telegraphy. Four U.S. vessels at Key West, Florida, monitor filibuster activity around Cuba, aiding Government Detectives.
George Lee aged 81, famed as the first to drive the locomotive Rocket, died by his own hand in the White River near Indianapolis last Thursday. Congress member Converse warns tariff failure endangers Ohio's presidential chances. John Duncan shoots wife and then himself in Chico, California, over family trouble. wife survives. Prohibitionists launch The Outlook weekly at Petaluma, a six column paper with neat typography.
Reports note the export of dynamite from Havre to England proceeding without legal restraint. Cholera cases rise in Calcutta with 257 deaths last week. Lieutenant Greely’s wife is in San Diego. actress Monjcake plans a California appearance. Minister Bargent expected home next month.
The San Francisco Post argues that affirming the Sawyer decision would cause far greater long term damage to agricultural interests than any mining loss. It asserts hydraulic mining is self-destructive and destroys adjacent industries, urging protection of permanent agriculture over an evanescent mining boom.
A March 28 letter from Robert T. Lincoln to Leonard Swett clarifies he is not a candidate for either the presidency or vice presidency and asks that no clubs be formed in his name. The missive marks Lincoln’s first public expression on the matter, making it of special interest to readers.
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias meets in New Orleans today for a biennial session expected to be one of the largest gatherings in America with 50 000 to 75 000 participants in a grand parade. Uniform Rank members will join, and jurisdictions from Michigan Iowa Illinois send large contingents and hotel arrangements. The order, rapidly growing, aims to advance morals, patriotism, and youth influence, with broad social impact praised by supporters.
Rumors swirl as lawyer Corneilson apparently assaults Judge Reid in retaliation for a court decision. Judge Richards admits responsibility for the ruling and derogatory comments. Corneilson is said to be hung in effigy at Mount Sterling. calls to fight or withdraw rise across the blue grass region.
Minister Sargent prepares to leave Germany and expects to arrive in New York by May 15. In a letter to a Washington friend he says he cannot speak freely until arrival, then plans to share his views on the entire matter. The note suggests he intends to make things lively upon his return, written on resignation day amid a not happy mood.
Moncure D. Conway, the London resident and noted traveler, says he will leave England for America to live and abandon preaching. He believes a man with brains can do more good in the United States and that Americans and America inspire a stronger desire to stay. He returns from a world tour with new visions of America and plans Washington as his future home.
The New York Times predicts cholera will appear in the United States next year as the twelve year cycle completes, while the San Francisco Report pushes a year earlier. Both papers note San Francisco’s grim sanitation and imply a looming pestilence in the city.
Defeated. Jacge Wallace's proposed amendment to the California Constitution taxing railroad mortgages was defeated in the Assembly last Thursday. The extra session aimed to salvage the issue, but is now viewed as a failure and a mistake. Democrats hoped to gain political capital, but call the session a usual political blunder before the election.
A special from the city of Mexico says recent reports of disturbances in Northern Mexico are wholly false. The country is tranquil and no bridge was banned on the Mexican Central Railroad. There is indignation over malicious stories aimed at depressing Mexican securities. The assassination report of General Diaz is without foundation.
A dispatch from General Gordon dated April 9 reports a merchant reaching Khartoum from Elod after 12 days. The Tegeba tribes defeated Mahdi twice with heavy losses, leaving Mahdi hemmed in as closely as General Gordon.
Henry Hayes, a one armed map at the County Hospital in Nevada City, shot Gaspard Brebardt last Sunday after Brebardt tickled the sole of Hayes foot in bed the night before. Hayes is held for assault with intent to murder.
Gov. Ireland of Texas revokes 1881 proclamation exempting frontier counties from arms provisions. He cites no border incursions and urges citizens to aid law enforcement. State troops ordered to enforce the Penal Code against violations.
Congress moves to curb unlawful inclosures of public land in any state or territory. The bill authorizes demolishing fenced areas that enclose more than 640 acres and targets land occupied without titles, aiming to protect farmers and small landowners in Texas and Colorado. Representative Payson is to report the measure favorably.
In Macon Georgia last Tuesday an entry clerk named Danforth shot and killed his employer Landsberg after being told to repay $200 overdrawn salary from $800 annual pay. Danforth aged about 20 used a revolver firing five times. Landsberg died almost instantly.
In the U S Senate on Thursday last Senator Wilson proposed a preamble and resolutions requesting committee reference. The text seeks federal power to regulate interstate commerce with maximum and minimum rates, non discrimination, shipper rights, pooling prohibitions, watered stocks protection, and fair treatment of cities and corporations to ensure harmony in commerce.
A group of New Mexico prominent citizens travels to Washington to gauge support for admitting the territory to the Union. They cite projected taxable property at 75 million dollars and a population over 200,000. Committees indicate no statehood bill will pass this session, pushing action to next winter. Ex delegate Lena reports strong opposition to the territorial government, accusing officials of corruption and political cronyism and little interest in the territory or its people.
The Southern Press Association of Pennsylvania moves to block the Postal Telegraph bill. It denounces the plan as centralization, warns of government competition with private capital, and predicts a large government workforce and political power. Resolutions referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Postroads.
The Indiana wheat problem discussion influences certain Preag representatives while a city paper acknowledges wheat production rising multiple times faster than population. This suggests earlier US consumption estimates were too high and the American appetite may grow more slowly than expected.
The Argonaut's last issue reports Republican backed choices from respondents: Blaine 2017 for president, Arthur 42, Edmunds 66, Grant 3, Logan 28, Conkling 6, McDonald 13. for vice president Lincoln 2120, Washburn 247, Logan 61, Miller 144. Dems favored Tilden and Hendricks per the paper.
Last Friday five cartoads of tourists departed Philadelphia for Colorado and California for about nine weeks. Each person pays roughly $500. The Philadelphia group was larger than any prior excursion of this kind. A large crowd gathered at the depot to bid farewell, with several hundred people present to see the travelers off.
In Cloverdale California on a recent Thursday night a young man known for bad behavior and a companion from the town were harassed by local citizens. They dragged him to the town outskirts where he was tarred and feathered then driven back to the brothel amid eggs. He was ordered to depart immediately or face a repeat beating.
The Coeur d'Alene Nugget extols Judge W. H. Clageet for amassing a 400 volume mining law library at Murrayville. It lauds the collection as the finest in the mines for weeks to come, praising neat book cases and a fine appearance. Clageet practiced law on the Comstock and has roamed Montana and Idaho, serving a term in Congress and often packing up his library for new ventures. He is described as an old chum of Mark Twain from their Missouri hometown.
The article notes that assisted Irish emigrants arrive at U S eastern ports funded partly by private contributions and British government money. Boston papers describe them as clean, respectable, and denying prior workhouse ties, yet Britain sends few to its Australia colonies despite high demand and expenditures for passage.
A traveler in Scotland chats with an old woman about Victoria and the Queen’s conduct. He mentions rowing on Sundays as improper and she retorts she knows the Bible but disapproves of such Sunday activities, insisting her view remains unchanged and critical.
A Chinese mining company rigs hydraulic apparatus at Eureka ravine for gold washing and imports hundreds of feet of hose and plan to install about a thousand feet of flume. This marks the district's first hydraulic mining effort. Other Chinese groups set sluices in Gardner Canton and Half Moon ravines. Water supply, ample this season, may allow work an extra month. Water drawn from Beard Bros ditch.
Immigrants arriving in Shasta County voice strong complaint and disbelief at promises of tropical climate rich soil and brimming watermelon vines. They report tall grumbling and swearing, claiming claims of land abundance and easy homesteading were misleading.
About a month ago Walter Treatrail of Austin reported his young son swallowed a button and could not swallow solids. Last Wednesday after violent straining the button was dislodged and passed into the stomach. The boy’s condition improved rapidly and recovery outlook is hopeful. Chas. E. Coon of New York to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, replacing the resigned John C. New. Coon currently serves as Assistant Chief in the Treasury Loan Division.
Zeke Fairchilds reflects on mortality politeness immortality and character with wry aphorisms set in Manhattan May. The snippets touch on vanity sneezes luck doubt and confidence in the great city and human nature.
TreWlyan Chief Secretary of Ireland travels to London after a government summons. He is escorted by a detective amid heightened security.
Governor Adams orders Captain Newell to move the brass cannon and old muzzle loading muskets from Nevada militia grounds in Carson City. The cannon, bored out twice and deemed unsafe, has stood since 1863 and muskets for at least 15 years. Soldiers receive breech loaders and a new cannon to replace them. shipment set for next Monday.
In Nevada City a man in un dress uniform sprinted along Broad street around 11 PM last week, windows were smashed in another direction, and the man dropped what looked like part of his outer garment. He slipped at the bank, recovered, then vanished into darkness. The identity remained unknown, suspected to be a mountaineer fleeing the Sawyer decision.
Indiana Democratic operatives launch a push to create momentum for a McDonald presidential bid. The effort centers on rallying volunteers, courting key supporters, and highlighting policy positions to boost recognition ahead of potential campaign announcements.
Charles Dickens visited America and dined with a Harper publisher family. A young Harper joined the table and Dickens placed him on his knee declaring him “a very fine boy” and “the son of the greatest pirate on earth.”
A dispatch from Miamisburg Ohio reports thousands gather at the Graveyard each night to view a supposed ghost. The ghost, described as a woman in white, is claimed by the Mayor, Marshall, Revenue Collector, and other prominent residents to have appeared and then floated away after standing before a target for a unit of marksmen.
The Nevada Live Stock Association, with 12 charter members, closed new membership on the 15th instant. It aims to protect stock property, pursue and punish thieves, and deter crime through ready funds and emergency assessments. The group draws prominent stock growers from Nevada and Southeastern Oregon, representing about a million head of cattle and horses. The association seeks to prevent crime and promote law and order, with fast detection and swift punishment as deterrents. Elko Independent.
The new iron framed steamer to be launched on Lake Tahoe at Glenbrook within ten days will be named Todd Goodwin after Editor Goodwin's son and Captain Todman the owner. Built by San Francisco shipbuilders it measures over 100 feet long and 12 feet wide costing about 150000 dollars with Captain Pompin to command.
The altar unites Leandro Lewis of Truckee and Minas Annie Biggs of Reno in an April ceremony at the bride’s mother residence in Reno. The event gathers family and friends for a simple, vows-only service in a steady, small-town fashion.
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