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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1884
Page
6
A Reno Nevada citizen receives a melodramatic letter from a California hotel keeper detailing a bed bug infestation. The storyteller jokes about whisky barrels and temperance campaigns, ending with plans to try Brummers Bed Bug Powder to end the plague.
A message laments the quiet season as a fraud and requests rest beneath the sod. The writer, Mr. Barnes, mentions sending powder and awaits news of an experimental result with impatient tone.
The Santa Barbara paper reports the sudden death of Mrs. J. M. Hunter of Montecito after years of illness. She attended Sabbath School duties Sunday with no sign of trouble before falling unconscious Tuesday. Dr. Bates attended her, and she died that morning. Her family includes her mother, two brothers in Nova Scotia, and a Montecito husband long known in the county.
Washoe county farmers show vegetables and small fruits yield more profit with less labor than grain. Small farmers should pivot to produce marketable produce poultry and fruit, while large landowners raise hay and grain. The piece stresses the need for business system across farming activities for success.
Jim Burke of Sherman district arrived in town elated over ore developments at his mine. He reports eight feet of quartz, four feet of slate, and more quartz with ore carrying nickel characteristics. Experts deem the sample nickel and Burke sent it to Prof. Price for determination, believing a vast ore body could yield a bonanza.
Patents issued in June for Nevada list multiple lodes and related claims including Southall Mildred and Dinero lodes J J Smith Legal Tender St Andrew. Also mentions Rich mond Nevada G S M No 2 Occidental Mall Brunswick and other lodes including Centennial Chicago El Dorado and Carbonate. Wording reflects historic patent grants and mining claims.
A boy from C. McFarlin’s group narrowly avoided losing a foot Thursday afternoon. While unloading baled hay, a brother attempting to alight a moving wagon had his foot crushed between wheel and brake. The injury was severe, requiring several men to free him, and he has not walked since.
The Silver State reports that Dr H H Bogan once a Washoe legislator and Plaindealer publisher has declared for Cleveland. The item calls the claim untrue and notes he will not vote for Cleveland.
Farmer Burke of Shellburn in White Pine County reported by telegraph that his dwelling and all contents were destroyed by fire on July 29 afternoon. The post office inside the house also burned. Loss amount not stated.
The weather in Winnemucca stays hot with the mercury reaching 100 in the shade. Evenings and nights are pleasant, offering relief from the daytime swelter, unlike areas east of the Rocky Mountains where heat remains intense.
From Sunday's Daily Journal Eureka notes district court adjourned to August 30. Hastings band to perform at Chapin social. Caledonians picnic at Treadway's Park on August 9. Widespread tidbits include arrivals, weddings, band and orchestra engagements, and a two foot rule left at the Clerk's office for return. Local business people, a private wedding reveal, and a steer toward fruit growth in Reno. Major gossip includes a secret wedding between Johnny McIntosh and Laura Colwell.
Division Superintendent Whited announced in Reno that the C P time card becomes effective August 5 for No 2 the west bound passenger train arriving Reno 8 10 pm and leaving 8 40 pm. V and T schedule unchanged preserving over two hours for southbound passengers to dine and ticket. Harvest Dance set for August 7 at Steamboat Springs with special trains to Reno and Carson. East bound train from San Francisco delayed by track incidents near Benicia and Summit.
The list shows bid and price data for multiple mining stocks including Ophir Chollar Potosi H N Crown Point and Union Con with varied quotes such as 520 Ophir 144 1 45 365 Mexican 205 and 2 10 500 G C and B B. Indicated are numerous fractional and regular prices across many firms with activity in Belcher Jacket Sierra Nevada and more. The dense ledger reads like a market ticker from an old newspaper page.
Carson Appeal correspondent reports in Douglas County that W. J. Marsh owns premier blooded short horn cattle and Kirman and Rickey manage a 60 000 acre farm with irrigation systems worth a trip to view. Henry Vansickle grows towering grain likely 50 bushels per acre and Fred Dangberg farms thousands of acres. Sheriff Williams and others boast strong crops while Kirkman and Rickey feed a large short horn cattle herd. The piece urges promoting racing stock and visiting these farms to see Nevada’s agricultural rise.
A list of uncalled letters in Reno Nevada dated August 2 includes names such as C A Beamer W L Mallard Robert Murphy and many others. A telegram reports Tombstone Arizona mines resuming work with miners accepting three dollars per day and no further trouble expected. Mrs Jacobs of Virginia visits Reno to see her uncle D Lachman.
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