25 Aug 1883
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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1883
Page
1
The article notes John W. Mackay joining a new Postal Telegraph venture with strong Pacific Coast backing. It outlines a one cent per word rate, exclusive exchange contracts, and plans to extend lines from New York to Chicago and beyond, amid broader postwar Southern prosperity and political commentary on Conkling and 1884 planning.
Vacation crowds at resorts intensify social obligations and judgments. People fear social contempt if they travel poorly or stay home, facing matchmaking pressures and intrusive gossip. The piece urges simpler pleasures, preferring homelike amusements and genuine rest through change and quiet activities.
The Lyon County Times lattely alleges rumors about mismanagement at Nevada State Insane Asylum. Superintendent Bishop denies starvation claims, noting ample meals, regular meal inspections, and openness to visitors. He cites only two deaths in four and a half months, two discharges as cures, and one 24 hour escape. Monthly budget and reports are public in Carson and at the Asylum.
The Kentucky Governor issued a militia mobilization order for September 4 to attend the inauguration of Governor elect Knott, framing the nomination as an election. Proctor Knott was elected, but the move was seen as in questionable taste and potentially foolish if voters had shifted support.
An agent of the Secret Service found a worn 832 1000 fine five dollar gold coin submitted to the Philadelphia Mint. It is valued at 463 and considered the finest counterfeit seen by Treasury officials. Believed to be a relic of early California mining days and the Pacific Coast gold era. Michigan mixed marriage bias leads to tar and feather incident involving William G Farwood after his wedding to a colored woman in Sidte Degro quarters. He was last seen headed West with Horace Greeley’s guidance, aided by small stones, after leaving a wife and two children in Cleveland.
Dayton Times asks if Secretaries pocketed the journals or if Jewett vetoed the proceedings. A printed copy of the eleventh session enactments confirms the Journal reached the office yesterday. Also notes local store Martin & Augustine as a busy, reliable dealer. VER OLLYEN MEDICAL DE claims success in consumptive lung diseases and other throat chest afflictions, sold by druggists.
John Robinson sues A Langley as assessor after paying a $275 tax on a traveling circus and menagerie brought into Washoe County to perform in Reno and other California towns. The case affirms jurisdiction and holds the property not taxable in the state since it was transient, on the wing, and not intended to remain. The decision relies on prior cases and confirms the tax was improperly assessed.
Among Reno bound travelers this morning is Moncure D. Conway the veteran American newspaper correspondent and author. He has lived twenty years in London and now pursues philology with plans to study Indian languages, lecture in Australia, and visit Brat Harte who is a favorite in English literary circles. Constable Nash pursued a suspect to Verdi but the man fled into California. local officials debate cross jurisdiction while Mrs Crow’s cancer diagnosis prompts travel to San Francisco for medical care. Also reported is the Washoe County circus property tax case decision adverse to the county and a mine engineer lose a finger at the Pyamid Lake mine and require amputation.
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