School for Girls to Open January 1882 Term
The next term of the School for Girls will commence January 1882. The Fort Bidwell stage now departs Reno at 1 PM instead of 7 AM. An assessment of fifty cents per share has been levied on Alta Mining Company capital stock. Carson Appeal notes local thieves in Reno and mentions Lt. Panabaker teaching Genoa youths. Loomis offers five percent discount for thirty days. Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls reports honor roll for December 14, 1881 with student scores.
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Alta Mining Company
Reno
Star Bucket Brigade
Carson Appeal
Loomis
Mackay Farr Plans Delayed Europe Voyage
J W Mackay intended to sail for Europe with Harry Rosensr on Wednesday but postponed to today. Senator Farr will not return to this coast during the holidays. During a Sacramento visit we thanked Chief Karcher Officers Dunlevy Brissell and Valentine and City Attorney Anderson for favors, praising the police department's first-class gentlemen.
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J. W. Mackay
Europe
Harry Rosensr
Senator Farr
Sacramento
Karcher
Offcers Dunlevy
Brissell
Valentine
Anderson
Assessment List For Comstock Mines Delinquent Dates
The list shows outstanding assessments on Comstock mines with delinquent dates in December and January. Kentuck 30c due December 24 Albion 30c due December 26 Segregated Belcher 1 delinquent January 5 Lady Bryan 25c due January 5 Caledonia 25c due January 6 and stocks with delinquent sale dates Savage 50c due December 27 Potosi 50c due January 4.
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Comstock
Kentuck
Albion
Segregated Belcher
Lady Bryan
Caledonia
Savage
Potosi
Savings Bank Suits Seek Unpaid Stock Subscriptions
Rev C McKelvey sues L L Crockett to determine director and stockholder liability in a savings bank collapse. Crockett subscribed for ten shares but paid only 30 percent. suit aims to force the remaining 70 percent. A similar action against M C Lake is planned and others may follow. In a Sacramento case, a judge ruled stockholders liable for full subscription.
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Rev. C. McKelvey
L. L. Crockett
McKelvey
Crockett
M. C. Lake
Sacramento
Denson
Advertised Letters and Reno Local Items
Advertised letters for week ending December 17th include Anderson Abbott Loyd Marden and many others. Also notes on Gospel meetings, real estate purchases, Carson Guard inspection January 12, holiday goods, cloaks and hats, a jail sentence, asylum claims, Glendale school land donation, and other Reno news items.
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Reno Postoffice
Anderson T. Lewis
A. L. Abbott
A. F. Loyd
Jas. H. Anderson
N. Merrill
A. A. Albarez
M. Marden
T. M. Adams
G.I. Muncalider J
M. J. Scott
Wm. Feilding
F. Shirley
C. C
Gillard J. M. Shannon
Gibeon O. Smith J. M
Girouse
P. Stein
J. Hansen A. T
Stringer J. E
Henry Robt
Stuart Wm. Holbert
J. G. Yiddy Thos
J. Hope F
Tyler Jerry Hogan
John Weber
Miss D. Holmes
Mat West
Important Opinion on Time for Lode Assessment Work
The Commissioner of the General Land Office states that under U S mining laws the locator must make annual expenditures within one year from January 1 following the location. District rules requiring $50 within sixty days have no force. For a July 1, 1880 location, $100 expenditure must occur between January 1 and December 31, 1881. preliminary sixty day timing would not comply.
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General Land Office
United States
Masquerade Ball at Gladdings Hall for Library Fund
A grand masquerade ball will be held in Gladdings Hall Wadsworth on the 29th for the Engineers and Mechanics Library. Mrs Walter of San Francisco will supply costumes and attend. Mr Fillmore CP railroad official has arranged reduced rates from Reno and Truckee. The library holds 1007 volumes and proceeds fund new books for eager boys. Tickets are $1.50.
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Gladdings Hall
Wadsworth
Engineers’ and Mechanics’ Library
Walter
San Francisco
Fillmore
Reno
Truckee
The Literary Club Entertainment at Reform Club Hell
The Reform Club hosted an evening of performances and a debate. Mrs. Frank Bell sang old songs, Mr. Sands delivered a recitation, Miss Toombs sang, and Miss LeMire Scott recited. Debaters McArthur and Mc Tarnahan argued for monarchism while Laycock and Halesworth held the negative. Bristow and Hageman volunteered as speakers.
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Reform Club
Hell
Frank Bell
Brother Watkins
Messrs McArthur
McTarnahan
Messrs. Laycock
Halesworth
Mr. Bristow
Mr. Hagerman
Constable Captures Burglar Tommy Ryan alias Bull Kelly
Constable Avery returned from Sacramento with Tommy Ryan alias Bull Kelly the burglar who ransacked Mr Powning s house Ryan confessed to stealing items and being helped by a Sacramento fence He plans to waive preliminary hearing and go to the Grand Jury Holiday vacation for schools two weeks from Friday to cover Christmas and New Year season in town
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Avery
Sacramento
Tommy Ryan
Bull Kelly
Powning
Ryan
Orphans to Receive Christmas Tree in Carson Home
Wards of the State at the Orleans' Home in Carson are to receive a Christmas tree to brighten their hearts. W. D. Mann, ticket agent and telegraph operator in Carson for eight years with the Virginia & Tracken Railroad, has moved to San Francisco to join the Central Pacific office.
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Ernest Eckert
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company
Carson
W. D. Mann
Orleans
Virginia & Tracken Railroad Company
San Francisco
Central Pacific
Good Cause Dinner and Late Literary Event at M E Church
This afternoon from five to nine the M E Church ladies host a 25 cent dinner in the church vestibule to fund Christmas gifts for Sunday school scholars. An evening literary program begins at seven with various offerings including Mrs Greely Miss Monroe Prof Stimson Mr Sands and musical numbers. Admission to the program is 10 cents.
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M. E. Church
Mrs. Greely
Miss Monroe
Prof. Stimson
Mr. Sands
State Asylum at Reno Praised as State’s Credit
An observer from Pine News visits the nearly finished Nevada State Insane Asylum in Reno. He describes the 160 by 232 foot, three story building as complete and a credit to the state and Reno, noting contractors who exceeded requirements and the project’s fine materials. Reno is hailed as a fitting seat for state buildings with strong roads, water, and educational centers nearby.
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Reno
P.B. Com-' Stock
Hymers & Com- Stock
Dawson
Fowler
Nevada
Oregon
Wm. Bechtel
Curtis
Fraser
Manning & Berry
John Sunderland
H. L. Fish
Andrew Fraser
A. H. Manning
T. K. Hymers
J. K. Everett
L. J. Flint
Conden & McIntosh
M. Jamison
C. P
Sierra and
Rocky ‘Mountains
Sierra Slope
St. Mary’s Academy
Bishop Whitaker's School For
Ben Butler
Sprague
St. Petersburg
Goettel
Vienna
Nevada and Oregon Tracklaying Delayed by Rail Rolling
No tracklaying has occurred for three weeks on the Nevada and Oregon lines due to delays in rail rolling. A shipment is expected next Monday to resume tracklaying. Rails cover between eighteen and nineteen miles with bed prepared for thirteen more. Eighty men are at work grading.
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Nevada
Oregon
Portion of Railroad Taxes in Placer County
The Central Pacific Railroad Company tendered 21 800 to Placer county through Wells Fargo for taxes on road bed franchise rails and rolling stock at 13 315 60 per mile They have 1123 miles of road in Placer county valued by the State Board at 25 000 per mile Their tax totals 39 587 The tender may be rejected as the company demands a receipt in full with acceptance unlikely
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Central Pacific Railroad Company
Placer County
Wells, Fargo & Co
State Board of Equalization
War Preparations in Europe Reported by Chicago Times
Edward King cables from London that Europe seethes with arms buildup. France orders 900 Hotchkiss cannons for navy and other uses, asks for doubled production at St Denis plant, and builds ironclads. Germany adds hundreds of cannons at Madgeburg as heavy ordnance appropriations pass in Paris.
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Chicago Times
Boston
Edward King
Boston Journal
London
Europe
France
Hotchkiss
St. Denis
Madgeburg
Admission bill blocks new states until population threshold
The House considers Townsend of Illinois bill requiring that a territory be as populous as a Congressional District before forming a Constitution or seeking statehood. The move targets Dakota and Washington territories and possibly New Mexico. A Garfield memorial ceremony plan invites Secretary Blaine to speak. Blaine declined. A package sent to Goitesu last Saturday contained eight pieces of rope upon opening.
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House
Townsend
Illinois
House of Representatives
Dakota
Washington
New Mexico
Goitesu
Telegraphic Briefs From The Daily Journal Highlights
Saturday telegraphs report Blaine planning winter in Washington California trotters arriving in New York Mrs Langtry praised by London press Guiteau trial claims Arthur president Page as possible Coinage Committee chair New York San Francisco mail scheme near completion Brewster named Attorney General across Rio Grande disorders rise murders and Texas shift to safety measures railway wage curbs in Mexico Kate Simpson robbed in New York silver certificate bill details Garfield stamp theater fire relief Goettel aids theater fire victims road agent robbery Buffalo civil service reform cabinet lineup Senate House bill totals Lincoln eye trouble Yorktown dissensions Guiteau assassination plot continues Texas narrow gauge railroads expand to 900 miles and more.
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Daily Journal
Blaine
Washington
California
New York
Langtry
London
Guiteau
Arthur
Congressman Page
San Francisco
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Pennsylvania
United States
Rio Grande
Texas
Our Wealth Then and Now How Wealth Changed in a Century
A historical survey contrasts 1800s American wealth with today, showing population growth from 3 million to 60 million, capital rising from 1.5 billion to over 6 trillion, and production increasing thirty-three times. It details shifts in labor and capital shares, per capita spending on food, liquor, luxuries, education, and health, and notes rising taxes and debates on silver coinage and funding. It concludes with a Berlin rumor of a Russian assassination plot at Gatchina.
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New York
San Francisco
William Whiston
George NT
Berlin
Gatchina
Gould & Curry Officials Elected Without Opposition
Gould and Curry officials were elected yesterday without opposition, securing their positions as the community’s leadership. The vote displayed strong local support for the incumbents and reflected stable municipal governance.
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Gould & Curry
An Empty Jam
A note from the Austin Review states that the Lander county jail, briefly empty, soon housed an occupant and then emptied again. The episode serves as a warning to criminals about prompt vacancies in the future.
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Lander County
Austin Revielle
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Town and Couny
Fort Bidwell
C. A. Panabaker
Genoa
Dave McFarland
School For Girls
Bishop Whitaker
May Benham
Isabel Osborne
May Cara
May Ennor
Louise Sigea
Carrie Webb
Savings Bank Suits
Mollie McCarty
Grinstead
Congress
C. S. Martin
Virginia Street
Martin
Palace
Flanagan
Deacon Parkinson
W. H. H. Wasson
Washington Dispatches
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Scott
Brown
Lou Drexler
Carson Guard
F.C. Lord
Jamison
Pierce Evans
Oakland
Julia Prescott
Justice Young
Giles Sharp
Osburn
Henry Whistler
Glendale
Sunderland
Kennedy
West Street
W. W. Hobart
Bureak
Bay City
Huffaker
Truckee Meadows
Congregational Church
Alvaro Evans
Joe Williams
Hot Creek
Nye County
Pink” McKissick
Secret Valley
Jacob
Montana
Charlie Legate
Palace Restaurant
Tamp Winston
Presbyterian Church
H. M. Yerington
Carson and Colorado
Gold Hill
Jorgnat
the Literary Club
Flora and
Jessie Finlayson
John Nicholas
C. Pawning
Stimson
Elia Knowlton
Geo. Taylor
State Insane Asylum
Newa
Senate
Garfield
Kate Simpson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Plumb
Secretary of the Treasury
Daly Journal
Liverpool
Glasgow
Marysville
Downieville
Comptonville
George William Curtis
Buffalo
President Arthur
Robert T. Lincoln
Navy
Geo
Boutwell
Timothy C. Howe
Interior
Jerome B. Chaffee
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Bostom
Yorktown
Guitean
Uttery
Nebraska
Molly -Maguire
Scientia
8. F. Bulletin
Economist
Ladd
R. H. McDonald
Yank
N & Dock
Buell Others Bank
Mercia
Ers
Diiren
New ‘York
Cacaco
U.S
Usitep Starzgand
Andaoli
Ita
B. H. McDonald
Rinooe
Bern
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