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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1884
Page
1
Weekly Nevada State Journal publication details and subscription terms list price and delivery options. It notes Co. C Powning as publisher and proprietor, with a Saturday morning issue schedule. Terms include one year by mail and carrier delivery in Reno at 50 cents, no paper forwarded without prepaid payment.
Washington dispatch reports the Thurman Sinking Fund Act passage followed a Gould Huntington drive aimed at Senator Mathews. Gould sought to defeat amendments via personal lobbying, but a Senate roll-call plan faltered. the lobby lost strength from 40 votes to 18, Thurman’s bill then passed and reached the House by a two thirds majority. Gould disappeared from Washington after the event.
The Committee on Public Lands plans to report several bills when Congress reconvenes to declare forfeiture of large railroad lands. Estimates range 50 to 100 million acres, including 14 million for the Texas Pacific grant. Cobb says up to 25 million more acres may be forfeited, with attorneys to be heard but time limited. Northern Pacific cited as noncompliant with 48 million acres forfeiture.
Washington columns describe festive Christmas scenes in the capital with markets crowded and post offices busy. The piece notes New Year preparations, White House receptions, and uniformed displays, then shifts to Congress’s early sessions, committee appointments, and tariff reforms, including Ways and Means and Appropriations details and Irish policy tensions.
The Civil Service Commission will present its first annual report to the President on the 16th inst and forward it to Congress. The 1883 law, effective July 16 after approval in January, covers six months of operations with 14 000 positions and salaries from 900 to 1800.
Representative Bland discusses the Mint's trade dollars with Director Burchard and estimates five to six million in circulation, with the rest of the thirty five million coined exported or remelted. An Eastern paper notes the strong influence of women in politics as Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Blaine are seen together, implying Blaine’s possible support for Logan.
It is rumored that Judge Moses Hal lett of Denver may succeed Judge McCreary on the Eighth Judicial Circuit covering Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Nebraska and Colorado. Governor elect Robinson of Massachusetts was installed Thursday morning and General Butler again holds a high private role with leisure to prepare for the next campaign.
Representative Cassidy of Nevada says the Pacific Railroads Committee has no meeting yet and will convene after members return. He notes jurisdiction over interstate fare and land forfeiture lies with other committees and signals limited duties for his panel. Cassidy explains desire to serve Nevada and lessen DC duties, preferring other committees.
The Treasury seeks to consolidate certain customs districts and prepare a letter to Congress on the plan. The permanent appropriation for customs revenue collection is 5.5 million dollars, with potential saving of about one third from consolidation. A prior Congress attempt to repeal permanent annual appropriations failed. Randall argues for annual funding of necessary purposes while preserving permanent items.
Congressman John Wise, Mahone’s friend and coworker, sits in New York answering questions about Carlisle's committees and the party split. He says the fall contest will be between Black person killers and free traders, as represented by Democrats and Republican protectionists. He adds he expects Arthur to be Virginia’s choice for the national convention.
The Cleveland W C T U plans a national drive led by Frances Willard to secure 1,000,000 signatures for a memorial asking prohibition planks be added to party platforms. Washington papers note ladies among the President's aides de camp, including Mrs. Senator Jones and Mrs. Logan.
Committee on Public Lands will push work with Chair Cobb weighing a consolidated forfeiture bill versus splitting into two. He expects five bills restoring at least 50,000,000 acres to the public domain and cites 25,000,000 acres as clearly forfeitable. Five road grants lack any groundwork, including Gulf and Slip Island road amid Southern-owned interests led by Manning of Mississippi.
A Columbus dispatch reports the Democratic caucus to nominate Pendleton successor will likely be held early next week. The contest has narrowed to Pendleton and Harry B. Payne with other candidates counting few votes. Legislative arrivals show organized forces for both sides, Payne claiming a first ballot win while Pendleton backers remain confident and ready to name another if not chosen.
Four San Francisco Superior Judges term expirations loom this year with Fer ral Sullivan Riordan and Hunt stepping down Ferral aims for Congress and withdraws from the judicial race Hunt is the lone Republican among the four all others seek to remain on the bench in re election bids
Advices from Ohio say Thurman’s chances for Pendleton’s Senate seat are improving due to Payne rivalry. If Thurman is elected, his supporters will promptly push him as a presidential candidate.
Rosecrans laments veterans from Mexico aging without care in his district. He notes 1,072 veterans, only about 10 percent not indigent, and 47 in the poorhouse, highlighting welfare neglect.
The Bodie Free Press reports officers at the Presidio feel confident Congress will approve funds to begin building quarters for thirty more officers. The post could become the nation’s largest except San Antonio, Texas, which hosts a large force near the Mexican border. Plans include barracks for eight companies, with six infantry and two cavalry to the Pacific, totaling about 1200 personnel and a possible military school for higher tactics. The Presidio is argued as a central Pacific Coast rendezvous, cheaper to station locally and move interior troops as needed.
Advice to mothers promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. Claimed to relieve crying, dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, and teething inflammation. Endorsed as prescription of an old physician, available worldwide for 26 cents a bottle.
Central Pacific Railroad surveys and estimates to add an extra track from Port Costa to the Oakland Mole. Current line handles about ninety six trains daily. a second track would boost capacity to seven hundred trains per day, easing congestion and enabling faster service.
Alf Doten reports from the Virginia Enterprise on Mackay and Fair, famed bonanza kings of the Comstock, and Flood’s stubborn grip on mining roots. John Mackay shifts to telegraphic empire aims, Fair pursues public works and artesian wells, Kendall and Cassidy teased by water dreams, while Uncle James’ rivers promised a bloom for Nevada.
San Francisco physician Dr R H McDonald appeals to the public for temperance on New Year’s Day warning that alcohol often starts with a social glass and leads to ruin. He urges mothers wives daughters and sisters to abstain and to abolish fermented liquors from tables, citing thousands harmed by intemperance. December 27, 1883.
An advertiser touts Everybody's Doctor a 684 page domestic medicine guide priced at three dollars. It claims systematic disease classification and plain language prescriptions for home use, promising readers relief from dyspepsia catarrh constipation and lung ailments. The notice cites Nickles Publishing Co with agents Warner New York and notes exclusive territory and a Dec 2 date.
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