Rail building tallies and state budget talks in 1882 Nevada
The Nevada State Journal reports that 1882 railroad construction reached 10 821 miles nationwide with the West leading the surge. It notes state growth, budget bills for official fees, and tight controls on clerks and recorders while outlining projected Nevada appropriations and the push for a San Francisco Conclave parade week.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Talmage Praises Shorter Life In Brooklyn Sermon
Rev Mr Talmage argued that the gods love die young saying longevity is over praised. In a Brooklyn Tabernacle sermon he cited Isaiah and measured life as hours from 9am to night, praising an abbreviated earthly existence over drawn out years. He warned that many die aged fifty to seventy and should pass sooner rather than linger on earth.
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Mr Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Isaiah
Earth
Notable figures pass away across science and culture
In the year ended many eminent figures from Darwin to Garibaldi Longfellow Emerson Draper and church leaders passed on. Names include Tait Pusey Jevons Balfour Trollope and Thurlow Weed among others, reflecting losses in science literature religion and statesmanship.
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Garibaldi
Longfellow and
Emerson
John W
Henry Draper
Scott, Wightman and Paine
Methodist Church
Lawless Chicago Eyeing Vigilance to Enforce Order
A reader laments Chicago becoming a frontier town plagued by cowboys and highwaymen. Citizens fear nightly ambushes as lawmen fail to curb ruffianism, suggesting a vigilance committee may be needed to restore safety.
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Chicago
Idaho Cavern Tale Sparks Skepticism Across Nation
A Idaho Territory grouse hunter discovers a granite cave with a silver man image and gas flame, amid hieroglyphs and relics. Skeptics question the tale’s credibility, noting embellishments and comparisons to fabled cave wonders.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Luray Caverns
Virginia
Idaho
Alladin
Colorado bill sparks rail consolidation speculation near Denver
Following a bill to alter Colorado state laws on railroad consolidation, general managers of the Denver and Rio Grande and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy express suspicion of a coming merger. Palmer reportedly authorized Burlington to nominate directors to be elected in March by the Rio Grande.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Palmer
Burlington
Ero Grande
Mistakin Critic Enrror Journl in Editorial
An editorial in the Enterprise criticizes Speaker Varian for ignorance of constitutional law. The legal editor asserts the article misreads public acts and judicial proceedings under Article IV, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution, praising Varian for his knowledge and commitment to good legislation.
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Enrror Journl
Inst
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Wnte
A Peculiar Find on the Hills Near Navajo
The Tuscarora Times Review reports a strange deposit on nearby hills spanning hundreds of feet. A white marl like substance when mixed with water yields a superior whitewash that hardens instantly and leaves a smooth finish. Experiments show a durable ceiling coating in Cockbins barber shop and assays indicate two to three dollars in silver.
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Tuscarora Times Review
Navajo
Cockbins
Rich Black Hills ore discoveries drive America’s mining boom
The Black Hills show rich ore veins with vast low grade free milling gold ores. A company built a first rate plant and paid 1 512 500 in dividends in four years while 800 stamps operate year round and smelters send out silver bullion. rail access remains the key need for full prosperity. The Ogden Pilot endorses Frank Bell for Nevada prison warden, praising his long service and capability. President Arthur faces Texan festival invitation in Dalles next May, with likely refusal.
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Black Hills
America
Union
Senator Jones Backs Bill for Ben Holiday Relief
In the United States Senate on Friday Senator Jones favored the relief bill for Ben Holiday. The bill appropriates funds to remunerate Holiday for certain expenditures made for the Government while he was a mail contractor on the plains before the railroad was built.
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United States Senate
Jones
Ben Holiday
Silver Coinage Crisis Stirs House Debate
A Senate bill seeks to repeal key silver appropriations, aiming to halt coinage as much as possible. Critics claim it masks a push by national banks and Wall Street interests to demonetize silver, while Pacific Coast members demand a safe amendment to allow normal silver coinage.
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Pacific Coast
Washoe retrenchment urges county salaries cut
The Washoe delegation in the Legislature is urged to review salaries for county officers. Proposed monthly figures include Sheriff 200, Clerk 200, Auditor 150, Treasurer 100, District Attorney 100, Assessor 1500 annual with two deputies covered, Commissioners 300 each per year, and School Superintendent 200 per year. The plan aims to save about 5400 per year.
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Washoe
Boston Wool Market Steady Demand Across Regions
The Boston wool market remains steady with fan demand from manufacturers. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces sold around 40c for X and 41 12c for AX, while Michigan and Wisconsin saw trades at 37 to 38c for fleeces. Combing and delaine fleeces held steady with moderate demand at 42 to 48c for fine delaine and No 1 combing. Unwashed fleeces moved 17 to 23c for low and coarse, 24 to 32c for fine and medium grades. California wool quiet with 13 to 30c for low. Fall and spring pulled wools ran fair at 44 to 80 for choice Eastern and Maine supers, 25 to 40 for common and good. foreign wool quiet with no activity.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
California
Maine
Old Soldier Refuses Candidacy Letter to General Sherman
Private Dalzell sent General Sherman a candidacy article and asked for support. Sherman replied he will not run, finding pain in his name on political topics and stating he is not a candidate and plans to spend his remaining years in St Louis in peace.
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Dalzell
General Sherman
Dean Danzern
St Loui
Missouri
Transcontinental Railways near completion
The San Francisco to New Orleans line is nearly finished with a small gap bridged. Last rats to lay within a day or two. Traffic expected in about two weeks. Atlantic and Pacific road from Mohave progressing. a junction with westward road planned by mid April. Line passes Colorado Northern Arizona into California near Nevada border.
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San Francisco
New Orleans
Mohave
API
Colorado
Arizona
California
Nevada
California lands and unentered acres by county
A folio circular from the Immigration Association of California details the state's public lands. It lists 98,500,000 acres total, 43,795,000 unentered, with 16,295,900 suited for mining or lumbering, 21,500,000 for agriculture, and 6,000,000 acres water or unproductive. County totals include San Luis Obispo 450,000, Monterey 600,000, San Benito 250,000, Santa Clara 150,000, Mendocino 1,500,000, Shasta 1,500,000, Lassen 2,700,000, plus others.
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Immigration Association of California
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San Luis Obispo
Monterey
San Benito
Santa Clara
Mendocino
Shaet
Lissen
Humboldt
Santa Babara
Ventura
Kern
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
San Diego
Lake and
B Redding
Redding
Sumne
Oroville
Colfax Grass Villey
Sonora
Mariposa
Idaho Nevada annexation talk heats up in territory unions
Senators Jones and Cassidy have held frequent talks on annexing Idaho Territory to Nevada with four counties likely staying with Washington Territory. Both plan to introduce bills next session to push annexation. Cassidy favored adding California counties to Nevada, but a Barry measure to absorb most of Nevada and join it to California stalled that plan.
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Jones
Cassidy Hive
Idaho
Nevada
Washington Territory
Cassidy
California
Barry
Onnex
President Gilmans Proposition for Columbus Monument at Golden Gate
At the American Ethnographical Society annual meeting Daniel G Gilman president of Johns Hopkins University urged a centennial celebration of America's discovery by erecting a Columbus monument at the Golden Gate facing Asia with outstretched arms and a message America reaches out its hands to Asia By sailing to the west we have found the East.
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American Ethnographical Society
Daniel G Gilman
Hopkins Universty
America
Columbus
Golden Gate
Asia
East
Jefferson Mines Reopenings Highlight Historic Camp
The Grantsville Bonanza notes new hoisting works at Jefferson were started in early week. Once a flourishing mining camp, Jefferson produced bullion enough for dividends but failed due to poor management and closed. Ledges remain, suggesting profits if opened and managed systematically.
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Grantsville
Jefferson
Trophy proposed by Knights Templar Conclave
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar, it was requested that a trophy symbolizing California’s natural wealth be offered as a prize to the best drilled company instead of the Order’s standard. The trophy would cost $5,000.
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Knights Templar
California
National Republican Committee to Meet on Convention Representation
The President will face a tough choice naming the Civil Service Reform Commission members. Every region seeks a voice, with the South pressing its case. A Republican National Committee sub-committee on representation for the upcoming National Convention will convene today.
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Republican National Committee
Republican Party
In Favor of Removal
A local man bought 2,000 shares of Navajo stock at fifty cents each months ago and could net about $19,000 by selling now. He notes the potential profit would exceed the combined gains of Carson stock operators over the past two years.
Albion reports costs and savings in Richmond Company dispute
The Albion president states litigation with the Richmond Company cost $116,000 and other legal expenses last year were $56,000. The works are insured for $61,000, total liabilities exceed assets by $78,000. Due to the new smelting works, $17 per ton saved on ores, across 2,500 tons per month, totaling $42,500 in savings.
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The
Albion
Richmond Company
City tax levy debate pivots on rate safety and cost
Controller Hallock endorses 90 cent levy as safe while Reno Jovisa argues for a 75 cent cap. At 75 cents the district would raise about $200,000, deemed sufficient for current expenses over the next two fiscal years. Michigan caucus nominated Byron G. Stout for U.S. Senate, noted as favorable to his win.
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Hallock
Reno Jovisa
Austin Reveille
Commissioner Dudley Replies On Pension Claims And Dishonest Agents
Commissioner Dudley addresses two questions about pension claims and the use of agents. He explains statutory duties to provide forms instructions and records how dishonest agents fleece soldiers through excess fees, advance charges, and misleading solicitations, urging claimants to seek proper evidence efficiently.
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Department OF the Interior
Wasusset
Lear
Commissioner of Pensions
Penson
Livsard
Xis
Office Direct Ass
Windom's re election bid faces uncertain support in Minnesota
Minnesota Senator Windom appears far from secure for re election. The Republican caucus nominated him by sixty one votes against Governor Davia and Gordon E i Cole. Windom allies expect twelve more lawmakers to back him, totaling seventy three of seventy six needed, while opponents have yet to nominate a candidate capable of defeating him.
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Windom
Minnesota
Davia
Gordon E.i Cole
Windoms
Cabinet inclusion for Agriculture Commissioner eyed in Congress
The measure to make the Commissioner of Agriculture a Cabinet member may pass this Congress and please the Granger movement in Nevada and nationwide The New York Sun notes a Washington special about a movement to draft Grant for President in 1884 The Jocayar dissent appears in the report
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Congress
Nevada
New York Sun
Washington
Grant
Paris Plans Public Lighting Cost in Current Year
The city estimates a total lighting bill of 1,000,000 for public places in Paris this year. There are 43,089 gas lamps and 429 oil lamps in streets, with public buildings using 25,000 gas jets. Petroleum lamps cost about half again as much as gas.
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Paris
A Lady Seeks Parisian Dress and Hair Fashion
The notice discusses current Parisian dress and bonnet trends along with a new hair arrangement. It notes millions spend on artificial appliances to highlight female weakness and emaciation, then promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a guarantee, claiming it treats diseases peculiar to females and can lessen dependence on artful adornments.
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