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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1884
Page
5
Friday’s Reno Daily Journal reports Nat Holmes returning from Long Valley and Uncle Billy Mann ill in hospital. Summerfield visits from Austin, Judge Ward, and Acción. Several notes on court, mining, industry, and local business. Oregon election results show Hermann ahead in Congress and suffrage defeat.
Primary and Preparatory Departments held closing exercises yesterday morning and afternoon. Weaving music, recitations, and a cantata showcased the children’s talent, with flowers, evergreens, and roses decorating the halls. Gifts and addresses affirmed optimism for the pupils’ future, while Carson Valley’s rural beauty and crops show unusual abundance as river water overflows favoring bottom lands.
W H L Knox suffered a serious fall yesterday morning when his wagon horse bolted at the depot and threw him. He held the lines to keep control until help arrived. carried home with injuries to back and limbs. Doctors say injuries are not dangerous.
Judge Boardman yesterday passed sentence on four prisoners convicted at this term of Court for house breaking. Wall and Ryan for burglarizing Jack Frazer's house received four years each in the State Prison. Handlin and Mitchel, for breaking into a freight car, got three years each. They were taken to Carson yesterday afternoon.
A rumor says Central Pacific may make Reno the end of the Sacramento division and the start of the Truckee division, with a single headquarters between Sacramento and Winnemucca instead of Truckee and Wadsworth. Shops stay at the two existing locations, but train crews would operate in and out of Reno.
A Reno correspondent reports on Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls closing exercises marking the eighth year. Events include prayers, exams in astronomy elocution and philosophy, gymnastics, student essays and poems, a burlesque sequel to Ivanhoe, a cantata at the Reno Opera House, diplomas and prizes, and a valedictory by Hattie E. Schooling. The Bishop urged graduates to embrace life’s work, home harmony, and happiness. The piece highlights the day as the most successful Commencement to date with large attendance and praise for the school. Also notes travel plans of Hon F Lemmon and wife and relatives to Chicago and Pennsylvania.
Miss Harriet Sumner and Rev. Horace Buck of Austin were joined in matrimony at the Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. A procession of eight bridesmaids accompanied the bride to the altar, with Miss Chester Miss Reed and Mrs. Whitaker among those giving her away. The bishop officiated as flowers lined the path of roses for the bridal procession.
A 15 year old lad named Eugene Mc Laughlin is seriously ill with diphtheria in Gold Hill. No other cases are known in the county, and he is the only one to contract the disease in the past ten days. The season has seen 25 cases on the Com stock with 10 deaths.
Mrs Lake the divorced wife and mother of the Lake estate heir seeks guardianship of the boy in District Court. The action tests the will’s validity unless the second wife waives interest and Truckee Lodge supports Mrs Lake No 1 as executor, a union unlikely.
Paradise Valley reports inform that 100 men can find employment during the harvesting and haying season. With hay and grain crops maturing simultaneously, labor will be in high demand as ranchers strive to hire bands, yet struggles to secure workers persist.
The crowded rooms celebrated a successful program with German proverb and Ad Astra mottoes. Graduates Carrie Sessions Pearl Waggoner Lama Coldwell Milicent Palmer Rena Palmer received diplomas as Prof. Foster urged excellence. Pearl Waggoner presented Foster a farewell gift. Mrs Doten’s class honored her with a testimonial through Echo Loder. Dr Waggoner Prof Foster and Rev Palmer spoke before the closing song.
The Greenville Bulletin notes excellent prospects for a large crop in Indian Valley. Late rains boosted vegetation, promising a big hay crop and oats and wheat near average unless frost arrives. Stock needs rise as beef prices stay high. turning off ten to twenty cattle per year could yield substantial income. Surplus hay and dairy could be profitably shipped to expand wealth.
W. C. H. Martins has a large weekly stock of fancy and staple groceries including Clough's uncovered hams and bacon, pork, pure wine vinegar pickles, imported cheeses, maple sugar and syrups, Tarberg’s codfish in small boxes, mixed bird seed, and ranch butter from regional dairies. The shop promotes quality and competitive pricing, urging housekeepers to compare quality and prices before buying elsewhere.
The Rajah and the Madigan Square Company open an engagement in the theater soon and are hailed as a premier touring group. The bright comedy, famed Madison Square Theater production, and strong scenery are expected to draw a large, fashionable audience. This company is regarded as one of the most balanced comedy outfits, and The Rajah is the first local run of the hit play last season in New York lasting eight months.
The San Francisco Bulletin reports a new organization with capital of 1,500,000 formed to purchase the Russell and Bradley range between Elko and Battle Mountain. The property covers 508,000 acres with 25,000 cattle. About 870,000 has been subscribed locally and 500,000 more expected in New York. The corporation plans to take control on January 1. Also noted are Elder Ballou’s nightly talks on the Second Coming, local business by Thyes & Co, a youth’s accidental self inflicted gun injury at Brown's station on the C P Railroad, Dewit W Toll visiting Reno, and Senator Jones's stance on postmasters shipping Path Does in the Pioche office.
The President appointed John W. Meldrum as Surveyor General of the Wyoming Territory. Meldrum succeeds prior officeholder and takes charge from the date of confirmation, with duties including overseeing territorial land surveys and related public works.
The San Francisco Bulletin highlights a drop in California cattle supply as beef prices rise. Imports from Nevada and Oregon fill local demand while pasture lands shift to fruit and wheat. Small farms thinly stocked. ranching concentrates ownership, signaling a near-term cattle production rebound.
A June 28 1884 record shows unclaimed letters in Reno Nevada including Bedford E E Jones John Boreland J L Jones W O Busch Lula Larsen C Brown Lottie Lafaille G Burch Mrs E Lane Mrs E Brown Prof AG Lingle Bonham WH Maher Dennis Carmeff L F Martin W D Cardinal Emma Mortensen LC Cohn Mrs J D Martel Harry Conroy Mahoney D-2 Cruze Billie Morroe Miss M Caughlin Jerry Molley Dancan Sam Murphy Dunham R W Schaffer Dwelley MB Sleigh Wm Darney J N Shea Maggie Gore Wm Shawcross John Hallinan W Smith WJ Hayner Martha Smith Miss A Haskell D H Smith AS Bil JS Stuart Jack Henderson Miss F Sivichard JC Hoffman J W Shuert NR Hooper W RB Taylor WJ Horgan Mrs Katie Taylor Ervin 2 Jackson AJ Oruanpo Evans P M
The Carson Appeal reports H E Cagwin in the northern city area has a productive artesian well. He struck a coarse gravel layer at thirty three feet and obtained a strong water flow feeding a garden and duck pond. He advises valley residents to bore to thirty to forty feet for a regular water supply.
A crowded Blaine and Logan meeting heard the permanent organization report. By laws for the club were adopted, the roll of membership signed, and officers elected including John Bowman as Permanent President and Capt Bragg Dr Waggoner H L Kish R L Fulton C C Powning as Vice Presidents T F Laycock as Secretary Justice Young as Treasurer BR Nash as Sergeant at Arms.
A Journal correspondent reports twelve horses at Bidwell for the Fourth of July races with eight more expected. Entries include Connor Amanda B and Lady F Della Walker Rimrock and Belle, signaling a promising meeting. The Jockey Club aims for fine sport and fair treatment.
Ten prisoners in the county jail. Various local notes include appointments, farewells, and town visits. Pray for home businesses, park delays due to M C Lake’s death, and coastal travel plans. The Lake House lease, Butter market, and local politics are touched with diverse short items.
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