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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1884
Page
3
Nevada State Journal publishes its weekly edition for Saturday June 14 1884 featuring local news, notices, and community updates with period-appropriate tone. Indicates events, market items, and public notices relevant to Reno and surrounding areas.
Local notes report Theo Winters in town and Benator Dangberg of Douglas in Reno. John Snodgrass bought the Maltby farm south of town, while others, including a Mason Valley party and Bakers, returned from various trips. A quartz mill project begins at Sweetwater as gypsies prowl town and a new public school principal is named. Mild rain and a breezy day follow expectant crowds and social chatter.
Rev. A B Palmer has resigned as pastor of the Reno Congregational Church after four years. The departure takes effect August 1, with Palmer returning to Saratoga California to spend his days. His successor will be Rev. G M Spencer from Emmittsburg Iowa arriving late July.
W. O. H. Martin announces Adam Reinz patent refrigerator from Buffalo New York. Described as the most perfect model yet offered, available in all sizes. Noted as both highly useful and a handsome piece of furniture for the home.
The Washoe county market report relays a dull Boston wool market with light California demand. Sales total 80,500 pounds: 7,500 good new northern Spring at 4 25c, 30,000 Spring at 1% 25c, 11,000 Spring at 20 25c, and 32,000 pounds Spring at 15 17c.
The Department of Music of Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls presents its twenty first rehearsal under Miss Eva Quaiffe at the Nevada Theater on Wednesday evening June 25. Tickets are 50 cents with no extra charge for reserved seats. In the Journan office front windows, an engraving of the Republican standard bearers Blaine and Logan is displayed. it was made in Chicago and is the first to arrive on this coast.
W. W. Morrow H Parks Oregon Sands J B Finlayson and J M Davies of the Pacific Coast delegation, with W R Packard of New York, arrived on last evening's train. Citizens welcomed them at the depot as Judge Boardman and R H Lindsay praised the Pacific. Morrow spoke of the convention and the reception. Three cheers for the delegation and the ticket closed the meeting.
A Salvation Army detachment has conducted daily meetings in Reno’s Methodist Church for over two weeks with open air events. A Seventh Day Adventists mission arrived from California and erected a large tent on Virginia street. Temperance lecturer Mrs. Foster from California and a revivalist United Brethren minister from Ohio are en route, signaling a spate of religious activity amid Reno’s five established churches.
A McFarlin markets his strawberry crop and expects two to three hundred cases this year. Fresh from Leadbelter's vines each morning fruits are sold, famed for superior flavor to California berries and evoking childhood memories of simple garden picking.
The Seigler Springs resort in Lake County California, led by Frank McCullough a seasoned Nevadan, is described as the coast's premier health and pleasure retreat. Nestled on Seigley Mountain at 2372 feet, it offers springs baths mud and swimming facilities year round with a hospitable Nevadan welcome.
Officers captured two suspects just after they pried open a railroad car door on a side-track in the Reno yard and fled with plunder. A pair of shoes was recovered when overtaken near the river. other items remain missing but are expected to be recovered.
The Enterprise quotes townsfolk venting about foul weather that has everyone talking. Ladies swap quips on the rain and roof-pipes while neighbors joke about warmth, amber feller costs, and a child tripping on a small crown as the storm rages through the day.
A minister tells his wife he plans to attend the circus this year despite prior opposition to theaters and circuses. He argues the show features a sacred elephant, so there can be no harm, and agrees they will go together.
D A Bender and Chas Lewis visited Reno while Jerry Schooling bought horses from the north. Rain damaged alfalfa and hay on Truckee Meadows and Washoe Valley. Gypsies left for the Comstock. Pyramid Mining business in Pyamid. Mayberry bridge bids open. Charles Maltby remains unchanged after injury. Grand Jury work looms. San Francisco lawyer Benham dies. diphtheria scare in Virginia City. Corez water mill and bullion shipments. Belmont State Line rumor denied. Uncle Billy Mann improving after erysipelas treatment. Corporal Streizhnicht brings black mares to Montana. plunder from railroad car recovered. Ora McIntosh hurt by school bell.
Reports from Hanford Salinas and Livermore describe record June rains causing extensive damage. Hundreds of tons of hay and thousands of acres of barley and alfalfa lie flattened or rotting, with losses estimated around 506000 dollars though grain crops show some upside in Livermore.
Soldiers Moving Company C. 24 Cavalry from Fort Bidwell under Captain McGregor will reach Reno early next week en route to Fort McGinnis Montana. They will be joined here by two Presidio companies and then proceed to Montana. Fort McGinnis force will swap positions with these companies. Companies F and C from the 1st Cavalry now at Walla Walla will exchange with Montana troops. The Presidio detachments are due Sunday morning.
Mr Donahue, father of a boy badly injured when a wagon fell near town last month, visited yesterday. After wound care the boy was brought home to Carson and doctors doubted he would survive travel, but he is now walking at home. The family contemplates moving from Carson to Reno.
Nevada patents granted for numerous mining claims including Golden Eagle Crescent Blackstone Minnie Manorah and Good Faith lodes. Raby and Dunderberg. Standard and mill site. Dump Canton and Yellowstone lodes. Concordia and Yellowstone. Frank and others to E. J. Travis Michael Lyons Phillippe Marten James J. Smith F. A. Hawke and Canton Mining Co among others.
At a W C T U meeting Mrs Dr Waggoner was elected President for six months with several vice presidents and secretaries serving. The community plans a stone wall at Mt Davidson to shield residents from hoodlum youths. Tom Brown recovers from a leg injury, hoping to celebrate the Fourth. Virginia Chronicle touts Steam Boat Springs as Nevada picnic hub with a new dancing pavilion. White Pine News reports the O Neils have left town. A Washoe Valley house fire destroys a seress Mrs Bowers possessions, prompting relief fund calls. Editorials attack Republican and Democrat voting stances on race.
Thursday morning John Suntoon a blacksmith at the Woodworth mill on the Carson river above Dayton suffered a very bad arm crush injury while repairing machinery. His arm was caught in the equipment as he worked to fix it.
Australian reports describe a severe drought across New South Wales with immense livestock deaths. Estimates cite tens of thousands of sheep felled between Pilliga and Walgett, Namoi carcasses line rivers, and Governor urged to declare a rain prayer day. Sheep shearing in water-holes and pervasive bleaching bones mark the devastation.
Charles A. Sumner a leading California Democrat, praised for opposing Chinese exclusion, monopolies, and railroad abuses, promoting silver and labor rights. Despite strong record, at the Stockton state convention his party gave him only nine votes of about seventy, prompting the remark that he is "not wanted any longer."
The Pacific Coasters who visited Augusta to see Blaine started for home Thursday morning. A dispatch reports their deep gratitude for the hospitable reception and pleasant memories. A respectful crowd gathered at the depot to bid them farewell. McClure led cheers for James G. Blaine and for California as the train moved off.
A New York dispatch reports Wall Street swamped by unfavorable rumors. First National Bank of Cleveland reportedly suspended operations though advices say it continues business as usual. Rumors circling a $20,000,000 Union Pacific sinking funds deficiency claim funds used to prop up the market value of the company’s stock. President Dillon denies any stock market involvement by the company.
At Stockton a Democratic Convention adopted a resolution urging nominating Mr. Tilden despite his declination as a rebuke to the 1876 fraud. The move reflects strong party backing and a demand for leadership in the wake of contested results. The final adjournment closed amid heated debate over the legitimacy of the prior election.
Dennis Kearney tells a Call representative how he views Blaine's nomination. The agitator predicts near unanimous workingclass support for Blaine on the coast and argues the platform will defend the Republic, enforce laws, and curb Chinese influence.
Washington dispatch reports that experts who examined Union Pacific Railway Company books delivered their findings in sealed envelopes to Secretary Teller on Wednesday. The report was locked in a safe and not read by Teller or his office. No one has seen the report except the commissioners and the examiners, and its contents remain unknown until Teller returns from New York. Commissioner Armstrong is also away from the city.
The Queen remains steadfast in affection for John Brown. At Balmoral on Thursday she attended the unveiling of a bronze statue in Highland dress to honor the late valet, placing the statue within view of her apartments.
A popular demonstration in favor of the English Franchise bill is arranged to take place in London next August. It is billed as the greatest display since 1867 with Trades, Agricultural and Labor Unions sending deputations to participate and help organize. The movement aims to overawe the House of Parliament.
A London cablegram reports Woodall’s amendment to the franchise bill, favoring female suffrage, passing 271 to 135 in the Commons. Gladstone warned that if the amendment passes the Government would not be answerable for the bill’s passage.
The Interior Ministry in France issues a decree forbidding bull fights across regions after widespread cruelty scenes. Arrests are ordered for all involved, including operators and spectators, as the government moves to end the practice.
Bishop Simpson of Philadelphia lies dangerously ill and his doctors express little hope for recovery.
A humorous Austin exchange has a wife asking for mining details and a husband giving a mock technical monologue filled with fanciful terms. He ends with a cold laugh and suggests husbands should explain mining to wives to ease home life.
The Inter Ocean notes an Ohio inventor who built a sheet iron hen that lays promising gold eggs and mimics a real fowl. It defends itself by springing open to reveal a rotating saw for predators, then resets and clucks again. The device risks blood and bones if used, while a test drew the curiosity of a doctor's cat.
The San Francisco Post questions why General Rosecrans was treated so shabbily by the Democracy of this city. After two Congress terms he did not distinguish himself as a legislator, yet his national reputation reflected credit on Democratic constituents. Now he is forgotten and replaced by a man with little merit, dismissed without even a courteous vote.
Mara Luck reports the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad faced spring damage with two bridges washed out in Prince River Canyon. An eastbound train returned to Salt Lake, repairs expected by Saturday, and passengers redirected to Union Pacific at Ogden.
In Augusta numerous parties seek Blaine material for biographies. Artists are framing views of his Augusta residence for pictorial papers. The Kennebec Journal desk Blaine used as editor is sketched, now a relic object for collectors.
San Francisco planners for the Bunker Hill Association mark of the 107th anniversary with a bay forts salute on the 17th and a national salute from Fort Alcatraz. A Belmont picnic will feature literary exercises suitable to the occasion.
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