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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1884
Page
5
Wednesday's Daily Journal reports SREVITIES with Saturday described as the year's longest day. Various notes include new organizational efforts by Hawthorne Republicans, local court activity, trading and mining updates, and multiple visits by officials and residents such as Coffin, Gregg, and Allen.
Essex resident Jack Foulks asserts his dam is not an impassable barrier and argues California fish harvests from Camp 20 to Camp 25 violate state law. He says trout pass the dam freely, cites grab-hook catches, and calls out California crews while offering to install ladders if advised by authorities.
The Silver State reports widespread discontent over excessive rain across Nevada. Flooding floods hay lands along Humboldt streams, threatening hay crops and alfalfa spoilage while grain fields look good but irrigation plans suffer from continued storms. Farmers fear a lean hay season if rains continue.
A private Rioville letter reports record floods in Lincoln county affecting the Rio Virgen and upper Colorado drainage. Dams, ditches, roads, and farms are swept away as travel shifts to mountain routes. six feet of flood waters exceed previous highs and wreckage drifts from bridges, wagons, and boats. Mount St Marys Academy Reno closes its term with exams and a dramatic closing program.
The Northern Picket reports Hon E V Spencer of Susanville is sending circulars to Lake and Modoc counties business men to gather data for capitalists planning a Oroville to Oregon railroad. Backers include Nicholas Luning S G Rideout and A J Binney with multi million sums ready to fund a line within three years if resources prove favorable.
From headquarters of the First Regiment Virginia Nevada the command is ordered to begin systematic Sunday practice to record scores for an Inter State Rifle March selection. Regimental orders require commanders to report monthly scores of 83 percent or more and medals awarded under Forman Medals rules for final team selection.
T Bender telegraphed Joe Dillman that five San Quentin ex convicts in Reno planned to rob the Bank. Sheriff Emmit and Con stable Nash warned officers who watched about a half dozen suspicious figures all day. The time lock was set for 4 PM, preventing any theft until 9 AM the next morning.
The article previews Harper's Weekly debut after the Chicago Convention. It notes Nast's cartoon as a revealing sign of future editorial line, depicting the Republican party as an elephant with a magnet labeled James G Blaine. It discusses Curtis remarks and Horace Greeley's praise for Nast while doubting the cartoon's impact on Blaine.
The California Nitre Mining Company located a claim in August 1883 on Nitre Hill in Humboldt county about 25 miles east of Lovelock Station. Crude nitrate of soda occurs crystalized 4 to 32 inches below the surface. The extent of deposits is unknown but prospects look encouraging. The California Nitro Manufacturing Company has acquired a large tract and plans early development. Their office at 311 Montgomery Street, room 18, displays a sample deposit.
L W Lee has a force manufacturing cement sand pipes for water supply to his stable and stock corrals. F L White of Los Angeles oversees production, delivering about 260 feet of 8 inch pipe per day. The sections are two feet long and joined with cement. The pipe is claimed to withstand 80 feet of pressure and can be built for greater strength. It is said to last indefinitely and improve with age when properly laid.
Engineers finish survey for a proposed Narrow Gauge line from Oneida through Sierra and Mohawk Valleys to Quincy with grade stakes set as far west as Mohawk. Grading will start soon and proceed quickly until completion. Moran Bros. owners of the N. O. are invested in the project.
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad announces a new through California line for freight and passenger traffic. Steamers have been added at the Colorado River. Sleeper cars will begin running to the river from Albuquerque New Mexico and to all California points from the west side.
About 3 oclock Monday morning Meylert stage team ran away between Quincy and Beckwith. They threw driver Bill Shad off the seat and broke his arm and bruised him badly. A line gave way, the team dashed into timber, hitting a big pine tree and damaging the harness. One passenger, a Chinaman, escaped uninjured. The wounded man was brought back to Quincy.
The Northern Picket is a new paper published at Alturas by Coffin and McClellan. The first issue appeared last Saturday and signals a bright, newsy future. It adopts a Democratic political stance and aims to become the leading newspaper in the northern country.
The Enterprise reports a private letter from a city notes a large herd of buffalo moving up the Owyhee. The animals are said to cover thousands of acres and are believed driven into Northern Nevada by an unusual surge of grass growth.
The Salt Lake Tribune traces the origin of the epithet Plumed Knight given to Blaine. It credits J T Goodman of Virginia City Enter prise with first praising Jones, then notes speeches by Tom Fitch and Ingersoll linking the phrase to Blaine, suggesting Goodman intended it for Jones.
The column notes Reno residents and visitors, including E J Backler and Miss Florence Bowen, with church and lecture events, and trains and stages serving the Reno area. It also mentions Blaine books, Mt St Marys Academy graduates, local business activity, and upcoming Mohawk Valley rail construction plans.
W H Patton, Superintendent, arrived to coordinate action by Sierra Nevada Union Mexican and Ophir to sink the Mexican winze to 3300 feet and halt further exploratory work. They hope to cut costs, avoid new levies, and pause drifting until the depth is reached, with meetings to ratify the plan as stocks fall and miners face unemployment.
The annual meeting of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroad Employees Association in San Francisco was led by EB B Ryan who outlined aims and past achievements. The group reported 345 members, $6,400 in cash on hand, and four years of income totaling about $13,050 with $5,499 for death losses and $1,157 for expenses leaving $6,000. Directors elected include Ryan, Gray, Judah, Douty, Ludlow, Clement, Curtis, Foulds and Houston with officers Ryan president Judah vice president Hopkins treasurer Marse secretary.
On January 1 Rev. Father Walsh offered gold medals to be drawn for by the Third Class of Christian Doctrine at the Academy. The class of pupils included Bessie McLaughlin, Jenzie Bouling, Mary Donahue, Mary Kelly, Ardella Greer, Mary Kemp, Victorine Pequegney, Katie Layton, Nellie Mulroney, Mamie Chambers, Mary Groton, Esther Biggs, James McKenna, and Joseph Kemp. Esther Biggs won a Maltese cross and Joseph Kemp won the gold crescent, in a drawing held yesterday with pupils and Sisters present.
The San Francisco Spirit of the Times highlights Theodore Winters selling seventeen head of famed horses on July 17 at C. H. Shear’s stables opposite Agricultural Park Sacramento. Killip & Co. conduct the sale with catalogues available. Winters’ career and Norfolk sire legacy are praised, with hope he may return to racing soon.
Harry Hayes and James Davis faced Justice Young on charges of breaking into Andrew Bjerum's Second Street house. Davis was discharged for lack of evidence, but Hayes was bound over to await Grand Jury action on the house-breaking charge. The piece notes Blaine’s long congressional record and White House ambitions.
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