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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1882
Page
1
Weekly Nevada State Journal announces Saturday morning publication with Co C Powning as publisher and proprietor. Subscriptions cost one year and monthly carrier delivery in Reno at 60 cents. mail rates available. Advertising agent L P Fisher in San Francisco authorized to receive ads.
The Boston and national papers debate President Arthur’s Berlin appointment choice, praising his tact to avoid party discord and preserve harmony while showing Sargent in the Interior would better serve Indian and land issues. Immigration trends, western industry ventures, and political chatter fill the rest of the item with notes on Wilde, Blaine, and regional developments.
Congress resists retiring Judge Hillyer while Nevada lawmakers push to appoint an extra judge. The piece notes Hunt’s forced retirement to clear court backlogs and argues immediate action is needed to speed judicial business, despite concerns over a judge’s impaired brain affecting opinions.
The article reports a San Francisco rally by business leaders and allied factions opposing Chinese treaty legislation. It notes bipartisan county committees detailing similar statewide demonstrations to back the anti Chinese bill in Congress and urges Nevada to join the movement.
The memorial address of Mr. Blaine delivered to Congress yesterday drew criticism for being far from the hoped for effort. The Enterprise notes Major F A G Gearing of Virginia City has been offered a Texas Western Railway Transportation Department post and will depart for Houston in a few weeks. Colonel Fred D. Grant presides over the road, with U S Grant on the Executive Committee.
Palmer denies receiving a letter from Tilden about 1884. Mormon missionaries active in Pennsylvania. Senator Hoar opposes Conkling’s confirmation. Conkling may refuse the compliment. Senate leaders predict both Sargent and Conkling confirmed by large majorities. Ex-District Attorney Murphy of San Francisco shot. wound may be fatal or not. Garfield expense items questioned by committee. details list payments and proposed promotions. Salt Lake mass meeting against polygamy reported with strong resolutions. President opposes Fitz-John Porter reentry. no action yet. Vanity Fair notes London poker boom and social scandal linked to General Schenck. Gladstone resignation rumors denied. Russia condition may force abdication after coronation. Conkling nomination to Supreme Court likely to be favorable. Missouri land frauds lands to be canceled against stolen scrip. Leadville mine at Robinson shows rich ore and strong production outlook.
Janesville correspondent reports extremely cold weather in Lassen County with record lows around zero and persistent freezing. Cattle losses feared as feed dwindles. potato demand remains steady while grain markets stall. Snow accumulates in hills, Hayden Hill and Lugoanville report four to five feet, shaping a predicted late spring and potential light crops.
Justice Miller’s ruling in Colorado holds no mineral land patent may exceed 160 acres and each original location merged into a single claim must be proved separately with distinct work. If upheld by the Supreme Court, most existing mining patents would be void or unenforceable as proof of old locations is impracticable. The case has been argued twice in the Supreme Court and awaits a decision with high interest.
The steady rise in wealth and population in Washington Territory clearly entitles it to admission as a state. Immigration to the territory is of the best character.
San Francisco stock papers announce eighty stocks will be stricken from the San Francisco Stock Board list for nonpayment of annual dues.
A Belgian who landed at Castle Garden Sunday displays a pair of horns an inch long protruding from his forehead and seems proud of his peculiar feature, drawing local attention to the unusual arrival and prompting curiosity among onlookers.
A historical listing describes cities across California tied to various railroad branches and lines. It names San Francisco, Oakland, Niles, Liver more, Stockton, Sacramento, Auburn, Cisco and Truckee on the main CPRR line, and multiple towns on Oregon, Visalia, Northern Division, Cal PBRR, Amador, San Diego, NFP, and Bay and Coast lines.
Under Postmaster General decision all California mail contracts with Boone Salisbury and Cabell as lowest bidders will be withheld and re advertised or awarded to the next lowest responsible bidder. These men were indicted for straw bond frauds and hold many routes. Also notes on pensions for presidents widows, Comstock mine yields, rail platform repairs, a prospective Eureka tunnel strike, an Elko Grand Jury railroad tax request, a bankrupt sale in Bodie, a Truckee railroad project, and a Pendleton civil service reform speech.
J B Hexion M D of Rochester New York recounts a near fatal decline from kidney illness in 1881. He details relentless symptoms including severe pain weight loss and water retention, describes consultations with physicians and mineral springs, and credits Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for recovery after a June start. He urges early kidney checks and warns of Bright's disease often being misdiagnosed as other ailments.
Lander Free Press celebrates Nevada counties strengthening wealth and population under the banner of Mother Lander. Eureka leads with growth, bullion shipments rise across Elko White Pine Nye Lincoln and Eureka counties while Lewis Montrose Trinity Aetna and many mines gear up for summer activity. Dahlgren and Starr Grove mines expand output as north and southern districts vie for prominence, signaling a robust regional economy and growing communities.
A Tule Lake correspondent report describes Mr Hartley cutting a hole in Tule Lake ice to let stock drink. He claimed a massive fish about 18 feet long with horse thick body, fins and a doglike head. he struck it with an axe but may have killed it. The creature supposedly salt water, migrating up the Klamath and Lost River slough.
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