Court actions and estate restoration in Reno district notes
Probate reports include restoring control of Mrs Elizabeth Brown's estate to the widow after a guardian's discharge. Court adjourns citation in Russel v Bergman and allows Central Pacific Railroad to intervene in Thompson v Reno Savings Bank and Huffaker. Arson case State v Charley Sprout and Hock White set for pleadings, with other docket items and post office letters listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Va
Bergman
Central Pacific Railroad
Thompson
Reno Savings Bank
Huffaker
Elizabeth Brown
Peleg Brown
California
E. Crane
Crane
Brown
Levy & Bro Grand Clearance Sale Announcement
Levy and Bro announce a six day clearance sale offering dry goods and related articles with promises of the best bargains. The text notes artesian well project solicitors C Bender and L D Folsona were seen yesterday afternoon collecting subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. Levy & Bro
Artesian
C. ¥. Bender
L. D. Folsona
Axtesiar
Brevities from Reno and Nearby Towns
A roundup of brief notes reports and movements: Dusy returns from Virginia Dr Leonard arrives from Quincy notable locals include H B Parks and T Burke in town W R Chamberlain back from Mt Cory mine James Tombs and A J Loomis in Seattle Dan O Keefe pays 250 fine and heads sheep shearing Constable Nash cites Seattle relations with Asa Dawson and Nevada boys Judge Sabin to open U S Court in Carson Mason Mason Valley trip by Hock Mason Sac Republic Committee chaired by W H Beatty Supt S L Jones and Capt Matt Canavan travel Bay witnesses include Walter Ede Four prisoners remain in county jail Arising from Ede Sullivan case Ed White held after habeas corpus delays to Washington Territory via Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Parks
Honey Lake
Reno
Truckee
Pengine
T. Burke
C. P
W.R. Chamberlain
Mt. Cory
James Tombs
Montana
Seattle
A.J. Loomis
Dan O'Keefe
Constable Nash
Asa Dawson
Nevada
Judge Sabin
San Francisco
U. S. Court
Carson
Hock Mason
Mason Valley
S. L. Jones
Crown Point
Matt Canavan
Comstock
Bay
Walter Ede
Sierra Valley
Ede-Sullivan
U.S. District Court
Nash
Oregon
Ed White
Washington Territory
Brevities From Tuesdays Daily Journal
A roundup of Reno and regional notices includes Mrs. O H Perry returning from the Bay Dr Leonard heading north Mrs Frank Bell and children back to Carson Judge Boardman in Carson for Judge Edwards T K Stewart back from San Francisco Master Mechanic Gregg in town Herman Thyes welcomed as a new father Gould and Curry levy 50 cents per share James Johnson breaks leg at the race track Bodie Consolidated dividend expected mid month Mrs H R Place visiting Reno from Truckee F A Farnham arrives from Carson Wm Sanders awarded indigent dead burial contract J M Byers brings 200 cattle to be shipped to Oakland Pyramid Mining to ship ore to Mt Cory Webb Moore of Scenic Route in town March arrives like a lamb witnesses held over in Sullivan v Ede Matt Parrott buys Spencer house for 1600 March arrives with wind and weather McCoy convicted vagrancy Ed Young fined 40 dollars Sheriff Emmitt set to run for US Senate April The Manhatten to feature Booth portraits South Side Drain Ditch Company meeting April 1884 Donald McKay leaves for Bodie Battle Mountain artesian well hints Lew Cahoon in Reno heading to Modoc county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodie Consolidated
H. R. Place
Truckee
Reno
J. L. McFarlin
F. A. Farnham
State Prison
Carson
Wm. Sanders
Ireland
J.M. Byers
Honey Lake
Hayes, Carrick & Co
Oakland
Pyramid Mining Company
Mt. Cory
Webb Moore
Western
Sullivan
Ede
U. S
Matt Parrott
Spencer
Virginia Street
Justice Court
Wm. McCoy
Ed. Young
Sheriff Emmitt
United States
Territory of
Oregon
Emmitt
Manhattan
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Richello
Iago
Othello
Lear
Jervis McEntree
Booth
Welton
South Side Drain Ditch Company
Court House
Donald McKay
Bodie
Central Pacific Railroad
Rocklin
Journal
Lew Cahoon
Battle Mountain
Cahoon
Modoc County
Public School Notes on exams and lectures in town
The second monthly term exam closed last Monday. Miss J F Grippen took a two week leave for ill health. her sister Miss Harriet A Grippen will teach in her stead. Geo M Tighe’s penmanship class grows. High School enrollment slightly down. First lecture netted about $40 for the public school library. next talk by Rev A B Palmer on literacy. College students urged to attend. Prof Alexander’s bookkeeping near completion. High School baseball games interrupted by rain. Three preparatory departments met for literary exercises. Leap frog popular. gymnasium suggested. Oxford Cambridge Harvard Yale cited for athletic proof. Next teachers meeting features an essay by Effie E McNeely. Martin Augustine store rent reduced to 150 per month.
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J. F. Grippen
Board of Trustees
San Francisco
Harriet A. Grippen
Geo. M. Tighe
A. B. Palmer
M. E
E. J. Knowlton
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Harvard
Yale
America
Mies Effie E. McNeely
Hospital bids awarded for indigents and year
The Commissioners awarded indigent medical service to Dr. Waggoner at 45 dollars per month with other bidders listed. The Hospital for the year went to C Madden at 120 dollars per month with further bids from Hawkins, Bemis, Pollard, Bowen, and Douglas. Clergymen and lawyers praise Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the best remedy for vocal affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggoner
Lewis
Bemis
Bergman
Dawson
C. Madden
Ellen Hawkins
RE. P. Bemis
J. D. Pollard
D. D. Bowen
John Douglas
Ayer
Prison Employes Salaries Published for Public Info
The JourNAL lists state prison salaried officers with places and wages including Warden Frank Bell Washoe County 166 66, Dept Warden J E Coulter Storey 150, Bookkeeper A C Pratt Douglass 125, and guards with Storey Ormsby Eureka Lyon Esmeralda paid 60 to 90 dollars. Also notes Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine April issue with editor Rev Talmage and various articles, price 25 cents or 2.50 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bell
Washoe County
J. E. Coulter
Storey
A.C. Pratt
Douglass
C. H. Stoddard
Eureka
T. da Witt Talmage
Foundling Asylum
New York City
Alfreton Hervey
Leigh Norval
E. Rand
A.E. Alexander
J. F. Clay-Moran
J. Alexander Patten
Helen W. Pierson
L. T. Meade
Josephine R. Williams
The Vacant Russia Mission in Washington
The President slows filling the Russia Mission with no written applications yet. Potential candidates include Henry Sanford and Wharton Baker, both noted for public service. The role requires means for social duties and a fitting lifestyle, as with other nations’ envoys, reflecting the prestige of a first-class power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
St. Petersburg
Lisbon
Henry Sanford
Blue Ribbon Fame
Belgium
Wharton Baker
Philadelphia
Destine
England
Lionel West
Kentucky Senate bribery probe ordered by lower House
Louisville dispatch reports the Kentucky House passed a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate bribery in the Senatorial contest. Citizens await results with interest, fearing a potential whitewashing. Allegations focus on followers of Blackburn and Williams using lavish money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Blackburn
Williams
McDonald backs tariff bill in letter to Morrison
Ex Senator McDonald writes to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Morrison outlining support for the tariff measure. He states the principal issue of the upcoming campaign is the tariff and says Democrats' only chance lies in passage of the bill or something like it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Morrison
Ways and Means Committee
Sudden Death of Swiss Immigrant Hobluizel at Ohio House
Conrad Hobluizel, a 32 year old Swiss native, died suddenly at the Ohio House after a heavy supper. He had suffered months with Brights disease of the kidneys, believed to cause his death. Previously he worked at Maberry wood camps, then bakery in Winnemuces, later returning to Reno ill. He leaves a brother in Valley Creek Minnesota and an uncle in San Francisco. The funeral is to be held today.
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Conrad Hobluizel
Switzerland
Ohio House
Hoblutzel
Bright
Maberry
Wood Camps
Winnemuces
Reno
Valley Creek
Minnesota
San Francisco
Fine Clydesdale Horse Arrives for Petaluma Show
Albert Charles arrives from St Louis with the United States largest Clydesdale weighing 2600 pounds. He paid 4500 dollars for the horse, a prized addition to the upcoming Petaluma horse show on the 8th instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Charles
Petaluma
St. Louis
United States
Charles
Resolutions Returned From German Minister Visit
Herr Von Eisendecker presented to Secretary Frelinghuysen the returned Lasker resolutions with a letter from Prince Bismarck at the State Department yesterday. The President will send a communication on the subject to the House of Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr von Eisendecker
Department of State
Frelinghuysen
Lasker
Prince Bismarck
House of Representatives
Travelers Insurance Funds Statue of Liberty Pedestal
The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford has provided an official engraving of the Statue of Liberty to U S newspapers. The edition supports the Pedestal Committee and carries a contribution of over 1700 dollars toward the monument’s pedestal in New York harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholdi
Murrah for Butler Massachusetts Convention Set in Worcester
The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention will convene in Worcester on April 3 with delegates gathered to support Butler. Party leaders prepare platforms and rally schedules for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Worcester
Roll of honor at Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls
For the month ending March 6 the roll lists Flora Northrop at 99.5 Emma Blanweil 9 Nettie Rising 99 Cora Manning 98.1 Augusta Williams 97.8 Kittie Grippen 97.6 Hattie Schooling 97.5 Annie Crutcher 97.3 Jennie Dyer 97.1 Sallie Dunkle 96.1 Belle Brown 96. In Music, Kittie Grippen Cora Manning Carrie Meiley Annie Becker Belie Harris Lulu Ludlow Emily Longabaugh Annie Crutcher Hattie Rowland Mina Atchinson Abbie Mason Clara Schooling.
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Bishop Whitaker
School For Girls
Flora Northrop
Emma Blanweil
Nettie Rising
Cora Manning
Augusta Williams
Kittie Grippen
Hattie Schooling
Annie Crutcher
Jennie Dyer
Sallie Dunkle
Belle Brown
Department of Music
Carrie Meiley
Annie Becker
Belie Harris
Lulu Ludlow
Emily Longabaugh
Hattie Rowland
Mina Atchinson
Abbie Mason
Clara Schooling
Senate bill to form commission for Latin America trade study
A Senate bill by Cockrell would authorize a special commission of three members for two years at 5000 dollars annually to visit Mexico Guatemala Honduras Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Venezuela Ecuador Peru Bolivia Argentina Chile Uruguay Paraguay and Brazil to gather information. The act proposes an appropriation of 70800 dollars to carry out its purposes.
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Senate
Cockrell
Central and
South America
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Ecquador
Peru
Bolivia
Argentine Republic
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Blaine Emerges as Front-Runner in Republican Race
The editorial argues Blaine is advancing within the Republican camp while others lag. It criticizes the administration’s foreign policy and praises Blaine’s Americanism and independence from society’s influence. It notes Blaine’s early support for the Chinese bill and identifies Bisine as a strong GOP candidate on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Senate
Congress
Bisine
Judge Rising Sustains Demurrer in County Treasurer Case
The court holds robbing is no ground for relief and bondsmen must settle or face judgment. Carson City Water Works expansion under John McGuirk aims to add fifty more customers soon for summer. Republicans back Blaine for President and Lincoln for Vice President as a strong ticket per Carson Tribune.
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Rising
Nevin
Carson City Water Works
John McGuirk
Jas. G Blaine
Robi. Lincoln
Carson Tribune
A Good Movement in Reno for Artesian Wells
A Reno company forms to sink a pioneer or test an artesian well, predicting a flowing well under 300 feet. The Reno region’s valleys may soon be filled with artesian wells, with Reno’s landscape favorably suited versus Denver’s. Virginia City’s M. N. Stone rumored as a Democratic congressional candidate, with strong White Pine support hoped.
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Reno
Ain
Truckee Meadows
Denve
M. N. Stone
Virginia City
Congress
White Pine
Cherry Creek News
Miracle That Took Place in Our Midst
Detroit readers learn of William A. Crombie of 287 Michigan Ave who says he visited the future and returned. He describes a long illness with swelling and weakness then credits Warner's Safe Cure with his recovery from Bright's disease. The account includes commentary from local editors and Rev. Bartlett urging early detection of kidney troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Crombie
Birmingham
Detroit
Michigan Avenue
Earth
Bright
Warner
Whitehead & Mitchell
W. A. Crombie
Legion
Advice to Mothers Teething Syrup Promoted Nationwide
An 1884 advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims instant relief from crying and pain and lists cures for dysentery, diarrhea, wind colic, and inflammation. The syrup is presented as pleasant tasting and a prescription of a renowned female nurse, priced 25 cents per bottle as a staple drugstore remedy. It ends with a partial note about Eumeralda's taxation rate for 1884 listed as 330 dollars.
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Hevada State Journal
Daily Journal
A. M. Streets
Ophir
Savage
Con. Virgin
Potosi
Chollar
Alpha
Belcher
S. Nevada
Utah
Union Con
Alta
Challenge
Andes
Scorpion
Navajo
B. Isle
Bulwer
Goodshaw
Mono
M. White
Virginia
Jacket
Exchequer
Tioga
Syndicate
Con. Pacific
C. Point
District Court
Reno, Nevada
Postoffice
Babcock
HT Jones
Elies Benson
A Lyons
GW Birch
Frank Abter
Michael Brearley
AJ Noyes
Frank Church
G W Parker
N Dolosso
T H Sawyer
DH Herald
JT Hughs
Wm Wagner
Henri Horn
Barney Wison
JL Henderson
J G
S. M. Jamson, P. M
Dusy
Dr. Leonard
Quincy
W. H. Beatty
Sacramento City
Republican
O. H. Perry
Public School Notes
Alexander
Martin & Augustine
Hospital Matters
F. A. Farnum
W. H. Joy
Guard
Weshoe
Nelson Bruett
Ormsby
H. Jankins
Frank Cook
Washes
J. W. Hall
E. Sullivan
James Dockery
J. Dovey
Lyon
W. B. Goodman
W.F. St. John
Esmeralda
J.J. Work
Frank Green
Ormesby
Dr. Lee
Frank Leslie
Sunday Magazine
Murrah
Butler
Roll of Honor
Flace
Eumeralda
Golden Tobacco
North Carolina
Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Co
Thie
Hicago
Rock Island &Pacific
Chicago
Kansas City
Council
Leavenworth
Atchison
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Union Popers
Principe
Atlantic
Horton
Pullman
Issoun River
Seneca
Banhee
Richmo! Norfolk
Newport News
Chattanooga
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Ausgusta
Nashville
Lexington
Cincinnati
Idianapolis
Gafagerie
Omaha
Minneapola
St. Paul Cod
Tokota
Canada
Dageage
Great Rock Island
CABLE
E. ST. John
Vico
Spinney
DR. Spinney & Co
Kearney St
Tutt’s
Murray Street
Ork
Coepcl
Riatte Prhyrs
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