Wild Nevada notes from 1884 weekly edition
Snippet from the May 3 1884 Nevada State Journal highlights names and moves around Reno and Sierra Valley. Items include Ea Hamlin and wife returning home, George L. Knight troupe traveling in early May, Mrs. Walker heading to Eureka, B G Courtney arriving in Reno, Miss E J Brown now with relatives in Uniontown Washington Territory, a jail escape by Charles W Smith, and various local notices from Elko to Truckee. Also mention of a new Schottische by J P Meader Carson, a semi weekly Battle Mountain Messenger, Deputy Sheriff Seymour Bryant, and Cadetship contender Willie Gould. Reports on Grand Jury tax delinquencies, and rail/road notes. A leper escape and a long fruitful fig tree near Bidwell add local curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ea Hamlin
Sierra Valley
George L. Knight
Troupe
Otto
Mrs. Walker
Eureka
B. G. Courtney
West Virginia
Reno
Golden Eagle
Mias E. J. Brown
Uniontown
Washington Territory
Charles W. Smith
Storey County
Jerry Schooling
A. K. Lamb
Jerry
Valley
J. W. Haines
San Francisco
3. P. Meader
Carson
Battle Mountain Messenger
Seymour Bryant
Dan Pine
Emmitt
Oregon
Willie Gould
Winnemuncca
Elko County
Hub Parker
State of
Nevada
Lske
Truckee Republican
Verdi
M. E. Glover
Mary Conner
South Ward School House
Springs Road
Rives
Paul Holland
State Orphans’ Home
H. H. Kirchner
Mille
Paul
Truckee
Glendale
Heister Stevens
The Sick List Shows Local Illnesses and Updates
Lawyer Cain suffered a paralysis stroke Sunday. improved yesterday but still dangerous. Mrs. W. H. Gould remains seriously ill after two weeks of sickness. Lawrence Hasland of Galla tin & Folsom fell ill with bilious fever Saturday night and improved Monday. Mrs. Al White and Charley Harley’s wife are both quite sick, with varying progress. Tommy Norcrous, Etta Barnes, and Jess Drake are noted as ill or under care, with Barnes slowly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
W. H. Gould
Lawrence Hasland
Gallatin & Folsom
al White
Tommy Norcrous
Charley Harley
Jess Drake
Golden Eagle
Etta Barnes
Fraternal Reunion to Lay Corner Stone in San Francisco
The San Francisco Odd Fellows plan a May 14 corner stone ceremony for their new building at Seventh and Market with the Grand Lodge of the State presiding. Lodges from outside the city and coastwide members will attend, and a general holiday may be declared with travel discounts offered by rail and steamship lines. The event is billed as the summer’s grand occasion.
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San Francisco
Odd Fellows
Seventh and Market Streets
Grand Lodge
John Mackay
Chicago
Nevada
Reno
Bodie
Palace
A. W. van Wagoner
Wisconsin
Golden Eagle
Cain
Rival Vigilance Groups Consider Modesto Reform
The Stockton Herald reports talk of forming a vigilance committee in Modesto to regulate the Regulators. It notes rival committees could push reforms in Stanislaus County and potentially purge the town of masked thieves and incendiarists, leading to civil authorities governing a reorganized society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton Herald
Modesto
Stanislaus County
Stanislaus
California
Flood claim overblown in Paradise Valley report
The Silver State says the Enterprise overstated Paradise Valley flood. One house near Cottonwood Creek and the Little Humboldt, managed by T C Emery, was nearly surrounded but not submerged. after a heavy storm the stream rose and the residents were moved to Willow Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Valley
Silver State
T. C. Emery
Mra. Lovelesa Place
Cottonwood Creek
Humboldt
Emery
Willow Point
Low Grade Ores Hopeful for Nevada Mines Boom
The Denver Republican argues that low grade ore deposits in Nevada will soon be profitably worked. It notes rising demand and growing investment in equipment and processes to treat low grade ores, stating owners have abonanza ahead as improvements accelerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Denver Republican
Cattlemen Report Severe Storm Losses and Hardship
Cattle men tell the Austin Reveille that the recent storm has devastated stock with many deaths in Smoky Valley and Upper Reest River. Lambing season adds to the strain as tender lambs struggle to endure the climate. New grass is sprouting but poorly nutritious, signaling tough conditions ahead for ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Smoky Valley
Reest
Ancient Order of United Workmen Convention at Salt Lake City
On May 20 the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the Pacific Coast will hold a large convention in Salt Lake City. Master Workmen from Nevada and Arizona will attend, about 600 delegates expected. Railroads offer reduced rates. A grand ball will be held at the Walker Opera House on the evening of the 20th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of United Workmen of the
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Arizona
Walker Opera House
Winter Snow Falls Fast Then Melts Quickly
Snow fell briskly all day Sunday and into Sunday night but melted away rapidly by Monday morning. Cold temperatures persisted, with overcoats and fires in heavy use throughout the day.
Brevities from the Wednesday Daily Journal notes
Wed Daily Journal snippets report on local moves and visits. Notables include Mrs. Al White improving, C T Adama from Newcastle in town, Judge Webster buying a farm, Allen Bragg heading to Long Valley, Gov Biasdel passing through, and civic events such as the Knights Conclave in New Orleans and Odd Fellows building paint. Various travel, auctions, and society notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al White
C. T. Adama
Newcastle
Cal
Lawrence Hasland
Self Convicted Jury Attitude in Nevada Case
A juror in the McManus case admits paying little attention to evidence until the defendant spoke, after which he believed the man should be hanged. A Washoe County trial a year earlier involved a railroad pass forgery. despite slim testimony, the defendant's half hour address convinced the jury, yielding a quick guilty verdict.
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McManus
Nevada City
Washoe County
Reno Guard Hall Opens New Facility in Progress
The Reno Guard has leased the new hall at Second and Virginia Street during a three year term and will move from the Odd Fellows building to a lower story room in the new structure. The hall will be fitted in elegant style with offices dressing rooms and conveniences, carpeted and furnished. The company aims to make it the towns most attractive venue hosting literary entertainments balls and parties in the largest hall remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno Guard
Second
Virginia Sffeet
Odd Fellows
Storm in the Mountains Halts Mountain Lumber Mills
Dispatch from Truckee reports a Sunday storm dropping two feet of snow at the town and higher depths at the Summit. The late season setback dampens lumber interests as mills were near ready to restart last week. The storm likely delays operations by at least ten days, though the Central Pacific has resources to clear tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pacific
Ex Postmaster Jamison Hosts Amusing Postoffice Mixup
Ex Postmaster Jamison greeted friends yesterday forenoon as they rushed into his shop seeking the Postoffice. They halted to find the familiar box rack missing and a scene of confusion. Jamison cheerfully directed them to the proper place for letters and warned it may take a week for pew quarters to become familiar.
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Jamison
Man Crushed Foot After Fall From Freight Car
About 10 am yesterday a man fell from a box car near Wadsworth and his right foot was crushed. He rode from Sonoma County to Kansas City, slipped from the stirrup, and fell beneath the train. Dr Bergman was summoned. amputation was deemed necessary and he was transported to the county hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Walworth
Wadsworth
Wadaworth
Sonoma County
Kansas City
Bergman
Cattle Thieves Captured in Eureka Dispatch
Deputy Williard and Triplett of Elko report capturing Alec Steel, Mrs Prescott, and Bert Prescott in Eureka. They are three of seven cattle thieves who escaped Baker City jail on February 25 and have been fleeing south. The trio, tall and athletic, faces a reward totaling 1400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Williard and Triplett
Elko
Alec. Steel
Mrt
Prescott
Bert. Prescott
Baker City
Oregon
Valuable Find Arizona Santa Cruz Petrol eum District Mine
A mine eight miles from Santa Cruz in a petrol eum district, owned by A Walrath, has been visited by capitalists. Analysis shows the blend of petroleum and fine quartz sand forms a material resembling gunpowder. Santa Cruz streets have been paved with it with satisfactory results.
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Santa Cruz
A. Walrath
Snowstorm Clamps Eureka Amid Midwinter Spring
A heavy snow storm raged from Saturday morning to Monday morning in Eureka leaving eight feet of snow on a level. Roads blocked making hauling impossible and coal nearly exhausted. No wood to the town, and ore shipments halt work across all reductions and mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Judge Orange Judd Seeks Postal Card Album Contacts
Orange Judd, longtime editor of the American Agriculturist, has retired from the editorial department and moved west. He requests former readers and friends to send a postal card with their current address and, if possible, the years they were subscribers, noting his Chicago, Illinois address.
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Orange Judd
American Agriculturist
Ths
West
Mr. Judd
Chicago
Hlinois
Prophecy of Mrs Bowers Fails as Reno Buries Hope
The town of Reno awaits a predicted blaze on the last of April but a missing young man who was to depart after a warned candle flame vanished westward the next morning. The originating house stands vacant and a heavy storm dampened all other signs, foiling the seeress’s forecast.
Lovelock Notes From the Silver State
Lovelock reports early shipping of fat beeves both ways from the station. George Lovelock arranged with Goodhue & Co. to work 1000 tons of Arabia District ore in Palisade furnace. He fields men at War Eagle mine and will begin shipping at once. Fifteen tons of cobalt and nickel ore await shipment to San Francisco next week with him ensuring proper work and value. J. H. Theis bought 200 hogs from Joe Hill for 1000 dollars. Grain and alfalfa look fine as Tocadons gain a golden hue. HC Marker plans haying in a few weeks as alfalfa grows.
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Lovelock
Silver State
George Lovelock
Goodhue & Co
Palisade
Arabia District
War Eagle
San Francisco
J. H. Theis
Joe Hill
Marker
Fire destroys Tilton Hotel in Greenville blaze
A Saturday morning fire on the second floor of the Tilton Hotel on Ann Street near Main rapidly consumed the hotel, the Good Templars two story frame building, and the Bowling Alley used as a Baptist Church. The cause is unknown and the loss is about 15000 dollars.
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Greenville
Tilton
Ann Street
Main
Good Templars
Baptist Church
Death of Jack Cole Sailor of Jeannette Dies in Washington
Jack Cole, one of the Jeannette sailors, died at the Insane Asylum in Washington DC last Monday after going insane from the Siberian coast retreat perils. Tom Brown, injured at the Wadsworth fire, now out of danger after a leg break, was earlier feared to need amputation. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is promoted as a spring tonic for vitality and renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cole
Insane Asylum
Washington, D. C
Siberian
Tom Brown
Wadsworth
Disgusted Legislator Resigns After Meeting Opened
Assemblyman Levernon of San Francisco resigns from the Assembly after a day’s dispute. A mass meeting defended his record and urged resignations of colleagues to rebuke the insult, while calling Governor Stoneman to deny further appropriations this session.
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Levernon
San Francisco
Twelfth
R. Leverson
M. R. Leverson
Stoneman
Ohio Cyclone Leaves Southern Ohio in Debris
A severe cyclone swept across Jamestown and Carrollton counties last Sunday, killing six in Jamestown and injuring others as dwellings and forests were leveled. The storm stretched through Green and Montgomery counties with telegraph lines down and roads blocked, leaving widespread destruction and an uncertain death toll. An eye witness described the funnel formed by colliding storm clouds.
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Ohio
Jamestown
Carrolton
Green
Montgomery
Flower Vendor Learns She Inherits Vast Philadelphia Estate
For 25 years a Philadelphia flower seller at Twelfth and Chestnut stood as a city fixture. Now Mrs Emerick is sole surviving heir to John Nicholls Emerick’s estate, valued at about 20 million dollars, quadrupling from its former 5 million, with her claim fully established after years without a will.
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Twelfth
Chesnut
Philadelphia
Emerick
John Nicholls Emerick
Mineral Belt Railway Bill Advances in House
Delegate Aury seeks authorization for a Mineral Belt Route in Arizona. The measure would sell public land along the line at 1.5 dollars per acre to a company building the road from Flagstaff to Globe, with Benson as the final southern terminus. Proponents promise two-year construction and access to a vast mining region, but passage this session looks unlikely.
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Aury
Arizona
House Committee On Public Lands
Capitol
Flag Staff
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Globe
Benson
Rumor of Khartoum Fall Circulates in Alexandria
An Alexandria paper reports Khartoum fell, Gordon imprisoned, and natives seeking a ten year English protectorate. Shendy troopers reach Korosko after losing fifty five men. Berber telegram April 25 refutes mass massacre claims. refuge and soldier losses deemed slight. Hussein Pasha vows to stay at Berber.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Khartoum
Gordon
Shendy
Korosko
Berber
Hussein Pasha
Worsley Refuses Speech in Court Writing Name on Slate
In Los Gatos California the wife murderer Worseley acts mentally unhinged in court, answering only by slate writing. When asked his name he scribbles Abdul Hamit Pasha Mabonet and claims origins from Egypt Asia and lists continents.
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Worseley
Los Gatos
Cal
Abdul Hamit Pasha Mabonet
Egypt
Asia
Europe
Afrika
Americas
Melborn
Ostralia
Swarm of Chinese Arrivals Pressure Congress Amid Restriction Act Bill
Four hundred and fifty Chinese arrived on the last steamer. Importers struggle to keep back the swarm until after Congress adjourns, hoping the bill to amend the restriction act will die a natural death.
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Congress
Drought Harms Western Texas Ranchers and Crops
Advices from Western Texas report severe drought with cattle suffering and many dying for lack of water and grass. The drought has been very severe in the region and myriads of caterpillars have appeared, destroying all kinds of vegetation.
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Texas
Miners Face $33 Day Wages at Grand Central Mine
A Grand Central mine notice posted April 26 states starting May 1 workers must take $33 per day. The miners plan to unionize and rebel against the wage cut amid mounting labor tension in Tombstone.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Grand Central
Miners Return After Strike at Irving Station
About two thousand miners at Irving station Pennsylvania ended a two week strike and resumed work Monday after the Westmoreland Coal Company agreed to remove one inch screen coal, ending the labor dispute.
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Irving Station
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland Coal Company
Berlin anarchists confess plot to bomb Niederwald statue
Two anarchists in Berlin confessed detailing the plan to blow up the German statue at Niederwald. They stated dynamite was placed in the drain pipe beneath the monument but moisture prevented detonation.
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Berlin
Niederwald
Defense of Blaine reply in New York Post
Walter Phelps furnishes a point by point defense of Blaine in a New York Post April 28 reply. He contests the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad charges, arguing Blaine was offered no honest interest when the bill passed and only later acquired securities on the same terms as others.
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New York Post
Walter Phelps
Blaine
Phelps
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Land Bounty Favor Reported by House Subcommittee
The Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Public Lands reports Townsend's land bounty bill favorably. It grants veterans who served at least fourteen days eighty acres, and those with at least two years 160 acres of public land. If a service death occurs, patents go to surviving spouse or children, else to the father or mother.
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House Committee On Public Lands
Townsend
Widow's Wit Asserts Advice In Sharon Hill Trial
A widow described as possessing in appearance testified Tuesday in the Sharon Hill case. She said Sarah asked about Sharon and testified her advice was to keep the Senator at bay if he truly loved her, predicting he would pursue. The remark illustrates the trial's sharp, unseemly anecdotes.
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Sharon-Hill
Sarah
Sharon
Howard the Philanthropist and His Supposed Sins
The piece questions the benevolence of a world famous philanthropist named Howard, suggesting that his beneficence might mask a brutal nature. It cites Dr. Beard and Dr. Winston describing harsh family discipline that allegedly led to a son’s lunacy, and argues benevolence could signal brain disease.
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Howard
George M. Beard
Winstow
Jim
Freight Rate Cuts Focus of Regional Transport Talks
Commissioner Fink plans an order to reduce freight rates to eleven cents between New York and Chicago at the request of the Baltimore and Ohio road. The Burlington line and the tripartite routes have withdrawn all cut rates into Nebraska, enabling settlement of their disputes. A Transcontinental Association meeting is set for May 6 in St. Louis where the Union and Central and Texas-Pacific lines will push for extending the pool eastward to Chicago.
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Fink
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Chicago
Burlington Road
Tripatite
Nebraska
Transcontinental Association
St. Louis
Union and Central
Texas-Pacific
Train Collision Near Vallejo Junction In Sacramento
Two Sacramento trains collided Monday near Vallejo Junction. Both trains carried many passengers. one was slow, the other just departed, leading to wrecked engines and two slightly damaged cars. The cause is attributed to dispatcher's order neglect.
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Sacramento
Vallejo Junction
Senate Rail Regulation Bill Reported for Interstate Commerce
Callom from the Committee on Railroads reported the original bill to establish a Commission to regulate interstate commerce in the Senate Monday. Cullom said the bill serves as a substitute for several related measures. the other bills were indefinitely postponed and the report was placed on the calendar.
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Senate
Callom
Committee On Railroads
Cullom
Mohave Apaches moved to island climate proposal
A plan proposes relocating the Apaches from San Carlos to a California island near Santa Barbara, praising the mild climate while suggesting the desert heat would suit them. A San Jose dispatch notes William Baxter, who killed Ah Tang, received life in prison but at first feigned insanity and now openly claims satisfaction with the verdict.
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San Carlos Reservation
California
Santa Barbara
Perhapa
San Jose
William Baxter
Ah Tang
Prizon
Ima
Foreign Labor Contracts Bill Passes Favorably in Senate Committee
A Senate Education and Labor Committee report endorses a bill to bar any foreign agreement that requires aliens to work within the United States. Penalties include fines up to 1000 dollars and disqualification from federal office. The act allows exemptions for personal servants, temporary residence, and sailors in foreign commerce. The President may grant licenses if US labor cannot meet demand for specific skilled work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
George
United States
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Weekly
Nevada State Journal
Dotty Journal
Chas. Wilson
Tewksbury
Mass
Massachusetts
General Bidwell
Betto County
U. W
Daily Journal
Judge Webster
Allen Bragg
Long Valley
Biasdel
Comstock
Highland Ditch
Abe Woods
Jim Richards
Virginia
Great East
Louise Martin
G. W. Meylert
Janesville
Blum & Alexander
C. Hal
Nevada Wool Growers’ Association
Winnemucca
Gen. Evans
Thomas
Sutro Tunnel
Mr. Vaughan
Surprise Valley
Vaughan
Reno Guard Hall
Ne Bay
Ayer
Mineral Belt Railway
Affelys
Trategy
Howard the Philanthropist
Railway Commission
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