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Newspaper
Weekly Nevada State Journal
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1883
Page
1
State Superintendent Mr Young signals an imminent order by the State Board of Education for updating school texts. The board, including Young, Preble, and Governor Adams, faces criticism of costly, inferior books and advocates a fresh series to improve learning, noting some current texts are poorly adopted or obsolete.
Sister Laurentia, now Miss Smith of Reading, obtained discharge from the Georgetown convent where vows last a lifetime and probation runs ten years. The same nunnery once faced General Winfield Scott’s artillery demand for his daughter, who later returned home and married.
The State Department plans to bar landing of Irish paupers and other undesirable classes, arguing English laws have driven many to beggary. The note urges England to curb export of criminals and professional beggars, insisting these importations threaten American society and are not likely to become good citizens.
It is understood that evidence against Peter Tyner Number One from an independent witness and informers is strong enough to justify decisive action by the British government in seeking his extradition.
Lord Carlingford told the English Lords that distress in Irish districts had improved, endorsing emigration as the remedy. The government received a hopeful offer to remove selected families to America, prompting withdrawal of Lord Dunraven's motion. Eligible emigrants would land in New York with cheap tickets, leaving home behind.
Judge Sawyer rules for Pacific Coast Mining Company in Nevada County land dispute. The company bought government land and located an ore lode. defendants located gold lodes outside the boundary and tunneled under the plaintiff’s land. Court holds law overstepped, plaintiff alone entitled to working of mines on the land.
The Eureka Sentinel criticizes England for exporting Irish poverty to the United States stating immigrants arrive fit only for hospital and almshouse care. It calls on the US State Department to demand an explanation and urges stopping the transportation of misery to shores here. It argues England must grant Ireland the right to live at home until voluntary emigration occurs.
The Reveille editor laments misreporting after claiming state government costs 430 per person. An eastern paper allegedly inflates to 743 per human for Banner county. The piece notes fame can distort facts and compares it to battlefield notoriety.
In Rochester New York Priestly Arcozance caused a sensation by arresting the wife and daughter of a dying man after slamming the door on him when he sought to administer the sacrament. The priest tried to force his way despite the dying man’s wish. A magistrate sent a committee including the family physician to verify the patient’s desire, and they learned he wanted the priest to stay away, leading to dismissal of the case.
The piece notes Old Ben Butler emerging as a Democratic candidate for the presidency after initial opposition in Massachusetts. It suggests Democrats may unite behind him at the next national convention to leverage his influence in key states, framing him as a hopeful choice amid shifting alliances.
Citizens in Milwaukee called for mob action as Scheller was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the Newall House. Hoe stood trial and was acquitted before a crowd that applauded the verdict and celebrated outside the courthouse.
The Appellate Court at Chicago ruled that certificates of membership in the Chicago Board of Trade cannot be seized by attachment. The decision clarifies asset protections for board members and limits creditors' ability to reach membership certificates.
In Philadelphia the Irish convention chaired by an ecclesiastical delegate moved to censure President Arthur for alleged bad faith and dishonesty. The motion, to bar Irish-American votes in any re election, was ruled out of order. The event followed a prior Irish committee visit to Arthur over U S diplomacy in St James.
The Bullionville area faced an Indian scare as tribes gathered armed and painted for confrontation. Learning of a recent tribal killing cooled tensions, but a violent incident followed a white hunter shooting a dog, leading to further unrest and inquiries into irregular actions.
A week of unprecedented cyclones across the country east of the Rockies causes widespread loss. From South Carolina to Utah reports describe dozens of deaths and hundreds injured, with houses churches barns and plantations destroyed and livestock hurled by the winds.
The Irish Convention is in session in Philadelphia with Mrs. Parnell present. A dispatch purporting to be from the Pope was read, threatening excommunication for Catholics who attack England during the convention. Reports say the Pope has warned priests in Ireland and summoned Archbishop Croke to Rome to discuss Irish affairs.
A Boston Transcript item notes a $1,000 cow with a long pedigree was a passenger on a steamer to New York. The gag explains the pedigree, not a person, was enclosed in a water tight bag and attached to the cow’s forehead near the horns.
Wm. D. Dodson at Franklin Junction Virginia confessed to hiring two negroes to obtain a body for dissection. He planned to burn his house with candles to appear burned and claim life insurance he had secured.
Governor and citizens of Idaho post a $1400 reward for the capture of T F Cottner who shot Walter Coffin at Dry Buck in the territory on the 19th instant. Cottner is about six feet tall with light hair and blue eyes, wears size 7 boots, smokes and chews tobacco, age around 22, and is described as having a frowning habit when speaking. Local authorities seek to apprehend him.
The second trial of Timothy Kelly for participating in the Phenix Park murders ended with a hung jury after the judge rejected his alibi claim. Immediately after, the trial of Michael Fagan for Burke’s murder began.
The piece notes 4000 officeholders cost $5,000,000 annually to collect internal revenue. In 1832 collections reached $146,523,274 with growth over prior year. Congress cut revenue from this source by about $40,000,000, leaving roughly 110 million to collect.
The Utah Commission left Salt Lake yesterday to join others in starting work to register Ex-Senator Paddock for the August election where the Legislature will be chosen. The aim is to create a clean registration to exclude polygamists, a move viewed as the weakest link in the anti polygamy campaign.
A child of Robert Noble of Reynolds Creek Idaho died in a chair restraint incident. While the mother was briefly away, the child struggled to free itself and became strangled around the neck, according to the Statesman report.
In sharp exchanges O'Donovan Rosas calls Herr Most a little Dutch coward who would not kill a mosquito and Most retorts that Rossa would run from anything not resembling whisky. Rossa leaves for Philadelphia to pursue Most while Most heads for New York to pursue Rossa. Further details expected. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery touted for coughs, weak lungs, and consumption onset. By druggists.
A roundup of alarming foreign and domestic events includes a yellow fever scare in Lima and Callao, leprosy cases in New York City, riots by cabworkers in Berlin, a china rifle order to a Connecticut factory, and earthquakes harming Chile and Colombia. Reports also note pensions, political figures in fragile health, and ongoing unrest from Ireland to France.
The excerpt notes shifting party loyalties as states drift toward independence movements. It describes Michigan as a Republican stronghold weakening, while Democrats gain ground in several Southern states. Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky show calls for reform amid perceived corrupt governance and a possible new independent convention.
A new Bug Inspector office appears in California. The elected official must patrol for pests, set traps for grasshoppers, and receive a monthly $150 payment.
John H Parnell a noted breeder and leader in Irish politics owns a vast peach farm near West Pot Ga. It spans over 700 acres with about 125000 peach trees and many other fruit trees. He reports 500 acres of young trees planted this year and says his business is profitable.
O Donovan Bosyn and his gang face cold shoulder as the Irish National Convention of representative Irish-Americans in Philadelphia ignores violent Fenians. The move aims to counter English claims that American Land Leaguers inspire dynamite actions. Germany battles U S hog trade while Sweden targets potatoes. Sheriff Hanks of Storey County now co owner of the Depuy Hotel in Wells.
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