Nevada State Journal Weekly Political Briefs and Local Notes
The Reno edition reports the Governor and other state officials absent from the capital delaying Board of Examiners, Prison Commissioners, and Insane Commissioners meetings. It cites quorum issues, potential actions by Adams, Davenport, and Dormer, and mentions Attorney General Davenport’s absence. Also covered are Stockton legal matters involving McEwen, a note on Comstock ore prospects, Nevada votes in Carlisle’s favor, Cassidy’s views, and a promotional plug for Ayer’s Cathartic Pills.
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Board of Examiners
Board of Prison Commissioners
Insane Commissioners
Board of Insane Commissioners
Davenport
Adams
Dormer
Tf Laughton
Carson
Huffaker
Laughton
Nye
Directors announce capital stock boost for Dragon Short Line
The Dragon Short Line Company increases capital stock from 4 million to 12.5 million. The move will burden the public with higher charges to fund dividends on watered stock.
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Dragon Short Line Company
Tribune backs Edmunds for President and Miller for Vice President
The Minneapolis Tribune endorses Edmunds of Vermont for President and Miller of California for VP as the best pair to win. Ex Vice President Colfax and ex Governor Bross of Illinois travel the Northern Pacific toward Puget Sound. A Tilden Democratic Club forms in San Francisco amid anti ticket sentiment.
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The
Minneapolis Tribune
Edmunds
Vermont
Miller
California
Colfax
Bross
Illinois
Northern Pacific
Puget Sound
Tilden Democratic
San Francisco
Tigi
Pacific rail rates spark public demand for action
A Chicago Tribune editorial argues Pacific railroads exploit their pool to charge high fares across the West. It calls on Congress to intervene, warns of stalled settlement and land sales along the Northern Pacific, and notes court battles over subsidies, payments, and War Department charges.
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Northern Pacific
Villard Road
San Francisco
Eastern Press
Chicago Tribune
Kansas City
Omaha
Western Plains
Congress
Pacific Roads
Northern Pacific Company
Northwest
California Fish Commission annual report filed with Governor
The annual report of the Fish Commission of California shows successful fish distribution and breeding results. It notes salmon breeding progress and plans to boost Sacramento River stocks, with 6,098,781 pounds caught in 1875 and 10,887,400 pounds in 1880, plus carp propagation and imported eastern shad releases. total receipts were $14,436.05 with expenditures of $7,559.61 and a $6,876.51 balance.
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The
Fish Commission of California
R. Throckmorton
A. B. Dibble
R. H. Buckingham
Sacramento
Woodbury
Shrewsbury
New Jersey
Army Point
Suisun Bay
Sacramento River
Tehama
Life insurance case in San Francisco court
J Winterhal ler, executor of Fritz Hoffmaster, won against Work men's Guaranteed Fund Association. A $1000 life policy payable to Hoffmaster's widow was claimed by creditors, but the court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, making the amount payable to the estate. The decision overturns earlier rulings limiting creditors from attaching life insurance proceeds.
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San Francisco
J. Winterhaller
Fritz Hoffmaster
Workmen’s Guaranteed Fund Association
Butler Ballots Mimic Human Skin In Circulation
Butler's managers circulated ballots made to imitate human skin. The report notes this unusual tactic amid other political and public concerns, highlighting the creative, provocative approach to ballot design and the surrounding tensions.
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Butler
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
Important Words from Senator Edmunds at Episcopal Convention
The New York Times front pages quote Senator Edmunds saying he was not a candidate for the presidency of the Episcopal Convention in Philadelphia. Editors hope the report is mistaken or that he will reconsider his decision.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Senator Edmunds
Edmunds
Pacific Steam Agricultural Manufacturing Company Formed
One of the Pacific Coast’s major enterprises was incorporated on Thursday as the Pacific Steam Agricultural Manufacturing Company with $5,000,000 capital. Directors include Leland Stanford Moses Hopkins Irving M. Scott and Governor Perkins.
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Pacific Coast
Thuusday
Pacific Steam Agricultural Manufacturing Company
Leland Stanford
Moses Hopkins
Irving M. Scott
Governor Perkins
Michigan Republicans name top presidential choices in Detroit poll
Detroit paper surveys 866 leading Michigan Republicans revealing Blaine backed by 247 votes, Edmunds 150, Arthur 143, Lincoln 131, Logan 24, Sherman 49, with 77 scattering and 45 no choice. Indicates strong early preferences and fragmented field among party leaders.
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Detroit
Michigan
Governor Crosby Sightings and Local Charcoal Graffiti
Governor Crosby reports a crossing in Northern Wyoming where a vacant cabin bore a charcoal message reading Only nine miles to water and twenty miles from wood No grub in the house God bless our home The note hints at political maneuvering Gould and Villard are linked in a pending public dispute I Hnow Wone claims extensive knowledge Parker's Ginger Tonic is praised as a kidney lung and stomach remedy J Francia Religio Philos. Journal Chicago also touts Parker's Hall Balsam for gray hair care
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Crosby
Wyoming
Parker
J. Francia
Ireligio Philos. Journal
Chicago
Voted in Assessors column mixup causes debate
A paragraph on Assessors in a Reno Jovanan column from The Next Election circulated via the Free Press and Journaz, with miscrediting to JourNan Elko Free Press. A letter from Governor Stanford to C. P. Huntington notes health gains in Kissingen and a planned return to the United States soon.
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Reno Jovanan
Free Press
Journaz
JourNan
Elko Free Press
C. P. Huntington
Stanford
Kissingen
Food Qualities of American Wheat and Corn
A Washington dispatch to the Chicago Times summarizes Clifford Richardson’s two year study of nearly 300 wheat varieties. It notes American wheat is deficient in albuminoids and ash, lighter per hundred kernels, with less water and fiber than Russian wheat, and traces regional patterns from Atlantic to Pacific, plus notes gluten loss with age and contrasts with French and German wheats.
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Washington
Chicago Times
Clifford Richardson
Agricultural Department
Est
Pacific Coast
Missiseippi
Atlantic
Middle West
Far West
Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Minnesota
Colorado
Schumacher
Postmaster Parsons Salary Increase Reported
Washington has raised Postmaster Parsons salary from 1400 to 1200 yearly. Frank used strong language over the decision. Tuscarora office receipts show 1881 82 total 2151 17 and 1882 83 total 2555 47, an excess of 404 30. critics question a salary cut under these circumstances.
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Parsons
Washington
Frank
Tuscarora
Asy
Tuscarora Timea Review
Ministers Sent Out Under Economy Across States
When the Nevada Conference adjourns, nearly two hundred ministers are sent to California and Nevada under our economy to preach the Gospel. The Christian Advocate praises the dash of military precision in this effort.
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Nevada
California
Gen Kittrell’s Comb case stirs jurors on coast
In the Comb case Gen Kittrell’s closing remarks moved listeners to tears and visibly affected several jurors, a report from the Reno papers notes. The belcher Kit has no superior on this coast, the Tuscarora Times Review adds.
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Reno
Gen. Kittrell
Comb
Belcher
Kit
Tuscarora Times-Review
Carson vs Eureka for Nevada Land Office
The Lyon County Times argues land office should be in Carson, while Eureka may lack enough civilization to support it. Reno papers begin new volumes. Tuscarora Times Review notes rivalries stay peaceful. An ad touts Dr. Pisroe's Golden Medical Discovery for liver and biliousness.
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Lyon County Times
Nevada
Carson
Eureka
Tuscators Times-Review
Reno
Tuscarora Times Review
Pisroe
Haunted House in Empire and Political Debates Featured
The Carson Appeal notes Empire shows ambition with two haunted houses and a spectral occupant reportedly seen by a dozen. It jokes the ghost lacks cheerful housing and suggests Reno as a destination. The Ohio Democracy ousted Thurman over railroad reform and now targets Pendleton for his service reform bill.
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Allgupe
Carson
Empire
Reno
Ohio Democracy
Thurman
Senate
Overland
Pendelton
Nevada hops experiment sparks hopeful farming shift
The Reno Journal notes Theodore Winters of Washoe plans sixty acres of hops next season after a strong season. Hops pay well in California and may suit Nevada as grain prices slump. Frost risk is seen as manageable, with Humboldt frost histories cited. The piece urges ranchers to explore hop culture, offering planting roots and guidance from California districts. The Hibernians of New York state plan to join the Land League.
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Elke Independent
Reno Journal
Theodore Winters
Washoe
California
Winters
Humboldt
Hibernians
New York State
Land League
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