07 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Weekly Reno Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1879
Page
1
PUBLISHED EVERY THUK epAy py We Le Fulton terms of subscription listed for Reno edition. Daily by mail one year 8 1000 weekly by mail one year 2 50 daily delivered by doorstep in Reno 25 cents per week.
The illness or death of a sole elected Justice halts justice in Nevada townships under current law. A deputy or alternate Justice should be elected per township to prevent delays in trials and civil actions, ensuring prompt examinations and trials for all defendants.
Typhoid and other fatal diseases arise mainly from impurities in drinking water. Germs reach water via seepage from cesspools or water closets, so wells must be kept far from such receptacles. In Reno the soil is highly porous, so a minimum distance of fifty feet is advised, as water drains rapidly once holes exceed deep.
The Templar arrived in San Francisco after a 320 day voyage from New York. A hurricane damaged the rudder, yellow fever broke out at sea, and nine crew members died in port. The captain and his wife died, the captain surviving a long illness. The mate drowned in a Pacific gale. Thirteen fatalities occurred during the voyage, and the ship remains under strict quarantine.
The piece contrasts yellow fever’s feared reach with everyday health harms. It condemns sensational reporting of epidemics while urging attention to diet, improper eating, and common ailments that kill far more people. It lauds Clarke’s bravery and defends workers’ rights amid union tensions amid California rail work and Goodwood racing notes.
Eleanor May and Maude discuss a mysterious handsome man seen at a birthday party while Olive dreams of marriage. A scissor grinder charms Olive with a playful gift and a toast of jee water. Medlicore favours Olive, not Maude, and the sisters face romance, wagging wagers, and a family lesson in blissful ignorance.
Editorial notes recount Joaquin Miller in Harper’s Weekly writing a poem about the Prince Imperial. Dated as The Rocky Mountains, June, 1879, the piece titled In Memoriam uses stark lines about death and witness. The article notes Miller’s close acquaintance with the Prince and cites a bold line “Who says it? who saw it? God saw it? And I knew him.” It also relates a tale from Peat about two men named William E. Chandler, one a Republican official and the other an acrobat, who share a name and caused a disturbance at a dinner in Eureka and Weedward’s Gardens in California before a toast was made.
San Francisco reports the election of trustees for the Ex chequer mining company leads to complete management change. The old board is accused of glaring frauds and embezzlement, and the overthrow of the Schults administration is welcomed by harmed stockholders seeking improved affairs and recovery for investors.
Ground has been broken for a new passenger depot in Sacramento to be built on newly filled ground extending from the slough. The project marks a key development for regional travel and infrastructure.
From Scribner's midsummer piece, the Festiniog Railway near Port Madoc is described as a fourteen mile line nominally two feet wide, truly one foot eleven and a half inches. It sparked debates on gauge wars, predating today’s global narrow gauge network with roughly eight thousand miles in the US and Canada and twelve thousand worldwide.
Japan starts oil refining for the first time using petroleum from Potami province. Raw material is supplied from a source about 100 miles north, enabling new refinery operations at Hieza.
On Saturday at Healdsburg a valuable mare owned by 8 Sones dropped dead while hitched to a delivery wagon. An autopsy found a sitc containing perhaps two quarts of water had fumed in the heart region and burst, causing instant death.
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