26 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Weekly Reno Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1879
Page
1
A compact essay argues that true education begins at home through self control rather than academic drills. It condemns coercive parenting and fear as cowardly, urging gentleness and moral training to curb passions and prevent crime.
A Nevada City Transcript editor accuses the Reno Gazette and Journal editors of repeated copying without credit. The piece targets alleged plagiarism from the Gazettte and Journal, referencing a June 19 issue and a satirical comment about the Great Arabian Alliance. The writer claims the Gazette dominates Nevada county circulation and taunts the Transcript editor to prove otherwise.
The piece argues California farmers seek legislative relief from tramp nuisance while criticizing reliance on laws to solve social ills. It cites England’s Poor Laws as failing, advocates withholding unearned aid, and urges readers to abandon benevolence that rewards idleness, favoring employment over charity.
Editorial notes cover quarrel between Virginia and Carson newspapers over Fourth of July troops, a Wood River Valley fishing paradise with trout twelve to twenty inches, and a Bodie mine update showing a winze rich in gold and silver. Also reports dead-lock in Congress, with Democratic sena tors opposing adjournment, and a Wheatland outrage.
The excerpt blends sensational crime rhetoric with sweeping notes on imperial reach. It mentions possible lynching in a local vicinity, a walking match for the Astley belt, and a Louisiana constitutional convention, then shifts to Sacramento Bee’s reappearance and the New Constitution party. It also covers Bodie mining stock, a worldwide empire reflection, and a geographer's map of Alaska and Russia.
At the American Institute Farmers Club meeting, Farmer Dodge retold a tale of a Teuton who earned gold in the milk business and planned to return to Germany. A shipboard monkey steals and scatters the gold, leaving the ex-milkman with half his fortune, explaining that half his milk was water and half returns to water while the other half stays with him.
in Wheatland California a tramp assaulted Mrs McCullem while she alone at her home. She was in a delicate condition and later died after giving birth to a stillborn child. Mr McCullem works in the drover business and was away in the mountains at the time of the attack.
Weston completes a 550 mile walk at 10 55 p m Saturday to claim the Astley belt the bet and the world championship. He averaged five miles an hour for six hours that day as Brown logged 453 miles and Rowell plans an immediate challenge to Weston.
One of the region’s longest serving superintendents asserts that Sierra Nevada is a valuable mining area. He emphasizes rich deposits and ongoing prospecting potential in the Comstock district, urging continued exploration and investment.
Special Correspondent treks the Bodie district north and south of Summit mine. He details Bodie Bluff, Queen Bee Hill, and Silver Hill, notes active prospecting, pumps, and new machinery. Far views include Sierra Nevada and White Mountains, with stark basins, timber, and bare terrain. The piece closes with a historical quip about Senator Benton.
A scattered Nevada brief notes Eureka keeping beer cold in ice, hay price at two dollars per hundred in Tuscarora, mahogany firewood at twenty dollars per cord in Eureka, Pioche shipping fourteen thousand dollars in bullion and planning a Fourth of July wrestling match. Also mentions postponed wash-house test case in Eureka, unpaid iron flag staff on Mt Davidson, Sierra Nevada pumping two hundred thousand gallons daily, and Fourth of July fireworks allowances in Virginia. Other items include snow in Nye County, injuries in Arizona, high incomes for Joln Mackay, street leveling efforts by Virginians, a Piute procession planned for the Fourth, frequent letters to the dead letter office, a public spelling match in Virginia with a fifty dollar prize, and court-house vault upgrades in Winnemucca. Also notes new Eureka theatre opening with ball, a grand Indian parade at Rowlandsville Lake Tahoe, a Shoshone dance at Marshall Canyon, a paying gold quartz mine near Oreana, a Virginia saloon burglary, a sheriff sale of Badger mill, bullion shipments, Fourth of July celebrations, mining camps in Elko, Ophir cable arrival at Virginia, Sutro tunnel discharges, Elko jail pudding, Eureka Con belief of a new body, Carson politics distribution, a Burt arrest for jaw-breaking, Succor mine creditors, commissioner appointment in Lander, dog tin-pan mischief in Paradise, Tuscarora job seekers, and a prize lie contest at Paradise. Interesting local notes include dramatic club rehearsals in Tuscarora and flood defenses on Main Street Austin, a married woman assaulted in Eureka, a soap-mineral discovery near Elko, an accident near Wells, ore mill upgrades, and mining prospects in Pahute districts.
Reports describe July Fourth celebrations and mischief across the region including Piute signal fires near Como and Mason Valley, a temperance lecturer’s fall from grace, and a fire threat near Franktown saved by effort. Local robberies, tramps, and odd incidents in Eureka, Elko, and Virginia are noted along with a spelling contest at Cooper’s Hall in Virginia.
From Mr. Harris who has just returned from Meadow Lake we learn that lively times may come this summer. Prominent mining men have visited, examined claims, and had assays done. They report good ore and plan to invest. San Francisco mining men and Roberts and Head back efforts to test the district with Robertson process tests yielding satisfactory results.
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