Lordsburg Eagle Entry at Post Office Noted
An item notes the Lordsburg Eagle entered at the Lordsburg Post Office as part of local archival listings.
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Newspaper
Lordsburg Eagle
Location
Lordsburg, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1888
Page
2
An item notes the Lordsburg Eagle entered at the Lordsburg Post Office as part of local archival listings.
Many copies of the Essie have been subscribed for by parties in Lordsburg and mailed to recipients in the East and elsewhere. Subscribers need not fear bills, as Backie is not sent until ordered and paid for.
The Ree party confirms its Democratic National Convention will convene in St. Louis on June 5th. Organizers expect delegates from multiple states to attend and set party platform on national issues.
Mr W W Corcoran of Washington D C noted philanthropist and prominent figure who has been ill for some time is reported this morning to be slowly dying.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland left Washington last Tuesday to attend the Sub Tropical Exposition in Jacksonville Florida. Secretary and Mrs Whitney and Colonel and Mrs Lamont accompanied them.
The committee selecting the Soldiers' Home near Santa Monica commends the region praising the scenery climate and advantages and declares the Southern California Veterans' Home will be the grandest and prettiest location on earth.
The Atchison road directors say new bonds place the company in a strong operational position for the coming year. They claim all yearly needs are provided for and a large working capital balance is available for emergencies such as potential pirate attacks by competitors. The company will not add mileage beyond completing work already in progress.
In San Francisco a meeting of Carson and Colorado Railroad leaders discussed a planned extension south from Owen's Lake to Los Angeles. Attendees included H. M. Yerrington president D. A. Bender secretary and directors M. B. Langhorne S. P. Smith W. S. Wood and James H. Dobinson. D. O. Mills, owner of the controlling interest, seeks to expand the line to boost business and push the property toward Los Angeles.
A cyclone struck Mt Vernon NL on Sunday, leveling half the town and sparking a major fire. The disaster left 29 dead and 100 wounded, with many still at risk as winds drove destruction and property losses exceed $500,000.
The January comparison across three years shows a dull turn in real estate with transfers and values down. Early February starts with 128 sales totaling 784 950, suggesting a red-hot spring may follow per the L A Herald.
The piece notes California summers and winters with near equal heat and coolness, few days above 90 in summer, many mild winter days, and sea bathing possible almost daily. It highlights frost rarity on peninsular highs and warmer midwinter growth, calling the region a climate of perpetual spring in a vast amphitheater of mountains and ocean.
A collection of curiosities and musings on education and spelling from an 19th century column, followed by a travelogue on ancient sea sponges and the reign of reptiles. The piece contrasts Modern ignorance with questions about America’s discovery and spelling, then shifts to natural history notes from Harper's Young People.
A Washington clergyman relays a Lincoln anecdote about a persistent congressman named Jerry Smith. Lincoln says he prays nightly for the Union and the toll of war, then jokes that without Smith’s office requests under the bed he can sleep, thanking the Lord and turning out the lights.
A man wedged feet first in a diapason pipe at St. Andrew's church spent a night trapped. He climbed out using air compression and shoutedSaved. Meanwhile fruit tree demand soars with 350000 to 500000 olive trees expected to be planted and many varieties sold out in San Francisco.
The Courier notes an assured project to build a brick four story hotel in Cuhan by Mr. Seymour, owner of the Russ House in San Francisco. The hotel will have 150 rooms.
A reminiscence recounts men urging President Lincoln to remove Secretary Chase. a farmer story within recalls a horsefly on Nance the mare prompting a son’s pleas and the father’s line that the fly makes her go faster, signaling a collapse of the push to oust Chase.
A letter to 8. B. Tubbs from partner John Peterson reports a new shaft at their Carga Muchacho mountains mine near Yuma yields three feet of gold bearing quartz. Samuel Brown and two partners work an adjoining vein six miles from Oglesby on the Southern Pacific line, near the famed Carga Muchacho mine once sold for over $600,000.
The Los Angeles Glass Manufacturing Company files articles of incorporation with 1000 shares at 100 each, capital 100000, planning to locate in the city. The board includes Dr H Nadeau Fortune Dogneaux Col Charles H Howland E Germain and W A Clinton, described as influential citizens bringing business experience to a new era.
Daniel Doane Bidwell, a Hartford lad and Yale graduate of 1'86, leaves journalism to seek Captain Kidds long lost gold. Armed with a grandfather’s chart obtained from a dying sailor, he traces Bahamian lands marked with signs guiding where to dig.
When General Robert E. Lee returned from war his wife found an unopened bottle of brandy in his trunk meant for illness. He never used tobacco and refused promotion to an officer who drank saying he cannot place in others what he cannot control in himself.
Two years ago Coronado Beach was a barren stretch. The Coronado Mercury reports 108 pupils are now admitted to public schools, illustrating rapid town growth likened to a mushroom.
Advertisers claim investing in Lordsburg now yields doubling profits and lasting happiness. The message urges immediate purchase before further price increases and promises contentment through ownership.
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