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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1884
Page
2
The Herald lists subscription rates and advertising terms with details for weekly and daily editions. It specifies billing authority and states that only the proprietor can authorize contracting bills on account. April 3, 1885.
Thursday, Panetn, the Irish agitator, is set to take up residence in the United States, signaling a possible shift in his activities as he relocates abroad.
The Missouri Republican reports the wattle quarantine in Eaneas has been entirely lifted as the disease shows no contagion. Authorities note the texture of the illness no longer presents as a threat and normal conditions resume in the region.
The House Judiciary Committee reported favorably on the Senate Bill of Rights reinforcing that disbelief in Goa shall not discredit members. The same committee reported adversely on bills overturning laws against equality of personal rights for religious views and mandating newspaper articles be signed by writers.
The correspondent Reilloc is mistaken about Crocker & Co and the Peralta grant. An inquiry of Southern Pacific officials yielded a reply from Chas Crocker Jr asserting no connection with the matter. The deposition by Reavis was previously used to bolster the impression.
The Zeonomist argues no manufacturers have petitioned Congress for tariff reform or reduction. He notes a Kansas district rejected reform, laborers oppose further duty cuts, and only a small free trade club and commercial interests advocate modification, driven by a political blunder.
The report notes only the Military Academy, Naval, and Post Office appropriations passing the House while Sundry Civil, Army, and Legislative Executive and Judicial bills linger in Appropriations. The Senate has not acted on any major items and May face a prolonged session. Times criticizes the obstruction as unprecedented in public business.
The Clifton Clarion praises sketches by Elliott on Phoenix and Salt River Valley, noting a modern Maricopa County Courthouse that stands out as a credit to the region. Residents and travelers alike express pride in a prosperous Arizona territory, with many recalling older days and the valley's growth.
Acquired fields and orchards dot the Salt River Valley with green alfalfa and sod homes. The text notes the region’s rapid development and remarkable progress for its era of settlement, highlighting broad agricultural growth and substantial land improvement.
A long letter argues Crocker & Co. and allies manipulated the Peralta Grant title via Reavis. It claims Reavis divulged key dealings under oath, links Crocker to money flows, and urges action to expose fraud. Senator Bayard’s bill may move Mexican grants to territorial courts for settlement.
The first Sabbath school workers convention opens at the Methodist church with Rev G H Adams presenting a free exhibition of biblical views and famous master pictures. The event includes statuary and a focus on instructive displays. Col Christy leads the opening, and delegates from abroad are welcomed as Arizona Sunday School workers showcase progress.
A correspondent from Earle City rails at perceived frauds by the Western U S bar and regional rivals. He extols the Cour d'Alene liar as tough, likening him to a basilisk eye and marble mule while condemning the Arizona and Nevada figures as weak. The passage uses colorful metaphors to defend the subject's strength against challengers.
The five prisoners John Howard William Delaney Daniel Dowd and Daniel Kelley were executed at dawn after being condemned for the December Bisbee robberies and murders. The reading of the death warrant occurred at 1445 and the procession to the scaffold followed, with spectators admitted to the jail yard.
The report describes a brutal execution by hanging with five men strapped to a scaffold. Dowd, Dowd remarks a choking machine, the rope around necks, and a weight drops. Sheriff Ward cuts the cord, the trap falls, the men drop, and after 39 minutes all are pronounced dead by physicians.
Reports indicate Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe surveyors push from their depot along the river northward toward the Point of Mountain. The line will run 12 miles along the river then east through Yellowstone district to Sulphur Springs valley with 47 miles of track and a large stone roundhouse planned near Benson. A Mineral Belt road is expected from Playas to Globe via Benson, linking Southern Pacific and A T & S F lines. Also contains note on ostrich hunting in Africa and Bushman assistance.
The Washington Critic reports General W F Fitzgerald of Mississippi, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. He is lauded as noble, gentle, fearless, and a keen opponent of bourbon corruption.
A government count read at Cincinnati shows nearly 300000 patents issued, detailing numbers for metal working machines stoves and furnaces railway care mills and thrashing machines harvesters plows electricity applications boots and shoes steam engines lamps and gas fixtures laundry seed ing and planters railways wearing apparel dairy utensils fences metallurgy beds pumps water distributors plus Corset patterns knitting machines cut and ball locks tanning lider fire escapes artesian wells bread and cracker machines chairs vegetable cutters fire engines and related items.
A humorous note from Bret Harte as United States Consul at Glasgow prompts a back-and-forth with the State and Treasury Departments. The debate centers on the phrase "at the last port or place" and its legal meaning for shipment, with officials clarifying it refers to the final port of shipment rather than prior locations.
A compilation of agricultural observations and notes from the era. Topics cover bee winter temperatures, a Georgia law, grape feeding claims for pork fattening, Chicago sheep receipts and housing, salt in sheep rations, Virginia sheep husbandry, Iowa creamery origins, Delaware county wheat and corn yields, pear trees as barbed wire supports, sorghum feeding to hogs, and OsKaloosa yields. Includes multiple state figures and farm practices.
The Household traces sugar from ancient China 3000 years ago through India and Greece. It notes sugar refining reached England around 1059 via Arabs, with a Venetian merchant paying 100000 crowns. References include Galen circa AD 150 and 1455 Margaret Paston’s plea for sugar.
Citizens are cautioned about a man calling himself Wentworth traveling the country claiming to work for Hemanp. The group says no authorized agents travel for them and urges settlers to verify credentials and avoid being imposed upon by this individual.
The article notes sound transmission along the Colorado Grand Canyon, stating a train crossing the bridge at The Neerties is heard at Cottonwood Island eighty four miles away, a fife and drum at Fort Mohave heard at Bull's Head eighty miles, and the sunrise gun at Fort Mohave audible at Eldorado Canyon ninety six miles away.
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