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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1883
Page
2
The issue lists subscription prices for the Daily and Weekly Herald, notes Morford Gosper & Morford as proprietors, and mentions advertising agents in San Francisco Chicago New York. It also reports The Sugar Belt extending its fight with Wilcox to the entire military department of the Territory.
A company is organized in Mexico with the aim to construct a railroad linking Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico through to the Pacific coast. The venture plans routes, funding, and strategic partnerships to enable a transcontinental connection.
Captain Eape directs a corps of engineers on the Tehuantepec isthmus to complete surveys for a ship railroad project. The work aims to assess routes, terrain, and feasibility for a transportation link between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
The Globe Chronicle lauds Agent Wilcox as the best Indian Agent ever on the San Carlos reservation, highlighting his perceived excellence in governance and relations with the community.
The government reports a debt reduction totaling 112 million dollars for the first nine months of the current fiscal year ending June 30. The figure covers the period up to April 1 and reflects policy effects on the national debt.
Stramipex has suddenly appeared in St Louis spreading rapidly and causing deaths within 36 hours. The death of Judge McComas's young son, previously denied, is now confirmed with no doubt.
Tabonr proposes writing a book titled Thirty Days in the United States Senate with Beaton having authored Thirty Years in the Senate. The remarks imply the shorter duration yields less public exposure than the longer tenure, contrasting their reception.
A Senate committee led by Senator John A. Logan will soon arrive in the Territory to investigate Indian affairs and report on resettling them either to a reservation or to the kingdom come. Business from east and west is improving. New York money markets loosen after a two month tight spell. San Francisco drought relief rain promises above average crops and a revival of coastal business.
The speaker questions whether regular troops or volunteers can pursue Indians into Mexico, arguing the five hour old trail limit in the treaty is an opening wedge toward concessions. He fears any clearer breach would invite broader restraints and hopes no trail exceeds five hours.
In a Pioneer mine in Pima county a smelter priced at 230 pounds capacity a ton every ten hours uses a hand bellows for blast. The piece argues such economical furnaces could be broadly adopted in mining camps, turning ore bodies like galena or opper into profitable ventures for prospectors who can finance ore worth it.
The National Mining Society of Mexico named Gen. Diaz, Sr. Fuen tes Muniz, and Sr. B. Gomez Farias to a committee to study and report on measures to attract foreign investment for Mexican mines. The note suggests that opposition to foreign capital may be exaggerated by business elites in Mexico.
How Munmat Masterson registered at the Baldwin in San Francisco. A grand excursion party is en route to the Grand Canyon over the A. and P. route.
The Bank of P. H. Thompkins in El Paso failed on Saturday last with liabilities of 250000. Assets are estimated at 15000 to 20000, and the losses mainly fall on El Paso residents.
A New York paper argues against suppressing Salmi Morse's play by law, contending that public opinion should govern the matter rather than legislative action.
A report claims Southern Pacific has gained a controlling stake in the A and P road and plans a through line running from San Francisco to St Louis. The move would reshape long distance rail service and connect western and central routes through the system.
At age 92 Peter Cooper has withdrawn from the burdens of life to the mysterious beyond. The sudden departure leaves a void in the public eye as well as in private circles.
A telephone line has been made to work successfully from Sacramento to San Francisco via San Jose, covering 170 miles. The test shows Sacramento and San Francisco will communicate directly in the future rather than using intermediate stops.
The killer of a woman in 1875 St Louis, after seven trials and a failed appeal, is freed by the U S Supreme Court. The court rules his conviction was based on an ex post facto law, though guilt remains clear beyond doubt.
A St Louis Republican correspondent exposes Arizona and New Mexico Indian outrages, alleging White Mountain Apaches from San Carlos led the raids with Chiricahuas from Mexico. The piece criticizes Gen Crook and Agent Wilcox, cites a shortfall of 7,660 pounds in beef issued to San Carlos Indians, and notes winter communications between Mexican and San Carlos chiefs.
A compilation of April dispatches covers shootings in Kansas involving Barney Clark and Jhy Kennedy, with Kennedy a former Sixth Cavalry member. Reports from Mexico, New Mexico, and St Louis note Indian activity, troop movements, and trials. Other items include Sherman’s last tour plans, coronation postponement chatter, and weather related disasters across multiple states with fatalities and property loss.
The April term proceedings list multiple cases: Labadie convicted of grand larceny with five year Territorial prison term. Gussie Wilson fined 250 plus costs and jailed until paid. Ah Hook jailed six months for larceny. John Nowak guilty of assault three months county jail. Grand jury indicted G A Wallace for cheating. later indictment not filed and four months jail plus 50 fine. Shriver bench warrant for bigamy. U S grand jury discharged. Chase Hayden with nos pro. Sulari pleads guilty to liquor sale. 50 fine paid. Cushman fraudulently obtaining mail package. Peralta case overruled demurrer. Kirkland Murphey case continued. Gusie Wilson again sentenced for grand larceny. W T Smith fined 40 for keeping a disorderly table. Court adjourned to nine oclock.
An Englishman named Wm Menetry at Central Police station claims he was one of Lord Lietram's murderers. He says he belonged to the Land League Nihilist and socialist groups and was one of six chosen to kill Lietram, shooting him on the Kilimerick road in Antrim on November 17, 1881. He is jailed. Powell Sick. Loxton notes Parrell is likely to be inactive in politics for some time. Reports from San Francisco list varied stock and commodity figures. News items include London dynamite plots, lighthouse drownings near San Francisco, a San Francisco suicide, an experimental stock hospital planned near Washington, a $150,000 Greeley fire, a Texas hotel collapse with fifteen dead, a Missouri cattle thief hanged, A K and B Younts banks in Colorado making an assignment, and Irish New York declares dynamite as a future policy in England.
Territory versus City of Phenix: demurrer sustained and suit ordered dismissed. Craig versus Craig: divorce report filed. decree of divorce ordered. Wormser versus Rowe and Co.: jury trial held. verdict for plaintiff for 373.72. LH Orme versus Drew: jury empaneled. case on trial. US Court versus Samuel Purdy: arraigned. ordered to plead to forgery at 1 PM.
A Louisville man, V. E. Morera, awoke from a nervous dream of a flaming lottery number and bought a ticket. The number won $5,000, then a future drawing on April 30 offered 1,960 prizes totaling $112,400 with tickets at $2, via Commonwealth Distribution Co. in Louisville.
Summary of reports on Guerrero cotton potential Monterey railroad work sites Salt price in City of Mexico diplomat efforts for a Brazil Chile Mexico alliance and drainage projects. Observations on historic Spanish canal work, a proposed 63 foot cut, and merchants abandoning drummers. Lottery watchers praise Commonwealth Distribution Company with a $30,000 capital prize in Louisville drawing April 30 for two dollar tickets.
A San Pedro customs official arrives from Nogalis with news that twenty people were killed by hostile Apaches near Ures, including five Americans and fifteen Mexicans. Troops and armed citizens mobilize to pursue the marauders as panic grips the region.
An Irishman and his Yankee friend attend Christmas church where the music and decorations impress. On leaving, the Yankee proclaims it beats the devil, prompting a bemused Tippecanoe remark about the gentleman's intrusion in a dry regional exchange.
Attorneys are busy as Board of Supervisors stays in session. Notables include Paymaster McCreary, Deputy Evans, Judge McGowan en route to Tombstone, and Deputy Marchal Evans attending court. Rich sapai country gold finds reported at Peach Springs. Stork of liquor and cigars planned as St Louis Beer Hall reopens with Olsson and Brix.
Citizen Mor ris Asher plans a brick residence on West Monroe Street. The one story 30 by 58 foot house includes eight rooms, a parlor, dining room, baths, and servant dormers, with a full veranda, detached kitchen, and an estimated cost under $65,000. Front elevation and ground plan by S E Pitton.
Bogus money circulates around Prescott while Snow covers the northern Territory. Ex-Sheriff Behan leaves for Missouri on a visit and Tombs has had a small conflagration burning two or three dwellings. Territorial Secretary H. M. Van Arman departs for California. The Florence Enterprise begins its third year. Tombstone volunteers, led by Papago scouts, pursue Apaches. The Tombstone Epworthian returns to the exchange table after a two week absence. The region focuses on Indian affairs amid unsettled conditions.
The remark notes mice live anywhere except in a church where they fatten slowly. It uses a parish joke to claim animals cannot live by religion any more than a minister can.
The narrative features a famed civil engineer and mining expert who endures hardship and illness, reflecting on dyspepsia and poor health. A patient recounts using Parke n’ s Gin and Tonic, claiming it cured his stomach distress and improved overall vitality, with endorsements from a local druggist.
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