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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1882
Page
3
In the December Local Lines column several items are listed: mining ventures near the Cave Creek area, incoming milling men from New York, and new saloon extensions by P. Brix. Other notes include pardons petitions for Richard Thompson, law enforcement actions, church repairs, and local commerce updates.
The Territorial Fish Commissioners announce a large carp distribution at Yuma for free use. Citizens are urged to prepare ponds and submit applications promptly. The note mentions C L Jones opening a harness shop on Washington Street near the post office and Gus Ellis & Co. promoting advertising in the HER.
Unclaimed letters in the Phenix Arizona postoffice dated December 4 1882 include Ahearn Dan Strang James Getke Geo Guadalupe Molin Haltzinger Geo Barcelona Jose Heintzelman Sam Martinez Consola King J Wata Susana Morrison am Ma Valle Pedro Tung Hang Guerta Ramon Call for advertised letters Gr E Moway P M
Notice from Prof. Baird announces a fleet of 9 carloads of young carp to be dispatched from Washington in January. Applicants must describe ponds or waters to be used for culture and specify the receiving station. Apply by December 15 to J. Bancant, Business Manager of Arizona Fish Commission, or to Prof. Baird in Washington D. C. or Yuma A T. for domestic sites.
Sergt James Traynor of Company E 1st Infantry U S Army died in an accident at Salt River crossing yesterday evening. He was about 42, native of Monaghan Ireland with over twenty years in the Army. His company travels to Fort Verde and Fort McDowell for burial services with military honors. A solemn march marked the burial at 3 PM with Episcopal services and a parting volley from his comrades.
A quip contrasts Emerson and Jackson about aiming high or low. The advice asks whether the goal is lofty like the moon or grounded like catching a melon thief, implying different aims in life.
Buchtupaibs offers a rapid cure for kidney bladder and urinary diseases. Available at druggists for $1. Proven remedy advertised to relieve irritation and restore comfort.
Secretary Van Arman travels to Prescott after business with the Prescott branch railroad. A Summers, intoxicated, fell over a bank at Charleston ending in a fatal neck injury. Suneaton reports indicate Wheeler’s accounts were balanced, with him behind with the government. Mr Jackson to announce investigation results in due course.
A long column of Arizona Territory news covers miner fortunes and camp buoyancy at Pioneer Florence Prescott and Tombstone. Tales of mines Tiger Collier Cougar and Portian, new ore strikes and stamp mills plus arrests, jail breaks, hotel openings and civic moves fill the page.
IS in the Sisters' Hospital after a wagon fall. Tom Cusick formerly of Tombstone died by his own hand in New Mexico. Tombstone Methodists held a festival on Wednesday. Bisbee is flourishing. The Independent nominates W. A. Rowe for speaker of the next House. Yavapai County complains of expense for the insane abroad and urges a Territorial asylum.
Fragmentary verse notes seasonal shifts from October frost to renewed warmth. Imagery blends springtime dreams with death and a borderland of December, suggesting cycles of life and prolonged memory as a pastoral scene collapses into mortality. The text reads as a reflective meditation on seasons and endings.
The Liccember issue of Harper's Magazine launches its sixty-sixth volume as the most popular in America and England, the largest in its history, and the best read home magazine. A new novel titled For the Majer by Constance Fealmoor Wromen, author of Anne, begins in this issue with sketches, engravings, and a refined mix of entertaining content for readers.
Harper's Magazine offers subscriptions and bound volumes with options for cloth cases and binding. Remittances via post office money order or draft. newspapers may not reprint this advertisement without permission from Harper & Brothers of New York.
A dubious offer targets youths and those with nervous ailments claiming a cure from a missionary in South America. Readers are asked to send a self addressed envelope to Rev Joseph Inman in New York City for a free remedy.
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