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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1882
Page
1
Latest telegraphic dispatches report the Passion Play will be staged this winter despite opposition. The article lists publication details for the Daily Herald and related papers, noting Morford and Gosper as proprietors and outlining subscription rates while mentioning San Francisco agencies and news exchanges.
Nary yards close with navy yard shutdowns. Kittery and Philadelphia yards halt operations. Copper trades at 108 cents per ounce in New York, copper at 17 cents in San Francisco, pig lead at 4 to 5? per unit. London quotes Brazilian silver at 504 16d. Territorial division urged by Daxora. southern statehood question raised. Democratic members squash both projects.
The memorial states that homeopathists are left out in the cold in appointing physicians to the army. A bill will be prepared to prevent discrimination in that matter.
The text notes that PREswesT-native has not yet erupted prominently in Congress and suggests lawmakers likely will not focus on it throughout a full term or two years before a presidential campaign.
The appropriation bill seeks an army strength of 46 000. Supporters argue higher costs of troop transfers justify maintaining a ready reserve at all points to avoid long hauls. Opponents including Youngs of Indians, Brown of Georgia, and Logan of Illinois favor service reform with competitive exams for public appointments and shorter terms.
Judge Pisney orders a special session of the Yuma County District Court to convene January 9 to try contested election cases. If the Prescott Supreme Court session is unfinished, the Yuma court will be adjourned to a later date.
Secretary Teller's decision clarifies that lands within railroad grant limits, pre-empted or homesteaded before the grant, are not part of the grant and may be entered as before. This brings relief to many residents who built homes and lived on the land, ending an unsatisfactory and vexing situation and allowing continued improvements with security.
The Tariff Commission report is generally commended as a whole, not for every detail, and it opens with the note that early deliberations led to the belief that a substantial tariff cut is demanded. This view reflects the conservative opinion of the country, including its strongest advocates of reform.
The commission argues for selective tariff cuts to spur industry while protecting essential commodities. It favors maintaining duties on potteries and glass, modest changes to iron products, and notable cuts for metals and sugars. Green fruits may be reduced or freed, dried fruits lowered, and the wool schedule lightly adjusted, with the free list expanded to cover most imports.
The report covers the Star Route case with Browa and Bowen testimony, a Bowen perjury discussion, and a Leave of Absence dispute for Paymaster Was300 in Manila. It also lists Civil Service reform votes in Washington with 39 yeas and several paired senators, plus rising street robberies in Carcaco and a French deputy debate on Tunis evest.
Reports describe a stock jobbing campaign in favor of a Tunisesm loan led by Thompson of Constanti ne Algeria who called it an insult. Guilard supporters dispatched to Thompson. A man named Leka strangled on an express train from Nice to Marseilles during a robbery motive. In London distress grows in Donegal. Dr Mason shoots wife and himself over health and finance. A historical extract highlights Washington rebuking Arnold for a lapse, urging temperance and regain of public esteem.
In a note from Yuma dated December 22 1882 J H Tasca nt business manager of the Arizona Fish Commission explains delays from a cold snap freezing carp ponds until March and outlines regional distribution. He requests applicants in southeast Arizona coordinate with Commissioner Richard Rule for delivery while Commissioner Gooper handles Prescott area and he covers the southwest portion. Territorial papers are asked to copy.
Friday notices report more weedings travel rising duck hunting popularity a northern circus flaunts the Mexican flag houses in demand builders Patten Whittaker add shipwork Edeeard shows fine horse shoeing plastering at M E Church nears completion Texas school fund value noted Tombstone Republican cites Jacobs Oil testimonials from Chicago mayor and Canasjoharies editor praising relief for rheumatism.
A shooting match for chickens will be held at the Capital Hotel on New Year’s, at ten o’clock A M. Participate to test your skill and win a chicken. Everyone is invited.
On Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Hincklin, A. T. Henry and Miss Laura E. Hincklin were united in marriage by Rev. T. D. Hedgpeth. No further details provided.
An editor received an invitation to Mrs. A Hincklin s residence on Thursday at eight. The piece notes modesty about others affairs and mentions simple preparations like borrowing a clean shirt and tacking boots on a tick to attend the event.
A lively wedding at the Phoenix Hotel united Mr. Packer and Mr. Keary with Mrs Hincksin and Miss Hinelin amid a jovial crowd. The reception featured poems by Rev Hedgepeth and a bountiful supper. Nearby, land payments trouble families, an addition to Stroud’s building advances, and several social updates from Arizona Illustrated Quarterly, Golden Ida mines, and Gazettes office.
Excerpts note Hemarp unsettled accounts and a push to square up with creditors as a new year begins. The item also mentions local figures arriving in town, construction efforts, a Mormon colony movement, and various civic activities amid a broad grab-bag of 1883 era happenings.
The Citisen presents a compiled tale of county sizes in Arizona from Surveyor General records. It lists north-south and east-west extents for Yavapai Mohave Yuma Apache Maricopa Pinal Gila Graham Pima Cochise, highlighting vast areas with distances ranging from about 10 miles to 300 miles, illustrating the territory's wide dispersion and undeveloped wealth.
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