Tombstone Police Chief Nason Resigns
Tombstone's chief of police Nason has stepped down from his post seeking new opportunities.
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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1883
Page
3
Tombstone's chief of police Nason has stepped down from his post seeking new opportunities.
A fragment notes Brady and Star Routers in a possible case of whistleblowing. Bar Silver quoted at New York prices of $1.10 per ounce and London at 507-16d, about $1.01, reflecting market rates.
In New York Tarkish figures will skip St Patrick’s Day celebrations due to distress in Ireland. Hon Exarr of the Investigating Committee bound by matrimony before a penitentiary. Sub-committee finished duties and returned to Prescott via Albuquerque. Coxpacton B F Rem of the train list destroyed at Tehachs pl, discharged by the court, John Patten the brakeman held to answer under bonds of 2000. Bewator Bowers of Colorado allegedly ran a hotel bill of 100 per day for 27 days during the senator canvass in Denver, wash bill 70 cents daily.
The Female Suffrage bill makes limited gains amid heckling. Salvation Army members expelled for misusing collections. Floods devastate Ohio Kentucky Indiana Pennsylvania with rising rivers and extraordinary damage. The Cairo-Phenix capital issue dominates Arizona politics as talks press for a people’s choice. John Gilliland and Epitacio Ruiz face preliminary hearings in the Tonto Basin case.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss bottling works and the question of whether all legislatures are designated by the same name domestically. The excerpt hints at naming conventions and potential legislative identity across home jurisdictions.
Telegraphic advices report Dr. H G Glenn a Colusa Cal physician and Democratic gubernatorial candidate shot in the head with a shotgun at sixty feet by his bookkeeper H Miller. Brain hemorrhage noted and death deemed certain. Glenn was a prominent grain grower and national figure.
The article notes ongoing talk in the Legislature and during the last campaign about cutting county official fees and having the county treasurer collect taxes, thereby increasing funds paid as commissions. It questions whether this idea is all talk and recalls public expectations in the Territory.
The Road Bill by Hon. A D Lemon advocates solid highway work bridging canals to keep roads dry and improve crossings. The Hospital Bill proposes $5,000 in bonds for a ten acre brick county hospital near Phasix with wards and facilities, let to the lowest bidder, funds to be used only for construction and any surplus returned to the county general fund.
Hon A D Lemon introduces a exhaustive measure imposing a twenty five cent property tax and a three dollar per capita levy to fund road work across districts. Funds flow via district accounts with four tenths used for canal bridges in District No 1 Phoenix. county overseers receive wages in March and September for road work.
Mecers Knapp Graves and Denn outline their work in Yuma, noting they accepted all testimony and sought hidden facts. They claim no local prejudice or wasted time influenced the process and urge Avizons residents to trust the report as honest and just.
In a promotional note miners in the district are urged to deliver ore to Butte for purchase by Superintendent Mason who will pay San Francisco prices. A sampling mill at the furnace allows miners to witness ore tests, promising reduced transport costs and faster pay while aiding local prosperity.
The piece questions the neutrality of the Wenarp commentary on Saturday regarding the Hughes Bill and Capital. It notes no condemnation of the bill from the Herano, while criticizing moves to reopen the Capital question. The author cites prior support for the Hughes bill provisions if the legislature reopens the issue, and mocks vague word conflations in contemporary political rhetoric.
The Preco't correspondent reports territory wide counts of school children aged six to twenty-one from the May 1882 census. Maricopa leads in pupil numbers, Pima exceeds Yavapai, and total territory enrollment nears doubling in two years. Territory school property is valued at 116756.87 with 126 teachers, 44 men and 82 women.
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