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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1884
Page
4
The Herald reports miscellaneous county items including legal notices, property deeds, and costs. Local business promotions feature Moon beer, McNulty’s store, Gullness’s liquor store, and new buggies from Goldman & Co. Also noted are postmaster changes in Tombstone and Phoenix, medical ads, a Veterans list of injured due to war, and early theater notices plus weather and travel mentions.
The portrait shifts to William R Morrison formerly chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Born 1895 in Monroe County, he rose from Clerk of the Crealy Court to Speaker of the Ohio House and a long tenure in Congress. He is described as a tall, money-friendly figure with influence among Democrats and potential presidential prospects.
Public notice recounts handed vine cultivation guidance from Vine Dresser, including ground prep in fall, spring planting, manure use, and cautions on lush growth versus fruit. It lists practical tips such as pruning, trellising, leaf and fruit balance, and compares prompts to sailors and politicos for emphasis.
In a heated exchange the Citizen is accused of backing an Indian ring to grab the Tucson post office. M. P. Freeman is appointed to the post, while Hayward is not pursuing it. The paper’s charges against Crook and the Sierra Madre campaign are criticized as misrepresentations spread from headquarters.
The text notes that General Crook deserves credit for his good actions while Crifeen seemingly sees nothing in his favor.
A telegraphic summary reports Owenby dies after exposure from a mountain fight last week. His confession is said to be truthful. The report also covers government expense items since 1831, Kentucky snow depth records, a Jackson banquet in Barron, and Tacoma optimism over Northern Pacific, with notes on Oregon coastal company affairs and New York aviation disclosures. The items mix crime, weather, politics, transport, and finance with multiple named entities and dates.
From Wednesday's Daily a private school opened on Munroe street. Updates report the court house near completion, county officers paying bills, and a new canal to the divide expected next month. Several local happenings include post office warrants, legal cases, and a plan to reopen a Grand Canal mill with ore testing and a possible twenty stamp mill.
Postmaster Mowrey reports yearly postal business totals including money orders issued about 80,917.90, notes issued 4,289.70, and total money orders 3,165 in the year. Revenue from post fee stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards sold in the last quarter is 971.00.
Mr. RE Farrington buys a one three share in the Silver Ginoze mine known as the Raw Hide mine in Mohave County. Located about 17 miles southwest of Sigouwl on Bill Williams Fork and 110 miles from Phoenix via Wickenburg. The mine, opened by Gillette twenty years ago, yields rich black sulphide silver ore with native silver, valued from 100 to 8000 dollars per ton at smelters. The vein ranges one to three feet wide with a true contact vein structure forming a paylagz enterprise despite high early transport costs.
Territorials pass through Yuma on a Thursday morning with local residents asking numerous curious questions. Acker, the Giant of the Mogalon Mountains, reportedly earned about 4500 dollars in beef cattle payments. Col Irwin, Medical Director of the Arizona Department, returned home to Whipple Barracks after two months in Chicago, greeted with hearty salutes.
A merchant notes years of effort and a substantial investment. He paid about $17,000 for ore and plans to ship it via Phoenix to Maricopa and to Pueblo, Colorado, where the ore will be processed.
The Masons hosted an elegant ball and banquet with a grand march at nine. Brethren and guests enjoyed a lavish supper including hot coffee, turkey, poultry, salads, fruit, and champagne, followed by dancing and socializing. A list of attendees featured numerous judges, couples, and members of the community from Phoenix society.
Ledger of 1834 township costs itemizing fees for Peace officers and interpreters, road district labor, lumber and supplies from Goldman & Co and H OW Ryter, with amounts ranging from 4.29 to 100.99 dollars. Entries cover districts 1 to 3, noting work on roads, rail fittings, and material purchases. Board adjournment noted for January 10th, 1834.
A letter from W A Cuppy criticizes Gazette editor McNeil for defending swindlers and for suppressing evidence in the Abbott case. Cuppy accuses the Gazette of bias and warns that public opinion suffers when justice is distorted. He signs as a dependent plebeian.
Dr J G C Chanantense of Fean ville Ontario writes in favor of St Jas cols Of event claiming it cured him of rheumatism and mentions The Hon Billa Flint Life Senator of the Dominion Parliament. The letter emphasizes personal benefit and political support for the remedy.
Board met with Messrs Woer mer and Herrick read minutes from prior meeting and approved. Bills listed include juror certificates for Goodfellaw Macreil MacDonald Marlar Leones Foyle Calderwood Bickley Hisey Jamison Mosher Ocusea Patrick Packer Baziisi Hansen Barbey Baker Mahiney and others. Warrant for pest house fund and road labor charges approved. tax adjustment proposed on mortgage debt of Luke to Brecht.
A fragmentary poetic scene portrays a woman torn between new love and memory of the old. She faces a sacred chalice and a life choice spoken by a faithful voice, as sorrow and devotion collide with the decision to drink. The language echoes archaic diction and hallucinatory imagery.
A collage of oddities and comic lapses from a late 1800s paper. Brits, Spaniards, and Americans feature in satirical quips about tea laws, religious bans, wooden heads, a bugle of folly, and a Boston choir’s misread hymn line culminating in a boy’s puzzled question about a “consecrated cross.”
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