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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
3
The Herald prints notices on deeds sales and ads. mentions Wotup sects, parties at Whepleys Preston, new officers at Henry office, and Whitaker Liquor shop. Reports on shop openings, box seats at Odeon, new troup, sermon minutes, and Calfornia fish arrivals. Mentions Governor Tritle receiving Mexican concerns over Bisbee raids and extradition limits.
A meeting will be held at the Courthouse on Saturday at 2 P M for receiving the read viewers report and to make such safeguards as may be deemed necessary. All interested persons should attend. I T Sati Chairman of Committee.
Mr Ponbied Mis Trade reports great relief from St Jacobs Oil to his customers in Globe village Massachusetts. Benj W Paton pharmacist notes sales doubled in one month. Army and Navy officers pronounce St Jacobs Oil the greatest pain cure of the age.
At a Presbyterian chapel meeting the Union Sunday School property was to be sold. Library books go to the first new Sunday School organized on the city’s side. Bibles singing books case and organ assets will be sold with proceeds split among Phoenix’s four Sunday Schools. A committee will collect items and publish sale notices. Owners are urged to return books to the committee. J M Gregory J Wanton H W Kerr
The Phoenix post office reports unclaimed letters in January for numerous addressees including Wm Bland J Bannuy J Belgiat John W Lombard Pierre Babcock F A Louesbury Thos Breen Frank Lovett Cockrau Henry Mitchell Denny Evans Robt Cameron Jessie Meron Chas Rebham Harry Dutcher Rees Evans Isaac Sharp G Horteo Mra Stateside Wm Hinshnge Geo Hari A Strunback A Goff Tomlinson Robt Cantas Rafael Martinez Manuel Palma Diego Ochoa Hilary Barrios Santiago Quililis Candela Leon Gulupe Morales Jesus Ribas and others. Call for Advertised Letters. Gro E Mowry Postmaster.
A notice states the partners will continue the casines under the same name KE Irvine & Co. Mr. Cole will assist, and the firm seeks to provide facilities to Mary customers, preserving the liberal patronage received in the past.
A Tucson Telegram style note reports Quijoton at 120 feet with twenty feet gained in a week and no work Sunday. OD Poston writes of Pioneer society support while St. Ormard from Yuma visits Nogales. Two daily stage lines to Quijotons from Tucson cost seven dollars and six fifty, daylight runs. US Marshal Tidball and family plan arrival from Washington to occupy Edwards place on military ground. Logan’s last water well drained after a colossal misfortune. deeper sinking produced no water, effectively knocking the bottom out of the well.
A biographical sketch praises Eluator Werner Miller of Herkimer New York born August 12 1838 in Oswego County. It covers military service in the Fifth New York Cavalry, political rise from New York Assembly to Congress and leadership of the New York Republicans, plus a tariff plea for 1887 and 667 foreign wool duty restoration to aid wool growers and farmers.
The Citizen reports that locals oppose silence about Royal A Johnson any time he acts. The piece argues people should prevent him from seizing power, noting his actions could threaten life or home.
The piece notes editors mark authorship on editorials and warn against stealing content. It emphasizes proper credit, mentions Han cock and Johnson, and reflects on credibility and contemporary agitation in press discussion.
After years of legal wrangling the case reached a verdict as justice finally arrived. Whaler was hanged yesterday at noon for the deliberate strangling of his wife’s sister, an act described in brutal terms but resolved in court.
Washington report shows committee findings of widespread rottenness in the civil service from Maine to Texas. Chairman Springer aims to summon Brewster Cameron again, praising him as honest while detailing a resignation loss and related cases, including marshal Tall with large arrears.
Tuesday’s Daily notes grand openings at Eclipse Saloon in Woolsey’s hall building and a February 22 dance by the Masons. A battery case before Justice Morris ended in a hung jury. Cameron named Receiver of Public Money with Attorney General Brewster’s backing. Col Stafford runs the St Cloud restaurant with D C Kling as manager. Supervisors meet to discuss the new courthouse funding. Deputies Rovers and Mulvenon capture a German suspect Wolffangel at Tip Top. prisoner sent to Prescott. J H Luhrs to open a new barber shop tomorrow as town recovers.
The text explains a counterfeit detector for silver coins known as the Mint Test. It prescribes a mixture of 20 drops nitric acid, 4 trains nitrate of silver, and 1 ounce water. A single drop on genuine silver shows no effect, while counterfeit coins turn black. If the coin is plated, rub it briefly before testing.
A plan for constructing and operating a railroad about 40 miles long from a Southern Pacific point near Maricopa to Phoenix is proposed. The capital stock is set at 0,000,000 in 160 shares. Directors include John Jakentine Monroe Salisbury James Stewart Homer King Joseph Robe son Edward Jones Austin Carrington and others. The incorporators are described as financially capable and confident in success.
From Wednesday's Daily Moesirs P J McCormick and J B Slmms, contractors on the Arizona taal are in town today Whepley handles fruit and veg consignments daily A Ventura Cal letter reports the marriage of Mazsim Rich to Mrs E Monibon The courthouse clock tower bel is set and being lined up Albert Shunemin of Colorado appointed public money receiver at Prescott Office De Long resigns The Board of Supervisors considered finishing the new courthouse but adjourned Saturday without action Eclipse Saloon and St Cloud restaurant opening praised E Irvine & Co welcomed Spanish language weekly by Aguirre and Celis opening February Old ruins near town reveal slate school tablets pencils skeletons and a large human foot walls enclosing a room within a room awaits fuller report
At about six Saturday evening a Wickenburg stage was halted west of Prescott by a lone highwayman who looted mail pouches and opened some letters. The driver, Joe, blindfolded and with his feet bound, escaped unhurt. Officers found scattered letters and tracked the robber’s trail into rocky country before it disappeared. The incident recalls a prior hold up at the same spot where an earlier robbery was alleged by a jury.
The Phoenix city council debated property matters and approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a quit claim deed to Block 6 in Phoenix for Asher Bros. on city behalf. It referenced replacing lost records from 1879 and set motions to publish a delinquent tax list and display city finances at the next meeting. The marshal was ordered to levy a license tax on theatrical businesses.
A light brown snidile horse branded B. K on the left hip fled from W Sheridan's ranch. It has a large white forehead spot and a small white spot the size of a ten-cent piece near the left eye, a short body, slender neck, well rounded, and a fo-tailed appearance. Information should be left with Wm A Sim.
Meree D. wed Richard E. Lrover Burne M D late U S Army surgeon in a Cobourg Ontario ceremony at the bride’s father’s residence in January 1884. The couple includes Katre third daughter of William H Erne Esquire and Nesistrer for the West Ruding at Northumberland.
The rule amends rule 2 subdivision 9 requiring ten copies of transcript points and authorities and printed briefs. Copies go to each justice, the Territorial reporter, the Territorial library, and the clerk of the court. In force after thirty days from adoption published January 7, 1884.
A petition circulated in wool growing districts urges sheep men to copy sign and forward it to Washington by February 10. It notes the Tariff Commission's influence and the removal of ad valorem duties on foreign wools by the last Congress. The message emphasizes the potential impact on the wool industry.
A Japanese method uses felled trees shaved into chips placed in a tub with water and heat to volatilize camphor. Steam rises through a two-tier rack system with perforated partitioning, plating crops of camphor as crystals form in a straw filter, then dried and packed for market. The oil byproduct serves local uses.
Attorney General Churchill filed with the Secretary of the Territory the articles of incorporation of the Arizona Railroad Company. The corporation is organized for the purpose of constructing a railway within the territory.
A damaged OCR snippet describes a monument over the grave of "Betty" Bantparte in a cemetery. The inscription reads unclear and appears to reference an illness and sleep, reflecting a somber commemorative tone.
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