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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
4
Regular spring days with frost. the Vulture mine risks a record. News from Prescott to Phoenix covers forgeries, arrests, court matters, and local business. Prolific mining, hotel news, postal boxes, and plans for plaza improvements shape a busy frontier week.
A letter recounts a trip to the Territorial Prison at Yuma with Brinley and Superintendent Capt. F S Segalle. The writer notes a bustling workshop scene, ongoing construction, and orderly cells, praising hygiene, facilities, and the humane management under the Prison Commission.
The Ladies' Society of the Baptist church plans its first social at Mayor Porter's residence on Thursday evening January 24. All are cordially invited. No refreshments will be provided. The ladies request guests to leave their purses at home. The Baptist church is without a house of worship.
They seek funds from Phoenix residents, pledging free entertainments to build social powers. The Indies promise value for the price, with attendees asked to pay ten cents each. Mus. U. Gregorr.
From Saturdays Daily a long column notes Monroe the Prescott murderer is slated to swing next Friday. It also mentions Franky Taggart leading a train robbery gang caught, Ash Fork vigilance committee driving off roughs, and Yavapai officers pursuing Gillette stage robbers. Other items cover local business, church acts, and court house plans.
The article notes Jonkoping houses the world’s oldest and greatest match factory, established over thunder years ago, now serving the United States as its top customer. It describes early matches as large wood fagots with dip tips and traces the daily mass production of modern tiny dividers.
The text proposes the bell be housed at the most desirable overall location, or at the tower floor near the bell, when not in the loft. It suggests consulting architects and county officials to decide, noting bells are used in local structures.
A military court martial is appointed to convene at Fort Thomas on January 21 1784 to try pirate Edward Winslow and other prisoners. Officers listed include Major G A Purington Captain C Morton and Lieutenants Cubase Carter Bench Heard Boughton with J A G Abbott Judge Advocate. The board of supervisors at Manitowoc met January 19 to locate the tower clock and bell for the new courthouse and discuss furniture bids and county office bonds for Mahoney and Morford.
Obituary notice records Daniel E McLaughlin a native of County Antrim Ireland aged 40 years and a birth of a son to A Vincent and wife near Phornix dated January 17 1884 and January 18 1884 respectively.
A grim banner of warning stands as a notorious danger in the city. On March first the banking firm Biske & Co. will merge into Prescott’s First National Bank with F W Bisahke as president and Alfred Eoff of Wells Fargo Bank San Francisco as cashier. The Prescott board includes Henry Wadsworth A Hawley Alfred Eoff Blake T J Butler and G P Head. The Gillett stage robbery yields two bottles of patent medicine as reward for Wells Farzo Co’s treasure box and mail sacks reportedly stripped of wealth.
The roadrunner, common and swift, stalks and harasses rattlesnakes until they are slain. Observers describe the bird circling the reptile with rapid moves, leaving it in a state of confusion before a decisive strike. The battles may last over an hour, possibly explaining rattlesnake scarcity in some regions.
Philadelphia notes quote that Oscar Wilde praised American girls for common sense. It recalls his visit with observant remark about their restraint toward him.
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