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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1885
Page
4
A Herald letter from Maricopa praises Arm birows and criticizes mileage abuses in the 13th Legislature. It notes clerks and pay practices, calls for frugal spending, and stresses honesty, peaceful order, and diligent work, with references to railroad construction and a treasury overseen by Uncle Sam.
A Tucson Star dispatch is charged with maliciously linking Governor Trille to the Prescott capital move scheme. The notice defends the governor’s impartial record and accuses the Star of fabricating lies to smear him. Additional excerpts describe local happenings in Tempe and surroundings, including election timing and community notices.
Budget itemized lists show appropriation for salaries and expenses including Superintendent of Schools travel and printing, district judges, Supreme Court, territorial library, governor offices, and attorney general. Also notes printing, newspapers, and official notices with various payee names and totals amid wider editorial content on appointments and local mining chatter.
A spurious bullion operation has surfaced across multiple states over months. Investigations reveal counterfeit metal from an Adams Express agent, with steel filings coated in gold and turpentine adhesive. Analyses show the deposits weighed about ten ounces Troy each. Col. Snowden calls it the saddest attempt in modern counterfeiting.
A historical note recalls a January session in Arizona, begun and adjourned on the thirteenth, with thirteen fights and a political tie in both houses. It highlights equal numbers of married and unmarried legislators and praises legislators' honesty near the session’s end, referencing a mileage bill and a striking motion from a northern senator.
In New York on March 2 the ex-president Fish trial heard bank bookkeeper Gilchrist state that in April the directors noted Grant & Ward’s account overdrawn by 143,045 and the data was in a balance averaging file. Two £175,000 checks were charged April 17, not clearly tied to Grant & Ward. Director Carston Sieck testified no loans without collateral and he did not know Fish’s firm relation to Ward.
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