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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
3
The Herald catalogs an official county notice page published in the county paper. The item notes publication timing and a dated entry for November 1822, with standard newspaper boilerplate of a local government or civic record.
Local lines report J A Mathews visiting town and mixed chatter on fresh oysters, drugs, and dry goods. Mentions Captain Tupper, Liew Forsyn, Farringtons on the Gila, Fort McDowell, and Bogus Canyon trade, with street life, barber shops, and sheriffs’ concerns woven through.
Canatian Baraar resident Joby Oshoens writes that his wife was cured of rheumatics by the wrest pat inisher St. Jaucols Oil and claims it an invaluable remedy for many ailments.
The passage discusses caring for fowls and swine with accessible provisions. It mentions giving bones for gnawing, access to jam and gravel, weekly meals of coarse meat and chopped scraps, occasional root vegetables, boiled potatoes, and notes the paste crop and cheaper feed compared to corn. It emphasizes feeding growing chicks and stock for health.
The Courier lists bids for various items and suppliers with amounts assigned to names such as Walter Maxwell, Jeremiah Collins, James Smith, and Chas Hayden. Multiple figures reflect bids for 25,000 pounds and other lots, including names like Albert Fish, Edward Fish, and Walter Maxwell.
Hiram B. Potter, convicted in May 1882 of vice, was discharged from custody after a trustee finding it impossible to produce evidence from the previous trial. A fire in Johnson last Sunday killed two miners, John Canavan and Dr. Moean, blamed on a drunken spree. Jack Shay was shot in Prescott, with James Moore of Kiraland Valley later dying. the case unsettled. Election news across multiple states shows Butler trailing in Massachusetts and Robinson leading in parts, with rapid-fire returns and political tension in Boston and Lowell.
A Prescott Prescott Phoenix trade talks start as J.C. Flop reports 10 to 12 tons of Irish potatoes raised for miners in Peek Turkey. Stages out of Prescott to Ash Fork depart at eight each morning. rail lines from Prescott to Nogales report yellow fever deaths among thirteen railroad workers.
From Sandford, near Sandford, a nervous man and his wife left three children at home while attending church. Three hours later their house and children were found in ruins. Rafferty, Captain, reports on the incident labeled as a result of criminal negligence.
The courthouse walls will finish tomorrow as carpentry work continues and the area around Court House Square gains prominence. Several baking powders market ammonia or alum, but Dr Price’s Clena Baking Powder is claimed free from both substances. Dr L A Gorditch, a local dentist and property owner, arrived to oversee his business here after winter. Arizona real estate prospects shine with Phoenix attracting investors seeking solid properties.
A fragmentary poem captures October’s varied moods from playful and lively to sober and reflective. Vivid images of foxglove, brown woods, and rural activity blend with children and farm life as autumn progresses toward frost and harvest.
Experiments with the German carp in other states indicate this fish is well adapted to waters where hardy varieties fail. Simple earth dams create ponds where carp minnows grow to useful sizes in ten months without feeding. They thrive with occasional corn bread, reach two feet long and twelve pounds when mature, and stock in Missouri ponds show promising results though more minnows are needed. Farmers with farm ponds can succeed with small investments and minimal disturbance.
Notice to Bloomington Nurseries customers that a cargo of trees has arrived via Mr Finlay and is awaiting distribution at the storeroom formerly used by Jacobs Co. The trees left the nursery twelve days ago and are in fine condition. Call promptly as the agent’s time is limited this week.
The letters.ini lists unclaimed jetters at the Phoenix Post Office up to November. Names include KE. J. Dennett James S Briant Joshua Barker D. W. Cummings Chas. A. Butcher J. H. Farman James Gregam Gertrude Lome Hadinand Theeman Robt John em John Lehman G. J. Maris Reb. Murphy C. C. McEwen Geo. Margareetish Chas. Mercer Mrs. J. C. McCann George Phelps George Patterson James Peteson Miss Mery M. Rivenhouse James UV. Storr George Warrell plus Spanish captions and several Latin American names. Call for Advertised Letters.
General Beauregard recalled how his late wife was an invalid in New Orleans at the city’s end. Butler’s quartermaster ordered evacuations, but a physician friend obtained a pause and a guard protected the family. Beauregard praised the decision as noble and gratefully remembered.
A fragmentary report notes American women in rough terrain near Soidor, described with unusual chrome painted likenesses. The passage is incomplete, offering few concrete details or names to anchor a fuller summary.
In Oakland California on October 11 at the bride’s mother's home the ceremony was conducted by Rev. PP Sprecher DD. The groom was Dr G A Sprecher and the bride Lizzie F Bashford, daughter of Tate Coles Bashford. Relatives and friends express hope she made a wise match.
Wm Atkinson describes camping near Picacho Peak forty miles northwest of Tugson. The six mile base peak rises about nine thousand feet with an artificial water tank at the base. At the summit he notes ruins of an amphitheater, stone towers, hieroglyphics, and ancient forts guarding canyons and water. Visible distant ranges include Utah Nevada California.
Readable excerpts recount the 1792 postage act establishing domestic letter rates by distance. Rates range from 6 cents for under 30 miles to 25 cents for over 450 miles, with double and triple letters charged accordingly and provisions on weight and multiple letters.
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