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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1883
Page
3
The Herald is published as the county official paper, issued every evening except Sunday, with a dated issue on Thursday October 15, 1853. It serves as the authoritative record for county notices, public affairs, and community updates.
Local items report fresh garden seeds at Geo F Coss, meals at the French Restaurant, and drug prescriptions at Garden City Drug Store. Notices mention lodging at Gregory House, Breweh dinners, and a Bank Exchange Restaurant dish. Also covered are stage jobber defenses, arrivals to Fort Huachuca, building progress at Washington and Pima, and business brag about Irvine’s Cash Store. Obscure political talk notes Ohio and national party shifts with a cautious view on recent eastern elections.
Octonen Term 1883 records show U S v Lee continued for settlement and U S v Rush trial with jury verdict of guilty as charged and motions for new trials. Territorial cases include judgments for several plaintiffs against Chas Church, indictments withdrawn, pleas entered, and cases dismissed with costs.
Readable fragment notes wear at 1.723 cents for choice goods and barley at 1.073 cents, indicating fluctuating grain and merchandise pricing in San Francisco markets. The scrambled text suggests a wholesale price sheet or commodity column from a late era.
Col Morrow, commanding at Fort Huachuca, faces court martial for drunkenness on duty. A brilliant officer with a Civil War record and General Sherman staff ties, his poker and past pay certificate case led to exile in Arizona, where his fall from grace is heavily felt.
A Washington officer, once admired for his handsome wife and two children, faced moral failure as dissipation overwhelmed his nerve. Once steady under fire, he buckled to insidious onslaughts that led to disgrace among his comrades.
An Arizona-born remark from Washington urges drastic action against Indians. The speaker calls to reduce reservation lands, promote self sufficiency, and return surplus land to the public domain. He condemns federal policy, proposes treating Indians as citizens with equal rights, and claims this would end Indian contracts and disputes.
The document notes a population of 75,000 and property valued at $25,000,000, with territorial affairs described as broadly prosperous. Gold and silver output for year ending Dec 21, 1882 reached $9,298,267, copper yield 15,900,000 pounds, while combined silver and copper for 1883 is projected between $15,900,008 and $10,000,000. Sheep total 300,000 producing 240,000 pounds of wool. cereals 1883 yield 14,000,000 pounds wheat and 18,000,000 pounds barley. The governor warns Apaches living peacefully at San Carlos may threaten peaceable Indians.
The Territorial Jury is ordered to be on hand tomorrow morning. Wm. Wilkerson of Prescott arrived today. Judge Lewis Judge Southard and Godfrey Tribolet left for Maricopa. A light rain refreshed the atmosphere, easing dust for now, while the weather and dwindling daylight hint that baseball players should rest until next season.
Chief J. M. Dodson departs for Phoenix as a witness with W. J. Mulvennon named marshal in his absence. Judge John T. Alsap, a Hassaymaper, claims ties to Phenix and was the first Territorial Treasurer. Rumors say M. H. Sherman seeks Prescott postmastercy with California delegation support.
In Wednesday’s Daily Tucson reports the smelter work is progressing promptly with foundations laid for the new bank vault. The county sees bridge proposals revived by the Board of Supervisors and a range of local notices from legal cases to weather updates. Indictments total 31 as the Territorial grand jury is commended for swift work, while local business and transportation notes touch Prescott shipments and canal contracts.
A party of railroad men four miles south of Clifton, Guthrie district, reported twenty Indians encamped on an old trail to Mexico. The men fled to camps as a larger band reportedly moved from the reservation. Armaments were dispatched by special engine, amid fears of a massacre akin to 1882. Worries about armed bands persist as authorities bolster defenses.
An actor boasted he had played before Europe�s crowned heads though not before them directly. Another actor countered that four kings once appeared before him. Mr. T. H. Monihon from Monthon�s station on the Gila arrived in town, while Tom, a genial wheat handler, profits greatly from Pima wheat in a brisk, multitudiuous manner.
Last night the first public social of the season drew a large crowd to Minor's Hall. From eight to twelve, attendees danced to Silsvee's music in a formal yet lively gathering. Notables present included Judges Pinney and Alexander with wives, Capt. Hancock, Hon. Sam Jurdy and daughter, Dr. Thibdo and others, along with many local residents and visitors from Fort Verde, Maricopa, and San Diego.
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