Local Happenings and Notices in Town
Paul Noriega to deliver EpivaPH replacing Frank White. Bar silver quoted at 109 in New York. Services at St Paul’s and Methodist churches tomorrow. Ben Goodrich and wife visited. Mrs McPherson’s wife gave birth to a son. School Trustees meet today. J S Robbins and wife left for their ranch. Mail delay caused by washouts. Phil Hart back from California. Mrs C N Thomas and children to New York for vacation. Rody praises local newspapers. Games: Tucson beat Ft Lowell 12 to 3 in six innings. Base of social events sparse. silver bill debate continues. A dust storm caused fear, then passed. Roads to be repaired with county funds. Harry Stevenson and family consider San Francisco. Crystal Palace adds Variety Theater. No damage to Sterling Silver mill from storm. Arizona rain likened to a woman’s love, brief but overwhelming. Two weeks to mountain trips, odds of getting soaked. Week’s weather: sultry mornings, cool afternoons, showers at night. Large hailstones fell Wednesday night. size unmentioned.
Knights of P and I C C lodge officers installed
Arizona Lodge No. 4 K of P installed officers for the term including G20 J Myers and J B Friedman. Cochise Lodge No. 5 installed J D Martin and others. Washington Camp No. 1 P O S of A installed H S Ford and companions. notes on banquets, weather, and local curiosities follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Lodge No. 4
J. Myers
P. C
J. B. Friedman
Frank Hare
V. C
Wm. Neely
W. D. Montonier
J. W. Clark
J.J. Patton
John Kelso
I. G
Phil Hart
O. G
John Waters
R. S
G. Barrett
W. W. Woodman
Tombstone Mining Resumes as Silver Prices Rise
The Tombstone silver mining district shows signs of revival as the T. M. & M. Co plans to resume operations on August 1, with multiple mines like Contention hill, Emerald, Big Comet, and Rattlesnake resuming activity or expanding labor. Reports indicate two shifts, promising ore at water level, and potential full-scale output restored. other properties eyeing renewed work as high silver prices lift the industry. Local government notes equalization proceedings and civic updates, including road work claims and shifts in council meeting plans, with Mrs. Bell traveling to Texas to join her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Pacific Slope
Errrars
Contention Hill
Burns
Varquois
Virginia Group of Mines Tevis District Develops New Reduction Works
Report from Captain Duncan and J H Tevis details the Virginia Group mining claims near the Chirieahua mountains in Tevis district. Reduction works with Huson wire rope tramway aim to start August 1, employing about forty men. Ore from Virginia Silver Chief and State of Missouri will flow via a wheel-driven tram to a main shaft, with current capacity eighteen to twenty four tons per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Group
Bone Stakes
John A. Duncan
Kansas City
J.H. Tevis
Tevis
Virginia Group of Mines
Virginia
State of Missouri
Silver Chief
State of Iowa
Chirieahua Mountains
Bowie Station
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tevis Caton
Huson
Lewis Carton
Borror
Twenty cunning men seek votes despite weather
A band of twenty cunning men proposes to run votes regardless of weather. They threaten to snow under opposition with underhand tactics and conspiracy terms. The text cites Webster definitions and poetic lines, illustrating political weather and entombing metaphors.
Murdered at Baker's Ranch by Apaches Reported
A Globe special to the Star dated July 15 reports Edward Baker found dead at Baker's ranch in the Sierra Ancha mountains about 40 miles north. The house robbed, horses stolen, and the body gashed with an ax and a gunshot to the loins. Local suspicion falls on Apaches. Also notes customs service appointment speculation and Guaymas activity in Janos placers with a 14 ounce nugget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Globe
Edward Baker
Baker
Sierra Ancha Mountains
Senate Appropriation Fight Over Irrigation Survey
Washington dispatch notes the Senate committee defeats a 720000 irrigation survey appropriation aimed at arid lands. Topographic funding rises to 300000, half west of the 101st meridian. reservoirs and irrigable land provisions are repealed. Also, railroad survey from Prescott to Big Bug to access Copper Queen and Copper Basin districts signals new transportation prospects and mine expansions. Local notes discuss ants dying in heat experiments, crime hearing for Luis Corona, and stock prospects in Sulphur Spring Valley with H.G. Howe’s surveying work in Sonora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Geological Survey
Eeania Mill
Prescott
Big Bug
Senator
Copper Basin
C. Bean
Boggs
Hackberry
Phelps, Doge & Co
New York
Cajton
Agua Fria
Phenix
Phenix Herald
Rich mining activity revival in the Bradshaw range
The Republican reports mining optimism in the Bradshaws led by Tip Top and Silver Museum mines. Old camps like Gillette, Bradshaw City, and Alexandria revive as Birchen Bowers Herman and others ship ore to Socorro and El Paso. New tunnels probe rich veins while Phenix waits for a smelter. Reverend Mansfield preaches at St Paul’s with topics philanthropy and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County
Bradshaw Mountains
Gillette
Tip Top
Bradshaw City
Alexandria
Messrs Birchen
Bowers
Herman
Socorro
el Paso
Marlow, Carter & Johnson
South, Lenhardt & Co
Trinidad
Colo
Tom Wade
Louis Johnson
J.W. Taylor
H. Norton
Phenix
French Tansy Wafers Woman's Safeguard
Advertises French Tansy Wafers for female irregularities claiming to remove obstructions and cure difficulty permanently. Cites recipe of a prominent French physician with 20 years of use and offers trial boxes mailed for $2 from Livingston Chemical Company in Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Livingston Chemical Company
Portland
Oregon
For Sale and Raffle Notice in Mohave Miner
An 16 ton Buffalo Seale is offered for sale in good order. Inquiries to A Bauer at the local butcher shop. A separate raffle will occur this evening at the Pony saloon for the house and lot of the late D W Gage. Mohave County population unlikely to exceed 1500, with Signal and Mineral Park housing most residents per the 1880 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bauer
D. W. Gage
Pony Saloon
Mohave County
Signal
Mineral Park
Mohave
Honey quality and local bee industry in the valley
Visitors note the superior honey from mesquite flowers and other spring sources, praising its purity, color, and healthful qualities. The article mentions alfalfa honey later in the season and reports on efforts to ship honey abroad, with local bee men seeking larger markets. It also recounts Leroy Ikenberry’s complaint about the National Smelting Company in El Paso after a Globe ore shipment, noting an unexplained smelting delay and a disputed test outcome calculated by metallurgist A. R. Lendner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Men
Leroy Ikenberry
el Paso
Texas
National
Globe
A. R. Lendner
Ikenberry
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Paul Noriega
Frank White
St. Paul’s Church
Ben Goodrich
Jos. McPherson
C.n.thomas
Mammoth
Phil. Hart
California
Hon
Robbins
F. Spray
Los Angeles
W. W. Rodehaver
Rody
E. J. Roberts
Roberta
C. N. Thomas
George Thomas
Andy Ritter
Sseay
Tucson
Ft. Lowell
Frank Wolcott
Harry Stevenson
San Francisco
Crystal Palace
Joe
Sterling Silver
Arizona
Man
Earth
Old Pueblo
Chicago
Chief Hyde
City Water Works
Joe Bignon
Ella Ward
Jessie Reed
T. M&m. Co
Willcox
Territory
Lunding and Loan
M. J. Bell
Shafter
Confedercy
Gothe
Webster
Mortier
Nish
Texands
Laimer
Errrapa
A. L. Grow
Charles Smith
el Trafico
Guaymas
Janos
Altar
Nogales
Luis Corona
Tom Hannon
Justice Court
Adam Berg
The
Kansas Cattle Company
H.G. Howe
Imaris
Sonora
Mr. Farrell
Mr. Howe
Eastern Bradshaws
L. D. Mansfield
Fatricr
Avisonis
Cochise
Territory of Arizona
Richard E, Sloan
First Judicial District
Emaxven
Pioneer Establishment
Ritter
Allen Street
G. K. Corral
Frary & Co
O. K
Allen Walker
Don A. Sanford
Sonoita
Pima
Silver District
Yuma
U. S
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