Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-12-22


her, which originally cost S100 pc
M. but is now had for $50 per NJ a Is
it has leen found by experience tn
the frame buildings are much NOR
! comfor able at night during the in
tense heat of summer. and aff'r'
about a. much protection as one cal
find anywhere during the dry Their
are. a number of fine residences O
lumber, brick and adobe about towI
and several large commercial cstab-
lishments OF brick and adobe. Th.
M E. Society have a fine. large brict
church, and tie VI. E. Church Soutl
an adobe of even larger dimensions
and nicely finished up.
The Presbytcrians have small
frame building which they have used
as place If meeting. but whi, h is
now principally used by the Baptis:s
The Catholics have recently com
pleted a handsome adobe church
which, next to the school building
and the M. E. church, has the mos
presentable appearance of any pub
lie building in Town.
a fine two->to y brick school house
60 by 40 feet in size graces one of the
blocks of the town. Its interior is
divided into large airy, high rooms,
halls ond rfoir oaoa Tho oo,o,,,
buildings, we are sorry to say, are
mere old adobe tumble-down rook-
cries. owing to a steady opposition
by portion of the population of the
county to putting up new buildings.
A handsome square awaits new build
ings. and il is probab that the CON-
ing Legislature will make it possible
for the county to build decent county
buildings.
Outside Of the various church Or
ganizations of the town, there is
Libsary Association which owns 800
volumes of books, an active ,odge of
I. O. G. T., Arizona Chapter No. 1
Royal Arch Mnsons, Arizona Lodge
No 257 F. 3 A NJ, Phenix Lodge
No 2 l. o. o. F., Arizona Rebeka
Degree Lodge No. /, Maj icona Tribe
No. 1 Improved Order of Red Men,
Phoenix Lodse No. 2 knights of
Pylhias, and a Ladies' S. cial Club.
The town is blessed with the pres
snce IF seven lawyers aad four ply
-iciAus. There are six large general
merchandising establishments doing
a considerable Wholesale business ns
well as brisk retail trade, and nine i
1ther firms of the same cha acter de-
7o:ed TO retail trade only. The town
s cared for financially by we'll es-
ablishcd and reliable bank. TIL.
Du cher business and boot business
ire each managed by u singl. firm.
Three fonsorial m cha les and q
,eGal artist attend 10 the exterior
sihetics of the Phenicians. T O |
irst class drug stores furnish he ma
, rial t. ease their ills, and fifteen |
iquidati g establishments serve to |
rown their SORROWS. Thsrc are six |
arge b!acksmithing AMI wagon max
ng firms, three extensive lumber
ards, a firm of contractors and |
one Touring establishment |
f large C paclfy, two good hotels,
our livery and feed firms and one
.am- tiers corral and feed yard, one
rain and feed merchant, one ice
lanufactory, and numerous farmers
Tho make the town place of resi-
ence. There are probably other
mall businesses overlooked, and
lst, but MT least, two printing rs
and newspapers, the
'HGNIx HERALD, on- of the oldest
apers in the Territory, and the Ari-
'nG Gazette. both of which usually
peak for themselves.
Phoenix is distri buting point for
large mining section of the Terri
,ry and much scanning is done to
nj from it. 1t has n daily stage
with d lricopa at
le railroad and with Prescott, the
erritorial capital; it has also tri-
'eekly stages to Seymour, VultHre,
nd Wickenburg, FIT. Mcdowell, and
ally with Hayden's Ferry. The
w n is one of the IN ost peaccable in
lie Territory, for the Phenicians
ave an ugly habit of making short
ork of the most desperate offend
s who happen to turn themselves
'ose in the town
The population is now about $500.
: steady increase of over 200 per
ear since its first founding. It's
reefs arc capable of becoming the
lost be .utitul drives to be found
hen once graded and graveled,
) is CO 4templated. The future of
henix will make it a place of
lcasant. quiet homes and a heavy
usine>s. All sorts of semi-tropical
'rits, trees, shrubs and grasses -four
h in the greatest perfection, and
70 or three years are sufficient-to
e ,utify the lawns with ali that na-
Ire would DO for them in most
laces, in a dozen years. Phoenix
annot remain isolated as she now
!, long. The great agricultural
--alth surrounding her, her vast
liHing resources and importance IS
central point in this portion of the
crrrory demand for her better ia
ilities for CONNER e.. She is favor
bly, situated tor becoming the CAPT
i OF til, Territory !; her winter eli
hate is unexcelled: the character of
IT people and favorable location
ill attract those looking for homes.
Ter present is prosperous, her future
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