Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1884-05-08
From Tuesdays Daily.

| A. E. Fay, of the Champion, has an
| ambition to be member of the va
vapai Democratic County Central
Committee.
The strike on the Union Pacific-is
ended, and the employees have gone
to work at tLeil usual wages Tue
U. P. managers had to come under
The Tucson Typographical Union
is after Hughes, of the Star, with a
sharp stick. and has designated the
Star office as rat" 1t seems that
the proprietor of that paper endeav-
ored to Increase the measure of a
thousand on his men.
Mr.. Freeman, of Elliotts Illus
trated Arizona, returned from Pres
colt yesterday, and will shortly pros
coed south to Tombstone, while Mr.
Elliott, who is also here, goes by
way of Vulture to>morrow 20 Pres
colt and the line of the Atlantic and
Pacific load.
A Texas school teacher who would
appear 10 possess. powers of refec-
ton beyond the routine of pedaecg~
ism proposes a new method for inn
proving the Galveston hnrbor. In
stead of bringing deep water up to
I,e o.t,, bt- ,,,.a,e oF i.tf;a- H.,
suggests that mole be built from
the city TO deep water. 1t would
require to be about two miles III
length, and, built of rock, would
not Cost a large sum. Vessels of
heavy draught could receive and
discharge cargoes at the end of this
mole, and the expense Of hauling
them 10 aud from the city would be
trifling. Vessels Of lighter draught
could continue to come into the in
ner hurtor.
BY the courtesy CT Capt. Cherry
we had the pleasure OF drive be
hind his fine new team 10 the ferry
on The Salt River. MI Avery is
busy raising the cable to its position,
a very difficult task considering that
the river is still high and running
swiftly. He would probably finish
getting II into position today and the
boat viii be running possibly by to-
morrow.
The democrats of Pima and ella
counties arc calling loud on Chair
man Roweof that party 10 call
convention tor The purpose of cleo
ting delegates TO The Democratic
convention at Chicago and promise,
if ne docs not, 10 oppose the admis-
sion of the dele gales which he may
send 10 the convention. The Pima
county Democrats inform him that
it Is no part of the business of the
Democratic Territorial Central Com
miltee TO elect del, gates TO the Ma
tional Convention. Do Maricopa !
County Democrats follow the Rowe? |
We are at loss 10 know why GERS
tain of the Baptist brethren of Pho
nix go 10 Tucson to publish their
resolutions respecting Rev. L. Greg
ary's departure. They are perfectly
willing TO have Phoenix papers pub |
fish dead head matter respecting
fairs, festivals, canlatas and The |
like, that wall reach the body of the
of that church here, but
why they seek TO set these resolu>
tons aft. al at distance, where not
more than one OF two memb ers in
The church here will ever see them,
we arc unable TO explain. 1t strikes
us that The members of the Baptist
Chur Oh here are as much Interested |
in what the Rev. Gregory does as
are the brethren in Tucson, and pos
sIbly more SO.
The ella County Democratic Gen.
trail Committee get onto their
crooked Rowe as follows:
GLOBE, May 2, 1884.
Hon. W. A. Rowe, Chairman
Democratic Territorial Convention
Dear Sir: We take this opportunity
to express our uisapproval of the
manner of selecting delegates TO the
National Democratic Convention, as
instituted by yourself, and ask most
of you to discard the
latter plan, and issue at once a call
for a meeting of Territorial Con-
vention for the purpose of selecting,
in a democratic manner, delegates
10 the Chicago Convention.