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Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
Indian Department.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT INDIAN AFFAIRS, Arizona City, A. T., April l7th, 1871. GEALED PROPOSALS, in Triplicate, S will be received at this office, until twelve o'clock NJ. on Thursday, June lst, 1871, for supplying the following articles,
 VIZ 250, ,00O-Two hundred and fifty thousand
 pounds net Cmore or less) Flour, of
 standard supertlne quality. 50,000-Fifty thousand pounds net (more
 or less) Barley, of good merchant
 able quality.
 5,000-Seventy-fve thousand pounds net
 (more CT less) Beans, of good mer-
 chantable quality.
 75, 5,000-Seyenty-fve shousand bounds net
 (more or less) Beef Cattle, fit for
 immediate slaughter aad issue
 Delivery of the above named supplies to be made at the Colorado River Reservation, A. T., in such quantities, and at such times prior to June 30th, 1872, as may be desig- hated by the Superintendent of Indian Ali fairs.
 The Beef Cattle will be subject to the following conditions, viz.
 Not to weigh over Five Hundred Pounds net per head; to be weighed if practicable, and from the live weight of the animal thus ascertained, its net weight to be determin- d, by deducting therefrom fifty per cent um. If weighed, not to be fed or watered, from six to nine hours previously. If i'm practicable to weigh on scales, the herd to be separated and arranged into three equal lots, according to their apparent weight, as heavy, medium, and light cattle; an av- craze animal selected from each lot, killed and dressed, as prescribed by the US. Army Regulations, and the average net weight of
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
Public Land Grants.

Bills are still being presented ill Congress for land donations to corpo- ations of one or another kind, and if is gratifying to know that they arc received with disfavor. Three great railway lines across the continent have been literally and we believe justly subsidized with lands. After the first one was aided, the original arguments for such wholesale gifts of lands were exhausted, but the giving propensity was so strongly developed that reasons were easily found why a northern road should be richly endowed and they prevailed. Thereafter the de- mand for gifts of land to a southern one could not with either justice or propriety be refused. While unoccu- pied land is so abundant, only the best results will be apparent from these liberal gifts, and we think the good they will accomplish will always be equal to if not greater than any Gre sultant' evil, but the time has come when no more gifts of lands should be made by the nation. There is a grow ing disposition to enact a law to ever afterwards prohibit sales of public lands to any but actual occupants and then in tracts no larger than 160 acres. This policy would no doubt be, look ing to future generations, very wise, especially if confined to grazing and agricultural lands. No more lands to interpretations should at once become fixed policy of our government. If great enterprises deserve government aid, let it be given in credit and cash, but no more in lands.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
Proposals for Barley.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received D at the office of John G. Capron, Tue son, A. T., until l2 o'clock M on Friday, May l2, 1871, for furnishing Three Hundred Thousand (300, 0,0OO) Pounds of Barley, at the different stage stations between Gila City and Tucson. The Grain to be No l article, we'll cleaned. Sacks will be fur nished.
 Bidders will please state the price in U. s. currency. Bonds will be required to in- sure fulfllment of contract, if awarded. The right is reserved to reject any or all Bids. JOHN G. CAPRON.
 T. EWING, Agent. Tucson April 15, 1871. 27td
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

PROFITS OF MINING all the Washoe extravagancei in mining opera tions, statistician has recently com piled table showing the total amount of assessments levied on the ComstocB mines to be $11, ,327,317, while the total amount of dividends disbursed is $22, 1863, ,049, or nearly double. Twen- ty-six of the leading Washoe stocks show aggregate assessments of $9,- S36,03S, while they have disbursed $19. 112,05O in dividends. There is not a more legitimate, and we might say profitable, business than intelli- gent mining. A man without the necessary scientific knowledge, might as well attempt to explain the mys-
 teries of photography or telegraphy,
 or calculate eclipses and other astron- omical phenomenon, as to engage in quartz mining. Too many men buy 8 mine or start in to work one as boys often swap jack-knives-" "sight-un- seen'-and then denounce mining as hazardous as fighting the "tiger' or trying to get rich by investing in
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice l!

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT 1N there will be an election held at the Court House in the town of Tucson, on WEDNESDAY, MAY l7TH, A. D. 1871, for the election of Municipal Officers, to wit,-a Mayor, four Councilmen, one Mar shal, one Assessor, one Treasurer, one Re cOrder and one Poundmaster.
 Polls to open at 10 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m.
 INSPECTORS, SAMUEL I HUGHES,
 JOHN ANDERSON. Tucson, A. T., April25, 1871. 29w3
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
M O<iCe.

TJvHE undersigned intends to close out \ and leave Tucson in few days, and requests those having claims against him to present them at once; and those owing him will please come forward, etc.
 2Stf FRANK s. ALLING.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
LETTER FROM COL. GREEN. He WithdraWs what we Omltted.. AbandOns Newspaper Defense of Himself.

CAMP APACHE, A. T., April 16, Fl. Il received by last mail a pamphlet styled memorial and affdavits show ing outrages perpetrated by Apache Indians, &c. 1 now find I was mis- taken ill the source of your informa- ton, and therefore withdraw that DOT tion of my letter of last week, and will only say, your present source Is also unreliable; but as the matter has now taken an official form, I will say noth- ing more about it, except to my supe- rior officers. JOHN GREEN.
 From the above, it will be seen that Col. Green has discovered himself in error in one instance. This gives hope that other like facts may yet illumine his mind, especially as he volunteers the assertion that the afidavits pub lished are unreliable. In this the Col reminds us of the man who de- clared horse to be twenty feet high, and because he did so, persisted in its truth. We are rejoiced to be assured even from so fallible a source, that ''the matter has now taken different form," for almost any other form will be an improvement on the old one.
 Col. Greens correspondence, we are pleased to assure him, has beer read with avidity by the people of Arizona, and even should he conclude to deprive them of further epistles touching their veracity, honesty and sanity, he can safely day the fattering unction to his soul," that he has written enough to insure his remembrance in Arizona after his most famous military ex- ploits shall have been forgotten. With our friendly assistance, the Col. may yet become famous for something, and on our aid, he can safely rely. We have observed exceptions to the doctrine, that though you "bray fool in a mortar, yet will not his folly de- part from him." hence our encourage ment with our friend, Col. Green.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
NOfiCe.

FENHE Partnership heretofore existing be \ tween J. w. Hopkins and Alex. Levin, under the firm name of A. Levin & O., has been dissolved. A. LEVIN.
 TTcson, Feb. 23, 1871. 20tf
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-Green. backs, buying, sol; selling, 9O3.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29
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Our facilities or purchasing and ar- engagements for selling are fully completed and we now offer to the trade Full Stock of Merchandise in each department, com prising all articles enquired for, and sala- ble throughout the Territory.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

Col. R. F. Bernard, formerly at Camp Bowie is now stationed at Beni- cia Barracks, Cal.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

BOTH Houses of Congress adjOurne' on the 2Oth instant.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

SEE Indian Sup't's adv't to-day also sale of Arizona City property.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

A SAN FRANCISCO dispatch of April 16th, says:
 The Southern Pacific railroad con- pany filed an amended certificate of incorporation yesterday at Sacramen- to. The object IS to purchase, con- struct and operate continuous line of railroad from San Francisco through the counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Monterey, Fresno, Kern, Tulare, San Bernardino and San Diego to some point on the Colorado river, distant 72O miles, near as may be from the point of beginning; also a branch road from Tehachepe pass via Los An geles to the Texas Pacific railroad, at or near the Colorado river, distant 324 miles; also line from Gilroy in San ta Clara passing through Santa Cruz and Monterey counties to Saline City or some point near it, 45 miles; also such other branches as the directors may hereafter deem it advisable to be established. The directors of the cor poration are Llyod Tevis, Leland Stan ford, Charles Crocker, c. P. Hunting ton, Mark Hopkins, Charles Maynard, Peter Donahoe. Capital, $75, ,O0C 900.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

CALIFORNIA Is receiving many needed rains of late, and there is hope of full average crop in most parts of the State. The late dry seasons have had the effect of earnestly turn ing the attention of all tillers of the soil to providing means of irrigation. In the usually arid plains of the San Joaquin, a system of irrigation is be- ing protected that will insure crops every year on hundreds of thousands of acres. The people between the Rocky and Coast Ranges must pot de- pend on rains, else they will often sow and plant and harvest little or nothing.
 Capt. MOORE has sent out It. Cush- ing with detachment to scout awhile on the Sonoita, and vicinity.
 LErTER from Wickenburg, referring to Great Sexton mine, will have a hearing next week.
Arizona citizen., 1871-04-29

We sell at small advances FOR CASH, and are positive that it is to the benefit of every Interior Merchant to buy of us-iD- stead of San Francisco or elsewhere
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TO Nebraska, California, and Kansas
and the d. d NJ. r. X. Lands.

The Burlington Route" so called, lie,
right in the path Of the Star Of Empire. 4
runs almost Immediately in the centre o.
the great westward movement Of emegra
lion. Crossing illinois and Iowa, II strike,
the Missouri River M three points.
These three points are the gateways into
three great sections Of the trans. Missour
region.
The Northern gate is Omaha where tn,
great Pacific road will take you TO the land
Of gold and grapes, sunny mountains, and
perpetual summer
The Middle gate is Plattsmouth which
opens upon the South half Of Nebraska
south OF the Platte river, region unsur
passed on the continent for agriculture and
gazing. Just here are the b. & NJ. Rail
road lands, concerning which Geo. s. Har
ris the land officer at Burlington, Iowa
can give you all information aud in th,
heart Of them is Lincoln, the State Capita
and Pre- sent Terminus Of the road.
The southern gate leads to Kansas by
connections with the ST. Joe Road at Ham.
burg, running direct to st. Joe and Kansa.
City.
The trains Of the Burlington run smooth.
y and safely and make tll connections, II
runs the beet Of coaches, Pullman Palace
and Pullman dining cars. and should you
axe the journey for the journeys sake
alone, you will be repaid or take IL tc
find home or farm, and you cannot find
either better than among the b. 4 NJ. lands,
where you can buy on ten years credit
and al lsw price.
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~ulU
TOWN AND COUNTRY.

schuylkili county has thirteen Demo.
cratic candidates for the Office Of sheriff.
The saw mill Of Ms.rs. Filbert, Otto 4
Co., Of willism.port, vas burned last Frid, y
morning. L,sssb,ut $4,000.
HATS Vegetable siciiian II ,lr R,ncwr
for th. scalp. and for restoring tho hal,
and its color, has NO equal.
sunbury expects to have gas works erec
ted and IN saeces,fu, operation -, the fret
an.It January.
II 10 said that white marble Of a 6n,
ausliiy has been discovered 10 the Nipeno Sc
Valley, Lyconing county.
A festive youth In stroui.burs. un,bls
10 pay q board bill Of $40, married his
isndlady the other day, thus getting rid Of
tbe debt. His age 10 20; hers SO.
Da. J. Y. snSpEL brought somo peas to
this Office that ore worth Dragging about.
They are Of the dwarf variety and fully o.
large as cherries.
camp meeting, under the auspices Of
the Evangelical Association, will be com.
m.nced on the Sd Of August, In wei,ers
woods, between New Berlin and Centre.
vile, in this county.
wnar has wrought suoh . wonderful
change and improvement in Mr.. Jones'
appearance = he looks like pcfect gentle.
man. Why. don't you know lie has
bsen TO Oak Hall, it's all in that new coat
Prnnr county is entitled TO the first pre-.
mum. Bloomfield boesis Of q calf with
two tails, and Newport claims to have q
pup with only two legs. Send for Dar-
nun.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06


TowS CouScILs.-At the last election
the law was passed applying the system
If cumulative voting to the election fo
members Of borough councils. Unier
this law il is claimed that the minorit >
party can always be represented. The
following section OF the act passed, ex-
plains the whole matter:
SECTION In election for members OF
town councils each voter may at his op.
iion bestow his Votes singly upon candi
dates, or cumulatc them upon any less
number in the manner authorized by the
fourth section of ihe act to define the lin q.
its and organize the town Of Bloomsbury,
approved March, 4, 1870, AMI vsci1cies
in any such council shall bo filled in the
manner provided in the fifth section of the
same act, but nothing herein contained
shall be held to regslste or affect the man
ner Of choosing the burgess or other prin.
cipal executive officer Of borough even
when he shall be authorized 10 serve as q
member Of the town council.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

MrsIc can no longer be considered q
luxury, and those who spend fabulous sum.
in purchasing Sheet Music are simply
throwing their money away. II our musi
cal friends will take the trouble TO procure
a copy Of Pfers' Musical Nonhiy, they
will s,e what their wiser friends are doing
namely, getting better music at one and
two cents a piece than they are buying
at thirty, forty, and fifty cents. Each
number Of this valuibl, publication con.
tsins thiriy>six pages OF Music printed
from full size music plates, embracing Sa.
cred and Secular Songs, Duets, Choruses,
Polkas, walizes. ETC., in every issue.
The July number commences Volume
VIII. and contains thirteen pieces of Mu.
sic, neatly bound, that would cost Just
four dollars and fifty cents in sheet form.
You can get 1t by mail postpaid. by send.
ing thirty cents TO j. L. PErERs, 500
Broadway, New York.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

HIsToRY OF THE WAR IN EuRorE.-The
| recent war between Germany and France
aroused so much interest on the part Of our
people. that II was generally supposed at
the time, that the earliest and best history
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is hsnsomcly bound volume Of 800 octave
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eto. II 10 written In bold and vigorous
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Mr.. McCabe, has evidently studied his
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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

Instructions are being given the county
irsasurcrs by the sinie Department to pay
pensions TO soldiers Of 1879 in July, as
heretofore. The State pension is forty
dollars a year, payable in semi.snnual in
'sllmen,s. Congress during the last ses.
sion passed an act providing for the sub
s'i'u'ion Of United States pension of
nIns'y'six dollars for the State pension,
but the National Government not yet having
commenced to pay the State as ordered q
continuance Of the old system until the
new shall assume q practical form.
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Work on the railroad progresses slowly,
the contractors being delayed for wan, Of
ties. These are now being supplied from
this end Of the road anu the track will be
put down more rapidly. The locomotive
has been into East Buffalo for the first
time. A good, heavy rail is being put
down, on rs fine a bel as is anywhere to
be found In the State, at n gauge of 4 feet
81 inches. the usual guagc. .-Ngimbury
Teisgrdph.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

selinsgrove items from the Times of last
"sek:-BoOks have been opened and stock
subscribed to the Selinsgrove AMI North
Branch Railroad. We are told that four
hundred shares Of $50 each must be sub.
scrlbed before the charter can be lifted.
Two hundred and twenty shares were
subscribed the day the books were opened
Joseph Bird Of Northumberland was elected
PRESIDENT. three months ago
Dr. u. 7. wageuseller, of this place, lost q
COW very suddenly. She was we'll and eat
10 the morning, but died after q cry briei
illness duriLg the forenoon, with sympt ON.
o great rain. The doctor bought himself
smother COW, which under similar circum.
"'nce' and mauifes,ing the Same symp-
'0ns' also died, last Sunday forenoon. Upon
Examination OF the stomach o portion Of IL
las' sire ofs hat, was found quite black.
iasse facts strongly indicate that both Of
?" cows were poisoned in the same way
Iud by the same person. There Is no evi.
a'nss to show who did the poisoning.
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AccIpExrs.-The following accidents
are reported from Walker typ. Juniais CO.,
On Monday the 10th alt. q daughter Of
Mr. John Croricr, had q leg broken.
On Tuesday the goth ult.. q son Of wild.
ow Grady, re ceived a fracture Of thigh.
On the follow ing day little son Of Mr.
Huber fell and fractured his thigh.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

sosK Of our co,emporaries suggest
"John Browns body lies mouldsriug In
the grave" a . suitable Democratic
campaign song. We beg leave 70 suggest
"Nisser on the wood pile" As. altogether
appropriate and susceptible Of great deal
Of pathos,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

THE New York Mercantile Journal comes
TO US every week filled with valuable In.
formation for the merchant, manufacturer
and banker. The general news found In
i's columns is very interesting; price SIS 90
per year. Every one doing business sbOuli
send his subscription. There Office is at
No. $50, Pearl Street, New York.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-06

AsAsr SHOW and strawberry festival
II" recently held At Towanda, Bradford
county, for the benefit of an educational
institute there. The Reporter says = good
number Of the "sweetsst babies" in
o"a neatly attired, we're on exhibition.
'atss unmarried gentlemen we're appoint.
aJudgss. We have not seen their dsci.
w. but learn that an interesting spsoi-
sn ofthe hfteenth amendment was award
the hrst priso owing undoubtedly TO the
'a that the osumiites-Lasn we're oil Dem.
@s's' and wished to demonstrate their
'n 10 the "nsw departure" movement
'ussra'sd in tAs'.s;. ,s,- Tie report of
sAsritSs Is givss ss follows: The
'nmittee selected to decide upon the
'a perfect baby. ere unable to agree.
w duties on this occasion were not suf.
''on'iy ds6asd, aud We we're at . loss 10
sesnins whether the first prise was iu-
aasd to be awarded TO the finest loo king
W the hsadsomsst baby. or the largest
s'y In proportion to 10 age! II TO the
'"' looking. our inclination would point
"a boy; Tito the bandsomest, undouht-
yNa agirli Tito the largest Tor its sge,
'a The age and weight should have &C.
'lpahisd Tie baby. aud ths problem
s''d have been dsuoastrstsi by 6gures.
,s ssuni'tss we're also divided upon ,hs
'''e' Of complexion, one Of The commit
e0a'sndiug for . Blonde. smother for .
sas''', and the other an ebony shade
s"sr several nsssiays. dadiag our.
y" ~ Tar fsen dseisioa - whom ws
ssss tegsthsv, W have n length
"se 70 disssrss. end while thanking
''s u. compliment % kindly sxtsadst
sss leave 70 b discharged frou
....: ~ saAsldssstios Of this most dimsul