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The Arizona sentinel., 1873-03-08

Tenly lappeu Or plieu 0iic O'Si
the other as they receded upward
toward tall peaks OF black v0lcan-
&c rock. On all sides as far as the
eye reached, groups OF encina or
Iive-oak trees dotted the sides
, and SUBMITS of these hills or APP
peared ranged in ragged lines
along the little canyons that di-
vided them. A better place for
stock than the country lying be-
tween the Arivaca and Busani
creeks, it is difficult to conceive
of. The United States boundary
line divides this favored section,
from which the descent is gradual
tO'the banks Of the limpid Busani,
in Sonora, where the character Of
the vegetation changes, and the
valley is deeply shaded with large
mezquite, cotton wood, sycamore
and verde trees.
We found the ranchmen ut the
Busani hacienda "c0rraled," the
Apaches having killed several
of their oxen and murdered a
neighbor. They were in a most
pitiabie state of indeciSiOn in con-
sequence, as to whether they
should escape by night to Saric
and leave the cattle, or attempt
TO drive them over the dangerous
road to Arizona but finally con-
Guided to accompany US to the
next ranch below on the creek,
where we arrived without hav-
ing encountered any Apaches.
We had not been there more than
an hour ere the body of Don vi
cente Padilla, IFS owner, was
brought in upon Il stretcher. The
wild sorrow of his half-breed wife
may he imagined, blended with
sympathetic walls of kindred and
friends, who squatted around the
corpse and tossed their arms into
the air in frenzy Of grief that
died away to smothered sobs, low
moaning songs, and silent rock
ings to and fro.
Not wishing to disturb the sa-
credneSS of the scene with our
presence even, we stole away as
quietly as possible, parted with
several Of our companions, and
camped that night at the Sauzito
ranch Of Pancho Padrez. Here
too, the shadow Of death had E:l-
len. The body Of Il poor Mexican
woman lay swathed in manta and
upon q rude bier, with candles
burning as is The Catholic custom.
She had been lanced from behind |
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-03-08

NefNS-lOICe lUSt III W cary VIZ IFS dt
the shrine of Monte, not to speak
of Lents unduly heightened while
wrestling with the Drink-tiend.
Morning da~ned, and the forest
gave way 10 Il yerdant prairie
studded with the pillared Saguaro
and Pit0ya, ere dogs rushed
at us and an assuring voice from
a dilapidaied hut by the roadside
calculated, Pase pa dentro! TO
decline so kind an invitation is tan
tamount to an insult among the
MeXicans, SO we squatted around
a dish made OF beans and curd,
and ate of it Ia los MejicanOs,
i. e., with the fingers. Ny COM
panion of the road had no sooner
finished eating than he Warbled
Muchas gracias, senyOrita,
rolled himself in his gaudy
blankets with a sigh Of content
ment, covered his face with his
sombrerO, and with whispered
adio5, feel asleep.
A rapid days walk on the NOR
row brought me to the ranchitO Of
Miguel Vacunya, near Tubac.
Here met q company Of soldiers
and some mounted citiZen-prOs-
pectors from the Gila-the latter,
ten in number, had been disgrace
fully routed on the morning of
that day by small band of Apa-
cAe braves, whom they had en-
countered in the tall grass near
the crossing Of the Canoa. The
"eXplanations" Of the surprised
Gilans, ten of them and all
well armed and mounted, who
had fed the field without firir g IA
shot in defense of their lives, re-
suited in elimination and recrim-
ination mingled with fearful
oaths. While the wrangling
was at its height, teams passed
bound for the Planchas, which /
joined. Beyond So
pori We were reinforced by
others destined for points
in Sonora. Altogether, there were
some 30 armed men in the cara
van.
After passing the ruins Of the
frauita, where there are to he
seen the broken machinery and
faliing buildings of a once veal
thy company, we pitched camp in
The "Cuion de Ia Arivaca.' This
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24
Watched by a Big Dog.

Young MANGLEBURY will not probably
visit Miss Skittles again. He called upon
her a few evenings ago, and as she was
not at home, he sat down on the porch to
wait for her. In a few minutes old Skittles'
big dog came up, and, after cycling Man
glebury, and growing at him in a man
ner which made chills run up and down
his back, the dog walked up and began to
sniff Manglebury's legs While the ami:
NAL was performing this operation the
young man maintained a condition of alb
solute repose 1t is doubtful if he will
again be as perfectly still as he was then
until his immortal soul is in the land of
everlasting rest. When the ceremony was
concluded the dog lay down by Mangle-
bury's chair. AS soon as Manglebury felt
certain the brute was asleep, he thought
he would go home without seeing Miss
Skittles; but when he attempted to rise
from his chair the dog leaped up and
growled so menacingly that Manglebury
Immediately sat down again. Then he
thought perhaps it would be better not to
go home at once. 1t occurred to him,
however, that it would be as well to call
some one to remove the dog in case cir
cumstances should render it desirable for
him to depart; but at the very first yell,
Skittles' dog jumped to his feet, gave a
fiendish bark, and began to take few
more critical smells at Manglebury's legs.
And whenever Manglebury shuff1ed his
feet, or moved his arms, or uttered the
slightest sound that infamous dog was in,
stantly up and at him. Once, when he
had to sneeze, he thought, from the bOis
ferrous indignation manifested by the dog
that his hour at last had come. Mangle-
bury had often before wanted to see Miss
Skittles alone, but now he felt as if he
would welcome any member of the Skit-
ties family, even the cook, with feeling
approaching enthusiasm. Finally he
heard voices in the parlor. 1t was Miss
Skittles and young man who had come
home with her and entered the side door.
And they sat there at the window, not
thirty feet from Manglebury, sparkling
and cooing, and every now and then max
ing some disagreeable remark about Man
glebury, until at last the visitor left and
Miss Skittles locked the door and closed
the shutters and went to bed. And the
dog never moved until morning, when old
Skittles came down to look at the ther-
mOmeter and found that faithful guardian
still watching over the miserable Mangle-
bury, who still sat in the chair in which
he began to wait for Miss Skittles. Old
Skittles offered to shoot the dog, in order
to soothe Manglebury, but that person
was beyond reach of such remedies. He
was too mad. He cut the Skittles family
dead and he is endeavoring to select
social circle whose members do not keep
dogs. He hates a dog worse than doc
tor hates healthy climate.-M0c A@e'S''
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

THE GOD OF PEARL.

BY ELLEN FRANCES TANEY.
SEEKING they found beneath the ripping blue
of great Eastern Lake, rough, harsh sneIl,
Whose pearl-lined doors, unfOlded, gave 10 view
Great Buddha's image carved and fashioned well
OF radiant pearl The priests OF Buddha tell
That God who fills all nature this can do"
How came it there? You unbelievers smile,
Whose Buddhas other guse and semblance take.
Yes, it is true, it came through priesty guile;
They, in their generation wise, did make
The heavenly virtues of the shell to wake,
Their God to glorify and man beguile.
Through what fiery pangs, or by what secret throe,
The shells strange owner could such wonders do,
They did not know, nor can |. wiser, show
What spirit stirred, what stream of life ran through
The creatures veins, as, day by slow day. grew
The white pearl mist DER the lead god, aglow
With soul of flame and fire and leaping blue.
The means were false, but clearly the thing said,
That God is everywhere" is always true
Yet, as the pearl stills hold lOvelier red
In some neW-glanCing light to flash, instead
Another meaning in my fancy grew.
For ouce, I counted it an alien thing,
Into my life thrust by some hard, blind fate,
This new, deep sorrow, loss, and suffering,
Which limits all my powers, and seem too great
For that life's compass TO embrace yet, "Waiti''
The legend said and this new light did bring
If, through my suffering, Gods image grow
To bcaaty i'll my heart, can be still
Content that none my secret task should know,
Content that all should reach my meaning ILL.,
Or day and night its single purpose fill,
And life be dimmed that the new glory glow.
I may not know when sorrows crown is won.
Nor say, behold, my slow-wrought gem is bright.
Some other-Death, perhaps-holds to the sun
The dartng splendors Of its fire. thrilled white.
For, you remember, that to give it light
The shell was broken-Well, the work was done.
Atlantic Monthly for N0Uena6er.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24
Suffering Shreveport.

& THE fever is not abating any as yet, but
for the material it has to work on, 1t is as
bad or worse than it has been yet. 1t is
now among the negroes, and working out
in the suburbs Of the city, and is IN equally
as malignant a form as at first, except
with the blacks it is not so fatal. Inc
interments yesterday, were nineteen, three
of which were negroes.
The distress is still perfectly terrible,
not only with the poorer classes, but with
many who have plenty OF property, or
could give any kind of security; but they
cannot borrow money at any saerl1lce-
it is not here, and, even if it was, the pro-
visions are not here to purchase. We are
closely quarantined from every point OF
the compass, and, in consequence OF that,
and fear of the disease, no country people
come to town. The result is, you cannot
get chicken, eggs, butter, or anything
from the country that the .convalescing
need. !. The mutton is exhausted, and
nothing but poor beef, and very little of
that. is in market. Of course all Texan
beeves have been turned from this
market, and no one will drive here as
long as the epidemic lasts. All that the
"Howard Association" receive is distrl-
buted at once among the poor and desti-
tute.
Every business-house in the city is CLOS
ed, and the proprietors are. either II IN tnelr J.
graves or gone to the country Among
the leading firms that have oieo aio
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24
THE NEW WORLD.

Dispatches from Pennsylvania, of the 14th,
were to the effect that the Republicans had
been successful in the elections in that State
on that day. Gordon, the Republican candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme Court, had
been elected, though he ran largely behind his
ticket. Mackey, the candidate for Treasurer,
left Philadelphia with about $4,000 majority.
His majority in the State would be nearly
double
Returns from Iowa up to midnight Of the
14th indicated that Carpenter, the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, had been
elected by from $4,000 to 40, 600 majority. On
the county, local and legislative tickets there
had been desperate contests, and some of the
strong Republican counties had gone for the
"Anti- -Monopolists. Mahaska County, here
tofore giving 1000 Republican majority, is re-
ported as giving $4,000 "Anti-Monopoly" ma
jority. There had been general scratching of
tickets all over the State.
In Ohio the election on the 14th passed off
quietly A dispatch from Columbus says the
Democrats laid claim to large gains, and
asserted that the Legislature was suf-
ficiently Democratic to secure the re-elec-
ton of Senator Thurman. The Republicans
had claimed the State for Governor Noyes by
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

The Shakers originated in England
about the year 1770, though no now connl1eu leu
between five and six thousand, and call
themselves them the "United Society OF Bellev-
ers in Christs Second Appearing They
believe that Christ has appeared, ana the
Command to multiply had ceased.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

A youth of eighteen, who claims to
be the grandson Of the Duke OF Bruins
wick was refused permission to attend
the funeral by the authorities, on the
ground that to accede to the request
would be to oppose entirely the provls-
ions of the Dukes will.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24
A Frost at Memphis.

THE Memphis Appeal thus describes the
coming of the frost at Memphis: "While
it was yet twilight, and ere the dappled
east had yet opened the gates of day to
the rising sun, hastily -attired men and
women, with semi-nude children in their
arms, were out in the streets, breathing
the precious air of the purifying frost.
Here, STOPPING down, one gathered a
handful of glittering hoar-frost, which,
pure and beautiful, lay upon the earth,
and, gazing on it with somewhat of the
gladdening spirit width which the Isra-
elite gathered the mamma in the desert of
Arabia, exclaimed: 90, God! we thank
Thee for this blessingp Others came and
touched with reverential fingers the pure,
cold messenger of health, as If to satisfy
themselves, like the halfbelieving
Thomas of old, that the savior of the city
had not risen but descended from heaven
to save the people from the destroying
angel of the pestilence. Groups OF men
and women moved from place to place, to
prove by cumulative evidence that indeed
it was frost, and not some optical Illusion !;
that the wished-for guest had not merely
confined its visitations to one locality, but
enjoyed the freedom of the city. Here a
pale face, once handsome woman, with
tenQer OdUe dI IeT DredSt, kHelI uOWH Oh
the cold ground to thank God that the
frost had comet Poor, stricken heart! !!
she and her orphan boy were all that
the pestilence had spared out of once
happy family. Strong men, bare-headed
and bare-armed, walked excitedly hither
and thither, rejoicing in the fact that a
physician had come, to whose nostrums
the whole faculty must yield precedence
as the only true panacea for the terrible
yellow fever Windows and doors were
thrown open, wooden and cotton garments
were exposed to the disinfecting agency
of the cold and rarefied air, and every
where in the city, as we'll as in the vicin-
ity of the infected region, the enthusiasm
was marked, if not fervent and joyous"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

OF the bridge at st. Louis, recent dis
patch says: "The two center sections of
the arch between the western abutment
and the first of the bridge, each consisting
of an upper and lower rib, were complet-
ed recently by the insertion of the key
or center tubes, and that portion of the
feasibility of the original plan, and its
success is regarded as one Of the creates,
triumphs of engineering skill the world
has ever seen. The two remaining ribs of
this arc, which are only partially con-
structed, will be finished at once and with
ease, and the three grand arches OF the
bridge are expected to be finished by the
middle of December"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

There are about $50 pupils in the
State Normal School at Oshkosh, Wis.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-24

The best color for faces-Water-
color.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-03-22

MORE LIBERALITY.-The Post Office
Department seems bound to run the mails
regardless of expense. We last week
characterized as eXtravagant the placing
of the Trinity Center Postmaster's salary
at one cent day. We are now called
upon to record an even more reckless use
of the public moneys. Several months
ago the people of Hay Fork and vicinity
petitioned for post-ollice and weekly
mail service between that place and
Weavcrville. In due time, bout a month
ago, official notice was received that n
post-ofice had been established at Hay
Fork and that Mr.. A. ID. Bayles had
been appointed Postmaster, with a salary
of twelve dollars per annum. This, Of
course, would not pay any one for at
tending to the duties of Postmaster, but
as the Office bid fair to be of great benefit
to the peple of that section, there was no
objection made. The petition upon which
the office was established, set forth among
other things that the mail could be car
ried for the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars year. No bids were asked for,
but Mr.. Bayles has received q communi-
cation from the p. o. Department, stat
ing that the office was established out
side Of the regular routine Of business
and that the Department was not at pres
ent authorized to advertise for bids for
carrying the mails. The Postmaster was,
however, empowered to employ a suita-
ble person to perform the service, at a
charge of not more than two-thirds of the
Postmaster's salary. 1t is required that
the mail be carried from Hay Fork to
Weavervlle and return once week.
The distance to be travelled each trip is
about sixty miles, and takes two days.
Eight dollars year for this service may
seem a reasonable compensation in the
eyes of the p. o. Department, but people
here fail to "see it in that light" The
up-shot Of the matter is that the Hay
Fork post-office is Il dead letter and the
people over that way will still be re-
quired to pay an eXpressman twenty-five
cents for each letter they receive. Two
hundred and fifty dollar year is certain
ly little enough to pay for service over
this route, and it would furnish mail fa-
cilities to nearly five hundred people
who are now deprived Of the benefits
arising theretrom.
LArER.-Since the above was in type,
and by the last mail, Postmaster Hartman,
Of Weavervile, received notice from the
Second Assistant p. NJ. General that a
contract has been made with j. S. Hoyt
for carrying the Hay Fork mail from
April lst so June both, 1878. We do not
know at what figures, but presume that a
bid sent in by Mr.. Hoyt some time ago
has been accepted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-03-22
LEGAL NOTICES.
u. s. LAND OFFICE,
SHASTA. CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO A PLACER
MINING CLAIM.
MARcu 18th. IS13.

MARCH 18th, 1873.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, to
~ whom it may concern, that Joseph
A. Smrdivant, James Il. Anderson and
Tiltord b. Wasky, whose Post Office
address is junction City, Trinity County,
! California, have made application to the
Government of the United States, for
Patent to the following described Placer
| Gold Mining claim, viz: Known rs the
| StuIdivant Placer Mine, situated in June
ton City Mining District, in Trinity
| County, State of California, being bound
cd by the mining claim of Bergen, ct al,
on the South Easterly side f; on the North
and East by unoccupiod public lands /;
and on the West by the Placer Claims of
lIagar and Haas E; and more particularly
described in the field notes and diagram
on file in this office, as follows, to-wit {:
On unsurvcyed land, commencing at a
quartz rock 2i inches long, Is inches wide
and II inches thick, marked IL 4 :, ut
the 5 w corner of the claim, and run
ming thence N540E II. 80 chains to post
in n mound of rock marked S Il Co ;
thence N490 f $50 chains to post in
mound of rock marked 5 Il Co thence
N45o + 3.6l chains to post in n mound
of rock marked S IL Co thence NIL T.
l-tU ClutIlS W II lllllt-Sttllt lttk ~ lilNlltS
long, II inches wide and inches thick,
marked 5 ~ Co; thence N20oW 9l2
chains to Il post in a mound of earth,
marked s & Co, ON the West end Of
| Sturdivant and Company's reservoir en-
| bankment thence S760 45' w l4.30 chains
to n post in mound of earth, marked
w on the North boundary Of the claim /;
thence NS5o w II chains to n post marked
III & III in mound of earth at the n w
corner of the claim thence Sl00E 1900
chains to a post in n mound OF earth
marked II Il II, on the West boundary
of the claim thence S470E S.92 chains
to post in mound of earth marked ii Il
II thence S20oW 1852 chains to the
point of beginning at the S w corner of
the claim containing 55.03 acres. The
corner common to Townships 81 and 33
n Range, and West, Mt. Dablo Base
and Meridian bears S70o30 T. 047 .95 chains
from said point Of beginning.
All persons holding any adverse claim
theIeto are hereby required to present the
same before the Register and Receiver of
the United States for Shasta Land District
ut Shasta, California, within sixty days
from the first day OF publishing and post
ing hereof.
JOHN S. FOLLANSBEE,
marl5-60d Register.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-03-22
LEGAL NOTICES.
u. -. LAND OFFICE.
HUMBOLDT, CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO A PLACER
MINING CLAIM.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
IN O. l.. Slack, whose Post Office ad-
dress is junction City, Trinity County,
California, has made application for II
Patent for the placer mining claim known
us the Bed Rock Tunnel Placer Mine,
situated in Canon City Mining District,
Trinity County, State of California, and
described in the Plat and Field \ otos on
file in this office, as follows, to-wit:
From the 18th initial station on an island
in Canon Creek, var. lSol3'E N2So Il LA
chains to the starting corner of the claim
set post marked O. l.. s., in n mound OF
rocks, for the S. w. corner Of the claim ;
lst course N25o + $40 chains to Gwin
Gulch, 20 links wide, runs West thence
4.i3 chains to 0. l.. Slack's water ditch,
links wide, runs West thence 1880
chains to set post in mound of rocks for
n. w. corner of the claim 2d course
SG6o30'E + 90 chains to Wagon Road
from Canon City to Junction City; thence
ll.25 chains to set post in mound of earth
for \. T.. corner of the claim Sd course
$50 w 10 chains to Gwin Gulch, 20 links
wide, runs West thence 1870 chains to
set post in mound Of earth for :. +. corner
OF the claim; 18th course West l2.35
chains to and closing on the starting cor
ncr, containing l2.35 acres. The corner
common to townships 81 and 33 n Il 5
and West NJ ID NJ, bears Si9o22' 4
| 1899. so chains (calculatcd) which locates
said claim in Township 81 n K, IL w,
NJ d NJ. Adjoining claimants, lst course
bounded by mining lands claimed by the
Hog 'cm Company on the ID, 3D. and 18th
courses by mining land claimed by Chris
tian f. Wolskey and Charles White,
and known as the Prussian claim.
All persons holding any adverse claim
thereto are hereby required to present the
same before the Register and Receiver OF
the United States for HUMBOLDT Land
District, Eureka, Humboldt county, Cal
itornia, within sixty days from the first
day of publishing and posting hereof.
Dated Jan. 2lst, 1873.
@-@ c. f. ROBERTS.
Register.
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