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Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

The San Francisco Bulletin corros- nondent at the State fair at Sacrs- mento, thus discOurses on what he saw and learned
 AMONG THE SHEEP MEN.
 Wool growing is an important in dustry in California. If it Is not as profitable as can be desired, the trouble lies mainly with the farmers themselves The farmers know this. but the State has not yet passed through the transition era from the old Mexican stock to the more profit able breads The exhibits of blood ed stock at the annual agricultural fairs have done much toward deve!- oping the wool interest. They have shown what can be done where care and attention are bestowed upon the animals. When more attention l. paid to sheep by our wool-raisers We shall no longer find the California staple selling at less figures in the Eastern market because the wool Is dirty and the fleece short. The exhi- bition of sheep is leading depart ment in the State Fair. Several focks were yesterday on the ground and before the end of the week these will be considerably augmented. The critical examinations yesterday made by those farmers in turl show the general interest taken in this question of developing our wool interest. When an exhibitor pulleia d short spec linen of tue wool from the thorough bred sheep. an air of amazement seemed to characterize the farmer. A new light was dawning upon him. Why should not be grade up his stock and produce wool which is certain of a good market, instead of continuing to run along with his old Mexican stock?
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
Sherif's Sale.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CoNcERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
 DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECT-TTON IS-
 ID sued out Of the Justice Court Of Chas
 II. Meyers, Esq, Justice Of the Peace oi
 Precinct Number One, Pima County, Ari- zOna. Upon a Judgment duly entered m said Court on the Zsth day Cf september
 A. D. 1875. In favor Of John II. Archibal1,
 plaintiff and against George W. Atklns CO., defendants, for the sum of Three nun dred 300 Dollars, together wlln the Nc, crued costs thereon, tO-wit: The sum oI
 Seventy l70l Dollars, and together WitH LilS
 accruing costs thereon. Now, by virtue or
 a levy made under the said execution,
 will sell at public auction tO the nlghess
 bidder on the 18th day Of November A. D. 1875, at 10 o'clock A. M. Of said day, ID
 front Of the Courthouse door at the VIE lage of Tucson, County and IerrilolJ
 aforesaid. all the following descrl bed pro-
 perty or SO much thereof as will satlslJ the said above named judgment, percent age. accrued costs, and costs accruing; All the right, title and interest of the sala defendants of, in and 10 that certain ouiIu- ings and improvements appearances thereto, situate, lying and being IN tne County Of Pima and Territory or Arlzous and being known and designated as Ilo ! Six Mile Ranch, situate about SIX mics In a southwesterly direction from CainP Grant, and every part and parcel o' In' | improvements ,o, y-t ! Dated at Tucson, Arizona, October -S. 70 [ VIM. $. OURY, Shs-in- [ By c. 4. SHIBELL, Under Shern
 | October 3s, 1878.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

THE other day Detroit husband went of on a fishing excursion with a small party of friends. Returning at midnight he pounded on the door and awoke his wife As she let him into the hall she saw something ailed him, and she cried out:
 "Why, Henry, your face is as red as paint"
 Guesser ant. he replied, feeling along down the hall.
 And l believe you've been drink ing" she added
 "Whazzer mean by zhat? he in- quired, trying to stand still.
 "Oh, Henry, your face would never look like that if you hadn't been drinking.
 Mi to blame ?" he asked, tear. in his eyes.
 "Sposen big bass jump up'n hit me in the face an make it red-mi tc blame
 And he sat down on the floor and cried over her unjust suspicious.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
SPANISH MERINoS.

Severance and Peet of Niles, Ala meda county, are known all ever the State as Spanish merino men. They came to California from Vermont some four or five years ago, because they were convinced that the State offered great advantages for breeding of this class of sheep. They have done well, and have obtained fair prices for their animals. Las. year they took the sweepstakes with their ram BL,- = leg" which they Aav, since sold for $l4OO. and his "Blackleg" sheep has been deported by the purchaser, an Englishman, to the vicinity of Paso Robles, for the purpose of grading up stock in that section. This year Sew erance and Pset show forty Spanish Merinos, competing for first class pre- miums in everything in the field. Mir Peet informed your correspondent that Spanish Merinos flourish all over the State, except in moist alkali districts. They are doing well in Alameda couu- ty, San Joaquin county, and in the northern counties generally. The average length of the fleece for six months gro~th is lI inches, and if allowed to continue for twelve months without shearing, twice that length.
 EXHIBITS OF JRoPsH.H~ SHEEP.
 Hoyt and Pierce Of So'ano have on eNm''ion five imported Shropshires, and some of the same breed raised in this country, several graded Shrop- shires, and three cross breeds between the Shropshire and Spanish Meriuo. The imported stock was brought from England, under the immediate super vision of MT. Hoyt, The importation occurred in this way: One of the firm of Pierce Bros, of San Francis co, was ln England for two years, at tending conSlgnmeuts of wheat. While there he attended some of the English aSrcultural shows and was particu- larly struck with the length of staple of this breed. The firm with which ne was connected made an importa- .uon on speculation, and the Shrop- shlres now found in California are mainly descendants of this stock. MT. Hoyt states Sthat ordinary lambs fieec- es of the pure Shropshires run all the way from 233 to 2S pounds each. He claims another advantage for the Shropshires-that they are admirably adapted for cross breeding. His grad ed sheep on the common California stock certainly show a fine length of staple Tn support of his theory. In his cross between the Shropshire and the Spanish Merino, he has produced wool with the fineness and crimp of the Spanish merino, coupled with the long fleece of the Shropshire. The exhibit of Hoyt < PieIce are certain 10 command the attention of Califor- mia wool-growers.
 A FINE COLLECTION OF TRENCH MI =
 ISOS.
 R. A. Branton of Dixon. Solano county, IS a breeder of French Merlin os. He exhibits three or four pens of thoroughbreds and several fatted sheep. They are tirst-clsss specimens. His blooded sheep produce an aver ] age fleece of thirteen pounds, and his Ithoroughbreds run from eighteen to thirty-fve pounds. according to age. One he sold to 4Ir. Berry of San Francisco, and Is now on that gentle mans ranch in Meadocino county. and when last sheared, produced a fleece weighing between thirty-fve r2 shsrf,-
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
TnE REASON FOR SHORT sHEARINa IN
 CALIFORNIA.


 Scsb in sheep is not particularly attractive subject either to write sbou or to read. Still it is one of the ut most importance in connection witt our wool-growing interest as being mainly the cause why our farmers shear twice 6 year instead of once 8 year as in tie east and in Australia Shearing every six months causes California wool 70 have the reputation of short fleece.
 NECESSITY OF A sCA9 LAVA sUG- GEsTIoN TO THE INCOMING
 LEGISLATURE.
 In conversation with two or three breeders yesterday, an opinion was expressed by them that the CalifOr- mia legislature might dc much to- ward improving the wool growing in- terests by enacting 8 scab law. Such statute is i'll force in Australia, and is said to produce beneficial results. This disease, es Is we'll known to sheep-farmers, is contagious. If one flock, clear from the disease, comes in contact with another suffering from it, the pure flock soon becomes infect ed. Or if healthy flock grazes over the same pasture where an infected flock has pastured short time pre- viously, the healthy flock is certain to take the complaint. In Australia, there Is a sheep inspector whose duty Is to inspect fiocks, and if he finds one which has the disease, notice Is served on the owner to apply the well known remedies. If the owner fails to show healthy anImtls within the preScrIb- ed town, the government officer takes the matter iu charge, and if he effects a cure the owner is charged with the cost. Should all efforts fail, the sheep are burned.
 THE REMEDY FOR THE DISEASE.
 Both NIT. Holt of Suisun and Mir. Feet give the annexed as a certain remedy. The disease Is produced by q parasite. which can easily be killed by stacking some lime in water strongly impre-nated with sulphur and tobacco. warmed up to one hun dred and ten degrees, and then dip ping the animals into 1t. A1r. Holt states that he has cured sheep affect ed, with one was ing. and Mir. Pect has never known these washipgs to fail. 4 strong solution of tobacco will of it self effect a cure, but the addition of lime and sulphur does the business more quickly. The disease Is often greatly aggravated by the lirty condition of corrals. which ought to be frequently cleaned out and whitewa,hed if sheep are to flourish.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
For Sale.

UNHE HUABABI RANCH, GOODFARNi- | ing land with fine ditcEes and never failing water. SiNtN-fve miles south of Tucson. \ bargain IS offered. For particulars apply to this office or te
 4. (. BENEDICT Tucson. Oct. {
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

NEW GOODS NEW GOODS !!
 Just Received by SAM'L. H. DRACHMAN,
 - the best Assorted Stock of General Mer-
 chandise Ever brought to this market. consisting oi LADIES and GENTS
 FURNISHING GOODS, PERFUMERIES and
 TOILET ARTICLES, WHISKY, BRANDY and
 NATIVE CALIFORNIA WINES, GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS, MENS and BOYS CLOTHING,
 BOOTS and SHOES,
 CROCKERY, SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO, GENUINE ALABAMA CIGARS.
 PATENT MEDICINES, LOOKING GLASSES, all sizes, HANGING and SIDE LAMPS, And other articles too numerous to men, tion, all Of which will be sold at the Low M a k q { IS a C s
 for Cash. Parties ordering goods from the Country. may rely upon getting Just What they order. Any article purchased that does no, prove as represented, may be returned to me by express al my expense. We consider it no trouble 10 show goods. Ton will find it greatly 10 your advantage to call before purchasing elsewhere. Store Corner Main and Congress streets.
 s. II. DRACHNAN. rucSCn March Q, 1875.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
Hides, Pelts and Wool Wanted.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL PAY THE | highest price CASH DOWN, for all marketable hides,
 SHEEP SKINS. DEER SKINS,
 and also for WOOL, at my office in Tucson.
 I. GOLDBERG, Agent. Aug. q, 1875. H-12r
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL

cos M0P0LITAN HOTEL
 TUCSoS, ARIZONA. 4+. 4. Wilt. Proprietor. V'HIS NEW AND MODIO l hotel extends on Main Street from Pennington 10 Ott, in the most desirable part Of the City.
 The Proprietor now feels Justified in so- liciting patronage in the full assurance that he can please all who may become his guests.
 Special cure will be taken Co accOmmO- date families as well as others in an uneN- ceptionable manner.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
Tn 25, 50, and IO0-Pound Sacks GRAHAM FLOUR, BRAN, CORN-MEAL, SEMITILLA
 and CRACKED WHEAT.

\ liberal discount will be made on regu- lar rates to merchants and others purchaS- iug large quanti les.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

nUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL V operation, we are prepared tO furnish the market with quality or Flour, which we guarantee far superior 10 any manu- tactured in the Territory, and fully equal To the very best imported from California We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and al our several agencies
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
Passage Rates, etc.

Passage Rates, etc. Per q. sj. V. Co.'s Steamer. YUMA TO SAN FRANCISCO; Cabin 500 Coin. steerage 40 Freight on Wool per ton, $40. Accommodation, FIRST-CLASS.
 l. POLHAMUS. Jr
 General Superintendent.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

Arizona a Citiz e T Ss-JOB OFFICE 1ss Is supplied with A FIRST GLASS .HACHLNE DRESS And therefore has Facilities for Printing
 All kinds or STOCK CERTIFICATES. LEGAL BLANKS, PAMPHLETS,
 PROGRAMMES, LETTER HEADS, INVITATIONS. ENTEL LOPES,
 BILL HEADS.
 POsTERs,
 CARDS,
 TICKETS, ETC. ETC. Neatly aud to Order MINING DEEDS FOR SALE AT THE
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY., - OC4O ODHH 'O' ''''
Sheep.

The San Francisco Bulletin corros- pondent at the State fair at Sacrs- mento, thus discOurses on what he saw and learned
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
Pine Lumber and Shingles for Sale

Barley and Corn In any quantity at Lowest Possible rateS
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

Three Qualitiesof Flour,
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30

Per q. S. V. Co.'s Steamer.
Arizona citizen., 1875-10-30
The Book of the Season.

MOST MAGNIFICENT CHRISTMAS
 PRESENT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
A Mammoth Hennery.

Two brothers named Gaff have estab-
lished mammoth hennery in Colorado,
ten miles from Denver. 1t covers about
four acres, which is laid out like vii
lage, with streets and avenues, along
which are built long rows of houses of
various designs. Regular families of
hens are assigned to these houses, and
it is found that they quickly domesticate
themselves without troubling their neigh
bors. The population of the village is
about 1000, divided closely into social
cliques of Brahmas, Cochins, Shang-
haes, and Dorkings, and the chief pro-
ducts are eggs and spring chickens.
Sundays included, the industrious ma
irons of the village turn out daily from
forty to fifty dozens of eggs, which are
sold in Denver for from thirty to fifty
cents dozen. The brothers Gaff ex-
press but single regret, and that is
that they did not found their colony fif
teen years ago, when eggs brought five
dollars a dozen, and spring chicken
was worth q pennyweight of gold dust
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
Cattle on the Cars.

In shipping cattle in cars, says q
drover, it is absolutely necessary that
the animals should be kept upon their
feet, The cattle will lie down at times;
one steer gets cast upon the top of an
other, and unless the underneath one
is quickly extricated he will die of suf-
location. The labor is to get half suffo-
Gated steers on to their feet This is
done by prodding them with spiked
poles, twisting their tails, and, in very
extreme cases, in other ways, such as
gouging them, putting tobacco in their
eyes, etc. But exhibitions of brutality
on the part of shippers are not so com
mon as is generally supposed, and 1
noticed that the railroad men quickly
rebuke anything of the kind. A sulky
bullock is certainly most exasperating
animal, and it is only in such cases and
when their tempers are sorely tried that
shippers display brutality. As to the
use of the pole and twisting the tail
highly Objectionable as they nndoubted.
ly are-I do not see how the handling
of cattle could be carried on without
it. 1t is momentary pain, and, by
causing the cattle to get up, it certainly
saves them from the slow tortures Of
gradual suffocation.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13

2,249. .... The ceremony of imposing the bar
retta upon Cardinal Nc cCloskey took place with
great pomp at st. Patrick's Cathedral, New
York. Tho cathedral was handsomely de-
corated. There were many priests present
from all sections of the country. .. Resolu-
tons were adopted by the ex-Confederate
soldiers at Memphis inviting everybody, re-
gardless Of past differences, to participate in
the decoration Of the graves Of the Confederate
dead. -. Planters in Tennessee are complain
ing greatly of an unprecedented destruction Of
mules horses and cattle by the buffalo gnats.
1t is estimated that within ten days 100000
worth of stock was killed by them within aradius
Of hundred miles, taking Memphis city as the
center of the circle. ... A party of strikers al
Lowell, Mass, encountered number Of "nob-
sticks" and an alteration ensued, ending in Q
row. A number of pistol shots were fired, and
one striker was wounded but not seriously
Two Of the strikers were arrested by the police
..... BY the explosion of a coal-oil lamp the
house Of Mrs. Rachel Haley below Mount Car
bon Pa, was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Haley
body was found in corner of a room burned
| to n crisp,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
About Labor.

Mr.. John Walter, M. P, principal
proprietor of the London Times, in re-
cent address, calls the gospel 4" of
many bad workmen in various parts of
the world the adage that "good work is
bad for trade" In other words, thor
oughly and honestly manufactured ar
ticles last too long" The tendency of
competition is cheapness rather than ex-
cellence; but those who follow this idea
forget that the reputation of the work
man is found in the durability of his
work, and that when an article breaks OF
falls in the hands of the purchaser, the
character of the maker breaks or falls
with it. The discipline of labor is to
teach conscientious thoroughness. The
workman should take pride in his work,
or, to use significant expression, "put
his character into it." The sentences
with which the address concludes are
No station is so high as to be exen.p pt
from this duty; none so low as not to bt
dignifed by the faithful discharge of it
The works themselves upon which al
this labor is bestowed must, of neces
sity, perish; but the qualities whicl
have been gained by the faithful ant
honest discharge of the daily duties o
life will endure forever, and find scop
for their exercise in higher and noble
anhere
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
A Good Thing.

To prevent the numerous accidents to
which railroad trains are liable from one
car jumping the track, it is proposed to
apply to cars kind of shoe, consisting
of a clamp-like arrangement which is af-
fixed between the wheels of each truck.
This runs about two inches about the
rail, and if anything happens to throw
the wheels from the track, the clamp at
once grasps the rails, holds the car on
the track, and brings the train to q
speedy halt. Such a shoe will, it is
claimed, prove great saving of railroad
rolling stock, and will add one-third to
the strength of the truck, it being con,
structed of iron and weighing about five
hundred pounds. 1t is found, by ex
periments made with cars provided witt
this device, that the arrangement insures
perfect security against the class of acci
dents it is designed to meet; and it is
also estimated that, on account of the
additional strength which such an at
tachment must necessarily supply, ca
must last twice as long, on an average
with as without it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
When any AntidOte

Or remedy for any particular class of
disease obtains wide-spreading noto-
riety, it is but reasonable to suppose that
it must merit the popularity it receives.
1t is within our province to mention that
DIR. j. Walkers California Vinegar Bit
ters, so long and favorably known as the
safest and most reliable remedial agent
for the cure of liver, kidney, bladder,
and glandular diseases, mental and
physical debility. and all complaints
emanating from a corrupt state of the
blood, ETC., are in great demand. So
satisfied are we of the intrinsic worth OF
this medicine, that we do not hesitate to
notice it in our columns. 1t is well to
mention that this medicine iscompound-
ed of roots, herbs, and flowers of Cali
fornia, and has no fiery material or al
cohol used in its preparation. We car
add no better eulogium than the fact
that we use it constantly in our owl
family, and each member thereof par
takes of it, when necessary, according
to directions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
AS BROAD AS CIvILIzATIoN.-The agent

AS BROAD AS CIvILIzATIoN.-Th agent
of the Wilson sewing machine company will in
a few days, sail from San Francisco for Chill in
South America, where he will open branch
house and exhibit the world-renowned Wilson
shuttle sewing machine at the grand exposition
to be held at Santiago, under the auspices of
that government. BY this step the Wilson
sewing machine company will complete the cir
cult Of the globe. They have already immense
agencies in China, Japan, British Indies, Eng
land, France, and throughout South America
Supreme in its superiority over all other sewing
machines, the Wilson goes on widening III
field year after year, carrying the blessing of {
cheap, capable and perfect sewing machine tC
tho remotest haunts of civilization. Machines
will be delivered at any railroad station in thi
county, free of transportation charges, if or
dered through the company's branch house a
827 and S29 Broadway, New York. They Sent
an elegant catalogue and chrome circular FREE
on application. This company want a few NOR
good agents.-GOm.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13

The liver is the great depurating or blood
cleansing organ of the system. Set the great
housekeeper of our health at work, and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood and
rot out, as it were, the machinery Of life, are
gradually expelled from the system, For this
purpose Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
with small daily doses of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets are pre-eminently the articles
needed. They cure every kind of humor from
the worst scrofula to the common pimple,
blotch or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly
heal under their mighty curative influence.
Virulent blood posons that lurk in the system
are by them robbed of their terrors, and by
their persevering and somewhat protracted use
the most tainted system may be completely
renovated and built up anew. Enlarged glands
tumors and swellings dwindle away and disap
pear under the influence Of their great resol
vents. Sold by all dealers in medicines Com
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13
A Plague of Rats,

A Rangoon correspondent of the Lon
don Times whites to that journal as
follows While Bengal has lately strug
gled through famine crisis, the Kurens
country, lying on the confines of Bur-
NAH proper, has narrowly escaped a
crisis of the same kind, but in this in
stance rats, and not drought, were the
cause of the scarcity. 1t appears that
certain parts of Burmah are periodically
visited by a plague of rats. Hosts of
them march across county, and attack
the roots of the crops and the grain in
the villages, and actually drive out the
people, and cause whole villages to be
deserted by their depredations. Such a
plague had appeared near Tounghoo,
and some suffering had arisen in conse,
quence, but the government appear to
have provided food for those in want of
it, and all fear of famine is how averted.
A forester, but few weeks since, as he
was going to visit the teak forests rented
by large firm in Bombay, witnessed
the passage of an army of rats as they
crossed the Sittang. He was at that
time gliding down stream in his boat
and the boatman called his attention tC
large black mass swarming down the
nigh banks. They turned out to be rats
and as they swan across the river the,
kept kind of military formation. He
represents their numbers to have beel
myraids. They passed close to th'
boat, and were large field rats. TIL,
late DIR. Mason, in his book on Buhmah
mentions the plague they were to tn
country, but until their depreciation
had spread to such large extent as the.
did last year their presence was ignored
1t appears that they generally keep nea
hilly country, and scour the plains a
seasons when the nuts or fruits in tn
hills fail them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-05-13

DAVIS PAIN KILLER.-This article
needs no comments from u.s. but the real worth
of so valuable compound compels us to give
publicity to it. The Pain Killer we keep con-
stantly at hand and have done 30 for number
of years, and have administered it for ails of
all descriptions, both external and internal,
and have ever found it to be the best remedy
extant. We well recollect its first introduction
for public patronage; it was then sold in few
shops in the city look at it now-the world
are its patrons. Sold everywhere.-Com.