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Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17
OTIS APPOINTED POSTMASTER

Washington, Sept. 7.-Theodore W. Otis has been appointed Postmaster at Prescott, Arizona, vice James S. Giles, absconded.
 The above item came to us, through the Los Angeles Express of September Sth, just as we were going to press
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

MusIc by the EiCth Infantry Band tomorrow afternoon on the Plaza: l. Ola Baldy-Quickstep. 2. due Foscari. 3. Cesarc Valse. f. Cayatina Anna Bolena." 5. Polka Revista.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

LETTER LIsT-Tbe long list of letters pub lished in this number is occasioned by the fact that since Postmaster Giles. absconded, no list has been published until now, and MT. Adams has madea complete list of sll the letters re- lnainng in tho office.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

TIE new brick yard of Hill X McGill is locat- cd in the lower end of Mocllcr's field, northeast of town. They have secured the services of Jas Burch, an experienced brick maker from the wards of Sacramento, Chico and Red Bluff, Cal., where they arc noted for the fine quality of the brick they make.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

The dissolution of partnership by the with drawal of Maj. w. B. Hooper from the firm of Wm. B. Hooper & Co.,, doing business in Califor- uia and Arizona, will be noticed in its proper place. Col. J. NJ. Barney will continue tho busi- ness of the late firm.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

JUDGE il. F. SoNNrAG returned from San Fran cisco. via Ehrenberg, yesterday. He informs us that the Date Creek water-spout cid great dam- age to the road between Ceilings station and Date Creek. Charley Beach has men at work on at in order to get his freight teams over.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Dan OLearY brought In a rich specimen of copper orc from tho Verde for Hutchison & Thornc's Cabinet the other day. but In showing it to the crowd some one pockctcd 1t and we failed to get sight of it.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

ENLARGED.-Thc Oakland Evening Tribune, and Los Angeles Weekly Express, of California, and tho Beaver Enterprise, Utah, come to us greatly enlarged and improved.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES BY c. & A. STAGE COMPANY FOR THE WEEK.-ATTicdls J. C. Crane, Mir Alexander, mail agent, M. $. Roe San Bcrnardiuo; Geo. Young-Skuli Valley; Il. r. Sontag- Kirkland Valey.-Dpcrttges G. Ellis-San Bcrnardino; E. II. McDaniels-Cer- d ha.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17
Local lnteIIigence

SPECIAL NOTICES in the reading columns ,oiA be eharged a the rate of THIRTY CENTS per Eae for first insertion aud t,0enty cents the for each swbseqment insertion.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Several meetings have been held lately with a View to building bridge across Granite Creek at the Guriey street crossing. Nothing definite has sci been arrived at
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Hussy arrived with his stage from Los Ange- les and San Bernardino on Monday, bringing seven passengers and lot of apples and pears The latter found ready sale at s5 cts. per pound.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Will D. Southwortb, Esq, publishes his law card, with copious references, to-day. He is going after his profession red-eycd, and deserves to succeed.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Mir. c. F. Cate, well known as the former Clerk of Maricopa county, has purchased the Nifty Saloon and has an advertisement in this paper. Read it and then go and sec if it isn't true.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17
Church Notice.

Services every Sunday, at I0J0 the Methodist Frs ooTal Church, Marina street Prescott Sunday chol immediately after service. REV. b. H. WRIGHT pas,or
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

The chapter on wOmen's stockings on the first pare is intended to be read by ladies only.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17

Gray P Foster, who was reported very sick in San Francisco, is better and oa his way home.
Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-17
Ranch for Rent.

My Ranch. in Salt River Valley near Phocnix. is f,r rent favorable terms For particulars enIuirc of Rush & Wells. Prescott C A TWEED Thnnix Angnst rNln
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23

\ hog raiser and pork-pacl1er in Iowa
gives the following statement as his eNpe-
rience in the business .--'IIe has demon
-trated to his entire satisfaction, that after
Ills spring pigs had reached about three
hundred pounds they ceased to grow with
any profit His pigs on the first Of January
weighed nearly Is much as they did on the
first OF February notwithstanding he had
kept up the feeding. lie is a great adyo-
cale OF taking good care Of hogs He
would never shut up his hogs more than
FIVE weeks before he wants to market them.
Ills food early in the tail was pumpkins
steamed and mixed with middlings, the
proportion being about onc-half bushel
ot middlings 10 forty gallons Of steamed
pumpkins. His object was to develop the
bone and muscle Of the hog without adj
ding fat This he continued three months,
and then pnt them in close pen and led
Them on meal and middings steamed.
After shutting them up fol five weeks they
gained two pounds a day until they reach
"a three hundred pounds, and then ceased
to grow 70 any extent"
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
NUMBER 25.

ed as soon rs | could see my path and ar
rived ut the mills about breakfast time
When | told my sad story the excitement
and grict among the men We're general,
| and there was not one but was most anX-
ious to 20 with me to help Nose Every
body seemed to love him
After Il short rest | left on the return
trlp with Colonel McGee, the head officer
OF the establishment, and three stout men.
They struck through the woods in d-
agonal direction, avoiding the path to the
cabin, tor they seemed to know from my
description where the rayine lay When
we arrived there early in the afternoon
We found Nose alive and cheerful, though
evidently breaking up fast. We lifted
him as gently as possibe-though the
spasmodc working of the muscles of his
face gave evidence of the pain we made
him suiler-lad him on i'm extemporized
barrow, and carried him slowly and care
fully t. biz cabin. IIe was in dead swoon
when we got him there and laid him on
the bed on which Jack had died When
he came to he seemed pleased to be at
home
lie fingered for two DAYS. The colonel
tried to make him understand that he
ought 10 make some disposition OF hi5
property. but he said that Of course all
his blunt belonged to the painter-man,
for it had been Jacks, and Jack loved
him Best after his father This OF course
we could not permit, aud after much
trouble we got him to put his mark un-
der document drawn up in my sketch
book, though he said he ''ddD't care a
uurN what come oi It.uOW F. bV which he
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
The Better Life.
BY MARGARET L. SANGsTEE.

BY MARGARET L. SANGSTEE.
From SiIken cords Of earth's delight,
From iron chains of care,
q set rs free, when in Thy sight,
Dear Lord. we knecl in PRAYER!
Forbid that dreams of ease and cheer.
OF transient thoughts Of pride,
Should make an alien atmosphere.
10 drift Us from Thy side.
Forgive if moaning discomfort
In unbelief complains;
Forgive if when our hearts are rent
We only feel their pains.
Still! come Thyself in darkest hours.
And cleave the gloom with rays
So bright that all our grateful powers
Shall turn from grief to praise.
Still cOnSecrate our joyful times
With bliss beyond compare;
While faith the spirits strength sublime
And robes of light We Wear.
q, lift us 10 the better life
These shadows come and 90.
Bat where Thou art. above The strife.
The winds oi heaven blow.
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
VOLUME 4G.
When to Sew Clover.

Harris Of the Agriculturist writes as iol-
lows on this subject:
My own practice is to harrow the wheat
three times i'll the spring. We 60 over the
wheat both ways with the harrows, and
then sow the clover seed and follow with
the harrOws to cover the seed. If the
ground is very hard the harrows do not
break up the crust sufficiently to afford a
good covering for the seed, and if dry
weather follows we have Il poor catch on
these hard spots. have my doubts as to
which is the better plan, but am inclined
to think that SO Tar rs securing q good
catch of timothy and clover is con-
| cerncd, 1t Is better TO give up narrowing
winter wheat in the spring anI to SOW
timothy seed i'll the fall and clover seed
| very early in the spring. 1t depends very
much on the soil and season. The harrow
ing helps the wheat and Kills good many
weeds and on sandy loan the harrow
leaves a good seed bed tor the clover, and
if we are favored with a few showers we
are pretty sure of a good catch of clover
Last year all my clover rfaled, My wheat
also is a poor crop And do not feel like
giving advice | am enjoying a short spell
of humility | have to whistle and keep
| have thrty-two acres oi capital barley
seeded down with clover and timothy,
which seems to be II good catch. But my
clover last fall was Just as promising and
Yet it was all Winter-killed except along
the fences and dead iurroWs, where the
snow protected it | do not like TO own ii
even 10 myself but think weakened the
young clover plants by letting my sheep
nd l,.,t Can
shall at any rate keep them out of my
clover this fail
had an old timothy meadow which |
pastured last fall pretty close, This year
the hay was not over BALI tom per acre
| had another meadow, which, owing to
the fact that we sowed part OF the field to
rye, we could not pasture alter the first of
September. The grass on this meadow
was as thick and heavy rs il could grow
We got more hay from one acre of this
meadow. than from four acres of the other
have always thought that it did not hurt
meadows to pasture them in the tall, but
last winter WAS SO unusually cold and the
soil so dry with little or 40 snow to cover
it, that slight coat OF grass was of great
value as protection from the severe cold
winds. and also probably proved useful
as a mulch during the dry weather OF
spring.
have also twenty-five acres oi good
rye, seeded down last fall with timothy
and the drier portions sown also with clo-
yer III the spring. The field has a cheer
tul look. Ihr ee or four acres. where ma
nured heavily for nangolds tour years ago
j. particularly pleasant SPOT to visit dur
ing a fit OF the blues Tho rye is six feet
HIGH and as stout as it can grow 1t is |
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
A Haunted House,

pioSi%fhy OF Dr. John Todd, recently
published:
Hardly were they settled in theis home
when there began to be rumOrs that the
house they occupied was haunted" 1t
was large three-storied house with brick
ends, wood front and back. 1t was well
lighted with a multitude of windows. It
stood III the midst Of thick neghbor-
MOOD, other houses clustering I'LL around
It, In short there was nothing about the
house, inside or out, that would lead one
to suspect that 1t was the place where
| ghosts would resort. 1t was the last place
one would select for murder to be com
mjtted; and yet the house was sid to be
haunted 1t stood empty, and strange
| noises Were heard in it. Sometimes it
would seem to be filled with groanS, then
again with sighs, and then the puttor ot
little feet would be heard and then the
walls OF an infant. The neighbors became
excited. Some heard noises Of all sorts
! some only one, and some almost heard
them. In the night, when all was stiffness
and darkness, the noises were the most
fearful. Some felt sure that s.all was not
| right there; some said strange secrets
lie concealed within these walls; some
We're very sure that murder had been
committed there and tbe dead o;,n w,s
| haun1inr the place. They were NOT pxartIy
quite sure whether the murdered one WI
full grown man, as the many oroanS
would seem 10 Indicate or vhnt6rr' II w,.
4 little child whose feet wnra o,ttino nn
the naked floor They we're almost a7r,iL
TO pass the "bauntpd horsn,, in tln ,,irht
and no one even in the davtimn IarnI tn
etter it.
Az had occupial tine houso I,.t and
as had lost my little infant there if was
natural that s6ould hnarofit. And thon,,b
| believe no one octuallv .rruS.J me nt
murder vet thcv shook their heads and
arched their brO,Ts. and thullaht fh,. ,yhol,.
thing wonderfully stranre, At lir,t mid
no attention to if bnt as th4 birts hecqloa
louder and the whispers deener md tl,o
murmurs cleared | saw if wouId iaiu,r
the character of TIN, house and prevent th,,
owner from rentinG il even # II !iJ moi ir-
lure me must confess bownvc. th,t thn-
/ c0uId never hear noises ~ nassrd
bv in the eveuino vet the testimony st,o-
rered me determined therefore to in-
2estioate il myself and that vary ,nIirtl,
SO | procured heys and strange to sqt.
went towards fine bou.p ,nd was .rao ia
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
Health Hints.

School houses need thorough yentil-
alton If no other adequate means are
provided, the teacher should see that the
windows are lowered enough to secure
rapid change in the air, without having a
current blow upon the pupils Close air is
very oppressive to students, makes them
sleepy and unable to learn readily.
School children should live upon plain
diet, eat wheat meal bread instead of flour,
refrain from parties of all kinds, and from
eating between meals and should take
abundant exercise in the open air
Apples should not be eaten between
meals but used as a dessert following the
meals A good, tart, mellow apple after a
meal is an aid to digestion Its acid assists
the solution of TODD in the stomach, and
is very agreeable to taste"
REMOVING STuMrs. A friend asks us
what can be done to get rid of stumps in
ieidS-Whether crude Oil would not cause
the stumps TO DurH more readily In our eX-
perlence we have found it preferable to re-
move stumpS with machines made for that
purpose and burn them afterwards If do
sired. 1t is Slow work burning isolated
stunps IN field and the same amount Of
time uprooting them will be much
more effective. A good team, horses or OK.
en-, with a stump machine will clear quite
a space OF ground in a day, andifthe grounC
be stony, the work may be further pro
gressed by filling the holes where the
stumps came from with stones to within
eighteen inches or two feet of the surface
Crude oil is not very inflammable and un
less used in large quantities its only etfec
is to clear the surface Of the stump and
make it last even longer than it other
wise would. Rural New Yorker
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
A Pardoned Man Dies 3a Prison.


| IN lne Executive ChanloeF al fhr Albany
capitol IS record OF an apPdGAliuH i"f
| pardon tor 'john Parsons, confined At 9In@
| 9thS lof Hufdcf, Nhlch ''oN. bI\, "'l'f
que delIberat.on gtahled, hHi WhlcH tA'
| prisoner strangely enough, dt1Lliru w
| accept. y leW utS' rih'' tl'f' "l ''
9lhg 0Ihg lhe same 'onn i'F7' .'0' .'
| had pccn an lnlhitl' "I lh' pII''H ''t
| three ahd twenty Years. lie went mere
young man, and cane out u &raI aa-
ed corpse lie WAS originally c''I"trl
| OF murder IN the tlrSL degree. 'nd cos
| demned to imprisonment l"r me- lh"H@H
the JURY ne u'eu 10 say, Htood ut orc
tImc siN Iof cohNIctioA ana SIN i"' acIu..-
taL lie oilen spoke "I tie ctAhe, "h"7
was Ihe hliiN9 'i Il to'HPlliI'h' '''ii''.
o1 accident Nutn ne 'IIhl y hlrlAl Y
ueai MN pio"' 'l.eT o'!u- 7'Iu'N ".-'
ms hIoW l"oA one me- however "Aj
ruined another lhe surname Oh lho e''.-
Eitl "d7 almost lUI7"Itet! "h'ii ne ale '"-
rs iof many NeatS he h,td oeeh hH'"" ',t
n" othet IMAM JoAh' lie was lnN'N
Sood-natuieU IenvW' say lhe GU hhr'i
SIC lagIe, ana enjoyed many pHFile2 r-,
SucH a9 running efritHd9 To lhc Village
ana DONG ou@ JopS ABOUT lhe piatt, ohi
acting at Tunes a. servant to tAe Wal
| denS, ~hd generally m@Nng himself u~r-
iul. On one occasion nc begged very
! hard to be allowed TO visit New lur>,
and the permission was accorded. !ie
went alone, and was seated at theatre
that same night. when one OF the guards
OF the prison, VINO was OIL oh IeaN% "l a0,
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23
How ;ha Nations will be Fed and
Lodged.

'NIo ho!l'e"o'G n'iP.oN el'ehi3 nave
'G'ii ii'""t ~ Iile Hotel 'ctolilllo lo''''Ilon9
"i ",i'ooiPn'" ~ tnt'GiP'''."i |i n" u
t'''i''''lH "ei'',,n5' Nv "ullI7 'iie ceutet'l,'l
@"''s?H 'ii"N y. ;ne l",''v heePe1S lltN r
9i71i'ou 'll Iiltntiol - "'1o ploI iUlHs loI
2"e lGrePI.oil ol IiSi'ois. from llie lnI7l-
'h 10y ",opl"s - ~ til'3 ',i"N ,,, oiii''r''
~ - N''''t''' 'i''. ~ 1e.''I PVott'
g.il ''' c'Hl'"i ''pI% i''Po't II''0-t'l''o -
,''OD0 ~ IL ''3e,,, III - Il ll''V
houses; i't5' 9'ico nav "eo,' le'(ti'''
H. lI'lie y 'no ~ osV' 'v',9 - ''t' o'',
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as 90 'I'''V 'ao '''''i ii'il " ''i'
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The Republican journal., 1875-12-23

a woman in Stonington saw fire by
the side of the railroad track the other
evening, and upon going To the spot found
Il man there who said he built it to warm
himself. She went home, but being suspl-
cious that there was something wrong, re-
turned to the scene the next morning ana
found around the ashes ofthe ire tour large
packages of money, principally currency
and small bills, aggregating about $50 900.
The packages, which appear to have been
taken from some bank, were turned over
to the selectmen of Stonington, who depos-
tied them in the Stonington bank. 1t is sup
posed the man seen at the tire is an accom-
pice of some thief on the train, and had
built the fife as signal to the robber to
throw off the money at that point; but be-
lieving that his crime had been discovered,
decamped before the arrival of the train,
unknown to his pal, who answered the sig
nal as previously agreed,
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23

The Ohio river is the greatest coal car
rier in the world, Notwithstanding the
TACT 1t IS frozen up during most CT the
winter, and nearly dried up large por-
ton OF the summer. A rum of coal
was made during the month Of July last,
when 375,92S tons were shipped in forty
eight hours. 1t would have loaded over
81, 900 eight-whee1ed cars, which would
have had to be made up into about l 900
heavy freight trains.
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23

1t was an Indiana farmer who remark
ed; II want to 60 to heaven, but when a
cow kicks me Pm bound to wallop her
with the mik-stool if never get within a
mile and halt Of the gates OF paradise! ="
The Republican journal., 1875-12-23

The New York Tribune says that q ctl-
zen of Lexington has in his possession a
quill of Il condor which has a history. 1t
was given to Henry Clay in 1924, with an
Injunction never to cut it until he was
elected President, when he was to write
his first message with it. In case he We're
not elected, it was not to be cut until a
constitutional president wrote a consti-
tutional message for all the states After
Mr.. Clay's death it was given TO Millard
Fillmore, but he was likewise unable to
use it, During the last campaign the
owner determined to give it to MIR. Gree
ley should he be elected. The quill, which
is still uncut, is over three feet long. and
is as large round rs n mans thumb.
A lady thinking it time for her little girl
to put away childish things, informed her
that Santa Claus was a 'made-up" person
that there was no such person at all.
Upon which the child, with becoming sol
emnity, asked: "Mamma, have you been
telling me lis about Jesus Christ, too y
, 1875-12-16

and hashing up all our daily local news
for his weekly edition.
As to the forged dispatch which he
says was signed by '.H. A. Webster,
Collector of Customs" and directed to
the LtelHgencer jointly with the Port
land Journal, we have only to say that
Mr.. Webster never sent a special dis
patch to the fatelligencer over his official
signature, and if any such was sent. it
was without his knowledge or consent.
The assumption that Mr.. Webster
deemed tle Portland Journal and hitel-
ligencer as the two journals of such vast
power that their good will must be pro-
pitiated by special official attention on
his part, is simply ridiculous and en-
tirely unlike him. The probable e1-
PLANTATION of that dispatch is. that after
We had paid all and much more for dis
than we could well afford, which we
gave to the public gratuitously, one
came from Port Townsend upon which
the charges were $3S, containing no new
or important fact worth the cost. This
was addressed to the DISPATCH, Orego-
nian and CAL. We surrendered our
right to thoTcopy and gave permission
to the operator to make any disposition
of it he saw fit. Soon after IN extra
appeared frona the Il.lellige,acer Office
with dispatch Importing to be ad-
dressed to that paper and signed" IL.
A. Webster, Collector Of Customs. We
thought then, and still think tina. was
small portion of our rejected dispatch,
and that the address and signature were
manufactured for the occasion. Soon
after this, Captain Starr mentioned to
us what surprise it was to MIR. Web
ster to find himself published as the
special correspondent of the lntelligencer
in his official character. We thought
nothing of it at that time but as one OF
those little tricks TO which an editor of
small mental calibre and devoid of truth
or professional honor, will resort to give
his paper currency and standing, and
only alluded to it incidentally several
" eeks afterwards to show the character
of the man who was making false
charges against his betters.
We have never had occasion to speak
of the Mteiligencer but as a public nui-
sance; newspaper directed and con
trolled entirely by the personal spite
or private interests of its editor, that
never contributed in any degree to the
material prosperity Of the town or any
public enterprise, but on tho contrary
has at times bent its best efforts to dis
courage immigration and manufacturing
enterprises, and at all times the advo-
cate or apologist of squaw brothels and
gambling bells, and in full sympathy
with all that is low, vicious and de-
PRAYED, while very few, if any, of our
most enterprising and reputable citizens
have escaped its censure or calumny.
A chronic grumbler, meddler and OBJ
structionist, its chief support is de-
rived from those who give it aid only to
placate its abuse.