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The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
A BafberOus Story.

The following humorous account of
the way German BARRIERS treat their
victims is supposed to be written by a
California boy to his home people:
| had my hair cut yesterday for the
second time since l have been here.
The BARRIERS here must be licensed as
professional torturers by the govern
ment. will describe the modus
Operandi. and / think that you will
agree in my opinion of them. They
seat you on chair and then tie kind
of night-gown around you, taking care
not to tuck it in at the neck, and then
they commence operations with
grand flourish of a big pair of shears,
which look large enough to cut your
head off. They then proceed to cut
the hair at the back part of the head.
This is done in an artistic manner by
pulling a couple handfuls of hair out
by the roots and reducing the person
b ng operated on TO a state bordering
on insanity. After having made the
patient sufficiently nervous they begin
operations around the ears. They go
along pretty smoothly for a few Sc
conds-just long enough to delude the
poor fellow into the belief that his
sufferings are at an end, when down
comes the shears into the ears, cutting
off: the tip and extracting = howl of
pain and rage from the sufferer. The
barber smiles blandly and assures him
that it is nothing, only a scratch, and
also tells him that he should have
lodged the shears. The poor fellow
now concludes that he will do his best
to dodge the next cut, and successful
" eludes six or seven well'directed
blows, when the barber resolves on
strategy. He gets directly behind the
chair, places the shears in his right
hand near the right ear of the person,
then taps the left ear smartly with
his first finger of the left hand. The
victim Immediately throws his head
to the right to escape the expected
blow on the left, when down comes
the shears on the right ear, cutting a
good.sized chunk off, at sight of which
The barber sets up shout Of delight
and dances around the room in state
of the greatest satisfaction. .-.*-
The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
Summer Care Of Hogs.

A Western swine raiser says: "For
the past three years have been We: y
lucky with hogs. Have a pasture of
about thirty-five acres, not much grass,
but plenty of young oaks, hlckories
and hazel brush, with plenty of run
ming water. keep salt and sulphur
in trough where they can help them
selves, with pile of charcoal, and it
will surprise those who have not tried
to see them cat it after every feed of
corn. Probably a field of clover with
running water in it, would be the best
pasture that hogs can be kept i'll. Par
ships are the best root crop that can
be grown for swine. They eat them
eagerly raw, and many farmers grow
them especially to feed to their hogs" "
The writer experimental feeding
parsnips to hogs, and found that it
was profitable, and would recommend
the attention of farmers to the cheap
ness of that food. Parsnips are grown
with little trouble. The yield is enor-
nous, and hogs fat so readily when
fed upon them that there need be no
excuse for lean pork.
The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
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The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
1t Won't Do.

A correspondent wants to know if
the first week in August is not the best
time to set out strawberry vines. We
answer no. Not in this latitude. It
won't do to set out strawberry vines
later than from the Goth to the 25th
of May. And they would be all the
better if set out the last week in April.
The difficulty with strawberry vines
when set out late is, there is not time
for them to take root so that they can
not stand our winters. The early
vines become vigorous, and deeply
rooted in the ground, which, with a
slight mulching, is pretty sure guar
antec they will not winterkill. The
Wilson is the favorite. though there
are several other varieties in the State,
but the Wilson yields fruit that will
bear transportation, while the fruit of
the most of the other varieties are
soft and are crushed in the boxes while
being sent to market. The Wilson is
rather a tart fruit and inferior in quail.
ity, but pleanty Of sugar makes it pal.
atable.
The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03
The Peasant of herzegovina.

COrnnH MagaZlnC.
As we got higher, the number of
people coming down the mountain in
creased. The women were all dressed
in the long white Dalmatian jacket;
while the men wore the round scarlet
Montenegrin hat, with the initials of
the Prince, n. I. (Nicholas ~, em
broidered in gold on the crown, and a
black silk band round the edge, put on
as mourning for the occupation of Ser
via by the Turks.
In their belts cleaned daggers and
silver-mounted pistols, while all had
on the "opanche," or sandals, made
Of ox.hide, which we, in our stiff-soled
civilized boots, could not help envying
when we saw the ease with which
they enable their wearers to climb.
The agility displayed by them was
astonishing. They quite disdained the
winding path we followed, and went
straight down the side of the noun
tain. those at the summit holding long
conversation with their friends far be-
low.
Gazing at the silver buckles and
necklaces these Herzegovinian women
wore, we wanted to purchase some of
them; but it is curious how 10th they
are to part with their finery. They
will go about in rags, and yet keep
their caps covered with silver chains
and coins. Our old hostess, seeing /
had a fancy for these gewgaws, beck
Oned me to follow her; and taking me
up a ladder into garret, the dirt and
dilapidation of which it would be ha-
zardous to describe, she unlocked a
wooden box, in which was, stored
finery that might have made Duchess
enviOus. She had one belt, for which,
she said, she gave EGO. 1t was of mas
sive silver, with ever so many chains
and ornaments hanging to it. Beside
this, she had at least forty or fifty
shirts, embroidered in colored silks,
for fiesta days. particularly wanted
one of these, and offered her a hand.
some price, but she would not sell.
"No," she said, II am keeping them
all for my daughter, when she mar
ries," pointing to the pretty little girl
who held lamp for us to examine the
family splendors 'sand she can read,'
she added, $50 she ought to make
good match.'
The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03

No business occupation or employ.
ment is so sure to be remunerative as
farming, if the necessary conditions
success are complied with. Out of
nothing, nothing comes, and this is as
true in agriculture as in any other
pursuit. Hundreds of farmers are
complaining about poor success; they
are expecting something to grow out
os nothing. Their fathers and grand.
fathers have been taking off the
cream of the land, and they expect to
do the same, when, in fact, the supply
is exhausted. Plant-food has been
carried off from the farm 50 long that
there is little if any left to manure
crops. Tender plants springing up
and grow on air and moisture they
thrive in early spring, but there being
no strength in the soil, the scorching
such bakes the ground and dries them
up so that there is small return for
all the labor. The soil is not to blame.
Nature is not to blame. But the far.
mer is to blame who expects some.
thing to come from nothing. Making
the soil rich in plant food with
thorough culture will make farming
ing a renume1ative employment.-
Ohio Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1876-08-03

These figures are their own best COM
ment. They will surprise those who
have been listening to all the stock de-
nunciations of the Administration
The net proportional loss Of the ''good
old tines" when the Democratic
party was in power, was from eight to
|twenty-six times as much as during
Grants administration. The net loss
of the last Democratic administration,
inaugurated twenty years ago, was
$8.77. The next administration was
Republican, and the loss was reduced
to $2.07,-a clear reduction of $6.70
on every thousand. The loss in Grants
first term was ST. so, less than that of
Linco]n's or of Johnson's. The loss
during the second term was 81 .0l, the
lowest OH record. The ''gross loss''
has fallen off equally with the net loss,
it being during Grants second term
only 26 cents on the thousand, which
is only about one eightieth of the total
in Van Buren's time, and about one
tbirtieth of that in Buchanan's Fig
ures more eloquent than those are not
often produced.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08
TIE CITIZEN.
L OCAL NA TIERS.
Tucson Financially.

As every citizen does or ought to take an interest in the financial management Of Tucson, we herewith give a resume Of receipts and expenditures for the past year. as they appear in the official report .of Village Treasurer l.. \. Fish. The fol- lowing is the result for the year as per .treasurer's report Of date Decem Der 20, 75:
 Balance on hand from preceding year, S2oS.9i; cash received from c. II. Meyers, recorder, from sale Of town lots Sls9. 8, from same, sale Of block No. l6l, Sl2l, from same, Drachman lot sf5O, from same, room rent, si, from same, fines. s4, from same, on account Of plaza, s36l. from same, Fuller lot, SI5.5O. From D. Davis, licenses, S'6, from F. Esparza, licenses, S96, road tax, S55, dog tax, SIS. Total re- ceipts, Sl559.7z.
 The expenditures for the same time are as follows:
 By warrants li2 to IT, inclusive, to clerk .of elections, McDermott, s; Marshal Da- wis, Sl6; John Wasson, printing, s46.5O; l.. .C. Hughes, lot on plaza, $50; 0. H. Mey- .ers, recorder, SSS.75; F. Esparza, marshal, s2f7-50; <. W. Carpenter, recording deeds, S6; II. $. Stevens, house and lot on plaza, Sl60; A. W, Barnard, two mules, S225: s. Hughes, surveying, s35; J. Vasquez, over seer prisoners, sl0G.66; c. F. Colton, wagon, S204; II. H. Holt, wagon, sI7O.l0;C. D. Love joy, special marshal, ST 50; H. Ott, special marshal, sl5; 4. Linn, special marshal, SIS; P. Burruel, special marshal, sl5; c. Rodrigues, special marshal, sl5; Wasson X Brown, printing, Sl9.5O; $. Hughes, lime, S7; John LUcle, work on culvert, sIO. To- tai expenditures SI5l6.5L Balance to cred 1t, S4&26
 During the past year the old buildings on the courthouse plaza have been bought and removed; wagon and pair Of mules have been bought; a substantial culvert has been built on Meyers street; prisoners have been employed in work on the schOOl-hOuse, and on the streets.
 Al the meeting Of the Village Council on the d instant, bills were audited and allowed as follows: F. Esparzs, marshal, SIS S5; c. II. Meyers, recorder, S37.5O; R. \. Leatherwood, keeping corporation team, Sll+ Bill Of John Lucke laid over sill next meeting.
 Outstanding debts against the village corporation are as follows:
 Fully, Ochoa X Co, materials on cuIvert. S6606; F. ESparza, marshal, S7S.S5; C. II. Meyers. recorder, S37.50; John Lucke. building culvert, S9O; Davis & Nelson. dog collars and bucket, SlO; Wasson & Brown, printing, &; R. Y. Leatherwood, keeping team, slli. Total indebtedness, S4OAn.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08
Progress on the Artesian Well.

Nearly year ago, we noted the fact that MeSsrS. Mccoy, Goldberg and per haps others had in contemplation the sinking Of an artesian well in Tucson; that the village authorities had encourag-
 cd the project; that the machinery had 1 been sent for; and from time to time since,
 referred to items of labor in connection ! More or less doubt and some errors gener- ally attend the first Of valuable enter iprises in new place, and SO with this well, but now all doubt Of success seems removed, and the day Of success near at hand.
 We visited the works Thursday morn ing and interviewed MT. James Sproal, director Of the work and an interested party with ". W. Mccoy, I. Goldberg and Charles T. EtcheIls of Tucson, and James
 Hickey ofLos Nietos Of Los Angeles coun-
 ty, California. At the time Of our visit, the depth Of eighty-two feet six inches had been reached and rather rapid progress
 was being made. At twenty-three feet down, hard rock was struck and coutin-
 ued twenty-eight feet. where common red .clay was encountered for twelve feet, after
 which small gravel filled in with clay was struck and continued up 10 the depth
 named al the time Of our visit. The twen- weight feet or rock was difficult Of pene- tration, but after it Mir. SproaI not only re- gards the ground favorable for sinking
 but the character indicative or water-in fact water has stood in the pipe above ground and now does nearly 10 the top; but this often occurs and is not held to be positive proof Of artesian water near at hand. He says the most shallow artesian well Of flowing water he ever sunk, vas one Of seveuty-two feet in san BernardinO, SO that while flowing water may soon be found, he will not feel at all disappointed if he has 10 go much deeper-eyen hun dreds Of feet.
 While many towns and scores Of cities are worse of for water than Tucson, it is always desirable to improve the quality and often the quantity. The blessing or abundance or good water from the clean and deep bowels of the earth, is a great one, and may the greatest success attend the present enterprise in Tucson. Mil lions of rich acres near about here will soon be increased an hundred fold in val ue. if this we'll be a success.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FIRST JC- | dicial District. County Of Pima and Ter
 G;o5rEe o;,'i - ". Prescott pIaintf, vs The Vul- ture Mining Company oi ArlzohH' aeieH-
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to The Vulture Mining Company Oi All z0ra. the defendant above named.
 You are hereby required Co appear m an action drought against you by the above Tor,ed pIaintiT in the District Court Oi the First Judicial District m and TOT the COuntv Of Pima in the Territory oi All zona, and tO answer the com plslhe u's VI with the Clerk of this Court al ucNon m said County, within twenty daS s.H,.j.., sfve Of the day of servicel after the service on YOU of this summons, 1T served m this county: or if served out or thls county oGt in this district, within thirty days ID '44' other eases forty days.
 The said action Is brought tO recover the sr4r-1 of Twenty Thousand One Hundred, Twenty 66-IO0 d0ilars in gold coin ol lne Tinted SfatpS due from the ueieuuitut tp the plaintiff upon certain pIoiili7,1 note made by che deieuOahL on tue 10 --1 @ day Of December, 1871, pay&olr one 1@S IsS aff4r date othe order of II J- Epclu N rp- and by them endorsed, and dtliEtre' u' the plaintiff, who IS now the la" tui oWlil. thereof for value, with interest thereon IH United states gold coin at me rtte 'l pnc and One-quarter per cent pe- noun ~ Iii. I |
 Thousand and Seventy-TwO 4l-lJ0 dollars said prOmissOry note being paruc1i " described in the complaint Also IoI me me terest on the said sums %. on" any O'iI .. ' 0uarfar par cent. per month in gold com | Of the United states, from the date oi saId action until paid. ,.,-.f~-,.,, | And you are hereby notlhed that v yo. ! fail 10 appear and answer sad com 2 ltilli as above required, the plaintiff VIII iake Judgment by default against you TOT 'lie . whole of the said sums amounun5 t9 Thirty-TwO Thousand ana Ohe 5l uli,.l ..r, '; !; and [irety--rhree O5-iGU dOllarst m gold coin of the United States or its equlValeh ! in currency of the United states; also lh' terest as therein demauCed ana SostS- , l ,.f,.r, under my hand and the seal Oi
 The District Court of the F irst Judi
 cial District Of the Territory Of Arl'
 zona in and for the County ol - ma, this Z-th day ot December' NO | JOSEPH NEUGASSt Clerk- ! EVE. I. BEARDsLEY, Deputy. ,o : January l. lo46.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

THE Supreme Court of Arizona met here last Montay. Present Judges E. F.. Dunne and c. 4. Tweed. On motion the court was adjourned until Thursday or this week. Upon convening Thursday, the case Of Charles Linn, plaintiff and re- sPondent versus samuel Quong, defendant and appellant, was called, and on motion Of c. H. Oury, attorney for respondent, the appeal was dismissed. The court was then adjourned on motion Of Lewis c. Hughes, Esq, to Monday, January 10, out Of respect to the memory Of J. E. NcCaf- fry, Esq, deceased, late an attorney Of the court. Judge De Forest Porter of the Yu- ma district, arrived by stage Of Thursday. full bench is present.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

SOLOMON WARNER's Mission FlOuring Mil is a success beyond expectations. He turned the first water on the wheel Oc- tober % and up to January l, he took in I79,O00 pounds or wheat, and after that about 2l.O0O. Everything moves smoothly and the work of the mill is wholly satis- factory to propnetor and patrons In its possession, MT. Warner enjoys deserved and prosperity.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08
Hoard of sIsOrs.

The Board of SDrs of Pima
 county met in regrsion on the
 3d instant: all the ITS and clerk
 Carpenter were preThe counsy
 treasurer and tax co settled their accounts; delinquer list for the
 past year, to the of S26G7 S6l
 was turned over to hsurer by the
 tax collector and st of verifca-
 tion made.
 Ordered that thef be relieved ! from all liabilities collector forI the year 1875. Orthat the dis .trict attorney be reto file an ad- ditiOnal bond in thant of $500, for faithful transa of business relative to delinqukes for 1875, bond to be approvC chairman of the board and filed rd's office on or before January dered that the resignation of consC. Rodrigues and P. Burruel be sd, as per re- quest. Ordered tlG. Buttner bel appointed constablneXpired term of c. ROdrigues. ,red that the county physician tructed to att tend L. J. Morales idigent person,
 and that she be al S15. for oneI month only, for rfto be furnished by the chairman ( board. Board. adjourned.
 Board met 10 oa. m. January ,.
 Ordered that resin of justice of the peace, NJ. c. iiego, be accept ed. Ordered ths chairman be. directed to pay S53O.S5 to the. county treasurer, ' on hand from delinquent taxes 1874. Ordered that P. Burruel pointed a consta- ble for Tucson p;t No. | Order ed that J. H. ( Nnath be appoint ed justice of he ? for Tucson pre- cinct No. l Ord that no more water be pal for ais board for any purpose, oiceI ofice whatsoever. except durg them of court and then for oiy the ad amount deliver ed. Orded that luel Lopez and b, notified place on the road sew miles frcTucson. a good and subantial br. not less than twelve ct long, ,ss the acequia which ley have dacross the main road. accounts weaudited and al- lowed ad warrants 64. on general fund, aounting to i0516, and war rants 10 3, contingefund, amount ing to 25288, were led. Board ad- journe,
 Boat met 10 O'clOt. m. January :. AccQnEs allowed anyarrants 6 and  j6, sneral fund, amding to S141.75, werl issued. Tie strict attorney iletdelinquent t8 r,for 1874. whole lmGnt having ben llected by him rec,0ted for, anddeict attorney re .iey of cOnne6ol herewith. Or. ler4'to grant petinof school trus tees tucson dist-i Hc 1, for permis ,ionO use such lrdo of the school 'undn the treasu a1l to be received IS ca>be sfsgr. sSfSslredi is5s aaT paying all cur 'ent opens, if s,hools during pres mt ten, fople liuidation of the in lebteless, 9Ser 2OOO) on the new Ordered hat nices beposd that proposals fol iOOri, two r1o.s in the court hous' viz, thecounty sheritfs anC 'ecOrc's offices,vill be received un il 10 clock a. T January 10. BoarC .djOurd to 10 clock January 10.
 The tai outanding indebtedness 'f Pimeounty date, is Sl4S3lG6.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

THE village election came off on Tues day as per order Of the authorities, and resulted as follows: For Mayor, Charles H. Meyers received IIO and J. II. Toole T votes; for Councilmen, R. V. LeatherwOOd received TO and Samuel Hughes, ST., l67- both being elected without opposition; E. E. Fish I50 votes for Treasurer, A. c. Butt ner l69 for Marshal, Geo. F. Foster I69 for Assessor, and Juan Borques l65 for Pound master-alI three being elected without The labor Of all the positions to something and the remunera- ton nothing-save an occasional grumble at acts only intended for the general vel fare.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

PARTIES interested in land matters,
 would do well to confer with W. W. Cur .uss, whose card appears in THE CITIZEN to-day. He has had an experience Of four teen years in the General Land Office, and therefore is familiar with all regulations
 and decisions Of the office regarding every
 class Of lands.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08
Sealed Proposals.

CEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE SUP - plv of One Hundred Thousand Pounds lO0.DO0 ns. of good Merchantable Flour, 10 be delivered at the Chiricahua Indian Agency. Apache Pass, Arizona. will be received at the office of Iully, ocnoaN ' Oo-. TucSoD. Arizona. until l2 o'clock M., on Tuesday, January II. lS76.
 Samples 10 accompany each bid.
 THOMASJ. JEFFORDS, U. S. Ind. Agf
 January l. lS--"
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

WEATHER warmed up early in the week; by middle clouds appeared; on Friday and evening considerable rain fell all about. This morning att o'clock, water stands al many places in the streets and the sky is overcast with clouds betok- ening rain.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

THE law card or Judge H. V. Alexander appears in tO-day's CITIZEN. The Judge has a reputation for ability and reliability and we believe those having legal busi- ness ln Yuma may well entrust it with him.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

MR. RITTER returned from the Upper Gila last Monday, whither he had been to survey the town Of SafTOrd into lots and blocks. He has a map Of the survey com pleted in good style.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

ON December IS, First Lieutenant F. A. Whitney, Eighth Infantry, was ordered to inspect the public buildings, etc, at Camp Date Creek, abandoned. with a view to some disposition Of the same.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

Gov. SAFFoRD, Dr. Bronson, Maj. Blake nev and NIT. Ewing returned from their hunt on Thursday with three deer-one Of which weighed two hundred pounds after being dressed.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

MR. E. s. MITCHELL, Of the southern overland mail line, left here on Wednes- day for nasty trip toand from san Diego. He had just returned from one over the route eastward as far as Silver City, and put everything right. He says the reason why we do not get the Silver City Herald, Is because 1t has not been published late Y for want Of paper. Sorry so good a pa per should stop even temporarily, but glad to know exactly why it is not received.
Arizona citizen., 1876-01-08

FRED MEYERS train arrived from Yuma early this week with government freight, accompanied by 9 lot Of recruits-thir;y- two for Grant. thirty-two for Bowie and some for Lowell