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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
A Musical Mountain In Nevada

A gentleman of this city who has
been taking n look among the old
abandoned mines of Truckee district
made a critical examination of the
musical mountain, of which n good
deal was heard some years ago, when
the mines were first discovered. Some
of the early miners pitched their tents
at the foot Of the mountain. and were
not a little surprised and puzzled at
hearing, during the quiet hours of the
night, tinkling sounds that seemed to
prevade the whole atmosphere, coming
from they could not tell where. The
sounds were not unlike those of small
music-box. At times they supposed
that the sounds were caused by the
wind playing among the twigs on the
d Of the mountain, but they found
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
A Singular Dream Verified.

The Troy, IN. " Times of Saturday
relates the following incident, the for
tunate dreamer being II former SYRIA.
cusan
Dryden says
dreams are but interludes which idle fancy
Makes
but L.ucius Wright, of the American
House, holds II dissenting opinion. Last
Wednesday he lost n diamond pin fol
which he paid 1872 ten years ago. Mr..
Wright retired to rest last night very
much fatigued. Upon falling asleep he
dreamed that he would find his pin at 4
certain place in n barn on his farm in
Lansinburg, where he had been labor
ing on Wednesday. This morning Mr..
Wright proceeded to the spot, and much
to his surprise discovered the pin.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
THURSDAY, NOV. l. 1877.

SAdrertisers rin make note Of heJdct
that THE LEADER has a larger circula-
tion than any paper published in Wyo-
nainq.lSD
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
that this solution wonld not answer, as
the same bushes were found everywhere,

while the musical sounds were heard
nowhere else on that side of the noun
tain, at the foot of which they were
camped. They spent much time in
scouting about and listening of nights
and quiet hours during the day, and at
last tracked the strange sound to Il
great bed of small pieces of rock that
covered the slope Of the mountain.
These bits Of rock We're fnnnd to be
quite sonorous. and the miners con-
cluded that the sounds they emitted
were caused by the action Of the wind
among them. The gentleman who
recently visited the mountain says he
went to it expecting 10 find II u good
deal of a humbug, but found it much
more of n curiosity than he had antici-
pated; the mingled tinklings much re-
scmble the sounds of an ;e1lian harp
and frequently attaining n startling
degree of loudness and distinctness.
The sounds seem to rise and fall, ap-
proach and recedc, rs though caused
or governed 10y the wind. On n close
examination it was found that the
small flakes of rock covering the face of
the mountain contain n large per cent.
of iron. This iron is supposed to be
magnetic, and there appears TO he a
constant motion among the chips of it.
which appear to cover the ground to
the depth of several feet in many places.
The whole drift of broken rock seems
to be moving down the slope of the
mountain with the slow creeping no
ton of n glacier, and the Slipping over
each other of the fragments composing
the a is thought to cause the tink-
ling sounds, which are so numerous as
to mingle and rise into a single strong
musical murmur. Virginia New En-
terprise.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01

Personal experience hasdemonstrated
the fact that a are treat is in store for
those who patronize Ellis Oyster Bay.
His oyster fries are unsurpassed for
perfect preparation and deliciousness
and in getting up stews he has no SUI
perior. No pains are spared in supply.
ing patrons with everything they desire.
Mr.. Ellis always has fresh celery, and
by n peculiar manner he has of presery.
ing it, it is always crisp and delicious
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
Productions of States.

Iowa now takes rank rs the greatest
wheat-producing State, Minnesota
comes next in order, then Illinois, Wis
consin taking the fourth place. Ohio
raises the most winter wheat and wool,
Illinois grows the most corn and oats
and produces the largest number of fat
cattle and hogs. Pennsylvania grows
the most rye, amounting to nearly one
fifth the total production of that cereal
in the States. California produces the
greatest barley crop, and also the most
silk cocoons and wine. New York
gives us the greatest amount of hay,
hops, potatoes, peas and beans. Sweet
potatoes are most largely produced in
North Carolina. South Carolina is the
great Reproducing State; Georgia
m next, and then Louisiana; these
three States yielding nearly the whole
rice crop of the country. Louisiana
also produces nearly all the sugar and
molasses. Vermont, the most of the
maple sugar, or one-third of the whole
product, New York coming next. In
diana gives the most sorghum, one
eighth, and Ohio, nearly rs much.
Kentucky produces over 100, 0O0, 900
pounds of tobacco, or considerably over
one-third of the whole crop; also e
half of all the hemp produced in the
United States.
Thus while we cannot furnish an en-
tirely correct idea of the crops of our
own country, it will be seen from the
foregoing statement which of our States
produces more largely of the important
crops of the nation. 1t is to be hoped
that before the next census is taken
Congress will adopt means to do this
work each five years. Thus n great
injustice to the growing population of
h West, in representation in our ma
tional assembly will be done away with.
1t should also provide for taking statis-
ties OF the industries of the country
twice as often as we now get them.
We opine that when the next census is
taken persons will be surprised, not
only at the vast increase in the popula-
ton of the West, but also at her i'm
mense production of all that goes to
maxi up the natural prosperity of the
nation.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
The Foe of Pam.

The friend of suffering humanity-the
enemy of disease, and the s%dlrdtion OF
the patient brute, is MEXICAN Mus
TANG LINIMENT. There is no sore it
will not heal, no ache or pain it will
not Danish. For accidents in the fam
lily, such as burns, scalds, sprains, cuts,
ETC., it has no rival. 1t has saved
more human lives, and restored more
horses, oxen and other cattle, to useful.
ness and profit, than all other liniments
put together. may27-d3tawawGm
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-01

The blacksmith shop has been i'm
mortalized by the famous anvil chorus
of Verdi, which found birth in his
brain while seeking shelter from the
storm; but the diligent buzz-saw is suf-
fered to whiz along in obscurity, scat
tering its melody broadcast, free as coal
dust, and never getting a line in print
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

writes threatening letters, which is foolish and not lawful. If he feels badly he had better come out to Yuma and lick somebody, for relief. It does not seem to Oc- cur to this "wit" that in from tier country are men struggling to win bread for their families, and depending for it on the de- velopment of the country, and that his published misrepresenta- tiOns have tendency to. take bread out of our mouths. The nickname of "Dirty Beans" is one that he earned by airing his wit to the prejudice of Arizona. as well as to the injury of his en- ployers, the Western Union Tele- graph Company. It will henceA forth distinguish him from all the other Haines.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
Cuba.

Late advices inform us that Gen. Campos reports to his government that 50,OO0 fresh troops must be sent at once to conquer the Cubans, or their independence must be acknowledged. For many long years the gallant inhabitants of that island have carried on an unequal struggle against their cruel oppressors. The Spaniards have perpetrated Outrages of which a Bashi- -bagouk would be ashamed. Cuban women and children have been slaughtered without pity. Pregnant mothers have been ripped open and their unborn infants dashed to pieces by Spanish soldiers before their dying eyes. The United States govern ment has calmly tolerated the perpetration, by christian(D pow CT, of outrages unknown to even the savage Apache. With richly deserved contempt is the Ameri- can flag treated in Cuba by the Spanish. American citizens have been arrested, imprisoned and punished without trial providence; their property has been confiscated without the giving of a reason. But the American government has not dared resent it. To this day no American can celebrate the protestant rites of divine worship, of baptism, of marriage or of burial, in the Spanish city of Havana, without violation of law and risk of punishment. When the Spanish rooster flaps his wings the eagle hides its head. We can lick poor Mexico, but Spain bluffs us.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
They Live but Don't Learn.

The unctuous satisfaction with which the Enterprise Organ of Prescott mentions an onslaught "included in an attack on women and children) on "Tyng of the SENTINEL" recently published in the Tucson Mazeppa Star. and the impish chuckling with which the elatter announces another dose for its next issue, remind us of the jubilee among Democrats when they had found a good witness for impeaching Grant. After testifying very squarely about the dishonest propositions made to him by the President, and filling Democratic hearts with joy, he fiattened them all out by beginning to talk about Grants cotning aud going through the keyhole, etc. The witness was encouraged to say TOO MUCH. It may surprise old residents of Tucson to learn who this new as. sailant of Tyng really is, and still more 10 learn that he is district attorney, or an attorney at all. The Organ published two of Daly'S letters about Clum-and then apologized to the public for doing it. The Mazeppa's sensi. ibii.si;::ies are less delicate, and to sicken it will probably need more than two of our anlhropoid's let terS about Tyng.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

THE new process discovered by Prof. Mallett and now in operation in Custer County, Colorado is substantially as follows. The ore is crushed as usual: the pulp is then wetted with a chemical solu- tiOn (which is Mallett secret and moulded into bricks and fred for A hours in a kiln: the bricks are then crushed again and the precious metals leaehed out of the pulp. The result so far gives every dollar indicated by assay of the ore. A kiln of 16,O0O such bricks was brought to the desired condition in 24 hours with two cords of wood. Upon the surfaces of the bricks was found an eff1or- essence of blue and green crystals. and upon being broken the inte- rior exhibited series of yellow and red concentric rings, showing the chemical changes~in the mi. neralS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
Up River.

The Gila and the COcopah arrived from up river last Saturday bring ing down several lots of fine ore. The Cocopah bought down some S30,O0O in silver bars from the Me- Crackin and El Dorado Canyon mills. She reports everything running we'll at the El Dorado mines. She took up 213 cords of wood to their mill this trip, leav- ing some 400 or 800 cords still at Cotton wood Island. On the 7th, the Gila took up a large force of mechanics to finish the Signal Co.'S. mill at GreenwO )d. When they get through that, they are to go to work on the new McCrackin mill and then they will go over to Globe to put up the mill ship ped from here this week. By that time there will be some other mills coming into the country for them to put up. As the Cocopah come down, she passed some of the machinery at Aubrey, where it still lies awaiting transportation to Greenwood.
 Several parties have come out to the vicinity of Ehrenberg to begin active operations on the Constancia. Apache Chief and oth- CT mines.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

THE new concentratOrS for the Silver King mine have begun to arrive, and will be forwarded without delay. Experiments with the one in operation near the mine have been in every respect successful. It was found that with one table s5 per cent. of the assay of tthe ore was being saved, and subsequent experiments have shown that, by passing the tail. ings from the first table over a second one, fully 95 per cent. can be saved in concentrating ten tons of ore down into one of pulp. Quinlin's train left the mine Aug. Sd with a full load of concentra- tions that assay $500 per ton. None of the rich ore has yet been treated. All the preliminary and experimental working has been done on the poorest dump, to di- minish risk of loss until every thing gets into thorough working order. Last week at San Francis co, Copeland realized over 5000 from the last two tons of concen- trations shipped from the dump he purchased last Winter from inc Silver King mine. His entire dump Was concentrated without machinery, chiefly by hand; this last parcel was the result of a third concentration of a lot of the ore. What he has left is still very good milling ore.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

R. R. Haines was out here "bossing" the erection of the Military Telegraph-and nice grapevine affair he did make it. He went away, and5by slandering Arizona got the nickname of"Dirty Beans Haines." The telegraph people senthim into Inyo County and the Coso News is now scalping him for his dirty breaking aout abaout the maouth" in regard to that section. It is about time the Western Union Company learned to employ men who can transact their business without slandering the very people by whom the company expect to be patronized.
 The foregoing was published in the SENTINEL June 30th, and is the only notice with which the individual referred to was ever honored by this journal. If he had kept his smartness out of print no space would have been squandered On him. He now
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

EPIsCOPALIANs are requested to communicate to Rev. H. For rester, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, such information as may be of use to him in making a report to the Board of Missions and securing religious services for different points in Arizona. Such infOrma- tion more especially comprises a statement of the population, rate of immigration, future prospects, desire for the church's services, etc. The Board meets at Boston the first week in October. ln 1874 Arizona was detached from Me- vada and New Mexico from Colo. rado, the two being united in a new jurisdiction. The Rev. w. F. Adams of New Orleans was cOnsecrated the first bishop, and arrived at Santa Fe in February 1875. Shortly after he was at- lacked by an illness, from which he has never recovered. and his resignation will come before the Hou,e of Bishops next Octobe r. Yuma can take in all the religious influences that may be lavishe'. on us, and has always given evi- derce of willingness to sustain ef- forts in that direction.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
Paid for 1t.

The Tucson Star publ ishes a communication applying very in- sulting epithets to respectable la dies and children of this town. When reprimanded by the SEN yINEL, it explains in self-satis- fled way that the publication twas paid for" We never before knew that a paper managed by a white American man COULD be paid to insult women and children.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

THE Los Angeles Express can be safely recommended as wide awake gatherer of news, and one thatis fully alive to the import ance of nursing the relations of Los Angeles with this Territory. It is daily becoming more popu- lar and increasing its circulation in Arizona.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
CT mines

country .sas visited yesterday afternoon by terrific rain and thunder storm which lasted several hours, washing away build ings and tearing down telegraph poles etc. -[Miner, July 30.
 Then the line went down; but we are not told whether it was borne down by the weightof men, dacity going over it, or whether it just fell from force of habit. It did sprinkle here a little but not enough to damage pith hat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

LATEST advices indicate that the Russians are still getting the worst of it in Europe. In Asia Minor the situation is unchanged.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

CLIMATE BAY" has been en- gagged at great expense to show up, in the columns of the San Diego News, the folly of the SEN TINEr's comments on the military telegraph. Why don't they select paper that people read ?
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

AN EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION of a portion of Pinal County will be found on our fourth page. It is long, but will repay perusal and he of much Interest to our readers friends out of the Terri tory. Its accuracy is nearly absO-
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

THE Kentucky Railroad bridge is said to be the highest railroad b, idge yet built It is 275 feet high and has three spans.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

WE have been anxiOusIy look ing for Col. HintOn's "Hand- Book" of Arizona. It's about time the author was "handing" them around.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
Texas Pacific.


 it are rung all the changes prompted by the hopes or disap- poiutments of differert sections. To that road San Diego, looks as 10 a Messiah. Upon it, and the change it might make in their prospects, depend thousands, who will never ride @, mile or ship a pound on it, even if it carries freight and passengers for noth- ing. No part of the country wants through road from the Atlantic to San Diego worse than Yuma County does; to get it we will do all in our power. But it forms no part of cur interest to join in hue and cry against Stan. ford and in hosannas to Tom Scott. Granted that the former and his associates lobbied through Congress a bill favorable and prof. 1rable to themselves; that they have since influenced legislation of the same kind, and that they have made the rates on their roads as high as they could, with out making them prohibitory. If they did not, they would not be human, and would strangely diff fer from men in all other branches Of business. The mechanic charges for labor every cent that he can get and the merchant sells wares for all he can force the public to pay. In no respect does the past history of Tom Scott and his road differ from that of Stan- ford and the Central Pacific. Tom Scott was an Assistant Sec. retary of War during the Rebel lion. Railroad transportation for troops was his special duty. In that capacity he made contracts
 tn roads in which he was in-
 rested, and he secured control
 nearly all the roads connecting l he North with the South. In
 ais way he made an immense
 tune. In making it he was no
 e self sacrificing or public spirited than have been his com. petitors. Their efforts in the Congressional lobby have been no more strenuous, no more grasp. ing, no more interruptions than his. They asked for all they (could get, got it and made use of if. He asked and received, but lso far has been unable to avail emself of the nations great )gifts. Scott obtained such perfect |control of the Pennsylvania leg islature that its every move was made in his interest. So much 50, that when business was over in that body, a member arose and
 tid: ''If there is no further busi- .ess that Col. TOM SCOTT wants to have done, 1 move that we do now adjourn" AS to any benefits that this coast may de- rive from Scott's philanthropy, we are skeptical. Upon his roads in Pennsylvania was set the ex- ample of grinding the faces of the poor, that was followed elsewhere and upon his ground originated that passionate protest of suffer- ing poverty against expressing capital which has culminated in strikes, riot and bloodshed. Of Tom Scott, delusive assurances and broken promises we have had enough, Even now legislation favorabEe to his project is expect ed rathjeron political grounds than nneon its intrinsic merits. Dis- connect Tom Scott from the Texas Pacific and the scheme will at once rise in popular favor. Let him remain with it and the end will be compromise: connec. tiOn of the two roads east of Yuma and but the present South ern Pacific to the coast at San Francisco. The Texas Pacific will exist only in name.
 -.
 AN EXCET r ENT nESCRTPTTON
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

The editorial head has been scratched in vain for an answer to MT. Isaac's conundrums. Ask. ing the most to0ral loOral looking granger who cultiyates the soil around HOrton'S saloon, we learn. ed that the likeliest way to get the most grain from the least seed and land is to steal it, and that nobody vouches for any statement made in the Tucson Star.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
Phoenix Letter.
PHGNIx, July 2Sth.

PHGNIx, July 2Sth. EDITOR SENTINEL:
 l.: your issue of the 21st you quote from the Tucson Star statement to the effect that Dr. Goodwin had raised 50,000 pounds of wheat from 4S3 pounds sowing, and Miguel Martinez 60,000 pounds from 650 pounds of seed In the first case the yield is over one hundred fold, and in the sec ond it is go, or, with 50 pounds seed per acre, 5177 and 4G15 pounds of crop to the acre. Such ayield is enormous, and I am anxious to know how it was obtained. raised 2S20 pounds barley to the acre from 50 pounds of seed aud 2330 pounds wheat to the acre from IS acres, of which 10 were sown broadcast with 50 pounds per acre; 4 were pl mted with Spounds seed per acre in rows two feet apart, and were drilled in rows one foot apart, with 16 pounds seed per acre. I thought l had done very well, but these gentlemen com- pletely lay me in the shade in grain rais- ing. But 1 am anxious to learn how to raise the most grain from the least sce1 and land, and ask: How was this done, and who vOuches for it?
 Respectfully,
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
ROAD STATION RECEIPTS

Ready printed, in quantities to suit, for sale at the SENTINEL Office.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
ARIZONA.

Silver City, Fort Bayard, Las Cruces, Me silla and Santa Fe, New Mexico, connect ing at Mesilla with stages for Fl Paso,- Forts Davis, Stockton, Concho, Worth, and San Antonio.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ST AGE LIN E.

Connecting with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Colorado Station, leave Yums-
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-11

For Stanwix, Maricopa, Poenix, Prescott- Florence, Mcdowell, Wickenburg, Silver King, Globe City, Pinal, Tucson, Camps Grant, Goodwin, Thomas, Bowie, and way points in