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Selected Story.
THE LAST MAN.

Some repairs were needed to the
engine when the trainreached Reno,
and while most Of the passengers
were taking a philosophical view
Of the delay and making themselves
as comfortable as possible in the
depot, in walked a native. He
wasn't native Indian, nora native
grizzly, but native Nevadian, and
he was rugged out inimperlal style.
He wore buckslin coat and cap,
buckskin Ieggings and moccasins,
and in his belt, was big knife and
two rovolvers. There was lightn-
ing in his eye, destruction in his
walk, and he sauntered up to the
red hot stove and scattered tobacco
Juice over it, a dozen passengers
looked pale with fear. Among the
travellers was a car painter from
Jersey City, and, after surveying
the native for a moment, he coolly
inquired.
'Aren'tyou afrai3 you'll fall down
and hurt yourself with those weap,
ons?'
'W-what?' gaspod tho native,
in astonishment.
I suppose they sell such outfits
as you've got on at auction, out
here, don't they?' continued the
painter.
'W-what dye mean-who are
YEP whispered the native, as he
walked around the stove and put
on a terrible look,
My name is Logwood,' was the
calm reply, and | mean that if |
were you, I'd crawl out Of those
old duds and put on some decent
cIothesP
Don't talk that way tome, oryou
won't live a mint! exclaimed the
native, as he hoped around.
Why, you homesick covate, Pm
Grizzly Dan, the heaviest Indian
GChter IN the world! was the
first white man toscoutfor General
Crook! I was the first white man
among the Modocs!'
I don't believe itl' fatty replied
the painter. You look more like
the first white man down to the
dinner-table
The native drew bis knife, putt
back again, looked around, and
then softly asked:
Stranger, will yer come over be-
hind the ridge and shoot and slash
till this thing is settled?'
You bet willr replied the man
from Jersey, as he rose up. Just
pace right out, and III follow
Every man in the room jumped
to his feet in wild excitement. The
native started for the back door,
but when he found the car painter
at his heels, with ix-barrelled
Colt in his hand, lie halted and
said:
Friend, come to think Of it, I
don't want to kill you, and have
your widow come on me for dam
ages
Go right ahead--l'm not mar
ried man. replied the painter.
But you've got relatives, and |
don't want no lawsuits to bother
me just as spring is coming
I'm an orphan, " thout rel
atiye in the world shouted the
Jerseyite.
Well, the law will make me bury
you, and it would DO Q weeks work
to dig grave at this season Of the
year. | think I'll break d rib or
two for you, smash your nose,
gouge out your left eye, and let il
go at that.
That suits me to a dotl' said the
painter. .GontIemen, please stand
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for one year.
Al kindsof Watch Repartng done in q worIslnan.sa
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VOL. LII.

back, and some Of you shut the door
to the ladies' room.
I was the first man to attack a
grizzly bear with a boWiekni
remarked the native, as he locked
around. / was the first man to
discover silver in Nevada. | made
the first scout up Powder River. |
was the first man to make hunting
shirts out Of the skins Of PaWnee
indians. | don't want to burt this
man, as he seems kinder sad and
down-hearted, but he must apoI-
ogize to me-
I won't doitr cried the painter.
Gentlemen, Inever fight without
taking off my coat, and | don't see
anv nail here to hang it on said
the native.
'I'll hold it-Tll hold it! shout
ed d dozen voices in chorus.
And another thing, softly con
tinued the native. I never fight
in a hot room. I used to do it
years ago, but found it wasrnnning
me into consumption. / always Do
my fighting out doors now,
I'll 90 out with you, you old rab-
bitkiIIerp exclaimed the painter,
who had his coat off.
That's another deadly insult to
be wiped out in blood, | see !
must finish you. I never fight
around depot, though; | go out
on the prairie, where there is 9
chance to throw myself.
Where's your prairie, lead the
way!' howled the crowd.
1T wouldn't do any good, rephed
the native, as he leaned against the
wall. I always hold a ten-dollaf
gold piece in my mouth when
6ght, and | haven't got any to-day
in fact, Pm dead broke
Here's q gold piece called a tall
man, holding up the metal.
/ ain d thousand miles obleeged,
mournfuIly replied the native.
shaking his head. I never go into
a agbt without putting rcd paint
On NY left ear for luck and
haven't any red paint by me, ano
there isn't bit il Reno
.Are-you-going g-to-fght 2 dc
manded the car painter, reaching
out for the bear skin cap.
L took a solemn oath when boy
never to fight without painting my
left ear. protested the lndlan=klll-
or. You wouldn't want me to &c
back on d solemn oath, would you?
You're cabbage, a squash, 2
pumpkin dressed up in 'eggins,
contemptuously remarked the cai
painter, as heput on his coat.
Yes, he's great coward,
remarked several others, as they
turned away.
tI'Il give ten thousand dollars fol
ten drops Of red paintF shriekeo
the native. %! why IS it that
have no paint for my ear Wher
there is such a good chance to &C
in and kill?
4 big blacksmith from ILLINOIS
took him by the neck and ran hin
out, and he was seen 40 more foi
all hour. Just before the trait
started, and after all the passengers
had taken seats, first man was seer
on the platform. He had another
bowie knife, and had also put !
tomahawk in his belt. There was
red paint on his left ear, his eyef
rolled, and in a terrible voice he
called out:
Where is that man Logwood
Let him come out here, and meet
his DOOM
Is that you? Count ne il I -
piled the car painter. as he opened
u window. He rushed fer the door
leaped down, and was pulling Of
his overcoat again, when the native
began to retreat, calling out:
sI'II get my hair cut, and be back
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ments and delicate graccs that are
alone the prelogative Of faer
spirits Puck.
Irish Lobsters.
One Of our restaurants boasts of
an Irish Manollausen who acts IN
the humble capacity Of waiter, and
adds much to the entertainment of
guests. One Of them being served
with a small lobster, asked
'Fizaa FAX, g believe they DO Be
eaalin thin HOLSTERS, here SURF. We
calrem crabs, at home
o. said the diner, You have
Holsters in IreIand?'
Is it Holsters? Begorla the
creeks is full Of 'em. Many time
have ] seen m whin I've lepped
over the shtrames.'
How large do the Holsters grow
III Ireland 2
Well said Mike, thoaghfuIly,
to sbpalo widin' bounds, surr, I'd
say a matter Of five or six feet.
What! five or six feet how do
they get around in those creeks? +?
sBedad, 8urr, the creeks in Ire
land are fifty or sixty feet WIDE
said the unabaahed Mike.
But, said tho persistent inquir-
er, you said you had seea them
when you were leaping over the
streams, and Holsters here live IN
the sea.
Deed I did, surr we're power
ful Ieppers in Ireland. As fur the
say, surr, I've seen tired wild 'eln.'
But look here, nay fine fellow
said the guest, thinking he had
cornered the ILibernlan at last,
Holsters are not red until they are
boiled.
-5oan't / know that? said Mike,
reproaehfulIy but there are bilin'
springs in the ou!d counth1.y, an
they shwin troo 'em, an come out
ready for ye tocrack open and ate;'
and Mike walked calmly off 70 wait
upon the next guest, leaving his
interIocutor to digest the lobster,
and the story.
Remarkable Affection of Dog.
4 very remarkable illustration Of
/ the affection Of q greyhound for It's
master has just occurred at Crewe.
A few days ago a notorious Crewc
poacher, named Thomas Black
burn, was sentenced toseyen years
penal serVitude for nearly killing a
! policeman near NautWich. He was
the owner Of a fasorite greyhound,
which. in many a midnight raid.
/ proved itself valuable 10 its owner
in the game preserves. Thus q
strange but powerful affection
subsisted between the man and his
dog, and never were they found
apart After BIao]zbarls itaprison-
ment the actions of tie dog became
singular Regularly every day lie
visited the mans previous haunts.
with a wistful look il bis brown
eyes and when the shades Of even.
ing fell he would lie down under
the seat Of Blaokbarn's favorite
inn, and there for several hours
await the master who never came.
The landlord, to bis credit, put
food before the animal but latter
i ly it did not seem to eat much. in
the afternoon the faithful animal
like 4 sentinel on duty, was seen to
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| am sorry for her, but | ean't. help
it. How can I communicate to
her nature those little subtle refine
ments and delicate graccs tlat are
alone the preIiogative of foer
spirits Puck.
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SiguEfteation ef Dreams

ES&AhsTsANs sy&A Us 81 s5st4t4hg
70 dream Of a milestone about
your neck IS a sign Of what you may
expect ifyou marry an extrayagant
wife.
It's very good luck to dream
that you pay foIa thing twice over,
since ever afterward you will take
care to have your bills receipted
For a person in embarrassed
circumstances to dream that he is
arrested is very fortunate, for i is
4 warning to him on no account 10
accept a bill.
70 dream Of fire is 9 sign that #
you are wise you will see that all
the lights il your house are out be-
fore you retire to bed.
10 dream that your nose is red to
the tip is an intimation that you
had better leave brandy for water.
II you dream Of clothes, II is a
warning not to go to law, for, by
the rule OF contraries, you will be
sure Of q non-suit.
When j young lady dreams Of a
/
coffin, it betokens that she should
instantly discontinue tight stays
and always so wal My clad il cold
weather.
a FARaEs's LlFE.-A farmer )
life Is the life for me, said George
in The hearing Of his Sarah Jane,
whom he had been courtIng for two
years. The next time he called lie
found letter notifying him that il
| he wanted to be a farmer and walk
behind a plough al day with the
mud up to his neck, he could SO on;
but she'd BE darned If she was 60
ing to sit up all night cleaning old
boots and pants, aud tend cows and
chickens and mjlkpans and ducks
and pigs ali day.
a CANDID CONFESSION. The
chief of all the curses Of this IN
happy age is the universal gable
Of its fools and Of the floeks that
follow them, rendering the quiet
voices Of the wise men Of all time
inaudible, is the candid confession
of Mr.. Ruakin-that man who has
kept up such az everlasting elatter
for years that We could scarcely
get III word edgewise. His reform
il somewhat dilatory, but O, it IS
welcome. Graphic.
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\ TEusTEE.-A west side clergy.
man was called out the other night
to minister By the dying bed Of a
prominent citizen Was he con.
neeted with q savings bank ? asked
the divine. IFa vas i trustee,
replied the messenger, Vel,
there's ne use il ny going, said the
pastor still the mercy Of Heaven
IL infinite. ana there's 10 saying
80 / had better 90 THROUGH tho mo-
tons. perhaps
Arizona citizen., 1877-02-17
General Phineas Banning and Our
 Territory.

Among the gentlemen who visited this city a few days previous to the opening of the Ninth session of our Legislature, was Gen. Banning of Will mington, California.
 We are informed the General Inau- gurateG and constructed the first rail road in Southern California, and takes a lively interest in any and all things to benefit Southern Califor- mia, Arizona and New Mexico.
 He came here as the representative of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany, and notwithstanding the talent of the gentlemen controlling that con- pany, we can assure them that in no in stance have they shown more wisdom than in the selection of thelr represen- tative to our Territory. He came, he saw, he conquered"
 We know of our own knowledge positively, when the charter for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company was first introduced the President of the Council, Speaker of the House, and with not more than five exceptions, every member of both Houses were to the charter being granted. Two members of the committee to whom 1t was referred, were insanely to it, and a more gloomy pros pect of securing favorable legislation never came under our immediate ob- servation. The charter as it first pass ed the House was simply a written mass of lnfamy dictated entirely by spite, prejudice and revenge. The Bill or Charter so as to be of any use to the Railroad Company, was defeat ed three times in the lower House But through good generalshIp on the part of the manager, it returned once more to plague the House" and passed by a vote of fifteen against three.
 At this moment We do not remem- Der in any legislative body of Bill having at one session been defeated three times and 10 be victorious al the
Arizona citizen., 1877-02-17
News Summary.

On the 9th, the Senate adopted amendments of committee increasing Pacific coast Indian appropriations.
 The California Mining Company de clared the usual two dollar monthly dividend, February 9.
 Mortality report in San Francisco, February 10, shows considerable falling of. Marked decline in Small Pox.
 In the Electoral Commission on Feb ruary 9, after an all days session, they admitted all the Hayes Electors in the Florida vote; yeas, Bradley, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Miller, Morton and Suong-S. Noes-7. Sub sequently the Senate, after considerable debate, by strict party vote, 43 to 9, adopted the decision of the Electoral Commission counting the Florida vote for Hayes.
 On the 18th, in the House, Field, Democrat, moved that the counting of the electoral vote from Florida do not proceed in conformity with the decls- ion of the electoral commission. Hall, Republican, moved to amend, that the counting shall proceed in conformity with said decision. After two hours debate, House refused to agree to de- cision of electoral commission.
 As the rules governing the joint convention provide that declsions of the Commission will hold good un- less both houses refuse to concur, and the Senate having already concurred in decision of Commission in Florida case, that State was counted for Hayes and the count proceeded with. They are now through with Florida, Geor- gia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Kan sas, (February 12) Chaffee, the alleg- ed ineligible IllinoIs elector, proved hls eligibility so cOnclusively that the case was not called up.
 Smallpox is rapidly decreasing in Los Angeles.
 Mining stocks slightly advancing in San Francisco on the 12th.
 In Washington, leading Democrats express belief that what they have lost in Florida will be required by rejection of Louisiana vote by the Commission.
 Bad Seemingly prospects for Texas Pacific compromise bill coming up this session.
Arizona citizen., 1877-02-17
fourth conflict.

fourth conflict.
 As he remarked in his speech just before the Legislature closed, "There is a tlde in the affairs of men, if taken at its flood leads on to fortune" This is equally true of nations, States and Territories Arizona, so far as we know from the earliest dawn of civil ization, long before the new world was cursed with the blighting presence of those damnable demons, Cortez and Pizarro, thls fair Territory has been helplessly lying on the mud-fiats of misfortune, a prey to savage and mur- dering Indians But now, since there surely is prospect of having two rail roads running through the country, will she not float off on the coming tide to a sea of universal prosperity?
 We congratulate the people of this Territory in having secured so much and still be left free of debt; and we congratulate the Pacific Railroad Com pany that the human buzzards who are so apt to hang around Legislatures, always ready to blackmail them, that freights and fares in this Territory, are matters left to the carriers by rail, as they always have been to other classes of common carriers, and that the money we hope and believe the com pany may make, will be invested in branch lines instead of being used to buy the votes of dishonest men in power, as is too often the case in other States and Territories. We trust the Company in its future operations, will not forget its good friends and honor able supporters of Tucson and in the lower counties of Arizona.
 As has been intimated, we hope Gen eral Banning may permanently settle among us. His great and varied ex- perience in handling freight, and his superior knowledge of the people of Arizona, will make hIm invaluable to- the Railroad company and of great use to our citizens.
Arizona citizen., 1877-02-17
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Ordinance No. 9.
LICENSE TAX.

VNHE COMMON COUNCIL OF TUCSON do ordain as follows: ] Sec. l. There shall be collected firm, IsVerT person who shall deal in gOodS
 wares and merchandise within the eifv
 whose sales amount to ten thousand d0i, | lars or upwards, per quarter, a quarter. yearly license tax Of twenty dollars pa- tquarter; when such sales shall so aversgs | less than ten and more than four thOusaB5 ldOllarS per quarter, quarter yearly H tcense tax Of ten dollars per quarter: when Isuch sales shall so average less than fo1- thousand dollars per quarter, a quarter
 yearly license tax of five dollars per quar- ter; tendajons and groceries are included IiI, this last clause.
 ] Sec. 2 There shall be collected from ev.
 cry person who shall keep saloon within the city, quarter-yearly license tax Of ter. dollars per quarter. A saloon shall be !cOnstrued 10 be where two or more rooms
 are occupied in the business
 | Sec. 3. There shall be collected from ev- ieTy person who shall keep bar within the city, a quarter-yearly license tax of five dollars per quarter. A bar shall be IeOnstrued 10 be where one room only Is occupied in the business.
 | Sec I. There shall be collected from ev- lery hotel keeper within the city, quarter yearly license tax Of ten dollars per Guar- ter; and from every keeper of a restaurant
 or eating house, quarter-yearly license ItaX of five dollars per quarter.
 l Sec. D. There shall be collected from ev- lery person engaged in the sale of drugs land medicines within the city, quarter yearly license tax of ten dollars per quar- lter.
 Sec. 6. There shall be collected from ev- leTy person engaged in the sale of meats Of
 any kind within the city, a Qnarter-yearly | license tax of five dollars per quarter. ! Sec. :. There shall be collected from ev-
 ery travelling merchant or peddler who
 shall vend goods, wares or merchandise within the city, a monthly license tax Of live dollars per month.
 l Sec. s. There shall be collected from ev- cry pawn broker within the City, a month l ly license tax of fifteen dollars per month. ! Sec. 9. There shall be collected from ev l cry stable keeper within the city a quarter yearly license tax of i've dollars per quar- ter.
 Sec. 10. There shall be collected a month fly license tax of ten dollars per month on each and every game and gaming table or iapparatus,Of any kind whatsoever, within the city such as faro, monte, pass-mOnte, paSs-faro, dice, red and black or rOuche et noir. lanSquenette, or any other banking game of whatever name.
 Section II. The several licenses provided | for in this ordinance shall be collected by
 the City Marshal in the same manner as ! is provided for the collection of licenses by
 the Sheriff in section l5 of chapter 69 Of Compiled Laws of Arizona Territory. | Passed in the Common Council of the | ICity Of Tucson, on the Sth day of February IlS77. JOHN B. ALLEN, Mayor. Attest: CHARLES H. MEYER, Recorder. ! February l0-5w.
Arizona citizen., 1877-02-17

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