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The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

DARK D4PS or CALIE OR
Nh.
Rich Men InpoucTished- TO- Thousands oI
People SuGerinJ Jor the rery Necossi-
ties Of LiJe-The Bursting Of the Big
ROgguea.

find things in frightful condition
here. East Of the Rocky mountains,
you have no idea Of the terrible depres-
sion upon this coast. We are suffering
from a complication of disorders. The
great mining bubble has bursted and has
ruined every one. ] mean this literally,
for not only have the rich or the middle
class suffered, but the mania for specula-
ton has spread down 10 the very ser
wants, and they are all today out Of
pocket and in debt Men who but three
or four months since supposed they were
rich, are to-day begging for employment;
and probably three persons out OF every
four are now making their FIRST acquain-
tance with extreme poverty The whole
community seems 20 he beggnred, and to
add to our afiliction we have just passed
through a great drought; our cattle are
diving by the hundreds OF thousands.
Their carcaseses cannot be sold for any
sum however small and the ruin Of the
cattle dealers will inevitably bring
great deal of the land now held in
masses into the market 10 be sold for
song.
PEOPLE east who have money, could
not do better thai to come out here III
order to take advantage of the reckless
way in which all kinds of property are
sold. Valuable farms and ranches can
now be had for one-twentieth Of their
value, and city property is for sale at
prices which would have seemed ridicu-
ious a Jew years back. The depression
is so great thatit cannot last much longer
in this way. But the suffering is intoler-
able. and bad as times have been in the
east they are as naueht compared With
the disaster which has overtaken the
residents of the Pacific coast. Thousands
are going to Arizona, where there Is Said
to be gold for the digging ana ihe
agricultural population will be increased
although at present agriculture Is the
most depressed industry we have. Nor1
has been sent TO John Mccullough, ID
New York, that there is no use in his
returning to the Pacific coast, and that
his theatre will have TO be closed. This
is the second year of dr,ught since the
settlement of California.
Southern California is described as an
cash heap, while the Sonoma, sacra-
mento and Sonora valleys are burnt to a
crisp. On one ranch alone p 1000 sheep
were killed because they could net be
fed.
The costly exchanges here, far superior
TO any you have in New York, arc
vacant, and haveproved tobe Caliiornias
greatest folly. Lookout for trouble
among the representative millionaifes Of
the Pacific coast Correspondent Of The
Graphic.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

The boy with the basket of apples was
half an hour late yesterday, for the first
time in six months, and when he came in
he was without his basket, and his eyes
were red and swollen. He's been such q
straight, square boy that he has many
friends, on this corner, and he was at
once asked if the bootblacks had been
robbing him. No, not that" he said,
but don't you remember that Leetle
Tim who came here once and while
with me-" Little Tim Yes-he is
your brother That's what he was,
and was breaking him in to sell apples
and make change. Well, little Tim is
dead"
No?D Yes. When / woke up at
daylight this morning he was cuddled
up to my back, cold and dead The
Lord took him in the night, sir, and
wasn't it awful, sir, that l wasn't awake
to put my arms up ever him, and hug
his little head up'under my chin ?"
It's too bad-too bad 2" '' Its awful
on us all, sir. Fathers sitting in cor
ner, crying like child, mothers weep
ing and wailing, and the children are
smoothing little Tins curls and calling
on him to wake up. That's why
haven't brought the apples, sir, ard
that's why ] won't be here for two OF
three days. We've got to bury leetle
Tim, we have, and don't see how we
can ever gather around the stove again
of an evening and he lying in the grave
yard Pm big, sir, but / can't help
crying, and father cant help but cry, and
l wish--I-." And may the Lord seat
little Tim at his right hand and give hin
crown Of glory Detroit Free Pr1Ss.
/ IL L.. 4. l.. =.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

Down where the wake robin springs from its slun-
bers
Opening its cardinal eve to the sun
Come the duh echoes 4 far away thundeTs
Heavy and fast as the shots Of a gun
Up on tine hill where the wind flowers nestle
Like new fall. stars on the green mossy stran"
There the dead notes Of the house CLEANING
pesiie-
Tie round OF the carpet is heard in The land.
Up Tor the song birds their mathis az singing
Up, for the morning is tinting the skies
Up, for the good wife the switches is bringing
Our to the line where the hall carpet flies.
Up ana away for the csrpef IS dusty
Fly, for the house leaning Gays have begun
Run, for the wemaniy temper IS crusiy
Up and be doing, lest We be uuaone
Iatc, late, TOO late. just oue moment OG snoring,
He wakes to the sound Of the tuinu!t below
Ger the beating OF carr he hears voice roaring,
3" Breakfast over three hours ago
See, se Is plunged in the front OF the Battle
here dust is the thickest they tell hia To stand
Where suds, nlOps and scrub brushes spattcr and
rattle,
And the sound OF the CARPET i heard iu the land.
-Hslrfiagf4lt NuJrkgge-
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
uR. ErAnrs's 4AEcDo1E.

AR. Evarts, in the course of his argu
ment, the other day before the court O +
appeals told story which caused those
who listened to him, including part of
the bench, to smile broadly if not audi
bly,. He wished TO illustrate the ex-
treme complacency with which the coun-
sci who appeared on behalf of the New
Yerk elevated railways viewed the vast
damage to property owners which was
involved in building such roads. He
said it reminded him of the Irish land
lord who, while travelling on the conti-
nent, received letter from his baliff.
The baliff wrote that the tenants insisted
that the rents they were called upon TO
pay were too high, and that they went 80
far as to threaten to shoot him if he did
not obtain reduction from the princ:-
pal. The landlord promptly wrote back
to the plaintiff: Say TO the tenants
that l will not come down a penny, and
assure them that the threat they make
shall not influence me in the slightest
degree. "--Aib0ny journal.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
exArIEFF As A RUsIf-TNe LTAE.

General Ignatief, of whom we have
heard a great deal lately in connection
with Russian and Turkish diplomacy
and ante-war movements, has gained
with the sublime porte the reputation
of an extraordinary economist OF truth.
He seems, according TO report, TO have
such a fondness for Misrepresentation
that he often tells an untruth when the
truth would better serve his purpose
Indeed. he is so uuguarded and reckless,
they say, in his statements, that his
weakness is invariably discovered. He
ia 30 undipIomaticaIly diplomatic that
he wishes to make each representative Of
foreign government believe that ho
and his country stand higher in the
Ignatiefian mind than any other repre-.
sentative and country. For example.
when Boxer was our resident minister in
Constantinople, Ignatief called upon
him, and said that he had hoDored him
and the United States with the fret
official visit, although, little while be-
fore, Boxer had seen the general enter
the British embassy. The American
knew the Russians peculisrity.so so we'll
that, having heard one day that tho
latter had 30 bad cold thar ha had To- Z
his voice completely, remarked. ~
that is 20, the recording sne el 4. m enio
respite, ~ Y. Tri5uns -rt
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

"A hungry-looking specimen of hui
manity, apparently from the rura! dis
tricts. walked into Devonshire- street
saloon Yesterday and anxiously inquired,
" How much do you ask for your din
ners?" ssThat depends upen what you
bsve; we hsvea bill of fare, the waiter
replied. With Disappointed look and
trembling voice, as he turned to go be
.aid. DBout year ago came in here
somewhere and got a dollars orth for j
quarter !'-Boston Post.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

H" # . g II
The Norwich Bulletin nj an remarks:
ga North Carolina paper speaks Of
baby which was born black and sutse-
quently turned white. In the Latitude
a baby is usually boni-white -and-turns
to a lively seIler.p ~ g~vosE3
There is newspaper which might
have contained an account Of the cruci-
fixion of the Savior had there been cor
respondents at the time Of that great
event. The Gazette Of pekin, China,
was started 7l3 years before the birth Of
Christ. and IS stili journal in good
standing.
The youth who cannot wreath his
monogram before him with cigarette
fumes, entice the same back via bis nose,
and emit volume ofjsundieed smoke in
the face Of companion al with the
air Of one having learned 10 in his in
fancy-you may be sure halls not from
that noble company known Is the
boys"
San Francisco is laughing over the
T
Won der Wen-e Having written ten
derly reproachiul letter 70 the faithiess
one, and disposed Of about tour thousand
dollars to his relatives he obviated the
necessity Of funeral by swimming out
/ to sea with vial of poison in bis mouth,
and there made his exit from this world
of sorrow in an artistic and thoroughly
graceful style.
Some women are certainly very m
Is.s..-z-~.-...---s- ---s sr..-s Afillar of Ne,.,
7 York. Tor instance, Who had Aer husband
arrested the other day upon a charge Of
"habitual drunkenness and refusing 10
provide any support FOR her," just ~ If
any husband could be expected 20 make
money enough at this dali season to keep
habitually drunk AID support his wife at
the same etime--LousraC CoUrkr-JoVrRaL
"A Nicaragua journal gives an account
of an electric magnet plant, which, ac-
cording to the writer, Mr. Levy, il an
extremely remarkable species, and has
been named by him PLycolata eiectcioa.
Iie maintains that this Plant possesses
strong electro magnetic properties-so
much 50 that, on breaking off branch,
the hand feels decided shock, as If from
Ruhmkorf battery. also affected
the magnetic needle at distance Of
seven OF eight PAGES, and more and more
violently with a nearer approach No
trace was seen in the surrounding soil Of
iron or other magnetic metal, and the
writer fully believes that the electric
condition resides in the plant itself lie
, states that the strength of the phenomena
varies with the time Of day, it being al
most zero at night, and attaining its
maximum power about two o'clock in
the afternoon It is also increased in
stormy weather, but intermitted during
rain. No insects nor birds were ever
seen near the plants.
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The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
4 Norwich m an has invented a nj

\ Norwich man has invented plan
in three parts by which no one need lo-e
his life in burning hotel The first
part states that man should never stop
at a hotel. omittiug the other two
parts, the plan is generally considered a
success.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

The citizens of Winfield, Kansas,
turned out en- mssse lately, headed by a
band of music, and fought grasshopPerS
all day. The account says AS tne
people drove clouds OF these pests rom
them the band oiscoursed sweet music,
and made the war very amusing ana
interesting one"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

Miss ADELAIDE NELSON says Of the
women OF Shakespeare: II would take
volume 10 classify them. Eaca and
every one is a different creation ami their
characters illustrate peculiar cempari-
sons oi m;nd and force. la the character
OF Desdemona we see powerful illusira-
tion OF coniugal devotion, and the strong
est sympathy is excited for her serrowful
fate. Ia Isabella's is displayed high
souled principles in Julie.'s, an enthusi-
astic love; i'll Constance Is seen the
highest forms of maternal agony; in
Margaret OF Anjou, the sternest energies
of our sex; in Katharine, the complete
ness of resignation; in Rosalind wit and
romance; in Cleopatra, the beginning
and end of coquetry; in Imogen, an af-
lection that is deathless; in Ophelia, the
fate of a broken heart and a maddened
brain; in Cordelia's character we have
the beautiful lesson of filial obedience;
IN Airandas, ;, innocence; sweetness in
that OF Anne Page, and playful freedom
In that OF Jessica. In all, Shakespeare
eshowsa true appreciation of female ex-
ceile'ace, and he makes them talk and
act like true women
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Nn,ninnthc fhirke,,,

There were two little chickens matched cut by one
hen,
And the owner of both was our little toy Ben
50 he sat him TO work they came
To make them = house anu give them a name.
As for making house, Benny knew very well
That he couldn't do that but his biz brother Phil
Must be handy at tools, for he'd been TO college,
knowledge
Phil was very good: nsturcl, and soon hi- siaalI
Had gic-, eysy home fer his chicks and their
And a happier boy in the country just then
Could not have bseu found than dear little Ben.
Bat a Bame for his pets It was harder TO find,
~ least Just as suited exactly his mind
No mother of twins vas ever more haunted
With trouble 10 lind just the that she wsnie'l.
There were plenty Of names no doubt abou; that,
But name that would do for dog or a cat
Would not answer for chickens prsiir .s.''->-
or else our dear boy was not eaSs W i'e'
These two little chickens iookel just ltAs s1'"
To Staef g,d s.id Pe ,,s3 only s,l ss'ss, %
Ri. rssi shisyoe rooste sd tlast- one llliss.
Benny knew them apart BY 2 little brown spot
Gu the head 81 one, that the other had not;
They grew up hike magic each fai, iesthefed chick
one at length named Peggy and the other
named Dick.
Benny watched them closely not a feather could
grow
In the dress OF those chickens that he Gid not know
And he taught them 30 well, they would march at
command.
Fig up on his shoulder, or eat from his hand.
But funny thing happened concerning their
Rushing into the house, one dav Benny excla;nis ;
" . motheri q Phil such hunder there's been.
For Peggy the rooster. and Dick IS the hen"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

Sometimes, when a man is TO be
hung for outrage and murder, churchly
women send him beautiful bouquets,
while the grave of the poor child and
the home of the heart-broken parents are
left madorned. What humbugs we
humans sometimes are.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

Oge Of the largest Sunday schools III
the world is at Aintab, in India. The
number of pupils amount to eighteen
hundred.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

1T is the general impression in Italy
that bread made from Indian corn is un-
Wholesome, frequently producing sporadic
diseases, which often terminate fatally.
The facta appear to be we'll established,
and the result to depend upon a conli-
ton of mouldiness which is very apt to
superyene in consequence Of the method
of preparing bread In that country
Quite recently some chemists have sue
ceeded III separating from mouldy Indian
meal an alkaloid substance, winch is
white, easily aIterabl.. non-crystalline,
hsoluble in water, soluble IN alcohol and
ther, which acts poisononsly on man
nd animals. # is especially noteworthy
that the sulphuric acid solution, when
VxidiziDg agents are added. has a blue
color. strikingly similar to that OF the
corresponding reaction OF strycbnine
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

Benny knew them apart BY little brown spot
Gu the head 81 one, that the other had not;
They grew up hike magic each fat, irstheTei chick
one at length was named Peggy and the other
named Dick.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

a GENTLEMAN j., a rarer thing than
some of us thintt tor. Which of US can
s point out m2hy such in his circle; men
whose aims are generous, whose truth is
constant and elevated, who can look the
world honestly in the face. with equal
manly sympathy for the great ard the
small We all know a hundred whose
coats are we'll made and score who
= have eexcel!ent manners, but OF gentle
men, how many? Let Us take a little
scrap Of paper, and each make his list.
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01
CURE EyTP AR1GRAPHS.

IHARE Russian officers inspected a
po Sder mill near Portland, Me-, last
f7r = tJanuary, and endeavored TO purchase
improved machinery Ike that which was
there in use. This they were unable to
do, butthey made contracts for the man
ufacture and shipment of large guam
tity of powder worth $3.50, 900.
= ss 1HE snltan will proclaim "holy
wzx war" Russia has proclaimed also a
holy war" England's possible war
must, of course, be 'eholy." Every one
ssf the CONTESTANTS, bible or koran in one
: hand and sword in the other, will belIig-
erently exclaim to each other, =" am
holier than thou. Our torpedoes are
holier than your torpedoes; and our
sa bombs bayonets and bullets are the only
holy bombs bayonets and bullets in the
world"
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

TIE moistenins of coal with a view
% increase its heating eject Is frequently
practiced. \ calculation in a Ger
anau journal, based upon a careful con-
sideration Of the products formed and
the heat generated in their combustion,
together with the. specific heat OF the
products Of combustion and of the air
required, as well as of the heat rendered
latent in the steam. demonstrates not
only that neat is obtained from the ceal,
but that the temperature produced is
lower than with dry coal, and that there
is consequently n waste of fuel. 1t is
admitted that in exceptional cases of
dusty coal it may be advisable to moisten
IT to render 1t more compact, and pro-
mote the access of the air in burning
The Hickman courier., 1877-06-01

THAT wild, untamed American po-
Ienta;c Don Pedro shocked Emperor
William the other day by wearing a
black cravat at the emperor's reception.
Besides he was out when the Kaiser
called on him at his hotel. The brazeB
emperor from Brazil in point of eti-
quettc seems a regular bull in a china
shop and his eccentricities .justifv the
probability Of next hearing of him at
some court with his pants tucked in his
boots and his shirt outside his panta-
looms, the custom of the country in
B-azil. = Graphic
IL the course OF recent lecture in
Paris, regarding the uses of birds, an es-
innate was formed of the damage to crops
10y the robbery of a nest containing FIVE
eggs. During the FIRST month each young
bird eats an average of about fifty-eight
flies or other insects in day. The ag-
gregate, multiplied by thirty, for one
month, makes 4, 800 insects TO every nest.
Every insect eats daily from blossoms
aud leaves an amount equaling its
weight until it reaches maturity. 1t
was calculated that in thirty days each
insect would damage thirty blossoms, and
Z thereby destroy thirty fruits, and that
900 insects would kill Do, 900 fruits.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-17
Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, FIRST Tn
 | dicial District, Pinal county, ArizoSa Territory.
 Charles c. Mason. plaintiff, vs. Geo,a.
 Richmond and Michael Welsh, defend. Iants-
 ! The Territory o( Arizona sends greeti,,. Ito George Richmond and Michael WelSbe ldefendants: You are hereby required to appear in A, taciiOn brought against you by the abovs nampd plaintiff, in the District COurr ,g the First Judicial District Of the Territorv of Arizona. in and for the County of PInaf and Co answer the complaint filed therein | in said county, in the office of the cIerl- IOf said District Court. within twenty davS exclusive of the day of SeTvlcej Hfier t6a service on yOu Q: this summons, if Seryed within this county, or if served out of thfs lcOunty, but in this district, within thirt, days. otherwise within forty days, or iudS. meut will he taken against you aecOr,Iin,, To the prayer of said plaintiff.
 The said action k brought tO recover tba sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Six gt;.iaC Dollars, upon an account for money Jenf goods wares and effects furnished said deN 'fendaniS, between the first day of Januarv A. D. 1875 and the fifteenth day of Jam. .ary, \. l.. lsT7.
 And you are hereby notified that if vor fail to appear and answer to said cumplgfnr las above required, the said plaintiF viii take judgment by default against yOu for the said sum of Nine Hundred and FIft,. Six G. 100 Dollars and costs.
 Given under my hand and the seal offbs District Court or the First Judicial DiStric, .Of ihe Territory Of Arizona. in and fo, Pinal county, thiS l0th day nf Februayy A: ID. l67s. JOHN J. DENINE, Clerk.
 February 24. 2I-IOr
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-17
To the People of Arizona.

iHNHE SECRETARY OF WAR HAVING | ordered live hundred Springfield rifles IcHlibrr 50, Co Doe turned over Co the Governor lOf the Territory of Arizona 10 be used iu Rrming mili ia companies, and The Leg. llSlaiure or Arizona having passed a law | authorizing the Governor tO distribute said arms equally among the several coun-. ues, upon application of the captains of miiiiia com pJnieS regularly organized un- idrr the laws uf the Territory, upon saiG captains giving bonds with good and Suf- nri"ut securities tO receive and keep said arms accOrding iO law; therefore give nn- luce That ] will issue eighty-three Of said guns "a each of ths counties of the Terri tory, upon application of captains or mil- tiH companies, upon the fultllment Of The requirements aforesaid.
 The arms iO be distributed are mostly in th- hands of the U. S. military authnr- itirs, and in delivering them to the several counties, l shall. In Orier tO save expense 'Of transportation. endeHvOr aS far aS prac. ticahle, Co procure them at the military post nearest to each Of The several coun. ties. A. r. K. SAFFORD.
 Governor Oi Arizona
 Tucson, Arizona. March 9th, lS77.
 March 10. 23-iw
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-17
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY, MARCH r. 1877.
Final County.
FLORENCE, March 8, 1877.

FLORENCE, March s, 1877.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Patience is sad to be one of the cardinal virtues. Job possessed patience, yet he was noi virtuous, if we can believe history. How Job came to be endowed with so much patience never having lived in Florence, is a mystery. However, we will excuse him this time, as he has several prototypes here with patience, l-boils and all. Florence is looming Iup. The town is full of strangers from all parts of the Union, and a Coodly number Of mining speculatorS are among the number. As usual there are bad ones among them but the genuine ones will counterbalance the evil and bring out the mines. By the way, all countries have their cham pions; there is the champion talkist walkist, pie-biter, elc, and even Flor ence has one, the champion pump kin planter. Emerson, the poet, Is perhaps away up in writing poetry but what does he know about planting pumpkins? Especially under cotton wood tree, in the Gila vally, on Stiles farm.
 There is every prospect at present for good crops, and the farmers here are corespondlngiy happy. The small grain, such as barley, wheat and oats, Is now oyer foot high. The peach trees are in full bloom, and the cotton woods, of which there are plenty all over town, are fully leaved out, present ing beautiful appearance to parties just from the California desert. In speaking of Florence, ils surround iags, future prospects and it's present business outlook, 1 would not be doing justice if l failed to note its business houses. There are three principal ones here, and undoubtedly that of CJlling- wood < Co takes the lead. This house is doing a fine business in town as well as In the Globe, Pioneer and other mining districts. Joe is well liked by all and trade will go where fair deal ing is the rule. The counting room of this house is managed by r. P Mas solelti, erstwhile of Tucson, and d very pions young man. It's too bad,-he ought to have been q Sunday-school superintendent Among the hotels and restaurants are the Cosmopolitan, the Florence and the Elliot, and they are as good as you will find elsewhere in the Territory.
 The excitement about mines conun- ues and new discoveries are almost daily reported, and prospective million aires are as plentiful as leaves in Val lambrosa. One man says he has only been in the Territory three months, and that his mining interests could not be bought for $l,5O0,OOO, gold com.
 In my next I will give some mining items, &c. FRANK.