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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16

mere majority OF tue hepupllcan party
can keep itself in power at Washington.
The Civil Service views Of our CORES.
pondent are not, we venture, any more
the views Of the intelligent Republicans
Of MOnongalia county than his Southern
policy views. Notwithstanding all he
says about the Jacksonian antecedents Of
the majority of voters in Monongalia
county, yet 1t is certain that they did not
follow "old Hickory" for the sake Of the
spoiIs. They were not camp followers.
They followed him for his Union loving
sentiments, and not for the cry that ito
the victors belong the spoilS." The
masses in Monongalia county, as every
where else, do not expect or seek Office.
They vote without reference to merely
personal considerations. They would be
glad to see genuine Civil Service reform,
whether II Is modelled after the English
pattern or any other pattern. They do
not look coldly on the Presidents efforts
at reform. The curse Of the country has
been the pursuit of Office. A million Of
people engaged in this pursuit in the last
campaign. We refer to the expectants Of
the two parties who were shaping their
ends for Office. II this country is ever
plunged into war again ii will probably
be by the disafIected and disappointed
office seekers. Therefore all disinter.
ested people are hoping for an eventual
reform in the Civil Service.
Our correspondent makes very lame
attempt to account for the declining
strength Of the Republican party through.
out Gen. Grants last term. We really
do not see the force Of his quotation as to
what somebody said about power passing
from the many to the few. Whoever said
that made a mistake. 1t is not true in
England and OF course not true. in
this country. Power is spreading to
the masses in England, as it is also In
France, and as it is always bound
to spread under democratic form
of government. The Republicans were
unable to hold the South under
Grants administration, and they were
still more unable to hold the North. State
after State was leaving its place in the
ranks. All sngacious men could see that
it was only 4 question Of very short
time before the Republican party would
be in hopeless minority. President
Hayes saw how the current was setting,
and understood that If the party was to
remain in power it must change its. policy
promptly. For the good Of the party as
we'll as the good Of the country he came
to the rescue, and up to this time he has
labOred intelligently, patiently and sue.
cessfuIly in the right direction.
Asto the grand result Of his labors,
that depends somewhat on the policy Of
the Republican leaders at Washington.
Not that we mistrust the sentiment Of the
country towards the President. The
country is with him by an overwhelming
majority. Still, it is possible that the
reactionary element in the Republican
party may do great deal OF harm to the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
BALIorrINo PoR A SENATOR.

ANsAroLrs, Mp, January l5.-The
balloting for U. s. Senator began to-day.
In the House, Dennis, the present incum.
bent, received 10 votes, ex.Gov. Thomas
Is, Steiner II, ex Gov. Groome 10, Mont.
somery Blair s, scattering ID. In the
Senate the vote was: Dennis Z, Thomas 4,
Steiner 4, Robinson 8, Hambleton and
Stump each, Groome, Wickes and
Gary 1 each,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
ANorHER GREAT BATTLE.

LONDON, January 15.-A Constantine.
pie dispatch announces that great battle
was fought on Monday between Tatar
Bazardjik and Phillipopolis. Fighting
was resumed to-day. suleiman Pasha
afterwards took up positions nearer
Phillipopolis, and ordered the inhabi.
tants 10 leave the town.
The Russians have reached Tehirpan,
south Of Yeimshagra, and are marching
on Yenimahalgre.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
ANTT-RMuMPrIoN.

HARRISBURG, Pa, January 15.-In the
House Of Representatives to-day the fol.
lowing was reported fsvorably from the
Committee on Federal Relations:
Rsotred, That II is the sense Of this
House that the bill to repeal the Re-
sumption Act, now pending in Congress,
ought 10 become q law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16

ALBANY, January 15.-The Repub.
lican caucus tonight nominated White.
law Reid and Leslie w. Russell for Re-
gents Of the University. Reid's nomiua.
ton was by acclamation. The Canal
Board adopted the toll sheet OF " for rs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
.HAs. E. DWIGHT,

For Additional Telegraph xe ThTd Page.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

CossrANrrNoPLE, January 15-9A. NJ,
Server Pasha and Naungk Pasha, en-
yoys to negotiate with the Russian Grand
Duke Nicholas, left to-day for Kezaulik,
where they are expected TO arrive on
Tuesday. Grand Duke Nicholas has in
formed the Porte that he is invested with
full powers on the question Of the condi-
tions Of peace.
RUSSIA STILL CONTRACTING FOB WAR MA
TERIAL.
LONDON, January lo.-The Russian
Government has ordered 42 more torpe-
do boats at stetlen, to be completed by
the middle Of April.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
KY. U. 8. sEgAroRsHIP.

FaANKFoRT, January 15.-Joint sena.
torial ballot: Williams 81, Lindsay 80
McCreary IS, Boyd II. Adjourned
Caucus tonight.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
WAR NOTES.
StiIl Fusilading.

ODESSA, January 15.-The Turks have
bombarded the town Of Theodosia, soulh'
eRstof Crimea. They burned ten houses,
killed ono person and wounded twelve.
They have also bOmbarded Anapa, on the
Black Sea, in Circassia, but did little
damage 10 the town. One person was
killed there. The bombardment OF open
towns by the Turks, while the negotia-
tions are proceeding, are said 10 cause
great irritation at st, Petersburg.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
SHIELDS HOUSE,
No.7 Sixth ST., near Suspension Bridge.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
WIZ. sTAHLnAN. -. Proprietor

This Houss has been thoroughly renovated aAd
Teftted, with all the modern improvements added.
Ladies and Families will hnd the House suited In
every way 70 their wants.
PTlTate entTaner, PaTlOfS, dc.
II Il located In one Of the most prominent streets
In the b1dnoaa centre Of the City and Is vol Ven-
tllaied throughout.
Affords Street cars Iass the door every Eve min.
ues for all paris Of the city, Allegheny, Manchester
aud South side.
The proprietor has served long lIme In the buh-
mes and knows we'll the wants ui guests, especial.
ly those Of our farmers Rates very moderate, only
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16

Adyices from Cape Town state that
Sir Bartlette Freeres Governor and Com.
mander in Chief OF Cape Colony, in re-
ply TO the address OF the deputalion, SAID
he recommended to Parliament the com.
plete disarmament OF the natives,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
THE KILLING OF WILLIAM ROBINSON
 BY APAcHEs, AT ToNTo BASIN.

II. L. Hart, U. s. Indian Agent at San Carlos, reports to Governor Gosper that, on the night of the 2lst of December. an In- dian reported b. him that on the night of the goth an American living on Tonto Creek. near old Camp Reno, had shot the captain of band of Tonto Apaches, named Shus- hely-TiZzee, or s'Ned smith, and that the Indians who were with the Captain had fired at the American in return.
 The Chief had nine men with him. all of whom came back to the Agency on the 22d At the time of the shooting four of the h. dians had gone out hunting, and there were only five with tie Chief. Chushely- rizzee told these five, as they approached the mouth of Tonto Creek, that he was going where the white men lived, and would re- join them further on. They tried to dis suadc him, but he went, taking his gun with him. They soon heard shot, and as the Chief did not return, they went to look for him, and on approaching the camp of the sheep herders, white man commenced shooting at them with a revolver. The Apaches returned the fire until the white man went into the tent, and then fired several shots at the tent. They stated that they did not go close to the tent, but could see dark object lying on the ground near it which they believe to have been the body of their chief.
 This party of Indians had passes for twelve men, two women and two boys, to hunt on the Reservation in Pinal mountains, and were far beyond the limits of their passes They say the man who was killed told them their passes allowed them to go to the Tonto country.
 Agent Hart reports this as the Indians side of the story, and asks the Governor for any information he may have, and also that he take such action as he deems proper in the matter.
 Acting Governor Gosper will answer the communication and take such action as he | may decide upon after he has taken time for deliberation.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
The city election went by defalt
Artic Exploration.

Professor Nordenskiold in his report to the Swedish government on the feasibility and importance of the exploring expedition projected by him, to be undertaken, if suf- ticiently encouraged, in the summer of next year, proposes to return to the scene of his former exploits and adventures, the north. ern coast of Europe, from the North Cane eastward. twill he remembered, the recent voyage of an English captain tn those waters. whose experience even more than confirms all the speculations of the Professor. Nord- enskiold believes that a steamer can pass through the White Sea and between Nova Zembla and the continent br the mouths of the Jenisey and the other great rivers of Siberia, and skirting the whole northern coast of Asia, come out safely at Behring Strait in single season, and still give time enough for the naturalists of the expedition to study the hydrographioal features of that region. If the expedition should not get through in single season the Professor deems it possible that it could safely winter at some point on the route. If Captain Wig gins story is to be taken as evidence of tho general condition of the sea near tho coast there can be no great difficulty in the pas sagel but previous experience indicates that his observations were made for an altogether exceptional season. It ia to Do hoped that Nordenskiolds projected expedition lnay be actually made, for the world IS little ac quainted with the actual condition of the coasts that it will touch or the country sh0ve them. Indeed, there is nowhere else so large section of the earth of which so little IS known in civilized countries, and if the Professor makes his expedition he will change that.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WEBER.

The District Attorney has furnished the Enterprise with his Report for 1877, which is quite lengthy, wherein he tries to white wash the affairs of the County and make the taxpayers believe that we are not tax, cursed people. We copy so much of the document as shows figures, which will be plain to our readers, from which they will be able to draw their own conclusions. The old saying that "fgures don't lie" is evidently true one, and applicable to this case The District Attorney estimates the taxes for the coming year to be about ? 1s per cent. The year 1877 without any Coun- ty buildings to pay for, and only small amount on roads, VIC have been called upon for 31s per cent. taxes. There must have been something wrong the past year, or else the District Attorney is mistaken in his estimates for the year 1878,
 'I find, upon careful investigation, that the total outstanding indebtedness of the county, on January 1st, 1878, is about $5s, 900, including bonds already issued; and elso find the total amount of bonds to be is- sued for improvements during the ensuing year, to be in all, Sf2,00O, including $60, ,000 for the building Of thecourt-house, now in process of construction. No bonds have as vet been issued on account or tho court house, and consequently, no interest will be payable until January, 1879.
 Estimating, therefore, the present amount of taxable property in the county to be ss,- O0O, ,Oo0-whi(h Is very low estimate-we find the present indebtedness to Do loi more than two and ene-half per cent. of the entire amount of taxable property. Ger tainly a better showing than can be made by any other county in Arizona; and, in deed, sery much lower than the average county indebtedness throughout the entire United States. And estimating eqE ihdeht: ednsss on January 1st, 1879, to be 100, 900, and our taxable property to be $s,o0o, 900, we still have oaiy three per cent. as the amount of taxable property of our indebt: edness--certainly much less than the usual amount of municipal indebtedness tor as .arge ard wealthy a county as ours. The amount of cash now in the County TFessurF is over $sS,o00.n
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
A McBRIDE vs BLACK wARRIoR MIN
 ING CO.

l A suit was tried in Justice Gates Court
 Wednesday afternoon, involving the right Q
 E. P. Rains. as Supt. to draw against thu Treasurer of said company, after notice had
 been given him that he no longer had au
 thority to make such draft.
 It seems from the testimony of N. Ellis Treasurer, of the company, that on the 5tl of Nov. the check book WAS taken from Raines, and notice given him that his au- thority to draw checks had ceased, and yet on the Sth of he same month, Raines drew check in favor of Morgan < Dougherty for $l20, and sold it or bearer to Mcbride This check is on one of Ellis blanks, al- though it is dated after Ellis says Raines had delivered the book to him, and had no ac- cess to it,
 Raines, OF the other hand, swears that the authority was not taken from him, and that he merely left the check book with Ellis for the time being. Ellis ayers that the money for which this check was drawn, was not used for the benefit of the Black Warrior Company, but for Raines' private purposes.
 Raines swears it was for the use and bene- fit of the Company, etc.
 
 Mcbride, and Benjamin Morgan for the Company. Neither party had any books to show whether Rains had drawn more money than he had expended or not, although El- lis offered to show, by the books of the Company, that Raines had drawn more than he had expended for the use of the Company, which was objected to and the ob jection sustained by the Court. The Justice seemed to be somewhat perplexeG in arriving at decision in the matter, as it was simply the oath of one party at interest, against the other, and they differed entirely in near ly every particular.
 Justice Cate, in arriving at a conclusion, remarked that he thought there was slight preponderance of testimony in favor of the plaintiff, in this, that Raines, who handled and expended the money, had a better chance to know whether it was used for the or for his private use than Ellis did, whose duty it was, simply to furnish the means. And again, it was the opinion of the Justice that in cases where an agent has had an authority to draw drafts, and that authority has been exercised to such an extent as to become notorious, and generally among business men of the com munity, it is, or ought to be, necessary. in order to protect innocent purchasev of such drafts, that in taking away such authority from such agent, notice should be given, not only to the agent himself, but to the public, as in cases of dissolution of copartnership, where the parties seek to terminate mu- tual responsibility. In other words, the company should have notified the public through the newspapers, that Raines' au- thority to draw checks had ceased
 Judgement for plaintiff, Mcbride, for the mount of the check and costs. The case will be appealed
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

SHORT MAIL ROUTE ADvocaTED.-The Denver Tribune very wisely advocates the establishing of short mail route from that place to Prescott, Arizona. ss substitute for the present roundabout out of the way route from Santa Fe to Tucson. The Fri bune, in long article, details very accurately the benefits that would arise from the estab- fishing of such . line We copy from that paper the following;
 "The pFoposed route would have its east ern terminss at Garland, at the end of the Denver and Rio Grand railroad. From there the coach would proceed to Conejos, thence to Pagosa Springs, thence to Tierra Araarii- Ia, thence to Fort Wingate and thence down the Little Colorado to Prescott Tue dis tance from Garland is only four hundred and fifty miles; the distance from Denver not quite seven hundred; two hundred miles less than the distance from San Francisco to Prescott. The trip could be made in four days, whereas six days are now consumed in going from San Francisco sione. The dis fancc from Prescott to Tucson is two hun tired miles. There would bc but little diff culty in extending the line to that point.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
The Presidents Departure.

President Hayes, Mrs. Hayes, Webb c. Hayes, Ar. ". T. Cramp and Miss Minnie Platt, of the Presidential party, partook oi an carly breakfast at the Fifth Avenue Ho- tel yesterday morning, and after receiving several prominent citizens who called to wish them merry phristmas, were driven to the Desbrosses street Perry to take the limited express st Jersey City, for Washing ton. Upon reaching the depot parior car No. .0S, of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- rosd, was placed at their disposal, and the fes minutes remaining before the departure of the train were pleasantly passed in chat ting with the friends who had gathered to sec them of. Among those were Gov. Mccormick. the newly apponte9 Commis- sioner to the Paris Propositions Mr. Geo. ". Barker, Superintendent of the New Jersey division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and several ladies. I-N. '. Herald, Dec. %.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

The Naval Court of Inquiry relative to the Huron disaster find that the loss of that steamer was due to the lack of sese,Anship on tho part of Commander Rysa an<l Navi- gator Palmer. A sssruh for the hodies of tho victims resulted in their being fouad buriaa np and down the beach distance of forty miles from the wreck.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9th.

| It was ordered that Chas. Yates be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase the following articles of clothing for the Mexi- can, now in his charge as indigent sick one under-shirt, one over-shirt, one pair of drawers, one pair of socks, and one pair of pants.
 The following bills were audited and Warrants in payment thereof ordered to be issued: l.. Bashford & Co.-merchandise for Sheriff7s office, $92.25; for coal-oil, $2; for articles for indigent sick, $79. Total, $173.25.
 Warrants in favor of Jurors certificates, as follows; Washington French, $14; T. J.. Morgan, IS; J. A. Park, $16.
 A bill of H. Asher < Co.,, for merchan- disc for indigent sick, for $4S was, on mo- tion, laid over.
 The Board took recess until D. m., and met pursuant to adjournment.
 The County Treasurer presented redeem ed County Warrants for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1877:
 GENERAL FUND-Nos. 90 to 12S, 13O to 133, 125 to 146, 149 to 157, 159 to 163, 165 to 167, 169 to TIT, 179 to 1SS, 19l to 229, 233 to 249, 251 to 254, 255 to 257. Total, $l3,S93.05. CONTINGENT FUND-Nos. to 9 inclu- sive. Total, $1,5SS.60.
 COUNTY SCHOOL FUND-Nos. 34 to 30 in- elusive. Total, $550.17.
 Cash in Territorial and County Funds, $27, ,l49. .55-which was turned over to the County Treasurer, E. J. Cook.
 Board adjourned, to meet to-day at 10 o'clock a. m.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
Subscription, s4.oo per Year.

C. ". oraae 32e Montgomery streef San Praneisoo is sots lgef for ths ARIZONA MINER fa that cify Hs fs astherised Co cotet moaegs due fhis establishment taks mders for adueysfsing and attead Co aay otker eassae@ deroiring Hpsn efa hs representatives ef As Pr6fisher
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
Items from the Yuma Sentinel.

Ncahr shipped the first of the presen month 32,000 pounds of machinery to tho tiptop mill, via Phoenix.
 Major Dunne has retired from the com mand of Fort Yuma
 Geo. A. Crowfut, of Crowfut's Western World, has been on visit to Yuma.
 There is much dissatisfaction at the s. P R. k. for obstructing the navigation of the Colorado with their bridge.
 The McCrackin Company are about tC start foundry for the casting of their own shoes and dies.
 Thomas Hughes, an old resident of Yuma, accidentally shot himself through the lungs, causing dangerous wound.
 The steamer Gila arrived on the 2d inst from up-river with S7,000 in McCrackin hnilion, $50 sacks rich silver ore and lot
 The city election went by defalt.
 Gen. Palmer, President of the Denver and Rio Grande R. R., and D. C. Hunt, general manager, were at Yuma on New Years day, informing themselves about freight and developments being made in Arizona. The present terminus of their road is at Fl Moro. If the bill passes Con- gross appropriatlng money to be expended by the military in making wagon road across the Mogollons, they can make a tempting bid for carrying the freight of Prescott and all that rich Sierra Prietta mining country. Gen. Palmer knows the country we'll and Is himself known, from his survey of tile 8 parallel railroad route across Arizona.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

Somc women love Co praise their BUS hands. Said I.oisviile wife, the osne. cay 5 .s,, her earnest. lencsr way .hy husband
 fs . ensrf mar. yes he is. never saw 2 e~sesfer. xbr. i:c has got 1t fixed so that I s-<, - fa sax s{ors is town. and run m aent ss much E ss please end they can | so''oh 3
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

In the above two allowances of Cook and Curtis, H. II. Cartier, Probate Judge. was present and acting as member of the Board. and according to the records, voted a reduc- ton Of $50 in tbe account of Supervisor Cur us which was defeated by majority of the
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

Gideon Brooke for team and hay ..-..,-.-..s as % 1I,Ima En.eiprsse-heber. heber.-...-...--..-... is So ne-f ast1p1ensI stafionery ls7 co .so s "nna'ns' board Of prisoners-- a3s co
 of Jurors and witnesses
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 Expense, Lewis, Lyons and Par
 fridge. -..;.....,.-.-......'. 1923 n mhs. hatndge night vstehnan. .....-........ 72 O. -. v. Garrett hauling ----...-......---.... I2 75 nrNagen fines, repairing jail -........-..- O0I VI. l. fsce, digging grave. ave..---.--..-...... 20 co SampSsA Parker, coffn- n--....-............. 20 co Dun hatz poarding indieent sick 2S00 co Rc.ar.l .arlf ....I. L.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
PROCEEDINGS or THE BOARD OF su.
 PEEyEsORS.

The Board met January 7th, 1878. Present, Brooke. Curtis and Ceok land transacted the following business:
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11

Wm E. HazIenne Jurors accounts purchased 15s co L. bsshford Co. SIS co
 Board adjourned until 10 A. M., Jan. 9. 1878.
 The whole amount audited and allowed for the past quarter, during the two days that the Board has been in session, foots up the nice little sum of SS.6Ol 46.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-01-11
WATER!. VATER!! WATER!!

Prescott, Dec. 27, 1871.