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all knowledge of or belief in any such thing. He spoke feelihgly of the condi- tion his Yumas have been reduced to by small pOX, failure of the river to overflow their planting grounds, and wBht of work. He said that when his people came to town they were allowed to get liquor, and that if they acted badly when drunk, they were shot. He said no general plot or coalition was possible because the Moha- yes had long been trying to fasten quar- rel on the Yumas, killing them when op- portunity offered. He did not want him. self or the peace-abiding members of his tribe held responsible for crimes of the drunken ones. He was for peace and pro- missed to report any signs of lnsurrection.
 On the eve of city or county election there are always citizens who display great zeal in behalf of the dear people, and work very hard with their mouths. But people began to figure the thing down.  The Yumas have had all the war they wanted in days gone by; they know the strength Of the Whites; there are more able bodied and armed men in Yuma than there are among the Indians, and the latter know it too well to be attacking adobe buildings; they are very poorly armed. Such reasoning was fast allaying all excitement. On Thursday a petition was rather numerously signed and tele- graphed to Gen. Mcdowell, asking him to deliver the arms, etc, at Fort Yuma, to custody of citizens here, and to cause troops to be stationed here for our pro- lection. He replied that granting the first request was contrary to law, and that two compsnie of troops, from Camp Apache, were then en route to and near Yuma, on steamboat.
 All this agitation may have some good effect on the coming election, but it has had only bad effect on the reputation and prosperity of this town. For very short time there appeared to be cause for uneasiness; but the alarm was kept up by a lot of reformers, hungry for notoriety. Yuma is as safe as Los Angeles.
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NTcCrackin Matters.

This morning we were waited upon by one of our leading business men, who being large stockholder therein, is desirous of having the affairs of the McCrackin Con- solidated Mining Company, of Arizona, thoroughly investigated TLis mine, by the way, has been one of the most regular bullion producers of the territory, and has been and is regarded as most promising mining property. The gentleman alleges that the McCrackin mine has shipped bull lien to this city amounting in the aggre- gate to $516,000 and is still capable of pro- ducing at the rate of S15,000 to S1Op,O0O per month. The original capital stock was in 200,0O0 shares, which readily sold for S2115 per share. This capital was subse- quently reduced to S1OO,OOO shares, which the gentleman considers worth S5 per share. He further states that the mana gers have been promising dividend to stockholders monthly since last April, and is naturally indignant to find that, instead of fulfilling their promise, they clapped on an assessment of fifty cents per share. He thinks that stockholders should com bine, demand a rigid investigation and ascertain where the money has gone.-S. F. Post.
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A LITTLE job for our coming city election has been secretly put up by friends of J. G. Campbell. They decided to run Dr. DeCorse for Mayor, Mir. Thomas Hughes for Councilman, and Mir. Tyner for Marshal. They had every facility for publishing this ticket, but seem to have preferred organ izing their force in secret, and then springing their trap on the people-much as was done by the same parties at the last special city election. All this secrecy was characteristic; but it was as futile as it was useless. The Se- cret leaks out, and no one seems to care curse whether their men run or not. Their candidates have ability enough to fill the offices, and are likely to be elected by lack of opposition. Their suc- cess is to be claimed as a proof of the strength here of Campbell's friends. But against the election of MT. Hughes there are valid objections. His barkeeper, Mir. John Stanley, is already a Coun- cilman. AS only four members form that body, one half of it, if Mir. Hughes is elected, will be filled out Of one saloon. That does not look right; it is too much like making 'ring" outfit of it. About half the property here is owned by Mexican citizens, who are entitled to have at least one member of the city government. MT. Hughes can be elected, but we have Mexican citizens here capable and honest enough to hold office as we'll as he. It is also well to consider that mechan- ics are as much entitled to a share of city offices as are saloon-keep- CTS, or any others.
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erty owner here, took an active interest in promoting the enter prise. If the other members had been as public spirited, and as wealthy, the people of Yuma would to-day have plenty of water for sprinkling and irrigating, at 8 reasonable cost, but without com- pulsion of taking it, if they pre- ferred the present method of hauling it from the river in carts. But the project met with much hostile criticism, and was given up. The only land claimed by the company is one lot on the bank of the river, which it bought for cash at public auction. This is some of the corruption" that is to be investigated by the next pure city government.
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The Indian acare--A False alarm.

Last Tuesday Q young man here, who understands the Indian language, over heard three bucks talking about a plot to form a coalition between the Yumas, Coco pas and Mohaves to capture the arms and and massacre the inhabitants. They spoke of Pascual, head chief of the Yumas, having refused his consent to the project, and of the general determination among the h. dians to act without his consent. They perhaps intended that their talk should be overheard and repeated Anyhow, that evening first-elnss sensation WAS created by parties of armed citizens who drove all the Indians out of town. This was as it should be and would do much good if done every week. A good deal of useless eX- citement was indulged in. While Indians were running across the bridge some shots were fired, and number jumped off into
 
 ported drowned; probably injured by the fall. The excitement among our people was increased by their knowledge of the Indians desperate condition. The cpl dernic of smallpox among them, six months ago, interfered with their winter crops: the imperfect overflow of the river has prevented them from planting their usual summer crops. Many of them are near starvation. It is also known that they have been greatly excited by the killing Of some of them. One was shot not long ago while in the act of stealing a sack of flour. Another was killed lately, and one wound ed, in fracas growing out of their being cousht in an attempt to burglarize store perhaps for foodt perhaps for plumber. Old residents here say they never before knew the Indians to be so ugly in disposi- ton, or to do so much stealing, as of late Hunger and despair breed violence and crime among all people. Pascual was sent for, because he has the confidence of old residents who believe he wants to keep peace and restrain his h. dians from crime. On Wednesday he seemed to evade questions about plots among the Indians. On Thursday hc denied
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Is Campbell subsldizing Newsra-
 peFSZ

THE SENTINEL mentioned the arrival here, and shipment to Prescott, of job press, paper cut ter, type and other appurtenances of job printing office that must have cost about $3OOO by the time it reaches destination. All the packages were plainly marked, and way-billed, to John G. Camp bell, Prescott, A. T. We intimat- ed that it would be a graceful re- cognition of vigorous "puffing," for Campbell to give that material to the Enterprise newspaper, re- gardless of whether he is elected to Congress or not.
 In its issue of the 31st. ut. that paper says:
 If we are not mistaken, the job office re- ferred 10, already belongs to the Enter prise, and is so consigned. MT. John G. Campbell stated this morning that he had no press or type on the road, that he had never purchased dollars worth of prin- terS material or had any interest, monetary or otherwise, in such purchase, and that if any consignment of such had been made to him, it was without his knowledge or consent.
 We have obtained, from the San Francisco office of the c. r. R. R. Co.,, copy of the way-biIl on which that job office was ship ped: 1t reads as follows:
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THIS Yuma and Fort Worth

THIS Yuma and Fort Worth mail-route causes a good deal of grumbling. The contract was taken by J. D. Chidester at a lower price than it can be carried for. The Postmaster General told him so, and offered to let him off, but he was elated at having a big contract, and would not then withdraw. A week afterward he was better posted and asked to be let off, but then the Postmaster General said "No, sir" The ways of mail contractors are past finding out. This contract was let on a schedule time much longer than has been given for carrying the same mails for the past three and a half years. The programme is evidently to secure a shortening of schedule time
 and to thereon base good claim for increased compensation. To carry out the first part of that pro- gramme there is no trouble in securing the cooperation of the people. Everybody is willing to sign petitions or write letters for that purpose, no matter how hot they may be against the contrac- tors. What should be done is to break up this one long route into several shorter ones, making one daily route of sixty hours between here and Tucson, Qess than 300 miles, and giving such mail ser vice to the country eastward from Tucson as it requires. Such pay should then be given as will fairly compensate for carrying mails well. It is possible that this will be done by October 1st, or soon after. It would suit contractors, people and F. o. Department; all hands would pull together to ac- complish it. If something of this kind does not occur to relieve Chidester, he may burst up-and we hope he will, as another warn- ing to excitable bidders for mail contracts.
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Summons,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE l Third Judicial District, Territory of Arizona, County of Mobave
 Nancy A. Pierce, plaintiff vs. J. T. Pierce, defendant
 Action brought in the District Court of the Third Judicial District, in and for the County of Mohaye, in the Territory of Arizona.
 The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to ]. T. Pierce You are hereby summon ed and required to appear in an action brought against you by tEe above named plaintiff; in the District Court of the Third Judicial District, in and for the County of Mohave, in the Territory of Arizona, and answer the complaint filed with the Clerk of this Court, at Mineral Park, Tn said County Ca copy of which complaint ac- companies this summOns), within twenty days (eXclu5ive of the day of service) after the service upon you of this summons, if served in thIs county; but if served out of the county, and within this District, then within thirty days; in all other cases forty days.
 The said action is brought to obtain a decree of this Court dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between the Plaintiff and Defendant, and giving the plaintiff the care, the custody and educa- tion of the minor children of the parties, and for general relief.
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the complaint as above required, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint, and costs and disburse- ments in this behalf expended
 Given under my hand and the Seal of the said District Court at Mineral Park, this 24th day of June, A. D. 1878.
 CALDWELL WRIGHT, Clerk. w. c. PLAKELY, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Anthracite Coal.

Mir MacFarlane in his Coal Regions of America" says that anthracite does not belong to any particular geological age
 but is produced by the transformation of fossil fuel of any kind. There is small coal field near Santa F6, in New Mexico, which 8 volcanic overflow resting on a bed of Ignite, elsewhere of no value, has con- verted into anthracite coal. There is a a similar instance in the British possess ions on Queen Charlotte's Island, in the Pacific coast. At Los Bronces, in Sonora, Mexico, Triassic coal was converted by local volcanic action into anthracite of fair quality. The coal fields of Arkansas con- tain ore-thlrd bed of semi-anthracite coal These are the only beds of anthracite as yet discovered outside of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and they al probably not extensive or likely to be of great importance. It is not impossible that others may yet be discovered in the far West It is we'll known that there is anthracite in France, but it Is nowhere mined on a large scale, or sent abroad to market. < With these and other un- important exceptions, it may be said there is no other good, hard anthracite coa
 known; certainly there is not single coal breaker elsewhere in the world than in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania.
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ANOTHER change is to be made in the new stage road next week. Instead of going up the Yuma Wash the ore-road will be followed up to the Castle Dome lead mines; from there the road will be taken through the big gap, and out by the Horse Tanks, where station will be made by Nick Gunther and Farrar. Good move; it shortens the route little, avoids heavy sand and gives solid road. The stage men are all much pleased with the way L. A. Smith built the road from here to Castle Dome landing.
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Now all this looks as ii some- body is ashamed of something; or as if somebody is foolish enough to make Campbell surprise gift of $3000 worth of printing mate rial, CT as if the same disregard of truth here crops out, that has so far characterized all utterances in Campbelfs behalf, politically. The first and third hypotheses are probably correct; though shame is, perhaps, @ novel sensation to the parties under discussion. It is not bribery, CT anything very criminal, for Campbell to hire the Enterprise to violate pledges made to Woolsey, in consideration of the Iatter's legislative vote to move the capitol to Prescott, instead of to Phoenix: nor to hire it to make ridiculous statements about his
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A COMPANY was formed here a year ago for supplying Yuma with water. The City Council agreed to give it franchise, and to give it two blocks of land on the moun- tain south of town and one on the mesa, provided it laid a certain amount of pipe and actually fur nished water within one year. MT. David Neahr, being a prac- :ical Inachinist and a large prop
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Probate Notice.

FIN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE \ County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona
 In the matter of the estate of Jose NJ Redondo, deceased.
 Pursuant to an order of said Court, made on the First day of July A. D. 1878, notice is hereby given that Monday, the Fifteenth day of July, i. D. 1878, at eleven o'clock a. m. of said day, at the Courtroom of said Court, at the Courthouse, at the Village and County of Yuma, have been appointed as the time and place for proving the will of said Jose NJ. Redondo, ard for hearing the application of Piedad C. Redondo for the issuance to her of letters testamentary, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same.
 Dated July 1, 1878.
 GEORGE TYING, Clerk Probate Court. II. N. ALEXANDER, Atty. for Petitioner.
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capacity to fill the position of De- legate to Congress; nor to pay it to make incredible assertions about his political strength at Pres colt and elsewhere. We have known Campbell to do bigger things than these, and without a blush; so have others. The second hypothesis is not tenable: Painter & Co. is an old firm and has sold too much printing material, to be giving away $3000 worth of it to the wrong man. CAMPBELL OR- DERED TT AND PAYS FOR TT, and he knows 1t; so does the Enter prise know it.
 A prominent worker for Camp bell wrote us as follows and we still have the letter;
 eff THE SENTINEL will work for Camp bell 1t cau make some money, otherwise he will spend his money on Mir. Purdy's paper"
 This last has evidently been done.
 A Well-knoWn newspaper man was sent over to start newspaper in Mohave County. He was to get help from local residents to start County paper; and was then to receive money to run 1t in Campbell'S political interest. The stopping of the Signal and McCrackin mills let the bottom out of that project.
 Such evident proof of subsidizing newspapers to bolster up weak candidate dissipates all confidence in their statements, and gives rise to suspicion that the Tucson Star is also paid for its kindly mention of Campbell. Stevens friends do not object, because they have no fear of Campbell; they want him to run, and pick up such votes as might otherwise be given to more formidable Oppo- nent.
 Arizona has little use for can- didate that hires newspapers to islander his opponents and to pub fish falsehoodS for him. If a man cannot be believed as Q candidate, he cannot be trusted as Dele- gate.
 Nice lot of "reformersv' Nice lot of organs!"
 If any one is deceived by hired statements of Campbell's political strength, let him lCok at the vote Of Yavapai County at the last election. Campbell ran against Cook, Buffum and Ben Weaver, for the office of County Treasurer he got the smallest vote of the four, getting about one-ffth of the entire vote. Does that look as if he can carry his own County? Not muchi
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Merited Compliment.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE, OMAHA BARRACKS,
 Nebraska, July r, 1878

PLATTE, OMAHA BARRACKS,
 Nebraska, July r, 1878 GENARAL ORDERS, No. s.
 In obedience to Paragraph ?, Special Orders No. 14S, current series, Adjutant Generals office, Major A. H. Nickerson, Assistant Adjutant General, is relieved from duty at these Headquarters.
 The Brigadier General Commanding, cannot let pass this occasion for making known his deep sense of obligation for the valuable and distinguished services rendered him by Major Nickerson, during the twelve years that that officer has been a member of his military family, and for congratulation upon 8 promotion so richly deserved, which will assuredly secure a general recognition for the high qualities of mind and character which have won the warm regard and esteem of those from whom he is now to be separated.
 By command of Brig. Gen. Crook.
 ROBERT WILLIAMS,
 Assistant Adjutant General
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THERE is much talk of making another cutoff on the road from here to Prescott, leaving the present new road at the Horse Tanks, and striking the old road near Mezquite Wells. This change would leave out Tyson's Wells and Desert Station en- the road to Prescott by twenty or more miles. We doubt its practicability.
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Richard Canzer.

DOBN IN GERMANY IN 1S45, A BAR O Der by trade and resident of San Francisco; went to Arizona in the year 1875, and on the 18th of May of the last mentioned year, wrote from Toros that he had to stop there on his way to Ehrenberg on account of severe illness It is SUD- posed that Ganzer soon afterwards died in that neighborhood of consumption.
 At the instance of the relations of said Ganzer, 1 respectfully request those who may know of his whereabouts or death to kindly furnish me with the particulars. San Francisco, June 27, 1878.
 ADOLPH ROSENTHAL.
 Consul of the German Empire, 321 Bat tery street, San Francisco, Cal.
 July 13 14-3m
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SOME complaint is being made again have County. Some mail was carried up on the last boat, which helped things out little. It is no trouble to get shortened time and increased pay on the Tucson road, but it seems nearly impossible to even get the mails carried at all on the routes into Mohave County.
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NEWS was received here yesterday that the time has been shortened, and pay in creased on the Ft. Worth mail route, by order of the ? NJ General The stage time to Tucson will be reduced to three days.
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EXCELLENT prospects have been diseov- cred near New-water, about 80 miles from here. New placer ground has been found, and so have rich lodges. It is now good time for prospecting that country: the tarks have been filled by heavy rains; and the new stage road passes so close to New water that there will be little trouble in getting supplies or experts in there.
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Notice.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
 FLORENCE, ARIZONA, June Is, 1878. ' AM AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS I Pacific Railway Company" to receive applications from occupants of the odd sections reserved to said company by Act of Congress, at double mininuxs price, (S25O per acre) payable upon perfection of title.
 CHARLES D. BOSTON June go. 11-tf
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ACCOUNTS from the new placers above Aubrey are only middling. It is extreme ly hot ont there, and water, packed from the river, sells at twenty cents a gallon. Fair wages can be made, but nothing big enough to tempt men not to wait for colder weather. Finkler got disgusted, and sold his machine to Bray, of Empire Flat
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FOR SALE.

Desirable Real Estate on Main Street, Yuma, A. T. Substantial we'll finished dwelling house; seven rooms; brick floors {: good corridors, and every convenience possible; one of the coolest houses in town. Lot 75 feet front by 200 feet depth, extending through to Maiden Lane. Titls perfect. Will be sold cheap for cash.
 Apply to David Neahr or to B. D. Jones, Yuma, \ T. [47-tf
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Assistant Adjutant General

No FREIGHT for the interior came by ears on Thursday morning. The train left Los Angeles with nine freight cars, but their contents were destined for pelnts along the road
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AN excursion to Santa Monica is pro- jected It is proposed to sell sixty tickets, at S1O each. which are to be good for five days. The subscription list is at the post office. It is cheap trip.
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EX-GOVERNOR SAFFoRD is due here next "Wednesday with party of five. They will stay here one day and then go on to Tucson by private conveyance.
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SURFACE prospects on the Luz mine are good. A hole was sunk five feet, disclos- ing 12 inch streak of galena, about as rich in lead and silver as the Castle Dome ores. Werninger has sent up supplies and team and has gone up there himself, to develop the mine.
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MURPHY & DENNIS train has been bought by MT. James Randle. It con- prises six wagons and thirty seven mules. It continues to freight on the Yuma road.
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AVIAN named O'BrIen was drowned in water tank of the Southern Pacific rail road, at Dos Palmas, on the Sd inst.
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IT is reported that contract has been let to sink an additional fifty feet on the northern shaft of the Silver King mine.
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THE Dos Republicas, of Tucson, the only Sparlsh paper printed in Arizona, has been enlarged and improved.
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VANITY Fair and Centennial Smoking at Il. s. Fitzgerald & Co.'S +
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AUBREY FREIGHT.
TEAMS FURNISHED AND FREIGHT RECEIVED AM
 FORWARDED PROMPTLY.

All goods consigned to me carefully at tended to. THOMAS HALLECK,
 15-Sm Aubrey, 4. I.
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DOAD STATION RECEIPTS, READY h printed and in quantities to suit, for sale at THE SENTINEL office.