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Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
THE MORE MURDER TRIAL. Sprague the Leader. sentenced to be Hung.

SAN BUENAvENTURA, August D. Promptly at nine o'clock this morning Judge Fawcett took his seat upon the bench. The prisoner Sprague was then brought in, and the court rendered a decision upon the points upon which the defense had asked for new trial. Tue motion was overruled, the prisoner was commanded to stand up and the Judge said:
 "F. A. Sprague, you have been con- victed of the highest offeDse known to the law; you were skilltully defended at the trial; every device was exhaust ed to save you; but jury of your fel- low-citizens has pronounced you guilty of the great crime with which you were charged. In the dead hour of the night you, the leader of band of masked assassins, applied the torch to the premises of your victim, and as he rushed startled and half naked into the light of the flames, you closed upon him and shot him near to death He attempted flight; you pursued; he fell before you with pleading voice that should have wrung pity from a heart of iron; but you remorselessly riddled him with bullets as you would the carcass of a dog. There is no Ian. guage strong enough to depict the atrocity of such a deed Your guilt is as clear as evidence can make it. You probably thought you would be e'upheld by the community Tn which you lived. Thank God, you were mistaken. There are but few monsters to applaud your act. The result of your trial proves that we are yet governed by law; that we are a community of enlightened human beings, and not society of savages. The law has seized you, and by the voices of twelve good men holds you in it's memorable grasp to pay the dreadful penalty of your crime. Let your fate be a warning that justice is sure to follow crime; sometimes travel ing slowly, with leaden heel, but strik- ing with an iron hand. I will not af- feet for you a sympathy I do not feel. There is no point in your case for sym pathy to grasp at, so far as you are concerned. I feel deeply for your faithful wife and children; they are the ones who need and who receive the pity and sympathy of all kind hearts It only remains to formally conclude this painful duty. The judgment of the court is, that on Friday, the 27lh day of September next, between the hours of 10 a. m., and p. m., you be hanged by the neck until you are dead And may God Almighty have mercy on your soul"
 An appeal will be at once taken to the Supreme Court from Judge Faw- cett's decision.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

cultivated in him a shrewdness which,
 since his last start, in 1851, made his
 path one of constantly increasing sue.
 cess. Every investment was a new
 gain, and his mastery of the art of
 taking Tn much and disbursing as
 little as possible, soon raised him to
 a position among the wealthiest of our capitalists. A remarkable feature
 in his career was his presentation to the University of California of the valuable Lieber Library, of New York. embracing 30,000 volumes. His only weakness involving lavish personal expenditure was hOrseflesh. In con- nection with his win it will be re- membered that two years ago when the Board of Equslfzation refused to reduce his assessment, he said that it had been his intention to leave the bulk of his property to public charities, but if the Board failed to reduce it he would not for such pur- poses. The Board denied his appli- sition, so it is problematical what he made of his property.
 His wealth may be variously estim- ated at s5,OOO,OOO to S1O, 100000. He was large holder of United States, State, city and county bonds, gas stock and Bank of California stock. He also owned 8 large quantity of valuable real estate in this city, be- sides considerable tracts of land in the southern part of the State. It is said that his capital assisted materially in pushing the Southern Pacific Rail road to Fort Yuma. MT. Reese was of the Hebrew faith though not d rigid observer of the rights of religion. He was man of apparently robust health, though within a year or two he had complained of failing powers, l, and took the trip to Europe partly with a view to physical recuperation. $. F. Post.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
GLoBE CoRREsPoNDENCE.
More About the Stonewan and Other
 Mines.
RAMBoz CAN'T. Julv 28. 1s7s.

RAMBoz CAMP, July 2S, 1878.
 EDITOE CITIZEN: :- According tc promise 1 continue my notes on tho StOnewall mine. Thirty men are em ! ployed there now and the number will soon be increased if the prospects con. tinue as good ss at present. The men are paid from s to $4 per day. Su. perintendent Freeman deserves great credit for the energy and ability he has displayed in the development of this valuable property. MT. Dodge the foreman is an industrious, com. petent man and attends we'll to the company's best interests.
 McMlllenville is now a flourishing little town, turn where you may and you will see brisk business and cheer ful faces. The little three-stamp mill, though erected with great simplicity is doing splendid work IL is running night and day under the management of Mir. Silas Tidwell and gives general satisfaction. MT. Tidwell has done a great deal for this camp both by per. sonal effort and by investment. It is to be hoped that the difficulty between Mir. T. and Mir. Miller of New Mexico may be adjusted without stopping the mill as that would greatly injure the best interests of the camp. This will be appreciated when 1 state that am told the little mill is clearing up six hundred ounces of silver every twenty four hours, which is not a small item for new mining camp like McMil- lenville.
 On my return home from the Me Millen mine I passed several promis- ing prospects on the same vein, the Mammoth, the Henry Clay, the Giant, and several other claims are liable to develop into valuable mines any day. The fact that the croppings on these claims are not rich proves nothing, as the Stonewall croppings only aver aged 715 ounces directly over the rich ore body that has been opened at a depth of 127 feet.
 The Quartzite is still yielding rich ore. Messrs. Milner 6 Watson have now over 300 sacks ready to ship to the mill. MT. Whalen and others have some very fine ore out of the Stewart mine. The Centennial also looks we'll, the main shaft Is now down fifty-two feet and $500 assays are made from the ore at this depth. The Buckeye and McMorris are also yielding plenty of good ore. There is also a good claim on Pinto creek, owned by Messrs. Westwood & Lawrence. They are down on the vein now by shaft and tunnel 145 feet and at this depth areI taking out ore worth one dollar per pound of which they claim to have an eighteen inch stratum.
 We had delightful rain here on the 18th instant, and the surrounding coun- try is now looking fresh and beautiful, the grass is growing rapidly and every thing wears the appearance of theI bright and cheerful spring time.
 PIONEER.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Desert Land Claims.

The following are the instruction issued by the General Land Office anC are decisions of many important ques tions concerning desert land claims.
 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
 WASHINGTON, June 9, 1878 UNITED STATES SURVEYOR GENERAL
 SIR:-The following instructions art issued under the act of Congress ap proved March 3, 1877, entitled "Ar act to provide for the sale of deserr lands in certain States and Territory
 By the terms of the act the quantity to be entered by any one person is limited to one section, or to a tract mol exceeding six hundred and forty acres and it is required to be in compact fOrm.
 If the land is surveyed it is required to be particularly described, and if un. surveyed it shall be described as near. ly as possible without a survey.
 As the land to be entered under this act is public, and no provision is made for any departure from the rec tangular system in tue survey of claims under said act, the claimants on un- surveyed land will be required to take their claims by legal subdivision when the lines of public surveys shall have been extended over the same.
 You will, therefore, instruct your deputies that in subdividing townships, when they reach one of these desert land claims they will extend their lines in the usual manner, and, from the best information obhinable, represent by an outline sketch the approximate limits of the reclaimed tract, or the tract in process of reclamation, SO that the same may appear upon the town ship plat when prepared in your office
 In case survey is asked of claims under said act which are desOlated from the regular progress of public and the land intervening is not of character authorized to be surveyed under existing laws, in order to reach such claims it will be neces- sary to extend the nearest standard line to the neighbOrhOod of such claims, and then extend the proper township and section lines sufficiently to em- brace such claims.
 This extension will only be author ized in cases where a person has made satisfactory proof to the register and receiver of the reclamation by con ducting water upon the tract within the period of three years from the filing of his declaration therefore, in rase where the party desires to make payment and obtain patent for the land, and after the evidence of reclama- ton has been submitted to this office and authority is given for such exten- sion. Very respectfully,
 J. A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Humility.

will tell thee-I will tell thee
 Where my bosom friend shall be; Not where.hollyhocks are Haunting,
 But where violets scent the lea. Not where gaudy parrots chatter,
 But where larks and linnets sing; Not with dahlias of the autumn,
 But the lilies Of the spring. Ever birds Of plainest plumase
 Scatter sweetest music round Ever flowers Of richest odor
 Grow the nearest to the ground. l will tell thee-I will tell thee
 Where my bosom friend shall be; Not where naughty riches gather
 Needy knaves to bend the knee; Not where Pride looks down on Merit, Or where Beauty dweIls with Scorn, But where Wealth is linked with Goodness And the best are noblest born. For the humblest are the wisest,
 And tue meek are glory-crowned, And the sweetest scented fow'rets
 Grow the nearest to the ground.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
From santa Rita Mountains.

LAMP IoLTEC, August Slave the
 pleasure of visit to the present works
 of the Aztec Mining Company. They
 are in the Santa Rita mountains on the
 southwestern slope. The company
 owns twenty-seven mining claims,
 more or less prospected and opened. The Montezuma on the Empress of
 India lode, is now being explored on
 plan which will determine the value
 Of this immense vein, vein which crops out in the boldest manner for mile or perhaps more, and shows a
 width of fifty to one hundred and fifty feet. It shows ore strata from an inch
 to three feet thick. The plan of devel. opment now going on is like this
 Two shafts about 150 feet apart; they to be sunk 100 or more feet deep, and connected by tunnel with cross cuts from wall to wall Those who are competent to judge and have examined the vein, think the rich strata shown on the surface will unite, and should they do so, this one claim will make the Aztec Company wealthy. If it does not, some of the other claims certainly will. The richness of the strata and
 immensity of this vein, pointed it out for first exploration, and certainly the work is warranted. The exploration of this vein might be considered a large undertaking for individual enter prise, but for associated capital it is not, and it is just the thing for capital 10 do. This company has as it's Su- perintendent Col c. w. Tozer, a man of great energy and mining experience, and il it supports him alright, he will soon quite thoroughly determine the value of the Montezuma. The deepest shaft is over seventy feet; is large and thoroughly timbered. It recently cut al stratum of rich quartz one foot in thickness, and the foreman regards the prospect fiatering.
 There are about eighty people in small section of the Santa Ritas em. bracing parts of Aztec and Toltec Districts. Among them are several families. Geo. Allison has opened al store at the old Hacienda, and Manager Magee of the Toltec syndicate, in forms me that steps are being taken to establish a postoffice there with Mir A. as postmaster; also that the TubacI and Crittenden mail can be carried byI there without inconvenience to the car rier. l had no opportunity to look at any of the Tollec's claims, but under stand Dr. Mckee of Los Angeles, who has just examined them in his own, and the interest of others, is well pleased, and development of claims is going forward.
 The whole country is musical with running brooks and almost rivers Rain has fallen nearly every day for al month. The new grass covers theI ground everywhere. Cattle, horses and sheep are fat on it. Live oak trees are numerous in all parts, and about four miles distant large pine-trees are plentiful. The country all along the. southern line of Arizona for hundreds of miles, is rich in gold, silver and lead; also in grazing, and in many places of considerable area fruits, grains and vegetables grow luxuriant- lv w.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

IT may not be generally known that common cooking soda is a sure remedy for the bite of rattlesnake, if applied soon enough. An incision should be made to the depth of the wound made by the fangs of the snake, and into this cut the soda should be sprinkled. Il will immediately bubble up and turn green, caused by the action of the soda in neutralizing the acid of the poison. This remedy was never known tc fail when applied in time.-Ex.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

IRE trial of the Perry train robbers on the Union Pacific railroad, ended on the 9th instant. They were sen fenced as follows: Wm. Henry nine wears, D. II. Hill seven years, T. R. Thomas five years, in the Lincoln, Ne braska, Penitentiary. Gibson turned States evidence and was freed.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Public Lands and the Decision Oi
 Secretary Sehurz.

The following has been estimated as the areas of public land thrown open to pre-emption and homestead settle ment under the recent decision of Sec retary Sehurz, concerning the Pacific railroads:
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

IN New Mexico at the Republican convention held July 30, the Hon. Ma riano $. Otero, of Bernalillo was nom mated by exclamation as the Republi' can candidate for Delegate to Con- gress.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Postal Changes.

Office discontinned-San Jose, Pims county, Arizona. Name and sIte changed-Sassabie Flat, Pima county
 Arizona, to Providence Wells, and YudsIscio Aquine appointed Postmas.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Vt. $. EDWARDS,

CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
 Tucscn. Arizona. Special attention given to locations un-
 der the Desert Land Act, and obtainingl patents 10 mining property.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
Po.smn-rer. Appointed.

Walter D. Scntt, Hayden's Ferry, Maricopa county, Arizona; Charles Welhof, Msricopa Wells, Pima county Arizona
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

L. J. WEBSTER, 2O4 California Street,
 San Francisco. WILL ISSUE ORDERS UPON THE w above named firm, payable in Cash or Supplies. for money deposited with him. thus saving the expense and risk of trans fer to parties having interests in the Globe District
 REFERENCES IN SAN FRANcIscS: National Gold Bank X Trust Co.,, Tsber, Harker & O.,
 Tobin, Davidson & Co. January 9. fs-sua
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

SECRETARY OF WAR MCCRARY, se- lected recently at Omaha, site upon which, are to be the s300OO head quarters.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
,. H, HEREFORI

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. Effce on Congress street, opposite Palace
 Hotel. Tucson. Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
JOHN L. HARRIS.

Hate Chief Clerk Surveyor Gen'ls ohiceI
 U. S. DEPUTY SURVEYOR. Agricultural, Mineral and Private Land
 Claims Surveyed. Tucson Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
WILLIAM OSBORN,
ATToRNEY-AT-LAw,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
 NOTARY PUBLIC AND coKvEYESCER, Special assistance given in obtaining pa- tents for Mining and Preemption claims, ard also title 10 land under the Desert land and Timber culture laws. Office north side Congress street, Tucson AriZOna.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
FARLEY & POMRoY,

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELoRs AT LAW qi'ucson. Arizona. NotarIes Public. office United States District Attorney. Office on Congress street.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
H. B. SUMMERS.

RNEY AT LAW, FLORENCE, ARIZONA.
 Practices in all the Courts Of the Terri tory and gives special attention to cases l,efore the U. $. Land office. If
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
JAMES ABEGG,

MAIN STREET, YUMA, ARIZONA. News Depot. Book and Cigar Store, Con- zectiOneTy and Fancy Goods.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
A. e. SWIFT.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
 And Notary Public. Special attention given 10 Mining Claims lobe City, Pinal County, Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
e. H. ObRY;

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. VIII practice. n all the Courts of the Ter
 ritory.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
THEO. WHITE,

CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. Deputy Surveyor of Mineral Lands. ---sor. Arizona. 50-tf
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
H. N. ALEXANDER,

ATTORNEY AT LAW. YuMA ARIZONA. WIIl practice in all Courts in this Territory
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Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
GEO. HI. WILLIAMS,
Ex-ArroRNEy GENERAL.

EX-ATToRNEY GENERAL.
 Washington, ID. c. Prompt and careful attention given to business in the Supreme and other Courts ofthe District, and before the Departments.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

Plain death notices, free. Obituary re- marks in prose, SS per square; in poetry, @ 50 per line.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
G. Al. SWASEY,

JUSTICE OF THE PEACK AND NOTARY
 PUPLIC. Attends to the Patenting and Incorporate lRC Of mines. Conveyancing, Draw ing or Contracts and all other Legal Instruments in writing. Talk Ing Acknowledgements, &c. Ofice at News Depot, Broad Street, Globe
 City, Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
T. DE NOON REYMERT,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
 Notary Public. Florence. Pinal County, Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

MRS. HOLLORAN ,begs leave to call the attention of the Public to her New Restaurant now open on
 MAIN ST, OPPOSITE BREWERY. The table will be supplied with every del- lcacy that the market affords.
 She will try her Fest to please guests. JanIS l5-SnH
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
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cs. FITCH. CLARK CHURCHILL
 FITCH & CHURCHILL,

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELoRs AT LAW
 Prescott. Arizona. Will practice in all the Courts Of the Ter ritary. Speeial attention given to cases n the Supreme Court,
 Co mining law and the perfection of titles to mines and lands ClLC5-1u tue Bank Of Arizona Building,
 up stai
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

Business advertisements at Reduced
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16
New Restaurant.

Everything Nice and Clean. Come and
 get a eE5- Good Meal -ea
Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

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Arizona citizen., 1878-08-16

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. VIII practice in all the Courts Of the Ter
 ritBry.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Let the Bond be Fulfilled.

John Sherman rules that, as he has
sold seventy million dollars worth of
bonds for gold, they must be paid in gold,
no matter what the bonds themselves say
they are payable in. The contract for
payment is specific contract, and Is
plainly expressed on every bond. What
man buys his bonds with has nothing
in law, to do with what he agrees to re-
ceive in payment. John Sherman did not
apply his present rule to the ive-twenty
bonds. They were made payable in
"lawul money" and were bought
with greenbacks, "lawful money" John
Sherman's presen: rule would make them
payable in greenbscks. even though the
bonds said they should be payable in
coin, for the government sold them for
greenbacks. Tney must be paid in
money Of the SAINT kind of money for
which they were sold, says the secretary.
The following tabular statement Of the
issue of bonds sold for greenbacks, and
the gold value received tor them is in
point:
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
Heating a CITY by Steam.

The experiment of heating this city
by steam has proved highly successful.
Three mile. of pipe properly covered
with noucoudncting material laid under
ground through some of the principal
streets raiiste from q central boiler
house, ahd fifty different dwellings and
other edifc,s, including one large public
school building, have been thoroughly
warmed all winter. Dwellings more than
mile distant from the steam generator
are heated as readily as those next doer.
Steam meters are provided, 20 that each
consumer need pay only for what he
consumes. 1t is claimed that the system
can be 10 developed as to furnish steam
at fifty pound pressure transmitted
through twenty miles Of pipe, thus cup.
plying power for engines and rnanuiacto.
ries, and steam for cooking and laundry
purposes, for extinguishing confsgra-
lions, for clearing streets of ice or snow,
or protecting hydrants from frost. The
rates actually charged TO the consumer
here do not exceed former cost OF coal
and wood Lockport Cor. N. Y. Sun.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16
The Frigate Bird.

see a small blue point in the heaven.
Happy and serene region, which has
rested in peace above the hurricane In
that blue point, and at an elevation of
10000 feet, royalty floats little bird
with enormous wings. A gull? No its
wings are lack. An eagle! No; the
bird is too small. 1t is the little ocean
eagle, first aud chief os the winged race,
the daring navigator who never furls his
sails, the lord of the tempest, the scorner
Of all peril--the man-of-war or frigate
bird. We have reached the eliminating
point OF the series, commencing by the
wingess bird. Here we have a bird,
which is virtually nothing more than
wings; scarcely any body--barely as
large as that of the domestic cock while
his prodigious pinions are fifteen feet in
span. The great problem of flight is
solved and overpasred, for the power of
fight seems useless. Such bird, nstu-
rally sustained by such support, need but
allow himself to be borne along. The
storm bursts he mounts 10 lefty nights,
where he finds tranquility. The poetic
metaphor, untrue when applied 10 an.
other bird, is no exaggeration when ap-
piled to him; literally. he sleeps upon
the storm. When he chooses to soar his
way seriously, all distance vsnishes he
breakfasts at the Senegal he dimes in
America Michelet.
The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

will probably soon bring about the col
lapse of this long, fierce effort after Gu
ban independence. Generals Jovellar
and Campos have an opportunity to be
generous in their treatment of the un-
fortunate island, and they should urge
the Madrid government to offer to the
Cubans government approaching au-
tonomy. But we do not believe Spain
will be generous or even observe any
conditions of peace she may subscribe
to. The island has been plundered mer-
cilessly by successful Spanish officials,
and it is very likely that the fetters will
be forged stronger than ever. It 50,
there will be another revolt which NAV
really exhaust the resources of the
Madrid government.-C Courier Journal.