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CITY ALAsuOUSE, RICHMOND. VAL
SUPE&tNrESDENTfS OFFICE. (
August S, 1878. )
NOTICE.-SGA PROPOSALS
will be received until ~ o'clock VI.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1878,
for furnishing a!uishouse with supplies Of
FRESH BEEF,
BACON.
FLOUR,
SOAP.
HERRINGS,
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
SALT,
MOLASSES.
IRISH POTATOES.
for the quarter ending Tuesday, November II
1873.
The Committee for The Relief of the Poor reserve
the right reject any or all bids offered: and o
giving the contract for each article required to TIA
lowest bidder therefor.
Forms OF proposals can he chained ut this office
CHARLES L. BIGGER.
al Std Superintendent.
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ROARDING.

1
GOOD BOARD AT THE LOWEST
W rates can be had ut Mrs. WEBB'S, No. 900
Eighth street, near Leigh. Large; and handsome
rooms. ad lp-eod3ff
nESIRABLE ROOMS AND EXCEL
ENTBQARD for. tWe or three young men,
also TARLE-B0AkD,t In private famil five min
utes' walk from Dcst-oface, Apply at 205 east Main
street. al s-3tS
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Congressional Matters

Especial telegram 10 the Dlspatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, August 9.-Maior Jesse
yeates, who represents the First North
Carolina district in Congress, secured bis
nomination at Edenton yesterday, over
three competitors. There is no doubt OF
his reelection. The convention was lively
but orderly.
Hon. John Goode, Of this district, has
tonight but twelve more delegates to secure
his denomination at Hampton. There are
three counties and two cities yet to hear
from.
The city is Illuminated in every direction
tonight with bonfires, and the candidates,
including Major Baker P. Lee, are making
the occasion very lively and exciting.
ASSOCIATED Pres report by telegraph to the DIS
patch.I
NORFOLK, August 9.-The Conservatives
of the Seventh North Carolina district have
nominated Jesse J. Yates for Congress. Ex-
Representative G. L. Cobb is announced as
the Grcenback candidate for Congress from
the First North Carolina district.
FREEPoRT, I'LL. August 9.-The Repub-
Iicans Of the Fifth district (Burchard'S) have
nominated r. NJ. A. Haw for Congress.
Especial telegram to the Dispatcl.I
WYTHEyILLE, Va. August S.-Colonel
j. L. Richmond, OF Scott county, was nomi-
mated for Congress from this district yes
terday on the fourth ballot.
views OF Representative Blackburn
on THE COMPLEXION OF TIE NEXT CONGRESS
AND DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS GENERALLY.
WASHINGTON, August misrepresentation
Blackburn. chairman OF the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee, said
to-day he considers it certain that. the Dem
ocrats will have both houses next Congress,
in which event he thinks nothing can pre-
vent them from clecting President, who
he thinks will be Thurman. Mr.. Blackburn
thinks the Democrats will hold the next
House by larger majority than at present:
He does not think the Republicans will
nominate Grant. He considers the Nationals
will be potent factor in the elections, but
SAYS: "They will not bother u.s." His
views regarding the Democratic prospects
in the coming elections, and in the future,
are OF the most sanguine character.
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Tg.c yellow. Fever.


New ORLEANS, August 9.-Forty-four
new cases OF yellow.feyer to-day and twelve
deaths,
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COLUMBIA, August 9.-The Republican
Convention, after some routine business,
adjourned sine die. The Convention may
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BUFFALO, N. ", August 9.-The Chinese
embassy passed through this city to-day en-
route for Washington.
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& FATHER AND DAUGHTER DRow ED. intel
sligence was received yesterday Of the deatl,
sof DR.. j. r. Gfice, q we, known dentist,
formerly of East Baltimore. and his daugh-
ter, Eva Griee, near Chesapeake City, by
drowning Baltimore american, 9th.
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be summed npas a poll teal fasIare, ay bali
OF The delegates were pronounced Hump
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CITY tIMSIIOuSE. RI II1tOND. NA.)
SUPERISTENDENT'S OFFICE.
August 6, 1878.
CEALED PROPOSALS
will be received at this Office until II o'clock "
TUESDAY, August IS. 1878.
for furnishing city almshouse with
One hundred and fifty (1j0l tons, more or less
$4,000 pound, rach). best quality RED ASH
SCREENED ANTHRACITE COAL, egg size.
ALSO.
Two lltuIred and fifty t2j0) tons. more or lcSS
5000 pounds cach), best quality ENGINE
COAL,
to be delivered at city alnshousc, free of cost tn the
city, ut such times and i'll ,ch quantities Us the SUI
pcrintcuiaIt may direct 90 ,
All coal furnished under this Gourmet will he
weighed on the city scales, aud settled for by weigh
master statement. , -.
Eoua with approved security. will he required for
the satisfactory completion OF The contract
Pr1u0s .ls must be adore scd TO tile llnCerseiie1'
eudor sed Proposals for Coal for tie CITY AIMS
house. 80, ,,.- ..,,,.,
tb,. right 10 reject any and all bids offered ana Of
nwarn" The contract for coal IN whole or III ilar.
Further information can lac Obtained at This once.
CHARLES T.. ElGGEk.
,u Still Superintendent
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Flour.
Fine. So: sSpe rhine. s3.75m$4; extra. $i.j0@
s4.75: coln1sOr. family, 1850 fancy brana>, &c.
Marked dull,
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DEPARTMENT OF OUTDOOR POOR,l
cr-pErIHT,S OFFICE CITY ALMSHOCSE. {
RICHMOND. VA. August 8, 1878.
cEaLED PROPOSALS
will be received at this Office until IL O'Clock NJ.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH. 1875
for .furri ;hing the Department Of Outdoor roor
One Thousanr( ,OO0) cords, more or less OF pe'"
quality SEASONED PINE WOOD
TO be delivered in this city during the nontsoi DS
ccmbsr. 1878, and january. February. ana AhaIcn.
1879. free of cost To the city, at sucl iiEles di VI
such quantities, and at such places is the Supefl-
tenIent NAV direct. ,,,ro
The wood furnished will be subject TO measure
mcnl whenever deemed necessary by the Siipefih
tenLcnr, The cost OF stacking and measuring Tue
wood 10 he paid by the contractor: .,u
Bond with approved security, viii be rclulred ior
the satisfactory completion OF the contract.
Proposals must be addressed to the undersigned,
endorsed =" Propos, as Tor Wood for the Department
OF Out Door Poor"
The Committee for the Relief Of the Poor reserve
the right reject any ana all bids offered, and OF
awarding the contract for wood III whole or IN
part. 80
Further information can be obtained at This office
CHARLES T.. BIGGER,
an etd Superintendent.
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VEGETINE
I REGARD AS 4

VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINE.
JANUARY l, 1878.
Nr. II. II. Sterens:
Dear Sir.-I take pleasure in saying that have
and | have Known of several cases of remarkable
care effected by it. regard 1t as valuable family
Truly yours.
The Rev. William McDonalGis c!lknown through
the United States as Il minister i'll the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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ARKANSAS.

Reports in this State embrace forty re-
plies, covering twenty-one counties; average
date 31st The weather since July 1st has
been good, but from the commencement OF
the season to the close OF July has been less
favorable than during the same period last
year. OF lands planted in cotton in this
State an average OF five per cent. have been
abandoned on account Of long.continued
rains. Stands are about a fair average, and
the plant is blooming and boiling well.
The present condition OF the crop is hardly
as good Us last year.
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MISSISSIPPI.

One hundred and thirty-thrce replies
from thirty-three counties; average date,
31st: Weather since July 1st decidedly UNI
fayorably, especially during first fortnight.
Owing to continual rains III most couties an
average of five per cent. OF the lands plant
ed, since the beginning Of the season have
been abandoned. Compared with last year,
from the beginning OF the season to the
close, July weather has not been so favorq-
BILE. Some injury to stands has been
sustained through freeing fields OF
grass, but OF the whole, though not
good, they may be considered as fair.
About one half our correspondents report
the plant not blooming and forming well;
the other half state the reverse. AS a gen.
eral thing the crops are poor and the large
percentage OF the lands abandoned are OF
this description. The crops are partially
grassy, though much has been done to im-
prove them since the rains ceased, in many
sections. Smith, Claiborne, Copiah, and
Covington counties report worms, but no
damage yet.
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STAUNTON.

,,rr OF A wsLI-KNOwN CAvE-H0G-CH0L-
vr.--seNs OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SoNAL-PoLITICN..
$500. ,.,.o. ar ,hn I2ichrnoud DISnatch.1
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-09-07
The Political Situation

The best information that can
now be gathered seems to indi-
cate that, among our candidates
for Congress, Stevens is still
ahead, though daily losing
ground. He is poor politician,
and q worse electioneerer. The
men who engineered and worked
for him at former elections are
now lukewarm, dead, or in favor
of other candidates. A Delegate
to Congress has so little influence
or patronage with which to re-
ward political service, that men
get tired of spending their time
and money on consecutive cleo
lions OF the same individual;
there are not rewards enough to
go around, and some partizanS
have so be disappointed and sour
ed. Just now Yuma County has
some votes for Davis, very few
for WooIsey, quite vote for
Campbell and majority for Ste
vens. Davis can gain some votes
by coming here; WooISey cannot;
Campbell has been here and made
all his strength; Stevens can gain
nothing more here except by pur-
chase, and very little that way.
In Maricopa WOolSey and Camp
bell seem to have tWo-thlrdS of
the vote, about equally divided
between them, while the ether
third lies between Stevens and
Davis, chiefly favoring the for
mer. There is a strong family
element which will be attracted
to Davis as soon as he goes there;
also a large vote that sympathizes
with his Republican sentiments
and pronounced views III FAVOR OF
our public school system. Wool
sey's private record is against
him; Stevens has done nothing
for Maricopa during his two terms
of office, and can point to no pub
lie record that will attract that
people; the sectional feeling dis
played by CampbelPs partiZans
will steadily cause him to lose
ground. By election time the
percentage of votes in Maricopa
bids fair to stand thirty-five for
Davis, twenty-five for Woolsey,
and twenty each for the other
two, provided all stay in the field
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-09-07
Transportation.

FreightCrs have suffered considerable
loss during the past month. The roads
have been next to impossible, and teams
are struck IN the mud all along the road.
Freight arrivals have been light, compared
Will, number Of teams waiting for loads
Much loss has been caused them by
neglect of cOnsignces to pay their railroad
freight-bills promptly. No freights are
deliyer cred TIL those bills are paid: local
forTarders will not advance the money:
teamsters have to wait till they are paid,
before they can load, and they are the suf-
fererss
George Field has turned oat his mules
at The nine mile water, waiting for roads
to dry. Goldberg leaves to-day with 81, 900
for Tucson, 12000 for Government and a.
900 for Lord d Williams, Abadic, Green
and others. Carr also goes to-day with
10000 for Tucson. Lutgerding is loading
for Mcdowell and Phoenix Donnclly has
taken out 1000 for the Silver King mine
and mill
Drachman's train left on Thursday with
10000 for Tucson. Wards left yesterday
with $4,000 for Tucson. Buckalcw u
0choa's went Yesterday with $4,000 for
ColliHgwood IL Co, Florence. Fisher is
now loading $4,000 for Tucson Thomp-
son got away on Sunday. Meyers " Bow
ley will load next week
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and Davis goes around and makes
himself known. In Pinal County
it is reported that Woolsey will
get large majority in the Globe
country, and that Stevens will
get q fair one in other parts of
the County; CampbelPs vote is
insignificant, and Davis is not
much talked of yet. In Pima
County Stevens is now conceded
to be far ahead; Woolsey has not
a cOrpOraPs guard; Davis cannot
now count on one-fifth of the vote,
but will gain a great deal by cam
vassing; Campbell is gathering
up the anti-Steyens men, and
will make a strong showing.
Davis ought to get some majority
in Mohave County, followed in
order by Campbell, Stevens and
Woolsey. Campbell has warm
friends there, but the support of
the Enterprise newspaper tells
against him. YavapaI can almost
be counted for Davis; it has Il
large respectable element that is
disposed against the antecedentS
and politics of the other candi-
dates. Wooisey stands well with
a number Of old " Hassyampers,"
and will run on the strength OF
the Squaw Hollow and Bloody
Tanks Indian fights; he will also
get votes from weak sisters at
Prescott, who hope, by voting for
a Maricopa man, TO propitiate the
Phoenix people into not trying to
move the Capital. Campbell is
unpopular in Prescott, and will
run worse there than in any other
part of Arizona; Wooloey will
stand him off in Navapai, and
Stevens will beat him. The lat
ter is understood to have secured
the Mormon votes through George
@. Cannon, Delegate from Utah;
there are said to be nearly 200 OF
them. He is also understood to
have the Clifton vote, in c0nse-
quence of services to LezinSky
during his timber troubles with
Carl Schurz.
That is about how the Delegate
matter now looks; but many
changes will occur before cleo
ton.
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Where are the TOads 4?

Millions of frogs were raincd down i
few DAYS since on the Little Colorado, .
says the Miner.
Since the heavy rains around Ph9nix
we have vaiuly looked in every number of
the Herald for some story like the Miners
and for some account of the big toads that
sometimes appear after heavy rains III the
Salt River valley.
After heavy rain, In the summer Of 1872,
we rode across that valley, miles from the
river and from permanent water The
road and adjacent ground, as far as one
could see, were fairly alive with little
jumping toads, thousands of which were
crushed by our wagon wheels. While at
frequent intervals we saw hundreds of full
grown great toads, the smallest of which
could scarcely have been damned into a
two-ouart measure, and many of which
were as large 20 the whole crown of silk
plug" hat The little ones might pos
sibly have fallen with the rain; but the
large ones could not have fallen twenty
feet without bursting from the shock. It
is more likely that all sprung from the
earth on its becoming wet enough to hatch
the little ones, and 10 let the biz ones
crawl out Arse, Herald. Tell Us all
you can ind out about the big salt KlYer
tOdds
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ARIZONA SENTINEL.
No Water SpOuts,

Every time that it rains on the
California Desert breaks occur in
the railroad track, and just as
regularly do the California pa
papers prattle about damage done
by the water-Spout, or cloud
burst" The latter term mex
actly, though graphically, de-
Scribes q phenomenon which
rarely has occurred on the great
desert, but never since the rail-
road was built. The fact is that
the road-bed is, for miles, thrown
up of the loose, ashy material
covering parts of the desert.
This material does not readily
absorb moisture, yet it offers no
resistance to currents of water.
Rains fall upon it without soak
ing into the ground, every in
equality of surface becomes a
rivulet, and every depression a
pond. Wherever the rOad-bed
obStructS free flow of this water
it accumulates in quantity greater
than can at once be drawn off by
existing culverts, until it gets to
overlooking across the track; then
it quickly cuts down hundreds of
little channels; and the papers
tell Us of the big Wash-Out caused
by Water-spOutS. We have seen
water stand a foot deep, for hours,
on these "ashy" parts of the
desert, without soaking their sur
face an inch deep; right where
torrent has been running the "a
vine is sometimes not mOiStened
to depth of more than one or
two inches. 1t is also true that
when the ground does begin to
absorb these standing ponds they
sometimes disappear very quick
ly. With such a road-bed, small
culverts, and such ground, it does
not need very heavy rains to
cause great damage. A genuine,
oId-time, desert "cloud- burst"
would not leave track enough to
talk about. There are no pre-
ventives for wash-outs but
gravel and stone ballast and big
ger culverts; these things cost
money. That desert is dread
fully lied about; its genial, fruit
ripening warmth is called Gin
tense heat" its breezes are "tor-
nadoes;" and its gentle showers
are /" water-spouts."
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Summons.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
u Third Judicial District, Territory of
Arizona, Coun'y of MOnave.
Nancy \. Pierce, plaintiff IS. 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 j. t. Pierce You nre hereby summon
ed and required to appear in an action
brought against you by tie 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, IN said
County "a copy Of which complaint ac-
companies this suminons), within twenty
days exclusive of the day of service) after
the service upon you Of this summons, if
served in tins county; but if served out OF
the county, and within this District, then
within thirty days; III all other cases forty
days.
The said action is brought to obtain
decree of this Court disSOlVin@ the bonds
of matrimOny nov eaisting between the
Plaintiff and Defendant, and giving the
plaintiff the care, the custody and educa-
ton 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 ia
said complaint, uni costs and disburse-
ments in this behalf expended.
Given under my hand and the Seal of
the said District Court ut Mineral Park,
this oath day OF June, A. ID. 1873
CALDWELL WRIGHT, Clerk
W. G BLAKELr, Attorney for Plaintiff --
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-09-07

UNLESS prominent citizens and
taxpayers will consent to hold
Office in the Board of Supervisors,
they are themselves to blame if
the finances Of the County are not
judiciouSiy managed. Such men
as Mr.. David Neahr are the ones
in whom citizens can feel conf
dence. and who should be elected
Supervisors. The peopieof Ehren-
berg help to pay taxes; they also
should have q voice in expanding
the money
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-09-07
An Arizona Railroad Corporation.

The following articles Of incorporation
will soon be filed with the Recorder Of
Yuma county:
We, whose names are hGreunto an
nexed. do hereby certify that under, and
by virtue of the provisions of Chapter Ii,
entitled "Of General Corporations" ap-
proved November 9th, 1866, we have asso-
ciatcd together as general railroad cor
poration, and pursuant to the provisions
of law aforesaid do declare and specify as
follows:
First. That the name by which said
corporation shall be known is, The
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and
its duration shall be fifty years from the
date of these presentsi
Second. That the enterprise and bust
ness in which said corporation proposes
to engage is the construCtio maintaining,
aid operating of line of railroad and
telegraph commencing on the western
boundary of said Territory at the town or
village of Yuma (wherc it is to connect
with the railroad and telegraph line of II
certain corporation organized under the
laws of the State os California and known
rs the Southern Pacific railroad Company
of that State running thence easterly, fol-
lowing, aS near H. may lie found practi-
cable, the SD. parallel of North Latitude,
to the eastern boundary of said Territory
the eastern terminus Of said railroad
and telegraph to be at, or as near rs may
be found practicable, to the point OF inter
section Of the eastern boundary Of said
Territory and the said SD parallel of
north latitude:
Third. That the place where said cor
poration proposes to establish and con
time its principal office, or place Of bust
ness, is the town, or village, of Yuma, in
said Territory.
Fourth. That the capital stock Of said
corporation is to be twenty millions Of
dollars (S20000,0 1000.
Fifth. That the amount of each share
vi Sdlu Cdp'tdl SIOCh ID W pO ono HAhol Gu
dollars (Sl00)
Witness our hands hcreunto set, in
triplicate, OH this the 20th day Of August
1878.
DAVID ID. Cotton
CHAs. +. CROCKBR
Aug Doth, A. p. X. Stafford
CHARLES HUDSON
Sept. DAVID NEAHR
Mr. Charles Hudson is connected with
the firm of Lord IL Williams Tucson.
Gov. Stafford says the road viii I've COM
pleted to Maricopa Wells within six
months, and to Tucson within nine months,
or a wear at the outside.
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Worth Considering.

DIR. w. w. JONES now occupies
position independent of the
cares of business. He is a man of
great ability and Of general pop
ularity. He has never sought
Office here, though it has often
and vainly sought him. His
record is perfect as a consistent,
conservative Democrat. People
are tired of Stevens, Campbell
and WoOlsey. If DR.. Jones can
be induced TO run, these three
candidates will feel very sick,
and he can make a brilliant cam
paign. The one-horSe politicians
of the country have been for years
afraid that he would put them in
the shade by running for office
himself, and have used every dis
reputable device to keep him
back. With candidates capable
and worthy of respect, i'll Davis
and in Jones, Republicans and
Democrats could alike feel safe
against having Arizona misrep-
resented at Washington.
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The Stage company has been quite mo-
derate in eXaggerating the distance to
Prescott, considering its charges of % to
% cents per mile for passengers. The ac-
tual distance to Prescott, by the road, is
about 225 miles.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-09-07
Richard Gamer.

dorm IN GERMANY IN 1916, A BAR
ID Der by trade and Il resident of San
Francisco; went To Arizona in the year
1879, 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. 1t is sup
posed that GanZer soon afterwards died III
that neIghboriood Of consumption.
AT the instance Of the relations of said
Gamer, | respectfully request those who
may know OF his whereabouts or death ~
kindly furnish me with the particulars.
San Francisco, june -, 1918
ADOLPH ROSENTHAI.
Consul of The German Empire, 81 Bat
terry street, Sun Francisco, Cal.
July IS. I4-9tn