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Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
Rdiirodd Progress.


 January 2, the construction train was at point one quarter of mile south of Martinez station. The point is be- tween thirty and thirly-one miles east of Yuma by rail. There will be the first station east of Yuma, and aI il all passengers and freight will be de- livered for about a month 10 come. until another station is made farther east Preparing the new station for business will delay construction one or two days; after that it is 10 go on at tue rate of one and & half miles daily, for doing which everything is now ready. The rapid progress made over the difficult country between Yuma and the new station, justifies Col Strobridge's assertion that he can. If required, lay the track over the com paratively easy country between Glla and Msrcopa Wells by April l, with his present force. He does not now expect 10 consume over four months in doing lhat in any event-Sentinel, Jsnury f,
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
The Best Qualities of Hay and
 Grain
 Constantly on hand.
 VIM. OHNESORGEN, Prop.
Mining Work Notice.

FT'O SII4AS NJ. SHEPPARD OF INDIAN 1 apoiis, Indiana, or any person hold Ing title from nIm, interested In that cer- tain mi1ing claim known as the CerrO Colorado, situated in Southwest part Of Pima County. Arizona.
 This is tO notify you that in accordance with provisions or the Mining Act Of May 10, 1872, that in compliance wi:h require ments 1f said act, work has been done on said mining claim for one year back past ending January 2, lSis. by The underSlgn- ed. Now therefore. if within ninety days from the first publication Of this notice, you do not come forward and pay your proper proportion Of tue cost Of the said work. the undersigned will claim forfeit uTe Of all your right. title and interest. In and tO every portion Of said mining claim.
 W. C. FERGUSON. Tucson, January II, 1872. ls-lsw
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
The Silver King.

It. our last issue of TIE CITIZEN we copied an article from the San Fran cisco Stock Report relative to the SIl- yer King mine, (and added some re marks of our own.) condemnatory of the management of the mine Those who have known of our kindly feeling towards and acquaintance with miners, and mining in Pinal county have ex- pressed surprise that we wrote as We did
 We had long thought that it would be a great stroke of fortune to the Ter ritOry if the Silver King Company would have the entire extraction of metals from their ores done on the ground, by their own mills. It is the greatest mine in the Territory and the benefits to be derived from it's thorough working are very great. We have sln- cerely hoped that the management of the mine would soon put in sufficient stamps and machinery to do all the work in extracting the metal from their ore Tn this Territory. And our refer ence last week to the mine and man agement was with this end in view. Neither Superintendent Mason nor tie mine owners will believe that we had any personal aim or enmity in the matter
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
Schgrz and Sheridan.

CHICAGO, January 3.-The Journal:
 Washington special says: Secretary
 Schurz will have his reply to General
 Sheridan ready to give 10 the President
 on Monday In speaking about the
 matter today, he said General Sheri dan would regret keenly before the
 correspondence was ended that he had ever sssailed the Interior Department. Secretary Schurz's reply will not be long, but ihe Secretary thinks it will effectually dispose of all General Sher- idan's allegations, and place him in an unenviable position. Numerous off cial documents bearing upon the con troversy will accompany the Secrelary's letter Secretary Schurz regards Gen eral Sheridsn's letter as very amusing, and says that the General does not un- derStand the value of tbe English lan- guage, or he never would have laid open in the manner that he did. If the present controversy should provoke inquiry into the economical of he army, as regards
 he purchase of supplies, the respon- 'ibility will belong to Gen. Sheridan; md if such an investigation is ever made, army officers will never again pc in position 10 accuse the civil of. icials of gross careleSsness and waste If the pubic funds, and the fact is he army is not In a position to meet iuch an inquiry, and General Sheridan knows it.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
An Lmnressive Funeral.

The San Jose, California Mercury,
 of December 24, contains a long and
 interesting account of the funeral cere-
 monies at San Jose over the remains of
 the late J. H. Adams and Cornelius
 Finley. Our readers will not soon for
 get the foul murder by which these
 worthy men lost their lives near this
 town. The only relief Tn the terrible
 affair was the successful pursuit of the murderers, land their lodgment in the
 iail at Nagdalena, SOnora,) by two of our worthy citizens. Ii IS sincerely to be hoped that the authorities of Sonora may yet dlsappoint the fears of so many and deliver the wretches to prop CT trial.
 The account of the funeral relates
 The remains of J. 1T. Adams and Cornelius Finley, our murd red towns men, were laid away in peaceful and beautiful Oak Hill yesterday, the oc- casion being made one for the congre- gation of large proportion of the people of this county to do honor to the memory of the dead. IL Is rare in- deed in these degenerate days to wit ness such a spontaneous and universal testimony of respect and love as was displayed on this occasion.
 The two caskels containing the re mains had been removed to City Mar ket Hall, where the religious services were held. A large crowd gathered in the hall and the services were Of the most impressive and solemn character. The two caskets were placed imme- diaiely in front of the small stage and were literally covered with beautiful floral offerings. The exercises opened by the singing of hymn by the choir consisting of number of the best of the Handel and Haydn Society. The impressive funeral ser vice of the Episcopal Church was then read by Rev. c. w. FoOte. At the of the service the choir sang the XXIII Psalm, after winch Rev C. C. Stratton delivered an ap- and eloquent address upon '' Immortality. Rev. D. E Bushnell then stepped forward and offered a short but eloquent prayer. The exer. ciSes then closed with music by the | choir, and the caskers were at once placed in the hearses in waiting and the procession at once moved. As il passed down Santa Clara street there WAS about thousand persons in the procession, and at every cross street it was joined by long lines of carriages which had formed there for conve- nience These additions continued un- Ill Lick's place was reached, when the long double line of carriages stretched almost interminably along the road.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

WE have interviewed the agent here Of the Yuma and Tucson stage line on ihe subject of improved accommoda- tions for travellers. and ale gratItied to find that several important changes are being made. Having ridden from Flor ence to Maricopa Wells in one of the new swell-bodied coaches we can tes- tiiy to their ease and comfort. These coaches are now being run nn one side of the line from here to Maricopa, and on both sides from there tn Florence Next week the agent expects 10 move his office and al the stock out to the new railroad station al Gila. This move will enable him to have several four horse teams now running rom here to Gila tO be moved out over the line thus giving stock enough to draw the new coaches on both sides of the line as far as Florence, anyhow; and DOS sibly to Tucson. Travellers will then have little to complain of-Sentinel, January 4.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
Dissolution Notice.

WYE THE U UNDERSIGN HAVE w thiS day dissolved partnership in the business known as the Half-Way Sta tlOn In CienegA Valley, Arizona, and un- der the name of Turner & Wakefield, by mutual agreement
 Ih5 Station will hereafter be carried on by Lyman W. Wakefield, who will pav all bllls against the firm; also collect aiI bills due the late firm.
 LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD.
 JOHN V. TURNER. Halfway House. CieneEa Valley. Ian. lSiS. Jan II l3-sv
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

YUMA, January 9.-N New railroad station, thirty miles east of Yuma opened for business yesterday, it is called Adobe" instead of "Gila." !" the new town is already quite lively. Col. J. NJ. Barney has established branch there of his forwarding and merchandise business. All freight now here goes by rail on the eleventh 10 be delivered to wagons at Adobe. Hotel, stage office, saloons, dance-house, butcher and barber shops already adorn the town. 4. Finlay is loca. agent for the railroad company.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

THE Tenth Legislative Assembly of Arizona convened at Prescott on the 9th inst, and organized with the cleo iion of Fred. G. Hughes as President of the Council and Nj. w. Stewart as Speaker of the House. s. w. Carpen- ter was elected Sergeant at Arms All of Pima. We could get no dis patches last night.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
Delinquent Tax Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ~ the Delinquent Tax List for the wear lo3S, has been deposited with Hugh Far ley, District Attorney Of Pima County and unless the delinquent taxes thereon specified are paid To the said District Al lorney within twenty days from the pub- iicalon of this notice, action will be com menced by said District Attorney for col lection or such taxes and costs.
 R. Y. LEATHERwCOD. Treasurer Jan II Is.sl-
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

SUPERINTENDENT AARON MASON, of the Silver King mine, was married on Christmas Eve to Mercedes Robles, a sister of his late brothers widow.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

ON New Years day, at Globe City, Pinal county, Vim. w Ford, miner, committed suicide by shooting him. self He was about 46 years of age and has a brother in Oakland, Cali fornia. Discouragement seems to have been the cause.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

AT the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, January 2, Pay Director James Fulton, of the United States Navy. was married to Mrs. Belle Mallard of Los Angeles, sister of Major Ben Truman.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

WELLS, FARGO & Cos. annual state ment of bullion pruduct, shows that during the year 1878, there was shipped by their agency from Arizona, gold, silver and lead to the amount of $2,- 2S1 19S3.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

ON January 4, the Prescott Enter prise substituted an eightpage weekly for it's former fourpage semi-week ly edition. The paper looks well and shows much Enterprise.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

ACCORDING to San Francisco sta- tistics, there were assessments levied on thirteen mining claims in Arizona during 1878, to the amount, In total, of SG14,OOO.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
DIED,

In Tucson. 8anusry g, 1879, Arthur NJ. Henry, aged G years.
 MT. Henry was well known along the Colorado river, having resided for many years in Yuma and Mohave counties. Lately he came to Pima county and be- came interested in Tombstone District During his last Illness he was kindly at- tended by Judge Bidwell, J. W. Bryden and Mir Crow.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

BESIDES all the machinery that has heretofore arrived for the Tombstone Mining Company, over 10000 pounds came in by rail in three days the past week.-Sentinel. January 1.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
Notice.

A IL PERSONS KNOWING THEM d selves 10 be indebted to me will find tnrir accounts In The hands Of B. II. Here fore, wno is authorized tO receive aud re- ceipt for the same.
 Come up and settle and save costs. Jan II ls-fw JAMES CARROLL.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

As SOON as the weather will permit, Morley and Kingman will commence the location of the Atchison, Topeka and Sal-tFF Fe Railroad, southwest from Las Vegas, New Mexico. Kingmsn will locate from Las Vegas to the Rio and Morley from that stream westward.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

THE editor of the Yuma Sentinel has returned 10 Yuma and is publish. ing some valuable letters about what Se saw in Pima county.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
NEW 4DYERTISENE-NTS.
Sonoita Stamp MM

OLIVER AND GOLD ORES BOUGHT O or mtiled. Teams can be sent for ore promptly. Cash made on delivery. Ap- ply at the mill or address A. c. Hunter, Tucson.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
The Stage Attack.

Mesilla News, January 4:-The coach that left here Friday of last
 week had on bosnd Surveyor General
 Wasson of Arizona, Col. Rynerson and another passenger. When il reached the Point of Rocks, a few miles the other side of TousSaint's station on the tornado, and at night, three men jumped out from behind the rocks and called to the driver to halt. He answered, give it to me, !" and whipped his mules as hard and as fast as he could, and they ran al full speed The men fired at the mules and coach, shot one mule in the jaw, the breast strap of another and the tug of a third. Several bullets went into the coach, one passing about two inches from the head of MT. WassOn, aId several passed near the driver Col Rynerson fired at the highwaymen and one of them drop ped, but il Is not known whether he killed him or not. At the place where the men stood twenty-two shells from Winchester rifles we. picked up next day.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

HE travel is quite heavy by the eastern stage from Tucson.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

OK January f, ninety-seven recruits for the Twelfth Infsntry arrived at Yums.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

J. G. CAMPBELL was to leave Pres colt for Washington this week.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

IN the Prescott Miner of January 3, after mentioning the arrival there of the Pima county legislative delega. ton, the editor says:
 We reyerently invoke the blessing of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe upon them.
 Look sharp, boys. That's grace be- fore meat. Don't be the meat.
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11

THE Silver Belt, Globe, January 8, says:
 School opens Monday. s. H. Wildly, teacher.
 Snow fell during he last storm on top of Pinsl mountain SIX feet; at Ere mems mIll three feet; at McMillen, probably two feet; and in this place tD the depth of several inches. Although snow clings 10 the mOuptaius the at mosphere in the valleys ] now genial
Arizona citizen., 1879-01-11
The Culinary Department

Is presided over by MRS. L. DAVIS, Of OavidSon's Springs Station, 8 lady of long experience in this Brt and who can be re- lied upon to provide such edIbles as will please and satisfy the most iastidIous.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
An Old Time Bloody Duel.

Among the many bloody duels on rec
ord as having been fought by Congress
men was one in which James Jackson
of Georgia-who bad been and was
afterward United States Senator-was
the challenged party. He was "an
Englishman, :" like the hero of "Pina-
fore" Oy birth, but he came to Savan-
nah when a lad, studied law, was a lead
ing Free-MasOn, and fought gallantly
in the Revolutionary War. He killed
Lieut.. Gov. Wells in 1880 in a duel, a1d
was engaged in several other /" affairs
of honor" until he finally determined
to accept a challenge on such terms as
would make it his last duel. So ne pre-
scribed as the terms that each party,
armed with a double, barreled shotgun
loaded with buckshOt, and with hunt
ing-knife, should row himself in a skitt
to designated points on opposite sides
of the Savannah River. When the city
clock struck Y each party should start
and row his skitf to a small island IN
the middle of the river, which was
wooded and covered with underbrush.
On arriving at the island, each party
was to moor his skiff, stand by it for ten
minutes, and then 60 about on the island
till the meeting took place. The sec.
onds waited on the main land until
after 1 o'clock, wheu they heard three
gun-shots and loud and angry cries.
Then all was still. At daylight, as had
been agreed upon, the seconds went to
the island, and found Jackson lying on
the ground, insensible from the loss Of
blood, and his antagonist lying across
him, dead. Jackson recovered, but
would never relate his experience on
that night, nor was he ever challenged
again. He died in this citv, while SerV-
ing his second term as United States
Senator, March 19, 18O6.-WaShjngtOn
Letter 10 Boston Journal.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
Geographical Problems Solved.

Within the present generation, and
mainly during the present decade, near
ly all the great geographical problems
left US by our adventurous ancestors
have been solved all the great lines Of
exploration have be3n taken up and
worked out with a success that leaves to
the future only the details to filf in.
The Northwest Passage was completed
more than a quarter of century ago;
the Australian interior has been crossed
and recrossed within the past few years
several bright lines now break up the
once mysterious darkness of the g Dark
Continent; - the sources of the Nile have
been traced, and the course of the Con-
90 all but laid down the Russians have
filled up many important blanks in Cen
tral Asia: there is now no mystery to
speak of for geOgraphers on the North
American Continent, and none OF any
on the South; even the great
outlines of the ocean-bed have been
chartered, and now at last, after a
struggle begun more than 300 years
since, the Northeast Passage has been
made with an ease that makes one Won
der why it was not done long ago. A
matter-of-fact Swedish Professor has
shown that with suitable ship at the
proper season this long -sOught-for pass
age to " Far Cathay" is a question of
only a few weeks. OfArctic featS there
now remains only the "dash at the
Pole,n and that the North Pole will be
reached sooner or later there can be no
doubt. London Times.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
A Bad Man Turned Loose.

A Virginia gentleman, just up from
San Francisco, conided some his ex-
periences to a Chronicle reporter yester-
day. While at the Bay he stopped at
the Palace Hotel and made practice
of dropping into the bar-room of that
establishment of an evening, it being a
retired and rather high-tOned place.
On Wednesday evening last the Com
stocker lounged into the barrOOm and
was pleased to behold there as the only
occupants Senator Sharon, Seth Cook,
Tom Sunderland and q few other his
toric capitalists, sitting at a large round
table. in the center of which stood sundry
bottles bearing the mystical word
"ROederer." Presently a middle-aged
man, soberly dressed in black broad
cloth, and wearing plug hat, stagger-
ed in from the hallway, and lurching
up to the bar, yelled for every body to
come up and have something to drink.
The Sharon-Cook party paid no atten-
ton to the boiSterous new arrival, but
quietly went on with their gossip and
Roederer. Giving a furious whoOp and
smashing his tile down on his head, the
stranger performed war; dance to the
middle of the room and declared him
self. He was a bad man, he said, and
always made it practice to strew upon
the floor the bowels of any person who
declined to drink upon MS invitation,
To point his remarks the stranger
wound up by drawing an IS inch Arkan-
sas toothpick from the back of his col
lar and advanced upon the table. There
was a stampede. When the Yirginian
peeped up from behind the bar, to
which position he had quietly and calm
ly walked at the beginning of the trouble,
he perceived that Sharon and his friends
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
An A Accomplished Jockey.

The London World thus sketches
Fred Archer, the jockey who has ridden
Parole TO so many victories: GAS he
enters, dressed in q suit Of dark clothes,
relieved only by the chain which holds
the magnificent watch presented to him
by Mr.. Dawson when he was 'Out of
his time, with his overcoat thrown back
and his billy-cock hat held in his left
hand, Fred Archer might easily be taken
for the rising young clerk in thriving
bank, dropped in to take his chiefs or
ders on some important business. Sue
cess appears to have steadied rather
than unsettled lim, and nothing is more
pleasant than to witness the deferential
air of the most successful jockey Of the
day toward his former master and pres
ent friend and part employer. That it
may not be thought that Fred Archer's
quiet and modest demeanor is dwelt on
overmuch, it may be well to mention
that his present income, entirely his
own, as he is out of his premiership
some four or five years, is about as
great as that of Queens counsel in
mid-career; of a special surgeon; of
any Royal Academician, batting perhaps
five, and almost half as great as that Of
an Italian tenor singer. 1t is quickly
earned, without long delays, expecta-
tions and disappointments, for when ne
is put in charge it is not long before the
event is decided. His great causes de-
pend on the application within the
space of minute of his nice judgment
of pace; his successful operations on the
display of consummate nerve and cOur-
age in tearing down a perilOus declivity
or in hugging the rails at an awkward
turn; his great pictures are dashed in
with single stroke, as when he drove
Jannette through the leading pair at
Doncaster; his sensational effect when
he brings a despised outsider like
Chambert to the front and makes mince
meat of his field. A very large income,
the unbOunded confidence of employers
and of the public, might help to turn
many heads just arrived at legal man
hood, but Fred Archer quietly goes his
own way and studies diligently to i'm
prove in his calling"
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
"Hay-fOOt! W.fOOtr'

Many boys and girls may have heard
these words applied in a derisiVe way to
raw recruits who we're making a begin
ming in their military education by
learning to march; but very few young
people-or old ones, either-knOw how
the terms originated.
During the war of 1912, there was a
great deal of drilling and training
among the militia-men all over the
country, especially in the larger cities
and towns, where the principal recruit
ing stations were situated. In New
York City, much of the drilling of new
IY enlisted men was done in what is now
City Hall Park, in front Of tavern
which stood where the Sun newspaper
building is located. Many of these
would-0e soldiers were from the cOun-
try, and these, of course, knew nothing
at all about marching in military fash
ion. They could walk far enough, some
of them, and work as hard and bear as
much fatigue as any soldier in irregular
army: but they walked as they pleased,
and had no ideas about such things as
keeping tep." 1t is even said that
there were fellows among them who did
not know their right foot from their left,
and who were therefore continually get
ting themselves and their companions
into disorder by mixing up their legs
that is, moving out their right leg when
the officer who was drilling them called
out " Left" and the other leg when ne
called out Right" Ifthey could have
put both legs forward at once, it is prob
able that they would sometimes have
done so.
To make these men understand ex-
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14

had gone out and that a policeman was
Juggling the warlike stranger out OF the
place.
"Who is he?" asked the Virginia
man of the ar-keeper.
"Oh, he's a good enough man when
he isn't in liquor" ," replied the man OF
drinks, nervously polishing the rose
wood bar with a towel. "He was one
of the quietest men | ever saw when ne
first came here about two days ago, but
he's bad when he's full" ="
"From Bodie, suppose" suggested
the Virginian.
"Bodie? Not much. He's from Bos-
ton. He belongs to that Sunday-school
excursion party" - Virginia (Nev)
Chronicle.
Sharp County record., 1879-08-14
A Nice Thing for USherS.

At fashionable marriage in Water
town, N. Y, last week, Capt. " Bob"
Townsend, one ofthe ushers, from SYRIA
cuse, introduced new ceremony, which
will become quite popular. All the
bridesmaids at the wedding reception
being arranged in line, the usher claim
ed the privilege Of kissing them in regu
lar order. The ladies were rather shy
at first, but, when hey were assured
that it was Syracuse custom, they sub
mitted gracefully.