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Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
.asscssnent Notice.
OFFICE or THE GRAND CANAL Co.,,

OFFICE or THE GRAND CANAL Co,
 PHENIN. A. T., Feb. 4 l-ly. , ApToriionment No. ls. of Ten Dollars per share upon each and every share ni the capini stock oi the Comp my. was this day levied bv tie H>ari Of Directors Iiyabl.. at the office uf the Company iu lheuiN. on the liil day of February. lS7l, and i; not paid on that day ths sum will be delinquent. and will he adver.iscd ioT sale ou the ith day of March. lssg.
 By Orler of tl c Board of Directors
 WI \. HANCOCK, Src:ctarv.
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
NEW BOARDING HOUSE.
Southwest Corner of the Plaza.
J. $. BYERS.

Would respectfully inform inc cit;z us of fh-nix that he las opened frs; class b, aT ing house at the above l. cali Iu. and i, preta sI 10 take b arders by the day week or noutl, at moderate prices. Meals served ai all hours The table will be supplied wi;h the best the market affords. \ share of the public Iatron- age is requested. fel,5 In
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
GENERAL

MERCHANDISE! T PHENIX AND PICKET POST ARIZONA. ave just received and offer to the trade at Reduced
 PRICES 5000 Pounds Crushed Sugar,
 5000 Pounds of Granuated Sugar.
 5000 Pounds of Green Coffee,
 1000 Pounds of Japan Tea, new crop, 1000 Pounds of English Breakfast tea, Comet Brand. 1000 Pounds of Green Tea, Elephant Brand. 2OOO cans preserved fruit, meats and vege-
 tables, Cutting packing. 1000 gallons Coal oil Safeguard Co.'S brand fire test
 T15Oo 2OOO Pounds of Extra Candles.
 1000 pounds of Powdered Sugar
 5000 pounds of dried Apples, Peaches
 and Grapes In fact, full line of Staple and fancy groceries A full line of Builders Hardware A full line of carpenters Tools A full line of Crockery and Glassware, A full line of Drugs and Chemicals. A full line of Harness ap q Saddlery. A full line of Boots and Shoes. A full line of Clothing and Furnishing Goods A full line of Dry Goods and fancy Goods. full line of Wines, Liquors, Tobaccos and Cigars. We have imported as Iargea stock of staple goods our warerrooms capa?able of holding and with the intention of selling whole packages at SAN FRANCISCO PRICES Treight added) Seed potatoes, Flour Hay aud Grain always on hand Blue Stone for sale Call and convince yourselves. ] Cold dvoan & Go
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
Notice.

All persons knowing themselves indebted to the undersigned will please call and settle i'm mediately thereby saving costs, us suit will be commenced if they fail to do SO.
 JOHN II BURGER.
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
Notice

For sale cheap, on reasonable terms, a steam threshing machine, engine, separator, derrick forks and rigging complete, mess outfit and tools, also one set of 24 inch French burrs for cracking wheat, barley or corn.
 WM. \. HANCOCK.
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
MINISTRIES.

The Phenix Minstrel Troupe will give a performance shortly composed of Songs, Dances, Jokes, Banjo Solos, etc, etc.
 Look out for small bills.
 Prices of admissIon-Tickets I0 cents; Reserved seats S1.00.
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
Cracked Wheat and Barley.

The undersigned respectfully calls atient ion O the gris; mill of Vim A. Hancock now in operitior in Phsnix. and state that they are prepared to eNecu'e orders in large and sn1ll quantities. Custom work charged for ai ihe rate oftwenty five cents per hundred ounds.
 r. NJ. Slankari, agent.
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
Co-Partnership.

The firm of ASHER & ELLIS, in Phenix, Ari- zonar has been changed to that of ELLIS, ASHER x CO.,, MT. Henry Asher suc- ceeding to the interest of NJ. Asher, and the admis- sion of Guss. Ellis as a partner. The new firm as- sume all liabilities, and are alone authorized to collect all debts due the late firm. The new firm will contin- ue the business as hereto fore, and solicit the pat ronage of the public, offering facilities unsur- passed by any firm in the TorritOrv
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
NOTICE-

The book accounts of A. J. Brawley having been turned over to me, 1 hereby give notice to all parties indeb ed ty the said Brawl-y, 10 call a; the office Of Judge Cox and make pay ment promptly.
 JOHN NLUTGERDING. January 9, 1872
Salt River herald., 1879-02-05
FOR SALE.

The Livery Stabla business of J, D. Monihon with the stock of Buggies, Harness, etc, This thriving business is located in the center of the town of Phenix. and will be sold upon the mot reasonable terms, as the proprietor is about to visit the old folks at home. For particulars ap- ply to the undersigned.
 !. D. NONIKON. Phenix. A. T., January 23d. 1879.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

THERE is no subject of morals or
fact or philosophy or progress which
the daily newspaper does not discuss.
There Is nothing which man may learn
and nothing that he would do in refer
ence to which he may not gain lntor-
nation through ever changeful pages
of the newspaper. 1t is the most
capacious library that exists and min
listers as much to culture and progress,
by making the multitude talk and
think, as the most didactic and logical
schoolmaster. None keep abreast with
the times who do not peruse every day
thoughtful ewspaper and yet we are
told that there are people affecting cul-
ture and refinement they do not pos
sess, who toss the newspaper aside with
lmpatience and speak of it with con-
tempt as coarse and plebeian thing
made for the vulgar multitude. They
look upon it as Of little account except
in some period of excitement when the
whole community waits with breath
less anxiety for the newest informa-
tion. They do not know that some of
the ablest lntellects of the day are con-
nected with journalism, and that the
cream of the richest contemporary lit
ersture is given to the public in the
papers of the day. The man who ig
nores the daily newspaper, loses the
living record of the time, the history
of his generation. He loses all the
fresh informition, the important
knowledge, the accounts of persons
and events, the story of discovery and
adventure, of calamity and crime, of
generosity and heroism with which its
columns teen. He loses what is more
than any of all these, the sympathetic
life of the age, of which he is a part,
and without which he is leaf broken
from the stem and dying, even though
apparently alive.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

THE question here discussed pos
sesscs deep interest for the people Of
Texas, who must speedily solve it.
The present mode of disposing of con-
victs cannot long be tolerated. 1t is q
growing evil, of which the Missouri
Republican says 1t ia to be feared that
the recent meeting of prison commit
sioners In New York, representing
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and New
jersey, will leave the problem of con-
Yict labor just about as far from So
luton as ever, but the facts elected
from outside parties, men who have
made the matter careful study, mer-
chants, manufacturers and others, will
doubtless be of value and serve to fa-
cilitate In some measure an ultimate
settlement of the question. The
great trouble seems TO be that,
while the evils of the contract sys-
tenn are admit ed, nobody suggests any
satisfactory substitute or practical
method of correction. One Of
the persons who appeared before
the commission in the interest of the
hstters, when asked what remedy he
had to offer, aptly replied that be did
not think it fair to ask a workingman
to answer g question which the wisest
political students could net answer,
which plainly illustrates the perplexity
of the situation. He did say, however,
that he believed law limiting the
number of convicts employed at any
one trade to ten per cent. of the num-
Der engaged in it outside, would be
acceptable. The report Of the COM
missioners, when completed, will be
submitted to the Legislatures of the
several States by which they were ap-
pointed for future consideration.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

EADs, the jetty builder, is in q vast
deal of trouble. he was q director in
the Bank of Missouri, and drew money
from that institution, which was Law
ished on the jetties, and then, when
the government holds back and hesi-
tstes to pay because the water is not as
deep as Esds' contract requires, Eads
cannot refund, and the capital of the
bank has disappeared and stockhold-
ers must submit to heavy assessments,
and there is groaning and gnashing Of
teeth in st. Louis. Meanwhile these
good and great men haYe leisure now,
while chewing the cud Of melancholy,
to reflect that slack water ship chan
mel from New Orleans to deep water il
an inevitable exaction Of the commerce
of the age, and the sooner it is dug the
sooner viii St Louis become the great
commercial emporium of the conti-
nent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
Few eupucbs have become famous

Few eupuchs have become famous in
history. Narses was q grestl soldier,
having driven all barbarians out OF
Italy even az all by such q man msy be
expelled from Texas. But Narses was q
captious, querulOus fellow, and when
made governor of Italy by Justinian,
his wrong-headedness and iollies and
vanity and selfshness caused his depo-
tition. He died in obscurity, unhon-
ored, unwept, unsung. John Randolph
was Las petulent- and cranky and old
womanish as Narses, and distinguished
by the same physical peculisrities and
personal faulihni ling pigheadedness.
Perversity seems to have been the dis
tinguishing characteristic OF these peo-
pie. For two or three hundred years
sprinklers and dippers have been quzr-
reIling about Philip the Eunuch,
and it seems that the business
of these peculiar men consists
In the indulgence Of . feult-6nding
petulance that degenerstes into the
vices of oousmunis vizatris-the CON-
mon scoId -of Blackstone. It Il for
tunste for mankind thst none Of these
historical cunuchs ever became jour
nAlisip-thst Is, hardly ever.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

THE Scotch bankers and those OF
Chicago, d. II. Hale s. Co., who are
expected at Texarkana tomorrow,
should not only visit Austin and New
Braunfels, but the pretty and prosper
ous Scotch village founded in 1871 by
John G. and w. F. Ross, twenty-eight
miles from San Antonio. The village
contains about twenty comfortable
houses with every external indication
of comfort and prosperity. The villa
gers make profit of 100 per cent. on
dried beef, and are enlarging their in
dustries Of every character, beginning
with the manufacture of English Still
ton cheese. But let the bankers and
Scotchmen from Edinburgh ask those
people whether they would return on
any terms to the Highlands. Ask
them whether they are not respected
and dealt with fairly and generously
by the people Of Texas, and whether
the climate is not IS delightful as the
soil is a. exrberant the sheep and
goats fat aud babies numerous. A
Scotchman with sheep and goats
vo1ld grow rich on the highlands
southwest Of Austin where land is sold
for ten cents per acre.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

THAT stalwart Democratic news
paper, the Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat,
edited, too, with singular ability and
force, advocates the nomination OF
Grant by the Democracy. Grant was
a Democrat and became Republican
because he was embraced appropriately
and tenderiy coddled, nOelns cOIens. by
that party. he might 60 back to first
principles and become q Democrat, as
in his early years, if the old party en-
braced him thus confidently and low
ingIy as proposed by our Sedalia neigh
Dor. But it is by such conduct that the
party of late years has lost so signally,
and there seems to be but one hope for
it, return to principles underlying
and supporting the very foundations
of this proposed Republican govern
ment with men in otice BETTING them.
A soldier like Grant, no matter what
his political tendencies could hardly
adopt as a regulation uniform, the
vestments in which this republic was
once so beautifully habited.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

DIphthera is bieyed to have ofigi-
mated in Egypt more than 1000 years
ago. 1t prevailed IN Egypt and Aaia
Minor, to which latter country IL ez-
tended during the FIRST five hundred
years, ana was carly called the Eggp-
tian or Syrian ulcers. Having invaded
Spain, Italy, Sicily and other European
countries, the dieease appeared in
Rome, A. ID. 334, and being highly
contagious, rarely appearing as a spo-
ratio disease, more frequently in an
epidemic form; in ite 1900 years tram
sit on the continent of Europe, It al
fected mainly rural districts and gar
risoned towns; sometimes it has pre-
vailed so extensively that distant coun-
tries have been simultaneously, or guc-
cessiyely visited by 1t. II extended to
Holland, in which it was epidemic IN
4337, to France In 1918 and 1885, and
in England, the United States and
Canadas frofh 1856 10 1860, and more
or less since. AS TO the prevention Of
this formidable disease, come very ex-
cellent suggestions can be advanced.
1t has been noticed thatwhere diphthc-
ria has occurred, after thoroughly IN
vestigating the premises, sufficient
cause bas been discovered 10 produce
IL, either in a neglected cellar, ceeepool,
or in deficient trapping Of sewer pipes.
All these should be carefully inspected,
and IL the cellar ehouid be found
damp, and badly ventilated. and con-
tanning vegetable matter OF any kind,
all articles that might possibly become
putrid or decayed should be removed
at once, the cellar thoroughly ventilat-
ed. the walls and ceilings whiteHash-
ed, and disinfectauts literally scatlered
over the floor. Chloride Of lime Is the
best one for this purpose Next, the
water closets should be looked after; II
they are located in the bouse, they
should be examined By an honest and
experienced plumber to see II they are
properly trapped, and one-half pound
sulphate of iron (copperssl, dissolved
In two gallons Of hot water, thrown IN
10 them at least twice 3 week. Jthere
are any ceespools In the gard conyen-
lent TO the house, pipes should be ar
ranged 10 carry OF the impurities, they
should be at least three inches IN diam
eter, and high enough 70 carry the ef-
huyia above the dWelIng-h0nbf. II
there are any stationary Wnshstande n
the house they should sIeo be carefully
examined By competent plumb1r, as
70 the traps being safe. As 70 The
treatment, quite variety Of plans have
ben pursued; 90 much Interest las
been taken throughout tie world 70
make the trestment here successfui,
that almost all the European countries
and the United States have offered
prmiums for the most successful mode
Of treating this terrible dieease. AZ an
example, her majesty, tic German eE-
press and queen OF Pruesia, oilers
prize Of 2OoO reichnsrIEs FOR the bcst
essay on the essence Of diphthefis, a6d
the result Of treatment q the dieea6e
based on the knowledge Of the nsinse
OF the affection.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

HoE. JIM T. JOHNSON of Lexington,
Georgia, says he remembers q winter
when cotton bloomed ia October, and
the bolls from which these blooms fell
made cotton, and that during the
whole year frost did not kill the cot
ton stalks which put forth fresh leaves
the next spring. These things occur
constantly in this vicinity, but We were
not aware that they ever happened in
Central or Northern Georgia.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
President Pierce says further: |:


FoRr McKAvzE7 and the garrison Of
the place are delighted that Lieut. Z.
o. G. Ord has added q charming
woman in the person Of his bnde. Ass
Mary +. Norton. Of San Antonio. 70
the society Of the military frontier VII
lsge.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
PRouIBIToRY DUTIES.

The prohibitory duties on animals
and food work as much hardship for
the Mexican as for the American citI-
zsns, for the reason that drouth sell
dom occurs on both sides of the
river the same year. For instance, four
years ago corn was cheap in Mexico
and dear in Texas, and some contrac-
tors furnished the government horses
with corn bought in Mexico; duties
being high, 1t was generally smuggled
across. In 1877 and 1878 drouth, al
most q famine, prevailed in North
Coahuila and Chihuahus, and the Mex
ican troops and horses had to be sup
piled from this side; owing to high
duties, their contractors, too, generslly
evaded them. But the poor citizens,
who, during the seasons referred to,
could not afford to employ smugglers,
had to pay enormous pr ces for their
corn on the side where the drouth pre-
vailed. This year, sgsip, the drouth
is in Texas, the crops are short and
the price of corn is high. Of course,
low tariff both ways for food and
stock would be the remedy for this
state of affairs and would rebound to
the benefits of both governments, be-
cause duties would then be paid upon
much larger amount of supplies,
which being cheaper, poor, as we'll as
rich, could buy. NV, owing to the
small amount of trade carried on,
nearly all the heavy duties both ways
are evsded, and the flncks and herds
on one side of the river may starve
to death in time of drouth, because
they cannot be driven across, where
there may be food, without paying du-
ties or undergoing the risk of confis-
cation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

REv. J. A. WAIrER, who attended
Mrs- Suratt in her dying moments, q
good. devout Catholic priest. says Gen
Hancock is innocent Is himself Of Mrs.
Suratt's blood SO this Radical lie is
finally disposed of.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
DIAmoND sPECTACLMs

These spcctncles are manufactured from
MINUTE CRYSTAL PEB3LKS' melted to-
Rethof, and are called DIAMOND on account OF
their hardness and brilliancy.
Having been teetcd with the pOlariscope, the
diamond lenses have been found &c admit fifteen
per cent. lcas heated rays than any other pebble.
They are ground with great scientific accu-
racy, are free from chFomatic aberrations, and
produce brightness and distinctness of vision
not before attained ia spcctacles.
MANUFACTURED BY TIE SPENCER OP-
TICAL LMANUFACTURING COMPANY, NEW
YORK. For sale by responsible agents In every
city In the Union. A. hahn, lcWeler and optf-
clan, sole agent for Austin, Texas, from whom
ployed.
Do not buy PAIR unless you see the trade
mark - de1gcodAwfy
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
RAILROADS.

It will be d difficult to convince the
leading politicians liz Mexico that any
railroad from the United States TO that
country will not be simply opening a
road for hordes OF barbarous and grasp
ing Yankees to rush in and possess the
land, regardless of the rights of pres
ent owners, or the independence of
Mexico. They have an idea that rail-
road companies in the United States
are generally government agents; that
the roads are built to forward some
special government policy-such as the
annexation of Mexico-and that Mex
leo is q country so much more delight
full and richer than the United States,
and so thinly peopled in comparison,
that the poor and hungry Yankees, by
Thousands, are only waiting for some
inlet to take possession of it. The
contrary would prove true, and If one
or more roads were built extending
into Mexico-unless the wages and the
comforts of the laboring classes should
become materially improved-the flow
Of poor and underpsid labor would he
in the direction of the United States.
The poems, or operatives of Mexico,
have the simple habit of the Chinese,
and all ordinary labor in that country
averages less than oEe-half the wages
that similar labor Commands in the
United States. Cultivated farms
are found only where there is water for
irrigation, and there are desert
stretches of from thirty to fifty miles
between the waters. In the little val
leys, supplied by streams from the
mountains, towns or villages-accord-
ing to the size Of the streams-find IL
rigable lands, where the noa-progres-
siVe population can support life. To
what extent the laboring classes would
become consumers of our manufactures,
were they able to earn the means and
afforded the opportunities to purchase,
Il Q question which, in our opinion,
should be settled before we expend
large sums upon railroads referred to.
There are areas Of rich lands in GER
tain dlstxicts-like the valley around
ihe City Of Mexico-but they are oc-
cupied By the toiling native races, and
the expenence OF numbers Of Ameri-
cana who went to that country to set
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

PRESIDENT T. w. PIERCE, of the
Sunset Road, replying to q publication
made by some sore-headed Englshman
who came to q country, having about
one inhabitant to each square mile, ex-
pecting to find within 1t schools and
churches of q two hundred years. old
civilization, says:
Being in Texas (where I spend six to
eight months in the year, this year as
late rs the tenth of June, and seeing
the effects of the drought and learning
that much apprehension was felt about
the hay crop. / caused $40 acres of
land, Of the poor and barren land
spoken of by Mr.. Mewha, to be in
closed with Q fence, which was not
completed until about the first of June.
In August caused the hay to be cut,
stacked, pressed, baled and sold. After
paying all expenses, lncl4ding freight
by rail, ! had sufficient left to pay for
the land at the price at which it Is
sold, $S per acre, and something to-
werd the improvement. So much re-
specting the lands.
President Pierce says further:
have been IN Texas every year for
forty years, except during the war, and
/ have never seen . bowie knife. No
State in the Union has more stringent
laws about carrying weapons than
Texas, and In no State Of the Union i
life and property moro safe than in the
settled portions Of the State.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

THE Columbus (Miss.) Iadez thinks
the election in Ohio and Maine caused
the final overthrow Of Greenbackism
IN that State.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

Iris reported that : contract has
been closed for the cxfcntion Of tie
Texas Pacific g the FTest ern boundary
Of New Merico.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
la, q iio ] 8

Do yoa wa,.. & pare, bloom
ing Complexion u 80, q
few a;,nlirai .aB.s 81 ks1Gan'S
MAGNGL8t BAt a vail 5rist-
ify YOd 70 YavF heaTt'5 e0G-
test. II dsses ;.vny with Sal
lewness, Il dies, Pins pes,
D.oscIi2s, ;;r>i . ;.'iScasgS and
fI.spa-fcetiors CT TIE skin. 1t
efarcGiaaa thc flushed appear
a,ica Of heat. fat;glse and OK
eitepnest. ltnIaEes q lady Of
iHiR'fK appear o1t VtF IN
I'll; and 80 natura', @raGaGi,
and perfect arc rs elects,
that Il IL impossible ~ ;-i,teSt
Its application.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

&r<<DS. oclchEf ~ iS@a
|6n ! 10 tIk inclusive. and 456 b i1. 50. nc7l
sire. WI b rei1 upon presentation & - sfSf'
T9cssnr5. Interest 0ll ce1ee IN thcsa nnn
u. Is hlHDQCk. Sfs|e ITesF1z<e.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

HARRIS REMEDY CO. MF,e. CHEMISTS
Market and 9th. SITS. ST.LouiS, Mo
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27

The st. LOUIS and San Francisco has
on sale tourists tickets 70 sll points in
Texas at rates to compete with Florida
rafas