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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

HoN ALEX. WILLARD, U. 5. Consul at Gcaymas, gave the CITIZEN a call Thursday. He left for Guaymas ol Saturday morning, and accompanied the Nickerson railroad party on their tour through Sonora. Mir. Willard is as pleasant a gentleman as be Is an able representative of our Government.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

\ MEXICAN woman named Carmalita Jnes living on Meyer street opposite Co,toR's corral, was taken sick Thursday and sent Tor Dr. Handy. Before the physician arrived, however, she had fal- len rom her chair, dead. Her disease vas dropsy Of the heart. Acting CorO- ler \. VI. Bragg held an inquest upon ihe body late this afternoon, and the my returned a verdict in accordance Tih the above facts.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

4 WAsgcE zephyr played gently around the street corners this morning and brought real estate up above the h5use tops. For the benefit of the strangers in the city, it is stated that Tucson is now enjoying a brief season of "ubsuomeual" weather.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20
Local intelligence.

1ovv PUrERBAUGH, special agent of .f.o Interior Department, Is Tn the city.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

AR C. IL HoLBRooK returned Thurs day from the Sombretillo mines. He states that John Valentine, who form eriy lived in Prescott, and was the in- ventor Of dry-washer for placer min mg vas shot in the back and killed by iEo MeIicans, near Altar, about two yveekI ago. The murderers took about s'eJ ID gold dust which Mr. Valentine aad ID hls possession.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

Il--,-,g-e- .s8Ias Max. temperature. hsll l-...,1l-1e-er C Mn. temperature. s'-I -..-ify of wind for one hour lmlles l.-.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

Hailey, Idaho, Is to have bank. and 60 IS ketchum.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

AR, C. 4. SERvoss. representing the New York Daily Graphic, is in the city, l-.'Tng stopped, while on his way to Cal norma, to see brother who Is engaged ID mlnlng ID the Sierritas. Mr. Servos7 Sn active and intelligent gentleman aa9 Tlli carefully inspect the resources tll business matters of this city before -t departs, and 1t Is possible that tie Alelent and honorable pueblo will re- eve the attention of lis able pen through the columns of the Graphic.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

IRA. GRossETTA, of this city, received ' letter Wednesday from his brother at q Saia' seaport city on the Adriatic Sea, D,S.naila, Austria, which stated that men the news Of President Garfeld's tsath was received at that city. nearly Al The business houses were immediate ' closed, all flags placed at half-mast i-l the church bells were tolled. The 1lerlcan Consul at Zara is the only 1-efican known to Eeside in the city. ; s-l Ihe respect paid to the memory of .-5 AIustrlous American is all the great e for that reason.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20
REFRESHMENTS

Arrived, when the company was served with a repast suitable for an epicure. All that could be desired was provided in abundance and served in elegant shape.
 After the repast the dancing was re- stunned for short time, when all bade their entertainers adieu and departed conscious of having passed few hours most pleasantly.
 This social event is one long to be re- membered, and it is to be hoped that it is the pecursor of other occurrences of a similar nature. These social gatherings soften the asperities of life, kindle into activity the kindlier feelings of human ity and scatter flowers along life's rng- ged path.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

Hov NJ W. STEWART, of Wilcox, has Ian srpointed a Supervisor of CocLise ..rrty. yice Jos. D. Dyer, resigned.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

The Arizona Publishing company have completed a transcript on appeal n the case Of James Burnett, ct al, vs. Daniel Il. Ming, ct al, which makes a volume Of 3O+ pages. It Is printed in excellent style and is a credit to the typographical art in the Territory.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20
TIE FEsTIvITIRS.

At 9 o'clock the orchestra struck up and the merry dancers took their places for the lancers. This was followed by the usual programme of intermingled square and round dances until the hour
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20
THE PRosPEcToE'

Was responded to by Mr. John Khron, of Boston. Mr. Khron said:
 Fellow Citizens: The pen of inspira- ton and the euloeistic voice of humani- tvs warmest humanitarian can alone meritoriously portray and justly eulogise the seeminEl, poor and fTiendless pros pectcr who, with hammer and drill, has hewed out golden paths that lead into valleys of silver, whose productions have created the past, made possible the pres ent and opened up a future of immense probabilities.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-20

Ex-Goverlor Seymour Is visiting in New Jersey.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

The Commissioners of the Freedmer's
Bank have on hand over $l00, 900 OF unclaimed
dividends. m
The October term OF the Supreme
Court has adjourned. The number OF cases
now remaining on the docket undisposed Of is
1877, an increase Of forty-six since the close of
the previous October term.
A Washington correspondent of the
Inter Ocean says that President Hayes discour-
aged the Republican Campaign Committee
from applying to the star-route contractors for
contributions. He said they were mixed up in
scandal, and the party could get along better
without than with their money.
A Washington dispatch says that "the
evidence which is daily accommodating against
the ring of fraudulent mail contractors, bid
ders, bondsmen, Postmasters and intermedia~
ries is both direct, documentary and circum-
stantial. The prosecutions will be conducted in
a dozen States, and in nearly, if not ALL the
Territories. Besides this evidence for criminal
prosecution the Postmaster General is enpow
cred and in position to recover a very large
amount of the money got from the treasury in
The name of expedited and increased mail
service. On one route n contractor has already
been fined s3l 900, which will lead also to GRIM
inal proceedings against a number of Govern
ment officers whose connection with the fraud
is now clearly established"
The President his withdrawn the
nomination Of w. A. M. Grier, the original
Gar field man, to be Third Assistant Postmaster
General. Grier declined the position.
According to the census returns, the
people of this country pay SAG, $50, 100 annually
for their daily newspapers.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
called for reports from the national banks
showing their condition at the close of business
Friday, the 9Th.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

THAT anhci1 khe eye, he being unable
81 hear GfHl sounds at all. For ex-
anple, Lie has 1oser heard the sound Of
aliirds eng IA his life. A whole room
full of canafies might be in full song and
vt he could not hear note, but the
rustling Of their wings would be dis
tinctly heard by him. He can hear all
the novels, but there are many conso-
nant sounds which he has never heard.
He can hear man whisr or but could
not hear him whistle. The upper notes
of piano, violin or other instrument he
never hears. but the lower notes he hears
without difliculty.lrnE 1n--..-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

sI ssl0n rs, sSss ''tR: a r. s2
l ss.m. esr Genera. ssss OS on 81
and Treasury for the nsmes o. all ckrks and Other
employees In their respective depsxtmerts, together
With the date OF their sppointments ~ State 10
recommendation each was appointed. On objection
from Mr.. Ferry the resolution was laid over under
the rules. The Senate in executive session. con-
hrmed Postmasters Henry Davis, Of Bedford, Ind.
Benjamin W. sholty. OF Decatur, IND: George III
Wood, OF Mitchell, Ind, and Isaac II. Brown, Of
Columbus, Ind; After very short session
a caucus Of Republican Senators held which re-
NAMED In session about six hours. Senator Conk-
ling instead OF going into caucus entered n COM
mittee-room and remained there until the caucus
sent request that he would Join In its Aehbcration.
case for action by agreeing to act only on nonii-
nations to I'LL existing vacancies speedily dis
carded, as such rule would include fully
half the nominations made. However,
general discussion arose, participated
In by Messrs. Blair, Hawley, Frye, Ed
munds, Dawes, and, in feet by nearly all the SEN
and embraced ali the topics now OF interest TO the
Republican patty. Much of the time was consumed
In debating the policy Of continuing the fight for the
election Of Gorham and Riddleberger. Some Sen
ators opposed the policy Of renewing the fight, and
several who are warm friends of the President de-
clared that they would not again join in the fight for
ceptable nominations would lave to be made
to induce them to their former
stand. Conkling made speech Of over
son, admit ing that Arthur and Plat
carried his ultimatum to the President, and
appealing TO the Republicans to sustain him
He dwet moro particularly on whst he called the
presidents usurpation and invasion of the SEN
ates rights and privileges" and said: "If the SEN
ate did not aintain its rights they would be taken
from that body" Edmunds and Dawes, it is under
stood, spoke saying that, If the President attempted
to usurp any functions of the Senate they would
resist, but their speeches rather noncommitta
though some construe them favorable to Conk-
ling. The caucus adjourned finally without reach
ing any conclusion, TO meet again next day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Evil Effects of the Electric Light.

An unexplained objection to the cleo
trio light arises from its alleged evil eff
fects on the eyes. European observers
state that the frequent variations in in
tensity to which the light is subject give
rise to sudden and frequent changes in
the pupil, and, consequently, in the
accommodation of the eye, by which
is meant that alternate contraction and
dilation of the pupil by which it suits
itself to the variations of light. Such q
light, therefore, causes not only muscu-
lar fatigue, but also considerable de-
gree of blurring and indistinctness in
the retinal image. The eye suffers both
when the light is too dim and when it is
too bright. In the former case the oh
ject must be brought close to be clearly
seen, and an increased accommodative
effort is called for, which in most cases
results in nearsightedness. In the lat
ter case, the simple intensity of the
light produces undue contraction of the
pupil, and an increase OF tension within
the eye.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

Capt. Paul Boyton, who was in the
Peruvian service and was captured by the
Chilians, made his escape and has arrived
safely in New York.
Prof. Chandler, Of New York, pro-
nounces oleomargarine superior in all respects
to the poorer grades Of dairy butter.
The promoters of the proposed rail-
way tunnel under the st. Lawrence have secured
s3,5Oo,oO0 in New York, and have gone to
Quebec TO have the Executive issue q procla-
nation to commence the work.
A meeting of the National Committee
Of the acknowledgements party has been
called to meet at the Laclede Hotel, in st.
Louis, on the 7th of June.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

} Grubbs, Hspablc.n hs be- I. elscis1
Mayor Of IndiAnapolis y SIS majority. TIE
lafayette municipal sleotion resulted in The
success OF MeGinlsy, DenocrAtic candidate Tor
Mayor. The new Mayor elect OF Hannibal,
No., Is Democrat The Council il Repubn-
can.
Chairman Jewell invites Republicans
through the country to suggest the best method
for electins delegates to the next National
Convention.
The State Convention of the Green
back-Labor party, Of Iowa, has been called to
meet at Marshalltown, on the LIST day of June.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

Leonard's boiler-works, at London,
Ont, have been destroyed by fire. The loss is
$50, 900.
The annual report of the Michigan
Central railway shows that the road enjoyed a
prosperous year. The gross earnings were
$9,0S5,74s.
Burned: The First National Bank,
Taylor's drug store, and other buildings, at
Ottumwa, Iowa, loss $4,000 the works of the
Alta Mining Company, at wickes, Mont, loss
S300,0 Haffner's soap factory, at Buffalo,
N. Y, loss $4,000.
: a mad dog in the streets of Spring
Hill. N. S.. bit seven children, three men and
one woman.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Two men were killed and seven in
jured by the fall of building in Lttleton,
N.
The Chief of Police of Auburn, N. Y,
resigned because negro was placed upon the
force.
Miscellaneous boys at Kingston, N. Y,
have driven Chinese laundryman to insanity
by their mischievous tricks
James M. ScoveI, of New Jersey, who
sought nomination for Vice President on the
ticket with Horace Greeley, has been convicted
Of obtaining $3.50 on false pretenses. He made
an appeal for mercy.
Five Directors of the First National
Bank of Newark, N. j., have been indicted for
conspiring and aiding the falsiHcation Of books
At the annual meeting of the Civil
Service Reform Association in New York George
William Curtis was reelected President.
Three contractors for star-route serv-
ice in Texas-Joseph Funk, Joseph Blackman
and William r. Cason-have been arrested in
Philadelphia on charge of dsfrauding the Gov
eminent.
West.
A number of mining capitalists Of
San Francisco have left for the silver mount
ain reported to have been discovered In Alaska
by sailors. Some specimens have assayed from
$4,000 TO $4,000 per tom
The particulars of the escape Of Billy
Bonney, alias Billy the Kid" from the Lin
coin county New Mexico) Jail read like q
chapter from one Of Ned Buntline's blood
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Curious Inflrmity OF Hearing.

Mr.. Edwin Cowles, of the Cleveland
Leader, is the victim of singular infirmi-
ty OF hearing. He says it partakes some
what of the nature of blindness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

DRINKING to drown sorrow is mis-
take, particularly if You have to borrow
money to pay for the fire-water.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-10
The French Railroads in 1880.

The French railroads in 1880 are the
subject Of an official report covering
the mileage and earnings of all the diff
ferent lines, which has been issued by
the Department of Public Works and is
published in the May number of the
A,easales dies Points ct Ctasssees We
reduce to our measures and values the
figures for the whole railroad system of
France, as follows:
THE RAILROAD SYSTEM OF FRANCE.
e 1881. 1880.
Total 9sar miles. end Of ,.ra u,.z
Average miles -
gross wssk earnings sos asa slsss asss
Earnings per mile. 1858 Is'ii2
The railroads are divided into five
different classes, three of which belong
to the six great companies-th 'sold
system" with average earnings of $24,-
246 per mile of road; the "new system"
with earnings of 81, 2S8 per mile. and
the Especial SYSTEM" with Sic, 470 per
mile. Then. como the State lines (re-
Gently acquired, and included. at the
end of 1880. !, 400 miles of road), whose
earnings per mile are but So, 059. These
roads, in most cases. were taken by the
State because it did not pay to work
them. There remain ssvarious COM
PtshACS, OSO AhAACc VA AooNs
earning an average of SIS, 487 per mile.
The average earnings per mile of
American roads at the same time were
$7,307, against $14, 343 by the French
roads. The average increase of Ameri-
can roads over 1879 was IL per cent,
against "a on the French roads, which
are considered extremely prosperous.
If our railroads had earned as much
per mile as the French lines, their
gross receipts would have been $780,
600, 900 greater than they actually were
in 1880. The French system, however,
is strictly limited to the needs of the
country. 1t is probably the richest
agricultural country in the world and
one of the most prosperous Industrial
", but with an area about tho same as
that of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois together, and with
$1,000 900 inhabitants against IL, 600,-
600 in those States, it has IA, $50 miles
of railroad against their so, In
France there are $500 people and 13. 81
square miles of land to support one
mile of railroad; in the five States
named there are 574 people and IL
square miles of land to every mile of
railroad. -RaitToad Gazette.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-10

want you to understand that you can 6
come here and make trouble between
MS and the government Il am chief,
and want you to hear. or I'll give you
ears In many other instances since
that time Spotted Tail has served the
government by bringing the Indians to
terms.
He was very eloquent. and often wit
ty. He once said to Crow Dog, his as
sassin, who once before attempted to
kill him. having pointed his gun at him:
IF i point my rifle at q mans body, L
make his heart bleed; if I point my
rifle at mans head. i make his brains
fly. Are you q squaw that you are
afraid to fireP" Once in the gallery of
the senate at Washington, he said: ST
notice that most of your great men are
bald-headed 1t reminds me of stand
ing on a hill and looking down upon
the rocks around which there is no
grass growing. 1 understand many of
these bald-heads are thieves" Once,
when taken through the Jail of WASH
ington, he asked If anybody was there
for stealing from the Indians. When
told that honest men used to have o
bunch of hair growing in the palm of
the hand, he said: 81 used to have a
great big bunch of hair in the palm of
my hand, but it has all been worn off
by shaking hands with the whites"
When q suspicious Indian agent was
explaining to him the benefits of educa-
ton and religion, he said: when you
go back, tell the great father to hurry
up and send school-teachers here to
teach my people to read and write, so
they can commit forgery and make a
living like the whites"
Spotted Tail was about feet 81 inch
es high, and weighed about ITO pounds.
He is said to have looked like Henry
Ward Beeeher. He had three wives at
the time of his death, and eight or ten
grown children. One of these latter is
named Spotted Tail. One OF his daugh-
tiers, Shaunkoo, was to have entered a
convent, but was stolen by her lover
the night before, which ended the pro-
ject. Chicago NeacS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-10
Modern Life Treated in the Old-Time Way

A young girl leaned idly against the
richly-carved staircase of a mansion on
Warburton avenue, says the Yonker's
Statesman, and gazed languidly into
the brilliantly Lighted parlor in which
groups of those on whose cheeks the
bright flush of health was glowing
glided gracefully through the figures OF
a waltz.
Tristissima We're was an only child.
AS her name indicated, great sorrow
was connected with the entrance into
a cold, cruel world of this red-lipped
beauty, whose nineteenth birthday was
being celebrated by the merry throngs
to whom allusion has been made. On
the night of her birth the young father,
who had looked forward with such ten
der JOY to this browning point in his
life, had started out hurriedly for the
doctor, and had fallen into coal-hole.
The nurse said it was q bad omen.
When Mr. We're sued the city for TWEEN
ty-five thousand dollars damages and
got verdict for six cents, he remem-
bered this. Turning sadly away from
the court house, an old gypsy woman
accosted him.
DO YOU know me, w. Ell. Verep'
she missed, in a low voice, her face
lighting up with malignant look.
mo, woman, what wouldst thou with
mep''
''Forty-seven years ago." muttered
the old crone. hoarsely, ''your dead
and gone father put ipecae in some
melons that were growing in the back
ward of the We're mansion. The next
day our entire family threw up every
thing we possessed. / was only q little
girl then, but remember the cold pitt
less smile on the face OF your naughty
father rs he rode by our humble cot
tage, and saw my Youngest brother
going to the drug store for something
to settle his stomach, and swore to be
revenged. have kept my oath. My
son was on the jury that tried your
case, and his vote defeated you. But
30 not think my anger is stated. The
O'Rourkes never forgive. Ere another
sun shall have risen deep sorrow will
fall on Your house. Remember the gip-
sy's warning, and tremble."
And with these words the toothless
virago stepped silently around the cor
ner and was lost to sight. -.
That night the celebration of Tristis-
sima's nineteeth birthday took place
In the excitement of the event W. Ell.
We're thought of nothing but how to
make his guests happy. About eleven
o'clock the butler approached his mis-
tress and whispered a few words i'll her
ear. A frightened look passed oyeF
her face, hastily seating herself on q
fauteuil she sent a servant to summon
her husband.
He came.
Bill" she said, hoarsely, ':some one
has stolen the ice cream"
Heaven help us!'' cried the grief
stricken man. ''Why did / not heed
the gipsy's warningp'
The party was failure, and the
naughty pride of the We're family. was
humbled. The next morning a little
boy brought home seven empty ice
cream freezers, saying that a dark-vis-
| aged man had handed them to him for
| delivery. 1.-= .-..-..5
The old gypsy woman disappeared
mysteriously, and was not heard of fol
six months. At the end of that time
she-got out of Jail.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-10
An Indian EIopement.

Among the Santee Sioux in North
Nebraska was a lovely maiden, Sallie
Mollie, the daughter of Billy Bumbottle,
one of the chiefs of the tribe. Sam
Squire and Slitlip Bob were rivals for
her hand. Taking time by the forelock,
and leaving Slitlip in the lurch, Sam
eloped with the girl. but before the
runaways could reach the mountains
the rivals friends overlook them. 1t
was decided that the lovers should fight
duel. On the 4th inst. the party put
on war paint and went to the secluded
spot in the Greek hills. Each was armed
with a stone-headed war club. At the
signal they mounted their ponies. AT
ter circling and wooping around as a
sort of preliminary exercise, the COM
batants came to close quarters, when
Bob delivered fearful blow with his
club at Sam, who slipped one side. the
blow falling on the head of his pony.
Then Sam got in blow which famed
his opponents leg. They then fell to
and whacked and banged away at each
other, but without much effect, till
finally from exhaustion they both dis
mounted and glared at each other in
silence. And now the spirit of peace,
compromise, and Cancellation stole over
them, and Bob proposed that if Sam
would give him five ponies, revolver,
and two knives, he would throw up the
sponge and let his rival have the girl
without further trouble. Sam joyfully
agreed to this, and then, washing off
their paint and dirt, they returned to
the agency.