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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

THE next issue of the Mining and Ser entifc Press of San Francisco will be a large 2+page edition, fully illustrated and devoted to the mining interests Of Arizona and New Mexico. In a recent issue the Press says:
 Both these great southern Territories are now attracting a very large share ol attention, not only of settlers, but Of miners, capitalists, railroad men and others interested in developing the wealth of comparatively new regions. Railroad plans are being perfected, sur yeys made, roads built, and plenty of work is being done. People interested in agricultural pursuits are looking anX- iously that way for the opening up of new sections where they may locate and where they will have transportation for their products.
 The prospectOrs and miners, however, so far make up the bulk of the people now interested in these Territories. Ari- zona makes a glorious showing m the ranks of the bullion producers, and her mines are constantly on the increase both6n number and yield. New Mexico is ofily now beginning to have any mln- ing interests and her mines are not So well known. Yet there are large areas still unprospected and capital is now go- ing in to help those who are developing the country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
The New sPeaksr.

In the Republican caucus Of the third of December, and preliminary 10 the opening of the Forty-Seventh Congress. the Hon. Joseph W. Keller was made the nominee of the Republicans for the position of Speaker. This was the re- suit or sixteen banohugs, m all of which his name led When Congress met two days later. MT. Keifes was elected to the office named, having nineteen votes more than ex-SpeakeT Randall. the Dem ocratic candidate for the position. His remarks before taking the oath were well received by the House. Mir. Keller has a large presence and robust cOnsti- tuition. He k a good speaker, and, It IS confidently expected, will preside with ready tact and dignity.
 General Joseph Warren Keller IS a native of Ohio. born in Bethel town ship. Clark county, January 30, 1886. His parents were not wealthy, and l1s education was that of the common schools. supplemented at the proper time hv attendance dt Antioch College. Tn to being twenty-seven years of age,
 
 Ohio. When twenty-Oue he began to read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. His next step was to open an office at Springfield. which resulted m a practice successful from the beginning. Upon the opening of the war and the first call for troops, Mir. Keller closed his office and went t1 the capital ot hls State as a volunteer. Twelve days later r . NIsrA lF ha Third Ohio Infantry Upon the reOr- gauization of his regiment as a three wears regiment, in June of the same year, he was again made Malor With his troops at Rich Nuun- tain, West Virginia, at Cheat Mountain and Elkwater all in that busy year of 1881, the young officer earned the notiee and praise of his sUperiors. His regiment was ordered to Kentucky, November, 1861, where promotion was gwen MaJOr Keller. Tn the early part of le62. he was cazettad LieutcEant-C Colouel, and m that rank bore a distinguished part m the camuaign under GeneraiO. M. Mitchell, about Huntsville and along the Memphis and Charleston railroad Before the end of the year he bore the rank of Colonel The later years of the war he served m West Virginia and Virginia, as Com mander of Brigade. General Keller was wounded four times during the war, once seriously. at the battle of the Will derness, which compelled his return home. Sooner than was thought ad- visible by his physicians. be reJomed the army, and fought az Opequan. He was among the first to enter Winchester. Mir. Keifer was made a Brevet Brigadier General at Cedar Creek, where he fought with distinguished courage. At the close of the war he made a Brevet Major General His return to civil life was to begin again at Springfield the practice of the law. In 1868 and lotj he served in the Senate of Ohio, and was com mander of the Grand Army of the Re- pubic in Ohio from 1888 to 1870. He has taken other conspicuous positions during recent years, among them that of delegate in the convention which nom mated Mr. Hayes for the Presidency. This is the third of Congresses to which he has been elected
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
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 The firm is now Langtry and child professional beauties.
 The most fashionable horses are now T"aring false teeth.
 Sporting item. Wasn't Adam the first man to sell the race:
 Guiteau is the only substitute ever found for Artemus Wards kangaroo.
 Puck informs us that there are 1jt packs of fox hounds in England. But does not mention how many recEs oi carls.
 The Boston Transcript says that work well done k too rare. Much, however, depends on what the stake amounts to.
 Nothing k prettier than the cards au- nOuucing the birth of a child: and yet an exchange mentions them as bawl tickets.
 \ Missouri doctor has been vacciuat- ing patients with molssses. Itis said to be a certain autido;e for tafTy in every form.
 4 Miss Waiter recently married a Mir. Fee. During the c1urtship he always felt sure uf her. No waiter ever refused a fee.
 Spanish ladies used to have theircaya- Ger servants, bat the American maiden contents herself with her ice-cream youug men.
 The Chicago Herald says AIat Chicago and Detroit cicrgymeu trade sermons. Its safe to say that everybody gets cheated ali around.
 "Wtcre is Estheticism mentioned iu the Bible2- "Givc 1t up. When Ba- laam smo,e his ass end made it t' utter --Too Utter"
 4 Bath. Maine, fisherman claims to have caught over iuUr million porgles this season. Nov there's a lie ui saifi- ricnt magnitude Go hs worth telling.
 Edwin ArnolJs Light of Asia" has been translated into Dutch. This, we think. viii probably render it more in- -elligib,e t1 English readcrs.- Hawk eye.
 Two ladies gre candidates for the Clerk-hip Of the Ohio Legislature. When ylu hear which has been elected vou will know which i- the better look ing.
 The critics wlJ teu as how an artist ItLA'4fA "a f.AFIF fA tAtt7le 7AA'tAtNA visit the slaughter houses and study the process or rendering lard. He is tCo lardy-dar.
 Herr Krupp has over 3O0o men em- plOyci in making cannon, and yet We are constantly talking about the approach ing millennium when nations shall learn war no more.
 Miss Annie Louise Gary is mentioned as the bossessor of S450,OO0, ail earned by her own charming voice. That's a good way to get rich. We'd yell like a woman who had seen mouse, for that sum.
 Guiteau called upou all the lawyers in the country to help hm. If Guiteau were not crazy he would have moved heaven and earth to induce Mir. Me Veagh Co prosecute hIm, and thus In- sure acquittal.-. Puck.
 \ Philadelphia sneak thief stole a pound of butter from a boarding house the other day, and the butter was so scared by the incident that a policeman who caught the villain says it's hair actu- ally stood on end
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
The Apaehes ai Jano>.
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 Don. F. Pacheco, who came up from Mexico last week, informs us that when he left JanOs there were about ijO Apache Indians. including the bands of Mana, .iu and Chino, eDcamped at that place. These Indians, says SF. Pachecu, seemed to be enjoying themselves. Their camp was the f0cus of miarity and mirfh; war dances aud debauchery were freely indulged in. They have sev- eral hundred head of stock. horses, mules and horned cattle, brought with them from Arizona and New Mexico. These they live upon, and buy corn from the people, make tlZwin. and take life easy. There are few Mexican troops at Jaros, and several hundred more were expected there when ST. Pacheco left. The Indians appeared to be on the best of terms with tine people of Janos and the surrounding country, and with the exception of an occasional. petty theft, they were giving no trouble. It was rumored that the Mexican authori- t.es were preparing Co take advantage of the Unsuspectiug savages, and lure them utJ 60 trap and massacre or take the hole outfit prisoners, but PachecO thinks there is no movement Oi the Elud contemplated.
 The Indians have manifested friendly disposition towards the Mexicaus, and SD long as they remain at peace, the au- tl1rtios will avoid any trouble with them. Sr Pacheco says these Indians have a wholesome dread of New Mexico and Arizona, and will not return unless to make a raid and cgain get back into Chihuahua.
 If this statement of facts is true. and We have no reason 10 doubt it, the GOv- eumeut should look after the matter. Our ueighb0rs across the line should not ba allowed to harbrr these Indians while We are engaged in a war wiih them. But tlr trouble ls that the general Govern mlut of Mexico has but very little more control over the people along its border -EaU lt has over tue Indians. They pay 1U. little respect to the laws OF authori- -irs ot the country. Every town or dis -ral acts uiou its oWn hook, and yeuer- ally independent os the Government. T. the people of JauOs want Co make a treaty ~lth Indians, or any one else, they do SD without consulting the Govern Ualt or tlc legally constituted authori- ties ou the subject. Tn this way they make peace with the Indians, and should -Ee Government of the country attempt to interfere wIth the arrangement it would. very likely, lead to a civil war; that is. civil war after the Mexican style. Bu, # the people of Janos will keep these 450 Indians there, and not allow them Co return Co this country, we shall not dispute with them about the manner of doing it-whether the Gov erument of Mexico consents to it or not But there is very little hope of such a result. These Indians will return when they get ready, withcGt asking the per mission of the Mexican Government or any part of the Mexican people, and they sLoUld he closely watched.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
He Nan1ed tn b. 4 CoMhor.

I yuutb recently went all the way from Chicago t0 New Mexico to become a cowboy. When there he explained his desires to a typical moUntaineer whom he met and asked for instructions in the role he had wished tO assume. Grasp ing him by the hand the moUntaineer said: You want to get buckskiu suit with plenty of fringe, q pair of high boots and a pair of high spurs. Then you want to get a broad-rimmed wbite hat-the broader the better; two forty lives. a knife. Winchester rifle and a horse; then you want to get drunk and get on your horse: then take the reIns in your teeth, a revolver in each hand and go down the street at a full run, shooting at every jump. Then com Q back and yell as loud as you can: My name is - and I'm sinking for a fight; I'm a son-of-a-gun from the plains. Alter that you VIII be a cowboy" The picture is duly referred to the cowboy $ prototype in Western Missouri.-[ Kan - sas City Journal.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
i Tenderfoot', TroabIc,.

4 Kansas youth who had heard of the terrible things done by the wild residents of th.s country, recently arrived in this city and went to the Hotel Madden. He was so thoroughly impressed with the condition ui things generally that he imagined every man he met was a hold mp OF a murderer He went 60 bed last m-ht witt these thoughts pamperiug his mind Some of lis fr ends. thinking 1t a good joke. entered his room and com mauded him t1 deliver To say that be was frightened would be putting it too mild. He bounced out of bed and with out stopping Co fool with his toilet, he rushed down stairs and into the office emitting a yell at every jump which would do credit to an Apache Indian on the wlrpath. Explanations eHsued, and xitL some persuasion the foolish youth was induced 60 return to his bed d. huquerQue Journal.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

Graft. Bennett < Co.'S rolling mill, at Pittsburg, was burned Sunday morning. Loss, S5no.O0O: insuranc ce, Sl5ONOO. The fire was the work of an incendiary. \ thousand men are thrown out of eIn- pioymtut.
 On Monday, December 18th, the man. aaement of the TLalia Theater, New York. will give a matinee, the proceeds of which will be sent to Vienna for the benefit of the sufferers from the fire in the Ring Theater. Subscriptions will also be received and forwarded by cable order.
 It is authoutatiyely stated at Rich mond that the differences in the Read juster circles have been quietly ar ranged, and it is now a we'll understood fact that all opposition to the nomina- ti0n Of RiddleberEer as United States Senator has been withdrawn, and the caucus next Tuesday night will nominate him without trouble.
 At Bedding. California, John Ellis and wife were drowned in North Cow creek, few miles above Melville, Saturday night. They had been to Melville on a visit and were returning home Both bodies were recovered to-day. Mr. Ellis was one of the oldest residents of the county, and was highly respected.
 The Guiteu trial is expected to last un,il Christmas Mir. ScsviIlc intends to deliver lecture iu Washington to aid Iu Geiraying his expenses. Wormley, one ,f thC jurors, has a swelling about tine eve, which is a f1rerunuer of erysipc- las. Judge Cox consented that the jury U.a q 2 ..- t.1f. 6 WIS found that sufficient privacy could mot Hc secured.
 Edward <. Stokes, the slayer of Jim Eisk, having met with great pecuniary success m California, is living iIsa very extara1aut manner in New York. Two large houses which lac owned m New York on Fweuty-ioUrth street have been added tp the Hoffman House. of which he is said to have become part pr1prie- tor Josie Mansfield is in New York, leading qUiet life on her own means
 Among the passengers who arrived Sunday per steamer Oceanic, from Hong Kong. vIa Yokohama, was the new Chi- uese Minister, Chung IeaO Ju, and he Is accompanied by hls wife, secretary and suite, numbering fifteen persons. The minister Is aged about 5i years, of pleas ant, accomplished manners, and is de- scriOel as a highly educated man. On leaving the steamer the distinguished party were driven to the Palace Hotel, where they were waited upon by officials from the Chinese Consulate here, and ths customary CourtesIes exchanged. The new Minister said he had e delight ful voyage. and expressed himself as be- ing yeiy fa7orably impressed with San Francisco. Chung Ueao Ju and suite will remain in San Francisco about a week before starting East. He will re- side in Washington, and will represent the Chinese Government for the United States SuaiT and Peru.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
| Ner Snncies nf Hnrse.

The Annals and Magazine of Natural History for July contains a translation of a Russian paper, in which NJ. P0liskOf brings forward a mass of evidence in proof of the existence of hitherto un- known species of horse not far from Za- isan. in Central Asia. The animal ap- pears to resemble a small, domestic horse, of dun color; and the root of its tail is destitute of long hair for some distance. VI. POliakOf names his sup posed new species equus preZwalsku, in honor of the traveller who brought the skin to Russia. He regards 1t as true horse, and remarks that " if 1t were pos sible to prove that culture influenced the growth of the tail, and that this be- came more hairy, and the mane longer, under altered conditions of ite,' 1t might be affirmed So that it was indeed the animal whoes ancestors were re- claimed by man in the stone period, the so-called horse of our day"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

TIE California Senators have kindly taken Arizona under the shadow of their protecting wings. Senator Farley has introduced bill providing for the ap- pointment of three commissioners by the Secretary of the Interior, to proceed to Arizona and examine all claims pre- sented for value of property stolen, de stroyed or captured by the Indians. The commissioners are to require full partie- ulars, supported by the oaths of claim ants and witnesses, and upon the sworn testimony thus taken each claim shall be considered, adjusted and allowed, or rejected, according as the majority Of the commission may determine. Claims for damages are to be admitted and al- lowances are confined to the actual value of property lost The commis- sioners are to submit their report to the Secretary of the Interior, who. in turn. Is required to transmit it to Congress as a basis for an appropriation bill. This IS a move in the right direction. The Indians are the wards of the govern ment, kept upon the reservations in this Territory against the will of the ciyi- lized portion 5f its inhabitants, and as an inevitable result they have broken out and murdered and plundered our people. It is not even meeting the de- mands of common justice for the gen eral government, which is responsible for the present imbecile Indian policy, to pay for the loss incurred. Congress ought also to pension the relatives of those who were slaughtered by the gov ernment's Indian pets.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
NATIONAL POLITICS

Congress this winter will be the scene of plans and counter plans for cunning political campaigners. The battle ground of the near future is the Southern States. Already dispatches from Wash ington indicate the beginning. The Re publicans think the opportune moment for breaking up the solid South has ar rived. The policy of the party during the coming session will be to strengthen anti-Bourbon movement in the South. One of the Virginia Readjusters is to have a chairmanship of a committee. Virginia will undoubtedly be redistrict- ed so as to make the anti-BOurbon strength more potent in controlling the Congressional representation of that State. In their efforts to break up the solid South the Republicans are aided by the disinterested faction which want of success has engendered, and the jeal- ousies and bitter rivalries which are the natural outgrowth of this " too sold ' condition of affairs. Washington is said to be full of ex-Democrats from the South ready to join any anti-Bourbon movement and great dissatisfaction IS expressed at the national Democratic management.
 The signs of the times point to the end of our sectional strife, and the com ing of the time when questions of pub lie policy, not the hates and prejudices of past generation, will form the line of division between the great political parties of the country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

EVER since the repeal of the banking law there has been a general agitation in the commercial world for the enact ment of some substitute which should be free from the objectionable features of the old. This matter will receive the early attention of Congress. A Wash ington special says that the sub-Com- /mittee on Bankruptcy law, of which Senator Ingalls, is chairman, has com pleted the work assigned to 1t, and its report is prepared Mir. Ingalls, has worked steadily all the summer collect ing information on the subject. Over forty thousand circulars were sent to merchants, manufacturers, lawyers and commercial bodies, asking for their opinions as to the necessity of a national bankrupt law, and suggestions as to its provisions. Great interest appears to have been taken by business men, and many thousands of letters were re- ceived. The proportion of answers Ia vorable to the enactment of some law was overwhelming. Very few opposed it outside of the great Eastern cities, and these were generally great iobbing houses, whose business was great enough to allow them to promptly take advan- tage of snap judgments and preferences in settlements. Much objection was s.l 4, ox,gI to f,a acfoblishngut Df the machinery of the old bankruptcy laws. A majority of the sub-COmInittee is favorable to the suggestion, which e-;ginally came from Chicago business men. that the United States District Courts be given charge of bankruptcy proceedings, with special provision to enforce their judgments. Il is known that Senator Edmunds favors this idea.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

IT must be apparent to every intelii- gent reader of the proceedings in the fuiteau trial that the assassin is play ing a part. His conduct while on the stand and being cross-examined as to his terrible crime all indicate that while he may be morally unbalanced, he was sane enough to know the terrible enorm- itv of the crime he has committed. His knowledge of the act and the effect that this trial is having upon him are not the symptoms of a madman. Sixteen eH- perts, after examining Guiteau, pro- nounce him responsible for his acts. The chances ot the assassin's escape upon that plea are daily diminishing, and the prospect of his suffering the full legal punishment for his heinoUs crime is i'm r,rpv1ug
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18

CONGRESSMAN PAGE, of California will introduce a bill to appropriate S5O0,- 900 for the purpose of making such i'm provements or works under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War as he may see fit for the improve ment of the Sacramento, Yuba, Feather and American rivers and their tributa- ries, so as to protect them from overflow from the debris and the filling up of the said rivers, and for the removal of the deposits of debris that now impede nav igation, and also to.prevent the destruc- tion of lands and property adjacent to the said rivers. and to protect the har- bor of San Francisco from further in- jury from the said cause. There would be full as much reason in granting this request as in appropriating Sl0OOO,OOO to improve the Mississippi. The inter- ests involved are large. The gravel beds of northern California produce about Sl3OO0,OOO per annum, and are estimated to contain S300,OO0,OOO in the preGous metal It is certainly desirable to have all interests on the above mentioned streams protected, and The country needs the precious metals for commercial pur- poses. The appropriation asked for is small, and if sufficient to accomplish the object the expenditure will prove an economy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
Cnrinns Farf.

Dr. Lewis Balch, of Albany, in a re- view of the medical evidence in the eel ebrated Billings murder case, ailudes to the curious fact that a ball of given cainre fired through glass may make a hole eno1eh smaller than the full size of the bah before firing to prevent an unired ball Oi like calibre passing. Dr. Ba.ch notes having seen |" a base ball, thrown with great force and having rotary twist, make hole through an or dinary windov light, and when the ball was tried tO be again passed through the same opening, the hole nearly one third too small"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-18
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Ten acres ut laul situated near Pla- nix and belonging to Si!as Iiswell, Was sold to-day aJ Sheriff sale to Wm. A. Hancock. who bid SlJ5.
 SheriiT Walker, of Yayapai county, ag- rived iu PheuiE this morning, having safely lodged his prisoner, Yuma Manuel Belardo, under 8 sentence o. five years, in Yuma. Mr. Walker will return home tomorrow.
 X St. Louis physician has m abiding faith iu whisky, cud-hver oil and warm clothing as a sure cUrc for consumption. This Is an old remedy am5lg Arizouaus. who, however, generally dispense with the cod-Iyev oil and warm clothing.
 The last gwuliury reported the county iail c. be iu am insecure condition. and accordingly tlc Supervisors are taking necessary steps Co ieIai- the s.me. Car pGurers are DOW engaged iu putting down a board floor, and will also erect a wall around thc cages. This will suffice uu- al new and more substantial jail is built. whenever Una may he.