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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
The Ice Pitcher More Fatal than
 Alcohol.

Many who regard the use of wines and liquors as injurious or wicked resort to d still more dRns erous indulgence and fill their stOmachs with iced water or other cold beverages containing no stimulant If rum has slam its thou sands, ice has slain its tens of thousands. The ice pitcher does not breed quarrels in the household, nor lead to murder and other crimes by maddening the brain; but it paralyzes the functions of the stomach, and annually kills more people in the United States than are counted as the victims of alcohol, and the habit of drinking from 1t grows upon the thirsty lip like the use of liquor. In hot weather We see the slaves of the iced cup placing 1t to their mouths every few minutes throughout the day. It Is the cause of the larger part of the disease that atiiicts the better classes of the American people.
 There Is too much drinking in this country of all kinds and at all seasons; but especially in our dry climate, under the temptation Of parched mouth and the oppressive heat, the consumption Jf funds Is absOiutely astonishing; and drinking, especially of iced water or other equally cold liquids, does not ID any manner 0Uench the fever thirst. Such drinking only aggravates the diff ticulty and ministers directly to a long Itrain of diseases most difficult tO cure
 A but of dry cracker in the m ,uth will do more to mOisten 1t and to relieve thirst than quart of iced fluid, but even this IS unnecessary II the sufferers will have a little patience. Drinking is almost wholly matter of habit, and a little resolution will soon enable any one in tolerable health to pass the hot test day from his breakfast to his lunch, or his dinner, without imbibing fluid of any kind We have practiced this method for years, and are thus enabled to keep tOlerably cool at long hours of work in our ordinary attire, while many around us, divested of all dispensable garments, are deluging their stOmachs every few minutes from the faucet of the cooler, perspiring from every pore, are pouring out their strength like wa ter" If the habit of drinking is to be broken, let the victim indulge in warm instead of iced fluids, and take but little at a time, lengthening the intervals as much as possible. But 1t IS practicable to do without this constant guzzlir z, and the effect of such abstinence on the genersl health can hardly be overes.i- mated Exchange.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
THAT PERCEPTION %

Upon receipt of positive information
 that Mir. Granville II. Oury would ar rive in Tucson on Monday night, self appointed committee arranged for a spontaneous reception" of that gentle man, by the citizens of this city. It was given out that the affair was to be altogether social in its character, and that no political bias would enter into the spirit of the gathering. To make appearances still more in harmony with such statements a reception committee oi jhe most uncompromising Democrats was selected, to which was appended the names of a few well known Re puDhcans who were either absent from the city or were unable to attend the gathering, from other causes. The brass bands services were secured. through subscriptions by the people, and at the hour designated, the circus began, and for a short time the at mOsphere was blue with Democratic thunder. An aspirant for doubtful honors on the Democratic county ticket, said political speech from him on that occasion would be entirely out of place, and he thereupon struck right and left into political haraLcu Others did very much the same, and succeeded in disgusting many who were unfortunately present.
 Personally, there are a great number of people ID Tucson who are heartily glad to again meet MT. OurY as a fellow citizen and neighbor, but to make a pub lie demonstration in his honor as faithful and competent representative Is too absurd for anything. It Is notori- ous that be sat passiyely during a whole session of Congress and allowed all rec ognition of Arizona to go by default, fact which has been severely commented upon by "the leading Democratic organ" and a cutting comparison drawn with the more able, active and successful Democratic Delegate from Montana Territory. The public record of Dele gate Oury Is certainly not one to be proud of, and the more ostentation made over his political career the more ridic- ulOus does IL seem in the eyes of the people.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
Apache County Items.
St Johns Pionesl

Ni- JuAMh fluue~f-
 Apache county has ll4 miles of rail way.
 The rate of taxation in this county for the year 1883 is fixed at S260.
 Wanted, some party or parties to start livery stable in St. Johns.
 A first class barber will find St. Johns d good place for business.
 Carpenters are in demand; more work to be done than there are mechanics to do it.
 St. Johns was first located in the fall of 1874 It now contains a population of l,200.
 There are ten or twelve houses in course of erection in St. Johns. A real building boom. We have the best town m northern Arizona.
 NJ. r. ROmney, of St. Johns, while en route to Springerville last Monday had the misfortune to fall from his buggy sustaining some severe contusions.
 Our taxable property, exclusive of the A. < r. k. R., amounts to S654,5Ol; the railroad assessment is s555,OOO making a grand total of Sl, l,2O0,J0l. Not bad for new county.
 The grand jury has found four indict- ments one for grand larceny, one for murder and two for assault with an at- tempt to commit murder, and one charge of grand larceny was dismissed; also one case of assault with & deadly weapon was dismissed.
 Morris Earth has just consummsted 8 sale of 1000 head of sheep to Don Man uel Antonio Coudelaria, receiving II payment therefor 105,OO0 pounds Cf i'm proved wool, to be sacked and delivered at HolbroOk in this county.
 George Killian. the popular mail con tractor between St. Johns and Concho was in town one day last week. He gives very favorable account of crops IT that section of Apache county, and states to us that the yield will be greater than last year. Mr KIllian also told us that ranchmen were harvesting ill the vicinity of ConchO.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
Alive with Snakes.

If St. Patrick ever reyisits ''the glimp- ses of the moon" he can find cOngenisl work by descending in Chester county, Pa, where snakes of any kind have multiplied at such a rate it is now scarcely safe to go on foot, and laborers in the harvest fields are demanding double pay for their services in view of the danger that each days work will be their last. Old inhabitants of the county declare that such visitation of venom ous reptiles has never afflicted them be fore. and people who certainly tell the truth on other subjects relate amazing stories of the black snakes and copper heads which they and their neighbOrs have killed. G. R. Mishler had ten acre field of wheat to harvest Tn Coyen- try township, and the reaper decapitated seven snakes in cutting two swathes. The reptiles so frightened the horses that it was no longer possible to drive them up to the standing grain. Cradles were therefore brought, but the farm hands would not vield them until they had been promised double wages for the job. When the uncut grain was reduced to about half an acre it was alive with snakes, and the workmen killed seven- teen in less than an hour.-lN. I. Tri- bune.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27

17th instant without disturbance or bloodshed. On the same day a mass meeting of citizens of all classes was called to decide the fate of the prisoners.
 The ot has been in existence since 1878 and the conspirators now number 400. They had powder, shot and guns and think themselves sufficiently strong to accomplish their fiendlsh design. Sunday night, the seventeenth Of Sep tember, had been appoinred for the day to make the move. The meeting brought together about TOO men, among whom were 1jO negroes who, after hearing the papers read, by an almost unanimous vote resolved that Jack Turner was a turbulent and dangerous character; a regular fire brand in the community and public good demanded his immediate removal. He was accordingly hanged at a quarter past one o'clock the same afternoon in the presence Of the assem- bled multitude The crowd then dis persed. The other prisoners are still Tn jail to await further developments.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27

As a Democratic newspaper the St. Johns Pioneer Is perfectly consistent. twill support Mir. Oury for Delegate, and in the same paragraph heaps coals Of fire upon his political head and &C., nowledges him 10 have been of no service 10 the Territory while in Con- gfess. The Pioneer says:
 The Pioneer will support MT. Oury Tor Congress, although this county to- ia! Is absolutely without single mail me n operation-outside the 4. & P. l. k. Nr. Oury promised Faithfully no doubt that Apache county should re- eeive little consideration, and that we should have mail service. What IS tle present condition of affairs in this county: No mail for St. Johns, Spring eT7'le, Ft. Apache, Showlow, Taylor, onownase, Coucho and Woodruff. The people have sent petition after petition, ana It IS a disgrace to the country that 'Ae county of Apache (ranking fourth in foint oi wealth and population), with a county seat containing twelve hundred 'oais' R. and has been for two months past, without any malls, if we except m occasional bag from Holbrook by mule or bull teams.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
FOREIGN.

LONDON. August 2L.-The steamer Hope, which left here in June last ID search of the crew of the steamer Eira, arrived at Peterhead with the entire crew of that vessel. The Hope picked them up in Matoschken straIts, Nova Zembla, they having lost their ship of Franz Josephland, and iourneyed in boats to the straits through ice.
 LONDON, August 21.--A dispatch from Constantinopie says Lord Dufferin, m an interview to-day with Said Pasba and Assym Pasha, declared he was un- able to accept the Turkish proposals for a military convention, even in their new form.
 ALEXANDRIA, August 21.-Within the last few days one of Arabi Pasha's off, cers visited Fort Mex and proposed to surrender with large body of men. It Is believed tO be a ruse.
 ALEXANDRIA, August 22.-It IS ru- mored that De Lesseps Is seriously Ill.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
The Scared ProfeS,or

There Is no use disguisIng the fact that the boys who attend our colleges are pretty tough on general principles. Not that they would commit crimes, or do things that are particularly dIshOuur- able, but they are as full of the old Nick as they can hold. You take the best boy yOu can find in the public schools, one who has had a religious training, and seens to have piOus turn Oi mlud, and who Is SO good that all the other boys think be IS booked for heaven, and send him of to college, and you want Co watch him. The chances are that he will come back with a knowledge of draw poker that will paralyze am old gambler, and he will be sure Co be leader in all the devilt-y that .s gong on. An illustration of this was iur- uIshed q short time ago m one of our State colleges devoted to turning out piOus young men. The class ID elucu- ton was furnished with a professor from d distant city, who was very thorough in his methods. but he didn't am0gnt t1 anything aJ handling boys. He seemed tO look at them in the class room ap- pealIngly, as much as Co beg them no. Go play any monkey work on him. The boys saw he was afr;id Ol them, and they laid for him. They got into ds- cusslOn over the proper way Co render a passage from the poem, "Ihe boy stood on the burning deck, when one of tar students called the other a har Tho professor held up his hands in horror. and begged them to he seated, when the young man who had been called l.r drew a revolver and shot at the other
 student, who fell tO the floor an alleged corpse. The professor was wild, and a5 this point the lights went ont and every student drew revolver and began iir- ing blank cartridges in the arr Sme
 were armed with putty balls and eggs, and at each discharge something vOuld strike the professor, and he thought he was full of holes. A window was raised and by the light made by the exploding cartridges pair of cOat-taIls could bs seen going ont, and the professor landed head head first on some lilac busbss. They rushed 10 the window and th, poor man, bruised and bleeding, and as scared as 1t was possible for man tO be, was running for dear life. The next morning he took the train for home. with a black eye, and clothes that looked as though something had been scraped off from them, and the Faculty of the college will not know what has become of their professor of elOcution tiil they read this. The boys go about their studies as though nothing had happened. but they are trying to think up some new deviltry. Boys will be boys, and there Is no way you can prevent It Uu- less you break their backs Peck's Suu.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27

eigners. Chinese only excepted. who, in
 good faith come and settle among us,
 and guarantee to them the same equal
 rights which are now enjoyed by native
 born Americans, and we further declare
 that we are unslterably opposed to Chi
 nese importation or immigration.
 Resolved, That just compensation
 should be paid all public servants for their services, and that they be held to a strict accountability; that the present fee system, while perhaps not being suf, ficient in some minor offices to induce competent persons to accept such posi- tions, in other cases secures to county officers an extravagant and unreason- able amount for the services. The fees of such officers III such cases should be reduced, or the amount so received in excess of reasonable compensation for such services, should be paid into the treasuries of the several counties where such conditions obtain.
 Resolved, That we favor a reorganiza- tion of our courts by Congress to the end that litigation may be lessened and made cheaper: that the laws delays may not amount to a denial of justice, and that no judge shall sit in an appellate court in judgment upon cause decided by him in a lower court.
 Resolved, That We recognize the fact that gold, silver and copper mining Is the chief source of wealth in the Terri tory, and we therefore demand the full est protection for this, our greatest in- dustry, and that all legislation, Territo- rial and Federal upon this subject be SO directed as to discourage mining liti- gation, render mmlng titles more se- cure, and foster and encourage the de- velopment of our mineral resources to ! the fullest extent.
 Resolved. That we declare ourselves in favor of the free and unlimited coin age of silver upon the same terms and under the same regulations as is gold. ! and pledge ourselves that if elected our candidate for Delegate will exert him self to the end that both gold and sil- | yer will be fully and equally recognized | according to their respective values as the money of the country.
 SAN FRANCISCO, August 2l.-A Vic | toria, B. C., dispatch says: Extensive ! are Tn progress for the re ception of Lord LOrne and Princess Louise, who will sail from San Francisco ] for Victoria about the l2th of Septem- Der. The war ship COmas will bring | them to Victoria.
 SAN FRANCISCO, August 22.-The Su- preme Court has affirmed the judgment | of the lower court in the case of the people against Messersmith, in which defendant was sentenced to be hanged for murdering his wife some two years ago in this city. The case was partic- ularly aggravated one, the husband shooting his wife after she had left him to escape his continuous brutality. | Messersmith has had two trials, both times being convicted of murder in the first degree.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
THE NEXT DELEGATE.

In the wisdom of the Republican con- vention now in session at Phoenix, Judge De Forest Porter Is the proper person to represent Arizona in Congress as a suc- cessor to the present incumbent.
 Judge Porter has been a resident of this Territory for many years. He is an energetic and capable gentleman. thoroughly identified with the interests of Arizona, and will make a faithful Delegate, and will receive the united support of all Republicans during the campaign and at the polls, as well as the votes of the better class Of the opposi-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
SONORA ITEMS.
IGuaymas International ]


 Col. c. J. Wimple, of Tucson, the well known capitalist and mining man visited this city last week. He came on busi- ness and delayed with us only two days. The Yaquies at the Rio Ysqui are con- structing two canals each side ot the rlver. They have been working at It for over a year and when finished will irrigate the richest land in the State.
 Mir. Samuel Grammar after a severe season with a broken arm IS agaln around, but unable to use it at present as the bone as yet is not thoroughly knitted.
 The Chihuahua mint coined Sl,U69,ofO during the last year.
 The parish church of Fl Carmen, Campeche, was almost completely de- stroyed recently during severe thun- derstnrm.
 The papers say that woman who vas desperately in love with a man who cared nothing for her, committed sul- eide few days since at Vera Cruz, by shooting herself with a pistol through the heart
 The last cotton crops in Durango amounted to 10000 quintals which were sold for s1, ,260,OOO.
 Sonora is fast becoming one of the leading States Tn the Republic.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
Is the Moon Red hot!

w. Mattieu Williams believes that the surface of the moon has an intrinsic brilliancy of its own and temperature much greater than IS usually supposed. He expresses the ODiniOn, in effect, that the surface of the moon IS, as 1t appears to be in eclipses, "of dull, red heat, and that this high temperature IS due to the action of the suns rays striking it directly, without an intervening shield of aqueous vapOr or other atmospheric matter. If the volcanic tufa. of which the moons surface IS evidently cOmpOs- ed, resembles the corresponding materi- al on our earth, 1t IS one of the best ab- sorbers oi heat, and the worst conduct ors. This being the case, the uninttr- rupted glare of the suns rays would produce it's maximum possible effect on a thIn film of the moons surface. We must remember that a dull copper red heat, just visible in the dark. is considerably below the temperature of red heat visible in daylight. SuppOs- ing the color of the moon to be due to such heat, I should estimate it's surface temperature at a little above 600 de- grees." Lord ROsse, estimating the surface temperature of the moon, con- cluded it was about 800 degrees. Mir. Williams was led to his conclusion by watching the appearance of the moon during the totality of an eclipse. When the partially eclipsed moon rose, tie shaded part displayed full cOpper-red color; then the redness gradually faded, and the shaded portion of the moon grew darker and grayer, until at last t became of dark slate color; and it's oug- line or limb was barely trsceable toward the end of the eclipse. In some elemeu- tary treatises this copper color IS attributed tO 'the refractlOn of the suns light by the action of the earth" M-. Williams fails to see how this can op- crate in the middle of the shadow where the color IS most decided, and why if should fade as the eclipse progresses, and finally be lost just at the outer edge of the shadow. The fading is easily accounted for on Mir. Williams' hypothesis as the result of the rapid cooling of the lunar surface on the with drawsl of the suns rays. The reasoning that ascriDes SO high temperature t1 the side of the moon presented to the sun must lead to the conclusion that the dark, or night side, is intensely cold.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27

AS tue Heading Democratic news paper Of Arizona has openly charged 1e-egate Oury with personal IncOm- fs'euey ln securing for this Territory any financial recognition by Congress 4lfins hls entire term, it is anticipated ,lA' meeting tonight between Mir. o1Ty and the management of that faler wlll be anything but cordial.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
REVOLUTIONARY RUMORS.
Anticipated Troubles in sonora.
Preparations for a sangulnary Internectne

HERMosILLo, Sonora, August 21.- RumOrs are afiost in regard to possible hOstilites between Governor Ortiz and General Carbo, Department Commander of the States of Durango, Sinaloa, Ja- lisco and Sonora. Carbo and Ortiz are
 personal enemies, and both have great influence at the city of Mexico; conse- quently they may cause a general erup- ton throughout several States. It is is the desire of CarbO to depOse Ortiz and place in the gubernatorial chair Ex- Governor Torres, who IS expected daily to arrive with him and his troops at Guaymas. The last disturbance in the State was with Brigido Reyes, who, with a small force, plundered and robbed the northern part. but was finally corraled at Tubutama, where his force was com pletely demolished, but he himself es- capped over the Arizona border with few men.
 In the case of a revolution the inter ests of Americans, which are large, will have to be protected. The Sonora rail- way, which now completed north from Guaymss, 25O miles, IS the property of Americans, principally Boston and New York capitalists, who, when the road Is completed, are to receive liberal sub sidy from the Mexican Government but should the revolution commence before its completion, 1t is likely that an inter ventiOn of the United States should be called for.
 It IS believed that Ortiz would, in a revolution, ultimately win, as he IS a man of great determination and IS very popular. .,
 HERMosILLO, August 19.-COlOnel Garcia, the hero of the late Indian fight, IS under arrest for murder. He had a deserter shot few days ago, and was arrested by the civil authorities. There IS a strong feeling existing between the report that Carbo was coming with large force for the purpose of oustlns Ortiz The air IS full of rumOrs of rev Olution.
 GUAYMAs, via HermosillO, August l9. The Mexican transportation steamer Mexico is expected daily at Guaymas with General CarbO and ex-GovernOr Torres, with an escort of 800 federal AIOOH0s 1uE kELtA aA AAAAAoA t'NteN the State IS that they come for the pur- pose of OverthrowIng the present government, of which Governor Carlos Ortiz IS at the head. It IS well known that the Governor has of late been organizing companies in all the towns of the State, and at Alamos he has SD national guards under arms, with two Gatling guns. He has 4,OOO stands of Remington guns, with large quantities of ammunition. General Carbo and Governor Ortiz have for a long time been abusing each other through the press of Mexico and there IS terrible feeling existing which will ultimately end in a duel or a general revolution ID Sonora. In case of CarbO opening the ball the MaytOrenista faction, which IS large, will ioIn him, while the Pesqueira faction will support Ortiz. Both being allied strongly with the general govern ment the outcome is hard to predict.