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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Secretary Frelinghuysen Is sixty
one years of age.
When Jenny Lind was once told
that some persons had paid twenty-elght
dollars to hear her sing, what fools.
she said.
Crouch. the author OF Kathleen
Mavourncen," and many other popular
songs, is now n cabinet-maker in Balti-
more, and has been there for years.
--Viscount Hermsley. member of Par
lament for Yorkshire. who died in Lon
don the other day, was only twenty-nine
years old, and was probably the most
gifted parliamentarian Of his age in En-
gland.
In dress Acknowledgement Brew
.ter is very eccentric. He wears ruffles
of the style of seventy-iive years ago.
His coat Is blue swaIlow-tail. with brass
buttons, and his waistcoat is long and
made of bright buff cloth.
I'VE seldom see Shillaber in Bos-
ton now,' the correspondent of the
Hartford CourdH writes. referring To
Mrs. Partington; ''his old enemy, the
govt, Keeps MN nou-eI III Sntists,
where he writes rs industriously as
ever" fr3
Some Of the books gathered into a
noble library by the late Earl of Craw-
ford, whose remains were stolen nearly
month ago from the Balcarres tomb.
possess large value and perennial in
terest for the bibliophile. One is the
Catholicon." printed on yellum. in
146O, by Gutenberg, and the only
known book from the immortal printers
second press; another is the renowned
Mazerin Bible. first of type-printed
books, and. As many hold. the best
printed of all books; still another. the
..Cicero de Ofiiciis." of 1865. the first
printed classic; another, the block book
specul,m. on which the Dutch have
founded their claim to priority in the In
vention of printing; and again. large
collection of the romances of chivalry.
including the Arthurian and the Car
lovingian, nearly all of them being first
editions.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02
HUMOROUS.

Few men are aware they possess n
conscience until caught committing
crime Whitehall Times.
A Brooklyn man calls his wife Con-
science because. rs he remarks pathet-
ically, -. She makes towards OF US all. :"
A country editor. who has been
elected measurer of bark, calls upon
everybody owning dogs to bring them
to his office and have their barks meas
ured.-S omerriile Journal.
Cheese it." said the rat to the
trap. II WILL" said the trap,
land with baited breath l will await
your coming" "All right" responded
the rat, land I'll wire you the result"
-NeD Jersey Enterprise.
1t is one Of the unexplainable things
of moral ethics how people decide so
promptly as to how little rain and bad
weather it takes to keep them away
from PRAYER meeting. and how much IS
required to keep them away from 4
GOOD show.-.SteubenriiIe Herald.
There is difference between in
teIlectual Boston babies and other
babies. When other babies get the
collie they double up and yell like
blazes. Intellectual Boston babies with
the collie lie quietly on their backs and
yearn after the infinite. -Brooslyn
Eagle.
This is a Recherche Affair. Re
cherche Affairs are sometimes Met with
in Parlors and Balloons, but more
Generally in the Society Department OF
Newspapers. A Recherche Affair IS an
Affair where the Society Editor Is in
vited to the Refreshment Table When
the Society Editor is told his Room IS
Better than his Company. the Affair Is
not Recherche -Dsarer Tribune Pr.nier.
We are told that after the marriage
of old Mr.. Sickels in New York taa 9th
er day, the groom gave deJenner % ia
tourciiette at the Belmont Hotel. A very
imprudent act at his time OF lfe- HIS
friends. no doubt, reasoned with hin,
and endeavorcd to persuade him not %
commit such an inexcusable rs-hnessi
but when newly married man OF eighty
years makes up his mind TO give a Dc
jeuser q Ia foilrcAette all the argument
in the world will not convince him that
cuipaBs pena preDaa comes. Erin 60
plxribsls xnxrn, and so forth. But il
does.-NorristowB Herald
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02
Color Blindness.

Color blindness has led to many seri-
Gus accidents. but no more ludicrously
unfortunate result has been recounted
than that of one of the contributors to
the Figaro, who has been afflicted with
infirmity of vision from youth. being ut
terly unable to distinguish colors, with
out seeming to be aware of the fact. A
short time since he was to pay his in
tended bride visit, and presented him
self in suit of brightest scarlet. His
tailor had sent his book of patterns.
among them those Of the cloth destined
for liveries, and the unfortunate sutton
had mistaken the scarlet for pearl gray.
The tailor, imagining that the order had
been for masquerade, carried il out to
the letter without observation; but the
friends of the intended bride. looking
on the wearer as a confirmed lunatic.
refused to allow the courtship To pro-
ceed.-Lynn Transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02
ABOUT OFFERS.

Among the dnliliils tustt iNo Pni'iy
in the water and partly on the land,
that can run about on the shore and
breathe the air Just as well as we can,
and vet dive under the water and swim
like fish, one of the most interesting
is the otter. A common otter is about
the size of small dog, having mar
row body two feet long, and very short
legs. 1t is covered with handsome fur
next to its skin, and outside of this
there is coat of long. coarse hair.
As this animal is very fond OF the
water. and lives principally on fish, it
makes its home on the shore Of creek
or river This home is hole under
ground, generally quite close to the
water The entrance to the burrow Is
ALWAYS under water, and leads upward
to the main apartment. which is dug
out as high up in bank as possible, so
that. in ease of u flood in the stream,
the water will not rise up along the en-
trance-wav and into the offers house.
Sometimes the animal makes two or
three chambers, one above another, so
that. in case the water should rise in a
lower room. he and his family could GO
up higher, and keep dry. He does not
mind being under the water for time,
but he cannot live under water. From
the top of his house up to the surface
of the ground he makes small hole to
let in air; SO, you see, the otter Is 9
very clever creature. The entrance to
his house is hidden under water, where
no dog nor other enemy is likely to find
II or TO oct in if they do find it; and
his home is so well planned that some
part of it is always dry and well ven
tilated.
When the otter wants his supper
for. as he eats only at night, 1t may d.
said that he takes neither breakfast mol
dinner-he slips quietly into the water
and as soon as he sees fish, he glye'
chase to it. He has large. full eyes lik'
n seals. and he can see in the water n
well as on land. He is web-footed. an'
his long, flexible body and stout tail en-
able him to move through the waite
with a motion very much like that OF
fish. He can thus swim very fast, ant
few fish are able TO escape him.
During the daytime, the otter gen
orally stays quiet in his burrow' out a
night he comes out, and makes 1t yer
lively for the fish. Sometimes, whe
fish are scarce, he will do his midnigh
hunting on land. and will be GLAD :
catch a chicken or any other small an
NAL he may meet. .~.s-.-
If an otter is caughtwhen 1t IS gun
Young. it may be tanned. l once sa"
couple of tame ones in New York. an
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-02-02

A Connecticut farmer seeing some
railroad surveyors getting ready to run
their line straight through the center Of
his barn demonstrated with them g.
want you tew understand said he,
that Eve got sumthin' else tew dew
besides runnin' out tew open and shet
them doors every time a train wants tew
90 threw" But, being monarch OF al
they surveyed. they went right on lust
the same
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
The Flremen's sociel.

The party last evening given by our jolly wholesouleI fremen had the effect of drawing out about l50 of Prescott's fairest ladies and best gentlemen. The party commenced at 9 o'clock, with the l2th Infantry Band in attendance. The fremen were dressed in uniform, present ing fine appearance. The hall was ap- propriately decorated, and the ladies, of course, were stylishly robed in gay at tire. The dancing was kept up until ? o'clock, when music ceased, and all hands departed well pleased with the party. May the coming anniversary of Wash mgton's birthday, 1883, be celebrated in like manner, and not one missing from the band present last evening Is the wish of the old MINER.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
LATEST IE:E: EkpXlG EE@&.

The Norm m i S;.t Lake are greatly exercised over i1r situation, and are doing all they Can n !"@ve1: Congressional leg isiatIOD.
 On the 22.i, IF N alison, Ark, Er Jam isOn, wife ahi s.- ua.!i.cn We're drowned
 A large meeting tn' \ place in Milwaukee on the 23d, aud resolutions were pas sed uFg- ing Congress to eradicate PoIyoasy.
 Fl MeuhIu h.s defeated the Fgyptisa troops ai.d is La" n.as CT of Soudal
 There $ m"rr t.uth than was suprO.ei ln regard to desltuilcz in the South. < bill has been Introduced asking for aid
 A White Mountain squaw, wife of one of the San Carlos Indian prisoners. sui cided by hanging.
 At Chayiest.n, 1. T., lot of rouglls entered bali room on the evening Of WashingtOn's birthday, and commenced shooting out t'.e Echts No enc hurt,
 Prescott frcinh, lIst. H&ln. ;.5fG; G Urfer, ,GS9; i"e" < e, 49GJ; II .;z, 2.3J0 Hsrzog, 2.9sA; ur5,lI, SO; Fister G6j; c and Son 8SO Era"al 100; D L G5 Co. 2930; \ |, lt=5; Miss A Fiison 40. AR. 1895; L E ts c.. ii22; C aud \ 13}O; Bones and ], 3.I5: r G E, lO1;J ED loo. II and $, 230; ? l; E { D. 2,00i.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24

The men of Prescott have now a very elastic step. They wear rubbers
 Mejia has discovered gold ledge south of
 Prescott one hundred yards wide and five hundred yards in length.
 The Yuma Indians have young man in ] their ranks who will run race with the fastest horse in California for distance of 30 mil es, for purse of S1, 900. c. B. Genung, of Vulture, was in town yesterday He tells us that the Central Arizona mill and mine (Vulture) are doing nicely-making the owner, MT, Seymour, rich.
 A Mir. Slankard, of Phenix, who freights between that point and Prescott, died a few days since, at his home Ill Salt Riyre valley, of consumption.
 The Yuma Free Press, under the able management of Samuel Purdy, is a credit to Yuma county It should receive a lib eral support from people all over the Territory.
 Sandy Hammond says that Prescott is the cheapest market he has struck for some time, that is so far as he has pros pected Dry goods don't come under his line of purchases, hence his observations, of course, only extend to invigorating merchandise of the moist class.
 Powell, who killed a Mexican, at Tucson about three years ago, for which ofense he was convicted of murder, and finally had h;s case appealed to the Supreme Court of the Territory, and was brought to this city by James Speedy, who allowed him to escape, was recently killed by d deputy sheriff at Fort Elliott, Texas.
 RETURNED caught a glimpse of Frank Murphy on the fly, after return ing from the East, to-day. He brought out gentleman with him to look at some of his mining properties, which he in- tends deeding over for due consideration. Mr. Harrington, we believe, Is the gentle mans name accompanying Mr. Murphy:
 Captain Brayton (now Major) has been relieved from duty in Arizona and ordered to San Diego, Cal
 Capt. Haskell is to visit Camp Huachuca and other points.
 Shaffe's Sixth Cavalry Company, with
 Vests Indian Scouts are to proceed to Maricopa, for temporary duty.
 Major Dake informs us that his deputies, with d posse, are out on the Mexican border patroling and trying to capture certain out laws who committed outrages last fall in Southern Arizona. The Marshal has or ganized this posse on his own responsibility, trusting to Congress for reimbursement. We think the Major has a little too much faith in those who get bills of relief through Con- gress.
 Jim Nice, the excellent mining and mill ing man of the Tuscumbia, Is Ill Prescott. l He tells us that his mill is in successful operation crushing ore from the tunnel, which IS now tapping the ledge over 800 feet beneath the surface He has judiciously worked the Tuscumbia ore, and success fol | lows his management. If few more enter prises were handled by competent men there would be less shutting down and skirln- | ishing around to find out the cause of dis | aster. Ore we have in abundance, but, like | all things, 1t requires proper handling to | make 1t productive. Because man knows | how to keep set of books, ard has read | 1t is no sign that he Is competent | to manage the workings of mine. It re- quires experience and judgment.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
Real Esrate Transfers.

Recently several important real estate transfers have taken place in Prescott
 Mr. Wm Wilkerson sold fine proper ty, and in turn purchased from Mrs Beckers her house on Beach Avenue for $500.
 Hon. Ed w. Wells, for fair con- sideration, purchased from Mr. N. Ross the brewery building and lot south of Dan Hatz'S hotel
 M. H. Sherman purchased the Ross building and lots, adjoining the premises of c. w. Beach, for the very small figure of s2,50O, just half what the property is worth.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
Dr. s. F. Gladwin, Dentist.

This gentleman is on visit to Arizona Territory, and will spend few weeks at Prescott; will be found at the Waldo House, where he will be prepared to do all kinIs of iirst-class operations in dentistry Having had twenty five years experience in his procession, and conversant with all late improvements in the art, he feels warranted in saying that he will do all he promises. Teeth extracted without pain.
 He refers, by permission, to the following San Francisco gentlemen: Judge George Turner, Rev. 4. L. Stone, D. C., Judge Jas. Wheeler, Wm. F. McAllistcr, M D., 0. L. Van Nlack, NJ. D., Judge Rob't Ferral, Col J. NJ. Barney, Silver King, A. T., also to Gov. Gosper Hon. Donald Rcbb, Geo. A. Treadwell, Prof. Hopkins and many others in the Territory.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
Eeath of D. R. Poland.

Doct AiHsworth returned to-day from a professional visit to Ash Creek. and re ports the death of his patient, D. R. Pc land, which sad event occurred vest st-lday, the disease being pneumonia. 1lr. Fo- land was one of our oldest and mort res pected citizens who has always been held in high esteem by our people. lie fol lowed mining for several years, end three summers ago sold property in Dig Bug for large sum. Subsequently he visited California where he married very supe- rior lady, whom he leaves with one child to mourn his sudden and untimely taking away. Mir. Poland was about 90 years of age.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Proposals for Fresh Beef aud Hutton.

Proposals for Fresh Beef aud Hutton
 HEADQyARTsa: DEPlRrMENT OF AR-zoFss,
 Ohee of .!hicf COmmissary of Suosistence,. WBIPPLE EA RACKS, PRESCOTT, A. T., NJ c11 1882
 SEALED PKOPO>ALS in trip.icate, subject the usual conditions, will be eivtd ct this office, CT at the offices of the Acting AssIstant COmInssaros of Subsistence at the following named posts until 12 o'clock noon. Wednesday, April 12, 1882, which time and places hey will be opened in the presence os bidders for furnishing aIo delivery of such qusnti ties of Beef and Mutton the block a msy from time to tins be required at Forts Apache, Bo&ie, Grant, Lowell, McDowa!l, Mojave, Verde and Yuma, and Camps Huachucl and Thoras and whippls Far racks and Sal Diego Barracks, in iA.s repartrsnt, from July I. 1sS2, to June 50, 1esS.
 The Government rese.yes tue ght to reject any CT all proposals. Proposals must be accompanied by boEh with two suretes in the of 1OGJ each ard in acc0rdnc with the form IreScribed. Each propo- sal must be aceompaniei by affidavit setting forth that the bidder is not concerned diecy or indirectly in any othsr bid than that which his nams is ap- pended. The d bidder will bs re1lired to enter into wrt.e-- eJGiract with the Uried states with good and approved saIety within days af:er being notihei of the =ccs2.sace O his proposal,
 Blank proposals, bonds and afidsyi;s and fuu in formation as to the mGnner of bidding, conditions to be obsezyeI by bidders, and te1s of contract and payment will be furnished plica:ion to ts on a orto rhe COmrnissary at tn ? st.
 Enyelopes containing proposals sLouId be marked " "rToposalsfor Beef end 8Iutton," and addressed to Ee undersigned or :c the respective post Commis- saries. CHAS P. PAGAN,
 f24-'d Capt. and .. s. U. s. A.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
NTG.NLSBAY.

Sidewalk building still progresses on up per C0rtez street.
 Remember the dance this evening. 4 pleasant time is assured.
 To-day, the birth anniversary of George the truthful, was observed at Whipple as a holiday.
 The Bank of California, with Ralston at the helEl, faI,od Areust 2Gth, 1875. Who WOE jhc hetl
 Carey {; Gessingo.'s teams arrived from MaIiccla yesterday. loaded for Bashford & Co. and Ct.--rs.
 Arrivals today, per Black Canyon Route, were: ". C. Bashford and LrctE- CT, j. ". Doueheriy, F. NJ. Murphy and Nr. Harrington.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
Assessment Notice. .

BED ROCK MINING COMPANY-LDO STION oz pr1ne pal place Gt Lu mess, San Francisco Ca- fOrnla; location of works Weaver SI;l,ireT D,,-;t YSvAp county AriscIa-NOiiee Is Ee-tby ei,,n- ths, at meeting of the Board DTectoFs beI o,, n = 5x gay oI FeoruSr!, s2, an assessment CSo. D of Fl Cents per sha,e levied upon the canitaI .o of the corporatlc1, payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Tetsry the office o h foInia. - Any t-ck upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid ou th thirteenth day of Marcn, 1Ss2 be de- lEqueEt and adve. sed sale at public auet on ., unless pa P cut is made before, will be solG JE MONDAY, the third day of Aprll Iss9 10 pay the dehnquent assessment togethrf with costs of advertising and expenses of sale By order of the Board of Directors,
 C. H. GRAVES, Seeretarr. Ofhcc-No. C PJst street, San Francisco C.Iirornf.
 l1l3l
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
A Change of Carriers.

Owing to illness our young friend, Everett Ellis, than whom no more honest or upright boy lives, has been compelled to give up carrying the MINER, hence we relupctaptly put another young gent in his place. Since Everett has had charge of the distribution of the MINER, now about one year, very few complaints have been heard from subscribers on account of not receiving their paper. If our new carrier should miss a few, have patience until he shall have have become thoroughly acquainted with the route and the busi- ness places of all.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
Ordinance No. D.

Be it ordained by the Common Coanoil of fho Viusya of Prescott: '-'so
 SEC l. That from and after he Srd day of N.arrh ISo3 the Marshal, Street and Fire CommisaioDsr shall receive the suw of elj0 per month as salary.
 SEC 2 All ordinances and parts Of ordinances i,, eopnlct with this ordinance are hereby repealed
 SEC 3. This ordinance shall be published i'm tb. ARzONA MINER once week three successive weeks and shall take eect and be in force from and after such publication. '>A Attest: vu V vrryv
 CFAs. b. RUSH, R -co-de-
 fr%sco.I, Feb. II, 1Sa2- 3v
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24
The WinsllW We :

4 Journal reporter last night had con versation with a gentleman who Is familiar with the process of boring artesian wells. who has just returned from visit to Wins low, where k. k. Pierce is sinking well for the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company He said that the pachinery used by Mr. Pierce Was the best that he had ever seen, and that it worked like clock work The hole Is now down 150 feet. and Is being pushed rapidly. They have casing to go down fifteen hundred feet to keep the salt water out of the we'll Our informant thinks, judging from the formati of the surrounding country that flowing water will be reached at a depth of fifteen hundred feet, although Mir. Pierce has tie facilities to go down four thousand feet, and Is in- structed to go that far 1T necessary Ii ar tesian wells prove a success in northern Ari- zona they will be of wonderful benefit to the country, as they will be the means of vast desert.- Albuquerque J Journal
 Artesian wells would prove wonderful benefit" to Central and Southern Arizona, Mr. Journal man, and not So much to No1thern Arizona. - ED. MINER.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24

The great boast Of the Democrats in the 46th Congress was that they had saved tire country about $3O,000,0O0 by reducing expenses, but now the deficiency bills have come in, and they amount to considerably more than the saving. For lack of sufficient appropriations the pub lie business has been greatly delayed, par ticuIarly in the census and pension bureau
 Joseph Medill, who is sort of junior Shakespeare, says that Governor English ! ''has borne the whips and scorns of out rageous fortune" in Indiana. Medill IS studying for the Indian commissioner shlp, and consequently forgets the scan- ming of his verse Milwaukee Sentinel
 A novel kind of fishing is practiced by diver at Burlington, Iowa. Clad in his suit, he descends into the river at a point where large numbers of catfish are gathered by an eddy, and catches them easily with an iron prong.
 The pneumatic tube in London used for transferring the mail bags is four and half feet in diameter and two miles in length, and in few cases passengers have travelled in 1t.
 The elder Mrs. Garfield is about to re- ceive the gift of handsome glass fire screen from a number of ladies in Wash ington who desire to thus show their reverence and esteem for her dead son.
 Wm. Miller, the eldest Freemason in the United States, and probably in the world, died at Caldwell, Ohio, on the 7th. He was ninety-eight years old, and was inflated in 1901.
 The mayor of Philadelphia refuses to grant license to any place of amusement which has bar room attached, or in which liquors of any kind are sold.
 Jem Mace, the pugilist, was recently presented with handsome gold belt, val ued at S3,000, by the leading sportsmen of Melbourne, Australia.
 Several of the Fire Department horses of San Francisco are stricken down with that terrible malady, pink-eye.
 The loss to England by the last three years bad harvests is estimated at from a hundred to a hundred and fifty million do lars year.
 Gen. Tom Thumb celebrated the nine teenth anniversary of his marriage by a dinner in St. Louis, few days since.
 A Minnesota man, aged 51. recently married the l7-yearold daughter of his second wife.
 At Maiden Gulch, NJ. T., surface dig gings are paying from ten to fifteen dollars per day.
 The Chinese Professor at Harvard University died at Cambridge of pneu- monia.
 The New York Episcopalians are because the Patti opera season comes in lent.
 The young men and the young ladies of Utah hate polygamy.
 Mr. Lcngfcllow will be 75 years old on the 27th of this month
 Epitaph for carpenter; Passed to 5he highest plane.
 Faro is played in New Albany, Ind, by dub whose members take an oath never to give testimony about it.
 Senator Voorhees says he has cured him. self of rheumatic gout by lemon juice.
 The Atlantic S Pacific is running out rom Albuquerque three trains per day.
 Gens Sherman and Pope are to visit Ari- .Ona soon.
 Dakota is about to be admitted into he Union as one of the States. She Is Republican by many thousands.
 And so Fitz John PArter is about to lip back into the army
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-02-24

The private subscriptions of the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe folks, under President Strongs Circular No 56," have reached the full amount called for Si6,aQ0, 900. This guarantees the rapid construction of the Atlantic and Pacific road as originally contemplated. The whole sum was subscribed in about ten days, wEich is regarded as a very re marlable financial operation, under the circumstances es-Alhuquerque Journal.