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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Silver.
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Against an unjust, and, in one sense, @ double discrimination, tine silver interest in this country has within the past few years risen to a marked prominence, and is bestowing its generous fayors with lavish hand upon people and nation which deny its value, and virtually pro test against it's development. While the strong arm Of the Government protects by tariff the development of every other mineral, and encourages the production of the baser ore, silver is not only ccia pelled to compete with the nations of tue world in the market but Is practically shut out from its true place in the cur rency of the country. However, in the face of these obstacles it Is proving i.Scl, not only to be an industry of great value and importance, but tO be oUe of tine chief clements in extending the borders of civilization, and opening up new fields to be filled with farms, cities, manufac- tories and other substantial evidences of industrial and financial prosperity.
 The statement of the Director of the Mint places the value of the annual pre- duction of silver for 1880 at S39.2tuNW, and this estimate Is certainly much less than the actual amount produced. The  uable commodity per annum, with posi- tive assurance of alargely increased pro- ductiOn, i'll addition to the other lines of business which follow up its footsteps and thrive upon its activity, is fact worthy of more attention that it has re- ceived. An industry which adds that amount alone to the channels of com merce deserves at least tO be placed upon au equal footing with the other prodlc- tive industries of not greater value and importance.
 The record of Arizona's progress dates back but seven years, 1874, and since that time the Territory has made rapid progress m population, wealth, and gen eral development. With the opening of a transcOntinental railroad across the southern portion of the Territory, and the discovery of immense veins of silver ore adjacent thereto, Arizona has attract ed the attention of the whole country, and capital and emigration have flowed Tn upon her at an unexampled rate. One of the first discovered portions of North America, so long neglected and unknown, IS at last beginning to yield up those treasures which for ages have remained hidden in its mountain fast nesses, guarded by the fercest savages. A new era has dawned for Arizona-an era of peace, progress and prosperity. The demon of isolation and the curse of savage dominion, which so long brooded over the land, have been swept aside by the advancing tide of civilization, and A1zona's future is bright with the prom ise of powerful and a prosperous state. Economist.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

To BE professionally funny k dismal hard work-so hard that 1t sometimes becomes all professional and no fun. A funny man making a speech so funny that the hearers are expected Co laugh at 1t and yet so lacking in fun that they have to look anxiOusly at each other to see where the laugh ought to come in presents as cheerless spectacle as If he were trying to waltz Tn graveyard. Thus it was with Marx Twain at the dinner given to the descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers. The funniest thing he said was that the Fathers were a "hard lot" Having made this statement he proceeded to make 1t over in slightly different forms, but keepingu the same idea throughout his discourse. Possibly he did not feel in the humor of being really funny. Mark Twain has said so many really witty things that 1t is sad to see him placed in an awkward situation and compelled to try to be funny on an evening when there Is no fun in him. Fun ought to be spontaneous, especially on an occasion of festivty. To exercise its beneficent mission among mankind 1t ought to bubble up unexpectedly, as champagne when suddenly uncOrked, without previous announcement. But when the chairman Of festive meeting introduces MT. Funnyman, stating that Mir. Funnyman Is warranted to be al- ways funny and that his fun will at once begin, it Is as when the end-men of a minstrel show arrive at that part of the programme where they are expected to deliberately uncork. some exceedingly thread-bare old jokes, at which the hear CTS laugh simply because of their age and decrepitude. Fun which is made to order and let off according to announced regulation is wooden business, at best. Everybody who can be funny has right to make the attempt, but the fun-maker who seeks to be funny and is only fool ish puts wet blanket over the people whom he seeks to impress with a sense of mirthfulness.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

A PATHWAY only eighteen inches wide is cut into the side of Slate Mountain. near Leadville, at a height, over an al- most perpendicular chasm, of I.50O feet. Few men who use it have strong enough nerves to walk upright, but instinctively crouch or "coon in" as the local saying Is. The fOOlhardiness of James Zern in attempting the passage when the ground was a glare of ice may, therefore, be im- agined. He slipped, fell and was dashed to pieces on the frozen ground more than quarter of q mile below.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

PHCE-WIl~uN Ia To=b..aa.. U U...t.-.- Isl. by Hrs. 9. Nrlyr.. H- fowl. r-- Q Ms Auu.s WI.-1u, bu,u 0. One g..r--e. 6 Mo mtains. SOTO -APPtls-ln this cily. uc-lb--, i,,, ilia Appel
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
MINING IN SONORA.

u Niio"id De considered duty by everybody, who feels at all interested in the mining affairs of our own and sur rounding country, to refute the numer- ous fabricated stories that often gain credence, which go far to injure mining interest here and elsewhere. Probably nc section has been more maligned and msrepresented than Sonora. Stories of the native hostility towards foreigners have gone abroad, but have succumbed when the truth became known of the warm welcome and encouragement that Mexicans held out to foreign capital. The tax laws of Mexico have been the subject os considerable talk on this side of the linr during the last two years, and despite the efforts of the press to keep the public informed in regard to them there still exists a general feeling that they are onerous and oppressive. The late law passed in Sonora last Sep tember, has been the subject os consid- erable discussion, and as the present Governor Ortiz has been severely men, toned il the matter, We feel 1t but just that the wise manner in which he proposes to enforce this law should become known to all people. The section of the new law alluded to, provides, that tax of one hall Of one per cent shall be leYied and collected upon the improvements, mc- chlneTy, etc. of mine, and alsl upon the yala ..e Of the mine itself. f.-..n me eIid- ing rapidity and noiselessness Of a ser pent.
 Governor Ortiz, though empowered to enforce the law at once, refrained from doing so, and instead first sent word to all the Prelects in the various mining districts, to request all those who were actually engaged in mining and pros pecting, to hold meetings in their re- spective districts and give expression to their views regarding the new law.
 This has been done ID a number of in- stances, and in the district of Magdaiena the meeting adopted resolutions favor ing the new law, with the exception of the impost on the value of the mine itself, as 1t was impossible to place any fixed value on a mine. These will proba- bly be the view- Of the other mining sec tions throughout Sonora, and it Is but reasonable to suppose that their resJlu- tions will receive favorable considera- tion at the hands of the Governor and Legislature In the meantims the en- forcement of the law Is held in abeyance.
 -
 THE New York Tribune states, with good reason, that if Texas should be- come an anti-Bourbon State, no State in the Solid South could be considered safely Democratic afterward. All au- thorities agree that she is ripe for revolt. She has Lad a particularly imbecile Governor for the lsst few years He distinguished himself in July last, when it was thought that President Garfield would recover, by declining to issue a call for day of thanksgiving on the ground that by so doing he would mix up Church and State, and he was in favor Of keeping them separate. A Gov ernor capable of an idea Of that charac- ter ought to sufficient to break down any party which was responsible for him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

Any actor who can pay 8 for beer, s2 for tive-cent cigars, and furnish twenty five dead-head tickets for the gallery,can engage two dozen American jackasses to draw him to his hotel after 8 per- tormance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

AND still Che complaints continue of the irregularitiesin in the postal service in Arizona, along the line of the railroad, and if the postal authorities can find time to scrutiuize the labors Of the route agents it is balely possible that the cause of the trouble might be discovered. When newspapers mailed daily reach their destination, but few hours travel from tms city, three or four days after published, and several numbers of dif- ferent dates at one time, there is certain ly gross lne.liclcueN somewLare.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
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BEACH At Fort Bayar,l \. N u,-.HL- e 1881, tide.a S. Beach. v.fr of J.ataa G. \ GoOdale. IweEty-tiIri lIfiutIy q. .SA
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Where the Train Was.
CBurlinyton HnWkeye.l

iAtNht9t-l
 There was a dozen of us waiting at the station near Strasburg, Va, for the noon train. Every one had but his dinner short to catch the train, but the hour arrived-five-ten-t minutes pass ed, and then everybody wondered what had happened. The ticket agent was also the telegraph operator. He was young fellow of about 20, ill-grained and supercillious, but impatience overcame the fear of him, and woman stepped to the window and asked:
 ." Is the train late ?"
 "Ump be growled in reply.
 "How late Is it ?''
 "Umr
 That finished her, and she resumed her seat. Five minutes more slipped away, and very solemn-loOking man, carrying a very solemn-lOoking carpet bag, advanced from his corner and be- gan:
 "Train is late, isn't itg
 "Yes."
 "How late IS it?"
 "Um."
 Whats the cause of it?"
 No answer.
 He-hung around for minute longe r and then solemnly marched back to his seat, and gave some one else a chance to get bluffed. After the fifth one had been turned away, short, solid, grizzly headed man, who had been whiting a shingle on the platform and softly hum ming "We Won't Gro Home Till Morn ing" entered the waiting-room, looked up at the clock, and then sauntered to the ticket window and queried:
 "Whar's that train?'
 The young man was looking over some freight bills and he did not raise his head.
 "Whar's- r's-that-train?" repeated the whittier in a louder voice.
 Tine agent looked up for a second, but let his eyes fall without answer.
 r's-that-train?" shouted the passenger as he brought his fist down on the shelf.
 No answer. After waiting ten seconds, he walked out doors, turned to the right and suddenly entered the ticket office through the freight house. Walking straight up to the agent, he reached over the table and seized him, pulled him across like q streak of lightning, and as he gave him shake and damned him into a corner, he called out:
 "Whar in thunder and blazes Is that ar train?'
 "It a-coming" gasped the agent.
 "When-whar-wh
 "In about t-twenty minutesr'
 "What made Ter late ?"
 "The engine broke down at Winches- ter"
 "Then why in Crockett's name didn't you say so in the first place? Young man, take a squar' look at me! I ain't purity nor genteel nor saintly, but I'm plump up and down and mean biznessl When man asks me how hogs ar sellm' I'm goin to gin him a civil answer if it crack three ribs, and when I ask you why that dog-goned old bullgin hasn't snorted in you've got to hear me or down comes your trestle-worksi Do you catch on?"
 "Y-yes-certainly-train' behind time be here soon-of c-course-yes, of cOurse~
 Then the solemn man rose up, took his hat in his hand and passed it around for money, and We felt like raising mil lion dollars for the solid man as token of our love and reverence.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
THE YUMA ROAD.

The San Francisco Alta, in speaking of the railroad from Yuma to Port Isa- bel, on the Gulf Of California, which is now being surveyed by Col Chalmers Scott, states that 'twenty-fve of the sixty-five miles have been coverel, and the completion of the entire location is a matter of a short time. Within a fort night some of the railroad officials will go down to inspect the work. The new road will be an important link in the ex- tensive Central and Southern Pacific system. IL will give cheap transpoFta- ton for lumber and sgcL articles from this city to the Gull by water, thence to be distributed by raii through Arizona. It will give quick transportation by rail from this city to the GHil, and thence by steamer to Guaymas and other Mexican ports. Eventually, no doubt, it will con- meet with railroad lines to important points in Mexlco. ft will be valuable as afTording San Francisco and the rest of the coast easy access to our neighboring Republic, instead of abandoning the Mexican trade to the Eastern roads"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

WHILE Queen Victoria undoubtedly discussed luxurious dinneron Christ mas as azfy-e5.izea af Tass5a, her table --nas- -graced with dish whose magnitude is somewhat marye.oEs to the simple and plain people of this country. It is stated that the royal baron of beef weighed about three hundred pounds. It was cut from a prime red and white Shorthorn, fed by the Duke of Con naught at Bagshot Park, which fetched E73 at her Ma.esty's recent sale at Shaw Farm. The huge joint was roasted at Windsor Castle and forward to Os- borne.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

TIE ladies Of San Diego have held an indignation meeting. and publish a pro- test in one Of the local papers Of that city against the habit by the gentlemen of encircling their slender waists in the captivating waltz with ungloyed hands, thereby soiling their delicate and ele vHpt costumes. They arbitrarily de- ,nee d kids or more soap, under the se- Seu tiie penalty of entire denial of those ne 1nd unna nn ;aIs,tional liberties.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

Cremation has rather a comfortable sound to shiyering people, especially these foggy cold mornings.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

This gentleman, who has h...
 mated and confirmed as t., su,....- --.- Postmaster General James. v.s t''-' Q, Maine, in lSl5, and emirrat.J -.-.... ia he was thirty years of a,c. IT. 1-n Stalwart among Sta.varts,~ as t.. .. "a ing goes, and has always ben .-...'aii- 'ai- and discerning politician. + H-..-'''e three terms n the Senate. i. r--.',,...7sl ing in lo.o; and in Lis a,s5....5.. the Republican party has been n and confidential friend of Sena.a- q ,e ling. Befor, the close of hi, s.. -i- torial term, he distinguish-.l I.,-..,. '- a very severe attack upon th, Sor.. '! policy of the administration of Pre-. Hayes, which commanded a. r.,4 of attention at thcperiod. As,r'. he Is a gentleman of great ev-e- 5f and consummate knoSleJ-s u
 Se-t2t his whole life in the p-af..''' ''' ai,efwas for several yeas a Judge of.l-' Supreme Court of Wisconsin. .' '-s
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

EAETHQUAEsa have been ,a f-..-.-. ot late Iu Europe as tl ez.i.a ..'..... ..''-' bic apprehension. Theg ha. a...---- violent ia Eastern Eurrre. l.- r...- 'i currcd SD often il Nast.-. E.-..'.. '.' attract unusual attention. Fm-.t.' happened in Switzerland lrrir.. .. month of November. X s5aeE T-. Cologne and vicinity spread .la-a 1r-. . considerable extent ut Gs-ua-r There was first violent shock aai --.- heavlnss lasting for several F.-- Shocks Were also felt at ma.v ..'.. places along the Rhine. L.-.L -., was a shock os earthquake oa t.- T5.., Arran, on the Irish coast, and t..r,.,. of fish were thrown upon the sbr-s. -s the mainland. This is very uru,r,i state If things.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

It Is bad beginning business without capital. It k hard marketing with emp t. pockets We want nest-egg, for hens will lay where there are eggs al- ready. It IS true you must bake with the four you have. but if the sack Is empty, 1t might be quite as well not to set up Tor baker. Making bricks with out straw IS easy enough, compared with making money when you have none to start with. Iou, young gentle man. stay as a IOuraeyman a little long, CT, till you have saved a few pounds; fly when your wings have got feathers; but If yOu try 1t too soon, you will be like the young rock that broke tis neck through trying to fly before 1t was hedg- ed. Every minnow wants tO be whale. but it IS prudent to be a little fish while you nave but little water; when your pond becomes the seq, then swell as much as you like. Trading without cap ital is like building a house without bricks, making a fire without sticks, burning candles without wicks: it leads men into tricks, and lands them in a fix.
 The Century for November has an article entitled, "The Choice of a Saddle Horse Probably his choice is to have plenty of oats.
 Here Is a man who has just Stopped his Paper. What a MiseTable-looking Creature he is. He looks as fl he had been stealing Sheep. How will he Know what is going on, now that he has stop ped his Paper2 He will Borrow his NeighbOr's Paper. One of these Days he will break his ley, or be a Candidate for Office, and then the Paper will Say nothing about it. That will be Treating him just Right, will it not, little chill- ren?-iDen. Primer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

Europe Las sent America ia1ga., it's surplus population within el-vsr months.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
A6scondinr Forzer.

MILWAUKEE, December 3Q-A decided sensation was produced here last night on the discovery that prominent young lawyer, Gottlieb EnCel, of this city, has absconded and the probabilities are that
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

..- t:If- ..... President. .I-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Lieut.. Flipper's Sentence.

GALVESTON, December 30.-The mili- tary at San Antonio are noncommittal regarding Lieut. Flipper's sentence. It Is rumored he has been dismissed from the service.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

MOBILE, December 39.-A horrible | tragedy has transpired in Baldwin Co, opposite Mobile. Joel Johnston. a | weil-known citizen, was shot from behind a tree by a negro. His brother, | Abe Johnson, Deputy Sheriff, attempted | to arrest the negro, who drew his pistol. | Johnson then shot him and the negro l shot Johnson, both dying in a few mo- ments.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
10 Cents a Week

Nose paid fer everything, said as how he
wouldn have the huSban' disturbed | beeyc
but ne KEEP away from everybody, even frum
the little woman till she sent fer him an he
come up mouhty red in ther face an heayin'
ms breath hard an looked ct r an then got
white: She held cr han t him an sez. %. MIR.
Gibts an then stopped. fer Nose war a treln-
plinl all over. faint no matter q much'-hr
SAID suthn like that-an'tht n he stammcre red an
hung his he'd fer IA mint; but finally he lis
looked her SqIar in the eyes an said so sOf'
wur stonishcd, I'd Il died fer ye She nodded
her head fer she knowed him | e ter nor me
thotiSh snc Il never SOt eyes OH i'm till that trip:
an she held out her han fer him ter shake
! seed I'm take it atwcen his own, an | heerd
her say Good bye, Mr.. Gibbs an wen I'd done
colin ther rope she wer gone an Nose wur
leanln agn ther rail, his face all white an his
eyes Starln IKE crazy mans. | believe eff |
had mt caught him he'd fell"
Iher leetle woman got Off purity soon an
never heerd tell on EN- agin. Nose war diff
unit Ter long time arter that, didn' chuck no
nlggcTs overheard quit a swarm an got up
moughty slick fer church wen he war ashore
! cS, SIR Nose war Il changed man. AFTER that
seed INN wi crossed shOOtin' irons in is hans
wen the deck crew wur mutineein; I've seed
I'M wen ther war fire an he saved more lives nor
all ON us, wen he war Their last man ter quit
ther boat an wen he sailed in wi his weepen
agln matter o forty men, ter keep EN- frum
bcatln iectic boy. but Their sight wot'll live
longest III my memory is Nv Nose Gibbs, ever
lrlt, nc made. II bringin flowers to leetlc grave
near woodward on the Mississippi
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
HOW HE DID 1T.
An FIX explanation by the Animated EncyclO
pedia of the HOrd Hotel.

"DO look like b-a-ad mani" asked George
Grandj jean. clerk ut the HOrd hotel, of "a LIGHT
arrester to-day.
Not very
But Grandjean said he must be and told the
reason why.
A rough looking fellow, tall and stout, came
into the hotel this morning and annoyed guests
by making offensive remarks. He was drunk,
that Grandjean knew, and was big, that Grand
jean thought about.
He had to be moved however, and so Grand
jean, in default of more muscular man, un-
dertoOk the job. He got black eye and sew
quently a friend of the drunken man entered
the hotel and threatened Grandjean but did no
lighting. The names of the two are not
known by Mr.. Grandjean. He describes the
first as having the appearance of a railroad
man but from the size of him, looking some
what like stone cutter"
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
Spiritualism.
Editor EVENING LIGHT:

Editor EVENING LIGHT:
In the Expresse daily of the 9th Mob. l have
notice the Worts! Zera Simon in the turnerhall
and making the QUESTION to ask!-Can such
tings be?
Indeed people hoks TO Zera Simon because
a great majority never have, but if Simon wuld
be honest in his pretension and declaring his
negative pawer as positive with the duty i'm
posed by the COINCIDENCE, wud call HIM an
honest spilhualist as an pawerful Medium but
as hee him seat deneis an intubitable super
natural spirit pawer, to which will prowpe is
negative to the positive trow a Clearwoy Me-
dunn in this town. am an Old spirituaist
and shall notifei Simon for his INTRODUCED illu
sion as dinbollical cosihunter exorcist or an
gossip and an idle tatfler for which he will
suffer in the HEREAFTER.
Respectfully Yours. J. G. GElsER,
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
Weekly MOrtuary Report.

November 5.-Eugene Phillip, ST., aged u,
native Of Germany; marasmus.
Carl Reiber. aged AZ, native of Germany;
internal injuries.
Nov. E -Adolph Schleisinger, aged AZ, a
native OF Germany; typo-malarial fever.
Nov. 7.-Andrew Perkins, colored, aged
AZ, typo-malarial fever.
Agnes Geddes, aged years; Group.
Nov. S:-Joaa Jose Wentes, Mexican, aged
6 days; t.ismus.
John r. Britton, colored, aged 3 years; dip
iberia.
Dolly N. Frazer, aged 90 years; typhoid
fever.
Nov. 9.-Valerio Fevares, Mexican, aged
; 50 years; typhoid pneumonia.
Nov: Io.-Gardner, male, aged years; ty-
phoid fever.
John Lee Phillips, colored, aged 8 days.
lockjaw.
Nov. II.-Hugh McDermott, aged g years;
consumption.
Maria Grenitch, colored, age 60 years; heart
disease.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
RETURNED.

DR.. E. L. Beaumont, who went to Browns.
vile during the yellow fever, and engaged in
relieving the sick, has returned home The
Doctor came by way of New Orleans. He re-
ports that he treated two hundred cases and
lost but two, and considers that he has demon
strated the efficiency of the homeopathic prac-
tice in his successful experience. The Doc
tors friends will be rejoiced at his safe return.