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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Globe Gossip.
[Silver Belt.l

LOilNer Belt.
 South Pioneer Company are making adobes to use in putting up their ma chinery over the new shaft. Ore just brought in from the drift being run north on the vein assays S276 per ton.
 The Mack Morris shipped on Decem- Der account over S21 ,00O, and will on the 29th instant ship nine bars more, making for the month S35,000, and will also ship 5000 worth of concentrations.
 A party of ten men, with q six-mule team, Sergeant Grant in charge, have been out on the line from Camp Thomas to San Carlos now over ten days. They are resetting and stubbing every pole between the two places.
 W. \. Holmes, who a few weeks since went to California in order to have a good time, was unable to 'stick it out the contemplated time and is now back and expresses the intention of taking root in Arizona.
 Messrs. Skinner < Allen are working some men on the Dundona mine, an ex tension of the Irene, and with excellent results. They are now down 15 feet in a shaft that Is sunk on the vein. The ore across the breast in the shaft-four feet averages S70 per ton. The vein is a bold, strong one, running from 20 to 3O feet wide, and Is traceable for a long distance.
 Since copper is copper-haYing the railroad for an adjunct-Globe proposes to step into line-front line. Mark that! We are not at liberty to make public the latest developments in our midst, but we can say, without trespassing on the airy bounds of prophecy that Globe District will, in eight months, be recog- nized as second to none in her output of copper bullion.
 Col. Tiffany is now in New York and will shortly be in Washington to give an account of his stewardship. From what we personally know of his record, we are assured that the Indian Commissioner must approve of his management, and more especially in regard to his action in SO effectually suppressing a general outbreak of the 5000 Indians committed to his charge.
 MT. E. o. Kennedy and John D. Bur gass have just returned from visit to the new Repsey District, situate few miles south of Riverside. They bring some nice looking specimens of copper ore, and say the lodges are large and give evidences of permanency. There are but few prospectOrs in the district as yet. Those already there have laid out town site-named the town "Rep- sey," and the principal thoroughfare "Red-Dog Avenue" Outside of the copper ledges, there arc in this district immense lodges giving fair assays, from the croppings, in gold and silver, and it is the opinion of those who have visited the camp that there is bright future for Repsey District
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Commander Cheyne lnterriewed.

NEW YORK, December 21.-"I have
 never had any fear for the safety of the
 Jeannette," said Commander Cheyne
 last night to reporter, "and ] have not
 hesitated to say so in public. She was
 of unusual strength, being much
 stronger than many vessels used for
 Arctic expeditions. She had on board
 provisions for three years, and there was
 no danger from that source. The fact
 that no dispatches were left by her at
 Wrangel Land proved nothing, except
 that she was kept off the coast by ice.
 Other vessels have been out for years
 and returned safely the Victory, for in-
 stance, commanded by Sir John Ross,
 and the Investigator, commanded by
 Sir Robert Mcclure. My opinion has
 been all along that the Jeannette was
 somewhere north of Grinnelrs Land. l
 thought that after leaving Behring
 Straits she had probably been caught in
 the ice and had been carried east by the
 circumsOlar current, which goes north
 of Sweden, then north of Asa, then past
 America, and finally down the eastern
 coast of Greenland. If any expedition
 was to be sent after her, 1 thought the
 way for 1t would be through Smiths
 Sound and through Behring's Straits
 The fact that two of the ships boats have
 landed near the mouth of the river Lena, shows, however, that the Jean
 nette must have steered more to the west than l thought she would Prob ably she found more open channels in that direction, and SO went west and north, instead of directly north. How she was crushed. Of course, we can only surmise. The men may have gone a considerable distance in their boats. think that the third boat will yet be heard from. You see, travelling in the Arctic regions IS much safer than people suppose 1t IS. Whatever happens, you have always ice under you. The open Polar Sea is a myth. The percentage of lives lost in Arctic explorations is only IT. Henry Wilton Grinnell, whose l father sent out two expeditions. came to | see me this afternoon. He said he | thought 1t was much safer to go to the | Arctic seas than to stay and try to cross | New York streets every day. The loss l of the Jeannette, however, Is an argu- | ment in favor of my theory as to the | best route to the north pole. There are | three ways, you know: Smiths Sound, | Behring's Strait and the Spitzbergen | route. North of Behring Strait water is shallow and the deep ice is apt to stick | on the bottom, making the passage diff | fcult. In tho SpitZhergen route the ice | was so thick that the Dutch expedition i under Barenta was unable to get through | at all, and think, as most Americans | do, that the Smiths Sound route Is the | safest and most practicable. By the | way, my plan to reach the North Pole | with Lieutenant Schwatka is receiving | much support here. A committee will be formed in this city soon to cooperate with the British Committee; and, among others, Grinnell has promised to be a member. He has offered to act as Sec retary this afternoon. It was decided to name my ship after his father"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Pierre Nacheret Hunter.

A Winnipeg correspondent tells sto- " of daring and self sacrifice Tn which Pierre Macheret, a hunter, figures as the hero. Early in September Pierre started northward for the purpose of carrying package to a trader on one of the lakes, having completed which task he intended to hunt until the close of the present season. At the upper end of Lake Winnipeg he fell in with two in- dians and a half-breed, who were hunt ing in company. Pierre was so loose tongued as to tell the half-breed the ob feet of his tourney. The latter suspect ed that the contents of the package were valuable. and with the assistance Of the Indians he robbed the messenger, leav- ing him unconscious in the trail When Pierre regained his senses he started in pursuit of the robbers. As he had lost his rifle he could procure no other food tban berries and roots. He kept the trail faithfully, however, and on the sec ond day after the outrage he found the half-breed nearly dead in some grass on the margin of pond. Pierre learned from the fellow that the Indians had knocked him down and stabbed him m the throat. They had jumped at the conclusion that the package contalned bank notes and had plotted to rob the robber. A few yards away were the lm- portant papers-orders for the seasons trade-whIch the Indians in disgust had thrown away. Pierre was very weak himself but he lashed the wounded rob per to his back and bore him to the near est Post, thirty-four miles distant. The laborious deed of mercy required four days of constant effort, iduring which time Pierre supported his assailant and himself with his recovered gun. Having placed the half-breed among those who could nurse him the generous fellow de- livered the papers at the post for which he had started originally.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
The Mnr an Indian Chief Proelnmates.

People of my tribe: The past year has been one of great prosperity to the Ute nation. We have acquired two val Ter dogs and nine maroon-colored pap- poOses. Fortune has smiled upon us, and our sky has been unclouded. We own a large amount of real estate and don't have to pay taxes. The white father feeds us, and the pale face on the frontier warns our gizzard with the fire water of the east.
 "Our squaws are clothed in the gar ments of the white man, and our mai dens are clad in the soldier pants of the pale face. The bitter winds of winter do not chill us, for verily the wind is tempered to the shorn lamb, high, low, jack and the game.
 "Other tribes have lost many of their numbers by Overwork, softening of the brain and gout, but the Ute nation is still strong as the mountain oak. We have multiplied upon the face of the earth, and while We have increased, the standing army has fallen of Nine sol- diers have deserted and three have starved to death, leaving the rest of his army alone in his wigwam.
 "Let us therefore be mercifuL Let us set 'em up, Liza Jane. Let virtue be your aim. Epluribus ker plunk, verbena terra frma sic semper rutaba- ga."-Nye's Boomerang.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
She Took Ko Risks.

Have ye any gud piannie3T she asked, says a Cincinnati paper, as she stepped into piano ware-roOm on East Fourteenth street the other day, dis playing a prOsperous-looking pocket book. |" I want wan fur me datter, who k cOmin home from the semetary wid a finished eddication."
 "What style of instrument GO you prefer:' said the clerk, displaying an upright. This piano is the double patent quadruple-stringing-bOard-ne stay-in-tune and cellulOid keys."
 "Och! never a happOth do I care about the shtoile, so long as it's a strong case. Have ye any wid iron cases?'
 "No, ma'am; but all our eases are made extra strong"
 "HOw much will you take for that pi- annie2'
 -Four hundred dollars, ma'am."
 Do you sell on the slow-pay plan?"
 Yes, occasionally, We sell to reliable installment on this piano would be Sl5 a month
 Nlll ye throw m a cover ana sttuieE
 Hardly fair to ask it, ma'am: but we'll throw in those articles this time."
 An buk O music?'
 Yes; We won't be mean about il"
 Now, if yell insure tEe piannie I'll take it."
 "Well, really, ma'am, the purchaser usually insures the instrument; but to close the bargain, we'll insure this piano and agree to take all risks"
 He see, betwane me an you" sad she, after she had made her mark ol tine papers and deposited the first installment receipt in her bosom, I'm glad to feel aisy abOut the insurance, as I want to get the better of me ole man, who tuk an oath that if l brought a pi- annie into the house he'd smash lt ud wid an ax. An faith, he's the bi to dOit the mkt toime he gets dhrunl1r'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
The Bank Cashier.


 Once upon a time a man became very much discouraged because his salary was not as big as a tobacco factory. so he borrowed S30uO,OOO of bank and forgot all about paying 1t back. He had neglected to mention Co the bank pCo- pie anything about the matter at the time he negotiated with himself for the making of the loan. There came day when 1t was necessary, in the transac- ton of business, for the bank tO maze use of some money, and then it was d s- covered that the funds had disappeared Of course the bank. folks were more or less perplexed over this state of affairs and the cashier, who, by the way. had taken the missing wealth, was questioned con corning its whereabouts. He frankly acknowledged that he had erred in maS- ing it's appropriation and was perfectly willing to pay it back, SD he examined his pockets and cOuld only turn mp Sl. B. The cashier was really sorry about not being able to settle; fe said that he had lost the money, but that he had nS iI,- tentlOn of dOIng so at all, and that as soon as he found it he would bring t right hack to the bank He said he would not like Co have the matter go any further; his Sunday School ciass might hear of it and think strangely of him, and altogether it would be best, he felt, if the whole matter was hushed right up.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
\ Conscientious SehooImarm.

While We were in Jackson county, a few days ago, We learned of a very amusing incident. Early last fall a young man of Jackson county and his sister, whose name we will not give in this narrative, hired to teach a school in Clay county in partnership, the young lady to teach the first half of the school and her brother the other. Very soon after the young lady began teaching, one of her largest male students became her Heller" and in a very short time they were married. Not long, however, after they were married, the young groom and and another of the brides students engaged in little knock down" Each of the offenders were brought be- fore the fair discipline of the rod, was given an impartial trial and the young groom was proven to be equally guilty with the other, and was given his choice of leaving the school or take whipping. He chose the latter, so his newly made bride did herself fair justice in the use of the rod, gave her husband not a few stripes, and cutting the blood out not in a few places. Since then everything has passed of smoothly-[Ex.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
FOREIGN NEWS.
Gar1nan EmIzrafinn

German Emigration.
 BERLIN, December 27.-Emigration from Germany in 1882 promises to be. come more colossal than in 1881.
 MormonS in England.
 LONDON, December 27.-The Mormon mission. aries held a conference in London yesterday MormOnism in London has been unsuccessful but many converts have been made in the prov inees. Ii is proposed 10 take converts to Utah early in lSs2. Some of the elders will remain to proselyte. number of them will return to Utah. Fifteen hundred converts have been made in England since August.
 A Steamer Goes Down.
 LONDON, December 2S-A ship cap tain reports seeing a large steamer go down with all hands in a squall off the French coast.
 Light Ship Run DowR.
 LONDON, December 2S.-The South Arklow Light ship on the coast of Ire land has been run down by four-masted vessel, believed to be an American. The men belonging to the light ship were saved. Three steamers have left Queens town in chase of the vessel that caused the accident.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
How sold Man, Bassick Became Mr. B.

When he earned miserable living in ROsita, Colorado, by doing errands for a stableman, he was called Old Man Bas- sick, and his wife and daughter worked at the wash-tub. One day he found ore in a mountain near by, and within the year has become half millionaire. Now he is respectfully mentioned as Mir. Bas- sick There are those, however, who sheer at the fsmily's ignorance, as the following anecdote shows: Mrs. Bassick was at Canyon. It was noticed that she frequently walked out upon the hotel porch as if looking for some one. Do you expect friendsT asked the obsequi- Ous BOniface. "No indeedy," she re- piled, "Fm expecting my phantom" Her pretty phaeton, for which she had paid S3,OOO, afterwards rolled around the corner.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
Lord Beaeonsfeld's Domestic Economy.

The following occurs in a sketch of
 Lord ROwtou (Nl0ntagu COrryL Lord
 BeacOnsfield's faithful private Secre-
 tary: "Discretion Lord ROwtOn must
 have, but one wonders how a certain
 story, which much amused society few
 ago, got abroad Neither of the actors
 Tn the scene were ever credited with
 strong sense of humOr. The facts vel
 these; Though Disraeh's Imagination ran riot on visions Of Oriental magli.- cence, he had learned in his later years to know the value of money; a knOwl- edge which his cOnsOrt always possessed. In short, they were a thrifty couple, with no taste for big gas bills. Hence it hap peDed that in the evenings, even in the season, the lower portion of their town hOuse was left in permanent Obseurity.
 1T they gave a dinner party or recep- tiOn, the gas in the hall was lighted, 1ut not otherwise. One night MOntagu Cory returned late from the House of Commons, where he had been in attend ance on his patron, Cropping his way into the dining room, which was as dark as the nall, he threw himself on the sofa, for he was ,srei out. Perhaps he fell into a hajf-dcsa--os- sibly ne was absorbed in interesting thoughts; at all events be did not hear the light footsteps, which might have warned him of Mrs. Disraeli's approach. Presently he was sensible of a kiss on the forehead, a light tap on the cheek, and a Well, dear?' uttered in accents of the deepest affection. I don't know what answer he made, OF whether Mrs. Disraeli thenceforth permitted a solitary jet of gas to illumiue the room just Co enable her Co distinguish her husband from other men. London Truth
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
The Cat.

The cat isfrankly, undisguisingly self ish; there Is no denying that It lives for self, and compasses it's ends without scruple, patient to wait, skillful to feign and scheme, and utterly pitiless and un- relenting. But should spOrtsmen be very severe on the creature that evident ly enjoys with gusto keen as their own the pursuit of the hapless prey which it hunts and toys with, often as much for diversion as for hunger? One hopes for the sake of the spOrtive birds and heed less mice, which # fascinates with basi- fisk eyes and captures with a cruel paw. that there may be some occult provision of nature to disarm their fate of its ter TOTS. Perhq. 'he theory prop0unded by Dr. Livingstone when he records his feelings while in the hons clutch-that the sensations of the prey are rather pleasing than Otherwise-may be true. We hope SO, but 1t must be confessed that appearances are not in it's favor. In early youth cat-nature appears at it's best. Once having emerged from the pulling, sightless stage of it's first nine days, the kitten becomes a winsOme and attractive creature. "Cat-iike" is a re- prOachful epithet aptly applied to wo- men of the Becky Sharp type; but it is not considered derogative to the most fascinating girl to be credited with kit ten like ways for the kitten is an en- bodiment of playfulness and grace. The cruel instincts of it's trlbe are not, however, slow to assert themselves, and 1t is comical to hear the mimic growl of puny thunder with which the tiny creat- ure glOats over its first mouse. In the pages of fable, Fuss has ever figured largely, but rarely after a fiattering man ner. His guile and subtlety form the salient points in the representations, and his character IS painted akin to that of Master Reynard, the master of craft. He Is depicted as a demure hypOcrite, false hermit, dece.tful counselor. the ensnarer of the unwary, the ally of wiz ards and witches. Rats in council de- bate vainly how to bafiie him. It is hopeless, they find, tO dream of beIliur the cat" NOiseless himself on his gloved feet, his keen ear is not to be caught mapping.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

In boring a well for oil at Sarnia, op- pOsite Port Huron, Mich, the other day, the drillers struck a vein of gas at a depth of 600 feet. The gas was lighted, when brilliant flame shot up 30 feet into the air and has been burning ever since, all efforts to extinguish it proved unavailing. The location is only short distance from Detroit, and it Is thought a pipe line can be laid to that city and the gas used to supply all three of the places. The contents of the inside of the earth are many and varied-oil, brine and gas-and it would seem that the constant flow of these fluids will in time cause a sort of goneness inside the earth that may result in crash. When that time comes people will realize, perhaps, how they have knocked the props out from under themselves. What does it profit a man if he extracts millions of barrels of salt, oil and gas and looses his own world?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

IT will be remembered that the Grand Lodge of English Free Masons recently passed vote of condolence with the family of President Garfield. In second ing the motion Lord Tenterden said that General Garfield had been princi- pal member of the committee who or ganized the reception given by the Free Masons of the United States to their Grand Master, tine Marquis of Ripon, at which he himself had the honor of being present on the occasion of his diplomatic mission to Washington in April, 1871, and he SOuld testify to the earnest and active part he took in the craft and the respect in which he was held in it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

A WESTERN paper discourses as fol lows of the sudden death epidemic now prevalent in regions where the cowboys dwell: "Ihe disease is not new. In mild attacks of it skilIful surgery saves the patient, but in a large number of cases death ensues with too much sud denness to admit of removing the sui ferers boots, and hence persons dying in the extreme West and Southwest usually die with their boots on; but it does not appear that death is any more painful with the boots on than of. If they are new enough to make it worth while, they can be removed after death and disposed of by the administrator, the proceeds being applied to the funeral expenses, which in that region consist mainly of the liquid consolation imbibed by the mourners, who would be unable to bear their loss unless sustained by the administration of stimulants."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
An OetOgenarian View,

A beautiful thought in connection with growing old was called out by a discussion as to which is the happiest season in human life. The decision was left to an old man of eighty. Pointing to a neighboring grove he said: @When vernal air calls forth the first birds and wonder trees are covered with blossoms, I think how beautiful Spring is; when Summer clothes them with rich foliage and the birds sing in the branches, say how beautiful Summer is; when they are loaded with fruit or bright with hues of early frost, I think how beautiful is the Autumn; but in sere Winter, when there IS neither verdure or fruit, I look through the leafiess boughs as could never before, and see the stars there"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01

AIR. A. G. BUTTNER, the present in- cumbent, is a candidate for reelection to the position of City Marshal. NIT. Buttner has shown rare zeal and ability in the performance of his arduous duties during the past year, and the quiet and orderly conduct of the city is greatly due to his prompt and decisive measures with all classes of criminals who have endeavored to ply their nefarious trades here. Mir Buttner has been tried and not found wanting, and his reelection will reflect credit upon the voters of fTrrauar,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-01
THE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR.

A morning contemporary, in speaking of the candidates for the office of Mayor, is guilty of n misstatement that may mislead many well-meaning voters, if al- lowed to pass uncorrected. It states that Hon. H. 5. Stevens, one of the can didates, is President of the gas company of Tucson. Such is not the fact, how ever. and were it so, the objections raised against higl g. thatscoTe are very weak T,e;l \ indeed in the face of the conditions im- posed upon the gas company through
 the terms of its charter. This document regulates the method of establishing the price of gas for public use, and the Mayor is a powerless factor in any con- tract of that kind on the part of the city The price and supply of gas for the city IS to be determined by one member of the City Council, appointed for that pur- pose, and one member of the gas con- paDy, and they, in case of inability to agree, are to .,loose a third and disin- terested party, whose decision will be final.
 Our contemporary also neglected to state that Hon. p R. Fully, the opposing candidate for Y Z, is interested in the water franchise to the extent of twenty thousand dollars. The one is likely to become as great a monopoly as the other, and the objections urged against MT. Stevens, were the premises correct, are equally tenable in the case of Mir. Tully.
 MT. Stevens is one of the most pro- gressive among the large taxpayers of the city. He is a careful, far-seeing and sagacious business gentleman, who would take pride in guiding the city through its semi-chaotic state, into an era of municipal perfection and pros perity. He has before enjoyed the con- fdence Of the people and acquitted him. self with honor, and if elected to the po- sition, for which he is candidate, our city will be fortunate in it's choice