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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
Shooting q Frog.
HartveII IGa.J Sun,


 A gentleman from Hartwell, Ga, sent on to the Great Western Gun Works and purchased a small parlOr rifle, with 1000 cartridges of the smallest size, the bullet being about the sIze of a duck shot. He went over to Benson's mill pond frog hunting, and found a very large frog of the masculine gender sitting on a stump just above the water. He shot twenty-seyen times at him, when his frogship lost his balance and dropped into shallow water. Upon taking the frog out 1t was found that he head swallowed twenty-six of the bullets, catching them in his mouth, supposlng them to be flies. When he went to move, the weight of the lead carried him over board, and when taken out was not dead but awful sullen. Western guns work frogs very slowly in this section. You need not believe this tale If you cant swallow a whale
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
TELEGRAPH
PACIFIC COAST.
Special to the CITIZEN.

Special to the CITIZEN.
 SANFORD. A. T., August 13-The track-layers and section men on the Atchison road, ttom Contention to Gala basas are dropping down like sheep in time of drouth. There are now over 50 men down with the fever at this station, and many more are threatened. The track is now laid to within four miles of Calapasas. There has been plenty of rain on the Barbacomari and along the Sonoita, and crops are looking well.
 The Yankee smelter, under the new management, is doing splendidly. The question of working the ores II Wash ington camp has been solved, and mine owners in that camp are in better spirits than they have been for long time. The Yankee smelter buys all kinds of ores, and works them up to about 90 per cent of their assay value.
 SAN FRANCISCO, August IA Nlcto- ria, B. C., despatch says Preston Bonnet, member of parliament elect for the  Yale district, died suddenly of hemor- rhage of the lungs.
 SAN FRANoIsCo, August 15-fhe seventeenth annual exposition of the MechanIc's Institute was formally opened this afternoon in the new pavll- Ion. The opening address was delivered by President r. Cornwall; the oration by Chancellor Hartson, followed by recitation and musical exercises. The attendance was quite large for the open ing and the display very creditable. The exposition will continue for one month.
 PORTLAND, August 15.-Particulars have been just received of a cold blood ed murder in Clackamas county. David Morris, aged 50 years, cut the throat of a young man named Sterling without the least provocation. Morris escaped, but was arrested to-day and lodged in jail in Oregon City. The murdered man was only IS years old. Intense excite ment prevails, and lynching is feared.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
How to Estimate sore in Sight,

The amount of ore Tn sight IS estlmat- ed from measuring the cubic contents of block of ground exposed by shafts and drifts. For example: A shaft Is sunk loo feet, and drifts run on the veIn for like distance. If the vein Is exposed ion the surface, so that samples can be taken. the three sides of the block can be measured and assayed. and the quantity of ore computed. lt IS usual to deduct one-thirdiof the total thus ob- tained for pinches or barren spots III the vein. Some engineers insist upon an exposure on four sides, and then make an allowance for shriukage. To ascer- tain the weight of cubic foot of ore or rock, make a wooden box exactly one foot square, line it with tin and gradu- ateit with inches. Fill 1t with broken ore or rock and weight 1t; then fill 1t with water, remove the rock, and note the number Of inches of water. This will enable you to ascertain the weight of the sohd foot of ore. For example, the weight of broken rock Is 100 pounds; the amount Of water is three inches; you have therefore only weighed nine inches of a solid foot, and should add one fourth of weight to correct total, that is, 125 pounds.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

THE scientists of the Pacific coast are in a state of intense excitement over the discovery of evidences of a prehistoric man of gigantic size. The only record made by this giant of twenty-seven feet in night is the footprints that he left be- hind him in the sands of time, which indicate a pedal extremity nineteen inches long, on which a sandal was worn. Although fifty thousand years are estimated to have elapsed since the impress of these gigantic feet in the now solid rocks of Nevada, philosoph- ical individual has identified them as the footprints of Joaquin Miller in the agonized labor of producing a charac- teristic poem.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
Not Easy to Block Up the Suez
 Canal
London News


 Stopping the traffic through the canal would be q much more difficult task to accomplish. This results from it's size. For most of its length 1t IS, waiving fractions, over 300 feet wide At Fl Guisr and the Serapeums where the sand was deep, 1t would have cost an immense labor to have kept up the full width at these places, so for lew miles it Is only 6O metres, or about lSO feet. To dam up such spaces could not be done in minutes or hours. Sinking an old vessel would also have its difficulties.
 Arabis men might have some diff culty in finding ship of sufficient size for the purpose; and, supposlng this could be done, 1t would not take very long time to remove 1t again. Unless Arabi has means of winch we vet are unaware, there Is little chance of the traffic being stopped for any length Of time. Our gun5Oats will be quite able to keep the banks of the canal clear, so far as their guns can reach at any rate, from any body of BedOsins or of Arabl's soldiery and they are likely to have wholesale fear of big guns for some time to come.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

An opinion was recently rendered by Judge Lowell, of the United States Cir cult Court in Massachusetts, with refer. ence to silver quarters and half dollars with pieces cut out and the holes filled with other metal. Judge Lowell holds that such coins are in effect counterfeit, and that whoever so mutilates them or knowingly passes them Is guilty Of counterfeiting. The reasoning by which he reaches this conclusion IS, that coins of these denominations are required to be of a certain weight and fineness, and are not a legal tender if they fall below the fixed standard. "If such a cosn,' he says, has had an apprecIable amount of silver removed from it, we cannot say that it remains a good coin for it's Origi- nal value, or en for proporlonate value. If, then, the hole is plugged with base metal or with any substance other than silver, thls act IS an act of counterfeiting, because it is making something appear to be good coin for it's apparent value which was not so be- fore"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
.sMother,. Growing Oid.v


 q don't see how I'd git along with out Mary, nohow," Mrs. Butcher ob- served, pausing to wipe the precipitation from her aged features and put another Iadle of soft soap into the steaming suds, while her daughters voice at the piano could be distinctly recognized, floating ont from the adjoining psrlor. AI don't see how I'd git along without that gal, no how. APsys on these days when hev the tiringest work she just picks out her incest pieces, hke Sweet rest, by and by and Mothers growing old and sings 'em fur me afore she goes out on the lawn to play croquet with the other young folks Isint evry gal as ud be so thoughtful, 1 kin tell you. Now, most on 'em pd !est bang away with Jordon IS hard road to travel or 'Whoop 'em up, Ellza Jane,' but she aint none O that sort, and Mrs. Butcher famed herself vlgor- ously with her soiled apron, preparatory to running the clothes through the secoud water.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Coyote Bill got his skin full of budge last night, and it then began to dawn upon his muddled intellect that be was a "very bad man." He accordingly chassezed into the Dexter saloon, on Allen street, where a number of inofen- sive citizens were quietly discussing Blackburn's chances for Territorial h. structor, and waltZing up to the bar an- nounced that he was the boss wolf from Bitter creek. and that he was about due 70 howl Charley Hazelton, the bar keeper, took in the situation at glance, and quietly stepping up to Coyote Bill he gently collared him and proceeded to caress the floor with him. After anus Ing himself with the bad man for few minutes Hazelton lifted him in the air and fired him through the door, which happened to be closed. The pilgrim from Bitter creek n his aerial flight took the sash with him and landed in the gutter. He laid pretty quiet for a minute or two and then arose and walked of, his countensnce wearing A 6 subdued if not painful expression.- Tombstone Independent
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

AMONG the special premiums offered at the New Mexican Territorial Fair to be held at Albuquerque, beginning Sep tembsr 18th, are a series of graded val uable prizes for "the best constructed, printed and general appearing daily, weekly, trl-weekly or monthly paper printed in the Territory of New Mexico, or in Fl Paso. Texas"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
The Work of southern Women.

Auhrle1luN NtN5 anu NeeAtoA-
 The efforts made by the Southern women to improve the condition of the negroes by circulating reading matter and by advising, instructlng and encouraging the colored girls, are exhilarating to read about. More education IS done out of school than in school, and the Southern women who are working personally with the colored women and girls around them are doing more, far more, for the South, in proportion to number and means, than politicians can do, and they are doing more Christianity and civilaza- ton than all the missionaries in Africa and Asia combined.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

terior have excited the populace, who are rising against the troops.
 PARIS. August 15.-Bankers telegraph from Egypt confirm the report that Arabi Pasha will submit to the Sultan.
 CoxsrASr1xoPLE, August 15.--The proclamation of Arabi Pasha as a rebel and authorizing the Anglo urklsn military convention IS not yet decided upon.
 PoRT SAID, August l5.-An outbreak IS thought possible at any moment The ships are ready for action.
 LONDON, August 15-Professor Wm- Stanley Jeroms, philosopher and pro lessor of Political Economy, was drowned while bathing at Bixtull.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
The Beef Supply.
Scientific American.


 Notwithstanding the enormous ad- vance made III cattle raising during the past twenty years or so, the increased supply, even in favorable seasons, has not been at all commensurate with the increase in the demand for beef. The ratio ofincrease ill cattle is less than that in population, so that even with no change ID dietetic habits the demand for beef would tend steadily to outrun the supply. But our appetite for beef ln- creases much more rapidly than our numbers. The market man makes his daily rounds with fresh beef h hun dreds of communities where salt pork was eaten almost exclusively twenty five years ago; and generally through out the country beef has largely dis placed pork on the tables of farmers, mechanics and well-to-do people. Thls IS partly because of the universal improve meut in the scale of popular living due to general prosperity, but more, per haps to the influence of an active school of would-be health reformers who have consistently decried pork as an article Of food and created a widespread and unreasonable prejudice against it. Leaving out of consideration any possi- ble increase in the demand for beef for exportation, we may reasonably antici- pate that the home demand for beef will continue to increase as fast, If not faster, than the population does; and there can be no marked decline from the present excessive prices until the supply of beei- cattle is brought up to the level of pop ular requirements. It Is not the prime cost of beef-cattle ID the field, or their necessary cost at the shambles after being driven or carried half across the continent, that chiefly determines the price of the meat to the consumer, but the single fact that the supply is rela- lively SO meagre that the cattle rsisers can ask and readily get prices which en- able them to make 20, 30, or even 5O per cent. profit per annum on the money nvested-selling for SIX cents a pound, live weight, cattle which cost two cents a pound to raise.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

IT is now given out by the Hartford Post that the author Cf the Mercy letter is known, having confessed; and that there is conclusive proof to convict the leading members of the Democratic National Committee of guilty knowl- edge of the whole affair, and of direct complicity with the fraud.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

THE Prescott Miner hears that "there IS a probability of a thorough-going Democrat, largely identified with the interests of Arizona, running on an in- dependent ticket for Congress. Ap- parently the Democracy is not satisfied With Oury's work in Washington"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

The new French cabinet is officially announced as follows: NJ. Duclerc, president Of the council, and minister of foreign affairs; NJ. Fallieres, minister af the interior; M. Develle, under secre- tary of the interior; M. Deves, minister of justice; M. DuvauI, minister of pub lie instructions; NJ. Tirard, munster of finance; Gen. Billot, minister of war; Admiral Jaurguiberry, minister of ma rine: M. Cochery, minister of posts and telegraphs; M. d'Mahy, minister of agri- culture: NJ. Pierre LeSrand, minister of commerce and ad interim of public works. The new government accepts the vote of the chamber of deputies on the Egyptian credit, and desire the maintainance of peace, and that should any incident occur compromising the dignity of France, they will forthwith convoke the legislature.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
FOREIGN.

SUEz, August 1.-The rebels in great force have taken up position immedi- ately threatening the canal. The Eng fish Admiral has occupied the front works. He will not allow any interfer- enes from De Lesseps-
 PANAMA, August 15-News from Peru, dated August 9th, states that the war is becoming one of exterminstion. The excesses of the Chilean troops in the in.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Int recent sermon the Catholic Bish- op of Newark Or WiggerJ said: Tt is time tO raise e warning voice when men, otherwise good and learned, publicly proclaim that man has no right to prop erty. The church has very clearly de- fined principles on this point. She has always taught that man has right tO ownership of property. True it Is, she teaches that absolute ownership belongs alone to God; but what we acquire by hard labor or by legitimate means, be- longs to IS, to the exclusion of our fel- low beings. and no man has a right to deprive us of 1t. 1T you hear even a priest teaching doctrines opposed t0 this principle, beware of him-for bis utterauces are not of God, but are the wild vaporings of a depraved imagina- ton"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

lHE Indians reported to have been seen east of Tombstone, proves to have been a portion of the scouts employed at Camp HUachuca. It seems to us it would be a good Idea to discharge all of those scrubs, and put good white men ID theIr places. Such mistakes would then not occur.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Although imprisonment for debt has been abolished in England, 5,4+4 people were last year sent to jail for non-Pay- ment of debts. The explanation Is that a court can commit for period not ex- ceeding SIX weeks any judgment debtor lowing under S250) who has, or since the date of his judgment has had, the means to pay the sum in respect of which he has made default. If the deb; exceeds S250 he can go through the Bankruptcy Court, and begin again wlth obligations lifted.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

THE Albuquerque Journal says that New Mexico will send more bulhon to market during the remainder of this year than has heretofore been produced in the Territory altogether since the ad- vent of American capital and enter prise in that Territory.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
A Rnsinn Girl.

In the steam car the other day was a
 bright little 4-year old lady. An elderly gentleman, few seats back, every time the little one turned around, would shake his finger, or duck his head, or "cluck." or do some one of the score of things that are supposed to be especial ly pleasing to babies. The little glrl answered these kindly attentions with a vacant stare, until, apparently surfeit- ed and grown tired of them, she ex- claimed in a voice loud enough to be heard half through the car, Mamma, l really believe that old fool is trying to make love to me. "- Boston Transcript
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

The full term of three years had nearly expired, and they were discussing at the breakfast table the certainty that they must move and the uncertainty as to where, when the young miss of the parsonage drew heavy sigh. 70 I was thinking what a mistake mother and l made when We married Methodist minister"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

THE Pinal Drill IS, in all probability, mistaken when 1t announces the re- moval of Dr. H. II. Davis, clerk of the Silver King office, as the Doctor IS well known as a most capable and efficient officer. That he may have resigned be- cause of more p1asing duties is likely enough, but the 8ory of his removal IS not credited here.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

A FEELING of safety is growing in the isolated settlements consequent upon tue return of General Crook to this de- partment and all classes Of people real ize that our Indian troubles are nearly nr.-na
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

HE interest taken by the Republican voters Of Tucson at the primaries last Saturday. exhibits a commendable spirit and augurs success at the polls. The party will work in complete harmony and for the public good in the coming csmuairn
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

A LARGE number of Congressman are how anxious to get home to "fx up their fences" There is nothing like having the fences in good repair about this time ot the year.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Nh. LlRKIN ". CARR, of Benson, IS candidate for the shrievalty of COchise county. Mr. Carr, although a member oi the Democratic party, IS a gentleman o' honor, and possesses such sterling qualities as entities him to consider ati0n at the hands of his party. He will draw many votes from his opposing can- didate, and make a good officer if elect
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20
FlOreRee Facts.
Enterprise.

LLAtEhfAht-
 A number of the registration certid- cates sent into the Recorder last month were improperly made out and had to be returned for correction. Under the law the Recorder is liable to fine and imDris- onment if he should knowingly place n name on the great register from q certifi- cate not properly made out, and, as a matter of course, all such certificates will be rejected by him. For tbis req son registering officers should exercise extra caution in filling ID the blanks.
 Ten tons of rich ore were brought in to Casa Grande from the Reward mine. Casa Grande district. It will be shipped to Denver for treatment. This Is the Chilson property, sold recently to a New York company. There are twenty-five men at work at the mine, driving devel- opments ahead rapidly with very en- couraging results. The company seems to have a deep and well filled sack and pay of the men every week. We think there can be no doubt of this companys g success.
 Work is to be resumed at the Silver Queen mine, in the San Pedro district, at once. Mir. Peabody, who had taken a conditional contract to sink two hun dred feet on the mIne. stopped work some weeks since, owing to a water strike. One of the conditions of his contract was that he should cease oper- ations on striking water and he reached the latter at depth ofone hundred feet. One of the owners of the property has taken charge of the work now and will put in all the machinery necessary to open the mine thoroughly.
 There has been some doubt as to whether or not the Deer Greek coal fields were entirely in this county or partly lying within the boundaries of the San Carlos reservation. But private surveys and the opinion of those who have looked the ground over, warrant the statement that this vast and valuable mineral field, Tn it's entirety, lies within tLe rich and royal county of Pinal.
 Private advices from the Santa Cata- linas inform us that the Santa Catalina Copper Company, who, for some time past have been prospecting their claims for ore, have struck two-foot pay streak of high grade copper and there is a probability of re-stRrting the smelter at once. This company deserves to sue ceed. They have spent money freely in putting up machinery, building roads, etc.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Gambetta received the news of his mothers death just as he was entering the Chamber of Deputies. A friend ap- preached him in the lobby and, placing his hand on Gambetta's shoulder, said: Twill yOu allow me-?" "Is 1t Over?" asked Gambetta. The friend handed him a telegram announcing his mothers death. The orator read it, and, sInkIng trollable emotion. "Ihen occurred, "one of those touching and beautiful scenes so frequent Tn France when the spontaneous goodness Of heart and sympathy for which this excellent people is justly celebrated were mani tested to Gambetta by partisans of every shade of political opinion. Enemies, sneerers, even the irrecOnclla- ble clerlcals, crowded around him and offered their hands, which he grasped one after another in a dazed, uncertain manner, as if the whole scene were densely unreal to him. Soon afterward he left the Chamber, and at once made piOus pilgrimage to the room where lay the woman whose maternal influence Is said to have contributed greatly to hls success. Gambetta's parents and rela- tives are all plain and simple folk, and neither they nor he have ever made the slightest attempt to disguise the hum bleness of their origin. The body of Mime. Gambetta was conveyed to Nice, the familys old home, by specIal train, and father anl son piously accompanied the remains. Gambetta has, hear, re- gently purchased large addition to his property in the charming village of Vile de Avray, and it IS supposed that hIs fu- ture home is to be in that place.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

Gov. FOSTER, of Ohio, will make strong and aggressive campaign on the sunday and liquor questions-issues of local character.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

A NARROW GAUGE railroad from Tue Son to Globe district would prove a good investment to any company of h n who have the m oney to put into it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

At Lewiston, Me, on a recent Sun day, the organist of St. Joseph's Church discovered a peculiar fisttering in his organ. On investigating the cause, 1t was found that q dove had made his way into one of the large si1teen-foot wood pipes, from which he found 1t impossible to escape. The rush of air from the wind chest when the valve was opened evi- dently put him in a state of excitement. The pipe was taken out, and the blrd with some difficulty was released from his unpleasant situation.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-20

WHEN General Crook gets here, and Wilcox "oils up the machine" at San Carlos, Took out for squalls"