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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
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A Lowell firm recently sent lot of bills West for collection. The list came back with the result noted against each name, one being marked dead. Three months after the same bill got into new lot that was forwarded, and when the list came back, the name was mark cd, "still dead
 There was great guessing at Denver on the number Ot beans in a jar, the prize being a twenty-five dollar over coat. The exact count proved to be 3G, AT. The winner guessed 36, 49l. The pext to h1m came a guess of 36,42O The guesses ranged all the way from 500 to G,O00,0OO.
 There IS a mau who cannot get prompt service to his bell at his hotel. The Oth- CT night he gave the bell violent ring at midnight. Shortly after, the servant answered it. "l don't want anything now said the fellow, "I ring it now in order to get on file. Bring me hot wa ter at eight in the morning.
 A ieshy girl-Addie Pose. A pugna- cious girl-Hitty Magin. A girl to be avoided-Black Marla-Cambridge Trib- une. A musical girl-Katy Did. A handsome girl-lsa belle.-HOrnet. A very bad girl--Em BeZzlement--Phila- delphia Mirror. A very hard girl-Ada Mant.-Saturday Night A muchly- married girl-Big Amy.-De Menil. An affectionate girl-Em Brace.-Baton. An Oneida Community girl-Polly An | dry. \ tasteful girl-Sal Ad. An an- cient girl-Gene Sis. A Paris girl Helen.
 The Boston Journal tells how a friend | humOrously and with applause related a story of his visit to New York. I vas vating a long time, ven waiter he comes | Op and he say, "Vill you have sOmedings | moreg' Und l say, "NO, will not; bring me anOdder slice of peef.'
 The Exposition building at Atlanta, [ Ga, was bought last week for S20OOO0 by \. II. Rice and R. H. Richards, who | will organize joint stock company al once and fill the buildings with machin- | cry for manufacturing cotton.
 The regular Washington lobbyists grow every year more indignant at the privilege which the e1-COngressmeI who join their ranks enjoy of access Oi the floor of the House whenever they
 want to buttonhole a representative
 about job.
 A party of engineers surveying a route
 for the Canadian-Pacific Railway acrOs: the Rocky Mountains have been SO com
 pletely cut off from the world in ths wilderness, that it was only few dayl
 ago that they learned of the death o
 President Garfield.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
Gnrrect It.

EDITOR CITHES:-It would seem to be desirable that words in common and frequent use, should have a uniform pro- nunciation, and that, the correct one. Now. there is a word in very frequent use in mining countries, the general pro- nounciatiou of which, by the illiterate, and often by men who profess culture, is very grating to ears polite. l allude to the word assay. How common it is to hear men place the accent on the first syllable-thus, ass-aying, and ass-ayer. As well might they pronounce the word assembly and assoTt in the same way The proper accent of the word assay Is on the second syllable. hope that our school teachers while teaching the young idea how to shoot" will teach them the correct pronunciation of this word, and not let them grow mp with the barbarous style above alluded to.
 OBSERVER.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

THE San Francisco Mining and Scien- tifc Press has the following in relation to the rights of original locaters of claims subsequently relocated as provld- ed by law to machinery put up and ore taken out:
 The quicksilver claims near Steam boat Springs, WashOe county, NeV, have been relocated as abandoned, no work having been done on them for two years. We notice that one of the Nevada papers, usually better posted, says that the works, said to have cost S3OOO0, are on the ground, and become the property of the relocaters. This IS wrong. The Government cannot compel man to work furnace or steam engine, and spend so much a year on It. Such things never belonged 10 the Govern ment. as the mineral land did, SO that a failure to comply with conditions lm- posed by the Government on the loca- tors of the land can by no possibility be made to throw a mans steam engine or furnace "Open t0 relocation Build ings, tools, machinery, etc, belong to the man who pald for them, and he can claim them any time The relocater of a mine must account for anything of | this kind he finds, provided the original owner appears. This is nothing which the Land Office or the Government has any thing at all to do with.
 In fact. 1t was not long since decided and We publish the opinion of the | Commissioner at the tlme-that ore from the claim, not out on the surface at | the mouth oftunnel or shaft, belonged to | the man or men who got It out, not to | relocators of the mine. Therefore, If a miner reIocates a mine, he has no right to the ore already taken out, and m case | the original owner comes along, he can make him account tin the courts) for
 the ore ne left there, provided no un- reasonable time has elapsed.
 1 good many men seem to have this ! erroneous ouinion. that machinery, etc, is relocatabie because the claim IS. A moments thought wlll prove the fallacy of tlis belief. The Government gives the land, or mine, to any one who wll ] work it, under certain conditions, fall ure to comply with which results m a
 forfeiture of the right, which then lapses again to the Government, which can then, and does, give it to the first man who finds 1t abandoned The principle is A good one and has worked well since
 it was inaugurated, May l0 1872.
 But the Government cannot take away
 a mans machinery or tools, because he
 has not used them on the mine. It never
 had any title to them, and so cannot say tine first who finds them can take them
 This is so simple proposition 1t seems
 scarcely debatable, yet that there IS ar
 erroneous impression prevalent IS showr
 by the fact that a newspaper familiar
 with mining matters, should give pubh
 city to such statement as We have re
 ferred to.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

TIE cities of Los Angeles and San Diego seem to be bitter rivals. Each has hard stories to tell Of the terrible effects of the late storm. 4 dispatch was sent out from Los Angeles to the effect that the storm at San Diego was 50 severe that it uprooted trees about town. And the San Diego papers re- torted by telling how the storm took off the oranges at Los Angeles and lifted sheep into the air. The facts as near as We can learn them are that Southern California was very fearful Of a drought and that the storms which have lately visited that section were eod-sends to the horticultural, agricultural and graz ing interests.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

A SPECIAL to the San Francesca papers from Washington indicates that the House Committee on Elections will treat the naturalization point in the Cannol-C Campbell case from Utah as a res adiudicata, as a previous Congress had passed upon it. It is also claimed that the question of polygamy does not disquaiiy a member from holding his seat. The points thus made in favor of seating Cannon seem weak. Each Con- Eress is made the judge of the qualifca- tious and title of its own members. The fact that one Congress admitted an alien to a seat in violation of law, is no reason why subsequent Congresses to the end of time should continue the bad precedent. IL is a poor crawl-out, for it appears from the evidence before the committee that there was never any legal naturalization and that if the at tempt was made to naturalize him 1t was null for the reason that he had not resided four years continuously m the country. Congress had better face the musIc, and if the practice of polygamy does no. disqualify members to hold seats in that august body, the law should at once make it an insuperable bar to admittance to the national legislature.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

CONGRESSMAN CRAPO's scheme for an electric light at Hell Gate contemplates a skeleton iron lighthouse, one hundred and fifty or two hundred feet high, with an electric light to illuminate the whole straits between Long Island and the East River. An outlay of about S20OJO IS required, and it would be well worth thIs sum Go make Hell Gate navigable at night San Diego Union.
 IT the Hell Gate above alluded to was the port of entryfor the place termed in the revised edition as Hades we should judge the proposed scheme would be extremely popular in Washing tgu
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

TIE Mining Review is of opinion that there are perhaps no mineral territories which promise so well and will achieve such prominence as substantial produc- CTS of bullion as Arizona and New Mexi- co when their immense resources become known and are set in way of develop meut. There are, it adds, many things required to put all these things in the best shape, especially in the direction of railroads and transportation facilities, but these are rapidly reaching out to meet the demand.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
Hr. RidgwaY's Death.

Through the courtesy of Prof. Church
 we are permitted to publish the follow inc extract from a letter from MT. Geo. w. Cheyney, dated Camp Huachuca, 18th: ''We left Charleston about noon, expecting to make Evans camp tonight. About a mile north of this place we came up with the wagon of Mr. Ridgway, a sewing machine agent, and he lying dead on the seat. We could not bring him to by any means in our power, so Frederick Clark got in and drove his wagon and I followed, bringing him to this place. where the post surgeon tried the battery, but with DO effect. An inventory was taken of his effects. He had over S2O0 on his person, besides his team, machines, etc. A soldier has been sent to telegraph for the coronor."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
Needs Repairs.

Mark Ezeiels, wAo is in from Har- shaw. reports that repairs are needed on the road leading from this city to Har- shaw. The place where the road is in such bad condition is in front of Tom Hughes ranch.
 The roaI as that point is almost im- passable for the heavy freight teams used to draw supplies for the various camps and the railroad contractors. The latter alone buy S30,O00 worth supplies in this city every month. The road is a county road and certainly the import anc of the trade derived by 1t would warrant keeping it in good repair. It will only require a small outlay-less than s1O0 and We think the county can well afford 1t.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
,ireral Park Matters.
TAlfa Arizona.l

Alt1 Aiilolhl
 Is ;his the But-ler that Beach apoint- ed Governor:
 The Mineral Hslk Nils is making good run on custom ore,
 We had a fall q abou,, three inches of snow last week and the mountains around Mineral Parl, are i'll covered with il.
 The biggest storm of the season visit ed us on Thursday night. BOreas bel lowed belligeraaily, and snow sifted silently through many poorly shingled roof in siiaerd Park. Come agaiu no more
 The Ydma Tree Press wants Congress to appropriate g small bonanza to the m- s-ovemca, of he Colorado river. We hope Congress 7N7.i 6i5 nothing Of the k,nd. The railroad vii soon be at hand and then the mprincipled corporation tha, noU monopoliles the river will not have us at it5 mercy Tll then we can wait.
 The AN. 1. Co. have about twenty five men employe on the eonnoT mine and work is pushea with great vigor. They are taking out about hve tons Of ore per day, whica assays from SIco to S5oo per ton. The shaft IS now down atout Ieo feet. The mil al Cerbat will started up abou. the 2oih inst. and will work the Connor ore exclusively.
 One ton of gold ere from the Fl Dor ado mine of Gold Basin was treated at the Lone Star conceuirstor works, by way of experiment. The result was most satisfactory, the tallings only containing about $ per ton of gold. The reduo- ton gave about 100 pounds of concentra- tions 10 2,ooo pounds of ore. The con ceu,rations assay about S7ooper ton. We are informed by Hon. A. E. DavIs of the Pioneer Mill, tha, the experiment is high ly satisfactory and that two Free concen- traiors vii shortly be placed in 'he Pio- neer Mill.
 Mir. J. Jerome of Cedar Distnc, this county, has purchased he well-kaown General Lee mine of Lesler and Magender in that District, for S5o.- 900. The parties have gone to San Francisco to cousummate the bargain. This mine is saId tn be most valuable property and ihe purchaser will go to work immediately on hls return to devel- ope It.
 Weare informed by Mir. Hamilton who has just come in from the line on the railroad that a "shoo-fy7 bridge wiIl be put in nine miles north Of the located road over Canyon Diablo and the track is now building to this temporary bridge and the road will be pushed through as rapidly as possible. Mir. Mcdonald says that the road will be finished opposite Blackberry by the first of August. and the iron horse will probably be watered at the Colorado at the Needles by Sep tember first.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29
Mining and silver District Notes.
Yuma sentinel.I


 Black Rock and Silver Glance looking fine. Work continues night and day.
 Assessment work is being done on the Rover, Melissa and Silver Cloud
 Wm. Johnson's team left Ginocchio < Cos. corral cn Sunday loaded with lum- Der for Remnant mine.
 The Castle Dome mines are hoisting their regular amount of ore, and cOntln- ue to make large shipments to the con- pany's works, at MelrOse, Cal.
 The news from Ellsworth District Is good. A number of mines are being thoroughly developed, and give promise of being remunerative at an early day.
 The rain which visited us last week has filled the tanks with water, .nd the miners souls with joy.
 The strike on the Remnant is one of the most important ever made m the Territory. A wide streak of horn silver has been encountered, making the entire ore body average very high.
 Quite Q city is being built on the Rem nant ground. Dwelling house, store and club house are being erected. Ac- tivity in building is always a sign of prosperity.
 There has been new find made of a fabulously rich mine, not far distant from Silver District. We await cOntir- nation before publishing particulars. Walt Miller, of Klara Camp, IS in town and reports the LOsi mine as prospecting well, and turning out considerable good ore.
 Work will be started up on the cele- brated Princess mine at an early day. This mine has yielded a large quantity of ore, and it has been a surprise to all that the mine was allowed to lie idle so long. The Princess has a shaft 100 feet in depth, a cross cut and two drifts on the ledge, and in ali the workings there is plenty of metal in sight. This mine has produced more carbonate ore than any other claim in tine distriat. Messrs. Downey, Harvey and Ed Arm strong went mp to Silent on Mondays stage. Mir. Harvey is interested in the Remnant mine, and Mir. Armstrong will open a general merchandise establish ment at the Remnant.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

How they manage to survive at Fort Lowell, for instance, without an acdi- itonal 30 acres so Gs to make their re- sevation an even 5000, passes our comprehension. If it were not for this needless occudation of so much public land by this reservation, much Of It would be put to practical use by actual settlers and this city would derive a cor responding benefit Upon no pretext whatsoever eau the occupation of so much land for any post be justified. Congress shoul1 give this subject atten- ton along with tue lapsed railroad land grants.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

SENATOR EDNoNDs' bill for the cleo ton of President and Yice-President is now being considered by the Senate Committee on Elections. The bill also provides for the settlement of all ques- tions in relation to the count. The bill, in substance, provides that each State, before the time fixed for the meeting of the Electoral College, may determine by a tribunal Of it's own creation, all controversies concerning the appoint mcnt of its own Electors; that the Gov eruor's list of Electors shall be made in accordance with such determination; that no Electoral votes from any State from which but one return has been re- ceived shall be rejected, except by the affirmative votes Of both houses Of Con- gross, and that in case two or more re- turns are received from any one State, those votes, and those only, shall be counted which both houses of Congress, acting separately, shall concurrently de- eide are supported by the State tribunal. The committee discussed the bill at con siderable length, but adjourned without action
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

SINCE the Spuyten Duyvil disaster, the Eastern press has commenced cru sade against stoves in cars. In case of collisions they invariably set fire to the wreck and burn the victims. Certainly some other method of heating cars should be devised, for the horror of many a railroad disaster has been aug mented by the fire which has thus come to consume the bodies of the wounded, and those pinioned in the de- bris of the wreck.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

WE have several communications on our table from parties unknown to us by name. It is against the rules or all re- sponseble newspapers to publish annon- ymous communications. The editor must be informed of the writers name, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

Ex-CoSGREssNAS GARRISON \. For TER, of New York, who made himself somewhat notorious by fathering the movement to investigate Hayes title to the Presidency with the view of remoy- ing him and seating Tilden, died Mon- day. after a very brief illness. He was lawyer of considerable ability and was conducting several important cases al Albany st the time of his death.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

THE hotel and stable keepers of St. Albans, Vt., have beaten the temperance crusaders. Their persistent determine ton to do no business SO long as Che prOhibitOry law was enforced has been such a source Of pecunlury loss, lncun- venience and public discontent and has involved such passionate wraugles ln the community that the temperance work CTS have finally concluded that the nor al gain is hardly worth the commercial and social sacrifice The Boston Herald, which is responsible for the above state ment, adds that during the last few days a numerously signed petition has been presented to the landlords asking them to resume business, and that one of the funny elements which have mtiu- enced the prOprietOrs tOcOmply B that the prosecuting attorneys and judges of the Supreme Court, which l5 cali2Q at St. Albans this week, were serioq
 considering the matter of adlOurnns
 to some one of the adjoining tO7
 they found the hotels of St. Albans cl's
 against them. IT this is true, the hI--- est officers of the supreme tribunal
 the State are inclined to wink at an
 popular law when their own persona convenience and comfort are diminishet by its impartial enfOrCemccengrs5s landlords reopen, it is asserteew nSl
 understanding that they arucinf bo% ftb mOlested in the sale of hqUoIlatf ao. Co to their own judgment and diIor rcret t5oFclI
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

JACOB was content to serve seven years for Rachel, and assist her old skinfint of a father in his stock watering Oper- atiOns, and even then he didn't get her for Baban fiatly repudiated his agree ment, and put of her ugly old sister on him. And yet so great was Jacobs love for Rachel that he bought her again on long optiOn-seven years more-and having learned the tricks of the old man by this time, so adroitly manipulated his stock operations that before the seven years closed be had Laban short on sheep, while he himself was long on a rising market.-LStock Exchange Bull letin.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

A description comes fromg Cal
 way of India of the manner i1 Rbi,H b, Ameer caused the late Minister Vi '',fta. to be exterminated. The latter male glowing promises of future devotion, but his sovereign would not listen to them for a moment, but condemned him tO in- stant death. Thereupon the prisoner was bound hand and foot, cOnduCted Co that part of the courtyard upon which the elephants stalls open, and lald upon the ground. At the same moment one of the stall doors was unfastened and out stepped a gigantic elephant. The pOnderOus executiOneT, evidently under standing what was expected of him, made no delay, but advancing through the courtyard, placed his fore feet upon tl'
 prostrate body of the culprit and forth with began to tread him out of exlstenee. A few seconds later nothing was left of the miserable Daud Khan except an un- recognizable mass of flesh and numeF- ous mourning wives and relatives.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

WE learn that Mir Downey Harvey of this city, has made rich strike in his mine, the Remnant, in Silver District, Arizona, a few miles north of Yuma and about four miles from the Colorado river. A large streak of horn silver has been struck that is very rich. We congratulate Mr. Harvey on his good fortune.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

APPLICATIONS of mustard plaster as means Of disciplming and correcting naughty children is employed by the matron in an institution m Montreal This female fiend ought to have a mus tard plaster about two feet square ap- piled where it would make the sitting position an extremely dis6 greeabie one.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

MT. +. A. Ling, during his residence in Arizona, represented a Los Angeles syndicate interested in hunting up mine. Associated with oar tOwnsman was an experienced prospector. It IS understood that several valuable claims were pre-empted, from specimens of which, very satisfactory assays were obtained.-Los Angeles Herald.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

As the conclusion of the trial draws nigh Guiteau, for an insane man, gives unmistakablee evidences to keen appre- citation of his situation and the strong possibility of his having to pay the high est penalty known to the law for his awful crime. 4 special dispatch to the New York Herald says that the assassin looks haggard and dejected. There is a perceptible change in his appearance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

A ROMANTIC story has lately been pub Iished to the effect that Chin Chan. one of the Chinese-boys sent here to be educated, and recalled last May by tEe Chinese Government, has been beheaded in Hong Kong for refusing to reD0uuce his allegiance to a young lady whom he met and loved in New Haven. The Rev. China, writes to the Troy Times that this story cannot possibly be true; that, Hong Kong being a British settlement, an ex- ecutiOn like that described cOuld DO more take place there than in New York CT London. It is intimated thas the shrewd Celestial may have devised this desperate hoax in the hope of touching the heart of the New Haven girl, who is said to have looked coldly upon her lover.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

Ax experienced vine-groWer states that the planting of cuttings from New Mexican vines would be more adyanta- peous in this locality, as they are more aeclimated to dry localities. In fact the e,e1tIeman is fuliy convinced that wires can be grown here without lrile'.1 1l,l--, 1le--, Bordeaux wines are from grapes s'VNl upon gravelly hIlls, such as eAiS' il All zona. and should do well here
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

Peck. of Peck's Sun, helped an old lady of the cars at some western station three or four years ago, and she died last month and left him S22, 2,000in bonds confederate seven per cents. Even as homely a man as Peek never loses any thing by playing grandpa.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

-or-vry SrRvEYoR PIMA COUNTT. NOTARY PUB
 lIc fINING AND CIVIL ENdINEER.
 2 ANDS. ROADS. DITCHES, MINES, iONN [ S3-ss etr Suryeyed. and maps of same made on the most reasonable terms. Ohce-No. s soa.h Meyer street. Tucson. Arizona United States Deputy Surveyor and Mineral Surveyor -o- --- nls.rlct. nf CallfornIa and Arizona.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-29

A Peoria, H., merchant hired new clerk, who was presently called upon for quart of vinegar. He went to a barrel and filled the measure. That af- ternOon the merchant was surprised to find that all his customers in the neigh borhoOd were making a run on vinegar. At the last moment, when 1t was too late, he found that the new clerk was selling vinegar from the whisky barrel.