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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
RAILROAD ASSESSMENT

Elsewhere in this issue We publish 8 petition signed by a number of prom inent business men of this city asking for the Southern Pacific Railroad Con- pany the same fair and considerste treat ment ID the assessment of property that IS given to other property owners. The request seems to us to be a reasonable one and upon the ground of policy, iffor no other, should receive favorable con- sideration at the hands of the Board of Supervisors. The assessed valuation of the company's property as it now stands is s4s4, ,3o5.6o. Upon this valuation the comnany Is said to be ready to pay into the treasury the amount If tax due. As the county's warrants are now selling at S5 cents on the dollar this would at least be in the interest of the county's credi- tors. To insist upon raising this valuG- tion tn the one set by Thomas Fitch in his petition 10 the Board would not only occasion a delay in the payment, but would involve the county in an ex- pensive and uncertain lawsuit. A fair compromise is always considered among business men preferable to 8 lawsuit and we certainly think it so in this case. The results would also be beneficial in other respects. Tucson aspires to be bea railroad center and 1t can best attain this object by treating such investments with fair considera- tinr,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
The scareitr of Good workmen.


 What can be done by any system of apprenticeship in country where 1t Is the fashion for boys of any wits tO look down on the mechanic arts and to seek for some short cut in the road to for tune? Boys generally graduate from the public schools when fifteen or six. teen years of age. If they cannot go to college, but must do something toward supporting themselves, they almost all ways prefer to enter store or office, where they have long hours, small pay, more or less abuse, and very httIe chance of learning anything. To know any business perfectly IS to have a fortune within reach; but instead of becoming d thorough carpenter, mason or plumber, as any boy oG ordinary sense can do, our boys prefer to take their chances in call iugs where the term Uf apprenticeship IS necessarily about twenty years Insteau of four or five, and where they are al most forced tO copy the dress and haO- It's of thelr superiOTs, although then pay K utterly Inadequate tu the dsmHnd' made upon IL. While they are unlN boys their life IS not Intuler.ble, but u, sooner do they become men and want [, marry than they realize their utter lach of means and prospects. From that time forth they are either dishearteneo and mlsanthropic or tricky and Untruss- worthy. A competent and honest young mason or car renier can, with vrry little capital-mouey tbHt he can hav, saved during his apprentcesmp-begir business on his oPn acc1uui; hut tho lawyers clerk or the store boy can d. nothing but stay where he k and cuTs, what he calls bis luck. There never was a time in which a penuiless but am- bitious American boy had bri yllter pros poets than now; but he must seek them in work, not in some pos ton where ht can merely keep up an appearance with cut the slightest chance of ever doiu- more
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
AHint 10 Correspondents.
From the Boston Traveller.


 It is Rn unwritten law, well under stood in journalism, that no editor IS un der the slightest obligations to give Q reason for his acceptance or non accept ance of manuscript. He ls not calleo upon to write private critique on tn article to the author of it. His accept ance or rejection is an absolute and un questionable fact. Among amateur writers this does not seem to be under stood. All sub-editors and reporter; understand that 1t IS au unjustitable impertinence to ask the managing edit or his reason for publishing or not pub fishing any matter submitted to hl judgment Outside writers or aspiring amateurs rarely seem to comprehend this truth, and their transgressions art largely from ignorance rather than ln' attention. The nature of editorial wOrt equires absolute power of decision n order to preserve the unities of the jour nal the e1itor conducts.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
TELEGRAPH.
PACIFIC COAST.

SAN FBASCIsco, July 2S-The follow ing elections by railroad companies were held to-day: 5. F. k. R. O.; direc tors, Cnas. CrOcKer. Charles F. Checker Chas. Nayne, W. Y. Huntington, NJ 5 Smith, J. l.. Wlllicutt, Moses Hopkins At a meeting of the directors the follow ing officers We're elected: Chas. Crocker President, Chas. F. Crocker, Vice-Presi dent; N. F. Smith, Treasurer; J. l. Willicut, Secretary.
 SLos Angeles and San Diego Railroad Company: Directors, Claude Stamford Chas. F. Crocker, NJ. ;. Smith, l. WIllI. cutt, E. H Miller, Jr. At a meeting of the directors the following officers were elected: Chas. Crucker, President; Chas F. Crocker, e-Presldent; M. $. Smith, Treasurer.
 Monterey Rlilroad Company: Di- rectors, Chas. Crocker, Chas F. Crocker, ". V. Huntington, M ;. Smith and J. l.. Willcutt. At a meeting of the directors the following officers were elected Chas. Crocker, President; Chas. F. CrOcker, Vice-PresIdent, NJ. $. Smith, Treasurer; J. l.. Wiilicutt, Secretary.
 SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-Wheat No. spot, $1.721s, steady. Barley No. feed spot, SI.30. Bags, Calcutta wheat spot, 29.75.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

The Senate hill to open for settlement certain portion of the Ute Indian Res ervation in Colorado, which passed the House on Saturday and now awRits only the signature of the President to become a law, provides for the sale Of these lands according to the usual terms regu- lating the sale of public lands, and to settle the title of all entries, settlements, and locations heretofore made on these lands, under any law of the United States, providing that the rights of the persons making them shall be in all re- spects the same as If the land had been legally subject to their claims when pre- sented
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
DAILY CITIZEN.
SUNDAY, JULY 30. 1882

The House of Representatives passed bill on Saturday in regard to auditing unpaid accounts of Indian agents, which is of great interest to the Indian agents otArlzona as well as other western states ana Territories It has been found in the offices of the Second Auditor and second Controller of the Treasury De- partment that in the auditing of Indian accounts under tine somewhat complicst- ed system of conducting Indian affairs, there is disagreement merely on legal technicalities between these two offices and the Indian agents of the Indian Bu- reau. There are some sixty-nine or sev- enty Indian agents, and many of them are managing Indian affairs. When they are first appointed they are unfa- milisr with the great volumes of statutes regulating the auditing of accounts ID connection with Indian business, and 1t often occurs that these accounts are sus- pended iD the auditing offices Of the Treasury Department because of mere legal technIcalities, which those offices, of course, must take note of. The Indi- ans have received absolute and full ben eft, the goods have been furnished them, and the work has been done. The Auditor, Controller and everybody con- nected with the business can see that DO wrong has been perpetrated upon the Indians, and that the money is due. The bill. which was originally iDtroduc- ed by Representative George of Oregon, provides that the officers of the Treas ury Department may audit these &C., counts. or to use the language of the bill, Where ssid supplies are found to have actually been applied to the benefit of the Indians, those officers are author ized to audit their accounts for the equit- able amount found due, and to report the fact to Congress.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
Doing "Anything."

There IS nothing more pathetic or more intellectual than the hIgh-strung, honest young fellow who, without a trade or calling, begs for work, and says: "Only give me work I'm willing to do any thing" That's just tho class of people who are not wanted-the people who are willing ''to do anything" but are really able to do nothing. The y"ung fellow who from his shiect condition makes that appeal, and IS willing to be- come a porter or a driver, that he may earn his bread honestly and keep hun ger from those who are dependent on him, does his full duty, and IS entitled to workout he is not needed. If he could only go up and say: ''l can build you a house, or fashion you horse shoe," be would not be idle long. It IS men who can do some special thing, and cannot afford to waste their time ''doiDg anything" that are wanted in this busy day.-Atlsnts Constitution.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

BY the vote of the people of Tucson on Wednesday, the city is to have Jall of itsSSn, an ornamental pest house, hook and ladder truck, two hOse carts and two thousand feet of hose. Of the amount appropriated by the vote ss.5OC IS to be used for a fire department IL is hoped that this money will be used wisely, and be made to include the pur- chase of a good and serviceable steam fire engine, among the rest. The hose without an engine is almost worthless even when the mains of the water com pany are laid throughout the city. This action of the citizens of the cit1 certainly marks a progressive step II the history of the plsc and if the mon ey be properly expended it will be vel invested.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
Sonora Items.

Messrs. Thomas Hseuan, J. W. Moo ney, C. c. Murphy, John RamOni and John POreniu. miners recently working in the MInas Pre as miJr in Sonora, unitediy complain of the treatment that Americans m Sonora daily receive a' { hands of the M,Xicans, who appear tO take special pride in domlneerns over taem as q class, and numerous lu- stances are cited as proofs of what they said. From information they gathered while working at the mine named, they are confident that many American miners and prOspectOrs are killed by the Mexicdns, and, SO far as the law IS eoH- cerned, DO man is any the wiser. At me Ninas Prietas mine things are sad 70 be m state of insecurity, and all en- ployes who had money on deposit ID tht safe were ordered to withdraw It, as the company would no longer be respunsl- ble against loss. At the mine there ait some sixty stand of arms, winch LaL- breed Justice of the Peace eudeavofed to have turned over to bim, but becau-r of the protest of a resident Americal they were Ot allowed tO be taken a0a.' The attempt to get them grew out oi disturbance arising from mount'u Mexican making three several atteInL -S to ride down two Americans who. Gu foot, were peaceably passing down tH. street. They made an effort to have tus man arrested, but the Justice beIo.o whom they sought redress refused !" take action tIll the following morniI,-- In the meantime he learned that '-9 guilty party was one of his friends T 'Y be refused tO have him arrested ai a--, and told the injured ones to be gone o- he would kick them out like as LlAl. worthless dogs. Other and similar IF lL- stances were cited which demand LUG attention of those in place.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

British Outposts. The Thirty-eightl regiment opened fire and the enem! retreated precipitately.
 LONDON, July 27.-Gsneral orders have been issued for a large portion ol the expeditionary force to embark.
 ALEXANDRIA, July 27.-A tremendou; coniagration broke out in Alexandria at two o'clock this morning. As seen from the harbor the fire seems to bt larger than any since the bOmbardment The fire is believed to have been started by incendiaries.
 CoSsrASTISoPLE, July 27.-The Sul. tan has decided to denOunce Arabi Pasha as traitor. The Sultan received DervIsch Pasha on his return from Egl pt very coldly and complained be. cause he did not persuade Admiral | Seymour to delay the bombardment.
 ALEXANDRIA. July 7.-Intelligence is recei 5ed that Dervisch Pashl, on hiI ar rival at COnstantinople, reported that after the bombardment of Alexandria the English engaged Tn various vio- fences against the inhabitants, pil- ! laged and burned the town. The water in the WahmomOdie canal 1 has not fallen to any considerable ex- 1 tent during the last thirty six hours. It is concluded that dam has burst or a large volume of water tiltFates through. | Strict inquiry and thorough search ! of the soldiers kits prove the reports that the British soldiers footed the pal ace at Ramleh as entirely false. It is believed Arabi Pasha receives daily communications from friends Tn London, and accurate accounts of meas ures organized to oppose him
 The Khedive receives daily intelli- gepce from the interior. Apart from the military element, the officials and respectable classes have not wavered in their allegiance to him.
 ALEXANDRIA,, July 2S.-rhe Infiexible has gone to summon the Alouker forts to surrender, and will bombard them if they do not.
 The Quinnebaug alone remains of the American squadron. Lord Charles Berestord acknowledges the immense ses---;af so generously rendered by the r40..O4n marines. Very important seizures have been made of secret cor respol ldence in relation to the lombard ment. between the military party and the French official correspondence, said to prove incontes ably that the military party was secretly supported by the French.
 The water in the canal continues to fall, and troops for week past have been dependent on wells, cisterns and condensers.
 MATAMoRAs, Mexico, July 20.-The fever prevalent here called the malarial lever, proves to be Yellow fever of the most v1rulen' type. Itis rapidly spread ing. Brownsville and Matamoras are 4uarantined by all lower Rio Grande towns. There is great excitement and consternation.
 ALEXANDRIA,, July 29.-The dam across the Mahmoudish canal is very strongl made and fortified with more than 10 .uns. It turns out that the steame. supply sent out under the supposltiuu hat she was capable of condensing large quantities of water is orly filled wit
 mpty tanks, without proper condensIn. ipparatus. 4 deputatiun from kafTec! iwar consists of SIX members. repori
 the eff,r that they are bearers of
 ropnsal for comprolnI e are untru. hey declared England evidently neaf conquer the country and the peOp' g4ll make d determined resistance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
Frraks of rOiYgaIay.

The Sal Lake correspondent of tl bew York World relates the fO,lowin
 Ioidents, told him by friend, WI. '1acLed IUI theIr truth:
 \ young and very pretty girl in "tLs IPper ten Of MuImOniem married q
 Ouh-s nIi-u ui Aer"N,n Cl,S-, Dat st., .H-
 tte3 before marriage that he shaI-r nary witii d second wife as so ,u as as
 as abe to do so. Against h ,i.l sue has how kept him to hIs pio-
 use.
 A young couple were engaged, but gllr.elle,i, and the lover, ont uf pique.
 iIrrisd another lady. Two years later l.s | st love having refused other uf,sr- a the meantime. marEed him as a
 econd wife.
 4 man having married a Sc nd fe D please himself, married d tuIrd .
 lease hls first.
 A couple about to be marrled made In agreement between themselves tH.,' ,' ne hgshaPadft 1sfi Pqadsftfe e? s,,l .la' ]. the relatives of the first wife. The Iady who was selected refused, and the husband remained true to his promise for ten years. At the end of this tim, lis wife voluntarily chose another wife for him.
 The belle of the settlement, Gentle, refused monogamis;'s offers of marriage, md married a Mormon who had two wives already.
 A girl, distracted between her love for her suitor and her love for her mother, compromised in her affections " stlpulating that he should marry both her mother and herself, winch he lid.
 A girl, Gentle, bitterly oppOsad al first to polygamy, married a polygamis at the solicitation of his first wife, her great friend.
 Two girls were great friends, and one of them getting engaged to a man by no means of prepossessing appearance, per uaded her friend to get engaged to him co, and he married them both on the same day.
 These are enough. Moreover. they ire not isolated cases, and I believe l am right in saying that 1 can give second instance (Of recent date) and lozen instances of most. Now, these illustrations of mine are not like thos, f Mormon-eating publications, anony nous Actions. I have names for each oi :hem. Soma of them live close to me Those whom I have ventured to speak to corroborate my friends statement One of them tells me she could nams scores of the same kind.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
Small Chan.r in Mr,irn.


 In one of the small towns I bought some Hines and gave the girl Sl ID pay ment By way of change she gave me fOrty-nine pieces of soap the size of a water cracker. I looked at her in as tonishment, and she returned my look with equal surprise, when n police of. ticer wLO witnessed the incident hast ened to inform me that soap was the le- gal tender in many portions of the coun- try for small sums. I examined my change and found that each cake was stamped with the name of town and of manufacture authorized by the Government. The cakes of soap were worth l cents each.
 Afterward n my travels 1 frequently received similar change. Many of the cakes showed signs of hrving been in the wash tub, but that, l discovered, was not at all uncommon. Provided the stamp was not Obliterated, the soap did not lose any value as currency. Occa- sionally a man wonld borrow a cake of a friend, wash his hands and return il with thanks. I made use Of mine more than once in my bath and subsequently spent them
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
CrRr,1N dispatches in relation to th,

CERTAIN dispatches in relation to tht present Indian difficulty cmanating iron
 the headquarters of the department commander at Prescott are exciting con- siderable unfavorable comment. The
 CITIZEN is not disp's 'sed to exaggeratt
 tue importance of any trouble, anG
 does not wish to do so with this one, but
 the statement that only four Indians
 have left the reservation, and that in the
 direction of Mexico, and that only one man has been killed. IS so manifestl,
 untrue that # cannot be allowed to 7,
 InchallenGed. The principal ravaget
 nave been in different direction, aro nave resulted in the killing of 0t leasi eleven white settlers, and We are happs to know that suudry good Indians hay been ma le by herring shots from :rnu- tiersmen's Il es. Simultaneously wit
 i- effort to belittle the present diff . thliss FsihE propen.-1or that Gen. Willcos cultv comes a rni2t 7, blCEort to be col. is making a desperate e.. -'ment tiuued at the head of this depRi1eS I9' His efforts in that direction will prov as futile as have his military movements Whether there is my serious difficult. at the present time or not, will not affect that question. If there Is any trouble, the War Department has every reason  to know that Gen. Wilcox is IneOmpe tent to cope with it, and it IS not ikel! to continue him longer in position oi such great responsibility. Gen. Will coxs administration like that of Gen. whom Gen. Crook succeeded on his first advent into this Territory, has been marked by gross nismanage- ment and misrepresentation, and all are pleased that the end iS so near.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
From Mistre,. lo ChsmbermaId.

At the Atlas Hotel, on ROckoway Beach, 1t Is said cOmely woman of about forty years Is employed, whose
 history is highly romantic. A writer to Ihr Albany Press states that her maiden uame was Van Buren, and that she was born in SchOdack, Rensselaer, county. President Van Buren was brother of her grandfather, and other relatives were of favored ancestry. While recely- ing an education ut the Willard Semi nary she became infatuated with man named Elliott, who m sh married des pite her parents pI otest. With Elliott she removed to California. There her husband, who had considerable money engaged in stock speculations, and with such dazzling success that Mrs. Elliott participated. Each investment yielded golden returns, and the Elliotts soon became noted for their princely hospi- tality, elegant residence, horses, car riages. and other manifold comforts of the wealthy. As usual in such cases, there was n sudden turn of fortunes weel. Mir. Elliott came ont of one min ing speculation with SiO,OO0 less then when he entered. Other losses followed, and to meet the demand of creditors, real estate, horses, diamonds, and even costly clothes were fruitlessly sacrificed. The victim of stocks was taken i'll and died Mrs Elliot proceeded to New York, which she reached in destitute circumstances. This was two years ago, and since then she has eked out an existence as best she could Relatives have offered her home, but her proud spirit refused the shelter. Last week she was employed ss ehambermaia at the Atlas Hotel, wher- in calico wrap per, gingham apron, and white cap, she appeared as contented as when rolling in wealth on the Pacific Slope. A New York merchant, acquainted with her his- tory offered hls hand in marriage. She refused on the ground that she mad deathbed promise tO her unfortunate husband that she would never marry again.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30
HE couRrER,s ENDORSEMENT

The failure of Delegate Oury to fur nish this Territory with relief from the Yavapai frauds occasions great re- joicing in Ysvapai. The Courier en- thuses after the following fashion:
 Hon. G. H. Oury, delegate in Con- gress from this Territory, has shown his good sense and fairness by having paid little or no attention to those howlIng dervishes of Tucson, who have been implOring him 10 have Congress inter- fere in the local affairs of this Territory. Republicans of the south who proffered their votes 10 Oury II he would do in justice to the northern part of the Ter ritory, must now feel the meannes of their position, while secretly pondering over the correct principles that have d. ways guided and controlled the actions of G. H. Oury. No sane man believes he could have coa1ed Congress to pass the CIFIZR>'s bill; but had he been embued with the sectional preiudices oi the rule or ruin Republicans of Tucson, he might have tired the dodge. That he did not do 30 Is greatly tO his credit, and commends him, more than ever be fore, to the people of Northern Arizona Good for you, MT. Oury. You have proved 10 the people of the Territory that you are not Tn Congress to sustaI Tucson and do injustIce tO the re. msinder of the Te ritory. The fact is, there are people in Tucson who wou'C sacrifice the whole Territory in order [, advance their O yn ambitions.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

Now the Council should appoint the Fire Commissioners, as proposed by tho fire company. The names they proposed for that commission were c. M. Strauss, ". c. Davis and Move Wicks. These gentlemen can be trusted with the inter- est, of the c1ty in this matter. They will not act hastily and injudiciously in the matter, but will seek to do what is for the best.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

Holbrook. on the A. < P. R. R.. bids far to become quite an important place. Seven or eight new buildings are being put up. and town lots are selling at fancy 6Cures. The place is surrounded by a good agricultural and grazing country. and is already quite an important ship ping point,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-30

THE Prescott Miner says Captain
 Eagan has charge of the Peck mine, mill, etc" As one of the dear people who have for several years being paying the Captain a handsome salary for hir''iY ornin,ltIl 5erglce, we w0Ild
 Mex asl r ns has .5ssl detailed by liks Mg Department to superintend the the E,actter r. sa, We would ask what Pe,k mineA. Government has in the interest the N-,a Wlne, and if the net aforesaid Peck H-lnst six horses 2alled to proceeds Of tbe mine wln bc uphis rancl the liquidation of the national debt or to line the pockets of Captain Esgan, ei al ? This Captain by the way 1t will be remembered was the party who last year attempted to stifle the criticism of the press upon military matters. We wish to say to the Secretary of War that it IS the presence of such men, in an official capacity, that brings the War Depart ment and the administration generally into disrepute in the Territory.