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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

learn that ihe pumps will, without fail, start within ten days, until which time we reserve a more extended comment upon this magnificent property. Luck Sure.-Work of sinking shaft | No. ? to depth of POO feet has con- menced, and no ore will be taken out until that depth Is reached: the shaft is now down 70 feet.
 Empire.-The new shaft is now down about 1l3 feet. Monday a new whim will.be put in place, after which sinking | will be proceeded with until a depth of POO feet Is reached. At the 12j foot level drift will be run. Prospecting Tn the old workings Is going on with the usual success.
 Fortunate.-While doing assessment work on this little fractional claim, which lice between the Empire, Tran quility and GoOdenOugh, a body of very high grade ore was struck IL is being sacked for immediate shipment to the mill. The new strike demonstrates the fact that there are many ore bodies in that vicinity which have not yet been discovered.
 Little WOnder.-A new shaft has been started on the ground of this corpora ton about fifty feet northeast of the old workings. At present it is down about fifteen feet.
 Stouewall Work has been resumed shis mine and a good grade or ere IS being taken Out. The company's mill IS at present running partly on ore BOW produced and partly on tailings.
 Girsrd.-As we expected, the original owners have, during the last week, re- deemed the mine, and a small force of men are pursuing the prospecting con- menced some time since.
 Old Guard.-Is still worked with good success, and some very fine ore is pro- duced which will shortly be shipped tO the Boston mIll.
 Prompter- The machinery IS on the the ground for the hOisting works, and the miilIrIghts are erecting the gallows frame and building over shaft Ne. ,. It Is expected that the hoist will be in run ming order by the tenth of the month l Drifting on the 100-fOot level in shaft ! No. l, is going ahead with good results, ! as the ore dump shows.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

| Ho1se-At F o'clock clerk McPher-
 son rapped the house to order and pro ceeded to call the roll. Roll call dis closed 316 members. Nominations for speaker being in order. Geddes said: II
 nominate for speaker of this house of l the 18th congress, Carlisle, man &C.,
 knowledged as preeminently qualified
 to fill the place.
 Cameron presented the name of keiter and Lyman nominated Robinson of Massachusetts.
 Morrison, Tucker, Reed and Calkins
 were appointed telleFs.
 The clerk proceeded to call the roll
 which resulted as follows: Carlisle, ISl; Keller, 1l2: Robinson, 2, (James and Lyman);J J. $ Wise, l. (Yorkl; Wsds- worth, l, (Ochlltreel; Lacy, Mich, l, (White of Kentucky
 WAsHISGToN, Dec. 3.-A special says: "It is stated that last summer Henry V. Poor, compiler of the Railway Manual, became satisfied that the Northern Pa cific railway company was cancellIng
 large floating indebtedness, and that the stock must suffer heavy decline. He formed a syndicate and sold stock short to the amount of 10000 shares. The .tock was above so and went below 40. The profits were about S2,O00,OOO.
 CHIcAGo, Dec. 3.-The Tribune spe- cial from New York of December lst says: The shareholders of the Postal Telegraph Company to-day recorded a sale of their property to the Postal Tel egraph and Gable Company. One ot the first things to be done will be the election of Mckay as president. Vice President Cummings states to-day that he r. stal wires would be in operation as fer west as St. Louis by January lst. Two new Atlantic cables are expected to be laid and ready for use on January lst
 CmcAGo, Dec. 3.-A special from New York states that Samuel J. Tilden has for years contemplated donating this large library to the city and he has per fected arrangements for the transfer. Under his will, Gramercy Park House and his splendid library collection will be left in trust to the city for Q pubic library. His books and engravlngs are worth nearly Sl00,0OO composing the most e1ten7Ive private library Tn the country. The property with its con- tents is worth S1,0O0,OOO.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Senstor Anthony is slowly improving, no doubt is e1- pressed of his recovery. He will soon be able to leave for Washington.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-After the clerk 1 declared Carlisle elected, Randall and | Keller escorted that gentleman to the | chair. Their entrance into the chamber | was the signal for loud applause. The | oath of office was then administered.
 KASsAs CITY, Dec. 3-The case of Frank James, charged with the Blue | Cut train robbery in 1881, comes up in | tue criminal court tomorrow. It IS con- sIdered likely that the defense will ask | that the trial be deferred till early next | month. James, to all appearances, IS | nearly in his usual health.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 3-The Presidents | will not be delivered to-day.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

SINCE through connection with east ern markets has been made by rail, many of the merchants of this city have found il advantageous to purchase certain lines of goods ID the east. This change has been wrought slowly and is still eIpen- mental. The high prices of stapla goods in California permit better profit upon eastern goods, even considering the greater distance of carriage. The cream ries of the western states are now called upon for much Of the supply of cheese and butter consumed here, and Kansas eggs are dally received. Ore strange feature of eastern trade IS the fact that New Orleans dealers are offer ing choice California wines, brought by sail around the horn, at rates that will lay down the goods in Tucson cheaper than by direct purchase in California The eastern merchant IS content with a margin of profit that the western deal CTS would refuse to accept, and their rates are tempting to he provincial re- taller. In time, when the natural pro duets of Arizona shall require long trains to tran~port them to the great centers of commerce, it IS but reasonable to eypect that they will return laden with such articles as our necessities re- ,uire us to import, and more intimate commercial relations spring up ID that direct,on th n hss heretofore existed vi h the nsrts of California
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
THE AYERS MILL COMPANY.

The Journal very carelessly quotes an article. most of which appeared in its own columns a few days ago, signed "J. J.G," and gives the CITIZEN credit fort. The CITIZEN simply quoted the passage referred to, and accredited it to the Journal. After quoting the passage tae Journal then goes on to analyze it's own correspondents letter, and "re- spectfully asks the CITIZEN to furnish that office with the report of the timber agent to the commissioner, in which he claims to have found that this company Ayers * Co. is devastating government land Of timber" The Journal has De- culiar ideas as to the power of the CITr- ZEN 10 furnish that office with reports of timber agents which are made to the .be comniss.oner Of the land office.
 NJ one doubts the right of Ayers & Co Ia cut timber from land they have contracted from the railroad company. The CITIZEN has never raised that ques- ,iou. But it did call the attention of tEe commissioner to the fact that gov e,umeut land lying adjacent to land claimed hy Ayers x Co. was being stripped of timber. The information up1a which that article was based was obtained from John Puterbaugh. timber agent, vho made investigation before Mir. Cha iwic> visited the ground. But that vas not all Mir. Puterbaugh told the writer in relation to the work of Ayers E Co. He Stated that they looked upon aim as one who had no rights there, and instead of assisting him in arriving gt the facts, they were disposed 10 cover up all knowledge Of section lines, and prevent an investigation. The Journal may be able 10 obtain b copy of Mir Puterbaugh's report by writing to the commissioner of the Land Office.
 !. Ayers S Go, have been cutting government timber. they should be made to pay for 1t. If they have not, then they -hou'd be exonorated of the charge.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
Timher.Iand Trespas.er..

A Washington dispatch says: Secret ary Teller has rendered the following decision in a case recently reported to the general land office from Washington Territory, in which one Baird was ac cused of trespassing and cutting timber unlawfully on public lands. The accused, although a squatter, is rightfully on this land, if he intends 10 make his home on it and take 1t under the settlement laws when the land is surveyed and be is al- lowed to do so. Whether be is or is not a trespasser, does not depend on how many trees he has cut, but on the bona fde character of his settlement. If he has taken the land in good faith he is the owner thereof to all practical pur- poses, although the title may remain ID the government. Ii is better that the government occasionally suffer by the loss of timber cut on pretended home stead and preemption claims than that the settler be embarrassed in bis efforts to secure the benefits of the liberal laws passed for the express purpose of in- ducing people to go on public lands and make themselves homes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
THE INTELLIGENT JURY.

The Judge called his deputy. lynx-eyed and wiry. And gave him something they call -Yenire And told him to search all the streets and tho And crossroads. and eos-paths, and alie5s. and
 by-Ways. And catch all the citizens thus ia a measure. Whose minds were intent upon business or pleas To take no excuse and make no deductions. And well he obeyec his high honOr's instruc-
 tiOns. They came in a crowd. with rush and scran-
 bic, Like innocent sheep driven up to tho shauible; Some fat and some lean. and some cross snd The proud and the meek, merry. mad. nslan-
 choly; There were high heads, ard low heads and weak
 heads and sound heasla There were bullet heads. biE heads. and small
 heads. anu round heads. There were fiat heae $, spreAd our with reckless Ina, Luise, out in front ike the bays of a man
 sion. There were bald heads. and heads with the hair
 all a-tangle, Ani heads that sloped with 457 sng'e; There were men of a lofty, and lONly condition. some white and come Of quite 6 'prevlous con- So they st.od up a dozen from various lands. Ant ordered them quickly to throw up their
 hands; And then with a cruel and bloodthirsty glare Ills honor scOvled at them and made them all
 swear, Nhlch they dlu Witn Q VIII, and The lawyers vent
 through them And divers couundrums propOuEded unto them. Asked if they were guilty Gf any such cEpers ot aaylng opInions or rsaei i no ii- ri. 5.ss ur showed any 4neasurai8l lu1EEtsut q seeming Above an imported bab oli or q u1onil..v An OI, a pIg or a mule or a donkey. Proceeded Co bOunca him and tToUure him and
 taunt him: Didn't suit, wouldn't do wouldu', have. didn't
 want him To sit on that high respectable jury Unless he were born m the St4ts cf Missouri Or some other savage uncivliiza1 region. Remote from refinement. reform and rehEiou And that like scared retches by road agents
 plUndered They went through and bullied and badgered
 hundred. And when the whole lot had been carefully
 Ehagen And winnoved, the balance were cheefully
 taken. And the lawyers fell to. on each other with fury And that's how they get an intelligent jury."
 Albert F. hercheVaS
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
NOT ONE LEFTTO TELL HISTORY
Five Young Men rom Kansas Die Of Vel
 low Fever in sonora.

The fearful ravages of the 7 low fe- yer in Sonora during the past season have been reported in divers and many ways. Those who have interests there invariably draw 1t mild, while others who are simply sojourning there or passing trough the c untry tell dole ful stories of the ravages of the dreadful disease. The following extract from a private letter from Der Taylor Co a friend in thIs city, shows "how like a destroying an -el" it has been in some instances:
 "I went up to Nogales to-day to find out for certain about Joe Priestly. Some time ago he started from Hermo- sillo to Mszatlan with four partners. Before reaching there he buried every one of them, all havinl died of the fe yer. He returned to Nogale one week ago Thursday with the intention of go- ing home the next day; Inc heard of a ticket at MagdaleDa to Kansas City at a reduced rate, SO on Sat rday he went down there to buy it.. He came back to Nogales on Sunday, was taken sick that day with yellow fever, Tuezday he took the black vomit and on Thursday died. He had a number of friends in Nogale- who gave him a respectable burial. Dr. Pinkham, the attending physician, says he would have died even f he had reached Kansas, his system was SD satu- rated with the disease"
 The young men referred to were from Lawrence, Kansas. and were seeking their fortune in our sister republic. The sequel of their adventure is ssd one, and will not be calculated to encourage other young men from that state to come to Mexico in search of fortunes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
A Sisters Hospital.

Epitaph: For some time past the Catholic sisters of Tucson have had in contemplation the starting of hospital in this cIty With this object in view our city was visited on Thursday last by the Right Rev. Mother Agatha, of St. Louis, who is the general superintend- ent of no less than sixty hospitals in the United States, Mother Gonzsga and Sister Immaculate of Tucson. During their visit they have been diligently en- gagged in the furtherance of the object mentioned. and it is learned, have about concluded to purchase the old school building or Fourth street for that pur- pose. This building is said to be large enough for present uses. and can be en- larged as occasion requires. The Sisters return to Tucson this morning.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

LATE dispatches from St. Petersburg confirm the report that Russia is to have A constitutional form of government The charter, it is said, Is to contain an organization more adapted with the spirit of the age, wherein, though the principle Of aristocracy IS maintained possibility k gwen to prominent per sons, as representatives of the people, to mediate between the latter and the crown as advisors of the government. These reforms are granted ID order to do justice to the universal desires of the people It is to be hoped ihe constItu- tion will be drafted, and that it may be sufficiently liberal to benefit the lower classes, and raise them out Of their present deplorable condition, winch IS worse :hsn slavery ever WAS m this country
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

THE masons have ceased work on the Washington monument for the winter, at height Of flo feet. It IS said To be the highest artificial structure on this continent. It is now almost the exact night of the cathedral at Antwerp. The highest 5ell-tower ID the w"rld, the Campauile of St. Marks at Venice, IS nearly 100 feet lower than the prensent shaft of the monument or the few works of man which can still look down on the unfinished trunk of the monu- ment are the two tall chimneys oi manufacturing works of Glasgow, one ij0 and the other 460 feet high; the great pyramids Of Cheops, now 45J feet tlgh: Sl. Peters at Rome, 455, and the Gothic cathedral at Amiens, 42z WbeT completed It will be 55Ofeet high and tower above all the created works of man.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
ALFONSO 10 FRANCE.

Marshal Serrano, the new minister tC France, from Spain, in presenting hii credentials few days ago. said "KInG Alfonso desires me to express h1s sin cere wishes for the welfare and prosper fly of France and her president. He t convinced, as I am, of the advantages which will accrue to the two countries from R continuation of the good rela- tions winch united them for many years, and is satisfied that the more they show their mutual esteem and sympathy the greater will be the development of these friendly relations which are based on so many bonds of union. I will do my utmost" continued Serrano, ''to re- quire the confidence of King Alfonso by giving constant proofs of these senti- ments, which are those of the king, government, and nation
 President Grevy replied: "I receive with real pleasure the letters in which King Alfonso accredits the illustrious marshal who made for himself so great a military and political name. No one more than myself more sincerely desires the happiness of the king and the prosp- erity of the Spanish nation. Their com munity of origin and the identity of thelr national interests make France and Spain two sister nations which ought always to remaln united, with no thought of aggrandIzement of one to the detriment of the other. >They ought only be rivals in the peaceful arena of production. You will find here all the sympathy you may desire"
 This expression from the young King, shows that he has good advisers, who are not disposed to allow Alfonso to be carried away by the flattery of Germany through Prince Frederick, and King William.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

OS the 3lst of December, 1877, the bank of France and its branches held l.l63,6OOO 900 f. in gold, and S63,600,o00 f. in silver. On the 3lst of December in 1880 the amounts were 552. 100000 f. in gold and l,22l, ,S00OOO r. silver, and at this date the gold is still increasing. The loss of gold was 5252 per cent in three years, the gain m silver was 29.32 per cent. and the loss of both metals to- gether was 124S per cent. The fact that tue bank has been losing gold and gaining silver at this rate is certainly one of some significance. IL signifies that France is approaching silver mono metallIsm with considerable rapidIty. Ever since the great disturbance m the relative value of the two metals began, legal lender silver has succeeded in maintaining the gold standard. The urgency of the French government m forwarding the movement fO- a bl- metallic union was a pretty clear lndlca- tion that, in the opinion or French financiera, II would not be possible very much longer for Frauee, without the aid of other countries to maintain the gold standard. The fact that the bank was rapidly losing gold and gaining silver is not lost upon the Frenchmen nor do they regard it matter of m portance. The production of gold bull lion over the loss in the wear of gold coin, in the amount used in msnu
 factured goods is so slight, T indeed there is not a loss will not strengthen the "gold standard" men. The nations of the world may fight silver, but the! cannot put it down. It is the bash upon which the future financial system of the world must rest, and while 1t mal be cried down for time, 1t will eom' up, and evidently take its place at thu head of ihe list, as "A reserve or basis fol all financial operations.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

An amusing incident that occurred to Rev Frederick Baylis Allin, assistant rector of Trinity church, ID Boston, is called to mind by the number of we'd diugs that have occurred during the past week. A young couple called at bis residence to be united in marriage, and after the ceremony had been pro nOuuced the groom, taking @ coin from his vest pocket, handed it to Mr Allin and departed. When they had gone Mir. Allin looked at hIs fee and found it was a 5-cent piece. He lsughingly put i. in his pocket and thought no more about tt until about midnight. when the door bell was violently pulled, and on de scendiDg to learn who was his nocturnal visitor, he found the bridegroom cov- cred with blushes and full of apologies. He explained the amusing mistake and rewarded the clergyman most literally for ms services
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
Is Genius Hereditary

It has been shown by the researches of GaltOn, RibOt and others that law of heredity exists, and Is applicable to our psychological qualities. Without attempting to deny the operation of this law, It IS our intention here, believing that it's scope has been considerably magnihed, to endeavor to determine it's limits in particular directions. With this object, We shall conhne our inqmry to two points: Is 1t according to a good philosophical method to explain by he- redity alone all the most complex, most delicate and most considerable phenom- ena of human life, when we cau, with at least as much probability, briugIn other causes which, though they have been much neglected, are very perceptible and even more directly observable? And it IS true, as is assumed, that all the ex- captions to the law of heredity, even in the intellectual and moral order, are only apparent? We shall speak first of those curious facts concerning intellec- tuBl heredity, some of which, and those the most extraordinary ones, cannot be accounted for by any assignable cause. Other facts ID the category can equally well, perhaps better than by heredi.y.
  dlum, to education. to habit. to the moral and intellectual atmosphere in which the child lives, to tbe force Of the influences to which 1t IS subject. and to the examples that are set before it. We acknowledge that the medium cannot afford the explanation of genius and cannot create superior facilities; but it furnishes the opportunity for their man Hesitation, and reveals them where they exist. How many noble and high minds have been extinguished by uufavoFable circumstances and hostile mediumsi What an important part, on tho other hand, may have been played i1 the ex pansicn of superior minds in certain favored families, by the influence of ex- amples of the most delicate methods of investigation in questions of tue nat ural sciences, by habituation Go rigorous methods m the exact sciences! Who could in such cases separate what, m tho working of such different influences, IS attributable to education and what to heredity Popular Science Monthly for December.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

At the Japanese banquet in Boston the other day, in honor of the emperor birthday, one of the guests suggested that 1t would be a grand thing Co send a telegram of congratulations 10 his royal highness Mutsuhito Tenno. The idea seemed to take, and without waiting for 8 formal and definite expression the gentleman slipped ont and started the message on its tour to the antipOdes. When he returned and proposed an as- sessment, he found the ardOr of the others had cooled, and he was left with his share of the honor and The whole of the bill-S130.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
BALLADE OF THE DECLINING YEAR

The butterfly has left the lea.
 Where golden rods and asters blop No more the little honey bee
 Swings on the lily tO and fro. The leaflets now In scarlet slow.
 And from the poets iunermosr Recesses doth this songlet flow.
 There are DO quail on last year toast. No robin carols in the tree.
 The garden wears the weeds of woe And OCT the cOrnheld circles free Ihst pirate of the air tho 7rov. And now the happy sch0olboys go Chestuuttiug in a merry host; Sad is the hazy sfterglOw;
 There gre no quail on last years toast Upon the lonely shore the sec
 The LIvelong day ls mOani low. Where. meath a sIikeu canopy,
 We once saw soft eyes softer STOW. Where are they-Mau L0uise and Jo-- We met upon the Jersey cua-ts Those days again wei never know There are ne quail on last years toast.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

ANOTHER princess is to be made of an American girl. Miss Maud Goddard, daughter of Leonard Goddard, o' New York, is to be married to Prime Ponia- tOwski Tn Paris next spring. We imag- inc the princely honor iE this case is rather an empty one, and that Miss Maud had better marry some one nearer home, if she has any idea of enjoying her present life.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08

A NEW South Wales man is trying 10 raise the wind in an entirely new way. He has written to Shakespearean so- ciety in England, that for e30,00O he will reveal the real author of Shskespeare's plays and sonnets.