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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

mt Tbirty-five operators did not desert ! from tbe New York office. General ! Fekert did not resign. The Western ! Union directors did not disagree, and | last of all they would not confer and compromise. Comment upon the inevitable result IS unnecess .
 PHENIx, 4. T., August Tn the case of Tribolet, charged with c0nspiring to defraud the United States Government out of forty-eight thousand pounds of barley. the L. s. Court Commissioner held Tribolet to answer at the next term of the U. $. Court at this place, under 1 S2,OOO bonds. He secured the necessary bondsmen. Tarbel, a witness in the case against Tribolet, was to-day placed under the same charge as Tribolet, and is being examined to-day before the U. $. Court Commissioners.
 MORALES, 4. T., August 7.-The heay- fest rain of the season occurred last night here and along the Sonora rail way to Guaymas. Twenty five feet Of bridge was washed away, with consider able track, out of the line near Torres, Mexico. Two bridges were washed away and the track was considerably damaged between Puerto and Querro- babi, Mexico. The extent of the damage is not known at 2 a. m.
 The items m the Star of the 3rd inst, abou, Shepard's picnic Is an absurdity about the Apache hostiles, none having been within 200 miles of here since your correspondent arrived.
 SAs FRANCISCO, August z-Chinese consul Bee speaking of the smuggling of Chinese across the British Columbia boundary into Washington Territory characterized it as another disguised scheme on the part of white men to divert the attention of the authorities from opium smuggling, which he Is of the opinion is being largely carried on in that section.
 The Eighth Great Sun session of the great Council of the California Improv- ed Order of Red Men, opened this morning Tn this city. The attendance is large. At ten o'clock, the Council was called together by Charles E. Spencer, of Sacramento, Grand Sachem, and at once proceeded to business.
 Information received yesterday shows that for over a year past large shipments of ammunition for the Chinese Govern ment have been secretly made through thIs port. IL IS stated that two hundred and forty thousand rifles and twenty five million cartridges have been for warded here to Shanghai during the past eighteen months. Each steamer leaving for China has on board from 5OO to 1000 bales of heavy cotton duck, used by the Chinese for making soldiers tents. These and shipments of other materials show that the Chinese have been quIetly preparing for the trouble with France.
 The Carson footprints, about which SO much has been said both in this coun- try and in Europe, were last evening in the Academy of Sciences pronounced by Dr. Hardness to be nothing more than prints of a big footed man. Hardness was one of the first who promulgated the theory of their being the imprint Of some huge quadruped, but later and more careful examination of the subject has convinced him of his error.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

TIE Surgeon General of the Marine
 Hospital Service Is kept very busy these
 days look ing after vessels likely to bring
 yellow fever and cholera to our shores. Thus Tar incoming vessels from Vera cruz kaye been strictly quarantined.
 The National Board of Health, which has proven itself so efficient m the man. agement Of epidemic diseases, during the past four years, has expired by the limitation Of the law which created 1t. While its authority for tune was un- popular in certain sections in the south owing to its beng paramount, to state and corporate boards of health, yet all sections are now convinced of its sup eri0rity over all other systems. It IS to be hoped that the next congress will re- enact the law, establishing a National Board of Health. With such system, t Is believed that the country will have little to fear from epidemic diseases, as its means of controlling the landing of vessels from foreign ports would be so perfect, that 1t would be almost ImpOs- sible for them to reach our shores ex- cept by authority of the National Board oi Health. This it IS claimed, cannot be attained by state or local authorities besides the local authorities have not sl- ways the means at their command to put the law in force, and as the question Of contagious diseases of national m po-tance, the nation should attend to It.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

SARATOGA in ancient days was place where people were in the habit of going to quench their thirst and grow fat from the rejuvenating properties If the chaly- beate springs. Later on people went there to see and be seen. Then parents sought the springs as a market for their daughters and worthless sons. Then they made it grand flirting resort Now it is a place where horse jockeys resort for racing, and where politicians and others meet to talk over the situa- ton. People are now getting .oo cold blooded to fall in love at the springs, so if has fallen into bad repute among mothers who have an eye to business and no time to fool away. tis only the rich don't-care-a-d-n kind of people who now fill the great hotels at Saratoga who never drink water, but who manage to weather 1t through on bTandy,whlsky, wine and beer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11
Steve HoIeomb Reformed.

The freQuent passer on the south side of Jefferson, between Fourth and Fifth streets, Louisville, Kentucky, has mo- ticed 6 man who Is usually standing in front of the Gospel Mission rooms. He is tall, thin and with form that IS just beginning to stOOp under the weight of years. He Is Steve HolcOmb, at one time a noted gambler, but now Jealous city missionary. He gave history of hIs life, the other day, with a simplicity which left no doubt of the genuIneness of his feelings
 q was born in this city, in 1885, and have spent the most of my life here ever since, though I lived many years ln Nashville and other cities in the South. I was a born gambler. My reputation got to be pretty bad in this respect, and when I wanted to marry, which l did m my twenty-frst year, l had to run away with my wife. We went to Nashville, and the war breaking out at this tune l quit work and became a protessio onal gambler. I had good run of luck m very short time, and made a great deal Of money, though never able to Rccumu- late more than a few thousand dollars at q time. The reason for this was because faro had such fascination for me that l was continually playing against the bank"
 "Did you ever learn system that would always vln the gameY
 "Yes; l met a man once who had stud jed out a systhem which beat me. There was q ring of us there. all good players. But a mar named Buchanan came up from some place m the South, who beat every one of us. He won all the money 1 had, about S4,0OO or So,OOO. in two Or three nights, and dld the same thing with all the others. watched him closely, but l couldn't see his trick, though l knew he had one. At last went to him and told him that 1T he would tell me hls system We would travel together, and, as l had very large acquaintenance all over the south, We would make fortune easily. Buch- anan was rather green, and the Idea struck him fayorably, so we became partners. We travelled together good deal and won pile of money.
 II came back to Louisville after that I took an interest Tn two games. We made money fast, and I was well to do when l was converted and quit gamb- ling. Rev. Bruce Alexander, now living
  wanted to rent a house owned at ship pingport. Learning that he was preacher, I remarked that there wasn't much difference between us, as l was gambler. He remarked that he hoped the meeting would be profitable to us ln more senses than one. His words im- pressed me, and 1 went to hear him preach, and from that day I was a changed man. I gave up my interest III the two games l was running and sent word to my partners that l intended quitting the business for life.
 At the end of that time, which was two years ago, 1 was approached by Brother Morris, who said the church would support me if I would come here and take charge of the mission. It was just what l wanted and l came, and l am now trying my best to do some good"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

TIE state of Illinols pays more reVe- me tax than any other state in the Union. It pays nearly ten million more than New York; more than Ohio and Pennsylvania put together; more than Kentuckey and Missouri combined. More than Indiana, New Jersey, Nlr- glnia, Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota, and more than all other southern states and territories. including the New England states, Michigan, California, Oregon and Nevada. Illinois is a wonderful state in more ways than one, and m the course of time will be the first ID population and wealth. Its 5o,Ouu square miles possess a richer soil than any other similar spot of ground in the world. It produces more gram than the British Isles; more than France or Germany; more than Egypt, Persia and Greece. Yet it is but one Of the oc states of this Union. and Iowa and Ms ouri are but little behind Illinois ID productiveness.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11
Anecdnie. nr Iener.nn

My recollection of Mir. Jefferson, says an old gentleman of Virginia, is yIvid as l knew him well, and often visited c- Monticello. He was the haudsOmest man | ever saw, as straight as an arrow, very dignified and courteous m his m.u- ners to all A superb rider, he exercised himself on horseback til the last year Of hjs life. The University ot Nirgluia was hi- pet scheme, and be Vas vrIy proud of it as being his own achieve ment. At it's first session I entered as student, and Mir. Jefferson wEs always pleased to have us students at LIs table Upon these Occasi1Hs Wo were generally
 sated around the table, when Mr. Jeff arson would enter and walk straight Co ID adjoining side table specially prercf- d for him, and upon which were placed two lighted candles and a smull vial by hs plate He would then say: My daughter, | perceive there are several young gentlemen at the table, but | d1 not see well enough Co distinguish who they ar,, SO you must tell me idulI names WhereupOn his daughter would lead him up Co each young gentleman, who would in turn rise, when 1lr. Jetier- son would shake hands and pass pleas
 
 repast,as his own hand WIS too trembling his daughter would pour from the Hgtic vial into q tumbler a few drops of med icine to produce slumber in case be should be wakeful. and then ha would ake up the tumbler and "a candle, make a stately bow to the assemblGce, and re- -ire to his bedroom He always had company at his house, and observed Ca, French hours for meals.
 There was greater fear of, but les faith in, Jefferson than his relative eN- libited, among the Northern EederaliS;-. who firmly believed that Le was htt.. better than Antichrist. \ story Illustra- rive of the state of feeling vIth regard to the French Party IS related of pI0ua old Federalist lady who lived in town ID Connecticut It Was believed in her neighborhOod that if the FederaIsts were overthrown, and the Jefferson dem Ocrats came into power, the Christian religion would be put down and atheism proclaimed, and among the first perse. cutiOns would be the destruction of ar the bibles. The lady referred to war cast about ID u-i r--af fhI- prospect. and preserve the scriptures m EA= Geur-s.- destruction. At length ir occurred t1 her to go to Squire S, tine only dem- ocrat of her acquaintance, and fl-"". herself upOu bIs mercy. Sue BCCUrdlu-- Iy took her family bible to him, and teii- ing him that she had heard uf the lnter- rion of the JoffersOnians, asked hlm Go keep it for her. The squire attempted to persuade her that her leals were grOundless, but she was foo pauic-s--lch- en to be convinced. At last be sand
 "Aly good woman, if all the bibles are Co be destroyed, what Is the use ot your bring yours to me ? That VIII uot save It when it is found.
 "Oh, yes" she pleaded, with a charm ing burst of trust. "You take It lt VIII be perfectly safe. They'll never thlnl of looking in the house of a democra. for bible" Editors Drawer, m liar per's Mag. for July.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11
FOREIGN.

ALEXANDRIA. August 5.-British sol- diers have died from the cholera to a total number of no.
 MADRID, August, 5.-Troops in the city of Badajose to the number of sever- al hundred, have pronounced for a re- publican government, with the cOnsti- tuition of 1869, and RaiZzoivilla for pres ident. Soldiers have been sent there.
 BERLIN, August 5.-German men-of war are ordered to limit their supplies of American pickled pork as to what IS necessary on home voyages.
 PANAMA, August 5-SInallpox and malignant fever are raging on the coast of Guatemala. Yellow fever IS playing havoc among the foreign residents of Callso, Peru.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

THERE is little doubt that the West ern Union will fight it out on the line It has adopted, if it takes all summer. The managers everywhere say so, and what they say may be considered as coming from headquarters. Gould, who IS one of the largest stockholders, says the same thing. The telegraphers cannot even get their places back as a whole, because many of them have been filled with others whom the company will not discharge to make room for the strikers. At best, as it now looks, only portion of the strikers will find employment with the Western Union, and they will have to go back, if at all, without short eninc of time or increase of wages. The strike has proven a failure, and none are more surprised at the result than the telegraphers, as they were firmly of the belief that the company could not gel along without them. They have found ont their mistake when 1t Is too late.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

Ex-SENAToB DORSEY, having been ac- quItted of the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, after a long and tedious trial, feels called upon to nitch into almost every prominent re- publican wuU ,s,,ll-v rU rIIs ieIts- and assist him in quashing the Indict- rnents against him. So great is NIT Dorsey in his own estimation that he seems to think his position should have shielded him from what he calls ''perse- cution." The people of the country look upon the trial of Mir. Dorsey and his associates as little less than farce ; and while a jury was found III Washing ton to acqult him of conspiracy, the peo- pie know that Brady, Dorsey and the entire crew of Star routers are bad set, and that they have detrsuded the postal service out of millions of dollars. This was made SO plain in the trial that no man outside of the "ring" pretends to say or believe anything to the contrary. Nr Dorsey is making a great mistake in airing himself before the country. A man who has been shown to be one of the most daring scoundrels in the coun- try had as well keep his mouth shut and quietly allow himself to pass out of the memory of men. What Mir. Dorsey has to say will go but for little with the peo- ,la They already know all they want to know about him, and his story oi grievances do not interest them in the least. Our advice to Mir. Dorsey is, tc settle down on his cattle ranch m New Mexico, if he has it left, and devote his time and energies to raising calves; and if he will attend strictly to business and endeavor to improve his stock, he may yet be accepted by the cowboys on term; of equality and good fellowship.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11
SOME HEAVY FAILURES.

During the past month, some very
 heavy failures occurred in the United
 States, but they were not confined 10
 any special branch of trade, and the
 causes which brought them about must
 be looked upon as local in character
 with the exception of one or two iron
 establishments. Iron offers such enorm-
 ous profits when the businets is good,
 that more capital is always invested in
 the business than will pay except dur
 ing periods of great prosperity There
 has been a great demand for steel rails
 during the past four years, so great that
 for time the manufactures could not
 supply the demand. This etate Of af-
 fairs encouraged the establishment of
 new mills throughout the eastern states,
 and now that the demand for steel rails
 is falling off, many of the steel and iron
 men fnd= no market for their wares. A
 number of works have closed down,
 throwing out thousands of laborers,
 while not few have failed outright.
 McGeach < O., one of the largest meat
 and lard dealers in Chicago failed for
 S3,000.000, and they have compromised
 O. -.,sled with thelr creditors for 50
 cents on the dollar. 4 large iron firm
 at Niles near Cleveland failed for abOut SI000,000, and it is said will pay little
 or nothing. But the most striking fail urs of the month, were in the last days of July when the great Boston leather
 house of Shaw Brothers failed for s.
 5O0,0OO and Charles W. Copeland & Co.,,
 shoe manufacturers for s1,500,000. The failure of Shaw Brothers was brought
 on by that of Copeland X O., who were indebted to the former Tn the sum of
 Si00,0O0. Nearly all the leather used in America, comes from the establishment of Shaw Brothers who maintained the largest tsnneries in the world The nominal assets of the company is S5.O0O,- 900. The firm does not expect to be able to pay in full. The cause of their fail ure Is directly traceable to the Pacific Bank ln Boston two years ago. Several boot and shoe houses were customers of that rotton concern at the time of its suspension, and had large sums deposit ed in it. They have received thus far but , per cent on their claims. Shaw & Brothers assumed the burdens of quite a number of thel- customers who were heavy losers, and they have never been l able to recover from it. They owned 1 over l,500,00O acres of hemlock timbered | lands in the United States and Canada, | and employed over l5,0O0 men. Forum atsly the assignee will continue the tan neries pending settlement so that the | men will not be thrown out of work at 1 lza-t for some tine to come. The Bos- l ton failure was followed by that | o' S,eadman k O., of New York, 1 ". V. Toler & O., Baltimore, and Hoff- | heimer S Son, Norfalk, Va, all shoe | dealers and closely connected with the l firm of Copeland < Co. These failures are serious, but 1t will be seen the cause 1 was not from want of prosperous trade but goes back to other causes, not Tn the | least connected with the shoe and leath- l CT business
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

IT Is about time that some of the so- called wage workers ceased talking about monopolies. The organic law of the Brotherhood of Telegraph Opera tors declares that "no member of the order shall instruct any person in the art of telegraphy until the local assem- bly of which he is a member shall have first granted permission, and then the person instructed must be brother, sister, son or daughter of the instruct or" Now if this is not a monopoly of the worst kind we are not capable of un- derstandiDg the meaning of the term. Fortunately for the people, the Brother hood does not possess all the smart young gentlemen and ladies m the country, and it is not certain that there will be any demand for the services ot their "brothers, sisters, sons and daugh- ters." It now looks very much es though somebody else's brothers, sisters, sons and daughters" will be instructed in the so-called art; it may not be done by the Brotherhood, but as there are thousands of inst as competent teachers outside oi that monopoly there will be no dearth of teachers
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11

ELSEWHERE we publish a letter from a citizen of Tombstone, which indicates rather lively interest in the local cleo tion of a school board. It appears that Rev. Father Gallagher, Catholic priest, took it upon himself to electioneer for a rlcket of his own. Such n course, whether by Catholic, Episcopalian, Methodist, Congregationalist or Baptist, IS contrary t. the spirit of our institu- tions. and should not be tolerated in any town or city in the land. The means for the support of our public school sys- tenn is supplied by the people, and not by any sect or creed. They pay the scool tax in most cases without mur- mur, because they believe 1t just tax, and one that If properly expended Will do more good than any other tax that could be levied. This would not be the case if sectarianism was introduced into our public school system. The very strongest feature of our free form ot government IS IOuuu III tA-t NNli''At 'at4'A' of the United States, and the laws in pursuance thereof, which recognize no rehglous creed or sect, but extends to all the same rights and privileges. The teaching of religion in our public schools is as much out of place as law or physics. The early bent of the youthful mind should be formed at home and by the parents, who are usually more interested in the future welfare of their children than all others. We are glad to see the people of Tombstone take this decided stand upon the school question. It in- dicates intelligence and a true concep- ton of the fundamental laws of the landr which they, by their votes. have declared must be carried out in detail. We have the best school system in the world Il
 kept free from sectarianism, but once Il
 falls into the lap of any church, sect or
 creed and it's usefulness Is destroyed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11


 THE s1-called English syndicate is stlI engaged in trying to get up boom ia confederate bonds. They expect to -gt ID about SlO0OO0,OOO of the bonds, winch they believe can be done by Sc clr.u. ca few leading man or the south .5 help them through" which they pro bose Co do with the small amount of 4-36ll. o7 about s2OO,O9O of our money They are even SO foolish as to talk about -li5 bribe money, and discuss the sub .-ct Is ;ulugu bribing was a legitimate business Iu this country and can be done openly. Their estimate of the in t5.G-eucs of the people of the south IS low indeed, # they think any man of character or prominence will farther the pr1isrt. and deliberately go to work buying up support. But it is hardly likely the average southerner will take tJ tbe English bond-holder with much warmth, as some of the states that are expected to farther the confederate bond, - for In-tance, Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee, are not inclined tn pay their legitimate debts. The average Englishman is cer- ta.nly very ignorant of affairs in this country if he expects them to mortgage their property for nothing. The people o' tbe South may not be as shrewd as tae yankees in managing their business, but they are a long way ahead of what ;le English put them down for. The Johnny Bulls who have bought up the confederate bonds will find than fully as valuable as a sand bank, unless the sand bank Is near some town, in which ease the sand bank would be most valu- able.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-11
The Boundary.

Lieutenant Thomas W. Symonds. of the engineer corps of the United States army, and who is in charge of the bound ary survey between the United States and Mexico, arrived in this city yester- day noon. The lieutenant was accom- panied by Frank Bennett, well known in this territory and chief of scouts for tbe department of New Mex'co. The lieutenant and his party arrived at Fort Huachuca last Saturday, after having completed the survey 300 niles west of El Paso, averaging about 30 miles a day. The party at present consist of l- cayalrymen, two Me-calero Apache scouts. two scouts, besides the gentle men before mentioned. Eight pack mules are at present used by the expedl' tion in transporting food, canning out it and other supplies.-Tombstone Epi- taph.
 Itvould seem that thirty miles day was rather fast work-tOo fast, in fact to be well done. As we understand it the object of the present survey was made necessary by the slipshod manner in which the original survey was made We trust the survey now being made by Lieutenant Symonds will not be another of the same kind as the first.