Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
Notes Of the Day.

A | U dred dollars Is mentioned as the sun one lady carried home as her earnings ! from the races recently. In Anne's and y in Tn Georges time ladies won and lost heavily at cards, another now fashion. . able excitement. I could tell many a tale of the favOrite game of poker If 1 . would, but l will not. Society is jus. ? now suffering from the renaissance O, gambling"
 5 There are about j4000OO0 people iu , this country, snd the number Of stamp, , stamped envelopes, and postal cards sold to the public lass year was l,S6l, ,6S9, ,699. or only 3iis to each per son. That seems small allowance, but the babes must be counted ont, and
 even then we have only aboot one lel., F
 or postal card io Ere ttavr sa-fae vaouia of the writing age. When is is con
 sidered what vast number of letters.
 circulars, and postal cards are sent by a comparatively small number of busi
 ness men, It will appear that large
 proportion of the population still make
 no use of the postal facilities.
 Nothing Is more discou-acing than
 the inability of people Co diEcuminate
 between sound stocks ari worthless
 one" says a financial writer. IL may
 be dlscouraging, but It is not surprising
 Suppose a man does know & worthless
 stock, how can he fail to know at thC | same time that a sound stock is worth
 less-much less-than when Ee bought It? As one is worthless and the other is
 worth less, the inability of the people Go
 discriminate should be excused.
 Last spring W. C. Eyeleth, of W.s- ! Batavia, N. Y, refused or neglected to
 pay his schOoltaX, which amounted to 46 ! cents. The collector thereup9n ievIed on and sold a pair of Mir. Eveleth's boots, which brought S8 cents. The col lectOr did not pay Mr. Eveleth the 42 cents difference, and the latter accord Ingly brought suit for the amount. The matter came up for trial a few days ago, but was settled by the defendant paying the plaintiff the sum demanded. A case Of dye-pOlsuning or leprosy IS | | reported from Shepherdsville, Ky, me | victim dying a terrible death. George | Menlfee, cOl0red, who was the victim. | purchased, recently, colorCd shirt, dyed | red and green, and worked in it. His body began itching, and his wife bsthed 1 him with mackerel brine. but be contin- ued Co grow worse, the flesh sl1ugEinE oil his back and arms, and a life passed | finally from earth mound Of living | corruption.
 A Chinese hlghbiuder wGs arrested at 1 Sacramento, Cal, last week on suspicion ! that he WAS carrying concealed weap- | ons. His body was completely incased | m an srmor made by tying together | "blotters," or books of soft paper. There were fifteen of these abOut one | inch thick, making a solid armor, and I over them all were heavy linen wrap | pings In his blouse pocket he had a | large revolver and a big Chinese knife.
 Stephen M. Meredith, young lawyer | of Reading, Pa., who disappeared for | time under some discOuraging circum- stances, has returned home and vOlun- tBrlly subscribed to an oath before an | alderman that he will never again play | at any game of cards or billiards, either | for pleasure or gain, or participate, directly or indirectly, in any form of gambling.
 Eighteen years ago two brothers named OnIncy and Marcus Reed, Fesld money and United @tats bonds amount l ing tO S10,0O0 stolen from them. Thurs day of last week vorkmeu making re- pairs upon the dwelling house of Daniel Reed, another brother, found 5000 in bonds, which were identified as @ pat of the stolen property.
 Mrs. Johanna LiDr, of Narysyille, Ky, recently celebrated her lOOth birth day. She born Tn kerchLeIm, South Germany, in 11S}; La- five children, | nineteen grandchildren, and twenty-five eat-grand-children. Her mental fac ulties are good, and she IS nn interest ing and fluent talker. She held levee l and many citizens called to pay their re- spects.
 Anybody who watches the south western sky Gfter sunset will zee brIi- liant star Uleamiug in tie twilight very near to the point of the horizon where the sun disappeared. It K tine planet l Venus and this Is her first evening ap- pearance before the public since she l made her most famous transit across the sun two year ago.
 In the sink-hole on the West Shore road, between Savannah and Clyde, N | 1.. fish without eyes have been taken from the Assures caused by the upleav ing of the ground. A shor. distance from the hole is what is known as Crusoe lake, the bottom of which cannot be found.
 The centrifugal process of making butter is becoming quite popular. \ machine now m use in Chester county, Penn, has a capacity of about on thou sand pounds of milk per hour, and IS run by water power at a speed Of nearly two thousand revolutions in one min ute.
 A New Haven, Conn, jeweler has re- eeived an order for a watch from kIng kslakaua, uf the Sandwich islands. it k to be a massive gold chroUOgraph timepiece Of elaborate design and finish, with stop attachment and three dials, and recording the fractions Of the sec onds
 The health commissioner of Brooklyn has forbidden the use ot the antisePtlcs called rex-magnus and Venetian red. The former Is composed Jf b0raic acid. Numerous instances are gwen by the Brooklyn papers of seUous and deadly effects from its use.
 Refractory youngsters who are brought into Judge IhOmpson's court at Louis vile, Ky, are sentenced 10 a whipping by tbe judge, the father or mother, whO- ever fl might be that makes he com plaint, being the one who administers the lash.
 There is one thing that the practical jOke-player should remember when be puts his foot on the scale, and makes hIs friend think he has gained twenty l pounds or more; be gives the pubic an exact knowledge of tne weight of his pedestals.
 While riding across a field near fus- cumbis, Alabama, the ground cayed III nine or ten feet under George Marshall. The sudden impulse threw George safely forward on solid ground, ont the horse was buried and died.
 The Mexican feast. Nuest-o Souora de Guadalupe, com neuccd recently in IT Paso del Norte. Chihuahua, with church | going, cock fighting. and extensive ar rangements for bull fighting. It con- tinues until December 2j:h.
 A Seymour, Connecticut, woman has just paid ; cents fare and 8 cents inter- est as conscience money for @ ride on the Naugatucs road thirty years ago, when her change was cents short.
 The Maine rivers have frozen up 20 as to close navigation. the lakes and ponds are solid, and they have good sleighing ID the northern part of the state.
 The city board of Huntsville, Ale. has made 1t an Offense of from g. to S3g to play ct what is known as "crack-a-lOO' in public place.
 James Collins, aged 21. an indigent funafse aF frro-- Na~- Vo-r- I'd nhrrz r7u1or l