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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

THE Prescott Courier in referring to an au onymous letter to the Alta Califor- mia says: "The Alta correspondent evil dently knows whereof he writes, and the ITIzES,though hotly indignant, does not refuta in its columns single one of the charges brought against it." On the contrary the CITIZEN will state that there is no truth in the article. The CITIZEN is run by the writer and no one else, nor will he unless his interests pass into other hands, which is not at all likely at present. But what IS the use of making statements to @ journal whose editor has no idea Of doing justice to any one. and whose statements are not worth the paper. Consumed in their writing.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

LoBD LoRNE recently delivered an ad- dress in Birmingham, England, in which he particularly praised the salubrity Of the c.Inate and said the levers winch were too common in the United States were unknown within the the boundaries of the dominion. He !auded Canada B a fell for emigration, and eXpatiatei upon the marvellous progress made by varlous towns. He concluded by saying that the Canadian people are thoroughly devoted to thelr connection with the mother country; otherwise they would long ago have dis cardsi their allegiance. 0i which they are proud. With the Dominion of Canada and the Australian colonies in close relations, England need never fear her proud position in the world wall be shaken or questioned.
 MT L prne ID iy bs right as to the loyal ty ot the DJm.u5ol, bat be need not have gone out Of his way to tell of tie bad levers which rage n the States, but which are unknown in the D ,miaion. Nov the fact is, there is more pneumonia ID the Dominion than tLe @ is in The UuiJed States, ia proportion 70 the population, and is IS alm7stas fatal as the yellow fever Of the Southern States.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
FOREIGN.


 LONDON. Dac. l2.-Tha point 10 be raised IS that the jury ID the O'DJnnel case should have been composed of siy Brilsh subjects and SIX aliens. The American citiz=us of Irish birth or par. euture, residents 0f London are about Co wait upon Minister Lowell to urge his influence with the British govern. meut to obtain a respite for ODsnneu. even fl the proois of bis American citi. zenship do not arrive before the day of his execution. O'Donneu remains calm in demeanOr and pays marked at- tention to the priests vho visit him. Be seems prepared for the worst.
 MADRID. Dec. l2-The Ministerial Couuci. has approved the draft of the r0ya speech Co be delivered at the open ug of tLa CCrtes. l. B reported the speech announces an exteusion of suffrage to aI able to read and write and who pay taxes. The dispute with France in relation 10 the treatment of Alfonso in Paris has been satisfactorily ranged.
 DUBLIN, Dec. 12-At the close of the banquet Lord Mayor Dawson presented
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

IT seems as though the thieves and robbers of Cachise and Graham counties have determrned upon going to the full est Ieng, hs ia their daring and dev.iish schemes of robbery and murder. The outlaws who were discovered at Galey- vile and attacked by Deputy Marshal Sanders were known to have been there more than a week ago by nearly all the s1erifTs nd detectives iu this section of the country and why they were not captured is a mystery. Even the man with the ivory and pesrl-handled pistols Was described to the writer. and the lo- cation f the robbers deslgnated more than Q week ago. Deputy Marshal San ders made e. complete failure in his effort to capture the robbers and proved that be IS not an adept in the business m which he has engaged. ID the first place be had not sufficient force to un- dertake the capture of su,h desperate characters, and in the second place most of the men whom he had summoned to h-s assistance were wholly uDfitted for the work they were called upon to per form. Then again, as 1t was known that thy had established camp, it would have been much better to have attacked them at night. when there would have been less risk to run, aud greater probabilities of despatching or capturing the robbers. Such bungl.ng work as that of Marshal Sanders, at G4leyvilie, is calculated to encourage the rolbers rather than otherwise, and unless the officers of the law go prepared tu do their work thoroughly and well, they had better not go at all.
 The CTrIzzN admonished the SherIffs Of Cachise and Graham counties day or two ago, 70 do everything in their power to put down the robbers and thieves. and if they found they could not do it, to call on the government for assistance. The CITIZEN is still Of the opinion that such a course would be for tLe rest. EVerytnlng should be done ny the local authorities that can be, for the suppression ut these bandits, and If they find that they cannot put an end to the disyraceful scenes Of the past month, they should not hesitate 'o call for ss- sistlnce. The CITIZEN IS of the opinion that the best way of solving this robber question is to ask the President and Congress to put 100 or 900 rangers in New Mexico and Arizona whose duty 1t shall be to hunt down robbers and h. dia1s. Texas never succeeded in clear ing out the robbers and savages in that state until the rangers were sent out, and we fear We shall never have peace in tLe southeastern portion Of this terri tory until we follow the example set by Texas.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
TIE LAND LAWS.

There seems to be @ disposition to change the land laws during the present session of Congress, but whether it will result n an improvement over the present system, remains to be seen. Senator InFalls, of Kansas. has intro- duced three bills relating to the public lands. Mr. Ingalls, bills are designed to materially simplify the operations Of the General Land Office and change several important particulars in the methods of acquiring titles to public lands. The first bill provides for the repeal Of the pre-emption laws, but authorizes a second homestead entry by persons who, having made one home sead entry, have for any reason failed to perfect title, and who at the same tlme never made a filing under the pre- emptiou act. The second repeals the timber culture law, but permits title to be perfected in accordance with the provisions of that law upon all claims entered before the passage of the reFealipg act. The third and last Of the series proposes to amend the homestead net by prohibiting com mutation thereunderiuntiltwoyearshave elapsed from date of setslemenl-one year Of which must be Of record in the Land Office. II also repeals the pro- visions of the law under which local land officers are authorized to receive Tellnquishments, and immediately throw the claims oi the relinquished open to entry. Tn effect il requires all relin- quishments to be forwarded to tho Com missioner of the General Land Office, and approved by him before the land in question is thrown open to entry.
 The efsct of this series Of measures, # they become laws, will be to limit the amount oi the public land a single indi- v.dual enn secure to one claim Of I60 acres of land, and may he secured after two years actual residence thereon by paying Sl.25 per acre, or after five years residence for nothing. The provision iu respeettO reiinquishmsnts Is designed to put a stop to the practice of filing entries upon the public lands, and hold ing them for the purpose of selling the relInquiahments to incoming settlers. Under existing laws citizen may ob- tain three clums. one each under the none-tead, pre-emption and timber culture laws. He secures a timber culture clam without residence, and 10. purchase presumption and home stead claims after six months actual residence.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

IT said that 100 Ofrontiersmenin Chi huahua, with two Arizona scouts, have startei north to the Sierra Madre noun tains, armed to the teeth and otherwise well equipped to make war on the Apaches, with the view Of securing the reward tor scalps offered by the Gov ernur Of that state. This IS about the best move that has been made toward cleaning ont the Apaches in that coun- try, and fl the red devils cross over into Arizona 10 escape them We trust the line VII not interfere in their pursuit. Kill
 the scoundrels wherever they can be found That IS the way, and the only
 way, Co get rid of the Chricahua bucks.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

GENERAL CHANT is @ fourth owner of puate bank in New ' rk. The name ot tle fi-m is Grant E Ward; James b. Fish, Mir. Ward, Jesse Grant own the other tIres-iourths of the stock. Tie capital stock IS S4O0,OOO and the bank has prospered so well that i. has pad Urge dividends, besides the firm has SS0l,ul0in securities belongingto toit. Nlr Ward Is cashier and looks after the busi- ness of the bank.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
ERRORS OF JUDGMENT.

The American people are growing more independent as each year goes by. A generation ago we hardly dared ex- press an opinion on any question of art, science or literature without first find Ing out what the English thought about thera. Now, however, the people of the Uni.ed States have gained sufficient as sursnce to form opinions of their own and think for themselves. The people have learned that tine judgment of the best scholars IS not always the best, and that while man may know Black stone so well that he can repeat 1t word for word, yet he may prove failure as B lawyer, or judge on the bench. Beecher is a great preacher, yet who Is so foolish as to believe he knows more of the fu- ture state than the commonest one among us? We know that his judgment Is often at fault on worldly things, and it may be still further from the truth as to the future. Many great, good and honest men have passed opinions upon important questions that were worthless. Suc1 false opinions have been expressed in the past, are being expressed in our own time, and will be for all time to come Matthew Arnold, who IS now featuring throughout the United States, like many others has his own ideas of men and things, and does not hesitate to express them freely, but on many questions-though scholar who has read much, and contributed many valuable things to literature, his Opin- ions are not entitled to more consIdera- ton than many other men of common sense, who have read and have digested wha. they have read. NIT. Arnold in his lecture at Boston recently, told the peo- pie that MT Emerson was neither a poet nor philosopher. Yet there are many able men both fn this country and Europe, who occupy opinions exactly the reverse of that held by Mir. Arnold.
 But it seems to us that Mir. Arnold could do himself more credit by telling us something that he knows, instead of telling us what others dld not know. He should learn, if he does not already know it, that the people of this country are {. people of free thinkers-that is, a people who think for themselves-and form ideas and have convictions on im- portlnt questions, and while they are ready to listen to Englishmen, and give them respectful hearings, they accept whar they conceive to be good and cast aside that which does not meet with theiI approval no matter how dis tIngushed the authority may be, nor what country it came from.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
PUBLIC DOMAIN.


 There is much said just nov about the frauds that have been committed upon the land department. It is stated that frauds have been committed in the States of Michigan. Wisconsin, Missouri, California and Oregon, and many of the Territorles. The special agents en- ployed to look into these frauds, report having discovered eight hundred illegal snd fraudulent entries covering 123,030 acres. These agents have perhaps reported on this number ni eases, but when they come to investigate tLem, they vill find that many of them were made in good faiIh and not with any desire to defreud the government. IL is very easy nat ter to cry "wJlg' m mauy eases; but their work is all on one side, while the presmptors and homssteaders have had DO chance to tell their side of the story. No doubt there have been many fraud u.ent entries made, but they are lDsignl- fcant in comparison to the whole, and if errors are made by the land depart msnt. they had better be on the side of the poor man who seeks to enter few acres of land, instead CT the great cor porations who secure their thousands. We don't believe ia bearing down on the poor homesteader or pr5emptoT. Doe of these specIal agents recently stated to correspondent of the New York Tribune m Washington, that by far the most extensive frauds were found In the grazing countries, and that 'the practice 1n such old. territories ls New Mexico and Arizona Is iOlnd 10 be tha
 the cowboys arc broogls mp Tn squad- to the district land oticss to swear in melliflaous Spanish nsnss to aiilavl's that they have resided on the land for ten, tEalv,, or twenty years, when ID fact they may not have been In the ter ritory that many months or days; but they swear all the same, and each serves as the regulation witness for the other. The cost Of 161 acres 10 the stock com pany is by this process about SIS, a triHe over 10 cents sn acre" Now such kind of loose talk sounds loud coming from Washington, but'we hardly think there is grain Of truth in the statement. We have never heard oi these machine wlt- nesses iB Arizona, and we are of the i'm pressIon that they only extst in tle imagination Of this newly made inspect or who may ur may not know what he Is talking about We do not believe the evidence of such man wouli be accepted by the local land officers in Arizona, nor do Ee believe any such frauds as they charge up to Arizona have been com mitted. We haven d5gbt but there are some stock meu who w0Iii be glad to obtain title to their lands, but it is well known fact that little oi the mountain and hliy lands ot Arizona where nearly all the ranges are, has not beer surveyed, hence no entry oi any kind could bs ma]eo. such lands.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE New York Sun, which usually tells the democracy what should be done to save the country, hRs been so overwhelmed by the turn of the free traders, that it has not yet recovered from its surprise, and for the past week it has not ordered anybody to go. It may be that the SUN will have to go next The World, which was also knocked ont Of sorts to some extent by the Carlisle boom, says: "Hhe Sun shines, but its rays are mighty 'onsar- tin" There is likely to be considerable whoppinR around among the protective tariff and free trade papers of the coun- try during the next few months.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE CITIZEN would like 10 know by what authority the Secretary of War made the statement thGt only nine whites were killed by Apache Indians in Arlzoua and New Mexico on their raid last spring? Perhaps be obtained thIs ioformstian from General Crook. | IS in keeping with his report Of the Si- ezra Madre fight" Bu. General Crook cannot make false rep. rss ou tuis side of the line without people finding them out. The Secretary ot War has either lied ia his official report as to the nun Der Of msu, women aud children l,i led. CT some one has lied to him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE Gloe@-Dsmocrat recently pub- lished au aync'e stating that parties m Texas will soon bring suIt m the court of claims at Washington to recover the value of slaves emancipated during the late war The action will le based chiefly on certain clauses in the state constitution. which were approved and indorsed by congress at the time of un- nexBtion, and which it Is claimed make the government o' the United States l1a- ble for slave property, and that the plaintiffs 10 ihe case were pronounced Union men during the war. Tie atten- ton Of Governor Ireland, Attorney Gen srsl Tempiet5n and several prominent lawyers of Texas being called to the Globe-Democrat article, they laugieI st the idea, which they c1nsids- a very foolish scheme. aud that if anybody is engaged ID 1t, which they regard as doubtful. il is Tor pol ticsl capital.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE democrats of Ohio are gathering in from Washington Co take par; iu the senatorial contest. Pcndleton seems to have been gaining strength Of late, a: a may yet be his own successor in spite O. Isyne's barrel Hoadley however, ls for Rfne, md may help him by informing Streo place his cash where it will do Thos n good.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

Mas ELIZABETH B. AND-RsoN. widow Of the late General Robert Anderson. hero of Fort sumter. recovered a yer dict recently against the Continental Insurance Company for SLICE 20, tl, smouDt with interest of policy of in. surance upon her paintings. books, fur. niture, plate and wearing apparel. which were stored in Morrell's warehouse ai 1hirty-seccnd street and Fourth avenue when It was destroyed by fire.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

LIoHTNIYG is popularly supposed to never strike twice in the same place, and in this the National Republican Con- vent on has taken several strides in ad- vance. The last convention, which resuIt ted in the nomination of James A. Garfield for President, met in Chicago, when the contest seemed to be a tour nament between General U. $. Grant and James G. Blaine. The final result was lhe nomination of Gen. James A. Garf cid, whose tragic death is still mou'ned throushout the land. If the approaching convention proves so sue cessful in placing before the people sn acceptable candidate, il IS hoped that Chicago may always enjoy the distinct ion she is again to possess, providing it dissusdes its ladies from log-rolling through resolution that twenty-four inches is the average American foot in the construction of party platform.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

CONGRESSMAN FISERTY, of Chicago. has thrown Richelieu Robinson, of New York, completely in the background. He has only spoken once. but he has outlined the destruction of the parliR- ment buildings and most other English institutions. Will Irish Americans never learn that Amerca is not Ireland, and that the utterance of such nonsense amounts to nothing in this country ? While most of our people heartily sym pathize with the Irish people, and would gladly help them in every way possible, IFish-Amerieans should understand that this is America, and not Ireland, and that we have no business to interfere with the affairs of England without cause, and that cause must concern the United States instead of Ireland.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

DELEoATE OUnY hos asked partie. who have sustained losses iu -he late Indisn raids to send ia detailed state ments of the amounts 0f their lossez. with proofs by witnesses when possible. These claims slo1lj be sent in early iu order that tbey may be presented a. once. Mr. Oury will make an effort to lave such losses made good by the gov ernmeut Such claims should be paid. The government affords no protection to the citizens Of C1ehisa and Graham counties from tbe raids of Indians, and 1t Is as little as it can do to pay the losses of property, while the people suf- fer loss Of life.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

THI Benson Herald thinks that the able report of Secretary Teller is largely owing to that class of frontier journalists who Iaade a square and thorough study of the Indian question, and which "by their very determined and persistent views furnished material for the ground work Of the report.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TaE noasutIty over the way had bet ter haul in its "gee string" and devote its time entirely to its annual" That sheet has never yet reached the dign ty or a newspaper, but it is barely possible that its editor can copy stale jokes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
O,Dopnelrs American CitIzeusbin.


 Tn November last the State Depart ment at Washington sent a party to Trenton, Ohio, to search for copy of the naturalization papers of Patrick O'Donnell. who was found guilty of the murder of Carey and sentenced to be hanged. It was learned that he was naturalized here November 6, 1876, and was then forty-One years of age. His brOther-in-law resides here. O'Don- nell's father came to this country from the North of Ireland and settled n Pennsylvania. O'Donnell married Mar garet Mckinney, after which he moved to Trenton, where he worked in the mills, and subsequently kept a saloon. For time he was day lab0rer on the docks. He was fond of a social glass but Was never known to drink heavily He was good-hearted aud an industrious member of the Catholic Church. At the time he was not member ot any secret society. He never talked politics or Irish national affairs He was a simple hard working man and left Trenton seven years ago, and has never been heard from slnce. He has a brother in California, and his wife has 8 brother and sister Tn this country.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
suRvEYoR CENTRAL OF AnrzoEA

Private dispatches have been received in this city announcing the appointment of Royal A. Johnson to be Surveyor General of Arizona. The appointment of 1I- Johnson is a Cood one, and will meet the approval Of the citizens Of this IerrItsrv.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE corn is rottinR in the cribs in some localities ID Illinois while that re- maining in the fields is also rot,ing at the butt of the stock, which will render 1t almost vulueless. Heavy rains con- tInue Go fall. that will render the condi- ton of the crop still worse.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

AN exchange says careful estimates place the yield of the precious metals for the year 1883 in the state of Chihus- hua, ,dexico, at S30,OOl,OOO." If the es- t1mats was placed at s3,OO0,OOO it would have been much nearer the true figure. Some very wild statements originate ID Mpxico
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

WI hear that Mir. Patrick Hamilton will soon issue a supplemental book on the Resources of Arizona" embracing all the matter that appeared in the Territorial edition, with new and im- portant matter added.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

Iris rumcred that Sidney Dillon will resign the presidency of the Union Pa oifc railroad and that he will be sue ceeie5 by ClarIes Francis Adams.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TIE "soft-glove contest"is now usual eoncomItant of sleighing party, and takes place iu the innermost recesses of her inuff.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
siugularities-

A cockroach has three thousand teeth.
 In Bibb county. Ala, bench trees were recently m bloom.
 Bodie, California, has @ curiosity. It IS a giown Le-h,-u rooster with two horns over the eyes. A Hopkins fky.t county man i- saving up ratfiesuake skus for tne purpose ei making himseif a vest. lie now has over one hundred.
 A COW in Hart county. Kentucky. re- gently gave birth tO five calves at one time, three of which were well devg-- oped, alive and healthy, and two dead.
 One hundred and ten pounds i= tae weight of a 3-year-old child uHm-i tlz Buchanan, who lives in Greenup, Ken lucky.
 vessel which arrived at New Bea- ford a day or two ago. brought su eaE.e which alighted on the masthead when the vessel vas 1,50O miles from any land.
 L. c. Smith, oi New London. Conn., set an incubator Co hatch five dozen eggs. he result was sixty-oue chick ems, and he now offers a chromo Co any one who will ILform him where the odd one came from.
 White ants in the old state house In Boston are causing considerable alarm. Tue httls pests have attacked tl- wooden gIrders and eaten their way SO far into them that IS believed Ina. ths house Is lc danger Of t1mblIug over.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

TEE Chicago base ball club has en- gagged a pitcher at a salary of S2,l00 per year It is supposed that he will urn his salary.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15

C. Hooper, of Exeter Hall, London, England, wants to know the whereabouts of Arthur Edgar Reading. He is rather short of stature, dark couplexioned, and about 90 years old. He was last heard of when he wrote from Wells, Elko county, Nevada, last March. He said he WAS going to Texns, or elsewhere. Mir. Hooper is very anxious to know of his whereabouts