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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
Territorial News.

Salt river is booming.
 Quail are 75 cents per dozen in PheniI Lumber Is in great demand ID Globe, PheniI contractors want more car penters.
 Prescott has enjoyed a rain of twenty four hours duration
 The Miner says that Prescott has new CT had a case of smallpox.
 PheniI is sgitated over the question "who will the ueIt mayor beY
 Forty-eight hours of the fnsst grow ing rain Is reported from PhsniI.
 An increased acreage of gr in has been sown in the Salt River Colony this year.
 Several gold mines on the Santa Ms- ria river, Isyapai county, are being worked by arasEra process and turning out considerable bullion.
 The adobe walls of the Tiger saloon, st PheniI, have settled from the rains and came near falling last Saturday night. They will be replaced by plank.
 Miner: This rain IS bound to do con siderable good, and in a week or two
  ful httle city will be adorned with an emerald green.
 The Hualpais are again in the noun tsins on their annual hunt. They drive everything before them in the shape of game. Even the poor little rats have to hunt their holes.
 CoOney and Waters have completed the crosscut on thelr mammoth copper vein, the Democrat, situated on Copper Greek, Eureka discrict. It shows up well in copper and silver.
 Phenix Gazette: Rabbits and quail are very destructive on grain at the present season of the year. Louis GS- zelle informs us that several acres of his fields are as bare Rs floor from the ray ages of these pests. A boy went out shooting on his place the other day, aud In about an hoIr killed sixty nine quail.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

TEE condition of affairs in Chili and Peru seem to be in worse state than ever. The Peruvisns have 8 new com mander in chief, and it is believed he
 VIII make an assault on TRcna; be will be reinforced by the Bolivian forces. The garrison Is not 8 strong one but the Chilians have lately reinforced it with a thousand men from Lima in snticipa- ton of an attack. What will be the re- suit of this renewing of the war between Peru and Chili remains to be seen; but it is not likely the disciplined and con- fdent Chilian regulars will be overcome. Our Minister, Dr. Logan iS regarded with distrust by the Peruvians and with indifference by Chile. Tho Doctor cer- tRinly occupies an unpleasant position to say the least. His mission, so far as any good that may result, might ss well be ended. It would have been much better for both countries, if the United States had never taken any part in the affairs of that country. It has proven to be the most humilisting piece Of diplomacy, this country has ever en- gagged in. With our miniature Rrmy and no navy at all worth mentioning. we are powerless to do anything to- wards bringing about settlement of tue difficulties ID South America. Mr. Blaine made mistake in layin ont more than VIC could live up to. or en- force fl it became necessary for us to stand by his policy. MT. Frelnghuysen, made matters still worse by backing down from the decisive stand that MT. Blaine had taken, in such a clumsy manner as to utterly destroy our in- huence in South America. The Gues- tion was badly handled and ws see no way sf making amends at present.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
The Contention Fire.
Epitaph. March sth.


 The fire at Contsntion Thursday eve ming was much more serious than at first supposed, but happily all the suffer CTS werd well insured and the town will not suffer much by 1t. The fire started Tn the rear of AleXander's Bon Ton res taurRnt, which was soon Hblsze, and ln a short time engulied the merchandise store of Kaufman | O., and from there to the store of S. c Howel, in which the pOstOffice and Wells. Fargo & Co.'S express office were situated. The citi- zeps worked like Trojans to save the town and succeeded admirably. Nessrs. Taft, Rogers and Satterlee, and Mrs. Bradley were especially active in saving property. Mrs. Bradley in particular, who carried water from the ditch until exhausted. At one time Sandy Bob's stables. adjoining s. c. Towels store, were in imminent danger, but happily, through the efforts of W. W. Hubbard. the stage agent, this was averted. The total loss will amount to about S4, $50, Kaufman & O.. $2, 100: Alex snder, Sl,5OO; s. c. Howel, Sl 900, and Sandy Bob, $50. As at all fires where the excitement runs high, pilfer- CTS piled their nefarIous vocation with good results, aud succeeded in stealing many dollars worth of goods, whi,h can be lilly spared by the losers, The insur- ance Adiukters are expected to arrIve to- day, and as soon as the losses are Rdjus- ted 1t IS the intention of the sufferers to commence the good work of rebuilding.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

DmzGATE OURI has let the Territory of Arizona suffer severely at the hands of Congress, while the delegster of Or eSon and Washington Territories got ID good work. These last named have succeeded in getting s7 for section mile, and s10 for township mile surveys. They did this by m amendment to the bill as presented to the House. Dele gate Oury could have had Arizona in cluded if he had been wideswake enough or understood why he was sent to Congress. Arizona must suffer be- cause our delegate was incompetent to take care of her interests. The result is that surveyors will flock to the above Territories as iDducement are much greater there. Out of the Si50,0O0 set apart for such work, Nevada succeeded in getting Congress to make a direct spportionment of over SSO,O00, taking the matter out of the hands of the con- missiyner. This too our delegate might have done if he had attended to his bus mess. As it IS, the only hope the people of this Territory hs snow is that Sec resary Teller will do the right thing and give the Surveyor General liberal sl- lowsnce, say S4O,00O.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
EASTERN.

NEW YORK, March "A desperate prize fight took place last night in the basement of 6 Bowery sporting house. The pricipals were George fulljames, light weight champion, and Patrick Gallagh, T. noted pugilist of Philsdel- phis. The gloves were mere apologies to evade the law. Fourteen rounds were fought in twenty-five minutes and the champion cup and money awarded to Fulljames. Both men were terrible punished. The fight was within a stone's throw of police headquarters. No arrests, f.s o..
 JACKSON, Mss, March 7.--Godsden Feltus,. a prominent citizen of Will kinson, is mdrdered. CIrcumstantlAl evidence caused the coroner's jury to order the arrest of Feltus' brother. The family is one of the best and most vide ly known in the state
 HUBBARD CIrY, TEx., March 7.-J. H. Land, c wealthy stockmsn from Wlscon- sin, was shot and killed by one Narnell, who made an improper advance to Lands daughter at a party. Land had ordered Varnell to leave the premises.
 WASHINGTON, Mareh,7 Negley. of Pittsburg, president of the National United League, has called . meeting of the executive committee of that body st the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, on the 24th of March, for the trsnsaction of important political business.
 MEMPHIS. Tenn. March S.-The river here Is stationary. The long looked for decline will set in by tomorrow, as the river at Osceols, Ark, ninety miles above. has fallen si1 inches up to yester- day morning and is speedily declining.
 WASHINGTON. March 7.-Regarding the vigorous attack of Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, upon the Depart ment of Justice, he says his object was to call attention to the fact that the De- pertinent of Justice conducted the pros ecution with reckless disregard of cost which has amounted to SJOO,OOO sl- ready. The Department has employed a iAvorite set of attorneys and paid them rates which outraged public sentiment and will make the expenses of the trial equal to the whole amount of money stolen.
 NEW YORK. March IA fire occurred this morning at Cambridge flat, East Sixty fourth street. Mrs. Wakeman, sged 56, and her daughter, Rose, were suffocated. The building near by of Thomas Reeds was damaged s200OO and the furniture S40,0oQ.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
Ar this distance the eoptipned repo

AT this distance the continued reports
 from the flooded districts of the West
 srn States becomes stale and fails to in- tersst many on the Pacific Coast, yet vs cannot wholly shut our eyes to the ter rible devastation and destruction that is going on in the Mississippi Valley. The magnitude of the destruction caused by floods on the Ohio and Mississippi dur Ing the past six weeks, will be better understood when 1t Is known that the area of submerged land is half as large as the State of California, and the num- Der of people who have had their prop erty more or less damaged is greater than the entire population of that State It would seem that all the vast e1pen- allure of money by the government has aggravated rather than diminished the headlong course of the waters. It has at least demonstrated the fact that the waters of the great river cannot be con fined to a narrow channel but must be provided with escapes, where the water may be drawn of at intervals along it's course, and thus decrease the vol ume of water to be carried in the main channel. Before the settle ment cf the country, Nature provided such escapes. The low lands in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri, and again further south ID Arkansas, Missis- sippi and Louisiana furnished ample es- capes for the surplus water in times of great floods. But, since the settlement of the country began, the gradual re- clamstion of land has been gong on hundreds of miles of levee have been constructed by state and national aid, and the great rlver has been forced into a channel a zlle wide, where it formerly could spread out from twenty to thirty miles in width. These reclaimed lands have become very valuable. and the owners of the land arc 10th to give them up to the sports of annual floods. But they will have to submit to them. or cer- tain large tracts of land must be con- demned by the government, where im- mense reservoirs may be constructed in which the waste waters may be drawn of, and thus prevent promiscuous over flows
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

GENERAL GRANTS brother-in-law. Dr. Cramer, United States Charge de Affairs at Berne, Is in bad repute. and the Cantonal government has complained of his action. It seems that the Doctor, Is religiously inclined, and was in the habit of attendinga certain church of the Methodist denomination; one evening while the Doctor was engaged in devo- tional services, some roughs entered the church and created disturbance, which so enraged the Doctor that for the tune being he felt that he was bigger man than old Grant" and contrary to usage demanded of the Prefect of Brienne that the bad boys he east into the firey furnace" at once. The projects do not attend to such jobs. He should have applied to the Council of Berne for redress. This he doubtless knew. for he has been an ofice-holder since Grants first term, and he should under stand just how to proceed. when bad boys make rand on the meeting house in which he worships and create a dis turbsnce.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
The New Money Orders.

The new postal money order bill which passed Congress in itr last hours, au- thoriEes postmAsters, under suthorit! and regulations of the Psstmaster-Gen- srsl to issue postal notes in denomlas- tions of g. and under. This is an Im- pOrtant bill and will greatly fseilItate business in small sums through the mails. It authorizes the issue of money orders without the corresponding sd- vices, of S5 and lees, to be on engraved paper and known as postal notes, pays- ole to bearer. Such notes are to ee in- valid after three months, but the holder can, after that time, get par value oy applying to the PostOnce Depsrtmsns ai Washington. For issuing each postal note fee of three cents VIII be charged. This bill also authorizes the issue ot money orders in denominations of SlOu or less, but none for more than $lOO can bs issued. The fOllowing Ices are n1ed for money orders: For orders not sI- ce.ding s1O. 8 cents; from $l0 to SIS. 10 c.pts: sI5 to S3O, 15 cents; s3O to go, 2O cents; $40 to $50, 9 cents; $50 to s6O 30 cen.s: s6O to s70 35 cents; s7G to SsO, 40 cents; sSO to slO0, 45 cents
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

THE Guusight folks want narrow gauge rallrnal If the Port Lobos Com pauy would build their road from The son via the c vote Water Holes, and the western side of BaDoquivari mountains, 1t would be iu striking distance of Gun sight, and at the same time secure 6 better route than the present one. It would also lead the San D.egp < Lower California road into Tucson, and place so miles of road in Pima county, whereas the present survey makes but s in the county. 1T the road Is to receive aid from the county, We would suggest that this route be looked into.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
TsE LATE .rry.,,xD . .-,py-,s

TaE LATE ALEXANDER s. STEPHENS.
 Alexander H. Stephens is dead. In many respects he WAS one of the most remarkable men this country has pro- duced. Though physically frail, espe- cially so of late years, be wss a giant in intellect. Like most southerners he
 was states rights man, though opposed
 to secession His speech before the
 Legislature of Georgia in lS6O was
 noted throughout this country, as one
 of the strongest arguments against
 secession that was delivered by any
 man either north or south. This speech
 for a time put him in bad repute with
 the south. but, after years of blood and strife, after the war was all over, Mir. Stephens could poIat to that prophetic speech which foreshadowed the final re- suit of the war with such remarkable accuracy, and say, my record Is before you, examine it; read my speeches and examine my official life during the past thirty years, and then tell me whether l have proved true to my people, and wherein l have erred" But not a sin gle flaw could be picked ln his long years Of service. The people of Georgia now more than ever trusted Mr. Stephens, and it was largely owing to his efforts that his native State was one of the first that was reconstructed, in heart as well as in form, and is to-day one of the most pros porous and loyal in the south. For over forty years MT. Stephens has occupied a prominent position as aleade< his coun- cils have been uniformly wise and con servative, and his death will be mourned by a large PHopartion of the people both north and south.
 MT. Stephens was born In Wilkes county, Georgia, on the llth day of Feb ruary, lsl2; graduated at the University Of Athens in 1892; was admitted to the bar m 1884; was a member of the House of Representatives in 1886, '37, '38, '39, 40 and fl; was elected to the secession con- ventiop of Georgia in 1861. Was also elected Vice President of the Southern COnfederacy the same year; was one of the commissioners on the part of the confederate government of Hampton Roads conference ID 1865; was elected to the 18th, 29th, 3Oth, 3lst, 32d, 33d, 34th and 35th Congresses. Was elected to the Senate of the United States in 1866, but was not allowed to take his seat, was elected to the 43d Congress to fill a Ha- csncy, was elect, to the filth, 45th 46th and 47th Congresses, was elected Gov ern of of Georgia last October, which po- sihon he held at the tune of his death.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
A Grand Piece of Engineering.

The following IS fair sample of the ingenuity and enterprise of Kansas City news gatherers: "A survey is,sbout being made through the heaviest portion of the Black canyon of the Gunnison. For long distance che walls of syenite rise to the ssupend0us height of 5000 feet, and for l,SO0 feet the walls of the canyon are Grched not many feet from the bed of the river. If the survey is successful and the Denver 6 Rio Grande is built through the cany on, 1t will undoubtedly be the grandsst piece of engineering or the American continent. The river is very swift, and it IS proposed 10 build boat at the western end and provision 1t for length of time, allowing is to float Elth the stream put controlled by ropes If the boat goes, the chances are that baby road goes too"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

MR. EAToS, President Of the CIvIl Ser. vice Commission, says that the law clear. ly defines the duties of the Commission, There must be a Board of Examiners Ai each postoiiice or custom house where tuere are more than fifty clerks. The law provides tha within SIX months from its passage no clerk shall be appointed except by competitive examination. D. The new st of questIo,s will he snme- what narrowed in scope -nd simplifed. though he does hot think the old ques- tons contained anything that was un- rrAsnrhhlr.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
BIT OF LITERARY HISTORY.
The Manner in Which Emerson Received His First Money for Writing Sur Prissd at a Cheek
From the Boston Courier.

From the Boston Courier.
 An interesting bit of literary history has recently come to us from authentic sources. The early works of the late Ralph Waldo Emerson, including the first volume of essays, Mature, and the early poems. were printed by the old publishing house of Monroe k Co. After Mr. Emerson's rsturn from England, ID lS4S, he delivered the serles of lectures sftorward published under the title of Representative Men," which, by the influence of the Rev. E. F. Hale, he was invited to give at WOr- eester. Mir. Phillips, of tine publishing house of Phillips 4 Sampson. was resid- ing at Worcester tt that time, and hIs wife being relative of Mir. Emerson. the lecturer made Mir. Phillips house his headquarters whenever he came to the town to speak. The acquaintance which resulted led Mr. Phillips to sug- gest that his firm be allowed to publish MT. EmersOn's next volume.
 "l am very willing" was in substance Mir. Emerson's reply, but I wish to own the plates myself" And SO 1t vas ar ranged. Emerson had at this time been before the public for a number of years, had published three volumes of essays aud q volume of poems; the Dial had lived and died. and the writings of the Sage Oi Concord were read. or at least talked about, on each side of the Allan tIc, SO that the sale of any book from his pen was in a manner assured before hand Some time after the appearance of Representative Men" Mir. Phillips sent MT. Emerson hIs check for con siderable sum-we believe about $500.
 MT. Emerson went immediately to see his publisher:
 You do not understand" he said. "before l received any money l was to pay for the plates
 If you had examined the statements I cent you" was the publishers answer, you would have seen that you have already paid for the plates
 And the copies that are on your hands" inquired Emerson, "who owns them"
 You" was the reply, subject, of course. tO our com mission
 And this check IS mine alsos'
 Certainly; that covers the balance due you"
 "Well," observed MT. Emerson, with sll my publishing this IS the fret money l ever received from one of my books"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

A CHICAGoAS who recently visited Florida to enjoy the Sunny South" had only been there three days when he wrote home. yesterday afternoon reg ular. blizzard set in that would have done credit to Chicago. Coal stoves and overcoats were in requisitiom, and many passengers on the up-river boats return ed to the city (Jscksonville), and this morning it is worse than yesterday, if anything" That does not speak well for the land that is chiefly depending upon it's climate for boom.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11
PRESIDENT MAKING TO BEGIN.

Now that Congress has adjourned, new questions must be resuErected to take the place of congressional news, and as next year will be the time for making a new tenant for the White House, the presidential theme will occu- py a prominent place in the journals Of the country. But with the history of the past, it would seem ths! those who really covet the position, will profit by the repeated failures of ambitious men to secure nominations. It is an office that should be conferred, but, should not be sought. In looking back over the history of presidential aspirants during the past forty years, we fail to call to mind single instance where sue cess has crowned the efforts of those who were hunting for the nomination. Web ster, Seward, Conklln, Blaine and Sher- man have tried their hand at the busi- nesB, and everyone of them failed. Had Webster made no effort to secure the nomination it is more than likely that he would have been taken up by hls party and nominated. The same may be said in regard to Blaine. Tldens consummate management gave him the nomination at St. Louis, but he had the great advantage of having carried New York and of having given general satls- faction as its executive. But the weight of example warns against the endeavor to secure 8 convention favorable to tine ambition of Q particular individual. So firmly has this question been settled, that candidates will hardly allow th O- selves to be brought prominently before the people prior to the holding of con- ventions. Such candidacy only exposes them and brings them forward to be shot at and pelted by theiy enemies, all over the country, thus destroying or so materially weakening their stren gth that when the time arrives, they have only enough followers to join in with other malcontesnts in bringing out a dark horse at the very last moment. Never theless, the work of president making will now begin, and continue up to the meeting of the national conventions next year.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-11

FLORIDA has another feather ID her cap. This time it is m the shape of an East India mangosteen sent to Mir Adams by the Commissioner Of Agricult- ure three years ago, who has succeeded in making 1t grow. Itis twelve feet high and will, it is supposed, bear the com ing summer. IL is the finest fruit ID the world, and its production Is limited to a small section in the East. Attempts to produce 1t n the West Indies have
 Rile2.