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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

'PREsCoTT was' says the Courier, ''at
 one time in almost as bad a fix as Tue
 son. ''The town was too large for the country. This is not the case now" No; by no means, DO! there Is nothing toe ] large noe. nat even. the Couriar' .hanch
 its proprietor doubtless thinks 50, and
 that it would be in place even in a Cin-
 cinnati, or Chicago. Prescott is" says
 the Courier, better for mining, stock
 raising, farming etc, than that around
 Tucson" There IS no more knowing
 authority on tnis question than the Courier; 1t has said so often before; and If its circulation was equal to its capa- city, every mah in the Territory would have long since been posted in this regard. Pima County" says this same author ity, ''is not filling up with people as fast as Yavapai," certainly not; who said 1t was? Why the fact is we have DO ideas down thls way about much of anything nor what is going on in the world, we draw so largely upon what the Courier has to tell us. The truth is We are rather simple, but there are some things that neither the people nor the newspapers of Tucson are affected
 wIth-bOmbast, braggadocIo and selfish ness" The great "T ann is usually largest in his own estimation, and while
 he may live and grow fat on imaginary importance, the people move on in bliss ful ignorance of what he Is about, and wonld never dream of his greatness fl not told sc. The CITIZEN might reply to the brilliant wItticisms of the Courier, after its own fashion, by belittling Pres colt; but the CITIZEN does not believe in tearing down to build up. We have no doubt that Prescott has advantages every town and every locality has but Prescott has some disadvantages m the shape of small specimens of humanity who cannot be found in any other DOT tion of Arizona. This fact IS every where recognized. But We do not be- lleve they number any considerable DOT ton Of the population of Prescott, fer We know there are many good and intel ! ligent people there, but it is strange that 1 they give support to the expression of | such narrow ideas, which boys usually | Dutgrov at the age of ten.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
EhSTERN.

COLUMBUS, June 6.-The republican State convention was called to order at ten o'clock. A great crowd was in st- tendance. Senator Sherman acted as chairman. In returning thanks he said he beheved Tn tine protection of Ameri- can labor, among other things. The convention proceeded to nominate a ticket, Ben Butterworth presenting J. B. Foraker, of Cincinnati; private Dalziel offered Sherman, but Sherman said frankly and firmly that he would not be a candidate and would not sur render his duties in the Senate in justice to the people.
 Judge Foraker was then nominated by exclamation. Forsker appeared later and made quite a lengthy speech of thanks.
 The action of the Ohio legislature in the submission Of a constitutional amendment to reform the lIquor traffic is approved. The platform approved eI-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

THE New York Herald says: "The pubic have been assured so positively that none of the Indians of the San Carlos agency are with the wicked Aps- ches, that 1t IS somewhat surprising to find the agent now reporting some wand erers returning" The Herald does not understand the case exactly. Agent Wilcox has been issuing reports upon those Indians he found on the reservs- ton at the time he became agent of the San Carlos Indian reservation. The h. dians which have returned to the re servation, are those which left about the time of the Cibicu fight, under Tiffany, his predecessors administration, and have never been under his charge.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
TIE czAR AND ELS PEoPrE-

For many years past it has been the
 general impression both in Europe and
 this country, that the pcor Of Russia oc-
 cUpied position httle, if any, above
 that Of common slaves. There seemed to
 be grounds for this belief that the rigid
 and often unjust promulgations by the
 Czar Of Ukase, which seemed to have
 been issued for the purpose Of grinding
 the people down still lower. and in order to enforce obedience and submission.
 justice was utterly lost sight of. Of late the Russian press has been busy trying to put a more favorable light up- on the condition of affairs in that coun- try, and IF order to lay both sides of the question before the readers of the CrrI. ZEN We take the following extract from an article which recently appeared in The Journal de Saint Petersborg, re- viewing the comments of the foreign press on the feeling of the people on the occasion of the Cars State entry into the city of Moscow. It "says the spontaneous display of devotion of the people on the day of the Czar's entry was revelation to foreign journalists. who had long believed in the truth of the fable that differences existed be- tween the Czar and people. It expresses hope that foreign journals will keep in recollection the fact which is now mani fest to all the world, that com plete unity exists between the Car and the Russian people. The existence of such a feeling will aid in giving the approaching coronation the character of a genuine festival of peace. l After the festivities at Moscow have ended the Duke and Duchess of Edin- burg, the Prince of Bulgaria. the Prince | of Montenegro and Prince Valdemar of | Denmark will attend the grand parades and receptions which are to be held at St Petersburg. M. de Giers, the Rus sian Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave a reception in Moscow today to foreign Ambassadors and State dignltaries, for The purpose of establishing acquaintance between foreign and Russian notabili- hes- The Car may make favorable impression on the nobility, but it will be hard to convince the world. that there IS no dissatisfaction among, the people The many delays which have been made before reaching a coronation, the repeated occurrences of dynamite explosions, and attempts upon the life of the Car and leading officials cannot be accepted as expressions of .com- plete unity between the Czar and the Russian people" The statement of the Journal de Saint Petersburg, may be an honest expression of the writer, but it is more likely to have been a statement in behalf of the Car himself, and inspired and wriftars a* his d5afafion
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
WHEN ne look aronnd our gr,

WHEN we look around our grocery stores and enquire the price of butter. eggs and chickens, 1t seems strange that the farmers and ranchmen of Arizona do not do something toward supplying the market; yet they do not furnish five per cent. of what is consumed. There are hundreds of places in and around the high ranges of mountains where the finest kind of butter ranches could be successfully established, and chickens can be raised anywhere. Somehow or other such things seem to be beneath the consideration of the average Arizo- nan, and they have no inclination to en- gage in them. If such opportunities were offered down east yankees, they would all grow rich ID a few years. Thousands of pounds of butter could be made on ranches in Arizona If the ranchmen would only engage in the business, without ma- terially interfering with the increase of calves, while the waste and sour milk which could be fed to hogs would more than make up for any loss in that di- rectioa. 4 roll of butter which weighs a,pound and three-quarters sells for 80 cents, or at the rate of about 90 cents per pound. Eggs sell from 40 to 60 cents dozen; yet but few of our ranch men have eggs to sell. This state of af- fairs should not continue There is money in the butter and chicken busi- ness in Arizona, and there is no reason why it should not be made. The mar ket is continuous and the price paid IS certainly satisfactory.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

TIE Boston Herald says: "One who has recently taken an extended journey through the great southwestern region beyond the Missouri river makes a note of the fact that, not only is the railroad the great civilization agent in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona-not to go be- yond our boundaries - but that the character of the men employed by such a railroad as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe anI it's branches and exten- sions, IS a most important factor in the problem. Wherever the road goes it is attended by law, order and discipline, with the best business habits; and the railroad men of that whole system are, as a rule, keen, brave, intelligent gen. tlemen, who have carried into the field of labor the best results of New Eng land training. It is essentially New England training, though many of the men are from that larger New England west ot the Hudson. The same fact IS observed on the Mexican Central rail road in old Mexico. Our political rep- resentstives abroad are not always what they should be, but our railroad repre- sentatives in Mexico reflect credit upon the country"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

THE telegram in yesterdays CITIZEN from San Carlos should have been signed, Agent Wilcox. The sentiment in that dispatch is one that will find an echo m every heart in Arizona. and We believe Secretary Teller will heartily subscribe to it. To permit these murierous peo- pie to take the war-path and kill men, women and children. and allow them hf terward to come back or into reserya- ton nnd surrender Is asking more, we :hlnk, than ever the worldwide Boston phllanthroplst could ask. They should not be allowed to surrender, but arrest ed, tried, condemned and hanged-or otherwise taken care of.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

TIE Frenchman is always ready for g change, for anything that promises ex- cItement or display, or at least the rabble of France is. Therefore it is not strange that legItimists think it Is about time for France to have a coronation. They have read of the grand and dazzling ceremonies at Moscow, and legitimist newspapers are busy talking about 1t, they would have something similar in PsrIs. But the intelligent thinking men of France have about made up their minds that there Is not much in coronations or usurpations, and for the good of that country we trust they may continue to out number both legitimist and Bonspartist.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
Old Brooklyn.

In 1854 the ferry to Long Island, frou-
 the present Peck slip to its existing ter
 minus opposite, was first regulated
 Breuckelen,' now Brooklyn, which hal
 obtained municipal privileges as early
 as lS46, then consisted of "tbe Ferry,
 the Wsal bogt. and GuJanes, now Cav anus, with l3i persons and tbIrty-ore families. In l66O the commerce and Iu- dustries of New Amsterdam had so pros pered 1t that a second survey, made by Jacques COttleyOu, showed 3jl houses About the same time the Heere G-arht or Chief Water course Broad street. was ordered to be planked along the sides, and a bulkhead of bosrds was made along the East river shore as far as COenties slip. The director had bui.: Tor himself a city residence about Che present Whitehall and Pearl streets. which he called Whitehall, and tL- eits records state that to III in the swamp there mine thousand loads of sand were ridden, and even then not high enough. With the improvement Of this shore s.lp and boat yards began to line it. Lam bert HuybertsOn, Abraham Lambert-un Mol, Stntfel Ellsworth, JoOst Careiseu. Pieter Harmenzen, John Adriance, and Dlrck Nandeventer were among Che earliest shipwrights, whose yards had advanced as far as the "Old slip Still further our, about Peck slip, was the to- Dacco warehouse of Isaac Allertou, one of the pilgrims of the MayhOwer-New | fork Post.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

DoN JUAN ZUBIRAN, former Mexican consul iu this country, recently said Both governments are interfering with that they should never have concerned themselves. It is well for men sitting at ease m Washington aud the City Of Mexico to split s.raws over treaties, but the men who live upon the borders of Sonora and Chihuahua, nearly every ia nily among whom has lost a loved one, have other thoughts and are deter mined that a few worthless savages must not be allowed to ruin the property of the country. The same feeling pre- vails in Arizona and New Mexico. I look upon Crook as frontier Savior. I entertain for him the highest friendship and believe him to be gallant, noble, self sacrificing officer, who will do his duty to the letter, and who, as an Indian fighter, is equal to the best and inferior to none who have tried their chances with the willy sGvages for half century past We, the people of the frontier, have closed our eyes on this treaty business.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

THE Phenix people do not understand why our people do not meet them on the railroad question. It is whispered that there Is ''nigger in the wood-pile," and that the enthusiasm was taken ont of our folks in short space of time. This may be possible. If some mysterious spirit came over the dream of the gen. tlemen who were first to go, there are doubtless others who have the good of the city and Territory at heart sufficient at least to accept the invitation of the Phe- nix people. At Florence everyone is ID its favor, and all 1t lacks for boom Is for our people to move to the front on double-quick time.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
FOREIGN.

PARIs, June 6.-War preparations on
 a great scale are being made in China. Three corps of troops are in readiness, and the Chinese fleet are under orders
 to sail for Touquu.
 LONDON, June 6.-LOrd ROseber-y re- signed his office as under secretary of the Home Department. John Iomlin- son Hilbert, member Of Parliament for Oldham, and parliamentary secretary to the Dlocal government, the board ap- pointed as Lord Roseberry's successor. The resignation Is due to recent express siOns Ot the feelings in the House of Commons that the under secretary for the Home Department should be a member of the House of Commons.
 BERLIN, June 6.-The North German Gazette denies that Bismarck consulted the judicial authorities in relation to the dissolution of the federal treaty with the view of abolishine the Reichstag
 LONDON, June 6.-Informers Kavan- augh and Hanlan were sent 10 Eng land from Dublin yesterday.
 LONDON. June 6 Second day meet ing at Ascot Heath. Race for Ascot Biennial stake three-year-old, won by Keene's Blue Grass. J. H. Houldsworth's Lilsc. second; betting nine to one against Blue Grass.
 Moscow, June G.-The Telegraph, a newspaper printed here, is suppressed by the authorities for printing obiec- tionable articles.
 RoME, June s.-The idea that the Vatican has any misgivings in regard to the wisdom of issuing the Papal nani- 'esto on Ir.sh affairs is dispelled by the 'act that the propaganda are preparing iO reprint five ac;- Ot the present ponti- icate relative 5o Ireland for circulation among the Irlsh by Pope and clergy.
 CONsTASTISoPLE, June s.-The Porte | informed the United States Minister of Commerce that the treaty 1 between Turkey and Amerlca will term nate March 18th, 1884 The Turkish | tariff expired on the same date of the 1 present year. After the termination of l he treaty importation of all American | heats, lard and similar product will be The Porte virtually increas- d the duties on spirits by compelling hortage at Smyrna; also maintains the iemand relative to shortage in petro- cum. No American delegate has been io negotiate with Turkey con erning the new tariff, although the ap- ointment of one has been twice re- ussted by Wallace.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
naARIEs MOoonAs, BROTHER.

The Denver Republican of June 9th says: "A stalwsrt-looking young man, wearing the dress of miner, stepped up to the American House register last evening. and attached his name is 8 bold. round hand: William McComas, Silver City. New Mexico The frontier garbed gentleman is son of Judge Me Comas who, together with hls wife, were so cruelty murdered by Apsches in New Mexico recently, and whose ht- tie son is now kept Tn captivity by the Indians"
 In closing quite lengthy article or interview the Republican says: "Mr. McComas is a manly young fellow about twenty-one years of age, with a frank, open countenance, and a look of determination upon his face which be- tokens resolute will. He is a man of fine address, uses good language, and is in every way prepossessing. When speaking of the death of his father and mother, hard, CT uel loo k came into his blue eyes, and one could readily imagine what pleasure it would give him to ex- terminate Ju and his band one by one but be says be will have to use diploma cy, and he is not lacking in that"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

IT is good evidence that a man has not been forgotten, when bis Tooth annivers- ary is remembered. Martin Luther IS not to be lost sight of yet awhile, as Emperor William has issued decree ordering the 10th and llth days of next November to be observed ss such annl- versary, and in the decree he says: "l pray that God may listen to the sup plications in which I and all evaDgelists unite that the celebration be productive of lasting benefit to our Evangelical Church"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
NyiiOnal Debt,

Attention is again called to the almost
 marvellous rapidIty with which the Ma
 tiOnal debt Is being hquidated, by the
 fact that Sl0, 100000 of government
 bonds will be redeemed this month. In l79l, or nne years after the close of tine
 revolutionary war, the public debt was S75. .463. .416; in 1915. just after the second
 war with Great Britain, 1t was S99, ,S.}3, . 66O-consldered an enormous sum at
 that time; in lS4S, at the conclusion of
 peace with Mexico, 1t was $47,0A, ,S62; i; m lS65, at the end of the civil war, 1t
 was g., ,6SO, ,641 ,S69-a total incrsas the
 following year to the sum of S2,773, ,136,-
 l72, which indicates the highwater mark in the. national indebtedness. At the
 present time the total is, as nearly as
 may be stated, Sl,9OS, S,3l2, ,994, of which
 S445, 5,399, TO does not bear interest. Here IS a decrease in sixteen years of about SS64. .923, l79, or more than 30 per cent. of the tOtRl-certainly an extraordinary exhibit. France owes approximately S3,972, ,407,0O0, and Great Britain about S3,S70,22l, 900. The enormous increase in the national wealth since the war ac- counts for the marked reduction in the public indebtedness. Mir. Mulhall, the well-known statistician of the Royal So- ciety of London, places the wealth of this country at about S49, 170,O00,O00, or more than nine billions in excess of the wealth of Great Britian. It is note-
 worthy in this connection that, during the last five years, our exports have ex- ceeded our imports by a thousand mil lions, and that the immigration during that time has equaled the population of the third State in the Union, namely. Ohio, with her 3,l9S,0O0 souls. It is also significant that, whereas English in- vestors at one time, not so many years ago, refused to pay more than thirty five cents on dollar for our bonds pay ing six per cent, they now readily bid l22 4; for those paying only four per cent, and even take those paying but three and one-half per cent. at l05i4. Times have, indeed, changed. As late as 1869 the bonds of the United States were quoted at lower prices in the Lon don market than those of Russia, Egypt, Chili, or even the Argentine Republic; though. in the following year, there was a rise of l3 per cent. in our securities. Frank I,pslie's Illustrated
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

TIE Star seems to be afraid that some. body Is going to steal the new school bonds. The suggestion that 1t would save something in interest not to issue the bonds for another month is in true old New England style of economy, though it comes little awkward from the Star man, but the fear of issuing the bonds because they might be stolen IS rather thin.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

IS Egypt a great number of hives of bees are often taken on single vessel on the Nile and transported from one place to another on the river, according to the succession Of flowers. It looks as though that project might work on the Colorado, fl the cost of the food would not swallow the profits. Possibly that IS what Fremont thought of doing, when he suggested the propriety of flooding the Colorado desert.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09
SILVER Avn GOIn
In the special report of Burchard. Mint Director, occurs the following:

In the special report of Burchard, Mint Director, occurs the following:
 California still maintains the second place in the list of gold and silver pro- duc'ng States and Territories, and IS likely to do so for some time Co come. The suits brought to prevent the deposit of debris from placer and hydraulic mines have been virtually settled. More attention IS also being pad to the de- velopment of quartz mines m Calitornla and theIr low-grade ores by improved amalgamating processes, which promise to yield in the future steady fl not large profits. Its gold fields show no evil dences of exhaustion. On the contrary, the magnitude of the deposits Tn the ancient river-beds, the number and per manence of the quartz lOdes as well as the virgin ground yet undeveloped, in- sure a golden harvest for many years to come.
 Nevada shows a decrease in gold and silver of about Sl.500,00 which IS chief ly due the rapid decline in the yield of the great Comstock lode, which has re- duced II from the first to the third rank. This state has suffered probably more than any other mining section from stock speculation aud management on the mining boards, but a reaction seems to be setting in, and mining in Nevada IS being conducted on a more substantial basis than in the preceding year.
 In Montana the mining industry has increased in importance, the increased yield having been in silver, which from S2,630,000 Tn 1881, is iu 1882 S4,370,OOO. Utah shows an increased production of S400,0O0 in silver, and the permanency of the mining industry of the Territory is assured. Arizona has maintained her large production of nearly SS,60O,OO0 New Mexlco, the oldest mining section of the country, has not hitherto appeared as large producer of bulllon, but dur jug the last two years rich discoveries have been made, which have increased the annual production to S1,S00,0O0. In Colorado, it has been claimed that there was large excess of production in 1882 over that of 1881, but an examination of reports of shipments of ore and bullion and the reports of smelting works, shows that the increase has been in the value of the base metals.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

THEIE is B good deal of public feeling in regard to a railroad to Calabasas, and everybody would vote to give said road part of the money authorized by the late legislature, if vote WAS required.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

TIE croskers should not be too im- patient. The narrow gauge rs l ( sd will soon be in motion-thst is, work uHpn its construction will begin
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

Mcclellan and Meade are regarded by Jefferson Davis as the best generals on the northern side during the rebellion.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

IUCsoN is not envious of her sister cities; not at all Tucson, and nest certainly the CITIZEN would like to see every town in the territory flourish, and We firmly believe the towns now is pros- porous condition will grow and flourish, and any word We can say that will help them along we shall always be glad to speak.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

Courier Four wagon loads of bull lion, weighing in the neighborhOod of 40,0O0, were shipped from the Howell smelter to the Atlantic < Pacific yesier- day.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman. of Ohio, still carries in sling the arm which he broke recently by falling down stairs. and on this account does not expect to attend the coming state denOcratic convention.