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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
An old Man to Bride.
Anonymous.


 ''l am holding scme pasteboa-d in ny hands. Three stately pluckIngs from tue bush of ceremony l am gazing IpOn a card and a name-a name with which your thrObbing heart Uas lost There was nothing strange about that card. The maiden sIgn stIll looks from t., calm and customary, as it looked upon many friendly visit, as lt lies m many a formal basket I am Esziug 800 upon a card where the nearer parent tells the world she will be at home one day, and that IS nothing new. Bur there Is another card, whose miuclng there outs a fiery tongue into thI, speeches. r.sisboard, enamciiLg fttl ag c0IluU-i- place. It tells us that feeling Is nGtlr- ing into destiny, and that these cards are but the pale herGlds of @ coming crisis, when a hand that has pressed friends hands and plucked flowers. hall close down on hIm Co whom she shall be friend and lover forever.
 q have sent yOu a few flowers Go Idorn the dying moments Of your single Ife. They are the gentle types Oi leucate and durable friendship. T1er bring up by our sIde when others have deserted It, and they vili be found watching over our grave when those who should cherish have forgotten us; @ seems meet to me that n past SO calm and pure as yours should expire wItn a kindred sweetness about it. The flowers and music. kind friends and earnest words should oOnsecrRte the hour when a sentiment IS passing into a sacrament.
 The three great stages or our berug are the birth, the bridal, the buriaL To the first We bring only weakness, for Che asst We have nothing but dust But usre at the altar, where life joins life. he pair come throbbing up t1 inc holy man, whispering the deep promise tha- ar-ns each others heart to help on tle life struggle of care and duty.
 "Ihe beautiful will be there, borrow ing new beauty from the scene, the guy and the frivolous, they and their H1un- cas will come Co gaze on all G. scattered thoughts pant for; and age VII totter up Co hear the old words repeated that Co their own lives have gwen the charm.
 Some will weep over it as 1T it were the tomb, and some will laugh over IJ as if it were a joke; but two must stand by It; for 1t Is fate-not fun -this everiast- mg locking of their lives.
 And now can you, who have 4ueened 1t over SO many pended forms ,an you come down at fast Co the frugal iiet of single heart2
 Hitherto you have been @ clock giving your time to the world. Now, you are watch, buried in one particular bosom, watching only his breast, mark ,rg only his hours, and ticking only tp he beat of his heart-whera time aud feeling shall be in unison, uuul these lower ties are lost in that higher we'd ock, where all hearts are united around that great central heart of alL
 Hoping that calm sunshine may hai- low your clasped hands, l snb silently uio a signature
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
ARIZONA.

IJ vas many years ago, when every lody outside of this Territory supposed that there was nothing here except mines, and It was only of late years that our owI cI.iz ns began to realize that there was much to be done in Arizona bs5id s mining. It was only after the water was led out on the plains, and grain was planted and returned thousand fold that the more observing portion of our citizens began to realize the possibilities of the future of Ariz1n It Was even at later date that the attention of stock men began t1 be directed to the superior grazing lands which are to be found throughout ,hc entire Ter itory, while the value and extent of our timber and coal lands are still but little appreciated d by our people.
 The developments of the past few years ou the Santa Cruz, Gila, Verde, San Pedro, Salt and Colorado rivers, has proved beyond doubt, that Arizona has more good land which may be irrigated and made productive, than 'he entire State of California south of Mer- ced county, and much more than the shole State of Colorado. We have more and better grazing lands than any state or territory m the Union outside Of Texas. We have more and better mines than any other state pr territory in the Union. aud will take the leading place ID lSSA
 IL is strange that the citizens of Tombstone, Phenix, Prescott and Tue son will talk about dull times and wonder If their town has reached its zenith of prosperity. If such men would stop for a moment and think, and draw a few comparisons with other st ties and territories which have settled up, they might lean sJmethIng that would prove If benefit to hem, and to the towns in which they live.
 Al adm;. hat our Territory is grow irg, and that in the near future its po- pulation wjll be increased to 2GO0e0 people. Is 1t possible tha the pcpula- tioa of our Territory can increase to these figures without causing a healthy yr wtb m the towns? The trouble iu Arizona IS that We have too many six-mCnths men-men who can only look six months ahead. We are in great need of men who can look five or ten years ahead. We ave few among us now, bu. they are largely in the minor ity.
 The CITIZEN has faith in Arizona. IL believes that the latent and apparent Resources of our territory will be brought out and developed to the fullest extent, and that with such development, all sections of the country will grow and prosper. We predict that Tom bstone, Phenix and Prescott will grow up to be cities of from 5000 to 10000 population bv 1890. and that Tucson will become a city of 2j,0l) in the same time. While Florence, Clif'oq, Yuma, Globe. Solo knoxville, St. Johns and other places which now scarcely have a place upon olr maps wIll become important towns ! of l.O1' to 5.O01 The predictions of the ! -au Francisco Examiner published m veste-iay's elegraphic dispatches that ! "pucsen wlll at no distant day become one og the most Aourishing and enter ' pr.-ing ee1ters in the south, IS not based upon su i'm giuary foundation. ! Al of the elements aud resources are at i hand. and 1T the prediction Is not ~eri- ! he'd the fault will be with the people and not with the country or the town.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
EASTERN.

TROY, \. r., Nov. l0.-The attention of district attorney has been called to tue case of the Polish Jew named Merchant in this city. who although married he says will marry young Iewess of New York, having a divorce granted by religious authority. The district att, -ney says he VII prosecute Merchant for bi-amy fl he remarries.
 TRENTON, Nov. lO-Ihe official re- turns from all but two counties in the state gave Abbot 6,67S maj rrity over Dixon. Parsons. temperance candidat-, t,olled about GOO votes; Winer. national candidate. about 5000 votes.
 PETERSBURG. Nov. I0. Information to-day to the effect that there is not any conflict between the whites and black at Southampton, but white families throughout the country are still grsatly alarmed. The whites are armIng them selves.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 12-The Inspector learned two months ago. that Wm. E. Brockway. Nathaniel B. Foster and Lewis O. Martin the most noted conn., terfelters ID the country, were prepsr-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
TIE CHIRICAHCAS.
Fun Text Of Captain Raferty's Report.

|
 PREsIDIo, Nov. 6.-The following has been received from General Crooks command, Department Of Arizona; SILVER CREEK, 4. T., October 26, | Via Fort Bowie, October 2S, 1883. ! Captain Roberts, 4. D. C., Whipple ! Barracks, A. T.. My command arrived here at l p. m. to-day, and found Lieu tenant Hunter here with a cavalry de- | tachment from Fort Bowie n charge Of the Chiricahuas that had come in and | surrendered in accordance with the terms made wlth General Crook last | May. Lieutenant Davis and myself counted them this afternoon. Those now here number sevanty-nine men, women and children.
 The following information is obtained from the Chiricahuas: Oae hundred and fOrty-six men, women and children re- mained in Mexico l4>t May. OF these Juh IS drowned His two children arc here. Navajo Bills brother was killec by MeXieans. Two bucks were killed iu drunken TOW by the Indians them selves. Ten men and two women have gone to San Carlos by another route We crossed their trall several days old To-day Chief Cayatenu wIth pine buck and one squaw will be here. In eight days Geronimo and Chatto with eighi bucks. Ten boys aud twenty wcmeu and children arc still i tLc2i-o. but will be Tn as soon as they can gather their stock to travel. All 0t the Chiricahuas would have bean m before this, but they went Co Cgsas G-autes. after leaving General Crook, to sec Il they could regain possession 0f some oi their people, who were held captive by some of the MeXIcaus in that vicinity They recovered one Of them and were trying to get the others when the MeyI- cans attempted to surround hem. They escaped to the mountains. aaa rle party of twelve, previously mentioned, started immediately for San Carlos. and were followed, after about twenty days, by the seyenty-nine BOW here. Navajo Bills brother was killed about twenty days after General Crook left Mexico. There was no fight with tine Mexicaus. When the latter attempted Co surround them at Casas Grandes, some Of the Mex Icans they knew at Casas Grandes inc formed them m time and they left. The chiefs now here are NatCheZ, BonltO and Chihuahua. The -eyenty-nIre now here promised Cayetano to remain here till his party arrived eight days from this l I told them 1 would remain that length l of time Cnless l received other orders. ! Lieutenant Davis has here rutiou~ Tor 1 the Indians. Lieutenant Hunter also ! brought out some. Gu the return Of 1 Geronimo and Chatto with rLcir par' ! the Chiricahuas say mt sIrgle Chiu- ] cahua will be left in Mexico. The h. ] dians now here have captive MexIc .l ] child. Geronimo son IS here, also | Chatto's family.
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17

THE removal Of the old men, squaws and chi drea, whl have come ID to draw their winter clothicg and rations from General Crook. to the Indian Ter ritory, womb lo Arizona but little good. But # the warriors, the dgLua- men were brought iu and the entire 1aUd of reuegades removed, 1t would be the be-t tliBg that c1ulI b. doae for Arizona, aud would inspire confidence among the settlers oi the s0utheastofn portion ri the Territory. IT General Crook has any regard for the people oi Arizona. he should ask he war department ;o take the renegades to the Indian Terri tory and place them beside tle Modocs, where there are no mouEta ns or can- yons to hide ID, and where they could be forced to earn their owu hyIuy, in- stead of being fed at the expense of the whites. If General Crook will now bring in the warriors and then transfer the whole caboodle 70 the Indian Tern tory. the citizens of Arizona wonli approve the act, and 1t c rtainly offers the best means for hum to crawl out of a very bad scrape.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
Utilizing the Sun.

News of curious invention comes from the south of France. A French man, who has patented a machine for the use of concentrated solar rays as a general motive power, has set up three of his mschlnes in Algeria for the French government. He is now carry ing on experiments at the island of Porquerolles, near Hyeres, where he IS thrashing Indian corn and raising water by the action of the suns rays. Sir Charles Dilke has also lent him part of bis land at Cap Brun, near Toulon, for hIs experments, and be purposes 10 utilize the sun in boring the holes for blasting, for tree-planting in the hard rocks, as well as in pumping water from the winter wells into the summer cisterD.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
sEEMs 10 RnrHrR THEM

The ownership of the CITIZEN k elicitlng a good deal of quiet comment. Tue -'onundrum seems to be. Is II
 owned by a syndicate of Federal office holders who have 1t in reserve for emergencies? As neither the CITIZEN
 or Judge Pinney see it to dely his propri-tsry interest therein it looks
 very much as though it is a syndictte
 organ. IT So it is Inimical to the wei
 Fare Of the Territory. The Federal
 officers Of Arizona are no sinecures to
 be farmed ont on the strength of any Journal. nor are the people here simply
 Co afford fat pickings for anybody or
 any party. These are facts that will be
 made manifest sooner or later very much to some Cne's dlsgust.-Gazette.
 Some of the newspapers of Arizona are greatly exercised about the owner ship of the CITIZEN. For the enligh.- enment of such papers, We will simply state that $. 4. Manloye and W. W. Hayward own all of the shares of the ARIZONA CITIZEN, and have SO owned them for the past seven months. ihe writer of this little notice, (who is presi- dent of the CITIZEN company has never aven had the pleasure Of meeting Judge Piuuey, and would not know him from Aiam 1T he were to meet hlm on the streets Of Tucson. We can assure the Gazette and all other newspapers m Arizona that the CITIZEN is not owned by a syndicate, and that tt is not an organ for any maa or set n! men. The CITIZEN, as every on knows. is republi- can in politics, but under its present management 1t has not, nor will it hesitate to expose what 1t couceIves to be a wrong. in the republican party or elsewhere.
 The CITIZEN has occupied no doubtful position on any public question that in terest- the people ot Arizona, and 1t is a matter Of surprise to us that the Ga zatta, which is usually fair opponent, should go SD far ont of its way as to in- innate that the CITIZEN is owned by federal office holders. The writer in- vested his money in the CITIZEN because h- oe.ieved 1t to be a good one, and has not yet had cause to repent of the in- vsstmsnt. The CITIZEN, while it Is re- publican in politics, and will continue to remain SO, its main efforts have been, and VII coa'iDue to b., in the interest of Arizona, and the development Of its agricultural, mineral and grazing re- sources, without the development of winch We shall have but little use for either newspapers or federal officers. By building up Arizona We build up our town, and make it possible to print a newspaper with the news of the day, both at home and abroad This has been the object of the CITIZEN under Its present management SO far, and that policy wili be maintained so long as the writer has anything to do with it.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17

! TIE necessity for rapidly extending ;he Marrow Gauge Railroad north to Globe and the pine regions of Central
 Arizona, Is daily becoming more ap-
 parent. In an article which appears
 elsewhere in to-day's CITIZEN is a state
 ment from a g ntlsman of New Mexico.
 who recently passed through northern
 Arizona. It confirms all previous re-
 ports of the splendid natural resources
 of that section oi our Territory, which
 IS rich Tn the precious metals, Is well
 timbered and watered, and possesses
 large amount of agricultural land that
 may be cultivated without irrigation.
 It Is also fine stock country: good
 grasses growing e7srywhcra.
 We trust that the management of the
 Narrow Gauge road will make a great
 effort t' exten taeir road to this coua-
 try during the coming season. The
 road should be completed to Globe be
 fore the warm weather sets in. After
 reaching Globe. an attitude will be
 eaclel which will make the summ ar
 months comparatively cool, SO that
 active work may continue durine the entre season. The inpor
 auce of this road cannot be over estimated to Tucson. As the CITIZEN has repeatedly stated, it will open up one of the finest inning regions il Arizoua; # wiI pass through -he very heart ot the finest timber belts west Of the Rocky mountains. In short lt will open u9 virgin country that is abundautly able to support a poDula ton of l01,Gj) people, but which nowcon- taius less than 2101). l. will d, more Co develop the r-eources of Arizona than anynthsr road that has ever been projected, and will prove a valuable to Tucson, which will greatly benefit every branch Of trade and open up an era of permanent pros peri'y such as We have never known. ItI vii do for Arizona the same as the Den yer and Rsa Graude has done for Colo rsdo; it will doublo the population of the terrIto-y in less than five years, and ! make Tucson one of the most thriving aud prosperous cItics in the southwest. it will ouiiu uD large mining camp at Rivsr-ida and make Globe oae of the mot lively and prosper us mining re -i0n- on the Pacific coast. and give cm- ployment to thousands of lumber men. , his is not Idi- talk, but facts which can he vs-itisl lu little time, by build ing the road. There should be no de- lay ia pushing this road; i, may be ex tended DO 1I.e= ny the close of the year as easily as 100. fl it is pushed as it 5houii be. We have ii from reliable l 5ourc that the people of Gl be are not Jnly willing bot anxious 10 j iu forces 1 with us, and assist in bnlll ng this oad. | They ar. even more anxious 90 & cure ln outlet, than We are to open ID their | country. The CITIZEN s not disposed l To find fault with he management o- | he Narrow Gauge road but it would Ike inspire @ lsI- more 4 and lctivty in aa enterprise Of ~uch vital importance tot territory and to our ,yyn eity.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17

TEE 'youug bloods" of New York are
 Very much opposed to wire fences.
 These fellows are in the habit of riding
 "rurgl -lod~ over any fence they may
 come to. regardless of the protests of the ersuauts OF owners Of the lani. A few das, ago, number of these -mlta- tors ot nobility were out for hunt and
 as usual. forced their horses to jump tLe fences. One Mr. Collier, who rade Q spirited horse, took fence five feet, nine inches high, gallautly, but lew
 feet further on a wire fence that was covered with brush, neither the uu- drdged lord or the horse saw in tune Go make an effective jump. The hc--e's forofeet struck the barbed wire and rolled over, throwing its rider face foremost to fhe ground. The horse was severely cut and maagled, and the "un- dedged" was stunned besides receiving a severe and ugly gash across his face. Ines. fellow- have about extingulshed the poor pot hunters" who kill birds and small game for living ID the vicin- lty of large cities; they will now turn their attention to expressing the wire fences Of the land owners. It IS aboni time these relics of shoddyism were treated to B coat of cold mud when ever they make their appearance m the country. They are a growing nulsan ,e
 which however insignificant, mus be p. .ced upon a level with other monkeys.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
Circular No. ;.

The in'l9sIug cirsIl8r received by the military authorities on tbe Whi.e Mountain Reservation, explains itself
 SAN CARLOS, Nov , |, 1883.
 CIRCULAR No. 5.-Al perso,s vIng on tLis reservation, or persons passing through or visiting, are hereby caution ed against making lse of threats or use of signs or vO-d- agalnst any of the h. dian. living Pea'eahiy on the res@rva- tiou winch in any way can be under stood hy them, and which tends Go disturb their pence and qgiet. All persons found SO of. nling in violation of law no natter npw trivial It may seem, will at once hv arrested and turn cd over t0 the Uaited States authorities f1r trial
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17

At an expense of several thousand dollars, to be paid ultimately by the men who work on the farm Crin the foundry, or the women who tOil at the loom or sewing machine, Brig and Bv't Siai Genl W. B. Hagen, Chief Signal Officer of the Army" Lsis compiled and has had published by the War Department @ book. It consists of one hJudred and fifty pages of trash; in other words. weather proverbs. collected from al parts of the country. Here IS a sample of them:
 "DoNKEY.-Wheu the donkey blows
 his horn
 lis time to hOuse yOur hay
 and corn
 "CATrLE. When a COW stops and shakes her foot, 1t indicates that there is bad weather behind her.
 "A winters fog wIll freeze a dog. "When gnats dance in February the husbandman becomes Q began.
 "The rain bow has but bId character; she ever commands the raiU Co Cease. "When eager bites The thirsty dea, Clouds and rain you sure shal. see. The Chief Signal Officer of the Army has little 10 do when be can devote h. time tO such nonsense; and the Treas ury Department IS at loose ends when such wanton waste of hard-earned money IS permittei.-Daily Report.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17

Sunday lasi five Chirlcahua bucks passed through Fort Thomas on theIr way Co San Carlos. They were just from Mexico and had band of fifteen horses. Their appearance wou'd indicate tLat they were shiftiess fellows or that Chi huahua was not good iUu-ry Tor ln- diuns. as the only clothes that any of them had on were calico shirts and G- strings rather light costume for thls season of the year.-Clanon.
 No one knows better than the e hiri- cahuas that their costume is liylt. They came Tn to be dressed mp and ief uP. The Gray Fox wIll see to that. They have no idea of the va ue of time but are experts on the change of the seasons and what is good Co eat and wear and they know where Co go for 1t.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.
PIMA CuuNrY.

More work is being done in Pima
 county in quie. way than ever before.
 It has been the custom otprospectors and
 miners to tell what they had and what they were gong to do. but now there IS a disposition to go ahead and do, and say nothing about it. Formerly every one who had a hole iu .he ground was trying to sell f; now most of those who have anything worth holding on to are getting out ore, and shipping it to Ben son, Pueblo and Denver for reduction. Considerable fault has been found with the Benson smeiter by those who have sent ore there for reduction; but whether there are any grounds for the complaints We cannot say. l. Is said tha, the Ben son smelter allows only S5 cents an ounce for silver, while the Argo works allow 96 per cent. of the market price. which at the present quotations would be SlO5, or 20 cents an ounce net, over and above what is said Co be paid at Benson.
 Hartt and WeIgle, who own mines iu the neighDorhood Of the Omega mino Jn the north end of the Santa Ritas, shipped a ear load of selected ore to Pueblo last Thursday. We understand theIr nine are booking we'll We sAaii eudeavor to report the development made IL these mInes, at an early day.
 Me-srs. BrOwu and Llghthlzer have made an important strIse ln tue Bueua Vista mine, e,situated abuUJ s miles south west of Tucson. during the past week. There ls d large outcrUp Uf what appeared Co be barren quartz that passed up the north end Of the hIil over which the lode extended; they concluded 70 do their assessment work here, but had no Idea that t,ey would find more than good indications, yet fine body of black petAnque and copper ore was en- countered at a depth of less than fifteen feet, when assays high m copper and silver. \ number of tons Of good ore are alre tdy on the dump. The owners will make a shipment to Pueblo ID the course of a few weeks for the purpose 1t making a test, and if lt proves profit able, of which they have no doubt, re- gular shipments wIll be made.
 The Franco-American. We have had occasion to speak of the promising prospects o, this mine, Ou two or three occasions of late, and We are glad to be able t. ate that II continues Co show up better with every foot of depth at- tained. The shaft is now down about 2j feet, and at last accounts was in >plendid ore. The lode Is nearly vertical with one good wall-the shaft which Is 5x7 feet not reaching the otler. The lode has every appearance of gong down. With the exception of copper, the ore Is free; 1t contains no antlmony, arsenic or zinc, and may be successful ly smeltsd. Day and night shifts are now working on the mine, and the shaft will be sunk Co a sufficient depth to show up the mine, in the shortest possible time.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-17
EMugr CRAwFlRD.

When We take into consideration the fact that these red devils. whom Captain Crawford IS SO afraid will toe insulted by whIte men, go on annual mUr3erir 2 expeditions, and murder white men, women and children uusil they are tined ot the sport, and who are then allowed to go "scott free" and return to the agency when they get ready and are received and protected by the military of the Uaited States, t lork- as though the people of Arlzoua would be better of they would in the Auaches.