davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

A Syracuse (N. Y) dispatch of May 27th says: Dinah John, popularly known throughout the State of York as Aunt Dinah, died at the Ononda- ga Indian reservation to-day, aged 109 years. Aunt Dinah was married to Thomas John early in the present century. Thomas was warrior il, Captain Coles company of New Yorb militia in the war of 1912. He went with the company as cook, and the couple served throughout the war Aunt Dinah drew a pension for about fifty years. She was nurse to ex Governor Horatio Seymour at his birth"
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

Colored Baptism.-The immersion of seven c0lored women in the Pat apsco River at Ferry Bar, near Bal timore, Sunday week, drew an i'm mence throng of all ages and colors tC the spot, and lifted the Rev. James Jackson to unwonted heights of elo quence. "When the day of judge ment comes," shouted the preacher "a voice will cry, Come Ye blessed and get Ys o4ssedP ! tell you what brethern, grammar halnt got nothin to do with this matter"
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

A Kentucky man when dying last week. told the watchers at his bed side that he saw heaven. He prob ably had a vision of big spring oi living bourbon whisky flowing be tween banks of sugar and lemon. with hightoned gentlemen on either shore shooting at each other with gold plated revolvers.-Kansas City Journal.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
Miners Combination Tool.

John Jones. of Oregon city, Ore
 gon, has just patented through the
 Mining and Scientific Press Patent
 Agency combination tool for the
 use of miners in their operations with
 blasting fuse. For handling fuse ir
 preparing it for blast an ordinary
 pen knife does not answer the pur
 pose well. This invention is intended
 to provide a tool to split the fuse ei-
 ther lengthwise or crosswise, to cut 1t
 off squarely from the coil, to press its
 end to receive the cap, and, finally, tj
 press the cap tightly upon 1t. The
 tool is in shape somewhat like pair
 of pliers, the points or jaws of which
 are formed, one fiat and the other in
 to blade, constituting the splitting mechanism, and the fiat jaw having npon its rear part a small projection formed into 8 cutting edge, winch, with that portion of the blade which
 meets it, constitutes the cutter. Be hind the pivot point the meeting handles are formed with grooves adapted to fit around and press the end of the fuse, and also with other grooves having ribs adapted to fit around the cap and press it tightly upon the fuse when fitted upon it.
 Blasting fuse is ordinarily a tube filled with some combustible material. In order to get at this composition to apply the match so thet it will readily ignite, the protecting tube Is split lengtnwise at one end. Sometimes, where 10 blasting cap is employed and tLe explosion is effected by di- rect contact with fire. 1t Is necessary to split or cut the sides of the tube crosswise, so that the fire when it reaches these cuts may issue forth to produce the explosion. One side Of the plier has it's edge made in the shape Of blade, the cutting edge of which is sGap5ed to be brought down upon the flat surface of tke other jaw. By this construction the fuse may be split or laid open, and may be cut cresswise without entirely cutting thioagA t. Upon the flat jaw near its rear part is 2 projecting jaw, which is ground to cutting edge, 1 and forms, with the blade of another i INV, short cutter. In th1s the fuse may be easily severed from the coil l or cut into desired lengths. Behlnd | the pivot-point op the inner side of the two handles, which are Qf some width, are cut grooves, which, when the handles meet, form hole or die. In these grooves are formed ribs or beads. When the cap is fitted upon the end of the fuse it requires to be pressed tightly. making 1t secure and water tight, go that it will not be when Rsed ip yet holes. The handles are opened and the cap fitted in the grooves, which are then brought together and pressed tight ly around it. The beads press into it and form encircling dents which hold t securely to the fuse. Behind the grooves are others, smalieF, which are made to fit over the end of the fuse and by compressing 1t prepare 1t .o receive the cap with ease.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

4 report comes to Us from the Fiji Islands, via France, that the Fijians are rapidly dying off from lung dis eases. Other reports attribute this decimation to overlooking the stom ach with cold missionary. We trust the French have got the right of it. Boston Post.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

Four years ago a party of heartless Southern men caught an alligator and so bolted his jaws with iron bolts that he could not open his mouth. They then returned him to his native element. expecting him to die of star vation. When again caught, recent ly, his alligatorship was found to have grown larger, though his jaws were closed as tight as. ever by the bolts.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

The forty saloon keepers of Dan, vile, III, fought against the increase of the annual license of S600. The temperance folks at once set to work to have the price raised to $1,0O0, and that put the liquor men to re- aecting; the opposition was soon abandoned, the $500 license accepted and peace restored.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

The only safe way for an obscond ing State Treasurer to do, if he does not desire to be overtaken, is to take all the money there is in the treasury and then the detectives will have no incentive to follow him.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

by the emperors. The spot where the coins turned up is near the old Roman Waiting street, which ran through Cobham wood toward London and the interior of the is- land.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

At Pondletop, Oregon, Frank An derson, a miner, was approached by an Indian, who demanded his money. On being refused, the Indian drew a revolver, but before he could use il Frank shot him through the body with needle gun killing him in stantly,
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

RHQT5oot: life fstn.a IS sweeping by, go and LVAiN mighty and sublime leave behind re conquer tine" $66 week in your own town. s outfit free. No risk Everything new. Capitol net required We will furnish you everything. Many ara making fortunes. Ladies ma ke as mUch as men, and boys and 'lrls make great pay. Reader, if you want business at which you can make great pay Ill the time. write for particulars to H HAL LETT Co.,, Portland, Maine. 22y1
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

A young man looking over pretty girls shoulder while she was playing cards, observed: "What lovely hand! "You may have it if you want it." murmured she, and all that eve hing he was wondering what her in- tentions were.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
VOL. l..
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

-GoVernor-F. A. Tritle, Prescott. Seoretary-H M. Van Arman, Prescott Attorney General-Clark Churchill. Trsasurer-Thomas J. Butler, Prescott Superintendent of Public InStruction-W Horton, Tucson.
 Auditor-E. P. Clark. Prescott. Adjutant General-M. H. Sherman. Supreme Court-C. G. W. French, Chief Justice, Prescott; Daniel H. Pinney, Asso- siate Justice, Phoenix; ". W. Hoover, AssO- siate Justice, Tucson.
 U.S. District Attorney-J. 4. Zabriskie, Tncson.
 U. S. Marshal-Leon $. Tidball, Prescott, Supreme Court Reporter-Murat Master sen, Prescott.
 Surveyor GeneraI-J. W. Robbins, Tucson. U s. Internal Revenue Collector = Fisher, Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress-G. H. Oury, Flor SnsS.
 Judge of First Judicial Distric t-w. W. HoOver, Tucson.
 Judge of Second Judicial Distriot-Daniel H. Pinney, Phoenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-C. G. VI. French, Prescott.
 County. Sherih-Robert Steen. District Attorney-W. G. Blakely. Reecrder-J. K Mackenzie. Treasurer-W. NJ. Krider. Court Commissioner-W. H. CuretOn, Probate Judge-Chas. AtChisson. Public Administra tor-J. J. Hyde. County Surveyor-Otto F. KuenceT. s pervisOrs-W. H. Hardy, W. F Grounds An M N. Henkle. c srk of the Board of Supervisors-H 1ueksbaum.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

mTNnpeop!e are always on the lookout W N HIfor chances to increase their earn " AN0ings, and in time become wealthy; those wEo do not improve their opportuni- women, boys aild girls to'work for us righg n their own localities. Any one can do the work properly from the first start. The bus mess will pay more than ten times ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. No one who engages fails to make money rapid Iy. You can devote your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Full in formation and all that ig needed sent frea, Address SfIEsoa 6 Co., Portland, Maine
 G0U1 t'
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Jonathan Adams,
 Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned zona Territory, and administrator of said es- tate.to the creditors of and all persons hay, ing claIms against said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necess try vouchers within ten months from the first publication of this notice, to the undersigned at the office ofJ. w. Stephenson, attorney at law, at Mineral Parh, Mohave county, A. T. Dated at Mineral Park, A. T.. May 1st, {, 1888.
 JAMES J. HYDE,
 Public Administrator, J. w. STEPHENSON,
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

TI70a week made at home by the indus KI furious Best business now before the " public. Capital not needed. We will start you. Men, women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is the time You can work in spare time, or give your whole time t1 the business. No ether busi- ness will pay you nearly as well. No one can fail to make enormous pay, by engaging at once. Costly outst and terms free. Money made fast. easily sni honorably. Address TRUE & Go. August ., Maine. 22y1
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
EstIay Notice.

To all whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that haves taken ID as estrays the following described ami mals, to-wit: One sorrel horse, baldfaced, branded SB, has been running with my stock and watering at my corral for the )3st four months. One sorrel mule about l5 hands high, about ten years old,-brand toe much blurred to be asceE Etained-has lso been running with my stock for about our months; and that have posted notice md made the necessary affidavit before James J. Hyde. Justice of the Peace of Mineral Park Precinct, as required by iaw
 NICHOLAS CANTOO.
 Mineral Park, 4. T., April 27th, 1883.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
YOUNG MEN

YOUNG MEN
 Who may be suffering from the effects ot youthful foIl1es or indiscretiOn will do well to avail themselves of this, the greatest boon ever laid at the altar of suffering humanity Dr. Spinney will guarantee io forfeit $500 for every case of Seminal Weakness or pri- vate disease of any kind or character which he undertakes and fails to cure.
 N11DDEE-AGED MEN.
 There are many at the age of thirty to six ty who are troubled with too frequent evac- uations of the bladder. often accompanied by slight smartiDg or burning sensation and a weakening Of tho system in manner the patient cannot acColnt for, On eXamin- ing the prina4y deposits a rOpy sediment will often b9 foapd, and sometimes small particles of albUmeu will appear, or the CO., Tor will be of a thin pilkish hue, again changing to a dark and torpid appearance There are many men who die of this difficult ty. ignorant of the cause, which is the sec ond stage of seminal weakniss. Dr. $. will guarantee perfect cure i'll all such cases and healthy rsstora fiaR ;.f tRs gqnito-urin arS 1rGads,
 Offlde Hours-10 to 1 and to 8. Sundays from 10 to Il A. X. Consultation free. Tho rouoh examination and advice, S5.
 Gail or address
 DEs. SPENNEY GE co. deo1tf No. Il Kearny St. San Francisco.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
County.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

E.. H.. BURDICK. M. D.. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Mineral Park, A. T.
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10
Summons.

J. W STEPHENSON,
 Attorney for Administrator
Mohave County miner., 1883-06-10

-Governor-F. A. Tritle, Prescott.
 Eesretsry-H. M. Van Arman, Prescott. Attorney General-Clark Churchill. Trsasu rer-Thomas J. Butler, Prescott.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
The Great Empires of the
Earth.
London Echo.

Apropos of the ''land hungerv which,
appears to be troubling more than one
nation at the present time few figures
may be of interest. The five principal
nations of the world at this moment in
point of territory, are the British, the
Russian, the Chinese, the Brazilian and
the United States, in the order above
mentioned. The British Empire (ac-
cording to the last edition OF ,"Whitta-
kerr y, covers 8,982,177 square miles of
the earth's surface. Russia may be said
to stand alone with England in the first
class OF States embracing large, areas.
Hers amounts to 1896, 1893 square miles.
The Chinese Empire is said to cover. in
round numbers 4,54O.O0O square miles.
For Brazil and the United States the
figures are respectively, 3,288O0 and
5000, 1852 square miles. With respect to
population the British Empire sill
comes first, with 305, 900; the Chi
nese according to the latest estimates,
would come second, with about gro.
100000; the Russian third, with 1O0Oss-
342. The population of the United
States in 1883 is reckoned at $4,000. 600.
In this particular race Brazil is no.
where, her population numbering about
100000. New Guinea is not included
in the foregoing estimate of the super
fees of the British Empire.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
DURLIC SALE.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM OFFUTT.
No $3.50, PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT
COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.


BY virtue of an order of the honorable Dis
triet Court, for the Parish OF st. Landry; there
bidder, by the UNDERSIGNED administrator; at
ON TUESDAY, July Sd, 1888, the follow
ing described property. belonging to the estate
A certain lot of ground with the fencing
thereon, situated in the town of Opelousas, be-
ing a portion of the square upon which the
Episcopal Church is situated, having a front OF
eighty feet on Bellevue street and a like front
on Landry street, bounded north by Bellevue
street, south by Landry street, east by Walnut
street and west by Episcopal Church lot, the
said ground to be sold in two equal portions.
each portion having q front on Bellevue and
Landry streets respectively of eighty feet.
Terms and Conditions-O ne-third Of the pur-
chase price cash, one-third in six months, and
remaining third twelve months from day OF
sale, purchaser to give his notes for the credit
payments to the order of the administrator,
bearing eight per cent per annum interest from.
date, secured by special mortgage and vendors
privilege with stipulation to pay ten per
cetunm for counsel fees in case they be in
CURED. WILLIS PRESCOTT,
June 2d-5t Administrator.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
The Value of Oats.
ITimes-D.s Translation from the French.

| ITimes-D.'s Translation from the French
mo oats, no horse" says an old prov.
erb and the proverb is right.
Many times it has been attempted tc
substitute barley and corn for oats
But the attempt has never been success
! full. Barley and corn are far richer in
ten the animal at the expense Of vigor.
NJ. Andre Samson, professor of
Zootechny at the National School of
Agriculture at Grignon, has completed
series OF experimental investigations,
with view to discover whether oats do
not possess certain stimulating and nu-
tritive properties besides those already
found by chemical analysis.
M. Samson has discovered that the
outer covering of the oat-grain con-
tains snbstance,-soluable ALCOHOL
which has the power OF stimulating the
nervous mOtOr-system.
This substance appears to belong to
the group Of alkaloids. 1t is found in
all varieties of oats raised, and it's
quantity varies according to the place
which produced the crop. Grinding
weakens this property considerably, so
that oatmeal possesses only mediocre
qualities.
Thus science confirms the value of
tradition. No other aliment, however
.nutritive, can give the horse that spirit,
energy and endurance of labor which
oats gives him.
Now comes highly important ques-
ton How much oats ought a horse
to have every day 2 M. Samson an
swers that it is absolutely necessary-at
all events in our climate-to give him
as many kilos of oats as the number of
hours during which he must work.
Zone kilo is about 2 and 1l2 lbs
CASTOR PERCHERoN.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
2 Anagrams and Acrostics.

These pithy diversions have oftel
amused the leisure of great minds, bu
more often have proved the serious EN-
ployment OF men whose mental calibel
could bear no heavier metal. The
acrostic in its simplest form is apoetica
composition in which the first letters Of
the several verses spell some word
usually a name. The laborious wits
however, soon came to despise any such
easy triumph, and invented acrostics in
which the same name might be found
in the first letters, in the last letters, and
half a dozen times through the stanza.
Pope and his friends used sometimes to
amuse themselves by proposing words
difficult to match in rhyme, and the
amusement was at one time quite popll-
lar in London. Anagrams-the manu-
facture OF other words out of the letters
of given word-have long been in re-
pute. What, a poet of the seventeenth
century, made an anagram on his own
name. "a w.t. and felicitated himself
on his invention. Akin to these speci-
mems of false wit is punning. This is a
vice which has been well known in
every age, and few great names but
have contributed to the common stock.
Cicero was a great punster, but his puns
are, OF course, untranslatabIe, the
surest means of detecting pun being
the failure to translate it into another
language. Cesar sometimes made a
pun. and his puns had the reputa-
ton of being very good. Charles H.,
of England, was one of the greatest
punsters of his age. During his reign
this vice spread to every part of the
Kingdom. One of his courtiers once
saw a poor Oxford scholar in his gown,
and told him it was too short. Every
well,' replied the scholar, ..it viii be
long enough before l get another
The bystanders laughed, and the court
Ter undertook afterward to tell the joke
to the King. II told him his gown
was too short, and he said: Very well,
it will lie a long time before / get an.
other.''' The King studied, and said
he saw nothing funny in that Neither
do To- replied the courtier, ..but it
sounded funny when he told it. Lamb
drove his friends nearly distracted with
his puns. He was once travelling, and
the stage stopped at an inn for dinner.
After the dinner the coachman came
with o new passenger: ''All full in
here?'' Il can answer for the rest, ~
said Lamb, ''but the pudding did the
business for me.n Jonson was noto-
riously fond of punning, while Shake
speare was said to be equal to any,
10th in number and variety. Adams
made a pun while the Declaration of ~
was being signed. Nov.
we must all hang together or we shall
all hang separately" Hood was the
greatest punster in our literary history.
His double pr1ns are famous. $50 they
went and told the sexton, and the sexton
tolled the bell,' is perhaps one of his
best eitQrts.-S Louis Gtobe-Denaocrat
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
GHERlFF,s SALE.
LEHMAN, ABRAHAM & co, VS.. LUDGER
No. 1889.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
LAsTRAPEs EFT AL.

BY virtue of writ of fieri facias, in
the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, 1 will proceed to sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Ope-
lousas, on SATURDAY, the 21st day OF
July, 1883, at II o'clock A. NJ. the following
described property, to-wif:
1. About three thousand and ninety arpents,
of land-less two hundred arpents soltl-to-
gether with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon being the present residence OF
mortgagors situated in Prairie Laurent in the
parish of st. Landry, bounded north by Bayou
Teche, south by Bayou Bourbeux. east by Mil
lard, and west by lands of Joseph Balaue, be-
ing the same lands that the mortSagors aco1Iir-
ed at the suecessionai sale of ROquette in or
about 1856. together with all the stock, mules,
horses, carts, wagons. aratory implements, and
farming utensils on said plantation
2. A certain plantation, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated i'll Prairie
Laurent, parish of st. Landry, La, having
nine arpentS front on the west bank of the
Bayou Teche-fhree arpents of which running
back forty arpents, and the other six arpents
running back seventy arpents-said plantation
is bounded above byland of Luttser and Lucien
Lastrapes, and below by those of ]. Backman
Lee, being same property acquired by mortga-
gors at a Sheritfs sale, made on the 10th day OF
April, 1881, i'll execution of Judgment No.
l2745 Of ID. G. OF st. landry, entitled Ludger
Lemelle ct ais vs.. James NJ. Thompson.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash
C. C. DUsON,
Sheriff of the Parish of st. Landry
june16-6t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-07
JUDO HAL ADVERTIsENEN
DURLIC SALE.
ESTATE OF WI LIAM WRIGHT
Of VII LIAM WRIGHT.
PROBATE DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT.
+ EssS PARISH OF ST. LANDRY.
No. 1850.

| By virtue of an order of the Honorable Dis
trict Court of the parish of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder, by, the undersigned or any other
duly qualified auctioneer, ON the premises OF
the first described tract Of land situated
at Bayou IL Te @h4nsh in the parish of St.
| the following described property belonging to,
the estate of William Wright, deceased, to-wit :.
i. A certain tract of land situated on Bayou
Teche in st. Landry parish, La, containing
eighty-one acres, more or less, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, being
part OF a tract of one hundred and thirty-one'
acres more or less, bought by said deceased.
from Jacob Waiter, February 23d, 1875, as per
act before Laurent Dupre, Esq, Notary Public
the said one hundred and thrty-on acres be-
ing bounded as follows, to-wit Lots Nos 5, s,
wise i'll section No. 90. partly in section No. s..
7. 6 S. R, E., and partly in township s. r. 5
e., and SAID sale afterwards confirmed by act
from j. y A. Perrodin to said William Wright,
deceased, April 5th 1876, before A. p. Williams
Notary Public; the said eightyone acres OF
land more or less, consisting OF the said tract
thereof, sold by the deceased to Stanley
Louis Laws, on December 14th, 1876, as per act
before John n. Ogden, Notary Public
2. A tract OF land containing seven arpents
situated about one and half miles from Ope--
lousas, on the public road leading from Ope--
lousas to Prairie Laurent, having front of one
arpent on said road, running south three ar
penis, and thence east four arpents to land OF
W. G. Bell, bounded north by the public road.
and ?. Frilot, south and west by land OF Emma
BOutte wife OF b. A. Martel, east by W. e. Bell.
being same land purchased from the said Mrs
Emma Boutte, as per act before J. L, Chachere:
Notary Public, october 4th, 1880, together with
the buildings and improvements thereon.
5. One old buggy, one tWO-hOrse wagon, ono
mare and colt. (creole,) three gentle creole
horses, two milk cows and calves, one three
year old beef; one lot OF farming utensils con-
sistlng of two plOws and one cultivator, one
set of pillow harness, one shot gun, one silver
watch, one lot of household furniture consist
ing of bedstead, armoir, three tables, chairs
and bedding.
4. The growing crop on the second described
tract Of land containing three tarpents) i'll cot
ton and three III corn.
5. The growing crop of cotton and corn on
the first described tract
Terms-Cash. A. J. PERPAULT,
june16 Auctioneer.