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Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27
Railroad Items.

C. R. Williams. general freight and passen. ger agent, is in the east.
 The length of the Colorado bridge is 17OO feet.
 W.A.Conant will enter upon his duties as station agent of the western terminus of the road this week.
 J. H. Drury, head of the carpenter and water service department, reports about 300 men working under him.
 The Atlantic & Pacific railroad company have just received several new passenger coaches, preparatory to the increase of travel when the bridge is completed.
 The Southern Pacific railroad company are erecting a round house with the capacity of fourteen stalls at Sacramento Springs.
 The earnings of the Atcbison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad for Febuary and March shows gain of S320,OOO, or 30 per cent, while the Union Pacific ca rning decreased $174,G00 m the month of April.
 Considerable work is being done at Sacra- mento Springs station by the $. P. R. R.. who are putting up turn tables and machine shops there. Abundance of water has been found on the mesa by sinking wells.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

(2) specimens each of ores and mill products, the same to be labeled plainly with name of mine, 10 3ality, assIy value, &e. Snch specimens should not exceed POO pounds in weight and w'll be carried free of charge and if requested to be returned, return freight only will be charged. Please give this mat ter your personal attention and have all specimans sent in time to reach me on or before June 18th next.
 c. k. WILLIAMS,
 General Freight and Passenger Agent
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

The ledge runs across the top of 8 high mountain and exposes the richest surface ore at it's highest point. The ledge is all pay ore and will probably average $50 to the ton throughout. The ore is hard, finty quartz, showing free gold easily distin- guishable by the naked eye. There is also a streak of honeycombed quartz in this ledge out of which many handsome specimens of wire gold have been obtained. There are several rich punches in this ledge out of which ore has been taken that will assay several hundred dollars in gold. The owners of this claim have done very little work on 1t :s yet but we hear that it is their inten- tion to open it up shortly and in all prob ability they will erect stamp mill on the banks of the river for the purpose of r5duc- ing the ore of this and other mines in the immediate vicinity. The northern exteT- sion of this mine known as the
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27
Roll of Honor.

The following is report of School Dis trict No. 1, Mineral Park, for the month ending April 27th, 1883:
 STANDING.
 Arith. Geog. Gram. His. Spel. Will Cnreton, 82 6S 92 100 84 Alta White s4 951S 76 40 92 Nellie Steen, v 73 72 3G 75 Number of students enrolled, IS. Aver age daily attendance, 13.
 Names of those who have not been absent or taIdy are as follows: Alta, White Nellie Steen, Willie Cureton and Caroline Gross.
 SUSIE TIGHE, Teacher.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27
Miners, Attention!

The following circular has been sent to Ill agents along the line of the Atlantic & Pac 'fic railroad, and we hope that our miners will contribute specimens of ore as requested. Such specimens may be left at lis office and will be forwarded free of charge:
 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER AGENT.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ. May 10, 1883. To AGENTs:- desire to make an exhibit | the Denver and Santa F6 exposiEions of ores, minerals, &c, and request that you make special offort to induce owners of mining properties ard mills to send me two
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

The Globe Caronlele ing Of the death 0f Dr. O'Dou ;hecty says: He " IS a member of the famous Miner prospect nr party curly days. Later. ill comp! my with w. dcpe and H. Diffenbach, he discovered the Hlbernia mine in Mojave county, and siA years ago discovered the very rich groupe oi silver mines at the foot of the north peak oi the Mazatzal range which groups bears his name. He WAS an earnest prospeetor, a thorough miner and-a friend. Peace to bis ashes.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

An angry tree,' a species of acacia, is growing on farm i'll Virginia. NeY. It was brought from Australia and is now eiglt feet high and growing rapidly. It shows all tho characteristips of the sensitive plant. When the sun sets its leaves fold together and the ends of the tender twigs coil up like pig-tail. If the twigs are handled the leaves move uneasly for a minute or more.
 -SaE Diego Sun.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

private letter from Leadvillp, Colo, dated Thursdy, May r, says: Had eigLt inches of snow this morning, and it has con- tinued showing all day."-Albuquerque Journal.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27

Hon. A. w. Sheldon, the new Judge of the First Judicial District, arrived in Tucson on Saturday last. The Citizen srys of Lis per sonal appearance: Judge Sheldon is very prepo sessing gentleman, with frank and modest appearance. He is slen Ger in phy- siqus, with light hair, and mCustache with long side whiskerR of light color.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27
MAUD AsHBROOK,

located April 4th, 1882 by H. $. Deyine and w. H. Gam. This claim shows we'll de-
 fined ledge abolt four feet wide. which can be traced on the surface for long distance.
Mohave County miner., 1883-05-27
MOHAVE COUNTY MINER.

Special notices in the reading columns of the MINER will be charged at the rate of Zen Cents per line for each insertion.
 J. Weyl. Notary Public, room ,. Bank of Arizona Building, Prescott, is the author ized agent of the MoHAvE COUNTY MINER in Yavapai county.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
THE DAILY ENQUIRER

Continues onward in its brilliant in the News
paper world. Acknowledging None Superior
Prints daily faithful record OF al! that transpires
without fear or fayor treats all persons and parties
with fairness, subject to no clique corporation or
boss, but always mindful of its obligations to the
people, and the aim of its conductors to produce
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Eor the hest evidence of its superior WORTH ana
adaptabty to the wants of all classes, few sample
copies or short trial subscription will be more con-
vincing than words of praise from any source. =.
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the cheapest Daily Paper printed. Published every
day at the following
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
Whv Widows Win.

Are widows really so fascinatingP The
popular impression seems to be that
single women are placed at an extreme
disadvantage when brought into compe-
tition in The matrimonial race with
those OF their sex who have once worn
the orange blossoms and who have been
compelled by cruel fate to assume the
sable habiliments of woe. Strange to
say, widows themselves do not share in
this almost universal opinion. There is
not one of them who does not-believe
that she is heavily Handicapped, y 30
to say, in the contest, and who would
not gladly exchange places, If she
could, with her single sisters. The at
tractive widow, nevertheless, carries of
the bachelor sweepstakes very often,
leaving her spinster rivals pale with
envy and wild with rage. Her con-
quests, however, are very much exag-
gerated. Widows who have not com.
Portable bank account or q corner LOT
find it Us difficult to elicit proposal as
other dowerless mombers of the sex.
Whom we first love we rarely marry
has become q truism, and herein lies
the advantage of the widow with large
dover right. The old admirers return
and the old fame is easily relighted
Beauty in distress with a good-sizet
package of government bonds is some
thing quite irresistible. Y. Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
Childlika Trust in the Butcher.

''Thc women all think they know o
good piece of meat" remarked q
butcher yesterday, and think they can
tell just what part of the critter it comes
from. But none of them know any
thing about it. A butcher can give
them piece from the neck and call it
loin, and they wouldn't know the differ
ence. The men aren't any wiser, either.
l tell you people have got to know
their butcher and trust 10 him, or they
won't get good meat very often. Peo-
pie think it's easy to learn all about
meat, and that butchering is fit busi-
ness for anybody with little money.
That's why all sorts of men are contin-
ually taking turn at the meat busi-
ness. But they nearly always fail up.
There are more failures or unsuccessful
ventures in this business than in any
other, though perhaps it merely seem:
so to me because | always notice them
It's not an easy business to learn, that's
sure. Why once had man working
for me who had been around meat fol
ten years, but he didn't know mucl
about it. I've been at it twenty-eigh
wears myself. and ! find that an
learning points all the while. Spring
| field (MdSS.) RepHbti'an.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
Repairing a Lofty Li-ht ing Rod.

Quite Il crowd collected in the neigh
borhood of Baltimore and Front streets
Yesterday shortly after midday, and the
gaze of each and every one was direct.
ed heavenward. Following the line of
their observations, two figures could be
seen on the top of the shot tower. The
height was necessarialy too great TO
distinguish the countenances OF The
aerial excursionists, and when one OF
them climbed the flagstaff which tops
the tower, went through queer move
ments, and then rapidly descended, ex.
citement was at its height. The crowd
increased momentarily. and from many
windows in the lower section of the city
which commanded view of the lofty
elevation curious persons gazed upon
the two figures. Presently both disap.
peared inside of the tower, and the
show was over An American man
went over to the tower and ascertained
that Mr.. August L. Ecke, in company
with q colored man, one of his en-
ployes, had been busy fixing up the
iightning-rod attached to the tower, and
doing similar lofty work. Mr.. Eicke
said: This tower is 217 feet high, and
it takes 1874 ordinary stair steps to
reach the top. The flagstaff is So feet
high in addition, and to-day | put my
lightning-rod glasses on the staff and
renewed the flag halyards: The flag
staff is only about eight inches in diam
eter at the base, and when l climbed ur
it shook like willow. l would have
remained up longer and completed
more work, but to-day, like every othei
sultry day, the air at high attitudes il
full of electric currents, and they be
came so strong at one time that was
compelled to slip down the pole a dis
tance of more than six feet, and thus
YOU see, lacerated and cut my hands
1t is much warmer up there than it
down here, and I was in profusc per
spiration all the time. Tomorrow
shall continue my work, which will oc
cupy me two or three days, and finall
will come down the lightning-rod out
side of the tower, and repair any dc
fects may see. "-Baltimore Americaa
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
Didn't Maan Elm.

Take square look at me!' he COM
manded as he halted in front of n po-'
liceman on Michigan avenue yester-
dav.
The policeman looked him all over.
He was pretty good chunk Of man.
carrying \ fOrid face. a prominent
nose, and an air OF general innocence.
81 don't see ANYTHING wrong about
vou." said the officer.
'D1 nv clothes tit? DO j wobble
when walk? Do wipe my mouth on
my coat-tails? Does the sight of me
remind you of cabbages and other green
things?"
"Well. no. You look to me like an
honest. good-atured fellow"
Then" said the stranger as he
brought his list down with y thump,
"thore'S going to be blOo.lShed in the
town. came in this morning with an
excursion. We had scarcely landed
when q man cal led out: Did YOU bring
along the keow? Dill you mean that
for me?' SAYS |. He said he didn't, and
passed on"
"He might not.
"Then, rs was going up The street,
chap in door SAYS he: 'Ah! smell the
,arrot cropr DO you mean that for
me?' says i as walks up to him. He
says he didn't, and | passed ON.
al presume he didn'i
"Well, l got mp to Griswold street,
and l was looking for the Postoffice,
and man calls ou,: IN bet he brough,
along raw onions and turnips for hi:
dinner! DO YOU mean that for me?
says las l walks up to him. lie say;
he didn't, and l passed on"
"He must have referred TO some one
else"
"Well, walked through the Post
Office and started for the City Hall, ant
was almost there when a young fellow
in the door of barber shop calls out
There goes the biggest cabbage-heat
of the season!' DO you mean that fo
meP' says as | walks up to him. HI
says he didn't, and passed on"
He could not have meant you.
"Well, rs was walking through thu
City Hall great big ovcrgrown chai
sings out through his nose: Behold tn
| second crop Oh uanuellons! oh' NY
DO you mean that for meP says | a
l walks up TO him. He said he didn'
and ] passed on.
'rhat's right.
"Mebbe 50, but you look a-here! In
going down to the ferry dock. Th
first nan or boy who calls out carrots
pumpkins, onions, turnips. scare-crow
grecn-horn, pig-weed or huckleberr
blossom to me won't have no chanc
to lie about it. I'll turn on him an
hammer him stone blind! Mebbe ne
body means anything, and mebbe il
simply their way. but I've got my dar
: der up, and if you hear roaring soun
} like cyclone you may know that II
climbing for u man who has called o,
summer squash! to me-" -Detro
} Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
What a Baby Can do.
TPhilad elphia CALL

A baby can wear out dollar pair
of kid shoes in twenty-four hours. 1t
can keep its father busy advertising in
the newspapers for a nurse. 1t can
occupy both side of the largest sized
beds manufactured simultaneously. 1t
can make the author of its being wash
bill foot up to SIS week and not be
feeling at all well. 1t can crowd to
suffocation the smoking car of a rail-
road train with indignant passengers
between two stations. 1t can cause its
father to be insulted by every second,
class boarding house keeper in the
city who "never take children 1t
can make an old bachelor IN the room
adjoining use language that, if uttered
on the street, would get him into the
penitentiary for two years. 1t can, in
ten minutes, drive man frantically
from his house and cause him to seek
the companionshlp of a locomotive
blowing off steam.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
FOR SALE.
Land for Sale!

| THE undersigned will sell so acres OF land stu
ated in the west half of the northwest quarter OF
section II, town T. range s, acres clear the bal
ance timber land. Title CLEAR. For further infor-
nation inquire ofW II. Burns ON the adjoining
farm, or Of ANDREW SwARTS,
| Jane stoxp, Pa.
apll2-s3tf Mercer 90.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
NOTICE.

I ORRNA MIREs aud samuel Mires, Of MAcosta,
IL Macosta county aud State Of Michigan, will take
notice that Lucinda Burkland, OF the county Of Hen
~ and State of Ohio did the 18th day Of Novem-
ber A ID. 1882 file her petition in the court Of COM
mon pleas within and for the county Of Henry and
State Of Ohio, against the said LorcnA Mires and
Samuel Mres, defendants setting forth In said pc
tion the execution Of certain prOmssory notes ior
$50 rs each, and ons Of which notes is now
due aud also that they, the said defendants to se-
cure the payment Of said notes executed and deliV.
cred to John BurklAnd their mortgage deed, and
that the said Lucinda Burkand s the owner OF said
notes and mortgage security, and praying that tSe
said Lorena Mires and Samuel Mires may pay the
said sum of $50 IS now claimed to be due with the
interest thereon that said premises described as
follows to- wit: Lot number twelve in town plat oi
Damascus, I'm township six, north range seven cast
Henry county, Ohio, be sold to satisfy the same.
And the said Lorens Mires aud Samuel Mires are
notined that they required TO appear and answer
said petition, on or before the third Saturday after
the 10Th day Of December, 1888, being January 5th,
1884. -
ALONZ0 L. LESSICK,
Attornev for Plaintiff.
Dated Nov. IS, i5S3.-6t I'll 20
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13

The correspondent of Canadian pa
per, writing from the marble mines of
Carrara, mentions incidentally an order
that is being executed for the United
States Government. Workmen are en-
gagged at present at Carrara, by order
of the United States Government, on q
colossal monument. to be erected on
the field where the final victory over the
Southern army was gained. 1t is to be
column of granite, sixty-eight feet
in height, raised on pedestal, with
four allegorical figures at the corners.
On the summit of the column is to
stand q gigantic figure of Victory.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13
An III coDmon Duel,

Gus Davis. uf Philad,'. phia. came
Camp R:o Prc0S, n. NJ, some month.
ago. and was engaged as a cattle herd
er by Mr.. John Shurr. 4 wealthy stock
owner. Davis soon showed himself to
be useful man, and gained the esteem
of his employer and the envy of the
,ther herlers. In less than three
months he had resisted so many Tempt
atoms to quarrel with hs M'xican as
Socialcs that he was nick-named 1.-The
Northern Coward"
One morning about three weeks ago,
while Davis was on duty looking aftel
his cattle. Jesus Garcia, Mexican,
saluted him, rs usual, with Good
morning, Northern Coward.
Human endurance has its limit, and
Mr.. Davis thought he had been insulted
long enough. The Mexican was ut
first surprised at the stanl taken by the
Philadel phian, but word brought on
word, until each determined that the
other must die.
The quarrel soon brought all the
reighboring cowboys to the spot The
node of combat was speedily arranged.
A chain thirty inches long was secure
" locked about their necks. A Mexican
'lagger, two-edged knife six inches
.ong, was given to each of the duelists.
The obliging cowboys then lowered the
men into a long canon seventy-five feet.
There they were to remain until the
one killed the other. A key to the lock
vas given to each, and no one was al
lowed 10 interfere further. The rest ol
the cowboys then went to work, as i
nothing usual had occurred.
For some days nothing was known
rs to the result of the encounter. Yes
tcrday, however, Davis, very weak anC
emaciated, returned to camp, dragging
after him the lifeless body of Jesu
Garcia.
The story that Mr.. Davis tells is q
follows: ''The fight began as soon n
we reached the bottom of the canon
Being locked together, each was alway
in reach of the others knife. Afte
such delibcration rs the few moment
during our descent permitted decides
that unless the first blow were fatal
the chances were decidedly in favor O
the party assailed. | accordingly al
lowed the Mexican to strike the frs
blow. He plunged his knife into m
side. As soon as found his, arm thu
, stretched forward, cut the muscles @
his right arm near the shoulder. I'm
medately his knife dropped. While b
was STOPPING to pick up his knife,
sent my blade into his body from tn
back. Before could strike again h
= had picked up his knife and cut tn
,, cords OF my arms, so us to render ther
both useless.
y Here we both stood for fe'
seconds, when l discovered that b
!. heart had been reached. His bod
soon fell in the death struggles to tn
ground. The chain was so short tn;
e he brought me down with him. In
!, few minutes he was dead. was s
s weak from loss of blood that lay dow
y by his side. We lay there for five da,
and nights, until hunger drove me
make last effort l climbed IL
- steep incline of,the walls of the cane
and reached the camp, carrying Care
'6 on my back, ,'--The Biggest Liar
e. them 4U IN NeD YorE Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13

A woman who is kissed by mistake in
the dark, always screams and makes a
great row about it, but you can wager
she is provoked in another way when
the man commences to offer excuses,
and says he wouldn't have done it if he
had known whom it was.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13

Two ladies were coming out of the
theatre. Seeing the other drop hel
programme, one of them exclaimed
"Why, Mrs. Blank, do you always throw
your programme away? Ishould think
you would like to keep it for momen-
tum -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-12-13

Now the comely blue-eyed maiden,
With her papa's greenbacks laden,
To the store proceeds, the winter styles to scan
81 have got the real best reason,
For must hook husbond II I cam
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-08-04

Southern (Clinton) Watchman.
The following is cheap, easy, and
sensible experiment.
Build small platforms in the cotton
ticlds-say two feet square and four
feet high; four to the acre.
Take mote cotton, cotton seed or
rags, and saturate the same in a soIu
ton of sugar and water, molasses or
honey aud water; have this solution
poisoned with arsenic, strychnine or
cobalt; spread this poisoned batting
on the platforms about an inch thick.
And wait the result of nights feed
ing.
The cotton worm fly feeds on sweets
1t feeds during the early part of the
night as well as in the day. 1t does
not feed on vegetable matter, 1t wi Il
find bagasso pile and suck the sacchar-
inc from the half pressed cane. 1t
will find sugar kettle and feed on
the syrup.
Try the above experiment and see
if the army worm cannot be destroyed
by taking advantage of the constant,
unvarying habit and instinct of the
fly, by poisoning its food.
j. II. STONE.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-08-04
NO 29
Cetewayo,s EDcatI,.
Galveston News.

NhANCobOh ANShds
Subsequent dispatehes.from abroad
are apparently confrmatory of the
death of this famous South African
prince. 1t is stated that along with
Cetewayo the insurgents also killed
his wives and many of his chiefs.
Thus tragical fate seems to have fol-
lowed the career of the deceased king.
Although the circumstances attend
ing his demise were so deeply tine
tured with bloody catastrophe, 1T falls
far short of another tragedy in which
Cetewayo was concerned, Indirectly
at least, and which must live in history
as one of the saddest episodes of our
times, This was the death of the
Prince Imperial of France. Had Cetc-
wayo never lived to levy war against
the British power in South Africa,
the Prince Imperial might have been
alive to-day, and the dcstinies of
France possibly might have been in =
different channel. But the war with
the African king, in itself of no great
consequence, furnished Il chain of cir
cumstances that have had most in-
portant results far beyond the little
arena of hostllitics with an obscure
African tribe. When the savages Of
Cetcwayo's country pat to cruel and
tragic death the young man upon
whom the hopes of the Napoleonic
dynasty were ccntered, they little
thought they were, in fact, delivering
n tremendous and weIl-nigh fatal blow
at Bonapartism in France---a power
fnl one in behalf of the stability of
French rcpnbIiCanism. Hence, it is
easy to see how intimately connected
with the dcstimcs of France has been
the life Of the South African chef
tain who has died at the hands of in
surgents. In the unequal contest the
deceased prince once wuged against
the British arms in South Africa, he
acquitted himscI! in IA way to challenge
the admiration Of the aggressive foe,
who had come to conquer and subduc
his country. Had he been possessed
of all the advantages enjoyed by his
more civilized and intelligent enemy,
Cctcwayo's defense of his native hills
might have been more successful. As
it. WAS, his enemies found in their path
to conquest an opponent whose ma
turaI ability as a leader made up for
the want of the education and military
training possessed 10y the invaders Of
his sol. Cctewayo win occupy a niche
in history-not for any deeds Of fame
or glory accomplished by himself
but in connection with the death of
the Prince Imperial of France.