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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

\ very singular and remarkable case IS puzz.lnE the brightest of Fire (PaJ phy slclans. ihe patient is Andrew Ad- ans, En Opulent farmer of Nebraska, ! who b. actual count has lJZ tum0r- or
 malignant eXrTe sccnces, varying m size from teus' eggs % a large sized turLIp, uPIu h.s back, body, arms and neck, making when G-ciOJucd afsIghiful spec
 tacle. He attributes tbe cause to the , bIte of 8 squirrel which he received ! when boy. 4 painful swelling fol- lowed the bi.e, he gays, aud a hand
 JumorOus sab tauce formed over the spot and remained for year. it then
 went away and he felt 10 more effects
 from It ultll about three years ago,
 ~Ille he was working on his Nebraska
 farm. AnotL8r hard substance formed over the s,ar-Iltc, and was followed 5y others distributed over hls body, all of which rapidly developed in malignancy and size. H5 went To Ere tu consult a doctor, whom he told that he had IjO tumOrs to dispose of. The doctor, think Ing he was joking, Jucuiarly advised him to let the kLifiuJ out by contract to tine lowest bidder. The victim displayed savrr,l tumo!s and ag-eed Co submit to inc fearful operation of having them all cnt out. Aft-r taking leave O: his friends he placed himself upon the op- -ratiIg table and submitted patiently for tv3 hours to the hacking off of tu- mOrs by tine doctor, who tossed them into the corner of he room until quite 8 pile was accumulated. The condition of the uuiortunate's pulse warned the doctor Co desist, and the rest uf the tU- m0r-, aboIt sixty, were leit for another occasion. The patient is dolu- well up t0 date, and It is believed the .thers can be taken away with safety month hence.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

People whose habit is tn harp upon the 'extrlvasauce' of o8r government as c5m2are3 with thsf ot Great Brit tain, would tJ we'll ic make notC of the striking fact that Great Britain employs J.965 ilir'ais, st crst Of pbout SloWJtOl yearly. to collect her internal reFenEe, WLila the United States eu- ploys only 4UJ5 persons at c1st of q httle over S5.G0toO per aunum, tO do tte same tliuE-ari uu7 territory is thiTty times larger ftau that Of Great Britain besidee.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

Voorhees, 3a.ai34.r., 5i r E. sIl ' the bountis- r95Js ysars Ss'' ySS55is: ySis5 Ss..:5 :i.5 5; i s"5' '''' ' but was vs''s'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12
Decision in the Lottert Case.

JuGca Pardee, in the United States circuit court at New Orleans gave ar opinion ID the case of the New Orleans National Bank, against Postmaster ". B. Merchant. The ease came up on a motion to dissolve the injunction first issued by Judge Tiss0t. of the civil dis lgict court. which was transferred to the United States court, enjoinIng Postmaster Merchant from inteferiuC vI5L mail addressed tO tha bank. such action having been taken by the post master in obe Hence to the orders of the DO tmastcr general on the ground that letters intended for inc lotte ' company and denied the use of the malls were being addressed Go the bank. The judge said sthat It seem Il to him doubtful whether or der No. oD, permitting the Use of the malls to the lottery company, was abro- gated by edI.t No. 9. fDrbiiding their U c. The court held that the scheme referred to by the laws is the distribu- ton q moneys through tbe mails b, means { false enl fraudulent repro seutation-. The facts found against the New Orleans National Bank are outside thc law, but the defendant cannot be held responsible for Obeying tine O.
 ders ot his superior. The court decided ln favor Of The bank, decroeing that 1t is entitled Co full and free use of the mails and further ordered that the motion to dis5olye the Injunction be denied.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12
IenyE.IIow,s Grave.

LoDsfellow Lus 10 tombstone, DO
 mound, no memorial. We fCUnd his
 grave Uy the number uf tic lrt. The
 whole place IS smoothly sodd5d and
 surrounded by stone coping. it ls
 on terrace. One side of tle lot runs
 uimcst perpenJicullr down to lower
 road. ] he place seems fitted naturally
 for a vault, bat only a bang of gree n
 met tine eye on the steep hillside. Cn-
 marked as lt Was, |. was surrounded by
 VisItUrs-So ouug and old, nome people
 and strangers. No need to a-k. no need
 to tell who was Long fellow. There
 were people there from beyond the Rockies, and they gathered the grass
 blades to take hack vlth them: a school boy treasured asCrrel blossom that grew by tho way; aud the very dust of the carriage road, 1 believe, woulG have been priz a because lt had been uear to hIm. Co the Loiy ;nnt hal uEelt Uitl ! ~tta; beugGinl spifit," whose fame his friend Emerson In his feeileress had forgCtiol. but whose beauty even death
 shadows could not dim. On our way home We pGssed m front of the queer
 ySiow ho1sc, ratLer wea-uer-,eaten and dIlapldated, that had SO long been LouCieiiow's home The great trees. the shrub ,hIcksts, were just as be had described them. | could fancy tae old l clock tckiug Never foreverr' on the
 mansion star; the chestnut chair empty.
 and by the jewei-d Den that Helen gave hun; the books Ot m.nusc-ipt verse all neatly tucked in their corners: the souvenirs of friends locking down from the walls uf the aLc.ent dwelling We dld r't ask to enter the house. The
 master hal too lately departed t1 have lt seem liEe his home without hm.- l C-n.ILAa.I Comm erci.I Gazslte
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12
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New AIezic1. q f0lIlw-:

I received yOur telegram yes,erdi and your letter today. TEe courier vi brought the information to Bowie Geromuo's party being at T0ya's ran.
 had no interpreter and misuudar-t0,
 the Indians. There were bIt eight me four women and one child in the pan
 They say Geronimo will come in wh
 his sou reaches him that all Is right, br that he is a long ways down ID the 4
 "a Madre mountains. and 1t VII
 him some time t1 come. lis sg1 have reached him ere this. Ni.-
 compliments Of the season, l i- truly yours, GEOEiE O1'- u
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

The sage of Greystone Is most com fortable fixed in his home arrangements on the lower Hudson about 6D miles from New Yorz city. MT. Tilden pail Slsj.uOO for the place, and since it came into his hands has spent SIOQCO0 on his purchase. The lawns and grounds are laId out with the greatest care. inter spersed with fountains, lakes. walks, drives and statuary The stables and carriage house are stocked with famous horses and splendid eluipagcs. Tele- phonic and telegraphic arrangements enable hun to keep m constant communi- cation with business and democratic cir cles all over tue country. These wires are made use of almost daily by Mr Dana. of the Sun, and MT. Manning. O, the Albany Argus. The leading journal lst, ani statesmen of the country are frequent visitors at GreystOne. and the opinions and Instructions emanating from the castle exert a wide influence. not only upon politics but upon stock operItIcus.-Inter Ocean.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

Steps have been ta6er % l0-- as sl veH!ion at St. Louis or C1l.---s rssH 4 early date. of all cari.s-'F5-. F5-.sssss. -Ns1 Texas, Indian TerrI,or'' -Isrri''f,s',--. braska, Wyoming and ...ciIi'oll ;s- to organize a Nati014. of 'lsN the general pr0isa'
 tarasrs ..Ilre |
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12
Fashion Prefer, the Thratr.

TCe itl.i.n opera has !oug suce rea ed c. ha toe resort rf fashion. Fashion prefers Inc theatre. No saloon -lmIlar to tHe foyer at the Psris Opera 's s.. apart for subscribers, vhe-e peu- l'le of position cohli meet tlsIr friends vlth1ut mixing wiJh the haucers-on os 'na austocury. Even lH tae ordinary course, where a ..al wishes e gIve his workmankird a treat. he prtfers t3 V7y Lal; guIuea for tae LyC-um, tue S-. Jam--, or tine Haymtrbet. rather than a gIura f1y tIc pleasure OF hear
 lns somebody oT other sus "HucI 70 Last selson the Ibrariaus lost heavily: and, a'-nau-h these gentlemen seem Ion sUfie ring. patience and the purse alike have their limits Last season, on some cf he hest nights. such gs Mime. Lucca's benefit and Mime. AlbluTs tir=t appearance in "Ihs rlying Dutchnan % Feats were hawk d about Bow street at a ridiculous cheap price. People will not pay a EIinea save to near some special w,.Fk or special star like Mime. Patti. Aplr, from these, Italian opera now has Co compete with the theatre, and will inevitably have 70 come down to theatre prices.-Tne London Figaro.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

4 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. special says; It + said tha' young Mutt, the slayer of Dukes, will be pariored by Governor Fgs.i-oa before his trial IS callet at PI..sburg on January l4th The Iiea, rather the law, with reference tp parioas of this character, was first advaIc-d ln the well known case Ct Eobsr5 Or CT, connected with the Na. ti'u Irust ccmpsny afr. Tte most na'rhie Case, however. in this country where pardon Was granted for caui. ;al otfe--e, before tLe offender was ar. rUgaet fr trial, was that of Ford. the slfl O. je -e JaUe7, the highway rob. ter. murderer and bandit The gov. erHor of Missogri uarioned him before he Uss trei.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

John James tuc le--u- l-- @ the late a--ocious murder at lazH' l-. Miss. i- well known II NlcESJll-. whi in place he ran away three after having stolen Sl6J "a -".i negro man. He also killed 60 color. in 1876
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12
VIII Come. "Iu thg susr. B aHd B

l. appear- that the Apache ready to come in yet. Tuo-a rcd - mur5erers as the Gray Fox -a--' m appreciation or the value '- '.- General C ever isii s- v
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
Eating a Calf.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of
Aylsham lived a certain jerry Exc,
whose appetite was said to be superhu-
man. whose prowesS at harvest suppers
was the boast and wonder and envy of
the villagers round. 1t came to pass
that at a farmers market dinner the
talk turned upon Mr.. Eke's perform
ances, when some one present protested
that what had been narrated was i'm
possible. impossible" said another:
'.I'll bet you twenty-five pounds Jerry
Exc will eat calf at sitting" The
wager was taken, and the preliminaries
were arranged. The calf-let us hope
only baby calf-was killed; he bones
were cut out, the flesh was chopped in
to minutest particles and apportioned
into seventeen enormous pasties, whose
outer crust was thin film of batter
made lovely and tempting to every
sense, but carefully kept from any in
gradients that cloy the palate. Jerry
was called in, he having agreed to the
wager with evident delight, and was
told he might fall to. He did SO and
steadily gorged. He had made no diff
Guilty of the first nine pasties, but when
. tenth was brought in he seemed to
sighed and looked perplexed. 1t was
but moment; he desired only to expos.
tulate. Il say, Mass'r, ain t got moth.
ing to say agin them poys, 1 loik 'em
amazin'; but I'm thinkin' cts abawi
time as l should begin upon that there
calf. "-Nineteeuh Century.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
1.-THE Smell Of It."

An Irishman was recently installed in
Boston oil store as roller of barrels
and pumper of the slippery fluid into
casks and cans. He is apt and bright
and has made himself useful and ia
miliar with the store and its equipments,
among other things, the telephone. He
is sometimes trusted to answer calls
through that instrument. Saturday
morning Pat was busy as usual, and for
the moment everybody else was absent,
when the telephone bell sounded. Pat
wiped his oily hands and took up the
sounder. He soon got the name of the
person desiring to speak with the firm.
A sample of a certain number and grade
of fish oil was wanted. Pat stepped to
the shelf and got a phial, then back to
the telephone and shouted:
Here it is!''
'sBut send it over,' came back
through the instrument: 1--WE can't tel
whether it will suit us till we see it.
Here was dilemma. Pat could moi
leave the store to carry the sample o
oil over. But his ready Irish wit wa.
equal to the occasion. He uncorkee
the bottle, held it up close to the trans
mitter and shouted:
.And can't We tell by the smell OF it?'
Boston Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
VOL. 1O.-NO. 3.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The negroes of Fort Worth, Texas.
are to have the finest school-house in
the State.-Chicago Times.
There is lots of Christian work to
do at home as well as in India and
Africa. A Bible agent found $50 fami-
lies in Weakly County, Tenn. without
Bibles.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The President of the Middlebury
College. Vermont, proposes to weigh
the boarders at the beginning and end
of every term. A record of the weights
will, it is supposed, establish the nutri-
tive value of the various foods used
Rutland Herald
"A friend of the Church of England
writes TO the London Times in favor of
disestablishment, claiming that it would
be a gain to large number of the
clergy. There is, he says, among the
clergy of the Established Church q
great amount of personal poverty
Among this class are found many who
are hard working, efficient, scholarly
and intellectual. To such he thinks
disestablishment would be q blessing,
for purchase would cease and the peo-
pie would have q voice in the election
Of their pastor.
The annual meeting of the dele
gates and representatives OF Churches
of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland,
pleading for an unqualified return to
primitive Christianity in all its purity
and simplicity. as given to mankind by
Christ and his Apostles, was held lately
at Wigan. The delegates and mem
bers of the churches assembled in this
conference disclaimed power to legis-
late for the churches at large, or to in
termeddle in the affairs Of any indi-
vidual church. The conference is held
simply for cooperation in evangelistic
work.-N y Herald.
Various are the methods OF initiat-
ing Harvard students into the secret
societies. All aspiring young men are
put through, for two weeks, series OF
menial and humiliating drudgery and
subsection. One New Yorker is said to
have been lately made to sell papers
| for a week, dressed in striped bed-tick-
ing. A well-dressed young man obedi-'
entity dashed through Harvard Square,
holding out long-handled tin dipper,
and pathetically imploring, '.Won't
YOU give me little something's" at the
same time devoutly crossing himself.
Others were fantastically dressed and
placarded, and sent on ridiculous
errands. The penalty of disobedience
Is a closing of the doors Of the societies
forever to the candidate.-Boston Post.
Gen. Robert Toombs has been bap-
tized and admitted into the Methodist
Church by Bishop Pierce, of Georgia.
A Georgia newspaper account OF the
| event saws: after the sermon, during
the ceremonies at the reception OF the
new member, scarcely dry eye could
have been found in the house. so great
was the Joy felt by the people when
they knew that our grand old citizen
had made peace with his God. Mr..
Gabriel Toombs has long been a Chris
tian. and the sight of the pleasure on
his face, rs he stood by his brother dur
ing the ceremonies, is well worth ones
memory for years to come"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
HARRIS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

Cuddiing down on the sheep-skin rug.
fieecy and warm end white,
Three little happy children talk,
iaik low in the warm tire-iight.
IL is Christmas eVe," says Harry;
1T is ChriStmasever' SAYS Grace:
lis kiSmaS-eye," lisps little Kate,
Lifting her dimpled face.
And Santa Claus is coming tonight
Coming when We are asleep:
And neither says he is sure to bring
Just what We want. to keep"
''Ihen he will bring me a golden ring"
Hell bring me doll. / know"
Said Harry: Hell bring me a ship.
With sails as white as SNOW"
So they spoke of their coming joys
In the ruddy frcligbt's glow.
And Harry said. in whisper:
20, wouldn't like TO know
Where father is sailing tonight
Father away on the sea.
Mother says it is Christmas-eye
Wherever his shin NAV be-.
Then three little white-robed figures
Went hand in hand upstairs,
And three little tender faces
Bent low for their Christmas prayers.
The doll and the golden ring
In slumber were soon forgot;
But Harry. with open eyes. lay STILL
Heart full of a tender plot.
When the house was very quiet
He crept to the chimney place,
Tucked tiny note in his stocking.
And fed with happy face.
Twas only little boys message,
BY some passing angel taught,
Only a sweet unselfSh wish,
Only an exquisite thought.
A message to Santa Claus: it read:
MY father is off on the sea;
Please fill my stockings with kisses,
And take them 10 him from me-"
All, surely the good God read it,
For the ship came home that night,
And Harry was clasped in his fathers arm
At the dawn of the Christmas light.
Mary A. Barr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Don't GO too much on show. my
son." remarked Mrs. Yeast to her boy.
1.-The drum major of band, to be sure,
is yery attractive, but he doesn't fur
nish any of the music. ."-Ionkers States
man.
An Austin fireman who was late to
a fire gave as an excuse that he lived
three miles away from the scene OF the
conflagration. "Well, you'll have to
move your residence up nearer the fire
or quit the company" was the hasty re-
ply of the irate chief.-1eIns Sytings.
An English traveller in America
asked captain of a lake steamer the
name of the lake they were traverslng.
He replied, Lake Huron" eyes,
know" responded the Englishman, lit
is the lake l am on; but what Is its
name?''
ALI were happy
A little bird sat on a bough.
Beneath the tree there stood cough.
And close at hand there was a sough.
They said, "How happy are we nougn-
We'll all pitch in and have arough."
Ex-senator Blanche X. Bruce, the
colored Register of the United States
Treasury, sends presents to all negro
babies named for him in the South. If
this notice is circulated, the number OF
his namesakes will probably overwhelm
him. Chicago Journal.
Il have solved the conundrum.
.how to get rich,'" said one Boston
tramp to another. 1--WE will work our
passage to England. steal some good
| clothes and return here as lecturers.
The Americans will swallow any sort
of a lecture, provided we play English
men well. .'-Boston Post.
-"How are you and your wife cum
min on?'' asked a West Point man OF
a colored man. sShe has run me of,
boss. Lis to blame, boss. gave her
a splendid white silk dress, and den
she got SO proud she had no use for me.
She lowed was too dark to match de
dress. " Y Graphic.
1t IS not strange that pretty widows
have so many more suitors than equally
pretty maidens. Men know that wild
ow is not looking for beautiful prince
on a milk-white steed, and consequently
will not be quite so hard to suit In
matrimony as in other things, time is
great consideration nowadays.-Pitd-
delphia Call.
81 can't carry this bundle" said
wife to her husband. II can't" the
husband replied, '.for I have to carry
the two children" '.But you ought to
have some consideration for me-. the
wife continued. "You must think 10
a wagon 20, NO, my dear. l don'1
think you are . wagon. A Wagon
holds its tongue but you never d.
ArkansaU Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
A Pleasant Proposal.

"Don't you love the smell of good
cicar?" inquired an Austin antipodes
of Vanderbilt of Gus De Smith.
"You bet l do, replied Gus. his face
,brightening with anticipation.
..Have you got ten cents about your
person." inquired the first speaker
again.
..Well, you give me ten cents, and
that with the money l have will purchase
a prime cigar"
"BM what will I get?" said Gus.
..Why, you'll get the smell which
YOU say YOU dote upon SO much. =
Te1as Sytings.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19
to London Truth. DAME

According to London Truth. Daniel
Wilson, the son-in-law of the President
of the French Republic, was almost the
playmate of his wife when he was a
schoolboy and she a growing girl.
They knew each other so well that it
did not occur to them to get married
until they were both getting on toward
middle age.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19

The difficulty of climbing steep
hills in Montana is locally expressed in
this fashion: you'll have to stick
your toes into the face of nature clear
up to your elbows If you want to cross
that divide"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19

"A man in California, aged ninety
seven years, has applied for naturaliza-
ton papers. It's never too late to
mend.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19

Thousands of children lose health
and life from the poisoned air OF school
rooms every year,-N !. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-01-19

The domestication Of Buffalo calves
is being attempted in Arkansas,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-24
CONGRESS--FIRST
SESSION..
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 23-Thc Senat,
resolution was adopted directing tn,
Committee on Expenditures N Publ,
Money to investigate the recent defalca.
tions In the department and frauds upor
Navy department, and to inquire int,
| the system of making disbursement.
and purchases of supplies, with a view
of determining whether il embraces suf
| ficient safeguards against dcfaication.
and frauds.
| The Mexican Pension bill was then
taken up and its reconsideration proceeded
with, Mr.. Plumb giving notice whethel
that bill be finished TODAY or not h,
would, tomorrow, move TO take up In,
Atlantic a. Pacific land grant fortciture
bili' i''''' " ' '"'' s'"'' ''' '''''''
Pending the question i'm connection
with the Mexican Pension bin. NJ. Inpalls
moved TO date pensions of Union soldiers
from the date of discharge and disability
and extending to October /. Iss,. limitg.
tation for the time TO file application for
arrears.
MIR. Sherman very much regretted to be
obliged to oppose any proposition favor
ing Union soldiers. but he knew soldiers
Themselves Uerc divided about this
proposition. His heart and feelings
were ali with soldiers. This nroposition.
however. afflicted the Interests of Mi
people of the United States, not only
soldiers but citizens. Tho Commit
tee on Pensions had not recon-
mended IL: tho House of Repre-
sentotiyes had not recommepdcd II
Tho Commissioner of Pensions had esti-
mated that this proposition. would in
yolvo the payment of soi6.0Ooooo. No
government In tho world could endure
II n should attempt To- nav nil claims
and arrears of claims ensuing ont of its
misfortunes. Sherman himself on the
broad ground that ns n soldier Who had
for twenty wears waived his ri,bt TO n
nension. either because he aid not de-
sire II or was too proud TO claim II. had
no legal. or even moral right. now TO
embarrass his goyernmenf' lie be-
lieyed the adoption of this amend
ment would be embarrassing for the
neonlo of the limited States. In NyouId
ike to see the pension law so amended
ms TO provide for eases of hardship. but
when an unreasonable demand was