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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
RELICS OF TIE GOLDEN cnCLE.

The democrats of the State of Indians have never been noted for advanced iIeas, but it will be somewhat of a sur
 prise to many people to learn that the
 history of the United States is not per.
 mi.te1 to be read in the Indianapol S public schools down to later date tlan Buchanan's administration. Tue excuse gwen IS, that the authorities desire to avoid prejudicing the minds of the growing youth. This in our opinion is a very fimsy excuse, and is not the real reason of the action of the School Board of IndiIuap lis. Itis a notorious fact that Northern men who sym.
 ashized with the South during the war, have never been reconstructed, but still cling to an imaginary grievance done somebody, but they dol't know exactly who it wls Tde class of men We refer to d d everything it their power during the war agai st the cause O. the Union, but did not have the courage or man. hood to enter the southern army and Ii ht for the cause they declared was rght. This stay at hone remnant of the "Golden Circle still harbor a hatred t1 the old flag, while the brave men of the south who took their lives in their hands and fought through the war 'for
 h. cause they believed to be right. have long since ack nowledged that they were vanquished and have honestly come back and sccepte i the situation, and declared that they will henceforth stand by the Union. They went into the war in good faith, but when they suffered defeat, they submitted like men and thousands upon thousands of old soldiers ID the southern army are now just as strong in their fealty to the Union as the origina Union men in the north. They went into the war did their best, failed and gave up; while these nonentities in Indiana did nothing but throw stumbling blocks in the way of the Union cause during and since the war. They are a set of II mOss-backs who live m the past, and are not likely to rise very much above their present standard of intelligence for generation or two to come. The young democrats of Indiana who upon arriving at maturity, know ing nothing of the history of the past twenty years will indeed be objects of pity, and when they find out that they have been cheated out of their birth- right, will be very apt to turn against their fathers who have been the cause of placing them twenty years behind the present generation.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
APension Office Romance

It frequently happens that the Pen sion Office furnishes romance. which reads more like the fights of fictlCn than the stern reality of truth. Congressman C ssldy, of Nevada, relates an incident which happened under bis own personal observation only a short time ago. which shows this tO a marked degree. About two weeks since he received a lett-- from man signing himself as Eli John sOu, of one of the small toans in hi. state, say that n, ntbs and months ago be made an app ic8tiOn for pen sIon, and as hls papers We're complete and without flaw, he wished to a@cer- tam where the hitch was and how much longer he would have tO wait. He fur thermore stated thas he served durlng the war in Company r, First California Cavalry, and that the records of the War Department would show such to be the flct Mir. Cassii
 went to COmmissionCr Dudley and look ed up the papers n the case, when, judge of his surprise, he found that the records showed that Johnson was killed in battle, and that bis widow had re- ceIved back pay, some time previous 70 1879. of a sum amounting to over S2,000
 She however, belie7iRg that Johnson was dead, had married a Mr. Sill, aud was residing in Florida. Mir Cassidy communicated these facts tO Mr JohU- son, and the latter answered, saying hat he had heard that his wife had died while he was away to the war. He came east and went down south and claimed his wife, and the couple only day or tvO aoo started for fis hou,s. i-, Nava1a
 The only party who IS not entirr ly satisfied with the denOuncement is Mr. Sill, who finds himself minus a wife.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
MORF FTOODS

The great floods along the Ohio river following so closely after those in Eng land and elsewhere in the old country, leave DO doubt that the weather proph- els were correct in fact, if not in exact time. At Pittsburg and Alleghany City, Wheeling, Cincinnati and other places, the scene Is sand to began all description. The gas works having been inundated at Pittsburg; the terrors were added to by darkness even during the day, and Egyptian in it's character at night. Communication betveen Pitts burg and Alleghany city and otler points was almost impossible. Multitudes were driven to the upper stories of their dwellings, and thousands were floating about in boats or newly constru ted rafts. Those who have spent part or all of their lives in this western country, where floods were not kuown, cannot appreciate the suffering of those pooI people, struggling in the tdrbid waters or floating. homeless and destitute Even those who found temporary com fort, a;ler their struggles in the water were left entirely destitute, the aecu' mutations of their lives wrecked and ruined by the flood, while thousands were thrown out of employ .nent by tic 0 mplete suspension of all work in the manufactories and other industrial pur, suits. God help the poor des' titute wanderers from and the sui ferers in their homes II Is es mated that in Alleghany City alone ss n my as 1,500 houses were partly under water, and the occupants driven from them, and il both 5000 families wer, thus rendered destitute. The loss o property there IS estimated at 8 5O0,0OO
 At Cincinnati, the flood is said to hay, been the highest on record. There is traliti ,n that the Ohio there reached 70 feet when the city was but yeari old. It is estimated that this flood w.lI reach 75 feet. The loss of property ana solution is not. however, SC great as a Pittsburg and Alleghany City.
 At Wheelin, and other points along the river, the same story of desolatior is told. 4 portion of the city, embracing populatI, of about 10000 was almost entirely under water. The same story is told of Louisville, where the peop., were fleeing in every direc ion to escape the flood. The flood seems to have been wide spread in its ravages, for al Youngstown, and other points on tho Mahoning rlver, the water rose to . higher point than has been reached -ilce 1882. It extended through variou, parts of Indiana, and fears exist down t1e Mississippi as far Gs Memphis Every effort wns made by the authorities and more fortunate inhabitants of tht several cities to provide for the sufferiug 2 people, but in spite of all the destitutior and suffering nut have been almost beyond description.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
4 Love story of q Senator.

Senator elect Wilson was an inve'erate snuti-tsker many years after the practice had been tsbo0ed iu good society, but igaily compounded by giving up his snui-box and making an arrangement with deserving woman. who kept a shop in Snow HIl to get pinch wh u- ever be calel at the shop for 1t. Mrs Knox. who hsd ben in better circu1a- stances before she keUt tie shop, had a pretty and r-fined Gaugh'er, who had boen ed cafed and was a lady in man nars and department. The moth. died. T. mixing Judge Wilson a staid old wid- over and adapted to lCokns after a pretty and friendle-s gil she left her property In the Juige's hands. asking him to look after 1t and t0 be mindful of her daughter, left an orphan. The Judge settled up the estate, secured her little patumouy tO the daught.r and fin ally suce mbed to her beauty and merit and marred her. The match turned cut most happily.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
TWELVE TEXAS MILLIOyAIRES.
Pen Portraits ofa Few of the Cattle Kings
 Whose Wealth is Enormous.
Globe Democrat.

Major Sayers, the Stephen A. Coughs of Texas, IS one of the famous cattle men. He Is probably about 45, weighs near lSJ. dark complexion, black hair, lncllnlng to grizzly gray and alwSys worn short, wears mOuStache and gOstee and has strong likeness to Gen ertl John A. Logan as be appeared lj years ago. Savers halls from BastrOV county. John \. Simpson, a short man. 31 years old, owns the better part of lUC,OOO head of cattle. R. Fl. Overall. Of Coleman, Is an old NIssOurIan. He Is pleasant m appearance. light complex ion, 4S to % years of age, weighs lSU. perhaDs, and IS repuied to be worth a. least S2OOO,OOO in cattle and land.
 Ex-SeDatcr Lane, of San Antonio. of the firm of Lane & Millett, was a conspicuous figure ID the Austin cartl- convention. He Is about six feet two inches, very slim, straight es an In dian land 1t may be aCded as black and swarthy ss a COmancha,l with piercing eyes, straight black haIr and very di2nltied in appearance on tbe street He Is a native cowboy, deli Shts in hav- ing 1t known, a lawyer by profession, somewhat of a politician and an ex- ceedingly shrewd and adrOit opponent III debate. Lane & Mlllett own sbou; 125,000 acres of land and employ 60 cowboys all the time. H. II. Campbell, of Motley county, represented in the convention S2O000) in land and cattle. C. C. Slaughter, of Dallas, at the age of 45, is worth S7;O,000
 George ". West Of Live Oak was born in Lavaccs county, k g to 3S, is slender, don't talk much, but has the most con vincing ways at a bank counter of any one you are hable to meet He owns one pasture containing 125.0O0 acres, has over 20,OOU head oi ca-tle, and considers a check for Sl0OO00 a rather small tran sacti0n. Senator \. G. Collins, who hadn't 10 cents to begin with. Is worth S1,OO0,0O0 made in cattle L. E. Harris is much like him. The latter has one ranch ID Tom Green embracing 6j.OO1 acres, which is a balf days ride m length and takes in 10 to 15 miles of the Colorado river.
 ''Dick" King is literally king in the business He has 6J0000 pcres of land in one body, 4O,0O0 in another at St. Gertrude's, another in Cameron of about the same extent, and many smaller tracts m his opinion scarcely worth mention ing.
 A. ". Pierce of Matagorda was a cow boy, and now owns one pasture from the Gulf to the Colorado river, sixty-four miles long, besides 10.OOO acres canev land on Matagorda bay. He is tall. slightly gray, and great wsg and story teller.
 E. c. SugC, Of Gainesville, Tex, has i'm mense herds in the Indian territorv and Wyoming. He is about 30, a great. b-r. line looking fellow, weight over 2O1 anu Is honorable always and generous to a fault. He came Co Tcxas at the close of the war a poor boy. He is said to be worth at east S1. 2j0tCO
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16

THE battle still progresses in the capital atthe effort of partlzans to estsb lish the supremacy of their particular choice, in Washington social life. The papers are full of the silly "rwaddle;' whole columns are devoted to the sub jsct. and local strife has almost reached white heat among Washington gossips The subject has been worn threadbare, and sensible people are becoming thoroughly disgusted. First flaming headlines appear above long drawn ouI letters over the alleged anger of Ms Secretary FrelmPhuysen because the President gave Mrs. Speaker Carlisle the post of honor at table; then because Secretary Frehnhuysen chose to give dinner in honor of the Judges of the Supreme Court, the New York World devOtes a half column to an attempt to prove that 1t was an act of hostility to Mrs. Carlisle. And the attack is fol lowed up by the Washington Post and other pa tizan papers. Again, at Mrs. McElroy's reception, Mrs. Judge Miller Is made to assert that the post of honor, at tbe Presidents reception belonged to her, and the whoieconversation straight way appears in print with all the abusive comments that malice can suggest. Then the champions of Mrs. Carlisle got mad because at the annual State dinner given by the President to the cabinet, the cabinet ladies were natural y seated above her; and the storm breaks out with renewed fury. All this non~ense may be harmless. Indeed Ii may prove a benefit If 1t abstracts the present majority in congress from any attempt at other than harmless leeisls- tion. Can't President Arthur come to the relief of a suffering people by marry ing some pretty girl? That would settle .he question.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
SATURDAY., FEBRUARY l6. 1874
THE NEW BONANZAs-

4hE NEW BUN ANLAb.
 The Bonanza mines continue to at- tract attention from all parts of the country, ani desp ta the repeated warn ings of the press and the superintendent of the mDes, prospeclors and laborers continue to come by the tens and by the hundreds. 9Ir. Brook, who is about is suing a newspaper in Logan city. and came ID from the mines this week, iu- formed the writer that the princi al street of Logan and New Virginia city is nearly mlle long, and that from ap- pearances he is ot the impression there are a thousand people on the ground. The hoases are Of every known spec. .es of the inventive Yankee mind, supple mented by what has bsen learned from the Mexicans and IndIans. There are a number Of very good frame houses about completed, and many others in course of construction. Then comes the canvas house, which is constructed Of heavy duck stretched over 6 frame of Oregon plne. 4 few have made prepa- tious to build adobe houses; shanty houses, wickIups, tents and hys are to be seen in every direction, and anything that will protect the new conner from the storm and sun seems to be accepta ble.
 There IS DO use of telling Iaboring men and miners to stay away from the Quijot as; tide has turned strong in that direction. and, us everyone knows, miners and prospectors, when once con vInced that a new camp is about tC build up, vii go and see for themselves, trusting to providence for success, and if they fail they are ready to lick up their blankets and walk away. But the settlers of Lo- gan and New Virginia city are not all laborIng men and miners. Men with money are already on the ground. Gro cery stores, hardware stores, provisions, cloth 'ng, hguoz, news stands, in fact every species of wares that can be thought of or used in a mining camp are to be found there ID quantities. The road is li-ei with heavily loaded frsIgbt teams conveying supplies of all kinds o the new Eldoraio; from 10000 to 15OO0 feet of lumber srrlves daIly, which is bought up by the hungry builders as fas5 as it can be uLloaded from the wagons If tLls continues for any length of time the new city at the foot of M, unt Ben News wll rival the older towas fine territory in population.
 T ork 1n the aTtss an well at Logan ccntuU and k beng pushed as fast as possible. he number of men at work on t,e n DC, have not been increased and cannot be To any great extent for some tim ta come. Prosl lecuug in tie adjacent hills anu mountains is active and may god prospects have been found. This great rush to the Quijotoa mines is premature, but it will result ID thorough prospecting of ail that region of country txteld-ng south into Mexico. The fever IS raging and in spite of al that may be saiu aud done to prevent 1t, will run its course.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
The Danger Of Judging by Appear
 anceS
From the Boston Transcript.


 Do not chIde the young man vhousa profanity in the presence of ladies. H- ls undoubtedly ashamed of himself Be charitable to the man of Vh- everybody speaks i'll. He may be uar ried tO woman with a mind Cf La, own. or perhaps his ueighbor ksers hens.
 Do not think. because ma1 slFs you mp every time you speak 10 n-n, that he has not an agreeable dpp0si ton. It may be tha, he has b1l stomach.
 If the salesman l. somewhat brusl-a reflect that he may have just spe1; 10 hour showing goods Co the woman v- only wanted to secure few samples '' her crazy quilt.
 Do not think the conductor a ,a-. fellow because he answers your qursua-s somewhat surily. Remember that y0l are probably the 19Oth person who t.' made the same inquiry.
 Possibly 1t Is not. because 0i D. gratitude that the young lady dCe5 roi return thanks for the seu'ieum' cour tesy. She may be just rom ts den lists, where she has left her ies,- and measure for an indigenous set
 Do not find fault with the nan U-a persistently keeps to the left O. a' sidewalk. How do you know bu, z has been endeavOring for the 1s hour to pass people to the right has finally given over the attempt despair Do not think the editorial writer slsshes right and left IS a particu8 brave man. We have seen a boy, nli all courageous, who would fearless throw stones at the boys in the ,''s when he was behind a thick boar i5- where nobody could see him or ss' him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16

ing suits to settle all claims under Mexi- can grants in the states an1 territories named within three years, after which ! time they shall be forever barred.
 SAN FRANCIsco, Feb. I2--Judge Sulh- van to-day granted a motion that com mission issue to take the deposition of Lady Hesketh, daughter of ex-Senator Sharon now in England.
 LONDON, Feb. 12.-News of the fall of Sinkat reached siuakIm this morning; 1t was brought by a friendly Arab chief. Tue garrison made a sOrtie and for time successfully repulsed the rebel attacks, but at last the attacking forces gallsd the advantage and conn letely destroyed the garrison except few male prisoners The fate of the women and children IS unknown. The streets of Suakim pre- sent e heartrendinG appearance, being thronged with women whose weeping ard wailing give unmistakable evidence of their distress and fOrebodings.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 12-The Trbune's Wausau, Wiscons n, speclal say-: The city jall was bdrned this morning. ere mating Mike McDermoit, ot Fond du Lac, and Ei. Carey; both were burned beyond recognition. The fire was dis covered in the cell occupied by McDer- not, and from all the circumstances 1t seems he set il on fire himself.
 CINCINNATI, Feb 12-9 A M-Tbe river is sixty-eight feet one inch, aud still rising et the rate of an inch an hour. Weather foggy and mild.
 GALLIoPoLIs, Ohio, Feh. l2.-Reports are that fall has commenced. At ] D. ID. the river has fallen four inches. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. l2.--RepOrts are that the river Is still rising steadily; weather foggy.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 12. - When Thomas Aiken, railroad weigh-mlster reached home tonight be found his wife lying dead on the floor with q bullet in her boarding at Aiken's lying across his wife's body with two bullet wounds n his body and unconscious. FeltZes fired all the shots; letters left by him indicate he was criminally intimate with the woman and jealous of the attentions of another man. He cannot survive; be comes of respectable family.
 VIENNA. Feb. 12.-Whi'e q wedding party was crossing the TlV-r Ihrlss. rear Domrad, the ice broke and B persons were drowned. The party Occupled seven carrlages and vehicles which fol- lowed each other too closely. The ice gave way and eDgulfed tie whole party. Only a gypsy musician was saved; a number of people on each bank witness ed the accident but were unable to reu- der assistance. Screams of the victims were heard for some moments as the carriages sank.
 TOMBSTONE, Feb. Bit has been re- ported here for some days that the notorious Doc Baker, the leader of the New Mexico and Arizona rustlers, was in town and officers have been on the alert for him. Last evening, while pass- ing up Allen street, Deputies HCOvey, Hill and Bush, Of Graham county, tue captors of Tex, Howard and Red Sample, suddenly encountered a former partner of Doc Bakers, known Gs "Iommy. He was made to throw up his hands and was arrested. The charge against hlm is an attempt, with Doc Baker, 10 mur- der a man near Clifton.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
4 MAIDEN's PSALM OF LIFE

Tell me not in idle jingle
 Marriage Is an empty dream For the g1rl IS dead that's single And ilris arp not what they seem. Life IS real Life is earnesti
 Sing blessadness a tbi
 Man thou art Co nan rGturnest" " Has been spoken Of the rib. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or WAY. But tO act tiaU each tomorrow Finds us nearer marriage day. Life IS long and youth Ia iieeting. And our hearts, though light and gav Stlll, like plea-art crums. are bestins Wedding marches on the way. In the worlds broad field of battle In the blyOuac of hfe, Be not like dumb, driven cattle. Be herOlre-a wife Trust not future, how'er pleasant Let the dead past bury its dead. ACt-lct n the living present,
 Hesrt within and hope ahead. Lives of married folks reraindrs We can live our lives as we'll And depsrtIns leave behind us Such exam ples 6s shall tell. Such examples that another.
 Wasting time m i'd .e sport A fOriOrn. unmarried brOtker- Seeing shall take heart-and court Let Us, then. be up and doing. With heart on triumph set: StilI eontrITnS. stlll pursuing. And each one a husband get
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16

IT seems that Messrs. Barnum, Ran jail, Hewitt, ct al., have not watched :beir tool, Mr. Joseph Hart, closely enough. He swpre in court, the other day, that the celebrated Mercy letter was published a: the instigation of the demo cratic national committee, whereat the GlCbe-Democrat rises to remark that it will be iu order for those gentle men to submit better proof of their IT, noceDce than mere assertions, as other wise the country will be confirmed in the opinion that they tried to carry the last election by a most infamous forgery.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16
GREELEY'S JOKE ON SuNyrg
The Only Time the Latter Ever Did .Tu.,i..
 10 Bread and JiiIk.

LAAN-I A-ftE4 Oller >lfEria7H
 Charles Sumner, many years bafo-s t. was known iu politics, sonpbr Inc .- qualntance of Horace Greeley i9 N-r York He found the Journalist mr-s - engaged, and was invited by hIn to ro-- to hls house the next morning and tsI' breakfast. llr. SEm1er was rot ar. s---. riser and De liked a good break'1 when he did get up. He rather ant ated one m tlls case. At the early ht, naned by Nr. Greeley be left the Aetr hOu-e, took stage and rode seve-,- miles up Broadway. and after mu,F difficulty found the residence of Lis pev friend at a1 old fashioned farm hons situated IL the middle of an orebsri between Broadway and the river. wbs-s he was hospitably received by the c, cupant. After considerable converss. tlO7 with NIT. Greeley, the latter rema-E. ed to his wife. who had come into tEs room, that Nr. Sumner would probsbIv like something to eat. She expressed doubt whether there was anything i1 the house, at which Sumner. who VAS really hungry after hls long ride. vs, sOmewhat-well, surpuedd, % say ,bs least. Why. mOthe-," said Greeley h his wife, ''you must have some bresi and milk in the house" She thC7rs, 1t might be SO, and soon appeared gi. o mug, two bowls and some cracksx which she placed on bare pine table and the two Incipient phiisnthlopisr ate their breakfast in peace. AuyboIr who knew Sumner and his dainty vs7, m these things can appreciate the si.us ton. No dOubt it vas the first and las. time he ever did justice to bread sz! milk. The friend Q whom Sumner r- lated this incideu. had a feeling, vhEs time rather strengthened that the of philosopher was practicinE a good joA on the gay and somewhat festive yOu1, man from Boston. Sumner, hoVey--. never could appreciate a joke and coz sIGeTed the transaction a real one SO tr as good faith was concerned, alttgrlb he related it with considerable gt- Perhaps he had in his heart sCmett1g of the feeling of Ihackerav. who C-a sad to a friend in Boston: T often vi,. l knew whether Becky Sharp Was ye4'y guilty when found by her husband vi.- the Marquis of Steyne under such u markable circumstances"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-16

THE necess ty for producing more beeves in Arizona is apparent when beef advances from three to four cents s pound within ten days as it did lately il San Francisco. The advance is attributed 10 the gre4t loss of cattle from the late heavy rains. Before the rain feed was so scarce that beeves became emaciabed and under the continuous wet have died of by thousands. This cause arises n California every few years, and will con- lnue. 4 rather dry seas )n, followed by excessive rainfall always results in great loss in both sheep and cattle; and while it is a misfortune to the ranchmen in that State, is results benefcially to AIi- zona by enla-ging the market for beef cattle and r'i-Ing the pri'e, as well.