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Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
Government Lands.

MI FRS. HOMES rEAD, PRE-EMP- 1Sk tion, timber culture, and desert land claimants whose cases come on appeal Land Office at Washington, D o.. should employ a skilled and experienced attor- ney here to attend to their case and in- sure success I ill give my attention to all such cases and on appeal 10 Secretary of Interior, and cases in the Supreme Court of UT ited States. for reasonable fee, Fourteen years in the practice.
 Liberal ara ngements made with non resident attorneys. Best references given
 w. A. COULTER, Attorney-at-Law g St. Cloud Building, Washington, D. C.
 Nov 15-1yw
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
PRISONERS ESCAPE.

0lynI aS IE0 pTlSOueES iIOHl SlStt were being lodged in the temporary county jail here, Smith, confidanc' man, ard Hedges, a bnnco steerer managed to escape; Smith by means of a piece of wire, picked the lock of the shackles and freed himself and Hedges. Hedges was under sentence of six years in the peniten tiary, for swind!ing and was part ner of Salmond also under sentence, who escaped from Ysleta a few weeks ago.
 GRAHAM COUNTY TROUBLES.
 CLIFTON, Dec. 31.-The coroner lreturned from Duncan last night The verdict of the jury was that the Mexican found hanging tc d tree near that place, came to his dea tL at the hands of unknown parties It is the opinion that the mln " IS hung ic spirit of pure cussedness by the rustler element on the Gila river, who are anxious to bring on trouble with the Mexicans. A re ward will be offered by the sheriff to>day for information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties Nicholas Olguin and his DO SC will be taken before the Probate Judge in Solomenville to-day for the purpose of having hearing and will then probably be released on u writ of habeas corpus.
 FATAL SHOOTING IN FL PAso.
 FL PAso, Texas, Dec 31.-Early on Sunday morning one of the GU g. tom house guards at Paso del Norte, while patrolling the river bank east of town, noticed man on horses back crossing the river from the American side, having apparently coutraband goods in his possession. The officer, Juan Calico, waited until the man had reached the bank, when he called upon him u halt, whereupon the latter drew pistol and fired, the shot entering the right side of the officer in the reglnn of the bowels. Calico is not expected live. His unknown a.sailalt effsct ed his escape.
 FIRE AT CHARLIE TON.
 CHARLEsToF, Dec. 3l-At three o'clock Sunday morning fire was discovered in the sleeping room of the colleci or of customs. and soon everything in the room was destroy ed. The loss however, WAS sli ght with the exception of eight hund red dollars Of government money and fine rife which had been presented d by the citizens of Charlestown to P. R Child at the time of the Indian outbreak last spring.
 THE HUNTINGTON CORRESPONDENTS
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The pub lished correspondence between and Colton has disap~ pointed many, in that it has not dis closed more specific details, and that no very prominent members are directly implicated. It will take good deal more than has been printed o secure official investigation upon hat portion of congress effect. The effect of Huntingi on's correspond> ence will however, be, 10 make it absolutely certain, that congress will 'efuse to pass the Texas Pacific land ,rant of about twenty million acres 'ver to the Southern Pacific.
 SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED.
 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3I.-James ". Cooke, who murdered hs wife at Cave Springs, Mo, last November, 1 y holding her head between his .nees and cutting her throat was entenced to 95 years in the peniten> iarV
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
Letter Hist.

Unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 24Ih, 1883:
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
AFRICAN sAvAGEs,

CAPE TowN, Dec. 29.-In Ashan- tee people are overawed by the slaughter of King Koffez' family and the daily massacre of his adher- ents, hundreds of whom have been executed. Sixtv-eight of Kofez' children have been killed. When his adherents heard the Kings life was endangered, they sent 90 men as q b -dy guard; these men remained with Koffez several days, with the consent of the present king, and were then suddenly attacked and all killed.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
THE RIGHT KIND OF 4 MAN.

CHICAGO, Dec 29.-A Washington special says that Judge Payson, who was in the West this summer to iu> vestigate the Pacific roads, is doing effective work. He has mastered the subject of railroad land grants and that he will cause many million acres of land now held by spacula> tors to be thrown open to bona fide settlers.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
PADDY RYAN FLUNKED OUT.

CHICAGO, Dec. 28,-Paddy Ky an
 who was expected 10 meet Sullivan
 in San Francisco next month. left
 for Toledo unexpectedly two days
 ago, and late last night telegraphed
 here: q have to throw uD every thing at present." Par-on Davies,
 who had been managing Rvan's af-
 fairs, had arranged for Paddy's ap-
 pearlng in Minneapolis and St. Paul
 in sparring expedition, and had
 also billed various places on the
 Northern Pacific road. with the ex~
 pectatlon that Ryan would appear as his principal attraction. These exhibitions were 10 he given on the way to San Francisco On receipt of Ryan's telegram Davies wired him to the effect that he was show
 ing the white feather and was afraid to meet Sullivan Ryan replied that he would return 10 Chicago as soon as he could move his mother. Later he telegraphed Davies that "everv> thing was off" including his meets ing with Sullivan, as his mother was very sick Davies comments very freely upon Ryan's conduct, and says it is clear case of fiunkying and that Paady is hiding behind his mother. Other sporting characters ,l,alo~o Dxro- :, so ro oooS;+o. Fo- o match of any kind; that he has been drinking heavily, and that in se- cret friendly match with Shwiff, the Prussian, the latter showed himself l the best man, so that Ryan has no business with Sullivan. A Toledo (Ohio) telegram says: "Muther not 1 seriously sick; attempt will still be l made to hold Ryan to the contract,
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the district court of Dakota had no jurisdiction in the case of the Indian Crow Dog, tried and sentenced to death for the murder of Spotted Tail, and that hls imprisonment is illegal.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03

Secretary Frelinghuysen has sent a letter tc Commander Cheyne, of Toronto, saying that the scheme to reach the north pole by balloon is deemed impractlcable. (No opinion is given as to whether the moon is made of green cheese.)
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03

ToHBs TONE. Dec. 28.-The exam ination of Tex, Rcd and York, the Bisbee murderer. was concluded to- day, and all were held tor murder. The evidence was conclusive. The witnesses testify to having heard of the plan of robbery outlined before it took place.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03
ESTABLISHED 1852
 WM. B. HOOPER & O..
 DEALERS IN Groceries, Wines, Liquors Cigd Oils and Mining Supplies

sOLE AGENTS FQR
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03

down breaks qnick enough to keep the cars on. Ol examination It wa s found that two large pieces of iron aad brace beam had been placed over the frog switch. No serio us damage was don.. l. is bsl;evel to be the work of some ex convicts.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-03


 crans took place in Washington on Thursday from St. Aloysi ns church. The requiem mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Busam. The casket was borne by Senator John S. Miller Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Hon. Joan R. Glascock, Gen. Horatio Wright, Hon. John S. Barbour, Col. G. C.. Knaffin, Gen. II. J. Hunt and Judge Thns. ". Bartley. The remains were placed Tn vault in Mount Olivet cemetery.
 A mass meeting is called for Jan uary 18th, by an organization known as the Grand Army of the People. The object of this organization is declared to be the election of press ident and vice-president by direct vote; free postage; govern nm"nt telegraph; tax on all incomes over $10.000; unlimited coinage of gold and silver; protection against mons opolIes, and other radical changes.
 A TRAIN RoBBRR CAPTURED.
 DEMI~e, Dec. 29.-One of the parties engaged in the Gage train robbery has been captured near So- zorro, New Mexico, It is reported that he has made confession giving the names Of the four others who in the robbery, hut the officers who made She arrest will not give particulars at present. It is believed the other four will be cap~ tured within day CT two.
 TRAIN wREcKERs IN OAKLAND.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2O.-An at tempt was made to wreck the local Oakland train near Market street last night; the engine jun ped tic hack but the engineer m managed to
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
MY SWEETHEART.

Now, mamma. If only you'll promise me true
That YOU will never tell. / will show II to you
This beautiful picture-and then you Will see
How lovely the face of my sweetheart must
Her cheeks they are rosy, her eyes they are
bright,
Her hair always shines when it catches the
Her voice is so soft when she speaks with n
smle
I know she Is loving me well all the while.
And when am hurt and-well-cry tfor you
They have to sometimes, even big boys like
mel,
She puts her arms round me and comforts me
I'm sure to forget it the first thing 1 know:
She sings about sunshine and fairies and How
And the stories she tells-you could listen for
hours.
Who is she7 Well, tell me what name do you
guess?
When you get to the sweetest of all. I'll say:
Yes
No. no-You are wrong. 1 must give you a
peep;
But YOU ii surely remember the secret to keep
And never let out who is fondest of me?
Ho, no, mamma. look in this glass and you'll
see.''
Sydney Ddyre, in Our Little Ones.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
Mr.. EDIsoN's SEARCH.

He Il to Devote Five Years to the Elimina-
ton Of the Steam Engine.
THE great secret of doing away with
the intermediary furnaces, boilers,
steam engines and dynamos will be
found, probably, within ten years.
have been working away at it for some
months and have got to the point where
an apparently insurmountable obstacle
confronts me. Working at the problem
now seems to me very much like driv-
ing ship straight for the face of a
precipice and when You come to grief
picking yourself up and trying it again
tomorrow. There is an opening in the
barrier somewhere and some lucky man
will find it. have got far enough to
know that the thing is possible. / can
get quite current now directly from
the combustion of fuel. Jablochkoff
tried his hand at the same thing some
years ago, and so did some Germans,
but the results were laboratory curiosi-
ties only. give myself five years to
work ct it and shall think myself lucky
Il / succeed in that time.
The unscientific world has no con-
ception Of what such . discovery would
mean. It would put an end to boilers
and steam engines; it would make
power about one-tenth as cheap IS it is
now; it would enable . steamship to
cross the Atlantic at . nominal cost;
il would enable every poor man to run
his own carriage, il Would revolutioni1e
- iudpotyt1 world. Htfo3S1nnia
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
AWFUL HARD LINES.

Though you should come and kneel low q
my feet,
And weep in blood red tears of agony,
It would not bring one single pang 70 mo-
Nor stir my heart out of its quiet beat
There was a time when any word you spoke,
When Just the sound of your meiooious
voice
Would thrill me through and make my
heart rejoice. ..
broke.
You rudely woke me from my dream Of bliss,
knowing my love, reading 1t everywhere,
You sought to see how mucn my hear'
would bear.
Some things can forgive; but never this.
And though an angel, with a shining brow,
should come from Heaven and speak 70
me, and say:
ego with this man and be his own Away"
Iwould defy her, rather than trust you now.
Though you should pray me. writhing in
For lust one last caress, and / should know
That You were draining all the dregs OF
woe,
would not let you hold my hand again.
This is a woman's love, q woman's pride.
There Is stream that never can Do
crossed;
It rolls between us, and the trust lost
Was sunk forever In the seething tide.
Burlington Harkeye.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
THE ANCIENT "SPINSTER.

She is Still With Us. But the Anticipated
Spinning-Wheel Is . Departed Glory.
Time was when spinning played such
An important part in wOman's exist
ence that, as Grimm observes, it came
to be regarded as her sole occupation,
and she was recognized by the appella-
ton "spinster." Yet for the last sixty
or seventy years all spinning-wheels
have been silent. l well remember a
lumoer-room in my grandfather's house
into which when child used to peep
and see more than a dozen old ones;
some were prettily inlaid with mother
of-pearl, but all of them were overlaid
with other wheels made by spiders, and
thickly covered with layers of white
dust. My poor grandmother used to
look very sad when ] asked about these
spinning-wheels; they were hers, and
her mothers, and her grandmother's,
and no doubt she sometimes fancied she
heard the whirr which feet that trod
the earth no longer had once set in mo-
ton. She herself had, as she averred
with gentle triumph, ''spun rare
good thread in her day." but when I
asked her why she did not go on
spinning good thread, her answer
was, mo one spins now" and if /
pushed my inquiries further, was told
it was easy enough to spin, but that
there was no way Of getting the thread
you made used, for there were no hand
looms now. That, no doubt, summed
up the whole difficulty. Every little
group of villages once had its weaver,
and much earnest thought was given in
those days to patterns for table-linen.
One of the truest touches in George
Eliot's '.Aiill on the Floss" is the con-
tempt which the sister who s'held with
a sprig'' felt for the sister who had al
ways ''held with spot" A spot was
utterly commonplace, and to be salts
fed with q spot when she might have
had-what l have seen on a tablecloth
the whole history of Jonah, the exact
portrait of the whale which swallowed
him, the facade of a gorgeous palace in
Nineveh, together with her own initials
in the corner, betrayed groveling
mind. In the days of homespun linen
every woman made it matter of pride
and conscience to leave behind her in
the family chests and presses at least
IS much as she found when she
came namely, married into the
family, Such pleasures and prides
have long been things p9 the past-
cAFtlt(aA Altocafe,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
Arctic Fascination.

1t is announced that one of the re-
centlyrescued Arctic adventures wants
to 90 again. There seems to be fas-
cination in this quest that almost
invariably draws men back to it who
have once attempted it. Their hard
ships and sufferings always evoke great
sympathy. The heart of the Nation is
wrung for them. But their desire to
plunge again into the perils out of
which they have been rescued suggests
the possibility that there are personal
compensations in this venture which
render so much sympathy misplaced.
There must be some charm about the
free life in the Arctic regions which
greatly mitigates the personal expert
ence of hardships. 1t used to be the
fashion to waste a good deal of sympa-
thy ON missionaries from New England
to the East; and they got a great deal
of credit for their abandonment of
home and voluntary exile among for
eign races. But it was noticed that
whatever the hardships, and they were
many, of their foreign residence,
they in time liked the life and chung to
it. And when it was realized that the
escape from the New England climate
into one genial the year round, and in
to conditions where living was much
easier than here, was some compensa-
ton for missionary devotion, the sup
porters of missions could devote their
whole energies to forwarding the work
of evangelization without wasting so
much sympathy on the agents of it.
If people like to 60 into the Arctic
regions from love of adventure and a
free life, there is no objection to their
going, if they can raise the means. To
get nearer the geographical pole than
anybody else is as noble an ambition as
for a boy to go out farther on the limb
of gigantic oak than any other boy.
We all appreciate acts of daring. But
we think think that this Arctic bust
ness might as well be considered per-
sonal matter, and not a case for so
much sympathy on the part of those
who are fond of it, and find it more fas-
cinating than hum-drum, industrious
life at home. 1t does not appear that
thepeople'generally are to gain anything
by it, or that it is the sort of adventure
that the Government ought to engage
in. The idea of establishing weather
bureau in the highest attainable lati-
tudes seems to be abandoned as of no
practical value, and no commercial adj
vantages are possible in sending a YES
sci occasionally to get caught in the ice
and abandoned. That some men can
endure the rigor of an Arctic winter.
and that the most can not has been
sufficiently demonstrated. We know
the whole dreary story. The incidents
of one Arctic expedition are much like
another-frost, darkness, dogs, Esqui-
maux, seals, blubber, canned meats,
freezing of limbs, hunger to the point
Of starvation-the latest expeditions
add no new incidents. The career may
be fascinating to some men, but the
public has ceased to think it remunera-
tive to anybody. Hartford Courdns.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
Turbulent Waves Turned Into Harmles1
Green BilIows.

Green Billows.
The time is fast approaching when
the now rising generation will wonder
al the folly of having ever neglected
such a means of salvation; for the mass
Of evidence on this subject which has re-
Gently accumulated has now compelled
attention from the most skeptical. and
the experiments so successfully carried
out on the stormy coast of Aberdeen-
shire, at the harbor of Peterhead, have
borne fruit far and near.
Some of the fishers who have wit
messed them remembered them to good
purpose when trying to enter the har-
Dor at Stonehaven, and warned of their
ing on the bar. They had with them
only little colza-oil and little parafs
fine for their lamps vegetable and min
eral oils)-so little that most men would
have deemed it mere folly to cast such
upon tempestuous waves. But thess=
men had profited by their lesson. One
man stood on either bow, and, Just as
the boat approached the raging sum,
they slowly poured out their offering %
the waves, which, as if by magic. ceased
to break, and rolled on in harmless
green pillows, which carried the boas
safe into port / have also just hearos
from Cornwall that party of Cornish
fishers who CHANGED to be at Aberdeen
at the time of the experiments, ana
there witnessed the stilling of the waves.
returned to their own granite-boun9
coast with the conviction that they haa
seen something which hereafter it may
be well for them to practice.
Now, thanks to the same large-hean.
ed and enegetic Scotchman who planned
and brought into practical working the
oil-breakwater at Peterhead, the men
of Kent can tell with wonder OF its APP
plication to their own harbor OF Folke-
stone, and are eyewitness OF how
| quickly, on a very stormy day, lev
gallons of oil have Gained the breaking
waves, and made the harbor smooth
and safe. The London papers, in re-
porting on these experiments, hass
stated the general belief that. BY tnls
simple use Of oil, entrance and egress
to Folkestone Harbor may hencefortn
be made absolutely secure in the g
verest storms.-Popul0r Science Ao"ls'
ky.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1884-12-19
PITh AND POINT.

elopement that happens in the family OF
some one else.-N. Y. Picayusc.
An eminent authority on the '.Ner
vous Maladies of Pugs" announces thai
..quinine is good for dogs" 1t is not
nearly as good as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
torn Herald.
-"Is Life Worth Living?" was the
interesting topic discussed in one OF our
churches recently, and the question re-
calls the witty but truthful answer:
1T depends on the liver. "-Bosf0n
Transcript.
The old mans doll:
"Only Pansy Blossom"
Only n bar of soap.
And the oil Old nm man gIdes with terrible whirl
'" Il WIZ Bay City Press.
-"Did YOU come down on the street
car this morning." asked Jones OF old
man Hunter. mo, sir, / came down
on darned innocent-looking banana
peel" was the reply as the old fellow
iimped Christian Adrocdfe.
A scientific exchange says that "a
drain to be a profitable investment
must be permanent Improvements.
Men have gone into permanent inn
provement in the hope that it would be
a profitable investment, and found 1t
nothing but drain ever since.-Loweh
Citizen.
An astronomer once confidently
announced that big comet that was
approaching the earth would not
DESTROY it. s.How do you know?" he
was asked. II don't KNOW" he re-
piled; .'but in either case / am safe. 1t
it does not knock the world to pieces, l
shall be considered a prophet. If it
does, they can't blow me up in the
newspapers. N y. Ledger.
When a Virginia belle was once
surprised by her father in a parlor of
hotel at the White Sulphur Springs sup
porting upon her shoulder the head of
a middle-aged admirer, she at once dis
armed the impending rebuke by ex-
claiming: "Surely, father, this is not
the first timeyou have seen an old head
on young shoulders?$
Old gent-"Stop! Stop! Do You
know what you are dOing? Seedy
stranger-..Yes, sir; but can help it,
sir. / was about to steal loaf of
bread. am starving, SIR" mo mat
ter. Don't you know that if You should
steal a loaf of bread you would be inn
prisoned?' "Yes, know that; but
what can I do, sir? 1 must live"
.Well, if you will steal, take the whole
bakery. and then you can compromise
with the proprietor. "-Phiiadclphia
Call.
The parasol question: Before mar
riage-..Excuse me, George. Did my
parasol hurt you?" ''Oh, no! my
dear; it would be pleasure if it did. :"
After marriage-''Great heavens! there
was never a woman under the sun that
knew how to carry a parasol without
scratching fellows eyes out;' .'And
there never was n man that knew
enough to walk on the right side of a
woman with a parasol." There isn't
any right side to a woman with a para
sol IN Y Post
The state journal., 1884-08-23
From Mechanicsburg

Miss Annie Cashmond, of Harris
burg; has been spending an enjoyable
time for the past two weeks at Mrs
Sallie Jobnson's in Mechanicsburg.
Mrs Martha Parker, of Frederick,
Nd, for several days has been so
journing in Mechanicsburg, at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. Margaret
Bridget.
Miss Julia Young, of Mechanics
burg, returned home from Carlisle
last Tuesday, after enjoying a pleas
ant visit.
Miss Maggie Patterson, of Green
castle, is now spending a pleasant
season in Mechanic.burg, and expects
to remain for sn indefinite time.
Rev. Sante Birch, pastor of the A.
NJ. E. Church, after spending a week
at Middletown returned home Tues
day evening in good health.
Mrs. VIM. Howard, of Wilkes
barre, with her two children, is here
visiting her mother-in-Iaw, Mrs. Fran
ces Howard, and will, Of course, take
in the Grangers picnic.
Samuel DAVIS, of Lebanon, sends
word that be will arrive next week to
greet old friends, make new ones, and
of course go and see the big picnic
Samuel is always a welcome visitor
to Mechanicsburg.
Joseph Smith, of Marietta, a well
known tonsorial artist, mingled with
friends here on Saturday and Mon
day. ]. S. is the same cola Joe,"
and his friends were glad to see him.
A grand rally was made to the A.
NJ. E. Church on Sunday last, and a
special effort made to raise money for
the payment of needed repairs to the
church building, which was quite
successful. The sum of $31 was re-
allied.
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