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Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

SECRETARY OF WAR, ROBERT T. LINCOLN, gives his annual report a dash of spice in his reference to Gen. Hazen's criticisms, and that portion will be read with interest by all people. He speaks of this as. This excursion into official jurisdiction beyond his own and his dictum upon the exercise of a superior responsibility which he was not invited to share. are extraordinary in their time and place, and are hardly excusable even under whatever of irritat on may have been caused by the findings Of the Proteus court of inquiry" In another paragraph he also says, ID speaking of the extreme periis Of Arctic search: ''The Secretary of War knows of no one whose opinion would be considered, ex- cept the Chief Signal Office. who would not have regarded such au expedition not only as substantially hopeless forany re- iet earlier tban wa actually given, but perilous in the extreme, if not fool hardy" These little fiicial Ileassntri,s are really interestiI g aud they serve the noble purpose ot illustrating how very much superior one m,n is to an- other-in his own estimation.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

ARIZONA Is truly a favored country. While other portions of the UDIted States are paralyzed by stagnation, here the times are said to be simply close, with cheerful outlook ahead. It really seems that Arizona, the rejected store of the edifce, is yet to become the cor ner stone of the national temple. Its hills are full of mineral wealth; its table lands covered with nutritious grasses: its valleys green with prolific vegetation; its mountain ranges covered with splendid timber; its coal measures are broad and inexhsustible; its atmo sphere is warm and balmy and its sunshine the brightest in the world. What greater natural inducements are required for populous and prosperous State?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

TIE Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of Arizona will meet in Prescott on Monday, January, 9th. A great deal of important legislation has been mapped out, and no doubt many members-elect have iu their pockets rough drafts Of many bills that should never he per mit.ed to cucumber the statute books of the Territory. We have now so many laws that half of them are imperative from conflict, and a revision of the statutes by a board of capable com missioners is an imperative necessity. Ii is hoped the next Legislature will work harmonIously for the general good of the Territory and not for personal ends.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

SENATOR DAWES has introduced bill in Congress conferring citizenship upon Indians. This measure will open a wide discussion upon a question that has many curious and psrsdo1ical features. It is one that will meet with favor among Eastern philsnthropists whose knowledge of the Indian has been obtained from cigar signs and Cooper's novels, and will be opposed by Western practical people whose experience with them have anchored their firm opinions in many a bloody grave. Where does the Indian belong? He is human beng without a land and without a country. Among his wrongs is cited that he has been driven from the lands he never cultivated, and hunted like beasts until he has taken refuge among the strong hills where the white man does not care to follow. In 1871, Con- gress declared that thereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized ss au independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty." The Indian has no homs, no nationality, outside of the United States. He is not a foreigner, and, no matter how mnch civilized he may become, so long as be maintains his tribal relations he IS not entitled to citizenship, whilst the most | barbarous cannibal or foreign criminal i coming to Onr shores may attain clti- zenship upon proper application. In the Indian nation there exist high degree of civilization and culture among the | earher tribes confined to that Territory, and they are examples of the capabil- ilies of the Indian in general. Shorn of their power to organize bloody raids upon settlers In the new countries there Is hardly an American citizen who would not gladly see every possible measure Of encouragement extended the Indian to better his condition, even to extending to him the right of ofsuffrage
 when he acquires such degree of in- telligencs that he can fully understand ald appreciate its importance. To en-
 low the Indian with citizenship uncon-
 liiionally would scarcely meet with general favor, and it should be denied until he sewers his tribal relations and lcquires reasonable degree of political l Snowledge.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
Hans Yager's Opinion of NIatrimoD,

"Well, Mir. Yager, what do YOU think of matrimony, anyway
 ''Vat dink ion it 'ellvyav? O,fT dink ion it ennyvay l d.u1 tga i. epDv- Vay, hain't it?"
 '.I mean what do yol think Of na,r;. fnony?"
 Wat vas dOse?'
 "The married life. vol kuow.~
 ''Ughi You bet mcin ,clV,ed EieI know. Dot peen q humJuy-cr p.s;ness. Dot peen schcat und pirI drap 10 catch fellers mil"
 linen you didn't marry happily"
 ''Oh, yes; to peen schurc l marrieL me dot way. Dots vat der madier vas init dot piSnesS. Dm honeymoon scheese weeks l vas more ha1av in as a hundert und feuni,y year de-eafjer, ouf I If me dot long,
 "Yes, but l think the married life, take it all in all, is the happier life of the two."
 ''No-sir-e, Bop. Ouf mans him don'd got married, hm peen his own boss; him dOn'd DO droublcS got mt his frau und dem schil.crn. Uud den look: Him bring dem Schillcru on dot world. what for? Fur 10 go, drOub.cs schust der same like him got.
 'Of course no one is perfectly happy in this world, Mr. Yager; but will venture to say that if your wife was to leave you, you would feel very lonely and unhappy"
 Il know me dot. OUf l gone me home uud him peen der house oud dwo hour, I walk me und look me all der dime 'roundt fur him und feels SD bv meinself I don'd gan'd nodings cad.
 ''See! So you woulden't like to be single again"
 '.No. Bud how gomeS dot? OIf don'd got me married when l pecn a young feller dot don'd been derc, hain it? I dinks it vas batter out q mans him got him married to iighd der ding trough; aber ouf him don'd got mar- ried it vas better fur dot schillern val don'd vas got porned yit to schtop m!d- oud marry. Dot safe drOublcS in doi world und all der older worlds, und don'd it forgot you. "-KeH-acky S.H'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
.The Heavy Middle Of the Nirh,.

The long white bars of the moonlight Iie Where the sW eet lake lilies fiOal al osse. The murmuring midnight brcrz,+ cOos bS And hushes iis whispers in the trees; No other sound may De heard Of men. Save wind-stirred waves in tie ferny fen. The dew Is thick on the shadowed rrass- And pale pink petals fall from the rose. Across the face of the moon there pass Stray clouds, the glcam Of the lily goes And the yellow ned-hOwer drOOVs its head In the darkness over its beauty shed. But clouds soon seatter-the balmv Air Is laden with odOrs like the wings or angels, fresh from the gardens fair In Paradise, where Heavens sweetnss,
 clings:
 And the moonbeams franc a ladder meet For the tread of rare, celestial feet O Night. what is hid behind your ba,n1 What holds To-Norrow, that strange To
 come2
 Will 1t fill with bliss some trembling paInp Or strike a happy heart cold and pumbs What brings the Dawn in it's icweled ba5j Or joy or grieving to fill the .aDd: And still the bars of the moonlight toucb The ripples and the lilies on tha laEe And stil the calm of the nour is such As no fOreboding can mar CT break. The night winds whisper. the waves rouf, And far away is tie world of sin. An, heart that faints in the Noon's fercs
 heat.
 Thus are you blessed for the coming eare, Thus are you strengthened and made more
 sweet.
 For a night SO lovely is like praver. And Day, that dawns in the cast may br.rg Toy you gladness, tO me my king
 -B1ston Clrba.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

PIMA county can hold up its proud head pretty high upon the display of its mineral resources at the New Orleans Exposition. The splendid cabinet Of Mir. Charles R. Wores hss been forwarded, and the specimens will be displayed in a case twenty feet long by twelve feet high, costing $50. This cabinet weighs nearly three tons, and contains specimens selected with great care from nearly every mine in Pima county. The specimens are all to be catalogued at an additional expense, and millions of the descriptive pamphlets printed. MT. Wores will go to New Orleans to personally unpack and display his valuable collection, bis travelling expenses, amour tIng to the magnificent sum of SIP. being borne by the voluntary contribution Of the generous people of Pima county, who have been collectively and individually coaxed, begged, threatened. bored and hlluOst loICtu lltO SNAhS opSuN "A~ hundred dollars towards defrsying the necessary expenses of this exhibit Why, five thousand dollars would be a
 FAILING by all other means to secure immunity from the stern justice now being mated out to criminals in Arizona, the Mormons are resorting to iutimida- tion. It is said Judge Ho ward has re- ceived threatening letters since the convection of two or three of the leaders of the MormCns for the crime Of polygamy. From the well-known re- solute character ot Judge Howard, it is believed that these letters will cause him to redouhle his energies in the cause of right and justice. United States Marshal Tidball and United States District Attorney Zabriskie are both giving their personal attention to these cases, and the Mormons are greatly alarmed for the safety of one of the most highly prized tenets of their | c-aa1
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

THE universal depression Tn business and general industries is sowing the seed of widespread misery, and misery
 Is the mother of crime. The overpro- daction of the country has glutted all avenues of demand, and the people must rest idle until the surplus has been consumed before any great activity will take place. We are nation of pro- ducers, and when our foreign markets require little or nothing from us, stag ration is inevitable. No new enterprises employing labor are under way, and the mills and factories throughout the country are closing down to avold total disaster. Thousands of men, many of them with families to support, are thus thrown out of employment, entailing an amount of misery and suffering be- yond our powers of imagination. The eastern manufacturing centers are the most sensitive indicators of the markets for our wares, and they feel more heay- fly the entire cessation Of the busy mil wheels. In glancing over an eastern paper at least a dozen items were encountered each convey ing the cheerless information that iron mills ln one place, cotton mills in an other, a coal mine here R machine shop there, have to shut down and closed their doors-all throwing many thousands of men out of employment and just at the beginning of a long and cold winter. No wonder that many of them are driven by want to commit crimes, and, being detected and disgraced, gravltate rapidly to the lowest elements of human life.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

WHILE possessing no brilliant origin 6lity. the annual message of President Arthur to Congress is a documeat ID harmony with tLe general negative character Of the present administration. His recommendations are based upon those of his cabinet officers and, gener- ally speakinr, are ordinarily wise m their circumscribei scope. The docu- ment carries the impression of an at- tempt to tide smoothly over the few re- maining months preceding a radical change of administration. Devoid of all verbiags, 1t is a catalogue of such wants of the country as have been brought to the attention Of the Presi- dent
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

TIE recent grand jury of Cochlse county returned indictments against Daniel Duncan. his brother and a man named Mcfarland, alias stormy Jim, for complicity in the murder Of the Mexican boy Quinones, in the Huachuca mountains last June, and also Tn the recent Fritz Rafferty- Raymond murders. They have been arrested, and the trial will be interesting from the fact that the proofs are necessarily circumstantlal to a great degree, since the positive Wit nesses have been put out of the way. It is hoped the terrible mystery ot these murders may be speedily solved.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

number of congressman, who have here tofore been prominent in silver legisla ton. Cassidy of Nevada, says he thinks the Pacific coast will be strong enough to prevent the combination from suc- ceeding.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-William Fl. Neilson's deposition to-day before mo- tary, in the libel case of Miss Hill, plain tiff in the celebrated Sharon divorce case, versus Daily Alta, newspaper, stated under oath that the letters purporting to have been addressed to Miss Hill by Senator Sharon, in which he called her My Dear Wife" and which she pro- duced in the divorce trial, were forgeries, and that he had seen them while In process of manufacture. The statement created a sensation.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06


 Carlyle tells us: ''Heroism is the d. vine relation which in all times unites a great man to other men" The late overwhelming disaster to the City of Columbus. amid the terrors of intense frost and q raging sea. fighting for their prey, where so many. fleeing the rigors of a northern winter to a more genial cline, met their sudden and fearful Iate-shOws amid its horrors and gloom one gle9m of light Tn the herOism of Lieut.. Rhodes in his per- sistent efforts to save the last two liv- ing souls clinging to life amid the froz- en ropes of the doomed vessel. Yet this is only one among many deeds of noble self-forgetfulness in an age called exceptionally selfish and practical.
 Who, that read it, can forget the description of the expression in the face of the man entrapped in the Brook yn tunnel, death sweeping tow ard him in the wild waters. as he cried to those without ''to save themselves?" No frantic, forgetful effort to escape himself with the food, realizing in that instant all that awaited him, that hero thought not of his own, but the safety of others. At the time one of the papers said, '.In the old world he would have been buried with great honor, with the medal for valor' on his breast" In the new world he lives in many hearts. Let us hope and be- lieye that those who saw that noble look of resignation and self-abnega- ton, thought the glass that divided them from him and a terrible death, were raised by it, and their gratitude to height from which they never fell.
 Nor have we forgotten the brave cap tain of the Sewanhaka, as he labored on the burning deck, amid smoke and flame unconscious of self, and physical pain. until all were safei His humble answer to those who sought him were he lay (blinded and bandaged) in a hospital. to express their sense of his heroism was: Il did simply my plain duty" Who remembers his name even2 These are some of the many mo- 0le acts brought to our eyes, in the daily chronicle af the worlds doines. There are many less conspicuous, 6 poor miner gives or perils his. life to save that of another to whom life is as hard and work-a-day, and (to us) ap- parently bald. This divine spark is confined to no class. We read, admire and perhaps forget them. though they are worthy to be written in letters of gold They are written in the book of life, and our lives are elevated and enriched, we have some reflected cred 1t, that those of cur kind have in su- preme moments Of their lives, .that little gleam of time, between two eter- mites, borne themselves in an exalted way. The door of such deeds, may have seemed plain and common-place, of no heroic mold to our eyes. But there has sprung up in him at the it. ting time, and place. spontaneously, simultaneously . noble forgetfulness of peril to self, in the high desire to rescue from it another, even s stranger, which flames into heroism.-Sprin9- EeI8 RepssbliedR.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

small sum to contribute, compared with the prospective benefits to be de- rived. The Board of Supervisors should have appropriated fair sum. and it is not too late yet, for there is not half enough on hand now to carry out the enterprise at all creditably. The next legislature will be called upon to ap- priate funds to reimburse the several counties for such outlsys, and there is no doubt but every dollar will be re- funded. With few hundred dollars in cash, one of the finest collections of our mineral wealth to be found anywhere, will be properly exhibited to the mil liors of visitors at the Exposition, among whom few at least will be at tracted to our land and invest sums that, compared with our outlay, is like sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

Epitaph: If any portion of Cocbise county is taken away for the purpose Of forming new county, 1t will be through the trsachery Of certain men elected to the Legislature on the 4th of last month. We do not beheve, as is charged, that either MT. Nichols, Mir. Percy or NIT. Hunter will advocate q proposition which will be in direct opposition to the best interests and wishes of nine tenths of the people who elected them, and who. had they declared their in- tention, would have had the unanimous opposition of every other portion Of the county then Wilcox.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

SUB-RosA information received from those who are supposed to possess a knowledge of tie inner workings of the corporations afT iirs, is to the effect that estimates are Icing made preparatory to awarding bids for grading the road bed of the Narrow Gauge railroad. and that 1t will be constructed as rapidly as pos sible to the heavy grades beyond the San Pedro river, where much tune will be required to buld the road It Is hoped that this information IS reliable, but experience teaches us that every thing Is uncertain bu. taxes and death.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

THE Central Pacific railroad company and its leased lines are dispensing wlth all employees that can be spared. The staguation of trade necessitates economy everywhere, and the railroads are not slow to see the necessities of the times. T is discharge of employees has been somewhat gradual but during the past tsw days large number have stepped down and out, including considerable number in Tucson.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
Another Mass Meeting.

Parties have circulated call to-day for another mass meeting to nominate a cIty ticket. It reads as follows:
 PUBLIC NOTICE The citizens of Tucson are requested to meet in the city hall CD Thursday eyering, December 4th. at : p. m. for the purpose of nominating suitab e persons to be voted for at the ensuing Municipal Election. A full attendance is respectfully urged.
 ]. A. BRowDER,
 D. SNYDER,
 s. c. RowE,
 l.. M. JACOBS. And thirty-two others.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

THE people of Cochise county should not be needlessly alarmed at sundry in- situations that a new county Is to be carved out of its loins at the next ses- sion of the legislature. These stories are gotten up for the same motive that actuates the mischievous schoolboy who puts a bent pm on the teachers seat just to see how high you will jump. The next legislature will have enough of good, sound, legitimate legislation to attend to, without giving any attention to local inlquities.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

NEXT Monday the people of Tucson will be called upon to elect the usual quota of city officials. Tlere will un- dou0,eily be more ;hau one ticket i. the field, and voters will have ample opportunity 10 indulge in that dchsht- ful prerogative of scratching. l: # hoped they will scratch PRO BONO PrRbTCo, if le Is g cag ;i late.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

ST. JoHs Is reported to said that the prohibtiioa cau=e Is not bit discOur
 aged ny ,he attacks made upou 1t since election, and that Le will shout for it s, long as a pump T mans to stand Gpou. Pumps Go nos ordinarily afford sub sta1tlal footing, but this is Dot the Grsi instsnceof apVlis-ti of the crank to a
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

THE body of an Indian Of the Isleta pueblo, New Mexico. was recently found lsshed to a tree wueIe he had Leen tlea a month before b members of his tribe for some ofiense and lift to siarye by degrees. The gibbet has no terrors be- side such a terrible fate.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

Sir Spencer Wells has written to a medical journal concerning the lmPOr- tant matter of operating upon. or re- moving diseased lungs, or portions of them. He believes that surgeOnI should prepare to meet these operations by practice upon the cadaver. and, if need be. upon living animals. In speak ing of the remarkable experiments in lung extirpation by Dr. Bond, ot Ma pies, Sir Spencer says: ''Oi 66 opera lions on 63 animals. 36 were followed by recovery; of j7. where one entire lung was removed, 30 recovered; and in 6 cases where the apices, or only one lobe were removed. all recovered"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

IsY'T It about tune for some one to start little lie that a public-sPirited Arizona millionaire has offered to con tribute the funds necessary to complete the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue: Or the bigger one that any one else has done 50?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

TIE Commissioners of Santa Fe county, New Mexico, some time ago appropriated the sum of S2,OOO to aid ip an exhibit at the New Orleans E1po- si,;on. The crder was suspended, how ever. pending legal opinion as to thelr authority in the matter. The Attorney General has decided that they can legal ly make such an appropriation, and the usrrant has been issued.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
pump.

THERE will gcol results accrue to very many owners of copper properties in Pima county npon tine resumption of activity by the Coumbia copper smelter
 The parties now controlling 1t expect to begin the purchase Of ore within two weeks, paying cash upon sampling it. There are very many cop per properties beng opened in the Santa Ritas and the Sierritas that will be benefited greatly by this enterprise.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

4 NORTH and south railroad would in- sure not only prosperity, but a rapid in- crease in the population of Arlzona. The lack of cheap transportation Is as fatal to progress as 9 sterility of soil.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

IT was a wise provision 10 hold dsy of national thanksgiving immediately before the assembling of COngre S. It would also be appropriate to fix its day of adjournment as perpetual thanks nipinr
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
OFFICIAL VOTE OF ARIZONA.

Below will be found the official vote of the Territory by counties. The total number of votes cast for Delegate to Congress was 12,3l2, Superintendent of Public Instruction l2,326; for the two sets of JoInt Councilman, 12,3l5:
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

TIE aim Of all good citizens should be to secure only the best qualified men for local offices.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

OUTSIDE of the selection of the pre- siding officers of the respective houses, the political complexion of Territorial lezislature cuts an insignificant figure.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

TIE administration may change and the country go to the "demnition bow wows," bat to insure tranquility tbe pilgrimage of beans to Boston must nor be interrupted.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

CTTY RECORDER CHAs. II. MEYER was renominated at Tuesday nights mass meeting, by exclamation. It was an honor meri;ei by that gentleman.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

THE Secretary of War, in his annual report, gives Gen. Hazen a sharp thrust for his criticism of the GIeely relief at- fair.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06

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