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Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

Ar Pennsylvania prize fight, on the 9th instant, when fifty three rounds had been fought and nobody seemed to be getting licked, the by> islanders got excited and went into each other. finally, with knives and pistols, which resulted in the death of three roughs, one of which was one of the prize fighters.
 Now, we have long abhorred prize
 fighting, but if such entertainments as that above described can be got ten up every tune, we are ready to change our opinion and pray for their continuance and multiplicity. Such entertainments should be prop> agated; should be sanctioned by law and prayed for in the churches; jus tifed In our courts and carefully nursed in society. There is no cheap CT nor more efiectual way of rldding the country of an element that must ultimately be gotten rid of, one st time, by hanging and imprisonment. But the little exercises alluded to do away with all trouble and ex- pense in the matter and IS in every way commendable.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
KeiiIOs on tn e PeraIta Grant.
(Communlcated.)

PHoENIx, April 5, 1884.
 EDITOR HERALD, In your notice of an article of mine published in the DAILY HERALD of the 31st of March relative to the Peralta grant, and the judiciary you gave il as your opinion that your correspondent is mistaken in the matter of Crocker & Co beng interested in the Peralta grant. l should like to enjoy your opinion in the innocence of that company, in trying to consummate that fraud but 1 can't. Acts speak louder than words in this matter. The simple declaration of Crocker junior, or senior either that they have nothing whatever to do with it, should have but little we1ght with any one as expressing the in- tentions of the true inwardness of that company relative to a matter involving so valuable an estate as the Peralta grant would be if they could effect the consum nation of title to It.
 Iti not the first time that that has practiced deception to accomplish a given end in fact, any other line of action but one of de~ ;eption, has been very much the ex
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his final certificate of entry, upon which proceedings, the applicant shall be entitled to United States patent to the land so entered.
 Sec. 1O That any applicant, fail ng to comply with the requirements of this act within tue specified period of ninety days from the il- ing of declaration, shall be held to be in default, whereupon cans cellation of said filing shall be made on the records of the local office, and that action shall be reported by the local officers to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, which proceeding shall be final in cases of failure to furnish proof and pay ment as required in the preceding section; pr00ided, that for good cause, from circumstan ces beyond the control of an applicant, W hich shall be su ubstantiated by hIm under oath and duly corroborated by at least two witnesses, it is shown to the satisfaction of the local lad officers that such cancellation would work injury and hardship to the ap> plicant, an extension of time, not 10 exceed three months, may be al> lowed.
 Sec. Il. That the Commi ssioner of the General Land Office shall prepare and furnish to the local land officers all necessary books, blanks and instructions to carry the provls> ms of this act into effect.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
ayy yyAsH,Naqoa. sfarch aa.-Aee en


 "WAsHINeTpH, March 22.-Agent Rierdan, of the Navajo agency in Arizona, who came 10 this city with delegation from that tribe to en~ deayor to have the boundaries of their reservation extended and de- fined, has been suddenly called to the agency by dispatch from the acting agent, stating that an out break ot the Indians was imminent.'
 The above is an Associated Press dispatch and shows the iicklish con~ dition of things in Arizona It should be noted that the Navajos are tribe of determined men and are the finest specimens of their race known. During the late Ghiraca- hua outbreak the report that the Navajos were upon the point of fol~ lowing the warpath, threw the whole country in the greatest alarm, as their active hostility would re- suit in a fearful slaughter. Peace> ably disposed in the main, they are so harassed and goadcd by thieving traders and white ruffians who are kept out by nc natural barrier that their digging up the hatchet is an act to be expected any time. .-SGHta BaTbagG Independent.
 Please n'tput it cn too thick, Mir. Independent. Your greatest alarm" and fearful slaughter" business is d sad ard lonely myth, the former part of which only existed in some tenderfoot's sensitive imagination and the latter of which would be impossible to occur tIll the popula> tion of Arizona is more extensive and more widely scattered. Arizona can raise enough men in two hours to wipe every last Indian in the Ter ritory out of existence, and the In- 1iaps are not oblivious to this fact and very well know that, should a general uprisi ng occur, such would be tLe case.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
WE wish the people of the whole

WE wish the people Of the whole Territory could come to Phoenix on picnIc this spring, and rove up and down our broad valley for few days. There would be no doubt as to the result. All that could pull up stakes and move, within the next year, would be citizens of Maricopa county. The facility with which what appears as wild waste Of country can be turned into the most beautiful. and productive homes, is something astonishing. The man who has a few dollars, say two or three thousand, 10 improve his farm after he gets it, will, in the short space of two years, have shady groves. bearing orchards, green lawns, acres upon acres of fine pas lures and green meadows, ard abundant fields of golden grain. Where on the face of the green earth can a man condense so much of the glory of living, of having a home aud joyous surroundings about him, into so brief period of his  life? Where can ke econonize to so preat an extent the joys of his rapidly fieetiug years as here in our own valley?
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

OUR Democratic cotemporaries are becoming restless at the pro- Ionged silence of their Master of Ceremonies, at 8 time when he should have on his war paint and be "whooping it up." Possibly he is "whooping up" 8 delegacy to Chicago in June- It would be sort of a joke on our Democratic cos tempssif, while they were snorting over the fence at the Republican business, thelr leaders were getting away with the swag on their own aide
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

MARicoPA is doubtless the coming town for the departure of trade and travel from the railroad for Quijotoa, especially that coming from the west. In circ ular just issued by fhe railroad company, Maricopa has been thus announced as the point of departure and fare and time named This is alter of no small im- portance to uur Eeighbors at Mari- copa and of no less importance to Phoenix, as il will doubtless result, should the Quijotoa mines prove all that is anticipated, in railroad from Phoenix to the Quijotoas at an early day. So mote it De.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10


 THE Senate has begun the good work of putting the troublesome "Lo'' in ciyiiizs d status by passing 8 bill for the allotment of lard to the Indians in severalty, and ex- tending over them state and territo- rial laws. It is to be hoped that the House will not be slow to follow up this lead and put the Indian where he belongs. Give him farm, teach him to ill il, make him amenable 10 the laws of the land, and hence forth he is as good citizen as 8 large pcrtion of those of other races who now enjoy that privilege.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

WE published on Saturday a draft of a bill which proposes a means of disposing of public lands suitable for grazing purposes, only ~ben 10 be had in extensive bodies. The bill was drawn up by the Receiver of Public Moneys at the Tucson Land Office, Cnl. c. E. Daley,
 whose long connection with the land business, and a careful iuvesti- gation of the needs of the country in respect 10 the public lands, has enabled him 10 I resent very per> feet bill indeed, and one that, should it be made a law, will be of great benefit to the whole extent of coun- try between the Missouri river and the Pacific Coast, from British Co~
 lumbia 10 Mexico, within which re- zion lies the gre grazing tract of land in the United States.
 The design of the bill seems to be to enable stock men to secure lands in sufficient bodies to enable them to follow the business of stock rais- ing, and they are not presumed to gain title to lands fit fer other rur- poses.
 The only objection we caa see to the bill is that after the lapse of five years the stock mn may g.in title to mineral lands, mines, etc already known to exist, if the tile to the same has nos heen perfected within. that tune to the dIscovercr CT other claimant and that every thing of the kind which has not been discov- cred and title perfected within same shall go 10 stock men in fifteen years from the time of location of the lands as grazing lands. In or der to more fully protect mining men and encourage prospecting in the great tracts of land that may thus be claimed it seems to us that the miner should have more time to perfect his title and that the miner> al deposits should az,eays be held open subject to discovery aed work> ing by any one and only revert to the stock man on failure of the miner to complete title, say iu ten years.
 In mineral countries we believe such a provision would have a ten dancy to induce development and if the stock men wanted a hand in the mineral of the country they too, would be induced to prospect.
 As the bill now provides 1t is possible for 6 company to gain possession absolute of immense mineral tracts of country in a few years and the result would be to retard the development of the min eral wealth of the country.
 With more careful provisions in .his respect we believe the bill to be most excellent one which Con. gress ought to pass,
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

THE Tombstone Republican, as an entity, is among the things of the past. It has been purchased by MT. 0. D. Reppy, of the Bpttqph, and henteforth Tombstone will be fa- vored with but one daily paper, to be known as the Epttqph and Repu5> 1tcan. -Four little graves He side by side" in the journalistic burying ground of the solemn city and their Tombstone reads Union, Nugget, Hgdependent, Republican.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
TIE sharou-Hill case, at $

THE Sharon-Hill case, at San Francisco, discloses an immense amount of cooing and billing, and the sickening sentimentality of depraved. love-sick and unprInci> pied woman, and the miserable weakness of an old fool of a man whose sense of common decency and respect for the children he had reared should have led him to better things.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

BERNER the man who was the cause of the Cincinnati riot and who was reported taken from the train and hung, got away from those attempting to get him and was at liberty for day and balf but he kept hunting for the peniten- tentisry at Columbus all the while and finally got within it's walls without having his neck stretched.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
Dissolution Notice.

NO OTICE is hereby given that inc CO.,
 N partl esshlp heretofore exisi. .Dg be- tween Agui.re, A Cells and Roma T. Jackson in The buei' ess of publishing the La Union,'' IS ihis day dissolved by mutual consent, Roma T. Jackson refir ing The b siness will hereafter be con- dActed by c AEuirre and A. Ceiis who will settle all accounts and collect all oreys due the hfm.
 April ', 1884. AGTIRRE & cELIs.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
Notice of Abandonment.

Whereas nay wife, Eloysa Gallego Sic vers, has voluntarily and without just cause or ovocation left my bed and board, I hereby notify all whom it may concern not to harbor or trust her to any goods, wares or merchandise in my name as will not be responsible for any debts she may contract.
 Signed at Tempe. Maricopa county, A. T this 7lh day of April, A. D., 1884.
 JO1N SEWERS.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

TIE House Committee on Post offices and Postroads have decided by vote Of two to nine that il IS inexpedient to build or buy telegraph lines. IL is now proposed to con- tract with company to do the gov ernment teIegraphing-th system proposed remaining the same, but
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

the lines being owned and operated by company under contract. The plan lesseps the complications of governmental affairs somewhat, but opens up a chance for an enormous siealirg iab.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

PIMA county Republicans have called a mass meeting for the 18th instant. at which if is proposed to elect the twelve delegates to which that county is entitled to the Repub lican Territorial Convention.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
THE following is published in the Tucson Star:
TAKE NOTICE.

Tucson Star;
 TAKE NOTICE.
 I. the undersigned, have power of attorney from Mrs. NJ. A. Will~ ing, of Galloway county, Missouri. the widow of Dr. Willing, dec@ased, and the owner of the Peralta grant in Arizona Territory.
 That the claim to her interest in said grant, set up by J. A. Reavis, was, as I am advised by counsel, ,who has examined the facts of the case, fraudulently procured, and that the paper purporting 10 be conveyance to him can he set aside, and that legal proceedings will b. instituted for that purpose, and this is to warn any one purchasing from him any interest in said grant.
 J. K. RIcKEY.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

What shall we do with our old clothes?" asks newspaper writer. He should save them until he starts a dnily paper te fill a long>felt want. He will need them soon afterward. -Norristown Herald
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
Jum pers, Beware.

IL PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTI A fled not to purchase from one J. G. Bullord any interest part or parcel of the following mining claims situated in Yuma county, Tn the bacuaver mountains, near Collins Well, Arizona, to-wit: Emperor Regent King, Queen and Prince mines. The said J, c, Bullord owns no interest in the said mines, and the undersigned are the absolute owners of the same.
 D. c. KLING,
 c. E. HHILES,
 k. K. MCGRATH
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

IT is said that the father of Ber- ner, the Cincinnati murderer. spent some $7,OO0 in getting the verdict from the jury that was given. The entire jury was corrupted.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

R. L. Miller of Tombstone was ar> rested few days since for obtain ing $700 by false pretenses and on examination was held to answer under bail of $1OO0.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
Treasurer's Notice.
PHoENIx. Ariz.. April 8. 1

PHOENIX, Ariz.. April 8, 1884.
 Notice is hereby given that there is now in the Sinking Fund of Maricopa county the sum of nre hundred dollars IS 9OO) and that bids xill be received by the under signed until Friday, the eighteenth day of April. A. D., 1884, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, for surrencer of county warrants on the General Fund of said county to the amount of S900. under and according Q with the rovisions of an act of the Legis lature of the Territory of Arizona. entitled An pay ment "f the debt of Maricopa county and 10 repeal an act entitled saAn act to facilitate the payment of he debt of Mari copa county approved Feb. 9th, 1877 ,' approved March 7th, 1881.
 No bid will be received for more than the par value of the warrants with iute est added nor unless the warrants proposed 10 be urrenfered accompany the bids. Bids should be in the form of sealed pre- posals addressed to the undersigned.
 G. F. KEMPER, County Treasurer.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10

A GLOBE "Democrat' gets down after the Gasette in the last issue of the .Sazser Belt.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
To Let.

"OUsE of three rooms and porch kA with screen doors, shutters and fireplace. Inquire of Mr.. MeGintock- corner Final and Jefferson streets,
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
For Sale or Trade.

24O ARns d 9g taNR of Fhoesa sitgatsS h. s: Gila Bend rad Well improved and good well of water. Inquire on the prem ises- R. KELLY
 March 27, 1884. If
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
AF-rr AT THE OFFICE ras avsnrrsiHo
rhurseay, - April 10. 1884
REPUBLICAN CoNVENTI0N.
Rooms oflhe Republican
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Rooms of the Republican
 Territorial Central Committee. !
 PEEscoTT. Ariz-- 8farch 3I- 1884, Terr1tclai Convention of The Rep bl1- can Party of the Territory of Arizona, so consist of seventy-hve delegates, is here fy ca Jed, to be held at the city of Phoe- nix. April 25, 1884. for the purpose of se- sieeting two delegates and two alternates to fhe Republican al Convention to be held at Chicago. June 5. 1884 The sew eral counties of inc Territory will be en tilted to the following numbers or dele gates in sad Territorial Conve ntion, to- wit:
 Apache. .. 6 Cochise. .12 Giia .-...... 5 Graham. 3 Maricopa. :.... g Mohave....... 6 Pinal .. Pima. a...1 .12 Yuma Yavapai. -12 The best interests of the party and Ter Iitory dcmar d a full attendance of dele gates, and this committee earnestly re- d,esI County Committees to take prompt aud active neGruzes for the selection Of pose the Territorial Convention hereby calle6- for that Convention should be the correct eS- onent f 1he position Of the party upon all public questions, and Lone should he admitted tosits councils whose past conduct or present views are not in m ntal principles which form the grand ediIice iUm OrtaliEed under the name i Repul lican party Notice cf contests (1f any). sts ting the grounds therefor, sha be given to the C. ntral Committee on or before the S4th of pril. on which day the committee will meet at the Phoenix Ho- tel in Phoenix
 By order Of the Committee.
 CLABK CHURC4. ILL, Chairman.
 WEBSTER STREET, secretary.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-04-10
Notice of Sale.

PHOENIX, A. T. Jan sand, 1884. We hereby notify our friends that We have sold out our interest in the fitm of E. Irvine 6 Co.,, to our senior partner, E Irvine, who will pay all debts due by the firm and who alone is authorized to col lect all bills due to the firm
 E. COLE,
 J. A. F.. IRVINE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-04

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Attorneys A. w. ~ w +. BELL, At
torueys al Law. Plnttcvine. Wis Also General
Collecting Agents. OGicc in Washbun & Bros
Block. Main Street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-04
Zeb Vance's Denominational Expert
ence.

/ heard Zeb Vance telling how ho
captured he vote of a backwoods set
Element in North Carolina when he first
ran for Congress. He said he had nev-
er been in the settlement and did not
know the boys. He rode over the
mountains and found about sixty SOW
ereigns at q cross-road grocery, and be
got down and hitched his horse and be-
gan to make their acquaintance and
crack his jokes around, and thought he
was getting along pretty we'll with
them, but he noticed an old man with
shaggy eyebrows and big brass specta-
cles sitting on chunk and marking in
the sand with a stick. The old man
didn't seem TO pay any attention TO
Vance, and after while Vance con-
Guided that the old man was bell wcth-
or of the flock and that it was necessa-
ry to capture him. so he sided close up
TO him and the old man got up and
shook himself, and leaned forward on
his stick and said solemnly:
'.You are Mr.. Vance, / believe
"Yes, sir" said Vance.
Sand you have come over here TO see
my boys about their votes, / believer
"Yes, sir" said Vance. ''that is my
business
"Wcll, sir, said the old man, "afore
you proceed with that business | would
like to ak you few questions.
Certainly, sir; certainly" said
Vance.
what church mout you belong TOP"
said the old man.
That was d sockdolager-Vanco did
not belong to any church. He knew
that religion and meeting was big
thing in the backwoods and controlled
their politics, but he didn't know what
their religion was for North Carolina
was powerfully spotted. But he
squared himself for the responsibility.
and says he: 'Well, now, my friend. /
will tell you about that, for it is a fair
question. OF course it is. Well, you
see. my grandfather was born in Scot
land, and you know that over in Scot
land everybody is Presbyterian. "
Here he paused to note the effect, but
saw no sign of sympathy with his
grandpa
But my grandmother came from
England, and over there everybody be-
longs to the Episcopal church. lie
paused again, and the ola man marked
another mark in the sand and spit his
tobacco way of.
s.But my father was born in this
country in methodist settlement, and
SO he grew up methodist" Still no
sign of approval from the old man. and
so Vance took his last shot and said:
..But my good old mother was a Bap-
fist, and it's my opinion that man
has got to 60 under water to go to
heaven
The old man walked up and taking
him by the hand said: well, you are
all right, Mr.. Vance" and then turn
ing to the crowd, said: .'Boys, he II DO,
and you may vote for him. | thought
he looked ike a Baptist. And The
old man slowly drew flask from his
cont-tail and handed it to Vance 10 seal
his faith. Bal drip tn atlanta Coa.stits-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-04
Snake Fiction.

Rheem. who has charge of the rep
tile specimens in the Smithsonian In
stitute, contradicts most of the popular
belief as to snakes. Some of the most
dreaded have no existence. The hoop
snake, which takes the end of its tail in
its mouth and rolls over and over, kill
ing everything that it touches with
its venom, and the blow snake.
the breath of which is deadly, are fic-
tions. As serpents move about they
are constantly feeling ahead with the
tongue, and the forward thrust and the
peculiar forked appearance of this or
gan has given rise to the false idea
that with this the singing is done. 1t
Is generally thought that there are q
great number of poisonous snakes. In
North America there are but three spe-
cles-the rattlesnake, the comprehend
or moccasin, and the coral. There arc
about thirty varieties of these species
altogether The copperhead is prob
! ably the most dangerous. as it is vic
ious and never gives warning of any
kind before striking. The rattlesnake.
though more poisonous than either OF
the others. will rattle ut the approach
of anything, and try TO get away unless
brought to bay. The coral is smaller
and is native OF the southern states.
The bite is not necessarily fatal, if the
proper remedies are used in time, as.
on account of its size, the amouns OF
poison is small. When areptile strikes
he throws his whole body forward. and
the fangs penetrate the object agains,
which they come. The hinder part of
the body remains in position; and none
of our snakes are in habit of reaching
more than half their length