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Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

status on matter concerning the homes and welfare of large por- tion of the people of the Territory. |. No one supposes for moment that they are not cognizant of this mat ter, or that they do not know that there is a deliberate attempt to blackmail a portion of our settlers, but yet they are silent. Have they too had quietus of "leagues' laid upon them in Q premise?
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

DONALD ROBE, writing from Westinghouse the Sitter Belt, says : The Reayis clam IS regarded there as fraud. Congres sman James 0 Broad
 head, leading lawyer Of that body says he has examined Roavis claim and that it is fraud upon ils face.
 The Southern Esaciic's claim for the land in Arizona and New Mexico, which would have gone to the Texas Pacific if they had filled their contract, is having a rough time If 1t. In the House Commit, tee on Public L .nds, if you remem- Der, the vote of forfeiture was uuan- Imous, and in the House itself t stood 2G0 10 1-Ihe one being Barr. of Pennsylvania, who was great friend Of the late Tom Scott. In the Senate Committee on Public Lands the vote was almost unani~ nous in favor of forfeiture, and in the Senate itself there will not be . baker's dozsn with courage enough 10 stand up ard do battle for Hunt> ington.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

A counterfeit silver certificate has been set afoat in ihe south and west. It is of $2o denomination, has no distributed fiber or parallel silk threads running through the paper, the word taxes" on the back is spelled "taris, the word 'certifcate" has r. / aud tuin ned upside down, and the word engraved" IS spelled engraved" So much of a bunglc ought to deceive no one.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

BIsNAack has risen and explained
 He recently appeared in the German Reichstag and in speech said that the American resolutions were giv-
 ing corifnrt to he policy of Lasker, which was opposed to he policy of the goverr ment-"my policy therefore he could not be expected 10 Je poeiman fer lis enemies. He also recognized the fact that tie res- olu;i' ns eame but he Low CT House cf the American Congress and was hy no mears the Oppression cf the sn Ire Congress. He meant 70 insult N .he niled 5iacs anJ hvugl- |
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

HARRY WATTEBsoN of the Cou- Tfer-JouraqI has published a pro- nureiaInento reading out of the Democratic party all non-supporters of the Morrison bill. Watterson wants free trade, and If he had the backbone to make it free trade or nothing, he would get nothing first but finally he would get free trade.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
A sHoRr LEASE oF LIFE.

SAN FRANcIsco, March 24. - 4 San Bernardino dispatch says telc- gram has been received by Sheriff Burkhart from Governor Stoneman granting McDowell new lease Of life till Friday, March 2S, 1884 The cause for his new departure on the part of the Governor is not yet known, as he refused to grant the same when applied to on the 18th.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

THE Pennsylvania railroad main tains school of instruction for per sons wishing to become conductors for the company. They are in structed till expert in common branches, and in the laws coucern- ing the transportation of passengers and freight. It is not stated whether theyreceive instructions as to how to 'knocl down a fare or not.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

w. H. VANDERBILT is worth over s2c1, COG, eco ard his income is $1,- 1sO 53 per hour. or 1867 per minute W. H. is the richest man alive, and the Duke of Cumberland, England, comes next with s20O,0O0,O00.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

MORE storm news from tie east is at hard. In the north c, Id weather and, in places, twenty feet of SHOW, and in the south a terrific cyclone in in Mississippi destroying $10O,C0O worth of pr, perty are announced.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

THE Point Coupee levee in Louis iana,. on the Mississippi river has given away fer mile in length be- fore a pressure of twenty feet of water and an immense tract of coun- try is being inundated and a great amount ot property destroyed.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

ROYAL E JOHNSTON, the Surveyor Genera of the Territory, is off to the East Presumably gone 10 Washing ten to "oducate' the authorities up to a point where they will "aprre> ciste and concur in the report that l shall make"
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

RANDALL is recommended by Til den for the Democratic Presidential nominee. Ills recomm end would indicate that, should the "old ticket be nominated the free trade Demo- erats, with Watterson in the lead, will eat crow.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

A EPANISH IGUQ EIAH6 n1S Just turned up In northern Arkansas. The grant purport* to be from the Government of Srain to one Don Jose Valleria, m.de ln 179S. Almost he entire tract claimed is settled up and much of it finely lmpr. we'd, and the result on the inhabitants of the grant being fl,d upon these lands may be imagined.
 It seems but a matter of Justice to the people of the United tates that Congress sho uld enact Q statute of limitation in tie matter of Span> ish land grants, and protect the peor nle Tn the matter of settlement. Whether these land grants are valid or invalid, the claimants Invariably make no move to claim them *ill they hlve been settled upon hy the people and ,he act recognized by he government, and it's title Cften given. When the lands have been thus made valuable by settlement and improvc vcment, some ups1art appears with Spanish granl' and claims he whole thing, and the privilege of blacI. mailing the settlers in the in- verse ratio of the size of his cons science, which is generally decided ly microscopic. There is giaring wrong in this matter, which ia seemingly Winked at by the jaw making power of the land. If such claims exist, the fact is known to the cl. i'm 4nts, and the lands should be set apart 10 those claimants and be taxed as other lal ds are taxed. Tie claimants would thus be competed to have them settled up as q matter oi self-prntection or to return them to the government, and settlers going uron them would know what they are about.
 The idea of our government IS pl ot, Ltion to he mass of the people in all their rights and privileges, and one of the greatest Of these rights is tEe Ii ght to settle upon and hold lands; and yet, the United States government leaves this great central basic privilege of the Amer ican people, and of our peculiar American institutions, open to more abuse, more fraud, more injustice and more insecurity than any other vested right that the people claim.
 Congress cannot too soon begin the consideration of the limitation of Spanish claims. The agreement of the government to recognize such claims as were valid, ny the treaty nr no wlse be violated by establishing a point of time after which all such claims as had not been put in and made known would become invalid. The original idea, unguarded as it has been, has been feaI fully abused ny corrupt and coHnivimg officials in the land offices and clscwhere and many thousands of settlers have been robbed of their homes and their la Dor of years. This is a state Of affairs that should be looked after, that needs legislating upon. As matters now stand, it is possible for a claimant to appear for almost any sectIC1 of the south and west as rap- idly as the country becomes valua- blsand the people are put to great cq3tAe titles to tAeir nd inval- idated and their business ruined, or they are squeezed entirely out of them and driven of. There is little wonder that the people so often relel ami res Tt to physical force for the protection which the laws of the country ought to give them.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

towards sympathy with tue swiL> dle:
 The people of these counties can be assured of one thing, tEat when man is not openly and squarely an opponent of the swindlers, Le is in sympathy with them, and gets, or hopes to get, his reward from them
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
Ex- SENATOR TABOR wants 10 be Governor of Colorado.

THE Pinal Drill improves by cut ting down to a folio, all home print. One page is reserved for the Spanish language. Mir. DaFila is the new editor and proprietor.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

THE Senate has passed the Fitz- country, who had rot the manhood to openly and bravely proclaim himself it's enemy and take his place before it's guns, has been put on the retired list of its army officers to draw pay.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
ARTHUR AND GRANT.

WAsHINGTON, March 9 Last evening President Arthur called upon General Grant and they were closeted together two hours.
 BUSINESS FAILURES.
 NEW YORK, March 22.-Business failures last week throughout the country reported at @13 as against PIG last week failures cxceptionalr ly few in Western aud Pacific States.
 CARL sCHURz FUND.
 NEW YORK, March 9 Tine friends of Carl Schulz, headed by Jesse Seligman, proposes 10 raise a fund to he amount of S.00,000 fer Llm.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
For Sale OF Trade.
Notice For Publication.
PREVENTION No. $50.

PREVENTION No $50.
 LAND OFFICE AT TUCsoN. ARIzoxAl
 February 7;h. 1884 NJ OTICE is hereby given that the fol- LN lowing named settler h flied notice of his intention to make final proof in support Of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Hon D. II. Pinpey, Judge of the 2nd District court. at his Arizona, On the 22nd day of March. 1884. Simeon V. ing ish, Of Phoenix, Mar;co- pa County, Ariz )na, for the ne 4 of sec !, tp n-r2 C, G S S. k. B. lS M and names the following as his witnesses, viz: John 1saTc, eter Nelson, Will am L. Osborn and Thomas Brackman, all of Phoenix ArIZo. a.
 BEN. M THOMAs
 gi ter. First publication February 14iR, 1881
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
CICERO GRINEs.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.-A dis patch from Marshtield, Dragon, say s that Rufus Smith. one of the guards of the Arizona penitcrtiary, arrived there to take Robert Alexander, sup posed to be Cicero Crimes, an Arie zona outlaw. The description fits with absolute accuracy. It is be- lieved that Alexander IS half brother of Cicero Grimes and that the latter came 10 Oregon with him after his escape fiom the insane asylum.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

Sergeant should have had m ore di- plomacy than to have expected that the ChaEcellor would recognize an address aniagonistic to his party.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
TO THE CFFAL DOCK.

NEW YORK, March 2a.-The San> itary Inspector, accompanied by a squad of police, made an unex- pected raid last night on express wagons that carry meat into the city from New Jersey; 150 carcass es of "bob" calves were seizeG and sent to the ofal deck The raid spread constelnatIon amcng the express men.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
THE MAORI KING.

LONDON, March 22.-The Maori King sails for Ergland via San Francisco, April the first.
 SARGENT ACCEPTS.
 BERLIN, March g In addition to the invitation to dine with Bis mack tomorrow, in honor of the Ennero1's eighty seventh birthday, NJ mister Sargent has accepted an in : vitation to solree 10 be given in tbe palace.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

Thsrsday. March s7. 1884
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27

The Want of q Valuable Diuretfe Which, while acting as stimulant of the k dneys, neither excites nor irritates them was long since supplied by Hos tet- tels Stomach Biuers. This fine medicine upon these orgsns, without producing irritation, | T q is, therefore, far better adapted for the purpose than GnmedIcated exc'tants often resorted to. Dyspepsia, fever and ague, and kindred diseases are all cured by it.
 For sale by all Druggists and Dealess
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
HEIR TO A DEAD MILLIONAIRE.

LAwRENcE, Kansas, March 24.- H, ]. Blythe, an attorney of Law renee has proved his relationship who died without making will, leaving an estate valued at four millions.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-03-27
TELEG RAPHsC.
WILL SULLIVAN FIGHT.

CLEVELAND, O. March 22.-Dun- can C. Ross to-day sent Richard K. Fox, of New York, articles Of agreement fo- the signature of John L. Sullivan and Mervin Thompson fl .ht, prize-Ting rules. Accompany ing this was $2,5j0 guarauteeiu g Thompson s signature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
silk, and almost all the Lyons houses

silk, and almost all the Lyons houses
dealing / French, Chinese and Japan.
csc Jaw silks have branches in this
country. There have been some singu-
lar forms of disease which have greatly
reduced the raw silk product in France
and have extended to China and Japan
with the effect of causing a decrease OF
about twenty-five per cent. in the Jap
anese and about fifty per cent: in the
Chinese supply as compared with seven
or eight years ago This country is
perfectly adapted to the growth OF null
berry trees and the production OF raw
silk and the decrease in the production
in other parts of the world should slim
ulatc it here. The amount consumed
here now may be estimated at about
100000, 900, and as it is yearly incress-
ing, American producers would find a
profitable market. Several associations
are encouraging its growth here and it
is hoped that the Government will aid
in building it up through the medium
Of the Agricultural Bureau. -.Bos!on
Commercial Bulletin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
stances have there been fatal disasters.

stances have there been fatal disastcfA
The Austrlans returned in safety ovel
the ice from Franz Josef Land: the two
Polaris parties were rescued, one 81
them after a p%rotracted drift with the
foe; the Mares Expedition, debilitated
by scurvy due to an unscientific regi.
men, entered Plymouth harbor in tri-
umph; the Rodgers crew in st. Law.
renee Bay, the Dutch %colonlsts in the
Kara Sea. and Leigh Smith and the
crew Of the Ezra at Cape Flora lost
their ships but survived the privations
OF the Arctic winter; and the scientific
observers who returned from twelve
stations last year were in excellent
health and spirits. The two instances
IN which there have been catastrophes
are the retreat from the Jeanette and
the encampment at Cape Sabine; and
on each occasion disaster was caused
by an absolute lack Of food. If recent
experience proves anything, it is the
ability of MAI to endure extremes OF
temperature and all the haraships and
perils of life in the far North. Let him
have food and fuel. and he can safely
defy the mystic king whose potent spell
has lured SO many souls to the realm
of eternal ice.
Life in high ATTITUDES offers few dam
gers when there is q secure base Of
Supplies; and on this account tho
system of land stations is to
be advocated as the only practicable
mode of exploration. Ii the various
nations cooperating in the recent
scheme of meteorological observation
were to combine in manning a series
of stations in a direct line a hundred
miles apart and connecting with an &C.
cessible base of supplies, a close APP
proach could be made to the Pole,
and the limits of geographical
knowledge could be greatly *
tended. The colonists, if comfort
ably lodged adequately supplied with
fuel and provisions, could keep the
line of communications open and the
northernmost station could send out
sentinels far beyond Lockwood Island,
which now marks the limit of explora-
ton. This suggestion may seem inn
practicable, but it q not be denied
that permanent colonies ought to be es-
tablished in high ATTITUDES for the bene-
fit of the whaling and sealing fleets.
At Point Barrow several ship-wrecked
crews were rescued by Lieutenant Ray
while he was engaged in the meteoro-
logical work of last year; and it would
be q philanthropic enterprise to have
a permanent colony there. The British
Government in like ann would do
well to establish a station at Cape
York for the benefit of the Dundee
fleet, and the Norwegian and Dutch
Governments similar colonies at the
edge of the Kara Sea.-M. Y. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
PITH AND POINT.

II ain got much faith in de frown-
in man. In Gle black cloud dar's more
WIN dan raln.-ArbansaW Traveller.
She advertised:
Little Bopeep shc lost her sheen.
And didnt know were to find EN-:
She advertised. and they came home,
Dragging gold dollars behind EN-.
philadelphia Coll.
boys, don't leave the farm" No,
boys, just take the farm right along
when you go anywhere. You will find
it handy if you fail to get q situation in
the city, as you probably will.
"A scientific journal discusses "eggs
as food" This strikes us as being a
rather sensible idea and productive of
much more good than discussing eggs
as bouquets.-OH CITY Blizzard.
Good morning, Uncle JIM
your daughter married OF, have you:9''
"Yes." ''Keally, Providence smiles
upon YOU" ':Snliles! No, bless you,
she snickered right out!'-M. 7. SIN.
New Girl-Oh, Missus, there's
something the matter with the milk.
Mistress-Mer. me! What is it? New
Girl-A yellow scum has gathered on
top OF it. I'm feared it's spoiled. Mis-
tress-Where were you brought up?
New Girl-In New Yorrick. Mistress
[ thought so.-lAAoaelphi0 Col.
I'll am choost rs full ash a bao, of
flour, remarked an inebriate to a sober
friend. s'There is q difference between
you and a sack of flour, however,
"What ish diArrence?" ''When q sack
is full it al sta d up, but when you
are full you can't even lie down on the
ground without holding on."-Itrus
Settings.
An exchange thinks ''the time NAV
come when the thunderstorm may be
called up by artificial means" Come:
Why, bless you, it is here. The only
artificial means necessary is to get up
a sunday-school picnic. There may be
an occasional failure, but it is about as
reliable as anything on this ever-chano-
ing globe-save death and taxes
N0rrIStoWn Herugl.
lis my shaving agreeable to you,
STRIP a locua ious barber asked a Gus
TONER whom he had been tlaying alive.
''My wife would admire It very mucn,n
rather indefinitely responded the man
nm 'er torture. "Ah," said the barber,
with great compla@cncy, 'ladies are
often excellent judges of their husbands
being well shaved. And you think
mine will suit, sir:?" "No doubt of fl
in the world. 1t vas only this morning
she became angry because l told her I
could not afford to buy her a spring
bonnet and said | ought to be skinned
alive The barber lost himself in re-
Election. Chronicle
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
Benefits Of Arctic Colonies.

The experience of Lieutenant Greedy
in high attitudes will undoubtedly ex-
sert an important influence upon future
exploration. 1t demonstrates the su-
p~eriority of a permanent land station as
a base of operations. The garrison Of
Fort Conger were exposed to all the
hardships and perils of the Arctic eli
mate, yet remained for two wears in
perfect health and undated vigor.
Their physical condition on the day
when the post was abandoned afforded
q remarkable contrast to that of the
English crews which passed q single
winter in the same quarter. There
was neither scurvy, debility, nor any
form OF disease. The sledge work was
performed without the e%xhausting
strain which crippled all the parties
sent out from the Alert and the Discov-
cry in the winter OF lS75-'76, and the
and the processes of exploration more
more remarkable is the fact that the
Greedy party had not been Injured to the
Arctic climate by previous experience.
They were, however, comfortably es-
tablished OH shore III a house that could
be readily heated, and their diet and
regimen were directed with painstak-
ing care. Their health and mental
tone were excellent throughout, and
they were able not only to conduct the
scientific observations in orderly rou-
tine, but also to take long Journeys over
the ice, to make remarkable discoveries,
and finally to retreat to Cape Sabine,
where they had a right to expect sue
cor. Ii there was a lamentable loss of
life dvring the third year, it was due to
the neglect OF tnose sent out to coop
crate with them. Ii there had been a
second colony or the ground to convey
them to winter quarters on Littleton
Island, or if adequate supplies of pro-
visions and fire-wood had been landed
in advance at Cape Sabine, the whole
party would have survived the third
wlntering.
The sacrifice of lie involved in the
final catastrophe is not, therefore, to be
charged TO the system of land stations
and permanent colonies. That system
worked admirably at Discovery Harbor,
as il did also at Point Barrow and the
other stations in the international Sc
ries. The little band OF soldiers en-
camped at Fort Conger were in greater
security than the lll-fated Jeannette
crew and were able to accomplish work
vastly more important in the interest of
science. Their experience proves that
ii the labors of Arctic exploration are
ever to be renewed. hap-hazard voyages
at the mercy of Polar currents and The
~treacherous ice packs must be aban-
doned, and the system OF and stations
with an accessible base of surpiies and
fixed lines OF retreat must be adopted.
During the last fifteen years mans
powers Of physical endurance have been
frequently pitted against the terrors Of
the Arci: climate, and in only two in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
4 COnstantinopolitan Fire Company.

We soon caught sight of the Captain
OF the company. He was a tall athlet-
ic fellow, wearing short, Loose trousers
of white cotton cloth. His legs were
bare below the knees; he wore Turkish
red pointed shoes on his feet. without
~stockines-a loose jacket of brown felt
over n white cotton shirt, and his head
was covered with a metallic bowl, which
shone brightly. A leather belt encircled
his waist, and was clasped with a large
brass buckle in front. He was coming
towarl us in a double-quick trot, brand
ishine, in a proud manner, the brass
spout that belonged to the hose. He
was followed by the engine and the
tiremen that belonged to it. Oh, what
a sight. Most of them were s%cantily
clothed, and some did not even have
caps upon their heads, but 1 noticed
that all wore the regulation belt with
the large buckle in front. They were ev-
identity of the class which composed the
riflratf OF the city. The engine itself
was nothing more than a big-sized gar
den pump, carried on the shoulders Of
eight men, four in front and four be-
hind. They relieved one another every
now and then with great dexterity and
alertness.
They soon swept by us, followed by
the hose, which was c6iled over a long
pole, the ends of which rested on the
shoulders of another file of men. Just
as they reached the next corner. there
emerged from a side street another en-
CINE, w%hereupon a squabble for the
right Of way Immediately arose. Tho
two companies iostled and pushed for,
ward, each party trying to get ahead
of the other. After a long harangre
and buster, accompanied by constant
yelling, screaming and hard words,
they lowered their respective enginesto
the ground ana fell into a regular fight
wrestling, pushing and knocking one
another down in a ferocious manner.
Their looks and actions were frantic,
and they fought like madmen.
''Ah! There comes the Ser-Asker, the
Minister Of War! He'll soon settle Their
dispute" cried a voice near us. AND
he did.
He was preceded by a neovbetjee who
cleared the way for him, and when he
came up, he promptly ordered the com
panies to take up their engines and tol-
low him, which they did with the Ut
most meekness and alacrity. There
was no chance now for either party 10
claim the victory, but they kept ups
subdued rattle Of words all the way
st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-05
In Waterbury, Conn, a farme

In Waterbury, Conn, a farmer
loaded some hay ana started for the
barn, but a shower overlook him and
he had to unload it. The next dav he
tried it again, with the same result.
The third day his experience was the
same. On the fourth day it came upon
him once more, when the irate husband
man got under the load, set it on fire.
and burned up hay and wagon and all.
Hart ord LouTunt.