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Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

QUITE a number of the so-called ex- clusive society of New York belonged to the excluded families fifty years ago. Old John Jacob Astor used to trap bea- yer and raccoons for a living up in Ore gon In the early days. Yet we are cred itsbiy informed that the younger mem bers of that family (who belong to the first of New York are firm in their belief that the western boundary of the United States does not extend beyond Manhattan island James Cor don Bennett, of the Herald, however. who IS a millionaire. snd has built two Atlantic cables across the ocean, one of which gives precedelce to Herald dis patches, has not yet been received into that exclusive set, and he. poor fellow, IS compelled to spend nearly all his time Tn Europe, where any number of princes, to say nothing of common lords, are glad to associate with him. If he, per- chance, should have some we'll behav, d children, they may get into the exclu- sive set in, say. thirty years from now.
 They also hsye a similar set in Phila- delphia, whi' Is hsSjedfby the Cad waladers, who gave Call to 300 mem bers of the so called American peerage last week. The purpose of the enter tainment was really the introduction of R daughter of the Cadwaladers to soci- ety, which, We are informed, was not considered quite the thing in Phi'adelphia's staid sets to give en- taiuments for the introduction of any body. So the parents merely announced that the debut of Miss Cadwslader was simply charming incident to it. We are therefore at a loss to determine whether the ball was considered too nice for such purpose, or the girl too nice for the ball. The 300 of Philadelphia, 1t IS said, consider themselves so very nice that they would not think of conceding that even SO respectable clan as the Astors, Livingstons and others of New York were worthy of admission. Now, If these good people can gain any satis- faction and happiness from their eIclu- siyeness, and the delusion that their blood has turned blue, why let them do it. We belong to that class who believe Tn selecting their own associates, but on one or two occasions during cur life. when by accident we hit our finger with a hammer, instead of the nail, we were very much surprised to see that our blood was but little thicker than water. It IS much better to inherit brains than blue blood, bat so far As we have learned brains are not seriously consid- cred in these exclusive sets. Indeed, it would seem like throwing time away for such men and women as Washington Glading Holmes, Gal Hamilton, John G. SaIe, George W. Cable. and hos. of others We could name, to attend one of these swell gatherings. So, after all. it may be best to let brains go one way and blue blood some other way.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

-l =, 'ae time of the October elections
 0-o' great cry of fraud went up
 n Democrats all over the country.
 h ! declared that the United States
 'nals had trampled their rights N loot and carried the election by
 and intimidation; that colored
 'h We're imported from Kentucky, .S ln View of these statements, the ns record from the court proceed
 m Cincinnati may be interesting to those innocent Democrats ,,. . nssd outside of thst city and sup |l 4 .neir party so grievously outraged. @ reads as follows:
 ,S. .Tioe T Lieut.. Mullen was sentenced in |taa nj. CiIed States Court to F months in b n. u county jail for imprisonlng |too.. hammond street police station lumber of colored voters, and |aba, them from voting at the Oc- |sus,. erection. At the prisoners re- |ae r,t Sentehce was changed to make th,,ff ff.ass Of Imprisonment Hamilton |s. now admitted on all hands that u,r 'auds were committed by the dep sneriiis aud special police, over 5000 blo, m the Democrats had in their em- " on election dsy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

HE Aztec Cattle Company seems to ave taken tangible shape, and if we are Y Oeleve what they give out from their Ns" York office it will soon lead all ''aef cattle companies in Arizona in ,-an1lty of land and number of cattle. Ne" York paper contains the follow -s' A meeting of railroad men and 'T"aiists WAS held in the Mills build s sesterdsy. and the Aztec Land and T"1e Company was organized, with a -P'al of SI0OO,OOO. Directors were 4'Nel More than one-half of the .. ,sAAl stock has been subscribed, and D''VV m cash has been paid into the N-''sd States Trust Company. The ,Ipany ., recently bought 100000 scres
 ,, -'na Tn the central part of Arizona ,'4 'he Atlantic and Pacific railroad, " Is proposed to stock it with 25,000 head Of cattle.n
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

THE new city officials did a very praiseworthy act yesterday, considering the pressing times, by reducing the sal aries of a number of their employees. It will be noticed, however, that the salary of the City Treasurer was not reduced, nor can it be reduced much without wipipc it out altogether.
 The City Treasurer's salary IS only SIP per month, which does not amount to the insurance on property of the val uation of the funds held by the City Treasurer, to say nothing of the bond of SI5OOO which is required of him The CITIZEN favors fair adjustment Of salaries by reducing where too high and raising where it is apparent they are too low. The salary of the City Treasurer is not sufficient to recompeDse him for the labor and responsibility that at- taches to it. and should be raised. Let us not overlook justice and continue 6 wrong in our efforts to economize-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

ONCE more the second coming of Christ, as announced by the Adventists to take place on the Sth inst, did not connect. The Adventists' faith is not strong enough. They have a printing house at Oakland, Cal, and they will contract to print book by certain date, even after the head prophets have announced the day of final judgment. Now, if these people really believed that the world was coming to an end on the Sth of the month, would they contract to complete work on the 10th, two days after? Not much. They are very ignO- rant or they are hypocrites-or both.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

was published today by the Globe
 Democrat, addressed to A. c. Kerens of
 this city, in which Legate claims 10 have
 been successful in inducing St. John to
 leave the state of Ohio shortly before the
 October election, for pecuniary eonsid-
 eration.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-During ar
 gument of the alimOny question in the
 Sharon divorce case, one of the witnesses during the trial case, Miss Nellie
 Brackett, stated that My dear wife"
 letters had been fixed by plaintiff after
 the suit against Sharon had been insti-
 tuted. An affidavit of Sharon's was
 read which charged Gumpel, the expert,
 who swore my dear wife letters to be
 genuine, was given in accordance with a contract made with c. W. Tyler. plain tiffs attorney, by which Gumpel was to receive S25,000 if plaintiff won the suit. Tyler testified that he wrote the contract and signed it with both his and GumpeTs names. He said the matter was a trap to find out who was disbuTsing Sharon's money. W. H. l.. Barnes, defendants attorney, testified: II. W. Lees, cap tain of the city detectives introduced him to John Mclaughlin. clerk in Tyler's office, of whom Barnes purchased the contract for S25,000." Concluding the testimony Barnes said: II believe now the paper is a fraud and withdraw it"
 NEW YORK, Jan. 12-Gen. Grants physician says in response to inquiries in regard to the Generals health: "Gen. Grant consulted me early in autumn about pain in the side of the tongue. which rendered it painful for him to ar- ticulate and to masticate his food. The General smoked cigars largely, this seemed to irritate the tongue. We re stricted him to three cigars a day and he stopped smoking of his own accord. It Is very remarkable that this change was not followed by any disturbance of the nervous system or general irut itiOn. He improved so as to be able to speak without pain. His general appearance Is improved in every respect; he Is now occupied several hours a day in literary work, which he seems to enjoy. think he Is in better health than he has been since the accident, a year ago. Heis still lame from the injury on the thigh, which has left great tenderness and ren- dered him unable to walk on account of gain and feebleness without the aid of crItch or a stick. There Is nothing to justify the assertion that he is seriously i'll and he IS not in a critical condition.
 NEW YORK. Jan 10.- Reports from the hospital today say the recovery f Captain Phelan is satisfactory, most of the stab wounds in the head and breast having already healed. The most seri- Ous wound which fractured the bone of the left arm is expected to heal tonight. Captain Phelan's wife arrived from Kan sas city today.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

A BILL has been introduced in Con. eress making the office of Commissioner ot Agriculture Cabinet officer. Tbis Is one of the most uncaIled for and usa- less bills that has ever found the light or day, md should be showed under at once. We have just as much need of A OommiSsioner for the Manufacturing of Cotton Goods, one for iron, another for Hour, for lumber and for live stock. and a commissioner on silver and gold m,n- ing. Nearly eight years ago one Ledue was appointed Commissioner of Avri- culture. He knew but little about arri- culture, but was choekfull of theor,es
 and there was no end to the governmental farming during his administration. which were found from Maryland to Florida. He even went so far ss to turn portion of the lawn in the grounds of tine Smithsonian Insti,utiun into sorghum ranch. He had tea and coffee plantations in South Carolina and florids, besides a seed farm, where be raised rare seeds, which were turned over to members Of Congress, who sent them to the rural districts of the coGhtry, but winch, as rule, were worthless and were never heard of afterward. For thIs great service Leduc thought he was entitled to a life lease on the office, and WAS greatly incensed when Loring was ap- pointed to succeed him. Loring has filled the office fully as we'll as his pre- decessor, but confined his efforts mainly to experimenting in the manufacture of sorghum into sugar, giving up tea and coffee as a failure He has ascertained that a portion of the sap may be con- verted into sugar, but those who tried it ind that the process requires large cap- ital, and that the cost of manufacturing 1t IS about double the .prlce of Cuba sugar, and the quality not nearly so good, MT. Loring has also tried to ab- sorb sanitary control of diseased animals in the United States, and we believe he now has control of the horse and COW doctors of the country, which he orders hero and there with great ceremony and parade, all of which could be done by some member of the Cabinet without iu- terferins with his other duties. There are thousands of dollars expended an- nually in printing worthless agricultural documents which are never read by the masses. Instead of giving this official Cabinet standing, the office might be abolished altogether, or filled by a man who has less ambition and would be satisfied with salary of few hundred dollars. We trust that Congress will not see fit to pass bill extending such rights to the Commissioner of Agricul- ture-might as we'll attach spring seat to a wagon wheel to sit upon; it would be fully as much called for and just as wise.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IS looking over the eastern papers we frequently observe notices of the pre- ssntation of valuable presents to super intendents of works of various kinds. How ridiculous are such presents, and how often they are suggested and put in m otion by the recipients, who as a mat ter of course receive the highest wages paid, while those who make the presents are the poorest paid. By the way, did any one ever hear of the officers and superintendent of a telegraph, railroad or any other corporation presenting a laborer with a gold watch, simply be- cause he was performing bis work the best he knew how? Ws don't believe such a watch has ever been presented.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IT seems that Huntington's new road from Memphis to Newport News, is car rying a large portion of the Kansas and Nebraska crop to the seaboard. The Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf road makes the connection between Memphis and Kansas City. It is said that they are beyond the reach of the pool roads, which are suffering greatly in sequence.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

MooDH, the evangelist, says be didn't ''compare Grant to the Savior and Lee and Jackson to the devil" in 1876, as stated by D. B. Core. On the contrary, he thinks very highly of both Lee and Jackson. This appeased the wrath of many who invited him to Richmond nearly year ago, and they have con- cluded to let him preach. Many, bow ever, who had purchased tickets and in their wrath had torn them up, will now have to purchase new ones, but this will rebound to the benefit of the cause, and enable the evangelist to reap better reward for hIs services.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

Tzr interstate commerce bill, as ,,..el by the House yesterday, provides ,,,,ps, he discrimination of freights ,,i fare on traffic from one State or r.ri.ory to or through another, and l,s, .sres at three cents per mile. and ;,s, bssyy penalties for violation of the -.,rossi lsE.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

Low MUSG CHING, the most powerful Chinese General, has recommended to the Emperor of China that. owing to the augmenting difficulties Of the time and the ever increasing pressure of troubles from without, render the con struction of railroads IS means of ma terial strength a matter of urgent neces- sity. He cites the more wise policy of Russia in pushing forward rsilroads, and innoceutly adds that the reason she does not carry out her designs upon China at the present time is not because she IS afraid of China's strength, but because her own railroads are not com plete."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

GEN. HENRY HARDEN, brave Union soldier who distinguished himself dur ing the war, and was one of the captur- CTS of that arch-traItor, Jef Davis, IS Collector of Internal Revenue at Mad ison. Wis, which position he has filled to the entire satisfaction of the people; but he is, nevertheless, to be removed to make room for one Col. Scott, who fought in the rebel army. The Confed- crate Brigrdiers and Colonels are not satisfied with filling offices Tn the south' but they want ex-Union soldiers in the north turned out that they may fill their places.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

TIE Epitsph predicts that the bullion output of Tombstone will be much greater the coming year than 1t was the past. From present indications Ari- zona will yield considerable more bull lion the present than any former year.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

PRESIDENT ARrHUR's friends have been trying to show up his loyalty to the Republican ticket ID the late cleo tion, but so far they have failed to prove their case. The President was desirous of securing the election as Senator of New York, but when he come to look over the field he found so many opposed to him on account of his lukewarm SUD- port of Blaine and Logan that he con- cluded to withdraw from the fight. A man to be strong with his party must stand by his party.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

s..-os JoSRs seems to have the in- ,1,..,t ss his own successor from the s.I.lip population only) State of Ne -. rhsy ars 60 TO better :han to
 .,... Nr Jouss, and should consider a.,,.lre. fortunate that they have -A an able man to represent them.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IEE railroads in Oregon no sooner Hss one blockade than another snow E0fa overtakes them. The weather :.aa. the winter season in Washington !s;rtory and Oregon is decidedly
 sainst the successful operating of rail- nsis Good substantial road beds may a' away with washouts, but there IS no 'I! Of preventing snow blocksdes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

tGtorcEsTER man says ''there is not
 .,at enough in the fishing business at ,,...Dt to keep men from starving s,, ,be average wages do not exceed sa syear." Well, we should say S20O !, z..- net cash, and all the fish one ,,,.. 10 eat. was a rather slick layout.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

WElearn from the San Francisco Post of the 9th inst. that application was made to the San Francisco Stock EI- change Board. Monday last, to have the shares of the Peer, Peerless and Crocker Mining companies listed. They were probably report, d upon favoraoly yes terday. and the stock will be called reg ularly hereafter.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

Iii. believed that no less than 5000 ss,e-sesksrs will visit Washington dur ', he coming three months to lay their .rus before Mir. Cleveland. If they rs sale to pay their passage both ways, sv.l result iu transferring 100000 to |. ,sil,psd companies. They had bet <, poo! the pot and divide 1t,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

FoB sometime past southern papers have urged the appointment of an un- n9En man by the name of Money for | cabinet position and no one seems to understand vay be is pressed for such ! plsce We suppose however, that it IS the purpose Of the Southern democracy t0 rob inc [. 5. Treasury and have Money left.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IT is said the average glass of whisky, for which fifteen cents is pad, costs the distiller one-sixth If one cent. But we should remember that the making of the whisky Is but a small portion of the labor and cost. Think of the drugs and the doctonng before it is ready to deal out over the bar.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

THE Star .s trying to spin its 1nutter ings of Shaw's defeat out to as great length as it did its publications at his supposed election. But when a little vessel slops over we suppose it takes some time to dry up.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

II isa noticeable fact that those who 's;s the principal instruments in try 's to rob the people of their hard arnei victory, wear a "hang dog look" .aey are ashamed of the act, as much as II they had been caught and con Ie'ed Of larceny. and well they might 'a-Stsr.
 We are glad to hear it, and trust we
 aa-l hear of no more San Simon or .snque Verde transactions for a long 5os to come.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

SII months ago Colonel Burke, of New Orleans, Eho Is a young man in the pans Of life, presented the picture of health and manly beauty. To-day he IS Mi to look like m old man, and his tEir, which was a dark brown, is nearly shit,. This change is attributed to ex- ,isnsBt sud overwork in his position u Director General of the Worlds Ex-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

Tsz farmers of the Northwest contin- R i3 complain of the low prices of grain .,i .hs high price of freights. Corn in -s1y places Is worth but fifteen cents a sa.hsl, and unless the railroads help the h,nsr, they will be seriously crippled. | I probable a reduction in freights VI be nsia before long.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IT is just little bit amusing to read the Democratic twsddle that has been talked over the past month about Sena- tor Bsyard. One day he IS to be ap- pointed Secretary of State, the next day Secretary of the Treasury. On the third day some of his near friends arrive at the conclusion that he is too great a man to accept a Cabinet position. and that the party needs him in the Senate as its leader. Mir. Bayard may be very clever ststesman-be is perhaps as able as the Democratic party have produced of late years-but it would not dishonor him to fill the place once occupied by Jefferson, Webster, Clay and Seward, and Alexander Hamilton, Robert Nor ITS and Salmon r. Chase. For heavens sake let us have no more O, this too great, goody- goodness. Give us little common sense.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

Mss ANNIE BOYER, an eccentric Eng fish lady, has just died at Middletown, Delaware, at the age of eighty-tvo. with toe naIls three inches long. Her long, pointed shoes must have been en- vied her by ail the dudes living there aknu4,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17
Ranchmen's Troubles.
CHA BEND, Jan. [, 1885.

CHA BEND, Jan. ', 1885.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: It is understood that Indian Agent Wheeler intends dis possessing certain rancheros, whom he claims are on the Pima reservation. This is the second time such an election has been attempted. This time the agent says he will bring troops to aid him if necessary. These ranches were in cul- tivation years before reservation was thought of, but through the agency of certain citizens the agent was induced to set apart section Is, which embraces these ranches. But how can land in cultivation be set apart for such pur- poses without the consent of the parties cultivating it! This portion of the tribe numbers only l42 all told. big and little, old aud young. Why they are kept here, only 10 tantslIze the whites, We cannot say. They are not self-sup- porting, but steal for a living, which must necessarily be from the whites, as there are none others to steal from. Their stock IS permitted to roam ad hbi- tum, depredsting upon the growing crops. We say they have been SO per mitted, but are informed that the same must cease. now, hencsforth and for ever. If your horse happens to stray near them it is either kept hid and rode at will, or else run of to Sonora and sold. Forbesrsncs has finally ceased to be 8 virtue, and the people are deter mined that the Indian and his stock ahall ramafp On tha raaarxatfOn and If these ranchmen are forcibly eiected from their homes and farms you may expect to hear of trouble.
 Respectfully,
 CHA BEND.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

JrsrIoB WAITE has been under .-.,t O. Mrs. Dr. Winslow nearly 8 and now a trip to southern Cali
 . thought necessary. A man of i-'r { r,l,s's age should have known that '-' .yrup would do him no good.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

OSHKOSH, Wis, has a factory which turned out last year 6O,OOO pounds of genuine Swiss cheese. Now let some other outlandishly named Wisconsin town try her hand on limburger.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

A PETITION Is being circulated in Salt Lake, asking that lIquor license be fixed at sl,2OO. Now if they will have the liquor inspected, and force liquor deal CTS to sell pure liquors, We will second the motion.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

THE King of Bavaria has conferred the order Of Maximilian for art and sci ence op a number of professors Of the Abbe Liszt. IL is to be hoped that they are not the kind of order the Mexican emperor of that name received on re- signing his imperial office in Mexico.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

AS English paper says the Duke of DevonshIre is the only person, not eI- cludIng royalty, who possesses four deer parks. Pshaw! that's nothing. Brother Jonathan has a thousand deer parks.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IT such able lawyers as Hereford, Lowell and Judge Anderson could find no way Of seating Shaw in the SherifFs office, 1t IS hardly possible that a mass meeting will do better.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

IT IS now believed that the cause of the failure of the management of the New Orleans Exposition is owing to taeir loading their chief man down with too much Director General"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

WE should like to know what Shibell has gone to Prescott for. They vote vIvavoce up there, and not by ballot.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

CoLSEL GENTRY, of Missouri, will e1- hio't Berkshire swine at New Orleans. The Missouri gentry are not very high toned people, are theyY
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

S.sr IS more enthusiastic for ov than it was when he was run ...i i,r office.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-17

All lovers (ot a good drink if on the ragged edge of proposing drink hot scotch at the Scotia, propose and be accepted.