davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
A Neutral League.
Neutrality of Nations.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-There are interesting rumors current among Eu- ropean Envoys here touching the de- gree of neutrality the United States will mantain in case of war betwean Russia and England. It IS reported that Vn understanding exists between our Gov ernment and Rnssia, similar to that Of lS7S-79, when 0 Russian crusier came ln- to the harbor of Eastport, Me, when war was inevitable, and remained there three months, until the differences were amicably adjusted. While at EastpOrt the Russian ship Tefitted comfortably and was provided with new high-power battery of modern breech leaders and a crew from Russian chips ssnt from home stations for that purpose. Vice-Admiral William Gore Jones, then a naval attache of the British legation, discovered what was gong on. and Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister, protested. but without any result at the time. As there was no war, nothing more was said by her Majesty's representatives about the in- cident. The question under discussion by the foreign representatives here IS, twill AmerIca permit the Russian Coy ernment to repeat the act, and If SO, what will England do?" They point to the fact that Palmerston peremptorily refused to allow the Confederate cruis- CTS, Alabama, Shenandoah aud Florida to even take coal in any English port during our war. If Russia IS permitted to have the same privileges in American waters as our own war ships then why not those of England?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
4 Newspaper "PoIiey.o

A newspaper. if 1t IS printed in the in terest of the pubic, can not possibly please every body. IL will be bound to incur the enmity of individuals, by being in the way of private schemes and am- bitions, and forbiddiDg place in its col umns to the plaints of wounded person. al vanity and the expres ions of spite or malice. The public wel the inter- est of the whole peOple-must be the first consideration in tha conduct of an honest journal. Whenev, 6 newspaper fails to make this principle its guide, It becomes the mere mouthplece of clique-a personal Organ-and Is of no worth to the community at large. Inc right "policy" for newspaper to pur- sue, is the policy demanded by the great mass of the people of its locality, us to .he affairs of that locality. They expect, and they have a right to expect, that the newspaper shall fairly represent their will in matters of local concern. It Is the misfortune of some individuals, especially those of an excitRble Or im- pulsIve temperament or strong prejudic- ss, or who are very vain men, to assume Rs a matter of course that their person. al ideas and views must be entertained by everybody; they think they are ''the people" and all who do not think as they do are either fools or knaves. Of course, the newspaper cannot help their mis- takes; 1t simply goes on in the line of it's duty to the public at large. After a time. those who have deluded them selves with the notion that they were the exclusive repositories of public opinion are snre to be awakened, and sometimes rudely awakened, from their fallacy.- San Diego Union.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
People and Events.

New Eogland complains of dry weather.
 Two hundred moonshiners are to be tried in Nashville soon.
 4 fast ocean steamer costs between s1OO,C0O and SSO0,0O0.
 There are more than 2,500 lady phys icians in the United States.
 There were 4s,OOO visitors from the North to Florida last winter.
 The offices of the Detroit Post are now lighted by the Edison electric incan- descent lamp.
 Jay Gould Is very fond of baked pots- toes and particularly sverse to all''fancy' dishes.
 Vienna has granted Johann Strauss the freedom of the city and lifelong ex- emption from income tax.
 No man can enlist in the regular srmy of China, it IS said, until he has shown his courage by having tooth pulled
 A Georgia farmer has gosling with four legs. It walks on two and the other pair hangs just behind the ones used.
 Jacksonville, Fla, comes to the front with lady who has been a wife. 8 mother, widow, and R wife again all in one year.
 Mime. Patti attended the Daly-Shaefer billiard match in New York Tuesday evening. The diva is an expert billiard player herself.
 The Rev. Dr. Talmsge and Dr. New man both think General Grants im- proved condition is due to the prayers of Christian people.
 Large quantities of silver money were melted at the fire at Aspinwall several weeks ago, and have been shipped to New York in solid bulk.
 A statue of the late PresidentiGarfield in bronze, has been cast successfully in Lenz's foundry in Nuremberg. It will be sent to San Francesca.
 Awoman in Athens, Ohio, determined to stay in bed until her husband con sented to let her leave hIm without any fuss. She only had to remain in bed one day.
 Mrs. Isaac Bell, Jr., wife of the new United States Minister to the Neither lands, is the lady for whom the ill-iated arctic steamer, Jeannette, was named.
 The New Orleans Picsylne of May will be printed on bigosse paper, which is described as fine silky, firm, texture fabric, made from the refuse of sugar cane.
 The representative of a Glasgow library has purchased in London auto graph copies of Burns Lament of Mary Queen of Scots and ''Tam O'ShRn- ter" for e152.
 Wealthy residents ofAspinwsll have ordered ready-built houses from New York, which will be shipped in sections to replace the buildings burned by the insurgents.
 Queen Victoria always sleeps on @ wooden bedstead of a peculiar shape, and whenever she vIsts a strange place a bedstead and bedding are sent thither from Windsor for her use.
 A bill was proposed in the Mass achusetts Legislature to instruct the census takers to learn the opinion of the women of the State on the subject of woman suffrage. It was voted down.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
SHERIFFS SALE.

DL VIRTUE of an execution issued out of k) tLe District Court of the First Judicial Distinct of the Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Pima. on a judgment rendered m sad court on the 9th day of April. 1885. in favor of George Stone, and against tho Mineral Mountain Mining company, for the sum of and61-l00 Dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum, till paid tOgeth- CT with hls percentage. costs and dis sbursemeuts at the date of said judgment and accruing costs amounting to Threa Hundred and Eighty Four and 3l-iuO Dollars. l have levied upon all the Following described property, situate, lying and being on the westerly slope and nOrtherly end Of the Santa Rita mountains, in the county of Pima, Territory of Arizona, and generally known as the Blue Jay Mining Claim. the location mo- uce of which is recorded m the otfice of the re- corder of Pima County, m Book N Records of mines, at page 5s5. Also the Blue Jay Mill Site situated about one mile in a nOrthwesterly di- rection from said Blue Jay mine together with all ard singular the tenements, mill. shops machinery and appurtenances thereto belong ing. or m anywise appertaining, also one board ing house, also one kitchen and dining room
 Ard notice IS hereby given that on Saturday. the 18th day of May, 1885, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.. and o'clock D. m- in front of the Court House door in the City of Tucson, in said Pima County l will sell at public auction tO the highest and best bidder for cash. m lawful currency all the above described property oc sufficient thereof as will satisfy sad judgment and all costs
 QDated at Tucson, April 25, 1885.
 PAUL,
 a25v4t Sheriff of Pima County.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

A DECISION was rendered by the Su- preme Court in Washington, April 20, in the polygamy case of Rudger Clawson againot the United States. brought by writ of error from the Supreme Court of Utah. Clawson, plaintiff in error, was indicted for polygamy at the April term of 1884 of the Distinct Court of Utah, and after trial found guilty and sentenced to $500 and four years i'm prisonment. He appealed to the Su- preme Court of the Territory, and that tribunal having affirmed the judgment of the District Court, he brought his case there for review upon the ground that the grand and petit iuries by which he was indicted and tried were illegally constituted. The alleged illegality in the impaneling of a grand jury con sisted in the exclusion upon challenge of persons who believed a man had a right to have more than one undivorced wife at the same time; and in the case of the petit jury, in the drawing Of the jurors from the "open venire," after the whole annual jury list of POO had been exhausted through the exclusion of polygamists. This court, in carefully prepared opinion by Justice Blatchford, decides against the plaintiff in error upon both points raised. Section , of the Edmunds act provides That in any prosecution for bigamy, pelygsmy, or unlawful cohabitation, under any stat ute of the United States, it shall be sui ficient cause of challenge to any person drawn or summoned as a !uryman or talesman, that he believes it right for a man to have more than one living and undivorced wife at the same time" ," This court holds that the proceedings to impanel a Grand Jury which finds the indictment for one of the Offenses nam cd under the statue of the United States against a person not before held to an- swer, are part of the prosecution, and that the indictment is good, although the persons drawn and summoned as grand jurors were excluded by the Court from serving on the Grand Jury and being challenged by the United States for the cause mentioned in the act, the challenges having been found true.
 With respect to the alleged illegahty in the case of the petit jury the Court holds that where, under Section I of the act of June 23, 1874. relating to courts and judicial officers ID the Territory of Utah, the names In the jury box Of the POO jurors provided for by that section are exhausted, the jury being only partly impaneled, the District Court may issue 6 venire to the United States Marshal for the Territory to summon jurors from the body of the Judicial District, and a jury may be completed from the persons thus summoned. It Is held that the records show no error, and the iudg- ment of the court below Is accordingly affirmed.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

THE numerous comments on Secretary Bayard-some are humorous and some sre savage-lead to the belief that the Delaware statesman probably wishes he had remained in the Senate. On his shoulder falls the responsibility for all the appointments that have been made to foreign offices, and the euriosites in that list form a group that promises to be historic. The latest joke Is the ap- pointment of James II. Morgan Of South Carolina, to the Consul-Generalship at Melbourne. Morgan, it seems, was en- dorsed as a good Democrat, and IL now develops that he is a furious Blaine man, being the author of some of the Blaine pamphlets that were circulated through out the country during the campaign. Secretary Bayard has our sympathy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

AN item has for the past two weeks been going the rounds of the press that a mob in St. Johns, Apache county, had attacked the office of the Mormon news paper and the residences of some of the Mormon settlers at that place. In re futIng the item the St. Johns Herald says: "The canard has been going the rounds of the press for the past fort night and, like snowfall, has grown larger and become more exaggerated as 1t rolls along. The Orion Era, the Nor mon Church organ, has allowed it to go uncontradicted, probably with the expec- tation of getting sympathy from outsid- CTS, who from reading these reports, would think that the Mormons were living in a place where rowdy- ism and mob violence was an every day occurrence. This is the style of these lsw-bresking and law-defying class of people, making mountain out of a mole-hill on all occasions, and We would not be surprised to hear that the matter has been harangued, by their priests throughout Utah, and the Nor mon residents of St. Johns held up as persecuted community. The facts are simply that some malicious miscreant threw bottle through the window of the Orion Era office and also broke some of the windows of the Mormon meeting house, which We reIterate was an outrage, but when 1t comes to create the impres- sion that it was the work of mob, the idea is simply preposterous. This is only one of their many schemes to ere ate a philanthropistic sympathy from those unacquainted with them or their beastly habits"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

THE proposition of the CalabasGs, Tucson and Northwestern Railroad Con- pany for county aid Is one Of the fairest that could be made. They ask that the bonds be given them only upon com pletion of the road. That in itself is the best guaranty of their good faith that
 ould be given. They propose building a standard or broad gauge road across Pima County from south to north, with 8 branch to the Quiiotoas. This will add such a volume of assessable prop erty to the county rolls that the rate of taxation will be actually less than it is now instead of increasing it. The rail road will be great benefit to the whole county. No one section of the county can prosper without adding to the gen ersl welfare of all. Pima County needs all the prosperity it can get and We ought not lose any opportunity that offers for its welfare.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

It is strange how luck seems to follow certain ships. An officer on one of the transatlantic steamships ayers that though there is not stauncher or more seawOrthy steamer on the Atlantic than certain designated vessel, yet 1t is a terror to be compelled to sal on her From beginning to end of the voyage, there is an uninterrupted chapter of accidents. The last time that the off Ger referred to crossed in thnt unhappy craft, there wBs an awful storm in which the wheelhouse, part of the captains room and two boats were carried away; a cabin passenger broke two of her fin gers and steergge passenger broke a leg; the sailors required constant atten- dance, and poor little girl fell down the hatchway and was killed the very day she arrived in port. Those who are posted resort tO every expedIent to avoid being ordered to the ill-fated vessel.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

The true reason for the demand for Confederate bonds, which surprised peo- pie just prior to the late election, has come out It appears that some five millions of dollars were placed in Eng land as a secret service fund and re- malned.lntact until the end of the war. Judah H. Benjamin, beirg aware of these deposits, consulted with those with whom the money had been deposited and 1t was agreed that the money should be used to redeem bonds of the defunct COnfederscy.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

B. G. Smalley. of the Democratic Ma tionsl Committee, has been n Washing ton contemplating the political situation He does not seem to be pleased with it. and IS reported Co have said: "You can't run party on plum cake and air You have got to have men who can work. haven't heard Of any of the party work CTS getting au office yet. MT. Smalley has been hard worker" but 1t was sup posed that he was working" to restore the Democratic party to power, SO that
 he country might be saved from what he regards as Republican misruls Is it possible that this patriot has really been working" for sn office? It was suppos- ed that only Republican members of the machine" worked with that end in view.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

THE reports of 8 new Indian outbreak near the New Mexican line should be talk en with a grain of allowance. The fever ish imagination of some persons who de- light in such manner of excitement may have something to do with the origin of these damaging statements. So far as is now known there IS no trouble or dis satisfaction among the Indians in Ari- zona and no outbreak of any kind is thought possible at this time.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

IT is not the great benefit of the Gala basas railroad in itself that should be considered in deciding upon the que5- ton of voting bonds in its aid. There are contingent interests Of far greater value to Tucson and to Pima county that will follow closely in the wake of the construction of the road. What does the erection of great reduction works in Tucson signify? It means a steady income to the owner of every mining claim within a radius of fifty miles; it means constant and remuner- atIve employment for all who care to work; it means the building of various msnufactoTies, the growth of our city and the appreciation of all property values. It also means an increase in the income of the county in sum more than double that of to-day; 1t means all good to all people of Pima county. As arranged by the mutual consent of the railroad company and the Board of Su- peryisors, there is no shadow of risk III awarding the aid asked, for the road must be built before single bond is delivered to the company, and therefore all argu- ment against the proposition must be taken as opposition to the prosperity of our city and county. We sincerely hope that all selfish and personal con- alterations will not be permitted to in- huence a single vote against this ques- tion and that the opportunity offered to "get even" by opposing it will be per mltted to lapse in passive indifference ifno hearty support can be given it. The road IS our bright star of hope and its defeat will bring disappointment and gloom upon the whole people. Let there be an Organization effected to further the proposition and the task will then be an easy one.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
THE efforts OLD. Brown. tbe swipdl,u

THE efforts of D. Brown, the eswindlIng advertising agent in San Francisco, to continue his nefsrious business under a new name will hardly take with the press of Arizona. He is too well known and unpaid bills refresh their memories in his unsavory case. His assumed name now is McIlriach k Co.,, 402 Mont gomery street, San Francisco. Our Ter ritorisl brethren are warned against any of his apparently tempting offers in the way of advertising contracts.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
Stop That Cough

By using Dr. Frazier's Throat and Lung Bslsam-the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness and Sore Throat, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not neglect a cough. It may prove fatal Scores and hundreds of grateful people owe their lives to Dr. Fraz:er's Throat and Lung Balsam. and no family will ever be without it after once using it, and discovering its power. IL is put up ID large family bottles and sold for the small price of 75 cents per bottle.
 FRAZIER MEDICINE Co, Prop'rs.
 Cleveland, O. Sold by B. A. Yorba { Co
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

road districts and designating an oyer- seer for each. While not endorsing the views expressed by every correspondent, We are pleased to make room for any temperate discussion of public matters, and the question discussed by ''Resident' seems to be one of consider able interest and importance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
AN ARIZONA JUDGE

"lO Arizona Is a far cry. That Terri tory of sage brush, alkali, silver mines and wild Indians rarely affords the East erner any startling or striking facts for reflection; yet it IS a vast Territory of seventy-two million acres, the sixth in size of the political divisions of this country and the least advanced in civIlI- zation.
 Even Arizona is worth looking at once in a while. Why is it that when the rest of the country advances Arizona is at a standstill? Undoubtedly one reason is that the Territory is largely controlled by Mormons. These people have quietly gained control of Arizona, as they SO nearly have done in Idaho. The upris- ing against them in that liberal Territory IS lesvening Arizona at last Two weeks ago nine of the brethren were arraigned for polygsmy and unlawful cohabitation. At their trial the judge stated that he be- lieved in the perfect honesty of the relig- ious convictions of the accused, and went out of his way to say thst for hon. esty, industry and pacific disposition the Mormons were not excelled by any other citizens of the Territory,
 This opinion shows how strong the grip of the Mormons is. That Federal Judge should so express himself IS sur prising, to say the least. The Mormons may be honest, industrious and pacific, though that assertion is doubtful so far as their leaders are concerned; but they are practicing detestable custom under the guise of religion and their practice is contrary 10 the law of the United States. That a Judge should imply otherwise by his statement indicates a curious state of affairs and will open the eyes of Eastern people to a proper view of the situation in Arizona. He should be shown the error of hIs ways"
 The above slanderous article Is from the Philadelphia Daily News, and it un- doubtedly has reference to the action of Judge Pinney in sentencing several Mormons, who pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitstion. When Mormons, after due trial and convic- tion, were sentenced by this same Judge and by Judge Sumner Howard to the full penalty prescribed by law, no word of comment was given; but be- cause Judge Pinney, in his sentence, spoke that which be believed to be true, the immaculate newspaper of the moral Quaker city is startled into the belief that Arizons, of ali the political divis- ions of thls country, is the least ad- vancod in civilization.
 We refute the assertion that Arizona is at stand still while the rest of the country advances. Tine Territory of l Arizona is making more rapid strides of progress than almost any other portion 1 of the United States, and to-day life and property arc more secure within its limits than in the godly city of Phila- delphia. The Mormons have not quietly gained control of the Territory, nor are they likely to do so. They did not elect even one member of the last Legislature, at the late session of which the most stringent anti-Mormon laws were en- acted. The Philadelphia News editor exhibits lamentsble ignorance of Ari- zonG and its affairs which Is pititul to behold.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02

IF the people of Salt river and the Giia valleys would make as vigorous contest against the so-called Peralts grant as the wasted abuse they are heap ing upon the distigured head Of the claimant, they might hope to accom- plish something. They may, perhaps, produce iucontrovertible evidence that Reavis is the very incarnation of all that Is evil, but such proof will not affect the validity of the grant. Fight the fire, gentlemen. and don't waste your ener- gies on the smoke.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-02
PILES! PILES! PILES
A SURE CURE FOUND AT LAST
 ,-a N-Eru, Sr-rusr.ry


 A eure cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itcning and Liberated Piles has been discovered bv Dr. Williams tan Indian Remedy,) called Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment. A single box has cured the worst chronic cases of 9 or 30 years standing. No one need suffer five minutes after applying this wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions, instru- ments and electuaries do more harm than good. Williams Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the tumors, allays the intense itching, particularly at night after getting warm in bed,) acts as a poultice, gives instant relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itching of the private parts, and for nothing else.
 Read what the Hon. J. NJ. COflinberry, of Cleveland, says about Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment: "I have used scores of Pile Cures, and it affords me pleasure to say that 1 have never found anything which gave such immediate and permanent relief as Dr. Williams Indian Ointment" For sale by all druggists and mailed on receipt of price, S1.
 FRAZIER MEDICINE CO, Prop'rs
 Cleveland, O. Sold by B. A. Yorba & Co.