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Huntsville gazette., 1885-11-21
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
The Chinamen,s Moon Feast.

New ! Ofk IT Tdil.l
 There was fitful wailing of agoniZed. catgut in Mott street the other night, wheI. the moon feast of the Chinese began. Gum Wop, the champion eater of moon cakes. had starved all day that he might gorge himself at night But in order to eat moon cake it was first necessary to look upon and salute the moon. NIT. Nop put on his shinieSt hat and his sOftest gown and stood in the middle of the street watching the sky earnestly. Nothing could be seen but clouds. NIT. WOp looked distressed and hungry. He got a spv-glass and tried to get even faint glimpse of the moon. but without success. His eyes mOistened and his chin wobbled with emotion. For a few minutes he walked up and down the street, and then be stuck his hat over his left eye, uttered a long word, shut his tst and went into the house to eat moon cakes-rulcs or no rules
 As NIT. Wop did so all the other China men did. and the wailing sound which made the neighbors look out al their back fences was the musical prelude to the feast. Every Mongolian received hls friends with open arms. Roast ducks, boiled pigs. rice. wine-of-a-thousand-H now CTS, CllCkcu. uficu H>u, NdltlAt,r anu JOiA4Cs were spread out in abundance. Then came the moon cakes. They were stout, round little things. resembling very much the regulation mutton-pie. The pastry was stamped with Chinese characters Tn red ink and bas reliefs. The interior was filed with armatic nuts, pork. almonds, quince jelly, walnuts, suet. and spices. While the revelry was at its height. a reporter walked down Mott street and entered a gloomy old opium shop, in the back room of which sat a dozen or more Chinamen around a table heaped with moon cakes. The reporter was compelled 10 listen to shivering chords of Chinese music while he nibbled suspiciously at the edge of a moon cake. Candy, which looked very Tnuch like fre-orackers, was handed around, and then cigars were distributed. Next came gin -all around, and the wis itOr retired.
 At the rooms of the Loon 1e Toon the members of that society sal at the foot of their shrine until they were full of moon cakes and piety. Then they smoked opium to the honor of Buddka and de parted. Some of them drank gin and de clared that they saw the moon. The fact that the moon did not show itself was looked upon as sign of ll luck.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
THE CAPITOL.
The Governors IesSGge-An Able Dec ument-A Flood of Bills
 Good Legislation.

ument-A Flood Of Bills
 Good Legislation.
 Regular Correspondence of the CIcIzEE.
 PRESCOTT, Jan. 24, 1885.
 To-day the Governors message wan delivered to both Houses and the various measures therein recommended referred to appropriate committees. As a whole the document is an abls one, and the Governors recommendations are re- garded as sensible and wise. $ me think he IS rather too conservative IL such matters as the coal fields segrega- tions and the removal of the Apache Indiars, yet none question his earnest desire for the lasting prosperity and progress Of the Territory, and al regard him as a model official of capability md integrity.
 A flood of bills has relieved tue peat- up accumulation of legislation that has for some time been wrestling with the equilibrium of some of ihe acknowl- | euged sJlJus, and out of a scare ot them A | ed for passage by the JudicisIy Com mitite. h most cases the ideas are prI- marily good. bUt they are lost among | the restless waves Of Hbsurdity and am | biguitv two measures looking to a regulation of frri.hts and far and 10 prohibit discrimination hy railroads have been in:oducej, one of which will ! be prlnied early next week. There ls ] Ia ! enactment passing at this se>slou that will affect the present status of aifalis n ! thlS Lerrltory, Yet very strong efforts will be pu5 forth to place them under ! the lever of popular sentiment.
 The present election las $ receive con- siderable attention, and bIil Is now J being matured that will protect the bal ! lot to a far greater extent than has been 1 thought to he possible In a frontier ter ritory like Arizona. IT thIs blli should | become a law, contested elections will ! be very rare indeed, and all irregular ! aud illegal ballots will readily bc traced l back to the perpetrator of the otfause.
 A bill has been referred 10 the judic- | ia-y. making inc county recorder eX-of- | ticio clerk of the board of supervisors, with an additional compensation of SJOU ! Der AQuuLI hhus NLAAi e dN III eAAC SSN y ] government have been suggested, some of which contain far more than the usual modicum of sense and practical applIca- | tior. 1t Is not risk!nG much to predIct | that much wise and needed legislation | will result from the deliberations of the present Assembly and that Arizona will soon feel the impulse of judiciogs laws Iearlessly applied and risldly main | taiaed. One thing has been tacltly agreed upon-it Is difficult task to g. lsiate a man honest: and 1t Is therefore necessary to build strong protecIye walls about the channels of monetary 1 disbursements and of political power. ! They cannot be too strong. they cannot be tos high, and they cannot be too for midable for..tae welfare of our sunny 1 land.
 1 The weather here is lovely, but 1t IS ! growing somewhat colder tonight, will indications of a b!g storm. The Rev. C.. B. Sumner arrived today and Tlil occn- py the pulpit cf the Congregational church to-mOrro-. B.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
\ NeM Firm.

l. has bsen decided that MT. DemetIio NeiascO's young soa will, with the as- sislauce of others older and more ex- perienced than himself, carry on his fathers commission business, at the same place on Nesila street. The boy IS bright-tseed, qulck-wilted and very intelligent and was long prior 10 his fathers d, atn an employe in the office.
 lie consequently IS well posted in the routine oi its affairs. NIT. Velasco was known as one Of the closest buyers and slrrwdest of business men, He handled t-e bulk Of the commission trade of 5o- nora. and 1t IS to retain this trade on behalf of lis son and dependent famll,
 thaj several gentlemen have interested themselves, whose names alone will be an assurance that any OIslness lntrusted C tne house wiil be scrupulously aud promptly attended to. The CITIZEN be- spcaks a continuance If tine good viii from the father 70 the son and hopes from tIns to time 0 chronicle his pros pssl'E. ....,-.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Vaccination yIndIeated


 At the instance of Mir. Burt a parlia mentary paper is just published which will nUt make pleasant reading for the anti-vaCcinatiOn people. It shows at a glance the annual number of deaths from smallpox in the army and navy since 1850. together with the ratio of such deaths per GOO, and the number of men joining in each year. Throughout the whole period. with very few exceptions. the tendency has been toward constant diminution If mortality. In the case of the army, this is all the more gratifying on account of the much larger number of recruits now jOining the service, a class particularly liable 10 catch any inZ. ctious disease which happens 10 be rife
 During the first five years to which the table refers the average actual morality from smallpox in the army was 29.5, and the average number of recuits 0.929. But in the last i've years the mortality per an- nun fell to j. ,. while the number of men joining rose 10 21.r66. Turning 10 the companion service which had twenty six fatal cases in 1860, we find a c.ean record for two years in succession-1S11 and 1878 and the Inal ration per ,00O IS only .03, the sane as in the army. It appears established therefore. by these tests that compulsory rayacciEauOn is slow uut surely opcT ing tO stamp out smallpox both in the army and navy. and if this happens in these caseS we have warrant for believing that the same results mi ht be accomplished in the civil population.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Placed Him at once.

[Inter Ocean "CurbstOne CrayOns.l
 I saw a meeting the other day that had another element of interest in it. A horse car had just cleared the crossing whea a man with sachel jumped on. waited half minute. and jumped off with laugh and a hello He came down almost in the arms of man he had not seen for tive nty-iive years.
 The jumper in this case was Cali fornia clergyman. The man into whose arms he jumped was his old school teacher. now bOlrd of trade man in Chi cago, and all the jumper said to have his old teacher recognize him was, Doesn't she gargle beautifully" This exclamation it appears was used by the clergyman when he was a boy He was very choice in his language. but much given to coin ing words. and on hearing some celebrated singer trill. he had said to his girl cOmpan- ion, Doesn't she gargle beautifully" He never heard the last of that mistake, and when he spoke the words his old friend placed him at once.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Nngales.

4 gentleman from Nogales reports the town booming. He says that the Trina dad Mine owners propose to make No gales their headquarters. Fifty men were sent down to the mine from that place a few days ago. 4 report was cur rent hat they propose tO open bank for the transaction o; their business; was O beopeued on the NoEaies side of the inc. But little building Is however, be- ng done at present. The comparisons between tue two, NcGHles, Sonora and American Is so marked he said, that a man could trace the dividing lne of the two countries between them blind folded although both possess the same natural advantages with governmental favor on the MexIcan side. ro the security of capital Is however attributed the differ ence.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Sentence of Sub.Agent Hart.

The following is Judge Fitzg, rald'e decision ii the case of Dr. Hart, Sub Agent on the San Xavier Reservation, who resisted by armed force the man.
 ate of the court. Tle case was heard on Monday last aud was by Judge Fl'z- gerald taken under advissmert: [. ;. DISTRICT COURF.
 h the matter of Dr. Hart. Indian Agent
 for contempt.
 After the reading ot the minutes by the Clerk, and tIeir approval by the Court, Judge titzgerald asked if Indian Agent Hart was Iu Court; upon being informed by the Sheriff that he was, he was ordered tO be br, uzat to the bar of the Court for sentence, when Judge Fitzgerald said:
 Upon your answer md the eviden ee taken ID your Case, 1t Is the judgment of the Court that you are guilty of a con- tempt 0. ' C court, h that you wilfully ana without Cause dIsregarded the law iUl process thereof. When the writ of lbIunctlon was served upon you by the proper officer, your conduct WAS that of l open defiance and armed resistance of he autdOrIt- ot the Court and wlllful dlsobedience of the lawful process thereof.
 want tO impress upon you, sir, aud upon all of your sort, that the officer or citizen who wii5ully dlsregards the pro- cess of thls Court, II matters not who they are or what their Tank or station in
 lt8 may be. will receive the condign penalty of the law.
 1n sO far Hs tue acts of Agent Wheeler are cUncernoi in connection with the fJ-c-Dle eJectmcnt of the Berger family from the Pepagn reservation, they are not involved in thi. proceeding. It is solely with reference tU your acts, SIT, Iu thI5 contempt proceeding that l pro- pose to deal And n doing so 1t Is my purpose to give you the extreme penalty Of the law. winch trust will serve to convince you. and other inflated and over-zealoIs public officials that no man, however high ID authority he may c, Is above the law, and that all are alike ameuabe to is for any infraction or violation thereof. The sooner this Is understood and acted on the better il wlll be for ull concerned, and tue sooner public officials understand that what ever power or authority they exercise iaust, iu order to justify thelr acss, be derived from the law, and that they are The servants of the people, and not their masters, the better 1t will be for both officials and people.
 The sentence of the Court is that you pay fine of five hundred dollars and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of i've days. The Sheriff will take charge or the prisoner.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Ernl,P Jnil.

On Sunday last Chief Battner ar rested a notorious Mexican chicken thief and, as he fondly supposed, landed Elm in the jug for safe keeping. Yes [ rday morainK, however, on counting noses that Of the cnIckeu thief was miss ing. An InvC igatIon led to the dis euvery that he had busted the con cern' and lefE uuheraldtd for rsparts un- known. There Was, 1t appears, but an inch hoard between himself and free dom, and as that inch board contained a knot-ho.e into wElch he could thrust a fiuger, he d'd SO, sprung iC of and es' clued. lis loss Chef Buttner regrets much. TEc fellow was a hard case; was known tu have been guilty Of much mis GuIngs, and beng exceedingly slippery and haId to get hold Of It is barely probable that he will Dc caught mapping again.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Missing Mnil Carrier.

A soldier of the Fourth Cavalry, AL exander by name, who for the past sev- eral months has been acting as mail carrier between here ard Fort Lowell disappeared several days since and has not since been heard of. Although 8 steady and sober man 1t WAS thought th t perhaps he mIght have got on a1 accidental drunk and would in course of a few days eventually turn up sn,ilng. This, however, he has failed to do, sud the inference now js that the govern ment man, mule and blackboard have de- parted tn the land of Manyaaa. Alex auder on the evening before skipping complained of having to make two round tr4fs, aggregating thirty-two miles travel per day. Two avoid this he departed, aud having compassion upon his fellow mule and blackboard he persuaded them to accompany him also.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
The A. 0. q. W. Social.

Arizona Lodge No. 1. A. O. U. W. at a stated meeting last plight decided up- on the giving of social to which all members of the order and their friends are invited. There will be music and si1ging, recitations and refreshments. The social is not given with the view of mak ing money inasmuch as there are no charges whatever connected with 1t, as with similar entertainments that are given by the workmen, the object ID view Is Go encourage a sociabie, friendly and frasernll feeling among the brethern of the order and their guests, and Ia OOing thls impaCt the import of tue OrGer to any wnO may care 10 inquire into It's IT, tues. Perhaps once or twice year these entertainments are given but 4 given more frequently, greater good would b5 accom- plIshed. Of the various secret insurance orders none press go lightly financially, upon It's members as tne A. O. |. W. and nono eau possibly give q better guarantee for the fulfill ment of it's promises to the families of is deceased members.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Nnf Gning To Ra Jeff.

The announcement made by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen that they purposed to have the Fourth Cavalry band to play at their corning aD- n1versary ball, was received with consId- erab!e incredulity Inasmuch as the band to d. so, must needs be brought here from Fort Huachuca, a distance of eighty-five miles. But the managing committee evidently knew what they were talking about, for last evening through the kincness of Mir. J. H. Scott, superIntendent of the Arizona < Sonora railway. they received round trip passes for ten men to and from Huachuca to Benson. At Benson the generosity of Col. Muir steps in and passes the band tO Tucson and returns them free of cost. This kindness on part of the railroad off .ials IS something that Is duly ap- preciated and will be remembered by the brotherhood.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
A Military Empire.
[Berlin Letter.l


 This is the season of tho military maneuvcrs, and the regiments are ire Quently seen on the train. They look like real soldiers. not like militia; for there has been rain every day for the past three weeks, and campaign practice Las been in the mud. At the railway stations may be seen battalions hOmeward bound. as muddy as the soldiers of the Union and Confed- crate armies during the winter of 1S64-65. l learn that under the law. some two years old, by which an additional class of reserves arc utilized. Germany could put into service 2,0O0, 900 men every one @ trained soldier accustomed to obey bis officers. If only onefourth of this were really put in the field, it ould make a mass of physical force, led by skilled officers. such as, perhaps, the world has never seen.
 The evils O taking year of a young mans life and using it mp in drillings and guard-mountings are obvious enough. and one cause of the large German emigration Is the desire to escape military conscrip- ton. Still. there are some compensation. It turns stripli1g boys into men; it tends tO equaliZe the various grades of society. and tends to maie the bOOr a gentleman and the ar.stocrat fe!low-citiZen. It is pleasant 10 hear the muddy battaliOns singing on the trains of cars as they pass; there is good fellowship there.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
An EmphatIe Telephone.
New Nor- SlIu 1

A score of merchants, brokers publish. CTS. and reporters stood yesterday in a cir. Cle around a wooden box fastened to the wall of the second story of e Greene street, and listened to the performance of the box, which was a new acoustic tele- phone operated without the aid of cleo tricity. X large wooden disk, with a mouthpiece two and half inches in diameter, was fastened 70 the front of the box. and across the mouthpiece was stretched diaphragm of wooden basket work. A nCn-insUlated wire Iln from q nickel-piate key on the exterior of the basketwork across the street and four blocks up town 10 companion talking box.
 HaIloa, there, let me hear you sing, $ said handsome man with a brown mus tache. who stepped out of the group around the telephone. He said this in a whisper that was inaudible to other gentle men standing less than three feet away
 All right bawled the voice at the other end of the end of the line. ~I'Il sing, and half a second later the notes of the Sailor Sweetheart" floated from the box so distinct that it sounded as if some body in the next room was singing. The uotSs OA u lIOuNu AtlllOulCOu duQ &0 PI- dinary metal whistle were transmitted with equal clearness, and when L. oper- ator blew his breath on the diaphragm the listener at the other end detected at once what he had done. He blew a horn that produced an echo like fog alarm, called out fractions and stock figures clearly, and closed the test with swelling -Hur- Tah for Our Side
 The secret Les in the diaphragm, said Inventor A. A. knudsOn. 60 lt is made of imported wood. Four layers of it woven together are screwed to the moIthpiece disk, and then the telephone box is com plete. The wire used to day is made of phosphor bronze, but ordinary steel wire can be used. It requires no insulation. because no electricity is used. The dia- phragm is so sensitive that it can repro duce the vocal vibrations distinctly even at two miles Asprates and sounds that it is impossible to transmit over any known telephone are easily reproduced by this diaphragm.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
4 Runaway.

There was q runaway on Church St. yesterday, that created some excitement and no little amusement. The horse of a Chinese swlll gatherer became fright ened and running down Maiden Lane he turned into Church, with refuse vege- tables and sWill flying iu every direction. He was uaaul mOusly voted thr privilege of the entire r gnt %. way. An express wagon loaded with bottles was standing on the street north of tle Grand Cen frI. uod into thls the Chinaman's horse ran and stopIe,i. Ine rattle of the bot ties frightened ;he Lors. attached aud he startra in wbers tho svili horse left If, and fur ieT squares made good time, goiog uOItl. The street belnE wlda aud n far conLluon be d q hls pest, but soon tiglg ha WIS ea-lly stop ped with oU; very HEls damage other than a few broken bottles being done to anything.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
Casa Grane.

Mir. F. B, Maldonado, in the employ of Nessrs. Smith ,s Murray at Casa Graude, gave Tucson, his old hone, a passing call yesterday, while CD route to New Orleans on months vacation. He reports the town qu.at, but prosperous, with promising outlook for the future. Some new building vas being done aud other improvements constantly gong on. 4 large trade with the Copperosiiy and Quiiotos camps was Icing fostered and would steadily be increased as the places built up and mines developed. The mill recently built for crushing the Vekol ore was still idle because of a pending litigation between Nr. Heilngs on the one hand and the old Pioneer Company on the other. l. was, however, expected that the matter woulI soou be amicably adj sted. On the whole. he said the people of Casa GraDde had no cause for complaiot, but on tbe contrary, much to rejoice over. Times hai been somewhat quiet ami trade dull but not more so than Tn other towns, the pre- vai.ing stagnation having affected al alike.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-01-31
THE BALL.
Action of ihe Inaugeral Executive Com
 mitts Relative to Tickets.

mitte Relative to Tickets.
 The action of the Executive Committee of the InGugeral ceremonies a: Washinu- ton, in designating the Baltimore & Ohio ticket offices in the principle cities, East and West, as special Repositories for the InaugerhI ball tickets, cannot but prove of great advantage, ss heretofore tickets could not be obtained for the ball un- til after arrival at the national capital. Everybody knows where fhe B. < O. off ces are Tn tho leading cities: S3 Clai st., 10 Chicago; \ High st., in Culum- Jus; 113 Walnut st., Tn Cincinnati; l36 $ Illinois st., in Indianapolis: POI N 4th st, in St. Louis; 152 W Baltimore st., in Baltimore. Letters relative to the ball tickets addressed 10 the B. X O. ticket agent at any of the addresses given, or to ticket agent B. < O. office Louisyille, Wheeling, Zanesville, Newark, San dusky, Cumberland or Frederick, will receive prompt attention. At the offices named, those who desire can purchase the ball tickets same time as they do their railroad tickets; while those who may want them as BonevnIrs do not nave to send io Washington after them. Preparations for the inaugural ceremo- mos are beeng carried forward with q determination to make them memorable. The Baltimore & Ohio, as the only di- rect line from the West into Washing ton. has extended every facility to the executive and other committees in so shaping matters as to bring about
 complete success Tn every particular. The B. & O. has announced the lowest rates ever made for an inauguration, m most instances less than half fare Tor the round trip, with limit on the tick cts of tue most satisfactory length. By the B. < O,'s recently put on fast train schedule, its noted limited trains make the run through to Washin gton, from all points, from one tO six hours quicker than by any otber line. Not nickel ex- tra is charged for the fast time, winch IS directly contrary to the rule followed by the other lines with their limited trans, for upon them double fare is the only way one c..n travel, and must take sleeping ear through whether wishing So to do or not. On the B. & O. one ex- erc;ses the good old American custom of gong as he pl4ases. Trains run through solid, no change of cars. and pay only for what Is asked for-not one cent more, no matter what may be the cus- tom on other lines. All thess things are well worth considering before starting.