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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04

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those present; their conduct was
gross in the extreme. Had l receiv.
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vor.' Puck.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04

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sickness in the rice districts tAis
year.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04

Laura" said Mrs. Ptrvepu. on
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Traveller.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04
A Touching Plea.

A few years after the war Ed
Collins. shiftless fellow of Mercel
county. was indicted for stea linl
cattle. The case came up befor.
Judge j. Wicklife, now United
States attorney here. then circuit
Judge. The trial was in the court
house at Harrodsburg. Phil Thomp
son, jr.. was prosecuting attorney
and Phil Thompson, ST., and Col.
T homas c. Bell, now assistant
United States attorney here, ap.
peared for the defense, Ed. Butts
was circuit clerk. Collins had been
solder in the Fede raj army; while
every man on the Jury, the prose.
cutting attorney, circuit clerk and
the judge himself had fought for
the Conlederacy.
The witnesses were brought for.
ward and plain case of theft made
out against Collins. The only
dependence of the defense was the
testimony of Collins daughter.
Rose, who was to prove an alibi.
She was beautiful woman, with
we'll rounded figure, deep back
eyes, n complexion in which the
hues of health sat beauteously en-.
throned, and black hair that swept
unconfoed almost to the floor in
long waves. She was made to tell
her story for all it was worth, and
and Col. Bell made most touching
plea, appealing 10 the sympathies
of the jury for hcautifll woman
in distress. with all the power of
language he could anmmon. But
the veterans Of Doneldson and
Shiloh were unm0yed.
Then old Phil Thompson laid
himself out to mystiiy them and
raire doubt Of the prisoners guilt. |
and he, too. finally began to appeal
to their ealIantry. In The midst !
of glowing sentence. however. he
found the jury yawning, looking
out of lte window, aud wholly |
ina,:en,;ve. Breaking of hia pathos
the old lawyer leaned back on a
table a moment, eyed the jury
qnizzica'!y with a humorous twin
kle in his eye. and said:
"Look here, gentlemen, this steal.
ing was done during the war, and
you can't do anything with man
for ,hat. You, Tom Mundy!" he
continued, turning and pointing 10
the foreman of the jury, a strappirg
big Kentuckian, "don'tyou remem,
h5r hat sheep you stole in Powell's
Valley? You can't convict Ed
Co!iios.' - There was q general
waking up of the jury, and smile
went round. "And you, Dan. Bond;
rou know the horse you stole from
lord Alexander in the spring Of '82?
You cant send a man to prison for
stealing cattle"
The smile broke into an open gnf
'aw in one or two places. half a
1ozen men On the back seats stood
Up. l.
As the old man took up the Jury
,ne by one and revealed his short.
;omihgs, the laughter became gen
'ral and continuous. Finally he
aid: "And there's my Phil, wasn't
10 one Of Mor9an's worst horse
hieves? Whatcsn we say against
I'd. Collins? And you, Ed. Butts;
ou remember that raid on the old
>ankee sympathizer in East Tenn =?
md can you raise yonr voice
gainst him? And his honor on the .
encb. II the truth were known"
'ut the rest of the sentence was q
rownAd in a shout OF laughter and =
nd uproar of applause that shook i
r
The jury was out three minutes p
nd they brought in verdict for 3
,qu;ttal. ly
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-04

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Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
CONGRESS- sohSrEFUBE F0R Tsse TEE.
RKTnRSEs.

. b.
NO Judge from present indications,
tho honest settler in this Territory Isl
pot Intended to Be- Sue benidcIary hy
the so.called important measures rela-
ting 10 Territorial lands, fence laws,
etc, row before Congress, We call
the attention Of the proper authorities
% the fact that thousands Of honest
settlers in this Territory have derived
What they consider good title tot their
unsuryeyed lands, by compliance with
certain Territorial laws relating to
the settlement of nnoccupied lands.
Still this title is one in no way derived
from the United States and would
consequently become, under the oper-
ations of these proposed new laws,
null and void Therefore, IN framing
these intended laws, proper reeogni-
tion should be made of the title OF
honest settlers, under the Territorial
provisions and laws. In other words,
TO these old settlers should hogiyen at
least three months in which to COM
ply, BY proper filings at the land office,
with the intended new state Of things;
thus making it impossible for land
grabbers and sharks to file over their
heads on many a desirable homestead
and watering spot,
The fencing Of farming lands, when
under cultivation, is followed every.
where in the Territory, but under the
proposed law fences could be removed
from such lands, and owners Of stock
trespassing on the same would be
liable to prosecution. This would be
manifestly unjust and make cattle
raising by men of modest means next
to impossible, as they would be COM
PEELED to keep stock in fenced enelo,
suros. 1t would work great injury TO
stock raisers Of average means and Gu
courage the formation Of large corpo-
rahons, which would gain control Of
our public lands.
Our Territorial laws, now in force,
touching this subject, are wise provis-
ions, framed with a view of best meet,
ing the requirements of a sparsely
settled country like Arizona, whore
the area Oh arabic land is so small in
comparison with that Of grazing lands.
1t is to be hoped that the committee
on public lands will put ITS veto on
the proposed measure which, should it
become d law, would be death blow
to the stock interest of this and other
Territories. FAR PLAY.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
~ ARMY OFFICERS or
sUB0RDENATEs.

The following official letter Of Adju-
tant General Drum to General Ha2en,
which we copy from the Army and
Navy Register, of Feb. 9Th, 1886, may
be regarded as sustaining our position
as stated in the BELT OF June 10th, in
reference to language alleged 10 have
been recently used by Major Mills, at
Fort Thomas, to a Signal Service op-
orator:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. 20, 1856
To Gen. w. u. Hazen, Chief Signal
officer.-General: The Secretary Of
War has carefully considered the re-
port of the Inspector General Of the
army relative to the causes which led
to the recent court martial convened
at Fort Myer, and instructs me to ex.
press his grave displsasure at the con
duct of Lieut. Greene Of the Signal
corps. It's manifest that Lit. Greene
has failed thus far in his career to
comprehend the duties and responsi-
bilities of a commissioned officer and
to realize that the use Of harsh, iuspl.
ting language towards men who from
their position could not reply to ii,
strikes at the very root Of military
discipline, and evidences in the officer
so acting a deplorabIe want Of self
control, which, if persisted in, would
demonstrate his utter unftness for
command Indeed were it not for the
recommendation Of the Inspector GEN
eral, the Secretary of War wouldha
felt it bis duty to pursue a harsher
course, but he hopes that It, Greene,
by his future conduct, will show bis
appreciation Of the loniency shown
him in this instance.
/ The Secretary Of War also deems it
I his duty to reprobate the rude and
I coarse manner in which the officers
composing the court, treated the coun-
sci for the accused Such conduct is
utterly unjustifabIe in officers sitting
in military courts in the capacity Of
Judges.
| In conclusion the Secretary Of War
directs that tins letter be read to the
court. r. G. DRUM Adj Gen
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

The supplementary report of the
committee on Indian Affairs states
that in the opinion of the committee
the Grow, Creek and Wiunehago res
ervations in Dakota, and Grow reser-
vahon in Montana are unnecessarily
large, and recommends that they be
reduced, with the consent of the In
dians, and the portions cut off opened
to settlement by citizens. 1t will be
remembered that President Arthur is.
sued an order throwing open to set
tlement certain lands embraced in the
reservations in Dakota, which was
subsequently revoked by Cleveland.
If the committee could spare a por.
tion of its valuable time to an investi-
cation Of the reservations in Arizona
they would find that large areas oi
valuable mineral and grazing land in
this Territory are wrongfully occu,
pied by Indians, to the exclusion oi
white citizens.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

In case the War Department should
adopt the scheme Of hunting Indians
with blood hounds, Geronimo and bis
bucks can get a pointer from Thomas
Brown, California stage robber who
escaped from Folsom prison on the
10th, and although pursued by hounds
eyaded capture. lie had foreseen the
probability Of being trailed by dogs
and managed to secure a lot Of cay.
enue pepper which he put in his shoes,
watch 50 oyerpowered the hounds that
they refused to follow the trail and
The fugitive made good his escape.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
A srniasn rnAnsr..

a
It IS reported that the telegraph
limo was tapped near Fort Thomas,
the wire cut and an instrumeat in
serted for the purpose, as we suppose,
of committing larceny upon private
information. The PERPETRATORS Of the
act, perhaps, were hot aware that they
were rendering themselves amenable,
under the Q, S, statutes, to lmprlson-
ment, not exceeding three years, and a
fine Of not less than one hundred, nor
more than one thousand dollars or
with both such fine andimprisonment,
in the discretion of the court 1t,
therefore, behooves the United States
District Attorney, If there is truth in
the report, to ferret out the guilty
parties and cause them to be dealt
with according to law. The Terrific
rial law for molestation, injury or ad-
vising injury to telegraph lines i'm
poses fine not exceeding 81 1000, or
Imprisonment net exceeding one year,
or both at the discretion Of the court.
Since the foregoing was put in type,
we we're handed the following tele-
gram, which explains the trouble, To-
Gates it at Fort Thomas and charges
an officer named Read, acting under
authority of his superior officer, Mills,
as the guilty cause, Read, perhaps,
will row console himself that he was
simply obeyiug orders and therefore
consider himself free from punish
ment, but in that he will lind he aud
Mills are alike responsible:
Wucox, Ariz,, June q, 1886.
DR, A, TRrPPhL, Globe, A. TIN re,
ply to yours of to-day, we only know
that through trouble at Fort Tboma:
office, our kilograms were delayed fouI
days, and kilograms from Globe were
received three or four days after filing
and that on separate occasions oul
business was delayed because Of an
&Fmy officer, named Read, at Thomas
cutting in on the wire and causing
trouble. We understand be acted un
der orders from Commander Mills
Hope you viii investigate tins inlly
as the safety of our teamstersi as alst
Of the COmpany's, and our busines.
imperatively demands that the line bC
kept free from any such interference
j. LIBERMAN & Co.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

II has 6eeh stated in Eastern papers
recently that Gen. Miles was about to
enlist Navajo Indians as scouts to trail
the Chiricahuas, and again 1t has been
said that Pimas would be used. Gen.
Miles should be certain of the charac-
ter of Indians to be employed for this
purpose and not fall into the error
that Crook persisted in, of enlisting
scouts friendly to the hostiles. 1t IS a
Wei known fact that many Of the
NaYajOS are friendly with the hostiles
and could not be depended upon to
fight them. The Pimas are good
trailers and are inimical to the Chiri-
cahuaS. Mohaye, San Carlos and Yuma
Indians can also be relied upon to
fight the hostiles. Let the scouts be
organized from these tribes. We have
confidence IN Gen, Miles, however, and
believe he will exercise due caution in
this matter.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

A diabolical killing of a citizen by
an Indian occurred in New York re-
Gently While passing No. All East
Ninth street, an innoeent ohd unsus-
pecting pedestrian was Telled by a
blow on the mead from a big buck,
Perhaps we had better mention that ii
was wooden Indian that toppled
from its pedestal in front Of cigar
store. We expect the New York pa.
pers will now join in tho cry raised by
their Western eotenporaries, that
the Indian must 90,
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
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Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

A case before the United States Dis
trict Court, New York City, last week,
attracted considerable attention be-
cause Of the reputation Of the deGen-
dant, Gen. Thomas Jordan lie served
The United states as Quartermaster at
Vera Cruz, dGring the Mexican war
ard afterwards when the government
was waglng war against the Indians
In Oregon, at a time when the Treas
ury Department was short of funds
he is said TO have supplied the sinews
Of war to the extent Of half a million
dollars. During the war Of the re-
bellion ha followed the fortunes Of the
South and was on Gen. Beauregard' 5
staff Recently, Treasury clerk,
while going over musty papers Of the
department, declared he had found
many irregularities III Jordan's ac-
counts, and the old.general was charged
with shortage of $4,000 In the
trial if could not be made to appear
that be was in arrears to the govern
ment Interesting evidence was nd
dueed to show how, in Oregon, the
General had personally indofsad the
salaries Of soldiers when the Treasury
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Thejury was notlong ii bringing in
a verdict for The old soldier.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

The true inwardnesS Of Geo. ".
Childs liberality, in making hand
some donation 10 the international
Typographical Union, Is now appar-
ent. His evident purpose was to get
bis name prominently before the pub
BIC and gain the support ef newspa-
per men and printers in the hext Pres
idential campaign. He has an eye on
the White HonSe, and in the PhiIadel-
phia Public Ledger, of the 9th inst,
gives himself boost in that direction.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
A special from Washington ,

A special from Washington, D. o.,
to the Globe-Democrat, says:
The rejection by the Senate to-day
of John G. Shields, of Michigan, nom
mated to be Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona, created great
surprise among the Michigan Demo
Gratis, who were not expecting any
thing Of the kind. Shields succeeded
J. Sumner Howard, who, previous to
being put upon the Arizona bench,
held Territorial Office in Utah. VIM,
Il. Thompson, Of Detroit, once a prom
inent Republican, but a Cleveland
man in 1884, made a bitter personal
fight upon Howard, and the rejection
Of Shields is looked upon more as o
rebuke to Mr.. Thompson and his ac'
tions than a reflection upon Shields
personal character. Next to bis re-
markable list Of diplomates, the Presi.
dent has most cause to look with 70.
greet nP6n his selections for Territorial
Offices.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

During the last few months the
number of Texas cattle which have
been located IN Arizona fully confirms
the rumors which have recently reach.
ed the Territory Of The movement Of
large numbers Of cattle from the Lone
star State ID this direction. Witbthe
immense numbers of stock now en-
route, and which during the next few
years viii undoubtedly be forwarded
to Arizona, q question may well be
asked as to what viii be the future
results Of such a hegira. :
While the favorable conditions Of the
cattle business ii the Territory daring
the last few years enabled many So
encountered Carrying on the business
with borrowed capitaD To more than
"play even, the influx Of Texas cattle
now threatened cannot but result
most disastrously to many by the low
criug Of prices alone while the oyer-
stocking which undoubtedly will en-
sue, means heavy losses ii the future,
through lack Of feed and water.
These dangers are already apparent,
and may as vel Be faced now, as
when the ranges of the Territory are
covered with earcasses Of cattle,
Every stockman and stock association
should accord to the subject The con
sideration it merits, and endeayor to
secure himself If possible against loss
from IL. Hoof n Horn
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

Jake Gaudaur, Of ST, Louis, who by
defeating Teemer at Pullman, Illinois,
week before last gained the distine-
ton Of champion oarsman Of America,
will, it is said, issuc d challenge 10
Beach, worta's champion, for race TO
be rowed within two months, for any
stake from stl 600 to $1,000 1t viii
probably be contested iu English
waterS
Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26
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Arizona silver belt., 1886-06-26

Maj Gen. Howard, in q general or
der, has just announced tina new sta.
tions OF the LIST aud 8th Infantry, in
the Departments Of California and
Arizona respectively, the movement
beginning July /, She sth Infantry
takes stations as follows: Col. Aug. v.
Koutz, with staff, band and Compan.
hes i (Wilhelm'sD aud II (WeIlsy, at
Fort Grant, A. r.; Lieut., Col. Mont
gomery Bryant, with Company T
(Earnest's), at Fort Mcdowell; Major
Andrew s, Burt and Companies D
(Bailey's q and X (Worth's); al Fort
Huaehuca; Company A (Wbitney's)
Fort Bowie; Company B Porter's),
Fort Lowelli Company G (Corliss) ],
Fort Noiaye; Company = (sayage's)
Fort Apache, and Company ! Wins.
lows, at Fort Verde, Ariz,