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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27
TACNA TOPICS.
BY SCRAPS. "

Toothache is prevailing here.
 School ends this week, so they say.
 The school children and their parents had picnic at the Posas recently.
 Corn, beans and garden stuff all growing nicely, and barley is heading out.
 T. S. Arthur has been prospecting in the mountains north of Antelope lately.
 Tacna ladies frequently indulge in after noon maps and dream of the sweet by and by.
 A slight frost and St. Patricks Day both came on the same morning. The shamrock was worn all the same.
 Every few days some person or parties cross the river at AntelopeSon their return from taking in the Mohawk valley.
 It took three dogs, a burro and a boy to kill one of the wild cats in these parts re- csntly, and it wasn't good day for wild cats either.
 Mrs. James Miller, formerly of Tacna, has opened confectionery store in Los An geles, and will give the Los Angeles young sters ''taffy'' in the future.
 Mir. Wm Chappell, brother of our R. D. Chappell, is here on visit. He contem- plates taking land under the Antelope canal and bringing his family out in the fall. Mir. c. Baker has located 40 acres of land at Antelope and will irrigate with pumps. He will seed the majority of it to alfalfa, which will keep his entire herd seal fat the whole year around.
 The Settlers Loan Bill, for the relief of settlers on the public domain and to ease the swelling silver treasury vaults at Washing ton. has been introduced into congress al- ready, but the country editor is left of as usual.
 Mir. Edwin Mays has a team on the way to put on his ranch. He has engaged nurseryman to start nursery here, and in the future Arizona can be supplied with trees, vines and shrubs of her own produc- tion.
 A number of Southern ladies are making inquiry about this locality, with view of entering the raisin culture business, and car ry on the enterprise without male help There is no question but what the expert ment will be failure. We males may not be good for raisin culture but we can't be spared in raisin' some other crops.-Ed.l
 Take out reserve dividend policy in the Union Mutual and you are bound to make winning, whether you live CT die.
 A San Diego officer passed through Cotton last night, having in charge the Mexican scoundrel who set fire to the railroad bridge at Yuma last summer. The fellow was caught in Mexico by Tomas Botello, formerly brakeman on the Southern Pacific, but now on the detective force of the company, and incarcerated in a Mexican prison until called for by the proper official documents. Conductor Fillmore, with Boteilo and several witnesses, accom- panied the officers to San Diego, and it is hoped the prisoner will speedily sent to San Quentin, to remain during the rest of his miserable life. A re- ward of $500 was offered for his arrest. Evening Semi-Tropic.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27
Regular Meeting of Mohawk Valley
 Canal Company.

The regular annual meeting of the stock holders of the Mohawk Valley Canal Com pany, for the election of officers and such other business as may come before the meet ing, will be held at p. m., on the 10th day of April 1886, at the office of the com pany in the Village of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona The books of the company will be closed on the Sth day of April A. D. 1886.
 HENRY GOLDWATER, Sec.
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A brisk business has been done in Yuma this week by the small boy, in gathering up old bottles, bones, iron, etc.. to the junk man, who shipped a car load of this trash. He purchased about t, 900 old bottles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

The Indian wood choppers were paid of this week by the Gold Rock Company, in the amount of about s70o in cash, all of which finds it way to the Yuma merchants.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

The game of base ball will take place neal Charley Bakers slaughter house, Sunday afternoon ct 2 o'clock sharp.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

The Union Mutual Life Insurance Com psuy, of Portland. Maine, is liberal and safe company.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

The switch engine is busy day and night making up freight trains. and the yard men arc constantly employed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

A large number of citizens attended the game of base ball last Sunday, near the Catholic Church.
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MINING NOTES.

With regular, tho agreeable monotony,
 the Clip mill keeps pounding out the white
 metal.
 Indicator" Hicks has new partner and
 is sacking ore for shipment from the May
 Queen mine.
 Charley Thiesen. the irrepressible, and
 Gus Crawford, the old timer, are drifting on
 rich smelting ore on the Red Cloud mine.
 Jack Dalton and pards are sacking ore
 from the Stanley mine. An average of 3S
 ounces of silver, and 65 per cent lead at 5
 cents, is paying proposition.
 A new mining district has been formed
 by owners of mining claims in the upper part of this county. It is called the Cineca Mining District. The mines in this district are opening up splendid bodies of gold ore.
 The ten-scamp mill of Gold Rock Con- pany, at Fl Rio, has began to pound out the prescious metal. This company has an i'm mense body of ore, covered by 36 mining To- cations, and will, in all probability, soon erect an S0-stamp mill in Yuma.
 A. Vasquez & Co.,, who of late purchased the Ocean Wave mine, (the old Anchor mine of Neil Johnson days), will rush things live ly. There has been several stakes made from this mine, and in the immediate neig borhood others equally as valuable, that re- l,,4l :aAI. l I is the pretiest chancein America for couple of men with grub stake to strike a poor mans mine, but shooting your mouth off at the hard times and blowing in what little coin there may be about your clothes in a gin mill wont find them. Better take tum- ble boys and punch a burro again toward the hills. Just remember that an inch and a half wide, six feet deep and six feet long Tn place, constitutes a ton of galena ore, and lead at cents and silver floating up makes for silver-lead mines worth the time; and between Eureka and Silver Dis | trict IS scope country, furtherest point four | miles from the Colorado river, washes char 6NN "Aph AASh hSotf hAdiNJ diit nugget SaiS- | na ore, and but shallow capping of detritus i the lodges. iron, which research | has proven it is derived There is DO TO- | nance nor supposition about it, the writer | knows whereof ne aifi0 rms, sii rsaSserts that | for working inen the-s .4 certainly wage. aad your own boss, aii a 'flilg full'' chance of cleaning up tho.sani or two of dollars. For stock cornpany, yf .He Brussels carpet style of architecture, they wouldn't Day, not all round, but for workingmen they are veritable poor mems mines.
 The Overland Monthly for April.
 The April issue of the Overland Monthly will contain at least two contributions on the Chinese question, carefully written and from new stand-points. The Overland has already printed more than twenty-five pap ITS and editorials bearing upon this import mt discussion. It makes point to give 2 air hear ing to both sides.
 The April Overland will contain two Cal fornia stories, ',Terecita," and "A Wor- hiper of the Dewitt" also a continuation of Miss Lakes strong serial, "For Money"
 In the line of out door sketches, travel and dventure, the most notable sketches in the April Overland will be "On the Trail or Isronimo," Leaves From 49 Letter." and of Calaverss.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

The weather the past week has been ex- trsmely pleasant and agreeable.
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Cse sns. crineos.


 A challenge was issued this week by the caballeros Mejicanos, of Yuma, to play the American dudes, of Yuma, a game of base ball fos purse of so and the championship of the Colorado Desert, including Texas Hill and everything south to the Gulf of Califor- mia The dudes immediately accepted the challenge and the money was deposited with Charley Baker. The game is to come of to.mer-ow afternoon at two o'clock, in the Park of the Slaughter House Sporting Asso- citation, back of Bakers packing and slaugh. tering establishments. Trains will run to the grounds ever l4 minutes, and the amphithe- atre will be fixed up for the accommodation of spectators. Admission g. 25, reserved seats free. After the ball game there will be . sack race between MT. A. Frank and George Thurlow for the championship of Main street and silver mug. The exer- cises will end slugging match in which all are invited to participate. Rights for re- freshment booths can be obtained from Mir H. KOshland. general manager of the assO- citation.
 Monday morning Sheriff Tyner brought Csnuts Soto in from Tucson, where he was arrested on Friday. Soto was sentenced on March 18th, 1873, by Judge de Forest Por- ter, to 99 years imprisonmen at hard labor in the Territorial Prison, for being associat cd in the murder of Rawhide Mccartney. merchant doing business here in 1872. Soto held candle while his comrade killed McCartnsy, who was insensibly drunk, with 8 hatchet. This occurred on December lst, 1872. The principal was hung May 2, 1873, and Soto was serving bis sentence in the county jail, which was designated as the Territorial Prison On the night of Oct %. 1873, Soto and five other prisoners escaped from the jsil, and Soto has been at large ev- CT since, until arrested at Tucson last week, | under instructions of Sheriff Tyner, who has known of his whereabouts for the past year, and has made numerous trips to Tue | son hut never succeeded in securing him. | On his last trip he made Arrangements with the officers ct Tucson to nab him the next | time he made his appearane which they did, and he now lanquishes in the prison. shsriH Tyner is deserving of all the rewards eftfsd fek lis esptuse
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

A Union Mutual policy is non-forfeitable after three annual payments.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27
PosT-oFEIcE HOURS.

Malls east end west: Open ct c. n.ssA ssAnd close st 7p.n. Mall for coIorade River: Opens at 5:so p. m. and closes ct e;3o .. r. of days upon which stages arrive and depart.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1886.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Insure your life and be happy.

Attend the game of base ball tomorrow
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Yuma, March I3, 1886.

{ OHAWK VALLEY CANAL COM ASA pauy. Location of principal place oi business Yuma, Yama Co, A. I Notice-Ihere is delinquent on the follow ng described stock, OIL account Of assess lent No. J.l levied on the 10th, day ol 'ci,rIary S30, the several amounts set CD . osite the names of the respective share holders as follows:
 Names No certf No Shares Amt. !. W. Darlington, , 2679 5 935 0. ]. W. Dorrington, l5 992 3lI O. J. w. Drrringtou, AZ 4740 1854 co And in accordance with law, and an order of the Board of Directors made on the l5tl day of February 1886, so many shares et each parcel of such stock, as may be neces. sary will be sold at public auction at the office of the company in the Village an5 ;ounty of Yuma, Territory of Arizona ol Monday, the l2 day of April A. D lSSG at the hour of two o'clock P. m of said day, to pay said delinquent assessmeId thereon, together with cost of advertisin. and expenses of the sale
 HENRY EpLDWATER, Secretary. Ofiee, Village atG County of Yum. Territory of Arizo1s March l9, 1886.
 The San Frcncisco Weekly AI.a Do sent to any add1ess tb;ras5a Y7e on trial for 25 oenss. Splendid .rr9 ums are offered to yearly subscriber
 THE WEEKLY ALTA,
 San Francisco, Ca.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

An endowment policy pays big returns.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

Yulc OaNcU may be found on file at F. c. tutS TNrEu DAKE'S Advertisng Agency, 65 Merchants Exchange, San Francisco who is the auth srised agent for this paper.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27
County Directory.

Probate Judge, L Levy. Treasurer, A. Lorette. Sheriff, A. Tyner.
 County Recorder, Jos. J. Stein. Supervisors; O. F. Townsend, Chairman
 c. v. Mesdsn and c. Rameriz. Clerk Board of Supervisors, F. Avila- Clerk of District Court, c. Fl. Brinley. Coroner and Public Administrator, J. H.
 1sggArt.
 Justices of the Peace, Ira J. Mabbitt; Thos. Rain, J. D. Ross, and J. L. Smith.
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RAILROAD TINE TABLE.

Arrives. Departs Atlantic Express Cbound east) 19:ol C. l2:1oa m Psdfc Express (bouud west) 1:l5 .. m. l:2S a- m Enigrant (bound east) 12:15 p. m, 1:l5p m Bmigrxnt (bound westl ll:25 a m. l2:l5 p, m
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-27

YUMA LODGE, NO. :. A. 0. U. w., MEETS ON l Tuesday evening of each week, at s7oo, P. M. Visiting brethren in good standing cordially invited
 B. HOMELAND R. A. LORETTE, NJ. W.
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v Those who see an X marked on the ~ margin oftheir paper will understand that they are in the arrears on their sub scription.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
Has a Married kan:Any Rights ?

81 say!r said a friend, the other
day, "you are an old hand at 1t. /
only got married the other day, and
don't understand much about the
business. But has a married man
any rights when he once assumes
the hymeneal responsibilities :"
"Rights ?" Yes, lots. He's u
right to pay all the bills, too
"Stopl | mean this. let me
give you an instance. Every box
and drawer and portmantean, and
in fact every available receptacle
of every description, is stuffed full
of my wife's property, and when |
want to put away n few cuffs and
collars
HIOld hard | know what you
mean. listen, young man: lfyonr
bedroom were two hundred yards
long, and lined from the floor to the
ceiling with drawers, and you want
ed place to stow away a couple
of shirts, you couldn't find a nook
that wasn't filled with the hairpins,
frizzes, pads, scent-bottles, old
gIoves, powder pufls, rings and
things. SO Just accept the ineyita'
BILE. Wrap your personal property
in an old newspaper or some brown
paper, and hide the parcel under
the bed"
lie smiled loudly and ironically,
and passed on, a wiser if not bet
ter man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
Eccentric.

There once lived SHOWN East a
peculiar and original old gentleman
named Adams, who was known to
all the neighborhoOd for miles
around by his harmless and anus
ing eccentricities. A lawyer named
Somerby, riding ont Of town early
one summer morning, discovered
Mr.. Adams making his way afieldi
with the necessary haylng tools,-
a Jug and a scythe,-and stopped
to have a chat with him.
The soil in that part of the coun
try is very thin and sandy, and the
hay crop always light and the good
humored lawyer took occasion tc
remark upon the fact, and to pity
the farmers who were obliged tC
wiring a scanty living from sucl
barren acres.
The old gentleman head him pa
tiently for a time, but at length
broke OUT
Nook here, squire, you're vast
ing your sympathy. amt so pool
as YOU think am. | dontt o'c'
this farm
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30

For the last twenty years nc
class of men in the United states
have been as uniformly successful
in business as the farmer. ThelI
produce of all kinds has command
ed a good price and ready SALE
The observation Of every one mas
been that out of one hundred young
men who have engaged in mercan'
tile pursuits for the same period
fully seventy.fve per cent nave
failed. The professions are crowd
ed. and as a consequence those en-
gagged in-them, with.a few eXcep'
tions. are no more than living
Our manufacturing interests are
vet in their infancy, and the re-
suits experimental and uncertain
The thrifty and industrious farmer
with a well selected farm, has
steadily and surely added to his
fortune, which has always been
secure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
His Vinegar.

A hurried grocer gave a country
man a jug of coal oil instead of a
Jug of vinegar, for which he had
asked. Several days afterward,
when the couniryman came back,
the grocer said;
any friend, I have an apology to
make to YOU
allow so?"
"Why, the other day when you
were in here ! gave you coal oil
instead of vinegar"
avail. III be blamed eff that
don't splain it. When We poured
some o. the stuff on the turnip
greens wife lowed that it tasted
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
TO CONQUER VERMIN.

Shelves sprinkled with gum cam
phOr will not be infested by ants;
tomato leaves spread around, it IS
said, will drive them away; a hop
toad dOmesticated in the kitchen
will rid it of all insects, reaches and
bugs of every description. y
sponge dipped in sweeteDed water
will attract them and maybe then
dipped in boiling water, re-sweeten-
ed and used till all the ants are de-
stroyed.
a rule handed down from our
grand.mothers says: "Clean bed
steads in March and you will never
have bedbugs.p 1t is said that in
some locations it is impossible to
escape these pests. a housekeeper
so afflicted should clean bedsteads
thoroughly, then with a soft paint
brush dipped in kerosene 60 over
every part of them carefully, paint
ing any cracks in the adjoining
woodwork, where hiding places
may be found. If liable to expo
sure, it would be well TO repeat this
weekly during warm weather, or
mix towether two ounces of cam
phor, four Onces spirits of turpen'
tine. one ounce of corrosive subli-
mate and one pint of alcohol. The
mixture faithfully applied is a "sure
and certain death to these pests
saws the Scientific american.
Nothing is better than turpentlne
for the Punishment of carpet worms,
buffalo moths and insects. Mix the
turpentine with pure water Ill On0
proportion of three tablespoonfuls
to three quarts of water, and then
after the carpet has been we'll swept,
90 over each breadth carefully with
a sponge dipped IN the solution
and wrung nearly dry. Change
the water as often as it becomes
dirty. The carpet will be nicely
cleaned as well as disinfected. Car
pets should be frequently shaken,
as dirt under them grinds out the
threads. They should rot, how
ever, be swept oftener than is alb
solutely necessary, A brush and
busting pan should be used.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
The Indpnendeni Farmer

Whatever may be said OF the
hardshlps of the farmer-and he
undoubtedly has hardships-yet, II
he is a true.blue farmer, he is an
independent man after all. While
factories are stopping, banks break
ing, and merchants failing, the
farm remains just as productive as
ever, the rains come with equal reg
ularity, and his supplies come in
as certainly as comes the season
for them. His markets may get
dull sometimes, and he, too, may
get blue occasionally, bat he makes
bis own living, nevertheless. lie
does not have TO beg bread-starva-
ton never crosses his path. His
cotton, his ramie, his flax, and his
sheep Will yield him clothing-his
corn, wheat, potatoes, and rye will
grow his bread-and his gardens
and orchard produce the Injuries
of his table. What need he fear
so long as the sun shines and the
rains ialll While other calliDgs
have real distress and yexatlons, If
not ruinons losses, he is still the
independent farmer. If he keeps
out of debt-the great failing of
farmers there is no man so free
and embarrassed as he.
Young man, think of these things
before you decide to abandon the
old home, or your native place, for
some new pursuit in untried scenes.
Stay on the farm, unless you have
mighty certain and enduring
foundation to build on elsewhere.
Of course all must not be farmers,
but be certain that it is best for
you to go before you leave the
pillow. You need notbe a slave, or
an ignoramus, or o nobody, because
you are farmer. You can take
all needful pleasure and recreation,
and be a farmer, too. A farmer
can rise to nobler things than
being a mere drudge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
ACHRISTIAA'S DEATH-BED.

During the Revolutionary war one
of the colonies of that army came
out, and as soon as he laid down
the American flag he took up the
flag of the cross and lie fought for
Christ and fought the battles OF
heaven the rest Of his days, an
active, earnest, faithful preacher.
He was preaching Christ to all men.
Finally death came to him. lie
had four grown daughters and they
gathered around his dying couch,
and the older one said, when she
saw that he was sinking into death:
"Father, l see you are sinking,
tell me how it is with you, isn't all
bright and beautiful p
He said: "No, daughter. ] can't
saw that it is bright like l thought
it would be, yet" he says, 81 know
in whom have trusted. am per
suaded he is able to keep me
against that day"
She said: "You have been a con-
secrated, faithful Christian for ma
nv wears, and you tell me God is
willing to let your sun 90 down in
darkness Will God let you die
and sink beneath a cloud? q, ia
Their. | will die an infdel, l am
afraid, unless your way clears up
The first sense you lose will be the
sense of speech, and if your way
clears up before you lose the sense
of speech speak to me and tell me
50. The next sense you lose will be
that of sight. If you have lost the
sense of speech, and still have the
sense of sight, turn your eyes anu
look at me, and then ] will know
all is well. The next sense you
will lose will be the sense of feel
ing. If you have lost sight and
speech, and if your way clears up
raise the middle finger Of your hand
and press it on my palm, and l Will
know your way has cleared up"
His sense of speech left him, and
still he gave no signal. Then his
sense of sight was gone, and yet nc
signal. She sat there and watched
him right down to the jaws of death
and lust as he passed out he raised
his middle finger and pressed it Oh
her palm, and his face lighted VI
like an angels, and he went out tc
live with God forever.
Oh, brethren No matter how
dark it may seem at the moment OF
the hour of death, somewhere be
tween your dying couch and your
last breath God is going to clear
the way for you and let you enter
heaven a saved one forever and
forever-Sermon of Sam Jones.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
A WEIGHTY QUESTION.
Some Pertinent Points About Sum
mer and Winter Feeding.

Some Pertinent Points About Sum
mer and Winter Feeding.
1t is customary when cattle are
turned out to grass in the spring
to let them feed ON this succulent
food until nature dries it up in the
fall. 1t makes good, succulent
beef, but is it not too succulent =
Does it afford as much nutrition,
pound for pound, as hay, gram
and root, or ensilege.fed beef Z We
suspect not. The bowels OF the
cattle are always loose, showing
that there Is superabundance OF
water and imperfect digestion Is
the animal quite healthy?
Now, in winter, we find that all
dry feed is not as good for cattle
as that which is relieved by one
feeding a day of some kind OF sue
culent ration. The drOppings are
hard, showing a lack Of water and
a feverish condition. The succu-
lent food relieves this. May 1t not
also be true that all succuleDt food
in summer is not so good as mix
ture with dry feed? Throw a lock
of dry hay to your cattle IN pasture,
and see how they will rush for 1t,
and how greedily they will devour
it. Does not this indicate a need
of dry feed? Would it not regu-
late that extremely loose condition
of the bowels? And would it not
make the meat frmer and more nu'
tritiousg In the light of reason, It
would seem so. Is not the idea
worth a fair experiment.
Some may say that grass is the
natural food of cattle. So it is, in
their natural state; but where
they can live without the aid OF
man, the feed is not the same as
with us. Our animals are in an ar
tifcial condition. They live on
comparatively dry feed half the
wear. Their systems are not Who'll
" adapted to all green feed. Be-
sides, our grasses are cultivated
ones. We are a long way from
wild nature in many things. This
should always be borne in mind
We think the winter and summer
feed ought to more nearly agree,
and not be quite so succulent IN
summer, nor so dry in winter
National Lire Stock Journal.