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The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
Important Decision.

WASHINGTON, May THE ST.
preme court of the United States
Yesterday rendered an opinion in
the cases of the people Of the state
oECalifornia vs.. the Central Pacific
railway company, Southern Pacific
railroad compny, Northern railroad
company and the California Pacific
railroad company. These cases are
commonly known by name of the
California tax cases, and have ex
cited interest not only of California,
but in financial circles in the east
The suits were brought by the state
of California to recover state and
county taxes laid on railroad fran
chises. The rolling stock of the
several companies is assessed by the
state board of equalization, and are
not involved. The assessment made
by county boards are not assess
ments on lands of the companies,
taxes on which were duly paid. The
companies also rendered and paid
60 per cent. lin one case 80 per
cent. of the taxes sued for, without
prejudice to either side as to the re-
mainder. The defense set up in the
present suit was much the same as
in similar suits decided two years
ago. They were first, alleged dis
elimination against the companies
contrary to the fourteenth amend
ment of the constitution, in disal-
lowing the reduction for mortgages
which is allowed to all other citi-
zens. Second, that the assessments
included property which, by the
state constitution, the state board
of equalization had the right to
assess but which was assessable and
actually assessed by the county
boards. Third, that assessments in
some of the cases included fran
chises granted to companies by con-
gress, such as that of constructing
railroads in United States terri
tories as well as in states. The
court found these defenses to be
true in point of fact, and the SUI
preme court, without expressing any
opinion on the first ground of de
lenses based on the fourteenth
amendment, sustains the other
grounds and affirms the judgments
of the circuit court. The decision
conforms to the former decision Of
the court made two years ago in re-
ference to similar taxes on some Of
the same roads.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
NOTICE.

am ready to redeem at my Office, in
st. Johns, Arizona, all Apache County
Warrants drawn on the General Fund
presented for payment prior to January
LIST, 1885.
None of said warrants will be paid
unless their genuineness in every par
ticular is established to my entire salts
faction. j. I. LESCEUR,
Treasurer Apache County, Arizona.
st. Johns, Arizona, May 70, 1888.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10

enc week paid to the Apache Land
and Cattle Company $4,000 in set
Element Of claim and costs, which
could have been PAID at The time OF
mourning the liability with $500 ;
lost in the District Court the suit
for delinquent taxes, involving
about $35, 900 and costs gave bond,
appealed the case, filed about 800
pages of exceptions; blew their
trumpet, assembled their followers,
and like the Arabs, folded their tent,
and silently stole away. Verify,
the Emperor ofthe Prussias, march
ed his men up the hill, and then
very naturally marched them down
again. Keep it Up, gentlemen, and
by the time the lease expires in
September, your two streaks ofrust
and right of way, will be pleasant
ly and cheaply gobbled up by the
Santa Fe, or st. Louis and San
Francisco, and then you may be
willing to pay something toward
defraying the expenses of the gov
eminent which protects you and
your property. Who ADULTS those
expense accounts anyway?
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
Mere LibelS.

Under the heading, *Disgracing
the Bench" the Albuquerque Dem
ocrat of May ID, published several
gross falsehoods about Hon. J. H.
Wright, Chef Justice of our Su-
preme Court. It.lays the scene of
the 'disgraces' at St. Johns, Apache
county. Time-during recent term
of Court. Soon after reading the
vile stuff we called upon several gen
tlemen. who were in St. Johns at the
time, and one and all pronounced
the article false, mean and mali
cious. All that the Judge did was
to give certain attorney, who had
insulted the District and Supreme
courts, to understand that he had
acted unprofessionally, and that as
a citizen, not as a judge, he, J. H.
Wright, held him personally respon-
sible. He did not say these words
while on the bench, but in the office
of the District Attorney Of Apache
county, in presence of one lawyer,
not two, as is stated by the Demo
crat, which paper has been imposed
upon, or has, of It's own accord, Ii
belled a good man and just judge
Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
Ell PAso, Tex, April 30.

L aSO:
Ell PAso, TEX, April 30.
J. G. ALBRIGHT, Albuquerque:
DEAR SRA few days since per-
son named Lamonte called on US
with n letter of introduction from
you, requesting us to extend such
courtesies and favors as possible all
of which would be duly appreciated.
etc. On the strength of which we
introduced him to the cashier Of the
First National bank, and he drew
on you for 800. He being complete
ly without any means we endorsed
his check in advance for $50, and
his draft on you being returned dis
honored, we had to pay the $50 on
the check. We hope and expect
you will protect us in this matter,
as it was Of course on the strength
Of your letter to us that we extended
the accommodation. Hoping soon
to hear from you. We are yours
very truY,
LIGHTBODY & JAMES.
The Democrat, in reply to the
above letter says that the "rOtund''
Colonel, the descendant of the pa
triot Lafayette, has not been in the
employ of that paper since he com
monced the publication of a paper
at Gallup; that the office owed him
nothing, nor had it given him any
letter of recommendation, or other
writing endorsing or asking cour-
tesies or kindness for him. If the
noble (?) descendant of the illus
trious Lafayette, presented any such
letter or recommendation, it was a
forgery, and the above named firm
would have to seek redress through
the courts.
This is the man who came among
us a stranger, and abused and Wilt
fed, through the columns of the
Holbrook Standard, such men as
Henry Smith, Henry Huning and
Ernest Tee-men who have lived
amongst US for years, and have
never been guilty Of one dishonest
or disreputabie act-who have done,
and are doing, more to redeem the
name of Apache county, than any
twelve others in her borders. We
would advise the people of Hol-
brook TO investigate the character
of the next tramp that comes along
and wants them to start him in the
newspaper business. They have
been imposed upon quite often en-
ough, and the papers they have had
so far have been a detriment, rather
than a benefit to their town. We
are sorry for them-Holbrook is an
enterprising little town, favorabiy
located-her soil susceptible of a
high state Of cultivation, and her
climate adapted to the raising of
crops which would undoubtedly
prove very remunerative. We wish
her all the prosperity her good PEG
pie deserve.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
"DISGRACING THE BENCH"
"Chlef Justice Wright Of Arizona
Abuses a Lawyer In Court"


editorial, or signed communication.
Neither fish, flesh or fowl, but
one of those unfortunate amphib-
ious animals, that flourish and
grow strong no where, but lead
Shiny and sickly existence every
where. It's purpose is pltent-its
origin we'll known. In substance it
states, that in the trial of the libel
suit Of Johnston VS. Morrison, Judge
Wright showed much feeling to-
ward Morrlson's attorney, Sanford !;
ruled against him on every point /;
is prejudiced against him because
he is an employee Of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company de-
nounced him as a black-hearted
scoundrel, etc. threatened him with
bodily harm, and that two lawyers
prevailed upon the Judge to return
to the bench, etc. Being a lie out
of whole cloth, begotten Of malice
and disappointment, it is surpris-
ing to us, that a democratic jour
nal of the character of the Demo
crat, should permit its columns to
be the sluice gates through which
such Republican filth should be
permitted to flow towards an hon
orable, efficient, and fearless Dem
ocratic Judge. The only Judge
whom Aplche county has ever had
whose intelligenceis too great to be
duped, and whose integrity is too
high to be reached by the question
able conduct Of the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company.
The plain simple facts are that
r. Z. Morrison Published in the
Albuquerque Citizen a series of ma
licious misstatcments about John
ston. The latter sued him for libel.
The case came on for trial, and
when it was perfectly patent that
proof of the lying character of the
article was overwhelming, Sanford
put Morrison on the stand, and ask
ed him to state what he meant by
this phraze and that, hoping thus,
as he he'd into the position he could
lie out OF it. The Court promptly
rolled, that what the article meant,
and was understood to mean, must
be learned from its readers, not its
writer. An elementary principle
in the law Of libel and SANDER, with
which every tyro of the legal pro-
fession, except Sanford, is familiar.
Sanford repeated the question in
twenty different shapes, and of
course, objections were sustained to
each. Sanford, in closing his har-
angue to the jury, said that John
ston's attorney would ask for less
than $4,000 damages, because he
knew that otherwise the defendant
could go to the Supreme Court of
the United States, where "he could
get the law" thus insulting the
presiding Judge, he hastily retired
from the court room. Instead of
rebuking him from the bench,
shielding himself behind the power
given by law to punish by fine and
Imprisonment for contempt. the
Judge, later on. at recess of the
court. in a private place, told San
ford that that part of his argument
was contemplate and cowardly-
which statement, being true, San
ford calmly swallowed, and by this
time has digested.
Judge Wright's conduct was
neither unbecoming, or undignifed
but it WAS manly rebuke from a
gentleman to blackguard, who
had abused his privilege as an at
tornev-a chastisement we'll merit
ed and quietly acguicsced m.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
FOR SALE.

A very desirable property, consisting
OF two lots with buildings, costing $255O.
This property is now renting for S25 per
month Will be sold. in the next thirty
days, for half its original cost. Apply
to or address
ALBERT F. BANTA, Ag't.
my1O sod Holbrook, Arizona.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10

Arizona is beginning to attract
The attention of capital.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10

st. Johne, Thursday, May 10
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
The Tar-Heel State.

Congressman Nichols, OF North
Carolina, was describing the dee
cline of the old fashioned way of
making tar in his state, at the
Ebbitt House last night, and when
he had flushed he turned and said;
ado you know how North Caro-
lima gets its nickname, The Tar
heel State ~ "WelI, I'll tell you.
1t originated during the war. The
North (arOlina and Virginia troops
on the southern side we're always
bal tering each other about their
respective states. One day a
Virginia soldier met North Caro-.
lima soldier and greeted him with
the question well, how is the
price of tar down your wayT 'lts
gone up why Because so
many of you fellows from Virginia
bavs-been down there, buying tar
TO make their ir'EESes Hess stick in fght'
"That was a settler, and the
vlrginian acknowledged he had
the worst of it, but lie took out his
revenge by consplring with his
comrades to call North Carolina
the 'Tar.heel State.''
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
A Novel Solution.
From the Age of Steel

A correspondent Of the North-
leestern Railr0ddcr advances
curious theory for the increasing
prevalence of foods and transforms.
He says that there are more than
80, 900 locomotives IN use in North
America, and estimates that from
them alone more than $1,000
100000 cubic yards of vapor are
sent into the atmosphere every
week. 70 be returned in the form OF
rain, or more than 1000, 000, 600
cubic yards day-''qulte enough
he says, "to produce a good rain
tall every twenty-fOur hours"
Estimating the number of other
non .condensing engines in use as
eight times the number of lOcOmo-
tives, the total vapOr thus project
ed into the air ID eN cry week in this
country amounts to more than
47O, 900, 100000 cubic yard. "ls
this uOt,r he asks, "sufficient for
the floods of terror Is there any
reason to wonder why our storms
are so damagingT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
SHE LED HIM TO THE QUESTION.

1t was getting pretty near the
end of leap year and AmaraDtha
was becoming agitated.
"Charlie,' she said with sigh,
as she raised her store frizzles from
the shoulder of his Tewksbury mills
all.wool cashmere fOur-button cut.
away "I'ye thought of conun-
drum-Why are you like green
corn ~
~ don't know, Pm suah, ANA.
rantha-Oh, it's because Pm so
sweet.
NO." replied Amarantha, whose
education was completed at the
Athens of America (; "ips because
no degree OF warmth causes you
suddenly to expand into a desider'
ated effiorescence."
Then there was silence by the
space of several minutes, while the
significance of the answer was
working its way through his nerve
centers to his Occipitsl vacancy,
and then-he pOpped.-Springfeld
Union.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Two of a Kind.

"Talk about landlords, Mr.. Lit
teral, I've found one now that IS
really a remarkable specimen of
his genius. Why, do you know,
that if there are any repairs needed,
he'll just have them made and
never say word about it,"
$50 will mine, Dodger, but III
get the bill for it inst the same.'
"Well, | won't, and when it
comes to liberality and kindness,
it is positive fact that whenever
Pm IN a predlcament, ana haven't
the means to meet my obligation,
my landlord will be the first to
help me out"
"Just like mine. He helped me
out yesterday cause | couldn't pay
the rent {; my goods and chattels
are on the sidewalk now. Oh, yes,
my landlord is always on deck
when his tenants require any help
ing out"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Marriage Was a Bonanza.

"Vell, Moses, now dot you VOC
married can you not explain to me
vsdder or not MARI isge yOs
failure y
81 should smoker all Offer my
face, Isaac, dot | could ! DO you
see dot suit of clothes dot | hal
on Veil, hat tirteen more bet
ter ash dot, und dey all come NIT
mein wife. Dey vos left by heT
first husband, und dey fits me like
dot hair on your head. No, ST.
dot marriage vos a picnic uf you
fall in nit de widow uf a dude
Chicago Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Why He Wasn't a Christian.

Congressman Cox, of New York,
who is always full OF anecdotes
bearing upon the taking OF the last
census, asks his friends to believe
that in the District OF Columbia a
census taker was making bis Of
fetal round, when he came to the
house OF a wealthy member of Con
gress from New England. The
door was opened by black boy,
to whom the white man began
"What's your name ?"
"Sambo, sab, am my Christian
name.P
dwell, Ssmbo, is your master a
Christian ~
To which Sambo's indignant an
swer was
"No, sab, my mahster am a
member of Congress, sah."-Net'
York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
ALady's Gratitude.
WACO. TEX. May 9. 1888


Gentlemen.-Knowing that you
appreciate voluntary testimonials,
we take pleasure IN stating that
one of our lady customers has re.
gained her health by the use of
four large bottles of your great
remedy, after having been an in
valid for several years. Her trouble
was extreme debility, caused by a
disease peculiar to her sex.
WILLIS & Co., Druggists.
4l2 E. Fourth st., KANSAS CITY,
Mo-: | have tried all patent medi-
cines. but meyer found one like the
s S. s. Twas troubled with weak
meas incident to women, pam in the
hack and chest. When l began
taking your medicine weighed
only 81 pounds {; today ! weigh
15l. and feel we'll and hearty.
MISS LYDIA JONES.
AUBURN, MAINE Ny mother
snfiered from nervous prostration.
She had no relish for food, and
could not walk without eTperien-
cling great fatigue. We used the
ordinary remedies, without permaa'
nent results. We heard OF Swifts
Specific and its tonic effects. After
using it my mother has regalned
her health and strength, She owes
her present vigorous health to
Swift's Specific. 1t is the best
tonic ever heard of.
ORLANDO j. HACKETT.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Paying Them of.

Magazine EdltOr-Did you pay
the artist who illustrated that
great poem "Christmas Chimes
Oh our first page ?
Secretary Yes, sir. Sent him a
check for $3.50.
"Good. How much did you pay
the engraverP
II sent him $50"
eyes. Is there any money left?'
"About seventeen cents"
"Very well. Send it to the man
who wrote the poem. '-Phtld. Re
cord.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
Krace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your
appetite is poor, you are bothered
with Headache, you are fdgetty,
nervous, and generally out of sorts,
and want to brace up. Brace up,
but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bltters, which have
for their basis very cheap, bad
whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you IN
worse condition than before. What
YOU want is an Alternative that will
purify Your blood, start healthy
action of Liver and Kidneys, re.
store your vitality, and give re-
newed health and strength. Such
medicine you will find IN Electric
Bitters, and only 90 cents a bottle
at j. Schmitt's drug store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21

An excellent fertilizer for flowers
is made by tying up in a piece OF
canvass about a teacupful Of SCOT {;
immerse in about double its
amount of soft water Tor a few
DAYS aud the water is ready for
use. 1t is an excellent stimulant,
aud if applied carefully as often as
necessary will brighten up almost
any flower, and especially Dubious
plants. Another cheap manure IS
prepared by mixing about One-half
pound of COW manure with two
gallons of water. This is applied
from once to twice per week aud
is a very safe fertilizer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21

Prominent dairymen claim that
by allowing the COW salt freely It
produces flow of milk. This is
explained By the fact that salt
promotes thirst and causes the COW
TO drink more water. 1t is claimed
that COWS drinking less than
twenty.seven quarts Of water daily
are poor mixers, water composing
about 96 per cent. Of the milk
Such experiments, however, do not
determine the quality Of the milk,
and in one respect shows that the
milk may be watered through the
agency Of the COW.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
TO MAKE CHICKENS GROW.

A southern poultry raiser writes;
Nothing will enlarge the capacity
of chicken quicker than a va
ried bill of fare and a good supply
of green food. To chickens in con.
fnement onion tops are especially
acceptable, and the tops are relish
ed mere than are the bulbs them
sci YES. Beet anu turnip tops will
be greedily devoured. That they
may not be wasted lay them with
the tops all one way and weight
them down with a stone. Bran
and shorts, wheat and oats, table
scraps aud meat, with very little
corn, few sunhower seed, and a
small amount of buckwheat, make
an irresistible combination, a CON-
binatiOn that Will make chicken
grow and thrive IN spite OF ITSELF
To make pullets trot along toward
maturity with a wonderfully aceler'
ated pace give them every morn
ing a warm feed of bran and shorts
and ground oats mixed up with
milk or meat stock in which is a
little salt. At noon give a feed OF
meat, and at night all the wheat
they will eat and a little left to
scratch for the next day. In ad-
diuOn to this provide green food,
crushed bones, and pure water,
and give each day one heavy feed
of broken dishes; tbey will be
eaten with avidity. Feeding pep
per often to fowls as a regular APP
petizer Is a bad practice. Al
t hough a very little will do no
harm yet the continued use of the
cOndiment is liable to cause liver
complaint. Warm feed tends 10
have the same stimulating effect
without possessing the injurious
qualities OF the cayenne. The only
way t. rake a chickeu.house is to
build t With a board floor. Where
the drOpr.gs nightly tall on the
ground the soil will become foul
and damp, even though it be clean
ed out every day of the year. The
odors that then arise are unwhOle.
some in the extreme, will cause
rOup, aud in fact nearly all the Ills
that poultry flesh is heir to. The
board floor shOnld then be kept
covered with two or three inches
of dry soil, which should be re.
peatedly renewed. The only way
to make rOOsts is to make them
on a movable frame that may be
taken out of doors, there to be
scalded with boiling hot water in
which is a little crude carbOhc acid.
Make the rOOSts all on a level and
not more than two feet high, thereby
preventing much quarreling and
the humble foot.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-21
RECIPES.

Sponge Cdke.-Take three eggs,
beat the whites and yOlks separate.
" and long time, one cup of
sugar, stir the yOlks and sugar TO-
gether, and pour on this four table
spoOnfuls of boiling water, one cup
of flour, two teaspOoniuls of baking
powder, sifted together, lastly add
the whites of the eggs, and season
to taste.
Quick Pudding-One pint OF
milk, one.half pint of boiling water,
three tablespOonfuls of corn starch,
a very little salt cook until quite
thick, and just before removing
from the fire add the beaten yolks
of three eggs and the white of one,
flavor with lemon, beat the whites
of two eggs, and spread on top
after the pudding is dVshed for
table; serve with a rich liquid
sauce, favored with vanilla.
Plum 2sdding.-O pound of
ao,.vf' 4 IN "tDer .A.l. les I
''V ar, one pound of STALE Lad
0rumbs, one pound of suet finely
chopped, one ard half pounds of
currents, one pound of brown
sugar, six eggs, one nutmeg, one
teaspoOnful OF mixed spice, and six
ounces of mixed candied peel. Mix
all ingredients thoroughly. put into
basin, cover the top with thick
LAYER OF paste, tie cloth firmly on,
and boil six hours at once, and
three or four hours when about to
serve.
4 Vice Small Plum CGke.-One
halt pound butter whipped to a
cream, with half pound of sugar
stir n four we'll beaten eggs
and then add one pOun
Of -four into which h s beer
sitted two teaspOOnfuls OF Roys
Baking Powder, one fourth of
cupiul of milk; beat we'll and theT
add half pound OF cleaned currants
half pound Sultanas and STONED
raisins, one-quarter of pound Of
sliced citron and spices to th'
taste. Bake in buttered an'
papered tin.
Welsh CUstards.-ODe cup 0
dry CRATE cheese, four eggs, ont
cup of milk, one teaspoOntul o
butter, two teaspOonfuls Of pre-
pared flour aud milk, bit OF soda tn
size Of a pea, half teaspoonful o
salt aud a pinch of cayenne. Hea
the milk, aud pour it scalding ho
on the eggs beaten light in a bowl
add the cheese, beat up tor
minute, pour into buttered custar'
caps and bake in a brisk oven 70
about twenty minutes. They SHOULD
be puffy aud lightly Drowned ant
served instantly in the cups
as they soon fall. Pass the wafer
with them.