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The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

erase another from its exchange
list, and then, assassin like, attempt
to stab it in the dark. Is this the
style of the Standard?
For all we know the Standard
may have toasted and lived upon
hay and sorghum, which has served
it as a lexicon in defining its play
full aphorisms of dogs in managers, :"
but as Christ in a manger, we are
sure it has both failed in its calling
and mission.
The Standard also scores the Su-
pervisors, and then kindly instructs
them how to perform their duties.
AS Messrs. Rope and Richards are
claimed to be the only naturalized
citizens ever held this office in the
the opinion Of the Standard,w hope
they will take warning and do as
directed, and in the meantime Mr..
Standard, after learning your ma
tivity, we will get up a petition to
Congress to change the constitution
and fire out of Apache county ali
"aliens."
Your "Dog in the Manger" has
shown your nature and mission,
and we were sorry when we read
that our most respectable citizens
and the largest taxpayers Of the
county are aliens and desperadoes'
in the estimation of the Standard.
In the future, Colonel, whenever
you have anything to say about US
be kind enough to send a marked
copy of the paper to the HERALD.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THRoUGH the kindness of some
friend We were able to see a copy of
the Standard last night, a pleasure
we have not had since February
10th last. In perusing its columns
we find we are termed dogs in the
Manger," nourished by aliens and
violators of law" We do not know
in what cline the ponderous found
er of this munifcent journal first
saw the light, but do know that
an attempt has been made to stab
us in the back, after cutting us off
from the exchange list. We have
been in the newspaper business too
long to believe it to be in keeping
with good taste" for a paper 10
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THERE was waited in through the
window of our sanctum the other
day, by the gentle zcphyrs with
which this portion of sun-kissed
Arizona is blessed, scrap of pa
per, on which we found written the
following: For Councilman, J. T.
Hogue; Assemblymen, Jas Pearce,
B. NJ. Terrill; Probate Judge, Bar
ry Matthews; Sheriff, <. S. Slower
District Attorney, r. E. Morrison !;
Treasurer, Antonio Gonzales; Re
corder, A. L. Morrison, Jr.; County
Surveyor, G. f. Kentner; Supervi-
sors, Roman Lop>z, F. NJ. luck.
We wer9 at a loss, for some time,
to understand fully the purport of
the missive thus sent us, as we had
understood the attempt to draw
party lines had been abandoned for
the time being. From the forego-
ing, however, our informant must
have been deceived, and the work
is still going on, but more secrecy
is being observed than formerly. 1t
reminds us somewhat of the DAYS
Of Know Nothingism, or the dark
lantern party, as it was termed by
the Democracy of that day and
generation. They held their meet
ings at night, in dark alleys and
out of the way places, and all were
sworn to strict secrecy. This APP
pears to be the tactics of our Re-
publican friends; they hold their
meetings with closed doors, and
none are admitted without strict
examination-all the passwords.
grips and signs must be given, be-
fore admittance can be obtained in
to their council chambers. 1t also
appears the wishes or choice of the
rank and file are not to be consult
ed as to who shall serve them. The
slate is already prepared-the posts
of honor, trust and emolument d.
vided, and the rag-a-muffins, mud
sills and "hewerS of wood and
drawers Of water" have nothing to
do but seat them on their little
thrones. According to the pro
gramme, if carried out, it is very
nice-for the select few but there
is an old Scotch adage, which they
must not fail to remember, about
1.-The wisest plans of mice and men,
etc.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08
a DistInzuished Cirrgyman's Tcstt-
IEODY.

1EoDy.
Rev r II Pickens. President Of the
Methodist Protestant Church of South
Carolina, writes from GreenviIle:
About four years ago was attacked
with what the physicians pronounced
neuralgia rheumatism. accompanied with
erysipelas My appetite failed me entirely.
and had an iatermitting pulse and very
irregular puisatiOns of the heart ter
Tible pain soon came into my chest and
shoulders, and became so helpless that
could attend to no business ut all The
pains were movable. and would sometimes
pass from one part of my body To aruthCr-
Finally the erysipelas broke out on my left
hand and arm. AMI produced much swell
ing ] was for eighteen months afflicted
in this way. and of course used great
many kinds of medicines, hat nothing gave
me relief Friends finally persuaded mo
to try Swifts Specific ! noticed decided
improvement while taking the first bottle.
] continued It's use until had taken about
one dozen bottles, when l fund myself
sound and we'll again. with no sign OF dig
ease lett except stiffness III my hand. n
result of the erysipclas. While taking
the medicine gained on an ave rage two
pounds OF flesh per week. think 3.
q valuable medicine, and / frequently
recommend it to my friends"
Write to the SWIFT SPECIFIc Co,
Atlanta, Ga, for Treatise on Blood aud
Skin Diseases. mailed free to anyone"
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

amined it, and an expert is daily
expected here to test the quality,
and extent of the beds which, if
satisfactory will result in placing a
large force of men at work here to
develop it for the California trade.
Mr.. Henry Huning passed here
on his way to Prescott last week.
The sudden adjournment of court
was a great surprise to everybody,
and no one seems able as yet to
give a satisfactory reason for it.
The Mexicans at the Rio Puerco
have taken out an acequIa from
Harry Scores new dam, and have
the water on to quite q piece of
land already. Mark one down for
Harry. He has, single-handed and
alone, put in a good substantial
dam, and is going ahead in his Wig
orOus way to get the water onto his
land. He deserves success and 1
hope he may have it, for his sue
cess will lead to Holbrook's pros
perity.
Lots of Indians in town lately,
principally Navajos, who came in
to take away the new wagons given
them by the generous Interior De-
partment. TO the average white
man, it looks as if it were better to
be born an Indian than a poor
white man. 1t isn't so long since
they sent the Moquis car load of
spring mattresses, cook stoves, etc.
Next will be u train of plug hats
and bustles, and if I were an In
dian, hanged if 1 wouldn't get q
petition to Washington to have ice
shipped out to them about once q
week during the hot weather 1 be-
lieve they would do it sure.
We have one bad case of soften
ing of the brain in town. He got
it from trying to make sense out of
the letters in the HERALD signed
''MeadoVlark." The HERALD should
furnish a key to those illusions, so
that if there is any point hidden
beneath their heavy folds of literary
verbosity, it may be carefully dug
out and enjoyed.
l heard an awful good story on
Sam Brown the other day. Next
time l write, I'll try and give it to
you. philosopher.
The above got here just too late
for our last issue. 1t was the same
the week before with our Winslow
correspondence. Try and mail
your letters, in the future, so as to
reach St. Johns in Mondays mail.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THR officers of Apache county,
Arizona, want the railroad to pay
its taxes. The railroad officials re-
epond by saying that "the people
of Apache county are set of rob-
bers," at which the ST.. JOINS HER
AID gets back at the company in
great shape, and reads it a lecture
which would make its ears tingle If
the corporation was not as desti-
tute of cars as it is of SOUTHWEST
ern Liberal.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THE Democratic National Cor
vention is to be held in st. Louis
on the 9Th of June. The old party
has determined to take the aggres-
siVe in this campaign-nominate
their choice, regardless as to whom
the Republicans may select as their
standard bearer. This is an evil
dence that the ''unterrifed" feel Sc
cure of being able to elect whom
soever they may nominate.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THE troubles of the Atlantic and
Pacific are piling up mountain high.
What with accidents, law suits,
wrecks, stolen freight, damages for
loss of life and mismanagement,
the would-be potent corporation is
having a hard time. Moral-Pay
your just obligations and discharge
your duties to the commonwealth,
that your mistortunes may not be
so great.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

rial belonging to the Orion Era, for
the purpose of commencing the
publication of another paper in St.
Johns. Competition is the life of
trade, and we would like to see the
enterprise put under way. We un-
derstand the name of this new ven
ture on the tempestuous sea of
journalism is to be Apache Coun-
ty Eye-Opener."
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08
st. Johns T0WnSite.

EDITOR HERALD-Since my COM
munication, published in your last
issue, has come before the people,
| have listened with no little inter
est to the expressions of opinion
upon its subject matter.
While seated in the saloon a few
days ago, l heard the subject thor
oughly discussed by Grandma
Slower and Barry Matthews, Esq.
Mr.. Matthews said "the talk of the
HERALD and "Mcxicana" was tenn
pest in a tea pot" Possibly, Mr..
Editor, as a ''tea pot" the hombre
may have experienced the ''tem-
pests - for, after getting the dia-
mond hitch on good pair of ante
ojos, We fail to find him either a
taxpayer of the county, or the own
er of over eleven town lots in the
Addition de Gonzales.
Mr.. Barry Matthews, Esq, will
be open to gratuitous consultation
upon all matters pertaining to town
sites and tea pots in a tempest"
All in doubt would do well to con-
suit him.
Granny Slower, after being as
sured that the tOWnsite would in no
manner interfere with the milking
of his yearling squads, declared as
follows: Il wouldn't give you a
ID cent for your townsite or
deeds, possessory right is too
slick for me, but | think all these
other yams should put up and quit
kicking"
| also hear Mr.. Editor that I am
accused of being Antonio Gonzales.
[ deny the charge! "Mexicana"
belongs to respectable family.
We are further accused Of kick
ing on personal grounds" Charity
begins at home. | am seeking to
secure the validity of my property.
If this be personal, then I am gull
ty of the charge; and if this should
wound the tender feelings of some
who have no interest in the town,
it is my misfortune.
Say-whisper into Mr. Matthews
ear, "ratones," and ask him If the
Trustee filed a - 600 bond with the
Board of Supervisors before enter
ing upon the duties of his trust?
And, why it was that the surveyor
was required to make and file a
bond, before commencing work? Is
there any such requirement in the
law concerning townsites? There
is a law-plain and unmistakeable
which requires it Of the Trustee.
Is this another "tea-pot in tenn
pest?" MExICANA.
st. Johns, March 5, 1888.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

Mr.. CHARLES BEGG, of Los An
geles, came to San Fernando on
Tuesday, to examine the granite
located in Turner's canon. Mr..
Begg is a successful manipulation in
his line, and may make things live
ly about San Fernando.-San Fer
nando Sun.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08
Court Postponed and Why.

The chronic kicker is at his old
understanding about the post
ponement of the court, and the con-
sequent hardship and expense upon
the county, We believe we know
the cause of the postponement.
The assessment of the railroad and
its lands as published, was thought
possibly to be defective, and owing
to that p 'ssibility, the court was
allowed to lapse. The costs to
which the county will be entitled
rs the taxes are now advertised
and which could not have been col
'lected, it is thought, under the other
advertiscment,will amount to some
thing over $4,000; more than five
times the cost TO the county Of the
postponement. We suspect that it
was to collect this additional tax
that the proper parties suggested,
and obtained postp0nement, hay
ing in view, solely the interest of
the county.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08
OUR HOLBROOK LETTER.
HoLBRooK, ARR, Feb. %, 1888

EDITOR HERALD-All Hol5rook
has been enjoying the sensation of
a genuine elopement. The parties
were q son of Mr.. Keidhead, of
Woodruff, and a daughter of Mr..
Deane, of the same place. 1t was
the old story-a stern, unyielding
father, and determined young
pair Of lovers. Not being able to
procure the necessary license, on
account of the girls age, they plan
ned to run away and get married,
and SO the young fellow came to
town, found out at what time a
train would pass going east, and re-
turned to Woodruff where, after
dark, the girl was struggled out
from the house, where she had been
kept for three months under lock
and key, and mounted on two good
horses, they.rode the twelve miles
from Woodruff here in less than an
hour, and caught the train just as
it was at the station. An hour af-
ter, half the male population Of
Woodruff, armed to the teeth, and
bent on war, arrived in town and
fairly howled, after they found they
were too late. 1t is suggested they
went to Mexico, where the laws of
marriage will not interfere with
their plans.
The town was thrown into a great
excitement yesterday over the alb
duction of the baby of Mrs. Lynch,
who had just arrived from Navajo,
to take charge of the Apache House,
which she has leased from Mrs.
Boyer, The Philosopher knows
nothing of the merits or facts Of
the trouble, which has existed be-
tween the parties, but certainly no
| fair-minded man can fail to sympa
thize with a mother, suddenly de-
prived of her baby. The child was
roughly snatched from her arms by
the father, who then ran and caught
a passing freight train bound east.
Efforts are being made to recover
the child, and it is to be hoped that
they will be successful, and that
Mrs. Lynch will at least be allowed
peaceable possession of it, until the
courts decree into whose hands it
shall go.
The Aztec Company has sold sew
eral train loads Of steers to San
Diego butchers at three ceats per
pound, and their men are now busy
rounding them up. The price Of
beef is certain to rise, and | be-
lieve every marketable steer in Ari-
IONA will find ready sale at good
prices between now and July first.
In fact, it is very evident that right
now, there is a scarcity Of good
steers along this road. The steady
stream that has poured all winter
into Los Angeles, has just begun to
show, and buyers report that they
must 60 back on the ranges away
from the road to find steers in any
numbers.
We are all greatly interested in
coal field that has been discovered
some eight miles north Of town.
Parties from Los Angeles have ex-
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

SUMNER HOWARD, formerly of
Michigan, has struck it rich in Ari-
IONA. Last fall he accepted as a
retainer in a murder case few
shares Of stock in an undeveloped
mine. A few days ago he was Of
fered and declined $4,000 for the
same stock.-Detroit Free Press.
We extend our congratulations
to the Judge on his good fortune.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08
EX-SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado

EX-SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado,
has an income of over 81 900 a day
from his Vulture mine, near Tue
son, Arizona. He recently received
from the mine a gold brick weigh
ing 633 ounces, and valued at $12,-
900, which represented the product
Of the mine for little more than a
week.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THE rain and snow fall in Apache
county during the past winter has
been much greater than for the
past seven or eight years.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

Born to Mrs. w. E. Plat, wife
of our esteemed postmaster and
druggist, on Sunday morning last,
a daughter. The HERALD congrat-
ulates both father and mother.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

J. P. SPRINGER, from Show Low.
was in town this week looking after
the sheep interests of this county.
Mr.. Springer is sheep inspector for
this district, vice Robert Scott, re-
signed.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THE Trestle Board says: The
Free Masons of Arizona promise a
gold cornerstone for the New York
Masonic Asylum.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

"MEMCANA" succeeded in stirring
up considerable discussion, if moth
ing else.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

IT IS currently reported on our
streets that certain parties are ne
gotiatirg for lease of the mate,
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-08

THE land-grabbers must 90, and
so must Col. Bevans-The Admin
istration.
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St. Johne. iThuredey, Ma ch 3.
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THE United States-Col. Bevans.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-06
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

The drop in the thermometer-the iner-
curry.
A Georgia girl fell out of bed and broke
her arm. She dreamed that somebody
asked her to go out for some ice cream.
Isaiah V. Williamson of Philadelphia is
reported to be the wealthiest bachelor III
the United States. He has fortune OF
$40, 000, 600. 1t is unnecessary to add that
he is a bachelor by choice and not by
necessity.
A New York girl asked one of our
young men, the other day, ii the flag-root
that grows on the shores of Lake Cham
plain didn't develop into tiag-poles.
Whenever you buy your boy new
knife, he sure and get roll of court plas-
ter to go with it.
At the graduation exercises of one of
the New York schools the girls, after the
literary exercises. distributed delicious
strawberry shortcake among the audience.
They can count on a big crowd next
time.
Newspapers and women are capable of
equally bad filings.
Italy is fine country, but it will never
have either a free ballot or an honest
count.
A Medina, N. Y, man was drowned
while boating on the canal. There is lots
Of splendid material in this country to
make sailors Of.
| There is said to he an immense incoming
class at Yale. That boat race settled the
question.
Why Is the campaign orator like e Wa
| terbury watch ? They are both long
winded
Many d man, who will escape being
blown up all this glorious Fourth, W Ii
come home in the evening only to have his
wife do it.
Out in Kansas they lynched four muir
derers in "A hours recently. They don't
mean to let New York get ahead of them,
In spite OF its electricity.
Friend, to candidate: did you see your
picture in this mornings paper"
Candidate (horlihed) What that
thing me Why, | cut it out and sent 1t to
the Comic weekly MS the missing link.
Heavens and earth Why didn't | stop
to read that plate matter ?"
The crop of ID DIS was not very large
this year; but there are plenty of seeds
left over for next season.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-06

AS heretofore Senator Edmunds steadi-
ly opposes the various "jobs" which ac-
cumulate in the river and harbor bill. He
intimated, somewhat to the disgust of the
West Virginia senators Thursday, that he
was not in favor of appropriations to clear
the brush out of trout streams in West Vir-
ginia He also opposed Senator Ransom,
who was eloquently endeavoring to obtain
good big sum for the improvement of
the somewhat celebrated Yadkin river.
Ransom thought the Vermont senator
would be more liberal in his views if he
had ever seen the Yadkin. Whereupon
Mr.. Edmunds informed Mr.. Ransom that
he had crossed the mighty Yadkin four
times within the last six months, "and,"
he continued to the delight of all the SEN
ators except Ransom, who had failed ut
terly to see the joke, II crossed it with
much less hesitation than many senators
cross the Rubicon. which stream, by the
way, gets very few appropriations from
Congress- sThe Yadkin item was then
knocked out,