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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
The Conntrv Bred Horse.

Plow-horse trotters are coming out of the woods every week, if one is to believe the tales that the papers i'll various parts of the country arc tell ing. The latest to show up is the black gelding that Rochester (N. Y.) man bought five weeks, ago for $273 his previous owner having been farm CT, who assured the purchaser that the animal had never seen track. He was bought for road use, but while be- ing driven in that capacity showed so much speed, that his new owner had him taken to the track and hooked to | d sulky, when he immediately stepped off mile i'll } 371. Two days later he went the round in , :3l, and by this time there was considerable talk about the phenomenon. Two weeks later he started in a race at Saugus, where he went a mile in 7 20, the last quarter being timed in 34 seconds. He is a black gelding, five years old, and his breeding has not been estab- lished Another plow-horse trotter that has escaped notice thus far was brought to Detroit from Flint during the meeting at the frst-named place
 The owner is an old man, and he was determined that nobody but Budd Do
 ble should pull the lines over his pet
 Budd, who is the soul of good nature
 consented, and one fine morning the
 blow horse went mile in 2 :184. H.
 also Is black, wears neither weights no
 boots, and is by son of Gen. Knox
 The old man had been offered $2 ,00' for him, he said, and Doble advised ] him to close the trade at once, sayin! that trotting horses were mighty un certain property to handle. But tn old man was in no mood to do this his price being 5000, and at last ac } counts he had the horse on hi 7 hands.-Breeder's Gazette.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

THERE really seems to be basis of truth, after all, in what we first be- 'licved tO he but campaign roorback, that the government appropriations for the present fiscal year reach the total estimated revenues within seven teen and one-half millions of dollars In actual figures, the total appropri- aiions amounts to $426, ,169, ,51S, which may possibly be vet reduced by five millions, while the total estimated revenue IS $40, 5G3,734. By the oper- ation of the Mills tariff bill the reve- nuc would be reduced fully seventy four millions which, with the present volume of expenditure, would leave Q deficit of nearly sixty millions. The correctness oi these figures is con- cc,led by Inc treasury officials and the exhibit dispels the illusion that the time Is ripe for a wholesale reduction in the tariff duties. The aboli- ton of all internal revcnuc tax a.ion, with its Vast army of petty officials that absorb nearly all the funds derived from this source might he safely accomplished, but it i, dangerous business 10 monkey witI the tariff just now.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

THERE exists an apparently unrec- oncilable antagonism within the dem ocratic ranks in Florence that must surely prove fatal to its prestige should strict party lines be drawn. Just what the cause of this disaffection may be we have been unable to learn, but the leaders of the two factions are plainly unable to harmonihe upon any party action whatever and the result Is a profitless wrangle in their ranks. The convention that meets today must certainly recognize only those dele gates that were elected lawfully at the regular primaries, where contestants selected by other process present them selves, and in the case of the double delegation from the precinct of Flor ence the only permissible action of the convention will widen the already hopeless differences that exist. While we share no interest ill the troubles oi any political party we very much re gret to see them assume a personal character that mu% bring about an unpleasant friction evenin their social and neighborly intercourse.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Anigators Found in the Yuma Laguna.

About four miles below town there is large laguna which at present has but little water in 1t owing to the Col orado river being very low. The laguna is almost entirely covered by thick growth of tule amid which cattle browse finding tender grass near the banks. Several days ago a well known Mexican rode hurriedly into town and excitedly informed his friends that the devil had taken possession of the laguna.
 After questioning the excited man 1t was found that whilst hunting for stray cattle in the tule he had seen several large and notwithstanding monsters, as well as numerous smaller ones. His story seemed te be so re- markable that representative of the Sentinel was sent down to investigate.
 After a hot and dusty ride the laguna was reached. A few COWS were feeding in the brush and after close examination nothing could be seen of i any "hideOus monsters" As the writ CT approached a thicket of young mes quite and greasewood he was surprised to see an immense animal sluggishly moving along. A nearer view of the brute disclosed the fact that healthy, gOOd-sized alligator was taking a stroll. As the lazy saurian neared the marshy tule ground he gave a below winch startled the scraggy cattle i'll the vicin- lty, they losing no time in scampering away. The outcry, of the interesting ! NvaS cCO1, a,1cx4-a,.oJ Inv o,,ae from different parts of the laguna After remaining for some time watch ing until the animal disappeared ir
 the thick tule, the writerl returned tc
 town. There is no questioning the fact that the first laguna is now colon ized by large family of alligators.
 In conversing with a thunder of ole
 citizens here the writer believes he ha discovered the source from which tn, alligators came. About seven year f ago MT Henry Weaver, then the Jesse,
 of the Southern Pacific hotel, receive,
 from Florida two young alligators
 They were put into tank of water il the courtyard, and after a few week
 one of them appeared to be dying an, { was thrown into the Colorado river
 Within six months after the suppose, f death of alligator number one, numbe
 two disappeared. The runaway 'gato
 was traced to the sewer pipe whic : empties into the river below the bridge
 but was never seen again. A party ( young men will go to the laguna tt morrow morning for the purpose ( 3 catching few of the denzens of tn I. swamp; the adventure promised O
 the trip will undoubtedly prove inte
 esting to all who will join the joll croWd.-Sentinel
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Facts Worth Knowing.

To. cure horse of stamping in the stall, hang bit of wood, only a mod erately heavy peg four or five inches long by a string, say seven inches long, from strap above his knee on each foreleg so that it will whack lightly against his shin and call his attention to it every stamp, and he will soon stop stamping rather than be annoyed by it. A piece of stout elastic fasten- ed about the hind leg will stop him kicking in the stall. Some stablemen cure stall kickers by hanging loosely a piece of barbed fence wire, or even a rope across the stall behind them.
 You can easily stop horse or COW from jumping fences when out at pasture, ill this way: Put strap, with a ring on 1t around the near fore leg, above the knee, and surcingle or belt, with ring, around the body Then by short strap or a piece oi rope, attach the two rings so as tC make a harmless yet effective hobble
 Halter pulling in the stall may be efiectuaIly and easily broken. Put g slip noosed rope around the body, leat the end of 1t between the animal fore legs up through the halter, and mak' fast to the manager. Then go up il the loft and throw down a lot of chatter ing tin pans into the manager. Whel the horse jumps back the rope vii catch him and bring hin forward. I will not be long before you canno make him jump back.-Exchange.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

THE wonder that the California orange orchards are held at such high figures ceases when we take into con sideration the cost of "doctoring" the trees on account of the scale bug dis ease. The Pacific Rural Press illus trates method, not entirely success ful, of treating each individual tree by enclosing it in an oiled canvas cover ing into which hydrocyanic gas is in troduced If the tree is killed by the process the disease is cured. Tms species of blight is entirely unknown in the citrus belt of Arizona, and trees imported with the scale on item arc perfectly cured in few weeks by oul warm and dry atmosphere. This fact might point out the natural remedy to our California neighbors and, in stead of treating the trees with poison ous and expensive drugs, give them { Turkish bath, for the scale cannot ex ist without atmospheric moisture Il great quantities. The experiment. i well worth trying, particularly as it success has been many times demon strated in natural way in this Terri tory, and with additional benefit t, the trees.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Startling Discovery.

The discovery by the inhabitants of locality hitherto unvisited by the pestilent scourge of fever and ague, that it exists in their very midst, is decidedly startling. Such discoveries are made at every season, Ill every part of the Union. Subsequently,, when it is ascertained, as it invariably is at such times, through the valuable experience of some one who has been benefited and cured, that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a thoroughly effica- cious eradicator of the malarial poison, and a means of fortifying the system against it, a feeling of more security and tranquility reigns throughout the whole neighorhood. Besides the feb rile forms of malarial disease, dumb ague and ague cake are removed by the potent action of the Bitters, to which science also gives its sanction as remedy for rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint, debility, kidney troubles, and all diseases inn pairing the organs of digestion and assimilation.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
The Earthquake.

At half past two o'clock Sunday morning an earthquake visited this section and shook things up pretty lively. At three o'clock another shock arrived and it ''came down with both feet;;" it lasted fully fifty seconds, and awakened every man, woman and child in the town. The movement oi the earthquake was from northwest to southeast, and as the trembling earth became steadier it left with a very un- pleasant rumble as its farewell Di- rectly after the last shock bright red streams of light shot over the sky from the south to the north; this con tinued for several minutes and was g most magnificent sight. The earth quake shook down a few old shed: and did no other damage except tC annoy various citizens both male and female, who hurriedly rushed ou without putting on coats or fixing ul at all.-Yuma Sential.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Retaliation.

The following Is a brief review of the causes that led up to the enact meE1t of the retaliatory law that has just been rudely awakened for cam paign purposes after peaceful and undisturbed repose of eighteen months, and also synopsis of the act itself:
 "From 1884 to 1887 there were num- erous complaints made to the State Department of unauthorized seizures | by Canada of fishing vessels, of indig- mites and injuries inflicted on the crews, of forfeitures of cargoes and ships without warrant of law, and a
 host of minor annoyances and vexa- tions visited upon American fisher
 men by Canada. Inasmuch, however,
 as it was claimed by Great Britain and | Canada that whatever the Canadians
 did was within the existing treaty,
 there could be no casus belli without
 repudiating the treaty, or at least de-
 nying the propriety of the Canadian
 construction of that instrument.
 There were questions, too, as to
 which one of the two treaties control
 led the situation, which made 1t mex
 pedient, if nothing more, to take steps
 which might result in actual hostili-
 ties
 Such being the condition of affairs,
 Congress, without dissenting voice,
 in March, 1887, passed what is known as the Retaliation bill. It provided, in terms, that eWhenever the Presi-
 dent of the United States shall be sat
 isfied that American fishing vessels or American fishermen, visiting or be- ing in the waters or at any ports or : places of the British dominions oi 5 North America, are or then lately } have been denied or abridged in the s enjoyment of any rights secured tC r them by treaty or by law, or are ol |. then lately have been unjustly vexed l or harassed in the enjoyment of such l rights, or subjected to unreasonable l restrictions, regulations or require j. ments in respect of such rights : in short when vessels or crews have t been denied any of the rights accorded t to the most favored nation-"then l. and in either of such cases, it shall bt S lawful and 1t shall be the duty of thu 2 President of the United States, in hi h discretion, by proclamation to that ef y feet, to deny vessels, their masters an' ,f crews, of the British dominions o 1T North America any entrance into tn n waters, ports or places of or within
 the United States; and also to den,
 entry into any port or place of tn T. United States of fresh fish or salt fish T. or any other product of said dominions. Q The President is also given power t 2 apply his proclamation to any part 0 , to all the subjects named, and to It h yoke, qualify, limit and renew sue ,- proclamation as he may deem neceI N, sary."
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
R. C. X G. W. BROWN

TaE examination of John II. Mar iun. editor of the Prescott Courier, on a charge of criminal libel preferred by Hon. Clark Churchill, was concluded in Phenix, Saturday, and resulted i'll the discharge of Mir. Marion and the holding oi NJ. R. Slater in three thous- and dollars bonds to appear before the Yrand jury on charge of criminal Ii el. IL was shown and admitted by tte author that Slater wrote the loellous communication in question, charging Mir. Churchill with conspir- iag with others to have the Surveyor General make favorable report upon the fraudulent Peralta grant, and other false accusations. Mir. Slater is special land spy of the Interior De pertinent and he has been the target tor many more or less deserved news paper hot shots on account of his pc suiiar methods of annoying settler: .throU1A the power bis official position gave him. Not word of sympathy for him is expressed by any newspapel UI individual of either political party sO far as heard from, and if the case i' prosecuted with any vigor the govern ment will probably lose the valuable services of very unique specimen o presenting sleuth-hound.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Mining Notes.
CAMP OF THE GREAT EASTERN.
August 18th, 1888.

Your reporter, arriving at Casa Grande on the 27th, secured a fine saddle horse from c. M. Marshalls livery and, leaving for the Great East ern Mine bright and early on the morning of the 18th, reached the Great Eastern at noon. Here partaking of the hospitality of an excellent miners dinner through the courtesy of Mir. Howell Hinds, the quill of THE EN TERPRIsE was shown through the diff ferent workings of a silver property so fast rising to the front rank of popu- larity and bullion product. Suppos- ing at first that the fame of this prop erty had been somewhat overrated, examined closely and minutely all the various tunnels, shaftings and ore bodies and dumps to my entire satis- faction, and my conclusions were that the Bitterwell Mountain had given forth another wonder equal in every particular to the Vellol. I saw tun- nels lined with rich ore and ore bodies fat with the precious metal and hun dreds of sacks piled in big heaps, each enclosing good weight of silver ore awaiting transportation to the mill. saw tons of it ghttering on inc dumps in an August sun. l have tried to, SC
 far, come within the scriptural text anC
 not covet my neighbor's goods, bu
 when I looked around and saw thi
 great mine, large in extent by the con
 solidation oE its different claims, an(
 exceedingly rich in its unlimited min
 eral resources, I could not help bu
 wish 1 was the lucky owner. It mus
 be remembered that this mine wa
 discovered upon scientific principles
 that from the surveys of the Vekol or
 bodies some far-seeing men discovers
 the source from whence they sprung and 1t was but short time after thes surveys that the Great Eastern wa discovered. Your reporter found Howe 7 Kinds, John Kinds, Jas. Green, Pug sley and other first class miners, vig orously shaping the destinies of thi in every particular No. mine. You 5 reporter understood that at an earl day the phenomenal Vekol will | :; in its old time glory again with a fu force of men and its stamps maxim music day and night.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

THE political wire-workers were de- feated in the late republican conven- ton in Wisconsin and the popular candidate of the people was nominated for governor. The nominee, Mir. W. D. Hoard of Fort Atkinson, is gen tleman of integrity and ability, fam ous as a good story-teller, and he will prove to be an exemplary governor He served his country during the wal of the rebellion in the same regiment as the writer, who speaks from an in timate knowledge of his sterling worth and character. The Badger state will surely give him a rousing majority upon the day of election.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Praying For Rain,

Postmaster Griffith while at Imuris Sunday, witnessed a procession of more than two hundred people invok- ing their Maker to send rain. The procession formed in the old village of Imuris, headed by priest and seve- ral men carrying large canopy, marched to the grave yard half mile east of town, then back to the church where services were held for some time. That night the rain came down in torrents, almost flooding the coun- try. Strange things happen in the great tsouthwest.-Nogales Sunday Her aid.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

Grape juice is now pressed into bot ties, and then olive oil is poured in at the top of each bottle This effectually excludes the air, and none can work down into wine to ferment it. At the same time any air that was in the juice finds it's way up through the oil. The oil is sopped up with cotton when the bottle is uncorked. The cotton absorbs it little by little. All that is needed is little patience. This art ot keeping unfermented wine was prac- ticed by the Egyptians many years be fore Christ. But it was lost It has now been recovered, and it is coming into general use.-Western Tree Plant CT
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

The attention of such people as are in the habit of shooting their mouths off without due regard to language us ed is directed to this SC ction, 515 of the Territorial Penal Code, which reads as follows "Any person who, in the presence or hearing of any woman or child, in any publi: place within the Territory of Arizona, shall use obscene or vulgar language, or who shall use vile or abusive epithets of or to any other person in the presence of any woman or child, is punishable by a fine of not. less than five nor more than
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

TIE railroad from San Diego, by way of Ensenada and Yuma, and up the Gila valley, will be commenced on the first of October and its construction will be pushed with the energy that characterizes the Santa Fe company. There is strong hope that the road will he built to Florence, although nothing is known as to the intention of the builders after it reaches Phcnix.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
How popular the British postal say

How popular the British postal say ings banks have become is shown by their growth in twenty-five years from less than 179,000 accounts of an aver age value $47.50 to more than 3,500,- GOO accounts of all average value of nearly $70; and that it has not been an extravagant luxury is proved by the fact that the cost of management amounts to only fve-eighths of l per cent a year.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Call For Democratic Primary Election
 and Conven ton.
T Chairman Rep. Cen. Com. N. A. MoRFoRD, Sec'y.
FLORENCE, A. T., Aug. 28, 1888.

FLORENCE, A. T., Aug. g, 1888. It is ordered by the undersigned members of primary elections be held in the several pre- eincts of Pinal county, on Wednesday, AugI,st 2sth, A. D. 1888. for the purpose of selecting del gates to the Democratic county convention to be held at Florence on Saturday, September 1st A D. 1888, at the court house at 10 m, which con vention is called for the purpose of selecting Democratic Territorial Convention to be held in Tucson on September 3rd, A. D. 1888, and for such other and further business as may come It is ordered that the polls for said primary election open at D. m, and close at ?. h. Said election to be held under the provis- ions of the Primary Election law
 Following is the apportionment of delegates in said Democratic county convection. Florence, 4 Pinal, ........... ..S 5 Silver King, ,....-............. ......-.......-.-. 3 Casa Grande,. -.......... , De Noon, | Vekol 1 Marieopa, I Sacaton .......-..... Owl Heads, .....---..... l. American Flag, Dudleyville, l Mammoth, ..-..... Riverside .-..........- --...-..s Officers of primary election and polling places: W. E. Miller; Judges, John Miller and G. A. Stone.
 Pinal,,pOlls at postofiee; Inspector P. Bos- l cha; Judges, A. Whitlow, F. Morrell.
 Silver King-polls at F. Mayors shop; .Insnec- tor; R. T. Depp; Judges R. s. Wright, T. Ashton. Casa Grande-polls at Justice Marshallis office. Inspector, c. NJ. Marshall; Judges, F. souva and T. Tomlinson.
 1 De Noon-pols at Comrany's store; Inspector J. H. Brown; Judges, Jno. Dunn, 4. F. PitkiD. 1 Vekol-polls at W. T. Days office; Inspector; ] w. T. Day; Judges, T. Earle, C. Johnson; Maricopa-polls at Bassott's store; Inspector, J. H Bassett; Judges, c. W. Williams, P. NJ | Williams.
 sacaton-poIls at the Agency: Inspector. T II. 1 Sabin; Judges. c. M Johnson, Col, Perkins Owl Heads-polls at company'g office; In=nec- for, Al McCann; Judges, P. McGovern, P. AFur- gan.
 American Flag-polls at company's office; h. spector, H. Pinching; Judges, Col. Legis. E. \. Brajevich.
 Dudleyville-polls at Cooks store; Inspector, Geo. F. Cook; Judges J. T. Bates. R. Anderson Mammoth-polls at Ezekiel's store; inspector, L. Ezekiels; Judges, w. R. Atchley, J. D. Burges, RiYersidc-polls Neiman X Reads store; in spector A. Nieman; Judges, N. Kennedy, l. P Gabriel. Signed
 c. Nj. MARSHALL.
 30. J. WHITESI DE.
 G. WHEAT
 k. T. DEPP.
 M. NJ HICKEY. Members of the Democratic county centra committee.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

Without excepting any, as fine peaches as were ever seen in this town or in fact any other town, were brought in from the Columbia ranch, near American Flag, in the Santa Catalina mountains. They were of the free stone variety, of immense size, beauti- ful in color and exquisite in flavor. Hereafter the Citizen must boldly avow that Arizona can lead the world on peaches, nor will any one who had the pleasure of seeing or eating any of the fruit in question, deny this broad statement. This magnificent fruit
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Republican Territorial Convection.

The Territorial Convention of the Republican party of Arizona for the nomination of one person for Delegate to Congress, one person for Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, at which Convention shall also be nomi- mated one Councilman for that North ern District, composed of Apache, Mohave, Yavapai, Yuma and Marico- pa counties; and one Councilman for the southern district, composed of Pima Cochise, Graham, Gila and Pinal counties will be convened ID the city of Tucson on September l9, 1888, ,at II o'clock, a. m. The Republicans of the different counties of the Territory are therefore respectfully invited to hold county conventions eomposedkof members chosen by primaries helffn the various precincts of the counties, at which county conventions delegates to the Territorial Convention shall be chosen upon the following basis: One delegate from each county and one delegate for each fifty votes or fraction
 over twenty-five votes cast for c. C.
 Bean, for Delegate to Congress, at the
 November election in 1886. The rep
 resentation of the several counties will | ba oS fOIIOurs.