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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
A GOOD ENACTMENT.
The Double Minimum Must :Go---So Say
 the Law-Makers.

Rev. T. H. McMullen writes from Washington to the Phenix Gazette SIS follows:
 "The conference on the general land bill have practically reached an agree ment. It is upon d measure substan- tially like the house bill, which pro- vides for the repeal of the pre-emption and timber culture law, the modifica- ton of the desert land law and the substitution Of a general and effective law to protect actual settlers upon the public domain"
 And among the associated press dis patches from Washington yesterday, is the following:
 "The house has adopted the confer ence report for the disposal of public lands under the homestead law by q vote of 243 or. The bill prevents the further sale of any public lands adapted to agriculture, except under the provisions of the homestead law. Also that the pre-emption settlers whose claims are still existing, may change their filings and entry to home stead"
 These reports relate to the same bill, and indicate unmistakably, that we are to secure the relief so long la bored and waited for. It comes late, and close upon the end of the 50th congress, but I am informed by the best and most competent authority that MT. Cleveland is watching this legislation with interest, is favorable to 1t, and that if it reaches him to-day he will approve it.
 Hence, if these conclusions are safe, on and after next Tuesday double price for desert lands, under either of the public land laws, will not have to be paid; future entries of desert lands will cost only twenty-five cents per acre, and the pre-emption and timber culture laws, as well as the commuta- ton clause of the homestead law, are repealed.
 Every person now holding a pre- emption claim or desert land entry made since July, 1887, in the limits of the Texas Pacific grant, will save $1. .25 per acre, which will aggregate an enormous sum in the Tucson land district, alone.
 The difference between paying $1,- 600 per section and $500, besides keep ing that much money in the valley will be seen in more and better inn provements.
 The result will amply justify the labor, time and expenses, heretofore devoted by me and and those asseci- ated with me, to securing this legisla- | ton.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Two Lucky Dayton Boys Drew s15, ,ooo.

Two of the luckiest young men in the city of Dayton are Edmund c. and George c. Albert, who held the one twentieth of ticket No. 56,621. which drew the first capital prize of $300,- GOO in the November drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery. George is eighteen and works at the shops of the National Cash Register Company, while Edmund is twenty and at Stod- dard's machine shops. Both are hon. est and hardworking Their father, Casper Albert, respectable barber, died several years ago, and they have had hard and uphill work, assisting their widowed mother to support the family. They now own their cozy cottage home on Maple street, and the lift the prize they have won has given them places them in comfortable cir cumstances. -Dayton, (Ohio) Demo- crat, Dec 6th
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Terrified Wood.

The wonderful petrifed forest lying south of the Atlantic & Pacific rail- road, near Holbrook, is one of the most remarkable natural curiosities ill the west, and has frequently been described. The petrified logs, stumps and chips cover many hundreds of acres, and the stone is of imcompar- able beauty. Some of the Colorado or Yellowstone agates, the Mexican onyxes or the most gorgeous marbles look shabby beside it. Its only draw back is its hardness. While Colorado agates average only 40 to 50 per cent of the hardness of diamonds, this pet trifed wood averages 70 per cent It cuts glass readily, is not "phased' by the finest file, and yields to nothing short of diamond dust. A great many attempts have been made to polish it, but its fearful obstinacy has baffiled the lapidaries.- s.-Exchange.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

This phenomenon, says Popular Science News, is properly spoken of as an explosion rather than volcanic eruption. There was no trace of lava or igneous phenomena of any kind It was simply an immense ex- plosion like that of a steam boiler, where the overlying mountain was torn apart by the force of the steam generated by the terres- trial heat. Clouds Of steam escaped from the ground in the vicinity of the mountain for some time after the explosion, and when the pressure was first relieved by the destruction of the mountain, torrents of water and mud rushed down thb valleys, causing immense loss of life and ddmage to property.
 In some respects this explosion is similar to the eruption which destroyed Pompeii, when a large part of Mount Vesuvius was de- stroyed; but in that instance the usual igneous phenomena were more evident, al- though the loss of life was apparently much less. The dwellers at the foot of Vesuvius had ample warning of the eruption before it took place, but the unfortunate Japanese ap- pear to have had no opportunity to escape the catastrophe
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Defining Lawfai Fences and rrespass.

c. B. No. 10-An act to regulate lawful fences and trespass within the same:
 Sec. 1. Provides that every enclos- ure shall be deemed under lawful fence when the said fence is four and one half feet high, and substantial and reasonably strong (and built so close that horses, mules or horned cattle cannot get their heads through).
 Sec. ,. That from and after the passage of this act no person or per sons shall receive damages on account of animals trespassing upon cultivated and improved lands, unless he or they show that crops thereon were growing upon land enclosed by a lawful fence.
 Sec 3, Repeals Sec. 320S R. s. of 1887.
 Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first Monday in April, 1889.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Signs on an Egg.

Dick Worsham of Mexico, Mo-, re- gently had on exhibition a hens egg which was an object of great curiosity. Upon one side of the shell, which was of extraordinary size, could plainly be discerned a number of war ships at sea, peacefully gliding along upon the waters calm surface Three vessels are plainly visible. Turning the egg gradually over, a seaport comes fully into view, resembling the harbor of Apia. The similarity is striking, in- deed, and the Samoan matter at once enters the mind upon beholding tL.e egg, which is the product of a hen that some German neighbors of Worsham's brought over from the old country three years ago. The extraordinary
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
wha, the Indians Havo Cost Us.

The amount expended in Indian wars from l776 to June 30, 1856, can at best be esti- mated. The several Indian wars after lf76, including the war of 1872 in the west and northwest, the Greek, Black Hawk and Sem mole wars, up to lS60, were bloody and costly. Except when engaged in war with Great Britain and Mexico, or during the re- beilion QS60- 1865, the United States army was almost entirely used for the Indian ser vice and stationed largely in the Indian coun- try or along the frontier. It will be fair to estimate, taking out the years of foreign wars with England QS12-1Sl5), S66 6l4 ,9l2. 34, and with Mexico QS46- 1StS), SIS, ,94l, 1855 12, and the rebellion u86l-1S65) and reconstruction Qs65-lS70, s3, ,37i ,350, ,39O. .02, that more than three of the total expense of the army is chargeable, directly or indirectly, to the Indians
 Tho total cost of the Indians of the United States, as set forth in the Smithsonian re- port, is as follows
 Indian department proper, from
 July ', 177G, to June 30 1698 .... $232 ec1O06 33 Expended by war department for
 Indian and incidental
 thereto from July 4. TIC, to June
 30, ls50 606, SS9, 277 GS
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

It was reported on the streets to- day, on what was by some considered good authority, that sale had been made of the Harqua Hala bonanza mine for $200,000. Senator Hearst, of California, J. B. Haggin, and Mac kay, of New York, the millionaire of the Mackay-Bennett cable, are said to be among the purchasers, and they have until the 18th of March to put up the $50, 900 necessary to complete the sale. If this sale is consummated it will make that one of the hvliest
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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
GnId and Silver.

The director of the United States mint has reported that, according to his established methods of computation, tho gold production of the United States for the calendar year 1887 was s3S, ,O93 GOO, compared to S34, ,s69, 900 for 1886, and the production of silver s53, ,4oS,- 800, compared to $5l, ,S2l, 300 for 1886. The worlds consumption of gold and silver in the arts for the year 1886 Is estimated at S46 ,OO0,- 900 gold and S22, O,OOo silver. The worlds production for 1886 he estimates at sos, ,764 235 gold and s196, ,457 300 silver.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Fashion Notes.

For little girls there are hoods in white Sicilienne or in cashmere. The crown is drawn with three close rows of cording, and the front finished off with foamy lace tiny ribbon and full aigrette.
 With evening toilets the stockings are often of white silk or of fine white thread, and in this case are embroidered with silk of the tint of the dress. The very low slippers are black, cert, or of the dress fabric.
 Brooches bearing the monogram of bride and bridegroom. interwoven in the figures of
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

The claim that the planet Mars has snow and rain and evidences of animal life is not a new one. But now Signor Schiaparelli, of Milan, who has been taking observations through one of the finest telescopes of the world, is credited with having made the wonderful discovery of a series of canals in that planet. They are nearly a hundred miles wide and run from the sea coast to the in- terior According to Professor E. A. Boyle, of St. Louis, other astronomers have seen the same phenomena Signor Schiaparell claims that Mars is inhabited by people somewhat like O11lselves
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Fecundity of the Eel.

Mir Fred Mather, the well known fish cul- turist. has been estimating the number of eggs ill six pound eel in November Gn what Is known to fishermen as ''eel fat" but which are really the ovaries), and credits that eel with fully 9,000,000. Under the microscope he found that they measured eighty to the linear inch, and taking one ovary and dividing it by means of the most delicate scales known to science, he halved, quartered and further divided the mass seventeen times, until be had a section small enough to count the eggs in 1t.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
IIcAGo, Feb. Is, 1889.
Earthquake Shocks.

A Panama dispatch of the 18th inst. says: The details of the recent earthquake in Costa Rica as published in the Costa Rican papers, which have reached here, corroborate the reports sent out in the Associated Press dis patches several weeks ago. The city of San Jose and other cities were ter ribly damaged. Whole streets are blocked with ruins, railroads blockad- ed churches closed, etc. For weeks people living in the cities have camp ed, in the streets and public squares, fearing to enter their shattered houses on account of the constantly recur- ring shocks. The monetary loss in the city of San Jose alone is over $2,- 100000. The loss of life is not yet accurately estimated, but is believed to be great.
 At Laguna an extraordinary geo. logical phenomenon took place, the earth assuming the appearance of the rough sea. The father of a family and four children were buried alive in the crevice, while the mother and one child were thrown distance of 1000 metres. All over the district, hills have changed their position and the ground is full of cracks. The Irau volcano is in a state of eruption.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

Ia tho stomach of 6 bear recently killed lA northern Michigan was found a box of sar- dimes, over which the membrane of the stomach had partially grown
 Experiments have been made in Berlin with india rubber pavement. It is said to be very durable, noiseless, and unaffected by heat or cold AS covering for bridges it is said to have peculiar merits, its elasticity pre- venting vibration
 Medical men in Nebraska arc interested in the case of girl who Is gradually losing her mower of speech without any apparent cause
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

It is said that an American syndicate, with a capital of $50,0OO, ,000, has been formed to construct railroad in Siberia, and that several former and present American diplomatic and consular agents arc interested in the undertaking.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
ARIZONA NEWS.
lSOlomonviIle Bulletin.

Large areas are being sown in alfal- ia, the king of forage crops for the west, and soon the brown desert waste will give place to the emerald tint of verdant meadows of clover, and the west wind will regale senses with the odor of new m0wn hay Renewed ac- tivfty in farm operations is observed on all sides.
 The Aravaipa valley has just been treated to the heaviest fall of the "beautfful snow" that has occurred for many years. Probably foot of snow fell in the valley. On the hills and mesas there was at least two feet Sev- eral stockmen were out on the range after stray cattle, fifteen miles away, and had more trouble reaching home than Sheridan did in getting to Win chester
 The large amount of snow in the mountain ranges to the north and east, around the sources of the San Francisco and Gila rivers, give prom ise of q plentiful supply of water dur ing the coming year; The cool wealth CT that has prevailed during February has retarded the melting of the snow, and saved us destructive freshet, which usually comes in that month to break canals and dams, and the hearts of irrigators as well, and cause them to dam the weather, if they can't the i river.
 We note much activity in building throughout our valley. At Stafford MT Bee has just put the finishing touches to fine residence; while the substantial brick now going up on Mrs. Groesbeck's lot at the corner op- posite the mill promises to be thing of beauty and joy to its future oc- | cupants. Mir. Stevens Is also in line with a new cottage on his block next 1 to Campbell's store. Other towns are not behind. The scarcity of lumber delays matters and makes carpenters more cross-grained than the lumber
 We committed mention ill our last issue of the robbery, by three masked highwaymen, of Alfred Welker, at the Black Point near the sub-agency. He was hauling load of grain to San Carlos Agency, and Mr. l. E. Solomon, thinking it to be the safest way to re- init $40O, in silver to the agency 10 pay off Indians for hay, sewed it up in a grain sack. The footpads level ed their rifles on Welker from the rocks and ordered him to throw out the package of silver, which under the circumstances he was glad to do. Af- ter he had driven on one of them can e down to the road and secured the loot. They were mounted and man at the sub-agency put Indians on their trail, which led towards Thomas. They kept near the road just put of sight. i The Indians trailed them to the line l of the reservation near Thomas.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Boomerang Mine Jumped.

T NHEREAS, IT HAS JUST COME IO M w knowledge that it is claimed by one s1 os the owners of the Boomerang mine tnat ssis mine.has been jumped by one PatrlcE so MofsSl, l on or about the first day of January, loos' So tice is hereby given that said Boomerang mine .Is was not open for location and warn all persons against purchasing said Boomerang mine or any interest therein from said Morgan oee
 Co-owner in Boomerang mine. CASA GRANDE. A. T. Feb. ., 1SS9
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Notice 10 Creditors.

UPSTATE OF CHARLES LUND, DEcEASEp, IL Notice is hereby given by the undesslghe1 administrator of the estate of Charles Lnhu, to the creditors of and persons having elalins against the said deceased, to exhiDiI them Wit ter the first publication of this notice. to n said administrator at the efice Of sloan ~ uai1a FlOrenCe. Rinal Clnl.tnN the SaEa11
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

The cross-breed buffalo is the latest innovation in live stock. The domes- ticated buffalo promises to be the most profitable live stock of the future An able article in the American Agri- culturist for December describes the only two herds of domesticated or cross breed buffalo in America, and is accompanied by illustrations of the cross-bred buffalo steer, COW and calf with which is contrasted the native animals. The advantages and pecu- niary profit from the cross-bred buf- falo are very great. A cross with the Galloway will make very fine robe, which will sell at thirty dollars. The half-bred animal is much heavier in the hind quarters and more beefy than the aboriginal buffalo. The hair is somewhat longer and thicker on the hind quarters and less dense on the shoulders ill the half-breed, which adds to the value of the robe. The meat commands a fancy price, and breeding animals are not to be had for any mOney.-EX.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
TOPICS OF THE DAY WHICH
 ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.

Remarkable and Destructive Volcano
 Eruptions in Various Parts of the
 World-A Brief Account of the Re-
 cent Explosion in Japan.
 The past few years have been remarkable for the number of destructive volcanic erup- tions in various parts of the world The ex- plosion of Krakatoa, where an entire island was blown into the air, occurred only five years ago, and a short time afterward tract of country in New Zealand, several miles in extent, was converted into "a land of fren
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

The latest volcanic catastrophe Is reported from Japan, where, on the 10th of last July, 0 large portion of Mount Bandai was broken up into dust and fragments, and scattered over the adjoining country. The accompany ing illustration Zig. D shows the appearance of formerly fertile valley after it was filled with debris from the explosion, and is from photograph taken by Mir. w. K Burton of Tolio, who was sent by the Japanese gov ernment to investigate the explosion, and whose report is published in The British Journal of Photography. Fig. is diagram showing the part of the mountain destroyed by the explosion.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Alfalfa and Strau.

The Sun for the past six years has been trying to get some onesto stack straw with analternate layer of alfalfa, fresh cut, and not allowed to cure at all John Boggsa informs us that he stacked in barb last year well-cured hay, with alternate layers of freshly cut alfalfa and that 1t worked like a charm. Horses eat up every scrap of it. All the aroma of the alfalfa is. re4 tained. Amos Roberts informed us also of a dairynan inc one of the bay counties who tried 1t last year with straw, and he says it is better than green alfalfa, as there. is no danger from COWS eating it. They eat the straw up clean. This gentleman does not pasture his alfalfa, as he finds it more profitable to feed in this way
 An acre of alfalfa will feed more tn: n double as much stock by cutting it and stacking it with straw, as 1t will to pasture. We are glad that the experi- ment is being tried, and that we can announce its success. The following of this plan will create vast wealth.
 All the straw now burned can be made as good as the best hay.-Colusa Sun.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Stage Lines.

Stage Lines. TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STAGE co. DAILY LINE OF STAGES, Between Casa Grande and Florence, carrying S. Mail and Wells, Fargo X Co.'s
 EXPIRES Leaves. Casa Grande Tam. [" Florence F n. Connecting at Florence with GLOBE and FLORENCE STAGE LINE Leaves Florence daily at p. m. for RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, PlONEEk
 and GLOBE J. c. LOSS, Ag't Casa Grande
 WI. E. GUILD, Ag't, Florence
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

Frank and Sam King have struck a big ledge of gold quartz in the Plo- m9sa district. The rock is said to ayeiage $40 per ton in gold.-Yuma
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09

Gentlemen wear very large boutonnieres thtS season.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
Claims Made by Astronomers.

Total. l................. s929. .S89, ,284 Oa
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-09
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
THE REMAINS OF AN ANCIENT AN
 STATELY AQUEDUCT.

Canal on a Stone Bed 133 Feet High. King Rene's Castle on the Rocks Beside the Rhone-BustIing Streets of MarseilIes. A Cosmopolitan Population.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-05

Washington special: During the very
first days of congress Representative
Steele introduced in the house bill to
remove the charge of desertion against
soldiers in the union army who were
technically marked as deserters, but who
really should have clean records in the
wsr department. Msior Steele succeeded
in getting the bill through the honss,
and it went TO the senate, where il was
amended and was afterwards thrown into
conference committee. Az attempts
to get 1t out OF this conference commits
tee have proved useless. ard the bill still
aangs between the two honses. There
is one old soldier connected with the
regular army, and who is in the war de
partment, who opposes all measures
looking towards clearing up the records
OF young men who were charged with
deserti0n through ignorance OF the law.
and this man has succeeded in inducing
Senator Oockreli, member OF tfe con-
ference committee, TO prepare snhsti-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-05
BOWEN d KINasBURY. Prop'trs

Some of the most persistent demo.
cratic oppone nts of the Dakota features
of the proposed compromise on the ter
ritoriaI statehood omnibus bill are
threatening to hold Mr.. Springer down
to the caucus Instructors which put
New Mexico IN the bill and gave only
enabling acts to North and South Da-
kota, believing that the friends of the
latter territory are SO anxious for di-
vision that they will concede almost
anything to get it. Ii the caucus In
structions are to be strictly followed. an
agreement cannot be reached By the
conference committee, and, of course,
that is prerequisite to success. Unless
the conference committee reports, final
consideration cannot be had. The
gentlemen in Washington from Dakota
working for the success OF the omnibus
bill, say the house will vote all that is
asked in the way of division and ad-
mission, but acknowledge that it Is
doubtful il New Mexico can be stricken
cut of the omnibus bill, owing to CAUCUS
instructions to keep 1t in.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-05
Councilman Van osdel introduced j,

Councilman Van Osdel introduced in
the council resolution against all ap-
preparations for public buildings or ed-
ditions to public buildings and 1t itreceived
but one affirmative vose--hls own. Yet
the resolution wes one which should
have been adopted and its provisions
fully complied with. Dakota ls we'll
enough equipped and will not need any
thing more in the way OF public build
ings for years to come. The disposition
on the part of legislators to squandsr the
money of the taxpayers in the constrnc-
tion of public buildings is cause OF an
empty treasury.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-02-05

tute to the Steele bill, which, through
the onerous provisions attaching to it,
practically defeats the measure from the
outset. Mr.. Oockrell has submitted
this bill to the war department for its
approval, and II he can get favorable
action there he will try to have it adopt
ed as the conference committees 8 substi-
tute for the Steele bill. The idea is 90
keep the records Of the union soldiers as
full OF errors as possible and to especial
ly make them show many deserters.
There is confederate element at the
back of this work.