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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
A Beautiful Tribute.

The late Juan A. Robinson, who died in this city last week, before the vital spark had quite gone out, and just as his eyes began to glare with the lustre of death, unconsciously, perhaps, paid a beautiful and touch ing tribute to gentle and noble wom- anhOod. It came in faint whispers, but it was none the less impressive and an authentic message from the soul A kind neighbor lady had taken the priest to him and asked him if he did not wish to confess to the father be- fore he died. He faintly replied that he did not-that what he felt he Aas most in need of were the tender sym pathy, love and caresss of wife, mother or sister, None other could woo his tired spirit to eternal rest. It was a most touching and earnest at testation of the power and influence of true womanhood, and wildly pie ures the broad field every woman has before her in which she can do good He was a young man who had neither wife, mother nor sister. He had been sick several years with no tender hearts and hands to minister to his wants, and now that his time had come to leave this world, he felt that his heart craved other than worldly o1 ecclesiastical sympathy. He died without 1t, but he left rich testimon- ial of woman's worth.-Nogales Her ald,
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Locating the Dead.
IPheniX Herald

It is almost certainly known now that the dead body discovered Wed nesday night, Is miles northeast of here, was that of Jasper, lunatic who escaped from the Asylum last Sunday. He had escaped thle9 times before and was overtaken here, at Mcdowell and in Florence Ernest Arnes was his keeper for year and recognizes the hair, projecting teeth, high left shoulder, bone prominent from a compound fracture of the right arm and gun shot wound in left leg. The prisoner was a Swede and miner, sent to Yuma from Co chise County for murdering his part ner. From Yuma he was transferred to the Insane Asylum.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Florence Items. Tucson Star.l

MT. H. Buchanan returned last even ing from Florence, where he has been i'll the interest of the committee on water storage.
 He visited the famous Buttes, twelve miles from Florence, where the proposed mammoth reservoir is To- cated. He made careful observations of the area of country which would be covered by tho reservoir, which is about twenty miles in length and five miles wide.
 MT. Buehman took IS photographs which included the Buttes' canyons and small valleys which would form part of the lake. Mr. Buchanan says that 1t is the most wonderful natural reservoir which can be conceived. The face of one of the Buttes runs up perpendicular over 200 feet, the other almost perpendicular and the distance from one to the other through which the river runs is but 200 feet. He thinks it is no wonder the Florentines are enthusiastic over the water stor- age proposition. Florence Is much improved lately, the people are full of business and push. There is general air of prosperity, and great confidence is expressed and manifested in the future of the valley.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
AS TO LAND BILL ALLEN.
GIVING LIFE, STRENGTH AND FOR
 TUNE FOR AN IDEA.

Man Whom Thousands Should Rever-
 ence, for His Thought Gave Them Homes,
 Is Now Poor and FriendIess-Some h.
 teresting Facts About His Life and Work.
 In the village of New Albany, O., a few miles from Columbus, lives an oc- togenarian, once famous under the so- briquet of Land Bill Allen" His name is William Allen; he devoted the best years of his life to securing the pas sage of the homestead act and other laws favoring land ownership; he spent his fortune in that work, and is now vast ing away in dilapidated old farm house, dependent on charitable neighbors for the bare necessaries of life. There Is a popular tradition that Dr. Joseph Ignace Gnllotin died by the machine he invent ed; it is not true, but it shows a subtle popular sense of the way such things often turn out It is true, however, that the discoverer of the great Comstock lode died in poverty, that the inventor of the cotton gin gained nothing but law suits by it, and that the discoverer of gold in California narrowly escaped pau perism, and even so has fate dealt with this William Allen.
 Even his fame has largely been taken from him, for of those who heard the name a majority naturally concluded that the great homestead advocate was Governor William Allen (''Riseup Will jam Allen, and in spite of his persistent disclaimer he is still credited with it. And furthermore, it must be admitted that the homestead act was one of those measures certain to have many authors; the act would certainly have been passed in time if "Land Bill Allen" had never lived, and many men might still claim the credit of originating it.
 William Allen was born in Windham county, Conn.,, in 1909, learned the printers trade and worked for awhile in Newport, R. l., upon the old wooden
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Constitutional Convention Illegal.
 Tucson Citizenl

Attorney-General Miller, has de- cided in letter addressed to the Sec retary of the Interior, under date of July 18th, 1889, and in answer to a letter Of Gov. Wolfey's, dated June 26, 1889, that the Act authorizing the Constitutional Convention passed by the 10th Legislature is nugatory and void.
 The following is an opinion of 1885 - opinions of Attorney Generals page TIT lGeneral Jackson's admins tration.
 "The powers of all the departments of the regular organized Territorial Governments are derived from the acts of Congress, making rules for such Governments, and cannot be ex- ercised only in the manner and within the limits prescribed by their pro visions; wherefore Territorial Legis- latures cannot, without permission from Congress, pass laws authorizing the formation of Constitutions and State Governments"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Dr. Gunsaulus.

New York Tribune: Dr. F. w. Gunsaulus, of Plymouth Church, Chi cago, who preached here last Sunday and has since delivered four lectures on "Great Christians of the Middle Ages, ,' is young man of rare gifts. His eloquence is fiery and his style dramatic. He was born at Chester vile, little crossroads village in Ohio, about thirty-three years ago. Ills ancestors on one side were of the ancient Spanish family of Gonzalez, of whose name his own is a perver- sion. Through his mother he Is re- lated to the Connecticut Hawleys. His father was country lawyer, fond of public speaking and diigent reader of Emerson, and his grandmother, stanch Presbyterian and as diligen a reader of Jonathan Edwards. assisted Ill bringing him up. The result was that at the age of 6 he was more in- terested in Demosthenes and n Phillips attacks on the Greeks than in our own civil war, and when his father took him one day for a twenty six mile ride across country on horse back to hear Wendell Phillips his weariness was dispelled by the hint that "eloquence is best studied by examples" Another of his fathers favorite expressions was, "Genius is dig" and Ee seems to have dug to som3 purpose But Phillip Brooks adv e. to young orators" he says, Ito seek to interest an audience in sub ject in the same way that they became interested in it themselves, I have found simply invaluable. I recom- mend 1t to all young orators" Dr. Gunsaalus was graduated in 1875 from the Ohio Wesleyan University when only 19 years of age, and began immediately to preach. He was for five years in charge of the High Street Congregational Church at Columbus, Ohio, for the next three years at the Central Congregational Church in Newton, Mass, and then for two years at the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. His connec- tion with Plymouth Church dates from 1887. His duties outside of the pulpit are also onerous, tine church having 1000 members and a Sunday school with 2,600 children. Dr. Gun saulus is an enthusiastic student of English literature and church history and lectures on these subjects at Wellesley and Johns Hopkins. He is also a collector of rare editions, and possesses Joseph Addison's copy l Milton. He is of striking presence has dark, Spanish face, with cluster ing locks,. eyes which appear black but are not, and wears mustache
 He has written book on the "Trans guration of Christi" He is married and has five children.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
COMPARATIVE LAND VALUES.
Why Land in Arizona is Worth More Than in Iowa.
 TPheuix Gazette

An impression exists in the East tern States that land is held at ex- tortionate rates in the Western Terri tories, and we can even hear an echo of this error occasionally from some of our own citizens. To illustrate the fallacy of this notion, we propose to institute few comparisons of values, which we have taken pains to cull from impartial statistics.
 We find good farming land held at $50 to $l00 in the states of Iowa. Hi nois or Indiana, which seems like q low price, and so 1t would be con sidered anywhere in the farming or fruit districts of California and Ari- zon4, but we must remember that in either of those states 1t takes hard work and close economy to supply the ordinary wants of a small family on a tract of 100 acres of the very best land in the market. In the west, on the other hand, where the soil returns a profit of $100 to $500 per acre, tract of ten acres is sufficient to support d large family in comfort and leave a nice margin each year to depositin the bank for the "rainy days" which at tend our elder years.
 This being the case, is not land S200 to $500 per acre in fruit land a far more profitable investment than at $50 to $1O0 in Iowa? Any reasonable man will have no trouble whatever in arriving at a conclusion on this propo- sition, and yet as a matter of fact the very best fruit and farming lands in our territory can be had at even less than $50 per acre, all ready for the blow and within two years from plant ing large crop is realized of fruit and grapes, not surpassed in excel lence in sunny France or the wine clad plains of Italy.
 This is no fancy picture and as q matter of truth is rather underdrawn than otherwise, as thousands can at test from actual experience and the cold facts of unprejudiced statisticianS certify in unmistakable language. Ii is unnecessary to attempt any praise of our wonderful climate; it speaks for itself and already has worldwide celebrity.
 We invite our Eastern friends tc come and see us, investigate for them selves, at any season of the year and we promise they will be more thar satisfied that ease and luxury can be enjoyed here in greater degree ant at far less expense than in any other part of the inhabited world.
 "Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good" is a motto which oul people can in good faith adopt anC present to the world at large, no fearing the result, if acted upon, ant nowhere can the enterprising home seeker find more of 'that which i good" than right here ill our owr county.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
A PHENIX STORM.
Considerable Damage to Property in that City-the Easements Suffering most
 Severely.
lPhenix Arizonan.l

About ? o'clock Thursday night, the wind began blowing from the south and in few minutes it amounted to perfect gale, thunder rolled, light ming flashed and in a few minutes the rain began falling in torrents. Each | element vied to make the scene grand and terrible in fact 1t was the most severe storm that Phenix has exper- fenced for years, although its duration was scarcely two hours. Trees were blown down, and buildings damaged, but so far the reporter has been un- able to learn of any casualties. The streets were filled with water, are now very muddy, consequently the street car line has been reaping harvest. | Passengers on the Maricopa and Phe- | nix railroad state that the rain eX- tended to Maricopa and that the i whole country is under water, but the wind storm seems to have been con fined almost wholly to Phenix.
 Among the sufferers in this city are Goldman & Co. The iron roof on the south side of their warehouse was car ried off entirely, and a large quantity of grain rained upon. It is thought, however, that the latter was not ma terially damaged. The basement to their liquor store, on Center street, was flooded to depth of three and four feet, and in the reservoir thus made large quantity of cigars were found floating around. Their total loss will not be less than $1 900, prob ably more.
 The north and south walls of the engine house, which are eight inches thick, were cut down as with knife. The falling brick broke some of the joists and several stanchions. The loss, which will be between $500 and $500, will fall upon the contractors, Messrs. Cox & Co.
 The Hine building, though exposed suffered but little, although Ellis X Brown, of the Great Eastern, were damaged to the extent of several hun drel dollars through rain falling upon their goods.
 W. H. Wiggins, liquor dealer, who occupies the basement of the Porter building, suffers quite loss. The area wall fell in and his rooms were flooded and covered with mud. It will be several days before he can re sume business.
 The tin roof of the Monihon build ing, while considered safe was not en- tirely finished. The leakage was com paratively light and no damage tc speak of sustained.
 A large tree fell across the fence o Major J. w. Evans, demolishirg 1t but fortunately did not reach the house.
 The cellar of the Italian saloon, al the depot, was filled with water and adobe walls of the building consider ably weakened.
 The upper part of the front of tho building of Coon, BurtiS < Coon i. greatly out of plumb.
 The electric light wires were blowr down ill all directions.
 Eschman had quantity of goodl damaged in his show window.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Proposals for Building Court.
 House

Sealed proposals will be received by the Beard of Supervisors of Pinal county for the construction of a court house and jail at Flor- ence, Arizona, not to exceed in cost $50. 900; each bidder to furnish his own plans and specifications. All bids must be in the hands of the Clerk on or before the first day of Oc- tober, 1889, and be plainly marked 'bids for Court House and Jail"
 The successful bidder will be required to give good and sufficient bond for the faithful carrying out of his contract.
 The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids
 By order of Board of Supervisors of Piual County, WM GUILD, Clerk,
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Was it Tom Kearney?
[Phenix Herald. |

Justice Sherman and the coroner's jury returned about o'clock last evening from their inquest on the un- known man found Wednesday night by Marcial Mareno, eighteen miles northeast. The naked body was so far decomposed that grave was dug alongside, the corpse rolled in and d coffin lowered down over it by under taker Bacon. The burial taxed the gravediggers' endurance pretty severe ly. No testimony could be obtained except that of Mareno, which was published in yesterdays Herald. The jury returned a verdict that deceased was unknown; age B to 40 years nativity unknown; color white; that he died about August ', having prob ably been lost and become crazed from thirst, ill which state he wandered about till death released him. He had doubtless torn off his clothes some time before death, as no trace of them could be found.
 The suggestion is made that he may have been Tom Kearney, who lately worked in the Contention mine, and who may have started for the Sill yer King mine, his former camp. He probably intended to cross the Verde at Whitelaw's station. If Mr Kearney still lives, the authorities here would like to know it.
 Deceased was about five feet eight inches high, had sandy hair appar- ently clipped two or three weeks. Sandy moustache
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

''LAND FILL" ALLEN AND HIS HOME. and located at Columbus, O.; in the auc- tion and commission business. He pros pered greatly, became the owner of many peddler wagons and amassed a fortune of some $40, ,000. It was then he mounted his great hobby-bccame a first class crank" as his neighbors say.
 In lS39 he was engaged in organizing a colony for the west, and finding the land laws unfavorable, propounded the homestead idea. For q year or two he possessed the idea in peace-then it pos sessed him. He gave his whole time and labor and thought to it; wrote letters to all the public men of the day and all papers which would publish them, tray eled and lectured on it, and talked it to all who would listen. "Give each settler 1G0 acres of the public land," he would say, ''and make it exempt from sale on all debts; allow no man to own more than 640 acres on any account; keep the land in the hands of the people"-such were the texts he necessarily dinned into American ears.
 Among his papers he now has letters from nearly all the public men of that era, including John c. Calhoun, Andrew Johnson, Horace Greeley, Gerrit Smith, Stephen A. Douglas and many others. He printed his pointed sentences on the backs of envelopes, on cards and small handbills, and flooded the country with them. He ran for congress and the state legislature as land candidate, his ticket being headed, "Vote Yourself Farm ? but was, of course, defeated, neither Wings nor Democrats turning from their party tickets. At last the homestead act was passed, but Mir. Aliens fortune was gone and he was too old to make another His wife died, and he has outlived all his children and grandchildren.
 In his old house there is but one room even passably fit for habitation, and strangers would never know the place had tenant, as the building is barely strong enough to stand up and the old man never goes abroad. He lives in terror of being forcibly removed to the poor house and is suspicious of strangers. During one very cold season the neigh DOlS ulu HOI eeo AIlH 1Ol IiIIee udy 5, ana when found he was almost dead of cold and hunger. It is now proposed that those who have benefited by his labors should raise fund for his support; but mankind are apt to conclude that one should look out little for himself in his days of strength. The moral of Land Bill Aliens lifo is obvious: no man should sacrifice himself with any idea of popu- lar reward.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Population of the United States.

MT. $. l.. Loomis has been making calculations upon the probable in crease of population of the United States during the next 200 years. He takes 67 100000 as the population in 1890, which is an increase of 90 per cent during the past decade. Beck oning on this ratio of increase he finds the population of the country in 1880 would be ST 100000; fifty years hence 24S, ,765, 300; 100 years, 915.069,642 :; 200 years, 12,S52, ,501, ,73S. Deducting present percentage of immigration and counting only increase by birtl s over deaths, we will still have in u e year 2090 almost $500, 100000 peol le in this great and glorious country ef ours. In view of these figures Dr. Brown-Sequard's elixir of life, winch Is to prolong life indefinitely, can not be regarded as desideratum.
 Some Mexicans captured an alliga- tor in the Yaqui river, and brought 1t to Guaymas, where it was on exhibi- tion for several days. After the curi- osity wore off, the owner killed it, on account of its enormous appetite, say ing that it would bankrupt the whole State of Sonora to iced it 8 year. This is the first and only alligator ever known to have been seen in tie Yaqui riyer.-Nogales Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
His Only Hope.

Henry (married six months)-I fear my wife's love is growing cold. She used to come to the office two or three times a day, but she never comes now. What shall do?
 Frank-Have you typewriter?
 No. but l can get one cheap"
 Do so. Then get pretty girl to oper- ate it and your office will be full of your wife. ."-New York Sun.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Typhoid Fever from Impure Water.

M. Dujardin Beaumetz recently described. as an example of the danger of contracting typhoid fever from the use of impure water, the case of family who took a house for a season at fashionable resort They were warned not to drink the well water, as it was supposed to be impure. They drank mineral water until the last day, when in the hurry of packing they neglected to send for mineral water and concluded to try the well water. Ten drank of it and six died; four who had previously had typhoid fever were made sick but recovered A microscopic examination of tho well water revealed the presence of tho bacillus supposed to be the cause of ty-
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

Fligree gold bands crossing and recrossing in a circle, around the circumference of which are tiny pearls, compose an artistic style of brooch.
 A pretty brooch design that will be appre- ciated consists of Roman gold lovers knot A pearl set horseshoe is slipped through each loop of the bow
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

Brick Pomeroy, the widely known author and editor, at 234 Broadway, New York, will, on receipt of 9 cents, send as directed, a sample copy of one of his interesting books entitled, "Our- selves and our Neighbors;" also a copy of his very independent and original monthly magazine, Advance Thought. And you will read every line each con tains.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

There is new fly in the market which will doubtless take well with anglers. The hook is so completely concealed as to be invisible even when the fly is held in the hand. It is made like white miller and is so constructed that the action of tho water vii! lot affect it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

A man was to lecture on the subject, ''Is Marriage Failure:" when he can celed the engagement, much to the dis appointment of the public, who were anxious to have the question answered. Later on it was learned that the man he'd been summoned home to help his wife take care of pair of twins which had made their appearance in his ab- seuCe.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

Dr. Warnekros who left this city some six weeks since to go through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, met with a serious accident near Flagstaff breaking his leg and other wise bruising his body. He tele- graphod to Dr. Goodfellow to come to him at once but the doctor cannot leave his practice long enough to take the trip. Dr. Warnekros had the good sense just before he left to go to MT. J. V. Viekers and get an accident policy which now pays him $50 a week-Prospector.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Dropping Around Broadway Hotel N. Y

"Now," continued reporter, "this neighborhood is just full of luck of late. Not long since a restaurant keeper around in Bleecker st., New York city, struck a $15,0O0 prize in the Louisiana State Lottery, and several other lucky strikes in the same concern followed rapidly. On top of this comes the announcement that E. Amsden, the well-known prin- ter of 137 Eighth st., drew 5000, and Cassagnac & Vieu, the feather merch- ants of 3 West Third st., drew $2, ,50O at the last drawing They each sent $1 to NJ. A. Dauphin, New Orleans La. They are well satisfied that the lottery company is conducting a strictly legitimate business on sound business principles.-New York Daily News, July 9.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24

press which Ben janlin Franklin had operated. e d. After working in various offices he started a reform paper called The Moral Envoy, at Bat t tavia, N. Y. He subsequently, had an interest in other papers. In
 1881 he married a Miss Weaver
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-08-24
Soda Water.

Call at the drug store and try the ice-cold soda water. Just the thing for hot weather.