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The St. Johns herald., 1890-02-20
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NOTICE FOR FABRICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
 January 18th. 1S9l. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the Probate Court, at St, Johns, Apache March, 1890, viz: Erastus snow Wakefield, Home stead Entry No. 256, for the southeast 1 Section 32 Township Is north, Range 9 east.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said claim, viz: Nat Greer St Johns, R C BlaSSingame, W NoCdrutf, II Greer, Jose JaregOn of Erastus Apache county, Arizona Territory.
 E. BURGESS, ja30 ct Register,
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Zuck, Mrs C ts g to 4 inclusive in 5lk in HClorook 90 imp on aboTe lots I0J0, hh goods l59, t2 l on real estate 3J, per lTep 1 70, tJ al 43 50 eaalty IS. .-..--- 4 6
 Znck, rink 4 lots B being E 7 c II and 22 tlz l, I5 lots in Holbro k lS0, HOibrook lots to 10 blk Z, lltsGO, lots 22 to 2 and :s5 to 39. q 43 fl in blk 3 Y lots 340, lots g to .6 and 2J to q 3 10 B, 43 to 4 blk 1, D lots O. lots to 20 blk ,, 2O lots 20, lots Ii 10 16 A to 25 90 to g blk l3 lots ls5, lott g to 4 blk IS lots l5G lots 4 10 r and 19 blk 7 , lots 100 lots to q to i8 blk 32 lots s40 lots to p blk zj lots 40. lols F 10 24, % to 4 blk 10 31 lots G2). About 9 acres Of townsi.e unsuryeyei at $iO DOT acre, S0l; All above lots in IIOlbrOOk, Tax on real estate 11S 70, penalty o7 -.--.---.- 120 07
 And noticeis hereby given that l. as Tax Col lector of said County of Apache, said Territory of Arizona, in accordance with Section 26S5 Of the Revised Statutes of Arizona for 1887, will ap ply to the District Court Of the Third Judicial District Of said Territory of Arizona, in and for the County of Apache, to be held at the town of St. Johns in said County and Territory at it's next ensuing term, to-wit: the First qst Monday in July, 4, D., Is9O, as provided an,1 fixed by law, for judgment against the lands, and real estate and personal property above described in said delinquent st for the amount of money due respectively on said pieces Of land, real es- tate and per onal property for said taxes of the year 1889, and costs of this proceeding and pen alty for non-payment according to law of said taxes, and interest, and fer an order to sell said property for the satisfaction thereof further give notice, that on the Monday succeeding the said First Monday Of July, A. D., 1sgO, being the Monday succeeding the first Monday of said term of said Court, each piece of said land, real estate and personal property, for the sale Of which an order shall be made by said DistTic. Court, at its said term, will be. by me, exposed for sale, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. N. and o'clock P. M., at public outcry, for cash, to the highest bidder, in front of the Court House door, at the town of Saint Johns, County of Apache and Territory of Arizona, the same being the building in which said District Court is held for the amount Of the taxes, penalty, costs and interest whioh h shall be by said District Court at its said term, adjudged ami decreed to be due respectively on each piece of said land, real estate and personal property above described for the year 1889
 NAT, GREER, Treasurer and ex-Offlcio Tax Collector of Apache
 County, Territory of Arizona.
 January So, 1s9).
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4 Case of Spite.


 the arrest of E. W. Nelson, which occurred in this city yesterday. He was formerly clerk of Apache coun- ty, Arizona, and was opposed by a bitter faction at St. Johns. After his term of office expired, about a year ago, he removed to this terri tory, and engaged in mining. After his departure he was indicted on the charge of taking illegal fees.
 The Citizen regrets that 1t stated yesterday on hearsay information, that MT. Nelson was arrested on the charge of embezzlement.-Albu- querque Citizen.
 The Citizen is correct, there is a history connected with the arrest of E. W. Nelson," and the history is not creditable to the party arrested. Nelson was Deputy Clerk of the District Court of Apache County, was County Recorder, and was Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The records of the District Court show that he was guilty of syste- matic peculation during the entire term of his service. He smuggled the bill into the Board without sub mitting it 10 the District AttOr- ney, as the law requires. The mem bers not being familiar with the fee bill, and having confidence in the honesty and integrity of Nelson, took the sworn statement, which must accompany all bills submit ted to that body for payment, as evidence that his bill was correct and according to law.
 There is a small clique in St. Johns, whose sole aim appears to be to clog the wheels of justice and en- able criminals no matter what the charges against them, 10 go unwhip- ped of justice, with which he affil- lated. A short time since mem- Der of this clique was indicted and arrested for stealing a COW. On the trial the charge was clearly proven by half a dozen reputable witnesses, whose testimony was un- contradicted-not particle of tes- timony having been adduced on the part of the defendant to clear his skirts of the charge. The case was submitted to the jury, and they re- tired to their room, when one of them got up and made a political speech, claiming that the case was one of political persecution, and he was acquitted.
 Since the arrest, a prominent member of this clique, so we are informed, has made the statement, without any qualifying clause, that acting-Governor Murphy would not grant a acquisition for Mr. Nelson. Showing that Mr. Nelson's refusal to return to Apache county, with out the necessary papers, had mo- tive, as was suspected by the officer making the arrest Up to this writ ing we have been unable to ascer- tain whether the statement was made from persoual knowledge or not.
 After his term of office expired, about year ago, he removed to this territory" This is very true, Mir. Citizen, and he lost very little time in changing his residence. His first act after retiring from office, was to place all the property which he owned in this territory out of his possession, and the second was to leave Arizona.
 The charge against Mir. Nelson amounts to a felony in this Terri tery. The penalty, if convicted, is a term of years in the penitentiarv. The testimony against him is a part of the records of Apache county, and is in Mir. Nelson's handwriting He submitted 1t to the Board of Su- pervisors, and insisted on its allow
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TIE Tombstone Prospector, a staunch Republican paper, pays the following deserved tribute to Chief Justice Wright. It says: Such a judge deserves the support of the people, regardless of politics"
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Iugsy. harness and bh goods %. tax real os.aie 3, per prop 4, total F A, pea'y 62 !
 Wood, imp ol Baenall ranch !5 lot and Eousein Snowflake G. g horses ; cat Ile r., wag, n faIuess and hh goods 42, tax ons real e,taie 63, p-r prop =. tCtal 9, penalty l 37 .--...-.------..---.. -.---...-.-.
 Whitten. J r house and lot in Snowflake 4. imp on " D KaTtchrcr homestead 70, 2 2horses je, cattle z5, hh goods 70. tax real estate 5, per prop 55 total ) O7, zen .
 Welch, Josln C If ne CT SEC o4 twp rng 9 east, S0 acres 2J', tax ,, eaa'y D pad S. due ..-. -.-..-....-- .-----..
 WliJple Willard S Inf of SC ar and sw CT of nv ar ss II twp 10 n rug 2i east 5. Ed son Whi D finn Ou RR land I65, 3 horses s5, 2 cIt le IF Q wagon, harness, faImPg imp and hh goods 0. tax on T. al estate 6 60 per pro II e, total r 62, paid l3, due. {
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St. Johne, Thureday, February 2C
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Official Paper of the County.

Advertising Rates- One inch, one Month, ,...-........-... s2.0G
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 enc Year,...........IO 100 co One Column, one Month, ...-.....--....---2 20.U0
 one Year. r.......: C00 60 Local notices will be inserted at twenty cents aIine first insertion and ten cents line each subsequent insertion.
 Legal notices will be inserted at g co @ square ten lines Of this typelfor the first insertion and SI % a souare for each subsequent insertion. Stock brands will be inserted one brand on cut, one year. sI0: each additional brand on cut. same owner. s5; each additional brand or character, bar or connected letters, requiring engraved block, enc year, S2.
 All communications should be addressed to TIE HERALD St. Johns. A. T.
 SUBsCRIPTIoE s4. GO per year, in advance.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

"What do you think of that ?" he asked,
turning to the blackmen. "Do you think
that mule has as much right to vote as a
negrop"
The blacks remained silent. The orator
saw an old dsrky with gray hair and brass
spectacles citing in the fourth row OF
seats. The old man had his hands crossed
on the handle of his cane, and was listen
ing in open-mouthei attention.
f'Speak up, uncle" said the orstor,
singing him out. Speak up The peo-
pie want to hear from you, sir. Do you
think that mule has as much right to
vote as a negro?"
The old man held his peace. DOME
hesitate, unclel Speak right up! Let the
people know what you believe. Do you
think that q mule has as much right to
vote as a negro?"
"Well, dun can't say" replied the old
dsrkey, "but tole you what l knows.
De mule he got Just about as much chance
to vote as de niger got"
Such were some Of the intellectual de-
lights furnished at Joe Washington's din
ner. The average Of the stories was even
beyond these. The night was filled with
laughter and five hours passed 30 quickly
that they seemed condensed into one. On
the next morning Charles S. Baker arose
with soreness in his ribs. He fapcied
thrt he was getting touch of malaria.
He dosed himself with Wsrburg's Tine
ture, the bitterest medicine ever COM
pounded, and afterwards discovered that
his soreness was caused by vaccinations
at Joe Washington's dinner.
AMOS J. CUMMINGS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

'For minute 1 couldn't think how the
catastrophe might be averted. 1t would
have been simply tempting fate to go
stumbling round an important subject OF
that kind in foreign tongue. l hedE's
the moral courage togo out and try to iseso
one of our party for an interpreter. The
situation was getting serious. tried the
barber experimentally with some explana-
tions in good United States, TO which he
replied, 'Oui, oui. Still, / didn't believe
that he understood what / was talking
about, and go to test his command of Eng
lish I asked him to lend me five hundred
thousand dollars until next Saturday,
which he promptly agreed to do, with a
serier of wildly affirmative gestures.
It was evident that he didn't know me
anv better than he did my native tongue.
Just then an idea struck me with the
force of an inspiration. l pulled out q
little writing pad and pencil, and sketch
ed an ideal French nobleman of the most
stylish and interruptions character with
his pompadour hair cut in the prevailing
atyle. The barber looked at it and cried,
'Oui, oui.' He had said that several times
before, but this time I had faith that the
light of human intelligence was dswning
in his mind. Then scratched the picture
out with gesture of high-minded disgust,
and drew another head-my own this
time-and 1 made it as round and spiky
as q horse-chestnut burr. Then I made q
big hand pointing to this picture, and
threw in one or two additional figures sup.
posed to be regarding the rcund-headed
gentleman with envious admiration.
1.-THE barber went into such ecstacies Of
comprehension that l was afraid he would
die and that should have to do the thing
all over again. But he revived in few
minutes and got out his little moving
machine. He weeded out the back of my
neck very satisfactorily, SO far as l could
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

sppointment at Utica. Allen Gays tDal
when he arrived there he got of the train
and felt like cat in a strange garrett
While gazing around somewhat dazsc,
q man approached him and asked MN
what he was looking for. He replied tnat
ne was looking for Democrat. Inc man
said he was Democrat. and took Allen
up to headquarters. When the Tupe-
lonian showed his dispatch, the Chairman
said:
"This is the third time that this game
has been played on us-sending no-sc-
count fellows to take the place OF eloquent
Democratic orators"
Instead of asking John to have some
thing. they took him up to hall packed
with people crazy to hear Mills. The CHAIR,
man made profuse apologies for Mr.. Mile
absence. He added that they had with
them an orator whose fame was fully equal
to that Of the great Texan, and whose
name was written high in the!temple OF
fame.
81 have the honor, ladies and gentle
men, he roared, ''of introducing to you
that renowned statesman and eloquent
speaker, the Hon. -, the Hon. -,
the Hon. -"
Here he turned, and bending toward
Allen, said, "Whst is your name, any
how?n
Another Congressman told an incident
that occurred during Don Dickenson's re-
cent visit to Washington. The ex-Post-
master General, he said, was wan dering
through the Capital after Chief Justice
Fuller's recent Grafton, when he met q
gritty Republican Senator from Western
State. After passing the compliments OF
the day, DON said:
az hope that the Postc flee Department
is now being run in a way that plesses you
You are undoubtedly receiving your share
of the patronage"
'rNot much" the Senator replied. IT'S
worse now than it was when you were
Postmaster General. The patronage goes
exclusively to Presbyterians, relatives OF
the President, and Cons of guns, aud there
are none of either in my section"
The interest and amusement in this sto-
~ were heightened By the feet that II WIS
told by Republican Member of Congress:
at the expense of the Democracy. be SAID
John Allsn promptly capped it with story
that ia TishomiDgo, county, Miss, at the
close of the war, Confederate soldier
turned Republican. He insinuated him.
self into the good graces of the regroes,
and held county Office for years. One
day, in conversation with prominent
Democratic neighbor, he denounced the
the illiteracy of the blacks, and said that
mule had just as much right to vote as
negro.n On the next day the Democrat
spoke at campaign meeting. There were
many negroes around the stand. Ha told
of his meeting with his Republican neigh
Dor on the previous day, and quoted his
words.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

off his pen-tailed coat, and promptly sent
his regrets. At another dinner it i5 sAid
that Senator Edmunds and Mr.. Blaine were
invited guests. The ice was too cold.
Everybody felt chilled, and the affiir
lacked vivacity. ,,
The season this wister opened little
too early for some of the New York City
members. They left their dress suits at
home for use during the holiday recess.
Oue New York Congressman this season
appeared at three dinners without being IN
full dress. He was the only man at each
who did not wear the regulation uniform.
So mortified was he that before fourth
dinner he went to tailor shop on Eighth
street and hired dress suit. II cost him
So. The legs of the trousers were an inch
too long and the sleeves of the coat three
inches too short. The latter misfortune
would have given him a magnificent op-
portunity to display his diamond cuff
buttons. Unfortunately, however, they
had been stolen out of the Pullman palace
car coming from Jersey City that very
morning,
A royal entertainer was Secretary OF the
Navy whitney. Ine hon. ferIy DeAnIvn'
also served magnificent dinners. This
season the Hon. Roswell P. Flower appears
to tske the lead His entertainments are
given in his palatial residence on l street
Mr.. Flower is the Psdishah Of hosts. HI
dinners are golden spots on the pages O.
Congressional life. Just now he is unwit
tinqly making the life of the Hon. Ashbe
P. Fitch unhappy. Mr.. Fitch, like MIR
Flower is delicious entertainer
Three times since the election o
Speaker has he invited friends IL
dine at his parlors, with every prospect o.
a rare old time. When his arrangement
were all perfected, Mr.. Flower, unaware
of his colleagues plans, issued invitations
10 dinners on the same evening The
guests were in quandary. Most OF them
were New Workers. There was World:
Fair flavor to Mr.. Flowers dinners, snc
devotion to the interests of their city drew
them in that direction. A few spent part
Of the evening with Mr.. Fitch and after
wards paid their respects to Mr.. Flower
Others enjoyed the fret courses at Mr.
Flowers table and tasted the ina
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

He took run over there with q party
during the summer and fall; it was In
September, 1 believe, when the leaves be-
gan to turn, and the frat breezes Of aut-
umn drifted into town and dallied with
his tressss, that he decided to have his
hair cnt. So be put on an air Of noncha'
lence, because that was the only air he
knew the French name of, and sailed into
barber's shop on the Rue de Roue, or
some other street with an equally aristo-
cratic rame.
'It looked like very extensive shop"
said Verbeck, in telling ms the story;
'but you must always remember that no
place in Paris is more than one-sixteenth
as big as it looks TO one on the first glance,
because they plaster the sides of room
oil over with mirrors, so that whichever
way you look you see sixteen sides of the
apartment at once, which interferes with
your estimate of how much carpet 1T
would take to cover the floor.
"Ia consequences of this prodigallty Of
mirrors thers app aEed to be sixteen tineo
as many BARRIERS as there were, aad, being
somewhat embarrassed, I picked Out t8o
or three who were only the reflections of
somebody elss before 1 got hold of one who
had any real and useful existence. He
put me into his chair, and, having bowed
gracefully, he addressed ma in words
which sounded like tia fret three chap
ters of bill of fare. l didn't know eny
French and hadn't acquired that graceful
way of pretending that l did, which came
80 easy to some of the fellows. inferred
that he was asking me III what way l
desired to have my personal appearance
smeliorsted, and I didn't dare TO reply in
his native tongue, because l knew that l
intended to be caution not to cut my
hair too shortin the neck might get out Of
me in the form Of arequest to slice my nose
off. So I said nothing, but sat straight up
in the chair, believing that he would have
sense enough to know that didn't wont
to be shaved in that position. He took
the hint, and got ont his scissors,
"Just then l remembered that these
Frenchuer have frighiful way OF cut
ting fellows hair when it sticks straight
up on his head, as mine does. They
make gutter in it from stem to stern By
leaving the hair long on each side of the
top of the head and shearing it short in
the middle. It makes man look like
the devil, literally, because it gives him
the appearance of having horns sprcuting.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05

remember only one phrase appropriate to
the occasion. had heard cab driver
address it to his horse, and knew it
must be term of high appreciation, be-
cause he had told a friend who wee with
me that il was the best horse in Paris.
That was before we hired the cab. Wien
we ssttled the bill he charged us double
fare because he had driven the horse 20
fast. He told my friend thst he couldn't
have felt worse about it if the horse had
been q member of his own family. This
recollection gave me confidence in the
phrase, and I ventured to spring it on
the deserving barber on this occasion.
"'Fete de cochon,' began in feeling
tones, but 1 didn't get any further. There
was trouble in the shop right away. When
1 extricated myself from the difficulty /
sought a learned friend and in casual,
cff.hsud way, just as if nothing had hap.
peued, asked him what the COMPOUNDED
thing meant"
"'Well, not to be too exact about it, ,
he said, it means pig-headsd chump.
It's fsvorite cuss word over here, l be-
lieve'"
II was really grieved to hear it. for the
barber deserved something better at my
hands, for be had given me hair cut tn at
fellow don't get every day, assure
YOU" HOWARD FIELDING.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05
VERBECK'S HAIRCUT.
PARTISAN EXPERIENCE OF TRR WELL
KNOWN ILLUSTRATOR.
The Tale is Truthful and Amusing, and it Is Also
Instructive from the Ground Up-I Distress
ing Mistake at the Very Last
Moment.
COPYRIGHT 1889.

Frank Verbeck, the artist, told nae this
story, and he said it was true. 1 took bis
word and what corroborative testimony l
could get, and thus succeeded in throwing
certain sir Of probability about the mar
rative. But Pm always careful to dis-
count the artistic temperament in story
which appears to BIS too rich in pictorial
elements. had an uncle once who was
farmer, but he was something OF an artist,
too-painted his own barns and now and
then a fence, when there was any paint
left Overland the artistic temperament
would stick out of him. He was terrible
man to dress up story to make it LOOK
we'll. He couldn't tell the truth even in
his last will and testament. 10 that docu-
ment he said that he left me $500, but the
executors assured me that ne must have
taken it with him because they'd raked
his farm all over with ine-toothed comb
and hadn't found anything on it but the
mortgage. However, Verbeck's story Of
how he got bis hair cut in Paris is strictly
true