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Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
WESTERN DUELs.
| some Hard Fights With the Lasso- other Exciting Contests.

Some Hard Flights With the Lasso- Other Exciting Contests.
 From the San Francisco Examiner
 The riata duel is not a new thing on the Mexican frontier. Indeed there is hardly a big cattle range anywhere that has not its stories of hard fights with the lasso. Such duels are bound to be fierce. But so skillful and quick do these rope throwers become that such a duel not frequently lasts for hours.
 Probably the best remembered fight of this sort was that between a Texan known as Kid Long and little Mexican, who was only spoken of as Gabilan"-hawk-on the great Lievre range. They circled around each other, dodging the rapid throws, from 10 o'clock in the morning until after sunset When the horses had almost given out, the Texan threw at his adversary, who threw back so that his moose passed right over the other mans lasso and hand and caught him fair around | the neck and under the armpit. In almos; | no time Kid was out of his saddle and be ing dragged over the ground at the rate | that knocked the life out of him before he | had gone a hundred yards
 The West during its wild and woody l days and the Mexican frontier have had many remarkable duels. That between "Farmer" Peel and soldier near one of the forts in Utah is among the classics of the field ..of honor-or what has an swered for that in the COW towns and min | ing camp The weapons were rifles, re- | volvers and bowie knives. The principals were placed on opposite sides of hillock, around which ran road, and started to meet. The curve of the hill prevented their seeing one another until they were within a hundred yards. As soon as they saw one another they both fired. Though part of the rim of Feels hat was cut of1 and the soldiers slevee was pierced, neith
 CT was hurt. Then they pulled their pis
 tols and advanced, firing. Both dropped badly wounded when less than twenty
 yards separated them. They lay ther,
 squirming and shooting until both had
 emptied their weapons. Peel was desper
 ately hurt, and his adversary had one bal
 through the stomach and several other
 distributed all over his anatomy. Wher
 they could shoot no more they lay for [
 short time swearing. Then Peel, who wa
 SO badly hurt that he could not advance
 even on his hands and knees, began t.
 wriggle toward the fallen soldier. H
 pulled himself along with his elbows, ans
 with his enc uninjured hand finished tn soldier with his bowie knife
 Farmer Peel already had the bigges
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
INTERPRETATIONS,

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Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Religion is precious treasure. The re- ligion of Dahomeyland is to the effect that any soldier killed while fighting white men goes straight to heaven to become hand some young man of twenty-five, who is provided with fifteen beautiful wives and all the game he can eat for 1000 years. Under this belief hundreds of them do their best to get killed.
 There is complaint in Chicago that too much money is spent on the high Schools. Less than three per cent. of the students in the Chicago grammar schools graduate from them, and of this number less than one-half per cent. are boys. Seventy-eighi per cent. of the primary grade pupils never enter grammar school. In other words the primary schools are the only really popular schools. A curious prohibition plan Is being triei
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05


 Fa.o etoto of Connecticut will not be year. The announcement of State Treas urer Henry that the State tax on the grand list of 1889 will be suspended shows that the State is all right financially. It is the first time in it's history that such an an nouncement has been made. But this is not all. Not only can the State tax, ag- gregating not less than $350, ,O0O, be sus- pended, but State bonds to the amount of $20O, 900 will be redeemed by the first of December. State Treasurer Henry, in re- deeming s2OO, ,OO0 of the outstanding half million of State bonds issued in 1887, will not make any formal call from the treas urer's office for the amount, but will re- ceive the bonds directly from the Etna Life Insurance company, which holds the whole half million. These bonds are now on deposit in Canada, where the company has a large guarantee fund for the transaction of its business The Hartford Post says: In making the transfer the company will be put to considerable inconvenience but the redemption has been most heartily co-operated in by Governor Bulkeley, who is the president of the Etna Life, and tn, bonds will be placed in the hands of tn, State early in November. Governor Bulk eley was the principal advocate of thu optional character of the bonds, wher they were authorized in 1887. The ten | dency at that time was to make the issu for term of years, but the governor be l heved that the State would be able to re deem within brief period, and succeeded in having an optional bond carried. Tn result proved his foresight. Within eight cen months half million of the issue wa redeemed Now s2OO,OOO more will b called in this fall
 | Outsiders will say that the wooden nut
 meg trade must be good, but we can ai
 ford to let them have their joke.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
The Laughing Plant.

made some passing remarks the other day on the kola nut and other vegetables of magic, says a writer in the London Times. But, if possible, even more de- sirable and delightful in this laughing plant" Not that the vegetable itself laughs-it does not even smile-but its seeds, if eaten, incite to immoderate mirthfulness. It is described as bearing flowers of bright yellow, and soft and woody seedpods, in whiehaare inelosed small, black beans. . -- E The natives of Etthat part of Arabia in which the plant grow," dry and pulverize these beans, and if this powder is admin istered "it makes the soberest person be- have like a circus clown, for he will laugh, dance, sing and cut the most fantastic ca pers. The effects lasts about an hour, at the end of which the patient recoyers his normal gravity, and is altogether obliverous of his extraordinary conduct | when under the influence of the powder" Dr. Johnson had laugh like a rhinoc- eros, supposing rhinoceroses to commit | themselves to mirth; and Ltston, were it | not for his uncomfortable fits of conta- | eious hilarity, might have been immortal | as a tragedian. But he could no more keep his face serious than little boys in school when they are once s'set of. V Something of the same irresponsible risi-
 bility would be the common condition of
 society if the plant we are referring to
 ever comes into general use. It would be
 an innocent sort of opium, relieving the
 weary and the wretched from their
 thoughts, and no one need be dull.
 All alone, the hypochondriac might | make himself the best of company, and without another soul in the room, might pass his evening as merrily as if he had got Grimaldi with him or Theodore Hook
 What fun it would be at small desolate railway stations to watch the bright faces of the passengers ''waiting for the train, B
 and how it would brighten country walk
 if every tramp who went by looked as if
 he had just been told a capital joke and
 could not get it out of his head No
 sehoolsboys would creep like snails un-
 willingly to school; on the contrary, they
 would hop, skip and jump all the way and
 whistle as they went It is @ delightful
 prospect, and the sooner the Arbians be
 gin exporting the jovial beans the better
 if only for the use of parliament. w,
 have had enough of grumbling, obstruction
 and in-temper; let us try legislation b!
 laughter.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05

private grave yard of any man in the vii cinity This encounter spread his fame all over the coast and when he went over to Nevada he received everywhere the hom- age of lesser lights.
 They have lots of deadly encounters up there on the Comstock. There was one number of years ago fought over half mile under ground According to the evidence given at the inquest by the sur vivor, the two miners were working alone in a drift They were rivals for the affec-
 tions of a woman, and in a quarrel one
 made drive at the other with his candle
 stick. A miners candlestiek consists of
 metal socket attached to sharp steel
 spike, so that it can be stuck in the face
 of the drift anywhere. The second miner
 defended himself with his candlestick,
 and there, thousands of feet under the
 ground, they wrestled and stabbed until
 one's life was gone. As they did not
 come up when they should have gone of
 shift others went down in search of them.
 They found one dead and the other uncon-
 scious through loss of blood. The jury, of
 course, had to take the survivors story of
 the affair, and he was acquitted.
 A little blind canon in the Sierra Madre used to furnish the Apaches with
 the means of formally settling their dis
 putes. This gulch is fairly alive with rat
 tlesnakes. When two bucks had aquarrel that they did not wish to settle of hand they repaired to this gully, and while the remainder of the tribe stood around and watched from the hills on either side, the combatants went together to where the serpents were thickest. There, stark naked and weaponless they would wrestle- This would wake up every rattler in the glen The aim of each was to force the other on to the angry snakes. It was not unusual for both to be bitten while they strug- gled and rolled among the rocks. Each was bound to remain and wrestle as long as his adversary had life or strength enough to struggle with him.
 A most remarkable duel was fought st Las Carnitas, N. M, many years ago. An under sized stranger came to the town and picked a quarrel with Handsome Harry" gambler renowned a dead shot. They got out into the road and both fell mortal I ly wounded. 1t was discovered that the stranger was a woman, and though she never spoke after she fell the story became known that she was a sister of a girl whom Handsome Harry had wronged years be- | fore
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
4r1y 9nntls.

Howe X StetsOl. SPECIMEN VALUES.
 NEW, FRESH
 BLANKETS. Examination Solicited.
 Five pound Grey Wool Blankets, clean, we'll secured goods, pretty border. suitable for bedding. at $I.5o per pair, as a bargain.
 White Wool Blankets, red and blue striped borders, at $I.5o per pair.
 Six lb. Grey Wool Blankets, full two yards wide, with clear red border, at $2.Io per pair.
 1I-4 White Wool Blankets, plain red and blue striped bor- ders, at $2.Ie per pair.
 Extra Value in TIA White Blankets at $2.5o per pair.
 Handsome I1-4 White Blan- kets, with red and blue ribbon striped borders, at $3 per pair.
 Our we'll known Fairfield I1-4 White Blankets $3.25 per pair. The Best for the Money.
 Sole agent for the California 11-4 San Joaquin Blanket in pink, light blue, red and gold borders, at SAYS per pair:
 Special value in White all wool TEA Blankets at SAYS per pair.
 Job in White l2-4 Blankets, extra heavy weight, at $3.5o per pair.
 12-4 White Wool Blankets, handsome borders, $6 per pair. Y Fine, handsome California White Blankets, $o.75 for 1I-A sizeE$775 forr2-4 slze. Large we'll made Comfort ables at ST, SI.25 and upwards.
 Puff Quilts at $1.6o, $1.e5 and $2. 35 each.
 Special Bargains Friday, Sept. 5.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
Republican State Convention. HYPERION THEATER. NEW HAVEN. SEPTE.

FtepuDucan State COuVeutIOhs HYPERION THEATER, NEW HAVEN, sEPTEM-
 BEk 16.
 The republican electors of the several towns of this state, and all other electors who believe in the principles of the republican party set forth in the national platform of that party are hereby notified to send the usual number of delegates to the republican state convention to be held in the Hyperion theater, New Haven, on Tuesday, Sep tember 16, 1890 at o'clock p.m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for state officers.
 In accordance with the rules adopted by the republican state convention in 1886 the following additional notices are given:
 First-An primaries in the several towns for the appointment of delegates to any convention shall be held at least five days before the meeting of said convention, upon at least two days notice, but if any town committee shall fail to call pri- maries under the provisions of this rule the mem Der of the state committee for the district in which snch town committee resides shall call the necessary primaries upon reasonable notice.
 Second It shall be the duty of the chairman of each town committee to send a copy of the ere dentials of the delegates from his town to the secretary of the republican state committee at least four days before the convention. '
 ERAsTUs s. DAY, Chairman. kns41s R; JAY MAIsn, Ra.1a.an Secretaries. j
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
QUEER THINGS DO HAPPEN.
An Unvarnished Recital O fthe Adven. tures of Fall River Urchin.
 From the Fall River Globe1

lures Of a Fall Rfver Urch1n.
 From the Fall River Globe.l
 A boy with a wonderful capacity for cold water made kind of a Noah's ark time of it last evening for people who dwell around the South park. There is tall stand pipe near the park, where thesprink- ling carts load up and the pressure from the pond at that point is something like a millions pounds to the square inch. Just what possessed that aforesaid boy to climb that stand pipe while the band was play.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
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ing gayly in the band standwin probabl,

ing gayly in the band standwin probably
 never be known.
 Possibly he had found life too slow at the drinking fountain and it may be that he didn't think he could do the stand pipe any harm. At any rate he shinned up and be- gan monkeying with the cap on the top. A full grown man with steel appliances would undoubtedly have experienced con siderable difficulty in unfastening that tap,
 but the foot high urchin found it easy
 enough His accomplishment will surprise
 him to the end of his days. He was bend
 ing directly over the pipe, stomach down,
 when the last thread of the cap screw was
 loosened.
 There was swish and a roar and the mil ion-pound pressure sent a mighty volume
 of water a thousand feet into the air. It
 would have been magnificent spectacle
 but for one feature which froze the blood in the veins of the assembled multitude. As far as the eye could reach, and almost
 at the very top of this tower of water, a tiny speck slowly revolved. It was the
 small boy, helpless, and feebly waving his
 hands and feet in his terror.
 Fortunately the tremendous force sup ported him, and the centrifugal power con- vexing towards the sides of the torrent, kept him in the middle. It was wet work looking on, but for few seconds no body d..red to move. Then brave mem | Der of the police department recovered his presence of mind and darted to the Park House telephone. A little later Superin- l tendent Kieran of the water works arrived | on the scene, pale but determined. The same thought seemed to inspire the | crowd at the same moment, for five hun dred voices exclaimed: ''You must let him
 down easy" Superintendent Kieran | needed no such warning. He knew that to
 shut of the supply suddenly meant terri. | ble fall for the half drowned lad, who had | ceased to move up there among the stars, | and with a touch as light as a woman's he | began to turn back the swift tide in the 1 main artery.
 Inch by inch the tower of water dimin. ished; inch by inch that small speck of ! humanity descended. The excitement was
 at concert pitch. Everybody spoke in
 hoarse whispers. Finally joyous cheer rang out The urchin was thirty feet from the ground, and scores of arms were out stretched to receive him. '.Stand steady, was the order, and the last spoonful oi water was turned of, and the boy dropped I safely into the network of hands. "That | beats balloons" he said, as he wiped his face with his dripping sleeve.
The Arizona sentinel., 1890-11-01
The speakers Game e.

Hon M. <. Smith, came, sa"
 .a3 went whether he conquered,
 or not is q question, yet to be seen
 MT Smith k better looking man
 than Morris Baldwin, aad
 smoother ta1ker, no more huneai
 it is said, no more sincere, and
 whether ans more reliable or not,
 is q question. True, he made one or two E.ir hits.
 First-Whcr he said, if J. II. Behan is ] thief, then \. Frank Is one, wAether because, both were en- gagged in wood contracts, or whether both are running for the same office, as yet We cannot tell.
 Second-When he asked, "did Mir. Cheyney speak here? Of course he did not, and Mir. Smith knew it we'll, but he asked the question for effect. Why did he not ask who met NIT. Cheney at the train who engaged the best rooms in the hotel for Messrs. Gheyney, Baldwin and Moore. Was it democrat or no? Sam GillegPie can tell. But, to be fair, the attendance was good attention good, enthusiasm medium. Mir. Smiths speech was the same, old, revamped, sterotyped harangpe as of old. Nothing new nothing exciting. Full of fallacies, full of misrepresentations, not fair to any enc. Simply the outburst of spleen, gail and falsifying the facts, as ap piled to all of the best interests of the nation. AS a poet, MT. Smith is a success in the minds of some The closing was a we'll paid tribute 10 the future of Arizona. Many wanted to hear what he had to say about the Wham robbery, how ! much of the II. $. Govt. funds he ! received for his efficient service iu defending these criminals, during the 16 days he was said to have been absent from Washington, while congress was in session. Many wanted to hear his views on this important matter.
 Mir. Harris Baldwin. candidate for Joint Councilman of the North ern District, made his "little speech" in Yuma. Y was the same old, old, story. He stated that Arizona had but two important in dustries-Agriculture and Mining where are our live stock interests? He stated that the Mckinley bill did not protect the miner. How about the price of silver-from roc. up to $1.202 How about the duty on copper and lead? Is MT. Bald win ignorant, or does he intend to deceive2 One of these two things , must be true. He enlarged greatly on the reforms necessary, in the !. legislature, and what wonderful , things he would do, but he failed il entirely, to point out what these r wonderful reform measures are. Such speakers, such arguments do r the Republican party no harm.
The Arizona sentinel., 1890-11-01
tucson Nursery.

Partieg desiring nursery stock A.e re. auested 10 correspond with me as .,n prepared to give bottom prices. Citrus fruits speciality All No. l stock and guaranteed true to name. Address me, at Tucson Arizona.
 DAVID KENNEDY,
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At Last.

The long expected illustrated His tory of Utah by the eminent historian, Hubert H. Bancroft, has At last ap- peared. It is absolutely revelation. After visiting the field in person, talk ing testimony impartially from all sides, critically reviewing the enor- nous number of 1000 different au- thorlties, and searching many of the secret archives of the Mormon Church. Mir. Bancroft now gives to the world this wonderful and remarkable work, the only true history of Mormonism published.
 The works read like romance-the wonderful adventures of trappers and travellers, the bloody Indian wars, the thrilling accounts of massacres and miraculous escapes, the famous Danite Association or Destroying Angels, the story of Brigham Young-all this fresh from tie pen of the brilliant and gifted author forms narrative of ex- citing interest, as fascinating as a novel yet true to the letter. Above all in surpassing interest is the m. folding of the great Mormon Question and the mysteries of Polygamy which will be read with eager interest by all classess of people throughout the Eng fish speaking world. The work is published in one large handsome vol ume of over 800 pages. bound in red and gold, and grandly illustrated with steel plate portraits O: the great Nor mon leaders, exquisite half tone en. cravings and dazzling colored plates. It IS issued by the great Publishing House oi the Pacific Coast, The His tory ComCslY of San Francisco, and can only fbe> P~ocured through their authorized agents. We call attention to the adveitisenentin another column under heading of s25.m Reward
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 I contracted a severe cold, which suddenly developed into Pneumonia, presenting dangerous and obstinate symptoms. My physician ordered the use of Ayers Cherry PectOral. His in- structions were followed, and the result was a rapid and permanent cure. - II. E. Simpson, Rogers Prairie, Tex.
 Two years ago I suffered from severe Cold, which settled on my Lungs. con- suited various physicians, and took the medicines they prescribed, but received me to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral. After taking two bottles of this medicine l was cured. Since then have given the Pec- tnral to my children. and consider it