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they can furnish rich men, swell clubs
and high class hotels with spring chick
ems at times when they could be obtain
tainable from no other source.
Near New York, for instance, there are
three or four establishments where the
chicks are Matched out by the gross, 40
to speak, s'mothered" with arrangements
OF cotton wool, fed by machine and
brought to table condition systematically
and at o given time after the first faint
picking of the imprisoned infant fowl at
it's shell. One of these placesiis run by
a company, with q capital of $4,000,
and it's Matching and feeding houses are
large and conducted according to an ex-
act system. These concerns raise chick
ems and pigeons mainly, but have moi
been very successful with turkeys, az
the Thanksgiving bird does not take kind.
ly to mechanical propagation.
The prices charged by these growers
are higher than those that obtain In the
regular markets, and the product Il
mostly taken up by the big hotels, the
clubs and rich private families. Very
few machine raised birds are to be seen
hung up by the feet in the regular mar
kets Of any of the big cities. 1t is the
opinion of the dealers generally that this
state of affairs will continue for many
years, and they express the opinion, also
considered heretical in many quarters,
that the flavor of the farm grown birds
would not suffer by comparison with
that of those produced by the wholesale
method.
1t is.not likely that the advocates oi
either faith as to the future Of the poul.
try business are wholly right. So long
q the farmers can raise poultry in smal
fiocks largely ON whatwould 60 to waste
il NOT employed In that manner, the con
cerns that ara obliged 10 provide extern,
Eve and expensive plants viii not find i
easy to compete with them for the gen
sFal market, but they will undoubtedly
be able to- cater successfully to the spe
cial city trade.
Az regarding many other businesses
there arc many romances told Of phe
nomenal ccesse made in poultry grow
ing by men who had NO special skill q
training for success in that line befor,
| they took up the enterprise. One of th,
most alluring OF these, and undoubtedl.
d true one, ii related OF q New Yorkes
who found himself IN bad health, out b
business and with very little capital
he borrowed . few hundreds and addet
this to his " cash, set up an inc1bat
ing and forcing establishment on Lonl
Island, near New York, and started ont
His net income is now stated to be near
" $1,000 a year. He is living on "Eas.
street now, but ! know Of q man VIII
sunk $4,000 trying to make q Nsiinila
scheme work who is now looking for
lob. ALBERT HORTON.
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Crazed by a Fair Statue.

Frank Miller, a resident of Knox town
ship, visited the Worlds fair last sum.
mer, and while passing through the Lib
eral Arts building caught sight of the
statueof the crucifxion of Christ. From
that time he seemed to lose control Of
his mind. All his time MT the fair was
spent in front of the statue, 1t was by
the most strenuous efforts that he was
induced TO return home. Since his ar
rival he has grown steadily worse, until
today his mind is a total wreck and he
is a dangerous lunatic. Gu election day
he preached religion in a wild and IL
cited manner, and his theme day and
night is Christ's crucifixion. He has
been taken to an asylum. Miller was a
prosperous farmer at n time and was
very intelligent.--Allianc (O.) Dispatch.
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the fatal blow IL struck and before the
life has entirely fed. Ii has been found
that the feathers yield readily at this
time: the pick" is wen cleaner than
when the old method of scalding is fol-
lowed. 1t is necessary in order to do dry
picking to grasp the fowl by the neck,
and great careh has to be exercised at this
critical time not to grip too firmly. We
hive been greatly troubled in our bust
ness by the reception of dressed fowls
with discolored necks-discolored in ex-
actly the same way as they would be ii
the fowl were somewhat damaged.
''This discoloration always injuries the
sale OF the poultry, frequently knocking
off Q or 3 cents on the price per pound,
ever though the fowl may be in perfect
condition. During my long trip last
summer through the states / have named
I inquired everywhere as to the aus of
this discoloration. In Ohio ] met a man
who explained it to me. If the grasp of
the picker is too firm, the blood is apt to
coagulate in the neck, and it is this CO.
a~gulation that causes the discoloration.
Packers who understand this and pre-
vent it can always get more for their
goods and therefore can afford to pay
more, and it is the knowledge of this and
similar technical points that makes the
difference between a successful and an
unsuccessful packer.
''Some of the packing houses keep from
10 to 100 persons busy, and every opera
@szs, - n xx-o11 .arr,1,4al ,1fo1 1tphvnosat &c
conducted with regard to economy of
time and money and the fine appearance
of tie product. For instance, in one
packing house that ! know of the fowls
are sent from the ground floor, where
they are received, to the upper floor.
where they are killed, picked and packed.
by means of a shute through which an
endless chain of wooden bars propels
them. This is a much better plan than
the old one of chasing the hen wanted
for the minister's dinner about the farm
yard, although a somewhat similar meth.
cd Of capturing the birds is still EN-
ployed in some Of the packing houses that
are conducted by some of the less enter.
prising men in the business.
t'Some of the killers and dressers be.
come very expert in their work. | have
heard of a man who could kill 200 chick.
ms in an hour, but / never saw him al
work, and he is said to have operated by
the obsolete method of cutting the birds
throat and breaking it's neck"
Although this commission buyer doe:
not believe steam Matched. stuffed fec
poultry is much in evidence in the mar
kets it is true that there are several es
adjustments for the production of poul
try after this method. They are located
in the vicinity of a few of the largest
cities and some of them have made
money, chiefly by reason of the fact that
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or two ago that although he has travelled
through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York. Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska in his poul-
try buying trips he has yet to run
across a poultry producing establish
ment where the incubator and the stuff
ing machine are used.
More than that" he said, II have
not encountered any of the extensive
poultry farms about which | have often
read. though do not say that they do
not exist. The poultry product of the
United States-most of it's raised, as
it always was, in small lots. Almost
every farmer in the states / have men
toned raises a little poultry. His wife
and daughters give that branch of the
farm industry their personal attention,
as they did when / was a boy, and they
'call the chickens" and feed them meal
and dough when they are fattening. inst
as in the old days.
There have been improvementsin the
methods of raising and feeding chickens,
though. and the quality of the fowls is
vastly improved. The habits and needs
of the birds have been studied, and the
industry has come by almost insensible
degrees to be conducted on much more
scientific lines than ever before.
zone of the greatest changes has taken
place in the killing of fowls. 1t was once
the custom of the farmer who had poul-
try to sell to kill and dress it himself
and either send it direct to the great
markets or sell it to the local buyer all
ready for shipment to the cities. Now
almost all the poultry that finds its way
to the cities is sold by the growers alive
to extensive buyers located in medium
sized towns in poultry growing regions.
These men have been striving for years
to reduce the killing and packing of
poultry to an exact science, and those
who have succeeded best can of course
command the highest and best markets.
should say that at a low estimate l00,-
900 persons are engaged in the business
try. The three divisions are so bound mp
with one another that there is no way to
separate them so as to give an accurate
estimate as to the number engaged in
each.
"The extensive poultry packer en-
ploys a number of buyers from first
hands. Each buyer has his team and
wagon and his route, and when he starts
out on a buying tour is furnished with 90
or 800. with instructions to remain ont
until he has collected a load. OF course
such a man must bea good judge of poul-
try and a good business man. The prices
he is empowered to offer are fixed, of
course. by the quotations in the large
cities, though some latitude is allowed
in case of exceptional quality.
AT the packing house scientific meth
dds are employed throughout. First Of
all, a rule is strictly observed to allow
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Paddington, a London district which
contains l00, 1000 inhabitants, burns 3d.
600 tons of garbage q year in furnaces
which furnish sufficient power to light
all the streets of Paddington and reduce
the cost of electric lights to all the house
holders in the district.
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Notice Of Hearing or Petition.

State OF south DAKOTA. county OF Lake IN
county court. Whereas, John Huecker having
applied for q drnggist'e permit TO sell intoxicat.
Ing liqnors under the provisions and Restrictions
70 the laws of this state governing the rale or I'm.
tuxicatiug liquors., ai his place OF business on
Egan avenue, In the city of Madison, county OF
Lake and state OF south Dakota; therefore no
tice 10 hereby given, that the 18th day OF Decem-
be-. A. ID. 1893. ~ the ofnce OF the county judge
In the said city OF Madison, In Lake county, =
said petition. when and where any person quail
hed may appear and show cause why said peti
ton ehould not he granted.
Dated at Madison, y. D., November II, 1883.
j. Il. WILLIAMSON,
County Judge.
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Notice.

Land once at Mitchell, 8. D., Dec. 4, 1885,
Notice is hereby given that the foliowing-named
settler has fled notice Of his intention TO make
fnal proof In support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made befDre the clerk OF the circuit
court, in snd for Lake county 5. D., at Madison,
.. D., on January Ii. 1894, viz; William Car
rott, for the southeast quarter section ], town
ship iOS Dorth, range "a weet, 9Th r.. M. fH. Il.
2g.4ib.) He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon and cult.
yation OF, eaid land, viz; Charles Brown oil
OldT ain r. q. and Geo. Winslow, Orio Clifford
md j. L. Hathaway Of Ramona r. o.. 4. d.
R. N. KRAFT Register.
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Z OF YOUR OWN,

in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy OF your part will do
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the fowls to go without food for 24hours
before killing them. The killing is
done in two ways In many houses this
is intrusted 70 women, who havea forked
instrument In which they place the birds
head and then by quick movement
close it in such q way that . needielike
piece Of metal ID driven into the brain
and the arteries or the neck are severed.
Al better method, although q little slower
one, is to hang the live birds, which have
been noosed by the legs, head down on
hooks over o pit. A man with a sharp
knife stabs them in the mouth, and the
blood is allowed to drip into the pit
Fowls killed in this way are Of finer
favor than when their lives are ended in
any other method.
In most packing houses the birds are
nowadays picked dry, the feathers being
stripped by one or two quick movements.
Dry picking il Gone immediately after
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Notice to Creditors.

In the county court OF the county OF
Lake, state OF South Dakota. In the
matter OF the estate Of G. A, Bullock, de.
ceased. Notice 10 hereby given by the
undersigned nc ministrator of the estate Of O.. Al.
Bullock. deceased, to the creditors Of and all per.
sons having claims against the said deceased, TO
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, with
notice. 10 the said administrators at his place Of
business In the city Of Madison, in the county Of
Lake, y. u.
Dated at Madison, South Dakota, December
IL, 1893.
Administrators OF the estate Of G. A. Bullock,
deceased.
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now offered, and you will then have
them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
If you have been renting a
house in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out il rent, and if you have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build rs good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money intoa
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. a
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by.
BUYING A LOT.
If you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you r paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm of
your own and feel the independ-
ence of
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty of a lifetime viii be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy even a lot Sup
pose you have not - and there are
many of this Glasgow a pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and YOU have not missed the mon
ey, the amount of each payment
being SO small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to a piece of real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
It will surprise you when you
look over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
it will take to secure a fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
, and easy terms of payment. II
you only have a few dollars te
spare now, come in IT write us, anC
we will fit you out with a good lot
or more than one if you want, anc
| arrange payments satisfactorily t.
you. Ii you have only a few hun
dred dollars to spare, and want {
farm, come and see us, or write
> and we feel positive we can Arrange
], a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau
tauqua assembly, and other liter
!, airy and social advantages, has
wide reputation for being q
CITY OF HOMES;
J and Lake county with her excel
- -E.E
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
A SAD HART.
Within the Walls of the
County Jail.
Hart was of a Specula-
tive Temperament.
He Tried but Failed to Beat the
lnstallment System.
, story OF Series of Domestic
Events Crowded Together Into
one Short Month.

W.. Hart became resident of the
.orptv Jail late night before last. Mr..
WARTS lnc lrceration Is due t. q prone
ns,s n alleged general cissedness aud
=, uniamliarity with the passage OF
nile to gods bought or leased on the
u.talment plan.
Hart is a carpenter who about a
m,nlh ago married handsome and
sJmahle young lady of this city. He
didn't have much money. but had
enough to enable MIN to begin house.
ts,ping IVY the inst lllm ent process.
Hr bought or leased u quantity OF hus..
Mid goods # K. Wilson K Co The
n.paI amnunt was paid on the delivery
NJ the 20 de aud the rest of he pul.
chase prIcr WAS To be paid in monthly
psgmrnrs according TO carefully worded
.,vnatr ous ot u lease which provided
above all ,hings that the title should
remain 10 K. Wilson & Co. until the
hsE payment should be made.
Trouble began early in the Hart
household. Al the end of the first
week it is said the loving husband
had whipped his wife. Before the
end Of the month she hal
been Compelled to abandon him.
This lett Mr.. Hart with a lot oi
1.sIess furniture on his hands and
b, determined to dispose OF it at
A profit 10y selling it TO some
other firm than K. Wilson & Co. lie
Ircsrdinglv took it to Dorris's snd
Isured him that he was the proper per.
,on TO sell 1t. Day before Yesterday the
pvptrly Wa claimed by Wilson and
boris cansrd warrant u be issued for
Hats arrest. That gentleman was
Clckiy found and expressed great sur.
pr,p that 50 much trouble could grow
Oll OF plain aud simple business
Transaction.
The prnperty he believed WAS his
uuI the next instsllment became due
nd unpsII. 70 satisfy Mr.. Irorris he
would 70 Ia Mr.. Wilson and explain
that the payments would he ina e. on
tine. IT, went IN charge OF an officer.
NJ. Wilson did not evInce a great d al
d interest in the transaction. The
Vopeuy WAS his anyhow aud so long n
twas AZ Drrrls' II was in good hands
ild VA. altogether safer than while il
vas in Mr. Harris custody. So he
hadn't murh TO say except that he be-
6ered Hart had got himself into hot
box
Hart made an excuse TO go into the
back ward and struck gait that made
BIN loDk like n streak. He went east
by adevions course aud the officer went
10 that direction in Il straight course.
he knew about whore MIR. Hart would
strike the main road this side OF Temp"
md he waited patiently there until that
rO'Irman emerged IRON bypath.
He again 'oOk him into custody aud
brought hm to jail. His first hearing
VII. take place this morning before Jus.
tee HinCaid.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
AN UNCONSlDERED FACT
Mace Public by a Resident OF the
FIRST Ward.


Aresldent OF the first ward yester
day furnished REPUBLICAN, reporter
Sms curious Information which has
hen generally overlooked. Said h.,
The first ward contains one half uf the
ppnIaiOn Of Phoenix and until re-
rn,Iv one half OF the voters OF the city
lived IN the first ward. The fourth
ward i n xt in size, yet it is a curious
hn that in the distribution OF offices
ini benefits these pOpulous district
hSvt been forgotten with singular regu-
hr 1t is true that each ward has a
h'mhpt Of the council because il Is
obliged 10 have. Neither ward has
Ehoo building and neither has ever
Contributed mavOr or any other i'm.
NraaD officer TO the city. The fourth
nfo now has y candidate for mayor aud
he first will turn ont and assist in the
tec'lOu oi Mr.. Cole. We have a dis
MET pride in the matter aside from our
@Dyl ton that he il the hest man. II
As.e'erted we believe that We will re-
rEe s'nr recognition in the way al
.&roynmrnts which have been NOR,
F1-r"1..v IT, t,ibuted in the second
1l ,hId wards"
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
Ice! ICel

The Phoenix Ice Factory is selling ice
at the following prices:
Fifteen pounds or less, l cent per
pound.
Over twenty-five pounds, q cent per
pound.
SDecal rates on amounts exceeding
2UO pounds.
Our ice is made from natural water
and the ice crystals while forming are
constantly exposed to stream of run
ming water, which etfectnalIy removes
all impurities, the product being in
every spect the same as natural ice,
and we guarantee it to be equal in
purity, density, and keeping qualities
10 any natural or manufactured ice in
the world. s. ID. LouNT u Son.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
To the Public.

Whereas. it has come to our notice
that the Arizona Construction COM
panv, contractors, are Offering to sell
water franchises and to build laterals
and deliver water from the ella Bend
Reservoir and Irrigation company's
canal. we hereby give this public no.
tice, warning all persons against the
payment to said Arizona Construction
company, contractors, of any money
for the purchase OF any water fran
chises or for the building of any lat
erals or the delivery of water, by said
Arizona Construction company, con-
tractors, as they have no legal water
franchises to sell. nor legal right to
build lateraIs, nor legal right to de-
liver water from said canal.
GILA BEND RESERVOIR AND IRRIGATION
Co.
By LEWIS WOLFLEY,
President.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27

Mcclure & Thomas. Dentists, ellison
Block will make artificial teeth for the
next ten days at only 81 per set. Gold
Filings from 81 up. Porcelain crowns
only IS. All kinds OF dental operations
at greatly reduced prices and every
piece OF work guaranteed. They believe
the best way 10 advertise is 10 let PEG.
pie see their work, therefore make this
great reduction.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
Rem oval.

Zoeckler & Tweed have moved their
meat mark, from the old stand east OF
the Nickel Plate and have fitted no a
shop second to none in the city. Their
new lncatron is in the Wells Block nrst
door east Of the 7. o., where they will
he pleased to again greet all their old
patro Is together with MANY new ones.
ZorCKLER d TWEED.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27

Mr.. Chas. A. Rooster, the assistant
manager OF the Hotel del Coronado,
Coronado Beach, California, who came
here TO meet Messrs. Reed and Carlson
Of San Diego TO cooperate with them
in their conference on the railroad pro.
position will he in town all day, and he
would like TO meet any Of the Phoenix
people who are contemplating visil to
the coast during the heated term, or il
names with addresses are left at the
Sixth Avenue hotel he will be glad to
call and describe the advantages Of
Coronado Beach and he Hotel del CO.
ronado a. seaside resort over all others
In California.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27

decorated and will be Illuminated to.
night.
This afternoon there was grand
parade OF the order followed by a re-
ception and Grafton at the Lyceum
opera house. Tonight the reception
will wind up with reception at the
Central Turnvrrein opera house.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
THE BONANZA SOLD,
ssDorted Transfer of the big Mine
for ST., 100000.

Word WAS received in the city late
a' nlsn' that the Bonanza mine had
ven sold for 81 ,25O, 900, A sale Of IN"
L1e three months ago for 81 ,OOO,OOO
mr'pNt~d, but it transpired that the
va. h"i not baen consummated. II l.
aa that this ii ne the transfer has
%th Completed.
The nam"s oi the purchasers were
w o"talnahle last night, but they are
opposed to be Denver parties who
ave lnr the past six months been in
Ss''ntIng the mines Of the territory
Ioa Bnnanza il situated in the Han
wa Haas. 1t was owned by Hubbard
!" Bowers and ia believed to be thu
wy valuable mining property on the
'"iefn Cont nent.
Arizona republican., 1893-04-27
Ewes Daughters.

Marion Harland, on pages 1903 and AS
OF her popular work, Ewes Daughters ;
or, Common Sense for Maid, Wife and
Mother" says:
For the aching back-shOuld it be
slow in recovering its normal strength
an AlcOck's Porous Plaster is an ex.
celIent comforter. mbinirg the sensa-
ton OF the sustained pressure OF a
strong. warm hand With certain tonic
qualities developed IN the wearing. 1t
should he kept over the seat of uneasi.
ness for several dawn obstinate
cases. for perhaps fortnight.
For pain in the back wear an All.
cocks Porous Plaster constantly, re-
newing as it wears off. This is an in
valuable support when the weight on
the email of the back becomes heavy
and the aching incessaut.