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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-09
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Preparations for the Crane
JOllificatiOn.
Meeting Last Night in the Matter O.
the Celebration of the Com
pletion of the S. F. PIP.

A JOINT meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the chamber of commerce
and the city council was held last night
at the rooms of the chamber to develop
plan for the celebration of the COM
pletion OF the north and south road.
An invitation had been extended the
board of supervisors to attend. Col. c..
s. Masten of the Maricopa & Phoenix,
was present.
After a general discussion of plans a
motion prevailed that an executive
committee be chosen, one member each
from the chamber of commerce, the
city council, the board of trade of
Tempe and the board of supervisors.
President Kellner was elected to repre-
sent the chamber and Mayor Monihon
the council. These gentlemen will con-
fer with the supervisors today and the
board of trade of Tempe on Saturday.
When the executive committee is filled
1t will chose a director general either
from among its member or outside.
In the latter case the director general
will be added to the committee and
and active operations will be begun.
The celebration will be on a scale of
magnifcence, which is not compre-
hended at first glance. Arrangements
for attending it are more extensive
than was at first supposed and Phoenix
has become to outsiders place of more
Importance than it seems to be to it's
own citizens. 1t is definitely known
that there will be two carloads of Chi
cago people, three from Denver beside
800 members of the A. @. U. W. who
are coming to attend grand lodge. Be-
side these there will be competing fire
departments and military companies
from every town in the southwest.
And then nearly every public-spirited
man in the territory will be here and
bring his family.
Col. Masten says he thinks the
Southern Pacific will give a one fare
rate. The Santa Fe has :already made
a $50 round trip arate from Denver.
Even the approximate date of the cele-
bratlon has not been decided upon but it
will likely be about the middle of Feb
ruary.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-09
HIS REGULAR BUSINESS.
Mayor Who Was Not bove Asking a
Stranger for Aims.

A Mayor Who Was Not A bove Asking a
Stranger for Aims.
The people of the extreme south of
France, in the neighborhood of the
Pyrenees, have a hard shift to live.
Some of them gain livelihood by tam
ing bears.
Many others take to begging, which
becomes trade by itself, reasonably
remunerative and not exactly dishon-
orable. Baron Haussmann in his
Memories" cites the case of one of
these professional beggars who
amassed a good property and finally
became mayor of a large commune.
Even then he continued to ply his
trade, especially in the bathing season.
when many tourists visited the coun-
try. One of these outsiders was so
taken aback at the sight of the mayor
begging on the street that he remon-
strated with the mendicant.
Il should think you would be
ashamed" said the stranger. "You, a
man holding so honorable an office"
''Ofice!" said the mayor. MY office!
Why, man, this is how I gained it."
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-09
Napeleon's Opinion of Love.

During the period when Napoleon was
with his regiment at Auxonne, as lieu
tenant of artillery, he devoted much of
his spare time to authorship. He wrote
two short pieces, one a Dialogue
on Love-" and the other reflections
on the State of Nature" Prof. Will
liam M. Sloane, in his new Life of Ma
poleon," quotes the following inter
esting extract from the former in the
Century: II too was once in love-" he
says of himself. 1t could not well have
been in Ajaccio, and it must have been
the memories of the old Valence, of a
pleasant existence now ended, which
called forth the doleful confession. 1t
was the future Napoleon who was pre-
saged in the antithesis. 81 go further
than the denial of it's existence; I be-
lieve it hurtful to society, to the indi-
vidual welfare of men,"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
THE COW LETTERS.
THEIR TRIAL IN JUSTICE BENNERs' COURT
The Evidence Is Interesting in the Extreme. A Neat Bit of Detective Work by
 Captain Donelson.

Judge Benner's court room was crowded to it's utmost capacity yesterday to hold the principals, witnesses and officers in what has now become famous as the COW stealing cases.
 The parties on trial were John Reid, Joe Reid and J. Fl. Johnson. all white, who were arrested last Friday and three head of cattle found in their possession.
 The states interest was looked after by Messrs. Charles Ferguson, Hugh Mor- row and Sam Weaver; while the defend- ants were represented by MeSSrS. Pear son, Harsh and Meade.
 Every point of vantage was taken by the defendants without avail, Judge Ben ners, deciding that the case must go to trial. There were two warrants against each of the defendants. The evidence brought out was that John and Joe Reid had on Sunday, the 14th day of July. found an OK, which was the property of w. c. Wilson, lying in the woods. The OK was unusually large and fat They stripped a hickory withe and tied him to some tree in the dense woods, from where they drove the OK to town Mon- day morning. He was driven to the butcher pen of O. w. Shelby of Avon dale by John Reid, who claimed that the OK was one of a pair belonging to him, it's mate having been killed by railway train, and consequently this one Wtto Ol IlO use lO Hiil. MI. onSlDy BdNc him S15 for the OK, taking his receipt. The receipt was signed J, H. Johnson.
 Shelby sold the OK to another butcher Hardy Jones, by whom it was -slaught- cred and sold for beef.
 In the meantime MT. Wilson, to whom the OK belonged, hunted for him over mountain and valley Sunday afternoon, all day Monday and Tuesday morning. The OK was his only means of bringing anything to town, and had been his faith ful animal for a number of years, and was well known on the streets. He found the bell the OK had on, which had been united and left where the OK was found by the defendants when caught, and tied with a hickory withe.
 MT. Wilson was told by some one that his OK had been seen at Shelby, whither he immediately went and was told that the OK had been sold to Hardy & Jones in this city. He came here and found that MT. Jones had slaughtered the OK. He identified the head and horns, which the hide in the house and identified it. MT. Wilson claimed that the OK was worth $100 to him, as it was the main- stay of his support, and seemed to take the loss of the OK very much to heart.
 The officers were notified of the loss, and obtaining a description of John Reid from Shelby caught him as he was com ing into the city last Friday. When ar rested he gave his name as Coe, and finally said his name was John Reid, al- though he signed the receipt J. H. John- son. As the officers were bringing him
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
FIRED IN TIE RAIN.
A French Duel Thet Was Fought From
 URder an Umbrella.

Why certain encounters have become celebrated and others are suffered to be a1- most forgotten would make a curious study. Such is the fact, however. Some times the duel is connected with joke, as that of Sainte- Beuve and Dubois, when the popularity becomes more understand able.
 It was at tho time when Sainte- Beuve was writing in The Globe and Dubois was one of tho stockholders. The latter took offense at the political tendencies which the celebrated writer was giving to the paper "Vivaoious injuries were ex- changed by pen and word of mouth, and 0 meeting was judged necessary.
 On arriving at the meeting place Sainte- Beuve was seen to be carrying a pair of flintlock pistols of the sixteenth century, while shetering himself under an umbrel- la. It was raining steadily. Sainte- Beuve continued to hold up his umbrella even to the moment when the word of "Fire!" was to bo given. Tho witnesses protested. Sainte- Bueyo insisted.
 "I am willing to be killed" he said, "but am not willing to catch cold in tho head. :"
 They were forced to accept the condi- tion and the great writer shot from under his umbrella. Four balls were exchanged without result. Later on, when Sainte- Beuve had rallied to the empire of Napo- leon III, while remaining faithful to ''lib- erty of thought, " Le did not hesitate to de- fend his beliefs in the French senate Ono of his colleagues, Laca7e, considered him. self offended and provoked duel. But the friend of tho Princess Mathilde wittily refused to fight, except with the arm with which he was most familiar-the pen.
 In recent times Paul de Cassagnac, the sharp tongued editor of the Bonapartist FAutorite, after having proved his cour- age in r encounters, made use of the same joke when provoked by a fellow jour- nalist who was notoriously bad speller. He had the choice of weapons, and he chose orthography. y.-Boston Herald.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
Signing Lettors.

Somebody has been writing about the "bad form" which Americans commonly follow in the matter of signing letters. It is pointed out that in formal notes, in England, everybody still signs 'your obe- dient servant, " and that informal commu- nications are generally signed "yours truly" or "yours sincerely" Our Amer ican fashion of signing cordially, " "f faith fully" and so on, is condemned as being altogether un-English. This may be quite true without altogether putting it out of "form.' And if we have not sufficient in genuity or boldness to enable us to be original in such matter, we certainly show our American good sense in habitu- ally employing adyerbs which mean some thing like Cordially" and faithfully" In England, it may be observed, people still "remain" at the end of their letters. It may be pleasant to know that our friends remain ours sincerely, but if their friendship amounts to anything we do not need to be assured of the remaining part with every new note received from them. And as to the "obedient servant, that is always and especially out of place in the United States for everybody knows that we have no obedient servants in this coun- try.-Boston Transcript.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27

to the city they espied Deputy Sheriffs Burgin and Hewlett coming with two men and three head of cattle. When they came up with Reid and the officers Reid claimed that the parties were strangers to him, until Johnson spoke up and said Now, John, you might just as well tell the truth and tell the straight of the natter
 Reid then confessed that one of the men was his brother and the other was J. H. Johnson, whose name he had signed to the receipt. The parties were brought to the city, where John and Joe Reid and Johnson were put in the lock-up and the cattle were sent to Gafford's stable, where they were identified by J. H. Brown as his property, which had been stolen from him several days before. They were bound over in the sum of $200 each in each case to await the action of the grand jury.
 But for a slight mistake the capture would have been a great one, and was in this manner: As soon as the reports of the loss of the steer was reportd Cap tain Donelson immediately went to work to ferret out the thieves. He ar rested a white man who answered the description of the party said to have sold the steer, and though he was not identified as the person he was asked to cooperate and help catch the thieves. This he agreed to do. and it was done in this maner: He ingratiated himself with the defendants. and was told by them that they would be at Neils stock yard Friday with the cattle. He was then told to see the butchers who were sus- pected of buying stolen cattle and tell them that there would be stolen cattle there which they could buy cheap and for them to be on hand. which they agreed to do and did.
 The plan was to let the butchers pur- chase the cattle, when the officers would come in and arrest the whole gang. Un- fortunately, the plans struck hitch in the fact that Shelby, to whom the cattle was offered for sale. suspected that the cattle were stolen and told Johnson. who was driving them, that he had a partner whom he must consult, but who was then in the city and would be out on the next dummy. and would purchase the cattle as soon as he arrived. He detained Johnson for some time and stepped eff and telephoned to the city for the sheriff instead of Captain Donelson, who had laid the plan. The sheriff immediately sent out the deputies, who not being aware of the plan. came up and arrested the parties who had got suspicious of the long wait and proceeded to town. where they were met by the police with John Reid, as stated above.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
WITH THE RAILROADS.

Mir. D. B. Lacey of Anniston has been awarded the contract for grading one mile of the railroad running from Bloc ton to the new mines being opened at Belle Ellen by H. F. DeBardeleben and associates. Work on this grade will begin in a few days. and under the con- tract has to be completed by October 1. MT. Lacey was in the city yesterday and closed the contract with MT. DeBar- deleben.
 President c. c. Harvey of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad com pany will move his headquarters from Cincinnati to New Orleans in a few weeks. Offices to be used by him are now being fitted up in New Orleans.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
. ACTIVE WORK URGED
In the Matter of Inducing Immigration to Ala bama-S Secretary Thompson Addresses
 Letter to Mir Knott.

In accordance with the instructions given him by the real estate committee of the Commercial club at their recent meet ing. Secretary Thompson yesterday sent MT Knott of the Louisville and Nashville railroad the following letter, which is self-explanatory:
 Office of the Commercial Club,
 Birmingham, Ala, July 26, 1895. Mir. s. R. Knott, First Vice President, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany, Louisville, Ky
 My Dear Sir: At a meeting of the real estate committee of the Commercial club of this city, held on the 2Sd instant I was instructed to call your attention to the work which other railroads in Ala bama have been and are now doing to- ward peopleing the vacant lands of the state with the view of inducing greater activity on the part of your road in simi- lar work. 5E It is known that he Mobile and Ohio Railroad company has recently appoint ed three special agents, who are devot- ing their entire time to bringing parties of hofne-seekers to the south, many Of whom are settling along that road. The queen and Crescent, to my own knoWl- edge. is bringing considerable numbers of the most thrifty and intelligent classes, who are buying homes on that road. thus building up the country and adding largely to it's own traffic. As your system traverses the entire state, no other road should be more active in this work than your own, since no other road can have more at stake in this di- rection.
 This committee will assure you of the most hearty cooperation, both for them selves and their club, in this work, and believe that now Is the most opportune time to investigate it. There Is a wider interest in the south than ever before, and this is rapidly crystalizing under the work that is being done, and you are. therefore, respectfully urged to give it the attention which it should receive at your hands. In fact, a well equipped department of immigration could but prove a most valuable auxiliary in the development of the territory along your road, and thus increasing its traffic It is hoped that you can give this your ap- proval and it will afford me pleasure to cooperate with you in this work, as I know it will of this entire community. With assurances of my high regards, I am yours truly
 N. r. THOMPSON.
 Secretary.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
of disorderly conduct.

of disorderly conduct.
 The woman, who is related to some of the best families in Atlanta and other cities in Georgia, was a most pitiful as well as disgusting spectacle. Evidences of her good birth, gentle breeding and high education are apparent, as well as herzformer beauty.
 The woman was very disorderly and when put in the black maria made des- perate rushes at the iron bars of the door with her head. attempting to com init suicide. These flashes became so strong that the door was opened and two officers detailed to hold her When the wagon arrived at the station and the woman walked out she fell in a dead faint on the street near the steps of the prison. She was carried In and laid on the floor of the prison, where she was restored to consciousness, and then she began to beat her head against the stone flooring. lifting her head up with both hands and dashing it desperately on the stnne flagging in the attempt to dash her brains out
 Slie was finally carried up to the wo- mems ward, where she continued her efforts, and dashed her head against every wall and bar she could get at, all the time calling upon her mother and asking forgiveness for her sins in most piteous manner.
 pr. Gibson was finally sent for, and gave her opiates until she became un- conscious in sleep.
 It was a distressing spectacle to see this once elegant and refined woman ly- ing on a mattress on the floor, surround ed by the lowest types of negroes and white women, calling on her mother to come and help her forget her sins. Even in her unconscious moments she seemed to have before her the face of her moth CT, and at times raved and called for her. She will be tried this morning.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
Natural Philosophy,

A farmer walked up and down block on Griswold street day or two ago .whis- tling whistle that was apparently meant for dog. When he had looked up and down and around for ten minutes, a newsboy came along and queried:
 "Yhistlin fur your dorg2"
 "Yes, but guess the critter has got too fur off 1 knowed he'd git lost if brung him in.
 "Your dorg hain't lost," continued the boy. Can't nobody lose dorg. It's you that's lost, and if you Il stand still a few minits he'll find you"
 Tho farmer smiled at the boys philos- ophy, but decided to heed it, and it wasn t five minutes before his dog turned in from Fort street and came up to him.
 Didn't tell youP" said the boy as he moved on. ''I don't mako any charge fur the pinter, but next time you git lost jest take lean agin a lamppost and gin your dorg fair show to find you
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
Still Cutting Pficss <!

A large purchase of tin and agate iron ware from receiver of a Baltimore fac- tory puts us in position to cut prices deeper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
An Interesting Feature.

Washington. July 26.-An interesting feature of the treasury department ex- hibit at the Atlanta exposition will be a-huge frame containing the portraits of the principal secretaries. They will be properly grouped around the portrait of Secretary Carlisle.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
OH, TWAS PITlFUL.

The Wreck of Once Beautiful and Refined N~ Woman in the City Prison.
 The police officers yesterday evening arrested handsome young white wo- man on Twenty-fourth street and Ave nue B, who gave her name as Anna Moore, alias Anna Laner, on the charge
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
Children Cry for
 Pitchers CaStorla.
.I25,, carpenters wanted at Cotton Factory. Good wages paid. Jas. Stewart & Co.,,
 6-25-tf Gadsdell, Ala.
Music.

Albefti Bros parlor orchestra music furnished for all occasions. Any number of pieces furnished. All orders by mail promptly attended to. No. 1700 Third avenue, Birmingham. 7-6-3t-sat
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-27
. Birmingham Women!

fFeeble, ailing " omen are made well and strong by that great modern nerve invigo- rator and blood purifier, Paine's Celery Com pound, Weak, shaky tired nerves on the verge of prostration, need nothing so much as this food for the nerves. Try it and be
 well. NABERS, MORROW & SINNIGE.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-05-17

A West side POlandcr with n com
Portable jag and an eye to business,
created quite cOmmOtiOn ON
Broadway last evening. He entered
the feed store OF Swanson 4 Nelson
and purchased two sacks of feed
and after they were lOaded ON his
wagon he Immediately got aboard
and drove off without paying for
them. He was driving Il yoke OF
cattle OF the rangy order who
seemed to think their next meal de-
pended on their making good run
and from kidder street to the bridge
they set a pace that would have
made Robert j. hustle. The feed
man was also speedy and over
hauled the fugitive on the West side
and made him unload. The Po-
lander was considerable incensed ut
this turn of affairs and threatened
to withdraw his patronage from a
firm using such exacting business
methods, but the feed man seemed
willing to dispense with such custo-
mers and put his feed back in the
store,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-05-17
No Inquest Necessary.

Coroner Trace returned this morn
ing from Motley where he had been
called on the suicide case OF F. w.
Clifford yesterday. He did not con.
slider an inquest necessary. as it was
very evident case ofselt destruction
The victim was undoubtedly insane
and was but recently paroled from
the Fergus Falls asylum. He had
complained for several days previous
OF a pain in his head, but never in.
timated that he contemplated sui
eide and his action was quite u sur
prise to the citizens of Motley. Mrs.
Clifford had kept Il very close watcl,
on him, however, and had only
stepped across the street to Il neigh
bOrs for milk, and he took the first
opportunity to get a way unobseryed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-05-17
The Bicycle Question.

Considerable discussion has arisen
lately and some complaints made in
regard to the use OF the sidewalks
of our city by some OF our local
wheelmen. Chief OF Police Bailey
does not wish to work any hardship
on the wheelmen, but is determined
that hereafter all riders found using
the walks within the limits pre-
scribed by the city ordinance, name
ly: On Broadway, from Kidder to
Third street; First street, from First
avenue southeast to First avenue
northeast; and First avenue south
east from Kidder to Third street.
will be promptly arrested and the
ordinance enforced.