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Arizona republican., 1896-05-14

 Addition.

But, notwithstanding they are now in the city itself, there are few lots for sale yet at prices corresponding with the "Sound Money Doctrine" of President Cleveland and his cuckoos, which means that kind of dollar which will buy two dollars worth of property. These lots are near the new elec- tric car line which is now in operation. The lots are in the city and their occupants do not need to ride into town, but the presence of electric street cars is popular and adds market value to the property. Inside of five years this will be business property. Buy lot now for a residence and when business crowds you out the rents will SUD- port you in a house outside in some addition where you can keep horse and drive into town and collect your rents. Terms, cash } in one year, , in two years at 10 per cent interest.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-14
Save Assessment work on Mines

Save Assessment Work on Mines The new law requires annual work on every location or relocation. This Is saved by obtaining United States patent. Five hundred dollars worth of work or improvements on one mine. or scattered over group of adjoining mines, is sufficient to ensure a United States patent to any number of mines go grouped, or for a single mine. Further information cheerfully given by letter or personally. Terms of sur- vey reasonable. Apply to
 LEWIS WoLFLEY,
 Civil and Mining Engineer and U. s. Deputy Mineral Surveyor, Phoenix, Arizona.
 Special rates have been made on the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix from all stations of one fare for the round trip for the great Wallace show to exhibit in Phoenix on May 18th.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-14

Train No. connects with Southern Pacific train No l9, eaetbound, passing Bowie Junt- ton at 7:5 8. m
 Train No. onneets with southern Pacific train N D. D, westboand. passing Bowie Junc- ton at 5;3o D m.
 Trains and run daily except Sunday and connect with stage lige ct Pima to and from Fort ho nas, San Carlos, Globe City and Tooto Basin.
 The company reserves the right to vary this schedule as circumstances may faQuire.
 WM GA ARLANE, Presii ient.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-14
Bangor's Relief Method.

A novel and effective plan for the re- lief of the suffering poor of Bangor, Me-, has been put in operation by the relief committee of that city this win ter. Paper bags were distributed among the householders, accompanied by printed slip, saying: 'Please put in this bag any contribution you may wish to make, however small, and re- turn to -" The result was very satisfactory. Many people in moderate circumstances had before refrained from giving because of the smallness of their contributions. but this method opened way for the mite of each one to reach the proper channel for the re- lief of the poor. The paper bags were returned, containing groceries, provis- ions that were not immediately perish able, clothing and money. The small individual gift in the aggregate became a mighty collection of food and cloth ing fo1 the relief of distress.
 DR. EDER, in the following table, gives the number of drops required to make cubic centimeter, showing the variations in the size of drops of differ ent liquids: Water, 20; hydrochloric acid, 20; nitric acid, 27; sulphuric acid, 2s; acetic acid, Ss; castor oil, A; olive oil, 47; oil of turpentine, 55; alcohol, 62; ether, S3.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-14

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA .a County of Maricopa ss I,J. W. Kinea1d, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within instrument was filed for record at 9:15 o'clock a. m., on this 4th day of April, 1896, and duly recorded in Book No. } of Corporations, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona, at pages 365. Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written.
 J. W. KINCA1D,
 County Recorder. RRCoEDER's OFFICE, Phanlx, Maricopa Co, A.T.l Filed ard recorded St request of Frsnk L. Conkey, April 4, 1896, at 9:15 m., Book Of Corporations, pages 365.
 J. ". KINCAID,
 County Recorder. By M. McNAIR, Deputy.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-14

The amount of capital stock authorized is the um of Fifty Thousand Dollars (s5o,000,) and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23

A pretty wedding was that of Miss
Caroline Avery daughter of John Avery, to
Judge Oscar Avery Marden of Stoughton,
Mass, which took place, Tuesday, at
Whiteficld, at the old Avery homestead.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
2. S. Collins Of Whitefield
There We're many friends and relatives
present, among whom was Col John +.
Avery of Boston, the brides brother. The
presents were numerous and very pretty.
After the ceremony the couple left for
Washington, d. G. On their return they
will reside at Stoughton, Mass
Judge Marden is justice of the distriC
court of Eastern Norfolk, chairman of the
school board of his town, and one of the
leading lawyers of Norfolk county and
has been grand patriarch Of the Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellows of Massa-
chusetts.
Miss Avery is we'll known in Augusta,
where she frequently visited her brother,
Mr. J. + Avery, formerly of this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
THEY FEARED HIM.
Bowie-Knife Potter and Some
Incidents in Washington.
Came From Maine and Represented
Wisconsin in the House.
Havoc OF His Doomful Fist. and the Accept
ance Of PYor's Challenge

OF the - men who at different times
since Wisconsin became a state, have rep
resented the Milwaukee district in Con-
gress, only one can be said to have
acquired in his first term on the floor of
the house distinction throughout the
nation. That one is John f. Potter.
Mr.. Potter is still living, on tho farm
In Walworth county on which he settled
in 1888. when Wisconsin was the frontier.
He is one of the men who cleared away
the primeval forests and established civil
ization. His form is still erect and his
eye as bright as when it flashed defiance
at naughty southrons in the tempestuous
days when civil war was brewing under
the dome of the capitol at Washington.
No one can stand i'll his presence with
out recognizing in him Il type of the
heroic past. John Fox Potter is native
of Augusta Me where he was born on
the 11th OF May, 1877. He studied law,
was admitted to the bar, and came west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
AmusEmE mrs.
1.-The Tornado"

There are five special features in the
way OF scenic and mechanical effects IN
Lincoln j. Carters new production "The
Tornado, which will DO at the Opera
house, Monday evening. Jan. 81. The
scene of The Tornado" in the first act,
the collision OF two great ocean liners in
the second act, the half dozen sailors On
the yardarm Of a swaying mast furlinR a
monster sail at a dizzy height above the
deck of ship in the very teeth of a
furious gale, also feature of the second
act. The night scene Of Chicago harbor.
showing with accuracy the famous
Masonic temple, the auditorium, the
Randolphst viaduct and Chicago's vast
water front, in the third act; the disscct-
ing room in medical college 10 tie
fourth act, and the beautiful autumn
setting in the fifth act. all go to make 1t
one OF the most deliberately staged produc-
tions of melodrama ever seen in America.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
New Corporations.

The following new corporations filed
their papers at the secretary of State g
office, Wednesday:
The Sierra and Water Power Company,
organized at Portland, for the purpose OF
developing water for irrigation and
domestic purposes, to buy. lease and sell
water and water rights for developing
power for electric light plants, and fol-
mining purposes, with $500, 900 capital
stock of which nothing is paid in. The
officers are: President, Alfred f. Towne
of Georgetown, Mass; treasurer, H. f.
Cunningham of Boston, Mass.
The Sulpho Nsphol Company, organ
lied at Portland, for the purpose of man
ufacturing and doing general business In
Sulpho Naphol, with ---- capital
stock of which is paid in The officers
are President, George +. Sedgwick Of
Boston, Mass, treasurer, William T.
Rowe OF Maiden, Mass.
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but If had been in his place | would
nave let my hand wither before | would
nave done what he has done Pryor
iurned upon me and asked DO | under
'tand the member from Wisconsin to say
chat he did make these remarks Do you
stand by them2' | responded that | did.
Then he Kissed out, the sequel shall dem
'nstrate whether you stand by them or
not | replied; Let it demonstrate
These words were afterward placed on the
gun John +. Potter, which was used in
Milwaukee to fire salutes during the war,
Let it demonstrate"
" That afternoon | got note form
Pryor, challenging me TO meet him In
mortal combat. Pryor had been engaged
IN a duel with a member from West
Virginia. He had been second in a
duel between Peasants and Richie the
terms of which were that the principals
were to exchange shots with pistols and
hen take bowie knives and fight 1t out
thought after all that had taken place 1t
was not my duty to decline to fight. |
believed that Pryors object in proposing
duel was to obtain an easy and cheap
renown and popularity in his own sec
tion ! was not IA good shot with pistol
and did nos purpose to have any hair
trigger business. proposed to bring the
combat down to the first principles CT
human butchery. Pryor having been
concerned in a duel in which bowie
knives Were the weapons could not CON
sistcntly refuse to fight with bowie
knives. | saw no reason why | should
Accommodate him by going out of the
district to fight. Therefore accepted his
challenge with the stipulation that the
weapons should be bowie knives, and that
the encounter should take place in Il
closed room in the district of Columbia,
each of the principals to have two friends,
both armed. and the fight to go on till
one or the other of the principals fell.
My second was Col. Lander of Penn
sylvania. BY the advice of his friends,
one Of whom was James NJ Mason.
Pryor refused to meet me, on the ground
that the terms were harbarous. Lander
said: That reflects upon me. l have
consented to the terms. / will now
challenge your principle to meet me in
mortal combat and choose his own wea
pons. But Pryor said he had no quarrel
with Lander, and refused to fight him.
Judge Potter has in his possession two
bowie knives which are souvenirs of the
Pryor affair. One Of them is knife that
was purchased for use in case Pryor
accepted the challenge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
..1492.,

Rice's burlesquc 1892" oiled the Opera
house, last night and gave excellent sat
tsfaction. The piece has been changed in
many places but carries all the best of
the old and has added much new fun and
jokes, with specialties that each and all
bring the house
The staging of 1892" is very fine the
scenery being new and gorgeous
Between the first and second acts.
views illustrative of the voyage Of Column
bus were very skillfully shown. producing
fine effect
The newsboys, the drum major, the
policeman, the tramp the dancers and the
singers were all excellent and kept the
audience continually in good humor. The
burlcsque on Sveusali and Trilby by VIII
II. Sloan and Miss Maud Courtenay was
very clever piece of work, and Miss
Courtenay in her singing of Ben Bolt, "
as well as in later songs, delighted the
people.
OF the piece as whole we feel free TO
say that the performance given by this
company is well worth going TO see. Mark
Smith as Isabella, Raymond Stevens as
Columbus, viii II. Sloan as Ferdinand.
Charles Seagrave as the Royal Treasurer.
Miss Maud Courtenoy as Infanta 10
hanna, and all the Others. are good
There may be opportunities to criticize
some places, but it surely pleased the
audience, last night, if continuous laugh
ter and applause tells the story.
The costumes are elegant and the stage
appearance at times. with the rich
settings, handsome costumes, pretty girls
and brilliant lights, made a beautiful
sight.
1899" will be repeated at the Opera
house, tonight, and it will undoubtedly
have crowded house.
Tickets can be obtained, today, at the
Opera house cafe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
Morton Must Behave Himself.

Nathaniel c. Morton, a truckman, living
on | Mon street, was placed under $500
bonds, Wednesday, by Judge Andrews, to
keep the peace.
Mrs. Morton appeared against her hus-
band, asserting that he had threatened her
with violence, while drunk, and that she
had stood all of that sort of business that
she could.
Mrs. Morton is au industrious and es-
timable woman, and earns the support of
herself and three young children, and
wants the protection Of justice. Judge
Andrews proposes to see that she gets it.
1t was found necessary. Wednesday, to
amputate Mr.. James Murrsy's leg, near
the knee joint. Mr.. Murray has long
suffered with necrosis of the bone of the
leg, and recently gangrene of the tissues
set in. The operation was attended with
great danger, owing to Mr.. MURRAY g
debilitated condition, combined with a
serious heart trouble. DR.. r. j. Martin
performed the operation, assisted by DR..
6. H. Brickett and DR.. H. J. Frederick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
Card OF Thanks.

The undersigned wish to most sincerely
thank the members of the Golden Cross,
Degree of Honor and other friends for the
beautiful floral tributes at the funeral,
and all tine neighbors and friends for their
kiudnesses during the sickness and death
of the late Mrs. H S. Marden.
H. S. Marden and family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23

"Whcn Grow was assaulted it was
nearly 1 O'Clock in the morning. seized
the man who had him by the throat and
threw him to the floor. Then Reuben
Davis Lamar and others came up and
Joined III the melee. 1t was raining
blows all around. | hit Davis and he
drew knife. Some one seized him.
Rarksdale came up then. I never saw a
man who looked more as if possessed of a
demon than he did at that moment; he
was gritting his teeth like tiger.
struck out right and left and men fell
down. | never struck one of those fellows
but once. and every blow was i'll self
defense 1t appeared to me that half a
dozen were down at one time. The floor
seemed strewn with men. The scuffle
continued. l remember looking up and
seeing Orr, the speaker, standing with a
white face and his gavel in his hand, |
wheeled around and saw 4. B. Wash
burpe in the clutches of Barksdale Wash
burne gave cry, | supposed that Banks
dale was armed, and l struck him on top
of his head Cadwallader Washburn at
the same time hit him in the mouth.
ITO my establishment l found bunch
of hair in my hand had never supposed
that Barksdal, wore wig, but there ii
was. However, l was not much surprised
to hear the crowd cry out that some one
had been scalped. A group of southerners
made rush at me- The sergeant Alarms
bearing his mace came up and in the
name of the house commanded me to take
INV seat l said Take these fellows off !
Just then one of the southern fellows
struck me. My friends cried out, YOU
are wounded A vein had been cut. ant
nv face WIS covered with blood. Finally
order was restored. Mott, IA brother o.
| Iucretia Mott, was a member of thu
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Potter was a man Of staiwart frame,
hardened by experience as Il pioneer. I'M
compromisingly positive in declaring and
standing by what he believed to be right,
and while not reckless or pugnacious,
utterly fearless of bodily danger.
The south learned to respect him. The
north applauded him and loved him He
became a popular lion, and from one end
of the country to the other the name Of
Wisconsin was associated with the fame
of her gallant representative, Bowie
Knife Potter
1t was not till 1860 that the episode
which gained him this sobriquet occurred.
In his first session. however, he was the
central figure in Il Homeric encounter, in
which he met and felled by the prowess of
his arm a round half dozen of southerners
who had, with more or less deliberation,
attempted to physically iutimidatc Gal
usha A. Grow while that gentleman was
speaking in the house on the Kansas
question The writer of this was priv
LEGGED to hear from the lips of Mr.. Potter
himself Il few days ago IL spirited recital
of the facts of this affair, and will en-
deavor to reproduce the narrative as
nearly as possible in the hero : own words,
promising by saying that the southern
representatives referred TO were William
Barksdale Of Mississippi, Reuben Davis OF
Tennessee, and l.. q. G. Lamar OF
Georgia the last of whom lived to be a
diplomatic representative of the confcd-
eracy in Russia secretary of the interior
in President Cleveland S first cabinet, and
a Justice of the supreme court of the
United States. Judge Potter's narrative
was as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23
CANADA HORSES.

Cummings & Prescott have just received
carload of heavy draft horses from CANADA.
Now is the time to get good horse at prices
to suit the times. lan4o1l
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To this he responded dryiy, | noticed thy
blows were very tffectual
THE next day | received note from
Davis. The Baltimore Clipper that
morning had contained a paragraph to
this effect:
Reuben Davis has n black mark over
his eye, which he accounts for by having
fallen over a chair, but John +. Potter OF
Wisconsin thinks he knows who had a
hand in it..
1.-THE note asked if | had authorized
that statement, and demanded from Inc a
disclaimer Of having struck him. He
WAS the first fellow had knocked down
| wrote reply saying l had nothing to
do with the statement Of the Baltimore
paper, and ignoring the Other part of
the communication. In response to this
l received another missive from Davis,
saying, Your note is received, and is
| considered satisfactory Soon after |
| received a request to meet Davis. He said
Barksdale was dissatisfied with the course
| had taken, and demanded from me a
discaimcr that l had struck him. said
Gen. Davis, l have never claimed that
struck any one, and l shall make no dis
claimcr. Barksdalc was dissatisfied
with this, though Davis didn't seem to
want row. Barksdale was. rs | knew h
| fighting man. He and Davis had had a
fight with knives in a room In Richmond.
and was told by men no had seen him
undressed that there was hardly place
on his breast where he had not scars
showing that he had been wounded
| While Davis and | were together
Barksdale came into the room in which
we were talking and demanded that ]
should then and there make a disclaimer
that l had inflicted blow upon him
saw that the matter was likely to become
serious, and proposed that J should have
friend present. Mott sat near the door
nian adjoining room, So | said, Gail Mr.
Mott Motifs Quaker instincts taught
him to disrelsh violence, and rs he can't
in he observed, . hope there is to be II,
further trouble Davis made a motion
to go out of the room, and said to me.
Come here drawing me after him
When we were outside he said, Barksdalt
had no right to come in there in the way
he did. He mas acted discourteously tc
you and nue., and l shall have no more tt
do with this "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23

The bowie knife episode occurred in
1860, when Pennington Of New Jersey
was speaker The trouble originated dur
ing speech by Owen Loyejoy, who was
brother of the abolitionist martyr Elijah
p Lovcjoy, killed by a pro-slavery mob
at Alton in 1887. Owen Lovejoy was
present when his brother was murdered
He became pastor of a Congregational
church at Princeton, H., and prom
inent anti slavery lecturer, and was q
representative in Congress from Illinois
from 1857 to 1865. Judge Potter's recol-
lection of the circumstances is substan
TALLY as follows:
"Lovejoy was making speech. When
he got excited he used harsh terms in re
lation to slavery. He was standing in
front of his desk. Pryor was on the OPP
posite side of the house. He walked over
and shook his fist in Loveioy' 5 face, say
ing, you, you shall not come over on
our side of the house. gesticulating in n
violent manner. l stepped up, fearing
there would be fight, and said to Pryor,
He is not on your side; you are On his
side The object of Pryor and his clique
was evidently to force fight, and to have
it 60 out to the country that Lovcjoy had
provoked trouble by going upon the
Democratic side of the house. The rule
was that member addressing the house
should speak from his own place or from
| the clerk S desk Lovcjoy did not insist
upon his right to stay where he was, but
went to the clerks desk and finished his
speech. He said many things that ex-
asperated the southern members | re
member this: If any poor fugitive slave
comes to my house asking for bread, he
shall have bread, constitution or no con
stitution.' But they let him finish.
1.-The Congressional Globe was always
several days behind at that time. The
custom was for members who had made
peeches to look over the proofs and see
that the reports were correct Lovejoy
came to me some days alter this incident,
and said Do you know what those fel
lows have done with your remarks inter
polated in my speech? They went down
to the Congressional printing office and
linked out what you said and tore out
several pages of proof. ] went down
with Lovejoy to see about it, and found
that Singleton, Pryor and others had
made changes in the report as Lovejoy
had stated. | said to the printer: !
would like to restore those remarks He
replied All right, and did So When
the Globe came out it was so far behind
that the matter had almost passed from
my mind Some one said to me: Pryor
of Virginia is calling your attention tc
something he is saying l looked up and
listened. Pryor had In his hand a CODY
of the Globe, and, referring to the report
of my Interpolation said: No such re-
marks were made.
when the proofs went to the speaker
| thew uaya not there I eypla;,,J 49,,
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house at that time. He was one of thos
who came up and spoke to me after tn
melee. Fe said 'Thee must have taker
lessons in the pugilistic art. No, re.
Piled I never took lie son In my life.
To this he responded dryiy, noticed thy
blows were very ttfectual >
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23

Hon. l.. T. Carleton of Winthrop was
in Augusta. Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-23

rnr saie by tue Following dealers: Augusta
= K Partridge. E. -. Hutch'ns f. p smart
rtowditch, Webster Go Halloween n. p
hear"at"r, F. Oiiehr Gardiner. g. Il.
''ane Eme X "ar's. F. NJ Moves. j. A.
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