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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
4 Momnn's Ierrlhlr lem.

NORFOLK. VA. Jan. 2j.-Mrs. Dorothy
Cline. OF COnOver. became insane last
week. and. going TO a deep well. she tied
the rope about ner neck and swung OF
She was precipitated scventy-nve feet 10
the bottom Several ribs were broken
but she escaped instant death and IL H.
now thought that she viii recover.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Srnnfnr Georgr', Condition

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.--There is pra,-
tically no improvement in the condition
OF Senator George, Of Mississippi who is
living seriously iii 40 Garfield Memorial
HosIstal. lie was better yesterday. and
rested we'll last night. but no change for
the better was noticed to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
mr. TOM or TIIRICh'S.
he Swift Creek Mills Plan of Work-Ih'

The swift Greek Mills Plan of Work-Ih"
Fpt. a. Jam~s II ~~rpv~.
ETTRIC KS. VA. Jan. 25.-Special.-ihe
Swift Creek Cotton Mill is ready to COM
mence operations. and will start up this
week They have n nice mill. and say
they will manufa cture only the best
grades of goods. They will build twenty
i've new cottages for the hands. and let
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

. Merry Part, IN tnr "iswam at E'rt' IA
Heights.

Heights,
There was n grand time enjoyed d" tne
wlewam at Barton Heishts last night in
the shane OF an "Old-Time liuskins
rea " which led o. silly 3D. uuIqueness and
The amount OF pleasure derived from a.
o,,. entertainment NJ the Heights. OF else
where. for ny moons past
The pee vas eotten up oy Mcssr.
c. r. Tomlmson aad j. o. kooihseh' d" j
from $3.50 10 T. o'clock. pleasure reisned
supreme The ladies' were IN old-iasiI-
Toned dress With corkscrew ourls. fnd IN
gentlemen were adorned with Hahlliments
that bentted the name OF the pleasure
party.
4 .art-load OF corn was deposited on
tho floor TO be ,hucked. the conditions Dec
ing Chat the first lady who came across
"a rcd ear .hOrld receive handsome
vase. while the first fortunate gentleman
was al liberty 20 Kiss any l"hy III lhe
room-provided she were willing
Mrs. w. o. Shelhurn was tie hrst 10
secure crimson ear aud promptly re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Miss Rrcckinridge a LAWYER.

phronisba +. Breckenridge daughter Of
Col W. &. T.. Breckenridge. is the first
woman 10 be admitted to practice be-
fore the Court OF Appeals of Kentucky
She was examined Saturday by Chief
Justice Lewis Judges Hazelrigg Painter
and Durell, and passed with credit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Rev VIZ. Harrison in charlottesville

Rev Nr. Harrison in charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Jan. %
Special-The Rev j. K. Harrison, OF fui-
ton Baptist church. Richmond. com
menced a series OF revival meetings a.
the Baptist church IN this city at t:5.
o'clock. A large audience packed the
church
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
MUNYON'S OFFICE,
605 East Main street.

open A. NJ to z p. NJ. Sundays. 20
l.. NJ
III YOU have Catarrh or any Throat OF
Lung Complaint. cali and receive free
trial local treatment. We positively euro
Cat8rrh.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
CURED OF EHEuMArIsM.

b. T.. Jackson. Chamber of Commerce
Barber Shop. Richmond. Va. says. IL ana
glad TO recommend Munyon's Rheuma
tism Cure 20 AN sufferers. Two bottles
were sufficient 20 entirely cure me of a
had attack OF rheumatism"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
TREATMENT BT MAIL.

n unable TO call az one OF our offices
write Professor Munycn, l5O9 Arch street
PhiIadelpnia. for advice. which is abs0-
lutely free. Tho most obstinate cases suc-
cessfully treated through correspondence
All communications answered iu strictesi
confidence. Send Tor Guide 10 Health.
FREE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
crnIn nr DID rnKOAr.

=. ID. Clement. with Baughman sa-
tonery Company 1907 east Main street.
Richmond Va, says. Of have used Nun
yons Sore Throat cure With most salts
factory results. IL effected a. complete
.urn IN Z f-N hmm.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
For the Whole City Found Universal
Favor With the People.
HUNDREDS GAME
And Were Treated for Various Diseases
by His Eminent Physicians.
HUNDREDS MORE
Are Using the MunyOn Remedies Who
Never Used Them Before,


O.. G.. Barnes. 307 west Main street
Richmond Va. says. Il have been sur
fcrng from catarrh for several years
and could end no relief until I tried
Munyon's Remedies. Three bottles OF
Munyon's Catarrh cure. using the 't-
tarrh Tablets for local cleansing or The
nasal membranes. cured me most prompt
D.. IL -l....Lt.. LIZ -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Lively Fire IN Norfolk

NORFOLK, VA. Jan. 25.-special.-A
vacant store aud six dwellings Inhabited
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21

A white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in l77i. It Is the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter , ritcry. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot, and in few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town-of Yuma, which is snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling SiIls, upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, she is bound to grow and prosper with rapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become a paradise of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises are on foot to supply the life-giving waters of the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
ARIZONA,

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment. There can't be doubt about the fact. The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuildipg just be- fore her. The impulse of a new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people, while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is a scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this.
 Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex- perienced sometime in its history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt, with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunburst of aparrizino hoDa hos tbrilIod tbo drOoD ing spirits of the people to greater and braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boon and the com- pletion of two transcontinental lines Of railroad across her tegritory-Arizona has rather dropped out of public attention, but in that time she has been quietly ac- fund of substantial wealth
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21

and force of moral character which qualify her now to rise up and take hsr destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican, This IS mistake of great importance froa the moral point of view. There is but one considerable center of Mexican population i'll the territory, the city of Tuesos, and even there 1t is not by any means at pres. ent the predominating element. It thiak 1t IS certain that Arizona has not to-day nearly go large Mexican population as Colorado and not above one-tenth as much as New Mexico. --"Fitz- Mae," in Denver News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
ARIZONA.
It's Attractions and Advantages as a
 Place of Residence in Winter,

Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who has spent the last two winters in Arizona for the benefit of his health, writes entertainingly and in structively concerning that part of the country. Mir. Reid says:
 So many questions are asked about Ari- zona as place for winter residence, and there appears to be such dearth of pre- else information among many who are vitally interested, that it seems almost a public duty, to set down, in the simplest form, few facts of personal observation
 WEATHER,
 During a five months residence in Southern Arizona in winter there was but one day when the weather made it actually unpleasant for me to take exercise in the open air at some time or other during the day. Of course there were good many days which weather observer would de- scribe as cloudy" and some that were "showery; but during these five months (from No ember, 1895, to May, lS96,) there were only four days when we did not have brilliant sunshine at some time dur ing the day. Even more than Egypt, any, where north of Luxor, Arizona is the laud of sunshine. As to details:
 TEMPERATURE.
 1 have seen the thermometer mark 92 degrees in the shade on my north piazza in March. On the other hand. we had frosts which killed young orange trees, and there were several nights when thin ice formed The government reports show mean temperature for fourt cen years at the pres ent territorial capital of 574 degrees in November, 5 degrees in December, % de- grees in January, 54 degrees in February, Gl degrees in March and 66 degrees in
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21


 That again depends on what you expect. You cannot have the luxuries of our New York houses out there, unless you build one; or the variety of our New York markets, unless you charater refrigerator car. But there are hotels with almost as much frontage as the Waldorf; and, like everything else in the Territory excepting the mountains and deserts, they are new. There are boarding houses of more kinds than one; and brlck cottages of eight or ten rooms can occasinally by rented. Bet ter than any of them, for the man with the energy and the pluck to take it, is to tent on the desert; and he who knows how to ''camp out" with comfort through Septem- Der In the Adirondacks can camp out in Arizona through the winter.
 AS to food, there is plenty, and it is good-if you can get it well cooked. The alfalfa fields of the Salt River Valley are the fattening ground for the great cattle ranges of the Territory. From there the markets of Los Angeles and even of Denver are largely supplied, Good beef, mutton and poultry are plenty and cheap. Quail, l ducks and ven;son from the vicinity can also be had Vegetables and fruits are abundant in their season, and sometimes the season is long one. It is the one country have lived ia where strawberries fhn Al. Al year. I have had them on my table, fresh
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing its waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will eliminate as early as the coming fall in an inroad of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without taker, but the tendency of prospeCtors is to go long dis tance of into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma County and so accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost 8 virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in it's mountains it's mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent of country.
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made, and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75, ,OO0 per month. This mine is situated about 30 miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial, Palomas, Pot Hoies, and other mining dis tricts, and, although the mining outlook in the county was never better, still most ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STATE OF CALIFORNIAN,
 COUNTY OF Los ANGELES, 6no'
 Before me, A. c. Brodersen, Notary PubEe in and for the County of Los Angeles State of Cali fornia, personally appeared c. T. Pepper, F. A. Salisbury, E. T. Earl. E. L. Allen, and S H. Ellis, known to me to be the persons whose names gre subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and as- knowledged to me thas they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein express ed Given under my hand and seal of office, this 2eth day of May, A. D. 1897.
 (sBAL) A. c. BRODERSEN. Notary Public,
 In and for Los Angeles County, California. My commission expires July, 1887.
 Recorded at the request of E. Pepper, at a. zu, May 2s, 1897.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21

cury is ranging from sO' to 9o'. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon as it reaches the surface of the body, and at no tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
MINES.

There is no section of the United States, or probably ef the earth, mere rich in min eral wealth than the CouEty of Yuma, All the country north, east and south of Yuma lies directly within the main gold belt that commences in Alaska ana ends in Mexico. From the San Borrardino mountains in California to the Sonora boundary line the mountains and hills are.exceptionally rich in the precious metal, as though demonstrating the theory often advanced that the richest gold mines are found bordering the beds of
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
CHA,

In the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers there IS rosm for thousands. It IS not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Unio7 can be found more desirable region for the making of a home. No laborious clearing of the land Is required; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbery have so rapid growth that within eighteen months the immigrant can surround his abode with attractions which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market 8 full month before the California products. The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now prohtless can be made produc- tive by the construction ot irrigating ditches, and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yuma cosnty are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do we'll Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, currents, gooseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be suc- cessfully cultivated. Indeed. Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and asmitropical fruits, ss almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which can be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead c; the town of Ygma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af- forded here. With a matchless climate, where all forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east And north are unknown, where the bright sun- shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every form of vegetation, and where the clear days and cool and balmy nights are one long-con- tinued poem of happiness and delight, we can offer to capitalists a1 ideal field for in vestment and to home seekers g. veritable paradise in which to settle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
RN5OUH GEES 10FH
 YUMA COUNTY The Soil, Climate, Rivers, and Many
 and Varied Offerings of FAIR ARIZONA'S BANNER COUNTY.

Many by County a of Residence.
The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government observations, is but 811s inches per year.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1897-04-22
suRIALs BEFoRE DEATH.
prematuro Intermsnss Are Not So Rare
..r ms Generally Believed.

prematuro Intermenss Are Not So RaSe
4@ ms Generally Believed.
Any impression that stories about the
frequency of pemature burial are due to
imagination would be speedily dispelled
by a conversation with those stone
masons and florists located outside the
gates of almost every great metropoli-
tan cemetery, as we'll as with the gar
deners and grave-diggers of the lat
ter, says French correspondent Of the
New York World. These men, especial
ly those employed at the hugh Partisan
metropolis of Pere la Chaise, have vast
experience in the matter. Not only are
they present at the exhumations con-
tinually. being made, either by private
partieseor by the authorities, but they
also take part in or witness the digging
up of that part of Gods acre where
all the paupers are inferred. Every
five years this portion of the cemetery
is dug UP, the bones being either stored
away in the crypt of some church or
else sold for use in the refining OF
sugar. AS a rule these florists, stone
cutters and grave-diggers are exceed
ingly reticent. But there are times
when they become communicative, and
then they relate weird tales OF collins
which, on being opened, bear inside the
traces of bleeding finger marks and OF
the scratches of desperate finger-nalls,
of bodies that are distorted, instead OF
reposing on their backs, as when laid
in their collins, and Of faces distorted
by agony-the agony of 4 person VINO
awakes from lethargy to conscious
ness only to find himself inclosed with
in the narrow walls Of coffin beneath
the ground. The men do not like TO
talk about it, for 1t is q gruesome SUP
ject. Besides could any such stories be
traced to them by their employers they
would at once be discharged. They nave
therefore, no reason to appeal to their
imaginations, no cause to eXaggerate'
but rather the reverse, and the conse-
quence Is that the tales they tell may
be regarded as below rather than above
the truth. Cases of premature burial
are much more likely to happen in
France, and, indeed, everywhere on the
continent of Europe, than in the United
States, owing to the very stringent
laws that prevail in the old world as
to the speedy interment of the dead.
Still, at the same time, these stories
may serve to show that instances OF
premature burial are by no means so
rare as doctors and undertakers woulo
have the public believe.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1897-04-22
WOMEN OF NOTE.

The 100000 recently bequeathed by
Mrs. Donahue of San Francisco for
charitable purposes will, among other
things, provide for two new kinder
gartens and an orphan asylum.
One of the daughters of the late Gen
Logan, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Is
soon to come into snug fortune Sna
and her son, George Lemon Tucker, in
herit two-fifths of the estate of the late
George e. Lemon, which amounts to
over $3,000,000.
Maj. Ponds daughter has taken Paul
Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet, TO
England for the season. He will read
and recite from his own poems. MISS
Pond has been associated with hel
father in the lecture managing busl-
ness for some time, but this is her first
venture alone.
"If we had to describe Marie Corellj
in terms of literary geography" says
g. writer in the BOokman. we should
say that she is bounded on the north
by Ouida, on the south by Laura Jean
Libbey. on the east by Florence Ward
en- and on the west by Archibald ClaY-
ering Gunter."
The Bemidji pioneer., 1897-04-22
SPURIOUS SEALSKINS.


Made Out of Tame French Rabbit Pelts
That Deceive the Very Elect.
There was no mistaking the old plush
imitation sealskin, and many who
could not afford the real declined the
counterfeit, but it is stated that among
fashions Of the present time are Gkins
so cleverly dressed to initiate the cov-
ering of the seal that detection will be
impossible only to the expert, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is expected that
this innovation will be one Of the most
remarkable developments the fur trade
has ever known. The new fur is called
electric SEAL" and consists Of the skin
of the ordinary French tame rabbit
electrically treated. The process in
wolves a careful first dressing to OBJ
tain softness and pliability, the coat
afterward passing under machine OF
extraordinary delicacy, which catches
and shears down the stronger and
coarser hairs, giving at the same, time
softness and "fiow" to what Is left. The
dveing Is skillfully managed to give
artificial gradations of golden brown
under the surface. The final stage Of
manipulation before the skins go to
the manufacturer is reached through
the operation of a really marvel
Gus electrical mechanism which re-
moves any undesirable stiff hairs
that might have been left by
first machine. Unfortunately ex'
periments which have been made with
both the common wild rabbit and the
imported Australian skins have been
attended with scant success, and only
the fur of the domestic variety appears
to be available for the process. The
idea is not new. 1t has been con-
sidered for many years, but it is only
through recent notifications and i'm
provements in mechanism rendered
possible by electricity that 1t has be-
come a factor to be seriously reckoned
with in the wholesale fur business.