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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
A QUEER MEMORIAL.
A Frenchwoman Erects Bizarre Monu-
ment to Guy de Maupassant.

ment to Guy de Maupassant.
Even when they make monuments the
Parisians are odd folk. In one Of the
smaller parks Of Paris has been erected a
monument to the memory of Guy de Mau-
PEASANT, the great master of the realist and
impressionist school of fiction. 1t is thor
oughly Partisan in conception, and proba-
bly, pleases the people of the French capital.
We should call it bizarre
On high pedestal is bust Of the au-
thor, which is quite conventional. But at
the base of the shaft is the figure Of a
woman reclining ON a couch and holding
a book in her hand 1t is not the figure Of
an ideal woman. She is Parisienne Of
today, gowned in the mode, booted accord
ing to the latest fashion, and with her
hair done la Merode. So modern and
lifelike is the figure that you can scarcely
believe that it is of marble. There has
been no artistic slurring in the treatment
of her attire. The ruffles on the bottom Of
her underskirt are displayed with just that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
May Call Rev. DIR. Brooks.

PHILADEI PHIA, Nov. 26.-Rev. DIR.
John Brooks of Massachusetts,,
brother OF the late Bishop Phillips
Brooks preached at Holy Trinity Epis.
copal church, Sunday. This is looked
upon as significant in view of the ap.
preaching departure of Rev. DIR. Nc.
Vickar, present rector of Holy Trinity,
for Rhode island, as co.adjutor to the
bishop of that diocese.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
Five GoIdseekers Perished.

VICTORIA, b. G., Nov. 20.-The col
lector Of customs at Tagish Lake, in a
letter, says five lives have been lost in
tho lakes and rivers on the route to
Dawson within the last few weeks.
Frank Anthony was one of the vic.
Tins. The collector does not know the
names OF the others. A number of
boats have been wrecked in the rapids.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
Force of Habit,

A Awoman will always ask the price of
everything before she pays for it, Yes
terday afternoon woman stepped into
a confectioner' shop and said
'Iwant sixpennyworth Of chocolates.
They were handed to her, and she
took out her purse and remarked:
How much is it, pleaseE
FINN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

1t is easy to catch cold and just as
easy to get rid of it If you commence
early to use One Minute Cough Cure.
1t cures coughs, cold, bronchitis, pneu-
MOI ia and all throat and lung troubles.
1t is pleasant to take, safe to use and
sure to cure. Shanafelt q Co., Mel.
bourne Il ,tel, Fischer's drug store, 436
K. Tuscarawas st E. O. Miller, East End
Phar., 1920 e. Tuscarawas ST
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

The three year old BOY of ]. A.'John-
son, Of Lynn Center, Ill, Is subject TO
attacks Of Group. Mr.. Johnson says he
berlain's Cough Remedy, duringa severe
attack, saved his little boys life. He s
in the drug business, member OF the
firm of Johnson Bros. Of that place; and
they handle great many patent medi-
cines for throat and lung diseases. He
had all these to chose from, and skilled
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
TRAlNROBB = RS MAY DIE.
Three of Them Arrested For HolduL
In New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Nov. 29.-Dis.
trict Attorney Finical of this city has
received a telegram from Dalm Ora.
ham, the constable at Bisbes, A. t.,
saying that he had apprehended three
trainrobbers who held up the Santa Fe
Pacinc passenger train at Grants three
weeks ago. The prisoners are Jesse
Williams, Tom Anderson and an un-
known. District Attorney Finical is
now preparing the papers to have the
robbers extradited.
IL has been estimated that they se-
cured between $4,000 and 100000.
Train robbery is a capital offense in
this territory, 30 that if the men now
have to answer with their lives.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

Some idea Of the terrific force with
which bird passes through the air may
be gained through the fact that com
mon curlew few right through piece
of plate glass quarter of an inch thick
at Turnberry lighthouse, Ayrshire.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

The original of the phrase ION tick,
meaning credit was "on ticket, the
idea being that articles bought and not
paid for at the time had to be noted ON
a ticket.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly.
That's what Won want. II. p. Shana-
felt & Co, Melbourne Hotel, Fischer's
drug store. 435 H. Tuscarawas st., Il. q.
Mill r, East End Phar., 1920 II. Tuscara-
was 81.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

Lincoln once said TO a friend who had
obtained from him a pardon for o deserter,
"Some of our generals camplain that
impair discipline and subordination in
the army by my pardons and respites, but
1t makes me restcG after hard days work
If can find sonH good excuse for saving
q mans life"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
Narrowly Escaped Lyuohing.

CAMDEN, N. j., Nov. 20.-John
Brump, who claims TO live in Philadel.
phia, narrowly escaped lynching at the
hands of an angry crowd because of an
attempted assault on l1.year-old mu-
latto girl named Florence Pierce.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02
Enrmer ELlihnsterer For Yukon.

New YORK, Nov. 29.-The steamship
South Fort and, formerly the Caroline
Miller, which was seized as filibuster,
has been purchased by a syndicate and
is to be put in commission for service
between Seattle and st. Michaels,
AlnSkn
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-12-02

Or. Price . Cream baIsing Powder
swzrasd Odd f1ao4l Asiswiniss Fs's. s.n Fraaasss
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
Proclamation of Reward.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,

I
 EXECUTIVE DsPAETaEsTS Tlo ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL come:
 Whereas, Official information has been re- ceived by me from the District Attorney of the County of Graham, Territory of Arizona. that Augustine Chacon, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed at the May term of the District Court, 1896 at Solo, monvile in the County of Graham, the judg- ment of said court afterward being affirmed by the Supreme Court of tho Territory. and the said Chacon being resenteneed to be ex- ecuted on the 18th day of June. 1897. and Whereas, I am officially informed that said Augustine Chacon did, on tho 9th day of June. 1897, escape from the jail at Solomon vile, ill nthe said County of Graham. Now, therefore, I, B. J. Franklin, Govern or of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue oi the power and authority in me vested, do hereby offer Five Hundred tS50O) Dollars Re- ward for the apprehension of said fugitive from justice and his detention in any jail in the United States.
 IE testimony thereof have this twelfth day
 of June set my hand and caused lsRALl the Great Seal of the Territory
 to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the e-CapitaI, this twelfth day of June, A. D. 1897.
 By the Governor.
 B.J. FRANKLIN CHAs. M. BRUCE.
 Secretary of the Territory
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
Notice of Forfeiture

TO FRANK FIELDING McCAFFREY, DE
 CEASED, TO HIS HEIRS AND ALL WHO
 CLAIM TITLE UNDER HIM:
 You are hereby notified that I, the under signed. have expended the sum of one hun dred dollars in labor and development upon the Cousin No. 2" mining claim. being the assessment work thereon for the year 1ses it being the work required to hold the same The said claim is situated in Superstition mining district, Pinal county. Arizona. If, at the expiration of ninety days after this notice. you fail or refuseto pay your propor- tion, S50.0o, of the expenditure as co-owner, your interest in said claim will be forfeited to me, and you will also ipay the cost of this advertisement. SAM TH0RPR.
 Dated June 12th. 1897. je19-smo My address is Goldfield, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25

 zona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. 4t was about fhe$ long ago that tho Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement began. 1t is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing iilxe a sufi- eient water to irriSate this vast body of land
 THE CASA GRANDz VALLEY CANAL is forty-three miles in length and covers 69000 acres of land, about 7,aa0 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. reservoir covering i GOO acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal Ions, in the southeast corner of township 6, range 8. gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer hy shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by tho con- struction of huge reservoir nt the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com petent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
NOTICE.

On and after December ist, 1896, al meat bought in my shop must be paid for at time of delivery. lam compelled to make this order for self-protection-
 d5-tf c. E. ANeULo.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
CASA GRANDn RasBR7oIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Graade Valley Canal company is the largest i'll the territory. It covers surface of 1890 acres, with an aver age depth of F feet. and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is Sit uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. I leyee of earth has been thrown up across depression in the plain II ,U00 feet in length. I25 feet in width at the bottom and g feet in width at top. to 1 slope on each side, and an average height of 25feet. The waste is regu- lated by 3 cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost S150,V00. and sup niles water for 60oO acres.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
Al UNINHABIrABLE DEsKKT

is in truth the most productive land on the globe, and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop 1t. There is no water-storege scheme ca the Pacific coast that has One-haf the natural advantages and so few engineer ing difficulties as the Butte reservoir. Hare nature has built the abutments in eyer-iiy- ing rock and all that is left for man 10 do is to put in the headgate, the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by a paltry 920 feet A country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing 40,G00 square miles, or larger than Mnine and Massachusetts combined. The rainfall Is suf- dciant to fill the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practically limitless. This may read like fairy tale, but 1t is every word true, and has heen verified time end aguin.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
Pinal County DuiIding dk Leap
 Association.
,rence. Pinal County
Arizona,

Florence. Pinal County, Arizona. IT. WHITTEMoRE, President,
 0. D. REPPY, Vice President.
 DC. STEVENS, Treasurer HID. CAss1DAY, Secretary and Attorney Directors: Rev. I. T. Whittemore. Q. D. Reppy, H. D. Cassiday, D. Q. Stevens, J. N, Lille, c. c. Powell and k. I. Bollen- Office: With H. D. Cassiday. Directors regular meetings, first Monday in each month at 2 o'clock D. m
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25

NoTIcE.-Any information regarding the Casa Grande valley will be cheerfuIly fur nished by Chas. D. Reppy, Immigration Com missioner for Pinalconuty, Florence. Ariz.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
MeteoroIooical Statistios.

The signal service of thu general govern ment maintained a station at Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from uly. 1s9o, to April, 1852 gives the follow ing statistics, which may be taken safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas;
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
slcHs og LAID.

Improved lands. with government title and water right, can be bought for from go to S51 per acre, according to location and im- provensats. In tine immediate Bsighbor- hood and to the south of tho Casa Graade ruins there arc thousands of acres covered with a heavy growth of mesquite timber yet open to settlement. These are aHaoag the choicest in the valley. Water in inexhaustt- ble quantity is found at depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, river seems to be flowing underneath. Zero is a splen- did opportunity to take up and improve 1aud with pumping system of irrigation, which is said to be successful on small tracts.
 However. with the completion oi the butte past, and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of sbowin;, " hat can be done, and to magnify the further fact that what was once considered
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
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The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
C.E. ANCULO'S Meat Market,
 Main Street, Florence.

Is constantly supplied with Fat Beef, which will be furnished customers at the lowest cash prices. We buy for cash and are com pelled to sell for cash, and win use our best endeavors to guarantee satisfaction to our customers.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25

The heat as repfeseltcd ID the abOve table turing the months Of June, July and August is nothing like as unbeerable us in the Eastern States. and death from
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
MESA, FLORENCE AND
 GLOBE STAGE LINE.
Three Trips a week.

Three Trips e week. DayagAs Travel Leaves Mesa a. m. Tuesdavs Th~r,S.x. and Saturdays: Arrives st Florence avs Il :so a. a. m. Leaves Florence at p. m., aryiyinr se dlobe at 5 p. m., the following day.
 and Saturdays. Arrives at Florence at Iii s m. the following day. Leaves Florence for Mesa at D. m. Arrives ct Mesa at D. n. Stages stop. over night at Riverside. Good aceommodatioRs given the travelling psbIia. :, Stages connect with stages for DudleyyNIe' Benson, Mammoth, Oracle and Tucson. JOHNSON BROS, Agents at Mesa.
 LOUIS SULTAN, Agent at Globe.
 D. 0. STEVENS. Agent at Florence.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
rirR RAR1Y MARkrTs.

The absence cF foss and nightly dews is . formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsiahtly scale-hug, and the fruits of the valley arc al bright and clean. All the agri- cultural products of temperate and semi tfop:e zones are easily grown here, the long seasons giving a succession Of crops that doubio or treble the productive value Of the laad.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
sUxsrRoKK IS UNKNOWN

In fact, in residence of sixteen years in Arizona the writer has only known two they recovered. Their condition, however was more the result of whisky than heat The air is SO dry here that a registered temperature of 1l0 degrees is not as oppres- sive as 80 degrees in St. Louis or New York. The Signal Service bureau has recognized this fact, and reports the difference between the apparent and sensible temperature to be fulls 33 degrees. At nearly all times there is Q pleasant breeze; the nights are invariably cool in the summer, and outdoor labor is performed without serious discomfort to either man or beast on the warmest days. Very seldom does the thermometer get be- low the freezing point in winter and in the gardens of Florence to-day are castor bean plants two years or more old,
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25

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 all papers from the Eastward.
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The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25

H0T-Te make any oHe love you. The an E1 ly sure method. No Humbur. FrilSS ections l5c. Royal Suprlg Co.,, P Padscah Kz
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
UKrouoAED BY gRosT.

Orange and lemon trees require slight pro- tection during the winter for year or two. until the wool is sufficiently hardened
 N hiie it is a popular thing for one to say that lie is mot here for his health, q it is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary aiI- ments no climate on earth is equal to South ern Arizona, andthere are numbers of active industrious citizens, with but one lung. who oame here years ago, expecting to live but flaw weeks. But for all that, the wonderful Casa Grande valley is something better than a health resort.
 valley lying along the line of the Southern Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Grande a tds Ar izola is at present, and with good reass II consi lered one of the most desirable portions Of this magnificent Southern Ari-
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
A AAILRoAp CENTER.
PRopucrs oF THE WILLY.

Unlike the Salt river, the waters of the SiiR are fresh and pure; the soil contains no Ilkali, is deep, rich gray ash. especially almond. peach. fig, pear, apricot and fruits of all kinds W hiek pay largely on the invest raent It Is also the natural home of alfalfa, which grows in the most prolific manner. valley, and wine and rstisin culture is dsstin- ed to become prominent industry. Citrus fruits have been cultivated to a limited Rxtssa.; there are a number of orange trees in the neighborhosd of Florence which bear their golden fruit each year without pro- lection, and few date palm trees are also in full bearing. The season is from six weeks to two months earlier than Southern Cahfor- mia, which gives fruit growers an appreelet- ed advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-25
THs CASA eRANDE VALLEY.
Information for Those Seeking Homes
 In the Garden Spot of the West.


 Pinal county was organized in 1875 from portions of Pima, Asasicopa and 4nyapaI counties, and contains an area or 9,S0e square miles, or s, 1851 520 acres, one,third or WhlJn Wt; could hc made productive by ssste.tsiAeie 4 storage of the surplus water now rui1iiihA to waste. Next to Maricopa it is the most lm- portant agricultural county iii the territory. 1t it trayersed from east to vest by the Southern Pacific railroad, and S branch or the great santa Fe system is now ai;proachs ing from the north. The objective point oI this road is connection with the sonora road, of tue same system: Inc soAtfhern fls,i. Pacific is also building in this direction rom Tempe, and it is confidently helleVea, ,. Vnde work will not cease until the Deer SreeK coal fields are reached and connection IS made with another branch of that road run ming from Bowie to Globe and now complet- ed to Fort Thomas.
 Thus it will be seen that Pinal county is the theater of railroad building at the pres ent tiIno, and inside of a year tlorenSe, tAe county seat, will be
 4 RAILRoAB CENTER.
 At present it contains a population Eof about 1900 but with the completion of these two railroads and the Butte reservoir no city in Arizona can approach Ii for natural advantages and a large increase in popula- fion will follow Florence is at an elevation of 1853 feet absye sea level, situated near the Gila river, tweHty-six miles northwest of the railroad station of Casa Grande, with which 1t IS connected by an elegantly equipped daily stage line. Going and coming stages run by the old Casa Grande ruins, aud passengers are allowed short time to in- sDect thera. There are many handsome pri- ate.residences in Florence, several brick stores, good hotel, an excellent graded school employing four teachers, churches, secret societies, 6 Commercial Cup, news paper (the only enc in tho countyl. and the hanasomest court house in the Territory Here is held he United States Court for the district composed of tfila. Sre eham anu Pinal counties. The streets are lined with shade trees W hici impart an air of comfort
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01

only lifted out of obscurity by the size of
their bills
The business man or working man who
gets rundown and in ill-health from over.
work, needs the advice and treatment of a
physician who is famous for the thousands
of cases lie has cured, and not for the
thousands of dollars ne has charged. In
DR.. r. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, he will
find that kind of a physician. For thirty
years DR.. Pierce has been chief consulting
physician TO the Invalids' Hotel and Surgi-
cal Institute, at Buffalo
He is the disco-erer of a wonderful
medicine known as Dr. Pierce's Golden
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icine for broken down men and women. II
whets the appetite, purifes the blood, makes
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maker, flesh builder and nerve-tonic. 1t
cures nervous prostration and exhaustion
malaria, liver troubles, rheumatism blood
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cases of consumption, weak lungs, splitting
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When the trouble is of long standing
write to DR.. Pierce, who will answer let
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be addressed there.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-01
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
INTERNATIONAL AND
NORTHERN.

North-Leaves at $50 a. m. and 5 p,
m. Arrives at 7:25 a. m. and 3:15 p. m
South-Leaves at 9:45 a. ~. and ar
rives at 1880 p. m.
The Express Special leaves at 1850 a
m. and arrives at 9:45 a. m.
M. X. & T.-Leaves at $3.50 a. m. and
p. M, arrives at 1925 a. m. and 3:15 p
m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
East bound trains arrive from Mexi,
co and Eagle Pass at 1850 a. m; and
leave at 1910 p m; and $3.50 p. m. fol
Houston, Galveston and New Orleans
West bound train rarives from New
Orleans, Houston, and Galveston al
1926 and 4:25 p. M; and leaves for Eagle
Pass and Mexico at 4:45 p. m.
Leaves for Eagle Pass and Mexico at
IL 100 a. m. and arrives at 700 D. m.
st. Louis Limited leaves for Waco,
Fort Worth, Dallas, Kansas City and
st. Louis at 7:25 p. m.
Arrives from st. Louis, Kansas City
Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco at S:4j
a. m.
SAN ANTONIO & ARKANSAS PASS
Trains leave daily for Cuero, Waco
Houston and Galveston at $50 a. m.
for Beeville, Corpus Christi and Rock
port at 1:50 p. m; and arrives daily
from the former places at 6:35 p. m.
and from the latter at 1880 D. m.
For Boerne and Kerrville leaves daily
except Saturdays and Sundays at 2:45
p. m. Leaves Saturday at 4S0 p. m.
Leaves Sunday at $3.50 a. m.
Arrives in San Antonio from Boerne
and Kerrville, daily, except Sundays
and Mondays at 10:45 am. Arrives
Sundays at { p. m. Arrives Mondays
at $3.50 a. m.
SAN ANTONIO AND GULF SHORE.
Train leaves San Antonio for Mar
tinez, Sanders, Adkins, Lavernia and
Stockdale at $3.50 a. m, daily except
Sunday.
Arrives at San Antonio at 4:47 p. m.
daily, except Sunday.