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Year: 1878

A friend of ours in Palestine, who has taken an interest in us from our start, had an unpleasant experience a few days ago, growing out of his attachment to the BEE His bees seeing that the NEW TOWN BEE received all his attention, to their neglect, became jealous, got their ire aroused, and determined to punish him. They laid plot and carried it out with fiendish ingenuity. They turned out e,. lRaSse, pretending to "swarm, and after reconnOitcring and skirmishing about, took a position on a high tree apparently well disposed, and awaited their opportunity. Our friend, supposing they had no evil intentions, went to hive they had had demonstrations of that in the interest he took in the BEE and when be swell in the tree and within range. they pitched for his cranium, and finding it mot very well protected by it's natural covering, they commenced stab- ufIIg risht and left, making good use of their lime. Our friend did not exactly fee, but be fell back to obtain better position, fighting bravely as he withdrew. The battle over, his good wife extracted the stings with considerable difficulty, and bathed the wounds, pouring in oil and wine (all but the wine). The bees Overshot the mark (as sudden passion generally oyerdoes itself), for our friend immediatelyrenewed his subscription for the BEEtand doubled it. His wife made a cast of his head in bi-carbonate of soda, and contemplates having bust of the hero of the battle executed, to com memorate the event.
Year: 1878

After Fred (his kind mastery had ex- plained to him the reason of so many firecrackers on the immortal 4th, he tied pack to "Spot's" tail and "touched them of" Spot instantly commenced to celebrate the victory of the Young Nation" ,oyer the " British Lion" He was big dog to start so suddenly, and he seemed to think that the greater the speed the greater respect for the immor- tai day. He went up street with winged feet, to quote the father of all poets, but turned about as if no no firing was needed up that way. and made for Fred, (as if he could help celebrate ) Fred and his patriotic companions only laughed, and yelled hurrahr' Every explosion seemed to change ends with the dog, and he made more noise than was wanted to do honor to several lFourths. Itis estimated by good judges that Spot travelled twenty miles before the last gun was fired, and he never met his master for two months after without dropping his eyelashes. Spot never will be anxious to celebrate again. The smell of powder drives him under the barn, and the report of gun within hearing distance makes him tremulous with fear. Why Fred should be so excessively patriotic as to call on his dog to celebrate the glorious day, was probably owing to his being an earnest '' Union man, and the son of the great est military genius Newtown ever had.

 G.
Year: 1878

The Republicans appear to have carried
Colorado, which gives them the vote OF a
State IN the event Of the Presidential cleo
tion going to the House. The vote Of the
Republicans exceeded thai Of both Demo
Gratis and Greenbackers combined. The
victory, however, is substantially Green
back one, as the Republican platform en-
braced the most advanced views Of the
Labor and Greenback parties. It demands
the maintenance of every citizen in all his
rights; deprecate any tariff legislation that


may tend to unsettle values; believe that


the Government should provide honest


national mouey sufficient for all the legiti>


mate needs of the country, and that the
interest bearing debt should be reconverted
into popular loan; declare that the debt


should be paid as agreed upon at the time 1t
was contracted, and approve the attempt OF
the Senate to make greenbacks receivable
for government dues; believe that the Gov
ernment should increase the coinage of the
precious metals; view the growth of power
lful corporations with. alarm. The Demo-


cratic platform was almost identical with


this one, but tbs Greenbackers enunciated


their wild "fat money" doctrine. 1t ia
quite evident that the march Of the people
against the dishonest sratesmanship of the
contractionists will not stop. We would


have much preferred to have chronicled the


success of the Democracy in Colorado, but


at all events the people are marching on &C
the dismsy of the ring of dishonest snd


cruel men, who while pretending to be just


pass laws to devour the substance of th'


poor. Falter not, but onward, God will ait
the right.
Year: 1878

I would take this method Of returning
my heartfelt thanks to the very liberal pub
lie of the entire city ofWilmingten for their
kind and generous patronage to me for the
space of nine years the time / have been
located in what is known as the Eighth
street market. During that time l have
endeavored to the utmost of my ability to
deal Justly by every one with whom have
had any business dealings. If have done
otherwise it has been through ignorance
and not design and am willing TO make
any reparation to any and all to whom l
may have failed to please in any respect. 1t
has always been my chief aim to keep the
very best goods the market afforded and
to dispose of fthem at price consistent with


Justice to my customer and myself but nev-
er offering my goods at cost to keep my
neighbor from making a sale principal
that bringsno good to any one. 1 would
also beg leave to inform my many custo-
mers and friends that my business connee-
ton with the Eighth street market has
"stopped short" but have not skedaddled,
Jumped the town or quit the business az
some of nv friends? Of said market please
to report land whose names shall give in
a future card ifthe practice is confined. /
will continue my business in the little
market at the west end of Eighth street
market) which will be hereafter known as
the Central Market whereby strict atten-
ton to business and choice line of goods
I bope to merit continuance of former


patronage. Yours Truly


-- THOMAS GREEN. .
Year: 1878

WE dropped In yesterday to pay our re spects to the male department of our pub

 lie school. and we can say that we came away highly pleased with our visit. We found thirty-three bright boys present

 very ord srly and hard at work. The dis cipline in the school seems to be perfect.

 The relations between teacher and schol- ars are Of the most pleasant character, and the uoys seem to go about their daily stud ies rather as a pleasure than as task, while the reverse is too often the case. We made a proposition to the boys to interest them as local editors for THE CITIZEN and suggested to them that the best compost ton on local matters should be published each week in THE CITIZEN. If they ac cept our proposition, we shall expect some spicy items from them. Since September last this school has been under the super vision Of MT. c. A. Clum, who deserves great credit for the interest he has mani tested in the cause Of popular education, as we'll as the ahility and tact he has dis played in the government of the school, and upon its present prosperous condition Florence has great cause for congratula- ton. We shall ask permission to visit the ladies' department next week.
Year: 1878

Col. STANFORD has been through the Pioneer District this week and declares himself we'll pleased with Pinal county and happily disappointed in the location, improvements and natural advantages and attractions Of Florence. our county seat. The Colonel intends to stay. He Is looking out for a lot now. and if he can find a suitable and available location, be will purchase and build. Mir. Stanford's law library will arrive soon and he will then enter upon a vigorous practice Of his profession.
Year: 1878

WE walked around Judge J. D. Walkers block yesterday. The place looks nice

 The Judge has been planting young ash trees around his lot and very soon intends

 to add two or three more rooms to his al ready very comfortable home. The Judge

 has a very desirable location and in a veal .or two, when his trees have had a little time to grow, his place will be very beau tff,I
Year: 1878

LAST evening, after we had the local item on our streets in type, Mir. F. M. Griffin, our new street superintendent, came.in and handed us the notice to the real estate owners of Florence, which ap- pears in another column. This looks as if Mir. Griffin intended to do his duty and to do 1t well. We are only too glad to mo- tlce this, but we guess our other article wont do any harm.
Year: 1878

The bad, and in some places almost i'm

 passible condition of our streets. is with

 out excuse. The soil of Florence Is a rich

 loom and is easily softened by water:

 hence wherever an ace suia crosses a street

 the earth is noistened and the crossing

 very soon transformed into a most dis

 agreeable mud-hole. These crossings are disgusting to strangers and very formida-

 ble to managers of heavy freight teams | We have noticed at least a half dozen

 teams stalled in these crossings during the

 last week, one or two wagons have been

 broken, and It has cost the teamsters a

 great deal of time, patience, extra work

 and some money to get in and out Of town

 with their trains.

 A gentleman from the East, who passed

 writes from the Picket Post under date of January l4, as follows: My first expe- rience in Florence was not inviting. Just

 as the stage driver informed us that we were entering Florence, all hands were very much mixed inside the coach as we dropped 'ker-chuck' into a stream of wa ter. This was kept up with intervals of

 mud until we reached the express office. 9 After leaving your office, started

 for the hotel, when suddenly one of my feet was made an unwilling Baptist by in- voluntary immersion in one of your streams"

 Besides being disagreeable to the eye, and serious obstruction to travel, these

 water-pools, are also very D phealthy, and are continually generating malaria and disease, the effect of which will be con- stantly felt by the community to a greater or less extent If this condition of affairs Icould not be remedied, or if the repairs

 would involve any very large cost we should bear it patiently as one of the nat ural ills that Florence Is heir to, bat 1t is not natural ill-in fact the water in our streets Is one of our greatest sources of beauty-it is simply negligence that per

 mits necessity to become a nuisance. A few poles and blanks with a little labor

 would make bridges at these crossings

 that would last for years, and the cost of the whole business would not be over s2OO to $500. This would afford pleasant walks and drives for our citizens and for visitors, as well as a sure and safe passage for heavy freight teams. We notice that one or two of our enterprising citizens have been nl- ing in the crossings adjacent to their lots with coarse gravel. This settles into the earth and makes firm road. The gravel costs only seventy-nve cents load. This may be cheaper than the poles and blanks and would certainly be Il great improv~ ment on the present condition.

 We learn that there is about sl20O Of road funds in the county treasury, and we see no reason why this money should re- main idle and our public highways thus grossly neglected. Will not the proper au- thorities take immediate action? We trust 1t will not be our unpleasant duty to refer to this matter again, but that we may very Isoon have the pleasure Of informing our readers that the streets of Florence are as firm and pleasant as any in Arizona.
Year: 1878

when they knew what he had bought.
their course was clear, and Judge Har-
r1son asked for delay in the Justices
court, to enable him to complete the in
vestigation. Failing to get it, counsel
withdrew from that court, but not from
the prosecution of the case, and the re-
suit shows their wisdom. The theory
of, the state, III accordance with the
summary of their excluded evidence.
which has been furnished the Times. is
that Hayden gave Mary huge dose of
arsenic when he met her at the rock.
having told her that it WIS "quick med
lcine" to produce abortion; that the in
PRODUCTION into her system of such
Quantity of this poison soon put her in
agony; that she shrieked with pain, and
Tor the first time seeing her destroYer's
intention, and that he must have given
her poison, she accused him of his
treachery, and started for home to tell
her friends before it should be too late;
that Hayden, fearing that she would
reach her friends and expose him, and
seeing that in his anxiety to remove her
from among the living he had overshot
the mark, felled her to the earth with
the blCod-stained stone found there, and
then cut her throat. Last Thursday,
under authority of the states attorney,
the chemists began their work on
Marys stomach, which has been i'll
Prof. Whites possession ever since the
body was exhumed. They were in
structed to look for oil of savin, oil of
tansy, ergot, and arsenic. Almost at
the beginning they discovered the COM
bination produced by arsenic and the
sulphureted hydrogen, which is result
of decomposition. and very soon the
grains of unabsorbed arsenic were re-
yealed. Usually such huge dose would
be thrown off the stomach Immediately
after being given, but in this case it had
remained. The states attorney was put
IN possession Of the facts yesterday,
and when these discoveries were laid
before Superior Court Judges Hitch
cock and Culver they at once agreed
that bench warrant should immedi-
ately be issued. 1t was issued, and the
sheriff went on the cars to Gulford and
then by carriage to Madison. On his
way into the city Hayden was as smil-
ing and talkatiye as on any day of his
trial. Counsel for the state claim that
now their case is sufficient for any
iurV
Year: 1878

THAT was d funny custom in olden
times when young prince was being
educated. A boy was taught with him
whom they called the whipping boy"
When his highness was idle, did not
know his lessons, forgot his latin verbs,
spilled the ink on his desk, or made
caricatures of his master, then the poor
boy was whipped and scolded for his
misdemeanors. They thought it would
punish the prince sufficiently to see an
innocent boy punished for the faults he
himself had committed, besides no one
would dare lay violent hands upon a
prince.
Year: 1878

We want our readers to stop just for
one nom ent and look at this matter.
These nurses who have gone out of the
pure air Of their homes to the plague
stricken town, to handle and tenderly
care for dead and dying men who are
utter strangers to them, need a higher
courage than any soldier marching into
the thick battle. They gain nothing,
neither pay nor glory. Their victories
are not watched by proud country, for
whose honor they gave their lives. If
they die no weeping nation will, year by
year hang laurels on their graves. The
Howard nurses is only mentioned in
the papers as Zone of twenty-five" ar
irving in such date, or zone of twenty"
who are dead. His name nobody knows.
If he falls, his friends only learn Of it
because he fails to return. There is no
battle cry Or martial music to cheer his
soul in its last struggle with death; in
the future there is no roll-call Of
a victorious army, with the
proud answer to his name,
'FDied upon the field of honor" He
gives his life for some poor plague-strick-
en- wretch, probably of less value to the
WOrIQ imam himself, Ill Ine pOlSOHeu air
of solitary chamber, where there is
none but God to know. He is buried
hastily in a nameless grave, with shud
dering and fear, and quicklime is thrown
upon the body. The sacrifice he makes
out Of pure love to God and humanity,
and this sacrifice is now making, not by
one man, but by every one of the hun
dreds of nurses sent out by the Howard
Association. Every one them carries
his life in his hand as he goes.-N. y.
Tribune.
Year: 1878

A man out on South Hill had reason
to believe that his superintendent of
| cuisine was in the habit of using kero-
sene to start the morning fires. He
placed his suspicious in the form of a
charge. which was Indignantly denied,
and proof demanded. He wasn't ready
with his testimony, and the case was
dismissed for want of evidence. But
his suspicious increased, and he ordered
q secret investigation and appointed
himself chairman of the committee
with power to send for persons and
papers. He laid his plans with care,
and the next morning he followed his
maid servant down stairs at q careful
and respectful distance and hid him-
self near the kitchen door, where he
could not see nor be seen, while he
could hear very distinctly whatever was
said or done. The rustic of paper and
the rattle of dry lightwood was sue
ceeded by hasty steps towards the
closet in the cellar way. Then he heard
the gurgling of a liquid, as though it
was gurgling out of small tin spout.
He heard the Can set down and then the
scrape of match


Him." he heard Ethe maid-serYant
remark. Then another match snap
ped, and barely audible fzzle sue
ceeded. Grimly smiled the silent man
by the outer door.


"Hm," remarked the maid-servant
little petulantly. Another match
snapped and blazed up; another sound
as OF sizzling. The smile on the face
of the man deepened into grin.


"Well, | never did p came from the
kitchen, and there was heard the sound
of more pouring on the ightwood.
Another match and more silence.


"Weli, did you eyer?' queried the
queen of the range, evidently anxious
| to obtain testimony c0rroborative Of
her own experience, as set forth in her
previous statement that she never did.
The man sitting outside the door throt-
tied himself with both hands and softly
pounded the ground with his heels.
Something evidently excited him, and
when the next match snapped he caught
himself by the legs and bit fercely
into the corner of the door-frame In a
frenzied effort TO smother hollow
groan.


"The old scratch is in the oil, | do
| DCHGfS, lIOliDISu fOlCC- III lllS
kitchen, and more pouring ensued.
Another match, another, another. And
the man crawled off behind the cistern
box and hugged his knees with many
insane expressions and silent demon
strations of interest, when he heard the
angry voice inside the kitchen say:


plague on such oil! I'd like to
pour it all down VIII Darling's back p


Another match, and then a confused
sound of rattling and scraping, and a
fearful woman came to the door and
hurled an armful of soaked paper and
lightwood out into the yard and kicked
an oil can after it. The smiling man
crept back up stairs unseen. Break
fast was late that morning. and when
the queen of the kitchen was asked the
cause thereof, she said somebody had
left the shed door open and ali the
| ightwood was damp. And no man
that ever filled an oil can with non-ex-
plosiye cistern water ever looked half
so innocent as the man who sat at the
head of the table, choking over Gra-
ham muffin.
Year: 1878

The National Republican If to-day
ccutains the following: "Much has been
said as to the probable action of the
President ON the Silver question, if it
should reach him in the form OF law
passed by Congress for his approval or
veto, and it has been stated with good
deal OF positiveness that he
will not approve the measure.
We now state upon what we regard as
high authority that the executive will
| sign the Silver Bill whenever it shall be


submitted to him. He believes it to be


measure demanded by the business


interests Of the country and a majority


OF the people Of the United States, and


hence will cheeriu ,ly give it his official


sanction. To the country at large
we have occasion to know this will be


most agreeable information, for the su :
ferings of the people are fast becomin &


inlolerable and demand prompt relief.


The people stand perfectly dazed at the
prospect OF universal business ruin un.


less Pome prompt measure OF relief shall


be interposed, and we assume that the


President lie Sins to take In the situation


with realizing sense of its import
ance."
Year: 1878

We refer our readers to the daily (Prescott) Enterprise of March 9th for at least one column of very in

 teresting reading matter. We wish we had room to insert the whole of it, but as we have not, will let it pass. A short editorial, not over two inches long, in our last issue, in which we alluded perhaps some what severely to the course the En- terpriSe has taken with reference to some matters in our county in con- nection with suggestions we made in the same issue in reference to chang

 ing some of the mail routes in the Territory, has called forth a whole column, in the aggregate, of vitu- pcrations against the HERALD and the "beardiess youth who is at the head of the same as manager. We had some doubt, friend Marion, abont our ability to run so import ant an institution IS a newspaper when we first launched out in that direction; but we begin to think we are q success when so able a journal as the Prescott Enterprise consumes column in alluding to our failure to do the right thing by Yavapai county, and so much for Phoenix and Maricspa county. We are greatly surprised to learn that we have done so much to injure the county of Yavapai. Really, if we possess so much power to injure your county, Mir. Enterprise, may we not labor with renewed hope that we may yet do some good for Maricopa county. If a man pos sesses power to do great harm ill one direction he ought to be able to do considerable good in another di- rection. But, to speak candidly, We have never said or written one word calculated and intended to hurt the interests of Yayapai county. While We are ready and willing to accord to every county in the Territory all the natural advantages belonging to them, we cannot and shall not be debarred by the Enterprise or any other paper from speaking of the natural and other advantages Mari copa county possesses. We are delighted to be accused of possess ing a sectional pride, and of acting as though We " thought our town ' as good as any other. If we rc- member rightly, my good man Ma riOn, we were to have run the HER AID in other interests than those O: Phoenix and this county. We arc happy to know you have changed your mind. For the gratuitous ad vertising we are getting in your ex pensive local columns we most heartily thank you and make oul most graceful bow, and hope you will continue to think so much ot us that you will do so some more.
Year: 1878

A cUPFUL of oatmeal to a pail of
water will make, in this hot weather, a
better and wholesomer drink than any
decoction of spirits or even iced water.
In the navy it is regularly served out to
Year: 1878

AN ex-officer of the Confederate army,
George T. Maxwell, confirms what Gem
eral Grant has said lately, to the effect
that the battle of Lookout Mountain was
no battle at all. Those who were in the
valley at the time, and who saw all the
movements of the day, have always
known that there was more of romance
than truth in the reports of the battle
above the Clouds; but it has remained
for General Grant to finally to burst the
bubble of glory that has surrounded the
affair.
Year: 1878

We occasionally hear howl of


agony from the Republican press


because the Democratic Legisla-


ture of Ohio has re-districted the
State In the Interest of the Dsmoc-


racy, thus initiating the Republi-
can Legislature of 1870. Under
the Republican gerrymander. Ohio,


which only gave Hayes six thous-
aud majority, was made, at the
same election, to return thirteen


Republican Congressman to nine
Democrats. The boot will now be
on the other leg. But this was by
no means the most fragrant in
stance of the Republican unfair
ness. Under The Republican ger
rymander In Indiana that State,
which gave Mr.. TiIden q consider
able majority tor President, was
made to return large majority of
Republican congressman. The
Democracy have redistricted Indi-
ana, also, aud the precise COM
pound which was thought by Re-
pubilcans an excellent thing when
the chalice was pressed to Demo.
cratic lips will now delight their
own palate. We confess that We
are sorry to note how surely the
law Of reprisals is sweeping into
our politics. The Republican party
Is certain to live to see the day
when 1t will curse the Eight to
Seven element Introduced by it
into our Presidential elections. By
the new districting in Ohio and
Indiana the Democracy will gain
the equivalent of about twelve
OF the next House OF
II Representatives, because the men,
bers gained by the one party and
lost by the other count twice.