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Year: 1878

MEssRs. EDIToRs:--Will you allow


me small space in your valuable pa


per to reotify d mistake that the largrs,


portion Of the people in this city is


laboring under. wish the truth to


be known. On the 4th day of Nov.


1874, when in the employ Of the p. w.


X b. r. X. Co. and on my way TO Stan


ton Bridge on hand car, in company


with number Of men, my clothing be.
came entangled with the crank of the
car and twisted me around 1t some two
or three times and then ran over me


before it could be stopped. The in


juries received from that nurt have dis
abied me for life, causing ie loss Of the
USE of my lower limbs. The said company
did we'll enough by me until the winter
Of 1873, when | was visited by one of


lis officials who wanted me to sign a
paper .or five hundred dollais and
cross my name from the Company
books for all claims. | said could
not do that, bu. fIom that time my
wages were reduced aud since May
1877, | have been compelled TO lay on
my left side, unable to lay on Til. right,
confined to my bed ali the time. 1t is
now nineteen months, long time for
man to lay on one side with no rest.
Time rolled Oh and in Nov. 1877, after
Court was over some OF the head men Of
the road cauie TO me and saw me to
understand 1t was time for them to set
tie with me without either leg to walk
with, no way to earn Livelihood for
my family by working aud consunp-
tive wife and one child, had to TAX.
what these rich men gave lit to give HE
or take nothing. AT that time | was
taking from forty to fifty cents worth. OF
morphia day; it made no difference,
had TO take their offer. Reader it was
a sad day to Inc to be turned from the
company's care and take the cold char
ity Of an uufriendly world for the bal,
ance of my days, without the use of my
lower limbs to walk but the three years
were up and had no law and well dil
they know it. was kept blinded until
1t was too lato- ! trusted to their homer.
ty thinking they would do all that the
said they would for me-. Ihe morning
that received my injuries my super.
intendent who worked for came to
SEE me and told me never mind John
you shall never want AZ long as you
live. Reader will state that the com
pany is not paying me twenty dollars
'nontn and giving me my medicine and
mousse reit free, as circulated. they
have not given me anything since early
last spring. All get have to d.
pend on the public for, hut have one
which Is cheering hope to
mr of being better off on the Resurrec.
ton morn. JoHS N. MORT.
Wilmington, Nov. Both. 1878.
Year: 1878




IN Toledo.


The Toledo Blade, in a recent issu'
says;


The men employed about the Wa
bash and Lake Shore elevators wer,
treated to quite q time this morning
having the pleasure Of hunting anc
killing large wildcat. For some tim,
past the farmers on the east side hav'
been complaining Of .he depreciation,
OF some fierce animal, aud on severa
occasions some of them have shot at q,
object that would be Seen disappearing
with a chicken or fat turkey. All
efforts, however, to kill the brute proved
unavailing, and apparently they were
doomed 10 suilsr on.


At an early hour this morning two
men employed in Wabash Elevator, No.
4, obser ed an animal walking across
the Pennsylvania bridge, near the e!e
eator. they had heard Of thu my teri,
GUS visitor on the east side, and rightly
supposing that this was the cause of all
the CONSERVATION, they notified all the
men around the elevator, and they
turned out en- mdsse to effect its capture
or death. Procuring half inch rope
they made a slip knot, and placing it
so that the wildcat would step into it
as she walked across the bridge, they
secreted themselves and awaited devel
opments


The cat, evidently intent upon some
object on this side, walked along and
stepped into what was intended to be a
fatal trap. As soon az her foot vas in
the moose, the men at the other end Of
the rope gav" a vigorous pull, and her
catship was caught by the hind leg.
tn. men thought they had her sure
But she merely turned around, snapped
her teeth once on the rope. and sped
away, barring a part OF it on her hind
foot, making directly for the swaiI near
the elevator.


Then there was sport. About forty
men armed with clubs and revolvers
rushed after her trying to kill her. A
number Of dogs were brought into re-
QUESTION, but they dared not approach
nearer then seven or eight feet to the
brute, for sIe uttered an ominous
screech, that warned them to keep out
of the way. At length pussy took
another fight, ensconsing herself this
time under the docks at the elevator.
Here she was safe from the attacks Of
the dogs, and her glaring eyes kept
most of the men at respectful distance.
But one OF them, George West, inspec-
tor in No. 4, going cautiously to crew.
ice in the dock, took deliberate aim
with his revolver, and shot the wildcat
through the breast, making a centre
shot, and killing her instantly.


Then there was a cheer and the car
cass was dragged out and measured
the body being two feet and eight
inches long. She was very poor. but
weighed thirty-one pounds. Her teeth
were formidable objects, over an inch
long. 1t is probable that the skin will
b4 stuffed and placed in Mr.. Vests
Office,
Year: 1878

A short time ago one Of our
young men conceived the idea
of getting a tarantula and put
ting him against Mr.; Smiths
scorpion in an open fight. The
taraDtula was procured recently,
and both venomous creatures
were placed in a large tin box:
In an instant they made a dart
at each other; and were rolling
over and over until they brought
UP against the side, of the box.
Ften TREY settt61 4Swrt to bnsi-
Year: 1878

ness. The tarantula, being
much larger than his antagonist,
made great efforts to crush him
in his strong embrace, but with
out success. Then he piled his
sting and kept the scorpion
pretty busy, who relied upon
his sack Of poison and his hos
tile claws for victory. He seem
ed to prefer to keep underneath
the tarantula, and lying on his
back he covered the enemy with
bites and poison. The fight last.
ed about ten minutes, and ended
in favor of the scorpion. About
an hour afterward the tarantula
died, but the scorpion is still
fresh for another battle.-Eure-
ka (Nevada) Leader.
Year: 1878

Vermont has long shrieked for freedom
and equality for the negro, but in Rut-
land church the whites refuse to partake of
the wine at communion from the same cups
with the colored brethren and sisters. A
cup is passed to the former, but the latter
ter have to take theirs from a pewter mug.
Wonder if the Lord will observe the same
distinction when they all get to heaven?
Year: 1878

A MAN who thought he would pre-
sent his wife with material for q new
dress, was somewhat surprised to see
the dealer slip the cloth in An envelope,
and say he would have the buttons
sent right up in dray.
Year: 1878

Greenback speakers appeal to la
boring men to vote with them and
thus, after the country is flooded with
paper money, we shall return to the
good old times of 1865 to 1868, when
the day laborer got 81 per day. Now,
do laboring men ever consider the re-
suit of such a state of affairs? In 1865
it is true that you got 81 per day, but
what did you pay for the necessaries
of life that you then purchased?
Don't you remember that in those
high pressure days you paid so to GO
cts per pound for coffee, sugar % to
q cts per pound; heavy muslins &C
cts per yard; calicoes 37a to 40 cts;
ticking from 60 to 80 cts per yard and
all other goods in proportion. Just
contrast the prices that prevailed
then, under an inflated currency, and
which will inevitably occur again--il
the amount of irredeemable green.
backs Is issued that Weaver and hi.
party want to issue--and the prices
you pay now, and seriously consider
If it would be good policy for you tt
60 back to the same state of affairs
This Is a matter of dollars and cents
with you, and not of democracy
or republicanism, and it affects all
classes alike. 1t is true that farmer
do not get the prices for their pro
ducts that they did then, but they
can buy more of all the articles neces
sary for home consumption, now
with bushel of corn, oats, wheat, o.
hundred pounds Of pork or beef thar
they did then, and how they or any
one else can be the gamers by an in
fiated currency can't be shown by an.
kind Of facts or figures whatever


Why then rOte for this foolish and W'
profitable measure.
Year: 1878

In the window of Oclschlaeger
Brothers philosophical instrument
store, in William street, is a working
model of new machine which is re-
garded by some spectators as near
to perpetual motion. How
ever, it is turned by the power Of
light. 1t is the invention of an
and consists of four
disks attached to arms radiating from
q central revolving post. One side of
each disk is painted black and the
other white. The black surface alb
serbs and the white surface repels
light, thus revolving the machine. In
order to avoid friction with the at.
mosphere, the machine is placed nn-
der q glass cover, from which the air
has been exhausted. 1t is not heat
that moves the disks, and that the
motive power is light alone is proved
by the fact that the machine will
work oven If placed in an ice-house.
The light of q candle will cause the
machine to revolve slowly, and q
calcium light will incite rapid revo-
lutions. The model on exhibition is


worked by ordinary daylight, but is
not touched by direct rays of the sun.


It is in the shade.
Year: 1878

Marshal Lee, of Pella, a strong
democrat, and by the way an influen-
tial citizen of that town, says he can
not and will not vote for Weaver.
AS between Sampson and Weaver,
he would much prefer the former and
will vote for him. We know plenty
of the more sensible democrats who
talk about the same way, and being
as honest and straightforward men as
we have, will vote as they talk. Mar
shal Lee says he has known Judge
Sampson for twenty years, and knows
that he is a good and true man. He
knew him as private citizen for
eight years, eight years as a judge
and four years as Congressman, and
as M. G. and judge he was citizen
Sampson still.-MoWOe Mirror.
Year: 1878

The following sound sense we clip
from the 81. Louis Republican, a lead
ing democratic paper of the West.
1t says:


sit is very mischievous error
which assumes that the government
can extricate the country from hard
times by mere financial legislation,
particularly by the issue of an enor-
nous amount Of irredeemable "fiat"
money, as it is called. tits mischiev-
GUS because it teaches the people to
look to some other source than them
selves for deliverance from embar-
rassment. How can the government
do things which the people cannot
do? 1t is not power above them.
1t is their creation and ageEt. There
is no power higher or greater than the
people, and what they cannot do cam
not be done. Governments cannot
create wealth. They cannot make
the people rich by multiplying cheap
money. If Congress should direct
the issue of the $1,000, ,OOO,OOO legal
tender fiat paper money proposed
by some Of the greenback teachers,
the country would not be one far
thing better off than it is now, for the
measure would not add one farthing
to the aggregate wealth of the nation,
or to the personal wealth of any citi-
zen. 1t is proposed that along with
the issue of this vast amount of fiat
money there shall be an Inauguration
OF vast system of public works, and
the new money paid to the workmen
employed on them. But the two
measures are not necessarily depend
ent upon one another. 1t cannot be
denied that a judicious system of pub
lie works, calling for the expenditure
of twenty or thirty million dollars,
would relieve the existing idleness
by giving employment to many
thousands of persons now out of
work, But it is not necessary to is
sue cheap money to carry OH such
work. If general system of rail-
road building, levec building and riv-
er Improvement shall be thought ad-
visable as means of giving employ
ment to idle persons, it would be far
better to levy additional taxes to pay
for these works than to issue addition
al paper money. 1t might be said
that to issue 500, 100000 fiat paper
money to pay for public improve
ments OF that value would not cost
anything; but this is absurd on its
face. 1t must cost something if it is
to be worth anything. If the new
money is ever to be redeemed, it will
cost the value of the coin it is to be
redeemed in. II it is never to be re-
deemed, it will depreciate into worth
lessness, and the cost of it be inflicted
on the DeoDle who own it.v
Year: 1878

For two years or more, and eSpe-
cially for the last six months, the fiat
money advocates have been organiz-
ing and pushing their. theories among
the people. In this work they have
sought chiefly the rural districts.
They have organized clubs in school
districts partially secret in their char
acter. These clubs have met night
after night for many months and been
addressed by men who, in large part,
have made inflammatory speeches,
exaggerating the hardness of the
times, decrying the government of
the country and charging fraud, cor
ruption and class legislation upon the
policy which since the war has stead
lily sought, by gradual steps, to reach
sound financial basis. If these
clubs have not been addressed by this
kind of speakers they have made up
clubs for such miserable and incendi-
ary papers as the New York Adcocate
and Brick Pomeroy's Democrat, and
then have them read and implicitly
relied upon as truthful. Members of
these partially secret clubs have taken
it upon themselveslto proselyte by
personal labor among their neighbors
and so the work has been carried on
until a fierce heat of excitement pre-
walls in some quarters.


A portion of the leaders of the DEM
ocratic party have sought to make
use Of this situation of things hoping
to finally draw from it to swell the
democratic party. Other democrats
are unwilling to prostitute the party
to such purposes; they believe that
such craze gathering within its
fold the communistic elements of So
ciety-the Kearneys, the Brick Pome-
roys, the idle and vicious-it is dam
gerous to trifie with, dangerous to
countenance. They are quite right.
The people of this country should be-
ware how they countenance and as
sist such an element in obtaining
power.


To meet this, the republican party
has been for few weeks past, and is
nov, engaged in hard, laborious work,
trying to educate the masses up to a
true knowledge of the finances, and
that the only safe road to prosperity
is the arriving at a stable, honest and
permanent financial standing; in 9th
er words, that honesty is the best pol
icy for the government as well as for
the individual. The republicans are
unquestionably meeting with much
success, and perfect and complete sue
cess in such effort is only the work OF
time. The brevity Of the time in


Maine led to a partial defeat, but il
is believed, and with reason, that our
cause is rapidly gaining ground-we


know that it is gaining and that q
complete victory will nearly every


where be the result In the October
elections for the republican party, land


it is not unlikely that tens of thous.


ands of democrats will contribute in


some instances to that victory.
Year: 1878

the correctness of our report bys as
good men as Newton has. The report
is a very accurate one of Weaver's
speech. It is just such as he had de-
livered all over the district and is full
of the grossest Misrepresentation
falsehoods, that he knew were false
hoods. Hence his persistent attempt
to deny the speech. We are not sur
prised. We expected just such a
course upon his part. He has stood
for years on the platform of the re-
publican party-now he is the fault
finding traitor to their sentiments,
purely and wholly for selfish pur-
pose.
Year: 1878

THE Massachusetts, democrats got
booted out Of the hall at their first
State convention, this year. They
thought that rather rough hint up
on reflection and called another con-
vention to meet in Boston where
they could be protected by the city
police. They met Wednesday, Sep
tember 25th, and surrounded by the
police they got through without a
booting by the police taking one But
Ter chap, by the ear and leading him
out of the hall.


Massachusetts, democrats do not
propose, it would seem, to be bottled
up by Butler and Kearney.
Year: 1878




ly to give half day to the Reunion
of the gallant Union soldiers Of the
rebellion in this part of Iowa. We
arrived upon the grounds between
one and two o'clock Wednesday, 25th
inst, and found assembled an i'm
mense crowd. Around the beautiful
fair grounds adjoining Oskaloosa, we
judge there We're from three to five
hundred teams hitched, i'm which
people for twenty-five miles around
had come to attend the Reunion. The
crowd was variously estimated at
from seven to ten thousand people on
the Fair Ground that afternoon. Os-
kaloosa, perhaps, before never had so
many people in the city at one time.
The day was raw and cold, yet in the
excitement nobody seemed to mind
the cold. The large amphitheater
which would seat at least two thous-
and people, certainly did not contain
one-fourth of the crowd.


When we arrived we found the
gallant, silver-tongued Irish orator,
Major Henry O'Connor, talking to an
immense gathering. The listening
crowd were standing upon the green,
and as far as his voice could reach
there was one vast mass of people
listening to his expression Of the
grand and noble thoughts which al
ways characterize the warm heart of
Iowa's liberty-loving, patriotic and
able Irish-American statesman and
orator. His speech wasreceived with
continued outbursts of applause.


AT the close of the speech the sham
battle came off. In this the .Ottum-
wa boys took prominent part. We
may say Of them that their drill was
magnificent. We would not make
any invidious comparisons, but we
may be permitted to state that their
knowledge of the skirmish drill SO
necessary to make sham battle sue
cessful was Of invaluable benefit to
the affair. Everybody did well. Col.
Lofland, of Oskaloosa, as chief mana.
ger, Col. Jaques of Ottumwa, Col.
Bell, of Marshalltown, Capt. Allen,
of the Ottumwa Guards, Major Lacy,
of Oskaloosa, and many others con-
Quoted the battle most admirably.
There was first the skirmish with the
crack, crack, of musketry all along
both skirmish lines; the temporary
falling back Of either line as the tide
of the conflict varied, and the boom
ing Of light artillery brought up tc
aid the skirmish line; and finally the
falling into line of the attacking
Union forces as they came sweeping
on to the support of the skirmish line
followed by the charge of the Unior
army driving the rebel skirmish line
and charging forward over and into
the rebel fort, and capturingit. Vol
ley after volley Of musketry were
discharged in the contest at the storm
ing of the fort, ..and finally the rebe
flag was torn down and the stars ant
stripes raised upon the ramparts
The contest lasted about half an houl
and was an admirable mimic of rea
battle. Not single accident occur
red to mar the occasion. Oskaloos,
was most brilliantly illuminated th'
night of Tuesday, and the illumina
ton was partially repeated Wednes
day evening. We pronounce the Os
kalOosa Reunion a grand success.
Year: 1878

A large crowd assembled to hear
the joint discussion in this city, Tues
day, between Judge E. s. Samp-
son and Gen. J. b. Weaver.


Sampson opened in an hour, Weav-
er replied in an hour and a half and
Sampson closed in half hour.
Judge Sampson, in q. candid, straight
forward, logical manner, stated his
position in his hour opening. He
dealt in no jokes,no buffoonery, but in
unanswerable logic. Weaver, in his
hour and half, made good part of
his usual speech, told his india-rubber
expansion and contraction story, his
story of the boy figuring the frog out
of the well, and generally arranged
his speech for the eclat of the floating
crowd. Having a continuous hour
and a half to speak, we Judge that the
General satisfied most of his friends.
He, however, did himself great inju-
ry among thinking, reasonable men
by two positions that he took espe-
cially. One was a rehash of his trini-
ty money doctrine, with paper mon
ey redeemable at the pleasure of the
government as one factor of that trim
ity. The utter fallacy of such posi-
tion is SO apparent that it is very
weak and damaging position to take.


The other point was when the Gen.
eral, arguing for inflated currency,
claimed that we had our best times
when our paper currency was most
deprecated, and therefore good times
would come again If we got like is
sue of irredeemable, deprecated mon-
ey floating over the country. The
position is precisely like that of the
fellow on bum, who hasa jolly good
time while he is half seas over, but
the headache when he comes to sober
up.


Judge Sampson, i'm his half hours
reply, replied with telling effect to as
many of Weayer's fallacies as time
would permit. So telling was Samp-
sons brief replay that Weaver could
not resist his desire to do SO ungentle-
manly an act as to interrupt him and
persistently do SO. Weaver ought to
have the good sense, If not the cour-
tesy, to give his opponent the full
benefit of his half hour to reply to an
hour and half speech.
Year: 1878

About thirty miles northeast from the
village of Picket Post. SUme years ago,
in Indian times, when General Stoneman
was in command of the military forces in
this section of Arizona, he had his head
quarters at Pinal ranch, and established an
outpost or Queens creek, where is located
the mill of the famous Silver King mine.
1t was not known in those times what &
vast mine of mineral wealth slumbered
beneath the ground for which the military
authorities and the Indians disputed, and
only few years have passed since pros
pectors drew attention to the fact that the
Pinal mountains were indeed a treasure
house. There are those who verify believe
that the Silver King is the richest silver
mine in the world, while others do not
esteem it more valuable than the Peck or
Mccormick mine. About fifteen tons of
ore per day is concentrated in the mill at
this place, which has five stamps and
rumor says that the company clear $4,000
per month. No work has been done on
the mine for some time, as there is suffi-
cient on the dump to supply the mill for q
year. The capacity of the mill will be
doubled. A reliable San Francisco corpo-
ration has machinery on the ground rear
Picket Post for a custom stamp mill, and
are delayed in their operations on account
of the difficulty Of procuring lum Der from
Prescott. The corporation is known as
the Pinal Mill and Mining Company, but is
in no manner related to or connected with
the smelling outfit of that name which
victimizcd some Of the Yayapai people and
left an enduring monument of its folly
Hundreds of locations have been made in
this pioneer district, and rich discoveries
are constantly reported, but the develop
ment of mines is by no means rapid, owing
to slow, uncertain and expensive trans
portation; the expense of living, and lum-
Der at $50 per thousand. The miners in
these mountains are a hopeful, genial
cheerful set of men, having neither power
ty nor riches, but an abundance Of faith-
Mining and Scientific Press
Year: 1878

When a burro Or saddle animal
gets tender footed and hoOf-wOrn,
at distance from blacksmiths and
horse-shOes, a durable protection
for its feet can be made from lime
and liver. The liver of any ami
NAL is to be bruised; one applica-
tion is to made to the hOOf; an
other part is to be beaten into a
paste with common lime, ard ap-
piled to the hoof; then more liver
is to be smeared over all. This
paste hardens into tough cement
that wears like stone. This is
NO new thing, but not every mod
ern prospector and traveller knows
about it. The bones of a deer can
be quickly burned into lime that
answers every purpose, and his
liver will smear many h0of. If
this receipt does any of our read
ers some good, let him subscribe
for The SENTINEL when he gets
back from the mountains.
Year: 1878

WE have circular FROM the California
Raisin and Fruit Co. They claim to have
some valuable method of drying or pre-
serving fruit, which if really practicable,
would be of service to Southern Arizona,
but If they do not adyertiZe our people
will remain as ignorant as we are of its
advantages.