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Year: 1877

Euster's Sciopticon was exhibited
at Clark's Hall Saturday night to
about twenty-five or thirty people.
1t is said to be good show of the
kind, but the manager was so stingy
with printers ink that very few knew
anything about it. Shows visiting
Milan in future will do well to remem>
Der this fact.


Simon's Comedy Company opened
at Ciark's Hall last Monday night with
the Hidden Hand. They we're en-
couraged by a large and appreciative
audience, and the play was rendered
in n good manner, considering it was
the opening night in strange house.
Mr. and Mrs Simon, in the leading
parts, did very well indeed, and their
support was good. On Tuesday eve
ming Filtration was given in a most
happy Manner. to a large and de-
lighted audience All the different
parts were sustained better than on
the previous evening. On last night
The Streets Of New York was played
for the benefit of the Suuday-schools
of the town. This company is large
and well-trained troupe, and We hope
our citizens will turn out and give
them full houses the balance of the
week, more especially as the net pro-
ceeds every night is to be for the benz
eft of the Sunday-schools. The play
tonight will lie Rip Van Winkle, a
great favorite with Oar plAy-gOers.
Year: 1877

County Court next Monday.


The Hicks House in Trenton h a
first<class hotel. You can always get
a square meal, a good bed and polite
attention there at very reasonable
rates.


The Mirror gave about six lines to
the teachers institute last week.
What's the matter? We were under
the impression that it was to be a
rrand affair.
Year: 1877

Ho for the schoo, girls and all the
little girls who walk in the mud !
Come to our store and see the pretty
Croquet Rubber Sandals. They will
keep your feet dry and preserve your
shoes nice and clean. They are cheap
at The Emporium.
Year: 1877

To the young gentlemen and others
wanting nice clothing: We are carry
ing a nice stock of all grades and
styles, and are selling as reasonable as
any house in our town at


The Emporium.
Year: 1877

We can't put everything we keep
in the paper, but call here for any
thing you need. Most of the neces-
sary articles belonging to the dry
goods line are to be.found in our store,
and we sell them about as cheap us
you can buy them anywhere at


The Emporium.
Year: 1877

We have on sale this week the pret-
tiest and best dress goods and suitings
for the ladies at 10 to 12t cents we
have ever offered before. They will
certainly please everybody. Come
and see them at The Emporium.
Year: 1877

People who are obliged TO burn
kerosene oil, know how disagreeable
it Is to enter a room, after brisk
evening walk, and find it filled with
the suffocating fumes of kerosene oil:
used we escape the misery; but in the
country. it Isl common infiiction. The
inmates Of the room may be uncon-
scious of it, or have become accus-
toned to the unwholesome odor.. The
pernicious practice Of using lamps
filled with kerosene, and having the
wick turned down too low, is usually
the cause Of suffocating fumes; the
gas which should be consumed by tho
the flame passes into the atmosphere.
1t Is unnecessary to say that using
kerosene in this way is q most un,
healthy practice. Only good oil should
be burned, and the wick should al
ways be raised to proper height.
Year: 1877

One who has never filled a scrap
book cannot imagine its exceeding
usefulness. A good one may be pro-
cured for a dollar or 80. Cut out
YOUR favorite articles, items, receipts,
&c. and lay them in the book. When
YOU have accumulated few and have
a spare half hour, get a small board,
a towel or piece of old muslin, and a
brush with q cp' u boiled flower
paste. or it is aaid, dissolved gum
tragacanth is very good the ordinary
mucilage is apt to stain the paper.
Lay each piece on the board, gum or
paste the back and pla$, 1t smoothly
in the book, laying the cloth yer it to
smooth it and absorb any moisture.
When the book is partially dry 1t can
be placed under pressure, and then 1t
is always ready. The whole takes very
little time when once arranged, and
the advantage is that you save just
what you want, and nothing else, in
strong and durable form; while you
thus have book OF reference-an en-
cyclopedia OF practical knowledge
always within reach.
Year: 1877

No further arrests have been made In the So. 900
forgery case at the present writing but is known
that tho detectives tho track OF an individual
supposed TO be connected with the gang OF counter
letters though not Of the principals. IL is prob
able that tho object OF the officers get many
links Of the incrimnatory chain as possible in their
hands before attempting anything like grand coup
The next arrest may supply some OF the missing Inks
suggested IN the HERALD OF saturday, ana there
10 believe that the efforts OF tho officers mainly
directed toward clearing up tho mystery connected
with tho execution and issuing of tho forged check


MAxwELL ADMITTED TO nah.


Police Judge Duny went TO the residence OF George
L. Maxwell, on Twenty third street yesterday after
noon aud admitted HIM to bail in tho OF $40 00O
Immediately alter the signing OF the papers Detective
Sesk aud his associates who tor tho past three days
have been standing guard over tho sick man, took
their departure
Year: 1877

the GOLD MANkET.


In tho gold market the tendency has been to
greater nrmnoss This part due to the threaten
Ing attitude Of European AFFAIRS yet may be checked
by tho occurrence OF events At home which give as
surance OF peaceful solution Of our own political
problem. In iacs ell commercial circles are awaiting
with little patience the settlement Of tho vexod
questions which have recently blocked mercantile
Year: 1877

have been in fair demand by purchasers, and prices
generally are 1rm Not little capital Is waiting fur
ther investment In these securities ard but tor the
dry rot Ia speculation and the manipulation OF the
market by q few parties who throw discredt any
thing that good and endeavorng TO oist the
public that which is worthless, first class railway
mortgages would materially ADVANCE


GOVERNMENT BONDS


have been in more than usual demand the Inquiry be-
ing widely distributed, not only among institutions,
but small invcsorSwho desirous OF placing their
savings In first class security. Prices generally
higher from u to IN per cent the largest advance be
Ing shown in the nve-twenties Of 1867 aud 1865. In
England our bonds arc likewise reported higher in
consequence Of the possible action Of the Electoral
Committee and peaceful result Of the Presidential
wrangle Closing prices OF securities in London have
been as follows
Year: 1877

Scientists claim that fish can not
hear, but old fishermen differ with
them. If any scientific gentlemen
doesn't believe this, let him 60 to yell
ing around whore one of these old
fishermen is dropping line and see
what will happen.
Year: 1877

= An Austin letter descriptive Of the
Texas land patent and deed forgeries
says that the simultaneous arrest of the
ore hundred and twenty operators was
intended but tailed; and that at the time
of the arrest Tullis, the originator OF the
swindle, had about consummated q sale
OF one hundred and fwenty-seven thou
sand acres of land to parties in Boston


while another one of the swiudlers was
negotiating for an exchange Of fifty-four
thousand acres with o, New York house


for ten thousand dollar stock of hard


ware. Other important sales of tracts OF
seventeen thousand and thirteen thou
sand acres. as we'll as many smaller lots,
were under way.T-a PAY CT 6e, rsa
Year: 1877

4 Seasonable Re,nedy.-Now that the
chilly night air and raw atmosphere pre-
vail to considerable extent, rendering
little folks liable to take severe cold and
frequently t. sudden attacks of the much
dreaded Group. the following remedy
may be of incalculable service: "Crou2
can be cured in one minute, and the
remedy is simply alum and sugar.
The way to accomplish the deed is to
take knife or CRATE and shave of in
small particles about tea-spooDful OF
alum; then mix it with twice its quan-
tity of sugar, to make palatable, and ad-
minister it as quickly as possible. Almost
instantaneous relief will follow
Year: 1877

Why are roses red


For roses once were white.
Because the loving nighttngalss


Sang on their thorns all night
Sang till the blood they shed
Had dyed the roses red!
Why are white roses white


For roses once were red.
Because the sorrowing nightingales
Wept when the night was fled
Wspt till their tears OF isas
Had washed the roses white
Why are the roses sweet


For once they had no scent.
Because one day the Queen of Love
Who to Adonis went,
Brushed them with heavenly feet


That made the roses sweet
Year: 1877

The nose Of the editor of the Wadena
Tribune had collision with base ball
club last week xapd gnowg. Jolly ink
singer offers to wager nickel that he
has the worst looking nose on the North
Pacific. sRy~
Year: 1877

1t was victory of the Republican party,
not Of the Presidents party. This is point
of great Importance, not as tending to show
the popularity or non-popularity OF the policy
but as indicating whether or not Republicans
have any good ground to feel increased conf
dence as to the future of the party in this
state. For if it was merely Presidential
and not a Republican majority, called out
simply to endorse special attitude of the ad-
ministration, there is nothing in the figures
to encourage Republicans with the hope of
permanent majority.-SprinQJaeld Union.


The state where the administration got
hearty Endorsement makes handsome Re-
publican gain over 1875, and does not fall
farther below the Republican majority than
was natural. This is the first noticeable
feature of yesterdays voting. But the state
where the administration, was most vehe-
mently criticised also does better than was
expected-the adverse majority being held,
apparently, within thousand or two OF
what it was two years ago, and less than half
what it was last year, in the Presidential
election. That is a result equally noticeable,
and even more surprisingly. Y. Tribune.


The Republicans of Connecticut are en-
titled to congratulate themselves heartily on
the result of yesterdays election. Notwith-
standing the "offness'' of the off year, and
notwithstanding the lack of unanimity in
political sentiment which is apparent to
greater or less extent in the party, the returns
show decided Republican gains and Dem
acratic losses Throughout the state and what
ever Decentralization" and APATHY" have
been exhibited appear to be on the side of the
Democrats. The figures speak for themselves
and their eloqnence will be appreciated by
the Republicans. 1t will appear from them
that instead of losing ground, as the Demo-
Gratis hoped we would, we have secured a
still larger majority than we had last year.
Ne,o Hauen Journal.


But for the fidelity to party of the sterling
Republicans whose opinions were ridiculed
and in every way reprobated by the pharisee
press, we should now see the imitation and
the doughfaced Democrats of the North, and
the bul-dozers of the South throwing up
their hats over Republican defeat in Mass
achusetts. As 1t is, the escape is narrow
one and the victory only partial. Rice ought
to have had. and with genuine Republican
platfor would have had, instead of a plurality
of $4,000, majority of $4,000. This cannot
be doubted. 1t is the sober truth.-Concord
IN. H. Monitor.
Year: 1877

We 90 not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1877

THE appointment of VOORHEES, to the Sen
ate seems to be triumph of the blondes.
The new Senator's hair and beard are Of
that color which women in their alteration
and men in their compaisance call auburn.
Year: 1877

The Constitution of Saturday eve
ming had quite q fieIce and some


what irritating article on the Presi-
Dental matter. 1t pretends that the


working men Of this country have
voted for and elected Mr.. Tilden, and
it makes an incendiary appeal to
working men to fight in order to


make Tilden President. And it calls
Republicans "disgraced and degraded
hirelings," and Grant an "alcoholized,
W whiskey-besotted tyrant." tits rath-


er difficult to keep ones patience with
this sort of thing. The two elements
of citizenship that especially controll-
ed in giving Tilden the vote he got,
while the ex-rebel Southerners, who
have never been particularly dis
tinguished as working men, and that
crowd of rabble in New York City
who made the rebel riots during the
war and whose votes@kept Tweed In
DO wer, and who have been more
noted as ruffians than as honest work
ers. These are two elements of our
citizenship that the rest of the conn
try are not likely to enthuse over, or
to fall to war to enable them to win
in national politics. The only other
fellow we have heard of in Keokuk
Just as fierce as the Constellation man
over this matter, is countrymen of
of the editor of the Consultation who
deserted from the Union, into which
he was drafted, and took shelter in
Canada until the war over, and now
talks about Hayes being assassinated.
These are not the kind Of fellows to
denounce the two-thirds ofthe people
of Iowa who are for Hayes "as dis
graced or degraded hirelings," nor
Grant and man who has done as
much for the country as he has, as
ia whiskey-besotted tyrant." 1t
would be goodeal more becoming
for the editor of the Constitutioa and
his constituency to go slow. 1t is
very cold over in Canada now and
it might inconvenience them to have
to go there.
Year: 1877

Would you ask why this dunning?
Why these sad complaints and murmurs,
Murmurs loud about delinquents
Who have read the paper weekly,
Read what they had never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign,
Read the essays and the poems
Full of wisdom and instruction.;
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should you ask US why this dunning?
We would answer, we should tell you,


From the printer, from the mailer,
From the kind old paper maker,
From the landlord, from the "devil,''
From the man who taxes letters
With a stamp of Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him;
From them all there comes message
Message kind but firmly spoken,
"Please to pay the bill you owe u.s."


Sad it is to hear such message
When our funds are all exhausted;
When the last greenback has left us;
When the nickels all have vanished;
Gone to pay the paper-maker,
Gone to pay the toiling printer,
Gone to pay the landlords tribute,





Gone to pay the faithful mailer,
Gone to pay old Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him
Gone to pay for beef and Bridget,
Gone to pay our faithful parson.


Sad it is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due us,
Due for volumes long since ended.
Due for years of pleasant reading,
Due for years of anxious labor.
Due despite our patient waiting,~
Due despite our constant dunning,
Due In sums from one to twenty.


Would you lift burden from us?
Would you drive spectre from your
Would you taste pleasant slumber?
Would you have quiet conscience?
Would you read paper paid for?
Send us money-send us money;
Send us money-send us money;
Send the money that you owe Us!
Year: 1877

YE local, having worked through the long day of the Fourth, first went down to take swim. As he fioundered around in the water at the foot of the bluff, up rose a grand balloon. It WAS really beautiful sight to see it as it careened through the sky, gradually sinking, sinking and dying from sight.

 Having got his bath ye local inconsider- ately determined to celebrate, which was a rash conclusion for one so young and inex- perienced in the ways of the world Hay ing took in Levy's he intended to go home, but the bombs about Tyner's door drove him across the street, and he someway landed in HOrton's. The Fourth of July flavor which Horton has the faculty of giving to all his mixtures must have a very beneficial effect upon all his customers, for sometime afterward ye local was seen to be making learned discussion with lamp post as to whether the streets were north or south, east or west, and wondering whether they were surveyed by Kautz Or Cum. From all of which we suspect ye local was ill the condition of billed owl, for which we hope the "Semi- -Tropic" will forgive us.
Year: 1877

Ira E. West was in town this week and reports getting plenty of water in well 125 feet deep, about 8 miles from Cuttings station in this county, and about five miles north of the Wickenburg stage road. The grazing around there is excellent and, now having water, assures West of a good cattle ranch There are plenty more of such op- portunities in Yuma county. The ground is unoccupied and only needs water to make the grass available. The advantage Of watering stock from wells lies in tue fact that all the stock on the range comes in to water daily, thus sewing great expense of riding around pointing cattle back to- ward home. The expense of drawing water by horse power is triffng.
Year: 1877

THE railroad cut shows the mesa here

 in town to be wholly alluvial. It exposes

 alternate layers of sand, gravel and sedi-

 ment lying nearly horizontal, except here and there, where eddies in the old current have made pot holes. Itjust clears Balsz' house, and is already so far advanced as to afford from the court house a view of the top of the pile driver on the other side of the river. Dirt is now being hauled from it down First street onto Gila street. The grading of our streets without cost is one advantage that helps compensate us for good will layished on the Southern Pacific. The big pile driver was raised on end at the river bank on Thursday morning. The pontoons were anchored at the edge of the water and ways have been laid on them for sliding the pile driver into position. Bridge timber began to arrive on Friday, and it is expected that some will come in every day hereafter. They were enormously long, square sticks, laid across the entire length of two fiat cars, and are welcome sight to us fellows on this bank of the Colorado.
Year: 1877

Through the courtesy of oul

 friend Levy, we were last Sunday

 seated inside an ambulance for g

 ride up the Gila, @ very agreeable

 trip. The pleasant companionship

 of Major Maynadier and pr. Hen-

 ry with their comprehensive and

 vivid comments on the coun try

 were very interesting and enable our readers to learn what we found out about the well. Artesian

 wells are so called from the fact

 that they were for long time in

 use in the province of Artois Cor Artesium) in France. The Chinese and ancient Europeans made them as far back as we have any historical knowledge. They are simply small holes sunk in the

 earth, by boring through which

 currents of water, struck at great depths, rise to the surface and sometimes overflow. This would

 be called striking a running stream, and is what the parties

 boring for water in our vicinity expect to obtain. There is much

 risk attendant upon sinking one of these wells, and should they be unsuccessful, it will not be a sur prise. In Germany, near Berlin, they have sunk 1000 feet, through a chalk bed, without yet reaching running water. hope the par ties here may be more successful. Their expenses cannot be less than Sl5 to $20 per day, and we trust they have studied the matter sufficiently to know that there is a strata of rock or blue clay which will give them the running water. If it is there, they will only fail from the fact of having used too small pipe, which, should they strike stones, big gravel, or vari- ous other impediments must ren- der useless all present sinking, as they cannot run smaller pipe it. A seven-inch pipe would have been the proper thing. They are now down 90 feet. How ever, we are not boring an artesian 1 well but trying to run a newspa- per; and we hope they may meet | no obstacle, and gain the $5O0O prize offered by the Territory for the first artesian running water.
Year: 1877

FLOWER seeds in Yuma should be planted in August or September. This gives the seeds the benefit of warm weather for ger minating; the young plants are easily pro- tected for a few weeks from the sun, and by the time they are large enough to trans plant the worst of the hot weather is over. The winters are mild and plants mature nicely for blossoming in the spring. This rule is based on the experience of number of ladies long resident here.
Year: 1877

A NEW 20-stamp mill for the McCrackin mine has been contracted for with White x Allen, who are putting up the new mill at Greenwood for the Signal Co.,. The contractors are now advertising in the Prescott papers for nearly 150,0O0 feet of lumber. Ten stamps have made right lively town of Greenwood and the thirty more now beiug put up will make city of it. Mayor and Council of Greenwood are the next things in order.
Year: 1877

CUTTING and shooting went on at a brisk rate last Saturday night in the classic pur- lieus of Maiden Lane. A Mr. Kehoe thought he owned the premises, and it took 6 great deal of hacking about his head and neck with pocket knife to convince him to the contrary. He was tried and fined S130. The artist who carved his figure head was set free
Year: 1877

"REFoRM."-We learn that reduction of ten per cent. has been made in the wages of all the employees of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad, and

 of the Colorado Steam Navigation Co. It is none of the SENTINEL's business, but it feels sorry for the employees all the same.
Year: 1877

SIssoN & WALLACE say their stock of goods don't amount to much now, though it is the best in town, but they will have a big one in short time which they propose to sell cheap. Call and look at it.
Year: 1877

WE now see about seventeen men walk ing together every evening towards the swimming baths on the Gila. When they get back some one of the crowd always says: "It's mighty cool over at Horton's"
Year: 1877

Last evening Prof. Pharazyn gave his
second entertainment In the Opera House
to a small audience. The performance
was an excellent one and really deserving
Of more patronage. The tricks arc very
well done, and many are entirely new. Af-
ter the entertainment many useful presents
were given away, among which was q
handsome set of cottage fursiture, drawn
by Mrs. Rogers. The performance will be
continued every evening this week, and y
matinee will be given on Saturday after-
noon for ladies and children.
Year: 1877

During thetemperance meeting last night
a lady tainted, being overcome by the great
heat OF the room, she was Immediately cars
ried to the Mayors office, where glass of
water soon revived her, when she was
taken to her home in the Clayton House
coach.
Year: 1877

The ground formerly occupied by the
Twelfth Street Market House is now teing
fitted up, previous to its being sodded and
trees being planted. When finished 1t will
no doubt, look very pretty and not only add
much to the appearance ofthe neighborl ood
but be pleasant play ground for children.
Year: 1877

The Quickstep Base Ball Club will play
their first game of the season with tie
Athletics, of Philadelphia, this afternoon
on the Adams street grounds. The game
will be called at 8 o'clock.