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Year: 1879

will be able to mako to such ques- tions. If a man has seen sufficient merit In the grand old democratic party to induce him to act with il and to join his fortunes with it through all the dark and bloody days of reconstruction and on up to the present time when it has just about got the grasp of the radical demon of centralization and empire loosen ed from the throat of the Goddess of Liberty, what consistency or sense is there in now deserting it and drawing off it's strength after weak faction of mal-contents, and thus letting slip all the advantage we have gained? The Democratic par ty has been fighting with barred arm for fourteen years to redress the wrongs inflicted upon the country by the rule of war party flushed with the victory of conquest, and made bold, reckless aid defiant by the success which it gained at arms. The democratic party has redressed many of these wrongs and is just now getting in position to finish up the good task. What, therefore, can these socalled greenbackers gain by now striving to create confusion in our ranks, and thus let the radicals regain the ground which they have been driven from by democratic work2 The people should not be deceived. The greenback party faction, we should say, for it is not entitled to the dignity of the name os party--is faction of heteroge- neous malcontents. It is a shame and delusion--a thing made up of promises and loud professions--a thing without works by which to judge it--a mere experiment. Can the people afford to renounce their allegiance to an old and tired party like the grand old democratic party to follow such an ignls fatuus into the marshes which are sure to bring q relapse of radical rule?
Year: 1879

If VIC are to judge public opinion iD Arkansas by the press of the State, we are pretty safe to put her down as Tilden State, for we believe a considerable majority of the papers which have thus far expressed themselves on the subject, have been in favor of that great statesman and mighty reformer.

 The Arkansas Watchman, pub lishcd at Beebe, White County, in it's last issue, gives its views on the presidential question for the first time; and in doing so it ranks itself among the Tilden papers. The Watchman gives some strong reasons for ''the faith that is in It." Hear some of it's reasons:

 Our views now, are, that we want a man whose history and whose an tecedents are decided, upon the great question that is now agitating the country, "That, whether the people shall rule by a free ballot box, or whether Marshals and their deputies shall rule, and elect. We think there is no man who possesses more decided qualities upon this question than Samuel J. Tilden, and while we shall not say anything dis paragingly to the other Honorable gentleman spoken of, we expect to use what influence we have to se- cure his nomination next year. The finance, We think, is not the ques- tion. That will regulate itself if we can have a free ballot, untrammel- ed by federal soldiers, say and think what We please, (if in accordance with constitutional rights restore confidence to the country, and give assurance of protection, to life and property, and smash up rings that are formed to destroy these inalien. able rights. Then we will have prosperity peace and plenty, and not until then. And we think Mir, Tilden has better record on these questions, thap any other man who has been mentioned in connection with the presidency. As to Mir. Tiiden and his friends being in muddle about Tammany and it's influence is very great mistake. He has let down upon the little squad, time or two and will do it again when the time comes. It is corrupt institution and all such should be smashed. Mir. Tilden will take great delight in, not only breaking up Tammany but all other corrupt institutions, let them be political or financial. Let the op- posers of MT. T. point to a dishonest act, or corrupt political bargain. When they do, It will be time to point the finger of scorn, and say he will not do to occupy the Chief Executive Chair, but not until then.
Year: 1879

The Faulkner County Democrat puts it In this way:

 "The numerous greenback articles we have lately read induce us to submit the following questions for the consideration of those who feel that any results are to be attained by supporting that party. In the first place, is there ore single good proposed by them that the demo cratic party is not pledged to? Is not the prospect of our party for con trol of the government in 1880 good? Can any new party obtain any bene- ficial legislation until it is able to control the legislative departments of the government? Can the green back party hope to accomplish thls, even in the next ten years? Then why waste our strength and scatter our forces by division? Why sup port local politicians on side issues when these same men are only try ing to ride into office on this or that hobby? Is it not time for us to or ganize, now, almost on the eve of another presidential election and with past experience before us as an open book to present solid front to the foe, and let no petty schemes divide our ranks, and no sophistry allure us from our allegiance? Fi- nally, ought we not as individual members of great party put our shoulders to the wheel and make Q "long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether" for the success of dem ocracy, county, State, and national? Accomplish this. and then we may expect great results. Division means defeat, and our experience of radical rule ought in this time to have taught us that defeat means ruin."

 Men who pretend to be opposed to radical rule and to the destruc- tive doctrines and dangerous inno- vations which that party is endeav- bring to put into force;-doctrines and principles in direct antagonism to the fundamental principles upon which our government was founded, and subversive of all those old and time-honored theories of government for which our forefathers took upon themselves the Herculean task of absolviBg themselves from all ale glance to the British crown. and set ting up a government of Free and Independent States" may well pause and consider the answer they
Year: 1879

We believe the short exposition oi the idea of State Rights, as below given by the Little Rock Democrat, represents the sentiment of the more thoughtful and better ele- ment of the Southland we believe a large majority of our leading men, and even of the intelligent masses hold this view:

 It is the chief delight of Repub- lican organs and orators to put the Democracy h false position on the question of State rights. They draw no distinction between the doctrine of State rights as founded on the Constitution, and the explod- ed doctrine ot State sovereignty, which perished in the late war.

 The former is based on the Consti- tuition and has had the support and unequivocal indorsement of all par ties from the foundation of the Government down to every recent periods the latter taught by Cal houn and other Southern leaders fell with the Southern Confectionery. Nowhere is the claim put forward by Southern men, that States have the right to withdraw their allegi- ance from the Federal Government. When the Confectionery furled it's banner at Appomattox, she surrender ed finally and forever the doctrine of State sovereignty. But the doe Urine of State rights as enumerated by Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Webster and other statesmen-the doctrine maintained by all parties up to very recent period-must be upheld, or tile Constitution of the United States where it finds it's au- thority is not worth the paper upon winch it was written. What Demo crats contend for is not the. exploded dogma of State sovereignty, but the same principles eontended for by the Republican party in it's platform of 1860. We feel like reproducing their declaration every day in the week, so true are it's utterances, although much at variance with the stalwart Republicanism of the pres. ent day. There are so many per nicious dogmas in the faith of the Republican party of to day as com pared with its creed twenty years ago that its bold and fearless utter ances on so great question in the campaign of 1860 ought never to be forgotten. They should stand as q perpetual reminder of degeneracy of great party. Here is the doc urine on State rights as enunciated by the National Republican Conyen- tion of 1860:

 That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especial ly the right of each state to order and control it's own domestic institu- tions according to it's own judgement exclusively, is essential to that bal ance of power on which the perfec- tion and endurance of our political fabric depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as amongst the gravest of crimes.

 The doctrine was good in 1860; it is good in 1879. It must be main tained or our experiment of free gov ernment will prove an utter failure.
Year: 1879

must never let such thing happen again. The time is past when q town or community can enjoy the respect or command the admiration of intelligent people If it is opposed to good public educational facilities. That type of old foggism which stands aghast at the sight of a pub lie school house, has too long already retarded the growth and welfare of Arkansas, and if we ever expect our town to be any thing we must root out all such ideas as this.
Year: 1879

The thoughtful statesman of the South clearly discerns our needs. He readily admits that there is a much needed improvement in our public schools-that healthy plan of immigration would do much to hasten tlse development of our natu. ral resources. He is now convinced that to secure these blessings in a higher degree than we now enjoy, together with others, we should turn
Year: 1879

One of tho narrowest escapes on
record on the Hudson River Rail-
road occurred last night. AS the
fast mail train, which leaves the
Grand Central Depot, New York,
at half-past O'Clock, was emerg-
ing from Breakneck Tunnel, q lit
tie this side of Cold Spring, while
running at a high rate of speed, it
suddenly came upon a horse and
buggy which was attempting to
cross the track, throwing them
high in the air. AS SOON as possi-
bic tie tram was stopped, and the
conductors and one or two others
went back, when the horse was
found lying dead over fence by,
and the buggy smashed into atoms.
What was their surprise, however,
when they found man, who was
In the buggy at the time, sitting
up between the tracks, and appar-
emily but little injured. He got up
in a few moments and walked to a
house near by, when the men went
back to the train, and 1t proceeded
on again. 1t is said by railroad
men to have been one of the mar
rowest escapes ever known on the
Hudson River Railroad. Pou0h.
keepsie Eagle.
Year: 1879

The Rev. Fergus Ferguson, who
has been arraigned before the
United Presbyterian Synod of
Scotland on charge of heresy,
says that the sum of Christian Or
thodoxy is contained in the follow
ing six points; "That there is a
God; that the universe is the work
of God; that man is a being made
in the image and after the likeness
of God that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of Go I, the Saviour of the
world; that the Church, as the
body Of Christ, is the organization
in which the Spirit of God fully
dwells, and by which, therefore,
the mind of Gud as contained in
the Sacred Scriptures may be most
fully and clearly made known to
the world, in order that the world
might be brought back to God; and
that the Fible is the Word of God"
Mr.. Ferguson leaves out the doc
trine of eternal punishment, which
is, he holds, "a notion not only in
compatible with every one of the
fundamental propositions Of pure
orthodoxy, but logically destructive
of every one of them"
Year: 1879

A number of desirable rooms TO
let at No. Third street. The loca-
ton is accessible and desirable
from every standpoint. The neigh
borhood is good and the house is
barely five minutes walk from the
Court House.
Year: 1879

CAN'T RUB 1T OuT.-'Don't write
there, said father to his son, who
was writing with a diamond on the
window.


why mott?


Because you can't rub it out


Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing what you
cannot rub out? You made a cruel
speech the other day to your mother.
It wrote itself upon her loving heart
and gave her pain. 1t is there now,
and hurts her when she thinks Of it.


You cant rub it out.


You whispered wicked thought
one day in the ear Of your playmate.
1t wrote itself on his mind, and led
him to do a wicked act. 1t is there
now; you can't rub it out.


All your thoughts, all your words.
all your. acts, are written on the book
memory. Be careful, the record i'
very lasting.


You can't rub it out.
Year: 1879

A young man who eats the bread
of idleness no matter how much mon
ey he has, is disgraced. Young men
starting in life ought to aim first of
all to find place where they can
earn their bread and butter with a
hoe, axe. spade, wheelbarrow, curry
comb, blacking brush-no matter
what.
Year: 1879

The heart that has passed through
the deep waters Of tribulation is the
most tender; the voice that has itself
cried with pain is the most gentle
the hand that has suffered is the most
soothing mini, trant in the chamber Of
sorrow. The best sympathizer is one
who has been a p.rtaksr Of the same
suffering.
Year: 1879

A man in Buffalo pulled off his
coat and jumped in the canal to save
u woman from lrowning,when pick
pocket stole his pocket book from his
coat, and the woman abused him for
pulling her hair in his efforts to save
her life.
Year: 1879

Dublin, Ga, Post: There is now
at the almshouse In this county q
woman about sixty-five years of
age, whose physical condition is
something altogether wonderful.
Her skull bones for years have
been gradually gaping open both
at the longitudinal and the trans.
verse sutures, leaving the brain un-
protected save by the skin of the
head. You may place your finger
in the assures and plainly feel the
throbbing Of the brain. The old
lady keeps a handkerchief bound
tightly around her head, complain
ing of great pain and dread that i.
will burst open when the band is
removed for short time. In spite
'of all this she is rs cheerful and
nimble as cricket.
Year: 1879

We understand from a reliable source that the contract for building the Phenix school house calls for all California lumber to be used in the erection of the same. Even the rough scantling and boards are to be brought from California This order from the Commissioners seems to us as little impertinent. Prescott could have fur nished the necessary material, of an excellent quality, at 20 per cent. less than the same can be laid down for from California. However, they may have a motive in this, that they are to furnish the Railroad Company with pumpkins in exchange for their pine boards and hoop poles. Prescott peO- pie might have even done better with the Phenix people than the Railroad Company in trading for their produce But since the great and wise men of the South" have elected to trade with California the people of Yavapai must content themselves to seek a new chan mel through which they may receive flour, barley, etc. ItwOuld look mean in us of the northern part of the Terri tory to slight the Railroad Company, when our friends of Phenix are so lib eral with their patronage to that man. moth corporation. It is just as cheap to buy flour, barley and pumpkins in California, and freight the same by rail to Maricopa, as to buy in Phenix, and as the school house question gives us the hint that our trade IS not want ed, let us cast our patronage also with the people of the Golden State. There is nothing like being independent.
Year: 1879

The bane of Phoenix is a want of unity of purpose and effort in accom- plishing anything that tends to the public good. When one of our citi- zens starts out to effect any public en- terprise, the rest of us, from some un- accountable reason, sit supinely quiet and wait for him, singly and alone, to accomplish an undertaking in which we are all as vitally concerned as he may be. Too often the only assistance rendered consists of aside remarks that Tom Jones has started this thing and proposes to run it, and we'll see, by our nOn-assistance that he fails"

 We commend the people of Pres colt, as we must every thriving town, for their unity in working together in every public enterprise for the good of their towns. You will find no citi- zen of Yavapai but is prepared to aid in, and swear to, the general prosperity and advancement of their section.

 The above is copied from the Ex- positOr. It might elicit an answer which could be turned to good account to ask the Expositor writer why Yuma and Tucson were not commended for the spirit which he recognizes so strongly and practically developed in Prescott? He claims that the want of unity of action is seen in PhenIx in the matters of the improvement of the road to Prescott via Black canon; in the improvement of the public plaza which is a blot and an eye-sore to every man who has the good of the town at heart;" and also in the Public Library Association which "is Ian gushing unto death from the same want of effort on the part of its mem bers."

 The Expositor writer seems to lack an understanding of human nature as it is in general, and innocently thinks it possible for his neighbors and perhaps others to be as liberal and harmonious in local action as those of Prescott.
Year: 1879

We are reliably informed that Col Wm. G. Boyle of Shakespeare, New Mexico, is on the way down from San ta Fe with some New York and Bos ton capitalists to examine into the va rious resources of the great south west in general and of the Shakespeare mines in particular.

 The surveyors of the Southern Pa. cItic railroad have run their line through the western side of the town of Mesilla and on due east towards the Soledad Pass which is east of Me. silla in the Organ mountains. They will no doubt pass through SOledad Pass as it is the only pass they can get through the mountains east of us without going about one hundred miles north or fifty or sixty miles south. This Company proposes to build a transcOntinental southern route from the Pacific ocean to the Gulf, and they propose to make it bee line as near as possible. Mesilla is fortu- nate to be on the direct route of the main line.-Mesilla News.
Year: 1879

A letter was received today by Mr Samuel Hughes from his brother Thomas, living at Crittenden, stating that the body of German ranchei had been found near his ranche on the Sonoita, and that in all probability he is another victim of the raiding band of savages. Of course the people in that section are little nervous on ac- count of the recent depredations.

 The letter also contains the sad in telligence of the death of a little son of NIT. Thomas Gardner, who was killed by lightning last Friday. It is stated on the street that the child was in its mothers arms when killed and the mother received a very serious shock.
Year: 1879

THE Arizonan says in the case of the Peck Mining Company vs. E. G. Peck and Parks it was ordered that plaintiff is entitled to judgment for the property in their possession and for costs.
Year: 1879

After man came woman.


And she has been after HIM ever
since.


She is a person Of free extraction,
being made Of mans rib.


l don't know why Adam wanted to
fool away his ribs in that way, but
gu pose he was not accountable for all
lie did
Year: 1879

A DOG AND HIS MASTERS LIKENESS
An English paper tells story Of q
dog and his masters likeness. His mas
ter had an artist pain. his picture in oil
colors. and it was very life>like. indeed.
The master then tells this story: When
it wa. brought 10 nv house my old
dog was present with the family at the
"unveiling." nothing was said 10 him,
nor invitation given him to notice it
We saw that his gaze was steadily fixed
on it, and he soon became excited, and
whined, and tried to lick aud scratch
it. and was so much taken up with it
that we-although we'll knowing bis
intelligence-were all quite surprised ;
in fact. could scarcely believe that he
should know it was my likeness. We.
however. had sufficient proof after it
was hung up in our parlor; the room
was rather low. and under the picture
stood a chair; the door was left open
without though. about the dog; he.
however. soon found it out. when low
whining aud scratching was heard by
the family, and. on search being made,
he was found in the chair trying to get
at the picture After this | put it up
higher. so as to prevent its being injur-
ed. This did not prevent him from
paying attention to it. for whenever
was away from home. whether for .
short or long time sometimes for sew.
eral days-he spent most Of his time
gazing on it. and as it appeared to give
him comfert the door was ALWAYS left
open for hiT. When was long away
he made low whining. as if to draw
attention to it. This lasted for years,
in fact as long as he lived and was able
TO see it.
Year: 1879

With this number we enter upon the fourth volume of the HERALD. Eighteen months ago we launched the HERALD upon the sea Of journal ism, believing that it would be sue cessful and that the people would appreciate our efforts, and to this end we are more than pleased. The HERALD is now an established news paper, and as we believe, has the largest circulation of any in the Ter ritory. Its aim has been to fully reppresent the resources of this valley and Territory with truth and fairness Its local department has been as complete as a town of this size war rants, and subjects of importance has been treated with fairness and impar tiality. We are thankful for the liberal advertising patronage that mas been given us. From a small

 weekly we were soon compelled tc issue a semi-weekly, and now, md ing that we have not the room fo

 sufficient reading matter, will in th' course of few weeks issue a DAHL MoRNINE HERALD and a thirty-sll column weekly. During the com ing week we will move into our neE quarters, in the building formerl. mad as A stage depot, where we vii have more room and better facilitie for doing work, and in consequenc of such removal there will be n :paper issued on Wednesday next.
Year: 1879

As will he seen by reference to ear local columns, our town has been under fever of excitement for the past week, that the means finally re- sorted to only relieved. For the past two months the California and Eas ern press have had accounts of stage robbery, etc, until our town has re- ceived inc name of being the home or resort of brigands- Within the past week we have passed from that stage to that of high handed cruel murder. Two of our prominent cit izcns. man who have done more in one hour for the benefit of mankind than the whole life of their assassins, have been cut down by the cruel murderer. The whiz of the bullet was beginning to be heard on the street until it was considered unsafe to travel out at night. Men with fam lilies were afraid to leave their homes aad a general feeling of uneasiness seemed to prevail the community. Yesterday meeting of citizens was held and the slow process of law done away with, as far as the twC n,urdercrs above mentioned were concerned. An orderly procession was formed who proceeded to, the jai azd secured the two prisoners, took them to the plaza and hung them tt A tree. gave notice that others mus leave the town, and quietly disband ed. The merchant opened his store and the usual routine of business pro ceeded with. While we depreca-' mob law as bad measure when VI have laws for the punishment O crime, still nnder the circumstances we cannot say aught against it. NJ violence or rowdyism was allowed and the best order prevailed. It to be hoped a repetition will not b necessary, and that Phoenix will b the home of the law abiding citlzer

 and enjoy the confidence of the whol

 people.
Year: 1879

Having gone into other business, I now offer for sale first class well boring and rock drilling machine. The machine is almost new. It can be seen at the Ice factory. Good live stock or other first class property will be taken Tn exchange for It. Call on or address George Lount, Phoenix.