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Year: 1874

It is not at all strange that the Grange
movement should meet with opposition.
An enterprise Is hardly worth the name
of reform if it does not have this. Gov.
Carpenter, of Iowa, addressing last
fall a convention of Patrons, told them
they must expect opposition that they
had money and talent arrayed against
them, but that Notwithstanding this
they must go right on, trusting to the
business of their cause and the necessi-
ty that rested upon them. That II they
would do all this impediments would
be swept away, and the oppressor would
be left at his toll-gate with free road
around it, on which the Patrons would
90 singing because of a free road to
market and a fair return for their pro-
ducts. All great reforms In church
and state have hal to overcome great
opposition, and the labor reform against
the expressions of capitalists will not
be an exception. But If it presses on
wisely and perseveringly it will in the
end reap the appropriate fruits. Hon.
George Stephenson was opposed by the
aristocracy of England when he attempt
ed to get leave of parliament to lay the
first railroad track on her sacred soil.
s. Why, it would frighten every thing
to wildness the birds would leave the
island the COWS would dry up, and the
hens would cease to lay ; the land would
be ruined, and the whole order of things
would be broken up" When Mr..
Stephenson was presenting his claims
before parliament he was sneered at.
One member said, ''Well, Mr.. Stephen
son, see how absurd your idea is. tSup-
pose it were possible for you to run
your carriage thirty miles an hour on
straight rails, SO that it could not get
off-what if a COW got on the track and
Won could not turn out for her ?'' "Well,
nv lord" said Stephenson, cit would
be bad for the cow" So all reforms
have met impediments, but they must
get out of the way or it Will be bad Tor
them. Onto Farmer.
Year: 1874

In a paper on the sanitary aspects of
primary education, read recently by
DR.. r. J. Sullivan, before the New
York Academy of Medicine, an i'm
portant suggestion occurs in reference
to the earliest age at which a pupil
should be admitted in orr schools. He
contends that seven years is a minimum
age, not because mental exertiOn would
be injurious to healthy intellectual
growth, but because school life under
its present hygienIc surroundings 10
very unfavorable to physical develop
msnt.


In other words il is TO be understood
that, although a pupil is capable Of
reasonable understanding and limited
amount of intellectual development
prior to the seventh year, such educa-
tion should De given it out ef school
Year: 1874

AT a Dubuque wedding. among the
presents ostentatioasly displayed was a
one-hundred-d dollar bill, present from
the doting father to his darling daugh-
ter After the guests had departed,
the old man ooolly rolled mp the bill
and put it in his vest pocket, and that
was the last Of it,
Year: 1874

A terrible story comes to US from
Persia. In one of the districts Ia


boring man was sentenced to be
bastinadoed for some ofiense, re-
ceiving 12O blows on the sOles of
his feet. As lie sank down on his
knees after the sentence had been
carried out, and it was believed that
his injuries we're of serious char
acter. be called the Judge to his side
intimating that he had terrible Sc
cret to reveal. As he could only
sneak in a whisper, the Judge placed
his ear to the lips of the fainting
man, when the latter sized it with
his teeth, and in mis- agony bit it off.
In Persia the loss of an ear, no mat
ter under what circumstances, is
considered a lasting disgrace, and
the Judge so felt it. He at once
gave orders to have the prisoner care
fully cared for, assuring the pllysi-
clans that II they did not save MS
life their own should pay the penal
ty, and they succeeded. When the
prisoner was fully recovered, he was
sentenced to have his teeth pulled


out one by one, in presence of the


mob, and this frightful sentence was


carried out two days being exhausted
in the work. No pains were taken


with the horrible job, and the jaws


were broken and crushed until the


whole lower part of the mans face


was a mangled mass, and his suffer
ings were so great that many of the
men tainted in Witnessing the ope
ration. Two days after the little lifC
in the man was beaten out Of the
soles of his feet, and the Judge, hav
ing fully satisfied his thirst TO
vengeance, committed suicide
Year: 1874

Benevolence. is nota thing to be
taken up by chance, and put by at
once to make way for every employ
ment which savors of self-iDterest.
It is the largest part Of our business,
beginning with our home duties;and
extending itself to the utmost verge
of humanity. A vague feeling Of
kindness toward our fellow creatures
is no state of mind to rest ia. It is
not enough for US to be able to say
that nothing of human interest is
alien to Us and that we give our ac-
uuiescence, or, indeed, our transient
assistance, to any scheme Of benevo-
Ience that may come in our way.


No; in promoting the welfare OF
Others, we must toll; we must de-
vote to it earnest thought, constant
care. and jealous endeagor. The
few moments in the course Of the
each day which 4 man a6sorbs in
some worldly pursuit may carelessly
expend in kind words or charities to
those around him-klndness to an
animals is one Of these-and are
perhaps, in the sightof Heaven, the
only time that be has lived to any
purpose worthy Of recording.-AT-
thur Helps
Year: 1874

DE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
ID Council of the City OF Los Angeles, as
follows:
SECTION l. That the assessments herein
after set forth are hereby declared to be the
assessments properly chargeabls to and col
lectable from the several owners Of the prop
erty respectively hereinafter described, for and
on account Of the grading OF Commercial
street, in said city.


SEC. 2. That each of the assessments here
matter contained and set forth as the assess
ment levied upon and charged against the
respective lots or parts thereof for the grading
of said Commercial street, Is hereby declared
true and correct, and that the valuations res
pectively put upon such lots or parts thereof
are the just and correct cash values OF such
lots or parts thereof, irrespective of improve
ments thereon, liable to be assessed therefor:
SEC. g. The Clerk of the Common Council
is hereby directed to enter a statement Of this
assessment in the docket of city liens, accord
ing to law, and give notice of the levy of such
assessment by publication Of the same for ten
days in the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD and
La Cfonicd respectively.


SEC. 4. The following is the assessment
hereinbefore referred to. That Is to say:


In the matter Of the grading OF Commercial
street:


North Side.
Year: 1874

THE indianapolis Sentinel gives the follow
ing account of an incident which recently oc-
CURED in Charlottesville, Ind; "The depot
had been broken into that noon, and some
money and a quantity Of tickets stolen from
the office, and things generally upset, by a
party of boys. Warrants were issued, and
among them one for boy named Mike Nc
Neal. About midnight the McNeal family
were called upon by the officer Of the law and
informed that the boy Mike was wanted, at
the same time reading the warrant. Mrs. Nc
Neal was astounded, and said there must be a
mistake. None Of her boys would be guilty
of theft, she knew, and it was all a mistake,
Her feelings overcame her and she tainted.
The officer, however, bearing the warrant had
no other course to pursue but to demand the
boy. The mother again tainted, and, when
she was restored to consciousness, the officers
agreed to let the boy remain until they had
seen the party by whom the warrant had been
sworn out. If Nike proved to be the one,
they would return to the house, II not, he
would Of course not be arrested. The officer
found, however, that except in name Mike
was not the boy. The real culprit was Mike
McNeal, cousin OF the former. The officers re-
turned to gladden., as they supposed, the moth
er's heart by telling her the boy was innocent.
To their horror they reached the house and
found Mrs. McNeal dead. The shock and grief
combined had been so great as to kill her. The
affair caused considerable excitement in
town"
Year: 1874

The following is a copy of the Presidents
message sent to Congress on the 25th:


To the Senate and House of Representatives:


/ have the honor herewith to submit the
report Of the Centennial Commission, and to
add word in way of recommendation.
There have now been international exposi-
tioBs held by three OF the great powers of
Europe. 1t seems fitting that the Tooth ami
versary of our independence should be marked
by an event that will display to the
world the growth and progress of a
nation devoted to freedom and to
the pursuit of fame, fortune and honor, by
the lowest citizen as we'll as the highest. A
failure in this enterprise would be deplorable.
Success can be assured by arousing public
opinion to the Importance of the occasion. To
secure this end, in my judgment, Congress
sional legislation is necessary to make the
Exposition both national and international.
The benefits to be derived from q successful
international Exposition are manifold. 1t will
necessarily be accompanied by expenses be-
yond the receipts from the Exposition itself,
but they will be compensated many fold by the
commingling of people from all sections Of
our own country, by bringing together people
Of different nationalities, and by bringing in
juXtaposition for ready examination our Own
and foreign skill and progress in manufac-
lures, agriculture, art, science and civilization.
The selection of the site for the Exposition
seems to me appropriate, from the fact that,
100 years before the date fixed for the EXposi-
ton, the Declaration of Independence, which
launched us into the galaxy of nations
as an independent people, emanated from
the same spot. We have much in our varied
climate, soil, mineral products and skill Of
which advantage can be taken by other nation
alities to their profit In return they will
bring to our shores works of their skill, and
familarize ourpeople with them, to the mu-
tual advantage of all parties. Let us make a
complete success of our Centennial Exposi-
tion, or suppress it in It's infancy, acknowledg
ing our inability to give it the international
character to which our self. esteem aspires.


U. S. GRANT.


Executive Mansion, Feb %, 1874.
Year: 1874

1T is said that there is dog in Iowa
which its owner, farmer named Ire
maine, values at $4,000. We have dog
ourselves which we value al somewhere in
the immediate neighborhood of that sum,
but TO warm personal friend, who want
ed him badly and seemed to think he
couldn't get along without him, it is not
wholly impossible that in some moment
of convivial Joy, when the heart beats high
and warm with dance and song and Ian.
quet wine, we might be induced to sell
him for fifty cents. .-OOurier-J JournaI
Year: 1874

The Richmond Enquirer says: 1T
must be acknowledged that a large
number Of young men are ruined an
nually for all purposes Of good to
Virginia by over education. They
are forced to leave the State to find
a field fo- the exercise Of their ac-
quirements, OF they remain here and
lounge or starve on incompetent sal
aries, y and then proceeds after fash
ion rather too sweeping and bitter,
but which vet holds a clever hint to
teachers. "The great difficulty with
our Virginia system is the want Of
men of practical common sense to
control it. They are sufficiently well
educated themselves, too much so for
practical purposes. But they lack
what is far more valuable, to wit,
common sense. 1t has been estab-
lished by experience, and is notorious,
that professional school teachers, as a
class, have no practical sense. Their
learning we coneede, but learning is
not common sense.
Year: 1874

amusing story is told in Serib-
per's magazine Of verdant youth
who went to buy the practice Of a
country doctor. The doctor said biz
natients were so numerous be could
not remember them all, but bis horse
knew them and always stopped at
their dooss. The next day the eoun-
try doctor drove his customer through
the town, and, as he said, the horse
stopped at nearly every door. The
bargain was concluded and the mon
ey paid. The purchaser remained in
town. and for several days wondered
wbv no patients came. He ceased
To wonder, however, when he found
his predecessor had borrowed bis
milkman's horse in showing him
arouLd.
Year: 1874

Every one accustomed to travelbv
ran has noticed the erOwdins ard
jostiins that takes place between
those who want to get OF the ear and
those who want to get on. when
the train stops at station The
passengers who are at their iourncv,s
end ought to have the right Of way
through the narrow door aud down
the platform steps, but the impatient
people, who fear that all the seats in
the car viii be taken up before they
get in, win not wait on them, and the
result is q struggle for precedence
most provoking to all engaged. We
sometimes meet with that pOliteness
which yields aud waits, but it is rath-
er rare, except in private dwellings
In public conveyanees, as a general
rule, the average American citizen,
male or female, has great desire to
secure whatever may be most eligible
by being first, or at least as far from
being last as circumstances will per-
nit.


The Boston Adcertissr suggests a
very simple remedy for the jostling
and jamming now experienced BY all
who take the cars or leave the cars
at way stations. Let railroad COM
panies make a rule requiring all pas
lsengers to leave the cars by the front
door and enter by the rear. A no.
tice to this effect should be conspicu-
ously posted in every car, and the
conductor might also be required to
call attention to the notice when be
calls out the STATEN. Plaeards might
also be hung up at the ticket Offices
and in the waiting rooms, 50 that the
travelling'public might be advised
of the rule In a short time, enter
ling a car by the rear door and
leaving by the forward door would
become fixed habit, praetieed by al
travellers, except perhaps those whc
are making their first trip.
Year: 1874

The Cincinnati Enquirer, vhich
IS the Democratic organ Of the
West, makes the following an~
nouncement "The West and
South will take hand in the next
Presidential canvass, and their
candidate will not b, q specie
resumptionist; but, on the contrary,
will favor the payment Of the
bonded debt in greenbacks, and a
considerable increase of the circula
ting medium. The money power of
New York has chosen its last
President and gained its last vic.
tory
Year: 1874

The radicals were especially
severe on the editor of this paper
during their campaign, and the
numb>sculls seem not to have
enough sense to know that there is
nothing on earth we 50 much de-
sire as to be considered the open
enemy of ignorance in office, filth
in high places, negro supremacy,
eorruption--in short, Radicalism.
Year: 1874

Ruin will be meted out to the
already down-trodden white race
of the south if the Civil Rights Bill
becomes a Law. What white man
is willing to be instrumental in it's
success by giving his moral sup.
port to one, who advocates it, in
signing his official bond!
Year: 1874

If the people of Edgeeombe had
been true to themselves and to their
political principles, and had con-
stantly refused to sign the bonds of
Radical officers, scalawagism, car,
pet~bagism, negro supremacy and
the whole spawn of Radicalism
would have been crushed out and
the offices of honor and trust would
have been filled by the good and
true men of the county. If even
now we adhere strictly to our prin~
ciples, we will soon carry our point
Year: 1874

However much you may like a
man personally you have no right
to put him in office if he entertains
dangerous political views. 1t is
not the man we endorse, but his
politics, when We vote for him or
sign his bond.
Year: 1874

We are Of the opinion that Rad>
icalism would have been dead in
Edgecombe, if the leaders had been
unable TO give their bonds. Let's
try the remedy and see if We can
find men who would be such Jealous
leaders Of the negroes if they could
not thereby get some fat office.
Year: 1874

A LADY Ia Lake City, Fla. has
growing In her garden n genuine cork
tree thirty feet high, the bark OF which
Is sufficiently thick to make bottle
corks. There Is also In the same gar
den n genuine black pepper bush.
which yields regularly a fall crop Of
the berries.
Year: 1874

All the carriages made In the Maine
State Prison are now sold outside the
State, OH account Of protest from
Maine carriage makers against being
obliged to compete with prison labor.
Year: 1874

David Shultes came in from the Morgan mines last Saturday, and fully corrobo- rates the previous reports of the rich dis coyeries in that district. The SacatOn lode has been sunk to depth of nearly fifty feet and shows vein of ore about eleven feet thick between smooth wall rocks. The ore pays over 50 per cent lead, and about S2.50 in silver. The quality has an ore vein over three feet thick and the ore is covered with horn silver. There are many other lodes that promise to be equally rich and extensive.

 c. O. Brown, J. L. Stevenson, G. W. Hamer and W. Ferguson, left on Thursday to commence work on the Gro Blanco mine. The Prefect of Altar has not yet replied to the communication sent him relative to the dispute about this mine, but it is understood by the claimants here that if the authorities of Sonora are still of the opinion that the mine is on the other side of the line, the Governor will at any time select a competent sur veyor to join one that they may send, to jointly run the line, and the claimants here are willing to abide the decision of said survey. The Gro Blanco is undoubtedly a valuable free gold mine and we antici- pate seeing handsome returns in gold bricks from it. The owners are among our most enterprising mining men and we hope and believe success will attend their efforts.

 L. J. F. Iaeger came here this week to look after the Picacho mine in the Cababi district, of which he is the owner. This mine was worked quite extensively few years ago and u good deal of money was ' made from it, and work was only stopped on account of the difficulty of keeping the water out of the mine. The only means they had of getting the water out was by carrying it in buckets up ladders over two hundred feet, and the last work that was done they were obliged to ele- vate ten buckets of water to one of ore | With proper machinery to work the mine it will no doubt pay largely. It is the in tention of Mir. Jaeger to obtain patent, and as soon as possible put the mine ill working shape.

 | Samuel Hughes, D. A. Bennett and H. B. Smith left for the Slerrita mines on Thursday. Reports from there continue very tlattering. Some very 1ich ore was sent in from these mines this week. Thomas Ewing and w. F. Scott left for the mountains on Thursday to look after mines.
Year: 1874

FsN No clue has yet been found to the mur- derer of H. D. Smith. Geo. Cooler, c. G. Jones, J. McElliott and Wm. Sniffin made a thorough search this week, of country in the vicinity of the murder. A well near by was searched with a view that some of the effects of the murdered man might be found there, but after the most careful examination nothing was found. The rain that fell directly after the murder was committed, prevented the discovery Or the tracks of the fiend who committed the deed, and so far everything connected with it is Shrouded in mystery. No efforts will be spared to ferret out the criminal as every ore feels that while the perpetrator or perpetrators of so diabolical deed are at large there is no safety. The blackboard Griver met MT. Smith between Tucson and the place where he was murdered and he told him that he had seen an Indian fol- lowing him whose movements were SuS- piciOus and that he feared that he intend- ed to do him harm. It is possible that this same person may have committed the crime. Mir. Smith was riding burrO and this person may have on foot succeeded in getting in advance Of him and from con- cealment killed him. At the cOroner'S in quest which was held. bullet hole was found passing through the body under the arms and Dr. Handy decides that his death must have been instantaneous; his saddle and blankets, and in fact all he had with him except his drawers, shirts, pipe and tobacco, and the burro and dog were taken. The latter was faithful and laid crOuched by the dead body over a day after the murder. IL is to be hoped that some light will yet be shed upon this foul crime.

 The funeral services were held last Sun day in the county courthouse and were at tenGed by large mum Der of our citizens. The best eulogy that can be pronounced upon this pOOrvictim to fiendish atrOcity is that he was an honest and industrious man.
Year: 1874

WE saw this week some very good speci- mems of stone coal that were found near the San Pedro and little beyond the Ari- zona line, in Sonora. The person who found it informed us that he had found

 two veins that promise to be extensive and to yield excellent coal. The discovery of an abundant supply of coal in Arizona

 will prove of great importance to the country and will be of immense value to the Texas and Pacific railroad. We have

 never doubted that an abundant supply

 would be found as soon as the country could with safety be explored. In fact a good vein was found several years ago near Camp Apache and the coal from it has since been used in the blacksmith forges at that post, and now this discovery

 being over two hundred miles due south from Camp Apache would indicate that a large belt of country in Arizona will prove to contain stone coal. The more we see of Arizona and the more our people are able 10 prospect it, the more evident it appears that we have one of the most favored spots on the globe. Almost every thing

 that grows in the vegetable kingdom is

 found or can be produced here, no blight

 ing frosts trouble us, and ever variety of

 mineral has been lavishly bestowed. And best of all our people generally appreciate

 these blessings. It was many years after California was first settled before consider

 able number could be found who claimed that state as permanent home, but in Arizona with all the difficulties we have

 had to surmount, there are but few who

 are not determined to live and die here.
Year: 1874

Having full faith in the country, they mean to stay by 1t until the day of general jubilee shall come, when all can rejoice together in its peace and prosperity

 Drop in and examine our stock.

 Exchange sold on all parts Of the world. Telegraphtc transfers made with any section of the country.

 A few Saone of .thOse DOnn mention them len-
Year: 1874

TEE time appointed for the meeting of the Democratic Convention is the first Monday in May next at Phenix. Although the time of meeting is so near at hand, we have as yet heard of no preliminary caucuses in any of the counties or other note of preparation for the gathering.
Year: 1874

IT would be but little expense to open 8 good road to Aliens ranch, thence along the hills back Of the fields to the old church and town. This would make a beautiful drive and it should be attended to as soon as possible. The drives around Tucson are limited at best and one so desirable should not be neglected.
Year: 1874

THE report of the superintendent of public schools for Pima county will be found in another column. It shows the receipts and disbursements during th c past year. AS the proper application of our school fund is something ill which every one should feel an interest, we cheerfully give it place in THE CITIZEN.
Year: 1874

A DISPATCH received here Thursday states that the flock of sheep which Gov. Stafford recently purchased in California had passed over the worst part of the Co., lorado desert without the loss of single sheep. The Carr Bros. also have a large flock on the same road. These sheep will be of great advantage to sheep growers in the Territory as they are as fine blood as could be purchased in California.