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Year: 1877

Ii is said that among the Southern
men now in Washington the expecta-
ton is quite general and positive that
the Pre- sident in his forthcoming mes
sage to Congress at it extra session
will recommend the adoption of the
Texas Pacific bond subsidy scheme.
Ii the policy of Southern Pacifie-ation
has been interpreted to mean any
thing like this, il is quite certain that
a severe Disappointment is in store for
the friends of Tom SCOTS enormous
job. They will probably find that
the President knows where to draw
the line in his friendship and good
will toward the South. and that il
will not be the Texas Pacific line
either.
Year: 1877

The Democrats are so fearfully anx-
ious lest the Hayes Southern policy
may not create rupture in the Re
publican party that they can't either
commend or condemn it lest they
should lose an opportunity. So while
damning the policy with faint praise,
they are pushing their goose-quills at
Its author in the vain effort to find a
vulnerable spot.
Year: 1877

A perfect food of tramps is sweep
ing into Iowa over her Eastern
boundary. They bid fair to become
n greater pest than the grasshopper.
BY the way. can't the pests be turned
loose upon each other in some unin-
habifed region
Year: 1877

An essay on the mission, past or
present, of the Republican party is all
well enough, but hardly necessary in
an official call for State Convention
Pity Chairman Leighton couldn' I
have corked up his efi'ervescence un-
til he should have called the meeting
to order, when a little "hifalutin'
would have been quite pardonable.
Year: 1877

II there are Republicans in Iowa
SO demented as to join with the Dem
ocrats is wishing to see an attack up
on President Hayes Southern policy
precipitated into our coming State
Convention, it is devoutly to be hoped
that they may be elected to stay at
home.
Year: 1877




Stanley says in one Of his recent
letters from Africa: HFhe tradition
relates that the portion Of this contf-
nent now occupied by the Great Lake
was a plain years and years ago;
that on this plain was'a large town,
near where is not known. In this
town lived a man and his wife with.
an inclosure round their dwelling,
which cQptainesl d remarkably deep
asEeli or fountainy whence an abun-
dantsupplysof fresh fish was obtains
ed for their wants.


f'The wife, however, was notvery
,virtuous, for she permitted another
man in secret to sharethel \ QEe which
should have been solely bestowed on
hefproper husband and amongother
favors she frequently gave to her
lover some Of the fresh fish akinif OF
Of delicious meat he had never before
tasted, and which reused his utmost
curiosity to ascertain whence she had
obtained it. For a long time he
ceased not to ask which the woman
steadily refused to tell. One day
the husband was compelled to begin
journey to Uvinza but before de-
parture he strictly enjoined his wife
to look after his house clCsley, to ad-
nit no gossips within his doors, and
above all, not to show the fountain.
This African Eve solemnly promised
to comply with his instructions,
though secretly she rejoiced at the
prospect Of his absence. A few hours
after her husbands departure she left
her house TO seek her lover and when
she found him she said to him, You
have for long time demanded to
know whence | obtained that deli
ciOus meat you have SO often praised.
Come with me and | will show you.
African Eve then took him to her
house in opposition to her husbands
commands; but as with a view to en-
nance the glOries Of the fOuntuin and
the pleasure of viewing the fish sport
fully displaying their silvery sides in
the water, she first entertained her
lover with the fish cooked in various
ways nor was she neglectful to satisfy
his thirst with wine Of her own manu-
facture.


"Ihen, when her lover began to be
impatientat the delay, and having
no other cause to postpone the ex
hibition, she invited him to follow
her. A fence with water cane pias-
tered over with mud enclosed the
Wondrous fountain, within whose
crystal depths he saw the fish. For
some time he gaZed on the brilliant
creatures with admiration, then
seized with a desire to handle one of
them and regard them more cleely
he put his hand within the water to
catch one of them when suddenly
the well burst forth the earth opened
her womb, and soon an enormous
lake replaced the plain. Within
few days the husband, returning from
Uvinza, approached Ujiji, and saw to
his astonishment large lake where
once plain and many towns stood,
and he knew then that his wife had
revealed the secret Of the mysterious
fountain and that punishment had
fallen upon her and her neighbors
because of her sin.
Year: 1877

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S.-CrOp
reports from all the prominent points
in the interior are less favorable than
previous adviceS have Indicated. In
the Sacramento valley, where good
yield had been anticipated, mildeW
has made its appearance to such an
extent as to cause serious alarm.
MildeW is reported throughout the
great grain growing counties af CO.
hisa, Yolo and Solano. Otherwis the
prospects in that section of the State
are still good though the want of
rain is beginning to be felt especi-
ally for late sown wheat. The Tule
lands are promising well. The coast
counties north Cf San Francisco are
looking well through rust is reported
in some localities. In the lower por-
tions Of the San Joaquin valley the
crops are in good condition but higher
up the river and in the Los Angeles
valley there will be but little raised
except on irrigated land. In the
Santa Clara valley the prospect is not
favorable for full cropand in the
Salinas valleys the yield will be very
light but along the coast to the north
Of Monterey the grain is in fine con-
dition. The Southern coast counties
will raise but Il light crop, probably
not more than a quarter Of the aver
age. Rain is reported this evening
throughout the central portion of the
State, which will greatly improved
feed and will be decided benefit to
wheat where not too far gone.
Year: 1877

The Nation, which has never been
charged with excessive praise of
President Hayes, nevertheless ex-
presses the utmost confidence in his
policy and its ultimate results, say
ing: 1.-THE President has already
undergone in the choice of his Cabi.
net very much more severe test of
his sincerely as reformer than that
furnished by the Southern problem,
and we therefore see no reason in
anything that has occurred, if we do
not approve of his methods, for rails
ing any doubt about his ultimate
ends.n
Year: 1877

IL is stated as an evidence of the improvement Tn the times, that while four months ago there were 50,O00 idle mechanics in New York city, there are now not more than l5,0JO men out of employment The president of the Trades Assembly regards the condi- ton of the workingmen as better than it has been any time for three years past.

 If this improved condition is real in New York, then the whole country even Arizona-will experience some of the good effects. New York is the ac- tual financial center of the United States, and when business is prostrated there, it is to some extent everywhere, and as it improves, SD it does else where, especially in all those sections needing capital more than they do labor.
Year: 1877

THIS item from Grant, date 26: As Lieut. Touey was returning from Bow ie, q soldier took horse belonging to a comrade and with some canleens started to the water-hO.es for water. The man who owns the horse, got out of the wagon and said he would go back and meet him, and the following night this man came here with the horse and canteens and said the other had gone back io Bowie; but two days he was found dead near the watpr-holes, and the man here is in the guard-house charged with killing him.
Year: 1877

OUR latest advices on the election of Governor in Sonora was not conclusive, but leave hardly a doubt of General Mariscals success. It is thought tha; General Serna would be chosen Lieu tenant Governor and that Mariscal would take a long leave of absence and go 10 the City of Mexico, and leave ScIna in full power This ar if carried out, will be be cause of the strong personal friendship existing between Mariscal and Serna.
Year: 1877

ELEsEN HERE we publish the late awards of postal contracts on the Pacific Coast. l. will be seen service is to be put on but two of our ten routes for which proposals were asked. II is much 10 be regretted that contract was not awarded over the route from Globe to Camp Apache, for had that been done, it would have quite surely led to an early extension tn the line between Santa Fe and Prescott. Mail communication from either the Globe llne via Camp Apache 10 the Little Colorado, is much needed.
Year: 1877

AGENT JoHN r. Car f t.c San Carlos reservation l4s determined to he relieved of all further official duty there by tomorrow noon, or take the responsibility of relieving himself, and for the purpose left for the reserve on the 2ith.
Year: 1877

TIE Silver City Herald of February 24, says:

 We have not received an ARIZONA CITIZEN for the last three weeks. It is too good paper to miss from our files without entering a complaint.

 The paper is mailed to you every Saturday, and it is stolen by somebody who is too mean to subscribe for THE CITIZEN but who wouldn't mss seeing it for the world. We have frequent trouble in this respect, and although it is the healthiest kind of sign for the paper, it is rough on the subscribers.
Year: 1877

Our Hallowell correspondent, after recent i.it
to the Maine State Prison, writes;


During recent sojourn Of few days in the
thriving town of ThomastoD, we accepted the
kind invitation of Warden Rice and Inspector
Wilson to visit the State Prison, and had an op.
porlunlty to witness the workings Of the almost
perfect system of management now in vogue in
that institution. The prison is now lied to its
utmost capacity, and new wing Is in process OF
occur.


We INDUCED in a brief conversation with Hos
well, the murderer in this city of j. b. Latin, aud
found him about as unreconciled TO his condition
| as man possibly could be; and although bis term
OF service OF nine years is approaching close, he
having only little more than one year remaining
to complete his term, he still persists In lis stub
born determination to make himself ge enel aly un-
comfortable TO the bitter end. He says he did
nothing for which he is sorry or ashamed and in
tends TO vindicste his dana ged reputation when
ever he becomes free man again.


Most o. tie prisoners appear cheerful and com
paratively contented. The murderer Knight, who
has been IN this institution for over twenty years
on life sentence, is still hopeful that a pardon
may yet be vouchsafed to him. lie has always
maintained quiet and orderly demeanor, and he
certainly does not bear the impress of cold.
booded murderer.


The lad Cox, recently condemned to a limited
sentence for shooting his father bears his contine.
ment quite cheeriully, and is the object of much
sympathy on account of his youth and appare u,
unconsclouspess Of intended crime. He persists


that his only object in firing the gun was merely
to frehen his father, and not to kill him. He Is
not subjected to rigorous confinement.
Several women and girls are serving out SEN
tences here for larceny. child murder and other


kindred crimes. Their condition truly is one ol


peculiar sadness, though they receive the kindes
| treatment the circumstances will allow. Most ol
the prisoners are kept at work in the various de
M af ah md pf thak
sleighs, harness, boots, shoes, &C., are produced
finding ready and profitable sale. The State il
fotunate in securing the continued services OF
Wrrden Rice and his estimable wife and sons, who
hive proved themselves admirably adapted to the


importrnt mt and responsible positions to which they
ale assigned.
Year: 1877

We are indebted to friends for late copies Of St.
John papers. These papers say that there is
plenty of work there, at fair wages, for every
man who can handle spade, but many able
bodied refuse to labor, prefening to live upon
charity. 1t is wisely suggested that work be Of
fered to every man able to work, that the names
Of all such be stricken from the relief roll, and
that the relief fund be expended In sustaining the
helpless and assisting the destitute to return to
housekeeping.
Year: 1877

To the Citizens Of 4ugusta:


The dreadful conhagrstion at st. John, and the
one at Msrblehead soon following, admonish
US to be watchful against such disaster in our
own city. Our National Fourth of July Anniver-
sary, which popular acquiescence SO generally
sbandons to the patriotism of Young America,
will occur the coming week, with its usual accom-
paniments Of firearms fireworks, and fre-crack-
ers; and hereby respectfully request of all the
inhabitants ON that day increased precaution and
vigilance against the destruction Of property by
fire. earnestly call upon parents, guardians and
citizens generally, to exercise ell their influence
in the direction Of unusual in the use of fire
during whatever demonstrations shall be made
The police will be expected to suppress in the pu b.


lie streets the firing Of guns and pistols and the
exploding Of fire crackers from this time until
three clock the morning of the Fourth of July.
Any person who persists 10 unreasonably destroy
ing the peace and safety Of the city will be dealt
with by the police according to law.


CHAs. E. NASH, Mayor.
Year: 1877

Gold opened at los IA.


A Decline.
There is falling of in ocean steamer freights
this week, but passenger lists are very heavy.
The decline in fresh meat trade will account for
large share of the decrease, and the probabilities
sre that this branch will make po orer exhibit in
the future,
Year: 1877

Our people, in making arrangements to celebrate
the coming Fourth. should not forget the pleas
ant excursion offered by the Odd Fellows. They
will leave here at seven o'clock prompt, on the
steamer sCity Of Lynn and on reaching Gardiner
will take the 6ne steamer Knickerbocker. They
will make alsnding at Cox's Head and Fort Pop
ham, and all those who wish can take a sail out
by Sequin. Secure your tickets at Rowse's jewell
~ store, as the number is limited to I50 The
excursion will return in season to allow ell to at
tend the entertainment at Granite Hall.
Year: 1877

The managers of those magnificent and costly
steamships. Bristol and Providence, forming the
Fall River line to Boston, have announced that in
addition to the usual actiactions of music by
Halls popular bands, they will, have grand prom
enade concerts every evening on board each
steamer, and that no expense will be spared in
maintaining the popularity of this favorite route
to Boston. The engines of these steamers have
always been looked upon as marvels, not only in
size, but for highly finished workmanship, and are
in The most perfect condition. Some idea of the
the size of these engines may be formed when it
is stated that the wonderful Corss engine, which
attracted so much attention at the Centennial,
was not one-half the size nor had one-half the
capacity of the engines on either the Bristol or
Providence. The line is now running every day,
Sundays included. See advertisement in another
column.
Year: 1877

London Daily Timesl


The steel hotilla which is now
being built for the British navy,
and which is to consist of two ships
Of extraordinary Swiftness and Blk
powerful coryettes, is being rapidly
pushed forward by the admiralty.
All Of them will be cased in wood
except at the prov, which will con-
Slst Of q single gun-metal casting /;
they will be Of the same tonnage
aud horse power, their measurement
being 1877 tons and their engines
of 1900 indicated hJrse power.
Though principally designed for
foreign service, there steel coryettes
will be quite capable of taking an
active part in any naval battle, each
of them being armed with a couple
of heavy seven-inch guns and a
dozen Slxty-four Founders. Their
powerful engines will moreover per-
NIT thom to use discretion in any
engagement, so that they may
either fight or run away, which
ever they choose; while the
compliments of men carried will
render them also OF unusual
value in coast warfare, where an
action has sometimes to be followed
up by a landing party. In this
respect the two larger ships, the
Irie and Mercury, viii surpass even
the finely built coryettes. They
are to be feet dispatch vessels, with
a Speed of not less than twenty
miles an hour; their size is ample
enough for the transport Of troops
on an emergency; and although
but lightly armed, their swiftness
would secure them immunity.
Though measuring nearly four
thousand tons, they will carry
nothing heavier than siIty.four
Founders, of which there will be
ten on board. Their engines, on
the other hand, will be OF extra
ordinary power, no less indeed than
of seven thouSand-horse power in
dicated, which is much greater
than any vessel of the same size
has yet been fitted with. Altogether
tho new steel feet will present many
striking points of novelty.
Year: 1877

The British papers publigb the
following extract Of a letter written
to a friend by Carlyle:


"A good sort Of man is Darwin,
and we'll meaning, hut with very
little intellect. Ar, it is sad, a ter.
rlhle thing, to zee nigh a whole
generation q men and women pro-
Tossing to be cultivated, looking
around in a purblind fashion and
finding no God in this universe. l
suppose it is u reaction from the
reign Of cant and hollow pretense,
protesting to believe what we have
got to. All things from frog spawn.
The gospel of dirt is the order of
the day. The older l grow-and /
now stand on the brink Of eternity
the more comes back to me the SEN
tence in the catechism which |
learned when child, and the fuller
and deeper its meaning becomes,
What is the chief end of man |?
To glorify God and enjoy Him for
ever No gospel Of dirt, teaching
that men havo descended from
frogs, through monkeys, can ever
set that aside"
Year: 1877

AAAAAeA NAheNA I


~ private letter received from Bay
of Islands, Newfoundland, states
that about the end of December an
immense tidal wave swept up the
bay, carrying everything before it !;
it was feared there had been some
wrecks, though none had been
heard Of up to date. The lower
flats Of nearly all the houses at the
head Of the bay were submerged.
and in one case a fisherman had ID
row into his house with a boat and
rescue his wife and family from the
top Of table. Herring had at lsst
struck in in considerable quantii-
ties. The bay was frozen, but moi
strong enough to walk on,
Year: 1877

I.-Tbat upon our Annual Carnival visit.
all political strife shall cease. and gentle har-
mony prevail AMONG our subjects,


II.-Ihat We will enter and take possession
of our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on
Year: 1877

The Value OF u YAnkee Diplomat


fi...v.s with Long Nose ,a-.t
New York Tribune.l ..g


When General Jewell was our
minister in Russia he visited the
tanneries Of that country and found
out the secret Of the Russia leather,
the beloved Of book devotees, The
secret is the result of the us4 of
birch bark tar, with which the skins
are dressed in place of tallow and
grease, the latter substance being
So largely used as food among the
lower classes. The tar, which is
carefully saved as it exudes from
the wood when burned, was first
used as a substitute for wheel grease
in Russia, as it is to this day, and
then for the filing and dressing of
skins. BY system Of careful in


quiry, and literally following his
nose during his visits to some of
the great Russian tanneriea aud
curriers' shops, Mr., Jewell found
this compound in a great kettle
ready for use, and thus the mystery
was solved. 1t is not expensive,
costing about ten dollars a barrel,
and he Immediately ordered ten
barrels aud sent them to the various
leading manufacturers in this coun-
try, with instructions, and the re-
suit is that genuine Russia leather
goods are now made in America,
and, doubtless, will soon be sold at
nearly fifty per cent. below former
nriooc a' I.lfM .F
Year: 1877

Fortune gave me good day al


the tower of London. The sky
lowered. The wind blew with angry
gusts. The rain fell now and then


in a chill drizzle. The river was


dark and sullcn. If the spirits Of


the dead come back to haunt any


place, they surely come back to


haunt this one, and this was a day


for their presence. One dark ghost,


in particular, seemed present at


every step-the baleful shade of the


grim Duke of Gloster. The little


room in which the princes are said to


have been murdered by his order is


shown, and the oratory where King


Henry vi. is supposed to have met


his bloody death, and the council


chamber into which Richard rushed,


from an ambush behind the arras, to


denounce the wretched Hastings.


This latter place is now used as an


armory; but the same roof covers it


which rang with the bitter invective


of Gloster, the rude clamor of his
soldiers, and the cries of his frigh-


tened victim, who was plucked forth
from under the table where he had
taken refuge, dragged down stairs
and beheaded on a stick of wood in


the courtyard. This tower is
place for such deeds and you almost
wonder that they do not happen still


in its gloomy chambers. The room
in which the princes were killed is
the most murderous in aspect that
could be imagined. 1t is an inner
room, small and dark. A barred
window in one of its walls fronts a
window on the other side of the out
side passage by which you approach
it. This window is but a few feet
from the floor and doubtless the mur-
derers paused to look through it as
they went to their hellish work upon
the poor children of King Edward.
The room is empty now. The en-
trance was pointed out to secret
passage by which this chamber could
be-and doubtless was-approached
from the foot of the tower. The
oratory in which King Henry vi.
was slaughtered-if, indeed, the
story be true-is where the crown
jewels are exhibited in large glass
case. There is a crown here of vel
vet and gold, which was made for
poor little Anne Boleyn. You may
pass across the courtyard and pause
on the spot where this unhappy lady
was beheaded, and you may walk
hence, over the very ground that her
last trembling footsteps traversed, to
the round tower in which she lived.
Her grave is an the chancel of
little antique church close by. /
saw the cell of Raleigh, and that
direful chamber which is scrawled
all over with the names and emblems
of prisoners who therein suffered
confinement and lingering agony,
nearly always ending in death; but
| saw no sadder place than Anne
Boleyn's tower. 1t seemed in the
strongest way eloquent of mute suf-
fering. 1t seemed to exhale grief
and to plead for love and pity
Willie Winter.
Year: 1877

WHOSE Ok IS GoRED?-The New
York World says with truth that il
one twentieth part of the uproar and
and lawlessness which have lately
disgraced the great States of New
York and Pennsylvania had occur
red in Virginia and North Carolina
every radical newspaper and spouter
in the North would have united in
clamoring that the "Southern policy"
of President Hayes was a disastrous
failure and insisting that those an
cient Commonwealths should be re-
duced to the condition again of mill
tary provinces. While New York
has reserted her authority within her
own border Pennsylvania is largely
depending upon the federal army for
the restoration of law. Yet the
Blaines and Buffers have raised no
voice to ask that she should be made
a military province.
Year: 1877

The STRIKE OVER AND THE ROADS RUN


MING.


Cleveland, Ohio, August 8.
The strike Is fairly over and business
ON the roads in this section will soon be
under full headway. The railway mana
gers have made no radical changes in
the wages of employees, but they prom
Use henceforward to look carefully into
the grievances of the men, many of whom
have worked overtime without any extra
pay. In future the extra service will not
De required, or if performed extra pay
will be allowed for it. A number OF
points in dispute have been adjusted in a
friendly spirit.