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Year: 1878

To TEE FOREMAN OF THE GRAND JURY:-

 We, the committee appointed by the foreman of the grand jury to view and report on the condition of public buildings, have the honor to submit the following report:-

 We, the committee, do report that we find the court room and offices in good repair except the joists over the court room and county recorders of flee, which we find in a swaggiug condition and would recommend that they be strengthened before more dirt shall be placed upon them. -

 The jail we find in filthy condi- ton, which cannot be avoided consid- ering the present condition of its i'm provcments, and would recommend that the cells be enclosed with lumber in a manner, if necessary, that the boxing can be removed during hot weather; also, that the prison privy bc improved, first, by excavating the sink to a depth of al least ten feet, and by surrounding said sink by or with an adobe wall six by nine feet square and extending upward 10 the full night of the court wall. Also, that there be constructed for the use of prisoners a tube, sluice, or sewer for the purpose oi conveying urine and other water from the prison cells in- to the sink.

 The plastering and pcncil work on front ofthe court house we found to be executed in q neat and substantial manner. The sluice in front of the court honse is also well and neatly constructed.

 We found the occupants of the va rious offices gcntlcmanly in their de- pertinent and and willing to impart any information asked for by this committee We also found the off cef in charge of the prison to be gen tlcmanly in his department, accom-. modating and ready to impart to this committee any information, also ac- commodating and gcntlcmanly to- ward the prisoners.

 JOSHUA GREGG, Chairman.
Year: 1878

to examine the county offices have the honor to make the following report:

 We have carefully examined ali the public offices, except the justices of the peace, for which a special com mittce was appointed.

 In the shcriir's office we find the books and accounts well kept. We would say in regard to the collection of poll taxes, that in the year 1876, when it was made the test of a qual- ification Of voters, there were five hun drcd and eleven dollars and fifty cents. That in the year 1871, according to the records there was less than one third oi the poll taxes collected, and the present year there has been col lcctcd but sixty-nine dollars up to date. Your committee is satisfied that the sheriff has exercised the proper diligence in collecting these taxes but there seems to be a defect in the law. As it now stands it does not au- thorizc the sheriff to forcibly collect the poll tax until after the third Mon day in December. We would recom- mend that this grand jury recommend to our next legislature that some amendment be made to the law for the collection of these taxes.

 TTe have carefully examined the books and accounts of the county treasurer, counted the public monies and find ail the amounts correct We also find that the county has no safe depository for the public monies or records, and we would most earnestly recommend that a safe of sufficient capacity for the same be purchased.

 In the district attorneys office we find a well kcptrecord of all business transacted and we are satisfied that the district attorney has used all the means at his command for the collection of delinquent taxes, and has been faithful in the discharge of his duties.

 In the office of the probate judge, and ex-onicio superintendent oi schools we find that the recorls ofthc probate court are well and truly kept and that the school fund has been : properly accounted for.

 In the recorders office we find all the books and records of the office kept in 6 neat and legiJle manner and that the general business of the office has been properly conducted. Your committee are of the opinion that considerable saving can be made to the county in the matter ot boarding prisoners, and of medic'l attendance, and we wo-ld recon mend that the board of supervisor. look into the matter and make sucf better terms for the treatment of tn; indigcnt sick and boarding of the prisoners as they may be able to.

 In the public administrators 'sofficC VIC find no hook of record kept of tn, business transacted. In the opinior of your committee we find estates that could have been closed q yea since remain unsettled, and we would recommend that all such estates bt closed without unnecessary delay arc the proceeds turned over to the prop CT persons. We would also recon mend that a book of records be kep in his office. Very Respectfully,

 L. K. BUKER, Chairman.
Year: 1878

HoN. DEFoREsT PORTER, Judge Sec

 ond Judicial District, County of

 Maricopa, Territory of Arizona

 October Term:-

 Sm-Your gran jury beg leave to submit the following report of their labOrs:

 We have examined all criminal matters brought before us.

 We have found one true bill for murder.

 One true bill for rape.

 One true bill for manslaughter

 One true bill for assault, with at tempt to commitmurder, and we have ! ignored one bill.

 TEe above concludes all criminal matters brought before us. It having been brought to the knowledge Of the grand jury that fe- males, arrested for misdemeanors, have been confined in our county jail in the same cell with male prisoners, the grand jury can not too strongly condemn such practice, and demand that hereafter the sheriff OF his sub ordiuates refrain from repeating the ofrcnse.

 The grand jury desire to call inc attention of the court, and the people of the county, to the deplorabIe con dition of our roads, and request the proper authorities to take such action as may he necessary to put them in good repair. In this connection, We will state that committee was ap- pointed to examine into the expendi- ture of public money appropriated by the last legislature for the building of certain roads in our county, the re- port of that committee having been adopted by the grand jury, is append cd hereto and made part of this re- port. The report of the committee on county offices, having been adopted by the grand jury, is also hereby ap- pended and made part of this report. The report of the committee on pub lie buildings having been adopted by the grand jury, is also appended, and made part of this report, as is also the report of the committee appointed by the grand jury to report upon the depredat;ons committed by Indians belonging to the Pima and Maricopa reservation.

 The committee appointed to report upon the justices offices report them kept in a neat and orderly manner.

 In making this our final report we would state that we have been some what delayed in our work, in getting witnesses before us; we have also been delayed by our several commit tees who have made thorough ex- animation of our county affairs, which we thought necessary at this time. Respectfully,

 NJ. II. CAIDERwooD, Foreman.
Year: 1878

A New York physician says: be-
lieve sunstroke and apoplexy can be
cured almost surely, if taken in any
kind of time.


|. Rub powerfully on the back,
head and neck, making horizontal and
downward movements. This draws
blood from the front brain, and vital
ICES the involuntary nerves.


2, While rubbing, call for cold wa
ter Immediately, which apply TO the
face and to the hair on the top and
side of the head.


3. Call for bucketful of water as
hot as can be borne, and pour Il by
on the back, head and neck
for several minutes. The effect will
be wonderful for vitalizing the medul-
la oblongata; it vita1izes the whole
body, and the patient will GENERALLY
start up into full conscious life in
very short time.
Year: 1878

Don't tell me nothing of the kind
said she vigorously 10 her husband,
who was reading the account Of a
recent cremation service to her: ut
is only vile device for getting an
unfortunate woman away to lonely
spot, and killing her, burn up her re-
mains, 50 that her husband can frisk
about and marry some enc else, and
no one will ever know anything about
Year: 1878

We were shown on last Saturday the drawings specifications and dis cription of an application for q pa- tent. by DrJ, L Gebhart of this city by which all the hot water in the bed of the creek and on the bank too tow for practical use for bathing purpos. es can be raised to the desired height by small portion of it's heat alone as the motive force.

 Wonderful as it may appear there is nothing new in any of the devices; all have been in practical operation for several years past, the novelty consists entirely of combination of old and we'll known.devices and prin- ciples, and there is no doubt whatev- CT of it's practiabillty. The cost when once the apparatus is erected will be nothing at all. except the wear and tear, waste and fabrication of the ma chine, the wonder however is not so great when it is considered that heat is we'll known alreacy the great motor for ali mechanical purposes, but that hot water should be made to lift it. self up by small portion of it's nat ural heat, is in the abstract never theless wonderful achievement in science.

 After this apparatus IS once set upthe water being constant in supply and heat will be practically a perpetual motor.

 But the most wonderful part Of the story remains yet to be told. In addi- tion to the above the doctor informs us that by the use of this machine he is enabled to use the electricity that is in this hot water naturally so as to light up Valley street with light equal to five thousand candle power and since the government manage ment of these hot spings seems to be determlnd to waste the electricity in these waters as curative agent he thinks it ought to be utilized for ligh ting up the street, inasmuch as nature furnishes it here with such lavish hand. He says there IS enough of electricity constantly wasting here to make Valley street as bright as day light every night the year round and dispence with the expensive gaslight at no further cost than keeping the apparatus in order. The papers are now on the their way to Washington D. c.

 

 attainmentss, as the discovery of the active properties of these waters he has already made and published clearly proves. We say to him go ahead and we will stand by you; in- vestigate and work on. Labor is the price of progress.-Hot Springs Tele- graph.
Year: 1878

We arc thoroughly in earnest in the desire to get all our people to do more reading and thinking for themselves. It is the only way in which the masses can protect themselves from imposi- tons. from Receptions and from hum- bugs! It is the only way in which they can retain and secure their liber- ties ito read and think for themselves. But what, says one, would you have us read? We would have you read FIRST, YOUR OWN HOME PAPER. It is your home paper that feels for your interests, and that furnishes you such fnforma- ton as most intimately effects your in- terests. But, says our ordinary fault finder, you don't give us reading matter enough. Don't we? We'll, we give you far more than you can get ou. of any book which costs you the same sum of money. We give you far more than we could possibly give you if all men supported the press just as you do. But we are not going to find fault, for we have had very good support ill dear old Pope county. We are now going to make you an offer to meet this objection of not enough reading. It is this

 To every man or woman who will send us his or her name with the price of our paper in cash, (sl.50) within the next Sixty Days, we will send our paper one year, and in addition, will send free of all cost, for twelve months, an excellent monthly paper called the Farmers Review, published Ut Chicago. Illinois.

 The Review is hanesomely printed. IG-page folio, and has all the depart ments which any first class agricultural journal ought to have, all edited ably and industriously. The article extract ed from it and reproduced in to-day's DEMOCRAT is a specimen of the kind of literature you will get from it. Besides it gives full prices current and market reviews.

 Re member this offer is for only 60 days, and you should send your names at once for this offer.
Year: 1878

Nothing more surely marks gen. tlcman than his public manners. It is, for instance, impossible to feel that a man who arrives at hotel late at night, and !goes noisily, talk ing and laughing, along the corridor to bls room, flinging his boots down heavily and slamming the door, though an upright and excellent per son, possesses the finer qualities of the gentleman. The essence of cour- tesy is moral. It is a sympathetic regard for the feelings of others which spares them unnecessary an noyance. When it is instinctive, it is called tact But it is, at bottom, humanity. So when a public man vituperates another, however smart" the abuse may be, there is an in stant perception of the want of the true gentlemanly feeling. However DullSucu luc lnNcNtifc, IL iS HotHii-S more than the style of the stews. When q member of the public assem- bly, had been berated by an opponent with every kind of an offensive epi thet, and was asked to reply, he said, But there IS no reply to a slop pail" fla guest disturbed from rest by the noisy conner that we mentioned should open his door, and, by way of reprisal, "shy his boot jack at the door of his noisy neighbor when he had fallen asleep, it might be what was called, when one scientific man spat in the face of another who had questioned his assertion, "the wild justice of approximations" but it would not be gentlemanly.

 Perhaps, then, it is better some times not to be gentlemanly? That is undoubtedly the practical conclu- sion of those who feel uncomfortable when they have been covered with mud, until they can throw mud iD return. But the seif-restraint which good manners imposes is always better than "letting yourself go." Mephistopheles is never good coun- selor and largely because he is not a gentleman. The real Sephardic may or may not trace continuous gentle blood through interminable generations of ancestry. But do net slam their boots nor thelr doors, nor hustle In late at concerts and talk during the performance, nor occupy more seats iu Q railroad car than they pay for, nor keep their seats in street ear, compelling a woman to stand. They may, indeed, reprove and rebukc, but without heat or per sonality, like Thomas, when he fear ed that the music interrupted the conversation, or like that true gentle man whom the older Berkshire knew, and who said to the young woman to whom he had given hls place in the car, and who asked him what he was waiting for, "Ouly to hear you say

 thank you, my deal"
Year: 1878

The many friends who found time
to call on the TRIBUNE last week,
in spite Of their great curiosity to
see the destr ruction after tho tornado
had passed over, were welcome guests
Wshope none of them will ever be
called on by such an affair.
Year: 1878

An old friend writes us. There is
great deal Of nonsense talked and written
about apple trees requiring cultivated
ground The reason why the trees do
not do 80 Wen when the ground is in
grass, is because it is not grazed and
kept short as it is in England, where all
the orchards, or at least ninety out
Of hundred are kept in grass, and
never under any circumstances, plowed.
But the grass is grazed with sheep and
calves and never moved and it is we'll
known to be wrong to grow what is not
returned to the soil in some shape.
Americans do not understand the differ
ence between the fine old permanent sod
which is never plowed and the timothy
and clover temporary grass here. When
the sword is grazed in England, there is
nothing to prevent sun and air from ben
citing the roots, and the sheep lie a great
deal under the trees and leave droppings
and urine. Rural New Yorker.


1t has been proved by weight that one
hundred pounds of hay and one bushel OF
corn fed an average bullock of 800 pounds,
will make an increase of eight pounds Of
flesh, or, about one pound of gain to the
hundred pounds of live weight. A gain
of ten pounds is sometimes obtained iu
individual cases, where close attention is
given to minor details.
Year: 1878

Here in the North, the goldenrod


Covers each hillside, Margaret:


love it; but my dreams still set
Toward the rare garden which we trod
Together o. that long June night,


There blew the Jasmine sweet there sang
The mocklng bird; there plaintiye rang
tAs faded from the world days light
The whippoorwills halt human cry


Would could see once more that home
Would could hold within my own
Thy fair hands Margaret As fly
The birds of summer South. SO wing


Ever my thoughts toward thee. Though lane
And sea | cross, thou holdst wand
Which 10 thy side my steps can bring
Year: 1878

A Mr. Seymore, of Chicago, being on a
visit to New York, purchased a silk UNI
brcla at a shop on Broadway. The UNI
hrella was represented as of the very best
quality, but when, Mr. SeymOre put 1t up
he found occasion to repent him Of his
bargain. Plainly it was not the kind Of
umbrella that is designed for outdoor
use, and after it had been exposed to TWO
or three showers the best oiled silk was
torn in shreds and the implement gener-
allv useless. Mr., SeymOre thereupOn re-


turned to the umbrella Vender and de
mandcd indemnity, which the umbrella
Vender mildly but firmly declined. But
the Chicago man was determined to get
even with him in some way, so he en-
ployed stalwart African to carry that
umbrella all day long upon the Broadway
sidewalk, with placard upon his front
and one upon his back setting forth that
this was one of So O-and-SO best umbrellas
after six weeks ware. The shopkeepel
did not appreciate this style of advertising
and had the darkey arrested but the
Magistrate held that as there had been nc
breach Of the peace, he could not interfere
and the walking advertisement resumed


its place in front of the shop door. 1t is
likely that the market price of umbrellas
in that particular neighborhood will no


be increased by these original proceedings
but Mr.. Seymore, of Chicago, will have
gained the gratitude Of the purchasing
public or Of that large portion Of it tina


has found its fine silk umbrella, bough


at bargain, delusion and snare.
Year: 1878

A magazine contains sonnet "On Re-
turning Consciousness" There is no
foot note, and the reader is left in the
dark as to whether the poet was stepped
on by pile-driver or kicked over the
fence by the family mule. Oil City Der
rick.
Year: 1878

greenbacks. the more conservative
advocates of the greenback move-
ment are Inclined to stop. Their
position, If carried no further, Is
certainly q logical one. On Its face
1t is an outrage to permit the ex-
istence of a currency which Is tax
upon the people. 1t is further
outrage, through a policy of con-
traction, to surrender the debtor
classes absolutely to the creditor
classes, to arrest enterprise and to
encourage capitalists to believe
that there is more money to them
in stagnation of all business than
In their active and patriotic particl-


patton in the labor Of development.
The fact remains, in any event.
that these ideas are fermentipg
amongst the people q, large, like a
lively yeast, and that it Is not an
improbable conjecture that the
Greenbackers may yet hold the
balance of power In the United
States. We think that nothing can
disturb an entire Democratic
ascendancy, but it is we'll to look
at all the eventualltles.
Year: 1878

The styles this year are numerous, and
some of them are very pretty, but we have
room to speak of but few.


The M0djeska is good-shaped article
with quite a piece gorged out at the back to
accommodate the coil worn by the wearer
Over this aperture is a large wad of silk
CLOTH the color of new zinc, arranged care
lessly in folds. The ribbons are double
faced-that is, are zinc color on one side
and blue on the other. The hat is made OF
white chip.


Another white chip hat is the Princess
This has crown and brim. On one side
the briin sticks straight out; on the other
side it shoots up. There are nearly pint
of beads in this affair, and an assortment OF
blue roses.


Still another white chip is the Marie
Stuart This is pretty much all white
white violets, white lace, white ribbons and
three rows of pearls clear around it. 1t is
stuffed inside with white ruche, which is
something that looks like lace a little ways
off, and at the back there is quite chunk
of white cloth.


The Sherman is coffee-colored arrange
ment, copiously embellished with frosted
leaves and satin ribbons, and is sheathed
with satin of color that takes in both
brown and green. The shape of this hat is
a mixture of ladle and snow-shovel, and
has considerable stuff on top. 1t is not
very handsome.


The Estey is lead-colored. The front is
distinguished from the back by being fiat
tened down. This is very simple device,
but saves considerable confusion. The front
slides up. Inside the front is a sort of guard
to the brow, and on it is tackled lot Of
choice flowers.


The Lucille is very similar hat, only
at the front, and the guard is at the back
instead of the front. We imagine these two
will be very popular with the ladies, as it is
rather difficult to tell what they are unless
you stand on something.-[Danbury News
Year: 1878

In the course of his lecture in
the Methodist Protestant Church on
Wednesday night last, Jonah Boughton,
Esq, the great temperance advocate,
who for the past four or Eve evenings
has been holding, with marked success,
meetings in this city in behalf Of the
total abstinence cause, made an affect
ing illustration of the evil effects of in
temperance and the misery and wee
consequent upon too free indulgence
in intoxicating beverages, by referring
IN plain but forcible and graphic Ian
gaage to an instance of drunken hus.
bands harsh treatment of his helpless
and dependent wife and children. He
spoke with feeling of the happy days
when the object of his remarks hsd
taken To himself a blushing bride, when
Elan and woman had joined hands and
lives IN mutual confidence and lore, and
Of halcyOn years of placid matrimonial
life, during which three levely little
ones had blessed the union Of two hearts
that beat as one. Then with = brief
reference As to how the nan lad, by
some trivial incident, been induced to
partake Of the fiery liquid, to adnit
through the passage of his threat the
thief that was to steal away the brain,
he tsld Of hsw after months of turbu-
lent strife, which Perpetually banished
peace from the little Household, the wife
and mother was at length compelled to
seek refuge beneath the reef Of the city
jail, and unfold her Troubles to the
officers of the law and ask protection
from the cruel treatment Of an inebria-
ted husband. The earnest speaker then
assured his hearers that the incident to
which he referred was not the work Of
an imaginative mind, but an actual fact,
and closed By asserting that it had oc-
CURED in our own Christian community,
and that the despairing woman's appeal
for protection had been made within the
previous two or three hours. The effect
may be imagined, and at the conclusion
Of the lecture upwards of one hundred
persons signed the pledge of total ab.
stinence
Year: 1878

OF one thing girls may be sure, and
that is, that the young men who make
the best sons and brothers will also
make the best husbands. And young
men may be equally sure that those
girls who are the best daughters and
sisters will also, as rule, be the best
wives. IF young man, before he is
married, is destitute of those affections
and principles which come out in filial
obedience, fraternal courtesy, and con.
trolling sense of duty, he will be equally
destitute of them after he is married.
The mere fact Of wedlock will not change
the fundamental principles of his nature.
He will be essentially the same human
being after marriage -er, at least, after
the honeymoon-that be was before.
The same principles hold true with re
gard to women. The girl who is duti-
full to her parents, and industrious, un
selfish and truthful, will be almost Ger
tain to be blessing to him who gets
her for a wife.