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Year: 1878

Minnesota is spiked all over with many
thousands Of driven wells, purchased and
paid for years ago without the slightest
suspicion that the parties selling the same
we're infringing any patent But after
these iron tubes, with their attached
pumps, had been in operation for years,
the agents Of the patentees suddenl,


swooped down upon them with claim


for rOvalty-n0t against those who sold,
but against the purchasers of the wells


Their claim was naturally resisted with 3
good deal of indignati"n, and as these
driven wells were especially numerous at
Minneapolis, ana the agent of the paten.
tee had selected that city as the starting
point and center of his operations. the
drive-wellers combined to resist the paw


ment of the claim, having previously re-
jected an offer to compromise ut five dol


lars for each we'll. After good deal of
litigation the United States district and
circuit courts decided in favor of the pat
enttc that the selling of these tubes was
an infringement OF his patent. Legally
therefore, there can be no doubt that the
patentee is entitled to royalty on these
metallic "holes 10 the ground" nor Is there
any doubt we suppose that he Can legally
claim and obtain judicial enforcement of
his claim for any amount he may choose
t" levy upon the unfortunate owners. But
while the legal right is undoubted it IS I'D
every moral sense u gross wrong and out.
rage for the owner Of this patent 10 exact
a royalty of ten dollars for each OF these
tube-wells from the innocent purchasers.
Ihe wells themselves are simple iron
tuDes In sections, which are screwed into
each other like the sections of q fishing
rod, and driven through the sandy or
clayey soil to :he underlying stratum of
wafer; and we believe they cost about two
dollars per foot. 70 charge ten dollars
royalty tor the privilege Of using these
driven wells is clearly piece of impu.
dent and fagrant ext0rt10n; and that it 10
50 is proved by the fact that the patentee
at one time only asked five dollars, and
was glad to get that sum. But that was
before the courts had decided the patent
question in his favor. But when he had
ascertained that he had the legal power
70 enforce his demands.he coolly proceed.
cd to double them. This Is simply atroc.
Year: 1878

The summary of election returns which
we present to-day, shows the general re-
suit Of the late canvass, and renders pro-
per brief review Of the causes which
proved disastrous to part Of the lte-
publican ticket and diminished very con-
siuerably the majorities of the successful
candidates. The fair weather seemed, as
it always does, to keep large number Of
voters away from the polls, and, as is
usual, the absentees were nearly all of
them fricrds Of the regular nominees.
Fully one third Of the republican popu-
lation of the county staid at home, in the
insane belief that those holding differ.
ent opinions would remain away in equal
numbers. In this they made a fatal mis-
takc-one which should never be repeat
ell. for it is an axiom in politics, that the
supporters Of a bad cause always rally
their full strength at the polls. This is
especially true IN cities.


In Austin, each poll was besieged con-
stanlly by gang Of the worst elements
of every bad class, and they actually con
lrolled the election in spite of the vigor
Gus cndeavors Of the best citizens in the
community. This fact is its own sutf
cicnt commentary, and no more need be
said, cxcep: that this union OF the bad
elements was formed and perpetuated by
the liberal use of money, supplied by the
fusion candidates and their friends. In
the rural districts the vote was mainly an
honest enc. The r.asses did that which
they thought tor their best interests, but
they were wrong, as they Will sorTo~fully
admit before the close Of another year.
In most Cases, the opinions OF opposition
voters were formed hastily, and upon the
advice Of interested persons employed by
the mercenary leaders in the great fraud
by which an attempt was made to cap
turc the official control Of our leg islative
and county officers.


The failure of the wheat crop, and the
scarcity Of money, and the opportunities
Of creditors, formed the basis upon which
to make a successful appeal to the feel.
ings-not the judgment-of the people,
and many of them, under II dclusion
voted for the mongrcl ticket, which had
been prepared to meet the emergency.


Some men voted against the ticket, for
fear that it wnuld III some way advance
the interests of the old bondholders, and
others in the belief that it was necessary
to protect themselves against the various
monopolies from which the industries
are suffering. These were only vagaries
-mere imaginings, without any real
foundation.


Personal feeling entered largely into
the canvass, and seemed to diminish the
straight vote very considerably. Our
friends must learn that party, and not
personal interest, is paramount, and that
individual sacrifices should be made TO
subservc the public interest. Taken alto
gether, the election teaches valuable
lesson, and one by which we shall all de-
rive much profit.


We should NOT close this review, with.
out word of praise for that part of the
democratic party which believes in hon.
est money and devotion to principle
They gave their support to our ticket, for
which We take the liberty to tender them
the thanks cf the republican party.
Year: 1878

The Jackson Republic says: I'VE are as
sured that no more red barns are to be used
for passenger depots along the line of the s.
NJ. r. R.. and that the one at this place will be
similar to that at Albert Lea and which is
said to be the handsomest structure Of the
kind on any line of road in the state. The dis
tance to the depot will be about half a mile,
and the road between town and the depot will
be graded, widening it to forty feet, graveled
and made easy for the heaviest loads and pre-
santing view when entering town romantic
in the extreme"
Year: 1878

TEE consequence Of the General Rail
road law Of New Jersey, passed two OF
three years ago, has been the starting into
existence on credit lines Of the cheap, mar
row-guage order, where they were not
called for by any business convenience or
other advantage, the only apparent mo-
tive being the gratifying of some local
pique or personal revenge, to the detri-
ment Of some existing road which was in
operation, and which, while not affording
any undue profit to the owners, was Of
great public convenience. To prevent the
continuance Of this practice an amendment
to the general law was introduced into
the New Jersey Legislature by Senator
Sewell, of Camden, requiring the origin
ators of the Philadelphia and Cape May
Short Line Railway to give to the public
an earnest of their good faith, and requir-
ing them within twenty days to put up
$4,000 in money for each mile of railroad
they propose 10 build. The bill is in the
nature Of an amendment to the General
Railroad law, and requires all railroads,
at the time Of filing their articles of agreee
ment, to make the deposit prescribed. The
bill was warmly debated. but all amend.
ments were voted down. The rules were
suspended, the bill put on its final passage
and passed. To clinch the bill motion
to reconsider was made and defeated.
Year: 1878

ALL rumors from Rome in regard to the
choice of q new Pope must be valued as
rumors only. They cannot have any ba-
sh in fact, because the proceedings Of the
Cardinals must be conducted with the
greatest secrecy. In this case, at least, it
is best to wait, and "see what we shall
sao -
Year: 1878

BERLIN. Sept. 27-The Parliamentary
committee has completed its first reading
Of the Socialist bill and adopted the clause
providing that the final Court of Appeals
for cases arising under the bill shall con
sist of four members of the Fe,le raj Coun-
Gil selected by their colleagues and FIVE
Judges from the Supreme Court of the
Empire or individual States. The EN-
pire is to appoint the President and Vice
President of the court.


The Emperor William, in the course Of
a written reply thanking the Reichstag
for lis address of sympathy. said: The
gravity OF time is clear to all. We must
each according to his power strive to avert
the dangers threatening the safety of the
State. This bill submitted to the Reich
stag is Intended to serve this end. Ny
firm trust accompanies the labor of the
ReichstaR.
Year: 1878

CLEVELAND ONO, March 3.-The Hon. Benjamin
f. Wade died at his home at Jefferson, Ohio, at half
past o'clock yesterday morning, in the seventy
eighth year OF his age. lie had been in bad health
for more than a year, but had not been confined to
his bed until about month ago. His mind was
clear until near the last moment Of his life, but
partial paralysis of the tongue caused him TO speak
with difficulty and with long pauses between his
words.
Year: 1878

Laughter very often shows the bright
side of man. 1t brings out his happier
nature, and shows of what sort of stuff
he is really made. Somehow we feel as
if we never thoroughly knew man until
we had heard him laugh. We do not
feel sat home" with him till then. We
do not mean mere snigger, but good,
hearty, round laugh. The solemn, sober
vjsage, like Sundays dress, tells moth
ing of the real man. He may be very
silly or very profound, very cross or very
jolly. Let us hear him laugh, and we
can decipher him at once, and tell how
his heart beats.
Year: 1878

The Chicago Journal of Commerce says in
regard to commercial travellers.


"The evils of the system are many and the
reasons for its oiscontinuance are numerous.
We have time and space at present for only
the following:


1. 1t constantly increases large lot Of mid
die men. Every such man Is tax on the pro-
ductive industries of the country. No wise
man will advocate the increase of this element,
Commercial travellers" must be well paid.
They must dress well; they must travel by
frst-class conveyance, and live at the best ho-
tells They must have the means of being more
than ordinarily liberal in order to be success
to their employers. From some source they
must receive high salary. Who pays the
bills? 1t may be said that wholesale merchants
and manufacturers become the responsible par
ties, yet ultimately the entire disbursements Of
funds, to the drummer, must come, with inter-
est, out of the pockets of the consumer. They
therefore pay that much more for their goods =
The people are taxed to maintain these gentle-
men and to sustain all the brazen effrontery
which characterize them.


q The system is to trade, commerce and man.
ufacturers what the hot house system is to hor-
ticulture and agriculture. 1t may do In some
Year: 1878

THERE is much sound financial sense in
some portions of the West as these words
from the address issued to the people of the
country by the Hard Money League of the
Northwest testify: t'National honor, and
both national and individual prosperity, de
mand return to the standards of value rec
ognized in the Constitution, and with our
present paper currency almost at par with
coin, to delay such return and authorize new
issues of irredeemable paper would only lead
to further depreciation, till as in all past ex-
periments of the kind, paper will become
worthless, leaving us without any reliable
Circulating medium and entailing destruction
on all industry, and misery and poverty on
the masses of the people. We have now
abundance of money to supply all the wants
OF trade; our paper currency is rapidly ap-
preaching the uniformity and stability of the
coin standards; if left free from further leeisla
tive changes, it will soon, by force Of natural
laws, 60 into general circulation and general
confidence and prosperity will be restored to
the country
Year: 1878

MAST is reproducing the words of the faith
ers, evidently under the impression that they
have undergone no shrinkage in value. Un-
der his latest cartoon appear these words ad-
dressed to Congress that had no disposition
to trife with the public faith or tamper with
the currency: 81 saw with peculiar pleasure,
at the close Of the last session, the resolution
entered into by you, expressive of your opin-
ion that an adequate provision for the sup
port of the public credit is matter of high
Importance to the national honor and prosper
ity. N n There is no truth more thor
oughly established than that there exists iu
the economy and course of nature an indis-
soluble union between virtue and happiness,
between duty and advantage, between the
genuine maxims of an honest and magnan,-
nous policy and the solid rewards Of public
prosperity and felicity"
Year: 1878

NEW HAMPSHIRE is getting ready for an
other election. She has a double dose Of
politics this year, and in November has to 60
over the same ground she covered in March.
1t is said Governor Prescott will not be a
candidate for another term. The Demo-
Gratis will probably renominate Mexican.
Year: 1878

THE Pope has reconstructed the Scottish
hierarchy, and a Scottish Cardinal is among
the near probabilities. The Archbishop of
st. Andrews will of course wear the red hat
when the appointment is made.
Year: 1878

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


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T,
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1878

Al q ~ :


Californians are proverbially extrava-
giant, whether male or female They
seem to care little or nothing for money
other than supplying their Immediate
needs. This extravagance is one of the
evils Of the early flush times. A man
of 'bibulant lpropensities who has only
four bits in his pocket and does not
know, and, parenthetically l might say,
does not care, where the next half dol
lar is coming from, will invite party to
a bar and spend it all for one round of
drinks. Women never thinkof asking
the tradesmen to take off any thing in
the price of the article they are purchas-
ing, but pay just what be asks for the
article. Thousands and thousands of
dollars are squandered. by the extrava-I
giant habits of the people here. They
pay whatever is asked and spend as
they go, without regard for the NOR
row. Whatever they want they buy,
regardless of the cost, and not stopping
to ask whether they can afford it or not


In living or dressing these extravagant
habits are manifest. If the fashiona-
bles OF Mob Hill in this city wear $500
dresses on the street the. woman in the
humber walks of social life feels her
self as amply able to put the months
earnings of her husband on, her, back,
and she does not begrudge it either.
And SO with. the men. The best of
every thing, and every thing they want,
they must have and will have if it takes
the last piece, of coin. There are thou
sands of dollars which Californians are
swindled out of in the making of
change. The difficulty here in making
the exact change, owing to the kind Of
currency in use, produces one of the.
grossest impositions I ever saw prac-
ticed You can not buy an article but
what you are bound to be swindled.
Californians, howevefs fsRever complain
or think any thing aboutit, and the rich
and the poor are alike in this respect
Boston Journal. G Egl8sG aS8pu $50 sf
Year: 1878

One of the most important featuresin
a graceful figure-hence one Of the most
conspicuous and valuable innovations
Of the .pre-Raphaelite schools the
waist.. The first aim IS to have an "an-
tique waist (which . vulgar mind
would pronounce horribly thick thick
like the Venus de Medicis, thick like
that:far noblers Venus Of Milo.o And
whyP Because the proportion of the
figure, The graeeof action and carrisge,,
are so dependent on the waist being of
the right size that it is impossible to
preach too strongly the folly and ugli-
ness of tight lacing. The coarse, alb
rupt curve which is formed by a small
Year: 1878



 It has never been claimed that Tue son was mining town, and yet it is well known that wi hin a radius of fifteen miles have been discovered some very large and valuable lodges which promise to develope handsomely and produce large revenue for our city The other day we were shown some. very fine specimens from the Hope

 Mine, situated about twelve miles of Tucson. This mine is the property of MT Samuel Hughes and he has un- bounded faith in his new bonanza. At depth of eighteen feet there is a ten foot ledge of rich chloride ore, showing native and horn silver in great abundance. A working test was made of several pounds of this ore and gave a yield of thirteen hundred dol lars per ton. With this and other ad- jacent lodges fairly developed, Tucson will have abundant local sources, and her future permanence will be insured
Year: 1878

| Now that the roof of the PresbvterIan

 Church has been raised the edifice Is as-

 suming very comedy appearance. The

 architecture is Gothic in style. The ground plan Of the main building Is somewhat

 the shape Of the letter T, the stem of inc

 letter representing the audience room and

 the cross bar at the top representing the parlors and Sabbath-school rooms. In

 front are two towers, the larger of which

 will support a lofty spire, while the other will be utilized as a belfry. The front door is between these two towers and "opens into a neat vestibule. On each of the outer walls Of the audience room are

 Tour buitresses which are uniform in night with the top of the gothic windows.

 There are also buttresses at all the corners Of the building and towers. The entire

 structure will be very unique, and attrac.

 tive in style and finish, and will be an ornament to our town and a credit to those who have worked so earnestly to se- cure Its construction. We have already

 heard several strangers express surprise that adobes could be moulded into such

 neat style Of architecture. Ever since Rev. J. F.. Anderson came to Tucson he has had his heart set on building a permanent place Of worship, it has been the one ob- Ject Of his mission next to preaching, and we heartily congratulate Mir. A. and his on their encouraging progress
Year: 1878

WE have heard many well deserved compliments during the week upon the sermon preached last Sunday evening by Rev. J. E. Anderson. His subject was " Practical lessons from the life Of Daniel. l" The great leading facts Of that life were presented in clear and rapid success sion; white it's practical lessons for every day life, for both old and young were pressed home to every nearer with more han the speakers usual earnestness and enthusiasm, In fact the pastor was at times very eloquent, and neld the atten tiOn Of his audience from the first to the last Of the discourse, which was delivered without manuscript or notes. Every one present must have received new inspira- ton into his own life. We wish the entire community could have heard it.
Year: 1878

WE announced fine saw-mill for sale with 25-horse power boiler. Everything complete and in good order. A good and cheap property. The advertisement ap- pears again in this issue. The railroad is coming and sawed lumber will be in d Q mand. Full particulars given by apply ing to the editor Of THE CITIZEN.
Year: 1878

Gov. FREMONT in a private letter to Chief Justice French, said he would start on visit to Mohave county on the 7th inst and if on his return he had sufficient time to visit Tucson before the convening of the Legislature he would come down. We guess he won't have time.
Year: 1878

Teaching is an art. Men don't pick
up art-skill without much close study
and patient toll To teach is not like
pouring grain into the hopper of mill.
TO teach is to develop, to train, to
make men wiser, better, purer, happier.
To teach, requires something more than
mere knowledge affords,-more than
mere acquaintance with the subject to
be taught. He who aims to- train the
mind and hearts Of the pupils, ought to
know Sc something about the mind and
knowledge is not necessarily qualified
to teach, because Of his learning, no
more than he may be gifted to speak in
public. To possess or to acquire
knowledge, is one thing; to impart it to
others, is quite another. Yet few will
recognize this fact.-Brainard's Music
al Monthly.
Year: 1878

l. A Treasurer can deposit money in
a bank only at his own risk.


2. 1t is the duty of a Sub-Director
to carry out the will Of the board so far
as relates to contracts in his sub-district
For these purposes he is the agent or
executive officer of the board He has
no independent authority, and cannot
exercise his discretion and refuse to
comply with the expressed order of the
board If he will neither carry out the
will of the board, nor resign, he may be
compelled to act by mandamus.


3. A director may teach in his own
district. He should contract with some
person appointed by the board.


4. The power to redistrict district
township is vested in the board of di-
rectors, subject to appeal.


5. Chapter Al, laws of Seventeenth
General Assembly, provides for coun-
ty superintendent as an arbitrator in
case of disagreement of boards regard
ing the terms of attendance under Sec.
1873.


g. Chapter 1873, laws of Seventeenth
General Assembly, applies only to the
subdivision of those independent dis
tricts formed from subdistricts under
the law repealed in 1876.
Year: 1878

SUPERINTENDENT PARKER has begun
his semi-annual tour of inspection
among the schools of the county. Now,
fellow teachers, if Mr., Parker reaches
your school house some morning at five
minutes past nine and finds the room
cold and school not called to order, it
will be well for you to have a written
excuse" But, for US, we hope to be
found at our post hard at work.
Year: 1878

IMMORAL READING.-Are fathers and
mothers of families justified in taking
those papers which are daily filled with
matter which is only fit for police ga
zette or dime novel of the worst
class? Is that the stuff on which to
feed young boys and girls? Is that the
pabulum for the young ladies of the
household? Is it surprising that any
who have such vile and wicked trash
presented to them should themselves
catch the contagion of this leprosy?
The conductors of newspapers say that
the people demand what they supply.
The truth is that the papers have made
and stimulated, and are increasing the
demand, and that the people whom they
are corrupting will rot in the impurity
in which they live. The remedies are
in both directions. The papers and the
people must reform. 1t matters little
at which end the reformation begins.
But if the decent and religious people of
the country will stop taking and reading
these papers which offend, and will pat
ronize only those which are decent,
the needful change will soon be
wrought. A purified and decided pub
lie opinion will compel managers and
editors of papers which circulate
among the better classes to respect the
moralities of life and the laws of behav-
ior in the homes of the land.-The
Christian InteUi0encer.
Year: 1878

NEARLY six thousand of the descend
ants of the old Six Nations of Central
New York are at Forestville, Wis, on a
government reservation. The United
States agent in charge of this reserya-
tion reports that nearly two thousand of
these six thousand can read and write (;
that they have twenty-nine day and two
manual labor schools; and that they
cultivate their land so diligently that
they pay all the expenses of their living.
They are reported as advancing in
church discipline, growing in temper
ance and making rapid progress toward
a complete civilization. They are not
the old Iroquois in spirit or courage or
adventure; but they may yet play a
part in civilization quite as worthy CT
their lineage as that of the warriors who
burned and ravaged up and down the
Mohawk Valley during the Revolution.
One popular delusion respecting them
that they are rapidly dying out-has
been quite thoroughly eradicated from
the public mind. If to those of the Six
Nations who are on this reservation we
add the Canadian descendants of the
famous confederacy, we have number
nearly if not quite as large as the total
census of the Iroquois at the time when
they were the masters and the conquerors
of the continent