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Year: 1874

VERDICT OF THB CORONHR'S RURY,


The coroner's verdict on the Granite Mill dis
aster was rendered Saturday afternoon. The
jurors find that the fire department were a.
promptly on hand as could be expected from the
CONFUSION OF the alarm caused by striking four
different boxes at about the same time bur tba
the hooks and ladders included in the fire de-
partment were iDsufficie in an emer Rency of
this kind, and we're poorly handled on this oc-
caslon. The many reports concerning other
branches of the department are unfounded II
Is apparent that due caution was not used In
giving 1he alarm to persons at work in the sixth
story. Had such alarm been given, and care in.
olcated been taken, the lives of all the persons
In that story might have been saved notgith-
standing there was but one escape therefrom,
VIZ: the tower stairs. And had even the male
operatives in the sixth story not become panic.
stricken at the first alarm of fire that reached
them, they might have led all the women and
children in their charge down the tower stairs
In safety. The evidence shows that all the an
pllances for extinguishing 1re in sll the stories
such as tanks, pumps and pipes, aud horizontal
mill apparently ready for use on the
morning of the fire, but water was want
ing IN them, and the hose and pipes were
useless in the fourth story at this time
lt was proved cOncluSively that there were not
ample means to escape from the attic Ha1
there been such, the loss OF life would have
been avoided; and we now suggest, as an add.
tlonal measure of safety and escape that in
case or IRE IL should be so arranged that An
alarm struck in any story should reach All
Others In the mill. 1t clearly and indubitabIy
appears mat all measures of escape BY doors
nom every story was free and unobstruc.ed
except by smoke and flame, there being M
locks OF Dol's on any door communicating with
any room, excepting the lower door leadfn- To
the tower, and that is always open during the
nme help is employed. And we now say that
the approximate cause of death of the said Jas
Turner and twenty-five others on the morning
in question, was caused by the burning of the
mil, they either being destroyed by fire inside,
OF killed leapiDg to the ground from the mil.
The jurors conclude as follows: Let the lesson
Tot pass uDheeded, either to the mill owners or
pubic In general that human life is precious
ana In all means that tend to save either psr,
ucularly or general the precious boon TO the
poorest mortals has the sanction of all mankind
and an example in Him who died for ALL
Year: 1874

DISCOVERY OF FossILs.-HOn. w. S. Steele
and Paymaster Stanton, of the army who have
just returned from a visit to the Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail agencies, report that a vast de-
post of fossil was found ten miles north of Red
cloud. and over space of six square miles the
remains OF the tw0-horned rhinoceros and many
other animals and reptiles cover the ornnnd
Year: 1874

CoMPBTITIvB EXAMINATION There has
been lively contest for the position of exam.
liner Of tie iDterferences in the patent olfice,
made vacant by the promotion OF Nj. s. Hop
Kills To be examiner In chief, and it has been
decided to allow the contest to be settled by a
competitive examination under the civil ser
vice rules.
Year: 1874

CONSERVATIVE RALLY JEFFERSON WARD.
The Old Dominion Clubs making arrange
ments for a grand demonstration in front of
the Old Market on the evening of the 9th
instant. 1t promises to su'pass anything of
the kind ever gotten up by the faithful
workers in old Jefferson Ward.
Year: 1874

THE SPECTACULAR AND MUSICAL DRAaA AT
ASSEMBLY HALL.-The grand spectacular,
musical, and floral drama already alludel to
in the Dispatch will take place at Assembly
Hall on Monday evening.
Year: 1874

Upon d criticism of the recently submitted Annual Report of Indian Commissioner Smith, the New York World has expended, perhaps the proper word to use in this connec- ton should be ''wasted," an undue portion of the Attic salt fiavoring ordinarily the terse and epigrammatic editorials of that able paper Virtue may be its own reward, but virtue will, we fear, derive little consolation and but slender recompense from assailing bubbles of gas, as Smith and his reports are generally considered; not Il greater waste of strength was the Knight of La Mancha's attack upon the wind-mills or the wine-bags, while quite as great renown adorned the escutcheon of the owner of Rosinante as will beam upon the sanctum of the Metropolitan journal for this last feat of criticism; which, it is no disparagment 10 the ability of the World and no depreciation of its valuable services, to say, is Q misdirected effort.

 Why attempt to expose the inconsistency of report that simply represents the most glaring inconsistency in cur National admin istration? Why dilate upon the ludicrous features of a system intended from the be- ginning as grand travesty upon the gen erosity and common sense of our taxpayers

 Rather leave no effort untried for tue ex- tirpation of soulless ring, mantled in hy- pocrisy, fattening upon the millions appro- priated for Indian maintenance, and reiard- ing more than any other cause the expansion of civilizations domain on the Western border
Year: 1874

Another anniversary of the birth Of the Saviour of the world and the advent Of teacher of peace and good will among all men will have passed before another issue oi the MINER, so we now wish our patrons every, where, Christmas of gladness, joy and thapkfulness.
Year: 1874

The old msn aer i've months absence has returned to Prescott once more. On my trip to San FraBesco by the way of New Mexico coloradO, Wyoming. Utah and Nevada made it my business learn the styles and also the most profitable Of doing business The cash system is the best for the seller and also the buyer

 You win all admit that cash customer in th, country must pay for the losses that merchant nay make by selling credit Therefore we think it is to the ad. vantage of the citizens of Prescott suburbs to let them know the style of business ntead doing from this on Any person Purchassipg ten dsllars worth Q goods will get discount of per on every dollars worth he may purchase store for cash and we will se you goods at greatly reduced prices We are now receiving very fue select stock of goods of every de. serpton, and we will be pleased to convince you Give us call before purchasing elsewhere.

 H. ASHER & co. Prescott, Arizona, Nov 27, 1874.
Year: 1874

On Saturday last, the Senate having un-
der consideration the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill, the following proceedings
were had


Mr.. West-I am instructed by the Com
mittee on Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard to offer the following amendment
as an additional section to the bill:


.'SEC. -. That board of engineers, to
be composed OF two from the army, two
from the coast survey and three from civil
life, be appointed by the President; which
said board shall make a survey of the
mouth of the Mississippi river, with view
to determine the best method of obtaining
and maintaining depth of water sufficient
for the purposes Of commerce, either by q
canal from said river to the waters of the
Gulf, or by deepening one one or more OF
the natural outlets of said river; and said
board shall make full and detailed esti-
mate and statement of the cost of each of
said plans, and shall report the same, to-
gether with their opinions thereon, show
ing which of all said plans they deem pref
cradle, giving their reasons therefor, to the
Secretary of War, to be presented at the
commencement of the second session of the
Forty third Congress; and that the sum OF
$4,000, or so much thereof as may be nec-
essary, is hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the treasury not otherwise apprO-
priated."


The amendment was agreed to.
Year: 1874

ECONOMICAL" LIVING. - Whenever money is scarce we are told of economical persons who live comfortably on three or four hundred dollars per year, and obtain that small sum by raising cabbages i1 their back yard, or cultivating chickens in the attic. Of course during the present winter these economical persons are busily parad- ing their cheap happiness by writing letters to the newspaper. A Boston man furnish es the latest instance of successful thrift. His family consists of three persons Their expenses for food, fuel and washing amount to $325; and they defray their other housekeeping expenses, their taxes, and what the economical Bostonian calls their expenditure flor religious purposes'- meaning doubtless, the cost of second hand copy of Emerson's essays-with $275 more. According to these estimates, even if we suppose that the three members of this economical family dispense entirely with fuel and washing, they cannot eat more than twenty-six cents worth each of food per diem. What sort of food can be procured at this rate ? Does the economi- cal Bostonian subsist entirely upon dried apples and water. or does he treat himself and family to little shoe leather soup on Sundays?
Year: 1874

subscription Accountable date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriber shows the time to which the sub- ScriPtiOn is paid; thus. R. B. Smith 5Jul74 indicates that MT Smith has paid for his paper to see to it that their account as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their subscription, will observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit, and in the event of error to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be consid- cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the regular receipt ot tho paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon, Is prima facie evidence of its ac ceptance as correct. J. l.. PEAsE.
Year: 1874

Sheffield No. 3.

 You ask for the corroborating facts COT corning the sheep story, and demand the whole truth in the matter. Your occasion al correspondent was not all eye witness to the facts of the story, so cannot take oath to the truth of his statements, yet he is un- willing to admit it as a mistake. He may have been mistaken in some of the sm aller circumstances of the case, but the story was one well circulated hereabouts for months before it went to print, and many noW 6eliece it to have taken place as stated I only gave you common report as 1 heard it. But why should any one deny this statement? He accused no one in particular: Surely the 'coat must fit somewhere! He did not intend to assert that this happened in South JFsster7, Shelf field, that was msprint, so the farmers need not feel so badly there as no one in tends to injure that worthy community He would be glad to believe, # Ae could, that the Sheffield sheep story was fabric from his own imagination, and when he is con- vinced of his error. he will acknowledge it as such. JOHN.
Year: 1874

Had the bench delegation understood the nature of the above resolution before they voted on it, they probably would not have uttered their y-e-a-a a with so much zeal. This resolution instructs the select men to enforce the present law, which everybody knows is good enough, and viI- tually makes of those officers committee. which those who were forward in calling that meeting sought to have appointed, whose business it will be to prosecute in Engagements of the law, &c. The select men are instructed to do just this thing. If a man sells rum without license, or in any way contrary 10 the law, even if he has all unexpirsd license, it is lheir busi- ness and duty to prosecute him, and the people expect they will do their duty in this respect.
Year: 1874

There is legend among hatters that
felt was invented by no less a parsonage
than st. Clement, the patron saint OF
their trade. Wishing to make pill
grimage to the Holy Sepulchre, and at
the same time do penance for sundry
unexpected peccadilloes, the pious
monk started on his journey afoot. AS
to whether he was afflicted with corns
or kindred niseries, the ancient chroni-
Gle from which this information is de-
rived is silent but, at all events, few
days' successive tramping soon began
to blister his feet. In order to obtain
relief, it occurred to him to line his
shoes with the fur of rabbit. This
he did, and, on arriving at his destina-
ton, was surprised to find that the
warmth and moisture Of his feet had
worked the soft hair into cloth-like
mass. The idea thus suggested he
elaborated in the solitude Of his cell,
and finally, there being no patent laws
in existence in those days, he gratui-
tously presented to his fellow mortals
the result of his genius in the shape OF
q felt hat.
Year: 1874

A correspondent writing from Eldo'
Nevada, says that there are hot springs
there in which numbers Of fish can be
seen swimming about, though the water
is SO hot that eggs are cooked in "less
than three seconds" The explanation
of this phenomenon lies in the fact that
these hot springs rise in the banks OF
streams the water Of which is intensely
cold. The cold water, on account OF
its greater specific gravity, runs on the
bottom without mixing much with the
water above, and the fish keep in o cool
stratum. The water above the springs
showed q mean temperature OF forty
two degrees, and by means OF ther-
mometer fastened to the end OF o pole
and kept as close to the bottom as pos
sible, the temperature Of the bottom
water from above the springs to o point
below them was found to be very low.
This stream is one OF the many that
form the head-waters OF the Columbia
River, and to this point, 1,SO0 miles
from its mouth, the salt water salmon
come in hundreds in the spring and fal
to epawn.
Year: 1874

Talking the other day with the travel
ing salesman of London woolen ware
houseman-iobber, We should call him
here-there came to light a curious
custom which prevails in England in
that line of trade. A tailor, instead OF
having heavy line of stock for his GUS
toners to select from, keeps on hand,
in many cases, only full line Of pat
terms, representing the stocks OF the
leading warehousemen. The customer
selects from the patterns the style and
make that suit at once his fancy and his
purse. Then, his measure having been
taken and his order booked, an order
goes up to the warehousemau for the
cloth. He sends it down by his porter
the whole piece-who leaves it with
the tailor. The tailor cuts of what he
wants, and the next day the porter
looks in and carries back the piece to
its owners, who had it measured before
it left them, and again measure it on
its return, charging the tailor with the
difference. Our "jobbers have
learned that shorter way is to cut of
what the tailor wants and send it to
him but this idea does not seem to
have 90 cured to our cousins over the
water, or else it is too new-fangled and
simple to suit their ideas Of business.
Commercial Bulletin.
Year: 1874

The world generally takes men at
their own apparent estimate OF them.
selves. Honce, modest men never OBJ
tain the same consideration which bust
ling, forward men do. It has not time
or patience to inquire rigidly, and it is
partly imposed upon and carried away
by the man who vigorously claims its
regards. The world, also, never has
two leading ideas about amy man. There
is always remarkable unity in its con-
ceptions of its characters Of individu'
ais. II an historical person has been
cruel in single degree, he is set down
as cruel and nothing else, although he
may have had many good qualities, all
not equally conspicuous. II o literary
man is industrious in remarkable de
gree, the world speaks Of him as only
industrious, though he may be also
very ingenious.
Year: 1874

The following paragraphs are taken
from q recent lecture by DR.. Brown.
Sequard:


We are indebted to the observation
af O very intelligent negro, whose mas
ter was affected with a disease OF the
spinal cord, which produced convul,
sions in the lower Limbs. The most in
tense stiffness would manifest itself in
the lower limbs. They were rigid like
o bar Of iron for q time (; and after ten
minutes of this extreme rigidity they
began to have violent jerks. The jerks
then disappeared and the rigidity re-
turned. All day long the lower limbs
were in this state of muscular contrac-
ton. His servant, the negro, having
to dress him, found it very difficult
to put on his pantaloons.


One day he by chance took hold OF
his big toe, and found as he pulled it
that the limbs became perfectly soft
and movable. The convulsions had
disappeared altogether. The negro
certainly had q natural genius for
science. He learned that whenever he
wanted to push his masters pantaloons
up, he had only to pull his big toe
down. He succeeded every time. And
as the master found the cessation OF
the commissions useful at other times
besides when he was dressing, the
negro was asked very frequently to act
on the big toe in order to effect it.
This fact is not q unique one. I have
seen fourteen such cases. Many OF my
medical friends have seen them also.


A friend OF mine, DR.. Waller, most
intelligent man, a man Of genius, found
that by pressing on the neck he could
produce the most interesting physio-
logical phenomena. He has succeeded
in curing headaches, neuralgia Of the
face, and many other affections in
which there was pain or great conges-
ton of the head. An attack Of epilepsy
may be stopped in that way. Many
physicians before him had produced
some of those results, but they all
thought it was from pressure Of the
carotid artery.


DIR. Waller has the merit Of showing
that it is chiefy-he thought it was
only, but I have found that it is chiefly,
not only-through an irritation Of that
nerve, the par vagum, that the motion
OF the heart is arrested in those cases,
and that diminution Of the beating OF
the heart was followed by an ameliora.
ton in the circulation in the head, q
cessation Of An attack OF epilepsy and
of various other complaints. It was
something, therefore, quite different
from the mere pressure on the carotid
artery. These views were not absolutely
complete, as I have found that another
nerve which goes to the blood vessels
Of the brain is also irritated by the pro-
cess and that the pressure e1erted in
the neck produces three effects:


T It certainly diminishes the cur.
ront in the carotid artery, and, indeed,
stops that current altogether il the
pressure is considerable; (2) it di.
minishes the circulation considerably,
and may induce profound state oi
syncope by acting on the par vagum
and (S) it also acts on the cervical sym.
pathetic, and produces q contraction oi
the blood vessels in the head, by
means OF which Q part of the good ef.
feet ia obtained,
Year: 1874

PENs1oNs.-Georgia is the first Of the
States lately in rebellion to pass law
giving public money to persons who
became helpless in the Confederate ser.
vice. The bill made donation OF 500
to those who had lost both eyes by
reason of service rendered to the Con.
federate States. It was disapproved by
the Governor on q technicality, there
being no entry on the journal to show
that the act passed by two-thirds
vote, as is required by the Constitu-
tion, though in fact it did 80 pass.
Year: 1874

Only pebble, washed on the shore,
Shaken by the Oceans suuen moan


Weak and small.


Helpless all,
In the wide hollowness Of its home:
On Creations face,
Only pebble!
Only blade Of grass, upward growing.
Pointing finger to the stars


Tremblngly,


For you and me,
Pointing finger up to tho stars:
In the space Of God,
Only blade Of grass
Only thought, q thought Of DEATH
For the time will come, and the day,


The cold


And mold,
The decay and crumbling away:
In eternity Of mind,
Only thought!
Year: 1874

Schwab, the convicted liquor dealer, who
sold Rhine wine without license and at
tempted to evade the penalty by swearing
in court that it was not wine but German
cider, was sentenced yesterday by Judge Bar
rett to thirty days in the City Prison and a
fine of two hundred dollars. This case is of
considerable interest in several respects. In
the first place., it is warning to
multitudes of others who are selling
liquors in this city without license
that it is time for them to stop.
They must now see that they cannot disregard
the law without greater danger than any
prudent man should encounter Schwab's
cause was espoused by the Liquor Dealers
Association, and defended by very able coun-
sci employed at their expense If there was
possibility OF clearing anybody under like cir
cumstances Schwab would have been cleared.
Every liquor dealer who has heretofore sold
without license will just as certainly be con-
victed on prosecution if the mere fact
Of selling can be established to the satis-
faction OF jury. Every prudent friend
should advise them to procure O license at
once or abandon their business at once.


As Schwab's is the first case of conviction
Judge Barrett stated tina. he gave a milder
sentence than may be expected for such
offences hereafter, and he. would have
been still more lenient and have made
the penalty merely nominal, in con-
siderntion of this being the first conviction
Of the kind, if 5chwab had not prevaricated in
his testimony, and come as near az possible
to perjury without quite committing it. We
advise all dealers to suspend their business
until they can procure license bat, if any
one should expose himself to prosecution,
let him understand that it is costly business
to swear that Rhine wine is not wine at all,
but only German cider.
Year: 1874

1t is evidently "a very pretty quarrel as it
stands" but if the exact issues were more
clearly defined and the parties were more
the public with greater interest Boss
Shepherds relation to it is one of the points
of which there can be no doubt, and another
obvious point is that there is difference Of
opinion between Boss Shepherd and Mr..
Brstow as to which Of them is Secretary OF
the Treasury. Is the President neutral2
Is be merely o benevolent spectator of the
intrigue and the conflict, utterly Indifferent
which may win2 That would not be very
proud position, but we are compelled to hope
it is no worse. Grants undisguised support
Of Shepherd in former emergency, when he
was brought to o sudden halt by the
Senate, suggests the possibility that the man
who 'sticks to his friends may once more be
found in company that can do him no honor.
And if Mullett only represents Boss Shepherd,
and Boss Shepherd has an ally in tho p resi-
dent, it not only follows that Bristow is
guilty Of the sin Of having more virtue than
his betters, but it also follows that he is guilty
of the sin of being one to three. tits great
blunder not to be the stronger party, in these.
differences, and we hope that Bristow has not
fallen into an error Of that sort. But the so.
luton is worth watching. Fishs alarm ind-
Gates one consequence. He is anxious to get
away before things come down with run. If
Bristow prevails it will be the second public
rebuke of jobbery to which the Executive has
made no open opposition /: but If the others
prevail 1t will b. change of the Cabinet
Year: 1874

terest on mortgage ono thousand and Atty
dollars for insurance, rates. repairs, &c.,
say, two hundred and fifty dollars, or total
Of one thousand nine hundred dollars-rather
heavy amount for person who owns his
residence, and actually more than he would
have to pay for rent if his money invested in
the house had been put out at interest in
stocks or bond and mortgage. Yet whenever
there Is an attempt to decrease our ruinous
tax rate by cutting down the departmental
estimates loud cry Is raised by the
municipal politicians in opposition. The
Board OF Aldermen have recently distin-
guisned themselves by adding to the estimates
cut down oy the Board Of Apportionment and
asking Tor still heavier taxation. The Board
OF Apportionment shirked its duty by its fail
ure to reduce the estimates to much greater
extent than 1t did. Ifthose of its members who
profess to favor honest appropriations do not
resist oil these additions and insist on further
reductions when the estimates are again be-
fore them they will prove that the economy
they professed last June was only spasmodic
virtue,