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Year: 1879

The next question in order as result
oF the passage of the pension bill is now
to raise the means to pay with. A large
additional levy of taxes will be necessary,
and God only knows how the stricken la
Dor of the country can submit to an in
crease OF its already heavy burden.
Year: 1879

As WILL be seen elsewhere, We
have still further reduced he sub.
scription price to the TINES to the
nominal sum OF 81 per annum, thus
placing 1t within the power and
means of all. Everybody can now
afford to have paper Of his own,
and stop borrowing from hls neigh
Dor. All who know themselves in
debted to the TINES are requested
to pay up, send or brng the amount
at once and renew your subscrip-
ton. If you cannot pay now, the
flush season OF the year, we must
take 1t for granted that you don't
intend to, and well scratch your
name off our list. We can no long
er afford TO furnish you the paper
and wait an Indefinite length OF
time for the money. We need the
several amounts, which TO each OF
you is a small item, but to us, IN
the aggregate, makes a con,idcra-
bic item the money we must have
if you wish to get the TINES. II
you have forgotten to pay up here


tofore, forget it no longer. Pay ~
and be happy. No well regulated
man can sleep sound or die happy


who neglects to pay the printer.
Year: 1879

WE would return thanks TO our
brethren of the State Press, who
during the temporary suspension
OF the Times, on account of the yel-
low fever, continued to send copies
Of their paper TO us. With few ex-
ceptions our list of exchanges have
been received as regularly rs the
,rregulariiy of the mails would ad
nit. Hoping with the approach o'
cool weather and the abatement OF
Bronze John, that our mail facilities
may be rc.established, we again
greet our brethren of the press.
Year: 1879

every Office be cleaned of enrum'


bents by whom the country is dis


graccd and her fair escutchcon blot


ted and befouled. Let every son


of US, either North or South, East


or West, prefer truth, justice and


purity, to party, to individual ia


vorltlsm. We propose that the


Z" Courier' = shall give no uncertain
sounds on all questions of public


interest, trust and honor. We will


not vote, nor advocate any notori-
ously bad man for Office, whether it


may be the president OF the United
States or the humber position OF
county school commissioner; we
shall advocate the claims of no one


for any Office Of honor, trust or
profit, IN the city, in tho county, in


the state or in the united states, no


matter what his politics may be,
and no matter by whom he may
have been nominated, if he is bad
man. We are democrats of the JEFF.
fersonlan type, but we would rath-
err see an honest gentlemanly re-
publican IN Office than drur ken
vile mouthed usurper even though
his politics should be the same as
ours. We have no use for public
men, trainers of the young, and
leaders OF the people, whose hears
are rottenness and whose lives are
backened with crime. He who
teaches the young to be truthful
must himself be truthful, yea, more
he must love truth for truths sake,
be honest, because it is right, not
because it ia polite, I'll his Office as
a sacred trust, not because 1t is
"mcat and bread with him simply.
Ii is time that such influence should
be felt; it is time that christian pa
rents should consult the interest of
their children it is time that our
honor both at home and
abroad should be respected; it is
time that such an influence as sach
should be felt at the polls. Our de
mands are moderate. We do not
ask that every candidate for office
shoald be christian but we do
ask that tho proianc, the obscene,
the untruthlul, tho dishonest, the
the violent, the drum.
kard and the debauchee shall not
be put IN position to control our
country and to demoralze our
youth. We inculcate sobricty, truth,
aud general morality, in
our young men, and yet elevate to
the highest positions men who open
ly, notoriously and grossly violate
the decalogue; and il they are OF
our party wc never tire OF sound
ing their praises. What good can
we expect to come from our teach
ings when our sufl'rages thus con
tradict them 7 Can we expect the
blessings of God on our country
while we are so shameiully incon.
sistent? five must make sacrifice
and if that choice be between our
politics and our morals, our sense
of right and justice, then let the
politics be trappled in the dust


Whatever may be SAID of politics
nothing Is pohity which IL not NOR
ally right. and whether the policy


be good or bad, the right is what we
should pursue"
Year: 1879

It is possible that some of the sport ing fraternity of Tucson may be inter ested in the following taken from a Nevada paper:

 Upon motion of Acting District At torney Kingston, the case of The State vs. Joseph Noon, was dismissed re- gently in Justices Court. Defendant was one of the parties implicated in the ringing in" of a cold deck and box at the faro game at the Idaho ss- loon lately. The charge, which was petty larceny, was based upon the fact that the box belonging to the game was abstracted when the one contain ing the frigid pack was substituted A majority of the jury at the trial held however, that the act was only an "e4- change" which, according to the time honOred adage, is mo robbery" hence they refused to convict. The decision was to the effect that the tiger must protect himself in his jungle, and the axiom will doubtless henceforth be- quoted as an established principle of law by our legal 'luminaries.
Year: 1879



 An adverse claim was filed to an application for patent Tn April, 1876, and summons issued. It was shown on the part of the applicant that the adverse claimant had not perfected service on the applicant as late as in May, lS'S, and had taken no further steps to prosecute the suit, and on this state of facts the General Land Office decided that the adverse claim had been waived for want of reasonable diligence" and that the applicant was entitled to patent. An appeal was taken to the Secretary, who, in re. view of the case, says:

 Section 2326 of the Revised Statutes provides in plain terms that a failure on the part of an adverse claimant to prosecute his suit to judgment with reasonable diligence, shall be waiver of his claim, but it does not provide either in terms or necessary implica- tlon that the General Land Office shall decide what constitutes reasonable diligence " while the suit is pending Tn court. The object of this law clearly was to require parties claiming an ad- verse interest in land included in an application for patent, to try the right of possession and have the controversy determined by the State courts before any issuance of patent. The ques- tiOn of diligence in the prosecution of a pending suit is as much a question for the determination of the court as any other question of law or fact which may arise in the progress of the case, and one which, after the court has acquired jurisdiction, should be left for its determination.

 l am of opinion that the proper practice in cases of this character IS for the defendant, if, in his opinion, the suit is not prosecuted with reason able diligence, to move the court tol dismiss the case for want of prosecu- ton, and if the motion is granted cause the judgment to be certified toI the General Land Office, when 8 pat ent can be issued without conflict with the jurisdiction of courts or the rights of parties in interest.

 Applicants for patent and adverse claimants in Arizona should keep the above in mind. It is a most import ant ruling, and it is not difficult to apply the view of the Sec | retary to other points regarding what belongs to courts to decide when a mining case is once in court Tor determination.
Year: 1879

As an illustration of how irrigation changes the condition of a country where it is applied, a person has only to go to the Washington or Nevada Colonies and take a shovel and turn up the soil, and It will be found that it is moist clear to the surface, and that water can be obtained by digging down few inches. Three years ago this same soil was as dry as a sand heap, and to obtain water a we'll full forty feet deep would have to be sunk. In few years it seems probable from the vast amount of water that is being poured out on the surface the water level will be raised all over the plains, then seasons when the rainfall is light will not be so severely felt as now.- Fresno EXpOsitOr.
Year: 1879

TOMBSTONE, July Is, lotS

 ED. CITIZEN Ut is now some tim, since I last wrote to you concerning our district. Since then things have been gradually improving up to tht present time, and now we are quite satisfied as to the richness of ouI mines.

 The Tombstone Company have made regular shipments of bullion for near ly two months, and judging from the size of their ore dumps, and the pres ent size and quality of the ore bodies at 100 feet down, I should say the ship. ments will be just as regular and as good, or better for the next year to come, even if they never find another pound of ore.

 Many people have thought that the Lucky Cuss was not as rich as was re ported, but the people who express such an opinion, I think have not been down into the mine, and some of them have never been within half a mile of it at all. The Lucky Cuss at present shows two veins dipping one east and the other west, and they will meet at about 150 feet when they will have one immense ore body, and at present they are taking out some wonderfully rich ore. The Contention is still showing up her vast treasures, and all along the drift now over 300 feet in length, there is we'll defined and permanent vein. They are erecting the Hoisting Works and will shortly have them completed when the ore dump will grow at an astounding rate. There have been rich discoveries within the last three months. On the south end of the dis trict there is vein that can be triced over two miles in length, and it is from to 9 feet wide, and runs par allel with the Tough Nut; the one seems to be the heading veins of the north end of district and the other the south end. The claims situated on this large vein are called The La Pla- ta, La Plata No. 2, Superior, Superior No. 2, McDuff, Tombstone, The Car bonate, and other claims running to- wards the Mill Site. The Carbonate was purchased few days ago by d MT. Bowman from St. Louis. He has commenced opening up the property with very satisfactory results, the ore at ten feet assaying away up in the hundreds. The Byron mine has shaft over fifty feet and at that depth shows some good looking ore. The Rattle Snake claim is being worked again and in one place they have cut clear across the ledge and it shows over 9 feet and it is splendid prospect. The San Pedro at 100 feet shows some good ore. The Handy and Fortress mines, southeast of Contention, have been prospected and show some very fine ore.

 The new town of Tombstone is grow ing very rapidly and almost every day some new house is started. They are

  mostly built of lumber and seem to grow like mushrooms.

 We are having few showers, most | ly in the afternoon, and which coOls 1 the air..

 There have been many parties here from the eastern states lately and judg- ing from the tone of the conversation, I should think Tombstone stands very high in the localities from whence they come. VERITAs.
Year: 1879

A new era of mining development is also dawning in Arizona. The early mining adventures in that Territory were not generally successful. A great many of the mines contained little more than rich pockets of ore, and the treatment required for the reduction of these ores was unlike that required in Nevada. More recently mines have been worked with system and thor oughness, and it now looks as if some of the Arizona mines would become famous in the history of mining enter prises in this country.-San Francisco Bulletin, July 9.
Year: 1879

This is the title of a twenty-eight-

 page pamphlet just received. It is a

 reprint of an article written by Hon.

 R. c. Mccormick and first published in the North American Review for July. The matter is of little interest to Arizona beyond these two facts {: The lesson it teaches of how immense ly trade may be extended by an exhi- bition of meritorious articles at an in ternational exhibition where they can be and are judged in comparison with like articles produced throughout the world, and that the American success at Paris was made under the supervis- ion of a distinguished representative of Arizona. There is no question but the recent revival of manufacturing and trade in the United States is very largely due to the Centennial exhibi- ton in 1876 and to the Paris show of 1878. The resumption of specie pay ments and the better economics of the people have helped, but as agencies they have been far less potent than these two exhibitions, for the latter have convinced mankind in general of the superior character of many of our manufactures. Factory operatives owe much to these exhibitions, and our nation has been benefited far be- yOnd what it deserved if it were judged by the niggardly support itI gave them. Governor Mccormick simply refers in his article to the var ious articles and their exhibitors, that obtained high mention and awards by the jurors.
Year: 1879

THE instructions of the Interior De partment limit the publication of the Surveyor Generals advertisement re- garding private land claim examina- tions, so that if Congress had provided means for the extended publicity The Sentinel thinks ought to be given it, nothing more could be done than has been in the respect referred to.
Year: 1879

SPEAKING of fruits, the Los Angeles Journal says i've are told that an aver age of two tons per day are now being shipped from this city, the most of which goes to Arizona" And yet our neighbors are down on the railway which alone enables them to supply this market with any of the products of their soil.
Year: 1879

FROM passengers just arrived from the States via the Rio Grande Valley we learn that heavy rains have fallen at all points between Tucson and San ta Fe. This is about as good news as could be desired at this time.
Year: 1879

THE electric light, although not yet sufficiently perfected to he adapted to private use, is decided by competent authority in London and Paris to he available for regular service in the lighting of the public streets.
Year: 1879

The patriotic Democratic ladies OF suRarcreek
township Stark county, got up beautiful ma
tional flag for presentation to the township, and
came down to our meeting in force on Tuesday,
the 9th inst The following is the pretty little
speech Of presentation by the pretty little Miss
Emma Steiner:


PRESENTATION BY MISS EMMA STEINER.


Mr. President and Democrats Of Sugdrcreek Tp.:
In behalf Of the Democratic ladies of Beach City,
and vicinity, we have been authorized to appear
at this meeting, the first at which you have been
called together In the present campaign, and pre-.
sent TO you this flag, the glorious emblem Of
American liberty and union. We are well aware
that IN presenting this banner to the Democracy
OF SugRrcreek we are not giving 1t into the hands
Of new recruits alone; but that among yOur mum
Der are the grey haired veterans Of more than
sixty political conflicts Men, who year after
year, have marched to defeat; men who year af-
ter year have borne the politically wounded from
the field Of battle, and In the trenches have bnri
ed the politically Dead and grander than all year
after year have rallied around their standard,
closed up their broken ranks and advanced to
the charge In the interest Of the principles
they hold so dear To these we have no admO.
milton to offer. But we do exhort the younger
mem bers Of the party 10 initiate the devotion to
principle, and steadfRstneBs Of purpose Of their
aged veterans, and with their eyes fixed upon
this beautiful constellation the symbol OF per
feet union Of States press on 10 battle ID the in
terest Of the toiing milliOIs with an undying
faith That by this sign they shall conquer.
Year: 1879

There is no difference of opinion among
those who have tested Ponds Extract. Thou
sands, both in the United States and Europe,
unite in giving this remedy the highest
praise as a curative agent. Its power in ar
resting inflammatory diseases is almost mi
raculous. never falling to awake the grateful
admiration of the afflicted. 1t can be said
of this great remedy that it can never injure
the most sensitive or delicate organism.
Send for little book of particulars to Ponds
Extract company, 9S Maiden Lane, New
York Beware of limitations.


SAMUEL r. JAMES.
Year: 1879

The Centaur I.iniments are OF two kind
The White is for the human family; the Vel
low is for horses, sheep and other animals
Testimonials of the effects produced by these
remarkable preparations are wrapped around
every bottle, and may be procured of any
druggist, or by mail from the Office of the
Centaur Company. 4e Dey street, New York
city.
Year: 1879

A three,story tenement house, 1913 Gold
street, South Boston, was entirely consumed
by fire on the 18th. The house was occu.
pied principally by Germans, nearly al of
whom were asleep at the time the fire broke
out, the flames making such rapid hsadwsy
that before those in the upper stories could
descend, all avenues of escape were cut of.
Mary Huldreth was burned to death. Fer
dinand Mayruth jumped from the roof of
the burning building and was killed. His
wife. Emily, aged 2s, jumped from tho third
story window with her son. The woman
had leg and arm broken. and was other.
wise injured and the boy was badly hurt in
the spine. The body of a man, supposed to
be Christian Fifer, was found in the ruins.
A young woman ana two children known
to have been in the house at the time are
missing and are probably burned. The
damage by the burning of the house is about
5000.
Year: 1879

Private advices have been received 1T
Little Rock, Ark, of the discovery of very
rich lead mines in the vicinity of Spoon.
vile In Clark and Hot Spring counties. 1t
is found near the surface in great quaint.
ties. One man melted sufficient ore to
yield 500 pounds of metal over common
fire, and sold it at Arkadelphia.
Year: 1879

Consideration was resumed on House bill
providing for certain expenses Of the present
session Of Congress, and for other purposes
the pending question being whether 1t was in
order to amend, as proposed by Plumb, a
clause appropriating $l36, 600 to pay mileage
of the present session. The amendment
was decided in order-33 against 23-was
discussed and agreed to. The bill then
passed, and the Senate considered the bill
to prevent the introduction of contagious or
infectious diseases into the United States.


Hamlin opposed the bill and moved to
recommit with instructions to frame code
of rules and regulations to Gerry the object
of the act into effect.


Herman opposed the bill.


Garland called attention to the fact that it
required all the rules and regulations framed
by the National Board of Health to be uni
form, and be subject to the approval of the
President. The committee did not want the
bill recommitted, as they had already done
all they could to present it in acceptable
shape.


Howe and Conklng opposed the measure.


The Senate went into executive session and
soon adjourned.


After the reading of the journal, the
Speaker presented the veto message of the
President upon the army appropriation bill,
and it was read by the clerk.


At the conclusion of the reading of the
mssace, Sparks offered the following:


Ordered, That the message of the presi-
dent, lust read, be entered at length in the
journal, as required by the constitution Of
the United States, and that the House will
tomorrow proceed to consider said message,
and thereafter reconsider the bill making the
appropriation for the support of the army
for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1880;
and that said message be printed and adopted


The following bills were passed;


Appropriating requisite amount to pay
j. B. Fades, sums due and to become due
for constructing ietties at South Pass.


Amending the section of the revised stat
utes prescribing the penalty for conspiracy
against the United States.


At 21O the House adjourned, and the
Democratic caucus was announced to meet
forthwith.
Year: 1879

ByTeller-Providing iorthe renewal oi the
Ules from Colorado; referred.


by Bailey-To educate the colored people.
BY Teller-A resolution diroCtIng the sec
retary Of the interior TO transmit to the Son
ate copies Of all correspondence between
himself and the Indian Commissioner and
Agent n. c. Meeker sipce January, 1879;
also copies If the correspondence with
Hatch, Adams, Pollock and the governor OF
Colorado regarding said Indians; also


Resolved, That the secretary Of the in
terror be instructed to inform the Senate
what number of mining camps have been
located on the Ute Indian reservation in
Colorado, when and where they have been
located, what efforts if any have been made
to remove such camps or whether they are
now in existence or were on Sept. l, 1879,
and that he transmit all correspondence
concerning the subject; referred.


By Voorhees,, (of Indiana)


Resolved, That the Senate has heard with
profound astonishment and deep regret the
proposition of the president of the United
States in his recent annual message, and Of
the secretary OF the treasury to inaugur ate a
new and uncalled for financial agitation,
with a view to the destruction of the most
necessary currencics now in use in the hands
Of tie people,


Resolved, That as the sense OF the Senate
that such agitation is detrimental to the peo-
pie of the United States, calculated to unset.
tie all values, confuse and disturb business,
shake public and private confidence, and
that it calls for immediate aud unqualified
condemnation.


Resolved, That the immediate interests of
the country require free and unlimited coin
age OF both gold and silver on conditions of
exact equality, and that il is part of a wise
financial policy TO maintain U. S. legal
tender circulation commonly known AS
greenbacks, in volume not less than now
exists, and to preserve its legal tender quail
ity unrestricted as to the amount and unim.
paired in legal effect


Ordered printed and laid on the table, TO
be called up by Voorhees,.


By Hoar-A resolution instructing the
committee on judiciary to inquire whether
legislation is necessary TO enable the Ponca
Indians to prosecute in courts of the United
States their claims for land under the treaties
and statutes, and that the special commit
tee, on the removal of the Northern Chey-
ennes, be instructed to ascertain and report
the circumstances of the removal of the
Ponca Indians from their reservation and
whether they are entitled to be restored
thereto; adopted.


A message was received from the House
announcing the adjournment of that body
on account of the death of A. NJ. Lay, of
Missouri, and that it had passed u concur.
rent resolution appointing committee of
Representatives and Senator'S to arrange for
the funeral and accompany the remains to
his late home.


The Senate concurred in this resolution
and Vest, Kirkwood and Walker were ap-
pointed members of the committee


On motion of Vest, as a further mark OF
respect, the Senate adjourned until to.mor-
row.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.


Voorhees, offered a resolution declaring
that the Senate had heard with deep regret
the proposition of the President and the
Seer etary of the Treasury in their messages
to inaugurate new and uncalled for tinan.
cial agitation and destruction of the most
necessary currency in circulation and that
the interests of the country require free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and silver on
conditions of exact equality, and that it is
part of wise financial policy to maintain
the present volume of greenbacks in circula-
ton and to preserve their legal tender quail
ity unrestrained and unimpaired as to their
legal effect laid on the table to be called up
by Voorhees, hereafter.


Vest, Kirkwood and Walker were ap-
pointed committee to co operate with the
House committee in arranging for the fu.
neral of Representative Lay. Adjourned.