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Year: 1877

Qn the morning Of the 29hd: the Sara
toSa, large iron steamship which was to be
launched ut Roach's shipyard Chester, Pa
started from its blocking sooner than was cx-
pcctcd killing and wounding many. About
forty men were under the Saratoga when she
went off, An order was given for them to
come out, but was not heard. The scene dur
ing the time the ship was going off was heart
rcnding, the men being seen struggling to cs-
cape while the huge blocks, rolled by the
ship, crushed them to jelly. No assistance
could possibly be rendered by those who were
standing by. Instead Of cheers, Us usually
grects IL launch, a vail Of anguish went up and
shricks Of pain rent the air. As soon US pos
siblc the dead and wounded were carried to the
yard Office and physicians summoned. About
1900 men are employed ut the yard, and the
friends Of nearly all Of them rushed to enquire
for them. 1t was found after investigation
that seven were killed outright and many
others injured.
Year: 1877

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The Indian chief Crazy Horse, and his
band Of COO warriors formally surrendered to
Gen. Crook, at Camp Robinson, on the 25th.
All the principal men having assembled inside
the agency stockadc, an interval of silence en-
sued while the Indians arranged the order
precedence in speaking, and the counsel was
then opened by Crazy Horse, who is notably
man Of few words. Seating himself on the
ground In front Of the General he spoke in
low voice as follows: "You sent tobacco to nv
camp to invite me to como In. When the to.
bacco reached me started, and kept on NOV.
Ing until I reached here. Ever since my arriy-
al here my face has been turned toward the
fort and my heart has been happy. In coming
this way picked out the place where / wish
to live hereafter, and put stake In the ground
to mark the spot. There Is plenty Of game in
that country. All these relatives of mime that
arc here approve my choice Of place, and I
would like them all to go back there with me
and stay there togethcr''
Year: 1877

dead, and that had married aeain2'
No, he. did not know it, and was vel: very !
sorry to hear of the loss, for that first wife
had been = very sweet little girl, and an
old schoolmate and fame of his own. In
due time the note came to maturity, was
returned to him to his surprise and an
noyance, and he was obliged to pay it.
Being in the neighborhood of Harlem,
where the man whom he had known had
formely lived and owned q little house,
he concluded to call and see if; he lived
there still. He did call, and to his blank
astonishment the first wife, his former
schoolmate, opened the door. He almost
tainted; he told the tale that had been
invented by her husband, and asked her
what it meant: Then she: sadly told him
an unhappy story. How her husband
had made the acquaintance of young
girl; had continued it, giving her tie I'M.
preston that he was an unmarried
man; how he had promised to mar
ry her, and, being unable to do 10, had
been threatend with the State prison by
by her enraged relatives.


How, to save him from imprisonment
and utter loss of character, she had per-
mitted him to obtain a divorce, entering
no plea, suffering all that misrepresenta:
tion and slander could heap upon her,
and finally choosing to bc dead to the
world altogether in her own proper per-
son, and only live under another name,
and in order to support her three chill
dren.


One thing her husband did-he left
her in possession of what had been their
little home, and for the rest she sews, she
writes, she teaches music, she keeps books
for lady who keeps ladies furnishing
store, and thus supports herself and chill
dren; while her husband is boarding in a
semi-fashionable boarding house in town
with his second wife, who knew all the
facts, and still married him. "But he
still remembers U.s." she said with smile
and tear. "Hc never fails to send a
box of presents to the children at Christ
mas, and my birthday is never forgotten -
The old friend is widower without zen
cumbrances," and possibly this may
prove a modern version of the Enoch
Arden story.
Year: 1877

"Nobody knows to this day." says the
Brooklyn Eagle, "what q time Noah had
of it in the ark with the antedeluvian
ancestor of the present Kentucky mule"
You don't suppose that the captain of the
ark with gorgeous cabin at his command
travelled during those forty days on the
boiler deck with ajackass, do yoo7
Year: 1877

The Graphic has dispatch from WASH
ington to the effect that the postponement Of
the extra session of Congress was due to the
discovery Of conspiracy ON the part Of Con
gressmen of both parties, headed by David
Dudley Field, to introduce resolution declar-
ing Samuel J. rlden the honest President
elect, and inviting him to take his scat in the
Year: 1877

c. r. Pile, last week, tied a rope around his
neck, tied him to mule and dragged him
away.to the woods. Nothing further Is known
except that his dead body was found hanging
to tree with several bullet holes in 1t, and
the clothing burned oil: At last accounts the
body was stil hanging.
Year: 1877

Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, in relation
to the Kcmper county massacre, states that he
has done all in his power to bring the guilty
ones to trial by requesting Judge Hamon, the
Circuit Judge, to call an extra session of his
court for that puposc, and that under the laws
Of the State the executive has no power to do
In the matter. He had gone to DeKalb as soon
as he had heard of the riot,b when he arrived
The rioters had dispersed, and nothing was left
or him to do except to 80 and see Judge Hamon
and ask the judicial officers to take steps to
bring them to trial. The Governor thought it
exceedingly doubtful if any jury in Kcmpcr
county would convict the rioters, all of whom
were we'll known, and resided there.
Year: 1877

| THE railroad bridge will begin arriving

 next week. So far we have not seen the

 plans, but learn the bridge is to be what is

 known as "straining- beam truss," thrown

 across piers in spans of 150 to 200 feet, and

 with draw of 120 feet on the Arizona side

 The timbers are all got out, dressed and numbered, and now lie at Oakland to be shipped as soon as the carpenters get ready Tor them. The piling is all finished across 1 Iaeger's slough, and the track laid. The regular track laying gang has gone to Ban tas, so the rails from the slough to the river are being laid by the carpenters gang who are rather green at this business and ] progress slowly. However the iron horse

 will probably be snorting at us from the

 opposite bank today or Monday. All of next week will be consumed in putting in

 wooden culverts along the track lately | laid in moving lumber, tools, &c.; in clearing off the brush along the river, and l in making permanent camp at the river bank. The carpenters gang expect to con- sume at least eight weeks in building the i bridge and, having roughed it all the way out here, intend to make themselves con- fortable for once. Besides that, when they get the bridge finished, they are to have a 1 long job here in erecting freight sheds, de- pots, repair shops, round houses, &c., and will continue to occupy the new camp ho Ho1 eli do h1, making what is called a dolphin" which is group of piles to which are made fast two pontoons; on the pontoons is placed pile driver to put in the permanent piles. Two pontoons are already here and lie mooredto the bank just above the Station. Two more are on the way down. The pile driver lately at work on Iaeger's slough has been brought to the front and another one has been shipped. Besides these they expect to get down the steam driver which was used in piling the Oakland wharf. This machine is the only one of the kind on the coast. It is said to deliver 250 blows a minute with 1900 pound hammer We shall wait to see it before attempting a description. The boss carpenter seems to consider high water an advantage, and is anxious to avail himself of it before the river falls. He apprehends no difficulty whatever in steadying the piles until they can be driven deep enough to stand finn against the current Steamboat men on the other hand seem to think that the force of the stream and the unstable nature of its bottom will cause great delay and trou- ble in getting the piles started.
Year: 1877

WHILE the Gila was tied up at Swallow. nest Bend, on her last trip up river, an old stage driver who was a passenger fell overheard and was quickly borne down stream by the rapid current. The prompt action of Capt. Poole saved his life. A boat was out, the Captain and a couple of men in it, and the drowning man grabbed by the collar before the current had taken him 200 yards. It was dark the first grab was at his hair, but failed-the man was bald

 the next tore his shirt but saved his life
Year: 1877

GRADING on Main street has progressed at a great rate this week. At first only sand and loose stuff was hauled down, which did not promise much of good street by the time the railroad men got through with it but lately they have been hauling good gravel on top of it and round ing it up in the middle. It takes one Chi naman to lead each horse and cart and one to dump every half dozen carts. They commenced grading for the railroad pretty near the top of the hill behind Overman's house, so as to haul as much as possible of the dirt down hill. A water cart goes over their track every few hours and water Is poured into the ruts to keep it hard. Ii the s. P. Co. keeps on they will leave us very nicely improved town when they pull up their road and move it to the Mohave | route-which may be when the San Dlego J papers get some good railroad sense.
Year: 1877

BOTH WRONG. - The SENTINEL was wrong in conveying the impression that the Citizen was capping" for the Western Union Telegraph and takes that back The Citizen is wrong in saying that it costs more now to get to San Francisco by rail, than it used to cost to get to San Diego by stage. Third class fare to San Francisco from Yuma is s32, which is just the lowest stage fare ever charged from here to San Diego. The time is about the same Nc third class car affords less comfort than the best stage coach does over an alkali desert like that in California to the West of us. First class fare by rail clear to San Francisco is only $40.
Year: 1877

THE Fl Dorado Canyon folks took $17,GoO worth of bullion from their nine stamp mill last month, and their mine is getting better. Their great difficulty lies in get ting fuel for making steam. They have Indians employed collecting drift wood that comes down the Colorado river from the Rocky mountain region, and which is intercepted opposite their mill They had a large quantity of cord wood cut on Cot tonwood Island, this side of Fort Mohave

 but have only been able to get about q third of it taken up by the steamer. The rest of it lies exposed to danger of being swept away, if the river rises much higher
Year: 1877

THE Yuma Water Co. is now fully organ ized, and is about to levy an assessment of s5O0O for starting operations at an early day. Their stock is all taken and every. thing now looks as if other assessments will follow in rapid succession, until the works are in successful operation. Water all over this town will make big differ ence in its appearance and comfort.
Year: 1877

On the morning of the 11th earthquake shocks were felt along the railroad some seventy miles west of here and near Mud Springs, on the San Diego desert. Soon after an eruption of rocks and smoke took place in the opposite mountains, and was repeated at intervals during the day.
Year: 1877

Nor much rise has taken place in the Colorado this season but heavy SHOWS fell in the Rocky mountains about the end of May, and we may begin to look soon for some water from that. The Missouri, from same sources has more water than has been known, in it since 1S49
Year: 1877

PICTURE frame mouldings in long pieces have been Ieeeived at Martins Drug and Book Store. Any one wanting frames can get them to fit their pictures, as Martin is also provided with apparatus for cutting and fitting.
Year: 1877

MACHINERY has been piled all around this week, on cars, boats and landing. It It would take g patent office lawyer to say what it is all intended for. Most of it was heavy, andloading it this hot weather was a grunting, job for our teamsters.
Year: 1877

Some 200 300 people, including goodly sprinkling
OF the fair SEX present TO witness the match for
the challenge medal, which took place Friday, on
the curling pond adjacent to the Troy road between


picked twelve from tho New York Calcdonan Curling
Club and twelve from the Albany Curling Club. The
ice was in splendid condition and the game closely
contested. The Albanians won. The following are
Year: 1877

TO that moment of that day all things
are Fastening, and not all the gold Of CT
Pango OF of England can make Old Time
stand still in his passage for one poor half


hour. This is the thought that makes
"heAvy hearts " Men will not live for God,
and God has His revenge when they try
they are spending their time unproftably,
and they know that their time is limited.
That they have only one life of preparation,
and, alas if they do not prepare World
ling with white hairs, /" children of a hun
dred years." shut their eyes as they tot
ter on the brink of the grave, busying their
thoughts with what 70 to come in the two
or three years which they fatter themselves
they have yet to live,Nand deliberately
refusing to think of that vast eternity to
which their way lies through that yawDfDg
grave. They may try to lock up the skele


ton in the closet, Out they know that the
dreadful thing is there. Life is passing,
and there is an hereafter of which they dare
not think. "Do not speak to me of piety,"
said poor sailor bey, cit would drive me
melancholy mad" He died on his next
voyage. "Why, you have almost heaven
here" said foolish friend to the lord of
the manor, as they were riding round his
beautiful park. "oh, yes," was the silly
reply, 'T thculd not care much for heaven
if 1 could live here forever" He did we'll
to say "3," but that if" made his heart
heavy, though the beautiful park belonged
ohim, for he had to acknowledge Go him
self the uncertainty Of his tenure. They
Continued tho Iide ro1pd the park, ard
Year: 1877

We had a conversation this week with MT. Murry Durham, of Oakland, who has just returned from the Black Hills, and elicited from him some in teresting facts concerning that region. He says the regIon is one about which two entirely different accounts may be given and yet both be true, which is probably the reason why so many con tradictory stories are current One thing. however, admits of no contra diction, which is, that the place is the worst one for a poor man that can be conceived. If he depends on his labor alone he cannot possibly make liv- ing. Any man Is foolish to go there thinking that he will be able to get a living bv working for other people in case he does not strike a rich claim. There are lots of men there now will ing and glad to get a chance to work for their board Provisions and tools are very high. No credit whatever Is giyen. The richest man in the coun- frv could not get trusted for ten cents worth of grub. Nothing but hard cash will satisfy the people in there, most of whom, who have anything Co sell are eastern men who have had no expe1ence in mining camps and are the closest" people that ever lived Mining and Scientific Press.
Year: 1877

It was our rather unpleasant duty to dish up one R. R. Flames, several years ago, for lying about Arizona in which he had only received kindness. He tried to economize in living and got mad because he failed even though he succeeded in getting bad beans. We thought he then learned some wisdom but if he did, he seems to have for gotten, as witness this from The Sen tinel of June 30:

 k. R. Haines was ont here boss ing" the erection of the Military Tele- graph-and nIce grapevine affair he did make It. He went away. and by slandering Arizona got the nick name of " Dirty Beans Haines" Telegraph people sent him into InyO county and the Coso Ne,-s IS now scalping him for his dirty breaking aout abaout the maouth " in regard to that section. It is about time the Western Union Co., learned to employ men who can trans act their business without slandering the very people by whom the company expect to be patrOnized.
Year: 1877

Notwithstanding the low price of stocks, the products of gold and silver on the Pacific coast do not decrease. Mining would be no more a hazardous business than farming or stock-grow- Ing, if conducted with correspond ing intelligence and economy. Farm ing and stock growing succeed best with those trained therein, but neither requires the scientific knowledge to insure success, which quartz mining does Pima county is almost a net work of lodes containing gold and sil- yer ores in paying quantities, provided they were worked so as to save from eighty to ninety per cent. of the pre- ciOus metals, as is now saved in Neva- da and Colorado and 10 some extent in Utah and Montana. Because stocks are low, too many fall to decryIng min ing as neither a safe nor legitimate business. People forget that the Com stock at present is producing more of the precious metals than at any time since its development; that the two bonanza mines-Consolidated Virgin ia and California-are sending down to San Francisco over S3,0OO.000 per month, of which $2,160,OOO finds its way into the pockets of shareholders. Just think of two mines yielding thir- ty-six millions year, One-half of which is gold, too. And had these mines not been worked or managed by scientific as well as otherwise cOmpe- tent men, they would have been flat failures long before they were known as bOnanZas.
Year: 1877

The press of the country and all ot nearly all prominent public men are engaged in the discussion of the pub lie policy of making silver legal ten der on a par with gold, as it always had been in the Uniled States prior to 1873. There is no doubt but the ad vOcates of restoring silver to a legal equality with gold, are increasing and it looks much as if they would form a majority in the next Congress. The enterprising reporters have made the President a friend and opponent of silver, but the truth seems to be that he favOrs the legal tender of silver to a limited amount, and so it seems does Secretary Sherman. In gold centers like San Francisco and New York, the opposition to silver is decided, but most of the States and Territories which produce silver are favorable to the le- gal equality of the two metals One good thing about the discussion thus far, it has not been carried on from any partisan standpoint Senator Jones of Nevada is chairman of the silver commission created by tue Senate to inquire into and report upon the ques- tion at issue. Being from the largest silver producing State in the Union, when the exclusive gold advocates get in a close corner oyer his arguments in behalf of silver, they try to cry him down by saying he is simply trying to bolster up hIs silver mines. But be- fore Congress, this species of reply will avail nothing. Following IS q Wash ington dispatch of June g, and per haps correctly reports the Senator, though the gold people will make all possible efforts to defeat him by mis- representation III advance of his re- port going before tEe public; but the public was deceived in the demoneti- zation of silver i'll 1873, and will hard be in the effort now being made to place it on the basis it stood under the Constitution for nearly 100 years. Here is the dispatch referred to:

 Jones' report of the Silver COmmis- sion is expected to be made public in a few days It is an exhaustive argu- ment in favor of the double standard and remOnetiZatIOn of silver. The pO- sition is taken that the contraction of the currency, caused by demOnetiZing silver, has arrested business enterprises and largely contributed to the business depression. To-day Jones expresses the opinion that With silver demOne- tizcd, specie resumption would not be possible. He says that if sherman could possibly resume, it would only be temporary and the result would be great suffering and return finally to issuing paper. The Senator favOrs the passage of a bill to declare old silver dollars a legal tender for all debts, pub lie and private, and directing that upon any person bringing silver plate, bars or bullion to the Mint, 1t shall be the duty of the government 10 coin it, charging only seigniorage as may be necessary to cover expenses. Another provision of the bill would be to pro- vide that upon any person depOsiting in the Mints a silver bar at a given weight and fineness, it shall be the duty of the government to give the party so depOsiting certificate of de posit This corresponds 10 gold notes, the principle being the same.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. June 2j.-The Opin- ion is expressed in military circles that the regular army appropriation bill will not be passed. Soon after the extra session of Congres convenes, it seems to be the impression, a joint resolution will be passed appTopriating the necessary money to pay the rank and file of the army; but on account of the determined effort to reduce the army, the regular appropriation bill may be put off until the last of the extra session or first of the regular session.
Year: 1877

LONDON, June 14.-A Berlin dispatch says the Ecclesiastical Court has sen fenced the Bishop of Limburg to re- moval from office.

 We are sorry for the Bishop, but if he is in any way responsible for the smell of the cheese which comes from his town, he ought to have been removed long ago. We don't know the particu- lars of hls difficulty, but can imagine that he was so fond of Limburger as to carry It into the pulpit with him; or perhaps he wanted a Hamburger cheese put in the corner stone of a new church edifice Tn his diocese; or perhaps he ordered a six weeks fast from every thing but Limbcrger. We really don't know, but have strong suspicious of rottenness somewhere in connection.
Year: 1877

Says the New York Herald:

 A very important legal question has arisen with respect of Lazarus. When he died he was possessed of certain property. The property went, of course, to his administrators and heirs. When he came to life again he had no legal claim whatever on the property which the Supreme Court had dispos- ed of. Thslaw does not recognize the right of any man to dIe, and, after a gwen time, to come back again. Such permission would create inextricable confusion. When a man dies, especial Iv if he is millionaire, and his various relatives have been waiting to handle the ducats, of which he was so careful, he has no right tO return. In the first place. his money has been dis posed of 10 those who are not likely to clve it up willingly, and in the second place, although he might read his obit- uary m the papers and be pleasantly surprised that he had SO many virtues, he would be called 8 great many hard names by those who were quietly en- loving his possessions, and be thought even more meauly of than ever before, On the whole, if you have had a satis- factory funeral you had better let the matter rest there.
Year: 1877

DESERT LAND spectators and grab bers are informed that south and west of Tucson are many hundred thou. sand acres of excellent land needing nothing but water and cultivation to produce the largest crops of grains, fruits, etc. There are no streams from which water can be obtained for irri- gation of the land, but without much doubt artesian water could be had cheaply. The mountains on every side have springs, and nearly every person who has been over the land, is of opinion that artesian water could be had in abundance without difficulty or much expense. We know of no other section of the Territory which presents so favorable an opportunity for land spectators of some means as does this one; and it would not sur prise Us if with the right kind of arte- sian machinery and men to work it, water for irrigation would be obtained cheaper there than it can be in many valleys by ditch from streams. The field in question is so rich and large, that land speculators could hardly do better than to examine it.