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Year: 1875

On the Detroit 81 Bay City Railroad on
Thursday night last an accident occurred
which eclipses anything on record in the
annals of railrOading. The accident oc-
Cured to the south bound night express.
1t appears that when the train was in the
vicinity of Oxford Conductor Noyes felt
slight but sudden shock, and heard the
bellrope snap He sprang to the brake,
and after setting it swung his lamp for
the engine to stop. The train went a dis
tance of four or five car-lengths before
being halted, but when it came to a
standstill everything was found to be all
right, excepting that one Blue Line car
just ahead of the passenger coach was
missing. A search was instituted and
the missing car was found in the ditch
in the rear of the train. From the posi-
ton of things it appeared that the front
end of the car had jumped the track,
severing the connection with the Car
ahead as it did SO. The combined force
of the cars in the rear as they came down
ON to the "off" ear served to end it
around until finally the rear draw-bar
twisted it off (the night was very frosty,
and the Car was free. The coaches
kept pushing it further and further, un-
til finally the Blue Line had been
sent entirely from the track, and at
right angles with it, clearing the rail
by fully. three feet. The rear coaches
rolled on past the ditched car as if moth
ing had happened, and stopped without
accident or without the knowledge of the
passengers several car-lengths beyond.
The engine stopped and backed up, con-
nectiOns were made, the track men were
sent for to gauge the rails, and the train,
one car hort, proceeded on it's way, max
ing it's meeting point at the next station,
where the particulars of the accident
were stated and the remarkable affair
duly discussed with the attaches of the
north bouss#s tEain, which was met at that
point.


Such an accident has never before been
placed on record, and the Detroit 81 Bay
City is thus, as in all things else, entitled
10 the broom. Whenever Car gets off
the track the road is generally blocked
up for hours, and usually some damage
is done; but in this instance there was
no delay, no damage was done to other
cars in the train, and withal none of the
passengers on board knew that anything
unusual had occurred. Of course the
happy results were in a measure due to
good luck, but the presence of mind OF.
the conductor contributed largely.-BGy
CStu (MScb.) C7tr0nScle. ts.
Year: 1875

them and most ignoble death. But in
the whirling of all those bright colors
and the evolutions of those splendidly-
costumed men there was method at this "
stage. The animal had to be driven into
and kept within certain limits, and after
while confined to plunging from one TO
another. The bull.killer kept close bv
his side, watching his opportunity, and
calculating with nicely worthy better
cause the motions of his victim, knowing
when mad plunge would come, and
with his cane at the end of his sword he
met it. with an incomparably graceful
spring. Thus the brute without a soul
and the brute with a soul met face to
face III the almost equal contest for life
Quick as lightning the long, cleaning
sword was thrust behind the shoulder
blade, that it might find the heart. Often
the hrst thrust is not successful and the
tortured creature, bounding and writhing
with agony, loosens the sword and it
falls out, when the chase has to CON-
mence again. Sometimes, it is said, he
dashes near the box cf some brave (?l
senofita, and she reaches out her tawny
hand blazing with diamonds, and plunges
deeper into the wound the7 cold steel.
Our matadore, being successful, buried
the sword to the hilt in the animals body,
when he soon staggered and fell with a
heavy thud, while his tormentors circled
around him, waving their brilliant capes
in exultation. The bands struck up
triumphant strains, accompanied by the
tumultuous acclamations of thousands
of spectators and the firing of rockets.
-Four horses then were hurried into the
arena drawing pair of low wheels, to
which the dead bull was attached, and
urged on at full speed by the lash they
dashed out through gateway. This last
act seemed The very climax of cruelty,
yet was an appropriate inspiration for
the next scene. On the afternoon in
question eight bulls were slaughtered.
Year: 1875

The Kansas Farmer gives the ex-
perience of good farmer who had tried
feeding hogs on wheat as well as corn.
He said when wheat was cheap he
found it profitable to feed his hogs on it.
He took loo hogs and put fifty in pens
and fed corn, and fifty and fed wheat,
with the following result: The fifty
with corn made eleven pounds per
bushel, the fifty with wheat made seven
teen pounds of good solid pork per
bushel of wheat. The wheat was
ground like meal. boiling water poured
over it, and then let stand forty-two
hours.
Year: 1875

A young fellow in San francisco
suddenly snatched q kiss from lady
friend, and excused his conduct by say
ing that it was sort of temporary insan-
ity that now and then came upon him.
When he arose to take his leave the plti-
ing damsel said to him: II you ever
feel any more such fits coming on you
had better come right here, where your
jnfirmity is known, and we will take care
of you.'
Year: 1875

WE learn that barley transactions have been quite lively in Tucson the past few days. Farmers have no difficulty in get ting cash for their barley, and if they need few dollars to pay off the hands or buy grub and sacks they can get it. The price paid here has been two cents with sacks furnished. If men of means would try to help the farmers instead of seeing how low they can force them to sell grain they would make good times for all concerned
Year: 1875

WE received very nice original poem this week from one of our subscribers, en- titled "The Centennial" with the request, if we desired to encourage native talent, to publish the same. Want of space com pels us to refrain from publishing the whole poem, but we give one verse, which we hope will in part repay our poet friend for his labor,. and give our readers a little idea Of how much they have lost by our not publishing the balance: "But America the fidelity of France you

 should recollect, who stood by us in

 hours Of dark distress; We should pray to God them to love and

 bless,

 They who caused the lion to tremble and

 lay down, with the surrender of Lord

 Cornwallis at Yorktown. And remember the great patriots when at

 Monticello last they met, Thomas Jefferson and Marshall Lafayette. They had been parted fO- years, and they

 bathed each others cheeks with flow

 ing tears,

 But they have passed on to rest forever

 and hope to God they are yet to-

 gether."
Year: 1875

FRANK DRAKE writes from L os Angele that friend of his has two gold washing machines that he desires to bring to Ari- zona. Says that twenty tons of dirt can be worked with each machine per day and that dirt that will pay S3 per ton will pay well. We think that his machines can be well employed here F
Year: 1875

THE latest enterprise of The New York Herald was to get one of its reporters sen- fenced to thirty days imprisonment on Blackwell's Island, in order 10 get an In- side view of the abuses in that institution. The reporter served his time out as hostler, but he makes the dry bones rattle among the petty tyrants of that institution.
Year: 1875

HERE comes 8 Wisconsin girl vouch- ed for by The WOman's Journal: "She is a slight, slender girl, l7 years of age, she is equally at home with the mower, reaper, horse-rake, plow-handleS, hoe, or any other implement of farm work. She will shear as many sheep a day as the best of shearers. And when her days work is done in the field, she will turn to the cut ing and making of the children's dresses, or in other ways help her mother about the house. Two years ago her father had a young untamed horse. She broke the horse 10 the saddle, rode hiEl at a county fair, and took the first premium over three competitors"

 We send in our order for one hundred such girs for the Arizona market. There are at least one hundred young men in the Territory anxious to get married who have no property neither will they work, but with such wives everything would be made easy; they could smoke. drink and play billiards and the wife would make a good living for the family. If all women would take hold like this young lady, what a glorious time the men could have. They could then devote all their time to politics, playing crib and telling stories around saloons, and the poorest in the land could afford to have a half dozen wives.
Year: 1875

WE learn from The Miner that Wood & Peltz are going to put the old Hardy mill at Mineral Park in operation again, and that R. Stein is going to fit the Greenwood mill up to work silver ores, also that Robt. Grover and H. Frost are arrastrarlng on the Sandy.
Year: 1875

ONE of the most curious and important of the old Aztec festivals, was In honor of the God Tezacatlipoca, whose rank was inferior only to that of the supreme being. He was called the Soul of the World, and was supposed to have been its creator. The yearly sacrifice offered to this deity was performed by selecting year in advance, from the captives, the handsomest young man to be found. He was then arrayed in splendid dress and attended by royal pa- ges, and the people paid homage to him as the representative of their God. He was feasted at the principal banquets of the nObles, and a month before his sacri- flee, four beautiful girls bearing the names of the priclpal goddesses, were selected to share the honors of his bed, and with them he lived until the fatal day of sacri- flee arrived, when he was pinioned by five priests, and the sixth performed the sur gical operation of taking out his heart The priests then explained to the people that the tragic story of this prisoner illus trated the human destiny, which was brilliant in it's commencement, but too often closes in sorrow and disaster.
Year: 1875

=, Twelve years ago, in Cattaraugus, county,
New York, two boys, then about fifteen years
of age, became engaged in diapute, and one
was badly whipped by the other. They never
forgot their fight, and the one who was beaten
was especially bitter, but they kept on speak
ing terms. Last week the yabquished one In
vited bis conqueror to meet him on some law
business at place mile out of the town of
Gowauda, where both lived, and there shot
him four times and beat him terribly with
club killing him. Then the murderer went to
bis home and committed suicide by cutting his
throat with razor.
Year: 1875

GLEANING.-It is remarkable with what te-
nacity the ancient custom of leaving the CLEAN
ing Of the fields to the poor has maintained it.
self. 1t is custom which goes back to the
remote Old Testament times; aud only few
days since its continuing rgor was shown in a
legal decision from q very high French Court,
forbidding farmers to turn their sheep into the
grain fields for two days after harvest. or to
CLEAN the fields themselves, thus protecting the
poor in their traditional rights of cleaning,
with all the sanctity of law.
Year: 1875

The London correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial says: There
is pretty general impression that un-
der this Indian visit there turks a
scheme for putting about 100000, at
the very least, into the Princes pock-
ct. The Prince, Notwithstanding an
annual income of G120,000, cannot
keep out of debt. How he manages
to spend so much money is so myster-
ious as to amount to scandal. His
residences and estates are provided for
him, and are untaxed, and we're be to
give dinner party every day in the
year to twenty princes, at twice the
price per head of lord mayors ban
quet, it would not cost third of his
income.


The report was circulated that he
was burdened with expenses by the
queens withdrawal from court; but
the queen has taken pains to have it
reach the public that the prince has
suffered no pecuniary loss on her ac,
count.


Some little time ago repeated efforts
were made to feel the pulse of the
country to find if it would be safe to
pay the princes debts without show
ing tho vouchers. These efforts were
successful; the pulse of the country
was felt, and revealed plainly that it
would not be safe. Efforts to raise
his income were equally fruitless.
Year: 1875

have heretofore added up against me.


And he found il so. And he found
one thing more in his favor from cash
payments which he had not particular
ly counted on. As he had the money
in hand to pay for the articles which
he had planned to purchase, he could
buy them where he could get the
cheapest. Traders are not willing to
lose cash customers, and they do only
the fair thing when they sell to such
customers cheaper than they sell to
others. Not only is the interest of the
money an important item in the ag-
gregate of money accounts, but the
keeping of that account, in day-books
and ledger, is an expense. George
very soon learned all this. And he
found that Mr.. Skidd sold cheaper to
him during this month of cash pay
ment than he had during The previous
month.


And, as the months rolled on,
George Brown opened no more &C.
counts with traders. He found that,
in paying cash, he was constantly re.
minded of the value of each separate
sum as he counted it out, and hence
was not likely to purchase what he did
not need. And then he had goal
ahead which he had determined to
reach as quickly as possible. And,
by his system of cash payments, he
could estimate, at the close of every
day, the gain he was making toward
the desired end. In two months he
paid what he borrowed from his vile,
and she put it into the common fund
and in five years his home was his
own, and he owed no man anything
but for love and good will.
Year: 1875

Mrs; HEATH has recently moved to
lNl this place for the purpose of meeting
n want which the ladies of the town and
county have for long time known, that
of having a dressmaker of experience
among them. am prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ing and embroidery done in the best man
nor, with the newest patterns. All ask
is n tair trial. Residence on Water Street,
in the house formerly occupied by Jacob
Shriver. l4tf
Year: 1875

from the New 1Ura Times.


General Hawley made speech the other


light at Hartford, which will probably be
fully approved by all the intelligent men


# his district. He touched upon nearly
al the questions Of the day in brief but
frank and straightforward manner, and,
among other things, he did not hesl tate to
approach the third term" bug-bcar.~-
What he said on that subject is worth the
attention of our readers:


"The third term suppose it is expected
| shall say something about. regard it
~ tensation originally got up by the
New York Herald to bother the Republi-
can party. Grant and his Cabinet proba-
Diy looked upon it in that way. Consid-
ering that It was only an eff,rt to tease
him, the President shut his mouth-and
ne is an obstinate man. If he has finally,
however, by injudioious advice been led to


indulge the hope of n,pipation-why, it
is one of the most hopeless Of all things.
it for no other reason than that he would
sssurelly b. defeated 1t is as fully nm
oedied in the minds of the people Us If it
were written in the Constitution that no
nan shall serve more than two terms.
[Applause 1t is useless to talk about it.
| Certainly should be opposed to the nom
nation of any candidate for third term
under any circumstances. IApplause
Even in case of war. 1t would be better
for Grant to be in the field than in the
Presidency
Year: 1875

If yesterday was not Merry Christmas to
everybody, the fault' is mainly with the un-
merry persons. The times are hard, to be
sure, but there is one infallib1e receipt for
being hnppy,-make others so. Those who
fed the orphan, clothed the poor, made chill
dren glad, had merry Christmas in their
hearts, though sorrow and pain are
warp aud woof in the web of their
everyday life. The day after festival is apt
to be one Of headache and dyspepsia, Of re-
gret and reaction. To-day the orphan mag
weep, the poor grumble, tha children be
sick, but the enjoyment of yesterday is 80
much solid gain. It can never be lost
Every ray Of sunshine that falls on this dull
earth is perpetuated, under some form or
other, forever
Year: 1875

4 new theory Of the recent spasm of
activity by the Navy Department is given in
our Washington special Of this morning. It
is said that the alleged enormous expenditures
never took place; that many of the ships
said to have been reitted are not seaworthy {;
and that the hustle was all for SHOW, de-
signed to produce temporary effect, and
costing little or nothing.
Year: 1875

do not believe he would have signed any
such document. The Bishop is undoubted-
ly a Democrat if he is anything in politics,
but We have reason to believe he is ire
vocably opposed to the White League, and
would not lend his name to screen them and
place undeserved odium OF a meritorious
officer. 1t is well known that Bishop
keener arrived in Alexandria OF the fourth
day of January last on the steamer Selma
from New Orleans, to attend the Louisiana
Conference at Alexandria, which met on
the sixth instant, and was in session up to
the eleventh instant From this it will be
seen that he could not have been IN the city
on the fifth. the date Of the card IN question,
and consequently could not have signed it
Year: 1875

When the Democracy Of this city were
moving heaven and earth to overcome the
truth of General Sheridan's kilograms re-
specting the fearful condition of affairs
here, in consequence of the insecurity of
life, among other things done was to get up
an address signed by clergymen and others
declaring that General Sheridans represen-
ed and erroneous. Among the signers of
this address appeared the name of Bishop
j. c. Keener. Now we have reason to
believe the name of this gentleman was
used without his knowledge or consent upon
that occasion. In the first place he was not
in the city when the card was written and
published; and secondly. if he had been We
Year: 1875

Major Howell states that since the river
is falling rapidly at New Orleans, it is prob
able the dredgeboat will be able to material
ly improve the channel at Pass a-rOrtre
before the close of this week, unless work
is delayed by dense fogs.
Year: 1875

Extensive preparation are being made
by the citizens of Utica, N. Y, for the
approaching annual gathering Of the
society of the army Of the Cumberland,
on the fifteenth and sixteenth.
Year: 1875

OUR Fall Stock is now complete in every
I department and we have Immense lines
of all kinds of goods usually found in a
Wholesale Dry Goods and Notion House. Our
rent is twO-thirdS less than we paid on Main
street, and our rooms so convenient we con-
duct our business with One-fOurth less help,
hence we can sell goods for smaller PROFITS
than others whose expenses are heavier. We
have taken special pains in selecting our
Prints, and have best brands aRd guaranteed
cOlOrs. GOOjs being very cheap we selected
the best and will sell them at very low prices.
Come and see us before you buy your fall
stock and we will save you money. We sell
to merchants only.
Year: 1875

Col. Thomas A. Scott takes a few lines, in
bis card printed on the second page OF this
mornings TRIBUNE, to deny having had any
thing to do with procuring the charter of the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, and n great many
lines to set forth the merits of his
scheme for getting Government credit
to build his road without its
costing the Government anything. Az to this
last we are incredulous. man cannot lift
himself up by tugging at the straps of his
boots. He may devise all manner of puleys
for applying the force, but the whole ingenious
system will como to DOught because it
starts by attempting an impossibity. Col.
ScOtt's ingenious devices about bonds are un-
availing. The Government cannot build his
railroad for him, without paying for it. We
may find too, in this as in some other cases.
that the very dearest way OF paying for o
thing is with our credit. That is an article
the United States has MT any more of at pres
ent than it needs for its own consumption.


We fail to see what claim this Southern
Pacific road has which is not equally valid
for the Northern Pacific. If it is to be built
to revive business, that is as desirable in the
North West as in the Southwest. IL il is to
utilize Government expenditures already made
op the route, the Northern Pacific is equally
important. If is is to develop the
country, We take it that no states
man will hold it desirable for the
future of the Government that a Gordon Of
States should. by this forcing process, be
built UP along the Mexican frontier in ad-
vance of those in the Northwest. But to
talk about helping tho Northern Pacific at
this session, with the Treasury in its present
condition, and with the present temper about
subsidies, is mOnstrous Yet if it cannot be
helped, why should the Southern Pacific be
What claim has Col. Scott's scheme over Jay
Co0lsesi ..t


We believe neither can pass at this session !;
and we attach therefore the less Importance
to the statements about the early history of
the Southern road, which Col. Scott under
takes to rebut IL it were worth while,
we think 1t would be easy to
show that somo of tho proceedings
he mentions would not bear criticism


We doubt whether the original receiversbip
of the Memphis and FL Paso road itself and
the action of the United States Judge In the
case are of O nature to bear review in the
Supreme Court. But those are questions likely
to be Of moro Importance when the
Southern Pacific is Of more value. 1t is
enough for US now to say that Col.
SCOTS guesses as to the agency of a
" foreign adventurer" in furnishing us the
news which has proved so discomposing are
amusing, where he intended them to be seri-
Gus that our Washington correspondent be-