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Year: 1875

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 MARICOPA WELLS, August 15.-J Hovey, wagon master for 1. Gold berg was bitten by rattIesnake at Gila Bend on the night of the 18th. He immediately drank four bottles o1 brandy, and by morning was able tc direct his train.

 This ought to be pretty conclusive as to the efficacy of brandy in eases of snake bite; but a question of some importance still remains, viz Whether if a man should first drink four bottles of brandy, the bite of a rattlesnake would cure him or neu- tralize the effect? And even if this should be afirmatively demonstrated, the question might arise whether the rattlesnakes could be induced to do their part in such cases?
Year: 1875

FOR the benefit of the readers oi THE CITIZEN who do not attend church. we copy this from The Denver Mirror. The report of a sermon by a Fremont county preacher is worth repeating here: "Boys you'll find this life just like game of seven-up. You want to save your tens and look out for game, an never beg when you hold a good hand. Also, recOllect, in the long run, low counts as much as high, if it is only a trump. The devil has stocked the cards, but just play lem honest, and when it comes your deal yer boun' to get a winnin' hand every time, and old split-hoof will just have to jump the game and look for a softer snap. Also, if you happen to turn Jack, call it lucky; but don't forget to remember that turning Jack is uncertain busi- ness, and II never do to bet On"
Year: 1875

cumstances? Their resolves and ac

 tions answer the question

 Both governments express disappro

 bation of the outrages and atrocities

 as well as of the conduct of helpless

 citizens-unless they resort to the first

 law of nature | would seem that a vigorous demand on Mexico on the part of our government backed by

 troops, would give our citizens the pro-

 tection they are entitled to, and enable them to pursue their occupations in peace and safety. Until something de cisive,in this direction is done, breach es of international law will continue and that, too, whatever we or our Ari- zona- authorities may say 10 the con trary. Year in and year out, crimes have been committed in our Territory and the criminals have been and are openly harbored and protected in So- nora, and at times very near the Ari- zona line.

 But as stated in the outstart of this article, we feel that it is our duty to re- mind our people that MeXicans are en- tering complaints about certain arrests made by our people on her soil, and that they get a respectful hearing, and that disagreeable consequences may follow; and at the same time we feel it equally a duty to remind both govern ments that our citizens have learn ed by eXperence that no protection can be had under the eXtradition treaty. While our citizens may now and then disregard the provisions of the treaty, they are in effect officially informed byI Mexico that its provisions will not be so enforced as to prevent crime or pun ish criminals, but on the contrary sol far has been a protection to criminals and none else.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The Secre tary of the Interior has rendered decis ion in the case of the Magnolia Min ing Company and other claimants against the application for patent fol the Mono mine, in Utah, affirming the decision of the Land Office in regard to the Magnolia, and it to be a good ad verse claim; that the Shoo-fly adverse claim had. been waived, and holding that the adverse claim of William A Brooks must be settled in the courts before a patent can be issued for the Mono; holding that the law was com piled with in regard to the citizenship, if citizenship is properly alleged and not cOntroverted; and that any state of facts which shows the person alleging an adverse claim has no better right to the premises sought to be patented, or any portion thereof, than the applicant for the patent, is a proper subject mat ter of an adverse claim, and when properly set forth should be treated ac- cOrdingly.
Year: 1875

A CHECK ON BUSINESS MEN WHO DABBLE ON STOCK.-It is said, says The San Francisco Real State Circular, that the banks of discount are endeav- bring to perfect plan by which they may privately ascertain the names of merchants and business men who dab ble in stocks, the object being to mark them and to curtail the credit hereto fore extended to them. This is right. A man legitimately engaged in a busi- ness to which he is giving close per sonal attention is entitled to liberal credit, but, when he steps aside from it to take risks in stock-gambling, he can hardly help neglecting his business and withdrawing money which should be kept in it. When a bank loans a mer- chant money, it does so under the be- lief that he is using the money prudent ly in his legitimate calling; when therefore, he uses it in the risky busi- ness of stock purchases, he acts foolish ly for himself and dishonesty toward his creditors. The banks propose to know who among their customers do this, and to treat them accordingly. We are glad of it. Anything that will tend to check the folly of stock gam bling must meet with the hearty ap- prOval of all who wish to see legitimate business prosper and good morals pro- noted
Year: 1875

IT is said that the Colorado Central railroad, which is twenty-one miles in length, is built among the rocks and lodges, and is known to be the crook edest line ever built. At but three plac- es is the track straight, and then only for distance of three hundred feet It is moreover said that the legislature granted the company a charter as a joke, never expecting that it would be built, yet it has proved a profitable in Yestment to the builders.
Year: 1875

Last Sunday morning, just before day, the
citizens of Rayvle residing in the neighbor-
hood of the Jail were aroused from their
morning nap by the cries of one of the in
mates OF the JAIL calling out Justify, "Irwin
has broken Jail y and sure enough he had
broken ont and made good his escane He
was assisted from the outside 10y parties who
furnished him with a crowbar. or something
oil the Kind, with winch to open the door, so
we are informed. Ii seems that the country
IS infested by people who are determined
that no man snail remain in Jail until he can
be punished for crime and as long as this is
the case our courts of justice are mere farces
our Jails useless institutions and our lives and
property at the mercy of the lawless


All the prisoners were released by Irwin
and his accomplices but none chose to leave
with him, as strange as it may seem, although
some of them are held to answer very grave
charges.
Year: 1875

Now that SIc tii1e allowed by law for the
correction Of the assessment is passed, we
presume no person in Richland parish will
be so stupid as to make any complaint as the
rolls were kept open ior inspection and cor
rection all the time, and IN addition to the
regular notice given by publication, other no
tees were given in conspicuous way, so
that no reasonable person could complain.


1t is very strange that some people will BE-
so Indifferent about their assessments as never
to come to look after j, and yet make COM
complaints.


They should have more regard for the
intelligence of their listeners. The tax
payers should be very careful to classify and
describe their property and under the head
of remarks, 10 give all information necessary
for the guidance Of the Board Of Assessors
We aoticcd quite number of lists in the
descriptions something like this "Same
properly rs last year" and they should know
that the Board OF Assessors do no, keep the
old lists. They are turned over 10 the tax.
collector on the lst Of Sept Of each year.
Year: 1875

MIDWAY, Aug. Goth, 1875.
Editors Beacon


As you request that some one
in each neishborhood to keep YOU posted with
local news, by your permiss ion | will keep
you posted with local matter from this Sec
ton.


Crops are better than have seen them
since the war. Our cotton, as a general thing,
has all fallen down with bolls. have seen
a little rot. Ii il does no, injure the crop no
worse than it has, we will make as much as
we can gather. The corn crop as general
thing, is good. think there will be enough
made to do the country. So much for the
grange.


The members of our grange propose to set
aside three or five acres of land to expert
ment on. We are going to try wheat,
sugar cane, rice, tobacco, millet, &c. think
that we are beginning to pull in the right direc-
ton now, and hope to report some good
results before twelve months.


The Macon is nearly to the spring water
mark hut has not done much damage to our
swamp planters as yet A good deal of sick
ness and few deaths mostly children.


MIDWAY MAN
Year: 1875

A PROPOSITION We propose to advertise
land for sale, with this understanding if the
land owner will give price and terms, and
if no sale, no charge, and if sale he will
pay us 10 pei cent of thepurchase price. out
of the cash payment.
Year: 1875

CoCkburna judgment on the Alabama
claims; but the probable explanation is
that President Grant is not unwilling to
try whether the prospects Of the Republic
can party or 4 third term can be bright.
ened by spirited foreign policy" A
large party in the United States would
certainly like to annex Cuba, and another
large party would be glad to see il formed
into an independent republic. The In
surrection hfnders American trade so
much that peace is loudly demanded by
many Of President Grants countrymen
who care little what may become Of the
island. All those classes would be graf
flied II the President would give Spain
pcremptory notice to quit, and she
should obey.


THE GOOD SENSE OF AMERICA INVOKED.


But the success OF such an experiment
will depend partly on the degree Of skill
with which the note has been framed, and
partly on the behavior Of Spain. II 1t
has left sufficient means Of dignifed es.
cape, oil may be we'll, for tho government
Of the United States will not have bound
itself to do anything, and yet II will have
hinted that some day It may do great
deal. Cheap hopes OF one day governing
Cuba may have certain eleCtioneering
value; but the diversion may be disastrous
to President Grants party II the note has
been so insulting Us to draw forth defiant
reply. We cannot believe that the good
sense Of the American people would per-
init them to be provoked into war for
Cuba BY any pitch Of Spanish haughti.
ness, The majority Of them will reflect,
when they coolly look at the disorganized
state Of Cuba, that they would only in
crease their present difficulties by the an
nexation OF so unruly an island, We re-
fuse to believe, then, that the war.like
preparations in the United States faith.
fully express the deliberate intention
NJ tho proaiInnI nr nj tho npnnln
Year: 1875

Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure Of your curb and rein,
For scorn tho strength Of your puny hands
As a tempest scorns chain.
How laughed as lay concealed from sight
For many countless hour,
At the childish hoasts Of human might,
And the pride of human power.
When saw an army upon the land,
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along, n snail.like band,
Or waiting wayward breeze
When saw the peasant reel


With the toll that he family bore,
As he turned at the tardy Wheel


Or toiled at the weary oar.
When measured the painting coursers speed,
The flight ofthe carrier dove,
As they bore law king decreed
Or the lines of impatient love,
could but think how the world would feel
As these were outstripped aihr,
When should be bound to the rushing keel
Or chained to the flying car
Ha! hal ha They found me at last,
And they invited me forth at length
And rushed to my throne with n thunderblast,
And laughed in my iron strength!
Oh! then ye saw wondrous change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Hurrah hurrah the waters DER,
The mountains steep decline;
Time--space--have yielded to my power
The world the world is mine
The rivers the sun hath earliest blest,
Or those where his beams decline;
The giant streams Of the queenly West,
Or the orient foods divine.
The ocean pales where'er ! sweep
To hear my strength rejoice,
And monsters of the briny deep


Cover trembling at my voice.
| carry the wealth and ore Of earth,
The thought of the Godlike mind
The wind lags after my going forth,
The lightning is left behind.
In the darksome depth Of the iathomless mine
My treless arm doth play,
Where the rocks ne er saw the suns decline
Or the dawn Of the glorious day.
bring carihs glittering jewels up
From the hidden caves below,
And make the fountains granite cup
With crystal gush o'erlow.
blow the bellows, forge the steel
In all the shops of trade;
hammer the ore and turn the wheel
Where arms of strength are made
manage the furnace, the mill, the mint
] carry, spin, weave,
And all my doing put in print


On every Saturday eve.
I've no muscle TO weary, no breast to decay,
No bones to be ''laid on the Shelf"
And soon intend you may ''go and play"
While manage the world myself
But harness me down with your iron bands,
BE sure Of your curb and rein,
For | scorn the strength of your puny hands
As the tempest scorns chain.
Year: 1875

The PEAcocK.-I have always suppos-
ed the use Of the peacock as symbol ia
art to be only as the representative Of
pride. ! am confident such is tho general
idea. Recently, | have met with the sug.
gestion that Che peacock Is the symbol Of
the resurrection.


The peacock was used by the early
Christians to represent immortality and
the resurrection. The idea Of it's repre-.
senting pride is comparatively modern. Il
is quite impossible 70 say what is the ORR
gin of the older use, but d ispossibly from
an ancient Oriental idea, found in Persian
and other sources, that the hesh Of the
peacock would not decay.
Year: 1875

INFORMAL PEoPLE.--Preserve US from
uncereEonious people-those men and
women ''who ne> er stand on ceremony"
who are always perfectly at home in
other peoples houses! Society bas
many pests. but few so intolerable as
they. Free and easy" visitors are most
thoroughly disagreeable. They will in
tlict themselves upon you at any time,
and expect to be always cordially well
coined because they are so free and easy
and 10th to put any body to trouble
They will come before breakfast. or just
as you are sitting down to dinner. and
draw up their chairs quite like one of
the family. Early in the morning they
delight to run in" and they will come
right up to your chamber to save you
the trouble of coming down, and there
they will sit and watch you make your
toilet. and comment on how gray your
hair is getting. and wonder if you are
not great deal stouter and redder in
the face than you used to be. They
will hunt over your writing desk for
note paper; battle their faces in your
cologne water, and scent their handker-
chiefs with the contents of your choice
est perfumery bottle. They are always
ready for luncheon" You know I'm
too much at home in your house to go
hungry, my dear" and any stray con-
fectionery lying around melts before
them as the dew before the sun. They
make no scrup!e of borrowing your lat
est magazines and novels; even yoar
wardrobe does not escape their encroach-
ments; and all this insolence is cloaked
by some such empty remark as this:-
" I never stand on ceremony, but make
myself at home everywhere, so don't
put yourself ont to ente-tain me-"


Again We pray preserve US from un-
ceremonious people!
Year: 1875

T When we consider the prevalence
of the custom to dub everybody who
went to the wars with the title of Cap
tain, Colonel, General. &C.. there is O
peculiar appropriateness in the follow
ing resolution. which was introduced at
meeting of Confederate soldiers at
Atlanta, Ga the other day: Resolred.
that the President appoint committee
of one to inquire into the matter of
whether there were any surviving pri-
Yates of the late war.
Year: 1875




New LAws.-The revised code Of th,


United States, copies of which have


just reached here. is making a gooi


many changes in the laws that have


been in voga in this Territory for years


For long time past cases where the


United States was plaintiff against par
ties charged with selling liquor to In
dians have taken up much of the time
of the courts, as the United States
statutes made that traffic crime. Un-
der the new code that traffic must be
carried on in an Indian country to make
it an offense. or as we understand the
matter, on an Indian reservation. Al
though this is the case SO fal as the
United States law is concerned, the
Territorial law fcrbidding such sales is
still in force. The onlv difference is
that the Territory will have now to
prosecute such cases instead of the
Federal Government.





Another important change is in the
provision that gives to the Governor
the power to appoint such Territorial
officers as Auditor, Treasurer. Librarian,
School Superintendent and University
Regents, while the Military officers who
have heretofore been elected in Legis-
lative Joint Convention must hereafter
be chosen by the people at a general
election.


This has been the law in the other
Territories, Washington being the ex.
ception to the rule. and the new code
only makes uniform law for all the
Territories Olympia Courier.
Year: 1875

That MULE.-Thrilling mule story
by the Louisville Courier journal: A
bad little boy in Portland lit pack of
shooting crackers and threw them into
the street to see them "go off," One
Of Mr.. Batman's mules came along and
swallowed them before they went of.
The mule walked about fifteen feet and
stopped. Things wasn't acting right
inside. He began to taste the smoke Of
the FIRE crackers. He laid bis left ear
around against his ribs and heard some
thing. It vas them crackers having
fun. The mule picked ont about three
and half miles of straight road and
started. A negro met him about mile
the other side Of the almshouse, gong
south. white with perspiration. with
streams OF smoke shooting out of his
nostrils, mouth and ears. while his tail
struck straight up. Ike found his mule
one morning, sticking half way through
a farm house near Paddy's Run. still
smoking. Th, man had got his family
out, and put 'em up into lot Of trees.
Ike hauled his mule homo, when he got
cool enough, on a dray. The man is
going to move his house further back
of the road, and his wife and oldest
daughter will be baptised when the wa
ter gets warm.
Year: 1875

Mother" said little urchin when
he came home. 81 have seen such q
smart preacher. He stamped and made
such noise. and then he got mad; he
shook his fist at the folks and there
wasn't anybody dared to go up and fight
him."
Year: 1875

ENGAGING MANNERS. There are a
thousand pretty, engaging little ways,
which every person may put en- without
running the risk of being deemed eithe
affected or foppish. The sweet smile
the quiet, cordial bow, the earnest move
mert in addressing a friend, or more
especially q stranger, whom one may
recommend to our good regards. the in =.
quiring glance, the graceful attention
which is so captivating when with self
possession--these will insure us the
good regards os even a churl. Above
all there is certain softness of manner
which should be cultivated, and which.
in either man or women, adds a charm
taat almost entirely compensates for
lack of beauty. The voice can be mod
ulated so as to intonate that 1t will speak
directly to the heart, and from that elicit
an answer; and poli:eness may be made
essential to our nature. Neither is time
thrown away in attending to such things
insignificant as they may seem to those
who engage in weightier matters.
Year: 1875

He KNEW How.-At an auction of
household goods on Harrison avenue yes
terday, when a woman had made bid on
an old bureau worth about two dollars, a
boy slipped around to another woman and
whispered:


''You see that woman over there with a
blue bow On?''


Yes


''Well she says that no woman with
red nose can buy anything at this sale!"


The woman with the red nose pushed
her way into the crowd and run the price
OF the bureau up to $l2, and as it was
knocked down to her she remarked:


II may have a red nose, but no cross
eyed woman with blue bow Oh can bluff
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1875

From the Schoolmaster, Oct. 81.


AS many important questions con-
nected with the support and govern
ment of the. public Schools will claim
the attention of the next Legislature,
it behooves the friends of education in
every part of the State to interest
their representatives In the reforms
needed, 1t Is a much better time to
direct their attention TO defects in the
school law while they are free from
the many cares that will crowd upon
them as soon as they reach Sacra-
mento.


Commencing with this issue the
SoHooLMAsTER will be sent gratis to
every member of the Legislature.
This is done in the expectation that
there will be discussions Of education
al subjects in the paper which may be
of some advantage to those whose bu-
siness has not permitted them to study
the present condition of schools in
this and other States. 1t is reasona-
BILE to suppose that lawyers, physi-
clans, merchants and farmers, many
of them without children, are not fa-
miliar with the somewhat complicated
systems of education developed since
they were school-boys,


If any one to whom the SCHOOL
MASTER is sent has particular views
which he would like to present to the
public, we respectfully invite him tC
do SO through this medium.
Year: 1875

About SIS o'clock last evening an alarm of FIRE
was turned in from box No. 1885, at WTlIarIs
hotel The alarm was oecssIoned by the dIscov-
cry Of fire in the flooring between the laundry
and the engine-room below. These rooms are
situated in the F-street end Of the building. and
the laundry is little Rbove the level Of the
street. The FIRE was caused by defect In the
Hue extending up from the engine-room through
the laundry floor. and easily made its way into
the light wood work Of the flooring. The fre
apparatus at the hotel would not work properly,
and had It not been for the prompt arrival and
action Of the hre department the result might
have been most disastrous. As It was, the dam
age was slight, not amounting TO more than $50
Year: 1875

Thi, would seem To Indicate u heavy
decrease in the pork crop, and the rea'
,onablc certainty Of high prices, but such
result will not necessarily follow. The
corn crop this year is without doubt by
far the largest ever grown; the price Is
now about % cents per bushel lower than
il was year ago, but the supply OF oIdis
light, and speculation has checked for the
time being the downward tendency. II
costs as much to transport corn to
market when the price is law AS when
il Is higI,, and the inducements 10 con
vert il into pork is enhanced as the
vrice vor, down in the scale. And then,
too, experience has shown that statistics
relating to hogs can not be implicitly re.
lied upon, The most reliable measure
Of the pork crop is that afforded by the
packers at the end Of the season; and tho
result Of their operations last year
showed ronclusiycly that 10 adequate


idea can be formed Of the outcome in ad-
vance by any method Of counting the
swine. Itspretty safe to say that there
will be an abundance Of both corn and
pork for home consumption, and to
spare, during the ensuing twelve months.
Year: 1875

hood Of 100000. No report Of the
losses has yet been received from the
agents, and It Is impossible to state the
proportion Of the losses to the risks. A
rough estimate places the total loss at
S2,OOO,0OO. No loss Of life has yet been
reported.


The great number Of people reported
turned out OF doors by the fire Stated at
10000 is accounted for by the fact that
owing to the peculiar mode of life led by
the greater part Of the population engaged
in the mines work by shift day and
night. In many instances the same lodg-
ings are occupied at different hours by
numerous tenants, and at no time are tho
houses equal to the demand. Nearly all
the lodging houses and dwellings occu.
pied by the miners were in the track Of
the COnAagration. On the nOrtheasterly
course, being the immediate neighbGrhool
Of the mining works, the IRE has now
burnt out, and all danger is at an end.