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Year: 1871

Taxes upon Dogs.

 SECTION l.-All persons having or own. ing any dog or dogs within the corporate limits of the Village of Tucson shall pay a tax of two dollars per annum for each dog.

 Sec. 2.-All persons owning any dog on which they have paid such tax shall be fur nished by the Village Marshal with col lar, upon which there shall be device, mark or number; and it shall be the duty of the Village Marshal to collect said tax and furnish the taxpayer with a tax receipt indicating that said tax has been paid, the date of payment, the number ot the collar furnished the taxpayer, with general de- scription of the dog for which said tax was paid, and shall make like entries in book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall receive on each tax paid twenty five cents, which shall be in tull payment for all services rendered in collecting said tax, and shall pay the balance over Of said tax to the Village Treasurer on Saturday, each week, taking his receipt therefor.

 Sec 3.-rhe Council shall prepare and furnish the Village Marshal with the nec- essary blank tax receipts, signed by the Mayor or the member Of Council acting as Mayor, and also with the necessary collars as herein before provided for.

 Sec 4.-It shall be the duty of the Fll- lage Marshal to seize all dogs found run ming at large, upon which said tax has not been paid, and contine them in place to be kept for that purpose, and II not claimed by the owner within twenty-four hours, they may be destroyed or sold by the Marshal to pay the expense Of selZ- ure; provided, that all dogs claimed by the owners or sold by the Marshal shall not be delivered up, ii the sum ot one dollar, as fees to said Marshal for seiZlng said dog, shall not be first paid by said claimant, owner or purchaser, and also the tax hereinbefore provided for paid to said Marshal.

 Sec 5.-Any person who shall counter felt the device, mark or number of the collar adopted by the Council, with the intent to use or dispose of the same to be used in such manner as to avoid payment of any dog tax, or any person who shall so use any device, mark or number, With out first having paid such tax, with intent to avoid its payment, shall upon convic- tion before the Village Recorder be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars.

 Sec. 6.-Any person who shall refuse to pay the tax as hereinbefore provided for, after having been notified by the Village Marshal to pay said tax, shall upon con- viction before the Village Recorder be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty five dollars.

 Sec. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after the 20th day of October, A. D. 1871.

 Passed in the Common Council of the Village of Tucson, this 4th day of October, A. D. 1871. S. k. DELONG,

 Mayor.

 Attest: WILLIAM J. OSBORN,

 Ocl4-3W Recorder.
Year: 1871

THE Arizona Miner of last Satrlr- day comes to us this morning filled with matter pertaining to the Indian question, and an account of the h. dians attacking in force the settlers in Kirkland Valley, and compelling the women and children to flee to Camp Date Creek for safety on the same day that Vincent Colyer passed through the valley; also that the men who remained were refused any relief by the troops at Date Creek-as is re- ported because of Colyer's influence.

 It is plain that Vincent Colyer is like the Apaches a determined enemy of the citizens of Arizona, and that for the first time in our nations his tory the United States troops on the frontier are made to aid murder and theft by merciless savages.
Year: 1871

|. DON'T BE TOO sENs1T1vE-Therc. are
some people; yes many people always look.
ing out for sights. They cannot carry on
the daily intercourse of the family without
some offence is designed They are as touchy
as hair triggers. If they meet an acquaint.
ance in the street, who happens to be pre-.
occupied with business, they attribute his
abstraction in some mode personal to them
selves, and take umbrage accordingly
They lay on others tho fault Of their irrita-
bility. A fit of indigestion makes them see
impertinence in everybody they come in con,
tact with. Innocent persons, who never
dreamed of offence, are astonishcd to find
some unfortunate word, or some momentar5
tacturnity, mistaken for an insult. TO say
the least, the habit is unfortunate. 1t is far
wiser to take the more charitable view of our
fellow beings, and not suppose slight is in,
tended unless the neglect is open and its
use in great degree from the color of our
mind IF we are frank and generous, the
world treats us kindly. If: on the contrary,
we are suspicious, men learn to be cautious
to us. Let a. person get the reputation OF
being touchy. and everybody is under more
or less restraint; and in this way the chances
Of an imaginary evil are vastly increased.
Year: 1871

"What are you disturbing.the whole house
with your yells in this way for? dcHanded
a New Jersey landlord of guest whom le
found late at night in seeming pursuit of in
visible foes, and yelling at the top of his
voice. "Pm shouting the battle cry of flea
dom," answered the guest, as he went ahead
with his search and his yells.
Year: 1871

A FpE PoKE.-How can q person be
attached to house that has no center Of
attraction, no soul in it, in the visible form
of glowing fire, and an warm chimney,
like the heart in the body? When you
think of the old homestead, if ever you do,
your thoughts go straight to the wide chin
ney and its burning logs No. wonder
that you are ready to move from one fire.
placeless house into another. But you have
something just as good, you say. Yes, I
have heard of it. This age, which initiates
everything, even to the virtues of our ances-
tors, has invented fireplace, with artificial,
iron, or composition logs in it, hacked and
painted, in which gas is burned so that it
has the appearance of awood 6re.-This
seems to be blasphemy. Do you think a
cat would lie down before it? Can you
poke it? IF you can't poke it, it is fraud.
To poke wood fire is more solid enjoyment
than almost anything else in the world.
The crowning human virtue in man is to
let his wife. poke the fire. do not know
how any virtue whatever is possible over an
imitation gas fog What sense in sincerity
the family must have, if they indulge in the
hypocrisy of gathering about it. With this
center of untruthfulncss what must the life
in the family be? Perhaps the father will
be living at the rate of ten thousand year
on salary of fou, thousoand: perhaps the
mother, more beautiful and younger than
her beautifed daughters, will rouge; perhaps
the young ladies will make wax-work.s A
cynic might suggest as the motto Of modern
life this simple legend-"Just as good as
the real" But I am not cynic, and I
hope for the rekindling of wood fires, and q
return of the beautiful light from them. If
wood flee is a luxury, it is cheaper than
many in which we indulge without thought
and cheaper than the visits of doctor,
made necessary by the want of ventilation
of the house. Not that 1 have anything
against doctors; I only wish, after they
have been to see us in way that seems SO
friendly, they had nothing against us.


From, "Bach-Log '.Studies," Jy Charles ID.
Waruer; ScriJner's Monthly.
Year: 1871

HoRrICULTUIsrs from various sections OF
the State assert that the fruit trees have
passed through the winter, thus far, in ad.
mirable order, and that there are now the
most hAttering indications that the crop OF
the coming summer will be the largest In
the history of the State.
Year: 1871

How n Notorious Confidence Man Stuck m


transporting saloon Keeper with Two


Oroidc Watches.


well known confidence man named Harry Beck yester
day entered Joseph Wampartons saloon, No SO Allen street.
osensiby for the purpose Of getting drink but really
'stck the unsuspecng Joseph with couple of oroide
watches. Walking up to the counter he called for drink
and then remarked in casual way that he expected a
couple Of friends from Europe. Almost instantly two
came in and Beck rushed mp them and greeted
them IN u afeconate at the time
inquiries the friends they had left behind After
talking minutes of the strangers ntimated that
he little short OF stamps and must either borrow
sell couple of gold watches he had brought
with him. One for his needing money the fact OF
his baggage having been temporarily detained At
the Custom House, and he wanted to buy
clean shirts and undercohing. Beck remarked
that he would willingly buy the watches he not Cath
Ollie AZ was his religion forbade his buying anything Of
counter apparently very much interested what Eog
he sad Perhaps have such scrupes and would


like TO purchase the tmepieces II you get them
sonaby." Wamparon said he didn't II he did, and
took the witches In his hand to He finally
when Beck and his two Jewish friends departure
He subsequently took them to friend who jeweer
when he learned to s disgust they were
best OF oroide composiion and WORTH perhaps fifty cents
apiece.


He then had Beck arrested and brought before Judge
At the Essex Market Police Court who held him In
default of bail.
Year: 1871

pany.


BY Justice Joachmsen.


Harry vs. The United States Trust conpapy.-Mrs Barry
sued The United States Trust Company for $780, de-
posted for her use with them. The Trust Company
that they received this money by of this
deposit under the l22d section Of the Code the
event In this court OF suit between Barry and Courhn
who had been substituted Defendants they
paid out this money TO COughn his attorney
der made IN this conr by Judge Curtis The paintin
claims Judgment on that and
directing the money 10 be paid void for of
dctcn IN TINS conr hasmnch this has ursdic
ton oil actions against ADMINISTRATORS suit
against Conghin was suit him administrator.
lhe Court heu that tue answer sufficient that the rnst
company was me depository Of the Court; that action
could be brought by would be brought by Cough
lin and Barry Jointly against Trust Company assuming
them to be ,he deposiios but that they the
depositos that the deposit by the order OF h
Court and the Trust Company thereby became the ocer OF
this Court to preserve Its deposit until further that the
order OF the Court having been regularly
perfect protection to the corporation that could
be mpeached inquired into far that the
order was genuine order and had the certificate Of the
officers OF the For plaintiff, W. Haywood defend
ant Edgar S. Van Winke.
Year: 1871

seemed him that the appeal should dispossd of
r and therefore the would have the term


Mr. Field insisted that the sl In this district,
u had never been Transferred and that shoud be tried I'm
mediatelv.


roestatons and counter protestatons INDUCED In
Al some considerable further length between the opposing
counsel The Judge, however, nfexibe decision
anu ordered the case 10 got over till next term.
Year: 1871

IDLE GIRLs.-lt is a painful specta-
Gle in families where the mother is the
drudge, to see the daughters, elegantly
dressed, reclining at their ease with their
drawing, their reading, beguiling them.
selves of the lapse Of hours, and weeks,
and never dreaming of their responsible
ities, but, as necessary consequence OF
neglect of duty growing weary of their
lives, laying hold OF every newly invent
ed stimulant to rouse their dropping
energies, and blaming their fate, when
they dare not blame their God, for hav-
ing placed them where they are. These
individuals will often tell you, with an
air of affected compassion, (for who can
believe it real,) that poor dear mamma
is working herself to death; yet no soon-
er do you propose that you assist her
than they declare she is quite in her ele.
ment; in short, that she never would be
happy if she had only half SO much to
do.
Year: 1871

SALT AND Sous.-Salt can be used to
advantage on light, sandy soils, but not
on stiff clay. 1t is supposed to a t main
ly as chemical agent in dissolving sill
ca, which gives strength to the straw, by
forming the hard, shining, external coat
This has been shown by experiments, in
which the ash of wheat straw gave about
FIVE per cent. more silica when grown on
land manured with salt than that from
straw grown on precisely the same soil
without salt -Four hundred weight per
acre was applied in instruments, at diff
ferent seasons of the year. The relative
yield was as seven of good to five of in
ferior grain in favor Of the field manure
with salt. Voelckerf experiments on "a
calcareous clay loan, clay containing
some carbonate of lime, showed that sail
on such soil produced scarcely any gain
in the yield of grain, while it slightly
diminished the weight Of straw. Mixed
with nitrate of soda, substance contain
ing much nitrogen, it produced better re.
suits than the nitrate alone. 1t may
therefore be laid down as a general rule
that, except on true sand, salt should be
mixed with the nitrate which is import
ed from South America under the names
of Cubic nitre and Chill saltpetre.
Year: 1871




THE DANGERS OF THE BARRIERS RA-
ZoR.-The London Medical Press has
this startling statement:


Recently we have professionally seen
two of the worst cases of Sycosis Con-
tagiosum which have ever come under
our notice. Both patients were shaved
by the same barber, and no doubt by the
same razor as tat used, for the barber
acknowledges his fault-in shaving a
man with bad chin" In one patient
the yellowish scales have extendtd to the
upper lip and sides OF the face covered
by hair. The vegetable nature Of the
disease, and the rapidity with which the
seeds are transmitted from part to part,
until the cryptogamic plant surrounds ev-
cry hair follicle, is only too well known
for repetition here. Our chief object in
directing public attention to most seri-
Gus matter is, that BARRIERS will learn,
through us, to be more careful in discrlm-
mating shaving, and that the public seek
ing their aid will, for their own sake, in
sist upon what we hope will now become
a universal practice in the barber shop
namely, the razor to be immersed in
some water before being applied to the
face. This is pretty sure to destroy the
vegetable organism, should any exist, on
the instrument.


Those who may have suffered from
Sycosis Contagoisum, and the physician
who has had experience in The treatment
of it, alone know the protracted nature
of most unsightly camplaint in yield
ing to treatment and the value of the
hint we offer in the simple immersion of
the razor in warm water, and then wiped
before use. Indeed, in the filthy barber
shops of our great towns diseases of more
kinds than sycosis are propogated; but
with that we do not propose entering up
on now, our simple desire being to record
a painful occurrence which we have re-
Gently meta faithful corroboration of
the testimony of Gustav Simon, of Gruby
of Vienna, and OF the experiments made
by Foville, who noted over and over
again the transmission by coutagion of
sycosis, from the usesof a razor employ
ed iu shaving an effected person.
Year: 1871

BE WISE IN TIME--A young prince,
whose mind had learned in some degree
to value religious truth, asked his tutor
to give him suitable instruction, that he
might be prepared for death.


"Plenty of time for that when you are
older" was the reply.


"Nol' said the prince; Il have been to
the churchyard aud measured the graves,
and there are some shorter than am"
Year: 1871

The proprietor of a forge, not remark
able for his correctness of language, but
who, by honest industry, had realized a
comfortable independence, being called
on at a social meeting for toast, gave
Success for forgery
Year: 1871

space, as if he were walking down
Broadway" full-rigged metropolitan
belle. Aud so on till we rolled into the
depot, and | placed myself on the other
car, opposite the stranger, who with a
portmanteau in each hand, had descend
ed and was standing on the lowest step,
ready to jump to the platform. look,
ed from his face to the faces of the peo,
pie before us, but saw no sign Of recog


nition. Suddenly he cried, There they
are" and laughed outright, but in hys


terical sort of II way, as he looked over
the crowd. / followed his eyes and saw
some distance back, as if crowded out
and shouldered away by the well-dressed
and elbowing throng, little woman in
faded dress and well.worn hat, with
a face almost painful in its intense but
hopeful expression, glancing rapid y from
window to window as the coaches glided
in. She had not yet seen the stranger !;
but in a moment after she caught his eye,
and in another instant he had jumped to
the platform with hi two portmanteaus;
and making hole in the crowd here anG
there, and running one Of his bundles
plump into The well-developed stomach
of a venerable looking old gentleman in
spectacles, he rushed toward the place
where she was standing. ! think | new.
er saw face assume so many different
expressions in so short time as did that
of the little woman while her husband
was on his way to her. She didn't look
pretty. On the contrary, she looked
very plain, but some way | felt big
lump rise in my throat as | watched her.
She was trying TO laugh; but, God bless
her, how completely she failed ia the at
tempt! Her mouth got into the posi-
ton but it never moved after that, save
to draw down at the corners and culver,
while she blnked her eyes SO fast tnat !
suspect she only caught occasional glimp-
Sc, of the broad-shouIGered fellow who
elbowed his way so rapidly toward her.
And, then, as he drew close and dropped
those everlasting portmanteaus, she just
turned comp letely round, with her back
toward him, and covered her face with
her hands. And thus she was when the
strong man gathered her up in his arms
as if she had been baby, and held her
sobbing to his breast. There were
enough gaping at them, heaven knows,
and turned my eyes away moment,
and then | say two boys in threadbare
roundabouts standing near, wiping their
red eyes and noses on their little coat
sleeves and bursting out anew at every
fresh demonstration on the part of theil
mother When | looked at the stranger
again he had his hat drawn down over
his eyes but his wife was looking up al
him, and it seemed as if the pent-up tears
of all those weary months of waiting
were streaming through her eyelids.
Year: 1871

Ru sia punishes drunkards by making
them sweep the streets What a sight il
would be if the same punishment should
be inflicted on the unfortunate victims OF
the intoxicating cup in this country.
Year: 1871

was In q ferment all day on account OF the many
rumors that were a1oat, and the crowd OF callers
was fully rs great as ever. The sheriff put on his
great coat at four O'Clock precisely after stating
that he had not received any warrants tor The arrest
OF any person Of consequence to the public
Year: 1871

The city deposits are being gradually transferred
from the National Broadway Bank to tho National
PARK Bank. II IS said that this new idea of the new
regime Is being carried out by advice OF the Comp
trOcr. The why and wherefore has not been a.
ccrtaued,
Year: 1871

The Board OF Fire Commissioners held o regular
meeting yesterday. Commissioner Hitchman In the
chair. A communication was received IRON the
foreman OF Engine Company IA in relation to the
furniture IN the house, for which an ex-of1cer
claimed payment, and for which the Committee on
Finance Of the Board had directed the men TO pay
$175 The foreman contendcd that II the furniture
was removed at once the men would bo only too
glad to subscribe for newer and better articles.
that It was quite probable that the Board
OF Apportionment would hold no more
with the department In answer 10 the rcquistion
made by the department. stated that there was no
money TO pay the men their last months salary;
that the source from which he had obtained money
for the previous two months payments mad posi-.
tively refused to make any more aavances that it
severe work Ihey were called on 10 perform with
their families suffering for the actual necessities OF
unless they could get some assurance OF payment.
The ratio OF fires increasing, the reserve OF the
department was decidedly lneiclent on insulllcent
more labor than they might be called upon to do II
the department could afford to keep sufficient re-
serve.


The Department Of Public Parks.


There were present at the secret meeting OF the
Park Commissioners held on Tuesday Commits
soners Stebbins, Green, Fields. Dillon and Church.
petition relative TO altering the grade OF 152d
street. from between the Boulevard and Tenth
avenue was received and referred to the Treasurer
to examine and report. In compliance with reso.
luton passed at a previous meeting the Treasurer
presented O statement OF moneys required Tor the
maintenance uf tho department during the year
1872 The commissioners refuse to state what thls
amount VIII be. A statement was also prescated
showing the amount OF the expenditures. Inc re-
ports were received from the Engneer-in-Chtef as
soSes wAe Of he PARK can be
ing winter and to the condition vi the works on
| the roads and avenues. report was received
Year: 1871

The brain of a horse seem to cntcr-
tain but one thought at time; for
this reason, continued whipping is out
OF the question, and only confirms his
stubborn resolve. But if you can by
any means change the direction Of his
mind, give him new subject to think
Of Nine times out Of ten you will
have no further trouble in starting him.
As simple trick as a little pepper.
; alocs, Or the like, thrown back on the
tongue, will often succeed in turning
attention to the taste in his mouth.
The pair Of "attIe to Il log chain around
the horses neck, is an intricate and ex
pensivc remedy, and good many pco-
pie may not be lucky enough to have a
yoke Of cattle handy for the occasion.


\ simpler and cheaper remedy that
will result far differently, is to take a
couple Of turns of common wrapping
twine, such as grocers use, around the
iorcleg just below the knee, tight
enough for the horse to feel, aud tie in
a bow knot At the first cuck he will
generally 20 dancing off, and after 60
ing short distance you can get out
and remove the string, to prevent in
jury to the tendon in your further driy-
ing.


The first lesson in this simple process
was in Lexington, KY; subsequent ex-
perience has proved its utility when ap-
piled to balky horses. The philosophy
of the appliance is something on the
same principle as hat whereof we once
read for preventing hens from scratch
ing up the garden. Put gafs or spurs
on the hens, s,rcvcrs;ng-instead of points
up, have them pointing do"nward.-
Then, when the hen lifts u leg to
scratch, as it desccnds the point OF: the
spur catches in the ground, placing
that foot forward; and the stroke with
the other leg is attended with like re-
suits, until the hen walks herself right
out Of the garden.-Turf, FIM and
Farm.