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Year: 1876

Prof. Nixon had advertised in Charles
ton, 8. O., that he would allow himself
to be placed in coffin, screwed down,
and buried in grave six feet deep. BE
was to remain there for one hour and q
half, and then rise from the grave
through the soil. The grave was dug in
Belyidere, and he said that if he failed
he hoped the crowd would be large
enough to insure respectable legacy to
his wife and children. Upon approach
ing the grave Nixon was seen on plat
form performing Juggling tricks. He
was dressed in bright yellow coat, pink
trousers (short), and about eleven bro
gans. Mr.. Nixon claims to be an Egyp-
tian. If the Egyptians ordinarily dress
in that costume, Moses WAS justified in
getting out of the country OF all hazards.
An Egyptian taskmaster with a brogan
like Nixon's must have been able TO ad-
minister fearful kick. Nixon soon ap-
preached the grave, and made earnest
appeals to the crowd to get away from
it. The coffin was brought forward,
and o committee was selected to see
that there was no deception. Nixon
now pulled off his shoes, and stood on
the coffin, holding in each hand vial.
His voice assumed unnatural solemnity.
he said that he wanted silence for a
while; that this was life and death
matter his voice became husky, and
perspiration began to start upon his
brow. He paused moment. A look
OF grave determination settled upon his
face, and with tremulous sigh he hasti-
ly swallowed the contents of the vial.
In few minutes his face assumed a
deathly pallor, and dark rims appeared
beneath his eyes. The spectators
thought he was going to die. He lay
in the coffin and the lid was screwed
down. The coffin was rapidly lowered
into the grave, and the earth shoveled
in. The excitement increased as the
time for which the professor was to re-
main under ground (thirty minutes)
passed. At twenty-eight minutes the
excitement communicated itself to the
judges, and they issued orders for the
horn to be blown, which was to summon
the buried man forth. As the first note
of the instrumentrung out the assembly
became frantic. Soon o scream rose as
the earth began to crack, and Nixon
came up into sight with load of dirt on
his head. Then q howl was caused by
the discovery that the professors ap-
pearance had been made through neat
ly covered chamber, which was divided
only by thin partition from the head
of the grave. He had burst the head
out Of the coffin, crept into the shaft,
and emerged from it at the sound Of the
horn. He bowed his thanks and with
drew.
Year: 1876

Professor Huxley, speaking at din
ner in Edinburgh of the result OF the
Challenger expedition, sent out to OBJ
tain more accurate information of the
physical characteristics OF the sea and
of the animal life in it, gave the follow.
ing interesting facts as examples OF what
has been discovered:


Some of the discoveries which have
been made by the Challenger are un'
doubtedly such as to make US. all form
new ideas of the operation of natural
causes in the sea. Take, for example,
the very remarkable fact that at great
depths the temperature Of the sea always
sinks down pretty much to that of freez-
ing fresh water. This is very strange
fact in itsef-a fact which could not
have been anticipated prio,S. Take,
again, the marvellous discovery that over
large areas of the sea the bottom is cov-
cred with kind of chalk, q substance
made mp entirely of the shells of minute
creatures. The fact has been known for
long time, and We we're greatly puz-
zled to know how these things got to be
there. But the researches of the Chal-
lenger have proved beyond question, es
far as I can see, that the remains IN
question are the shells OF organisms
which live at the surface and not at the
bottom, and that this deposit, which ls
of the same nature as the ancient chalk,
differing in some minor respects, but
essentially the same, is absolutely form
ed by a rain of skeletons. These crea-
lures all live within one hundred faith
oms of the surface, and, being subject
to the fate of all living things, they
sooner or later die. and when they die
their skeletons are rained down in one
continual shower, falling through q
mile or couple of miles of sea water.
How long they take about it Imagination
fails one in supposing, but at least they
get to the bottom, and there, piled up,
they form great stratum of substance
which, if upheaved, would be exactly
like chalk. Here We have possible
mode of construction of the rocks which
compose the earth of which We had pre-
viously no conception. But this is by
no means the most wonderful thing.
When they got to depths of 5000 and
1000 fathoms, and to 4, 400 fathoms, or
about five miles, which was the greatest
depth at which the Challenger fshed
anything from the bottom, they found
that. while the surface OF the water
might be full OF those calcareous organ
isms, the bottom was not. There they
found red clay. This red clay is great
puzzle, great mystery; how it comes
there, what it arises from. whether it is,
as the director has suggested, the ash of
foraminifer@; whether it is decomposed
pumice stone, vomited out by volcanoes
and scattered over the surface; or
whether, lastly, it has something to do
with that meteoric dust which is being
continually rained upon us from the
spaces of the universe. Which of these
causes may be at the bottom Of the phe-
nomenon it is very hard to say; it is one
of those points on which We shall have
information by-and-bye.
Year: 1876

One of the most recent important dis
coveries is that of a new explosive,
known as cotton gunpowder, The first
process of its manufacture, which is
carried on at Dare, in England, is to
steep cotton in a mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acid. After the acid has been
pressed out, the cotton is dried and
triturated (reduced to powder), and
mixed with certain other chemicals. To
show how safe it IT, not to explode with
fire or pressure, the following expert
ments were lately made. Two barrels
of the powder were placed in the mid
die of a roaring bonfire. The barrels
were consumed, and the powder blazed
away without exploding. Then an iron
pile driver, weighing half ton, was al
lowed to fall fifteen feet on box con-
tanning ten rounds Of the powder. The
box was simply crushed, and the pow
der scattered about. Exploded with o
fuse, the cotton gunpowder broke four
steel ingots, weighing several hundred
weight, in pieces; and when under wa
ter, sent up column of water two hun
dred feet high. It was also made to ex-
plode when wet with twenty per cent.
of water.
Year: 1876

warranted not to cut in the eye--not head
ache in hhds. Of tit is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in pound of beet
and it carries "A bead like a necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN
Year: 1876

The Monetary Times, OF Toronto,
Ontario, in very suggestive article
on the timber question, alludes to
the destruction and waste of Canadi-
an forests by fires and careless lum-
bermen, and as the same causes are
at work here to an alarming extent,
the suggestions Of the Times might
be proftably considered: 1.-The val
ne of lumber to the worlds life and
business, is increasing every day,
and what the wealth of our forests
would be fifty years after this, If
they could be retained as they are to-
day, person might give wings to
his imagination in determining. Is
it practicable to restrict their annu-
al production The timber limits
in the hands of private individuals
are no doubt beyond control, their
owners can do with them as. they
please, but there are immense guam
titles of timbered lands yet in the
hands of our governments, and
without expressing an opinion or in
deed having come to a conclusion
upon it we desire to start the ques-
ton. would it be for the interest of
Canada that these lands should not
be parted with except on conditions
which would put check upon the
rapidity with which our for
ests are dis appearing? Very oppo-
site no doubt are the answers which
this question would evoke, but all
will admit its great and growing i'm
portance.


If restrictions upon production
are impracticable or inadvisable, we
are at least certain that all classes
would be rejoiced to learn that fur
ther Legislation had been devised by
our various governments-for our
crown lands are mainly under Pro-
vincial control-for the protection
of our forests. They suffer serious
ly each summer from fires, it is al
legged that considerable, and some
maintain large percentage is vast
ed by careless and wasteful lumber
men, and that even in settled clear
ings much valuable timber is still
wasted which might and should
bring good prices. Special means
should be taken to prevent such
abuses, so that if we cannot arrest
the accelerating destruction of our
forests, we may at least put off the
day of exhaustion to as remote pc
riod as possible"
Year: 1876

Lieutenant John Garland, of Com
pany B, Sixth infantry, with Gen
erai Gibbons command, writes as
follows concerning the slaughter of
of the Seventh cavalry and General
Custer. The letter is dated Mouth
of the Little Horn River, June 20,
and proceeds as follows:


At the mouth of the Rosebud on
the 22d of June we struck a large
Indian trail leading up the Rosebud
Valley. General Custer from there
took command of the twelve compa-
MES of cavalry, and pushed on after
the Sioux. He followed them to the
foot of the mountains, and found by
scouting the valley that they were en-
camped on a branch of the Little
Horn. This was on the night of the
oath. On the 25th he took five COM
panies and followed the stream down
one side, while Major Reno with
seven companies went down on the
other. Major Reno was to attack
the enemy in the rear while Custer
fought them in the front. This
would have worked all right, as Reno
had got in their rear; but General
Custer, marching down on the other
side, saw what he supposed was the
front of the camp and made charge
on them, the Indians giving way
and letting him right into the open
ing.


The brave man rode in with his
300 men and would have killed the
whole 1000 Sioux, I believe, if there
had been no enemy behind him.
But instead of charging the front he
was right in the center of between
5000 and 4, 1000 Sioux. Those that
were behind him kept concealed
until he was right in their midst,
and then, when it was too late, he
made bold dash, trying to cut
through them. But the enemy were
too many. He fell about the first
one, and the horses becoming un-
manageable the poor soldiers were
cut down in less time than it takes to
tell it. Out of the whole regiment
only 1928 men are left, and forty of
them are badly wounded. 1t makes
ones heart sick to look over the bat
tie ground and see the poor fellows,
some of them with their entrails cut
out, others with their eyes dug out
and hearts laid across their face.
They even stopped TO cut their pock-
cts to get their money and watches.
The most fearful sight was Colonel
Cook. He was a splendid looking
man with long dark whiskers. They
dug his face all out SO as to get his
fine beard, it is supposed. They did
not disigure General Custer in any
way, but his brother, Tom Custer,
was opened and his heart taken out.
The wound are now on the boat and
will start for Fort Ruford tomorrow.
We estimate the loss of the emmy at
500, though it is hard to tell how
many were killed, as they carried
most of them away. Some OF ours
claim that Sitting Bull was killed,
as he is known by. some, and an In
dian answering his description was
found dead, but no doubt this is
false, as they would have tried to
carry him along.


Custer was supposed to be the
first one who died, but though he
fell first We found seventeen cart
ridge shells by his side, where he
had kept them off until the last mo-
ment. There can no blame be at
tached to any one for this fearful
slaughter. If Custer had had the
whole regiment it would only have
been worse, as the Sioux were too
many. Of course there will be some
blamed by Eastern papers, but as an
eye witness of the whole battle I can
not censure any one.
Year: 1876

A gentleman uptown invited a
friend to go into the nursery and
hear the children say their prayers.
They stopped moment on the
stairs, however, and when they
reached the room the little prattlers
had just sung their evening hymn
and were trying to drown the kitten
in the wash bowl. The visitor ap-
peared to be deeply moved.
Year: 1876

ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO
KILL.-As All Wong, a China
man was walking on Yesler's
wharf between a lumber pile
and the edge of the wharf, an
other Chinaman named All
Wang crept up behind him and
giving him a violent push, threw
him off the wharf and into the
bay. A gentleman on Crawford
l. Harrington's wharf, who wit
messed the occurrence rushed
around and with the assistance
of others, secured All Wong
from what promised to be a
watery grave. All Wong was
arrested and in default of S5,-
600 bail, was committed TO Jail
to await the action Of the Dis
trict Court.
Year: 1876

AFTER a man has been drilled through
an apprenticeship of many years to the
art of editing newspaper. he feels that
he has mistaken his calling when some
ignorant cuss, who never patronIzed a
newspaper dollars worth in his life,
travels through wind and weather to
point out defects which he alone could
tell the editor how to remedy. Why be
continues to drudge along through this
vale of tears. earning, at some humble
calling. paltry dollar day, when he
might be directing the great minds of
the world, is past all human compre-
hension.
Year: 1876

A PLUcKY EAGLE.-A hunter on the
Yellow river. near Chippewa. Wis. in
the winter of 1915, went out, one day,
to bring in the carcass of deer that
had been hung on tree for safe keep
ing. The man had borne the dee about
40 rods from the tree, when an eagle
swooped down on the path. about twelve
feet in front of him, and, turning about
stood upon one foot, with the other up
lifted, as it ready for fight; its head
was erect. its eyes sharply fi1ed upon
the man carrying, off the deer, upon
which it was probably about to feed;
the feathers we're all turned forward and
stood on end, and the wings we're par
tally spread. The man dropped the
deer and seizing stick struck the eagle
So violent blow that the weapon was
broken. The bird retreated about six
feet; then, whirling around again, as
summed the same defiant attitude as be-
fore. Its antagonist picked up another
stick and started for the eagle, which
menancingly advanced until the ad-
vanced until two were only four feet
apart. The blow now dealt the bird in
jured it SO that 1t could not fly, and it
endeavored to run away. Yet again it
turned. with a plucky purpose to fight
The battle out; but the superior powers
of the man secured the victory, and the
bird was laid low. 1t was golden
eagle, and measured two feet and ten
inches from the till to the tip of the
tail, and seven and half feet across the
| Uipuo
Year: 1876

sa The first smelling works
in California will be built this
summer, making the second one
west of the Rocky Mountains
Oregon has the honor of putting
up the first one on the coast.
The one in California will be
built in Clipper Gap, on the line
Of the Central Pacific Railroad,
where fine quality of magnec-
tic ore is found in great abund-
ance. Limestone is also found
in the immediate vicinity.
Year: 1876

re- The little stern wheel
teamer building on Hammonds s
.gays for Robbins, Wright and
is fast assuming shape.
Her skeleton is already up,
although the bad weather is de-


laying the work somewhat.
Year: 1876

aa- The volume of water in
the Willamette river is slowly
increasing-caused by back wa
ter from the rise IN the Colum-
bla produced by the melting of
the show on the Rocky Noun
tains.
Year: 1876

The removal of the Verde, Apache and Chiricahua Indians to San Carlos, evidently in the interest of Tucson trade. would seem to have been enough to satisfy the greed of that people, in that particular line, but the sequel shows that they are not yet content, nor will they be as long as there is soldier left north of the Gila. The Governor is constantly importuned to call out the mali tia. Suggestions are made for Legislative appropriations, and a thousand expedients resorted to, to create the impression with u c war office that the Military Commander is too far away from the scene of his duties

 If the repeated scouts which General kautz has sent into the country said to be infested by renegade Indians. proved that there was single wild Indian in all the country from which these complaints come, there might be some doubt as to the pur- pose of the agitators, but surely all these military officers; Majors, Captains and Lieu tenants, all anxious to make a record for themselves would not falsely report, that there were no Indians on the old Chiricahua reservation, after thoroughly scouting it in all directions, if it were possible to find them there.
Year: 1876

The wedding announced elsewhere of Mr. Jesse Ellis to Miss Eliza 1ouree is represen- ted by those fortunate enough to have been present as very elegant and enjoyable af- fair. After the performance of the ceremony the guests accompanied the happy pair to the resite .ce of NIr. Jerry Su.li an where the a>semblage to the number of some forty couple proceeded to trip the light fantastic to the music of the Prime Co.,, until day light did appear, and pausing only to par take of as elegant and sumptuous a colation as was ever before spread on like occa ons
Year: 1876

What an unhappy disposition the Citizen

 writer must be postessed of Every body, and everything, outside of Tucson and its immediate dependencies, according to his morbid imagination, is rocking with corrup- tion

 Hon. C. c, Bean, whose business com pelled him to withdraw from the race for the Delegateship, having the Presidency and the management ofthe Peck Mining Co to attend to, was complimented by the Citizen at the time, when they no doubt felt that he was out of the way and would not interfere with the Election. He did stay out, and give his undivided attention to business un- til in an evil hour he had the misfortune to drop his pistol on the trail between the mine and home and was severely wounded in the knee, from which wound he has been obi ged to keep his bed ever since. Lying in this condition, his mind, which never will be still, conceived the idea of doing his old Anti Ring friend John Howard some service in the contest for Council, and accor- dingly wrote card and published it in the MINER, in which he incidentally touched that tender point, the Little Colorado vote of 1874. This was enough, notwithstanding Bean was advocating the Citizens side of the " Prescott Ring question, he believed in the numerical strength of Yavapai Coun- ty, and had:iared to say so in prin', 1herefore he is corrupt, dishonest and thoroughly bad. His political word, says the Citizen, is abso- lutely worthless in Tucson. Think of it, how mortified Mir. Bean must feel when he learns that his political word is doubted in Tucson.
Year: 1876

GOVERNOR SAFFoRD has written an ex- tended account of his recent trip to the Little Colorado Country which we find published in the Citizen of the 11th. His interview with the leaders of the Mormon Colony is interesting, as that people are becoming an important element in the population of this county. One of the head men informed the Governor that within the next two years they expected their colony would number 2,000. They have built a saw mill and sell lumber in the mill yard at S10 per thousand feet. They also have grist mill and are about to erect wooden mill and wagon fac tory. The mountains near them abound in hard wood, suitable for wagons They be- lieve in polygamy, but do not practice it, it 1t having been determined that those who came to Arizona shall have but one wife, and that they will comply with all the laws of the land
Year: 1876

The Silver City N. NJ. Herald is ripe fol annexing Grant County to Arizona and in its issue of Oct. 2Sth says: the question will be submitted to the voters at the election. It further says there is great unanimity Tn Arizona in regard to the success of the measure and recommends that Congress be memOrialized to consumate the transfer.

 We see no objection to such change of allegiance if it be the desire of those who are to be affected bv the transfer.

 It might be well enough to wait until the location of the Capital is finally settled, however, before adding to the power of those already in possession of the spells. If any one is to be reinforced it would seem but justice to give the "outs a chance.

 Still we hear no serious objection to the measure proposed. The north is increasing in numbers, so rapidly, that it should per hapS be of set someway.
Year: 1876

The Citizen advises l. H. Behan to turn upon those who voted against him for Sher- if, kick back, etc. All of which he is not likely to do, as he recognizes the right of every voter to vote for whom he pleases but should business take him to Tucson, and he got his kicking apparatus once in motion, we should not like to be held re- sponsible for the damage to the person of the Citizen writer, and allow the said wri- ter to assess the amount himself. The chances are that he could rest better stand ing up than sitting down, for month or so
Year: 1876

THE DELEGATEsHIP.-We have published such returns as we could obtain from the varions Counties in the Territory, but there are so many different reports that we find it impossible, at the hour Of going to press, to give guess as to who is elected. Not a word has yet been received from beyond the Mogollons. except from Clifton, and we are not sure that that is correct All the south- ern half of Mohave is also to hear from.
Year: 1876

A professor was expostulating with q student for his idleness, when the latter said, |" It's of no use; l was cut out for a loafer."

 Well" declared the professor, surveying the student critically, whoever cut you out understood his business"
Year: 1876

Night-before-last the flue 10 Morgan S Dougherty's Jewelry store took fire and created quite an alarm, but no damage ex- cept to the nerves of those who had property in such proximity as to be exposed to the fire. It spent itself and quit without inter- ference from anybody.
Year: 1876

A subsequent dispatch said the pretended courier was roaring drunk and telling diff fercnt story. The chances are he is a grand fraud, and took this method of filling him self with whisky at the expense of the friends of Oury at Phoenix. Had he come to Prescott with Hardy returns he might have done quite as we'll, and TO doubt Tue son and Yuma would saturatc him with Stevens liquid should he favor either of those towns with the assurances of that gen tlemans election. There was evidently a method in his madness and Phoenix ap- pears to have been the victim
Year: 1876

NoMINATED.-At the meeting of the
Southern Association at Washington
on Wednesday evening, the following
resolution recommending the nomina
tion of Senator Bayard for the
Presidency was adopted:


ResoIoed, That Senator Bayard has
hOnored him elf, his State and his
country by his dignified. manly and
patriotic protests against further
unnecessary meddling by the general
Government with the local affairs of
the South; that he has won the love of
the law-abiding people of that section
by defending their rights and endeav
oring to lift their burdens; that the
great Democratic party would honor
Itself in selecting such a man as its
standard bearer in the Presidential con
test OF the Centennial year, and that
the American people could in no
better way celebrate their hundredth
anniversary than by elevating so able,
honest and pure man to the first
position within their gift.


AS Mr.. Bayard has secured the
South, if the East, North and West
will unite in voting for him he will
certainly be nominated. - Delauare
Republican.


And then he would certainly be
elected and we would have q first, class
Democratic President.