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Show atu jiltftr ~ttf ~iutr. I:!ATURDAY ..•...• -.SEPTEMIIER 3, 1S81 Let u be Brter. When the ;-~sin Guiteau is brought to trial it is to be hoped that the proceedings will be extremely bl"ief. The man is already convicted out of his O\Vn mouth, and the socalled trial should be only the formal sod lcg:al confirmation of the sentence which he has :tlreRdy pronounced upon himself, and the order of its immediate execution. The ple:l of insanity rannot he successfully sustal nell; if offered it should be at once overruled. The man is perfectly l':lne, and every one knows it. Then, if the usual ab~urd Jlractice of permitting every man who has read about the case anu formed an opinion upon it to be excluded from the jury is to be followed, where and when could a jury~ empaneled P 'fhere )s uot an Intelligent man in the United States who has not long ago read accounts of t;lle case and formed his opinion ff.ocerniog the guilt of the prisoner. the ot•dinary and ridiculous latide given in tais respect be extended in tris case, no jury cou:id evet· be em- • _p::~neled in the United States to try Guiteau. The wise discretion of the Court will, it is to be hopell, a>oid a miscarriage of justice on this point. Then, the evidence should be cut as short Bs possible. It all lies in a nutshell. The testimony of three witnesses who saw the shooting would be quite sufficient. The defence would be notlling; and there need be no speeches, at least on the !'ide of the prosecution, nor should ther~ be 11ny on the defence-if tllere is any defence. The whole trial sbould be ended in a single sitting, ami accompanied with 11.8 little parade as possible. To protract it would only gratify the vanity of the culprit and cause pain and disgust to the people. The man should be tried, condemned, sentenced, and sent to prison in a ~Ingle day, treated as any other vulgar criminal would be, and not made "an object of interest." A Step In Advance. The Apaches. The Apaches under :Kano appear to be grooving more audacious, bloodthirsty and sur.cest::ful every day. The last report is that they lHt>e attacked and taker1 the village of Eureka, in New Mexico, and massacred the whole population, amountsng to seventy-five persons. If this is trueand whether it be true or not, it is cert.'lin tl1at these savages have alre: tdy killed &cores of people-it is evident that some more prompt and effective policy is required than that ordinarily pursued. Hunting the .Apaches with small bodies of troops, who can only fight them when found, but cannot. surround and exterminate ·them, has proved a failure hitherto. They must, therefore, be attacked witb an overwl1elming force, and for this purpose the )lexican and United States authorities ought to concert measures at once. Otherwise, between the cowboys and the .Apaches, the frontier will soon be deserted by all save ctiminals and cutthroats, white and reu, and these latter will constitute a constant source of danger and loss to both countries along a broad and steadily widening belt oft~::rritory. Idiosyncrasies. Certain idiosyncrasies seem to take fixed posse;;sion of portions of the human race. Take, for example, busybodies, people whose own aJfairs are never sufficient to occupy them, what singular characteristics they develop, what a nuisance they are, and yet how much latitude they are allowed. Every one dislikes them, yet every one tolerates them. "I dec:are, I dread to see him come into ·my house," a. nctim will exclaim, "he's such a busybody.'' But even anticipated suffering will not snpply courage to shut the door in the busybody's face. Why do we put up with people whom we neither admire nor like, and who persist in interfering with us ami in giving uncalled for advice and opinion? Simply from that want of moral courage which makes ua submit to social bondage in this and many other respects. --THERE are varieties of roofs in the wot ld, although the nature of the humans that they cover will be found •• IJI ..... iiiiiilliiiliiii-iii;.~,--;;.;,;::..,.;:j w·y much the ~me ileYPrv n,~rt"'"· Cl~~.,.c~ may «Ilect c amcter, i)ut it newEpaper was recently arranged on a charge of having asserted that Bis- does r.ot materially alt r the bumaniy marck favored the anti-Jewish agita- that underlies character. Great tlon, and has been acquitted, on the dramatists and great novelists recogground that "if the accused believed nize this; they do not confound the the attitude of' the Governmetlt in- two, but illustrate, as Shakespeare, directly promoted anti-Jewish ex- Goethe and George Eliot have done, cesse!', he had a perfect right to ex- the influence which circumstance press his opinion to that effect." may ha>e put upon the character That is a marked step in advance, ancl which is itself a growth, while the must ha,·e gi,·cu the Prussian Chan- human nature in which it is rooted ccllor a disagreeable quarter of an remains unde,·iatingly the same. hour. If he cannot prevent the Character may vary; the pa·ssions Courts from protecting the liberty that either control or are controlled of the press he will be obliged to by it have been the aamc from the I beginning, and will be to the end. c 1angc his methods of governing in many important particulars, and he has always entertained a 8trong dislike for newspapers, save as convenient agent;; for his autocratic will. But lhc world moves, even at Berlin. Stanley. It is rumored that St.'lnley is lying dangerously ill in Africa, and that he himself has abandoned hope. It is the almost uniform fate of African exwho persist in their work to die in harness, and therefore if Stanley falls at his post there will be n.othng surprising in it. Ilis death will a scriaus loss to gcogt·aphical ience, and perhaps also to philan-lropy, though whether he could n-e eu~ceeded in putting and keepmg down the slave trade is a question which admits of considerable doubt. He has proved himself a. dauntless and most determined cxploret·, and hla energy and courage promised to be productive of much more -raluable results; but the anxieties and danO'ne incident to African travel b;d aged him prematurely, and it is by no means improbable that his previous privations had undermined his constitution far more serious than he wad aware of. ~~~~~ --THE lake that has the highest ele\·ation of any in the world is Green Lake, in Colorado. Its surface is 10 - 252 feet above the level of the se~. Pine ;forests surround it, the eternal snows deck the neighboring mountain tops. One of these, Gray's Peak, has an altitude of 14,3±1 feet. '!'he water of Green Lake Is ru; clear as crystal, and L'lrge rock masses and a petrified forest arP. distinctly visable at the bottom. The branches of the trees are of dazzling whiteues, as though cut In marble. Salmon and trout ewim among them. In places the 1ak~ i~ 200 feet deep. --IN these days of matrimonial uneasiness, how would it answer to have recourse to a favorite expedient in Switzerland? At Zurich ir1 the olden days, when man and wife quarreled and applied for a divorce, the magistrate never listened nntil they had made trial of a state remedy. They were locked up together fvr three days and nights in one room, pro>ided with one <:hair, one table, one bed, one Jllate and one tumbler. Their food was pa~sed to them by attendants who neither saw nor spoke to them, and the records assert that when let out neither of them wanted to be divorced. --'I'HENewYorkWorld: There is 110 pnrticular reason why l\Ir. Darwin should be more interested than anybody else in the wild man who was recently caught in Transcaucasia, who is covered with shaggy hair and !!peaks no language whatever. 'I.'bis gentleman is not half so interesting to Mr. Darwin, and other men of science who belie\·c in :t peculiarly unorthodox theory of the decent of man, as u live ape or monkey would be who would be caught casually ir1 Broadway or the Strand some day with a beautiful hat on his head tio-ht trousers on his legs and his ~lb~vs sticking out at angle, while he spoke good enough English after a fashion. --.AFGHANISTAX is troubled with internal dissensions. It has two kings and no cro,yn, The time is coming when there "·ill be plenty of these uncoroneted individuals. 'Ve expect to live to see the day when Europe will be full of crownless kings w:tnclering up and down the land, their "occupation gone." The spirit of republicanism will cyentually uncrown them all. Parnell noll tbe Land Bill. Parnell has committed himself to a continuc1l course of :~gitation, anrl has alrc:1dy denounced the land bill and tre:tted it "·ith disdain. This is no more than was to ha>e been expected from him, for of cour3e his occupation \vould be gone if the l:tnd bill was aceepte!l as a remedy for existing evils. 'Yc obsen·e, however, that the local leagues in Ireland have also declared themseh'eS in several instances on this matter, :mel tb:tt they do not sl10w any disposition to repudiate the land bill. They in fact are prepared to accept all the good that is to be got out of it, and at this point it ecems they are about to scperate from the agitator. Should the views of the local leagues be gencml1y adopteu, Pal'llell will have up-hill work in reviving the agitation, but there is no reason to doubt his determination to go on as he bas btgun, and as he has an enterprisi! before him which is very cartain to last his life· time, Ire can afford to proceed easily and without ha~te. Tbe Disease Spreading. The Russian Government has discovered that the nrmy is deeply tainted with Xi!Jilism. This was to have been anticipate<]. The army is perforce drawn from the masses, and the ~ihilists have for years bPcn preaching among them with increasing effect. X or is there any etrcctive way of remedying this. It is impossible to ascertain !tow far the contagion has spreRd, and therefore it is impossible to ascertain what regiments CP.n be trusted. At such crises nrmies ha>e frequently collapsed under the hands of their commanders, or gone over, officers and :111, to the revolutionary side. This is also possible in Russia.========~ A Tough Witness. New York .lllail: :Not even a l:twyer, howeYer skillful in cross examination, can make a witness te1l the truth, provided the witness wishes to aut. it. It ts impossi ble to put tbe question in such exact language that it will demand the desired answer. It was necessary, on a certain occasion in Court, to compel a witne~s to testify as to tl1e way in which a Mr. Smith treated his horse. "1Vell, sir," said the lRwyer, with a sweet und winning smile-a smile intended to drown all suspicion us to the ulterior purposcs-"how does Mr. Smith gcn~:: ra ll> ride a horse?" The witne~s looked up innocently nod replied: '·Generalir u-E>traddle, sir, I believe." The lawyer·asked again: "But, l:'ir, what gait does he ride~" The imperturbable witness answered, "He ne>er rides any gate nt ali, sir; but I've seen his boys ride every gate on the farm." The la'l\'yer saw he was on the track of a 'l'artar, and his next question was very insinuating: "How does Mr. Smith ride whrn he is in company with others? I demand a clear answer." "Well, ~ir," said the \'·itness, "he keeps up with the rest if his horse is able to, or if not he falls behind." T!Je lawyer by this time was almost beside himself, and asked : ·'And how does he ride when be is alone?" "1 don't know," was the reply, "I never was with him when he was alone," and there the case dropped. --------~~~-------- Scarlet Snow. Denver :llining Gazette: Ignorant people ha>e sometimes been alarmed aLa phenomenon, which to prospect-~ TIIE twenty-mile running race or~; about the Holy Cross has of late bctwel'~n Miss Cricket Stiil of Kmwas n a commop ~ight, namely: red --GRli.\!BLERS deligllt in lauding up "old times." To some people everything conducted in the old-fashioned way ir; better than any innovation of the present. ''It wasn't so inour day;" "the good old times," etc., when the fact is the "good old times" were just as far from delightful as they could be. The children had a bard time of it; the wonder is that they lived to ten the tale. The school-house of seventy or eighty years ago was a rude, unp: linted bnildiug, very often of logs, containing a single room with a lwge fireplace, on which great sticks of green wood \Yhich were dug out of the snow burned freely and fiercely when once fairly kindled, but that was often not till school hours were over; and in the meantime lhe urchins and big boys and girls sat shivering on benches made of slabs with sticks stuck in for four legs. )lo blackboards, no apparatus, no te~:tbooks, no arrangement of scholars into classes, but plenty of ferule and rod. OX OED DISSO-of copartn p, ull partie• knO\Yin~?: them•elves indebted to thP nnder· •iened are hereby reqne•ted to ctll >~nd settle their accounts. WOOLF & JORDAN. SHERIFF'S SALE. By m~~~J~c~ci0 fro~~h~~fs~~J?8~r?~ the Third Judicial Di strict nr 1he Territory of Utah. in ftl\'Or of Charle• Rich en• et al. ~~~n~T;;;~t :;~~~c~·ofs~~sn~ ~u·:"j;;,l~~~~;~t of $1.1:>9 &0 uud S39 00 coH• of snit. with in· t ert!~t and accruing costOl, I have leYied npon the followin~:·nam e d property, to-wit: All the right, tit)t! A.nd interest owned. pos~ tt!8t- d or bold by the said Euos A Wall on lhP 16th day of An~ru:;t, 1819. the date on which a transcript of the jnd11:ment docket wns fil<'d in the office of the Recorder of Washington County, in and to the fo!lowlne prop erty, to· wit: that certdin minine claim. or lode, known os the "h<'nner :Mine" •itnntrd in the Harri~bure Mtning DiEtrict, W,••hln!!lOn County, Utah Territory, LO!!eth er with a II the t C'nementE, h f'reditnment::; and appurtenances th e r eunto b{J')on~ing or in anv wi:se nppt"'r· taining as the property of 8aid :Enos A \\ ul l, and will expo~e the ~a\ne for ~nle. or tto nluch as will !:'nti~fy plnlntiff'~ dPmand. towit: 6t!VE"n hundred 8.0rl fifty·figbt doJJarS nnj SE'n·nty·five cents $723 75), wilh intc:re~t from November 1, 1818 nnd co>ts. At the Court-hon"e door. in St. George City. W• •h· ington Connty. lJLah Territory. on the lith duy of :September, A. D. 1881 :Sale to commence at 12 o'c:ock noon. Terms, CASH. AUGUSTUS P . HADDY, ShNiff or W•shingtou County. St. George, Augu•t 2i, 1881. NOTICE. :Main Street, SILVER REEF ....................... UTAB _ •••• DEALER IN ...... CROCERIES CLOTHING, Gents' Furnislrlng Goods · STATIONERY, NOTIONS, H~s, Boots and ~e~---TOBA<.: Co, CIGARS, WINES AND LIQUORS J. A. Ttrrrill TH~ e"~X.,~~~~;3~,~;; "'~r~~~~nd Htlxs .... General Dealer In .... ture•, with or without the buildine. for •ale at n bargain . J. H. RICKARDS. Dissolution Notice. C R 0 C E R I E S N°~;~~rnis orHtlifnl£1: ~\i'cfll~-6~ doing busine>s at Silver Reef, Utah. i• dis· .... AND . . .. solved by mutual consent. Jam• sC. and Don· nld S. Liddle hnving sold theiL int•reot to Woolley. Lund&; Judd. The bu>iness wi ll be continued by\Voolley, Loud&; Judd and R T. Gillespie nnd.r the p n 0 v s 0 N firm name of GILLEtlPIE. LuND & CO, ~ B I S who will a•snme all the lin hi lilies of andre· ceive all accounts due the late firm of Liddle Bros. &Co. JAMES <.:. LIDDLE, D. s. LIDDLE. H d G . R. T GILLESPIE. ay an falll, WOOLLEY. LUC\'D & JUDD. Silver Reef, Utah, August 18, 1881. Lower Main Street, Silver Reef pI L 8ri e g er , ... "'~""" I I ... ~. mD • , ••• ...... ,. ....... .,,.... G1ll es~1e, Lu n 0 aud t.' iss Xellie Archer of )I. issouri, · Red ~.ow has occasionallv '\V L • seen in he neighborPf.od of ~ili ~ffn:K~on3 ~~~aAn~·~~;~~~~i• rnU~n~~~~e ~~--~-~~-~~F~-~-~+--~~~~~-R~~~--~-~-~ lll"d>u 1"' theJ.urwe'l.· St~.te, lS " places :ue tlC onlv ones :111 which' ing an intense exciteQJent in that sec- known i the "Gnitecl States, tion. [l'hese young ladiel; will ride it is m everyday occurrence thorot(ghbred stallions, and contest Arctic regions, from which \'elers have returned with very for the championship. :Miss Cricket vivifl aceounts of the strange appear-is said to be fifteen years old, a dash- :mce. The cause of this blood red is ing rider, and all Kansas belie\·es she the presence in the srv1w of animal\\ ill win; the ::Uissourians are equally cul::e, vi"ible only through the microsanguine of the success of ::Uiss scope; but though the microscope can re\·cal ttJem, nothing can give a Archer, and the contest \Yill no doubt satisfar;tory account of the ~;ource be an exciting one. from whence they come or the reason of their coming. The red snow in --THERE is nothing like fasting ~he IIoly Cross district may be seen occasionally. IIalf the world eats too m patches of various sizes and di1i'er-ent shades-from deep scarlet to delimuch, and to equalize matters the cate pink. lleld in the band it dis-other half cannot get enough to eat. solves, leaving a clear red water . How:trd and Franklin made a point of which makes no stain. The red sno\~ fasting one day in the week, and Xe- in this region has come within the p:1st two years, as old prospectors bepoleon Bonaparte, when his system fore that time nwrcr noticed it. It is was unstrung, instead of taking stim- an interesting problem to solve bow ulant, omitted his usual meal and these little creaturea. floated there took increased exercise on horseback from their arctic home, or why they found a resting place under the Hoi v by way of remedy. Cross, from whatever spot they --TN the East it has been noted started. . Lives Without a Head. PROVISIONS .... AND .... FAMILY GROCERIES Tobacco and Cigars, CLOTH INC And Ladies' Articles, Wltich will be Sold at Lowest Prices Huston & West LOWER MAIN Sl'REET, that m:my women and girls arc learning the manly art of swimming. Something of the kind '\\'as imperative, in view of the frequent riYer and ocean disasters. Many women in the West have for years "paddled their own canoes." If women and Arizona Miner, August 26th: We SILVER REEF ................. UTAH girls wish lo swim, why not? --PROFESSOR PROCTOR estimates that in fifteen million years the earth will be deprived of water. Who cares? In considerably less than that time, at the present rate of the cllange in taste, the whole human race will be drinking lager beer and wlliskr, in lieu of water, from choice. --.ADVERTISL~G pistols, of the same pattern as that used in shootin"' the President, is a species of ente1~ prise that is difficult to define. An Indiana merchant claims to have this sort of artillery in stock. were shown to-day by Frank Meador, at the office of Wells, Fargo & Co., an animal of the winged family, General Dealers 1n kno"·n in the West as campo mocha C R O C E R I S (short camp), \\·hith had its head sev- E .... AND . ... ereu from the body yesterdny, 24 hours since, \Yhich was full of life and hopping around as ~f nothing unusual had happened to tt. Bv exam-ining closely it could be dfscemeu P R 0 V I S I 0 N S that a new head had already com-menced to form, and in all probability the animal will live to have a new cnbiza grow upon its ungainly body. If so, then here is a new freak of na- TOBACCOS, CIGARS, ture unknown to ctymologv. '!'he Wines and liquors campo mocha is sure death to horse or cattle kind when eaten with gra8S, and we don't \YOnder at it in the least. An Hospitable Dog. JUST RECEIVED .... A fnlll!ne of assorted .•.. WALL PAPER House, S ign and Orname:1tal Wholesale and Retail G-R.OCER.S . ... A::\D .... DRY MERCHANTS. Sole Agents for Southern Utah of Ou Pont's Blasting Powder AND CIANT POWDER~ We Carry the Largest Stock .... OF .... GENTlEMEN'S CLOTHING Furnishing Goods, BATS, BOOTS &. SHOES And recommend our large assortment or Mission and Flannel Undershir.ts In nil Colore and Qualities, and the Finest Linen and Woolen Qvershirts , .A. Fine Assortm. ent of Ladies' and Misses' Shoes or e;;;y description. 6" Genuine California '"a HARNESS AND SADDLES And Saddlery of all Kinds. Ass~yers' Goods Tobaccos, Cigars AND PIPES. --THE Boers httve formally announced the establishmr.nt of theRepublic of t:louth Africa-another instance of the British lio11's placing its paw upon more than he could conveniently hold down. --Dn. TA~XERproposes to li\'C 90 days upon a diet of electricity. If he should overeat himself at the start, it is probable that the country would be entirely reconciled to the result. Mr. L. B. Benton, the type founder of Mihmukee, is the owner of a >ery fine skye terrier, a simon-pure specimen of tbat species of canine. '!'he other day he placed a pail of milk on the step for the dog and then went on abont his busine~s . In a few minutes ~c went out to ~ee if the dog was gettmg along all nght, and \\·as surprised to tinu the terrier and two g-reat bi" rats, nearly ns large as the fierce te:;: rier, all lapping up the milk in the most contented manner. The doo\ Yagged his tail, ami seemed to b~ enjoying the presence of the o-uests very mucb.-[Milwaukee Sentin.,el. Paper Hanging & . . Mill Supolies, Pipes & Fittings· Kalsommmg --- · --THE Ogden Pilot bas entered a new Yolume. It is a good paper, and bas no superior in the Territory. Long may its banner wave. What's the Use or writing 80 many letters to your friends: they will get more local news in one MINER han a dozen letters contain. Sent to any address in the United States one month for 50 cents, or three montha for Sl 50. A SPECIALTY. HARDWARE TI::\WARE, IRQ:\ A~D STEEL, F. M. BLOMQUIST, K. of T. B. Powder and Fuse, Miners' Tool& .... ALSO .... $5 tO $2a per day a.t ~ol'lle ... mplrR 8011 & Co.' l'Orloua~~~~~~~.froe. 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