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TH'J ARIZONA SrJNTINEL.
C. L. KIi03l, Editor & Proprietor.
Sttlardwjj Marts 1ST.
radians at Work.
From the Las Cruces Borderer
the 6th, we learn that a man
named Jack Williams, butch er at
Apache Pass, was lcilied, and an
other named Dodds wounded.
They were attacked while within
sight of the post. This occurred
one day last week. "Williams had
been an old driver on the Tucson
road, and left it oh account of the
danger. One night, abeut the 1st
his month, the Indians stole
fo horses from Mimbres. They
.'relying in wait for Colman's
lain, but as a full guard was out
jey were saved.
In Cook's canyon, the men ac-
tmpanylng Colman's wagons saw
senteen Indians hovering about.
le mail coach was entering
iyon,!they met two men
iback who told them that
teeen four Indians at the
if the pass. In the vi-
ibrs, we learn, p&&y
ever
fC Miner we take the
long items:
The stall-fed Nav&joes of New
Mexico vvho are blood relations
he, jpViches, and, of course,
rtv-iiends in human shape, got
Lr backs up recently, and
latened to go upon the war-
li again if things did not go to
thEs. Things did go ac they
Ired, and the "lords" conde-
Idsd to cat Govemms2.it ra
wiiilc longer.
Bfcjjme, in this portion of the
Fiiory, the savages have,with-
Lo last ten days, made two at-
its to commit murder, both
j-hicn, fortunately, proved
res. Ono oi thase attempts
mde on John White, while
inceedmg from PcenJcS"
'But
vages,
Ivounded
Wo Peepls's
Wzi attempted to
d Charley lrall.in
F.nyoa, but failed.
PToofno, who came up this
rorn Culling's station, in-
5 that he, him self, lost four
S. 0. Sillier, of tins place,
lies, and William Yei'kes
Free. An-J, coming oack
y, the same party of thieves
kse cutot tno herd wnik;
y was doing his best to
away.
le. Charley Culling and
i:he-Yuraa Indians iol-
IPtrail of the thieves but
ktch up with tnem.
eultcr speaks of his
can enough to steal
A Marvelous Machine.
Mr. Thomson, a well-known
Edinburgh civil engineer, has for
many years paid special attention
to the properties and capabilities
of India rubber. He was the first,
some twenty years ago, to apply
tires of this substance to the
wheels of trucks, etc., at railway
stations, in order to deaden the
sound; and t him we are also
indebted for the more recent dis
covery that India rubber, when
in great mass, flattens on a road
or floor, and, by presenting a
greater extent of bearing surface,
causes any superincumbentweight
to be distributed over a much
larger area. Hence he conceived
and carried out the idea of pro
viding the wheels of a steam eng
gine, to run on common roads,
with India rubber tires of im
mense thickness. In consequence
of the soft, elastic property of suh
tires, the wheel surface may, ac
cording to the condition of the
road over which it passes, "pre
sent the broad, quiet tramp of tho
foot of the elephant, the gentle
step of the feline race, or the web-
footed effect of th9 aquatic animal
when walking on the morass."
When the first patent road-
steamer was tried, some three
years ag, its success was com
plete, and far exceeded Mr.
Thomson's expectations. In the
beginning of 1870, the War De
partment, having heard of some
of its performances, commissioned
Mr. Anderson to proceed to Edin
burgh to examine it personally,
and to report upon its capabilities
for military purposes of various
kinds; and it is from this report,
dated the Sth of April, 1S70, and
from Ji second report, dated the
14th of May, 1870, and signed con
jointly by Mr. Anderson and Mr.
WBailey, Assistant Controller, that
we nave obtained most of our in
formation regarding this machine.
The road-steamer has two driv
ing wheels, about five feet in dia
meter, on which almost the whole
weight of the engine rests; and a
smaller wheel in frGnt, which is
for steering purposes, and is so
completely under control as to an
swer tho slightest touch of the
hand. Each wheel has a broad
iron tire, with narrow flanges, up
on which is placed a soft, vulcan
ized India rubber ring, about 12
inches in Avidlh and hyo in thick
ness, the flanges keeping it in
place. Over th e India rubber there
is placed an endless chain of steel
plates, 'hreo and a half inches
Avide, which form the portion of
the Avheel that comes in contact
with the rough road; and this
particular chain is connected Avith
what may be called vertebrae at
each side of tho wheel.
The India rubber tire and the
of each other, or even without the
concurrence of the inner ring of
tho wheel which they both inclose.
This remarkable combination con
tributes materially to the great
success of the Avheel. Small tubes
are perforated in the iron lire of
the Avheel, to admit the atmos
phere usder the India rubber.
Without such holes, it was found
that "the Aveight of the load AA'as
sufficient to exclude the atmos
phere, so that one side of the In
dia rubber would thus be made to
adhere to the iron with the full
atmospheric preasare, Avhile the
other side AA'onld have to stretch
and bug outAvard." An ordinary
wheel, if it is a rigid structure,
presents to the road only a small
surface; but this wheel conforms
to every irregularity for a space
of near two feet, by the Aveight of
the engine causing the India rub
ber to collapse, and thus produc
ing so great a change of form.
The road-steamers boiler is of
the vertical, tubular type, made
entirely of steel, very isimple, and
of great strength. An ingenious
de?iee in connection with the ex
haust tuba almost completely sup
presses the noise caused by the
escape of steam. It has received
the somewhat undignified name
of the "pot boiler," from there
being a copper pot for holding Ara
ter Avithin the furnace; and it is
so contrived that if the boiler con
tains any Avater, the pot will have
a full supply. By this arrange
ment, the centre of gravity is
thrown so Ioav that the engine can
run up an incline of one in ten, or
go along at an angle of thirty-five
degrees, looking as ifJt must tum
ble over. Hoad-steianers of va
rious poAvers are constructed, tho
smallest being those of eight-horse
power. Once a Week.
Tlie TicJibome Case.
The cable gives the intelligence
that the famous Tichborno case,
which has occupied the attention
of the English Courts, and,in fact,
of the English people, for several
years, is ended at last in a manner
disastrous for the plaintiff, who
claimed an immense estate upon
the ground of being the "long lost
heir." This claimant Avent upon
the AA'ituess stand and gave a de
tailed account of the pretended in
cidents of his childhood, and even
had the impudence to declare that
he had seduced the cousin of the
man he personated, a lady now
married and occupying a high po
sition in society. His case atos at
one time vieAved with such favor
and belieA'ed to be so good, as that
ho had no difficulty in disposing
of bonds to a large amount, the
payment of AvLieh Avas entirely
predicated upon his success. Ee
cent deA-elopments, hoAvevcr,haAe
shown that he is an arrant impos
tor that all his sTatements were
lies, and ail his witnesses perjured
and his counsel finally consented
to a nonsuit under an intimation
from the other side that by re
maining longer in the case he
would render himself liable to
prosecution as accessory to con
spiracy to defraud. And so ends
a case which will be remembered
HOOPER & CO.'S COLVIl
WM. B. HOOPER,
San Francisco.
JAS. M. BARNEY,
Ehrcnberg, a. t.
JNO. S. CARR,
Arizona City, a. t.
W53. B. HOOPER & CO.,
Importers and dealers in
"1 ENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Arizona City, and
Ehrenberg, A. T.
Uieaera-S Commission
Merchants,
304 California Street,
SAN FRANCISfJO, Cal.
(P. O. Drawer
EigTEach month we receive a
full assortment of such articles as
are required for Arizona trade,
AA'hich, added to our already ful
stock on hand, warrant? us in sta
ting that AAe are prenared to sell
Sntho trade CHEAP FOR CASK.
Esjt,Our facilities for purchasing
are so advantageous, Ae are posi
tive it is to the interest of every
interior merchant to buy of us,in
stead of in San Francisco or else-Avhere.
B,WE GUARANTEE satis
faction in prices, 'quality and as
sortment of goods.
ESTOrders by letter receive the
same attention as though parties
were themselves present.
BSTCurrency and Bullion re
ceived at latest San Francisco quo
tations.
E?2. The highest price paid for
HIDES, BULLION, or any other
marketable article produce
the country
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