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KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when xiehtly used; The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world s best products to the needs cf physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy. Syrup of Fies. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the forni most acceptaoie and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties ot a perfect lax Rtive : effectually cleansine the system dispelling colds, headaches and fever, and permanently curing constipation It has given satisfaction to millions anc set with the approval of the medic;i profession, because it acts on the Kit! neys, Liver and Bowels without wo:ik hing them and it is perfectly free fron very objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug rists in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is m.-us ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every i il C .r r; paccage, aiso ine name, oyrup ui r ipa and being well informed, you will no' accept any suwuiutc ix ouerca. l. W. DOMUjrQTOy, Proprietor. 'UMA. - . ARIZONA. SATURDAY, DEO. 30, 1893. TT P. FISHER. NEWSPAPER AD JJ vertiBincr Aeent. 21 Merchants Exchange. San Francisco, is oar authorized spent. This tDer is kent on file in this office. WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT. For the seven davs Ending Friday Dec. 29th 1893- day. Rcl. Humid Temper'tnre 5 a m 5p m Max. Min 74 40 68 if 62 45 65 4t 84 60 62 43 87 83 64 S4 83 67 64 39 82 43 61 33 76 S4 63 S3 Saturday.... Sunday Monday Tuesday .... Wednesday. Thursday... Friday. Average. 79 53 64 40 Total rainfall during: week, 0.25. A. AgHEXBEROER, Obserrer. U. S. Weather Bureau. LOCAL NOTES. The Jefferson Democratic Club, has 60 members at the present time. The Board -of Supervisors will meet again next Tuesday January 2nd. Mrs. Capt. Ingalls who lias been quite ill with la grippe is recover ing. Dance to-night at O'TooleV hall, given by the young men of the village. The Yuma Water and Light Company will move into the Cotter block Monday. The steamer Gila has been.haul- ed out and is receiving a thorough overhauling. E.E. Rogers, has moved the law office of Pitch & Campbell which he represents, into the Cotter block on Second street. The baseball game Monday after noon was one of the best ever play ed in Yuma. The boys will try it again New Year's afternoon. The steamer Aztec, Capt Stacy, left for Norton's Landing Thurs day with a full cargo of freight and supplies for the mines. Mils Debbie Mellon, daughter of Capt. J. A. Mellon, is on a visit to her father and friends in Yuma after an absence of several months. Diseases of Eye and Ear. Errors of refraction corrected and proper glasses prescribed. Ancil Martin, M. D. Phoenix, Arizona. Presidents. W. BlaisdeU started the gang plows at work Wednes day on Yuma Heights, where he will put 100 acres into vines and fruit trees. Webster & Beals have rented and will open a bottling and a soda water manufacturing establish ment in the Mrs. Smith building near the Court House. Nothing new or exciting marked Christmas day in Yuma- Excel lent dinners made many homes happy. Old Santa Claus did not forget the little ones, hence they were happy. Major R. Allyn Lewis visited Yuma Sunday and inspected Com pany H. He found the company in excellent condition, and was very complimentary as to the efficiency of Capl. Ingalls. Phoe nix Republican. For the GJretat. IFmr. J. M. Morgan and 67 Papago Indians, with Yaqui and three car- loads of ollfs, cactus, canes, jo cotillos, species of cacti, Indian grasses, pottery and other curios, passed through town Tuesday on their way to the Mid-Win ter Fair at San Francisco. The party was made up of Indian families, dan cers, fancy workers and jugglers. They will build their huts in the regular st3'le, c:ok and live as they do at home. The manager is un der bonds to return the Yaquis to Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, at the close of the exhibition. They were an obiect pf curiosity to all who saw them. A Herald or the Infant Tear. Unp (he last thirty years or more from the century, anu the segment will represent the term of the un bounded popularity of Hostetter s Stomach Bitters. The opening of the year 1894 will he signalized hy Ih. appearance of a fresh Almanac of the Bitters, in which the uses, derivation and action of this world-famous medi cine will be lucidly set forth. Every body should read it. The calendar and astronomical calculations to be found in this brochure. are always as tonishingly accurate, and the. statistics, illustrations, humor and other reading matter rich in interest and full of profit. The Hostetter Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa., publish it themselves. Thoy employ more than sixty hands in the tuecnamcal work', ana more than eleven months in the year are consumed in its preparation. It can be obtained, without cost, of ail drug gists and country dealers, and is printed m English; German, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish; Holland, Bohemian and Spanish. Arpad Haraszthy, the well known wine merchant of San Fran cisco, the father of the champagne intf rest in California, and brother of Supervisor B A. Haraszthy, ar rived in town i uesda' on a visit to his brother. After looking over the valley below Yuma he went to Gila City to examine some gold mines in which he has an interest. Upon his return he examined thi lemons and limes in the gardens of John Gandolfo, J. W. D'rriimtnn and others, and expressed himself as perfecth' surprised at the ex ceiience oi ootn. ne said, it vou can raise such limes as these, such vegetables as I have seen and eaten today, picked from the vines and taken from the gardens, Yuma's future is ensured and need; noth ing more to make this the leading section of the Southwest. I only wish, that my interests in San Diego bay-an-clhnate were here in Yuma. The gold mines at Gila City are looking better than I ex pected to find them. The veins ire wider, the ore licher. The placers only need w iter and good management to make them p:iy well. I know this from my own prospecting. Yuma is in the line of promotion and progress 3 and will make a great point." Mr. H. '.-ft for home yesterday. Lige Betti.-, one of Yuma county's pioneers, a man who saw both sides of life, influential in his time, respected by all, died Tues day night aged 63 years and 11 month?. In the ea-ly d tys Mr. Bettis was a prominent figure in the history of this section of the Southwest. His friends were a host, his enemies none. He has and his One by pioneers crossed the great divide, name passes in to history. one the old veterans and re falling by the wayside, and soon at roll call, no one will answer. Old friend, companion of ths p.iU fare the well. Mav his remains rest in pace. He was buried in the Protestant cemetery. Don Carlos Cervantes, the well-. nown merchant of Sonoita, on the Mexican boundary line, has been visitor at his friend John Gandol- fo's during the week, and has been greeted most welcome by a host of old friends. Don Carlos savs, that things are very quiet in his section. The Boundary line survey commis sions have made it more lively than it has been for some time past. They will soon complete their work to that point. Jim Williams, returned from the minas at Gila City, with a full! growth of tegular old fashioned al falfa whiskers. He has been at work in the mines which he says look well. Another mining sale has been made in the Harqua Haia Yuma county region, Alexander McKay, selling his interest to W. C. Davis for 525,000. Florence Tribune.. Said a prominent and wealthy Cal.fornian Thursdaj'jWho had been spending a few days in Yuma: am surprised at 3Tour genial climate more so to see and eat your delici ous oranges, limes and lemons, and still more so at vour excellent veg etables. 1 dined today with friend who picked the peas for dinner from the vines, dug the sweet potatoes in his garden from which he took the radishes, lettuce, and all the vegetables on the table A watermelon picked from thf vines today was as sweet and pal- ateaoie as any i ever tasted in J my. x saw in ms ana otner gar dens, in fruits, flowers and vege tables what I never would have believed, that Yuma could pro duce, the last of. December, had I not seen them. Talk of Yuma, she has a grand future Her early and late fruits and garden produc tions alone will make her rich. Her location cannot be surpassed. Her advantages are unexcelled by any town on the Pacific coast." Capt. J. A. Mellon was the re cipient yesterday of a proposition from the Boleo Mining Company of San Rosalia, and from the San Juan Mining Company of San An tonio, Lower California, to run a steamer from Yuma down the gulf to those two points, in order to supply those great mining com panies with fat cattle, flour, fruit, vegetables provisions and mining supplies. The former employs 3500 men in a town of 6500 people, the latter 1400 men in two towns, one of 2,000 and the other of 3,000 inhabitants. The Boleo Co. turns out 100 tons of copper per day be sides its gold and silver. The San Juan Co. has yielded as high as $2800 per day in gold and silver. Several parties in town from the Cocopah mountains, state that there are about 60 men at work in the placer mines. Some very rich gold quartz has been found 20 miles west of Block Butte on the north side of the range. Deer and antelope never were so plentiful in the mountains. The lakes and streams are covered with ducks, geese, cranes, snipe, curlew and other water birds. Wild hogs by the hundreds exist all along new river, and on both sides of the Col orado. Feed is good, water in abundance, cattle are fat and the miners taking out some gold, enougu to live on. Col. J.Blanco's four-horse team took a notion Thursdaj', that it won id wait no longer, and awa' it went, while thedrivtr, Ed Her- ron had stepped into the office for a moment, iney tooic a turn down to the big corral and up the old road to T. B. Wilkinsons, where they jumped a hole from which sand had been excavated, and then limbed the bank, leaving the carriage nam net, with a oroKen pole and four bows. No one was hurt. Damage about .$20. Maj. R. S. Lewis, of the 2nd Batallion, reached Yuma Sunday morning, to inspect Co. II. Th Co. came out in good shape anil did more than well. Mai. L. was well pleased and expressed him self in the highest terms. It is eldom that one meets with a more agreeable gentleman gaining the confidence of all with whom he met. Capt. Ingalls aid Co. II, deserve great credit for bearing so good an inspection. Geo. B. Kelley, proprietor of the Monitor placer mines near Gila City, returned to Moberly, Mo., via Denver, Col. He writes us, "I was surprised to see the deep interest felt in Denver, in regard to Yuma and her future. Her good mines and early fruits have awakened a deep interest in the minds of Denver Capitalists which will result in much good. They are wide awake as to the future prospects for Yuma. R. E. L. Daniel, of Jackson, Miss, left Yuma for the Indian Agency at Parker, where he takes charge. Mr. Daniel is a very pleasant gen tleman with large experience in business and will make a good agent. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair- The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes--4o Years the Standard. Wednesday morning, while some 40 prisoners from the penitentiary were assisting in hauling th steamer Gila out on to the ways, Z H. .Booth, sentenced to ia years for horse stealing, hid behind gang of his comrades and rippiug off his prison garb, under which he had a white shirt and a pair of blue overalls, got up passed by the guards and escaped. He passed down the street to the Yuma Water and Light Co's woodyard jumped over the fence into an old corral and crossed over the railroad tract to the old government corral where he hid for the day and were late in the afternoon, Mrs. Marable, found him under the hay in manger, while she was looking- for eggs, l he guards and trailers ioi lowed his tracks to the railroad where they were destroyed by the constant travel. When he left the corral ho took up a small gulch over the hill, down to the ditch, when he turned and came back and took the road for Gila City, following it and the railroad as hi fancj' took him. Nothing has been heard of the trailers who were after him since he reached a point just this side of that place. At Blaisdell he took a few pieces of ierked beef that hung on the line. Frank Eastman and two Indian trailers are following him. A reward of $250 is offered for his arrest and return to the prison. Deafness Cannot lie Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in named condition ot tno mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflamation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous' surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused ly catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hairs Catarrh Cure, Send for. cir culars; free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. fgjTSold by Druggists. 75c. jiiX-unier Miguel, and his com panions say that they were glad to get awav from the prison at Los Angeles, that they have had enough of it, that they see where they were in error, and will now obey the U. S. laws, will respect Chief Joe Parma, and will not op pose the Indian school. If so it will be well. If the' do not do as .the' promise the government will handle them without gloves. Tuesday evening a surprise party was given James Barney at the residence of his sisters Misses Ce cilia and Clara Barney. There were present the Misses Lola and Cannen de la Osa; Misses Jesusita, Annie, Tiilie and Lola Daniel, and the Misses Louisa, Sarah and Jesusita Morales. Among the gen tlemen present, were; Prof. Dimond, C. H. Riise, A. Morris Ben Hyl, W Alexander and A. Townsend. There was a grand party, festi val and dance at Palomas, Monday evening, attended by everybody in that section. It was one of the pleasantest entertainments ever enjoyed in the valley. Sheriff Mel Greenleaf and M. L. Pool, rep resented Yuma at the Christmas festival. Col. E. H. Hiller of Phoenix re turned from his mines near Eh renberg on the train Thursday evening. Jtle said that the devel opment was more than satisfactory the mines promising better than ever. Col. Gra3' remained to over see the work being done. Jas. Lacey, one of the pioneers of Yuma county, an old miner and prospector arrived in town from Ehrenberg Sunday. He says that mining matters in that section of Yuma county are prosperous. TIih now lpven is nearlv finished. I -It is a good piece of work. The first story of the Modesti, block will be nearly if not quite finished today. The building will be an ornament to Main street. The walls of Cash M. Smith's now brick cottage on Orange avenue, are well under way and will soon be finished. The City election will take place next Tuesday January 2nd at the Court house. The polls will open at 10 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. The Board of Prison Commis sioners, will hold their next regular meeting on Tuesda- January 2nd, in place of Monday as that is a holiday. The Silver Grill, Miss Martin and Mrs. Keyes, proprietresses, is now open in the new brick block on Madison avenue, where one can get the best meal in town. Jasper Peters, formerly baggage master at this place for the S. P. R. R. is now a motorman on the electric railroad in San Francisco. Contractor McKeone is grading Orange avenue in good shape. As Eoon as each section is finished it will be covered with the blue cement gravel from prison hill. The sentence of Wm. Hicks, con victed of selling liquor to Indians has been reduced to six months in the penitentiary, the appeal having been dismissed. The lowest point reached this fall by the river was 16 feet 3 inches. For two months it has ranged about 16 feet 8 inches, when it is at a very good navigable stage. A. Blaise, has refurnished his photographic gallery in a No, 1, stj-le and is ready to accommodate his many friends in Yuma with anything they may wish in his line. Billy Soule, is again behind the bar of the S. P. Hotel, much to the pleasure of his mny friends. With Mr. Andrews and Billy in tho office of the hotel, the public can rely upon being accommodated. P. E. Farrell has resigned as 2nd Lieutenant of Co. H, and P. Aune has been elected to fill the vacancy: . .Lieut, it arrell nas charge cf one of the railroad yards in San Francisco for the Southern Pacific. S. S. Gillespie and R. J. Duncan have located six gold quartz mines near Gila City. They have also filed articles of incorporation of the Two Rivers Mining and Milling Company with headquarters at Yuma. Hon. P. R. Brady, probably the best authority on what has occur red in Arizona for the last 40 years, says.'it was long ago settled both judicially and by a special act of congress, that Yuma is in Arizona. Terape News. Some thieves broke into Balsz's butcher shop Sunday evening by opening the iront window, and stole a quarter ot a Deer and a whole sheep. They unlocked the front door and left with their booty, unheard by those sleeping inside the building. No meal like the one cooked in mother's style, and just such as ou get at The Silver Grill, Madi son avenue, Martin yj Jveyes rro- prietresses. The best in town. H. E. Harris, the well-known mining man of Harqua Hal a, was a passenger on Sunday's westbound express lor uaiiiornia, where ne went to spend Christmas with his family. He said that the work on the Bonanza mines at Harqua Hala was being pushed as fast as men and money can do it. L. A. Hicks, brought in some of the finest and largest strawberries from Yuma Heights Saturday that were ever seen in town. They show what can be produced on our mesa soil. From the growth this year and the crop produced, it is plain that Yuma Heights can pro- uce an excellent berry and plenty of them. Plant trees and vines. What has been accomplished by the un tiring efforts of several of Yuma's ladies, old citizens, some of them now gone, can be done in every garden in the village. If this is done, what a beautiful place it would be. Anything almost grows luxuriantly with water. Set out fruit trees, not the useless shade tree. Plant the vines and flowers, and a year or two will repay you well. - - - Beware oil 'oaftfleiico I?len. When Louis laeger, opened "The Place," everything he put into it was new and nearly everything Lure his letter L. A few days since he had his suspicions aroused that everything was not just right and that some one had changed bis dice for load ed ones. So well satiRlied was he that he broke a set open, and fourd his suspicions true. The dice bore his letter L. was the same size, weight and shape. Inside the dfee were a mere shclll one corner being. tilled with lead, another with paper and the remainder of the cavity was filled with cork, wcol and other light material. No matter how they were thrown they would nearly always come up on one of three figures. Louis says that he is satis fied who did the changing and that they are well-known to the fraternity. Dr. W. P. Book, expected to reach Los Angeles today on his way to Yuma, and where he wished to consult with his architect, his. attorney and' his agent, relative to his new brick blink which he will build on the corner of Main and First streets. Old People. J. V. 8. la tho only Sareapaiilla that old ti feeble people should tako. as tho mineral potash "Which Is In every other Sarsaparllla that we know of, is under certain conditions known to bo emaciating. J V. 8. on tho contrary is purely vegetable and stimulates digestion and create new blood, tho very thing for old. delicate or broken down people. It builds them Bp and prolongs their lives. A case in point: Mrs. Beldcn an cstlmablo and elderly lady of 610 Mason St., S. F. wa3 for months declining: to rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. It got so bad that sho was finally afflicted with fainting spells. Sho writes: "Whilo In that dangerous condition I saw soma of tho testimonials con ccrain? J. V. S. and sent for a botUo. Th marked tho turning point. I regained my lost flesh and strength and have not felt so well la years." That was two years ago and Mrs. Bcldem is well end hearty to-day, and still taking J.V.S. It youareoldondieebloandwanttob builtu Ask for Vegetable Sarsaparllla Largest bottle, most effective, same pries. For Sale bv Gonder & Co. $100.00 REWARD. I will pay the above reward for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties stealing a set of "Craps" dice off the table in my house, known as the PLACE, LOUIS J. F. IAEGER, Proprietor. C. James Dimond, . Tyner House, near Court House, TEACHER AND COMPOSER OF MUSIC. Cal. State Diploma, New Store! New Goods! Fair Dealing! Low Prices! I I TE ARE NOW READY AND WILLING TO YY ssippl the good people of this town and county with NICE FRESH GROCERIES, CLEAN NEW DRY GOODS, WELL MADE BOOTS & SHOES, GOOD FITTING HATS St CAPS, and in fact everythin? that ! needed In any well regulated family, we win give SIXTEEN :-: OUNCES :-: TO :-: THE :-: POUND, and will give you One Hundred Cents Worth of Goods lor Your Ono Dollar in Coin. We try to please and give Satisfaction to all. We have so far suc:cedsd. We keep a good stock of everything necessary for Miners, Lawyers, Doctors, Farmers, Builders, Politicians, Laborers, Mechanics, Saloon-keepers, Teachers and Preachers, Young Men and Old Maids, We have on hand at all times in any quantity HAY AND GRAIN We keep the Best Brands of We sell the Best COFFEES AND TEAS We are also agents for the OVER 1,500,000 IN USE. If you have not dealt with us yet, Try us. LEVY & CO., Yuma, J.ir1Lu KBXT 2)003 TOTBB.OOUIVr D0U33" JOTS Jj Hilllf 1 ifiiiiiHH. DEALEKS IN GENERAI MERCHANDISE We wish to respectfully inform th public that we are daily r eceiving NEW SUPPLIES ox -AND- PEO VISIONS Oar stock is f ally assorted and well sl c . cl, consisting of DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODB, Clotlxin LADIES' and GEVT'S FURNISHING GOODS. GENTS AND BOYS riAi s, BOOTS & SHOES. Hardware, QUEENSWARE, WOODEN WARE and W5L. LOW-WARE. PISTOLS AND CARTRIDGES, Tobacco, Cigars, Foreign and Domea tic Wines and Liquors, Milwau kee and St. Louis Beer. : 0 The continuous increase of our trade is sufficient guarantee that the public ia fully convinced of our fair and honest dealings. GOODS AEE - DELIVERED AT DEPOT AND ALL PARTS OF THE TOWN FREE OF CHARGE. CANNED GOODS OF ALL KINDS; DRIED andPRESER- m VED 'FRUITS and JELLIES, SOAPS, and CONFECTIONERY, Attached to our store we have first-class Conducted by a No. 1 baker. Order promptly filled. MEDICINES,