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The Lost Confederate Funds.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Worlds Wash. ington special: With reference 10 the statement of Gen. Johnston about the con. iederate money removed by order of Jeff Davis, Began of Texas, now in the house, who was last secretary of the treasury under the Confederate government, said tonight that the funds consisted in round numbers of $S6,000 in gold coin, $35,0 ,00O silver coin, and $36,000 in bullion, over $100,000 of this was paid out to soldiers. The bullion was stored in warehouse at Washington, Ga, and was there captured by Federal troops. About $1j,0OO, all that remained in coin, was entrusted to two Confederate naval officers to take to Mas. sau, but it was captured on the way This .explanation of the disappearance oi the Confederate treasure is as near officia! as can be obtained at this day.
 CHIC ,Go, Dec. 22.-Denials of the story l about Jeff Davis getting away with the
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TUCSON ITEMS.
From the Citize

From the Citizen.
 Ed. Fields, of Gilded Age fame, is in town.
 The postofice at WiRgville, Graham county, has been discontinued.
 R. c. Jacobs returned yesterday from an exten- sive trip through Sonora.
 Frank ". Girard, of Girard & C,o., 'lD in town rom Calabasas. He reports business booming In | that new and growing town. It was reported yesterday that a snow storm had occurred at Tombstone. and that snow fell from l wilcox eastward into New Mexico. | Mir. Edward Parker, who accompanied party of eastern capitalists to Sonora 10 examine large mining properties, returned 10 Tucson last night. Hon. Madison w. Stewart arrived in town last | night from Wilcox. He says business was very lively, and the future of the town looks as bright | us ever.
 | Juan Bozosobal, a prominent merchant in | Guaymas, arrived by stage last night. and will | leave for 'Frisco this evening. He states that | Hermosillo has improved remarkably since the railroad reached there, and thinks it is making | far more rapid strides than Guaymas in size aLd prosperity. Matters generally look very bright | throughout Sonora.
 From the Daily Star.
 It is stated that ex Governor Mccormick is slowly recovering from his illness in New York. | Another Apache Indian has died of pneun; onia | at Fort Lowell He refused to eat or take mcdi- | cine, and quietly dropped of to tie Apache | heaven.
 One of the most commendabe features of the | coming municipal election Is that men and not party will take the field This will enable voters to choose the Attest candidates without doing vio- lence 10 their political conscience.
 There now five privileges granted for sup | plying Tucson with water. We believe in compe- ttion in all things which will advantage the pc O. | pie generally, but we believe that union of all the parties and capital which are interested in the five different schemes would be better for all the parties concerned, as well as the public, and would insure large supply of water. In union | there is strength.
 The fact that the Atchison, Topeka X Santa Fe | Railroad surveyors propose 10 lun two lines of survey from Calabasas northward, one down the Santa Cruz valley by Tucson, and the other be- yond the range of mountains west of this place some seven or eight miles, looks though the route to this place was pot fully determined. It might be well for our citizens to keep an eye on the situation and lose no opportunity in securing the line to this point. Whlie believe it will be to the interest of the company to build the road here, yet we must not fail in doing every thing which will insure 1t beyond question.
 Judge Silent will leave to-day for San Jose,
 California, to pass the holidays.
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A Card.

EDITOR EPIrAPH: The people of Tombstone
 have had the pleasure of reading another essay
 from the pen of that phianthropic expounder of law and justice, James Reilly; and as the old say
 ing is burnt child dreads the fire, he takes occa-
 sion to attack men that he never spoke to, and
 aon't know this day when he meets them in the
 streets, by calling their place of business den of thugs. These gentlemen happened to be associa-
 ted in business with of the Earp brothers, and old vox Popul yox Dei Reilly takes occasion, for the bereat .of lot of office seekers and bunke sharps, to champion their cause, and throws his biingsgate on the Earp brothers and Holiday But, considering the source it comes from, they
 treat 1t with contempt. A word to the agent of Wells Fargo, and the gentlemen comprising the Citizens committee. All men who were never ar rested or accused of anrcrime will act just like this lot jumper and wou,dbe attorney-at-law has acted. They win attack any committee of citi- zens if they have any fear of :heir investigating | his character or from whence he came; and as Reilly was charged when he lived in Yuma with
 being connected in stage robbery and the taking of wells-Fargo's box. be likely knows what he is | talking about when he says: "M Mir. Editor, pur- posely avoid all comments on stage robberies. e You old fox! We'll you may avoid blowing that good Samaritan breath of yours on spark, as it may kindle into blaze to your detriment, but the tax-paying citizens of this town and the county will remember your assault on Mayor Cum for trying to save his life from band of murdering cowboys. You speak like a hired blackmailer who Is paid to assail any and everybody who is opposed to that class of outlaws. As to the Earps you have much to say about, shall speak only
 Of one of them, Wyatt Earp; he is one of he part. ners of the firm am working for, and a more liberal and kind hearted man never met. As to my working in dive, or in your language, thug den, let me say you have not the manliness about you to meet of the Earps face to face and speak your piece like a man, but you are like many fl others in this camp who talk behind their backs tbpr. they don't want to get into any newspaper tak~ ~ith the likes of you, and az the case suits 4 u]es denounce you as a lying mountebank when {y94p4li the place work in a thugs den. I throw \ t,ie fAnntet down to you, and then will show \ yenwh James Reilly is. E. F. BOYLE.
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Colonel Mckenzie.

EloHi otdT
 Colonel Mckenzie who was lately en- gagged in our Indian campaign, is a per. son of some historical interest. His name ,was formerly William Slidell, he being the son of Captain Siidell, who, und CT the administration of John Tyler, was in command of the United States brig Som. CTS, and who hanged midshipnan Nelson, son of Nelson, the secretary of the navy, to the yard-arm, because of his heading & mutiny on the high seas.
 He is also nephew of John Slidell, who was United States senator from Louisiana at the outbreak of the war. The name Mckenzie was assumed by reason of a will by an uncle of his who died in Scotland, and who left him f20, 900 ster. ling, conditional upon his adopting the name of Mckenzie
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Mexican Matters.

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 16.-Con- gress adjourned yesterday. Its lab ors were all in harmony with the executive. It approved all the rail. road contracts made by the president, as well as those for the establishment of national bank, and for draining the city and valley of Mexico. IL provided for the issue of S4,000,00C Tn nickel colns, and for the improve ment of Mexican ports.
 The International Industrial Expo sition at Orizaba has been opened with much enthusiasm.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
The Lost JeaDnette.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Further advices confirm previous repor.s regarding the Jeannetle and her crew, but no new facts are brought out.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-The secretary of the navy received from Engineer Mel vile, under date of Irkutsk, Decem Der Fist, cable message identical with that cabled from London last night to the New York Herald, which the secretary replied to as follows:
 Navy Department, Washington, Decem- Der 22-Engineer Melville, U. 5. N., Irkutsk; Omit no effort, spare no eX- pense, in securing the safety of the men in the second cutter left sick and frozen, and see that those already rescued have every attention, and soon as possible have them transported to milder climate. The De partment will supply the necessary funds.
 (Signed), HUNT, Secretary.
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Deeds of Violence,

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 22,-Wm. Ray. nor United States deputy collector of rev. enue shot dead John MOmson, we'll. known sportsman, in quarrel over a courtesan. Raynor surrendered.
 MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec. 22. - To-day began the trial of Win Vance, who was supposed to have been in sympathy with the negro rioters at Marion in this county, who on election day, Nov, .Sth, killed several people. The prosecution is proceeding upon the theory there was conspiracy to commit murder, and expect to convict Vance by word or deed.
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on the Committees.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Trmes Washington speclal: The composition of the railroad and transportation committees will be studied with care. Already it is con- planned that they reflect Jay Gould, but this remains to be proved.
 Tnbunes editorial; The committee on commerce is awarded Page of California; and here was made the speakers greatest mistake, as MT. Page represents none of the great commercial interests. His district is not in any respect commercial center, and although he is a gentleman of ability, the position could have been assigned with more prupriety to one of many others.
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Skin Diseases Cured

By Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment. It cures as if by magic, Pimples, Black Heads or Grubs, Blotches and Eruptions on the face, leaving the skin clear, healthy and beautiful Also cures Itch, Barber's Itch, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Ringworm, Scald Head, Chapped Hands, Sore Nipples, Sore Lips, old, obstinate Ulcers and Sores, etc.
 SKIN DIsEAsE.-F. Drake, Esq, Cleve. land, O., suffered beyond all description from skin disease which appeared on his hands, head and face, and nearly deprived him of his sight. The most careful doc toring failed to help him, and after all had failed he used Dr. Frazier's Magic Oint ment and was cured by few applications
 The first and only positive cure for skin diseases ever discovered. Sent by mall on receipt of price, Fifly cents.
 HENRY & O., Sole Propr's, Cleveland, O
 For Blind, Bleeding,
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foCHIsE county has two evils, the Ialled rustlers and the stage rob- k It would be well for the good ble of Tombstone to get together
 hang the whole outfit. The lives the law-abiding citizens should
 be allowed to be put in jeopardy .ause few cut -throats and stage bers by their presence demand it be so. Hemp, gentlemen,
 p; that is what you need in hbstone.-Arizona Democrat.
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S~ eow Mexico.

' Ycerfday about noon, some .s..,. 'nnr letf this sEity 6or Sonora, under the charge of Pierre Hum bert, ,'Jr., James Floyd and Henry Meyer, at one time superintendent of the Gould and Curry mine at Virginia City. They go to work some mines near Arispe. They have hoisting and mill machinery on the road. Among the party well known in Tombstone Tom Corrigan, N. Saulby, J. Orr, John Tracey, and J. L. Tompkins. The represents an Eastern company who are iu- vesting largely in that country.
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OUR LATE LEGlSLATURE.

It will be remembered, or at least ought to be, that Ill the beginning i the present year the legislature of yizona met at Prescott and held u (otracted session, out of which was olved the bill creating Cochise rnty, with its appointive officers. ter the statutory time had expired the session it continued to sit incuba.e. Among the brood of s matched during its close was for the payment for the over- e. Neri F. Osborn, an employe he legislature, taxed up his bill servlces rendered for the full m, which was presented to Terri al Auditor E. P. Clark, who al- |IYed it only for the legal number
 Osborn brought suit
 auditor to compel full
 which was tired before the
 e court, Chief Justice French
 the decision, which is as fol- hion by French, chief justice Stil.
 associate justice, dissenting in the ion
 his is an application for writ of man. bus commanding and enjoinlng the auditor to draw his warrant on the Slerial treasury for the sum of one hun and eighty dollars, under all act of egislature of Arizona.
 D facts are stated in applicants peti- but an affidavit of the applicant is an d to the petition, from which it appears petitioner was an officer of the iegis- e council of the session of 1881, as as Int clerk of said council, and that his In is for compensation for services in capacity. It further appears from the hvit that the auditor has acted on claim of the applicant, which was auditing and allowing thereon the pf S360, and has issued warrant for. m allowed, which has been accepted Ilftioner.
 is action of the auditor is fatal to pc. hers application for mandamus.
 the auditor has erred in auditing pe- ner's claim, such error cannot be re- red by mandamus. If it could be he'd by writ at all it must be certio- not mandamus. The writ of mandate to compel an inferior court, board, !ri- al or officer to act, but not to command to act, unless the act be purely minis Il. If the act sought for be judicial or retionary' in its character, no court by 'rit of mandate can command what action shall be; much less can it con- Id how and what said action shall be, he or it has already fully acted upon matter, no matter how erroneously. writ of mandate is in no case pro- tor the review or correction of errors. it is clear that the auditor committed lrror as aGainst petitioner; the error of auditor if any, was in favor of the itioner, as fully appears by the direct, itive and express provisions of the 9th section of the U. s. statutes, as fol s:
 lection 1855. No law of any territorial islature shall be made or enforced by ch the governor or secretary of a terri or the members or officers of any ter 'tlegislature are paid any compensa- S.ner than that provided by the laws lie United States.
 therefore, it has been ordered that pcti. er's application for writ of manda- be denied and his application be dis led. FRENCH, Chief Justice.
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The Democrats Dissatisfied.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The democrats are greatly disgusted with the committee assignments, no attention having been paid, they claim, to the order of prece. dence. Mercy talks of declining to serve on the postoffice committee, because Springer leads him in position, whereas he should be first. The democrats claim that the selection of the committees is in the interest of the southern republicans, contestants having three soNthern mem- bers, and they expect a summary unscat- ing of democrats to follow, unless tilibu tering prevents, and this course is threa apnI
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satire.

The Welt No More Mine, situated about seven miles northwest of the Horn Silver mine, is one of the finest properties in the country (to spend money on.) It is easy of access (by balloon) and has the best dumping facilities of any mine south of Alta. The only drawback to the property is the lack of ore; with plenty of that it would rival the Comstock lode. There is a shaft forty-two inches deep from which drift can be rnn 100 feet. This valuable property will be placed on the East ern stock market if syndicate can be formed that will get out papers at its own expense. The owners will furnish some very rich specimens of ere (from the Horn Silver mine) for samples, and a diagram in blue and red showing the course the vein ought to run. The float found mile away, is pronounced by experts as being a rich chloride of assessment. The close proximity of the Welt-No- More to the Horn Silver makes it a desirable property, (for wild cat spec ulators.) The integrity of the owners is so well established that the mere mention of their names is enough to assure the most skeptlcal that it is nc fraud, for with such names as John Taylor, Geo. Cannon and Ben Taskel at its head it is bound to succeed. - Southern Utah Times.
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HE following correspondence |p the Robinson Consolidated e, Colorado, reminds one forcibly l he celebrated Luttrell cores \ience from the Holland mine. hington camp, Pima county, inson Consolidated manager tele ed December 18th; Shipped yester |07 tons; average assay, 57 ounces thing going ali right" Director gton, who is now in Colorado inves g the company's affairs, telegraphed day that $l6,000 must be immediately ,phed him for the purpose of paying the company's notes, now due, aE were not sufficient funds for tho se at the smelters to the credit of tho hDy,
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FoLI OWING is the 6nancial exhibit

the keely Motor company:
 The treasurer's report shows that the Ieipts for the year amounted to SEQ, 126, Id expenditure, SEQ, ,l06, leaving bal. |ce of SEAS. The resources of the con- lny were indicated as follows: Twelve ousand shares Keely motor stock, three
 'usand shares Keely Moter company of ,xico stock, cash, SEAS. Liabilities,
 w. Keely for salary until 1st lnst.,
 800; loans, $1,093, office rent and 'itor, SIT; total, S3,610,
 In addition to the above the stock ,ders have lawsuit on their hands
 ind out what the motor is. When
 tt is learned it will probably be md to be one third creduhty and M thirds humbug.
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An hour later Reginald has just finished a polka with Julia Mahaffy, and is standing near the conservatory discussing with her the question of whether a blue dog or a red tree with chrome yellow COW standing underneath it is the most suitable 60 be painted on 'eacup, when the sound of voices reaches his ear Glancing carelessly into the conserv- atory he sees Adelbert Quirk leaning over Aphrodite McGuire as she stands near the bay window careless. ly plucking to ieees blush rose which she carelessly holds in her left hand Adelbert is speaking very earnestly, and as Reginald listens he hears him say:
 "Your heart, that unerring and vigilant monitor of the soul, must tell you in words far plainer than any utterance of mine, that without the inspiration of your love my life would be as dreary and aim less as the editorials in Cleveland paper, and the days drift wearlly by "iAaAs.s,s, sna rszle-sn of light to bright en the dreary horizon of my exist ence. You surely cannot but"
 "Curses on the reporter!" sait Reginald in hoarse, passionate tones He has sold us both the same speech and with a face convulsed witt passion he passed rapidly into the supper-room and again tackled the mince pie.
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WITHIN the past ten days there been great cementing together
 he law abiding people of Socorro, Nv Mexico, and at a recent meet of the committee of safety there
 admitted sixty new members. |e people of our sister territory m unanimous on the cowboy estion-they must behave them
 res or go.-Daily Evening Trib.
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Third Ward Meeting

At a meeting held by the Third Ward club in
 Judge Splccr's office, last evening, the following named gentlemen were duly elected as delegates to represent sadswardiin the city convention: D. A. Moriartv, J. A. Melgrin, Thomas Vincent, Mr. Brophy, Wm. V. Burdette, H. Kingsbury, ]. Isaacs and A. E. Fay The secretary was instructed A issue credentials to each of the above-named dele. gates. .sft s f'ss
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Meeting of school Trustees.

The board met Dec. 22, 1881; present, J. L Fonek, Ben Goodrich and T. J. Drum.
 On motion of Mr. Fonck, Ben Goodrich, Esq, was eectedstreasurer, vice John .Clum, resigned. Moved and seconded that the public schools be adjourned from Dec 22d, 1881, to January 8, 1882. Adjourned to Dec. 27, at one o'clock p. m.
 On the adjournment of the board all the mem- bers thereof, in company with NJ. A. Smith, Esq ., visited the schools and made brief addresses to the children
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Srnall-BOx in Illinois.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22-Smallpox has brok en out at Man,.em, town fourteen miles north of here. Several cases are reported. The disease seems spreading rapidly in thls state Cases are being reported from many widely separated sections.
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More OfIicinl PeculatiOn.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 22--Fred. w. New bury, assistant secretary of the State Pub. lie Works, was arrested for raising checks to the amount of S4000. He confessed to that amount, but larger forgeries are sus- ,Nan,al
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Senator Miller MI.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-Senator Miller is still confined to his residence by illness, which appears to be maaral fever, but no doubt is felt that he will be able to be out agaln Tn few days.
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GOnItl's Nemesis.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-The grand jury indicted J. Howard Wells for sending Jay Gould blackmailing letters.
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Hotel Arrivals,

AT THE GAMMA f z f43t+ }<}i. .ti ,{ Jas. c. Barnett, Charlestonss Iz: 4e l}ssE niz>i on; II. S. Rochol, Mrs. .Klyrf EfuWxs c1A 1fknr cisco. -sgszr<, fhf 0 z 4 k<H3 {r}S<j1 .H .f
 c0sxoroLfI4 H5s 3sA34f,, ss James Floyd, sonoss 1Boston Mil; A. Maype, Bxuin&, ,N .Af5t nfe Haxzp Benson i; Adam Nahlj I1p J{ Ktcs ' tb lvknclsco; Jos Kamps1czdr 6dltef q tsGeo Lockerly. sn.a' EaSsls ]! s!''s Paris France; Brad
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THE famous spring of boiling wa ter in the middle basin of HelPs Half Acre, in the Yellowstone region, has lately become still more wonder ful as 6 geyser Four or five times every twenty four hours 1t discharges column of water, freighted with stones and obscured by volume of steam. The hollow formation for hundreds of yards around the orifce trembles under the upheaval, and the water IS thrown to height of a hun dred feet.
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Queen Victoria, on October 25, completed reign of A years and 12S days, which is just the length of time that Queen Elizabeth sat on the throne, that queen reigning from November F, 1858, to March IA, 1903, consequently she has reigned longer than any other queen regnant, and longer than any English king, with the exception of George H., who reigned 60 years, Q76O-lS2W; Henry IT., who reigned 56 years, Q2l6-l272), and Edward IT., 50 years, (l327-l377)