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The Tombstone epitaph., 1881-12-26
TUCSON ITEMS.
From the Citiznn

From the Citizen.
 Ed. Fields of Gilded Age fame, Is in town.
 The postofice at wipgville, Graham county, has been discontinued.
 R. c. Jacobs returned yesterday from an exten- sive trip through Sonora.
 Frank W. Girard, of Girard & C;o., 10 In town rom Caabasas, He repots business booming in that new and growing town.
 It was reported yesterday that snow storm had occurred at Tombstone. and that snow fell from 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 as 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 1t 10 making | far more rapid strides than Guaymas in size al.d 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 tbe Apache | heaven.
 One of the most coinmendable features Of the l party will take the field. This will enable voters to choose the Attest candidates without doing vio- lence to their political conscience.
 There are now five privileges granted for sup | plying Tucson with water. We believe in compe- tition in all things which will advantage the poo 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, anc would insure n large supply Of water. In anlof there is strength.
 The fact that the Atohson, Topeka Santa F' Railroad surveyors propose 10 lun two lines o survey from Calabasas northward, one down tn,
 Santa Cruz valley by Tucson, and the other be yond the range of mountains west of this plac'
 some seven or eight miles, looks as though thu
 route to this place was not fully determined. I
 might be well for our citizens to keep an eye oi
 the situation and lose no opportunity in securin!
 the line to this point. While we believe 1t vii
 be to the interest of the company to build tn
 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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The Theater.

Hlrowded house greeted the Hutchinson Con-
 bination Variety troupe on their first appearance at Schieffelin hall last evening. Taken altogether, the performance was an exceedingly good one, though, owing to the unfortunate illness of NIT. Lorraine, the business manager, one act was una voidaby omitted. or the characters, Mrs. Lottie Hutchinson, au old Tombstone favorite and bene- iciary of the evening, deserves first mention. Un- happily, the lady was suffering from severe cold, and consequently was not in good voice as usual, but otherwise she was as farming as ever. and at each appearance was applauded in hearty and vociferous manner. BurGcs and Prayers as end men proved them-clves of ID small ability in their line and kept tn, audience convulsed with laughter while listening to their original jokes and comic songs, Miss hepe Baker ingratiated her. self at oEce into the good graces of the house, for as well as being pretty, she has sweet, well. cultivated voice, and Is clever actress. Miss Carrie Delmar also, by her good singing and win ming ways, has placed herself on the high road to favoritism. Mile De Granville brought down the house repeatedly by her marvellous fcats oi strength and activity, all of which were accom- plished with an ease and grace that plainly evi
 denced much careful study on her part
 Harry Larraine's piccolo solo was de- seryedly we'll received, though, as has already been stated, q severe indisposition pre-
 vented his doing himself justice. The afterpiece
 entitled "The Ash-box. Inspector" was side
 splitting and causel the listeners to leave with tears in their eyes and smile of satisfaction ou theif eountenances, whfca plainly said, "we have itpent Gn enjoyable evening, and will come again gNherev9 you give us the opportunity to do so."
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Confederacy's gold are coming in from various ex-Confederates in the South.
Mining Mitigation,

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Sigismund M. Thanhauser and August Thanhauser, both of California, against the Cortes Mining Co. In this suit Judge Blatchford today in the United States court gave decision granting the motion for an injunction to stay proceedings at law, on condition that the Cortes and its trustees filed a stipula- tion agreeing that in the Cortes suit the court may determine what amounts, it any. are due to Thanhauser in respect to moneys sued for by them in each of their transac tions at law, and that after such determin ation, judgment for such amounts may be entered upon the transactions at law sev- erally against the company and it's trus- tees. The suits are for $145,O00 alleged to have been loaned to the Cortes for work Ing mines and for the purchase money et mines in Lower California.
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Eider.Down Ducks.

The beautiful cider down ducks which abound in this cold latitude are a source of great revenue, and are the sole property of the inhabi- tants. They are protected by the laws of Normay, 50 that no stray sportsman is allowed to shoot them. 1 learned the mode of procuring the down; when the duck is about to lay she plucks down from her own breast, the male plucbs it from his, and they spread thick lining of 1t all over the nest. When the nest is completed the owner removes the down; the patient ducks fill it sec- ond aKd third time, when it is re- moved, but the fourth time it Is al lowed to remain. Thus the women and girls find enough to employ themselves in attending to these thousands of nests, while the men and boys make and mend their nets and get fish for oil and curing.--Nor' way letter.
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Co,ner tluepu Not sold :.

We are indebted to Mr. Arthur Lang for the full particulars of the reported sale of the Copper Queen mine. It appears that Mr. L. zeckendorf, one of the owners, had written to parties In Lon- don about the mine, and had set price upon the stock, which was Ss per share, or S2OOo,0OO for the property. These gentlemen sent out P. Tay. Tor, Esq, of the firm of John Taylor < Sons, London, and Mir. Thom, celebrated mining en- gineer, to examine the mine and make a report upon the same. They were accompanied to Bis bee by MT. James Douglass, mining expert of Pennsylvania. They returned from Bsbee last evening and took :he down stage for Benson They made Il, critical examination of the mine, which was found better than the EPITAPa report upon the same some time ago, for the reason that winze has been sunk upon the ore body 15 feet since we saw it, thereby adding that much to that in sight. Ore was selected by Messrs. Taylor and Thoni, and run offs tons of ingots made, which wns in every way satisfactory. It is not known whether the London parties will take the mine al per share or not. That will be matter for af ter consideration.
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LOCAL PERSONALS.

MR. GEORGE PARTRIDGE, departed for St. Louis, Mo. by last evenings stage. He will be absent several months.
 MR GEORGE W. ,BuroRD. has gone to Cochise district to look after nis mining interests in that promising locality.
 MR R. H. CAvtL returned from Bayiara, So- nora, last evening. looking hale and hearty after his enforced feast upon pinole and piuoche, for the last month.
 ANoNa the passengers who passed colton yesterday, eastward bound, were: Mrs. William M. Richards, Tucson; W. Dan Murphy, Preseoft; Judge Bristo and wife, New Mexico; Js Hayes Dallas, Texas. ssf
 MIR. MEL BOYLE has received ascommtsaieA from Hon. Clark Churchill, Of Prescotts D. ps grand sire of the Supreme Lodsc '. Q. q fns fo' Arizona, to install the onacers of cochisz todss No. 5, I. o. o. F, .ot Tombstore, the first o January.
 Mn. InoxAs R~uxs csAc In fwSm Las Deicias Sonora, ,,s.az.suy s.s He .ysspolts smeeting MT Geo. s. Rice, of tGes sBos6QR mIps with four-mule outfit at San Pedro, on hls way down the countr, into the heart of s6fora. He says the Mexicant are putting in larss crcps. and that ahere is general improvement in business affairs all along | the line of his travels.
 MR G. W. MAuK, United States deputy col lector, came in from Harshaw last evening via the Barbaconiari and Charleston. He fount all the vendors of liquor, cigars and tobacco or the line of the New Mexico and Arizona railwa! duly provided with l censes and stamps. He re ports hopeful feeling existing at Harshaw There are thirty men at work in the He mos mine and the company Is laying in large lot O .upplies, which fact does not 'oUk like an ahan donment of the country
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TELEGRAPHIC.
The Lost JeaDuette.

NEW YORK, Dec 22.-Further advices confirm previous repor.s regarding the Jeannette 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 2lst, a 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 92-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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A Card.

EDITOR EPrrApH: The people of Tombstone have had the pleasure of reading another essay from the pen of that philanthropic 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 don'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 yox Populi Vox Del Reilly takes occasion, for the bereat .of lot of office seekers and bunke sharps, to champion their cause, and throws his billingsgate on the Earp brothers and Holiday. But, considering the source 1t comes from, they treat 1t with contempt A word as to the agent of Wells Fargo, and the gentlemen comprising the Citizens committee All men who were never ar rested or accused of an,rcrime will act just like this lot jumper and would be attorney -at-law has ! acted. They win attack any committee of citi
 zens if they have any fear Of :hetr investigating his character or from whence he came; and as Reilly was charged when he lived in Yuma with l being connected in stage robbery and the taking of " ell Fargo's box. he likely knows what he is | talking about when he says: "M Mir. Editor, I pur- posely avoid all comments on stage robberies.' ' You old fox Well 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 cow boys. You speak like hired blackmailer
 who is paid to assail any and everybody who is
 opposed to that class of outlaws. As to the Earps
 you have so much to say about, shall speak only
 of ono of them Wyatt Earp; he is one of he part
 ners of the firm 1 am working for, and more
 liberal and kind hearted man I never met As to
 my working in dive, or in your language, thug's
 den, let me say you have not the manliness about
 you to meet one of the Earps face to face and speak
 your piece like q man, but you are like many ' others in this camp who talk behind their backs 'fbpt as they don't want to get into any newspaper ts1k Sith the likes of you, and as the case suit ;4 n1es fdenounce you as lying mountebank wh"i y3d e2ll the place work in thugs den. throv Si tiie faantlet down to you, and then will shov " y&R Who James Reilly is E. F. BOYLE.
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Cut,cisms on the Committees

CuIcAGo, Dec. 22-TImes Washington special: The composition of the railroad and transportation committees will be studied with care. Already it is com- planned that they reflect Jay Gould, but this remains to be proved.
 Tnbune's editorial: The committee on commerce is awarded Page of California and here was made the speakers greatest mistake as Mir, Page represents none of the great commercial interests. His distnc' is not in any respect d commercial center and although he is gentleman of ability the position could have been assigned with more propriety to one of many others.
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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 we'll as those for the establishment of national bank, and for draining the city and valley of Mexico. It provided for the issue of S4,000,O0O 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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Colonel Mckenzie.
From the Star


 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 beng the son of Captain Slidell, who, under the administration of John Tyler, was in command of the United States brig Son. CTS, and who hanged midshipman Nelson, son of Nelson, the secretary of the navy, to the yardarm, because of his heading a mutiny on the high seas.
 He is also a 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 e20, 900 ster- ling, conditional upon his adopting the name of Mckenzie.
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AkIn DiseRses 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, Cleye. land, O., suffered beyond all description from a skin disease which appeared on hls 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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|FoLIow1NG is the financial exhibit

|FoLIowING is the 6nancial exhibit the Keely Motor company;
 The treasurer's report shows that the Ieipts tor the year amounted to SEQ, l26, Id expenditure, $20,10 leaving bal. ce of SEAS. The resources of the com ny were indicated as follows; Twelve Tousand shares Keely motor stock, three
 'usand shares Keely Moter company of
 ,xico stock, cash, SEAS. Liabilities, w. Keely for salary until 1st inst, 800; loans, $1,093, office rent and
 .itor, SIT; total, SS,61O.
 Tn addition to the above the stock
 ,ders have lawsuit on their hands
 ind out what the motor is. When
 It is learned it will probably be < md to be one third credullty and WI thirds bumbug.
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House committees.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--The following committees have membership m as follows:
 Banking and currency-Crapo, chair man, Smith of H., Webster, Dingley, Moore, Cornell, Browning, Buckner, liar denburg, Flower, Erlentraut,
 Coinage, weights and measures-Fisher, Bedford, Mcclure, Lacey, Washburn, Pay son, Hazelton, Stephens, Singleton of Miss, Rosecrans, Bland.
 Commerce- Page, Richardson of NY, Townsend of Ohio, Hoar, Washburn, Chandler, Ward, White, George, Gunther, Reagan, McLane, Gibson, Ross, Herndon.
 Foreign affairs-WillIams, Orth, Kasson, Rice of Mass, Dunnell, Lord, Walker, Blount, Wilson, Duester, Belmont.
 Military atfairs-Hcuderson McCord, Boyne, Steel Davis of Ill. Spalding, Spooner, Sparks, Upton, Bragg, Wheeler, MaginLis.
 Pustoflices and post roads-Bingham Anderson, Jargehson, Lacey, Peele, Fas- well, Moorly, Springer, Evans, Armtield, r BrentZ.
 Public lands-Pound, Belford, Hepburn, Dwight, Watson, Stark, Rice of Mo-, Cobb, Cravens, Physter, Mulchler
 Indian affairs - Haskell, Deeding, Rice of Mo, Mason, Spalding, Buck, Richardson of N. Y., Hooker, Scales, l Wellburn, Blanchard, Ainsley. erritories-Burrrows, Meech, Aldrich, Van Voorhees,, Miller, Dawes, Crowley, Grant, Mills, Richardson of 5. C., Dugro, Leedom, Petigiew.
 Mines and mining - Van Voorhees,, Dews of H., Bingham, Fullerson, Hubbs, Calkins, Young, Cassidy, Berry, Benj ' Wood of N Y., Brumm, Ouray. | Pacific railroads - Hazellon of Wis. Hosmer, Campbell, Robinson of Ono Hammond of N. Y., Paul, Darrell, Wells Mckenzie, Bliss, House, Dunn, Nolan.
 Education and labor-Lysdegratf oi Ohio, Sherwin, Carpenter Davis of Ills. Page, Thyler, Wells, Clements, Mooney Dibble, Douds.
 Pubic expenditures-Randall, Black burn, w. A. Woodrey, Pyan, Denote Lewis, Ladd, Fulkerson, Martin, Gunter and Berry
 Private land claims-Pacheco, Norcross Hazelton of Wis, Cornell, Moorey, Cuts Muldrow, Williams of Ala, Ford, Shack elford, Hoge
 Expenditures in treasury department Bedford, (chairmaa.1S PPsltd. lkeilnc;l, S"ran J, ',Uu, 'forney, Buckner, Felton.
 The speaker further stated that by mis take the name of Butterworth of Chi had been omitted from the committee oi Pacific railroads, and Camp substitute for him. The mistake was rectihed, ana th speaker said he would hereafter assigI r Camp to son other committee.
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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 soGthern mem- bers, and they expect summary unseat' ing of democrats to follow, unless flibu tering prevents, and this course Is threa | pned
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'y- Sov Mexico.

{ Yesesfday about noon, some ;.t's' 'pen len this siity for Sonora, under the charge of Pierre Hum bert,Jr., James Floyd and Henry Meyer, at one time superintendent of the Gould and Curry mine lat 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 were Tom Corrigan, N
 Saulby, J Orr, John Tracey. and J. L. Tompkins The represents an Eastern company who gre iu vesting largely in that country.
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focHIsE county has two evils, the Ialled rustlers and the stage rob- N 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 b, put in jeopardy ause few cut. throats and stage bers by their presence demand it I be so. Hemp, gentlemen
 p; that is what you need ir hbstone. Democrat.
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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 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 a syndicate can be formed that will get out papers at its own expense. The owners will furnish some very rich specimens of ore (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 uators,) 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 Johr Taylor, Geo. Cannon and Ben Taskel at its head it is bound to succeed.- Southern Utah Times.
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OUR LATE LEGIsLATURE.

It will be remembered, or at least t ought to be, that III the beginning i the present year the legislature of izona met at Prescott and held Il (otracted session, out of which was olved the bill creating Cochise lnty, with its appointive officers. ter the statutory time had expired the session it continued to sit incubate. Among the brood of matched during its close was for the payment for the over- e. Neri F. Osborn, an employe the legislature, taxed up his bill servlces rendered for the full m, which was presented to Terri lal Auditor E. P. Clark, who al- Gwsd it only for the legal number
 Osborn brought suit
 duultor lo co'hPoi iui
 {, 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 Ilerlal treasury for the sum of one hun and eighty dollars, under all act of egislature of Arizona.
 b 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 legis- e council of the session of 1881, as as Int clerk of said council, and that his n is for compensation for services in capacity. It further appears from the Avit that the auditor has acted on claim of the applicant, which was auditing and allowing thereon the )f S360, and has issued warrant for. m allowed, which has been accepted elit1oner.
 is action of the auditor is fatal to pe- hers application for mandamus.
 the auditor has erred in auditing pe- ners claim, such error cannot be re- Ted by mandamus. If it could be he'd by writ at all it must be certo- not mandamus. The writ of mandate to compel an inferior court, board, !ri- .l htttt in m, n pI to act, unless the act be purely minis bl. If the act sought for be judicial or retionary ia it's character, no court by 1rit 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 a pro for the review or correction Of errors it is clear that the auditor committed rror as a0ainst 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 18th section of the U. s. statutes, as fol Ts:
 bection 1855. No law of any territoria islature shall be made or enforced by ch the governor or secretary of terri or the members or officers of any ter YStlegislature are paid any compensa Ssner than that provided by the law lie United States.
 therefore, it has been ordered that pcti CTS application for a writ of manda be denied and his application be dis Bed FRENcn, Chief Justice