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The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-03-13

THE Waltz mill, at Silver Cliff, 8 new process, can reduce silver ore at cost of $l.50 per ton. This is cer- tsinly reaching minimum figures in the reduction of silver ore. Hereto. fore it has generally been thought that cost of $9 per ton was a very low figure. The Wsitx process will be . bonanza for New Mexico.--N. Mexico Mining News.
 If the foregoing is 2 true state. ment, it seems that the Waitx process might be advantageously introduced into the mills of Arizona. We are free to admit that we do not believe it. One dollar and half per ton is about the minimum cost of working the free gold ores of Callfornia, and we cannot conceive how it can be possible to work even the least re-. fractory silver ore as cheap as gold.
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Besh About Grant.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-General Grant is not the wealthy man he has been represented to be. He is very much in need of the pay provided for in Gen. Logan's pill restoring him. At present, according to trustworthy reports, he is without any personal income. The house given him in New York was deeded to his wife when Gen. Grant thought he had a fortune In the fund collected for him ny Jones, publisher of the New York Times. Jones collected for him $25,0O0. The money was invested in Wabash railroad stock, which has depreclated in value to such an ex- tent that no income is obtained None of the investments that Grant has made in New York have been successful. He has been tried as president and director in a great many concerns, but he draws no money, so he is being gradually dropped by investors, who were anx- ious year or two ago to carry him for the advantages his name might give them. His son, Buck Grant, is quite rich, and making plenty of money. The generals position, how ever, is full of embarrassment. It is from a partial knowledge of General Grants condition that his friends have been so earnestly urging the bill for restoring him to the army. It is now, however, pretty certain this bill will fail in the honse because the democrats have already agreed upon 8 policy which, If carried out, will defeat the measure.
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The Great MOnoDO1y.

NEW YORK, March S.-At the ar. nual meeting of the Unlon Pacific railroad to-day the following direct o~s were elected: Sidney Dillon, Elisha Atkins, Frederick l.. Ames, Ezra H. Blake, $. H. H. Clark, F. Gordon Dexter, Daniel Dows, Greenvile M. Dodge, T. T. Eckert, Jay Gould, Solon Humphreys, Rus sell Sage, Augustus Schell, Wm. H. Scott and John Sharp. At a subse- quent meeting of the directors Sid ney Dillon was reelected president and a quarterly dividend declared of l3 per cent. Total earnings this year were S24,25S,Sl7; last year, s22,455,l34. Expenses this year were sl2,4S0, ,343; last year, SIG, 0,545,- ll9. Net earnings this year, sll,- 77S,474, against $1l,9l0,0l5 last year. The decrease in net earnings is accounted for by the fact that the company laid $590,794 worth of rails in excess of last year. The debt of the company is s4,035,07S, which is more than covered by available bonds, securities and supplies on hand.
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LATEST TELEcRAMS.
Special Dispatches to the EpITArH)
Great Railruad Strike.

OMAHA, Neb., March S.-Some ten days ago, 100 or more men engaged in grading for the B. X M. R. R. Co.,, demanded $l.2O per day. This re- quest was complied with, and they then struck for sl 50, witch was also complied with. They then demand ed S175, which was refused; then they stopped work. Since then a number of meetings have been held and labor union organized, num- bering over 1000 members, and the rate fixed by the union at $l.75 per day. The union held a grand de monstra:ion, over 2,0O0 men being Tn line, and headed by band, psraded the streets this afternoon.
 The procession of laborers then proceeded to a place where some 100 men were engaged grading under guard of large force of special policemen. The men seemed to be afraid and fled leaving behind them coats and dinner pails. The crowd proceeded to cut the horses loose from the scrapers, scatter the tools and commit other riotous pro- ceedings by the thousands. The special police were roughly handled and badly beaten. One policeman fired at them and was with difficulty rescued from the fury of the mob by strong force of polio men. Great excitement prevails. Prominent strikers say that graders shall not work any more for less than Sl.75 per day. At 5 o'clock the mob dis persed but it is feared that the wors, is still to come. Mayor Bidwell has called on the governor for military protection.
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The Sewerage Questis.

The committee appointed by the city council last night to confer with Mir. Has kins, relative to the sewerage of the city, me, that gentlemen this morning.
 Mir Haskins, the pipe agent, proposes to lay one sewer on Allen street from Second to Seventh streets; one on Fremont street, from two squares below Nadesu's corrsl to Seventh street, and connect the two by in- tersections on Second, Fourth and Fifth streets, the outlet of the sewer to be on the mesa. The entire length will be about two miles, tho pipe to be from six to twelve inches in diameter, and to be made with openings every 71s feet, so that each To, can be connected with the same. AS ssti-
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THE legislative jockeys in Albany, says the New York Daily Stock holder, show very prudent tender ness in tackling the proposed invest. igation of life insurance receiverships. The whole thing has been rather rough on pol,cy-holders, but by gones are by.gones, and it would never do to bring so many good fel. lows into disagreeable prominence by raking up those old matters. So, sh-h,h! If much more is said, those prying newspaper men will get hold of the facts, and then there will be a great Yany angry people who can't do anything to help themselves. Let us have quiet life, and avoid all agitating topics.
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OUR handsome friend, the fish commissioner and clerk of the board of supervisors, has just received by express from New York q new patent doubIe-b -barreled, screw.propeller op. era glass, in payment for which he gives six months advertising Tn the Nugget. The glass, when closed, measures thirteen inches in length, and when unwound, two feet. It IS so powerful that by means of it you can look through four,inch plank and recognize an item of news in a scrap book. The F. c. and c. of the B. of s. will find his young telescope of great assistance in viewing the blonde beauties from his private box at the Bird Cage.
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Minister Lowell on the Ceercie. A,
A Marshal Prisoner.

CHICAGO, March 9.-A Helena, Montana, special says: The United States marshal here has received a dispatch dated the 3d, from his dep uty, John Healy, saying that he is g prisoner among the half-breeds and Indians, in their camp on Milk river.
 The country is full of smugglers and illicit traders, and he had arrest. ed six of the leading men and cap. tured $3,0O0 worth of robes, when Indians captured him and his outfit. He asks aid from Fort Assiniboine, as there are not troops enough at Poplar river, and the Sansaici Indians are ready for war. Marshal Botkin has directed aid to be sent.
 Later information is that Gen. Fucker, the commandant at Fort Assiniboine has sent seven compa- nies of infantry and two of cavalry numbering 400 men under Captain Norwood to the scene of trouble with instructions to rescue Healy and drive the half-breeds and Crees back into British territory, whence they came from. It is feared Hexly and his companions may be butch cred befoae the troops arrive.
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RulClde.

SAN FRANcIsco, March 9.--E. T. Kennedy committed suicide in his own room at the Russ House last right by taking laudanum. Deceased was employed on the Alta as leading writer for some weeks past. He left letter to fellow journalist, which shows the act to have been the result of despondency and disgust with life. Deceased was man of much ability, but of delicate organization, sensitive disposition, and at times add cted to the use of stimulants.
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SANITARY MEASURES.

A committee on sewers, consisting of Councilmen Nash, Dean and Atchison with city Engineer Kelle. her, was appointed last .evening, who are to report at the next regular meeting of the council. The com. m,ttee, accompanied by MT. Haskins who represents the concrete pipe, made a tour of the district proposed to be severed, this forenoon. It is to be hoped that speedy steps will be taken to have sewers laid through Allen and Fremont streets including Fourth and Fifth. Those who nightly had to inhale the stench of the flow. ing slops all last summer, feel a lively interest in this matter, and those who happen to be indifferent, would curse themselves and the city authorities if the present condition of affairs continues until an epidemic of diptheris, scarlet, typhus or ma. larial fever breaks out and carries of some cherished member of their family. A cotagion of scarlet fever and diptheria broke out in the little town of San Luis Onispo, California, last summer, induced by imperfect sewerage and scarce q family es- capped without the loss of some dear one. The same ravages may be ex- pected here if prompt action is no, taken to improve the sanitary con- dition of the city. An ounce of pre- ventative is worth pound of cure, and particularly in this case.
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Arrested for Murder.

DALLAS, Tex. March S.-Frank Clanton, who, it is alledged, mur. dered J. w. Norris, postmaster of Price Station, about ten days ago, was arrested in Forth Worth on Monday. It was at first believed that Norris was killed by parties who did not want him to appear as a witness in a case pending Tn Ellis county, but Detective Duncan fas. tens the crime on Clanton, who killed Norris for plunder, and, becoming mortified at the deed, fled the coun- try without robb:ng him. There was a large reward for Clanton.
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IN considering the action of the city council last evening, in remov. ing the restricted limits to houses of prostitution, we are forced to believe that the councilmen from the first and second wards reflected ir their negative votes the sentiments of the great mass of the people of Tomb. stone. If we are to have plague. spot, let it be confined to as small limits as possible.
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Personal Pepeilltngs,

From the Prescott Democrat, 4th.
 It was Saturday night, and num- Der of our honest toilers were enjoy ing their beer in their favorite re- sorts when 8 chronic dead beat at. tempted to force his company on the party, and would not leave until one of them took him by the back of the neck and landed him on the side walk. After quiet was restored, the following conversation ensued:
 "Oh, yes," said the baker, as he slipped his lager, "I love to take little roll with the boys, but l dough- not believe in these loafers, such an ill.bred sponge can't bear"
 "You bet your boots," remarked the shoemaker, who had ejected the intruder, al believe in giving a fel- low like that a good welting. Some men have no sole, and the sooner they peg out the better. Awl they want is good waxing that will last them for awhile"
 "I noticed, observed the butcher, "thst he skinned out pretty lively, . good hiding is the thing for . man of his tripe."
 He didn't suit me at all," said the tailor, Git was needle.ess to waste words with him. He is q seedy ras- cal cut out of the whole cloth, and if 1 had my way I'd cook his goose in fitting style"
 "l saw he tried to get his auger in to me-" broke in the carpenter, after calling for another round, "but braced up and wouldn't stand his boring. I'm plane man and my rule is to jam all such chiselers."
 "l was getting pretty hot myself, and would have fired him if you hadn't" spoke up the blacksmith; he was 8 rough looking 6le,. but if l clinched with him you'd soon heard his bellows"
 "Well," remarked the bricklayer, "I've no use for man who ain't on the square, I noticed the fellow was plumb full, but his head was 'level' in skipping out"
 "He was hard looking case," ob- served a printer, who was taking his'u with stick in it, "such conduct is in very bad form, and can't be 'ius- ti6ed.' He is a type of character proof against all shame, and should be 'locked up.'"
 "Boys," exclaimed the bartender, "it's my treat; 1 don't want 10 mix in the affair, but l think you gave him the straight bounce. A good punching wouldn't be too severe for such a rum customer"
 And our reporter lit out.
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sue of silver certificates should be repealed and they retired from cir culation. Instead thereof they as. sert that it should not,only be re. tained but enlarged so as to embrace deposits of silver bullion of standard 6neness. This is a substantial move. ment toward breaking down the
 wall of division between gold and silver and restoring these metals to their proper relations with each other.
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Gov. Tritle In Prescott.

The Prescott Courier gives our new governor the following welcome:
 Our new governor, Hon. F. A. Tritle, arrived here yesterday from Tucson, more or less fatigued, on account of recent sickness and the stage ride. He passed the day with Mir. Sol. Lewis, F. w. Blake ana other old Nevada acquaintances, complimented Prescott and her peo. pie, retired early, and, we suppose, slept soundly. He prop ses to stay with us week or 80; then go south and come back to reside here per. manently, in the summer. We havn't seen him, but, as he is well spoken of, we welcome him to the handsomest town in Arizona.
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Congregational Proceedings.

WAsHINGTON, March 9.-The sen ate at l:40 p. m. resumed considers ton of the Chinese bill, and Hailey took the floor in opposition.
 A resolution passed instructing the secretary of state to ascertain the cause for the imprisonment by tho British government of Daniel Nc. Sweeney, a citizen of the United States, and late a resident of Cali fornia.
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NEARLY two hundred thousand dollars of the money sent to Indiana by the Republican National commit tee is missing. It will be remem. -bered that Dorsey l" carried Indiana. :" What became of the money In the early days of the star route in- vestigation, when it was believel that Dorsey was trying to make Brady the scapegoat, George Gorham asked the same question. An ex- hibit would be interesting.
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THE house committee on coinage on Tuesday presented some very
 sensible recommendations, among them this: "So long as we have a bimetalic system (and your committee are of opinion it should and will be permanently maintained) no distinc- ton should be made between the precious metals as currency, or as the basis for paper issued by the government and purportlng to be based thereon" Again: "lf behind every dollar of paper there is actually a dollar of coin or bullion, we are of opinion that nothing could be better. AS the law now stands provision is made for the obtaining of certificates on the deposit of gold coin or gold bullion or standard silver dol. lars, and no reason is apparent to your committee why the same privi. lege should not be extended as a right to the holder of silver bullion. :" These suggestions will be accepted
 by the silver-producing states and territories as eminently sound. Whether they will be adopted by congress remains to be seen. At the present rate of reduction, the national debt will, in few years, be wholly absorbed, which will naturally carry with 1t the extinction of the national bank notes. As we must have, for the general convenience, some kind of paper money, the gold and silver certificates will serve as the best substitute for the notes now employed that could be devised. The committee report emphatically against the recommendation of the president and the secretary of the treasury that the act requiring the is-
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ing the president to re.appoint him.
 A resolution was also passed pray. ing Congress to pass bill giving Lieutenant Schwatka full pay instead of half-pay while in command of the late Franklin search expedition.
 Minister Lowell on the Ceercies Act.
 LONDON, March S.-Lowell United States minister, in replying to the application make on behalf of Amer. ican citizens arrested in Ireland, says the coercion act is contrary to the spirit and foundamental princi- ples of both English and American jurisprudence, but is the law of the land and controls all persons domi. oiled in any of the proclaimed districts of Ireland whether British subjects or not. It is mani- festly futile that nsturalized citizens of the United States should be ex. empted from the operation of the act.
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TIE charity of Mir. and Mrs. Cor nelius Vanderbilt takes . practical turn. They have built memorial cottage at St Johnsland, Long Island, in memory of deceased daughter. It is to be home for orphan girls, he,ng adapted to the wants of twenty.six. Mir. Vanderbilt will de- fray all the expenses of the institu- ton,
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Each . Greater Villain than the
 Other. Krnrp ha Val Qtrsaf natlv Naws

Other. From the Wall Street Daily News.
 During the wildcat days in the West a Brooklyn man, who died not long since, was in business in a Michigan town, and formed close friendship with the cashier of one of the private banks. One evening the cashier admitted that he was laying his plans to rob the bank of all its funds, and skip into Canada, and his friend permitted himself to be drawn into the plot. They were to skip to- gether and share alike, and a certain date was mentioned for the affair to come off. The Brooklyn man sold out his store at big sacrifice and went to Detroit, where the cashier was to join him with the stolen funds. The hour came and the cashier came, but he had no sparkle in his eye.
 "Busted-busted all to pieces " he groaned in explanation.
 "Didn't you get the money ?"
 "Not a cent ]"
 "How's that ?"
 "Why, the president skipped out Sunday night, the secretary followed him Monday morning, and the whole board of directors disappeared that night. On Tuesday morning there wasn't an internal dollar left to steal :"
 "There wasn't ?"
 "Not one Just think of the meanness of the whole board jump. ing in and stealing the cashier blind as bat Where will human mean ness end ?"
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The Avenger iu New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March.-At Las Lanas yesterday Chas. Shelton, John Redmond and Harry French were taken from jail and hanged to the nearest trees by masked men. Shelton murdered Foreman Wood ruff last fall, Redmond killed Jas. McDermott last January at Gallup, on the Atlantic < Pacific railroad. French, alias Simpson, was one of a band of desporadoes who killed Dep uty Sheriff Jones at Crane's. The mob also took two negroes from the the jail, and beat them unmercifully and turned them loose.
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THERE are now twenty-eight fur naces running almost constantly at the Leadville smelters, and from eight ! hundred to nine hundred tons of ore are reduced daily. The bullion for the present quarter, or from January l to April 1, 1882. will likely exceed that of the last quarter of last year.
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Prseeedinss of tho Common Csunei


 The common council was called to order at : o'clock p. m., by Mayor Carr. All members were present. B. c. Quigley, clerk
 MT. Thomas, chairman of the committee on building the cnlvert across Fourth street, stated that they had been unable to proceed with their work on account of failing to obtain the right kind of lumber.
 The health officers report was received and filed. A copy of,he same is published elsewhere.
 A petition was received from Baron Bros. asking that barber shops be exempt from paying license tax; referred to the committee on licenses.
 The following claims against the city were received and referred to the commit tee on finance: R Cohen, $27.15; c ) Reppy, $450; P W Smith & Co, s9l g.; J Lang, $1S0; Nugget P Co, $62; D A Moriarty, $9.5o; P W Smith & Co, S75.3O; H A Wesuohn, 8; John Carr, $2250; B c Quigley, $40; Eclipse Bakery, $s.5O; W T Slater, $6O. Bills as below were ordered paid: Taskcr & Pridham, $4.50; J Leaoir, $5; John Carr, $S; T A Atchison, S36.25; c W Chapman, $13.37; J H Cummings. $750; Tombstone W, M & L Co, slO2; Dr Nc Swegan, $15; P W Smith & Co, $25.50; John Carr, $22; Eclipse Bakery, $3s0; WS Slater, $60; D A Moriarty, ($9.50 claimed) $550
 On motion the mayor was instructed to secure the map of the city which seemed to be lost, and cause the same to be placed in the auditors office.
 An ordinance was introduced entitled "An ordinance to repeal section of ordi. nance No. 10, and section 66, chapter 17, of the code of ordinances, and to amend section 65 of said code" Alter third reading it was passed. Ayes: Atchison, Nash and Carr; noes, Dean and Thomas.
 The matter of the increase of the salary of the chief of police was lsld over until tne next regular meeting.
 MT. James $. Mccoy, superintendent of the hu..chucs Water company, came te. fore the council and stated that if the council desired to see his maps showing the line of water pipes which the company intended placing within the city, he would be pleased to present the same to a committee of the council He also desired to be informed as to whether the council desired to enter into any arrangements with said company for fire plugs, and fer securing supply of water for fire pur- poses
 The committee on fire and water were instructed to confer with Mir. McUoy to. day on the matter.
 Mir Dean informed the council that MT. Geo. Hsskins Sss present and wished to show 8 section of esrthen sewer pipe.
 The mayor expressed himself as strong. ly in favor oi adopting 8 system of sewer. age, and it was ordered that committee composed of Messrs. Atchison, Dean and Nash should confer with the agent tor said pipe as to the cost of laying the nsces- sary sewers.
 The council then adjourned to meet Wednesday, March l6, at o'clock p. m.
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mated the cost will be but $3500. No definite acton will be taken until the next regular meeting of the council, when tn e committee will report, ard several other parties present their bids to do the work
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Walking to some Purpsse .

NEW YORK, March 9.-The pedes- trians received today: Hazel, $93S0 gate money and $90O0 sweep stakes; Fitzgerald received $4750; Noremac, $22Tl; Hart, $l593, and Sullivan, $l75.
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Train Wrecked.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March B. Yesterday passenger and freight train on the Knoxville X Ohio rail road, was wrecked near this city. Eight men were wounded, but none killed.
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Resolutions Adopted.

CHEYENNE, Wy, March s.-In tie territorial legislature to-day a resolution expressing confidence in Governor Hoyt and approval of hIs course for the past four years, was unanimously passed. Also request
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The Arkansas stiII Rising.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March o. Tn re has been steady rain for the past three days at Arkansas City. The river rose an inch from noon to 5 p. m. to-day.
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A PET rooster in New Haven flew on a dressing table and fought bat tie with the rooster in the looking. glass. The combat was brief, and there was no mirror left to speak of.
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AssassinatiOn.

MOUNT VERNON, Ky, March B. Mary Sigman Ia famous scarlet wo- man of Roundstone) and her mother were assinated by an unknown per- son.
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THE proposition to make marriage a disqualification for the employment of lady school teachers has raised breeze in New York.
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THERE seems to be fearful state of impoverishment in Texas. The State has $5,00O,0OO in her treasury, and is not able to have safe place of deposit for the money.