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The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
LOCAL SPLlNTERS.

FOUR bars of silver bullion, weighing I'll pounds and valued at $11 ,33S.39, were shipped by Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express yesterday.
 OWING to snow, sleet and rain on the line of the Southern Pacific, between Col ton and Tucson, the train was delayed some twelve hours yesterday.
 THE adjourned term of the district court commences tomorrow (Monday). The Contention Head Center suit will be the all-abserbing subject of discussion. The Head Center folks are here in force, and propose to make bitter fight.
 ARCHIE MCBRIDE has leased the irand Hotel, and intends furnishing it in elegant style, making some important alterations in the building. Mr. McBride's reputation as hotel man is sufficient guarantee that it will be run as first-class house in every respect. This will be welcome news to tI,e travelling public.
 THE ladies of the Methodist church have secured the place newt door above the district courtroom, of late known as the Miners Exchange in which they will serve New England lunch on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday of this week, between the hours of II a. m. and D. m. One of the luxuries promised will be gen. uine Boston baked beans, cooked in Tomb stone.
 MIR. \. J. MITCHELL, civil and mining engineer, showed us map of the Win. chester mining district, last evening, which he had just completed flow P. W. Smith. It was very nice piece of typographical work, showing the hills, ravines, lodges, locations and springs of water. MT. Mitchell is perfectly enthusiastic over the prospects in the new camp, and we hope his most sangulne expectations may be realized.
 THE Rev. Mir. Talbot still being in the city, he will hold regular service at the usual hour and place today. This will probably be his farewell service, as he has had call from his old congregation in Kansas, which he has accepted, and will return thiiher in few days. MT. Talbot and his family have made many warm friends during their stay in Tombstone, whose best wishes will follow them back to their old home.
 o. C. VOss, junior member of the firm of Hartman & Co.,, goldsmitbs and jewellers on Allen street, between Fifth and Sixth, has just executed one of the finest pieces ot engraving of which we have any knowl' edge This is the work of lettering the Lords Prayer on one side of a ten cent piece. The work consists of 58 words, there being in the words 224 letters Any. one with good eyes can read it quite readi. ly, it is so distinct in it's lineation. MT. Voss is one of the finest engravers on the Pacific coast.
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Tightening the jury as to the impel- ling causes of his great crime.' His written argument will, however, be given to the press, and we shall await it with some curiosity, as be- ing, perhaps, the first attempt on the part of pretended lunatic to prove that e is not legally responsible for his acts. An argument of this kind would seem to inevitably defeat itself; for, if by the ingenuity of his sophistry he prove himself insane that very ingenuity must show him to be sane.
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THE IRON SILVER MINE.

There Is lesson to be learned by prospectors from a perusal of the fol- lowing concerning the celebrated Iron silver mine, at Leadville, which obtained a national reputation from its hard fought contest against the Smuggler, which company undertook to smuggle portion of its ground. Those interested in mines around Tombstone should make a note of the fact that the Leadville Herald, from which this account of the Iron mine is taken, says it is the most ex. tensive around Leadville, and we will add that it is superfcially, the largest of any in the United States. In richness it does not, however, compare with the Contention, and only equals Tn dividends, Grand Gen. tral and Tombstone.
 There is no question that the Iron Silver mine is the most extensive of any mine about Leadville. Mir. Ste ., vens showed wonderful judgment in locating the claims of this consolida. tion, and before the ground was hardly disturbed, and when covered with heavy timber, it is something wonderful that he should have so closely followed the apex. In fact, he then believed he would without difficulty be able to hold all elritory beyond by having the possession and ownership of the apex. Had he believed differently, it would not have been difficult, and but little more expensive, to have also located the claims above.
 The mines of this company extend for more than m,le from along Iron hill, crossing California gulch and extending for several claim on Rock hill opposite. For four years past the mines have been steadily and largely productive, and while the grade of the ore is not up to the average of some other mines of the camp, the large amount produced yields large profit and enables the paying of regular dividends of sl0O,, 900 every two months. The ore shipments are about 250 tons daily at present, two-thirds of which comes from the Iron mine proper, and the balance from the Rock and Dome locations. The statement of the company for the week ending De. cember 10, as published from the office in New York, is as follows. Amount of ore delivered, 2,l72 tons. Amount of cash received, $S5,l32. Amount of ore then delivered but not yet paid for, 3,l37. Since that time shipments have been fully kept up. A dividend of $l00,000 has just been declared, and is payable on January l, while the large surplus on hand and the regular output is such as to justify the belief that the divi- dends will be regularly continued.
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ONE day Tbad. Stevens was pr

ONE day Thad. Stevens was prac- using Tn the Carlisle courts, and he didn't like the ruling of the pre- siding judge. A second time the judge ruled against "Old Thad, when the old man got up with scarlet face and quivering lips, and commenced tying up his papers as if to quit the court room. "Do under stand, MT. Stevens" asked the judge, eyeing "OSd Thad" indignantly, "do 1 understand that you wish to show your contempt of this court?" "No, sir! no, s,r!" replied "Old Thad," "I don't want to show my contempt, sir; I'm trying to conceal it"
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THE REAL SUBJECT OF IN.
 TEREHT,

Under the above heading the New York Mail and Express has the fol- lowing pertinent remarks in relation to Gen. Grants change of front on tho Fitz.Joh Porter case
 "We have not deemed it worth while to go into any discussion of so worn and threadbare theme as that of the guilt or innocence of Fitz, John Porter. If all that has been published on this subject were put into series of volumes chronoiogi. cally arranged, the books required for the vast mass of controversy would fill goodly portion of the Astor Library.
 "The only new and interesting subject of discussion, in this connec- ton, is Gen. Grants new departure in pleading guilty to nineteen years of wrong judgment and hostile criti- cisms on Porter, during twelve of which years he was in position to right Porter's alleged wrongs and failed to improve the opportunity. The Herald--which has come as near being the organ of Gen. Grant as it ever did in the case of any man is evidently stunned by his sudden recantation, and suggestively says;
 But Gen. Grant, general or prcsi. dent, did not merely fail to do just ice to Gen. Porter; he contributed an important argument against him which did not turn upon any study of the map. He said that Gen Porter's argument, based upon con- sideratious of the enemy's position destroyed his whole case; because it was his duty to obey, and he could not know but what it was part of his commanders plan to send his corp: to destruction-to deliberately sac ri6ce in order either to save the army or win a battle at some other point. That was commanders view of the, case and Gen. Grants pres ent confession indicates that he has changed his opinion not merely upon the facts of Fitz John Porter's case but upon the primary ideas of mili tary obligation.
 "Does this imply that Gen. Grant "forgetting the things that are behind --such as "primary ideas of military obligation" is "pressing forward toward the mark of the prize" of thC presidency, for third term?
 "Can these things be?"
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skin Discases surea

By Dr. Frazler's Magic Ointment IL cures as if by mag,e, Pimples, Black Heads or Grubs, Blolches sDid Eruptions on the face, leaving tle skin cle,r. healthy and beautiful. Also cures Itch, Barbers, Itch, Salt Rhaum, Teltcr, kengworm, Scald Head, Chapped Hands, ,sEre Nipples Sore Lips, old, obstinate Ulcers and Sores, etc.
 SKIN DIsEAsE.-F. Drake. Esq, oIeve. and, O., suffered beyond all description from d skin disease wbicb appeared on his hands, head and face, and nearly deprived him of his sight. The most careful doc. toring failed t. hep him, and after ai had failed he used Dr. FraZler'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, Fifty cents
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
The New Wheat Gamble.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l4.-It was decided to call meeting of :he Pro. duce Exchange for next Monday % take action as body on the propo- sition to adopt the call system of dealing in wheat. It is believed that majority will declare in favor of the project.
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
Annother Railroad Collision.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-The Evening Journals Elkhart, Ind, special: Last night at Mills station, there was a terrible wreck caused by a collision, Baltimore & Ohio train being run into by a Lake Shore rain. The cars, engines, telegraph office and track were nearly demol- ished, and trains all delayed. No lives are reported lost.
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
DesfructiYe Fire.

GALVESTON, Jan. l3.-This after noon a fire destroyed the cotton buildings of Moody X James, worth sl20,000, and two other large build ings adjoining. This is in tn heaviest business portion of the town. Loss stated at $9OO,000.
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
A BIG POOL.
General Combination Of Pacific Rail-
 roads on Freight.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA. - Another important railway arrangement is nearly ,ompleted. It includes the Union, Central, Southern and Texas Pacific lines, and comprises the en- tire California business. It is expec. ted that the details of the combina- ton will be perfected next week. The Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany may be included in the agree ment.
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Notice.

Notice.
 ITO J. D. KINNEAR-YOU ARE HEREBY l notified that we have expended one hundred dollars in labor and Improvements upon the Mo zart mine, of gold bearing ore, situate in he Dos Cabezas Mining District, about two miles north east of Ewell Springs, ID order to hold said prem ises under the provisions of ections 2324 and 2325 of the Revised statutes of the United States, and the act oI Congress-, approved January 2d, lSYt, mandatory thereof; said sum being the amount required to hold the said mine for the year ending 1880. Now, if within ninety days from the publication of this notice, you fail or fuse to contribute yor proportion of such ex. pend ture as a co-owner, you interest in said claim will become the property of the subscribers under the sections oi the revised statutes afore- mentioned. JOHN MCGREGOk,
 WILLIAM FOWLER. Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, A. T.
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wall, and quartzite on the foot wall the ground is easier worked than it has becn and the indications are very favorable The upraise has been stopped, and drift is being run south from it, cutting several stringcrs of carbonates, and one stringer is coming In on the hanging wall.
 Grand Central. We cannot say more about this mine than we have said about Contention. Mir. Leach, the foreman, having just returned from San Francisco, spent the whole fore noon in the mine, consequently could not be found. The usual amount of ore is being raised and sent forward to the mill
 vizina.
 Slopes are looking and yielding as usual East incline drift still in ore. West drift on the 400 foot level is in 40 feet. The prospect drifts are looking very encour- aging Tie Yreka prospect drift is down 2S feet, still in wash. The usual amount of ore is going forward to the mlll
 Head Center.
 The work of late has been confined, in great measure, to tracing the ledge pre- paratory to the trial of the case of the Contention vs. Head Ce ter, that will begin in the District court tomorrow. Under these circumstances no prospecting work could be done.
 Girard.
 Pipe from the Sulphuret is being lad to supply the mill with water The main reservoir on the hill back of the mill has not yet been put in place. The drift to connect with the Goodenough IS being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible. Contention.
 Our reporter failed to see the foreman, when at the mine yesterday, therefore no report of progress can be made for last week. The new hoisting works have started up and the old closed down. Next week we shall try and make amends for short report this week.
 Fair Villa. Shaft down 30 feet. In the bottom there is mineral vein eight inches thick that shows very well. The superintendent thinks the outlook good for getting body of ore at no great depth.
 The Chiricahuas.
 From MT. Fowler, superintendent of the WOronoco, who spent the last week visit ing the mines in the Chiricahuas, it is learned that the Texas company are about starting work on the Texas mine. They are hauling ore from their Granite Gap mine to Aux the Texas orc, upon which the smelter IS now running. At the Aver camp, that company has about 40 men at work on their mines and smeter, and the outlook is exceedingly bright. At Dos Cabezas, matters are at stand-still. At Wilcox, as here, there were conflicting reports about the new discoveries In the Winchester district, and as it was out of his line-of travel he did not visit that place.
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Virginia Politics,

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 14.---The readjusters' caucus, candidates for state officers, were elected to-day by the general assembly.
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16

GuITEAU has been cruelty sat down upon by Judge Cox, and he will be deprived of the opportunity of en.
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16
Gone Glinmering.

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. l2.-R. T. Hood, local cashier for the Wa. bash road, has disappeared. He has
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Tombstone M. & M. Co.

The Combination mine continues 10 yield it's 4 leads of ore per day. This is equivalent to 56 tons. This, in any other locality than Tombstone, would be con. sidered large daily output. The prospect drifts continue to open out new ramiti- cations fo the ore body. The stopes all look we'll. The Northwest turns out 6 loads or "A tons per week. The develop ment work on this mine is not being crowded ahead with the same vigor as at some other points. The Goodenough coD- tributes loads, or 56 tons per day. Con- nection has been made by winze No. ?, between the 200 and 250 levels. This mine looks splendid. West Side ships ? loads, or 2S tons a week, which comes from the development work. They con- menced station for the second level on Friday last, which will take about week to complete; during this time sinking the shaft will be suspended. There is no per ceptible change in the ledge. The dam is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and in as substantial a manner as the nature of the groun. will admit. Everything about the mines and mills working with the accustomed smooth ness.
 Mamie R.
 This mine, recently sold to New York company, is situate about three miles and A alf southwest from town, on the direct course of the mineral belt from the Brad shaw mine to Tombstone. A shaft 5x6 feet, substantially timbered, has been started on the ledge. The pay vein is said 10 be three feet wide and assays from $35 to $1OO per ton. The superinttn ndent is Mr. Nick Stanton, an experienced miner, who will push the work of developing the mine as rapidly as possible.
 woronoco San Diego) Mining Co.
 The ore in the south drift on the lower level is looking even better than it did last week, although t'e ledge is not quite as wide. The shaft is now down lO4 feet. The ledge has porphyry for hanging
The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-01-16

Shaft down 30 feet. In the bottom there is mineral vein eight inches thick that shows very well. The superintendent thinks the outlook good for getting body of ore at no great depth
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
a Petroleum Mans Protest.

In the flush nays of Petroleum,
when thousands of gallons of the
stuff went bubbling down the sfeeks
because there was no storage for it, a
stingy old Pitholer who had been
drilling away for months suddenly
tapped reservoir and out came the
oil at the rate of 200 barrels an hour.
He had provided six empty barrels
for such contingency, and when
these had been filled the dark liquid
cut its way down the hillside in a
roaring torrent. No one had tanks
or barrels to spare, and the old man
could only tear his hair as he stood
by and realized that a fortune was
oozing away from him. In the
midst of his dispair he noticed a
stranger filling pint bottle from
the rushing stream- Hold on
bold on, there!" he yelled as he ran
down the hill-''this oil belongs to
meT Yes. l know" replied the
other, "but whore 1000 barrels are
going to waste, you can spare me
pint, can't you 2" IL suppose |
cam" groaned the old man, 'but !
want you to understand that it's
taking mighty mean advantage of
my misfortunes Don't fill the bot
tie and grease your boots too p
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Gallantry Goes To- Waste.

The other evening as a muscular
citizen was passing a house on Mont
calm street a lady. who stood at the
gate, called out him:
Sir, | appeal to you for protec-
tionp'
What's the trouble ?" he asked, as
he stopped short.
There's man in the house, and
he wouldn't go cut doors when | or
dered HIM TOP"
''He wouldn't, eh? Well see about
that ~
Thereupon the man gave the wo-
man his coat to hold and sailed into
the house, splitting on his bands
He found man down at the supper
table, and he caught him by the
neck and remarked
"Nice style of brute you are, eh
Come out O. this, or I'll break every
bone in your body" !"
The man fought back and it was
llOJ uulll C1dII Hdu DttIl bIOhtI
and the table upset that he vas haul
ed out doors by the legs and given a
fling through the gate. Then, as the
muscular citizen placed his boot
where it would do the NEST hurt, be
remarked Now, then, you brass
faced old tramp, you move on or I'll
finish YOU"
Tramp trrmpp shouted the vic
tim, as he got up, I'm no tramp! |
own this property and live in this
housep
''You 2n
Yes, and that's my wife holding
your coat p
"Thunderp whispered the victim,
as he gazed from one to the other,
and realized that the wife had got
square with him, and then he made
a grab for his coat and slid into the
darkness with his shirt bosom torn
open, a finger badly bitten and two
front teeth ready to drop out.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
LIFE AND DEATH.

at is not all of life to live,
Nor all of death to die!
To drink the draaght the world can give
Then perish with sigh.
No, Life is more than meat and drink,
Or fame or worldly gear;
While souls are lowering on the brink
And heaven and hell appear
True life on earth is faith and hope
And love to God and man;
A living power that heeds the scope
OF heavens appointed plan.
4 spark from out the jasper throne,
A diamond from out the sky;
That strikes the earth, then seeks its own
Among the saints on high,
Death is the shadow of the soul.
That dims its setting ray;
The misis that rise to hide its goal,
In heavens eternal day.
A breath upon the glass screen
'Twixt time and endless life;
A shade now past of yester cen,
A sigh for what we might have been,
\ truce TO earthly strife;
A writhe, groan, gasp for breath.
Then earnest hope-and This Is death.
Who then should fear the cares of life,
While heart and pulse are beating high
How can they fear the damp of death,
Whose hopes up yonder lie,
o give us then that mighty faith,
That lives through life, and conquer
death
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
Painting with Petroleum.

The following paragraph is quoted
in an agricultural contemporary, and
comment made as given in the sue
ceeding paragraph
Petroleum is found to be of ben
eft to shingles to preserve them, as
it enters the pores of the wood at
once, and as it hardens, makes it
more. compact in texture, and also
less liable to take fire, although when
once burning they will of course
make more flames than the wood
without it but a coat of petroleum
applied to a shingle roof will make
it last several years loEger than it
otherwise would Petroleum is also
an excellent article to apply to the
iron and steel work or farm imple-
ments to prevent their rustinp when
not in use. When any outbuilding,
or even your dwelling house, is to be
painted, one.half the expense may
be saved by applying coat of pc
troleum with fine white wash brush
and after letting it dry two or three
weeks, put on one coat of paint; by
so doing a second coat of paint is
rendered unnecessary, and that much
money saved"
We have given this practical
test and know that it is sound ad-
vice. Our dwelling was without re-
pair for fifteen wears. The paint had
fallen of in various places. and the
siding was badly checked, so that it
looked as though large amount of
paint would be absorbed. We went
to Franklin, Pa, fora barrel of crude
petroleum. The oil was billed to us
at three cents per gallon, or s1.20
The 40 gallon Cask containing it tcost
US about $500 and the freight cost
us as much as the barrel and oil to-
gether. Yet the whole expense was
less than 81. The house was given
a thorough coating of this from top
to bottom end after drying three
weeks was followed Except on the
roof with one coat of Averill paint.
The petroleum flied the checks and
hardened the wood, so one coat of
paint only was necessary. Five
years have passed and that paint
has proved more durable than the
first, being less inclined to scale off
than that which was placed upon
the naked pine.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-22
About Explosives.

Nitro glvceTine looks like oil.
Workmen seeing it leaking from a
box or can have sometimes mistaken
it for sweet oil. and having tried to
nail the box tighter with a hammer.
This causes n terrific explosion. The
way in which the blasting powders
are made is by taking some such
substances as sand or sawdust and
mixing nitro-glyeerine with it. The
most common Of these POWDERS IL
dynamite: it looks much ike moist
brown sugar. Some others are call
ed "danlin, "rendroek, mica pow
der" The nitro-glycerine soaked IN
the sand or sawdust can be carried
about without spilling. and can be
more safely handled. In the same
manner, if nitro glycerine should be
spilled upon wood or cloth and
should soak into the substance,
there might be an explosion If the
thing were afterward struck or toss
ed about. Whenever one visits a
quarry, or new railroad, OF any other
place where blasting is going on, or
any factory or establishment where
nitro glycerine or blasting power
might be made or kept, It is well to
be careful about meddling with any
vellowish-looking OIL or any oily
looking powder.