Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-08-12

toned the names of these great luminaries
 of their day, and leaving their personal
 merits and the history of their time to your
 better recollection, may remark that their
 lives constituted an epoch in the history Of
 the world, and we now begin 10 trace the
 motions of those pure currents which lead
 slowly on 10 truth, to caHdor, to time of
 honorable dealing, to time when men
 could purchase a head of cabbage in the
 market without being suspicioned as
 cheat, to d time when men could accept
 the word of their fellows in confidence, to
 a time when contracts of bargain and sale,
 appertaining as we'll to the government as
 to the people, oral and written were alike
 impressed and sealed with integrity and
 justice and finally to time as at the pre-
 sent, when we may and do sec these grand
 old principles careering through nations,
 over seas and over continents, inspiring
 men with confidence, giving employment
 to the Idle, erecting courthouses. institu- tions of learning, encouraging trade and commerce, and Illuminating the varied and various enterprises of men with its pre- sence.
 We are virtually saying to posteriiy, i've appreciate the advantages accrulug 10 us pJ thC hiStoiJ oi P"cu o6SS, 'A'N' wv here to combine our own and send all
 laundering down the ages to come, for the
 benefit of those who shall live after us" When the people of two hundred years hence shall visit these then crumbling | walls, and take from their secure hiding place three daily newspapers, all edited with marked ability, and shall then, as they will, be able to understand the energy and enterprise necessary to the publication of three such sheets at such time with population numbering only about live | thousand, it will surely be source of | joy to them to witness the degree of our | civilization. If we are proud Of our l enterprise and advancement, they will
 be prouder still as the recipients and benefciaries of our civilization The cry
 will rise, "those people of '82 were ad- vapced, they were in favor of law and
 order," and 1 may say to you today that | the enterprise reflects credit upon your
 Board of Supervisors, who have driven the | enterprise to completion at an early day, | as we'll as the people who will be required
 to foot the bills, but at such time and in ] such manner that it wifi prove no burden
 to the county.
 This evidence of our desire to protect the I rights of individuals to secure life and l limb will accomplish more in the way of I settling our country, developing the hidden \ resources than anything that has yet been | done in the interest of our growth and >-4sFity.
 pro. -sSiag clouds that had so long
 The To-. Ss1F forth at length began
 threatened to b ~saies were curtailed
 to leak, and the cere.. aslp0jnte was in The venerable Bishop B. tue prayer yited off the platform to deliver "siag lie read the invocation from book,
 the Latin language, and was answered by Father Gallagher. If brevity is the soul of wit and piety, there is no questioning the fervency of the good divine's prayer. The Bishop, who is an old man with sil- very hair, was driven to the scene of the ceremonies by Samuel Purdy, who has long been personal friend. After the de- livery of the prayers, numerous offerings were deposited, among others the follow ing: Frank Boarman, a few coins and a cigar; the names of the members of the Tombstone city band; copper coins of every nation, by Mark Shaffer; specimen of San Pedro ore, assaying $2,200, by Ali Tregidgo, the Superintendent; bulletin Of Postoffice regulations, by Fred Brooks, number of coins, ore specimens, and assay certificates by M. E. Joyce, nol. pros'd indictment by Lyttleton Price, the tasteful and unique visiting card of the city editor of tine ErrTApH, an uureceipted butchers bill by Charley Tribilett, a certi- ficate of moral character by Pat. Holland, diploma of chieftainship in the Republ. can party by Leslie F. Blackburn; "I'm new daddy, and the kids name is Gosper," by Henry c. Dibble, an unpaid job printing bill, by Samuel Purdy; beautiful poem, entitled Disappointed Hopes" by Dennis McCarty; an essay on What I Know About Journalism" by John O. Dunbar; "The Rise, Progress and | Fall of the Independent Party" by Hugh Brawley; "Talks With Statesmen" by Major Dave Patterson; What I Know About Running for Recorder" by Captain Wm. Henry seamans; Consistency, Thou'rt a Jewel" by Pat Hamilton; Looking After Fences," by A. T. Jones; Laying Wires" by Harry Woods; Prospecting for the soft side of Hughes" by John M. Barrett Esq, of Tucson; "1Equallzlng Taxation, by James M. ster Street; "A Still Hunt" by John H. | Behan and "How We Boss County" by | M. A. Joyce
 when lne last or tnese mementOeS were | deposited. the rain was pouing down good, and the stone was hastily placed in posi- tion. The band, to which the citizens of | Tombstone are indebted for the music fur nished, is known as tbe Tombstone City | Band, and they performed excellent ser vice. All the members volunteered to play if their employers would excuse them, and except in one instance all were allowed to | go. In this last case, Mir. Joyce paid the mans days wage out of his own pocket, O nd thue onn, rl at ad tho bo,I