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The Daily Tombstone., 1885-12-08

Judge Peel is fatherly old gentle
man with the school marms.
Miss Nellie eastman has gone to
Tucson on business visit.
Wilcox is the largest cattle ship.
ping point in Arizona.
Tucson and Prescott are afflicted
with nominating conventions for city
officers.
Owing to the cold snap to-day the
streets did not present as animated
appearance as usual
Mr.. j. o. Dunbar has had the up
per portion of the Epitaph building
repaired and cleaned, and now oc-
cupies the same as dwelling house.
We learn that as soon as the lease
upon the Ingersol mine expires, the
company who owns the same will COM
mence active operations, and employ
a large force Of men.
Judge Easton will hold court in his
new office, just opposite the publica-
ton rooms of THE DAILY TOMBSTONE
Chas. Wallace, who is pupil of the
California Military Academy, situated
at Oakland, California, will return
home this evening to spend the Holt
| days.
Would it not be good idea for our
citizens to get up a Christmas tree for
the benefit of the Children of the pub
lie school on Christmas night.
A ladies riding tournament is one
OF the projects spoken OF at the Driv-
ing Park on Christmas day, for which
a handsome side saddle will be pre-
scented to the best rider by Mr.. A. T.
Jones.
If a Russian should visit this city
at the present time, he wo, Id think
that Tombstone had captured Turkey,
but let him visit us again January 9,
1856, and he will be convinced that
Turkey is no more.
Mr.. w. E. Norris, who has been
employed at Fort Huachuca in the
construction of several now buildings,
came in from that place yesterday on
visit to his family and returned to-
day to his labors.
Chas. w. Beach, who is editing a
cattle ranch in Kirkland Valley, near
Prescott, has just placed several hun
dred head of Texas cattle upon the
same.
The Florence Enterprise is after
Roswell G. Wheeler, Agent of the
Pima Indians, with sharp stick, and
makes some very serious charges
which we reproduce in another col
umn.
The members of the Amatuer ORA
matte Club are requested to meet At
the rooms of Mrs. Gregory this even
ing at s o'clock. A full attendance is
requested as it is desirable that per-
Torrance be given as SOON as possible
for the benefit of the cemetery fund.
The firemen's race will not take
place at the race track as heretofore
announced, as the city council and
the chief of the fire department will
not permit the hose carts to 60 out |
side of the city limits, and the insur-
ance men are making kick.
A certain printer in town who was
punished and reprimanded last even
ing by his craftsmen for conduct un- |
becoming an upright printer, was
making himself very obnoxious to-
day, by using bad language, and
threatening to whip all the printers
in town. We have got an idea that
the young man had better let the
contract out.
Col. Bean, ex-superintendent Of the
Southern Pacific railroad Of Arizona
and New Mexico, is in this city visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. w. H. Stilwell.
A handsome gold watch and chain
will be ratified off on the the evening
of the twenty-third for the benefit of
the Catholic church. Everybody
should take q chance when 1t II for %
worthy An object. !
The Daily Tombstone., 1885-12-08

s.Elfte.''
Zephers, yarns, and all kinds Of
fancy goods, at the New Store.
The school marms were still under.
going rigid examination as we go to
press.
Fine Teas and Coifees apecialty
at X. P. Mansfield's.
Judge Robinson went to Bisbee on
Sunday and is expected home to-
morrow evening.
Blankets and quilts very cheap at
the New York Store.
ELITE"
A stove was luxury to-day-that
is if you had any wood or coal to burn
in it.
The members of the Tombstone
Dramatic Club will meet this evening
All new style dress goods, at the
New York Store
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dunbar, of
Tres Alamos, are in the city
Full stock ,alf boots 70, 81 at J. Meyers Il
Bros.
Sam Katzenstein of Charleston was
in town again to-day.
Dyar & Baldwin have a fine Let of
live Thanksgiving turkeys. 1l-l9
Early risers were treated to view
of frost and ice this morning.
Don't pass the Fifth street News
Depot, but come in and examine the
stock. III
The fire boys are practicing daily
for the tournament on Christmas day.
Our stock of boot. and shoes are
the finest this side of San Francisco,
at Symmetrical Bros.
DR.. McSwegan is confined to his
room by sickness, but hopes to be
around within day or two.
Boss Stebbins and II. A. Tweed,
who have been wishing the metropolis
of C california, returned last evening.
Mr.. Dan Ieuch, the gen al proprietor
of the Maison Doree received to-day
five hundred eastern shell oysters
and Dan defies any cook In town to
beat him in serving them to his nu-,
merous customers in the different
tsyles. ia
The featherweights are all in active
training for the race on Christmas
day.
Mr.. Westcoate failed to start for
Los Angeles this morning as an
nounced in last evenings issue.
Murty Long, the genial mixologist
of Ramsey's saloon in Bisbee, came In
last evening and will return on to-
morrow mornings stage
Secretary Bayard has appointed
Mr.. Thomas E. Parish, of Cochise
county, to the assistant secretaryship.
This appointment pleases the Courier
and will be hailed with delight by
Toms many friends here and in Cali
fornia.-Courier.
The skating rink will open on FRI
day evening with social dance. This
will be good news to our young friends
who have been anxiously awaiting
this item for two months.
The Epitaph seems to think that
we stated some article incorrectly last
evening, bnt fails to state what par
tieular item it meant. We don't
know what it refers to, but would ask
Bro. Dunbar to watch his own col
umns pretty close, and let his Allen
street neighbor alone as there is sharp
pencils in that Office, and muscular
fingers TO use them.
Passing the Fifth street news store
to-day, We observed the proprietor,
Mr.. Barnes, busily engaged in I'M
packing holiday goods, which by the
time this reaches tine eye Of our reader
will all be placed upon the shelves
and in.cases for the inspection of the
public, who are respectfully requested
TO call and examine before looking
elsewhere.
The Daily Tombstone., 1885-12-08

Childrens school shoes very cheap
at the New York Store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
The Future Of Memphis.
[Appeal.l

Appeal.
Mr.. G. p. Huntington, the rail.
way king, in a recent conversation
with Mr.. Dave Boston, of this city,
let fall a few observations about
Memphis which cannot fail to have
considerable force and weight,
coming as they do from one whose
business it is to study the growth
of the cities Of the country and
who is not likely to be led into the
expression Of any opinion not sus.
tanned by the soundest reasoning,
and the result of careful thought.
"In less than five years. Mr..
Huntington said. "Memphis will
have population Of not less than
100000 people, and will have oh.
tanned footing from which it will
be impossible to displace her and
from which she may step to the
grandest achievements. Before
the expiration of that time
scheme which is now regarded as
O mere chimera, the intangible
creation of a roseate dream, will
be a reality. In FIVE years the
actual work of constructing
bridge across the Mississippi river
at Memphis will have been com.
menced, and from the time of its
completion the annual growth Of
the city will be phenomenal. st.
Louis will build new line to
Memphis, two tracks will be re.
quired for the Kansas City road.
and at least three short lines pen.
etrating the rich country tributary
to Memphis will have been built.
In my opinion, Memphis has q
great destiny, which expands the
more I think OF its superb natural
advantages.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
Railroad Prospects.
tTimes-Democrat.l

Relative to railroad prospects
for the coming summer, o promi
nent railroad man is quoted as
saying; 81 fear the railroads will
have hard time Of it this year, as
the almost unprecedented fall Of
snow throughout the Upper Mis-.
sissippi and Missouri River valleys
ia likely to produce very violent
and destructive floods when warm
weather begins. | would not DC
surprised il the June rise in the
Mississippi river this year would
correspond in magnitude to the
deep SHOWS that now cover the
mountains and valleys alike. AS
the SHOWS have been of a general
instead of a local character, every
stream that pours into the Missis-
sippi River from Cairo to its
source will be more or less swol-
len.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
Conclusion Of the SWAIN Trial.

The court martial trying the
Judge Advocate of the army has
at last concluded its labors. The
findings of the court were twice,
and most properly, returned dis,
approved by the President. The
third trial has just been closed,
which the President, still express.
ing disapprovsI, has signed.
The following is the sentence OF
the court in the now famous case
That sand Swain "be suspended
from rank and duty for twelve
years, and to forfeit one half his
monthly pay every month for the
same period.n This sentence the
President approved, with the fol.
lowing comments:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, February "a, lss5.
The opinion of the President as
to the proper consequence of the
findings made by the court in the
within record has already been
given, and no further comment
will be made upon the final sen.
tence except to say that it is diff.
cult to understand how the court
could be willing to have the officer
tried retained as a pensioner upon
the army register, while it ex.
pressed its sense of his unfitness
TO perform the duty of his impor.
tant Office by the imposition OF
two different sentences under
which he would be deprived per.
manently of his functions. The
idea that an office like that OF
judge acknowledgement should re.
main vacant in effect for twelve
years, mostly to save a part of its
emoluments to its incumbent, un.
der such circumstances would
seem to come from inversion of
the proper relations Of puplic of.
fiicers and those holding them,
and is an idea not suited to our
institutions. While holding the
views now and heretofore ex.
pressed, it is deemed to be for the
public interest that the proceed.
ings of this case be not without re-,
suit, and therefore the proceed.
ings, findings and sentence in the
foregoing case, of Brig.Gen. David
G. Swain, Judge acknowledgement,
United States army, are approved,
and sentence will be executed.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
Gen. Swain may be placed on
the retired list December %, 1896
1t will be noticed that the sen
tence of the court as approved by
the Presideot suspends him from
office up to and beyond the date
of his possible retirement.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
The Fool Killer In China.
Paris Figaro !

The famous Chinese sovereign
TIE Pot constructed a bridge in
the environs of Pekin, and ordain-
ed that it should be reserved for
the exclusive use of passengers
who, by way of toll, should cast
a number of taels into the stream
beneath.
In was no better or more con-
venient than any one of the other
hundred and odd bridges of Pekin,
but many rich mandarins, from
sheer love of ostentation, did not
fail TO use it and pay toll to the
river.
Their names we're carefully no.
ted by an obsequious attendant,
and at the end of month their
estates were confiscated in accor-
dance with the preeept of Confu-
cius. "He who makes a foolish
use Of his fortnne is not worthy
TO possess it,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
Long Line to Defend.

London, Feb. 24.-The arrival
of Gen. Brackenbury's column at
Abu Hamed will be a welcome
event for the British, since there
they will then, for few weeks at
least, be a possible line of commu.
Dication with Korosko, above the
second cataract. This line is 235
miles long, and there is only one
point at which water is found, but
steps will doubtless be taken to
forward stores of water to FL Muir
am in advance, and by forced cam
el marches the distance can be
covered in nine days at best. This
line will be an Indifferent one, but
anything is preferable to the isola-
ton of the past several days.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
POSTAL DIRECTIONS.


All postage must be paid By
stamp.
Letters In the United States rer
half ounce, 2 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, ! cent
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, nags-
zines, books, posters, ETC., each 4
ounce or fraction, / cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, | cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
SO that it can be examined without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are sent to the
Dead Letter office.
Letters part paid forwarded, bal
ance collected of the receiver.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
GEN. GRANTS HEALTH.

New York. Feb. 2S.-In regard
to Gen. Grants health, Col. Fred.
Grant said to Post reporter this
afternoon: "My father is a very
sick man. There Is no use in
longer denying the fact. We have
made every effort to keep the true
facts from the public, because we
knew that as soon as it should be-
come known that he was danger.
ously i'll there would be hundreds
of letters coming in with every
mail and this would only excite
him and make his cure less hope.
full. My father has had little rest
for the past few nights. He was
up and about his room for a little
while yesterday, aud We hope to
get him mp again to-day, but he is
suffering constant pain IN ear and
head. For any facts concerning
the nature of the disease, l refer
you to his physicians. The doc.
tors who are attending him are
DIR. Fordlce Barker, DR.. j. III.
Douglas and DR.. III. b. Sands, of
this city, and DR.. T. NJ. Merker, of
Philadelphia"
DR.. Douglass said: 81 am in no
wise responsible for the rose-col.
.ored report that appeared in the
Medical Journal last week. Two
days before the report was pub.
lished | had a conversation with
DR.. Sands at Gen. Grants house.
The result of the consultation was
that we both decided the cancer.
GUS growth at the root of the
tongue was hardening and grow.
ing worse. A microscopical ex.
animation by an expert proved
beyond doubt a case of malignant
epithelial growth. Gen. Grant is
a very sick man. | think there is
little or no hope that he will re.
cover. He is breaking down, but
has displayed much courage. In
less than a month he has done as
much as six or eight hours work a
day, but has had little sleep for
the past eight days. We have
tried to keep the knowledge of his
true condition from the general,
because he had so many other
troubles to bear. | have all along
maintained that his trouble is from
csncerous growth at the root of
the tongue, caused undoubtedly
by excess in smoking. Every time
he speaks or breathes or eats this
is disturbed. 1t is difficult to treat
it for that reason. There have
been times when the growth has
been temporarily checked, but II
has never been arrested, and is
steadily increasing. Thore has
been considerable loss of tissue OF
the soft palate. He takes nour.
ishment every day in liquid form.
He cannot eat solid food, because
he has lost all bis teeth. They
were extracted in the hope of cas-
ing him in his face. This pain, al.
though it resembles neuralgia, is
not that pure and simple, but it is
d reflection of the pain caused by
cancer in the throat. lie has been
suffering from a severe pain in the
right ear and on top of the head.
To ease this his head is kept wrap.
ped in hot flannels. | cannot say
how near the end is. He may live
for months yet, as men suffering
from this disease have done, but /
do not think there is any hope he
will ever recover.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
The SIississ ippi Valley Road.
Times. Democrat


The officials of the Mississippi
Valley road say that when the lie.
land branch is completed to a con.
nection with the Arkansas Valley
route at Arkansas City, that it will
open up a very valuable freight,
and one that will enable the Mis-
sissippi Valley road to control a
great deal of business out of this
city.
They say that inquiries are con.
stantly being made by merchants
here as to the time when the road
would be ready to receive bust.
ness for points in Southern Ar
kansas and for Kansas City.
The Leland branch would have
long since been completed to Ar.
kansas City had it not been for the
bad weather during the present
winter, which lasted for several
months, and has greatly retarded
the construction of the load. All
the road.bed, however, is complet.
ed, and track is being laid as rap.
idly as possible, and only small
gap remains to be finished.
The inclines on both sides of the
river at Arkansas City are finish
ed and the boat to transfer the
cars tied up at that point ready
for service. Mr.. j. A. Woodson,
traffic manager of the Arkansas
Valley route, has already arranged
for the proper handling Of freight
shipped over the route, and is now
at work preparing a tariff Of
freight and passenger rates to all
points reached by the line.
1t is claimed that not more than
six miles Of track remain to be
laid, and if this is the case the an.
nouncement of tho opening of the
line will doubtless be made in a
short time,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07

Congressman White, of Ken
tucky, reprinted in the Congress
sional Record, in the form Of q
quotation in a speech, the whole
of George W. Cables recent Cen
tury article on "The Freedman's
Case in Equity Ex. Congress.
man Roswell p. Flower once ap-
pended the whole of the United
States constitution to one of his
speeches, and a Wyoming delegate
made the Record the medium of
publication of a long original
poem. These were uncopyrighted
publications and there could be
no legal obstacle to printing them
in the Record. But the Century
is copyrighted, and how would
Congress feel If the publishers of
the magazine, or Mr.. Cable, should
bring suit for Infringement 1t is
necessary to draw the line some
where in this business of making
the Record a general vehicle of
literary wares.-Appeal.
1t is matter of universal relief
that this most uninteresting crank
aud unqualified Congressional nui.
sance was not re-eleeted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
A Pipe Line to be Run lcrOSs the
Desert.

Desert.
Especial to the Times. Democrat. |
New York, Feb. 27.-The Brit
ish government, according to the
cable dispatches, has adopted a
novel plan for supplying the forces
in Seudan with an abundance of
water. This plan is to lay a sys-
TEN of pipes in the desert and
force water through them with
powerful pumping engines. ''The
British government proposes to
run pipe line across the desert
from Suakim to Berbe,," said a
member of the firm of Henry X.
Worthington, of this city, manu-.
facturers of pumping engines,
Sand we are under contract to fur
nish the pumping engines. We
shipped two engines on the Adri.
attic on last Saturday, and will ship
two more on the Britannia to-
morrow.
"The New York Sun is entitled
to the credit of this novelty in the
Eastern warfare. An editorial APP
peared in the Sun awhile ago sug.
gesting that the ripe lines that
carry oil from the oil regions to
the seaboard were the solution of
the apparently insurmounted prob.
lem of how to supply water to an
adequate force of British soldiers
operating away from the Nile. The
writer said there was no practical
difficulty if the pipe line system
were adopted in the way of sup
plying any reasonable amount of
water to large force. The edi-
torial attracted the attention of
the British government, and a cor
respondence with us, through our
London agents, began. We man
ufactured the pumping engines for
the oil regions, and, knowing what
difficulties had to be overcome
carrying those lines through noun
famous regions, had no doubt of
the practicability of the measure.
A contract was the result, and un
der it we are hard at work. The
laying of the pipes at Suakim has
begun.
VI think il is clear that the adop.
tion of this measure by the British
government Is of great moment.
The journey from Cairo to Berber
by way OF the Nile is about 1900
miles. The slowness and hard.
ships of that route are familiar to
every reader of the dispatches,
From Suakim to Berber, in di
rect line across the desert. the dis
tanco is about 260 miles. The lack
of water on the route makes the
stretch of desert very difficult for
, a large force. Even the building
and maintenance of railroad
would be extremely difficult fol
the same reason. Water in large
quantities would be needed for the
construction hands, the soldiers
to guard them and the completed
route and for the engines. 1t Is
proposed to change all this by lay
ing two lines of four.inch pipes be
tween Suakim and Berber. Al
intervals of twenty-five or thirty
miles, or even less, pumping sta
tions, according to this plan, vii
be established. There will be two
engines at every station capable
of forcing water a pressure of 2O0(
pounds to the square inch. There
will also be a big tank at every sta
tion. Water will be delivered al
the end of the route at the rate OF
$50 gallons per minnte."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07
RMs. 4TH DISTRICT.
|RCUIT COURT.

.ounty-Begins on the lst
Earch and October, and may
hdichal days.
eOunty-Begins on the End
Iareh and October, and may
judicial days.
bunty-Begins on the 4th
March and October, and may
1 Judicial days.
|county-Begins on the 2nd
4 the 18th Monday Of March
and may continue u ju-
county-Begins on the 9th
b the ith Monday of MARCH
. and may continue u judi
pn county-Begins on the
| after the 4th Monday of
october. and may continue 30
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-03-07

On last Friday the Illinois Cen.
tral railroad hauled into New Or
leans thirty six sleeping cars, and
it is estimated that the road CARR.
Cd 1000 people into the city that
day.