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Wonderful.

From the Pittsburgh Dispatch, Sept. 18th, 1880
Every seldom do we read Of an actual
case of recovery, where hope had alto
gether been lost, to parallel that which
was Monday investigated by Dispatch
reporter, who had heard IN various quar-
tiers persons talking to their friends of o
cure, seemingly little short Of marvellous,
that had been performed. The plain facts
in the case referred to, without exaggera
ton, are these, as they were learned from
the mother of the young man, his pastor
and other persons well known in the com
munity
William Lincoln Curtis Il The name
Of the young man in question. He Il now
employed at III. X. Porter u Co.'S loco
motive works in Pittsburgh, Pa. 4 year
ago he resided with his mother on Grant
street. About that time he went to bed
one evening with violent pain in his
shoulder, the result, he thought, Of cold.
The next morning the shoulder was
greatly swollen, the pain WAS intense, and
aches were felt all through his system.
His case was speedily developed into a
violent form DC chronic rheumatism,
among the first notable features OF which
was the paralysis OF his left arm.
"He. gradually grew worse, and in few
months the elbow and knee joints and
both ankles became enormously enlarged
In March last the cheek bones began to
enlarge, and upon his left side particu-
larly, spreading his face out Of all rescm-
blancc to his former self. The pain in all
his joints became intense fever, with Its
deteriorating effects, was now added, ARD
he became rapidly reduced to the seusliance 81
skeleton, while vitality reaehcd its lowest
possible condition, and his sHilerings were Of
such an indscfibable character that tlaose who
most loved him sometimes thought It would be
better il he was called away. AZ this time
physicians well known IN Pittsburgh Informed
his parents that they could give no hopes Of
recovery.
"Thc young man finally commenccd taking
that wonderful medicine, pFRvNA. Ia TIVE
weeks quite 4 change for the better, was per-
ceptible. In six weeks all the enlargement had
been reduced completely, while IN spirits md
strength the patient was quite A. we'll az he had
ever been Ia bis life. Nearly three weeks age
he resumed work as a Inachinist Mt his old place.
able 20 perform as much Iaboras cverin hiAiife.
these facts, said Indeed can not look upon
the cure much less than as a miracle. do not
hesitate in sounding the praise of PFRuSA, and
in recommending It to all my friends.'''
3Thc pastor of the church where the Young
man attended Sabbath school was visited, and
he readily confirmed tho facts of the dcformcd
bones, the cmaciatcd condition from disease,
and of the doctors having given hin, up. lie
was greatly surprised at his improved condition.
Said he, " II he had not spoken. would not
have known him.
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The Indiana Way.

A minister residing in town in
Indiana, says the Saginaw Courier,
was hur1iedly sent for one day to
conduct the services over the re-
mains OF farmer to be buried from
his home in the country. In the
hurry and excitement, added to the
fact that his buggy broke down on
the trip, the good man arrived at the
last minute. Without waiting to
holq any extended conversation with
the friends of the deceased, he led ia
singing hymn, and the began:
Death comes to all. Though the
deceased was stricken down in the
bloom of life, She
at was the old man." whispered
one Of the friends at the minister's
elbow.
Although in the prime of life, he
knew that death ives liable to come
at"
He wasn't in his prime, but was
seventy years DID," whispered the
friend.
Although he was an old man, Z
resumed the Clergyman, after swal-
lowing a lump in his throat, che will
be greatly missed by his large circle
Of friends and relatives. Death
Didn't have friend or relative
except the old woman put in the
man.
Although, as / said, he may not
be missed in his home, said thenow
thoroughly embarrassed minister,
''his church will sadly realize the va
cancy. He joined the big Baptist
church at an early
always trained with the Metho-
dists, whispered the friend.
lie joined the Methodist church
years ago, and has ever since been
an ex-"
"Only joined last winter"
"He was q good man" observed
the clergymen, with q great. "He
died full Of faith that he
He isn't dead at all--he's only in
trance" yelled one of the crowd
nearest the coffin, and the next mo-
ment the old man sat up on end,
looked around for minute, and
then called out:
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Frogs are producipga sensation at
Eagle Pass, Texas. Three days ago
they made their appearance and have
multiplied SO rapidly that tho earth is
literally covered with them, and it IS
scarcely possible to step on the
ground without crushing them. They
range in size from pea to walnut.
and in color resemble different shades
of green and brown. They are mov-
ing to the southeast, and are seen Ia
every direction ia countless numbers.
Ranchmen living distance ia the
country report the prairies living
mass Of frogs and that all steep bank
ed arroyas are squirming masses az
small frogs, which have fallen in ma
are unable to hop out There are
none on the Mexican side of the lilo
Grande river. No satisfactory *
PLANTATION Of the phenomenon has yet
been given The country is So dry
that frogs heretofore have rarely been
seen. The Mexicane, who are very
superstitious, are much concerned OK
err this singular visitation, ana pre-
dict dire results
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A Rnggage SmnsIner,s Eafe

An Aged Trunk sat back in the
dark corner OF the car and refused
to bulge when the baggage gentle
man called him out. The baggage
man, in great wrath, advanced and
seized the venerable Saratoga by the
handle.
"Gently, friend, gently, said the
Trunk, s'that thing you have hold OF
was not made to lift me by
But the baggageman gave it a
yank that pulled it out by the roots
and then, with violent language, he
upbraidcd the trunk for not holding
on.
II have nothing to do with get
ting out this baggage replied the
Aged Trunk, "my sole mission and
duty in life is to get on the wrong
train. Failing in this / am content
merely to go to the wrong hotel, al
though ] would prefer to lose my
check and get lost entirely. You
will find the remaining handle at the
other end
The baggage man walked around
and caught hold Of the surviving
handle. By placing his feet against
the end Of the trunk and holding on
with both hands, he was able to pull
off this one in three strong pulls.
Then the Aged Trunk closed its eyes
leaned back and simply said:
"And this is where I must get off
too
The baggage. man wept He had
now to stoop down, put his around
that trunk, pick it up bodily, and
carry it to the car door. He did 50,
but the cxertion broke his back in
three places. He determined that
he would not die unavenged and he
hauled the now helpless trunk upon
the baggage truck that awaited II.
Then, as he heard the awful crash
that announced the ruin that he Ind
wrought, he sank to the floor Of the
car, saying
II die happy"
But comrade looked in the ear
and said sadly:
Missed yer tip, Bill"
Didn't I bust the trunk n he ask
ed family.
"Naw: only wrecked an express
truck"
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When you VIZ Or leave New inrA itv,
save bagga exp'essagt ann enr'aSe hire
and stop at the Graf tiaion fiptrl oppos
site Grund Central Denoi 81 oms iit
ted up AZ = cos, q oot niiNo iii.rs st-
duced n + and up ~ras fe' AaA ..s
ptan rsA. Eirvs iur Is--ss,srs' ~upllisd
win The hest. sls,r~e ctf~, stages m ep-
waited railroad to Al depo,s IA HRS esn
live Tor lsss 'aOuev ~ rss LON HoS
Tel than ~ sns either hts' sl,sss ho'sl IN ihe
city
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cuse Tor saying good evening.
After he was gone May noticed
that a letter dropped from his over
coat pocket in the hall. The business
envelop was addressed to "John
Brant, care of Iveson & Co.. and its
contents evidently related to business
affairs.
/ II May had any curiosity she was
too well bred to examine the letter,
and threw it into her work basket,
and covered it from sight, until the
| rightful owner should call again.
II believe he is ungenerous enough
to charge the theft to Harry Rogers
May said to herself half aloud after
| she had placed the letter out of sight.
'But / am sure Harry Rogers is
above any such base suspicion
This is the first time she had ever
heard reflection cast upon Harry
Rogers, and she instinctively became
his advocate and defender
Two weeks passed, and there was
no clue to the theft, but one day an
other similar amount was missing
from the cashiers funds.
Again there was an anxious invcs-
LEGATION with no result. At its con-
clusion, Mr. Iveson observed:
"This is inexplicable, Mr. Rogers
You are responsible for the funds
placed in your hands, and we shall
expect you to make the bank whole
for the losses already sustained.
When the bank opens tomorrow you
will be expected to make good the
losses, and then it will be decided
whether you will continue longer as
cashier"
"And if | fail to make good the
loss ~ asked Mr.. Rogers.
publicity viii be given to the az
fair, and the law will take its course.
But until tomorrow, not word is
to be spoken outside Of the bank"
Harry Rogers went home agitated
and mystifed. He knew he was i'm
nocent of all wrong doing, but had
to confess that all the circumstances
were against him.
| John Brant found it convenient to
call on May Saunders, and it was not
long until he had told her Of the
second loss, Of Mr.. Iveson's suspic-
ions, and the delicate position in
which Harry Rogers had been plac-
ed.
She concealed her Indignation and
dismissing him on the plea of indis-
position, hastily dispatched note
to Harry Rogers by servant, re-
questing him to call on her at once,
and without failure.
He obeyed her, but the unexpect-
ed summons did not sooth or allay
his agitation.
May dispensed with all prelimina-
ries and began:
con two different occasions with
in two weeks you lost $500 from the
funds in your charge at the BANK
"That is true, but how came you
to know it? 1t was bank secret. y
at does not matter how | found
it out. And you are suspected of
taking the money yourself ?"
Hardly so bad as that"
at may not be put in just my own
words, but that is the meaning Of it.
You are required to make good the
loss by tomorrow morning. What
answer are you going to make to
that demand Of the bank ~
Harry Rogers didn't know how he
would answer that demand until he
looked into the depths of Mays ear
nest blue eyes, and then he said with
q firm and even voice:
II will tell them that / did not
take the money, and, therefore, win
not replace it."
"And then? ?" queried May with an
eager voice.
"Then viii be arrested for theft
and embexzlement.
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The barn Of John Ross, iii Trim.
BILE county, Nv, was hurled hy al
incendiary. Loss, $4,000; iiisur.
ance, $500.
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WdtCHSu NY 1Iieuu udAIOWtys hnSs
from time to time cautiously sounded
her feelings, and made up my mind
that it was only question of time
until Miss May Saunders would be
Mrs. John Brant. Her partiality was
sufficiently marked to show the drift
of the tide
From John Brant / was able to
learn that he regarded Harry Rogers
as a rival-and q rival whom he both
feared and hated, Notwithstanding
their close business relation.
But I was entirely unable to dis
cover that Harry Rogers looked upon
Brant as rival in an sense of the
word.
On several occasions he confided in
me far enough to express both his
amazement and pain that May should
SO persistently reject his love without
giving him any reasonable explain
alton. perhaps she thinks you lack
self-assertion,v I said to him in q way
of suggestion.
"That is what she told me herself,
but / cannot understand it. | don't
know what she means by it. attend
to my business and don'tmeddle with
other peoples. There has never
been an occasion when it was neces-
sary for me to set up my opinion in
opposition to my business superiors.
I do not know whether I would have
the proper amount of self-assertion to
do SO successfully, but I certainly
would stand by my convictions Of
right"
There was commotion one day in
the banking house of Iveson & Co.
When the doors were closed in the
afternoon and the cash balanced,
cashier Roberts was found to be $500
short.
Every transaction of the day was
gone over, the members of the firm
taking part in the work, but there
was no way of accounting for the
deficit.
The payments made during the day
were few in number, and Harry Rog-
ers was able to remember the whole
list, and before night he had verified
each of them, hoping to discover that
he had made an over-payment to the
amount of his deficit in one of them.
But he had not.
At last it was concluded that thief
had snatched a package of bills when
the cashier was not looking.
But Harry mentally refused to as
sent to any such idea, although he
could give no sort Of an explanation
for the disappearance Of the money.
He was cautioned to be more circum-
spect in the future, and all the bank
employees were enjoined not to speak
of the occurrence.
Harry Rogers was able to definite
ly settle one point-that the missing
money consisted Of five. 500 bills,
and the chief of police was informed
of the matter and instructed to keep
quiet lookout, through the detect
ives, for the appearance of such large
notes in the hands of suspicious per
sons.
While Harry Rogers was at home
that evening vainly trying to find
some tenable theory about the stolen
funds, John Brant was spending the
time with May Saunders, and finally
told her of the mysterious loss.
'But how did it escape getting into
the evening papers ?" inquired May.
ooh, it's great secret, and isn't
to be spoken of outside the BANK
was Brant's reply.
"Well, then, you are an excellent
hand to keep secret, Mr.. Brant, /
must say"
John Brant WINGED under this re
tort
"How do you account for the loss
of the money, Mr. Brant?'
II don't account for it. There is
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RI,
mrs. AUSTRALIA, MONTREAL, =. 8.


II the butterfly courted the bee,
And the owl the porcupine,
If churches We're built in the sea.
And three times one were nine,
If the pony rode his master,
If the buttercups ate the cows;
If the cat had the dire disaster
To be worried, sir, by the mouse.
If mamma, sir, sold the baby
TO Gypsy for half crown,
IL gentleman, sir, We're lady,
The world would be upside down.
But If any or all these wonders
Should ever come about,
] should not consider them plumbers,
For | should be inside out.
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10y tNNtN%s NtNSAttAAAaf% $40 AsAAHr
cence of the suspicious against him,
| declined to make good the deficit,
except on the judgment Of court,
and prevented his bondsmen from
| paying it, Mr.. Iveson was shocked
and angry, and finally told Rogers
that he would have to institute Grim
inal proceedings against him unless
the loss was made good.
| Then | am ready to be taken into
custody" was his reply. "The soon
er we begin to sift this MYSTERY the
sooner we viii get to the bottom Of
| it,
| It was one of the greatest Of Day
ton sensations when the arrest of
Harry Rogers was made public, and
the story told in the papers with
| half-a-dozen versions.
| The bank employed a detective to
secure corroborative evidence of the
young cashiers guilt, and although
| but little could be found, his pros
! poets were dark indeed, for he found
it impossible to throw any light on
the mysterious disappearance ofthe
two missing packages Of money.
May concluded to employ detec-
tive, also, not letting anyone know
| what she was doing. An officer was
| summoned from q neighboring city,
and called at Mr.. Saunders residence
to get his instructions.
| In the course of an hours CONVEX
sation, May gave him history Of
the affair, and how she came TO learn
Of the loss Of the money and thesus-
PIGEONS entertained against the cash
Ter.
The detective, of course, soon dis
| covered that both the book keeper
and the cashier were in love with
the young lady who had called his
| services into requisition.
| $50 it was the book-keeper that
| told you the secret in the first placer"
inquired the detective.
| eyes,
"And what was the motiveY'
| II haven't the remotest idea.n
| The detective accidentally struck
| his foot against the work basketand
| overturned it. With an apology for
his awkwardness he began to replace
the contents.
"Oh, yes, Mr.. Officer explained
May, "there is letter that Mr..
Brant dropped on the night of the
| first robbery, and had forgottento
! return it to him."
| "Let me see it," said the detec-
| tive.
| lie opened the letter and exclaim-
| ed;
| "What's this! Why here are the
| identical $l00 bills stolen on the first
occasionl And Mr.. Book-keeper
| dropped them. He wanted to drive
his rival, the cashier, out Of the field
and then marry Miss May Saunders.
| You needn't blush, nor you needn't
deny it. Say nothing for the pres
ent."
| The unknown detective called at
the bank the next day and had a
conversation with Mr.. Iyeson, and
Book-keeper Brant was called into
the conference.
"Why didy you never make inquiry
for the $500 you dropped at the res
idence of Miss Saunders the evening
after the sum mysteriously disap-
peared from Cashier Rogers draw
er Z" inquired the detective.
Brant was thunderstruck.
"Tell us about it" demanded Mr..
Iveson.
Brant made full confession, the
| substance of which was that he alb
stracted the money while Rogers
attention was distracted, and did it
for the purpose of running the cash
Ter and winning Miss Saunders. He
had intended to replace the money
and would do SO now. lie narmitted
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Must be mighty near time to feed
them hogs somebody bring me mr.
breeches and boots.
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fore she would marry Harry Rogers.
We'll, willnot argue the point with
her.
The Daily Tombstone., 1885-11-24
NOTICE.
To the Tax Payers Of Co.,
 ehise County, Arizona:

~f .. -.--
 The Territorial ana County Tax es for tHe current year If 1885 are due|and payahlfs st the office of the Tax C1llertor of said County, in Jthe city of Tombstone. aha must 'ISs paid on or before the third Monday in December, lss5, and on failure: topay the sams as above provided. a penalty If five per cent 'vi.i te added therft '''
 f~'''' .. A.'J. RITTER, Treasurer and ex-Daisio Tax Col
 lector for cochise County. Ari- Zona Territory. ''
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IN THE COUNTY COURT, IF AND FOR THE COCNIY OF CUCliISE, IN TIE
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.
 John Montgomery, rl.intiT, vs, Joel s, Byington. C. E. C,,leIogr and James Brusic. Defendants.
 Action brought in ;he County Court Of Cochise. Territory of Arizona, and inc com plaInt filed in inc Si q c"l.nly of Cochisc in the office cf tLs ClegS cf the said County Court
 The Territory cf Agisona sv-Is .ieeting to Joel <. hlinGton, C. R calpntar aud Iamc> Bruslc, dcicnGah :.
 You are hereby required l., appear in an action brought against yoa by lhc above named plaintiff, I2 the County Court of Coch~e Comy, Territory qf Arizona, and to answer the complaint fled therein, within tw-nty dave teXClusve oi Inc iay ot scryice) fer tkc service on you of this summons, fl served within this cnunty; Or 1T served ont ot this county. but in th> dIstrict, within thirty days: otherwise within forty days or judgment by default will b. taken agaInst you according to the prayer of said com paint,
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 GI7en under iny hand and seal of ihe County Court cf iiochi<e County. Territory ef Arizona, tLis G!.!i day ot October, A. D. 1885
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 - Fly C. ". CLrn, Dept. Clerk
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Administrators Notice.

W II. RAMSEY. ADMINS TRAITOR OF the estate oi V. A. Daniel deceased, lied hls ,eiitiou D the Probate Court oi CocEIse CoUnty. praying for an ordCrto scli tho real and personal property b.lon"ing 10 said estate.
 Tuesday, the 24th day ci November. 1885, at ID o'clocka. nj. is appointed as the tIrnc ts hear said petition anc all persons inter- esied in said es:a,e are hereby advised to appear at the Court of Probate, Tn Coeiisc County, and show cause If any, why an ordrr should not be ma ,e authorizin said Administrator to sell all the real and per sonal property belonging To the estate oi W. 4. Daniel. deceased.
 Dated, October 24lh, 1885.
 B L. PEEL,
 EX-Oihclu Clerk.
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