The Tombstone., 1885-08-15

Don't forget to rurc1asea ticket to the Either concert on Sunday evening at the city hall.
 Mr. Alfred Rosen. agent for the whole.
 sale clothing house of ]. Veil 8 Co.,, New
 York, arrived in this city last eresins.
 Mir. Roscn is rerT courteous gentleman.
 The board of police commissioners
 met this afternoon at 2 o'clock, 10 sclec,
 successor to Officer Ryaa. Chief of Fo
 ice Coyle, nominated Mr. Clapcy, and
 righ, ballots were taken the Do ard DO. confirming the nomirs,;en.
 The attention of the health officer is directed to the yards in the rear of Sol
 lsres's, L. Schoeaf-ld's and the Feun.
 tain restaurant. The s;ench arising from
 he amount of de'ris dumped their i. sickening and should be removed by the owner. of the property. IL is simply in
 toiersble. -.
 M'n7 os the resident. of North Clifton ere at present suffering from an epidemic fever of the nalarial type. Two deaths ha-e ai. resdy occurred from it, with probabiilt, of others following, as thsre Is scarcely house but Eas ore or more of its inmates effected
 This condition O. sf.;rs is attributed to anS undoubtedly caused by the greet quantity or stignsn. water, with it's attendant rank veg citation, which Is allowed to collect in and around the old ditch Mes.r.. Russell. Fraissine. and Mccormick hare made an examirstion Of this fever breeding boie, and have concluded tat the best method of aba',ng the nuisance Is to thoroughly cleanse the ditch and surroundings and keep il in that condition by system of drainage Work viii b. commenced iEmcdately. and when corr pletcd we fee, certain our citizen. will syain enjoy their usual good heuIth.- Glifton Clarion.
 One of the most fortunate incidents that occurred in connection w.;h the tour of .hc Mexican editors, through this country, haS-
 ,ened right a, the threshold uf their o-n country ss they were returning home. They fell into the hands Of the Cerbcrus of the Mexican custom house, ana he worried them tlli all the sweetness had gone out of their tsnpers. He refused 10 le; tho rreseut. and they ob,aiued in the CLited State. 70 through his custom house without the payment Of heavy duties Ia vain they rsvcd and .:ormed and wore and sad that they were the opinion mouldcrs of the land of God and Liberty. Finally Cerbcrus consent cd that the gifts should be packed in freight car and shipped through 70 the city of Mex leo, where Diaz himself might determine the 1 question. The incident is for. 1 tunate because it is g revelation to the mos, influential ciass in Mexico of the clumsy, l tyrannical aud rascal!y methods that largely 1 prevail Tn the Mexican custom houses, and may lead to much.needed reform.-Albu. I luerque Journal.
 A paragraph has been lately published In ! leading papers of the country stating that l Denver, Colorado, had been stricken with l sudden paralysis: business stagnant, resid- 1 snces and business houses tenantless by the 1 hundred, with vast amounts of money in | rested in them worse than sunk" Many In. l luirics from the East have followed this | paragraph, and therefore for the correct in. ! ornation of those interested, the Denver ! Cham Der Of Commerce states that the story s fabrieatian. It was originated by N
 urnal a. q Missouri river city. which con- ,eiyes itself rival of Denver. and that it's | 'wn prosperity depends on pulling down l hat oi others; the story has nc other founda. non. The census of 1885 shows the popula. | jon of Denver to have increased 60 per cent | since 1880. The Recorders records show | he warranty deeds for July, 1885, to exceed l in number and value any other July but | lSs2, when tho railroads purchased much for their improvements Business | men show an increase of trade ea,h year. | Real estate men have less nun ber of vacant | houses than is usual ln mi summer The | smelting works have enlarged their plants | Lhis year. Two hundred and ty building permits have been issued. The banks show l larger deposits, and greater cash resourc, | than ever before, with one exception. h | general, while Denver is not booming it IS ! steadily improving.