The Tombstone., 1885-07-14
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Gathered. About !rown By Our Reporter and Scis-
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E-teened- Contemporaries Throughout This And
 Adjoining Territories

the oieteeo rains
 The lightning struck in ,e,ersI places au, ing la., nights storm.
 The thermome;er reg,srered one hundred degrees ss noon today.
 Lvoks very much as though we would have another shower tnis evening,
 Mir c. N. Bruce ass up from his ranch a. the Bashaso.nAri to-day.
 Don't forget ,he negro ninsire! show a; schis6-lin Hsli tonight.
 su't for divorce ws. to day fled with th clerk q; ;hs county court by Frank Smith r- AHy Smith,
 The French residents Of this city will eel, Sra.e the fall of ,he bsstil- D, grand ban ouet at tue Mason Doree, this evening.
 There are to be four more teachers electe,. hy the school board at their meeting tn evening.
 Miss Mrna Hart. graduate O. vas.a College, has been elected assistant princ!ru 0, our public schoul. A good sppoirtn-n
 Edwsrd Hassett, whom we spoke Of as be- irs etath.d by 6 negro in Ph,n.x, on Surta has sin;e died from the ctsct uf his wound. One of the hsaviss; rain storms that " have had for two years, yisi,ed this .cciiu last night, and for while our streets resem bled uiristure rivers.
 Mir. Dewitt M-s.ick. who witnessed th accident 10 MT. Carr Chi. afternoon. when h saw the tloud squirting in al! dlre, tions fa;nted away.
 Suit wa. fled with the c'ctk of the count court to-day by Gus,avr' Anderson v.. Gecry, Rutledye and James Fruit, to forrclose lie, on Alpe Mining claim for sS69
 E. A, ShaitucE and wife, Sulphur Spring fsi.ey; C. K. Ma!oney. Frank Parker. BisLee; A. -. Guci nsey. II. B. Wilkins, Guaymas; are registered at the Occidental ho,.!.
 The k nights of Py,h ss, .,iurIng their convention last evening had to x,ij uri.. their l.d.e rnom leaking 50 badly. W, ~ouij suggest to tile owners that the, immediately make the necessary repairs
 If you want to see two happy men. jus, cast your eyes upon NIT. Emil Schmid, and Billy sprague. The Cause of all this lanpi. ness was thst Mrs. Schmidt presented her husband las: night will bounriap baby boy. making q dad Of Emil aud a granddsd sf Billy Sp:sguc. Al Jorcs received handsome three seated rocksway. for the use of patrons of tLe Fs.hion stables. It wss purchased ;hrougl, the firm of bo;hiI, Tweed & O., who gre the asenis of the manufacturers a, South Bend Indiana IL cost $500 without the freight, and is 8 beauty.
 . The srm of Bo.hin, Tweed & Company have received nine large wagon loads of bug. gies and wagons since las: Satui6 day They will have :hem all put together in few days and then the public can choose from one Of the largest s.sortmcn,s Of buggies and wagons that have ever been brouch, to this territory.
 We gre sorry to learn tha. the school board have rejected the application Of Mrs. Gaston at their last meeting. ss sine is lady oi large cxperience in scbool mat: srs, having taught III Nevada for a rum br- Of years, and Tn this city for the past four years, end ;s spoken of very highly by both parents and scholars,
 On Saturday evening last the residence Of M.. Robert Davis. night foreman Of the Grand Csstral mil, IVES totally destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by the explosion of . lamp. Mrs. Davis barely escaped with her life and saved. rothirg but --ta night clothes. so quick was the honse' cnyeloped in flames. -r',
 The election of Mrs. Sarah Herring, by the sehooi bosrd last night, as principal for She ensuing school year, wa. well deserved compliment to a most sstir,abie young lsdy Miss Herring took hold of the school when it was . regular psndemon:sn, and in two months time, she had sn orderly school, and children becoming imbued with her spirit. began to learn something. The bosrd of trustees are to be congratulated upon ihoir appointmest of Miss Herring.
 \. many residents ofTombstone and form erly of Virg;nia City, knew Mr. Ssnf. we take the following from the Virginia City Chronicle! George Sen:. or "Graphy. :" foym eriy manager of the Virginia City telegraph ofBre, and later of the Sacramento oflee, has been promoted to the position of Cashier in the San Francisco Ofsce of she Western Cnion Telegraph company. The posi ian is very responsible one, com msnding fine saiary. and has been bestowed on a compe,- ent and worthy gcntlemo i2 rscog ation of thirty years fsith'ui service, Twenty ght years ago MT senf and Johnny skae opened the 1rst telegraph Oficc ;n Aurora, and in