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but owing to the precarious condi- ton of territorial titles, and the low valuation of our landed estates, 1t would be impracticable to adhere with strictness to such a rule. How ever, the very fact that it Is impos- sible to ascertain from the records what a surety owns, and that he lS possessed of little or no property of permanent, tangible character renders greater caution necessary in accepting such obligations. A man might own $100000 in person. al property, and as title passes with delivery, transfer it all in one hour. A person can put his money in his pocket and walk off, and live stock may be in New Mexico ill twenty four hours, without even a hope of identifying them. The Supervisors in their discretion and sound judg- ment must take everything into consideration, and as far as possi- ble protect the taxpayers, and dis charge the duties imposed as best seems fit to them.
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IT DOES seem strange that among all the real or pretended correspon- dents who form the staff of the Critic, the only excellence yet be- trayed, is a peculiar aptitude for the indulgence of offensive epithets and venomous attempts at dis agreeable personalities. There is no pretended effort to expose wrong or correct abuses, but vile thrusts at the persons of individ- uals, and a desire to offend rather than reprove. The spirit which ac- tuates the bully or ruffian when ad- dressing in his choice vocabulary, some offender, is manifested in every utterance of the Critic. A covert insult lies behind it's every assault, and nothing else can be inferred from the language used and the subjects discussed.
 The attacks are intended to irri- tate and annoy, and every real and imaginary pretext is used in the endeavor to wound the sensibilities. Such scribblers deserve to be treat ed as vermin, who crawl and creep, having the itching power to sting, yet like the insects most offensive by their very presence. They also thrive and fatten best amidst the
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of which is more than half the amount of the entire county. This matter is in the courts for deter imitation. We have hastily stated the facts, andswe leave you to do the figuring and report. Every dol lar paid out for the past two years, has been published for the people to read, and the figures show for themselves. The statements made by Nemesis" are in keeping with all the facts contained in the Critic, and as usual contain about one homeopathic dose of real truth. The Critic seems proud of its bant- ling, and no one desires to dispute the claim.
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filth which breeds them, and which their own lives and habits also con duce most to create. When a pa- per calling itself an intelligent journal, shows no other apprecia- ton of its mission and preroga- tives than to use its columns as q medium to spit and spew the ma
 lightly of a soul by nature morally deformed, its proprietors should seek . more congenial occupation by hunting employment in the postal department of some frontier post, where the profits of postal contracts, and cashing checks for Mexicans might furnish an occa- sional relaxation from those venge- full passions which causes them to look with hate upon all who are their betters. Attempts at sarcasm and lridicule, and the use of epi- thets to accomplish the same re- suits, or for the purpose of afront, invariably spring from personal ill- will, more or less deep seated. There is no other explanation and no one possessing the least knowl- edge of human nature will attempt to deny it. We have tried in every way to avoid the issue this con- troversy is assuming, but there seems to be no ready means of pen etrating the epidermis of an ele- phant, except with an iron spike, even if it happens to be all infan- tile one.
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A GALLUP, N. M., dispatch of the 24th instant says: Peace reigns SUI preme once more at Gallup. Agent Patterson held council with the Indians at two o'clock this after noon, when they concluded to set tie the matter in as easy a manner as possible. MT. Reitz, although entirely blameless of the deplorable affair, generously gave the amount asked for which the relations of the dead Indian took out in trade at the store of Worth, Keene & Go. Great credit is due to NIT. Mat tieson for the manner in which he spoke to the Indians at the coun- cil, which brought about such an amicable settlement, satisfactory to all parties concerned. Our citizens are also very grateful to Colonel Crofton, Lieutenant Buck and the detachment of soldiers who so no- bly, responded to the protection of our lives and property.
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have given the trash the least atten- tion will bear us putin the remarks. Every transaction is distorted, gar bled and it's true meaning, intent and condition perverted and half explained. It is just such disc1- ples of malevolence who, more than any thing else, assist in keeping county warrants with downward tendency, 4 deyilish malice which would make every act an usurpa- tion, every appropriation a robbery Instead of trying to bring order out of chaos, pointing out the correc- ton of existing ills, and assisting the county to throw off its burdens, the Critic appears seeking to de- stroy confidence and awaken sus- pic3on, and omits facts, or only states such meagre portions as are necessary to furnish a text for a personal tirade. We trust these matters will cease in future, because while we deprecate and must cen sure them, we still go hand in hand with Grants utterance, 'let no guilty man escape"
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THERE is a strange feature about the bond required by the Wagon Road Commissioners of the con- tractors of the bridge across the dam at Holbrook. The bondsmen arc required to guarantee the bridge to the county for two years, but they except all dangers from fire or flood. We cannot imagine any other risks but fire and water. Freshets in the river are about the only dangers to be apprehended, and is the principal objection to the bridge outside of the high price paid. We would like to know what the bond is expected to protect and what other hidden dangers await the bridge. It looks as if the bonds men were afraid their dam and bridge would not survive Q rise in the river.
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ADNICES 1FOIn LII | dSO OI the E3Q instant, indicate the possibility of international troubles with Mexico. Cutting, an American citizen has been thrown in prison in Fl Paso del Norte, and is now held in con fnement without any adequate provocation or cause. The Ameri- can Consul has demanded his re- lease, and the Mexican government has refused to comply. Troops are said to be concentrating in El Paso del Norte, and the citizens are arm- ing themselves. Great excitement prevails on both sides of the line, and it seems probable that a con- flict may occur at any time. Out rages of this character are becom- ing of such frequent occurrence on the part of the Mexican authori- ties, that the situation may yet bring about repetition of the scenes of 1S46, AT and AS.
 It is about time the sleepy and indifferent administration of the United States should be aroused to the necessity of demanding that the flag of which we boast, should afford some protection to its citi- zens. It is said, to the shame of our government, that many Ameri- can citizens in Mexico claim alle- glance to Great Britain, and other foreign powers, in order to secure safety in person and property. The American alone is without honor save in his own country. This con- dition of affairs has existed for years, and the people are becoming thoroughly aroused to these indig- mites heaped upon our citizens, and the insult offered our flag. Ameri- can citizens are arrested upon the most frivolous pretexts, and kept for indefinite periods in dungeons, or placed at hard labor frequently, without even the mockery of a trial. It is a disgrace to the na- tion, and reproach to the repre- sentatives of the people, who are lolling in indifference amid the gay cities of the capitol. Let it be known in unmistakable terms that our citizens must and shall be res pected that our flag shall afford ample security to all whom it shel- ters, and that we have Q govern ment, able, willing and alert to en- force these demands.
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AMONG all the friends of the ex- Treasurer, we have not been able to find one with sufficient moral cour- age to acknowledge the authorship of that mental alteration in the last Era. It is not to be wondered at, for the Era lost all discretion, and absorbed all courage when it resolved to publish it.
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TIE Critic publishes document signed by some of the citizens of Holbrook and directed to the Su- pervisors. We cannot presume to answer for the Board or surmise their explanations, but we do ven ture to predict that their actions will show no disrespect, real or in- tended, to the citizens of Holbrook, and that reasons perfectly satisfac- tory will be given, unless perchance the Critic office continues to grunt, and that is always to be expected.
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THE Supervisors are made the subject of unceasing attacks from the Critic. Their private and per sonal life, their individual and per sonal acts, words and doings, their personal appearance, and their per sonal relations with others and be- tween themselves, are all made matters of newspaper review and publication. All of this is affected to be done in the interest of the public. Those of our readers who
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STAGE GONNECTIONs

 Via Laguna to the Indian village of Acoma, Is: miles. Via Wingate to Fort wingate, 2 miles; zuni, 4s miles.
 Via Manuelito to Fort Defiance (Nayajo Agsn- cyl D miles; Canon de Chellc, 65 miles; KeGnns Canon, 50 miles, .-- -..- Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to St. Johns, ,4 miles; Springervile. S5 miles.
 Via HOlbrOok, trt>weekly stages to Fort Apache. 90 miles; Show Low, 50 miles; Taylor 35 miles Moqui Indian villages tno regular stage 90 miles Via NinSlOw, to Brigham City and Sunset. Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott and Whipple Barracks. 6 miles; daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-WeekIy stages from Prescott to Fort Verde.
 Via Teach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado Is miles
 Via Eingniai, daily stages to Stockton Hill, 10 miles. Mineral Park, i6 miles; Cerbat, II miles, Via Yucca tri-weekly stage to Signal, 4O miles. Via The Needles, steamer to Yuma, Colorado river agency, Fort Mohave. Mohaye City, Hardy vile, Arizona, and Fl Dorado canon, Nevada
 W. 4. RESELL. D. 8. ROBINSCN, Gen1 Passenger Agt. Gen1. Manager, Albuquerque, N. M.
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A DISPATCH from Fort Bowie of July 23d says it is denied here that Geronimo and band have been cap tured. Captain Lawton succeeded in capturing his camping outfit onlv
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IF SUCH garrulous Innocence as. was contained in the last Era is the. price ot a contract, we warn the writer that such contract can be avoided for failure of considera- 4iop
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Crltlc makes ms appearance III the last issue of that paper, under a masquerade as Nemesis" The burden of inquiry and discussion is, "Who were the thieves" If Byron could burst the cerements of the grave, we would safely trust him to answer an article whose only merit consists in a head and tail, taken from the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" The fable of the jackdaw arrayed in peacock
 feathers would receive a pungent commentary. Nemesis" attempts to locate "the thieves" by showing that the taxes of the county in 1879, were only $6,000, yet they were ample to pay all current expenses, that said taxes increased yearly, and in 1884 they reached the sum
 of $40,000. At the close of 1883 the county debt was only $20,000. To show these remarks little meaning little relevancy bear," we will ask Nemesis" to consider a
 few acknowledged facts, and his conclusions will appear not only without force, but 'reductio ad absurdum." Up to the year 1885 no portion of the county tax was applied to school purposes, and
 since that time 16 per cent is set apart for such appropriation. The legislature has declared the follow ing shall be annual salaries paid Sheriff, 5000; District Attorney, $3,000; County Judge, 300; Pro- bate Judge, $1 1000; Treasurer, $2,- GOO; Assessor, $500; County Clerk, $500; Clerk Supervisors, $500, and
 the county pays its jailor $900. A total in salaries of $15,200. Will Nemesis" be kind enough to di- vide $6,00O by this sum, and in giving us the excess which should be in the treasury, he will be amazed what a "mare's nest" he has dis covered? These matters the law says shall be paid. Add to these sums the several thousands requir- ed to hold each term of the Dis trict Court and the enormous fig ures allowed by law as mileage to witnesses and jurors. The County Court comes in occasionally with a demand upon the treasury, and the large amount the law authorizes to be paid the sheriff for ex-officio services, together with other expen- ditures created by legislative acts, cause the figures still continuing upward. To all this must again be added county paupers, repair of public buildings, stationery and of flee supplies, printing, fuel, lights, and the thousand and one inciden- tai expenses which are constantly occurring, in order to maintain the county government. All of this, except salaries which the law fixes, must be paid in warrants, the value of which, in rendering accounts, is fixed at fifty cents on the dollar.
 As an item of ex-officio fees nearly $2,5OO was paid the Sheriff for ex- penses in arresting four or five par ties charged with horse-stealing, Go to your legislature, if you wish to lessen expenses. Up to this date very little tax has been collected from the railroad, the assessment
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Through tickets to aEl priaeiple cities east and west on sale at the following atiOns: HOlbrOOk NiuSloW Flanstaff Peach springs, KingmGn, Prescott
 The Needles, DaSgett, Aohave,
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WE TRUST the Critic will Tread, learn and inwardly digest" "So endeth the second lesson"
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stop for meals. Trains on New Mexico Line are run on Mountain Time"
 w. E. WHITE,
 G. P. and T. Agent Topeka. KaaS. WA. c. NIXON.
 Agent, Albuquerqae, N. M.
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Through line between the Pacific coast and :he
 East, in connection with THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
 ATCHISON, TOPEKA x SANTA FEE,
 ST. LOUIS X SAN FRANCISCO Railroads, thereby forming the best and shortest line between the East and West, with all modern improvements and conyeniences for safety and comfort. Pullman palace sleeping cars, without change, are run between St. Louis, Kansas City and san Francisco.
 TIME TABLE Trains on this Road are run on standard time Mountain Diyision,u .
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31
INDEX TONEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEKTING-St Johns T. a. B. Society.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Drs. Schley and Cor
cons Removal; Music, Mrs. K. M. Nathans'
As to Crews Of Br. Steamships Chelydra
Anerley and Richmond; What VIII the Har-
vest Be- George n Nichols.
CLOTHING, ETC B. Ii. Levy & Bro.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ned's Big Indian
Village; First Exhibition of the Savannah
Floral and ART Association Adelaide Randall
Bijou Opera Co.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale: Stolen; Personal; Miscellaneous.
GREAT OFFERs-At Platsheks.
HANDSOME LoT-D. r. Thomas.
MEDICAL-Tansay Pills.
NEW SToRE-J. 6. Nelson & Co.
HATS AND GENTS FURNISHING GooDs-At
LaFar's.
GREAT REDUCTIOE-At Eckstein's.
REGULAR RUsH-At Abrahams 4 Birn-
baum's,
AUCTION SALEs-Paper Mill and Other Ma
shinery. Groceries, Dry Goods and Mules, by
9. II. Dorsett.
COOKING STovEs-LoveT Il baltimore.
COOKING STOVES AND RANGEs-John A.
Douglass & Co.
TEACHER OF MUsIC-N. e. solomons.
DRESS GOODS, SHOES. ETC.-A. r. Alt
mayer & Co.
BLACK SILKS, ETc.-DanIel Hogan.
CIGARs-Rieser & stern.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31
What the string WAS For.

A woman in one Of the Lewiston dry goods
stores was in quandary Friday forenoon,
She had too many strings on her fingers.
Now" said she. THAT string on nv fore
finger is to remind me TO get four wards of
baby ribbon. and that red string there is SO
as won't forget to call at the stove store and
piece Of yellow ribbon is for powdered sugar
Tor cake for the festival. and the yarn on nv
thumb ls, lem me s-e-e Is TO get four skeins Of
domestic yarn for mlttens for the boys. What
puzzles me Is this other piece. Seems though
it was somethin' about givn' the horse some
dinner somewhere, but don't Just remember.
oh, dear me! How nervous IL makes mel
want twelve yards of uubleached cotton cloth
and two spools of thread. I've got TO get
some velvet 10 trim over my new winter bon =
net, and / want some hairpins and some but
tons for my CLOAK. and some ruChing, and
won't you lot me look at some Of your winter
garments. and there! / want two sticks Of
braid. black, please. and two papers OF pins,
and paper OF needles ana some whale bones,
and yard of brown silesla, two spools Of
twist, and what sort of lace have YOU got TO
trim a dress for my dau-oh! mercy sakes
What an escape! Isn't it fortunate! I've
ju % recalled what that string is for. It's to
remind me TO call at my sisters in Lewiston,
and get my daughter. who has been visitin <
here to take her home with me. Oh, my poor
memory! Isn't It fortunate that | put the
string on my finger. Good day; you put up
the goods ann I'll be back after them" and
she went out before the clerk had time to
penetrate the trade mark ri chestnut, lis that
ailP' What blessing is 70 rgetfulness.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31
A Striking Contrast.

The way in which Senator Butler and
Representative Dibble, of South Carolina,
spoke of the civil service reform system
in their speeches at the Charleston Demo-
cratic mass meeting last Thursday night,
is in striking contrast with the way Mr.
Blaine spoke Of the same thing in some Of
his late speeches in Pennsylvania. Mr..
Blaine sneered at 1t, and derded it AS a
British system, and declared that it was
rotten to the core, and his sentiments
were vigorously applauded by his Repub-
lican auditors. Senator Butler and Rep
resentatiye Dibble compared the spoils
system with the civil service reform sys-
TEN, and declared that the former system
deprived the Republican party of political
supremacy, and expressed the opinion
that if the Democratic party should aban-
don the latter system and follow IN the
footsteps OF the Republican party, it would
deserve the fate which overlook that
party.
When the Republican party was in
power 1t had nothing but honeyed words
for civil service reform, although it never
respected it in practice. Now that it is
out OF power 1T derides 1t because it is
not permitted TO have all the offices.
The Democratic party is living up to
its pledges with respect to civil service
reform, and although the President has
| encountered some opposition to the re-
form within his own party, he has main
tanned with remarkable and praise worthy
nrmness the position which his party as.
sumed with regard to It when it nomi.
mated him. and which he assumed at his
Inauguration. His honest and consistent
course commands the respect Of the whole
country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31
Congressional Elections.

The indications are that a light vote
will be poiled in this State at the Con-
eressional elections next Tuesday. The
absence of opposition to the Democratic
candidates in all the districts, except the
Fourth, will be made an excuse for not
voting. The excuse Is not a good one,
however. 1t is duty as well as priv
ilege to vote, and every citizen who has
the privilege should exercise it.
The opposition in the Fourth district to
Mr.. Thomas W. Grimes doesn't amount
to much-not enough to make Mr.. Grimes
or mis- friends uneasy. He will be elected
without an effort on his part
The Representatives in Congress from
Georgia in the Fiftieth Congress will be
as follows: From the First district. Hon.
Thomas NJ. Norwood; Second, Hon. Henry
g. Turner; Third, Hon. Charles F. Crisp;
Fourth, Hon. Thomas w. Crimes; Fifth,
Judge John D. Stewart; Sixth, Hon.
James II. Blount; Seventh. Hon. JHdson
c. Clements; Eighth, DR.. Henry Carlton;
Ninth, Hon. Allen d. Chandler; Tenth,
Hon. George j. Barnes.
In Florida it is probable tn at a pretty
large vote will be polled. The new con-
stitution is to be voted on and members
of the Legislature are to be elected.
There is considerable interest felt in the
question of the adoption of the new con-
stitution, and that will help to swell the
vote. There is no reason to doubt that
the present Congressman will be re-
elected. They are good Democrats and
their course in Congress has given salts
faction to their constituents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31

There will doubtless be good many
Democratic votes against the new consti
tuition in Florida on Tuesday, The opposi-
ton to IL appears TO have gained streng
within the last few weeks. The opinion
Of those who are in a position to form a
correct judgment of public sentiment
with regard to il, however, is that 1t will
be adopted. 1t is worthy OF notice that
the most of the Democratic leaders OF the
State urge its adoption. They believe
that while it mas some defects, it is far
superior TO the present organic law, and
that it will, if adopted, tend very mate
rally towards promoting the best inter-
ests of the State.
II it is defeated it will be difficult to get
the Legislature to call another constitu-
tional convention in the near future, not
only because of the expense, but also be-
cause of the doubt that another cOnven-
ton would to any considerable extent
change the instrument submitted by the
last convention.
If majority Of the people object to pro-
visions in the new constitution after it
has been given fair trial these provi-
sions can be easily and quickly amended,
and that, too, without great deal of ex-
pense or trouble. 1t should not be for
gotten that the provisions of the new con-
stitutiOn which are now objected to are
the same ones that met with considera-
able opposition IN the convention which
adopted them. What reason is there for
thinking that another convention would
regard them with disfayor? Is it not a
fact that those who tried to defeat them
in the convention are the ones who are
trying to defeat them at the polls? The
wisest thing to do is to give the new in
strument trial, and if it is found want
ing it can be readily made to conform to
the popular will.