Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-20
Benson Items

I A~'Si""iuy, VI AoAhustohC, PuiSu"SSN VI yesterday the butchershop, slaughte
 house, residence, etc., of John Thadt
 by H. Meyer, assignee, and will in futur conduct and control the butcher bushes at this place.
 Mir. A. N. Gray, proprietor of the Jay Eye-See, was made happy on Sunday Jan. I7, by his wife presenting him with healthy and bright girl baby weighing eight and half pounds. Mother ant child doing we'll
 It is reported that in about ten day. the marriage bells will sound merrily celebrating the knot of the Rev. Mir Liston and the fair and accomplished Miss Cameron, of this place. May theil welded life be one of sunshine and theil path strewn with roses.
 Our old fellow townsman, C. L. Finch, of the Gem, is doing profitable business and we find him as popular among the citizens of this place as he was amongst our Tombstone people.
 Barrack & Miller, the last named member of the firm being formerly the Justice here, and friend Barrack formerly of the firm of McAllister & Barrack, have renovated and fitted up in a neat and tasty style the old stand formerly occu- pied by Fatty Stewart, and are doing a splendid business.
 The old and reliable firm of Rogers Bros. still head the list of the business men of this section, handling goods on an extensive scale by the carload and supplying all this section of the country frsm here ts Hermosillo. They are pre- pared to compete with San Francisco and Kansas City. The genial MT. Tracy still presides over the books of this firm.
 The Virginia House is doing good business under the management of its pleasant and affable landlord, E. Vuco- vich, who keeps a fine table and has clean and easy beds.
 The weather is cold and very disagree able here.
 had the pleasure of meeting on the train, between Deming and Wilcox, Prof. M. Stalker, of the Iowa College of Agriculture. He has been commissioned by the U. s. Commissioner of Agricul- ture to visit Colorado New Mexico and Arizona, to investigate the diseases that cattle are subject to in this part of the country. He informs your correspondent that he has visited Colorado and New Mexico, Investigating thoroughly the question by going among the ranchers and cowboys, remaining with them several days and getting the various opinions of the cattlemen, etc. He has been ordered to California for special purpose, but on his return to this terri tory, will visit Tombstone and interview our cattlemen. He is. man of superior education, fine talker and evidently takes deep interest Tn his mission.
 At Bowie station your correspondent was informed of the following move ments of the troops stationed there under the command of Col. Bryant, 9th in- fantry: Capt. Worth has been ordered to Camp Thomas to relieve the cavalry company, who will take the field against the hostiles. Capt. Doane, company A, 9th cavalry, has gone down the Gila to scout. Capt. Robinson has been ordered to Ash Fork.
 At Wilcox your correspondent found business very brisk, the bulk being con. trolled by Norton & Stewart and j. Leberman & Go. The streets are covered with water caused by extraordinarily heavy rains on Sunday, Jan. Y. All the business men anticipate a good and profitable harvest, hence they are san guine and merry over the coming boom.
 Excursion trains are of frequent oc' currence over the s. P. R. R. for Califor mia. On Sunday an excursion train O twenty-three cars with "double header passed over this road for California coming via the Texas & Pacific to E Paso.
 Cut rates is the order of the da, among the competing lines at Fl Paso Tickets to St. Louis being as low as $2o
 Your correspondent leaves for Nogale' to-day, where he hopes and anticipate good results Yours, F. w. s.