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The Clifton clarion., 1886-09-29
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
Awaiting Owners.

The Treasury of1iciald have con sidered an inventory of the articles of jewelry, silverware, portraits, watches, etc, which were capturad by the United States army during the Civil War and deposited in the Treasury. They are all packed in two large wooden boxes, the first of which contains about 5G0 watclf- es and number of knives, pocket books, and two drafts None of the watches are very valuable, hay ing been taken from prisoners of war who died in hospital. The other box is, however, full of very valuable jewelry, etc. The gold IS all of the best quality. and the stones with which number of the articles are set are very..beautiful. An exceedingly handsome set, most or the pieces of which bear the name M. V. McRa, to whom they were a Christmas present Tn 1859, consists of most exquisitefy cut canoes, surrounded by valua- ble pearls, and set in pure native gold. It consists of bracelet, brooch, and earrings, and must have cost considerable when bought.
 A pasteboard box marked Miss McRa, from N. Dias," is filed with a number of articles of jewell / ry, consisting of pins of all kinds. some set with precious stones, and some delicately chased, valuable rings and gold buckle for the waist. Another box the same size contained fob chalns, gold pencils, and some gold pins, while a third, in the condi- tion of it's contents, nearly all of which were broken, gives evidence of the great haste with which the things had been gathered together after sudden alarm. There were also some seals beautifully graven with heraldic devices, and one of the most curious things in the col lection is an old fashioned English bulPs-eye gold watch with It's crystal about one-quarter of an inch thick. "P. McRa" is scratch ed on the back of this chrono- meter, while the monogram 70. A. S." is engraved on the outside of the case, The name 'McRa" ap- pears also on number of lockets and rings, and it is believed thaS> when the hIcRa family Rave put in thefr claaffifsaaf affaa aEad taken out all that -ho}aAas la estiseszrzzfi,nxorxIlia a3zasss1sSenn1
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06tons are annually used Tn this country. Chloral hydrate has been in use but fifteen years, yet its consumption in Europe and Amer ica now amounts to many hun dreds of tons each year, while of the opium products, of ether, chlo
 roform, and the iodides, there Is a constant flow from a severely tax ed yet apparently exhaustless sup
 ply. Dr. Woodbury tells of a for
 mula for q mixture containing chloral which he saw conspicuous
 ly posted behind a druggists coun- ter. It was found on inquiry that the posting was merely matter of convenience, since the calls for the mixture were exceedingly ire quent. Alcoholic mixtures, he learned, were similarly redemand
 ed, often for months after the occa- sion for theIr use has passed away. Intemperance in drugs and medi- cines, it appears, is no less com mon than are other forms of self indulgence. Philadelphia Record.
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ARIZONA COPPER CO'S STORES
 CLlETOM, ARHZOMA. THE LARGEST AID MOST COMPLETE WHOLESALE ARD RE- tail Establishments in Southeastern Arizona.
HAHN STREET STORE.

A Large Stock of Newly Selected Goods for
 The Summer Trade. money by buying the above object satisfy and sell goods at the lowest margin We complete stock of Ladies and Gents Furnishing Goods
 Silks, Sains Cashmeres and Plaids
 All of the latest styles Iaces of every description,
 Blankets, ed Quilts and Sheetng,
 In all widths and qualities Boys, Youths and Gents Ready Made Suits, perfect guaranteed prices Our Immense Stock of Hats
 Are of the latest and best styles o hand-A we'll Shoes the manufacturers, be figures A full stock of Liquors, Tobacoos and Cigars. Of the finest brands always kept hand. Sold at zIf
 Wholesale and Retail rates Our Large Stock Of Groceries and Provisions Are unsurpassed u cheapness and quality. Sewing Machines, Trunks, yalises, Guns, Ammuniton
 Willow, Queens and Glassware. We invite all to make trial purchase. Come see us We always willing to show Goods Every Article Marked at the Lowest Prices
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A Plausible Theory.

It is a curious fact that, some days before the earthquake occur rod Drof Dn 4ho
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biooches contain hair. Among the portraits are several daguer- reotypes and one ambrotype. One of these pictures represents a severe old gentleman in Continen- tai uniform. Of the stones, except the diamonds, probably the finest is large yellow topaz of beauti- ful color and as clear as crystal Washington Post.
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ocean. lulS SCdleHleuU Ol pos abilities reads almost like prophe- cy, in view of what has since oc- cured, and it is in marked accord with the theory advanced by Prof. McGee of the Geological Survey, that what has taken place is what he describes as ''seaward slip" What he means by this expression is thus indicated:
 Ut is a movement of the coastal plain toward the sea. Let me say in round terms that we divide the region this side of the Appalachian range into two portions. The granite or gneiss formation is called the Piedmont escarpment and ex tends from mountain ranges to about where Columbia is. The region this side of that IS made up of what we call fragmental rock and is called the coastal plain. The theory is that this coastal plain has simply slipped seaward a bit and that the displacement produced the shock or tremor."
 As to the cause of this 'slip" Prof. McGee says there is ten dency in that direction. Imagine surface slightly inclined, with the coastal plain overlying 1t, and a sharp depression existing some where a hundred miles or so out at sea, and the tendency of the plain toward that depression is checked only by the resistance of friction. A point is reached, how ever, perhaps by reason of the re- adjustment of the earth's surface constantly going qn, or by the de- posits brought by the great rivers, where the pre- loFsrcomes the kesistanc1 sn a slip occprs-
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systemats hge bathing is one giving d benefits to the followers. Let a person not over strong, subject to frequent colds from slight exposure, the vic tim of chronic catarrh, sore throats, etc, begin the practice of taking a sponge bath every morning, com mencing with tepid water in a warm room (not hot), and follow ing the sponging with friction that will produce a warm glow over the skin and then take five minutes brisk walk in the open air. See if you do not return with a good ap- petite for breakfast. After having used tepid water for few morn ings lower the temperature of the bath until cold water can be borne with impunity.
 The daily cold sponging of a sensitive throat CT lungs will often result most satisfactorily if per sistently and conscienciously fol- lowed. Tho cold nti-breakfast sponge bath should, however, be avoided by the weak person and the ones whose lungs are already diseased, as the reaction following might rot be strong enough to prevent colds which might hasten fatal results. Another use of the cold bath is to induce sleep, by calling the blood to the surface; the congested brain is relieved and sleep comes in consequence. It is on this principle the winding of the leg in a cold wet cloth proves eficacious in provoking sieep,- Washington Star.
 Only 1,264 persons in Virginia pay yer S100 year in taxes, ac | cording to the Richmond Dispatcl and only So persaaiu - ISi,.l :.
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As.EETS:
Clifton PostoMce-

Regular hours from 7:S0 a. m. to I;SO ?. m. Registration from 9:30 a. m. to D. m. Money Order hours, 9:3O a. m. to p. m. Sundays, office open from II .. m. to F m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, Saturdays Mail closes 6:aD q. m.
 Mail for Morenci closes at ?. m- No foreign or mutilated money will be received for stamps, box rent or postal orders- Parties calling for mail matter other than that which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 c. NJ. CLARK, ?. M.
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Hn the OIden Time.

The first mail coach was started in England in 1764, and in 1914 there was not single mail run ming by road out of London. In fact, the coaching system, like those of clipper ships and wet plate photography, was brought in per lection only to go down almost i'm mediately before the introduction of superior method. The mails kept wonderful time; so exact were they that people used to time their watches by them. The Bris- tol, the Devonshire, and the Holy head were tho fastest mails out of London, the last named doing 2594 miles in twentysix hours and fifty five minutes. an average pace of little under ten miles an hour, including stoppages. But the  wear and tear of horsehesh to keep up this pace in all weathers and against bad states of roads must have been fearful, and it is no wonder that the postoffice often had great difficulty in getting their contracts taken up. Mir. Horne considered that the pace was too great, as the mails constantly drove over people and killed them. h. deed, accidents of all kinds were common; the Beaufort Hunt" was upset twice within a fortnight. These accidents often arose from the Indescretions of the coachman; but whatever their cause, they were frequently lamentable and severe. One of the oldest coach proprietors made 1t a maxim never to employ a coachman who had not had one upset, for the reason that without such experience he would not know how to get a coach up again. There can be no doubt that there was a great deal of reckless driving and racing. Catastrophes also happened through getting off the road in fog and from collisions, and in addition to these causes, thoroughly fractious or vicious horse might prove an equal source of danger Coaching left it's mark on the railways in several respects. The distance between the rails on the narrow gauge of railways is the same as the width between the wheels of the old mail coaches wiz; four feet. eight and one-half Einches. Even to the present day IEarriages may be seen on some of
 l2lnes painted toresemble three
 7bodies placed end.tasand.
 kams to hays
 6Isis the {
 fSs.s
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FhySic-Tiprlers.

the papers read before the State Sanitary Convention held in this city last May was in the form of a warning against intemperance in the use of drugs. The writer, Dr. Frank Woodbury, of this city, has permitted the publication of this noteworthy contribution to popu- lar knowledge in advance of the annual report of the convention, and it IS certainly worthy of care ful study. The habit of taking in to the system drugs of whose ulti mate effects the partaker is either ignorant or supremely careless has grown very common of late among a large class of people who are usually credited with more than ordinary intelligence Dr. Wood bury's experience leads him to the conclusion that it has attained to such considerable proportions as to command attention and consid- eration from all medical practitlon- CTS. He finds the physic tippler and medicine -bibber everywhere not the solIcitous and over anxious
 
 citizen, who, with every slight cold or sore joint, rushes off to a doctor for a course of constitutional treat ment, nor altogether the devotees of narcotic and stimulant drugs, but great mass of people who use almost every description of real or pretended mendicament without knowledge and without stint. Even the comparatively harmless and lnnocuous soda water foun- tain has been diverted to the uses of the physlc-tippler, for upon in quiry Dr. Woodbury found that numerous powerful tinctures, ex- tracts, and elixirs, as well as potas- sium and sodium bromide, soda mint, sodium bicarbonate, acid phosphate, and aromatic spirits of ammonia, were regularly served out t6 iatrons of soda water foun- taiHS fhs the drug stores. Probably ''vo4H, 30f these. customers could 815t{ lsor Pathological req se6 fpf indulgence in s gEes, which not be olass Rents. For over msd ger against which G 1 lfaja guards no lss1s # against the earlialk
 acute disease. He kHg administer and when toS < But the slave of habits qAdf = ging often persists until an t1
 bled digestion and a coHapsS. nervous system sound imperatisa notes of warning. 9
 In the immense increase noted of late years in the preparations of narcotic and alkaline drugs, as well as in the continuous accessions to the amount of capital invested in making patent medicines, Dr. Woodbury finds reasons for be- lieving that the practice of medi cine bibbing is more than keeping pace with the growth of y11l and population. Espeaiall
 there been 1ucrsaa d a
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If experiments which have been made by dentists in San Francisco bear the test of time radical change in dentistry seems 1mpend- Ing. Di Younger, following the lead of the great John Hunter, has found that teeth freshly drawn can be transplanted to a cocks comb and retain their vitality for a month. The will also live in warm water for about two days. These, placed in the natural sockets from which other teeth have been taken and secured there temporarily, be- come fixed and grow as if indigo nous to the soil. But more than this, new sockets can be drilled and teeth inserted within them, and tue result shows that here agaiswthe newcomer takes firm hold Rthe adjacent bone anl bI.
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Arizona X New Mexico R. R. Time

Trains run daily, Sundays excepted.
 w. H. JOKES. Gen1. Superintendent.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TerritOrini.


 Ciovernor-C. Meyer Zuiick. Prescott. Secretary-Jas. A. Bayard. Prescott Treasurer-Thomas l. Butler, Prescott Superintendent of Public lnstructlon-J. l.. Long, Globe.
 Auditor-E P. Clark, Prescott Commissioner of Immigratien-PGtr Hamilton, Phoenix. Supreme Court-John C. Shields, Chief Justice. Prescott; w. W. Porter Asso- ciate Justice. Phenix; Wm. II. Barnes, Associate Justice. Tucson U. $. District Attorney-Owen T. Rouse, Tucson
 U. $. Marshal-W. K. Meade, Tucson. Surveyor General - Royal 4. Johnson, Tucson.
 U. s. Internal Revenue Collector-W. H. Bristol. Tucson.
 Delegate to Consress-C. c. Bean. Prescott Judge of First Judicial D;strict-Wm. H. Barnes.
 Judge of Second Judicial District-W. ". Porter, Phenix. Shields, Prescott.
The Daily clarion., 1886-02-25
SENATE-FORTIETH DAY.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. "A, 1886.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. "A, 1886.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment
/ Lieut. .-Goy. Shands in the chair.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
I 70 authorize the appointment of sten
ographer for the circuit court of Kinds
Copiah, GazoO and Madison counties.
Passed with amendment.
Mr.. BinfOrd called up House Bill, To au.
thorize the board OF supervisors of Carroll
county to compromise, Greenville, Colum-
bus and Birmingham railroad bonds of said
county. Passed.
Mr. Whitney called up House Bill, 10
authorize and empower the board OF super
vlsors of Claiborne county o settle with the
surelies on the bond of John q. Hastings.
late Treasurer OF said county. Passed
Leave Of absence granted Messrs Casey
and Smouton fer Committee work.
Reports were received from the Com
mittees on Corporations, and Counties
and County Boundaries of which a full
report will be given when considered by the
Senate
The judiciary Committee made the fol-
lowing report:
IL b. $50 An ac. to pro- ide compeusa-
tion to Judge j. W. C. Watson for legal r
vices rendered the State Of Mississippi in
the railroad superylsto cdses IN the Fod-
eral and State courts Do pass with amend
ment.
The following minority report was made
Mr.. President-A minority Of the Judici-
airy Committee of the Senate, desire to dis
sent from the report of the majority of said
committee in recommending an amendment
to House Bill No. 800, thai fee of ten
thousand dollars be appropriated out of the
Sta,e funds to the Hon. J. W. c. Watson.
counsel for the State il the Railroad Com
mission eases.
We the minority of said committee think
FIVE thousand dollars a sufficient sum under
the circumstances, and reserve the right 10
oppose the report OF the majority Of said
committee in so far aI it recommends fee
in excess of fve thousand dollars
WN. BUCHANAN,
t. I. SYKES.
The following report was received from
theIinance Committee, and adopted
Mr. President-The Committee on Finance
has had under consideration certain
communication on the subject of the report
OF the Trustees Of the Universities of Mis-.
sissippi, beg leave to report that the report
OF said Trustees with accompanying d0eu-
ments has been banded to your committee;
and the committee presents the same here
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with aGd recommend thai the same be
referred 10 the joint Special Committee to
investigate tie University Of Mississippi.
and the State Normal School at Holly
SPRING.
Mr. hamilton Of Kinds, called up House
Bill. 10 regulst. the assessment Of real
property in counties Of Kinds and Was ing
ton. and for-other purposes Recommitted
70 Committee on Counties and County
Boundaries.
The unfinished business OF yesterday was
taken up, viz: Senate bill to incorporate the
New York. Mexican and Texas Air Line
Bailraod Company. The bin was considered
engrossel read third time aud passed
with amendments
SENATE BILLS OF TuIRD READING.
An act for the better protection Of pass
engers ami property transported on rail
roads, and the vehicles ami property em-
pioyed in such transportation, and for
other purposes. Passed
To provide an efficient remedy for The cx
eteise of the right Of eminent domain.
Passed with amendments.
To enlarge tine public school system of
L0wDdes county, by the addition OF high
schools, as contemplate ed by lhe c0nstita-
tion Of the State. Indefinitely postponed
To provide Tor the teaching Of hygienic
physiology in the public schools of the
stale. In ehni'ely postponed.
40 increase the salary OF the county
superintendent Of education OF Clay coun-
ty. Tabled
TO provide for the compensation Of tie
county supernt Mt Of education Of Warren
county. Tabled,
To enlarge the duties of the superin
faa1anf af al In f.r,fah
and to hX his pay therefor. Tabled
To provide for the release aud discharge
of criminals in certain cases Indefinitely
postponed
To exempt or ppled and disabled persons
from paying the privilege tax 10 tramp and
peddle in this 5 ate. Passed
To amend chap. 10, sec. 5S6, Code 1880,
in relation to the exemption OF Confederate
soldiers from privilege TAX Indefinitely
postponed.
To amend an act entitled an act to regu-
late the finances of Simpson county, ap-
proved March lsf, 1884. Passed.
To provide compensation to Hon j. W. c.
Watson for legal services rendered the State
of Mississippi in the railroad supervision
cases in the Federal aud State Courts
Special order for tonight at 7:30 O'clock.
TO authorize the board Of supervisors of
Newton county to levy special tax to meet
the school deficit in said county. Tabled
To autho ize the board of supervisors Of
Marshall county to sell or lease portion of
the land in said county, known as the poor
house land Passed.
To repeal all acts aud parts of acts here
tofore passed Incorporating the town Of
Brandon, in the county OF Rankin and
re-iucorporating said town. Tabled.
To Incorporate Beech Springs Camp
Ground in Neshoba county, Mississippi.
Passed
To empower the board OF mayor and
aldermen of the town of Macon to provide
for the suppression ofincendiarism. Passed.
At o'clock the Senate adjourned until
1870 o'clock to night
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
sENATE-THIRTY NINTH DAY.
NIGHT SESSION.

NIGHT SESSION.
THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 1856.
The Senate convened with quorum pres
ent
Reports were received from the following
commit ees, OF which fun report will be
given when considered CORPORATIONS
Temperance, Agriculture, Commerce and
Manufactures
The Governor notified the Senate of his
approval of the following bills;
To incorporate Durant Academy.
10 allow he widow of Hon. j d. Nertner
deceased, late Senator TO draw his salary
for the year 1856.
To amend an act to provide for the pro-
tee ion OF crops many supervisors district
or territorial division of Tippah, Benton
Mars halt, Panols and Union counties of
this STATE, apprC~a9 Afaychll, 1884.
An act supplemental to an act entitled
an act to raufy aud confirm the in corpora.
tion of the Memphis, Birmingham ami At
lantic Railroad Company, approved Janu-
AIRY 26, 1856
For the relief of the estate of David Nc.
Cleary, deceased, late of Marshall county.
To define and make clear the boundaries
between the counties OF Clay and Lowndes
in this State.
To authorize the board of mayor and
aldermen of the city of jackson to levy q
special tax to pay for an iron bridge, and
for other purposes.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Sykes-To change the time Of hold
ing the circuit court of Lowndes county.
Under suspension of the rules the bill
was real three times aud passed
Mr.. Seal-An act to encourage planting
oysters and for other purposes. Under a
suspension of the rules the bill was read
three times and passed
Mr.. Bintord- An act to prevent minors
from playing at billiards, pool, blgatelle
or ten-pIus. Referred to judiciary.
Mr.. Boone-An act 10 change the bounda-
ry lines of the corporation of lhe town OF
Bonneville, Mississippi Under a suspen-
sion OF the rules the bill was read three
times aud passed
On motion Of Mr. Barron. the Senate
took up House Bill an act to empower the
board of supervisors of Webster county 10
levy tax TO run the free public schools for
four months each year, and to provide for
the payment of unpaid school warrants.
bin passed with amendments.
On motion of Mr.. Sykes, the Senate took
up House Bill, to amend the charter Of the
sity OF Columbus, which, on his motion,
MAS indefinitely postponed
On motion of Mr.. Brenham, the Senate
.ook up House Bill, to amend section 4,
,hapter lis sets 1880, in relation to swine
.uauing at large in the county of Adams.
Passed
On motion of Mr. Morris, the Senate took
lp s B., For the protection OF the educa-
ional, social financial, moral and religious