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, 1888-04-12
SYMPTOMS MORE FAvoRABLE.

The news of the favorable turn taken
in the sickness of Roscoe Conkling will be
hailed with genuine pleasure by people
all over the country. Mr.. Conkling has
long occupied an unique place in the
affections of the American people. With
a brilliant breadth of intellect, a powerful
grasp of affairs and a recognized genius
for leadership and administration, still,
paradoxical as it may seem, his personal
following has always been comparatively
small.
There are lofty characteristics IN the
nature of Conkling which render him
incapable of trucking for mere vulgar
popularity or applause. He was cast in a
heroic mould yet the thin partition which
separates the sublime from the ridiculous
has been well illustrated in his career.
His resignation from the United States
senate with ME Too Platt in 1881 be-
cause President Garield failed to con-
suit him regarding the appointment of a
collector for New York and his subse-
quent VIZ etched failure to be returned to
Office by the Legislature is a case In point.
Other men better equipped with per
sonal magnetism or qualified by snowy
characteristics which enrapture the senses
Of the multitude have out stripped him
in the race for the glittering baubles OF
political preferment, but none, absolutely
none, in recent years have so nwaver
ingly maintained the deep respect of the
steady going thinking people, the consen-
sus of whose opinions is tie standard by
which men and measures will be ultimately
judged. Conkling is every inch a man,
with all of mans strength aud many of
his foibles.
That his recovery will be rapid and
that he will long be spared is a wish that
will be echoed in the great heart of the
American people.
, 1888-04-12

Nothing in the late Emperor Williams
life was more characteristic of the man
than his manner of taking leave of it.
He died, as he had lived, like a soldier
fearless, ~resolute, self-possessed, heroic.
When begged not to tire himself with too
much talking he replied, realizing that
his end was near: Il ave no time to
be tired. To wait for rest was to miss
the opportunity to say what was in his
mind. And 90 the grand old man, draw
ing IN the last grain of the splendid
strength that had sustained him for
more than ninety years, delivered his
final messages, wrote his signature as
boldly and firmly as he had ever done in
his prime, and passed away as became a
man among kings and a king among
men.-New York Sun.
, 1888-04-12

AT San Miguel the first real disappoint-
ment came in shape of the announcement
that the steamer would not stay long
enough to go to the Furnas. The Furnas
has, it is claimed, the most wonderful
hot springs in the world. You can sit
with one foot in a hot sulphur spring and
have the other in hot iron, while you
drink soda water from a well in front
and brandy punch from another at your
back. There are also several streams
running through the place where boiled
trout can be easily caught, and if this is
all strictly true, there is no question but
the Furnas has yet to be developed as a
winter resort Being compelled to miss
this, we tried to drown sorrow in the
native pineapples, and my impression is
that l shall try to have some more sor-
row to drown next time l go to the place.
If the ~pineapples of San Miguel were any
better, a man would go insane when he
ate his first one. The p%ineapples we
have in America are like ~grapeshot COM
pared with these.-Cor. Boston Tran
Scrint
, 1888-04-12

"Oh, no; allspice is not a mixture of
a number of spices, but is a simple pro-
duct itself" said a wholesale grocer.
The proper name for it is pimento, but
as it combines the flavor of cinnamon,
cloves, mace and nutmegs, it generally
goes by the name of allspice. Pimento
trees are natives of South America and
the West India islands. The bulk of the
pimcntO of commerce comes from ia
maica. Large groves of the spice trees
grow on the hillsides of the islands, and
thrive without cultivation. The leaves
of the tree are bright green and glossy.
When bruised they give off a spicy odor.
The flowers grow in dense clusters. The
fruit is a small, aromatic berry the size
of a small pea. If permitted to ripen they
become pulpy and lose some of their
pungency. They are therefore gathered
while green, and dried in the sun on
rough platforms. When well cured they
are packed for shipment in-large bags
holding from 100 to $50 pounds. The
growers seldom get more than four cents
a pound for the dried berries. The bust
ness does not afford a livelihood, and
most growers feed horses and cattle on
the rich pasture in the pimento groves.
1.-THE value of the crop has increased
from $3.50, 900 in 1874 TO 800, 900 in
1887. The spice is shipped to this city
and to London, about half going to each
place. 1t is received in the berry and
ground between revolving stones. 1t is
then put up in tin cans, and is no longer
known as pimento, but is the allspice of
commerce. New York Mail and Ex-
press.
, 1888-04-12
colored Industrial School.

The Colored Reformatory Industrial
school, of Nashville, Tenn, is nearly
completed, and will be opened on April
/. 1t is being erected by an organiza-
ton whose ambitious name is "The Uni
versal Congregational Methodist church
of the United States of America, " and
which has for its object the betterment of
the colored race spiritually and morally.
1t hopes to attain this object by having
connected with each church a temper
ance hall, a home factory, or an institu-
ton of learning. The Nashville institu-
ton will open with about 100 young col
ored people of both sexes.-New York
Tribune.
, 1888-04-12

march is prominently the month for
suicides, said a well known physician.
can assertion to which Statistics and, in
fact, the horrible record of the last few
days will amply bear witness. OF course,
it is a well recognized theory that such
crimes assume the form of an epidemic
on slight pr%ovocation, but it still remains
susceptible of demonstration that the
windy month overtops all others in swell
ing the list of ~self-murders. My theory
is that the vital forces nave had such a
draft upon them during the severe winter
months that the system is so run down at
this season of the year that dependency
ensues on the slightest ~provocation, and
then comes the end. 1 have not worked
this out as thoroughly as 1 should like,
and for the present shall refrain from
celebrating my views. Chicago Til
bIInp
, 1888-04-12

DR.. James G. Hyndman, the throat
specialist of the Ohio Medical college,
tells how the only Catholic priest in
America who wears a beard came to let
his whiskers to grow. The priest, whose
pastoral duties are performed in Cincin-
natl, o., is subject to throat troubles. On
the advice Of DR.. Hyndman he let his
beard grow and had no further inflam-
nation in his throat. His superiors,
however, objected to the innovation, and
the priest was obliged to go to Rome &c
obtain permission to wear whiskers. He
took with him a full ccoun of his case
from DIR. Hyndman's pen, and the
church authorities at Rome at once
granted him the permission desired
New York World.
, 1888-04-12
ArtcsInn Won. of sahara.

Since the opening of new artesian wells
in the Desert of Sahara, a large increase
in the number of palm and other fruit
trees has taken place. The borings made
since 1881, however, show n diminution
in the yield of the water, and it is prob
able that the limit of the capacity of the
veins found at the usual depth has been
reached. The wells sunk by the French
nave a much smaller bore than those of
the Arabians, and owing to the difficulty
Of cleaning them when stopped up by the
sand, it has been decided to give the new
wells a much larger caliber.-Globe-
Democrat.
, 1888-04-12
Burned by Electricity.

George Bielich was trying to make a
large electric lamp burn the other night
in Virginia, New, standing on a step lad
der to reach it. He took hold of the
lamp with one hand to balance himself
and hen accidentally touched the other
side of the lamp. Instantly he was
drawn off his feet, and curled and
writhed like a snake as the electric cur
rent went through him. Finally one of
the wires broke, and he fell TO the floor
unconscious. He 0 recovered, but his
hands were scared and blackened.-f,ew
York Sun
, 1888-04-12

Proposals for construction of Bath
House at Fort d. A. Russell, Wyo.
Depot Quartermaster's Office, Cheyenne
Depot, Wyo., April 10, 1888. Sealed
proposals, in triplicate, subject to the
usual conditions, will be received at this
Office until 10 IL. Wednesday, May 9,
1888, at which time and place they will
be opened in the presence Of bidders, for
furnishing material and constructing a
Bath House at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.
The government reserves the right to re-
ject any or all proposals. Preference
given to articles of domestic production
and manufacture, conditions of price and
quality being equal, and such preference
given to articles Of American production
and manufacture produced on the Pacific
coast to the extent Of the consumption re-
quired by the service there. Plans and
specifications can be seen, circulars con-
tanning instructions to bidders, and blank
forms of proposals can be obtained on APP
plication at this office. Envelopes con
tanning proposals should be plainly
marked: Proposals for construction Of
Bath House, land addressed to the under.
signed, Charles f. Humphrey, Captain
and Assistant Quartermaster, u. S. A.
, 1888-04-12
no. 7, L. A. NO. S.-PROPOSALS
~ for Army Supplies eadquarters

NO. 7, l.. A. NO. S.-PROPOSALS
~ for Army Supplies eadquarters
Dept. of the Platte, Office of Chief Com
missaTy of Subsistence, Omaha, Neb.,
March 81, 1883. Sealed proposals in tri.
plicate, accompanied by guarantee bonds,
will be received at the office of the com
missary of subsistence at Omaha, Neb.,
and the office Of the acting commissary OF
subsistence at Fort Omaha, Neb., until
~ O'Clock NJ, central standard time, and
at the office of the commissary of sub
s%istence at Cheyenne Depot, Wyo., and
and the offices OF the acting commissaries
of subsistence at Forts Sidney, Niobrara
and Robinson, Neb., Forts Mckinney,
Laramie, Bridger, D. A. Russell and
Washakie, and Camp Pilot Butte, Wyo.,
and Forts Douglas and Du Chesne,
Utah, until IL o'clock a. M,
mountain standard time, on
Wednesday, the 18th day of April, 1888,
at which time and places they will be
opened in the presence of bidders, for the
furnishing and delivery of the fresh beef
required at the posts and stations men
toned, respectively, during the fiscal year
commencing July /, 1888. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids. For in
formation as to the quantity of fresh beef
to be furnished at any post or station,
mount of guarantee bond, blank propos-
ais and guarantee bonds, and circulars for
information of bidders, apply by mail or
in person to the office herein designated
to receive proposals thereat. J.W. BAR
RlGER, Maj. and G. s., U. s. A., Chief
q. s.
, 1888-04-12

A GENTLEMAN recently decided that If
he should receive sufficient inducement,
say q bonus of $1,000, he would establish
a weekly newspaper at Bonanza in the
Big Horn basin. The people Of Bonanza
apparently have no ~unconQuerablc ambi-
ton to have a weekly paper published in
their midst and treat the matter with I'M
merited contempt. The Buffalo Sentinel
gives a list of some Of the principal sub
scriptions, which is as follows
Fred White, l cat skin.
A. G. Shuck, l dog hide,
Geo Dowse, | box pills.
a. ID. Pruess, | jaw bone.
j. j. Hill, l COW tail.
o. q. Morgan, ! John rabbit pelt.
w. J. Hall, l old sock.
b. Il. Hanson, ] poisoned pup.
Roany b. Bumpers, | COW tooth.
Lee Hyatt, l skunk hide.
JAS. Hawkins, l Lint tar.
j.. j. Williams, l OF. carbolic acid.
With such inducements held out an
energetic country editor, gifted with a
reasonable amount OF discretion, will give
Bonanza a wide berth in lis search for a
desirable location. COrdwOod and pump
kins, in payment OF job work, are luxu.
ries in comparison with the threatened
contributions of the good people of Ro-
nanZa.
, 1888-04-12

Joseph Cook, to take place in Boston, it
talked of. The readers who may nos
know the title that Joseph Cook posses
ses to fame we may state that he is the
man who achieved immortal renown by
jumping on a drummer who insisted on
eating a rare beefsteak In G~alesburg.
, 1888-04-12

Col. T. w. Bullitt, of Louisville, a
that it was not Daniel Boone who made
the pioneer settlement in Kentucky, but
an ancestor of his own named Walker.
In proof of this assertion ~he-shows a
Ratchet with which the said Mr.. Walker
blazed a path through the trackless
woods in 1749.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-04-12
To perforate Enrthenwnre.

A method which is said to be very
satisfactory is recommended by Profess
sor Stuart us follows: Instead of a drill,
a soft copper rod or pipe is used in the
lathe, it being fed with a mixture of pow
dered emery and linseed oil. The emery
is embedded in the copper by the fric-
ton, and cuts right through the hardest
material in a very short ime.-Scientific
American.
, 1888-04-12

Russell Sage says he keeps on at stock
dealing because he does not know what
else to do. He thinks New York supe-
rior to Paris, and says Broadway is good
enough for him, and adds: I'D rather
stay at II Broadway and guess on the
prices of things than be anywhere else in
the world. New York World.
, 1888-04-12

For a better or more pleasant remedy for
the cure of consumption. bronchial troub-
les, cough, Group and whooping cough
than Santa Able, the California king of
consumption. Every bottle warranted.
II you would be cured OF that disgusting
disease, catarrh, use California Cat r. Cure
81 a Jar, by mail SI.iO. Santa Able and
Cat-R-Cure are sold and warranted by W.
N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-12

For effective pulpit work a rested brain
is the best of all immediate preparations.
Had to choose between a manuscript
with a weary head on my shoulders, and
a fresh head-not n new one, of course
and no manuscript, 1 would select the
hcad.--George c. Lorimer in The Writer.
, 1888-04-12

a well known old Philadelphia gossip
was counting OF her fingers the other
day some of the fashionable people whose
marriages were the result of runaway
matches, and in not a single instance had
they turned out well. = Philadelphia
Times.
, 1888-04-12

II. S. ELLIOTT, who lived IN Cheyenne
for a short time, is now county attorney Of
johnson county, having received an ap
pointment to the office from the commits
sioners on account of a vacancy existing.
, 1888-04-12

&Owo the Children. They are es.
SNOS pecially liable to sudden
Colds, Coughs, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. We guarantee Acker's English
Kennedy a positive cure. 1t saves
hours of anxious watching. Sold by
DR.. w. n, Hunt.
, 1888-04-12

What you need is a medicine which is
pure, efficient, reliable. Such is Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t possess peculiar curative
powers.
, 1888-04-12
a New Language superauous.


lSOmerNllle journal
Unprecedented people who have heard a
mother talk confidentially to her only
baby do not see any need in this world for
volapuk.
, 1888-04-12
PITH IN
seek Farther for knowledge.

Nothing is ever really lost or can be
lost" sings Walt Whitman. Walt APP
pears to have never played poker.
, 1888-04-12
MI0M aigays h ssSs

Soother at hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price % cents. Sold by
DR.. W. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-12

Legal blanks at the Leader office.
, 1888-04-12
HASN'T Had Enough.

Mr.. Blaine is believed TO be the only
man who was hit between the eyes by a
thunderbolt, hat yet insisted or hanging
around the spot where he WIS first laid
out.
, 1888-04-12

Boys Shirt UrHisES 25C
and HDlUardS at N. MARKS
, 1888-04-12
Parallel Cases.
lChlcngn HnEnll-l

When the man who thought he could
teach his horse to go without food got the
animal down to a straw a day it died. The
attempt to teach the Iowa man to go
without drinking ia likely tn result in the
same fatal manner.
, 1888-04-12

Joseph's Grip on Fame.
Peoria Transcript
discussion between Lucy Parsons and
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-01
DnEccGA7lC AxSsyscxilrS1s. |.

AL a meeting oi the Democratic Gen. tsal Committee of Gila county, held August 29, 1888, the following bu,i- ness was transacted:
 There was but one n,cmber Of the committee chosen two years ago pres ent, and two naw members, elected by a Mass Meeting heli tue day previous. The members present were; $. Klein, P. Shanley and 4. Trippel.
 $. Klein produced proxies from W. II Sutherland, N. H Price and Chas. Boquot. and a quornm beng present, A Trippel was elected Chairman and P. Stanley, Secretary.
 On rrotion, the following appartion- ment of delegates from the various voting precincts cl Glla county were made;
 Voting Place.
 Globe IIolmes oflice-15.
 Fran, Cline's-3.
 Grapevine, --Geo. Danforth's-4.
 McHIllsn, Joe Stoans T.
 Pioneer, W. Il. Sutherland 's-l.
 stanton, N. H Prices 2, San Carlos, Al. Siaber's Il
 On notion the date for holding pri- mary elections was fixed for Monday, September IT, 1888, and for the Coun- ty Convention to meet in Globe the 1st day of October 1888.
 There belng no other business brought before the committee, on mo- tion the meeting adjourned.
 4. TRiPPEL, Chairman. r. STANLEY, Secretary.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-01
BOARD or s,rEay,soas.
GIopE, Ciila County, Arizona,

! bItbhy Ntlld Sodtt1, alinViit4 August 25, 1888,
 Board met pursuant te adjourn. ment. ent-Superyisors Redman sultan and Gerald; C. T. Martin Clerk; J. D McCabe, District Attcr- ney, and Geo. E. Shute, Assessor, l Minutes of July 26th read and ap. proved
 Convened as a Board of Equaliza- tion,
 Geo. A. Allen appeared, sworn and examined as to his assessment; R, II. Schell, sworn and examined as to the assessment of G. A. Allen, J. T. Flip- pin sworn and examined as to the as sessment of Geo A. Allen; motion made and seconded that the original assessment of c. A. Allen stand.
 j. T. Fhppin appeared, sworn and examined; motion made and seconded that tAe original assessment of J. T. Fiippln stand.
 J. Holohan appeared, sworn and ex- amined as to the assessment cf Mrs. J. Holohan and consented to let the as sessmcnt stand as corrected,
 Wn. H, Beard appeared, sworn and examined as 10 the assessment sf ]. Redman: motion made and seconded that the asssssment of j Redman stand.
 Convened as a Board of Supervisors,
 Petition of J, H. Baker and others for the formation of new school dis trlct m the Sierra Ancba mountains, to be known as School District No. ,, with the recommendation of the Goun- ty Superintendent of schools, that the petition be granted, vas read motion made and seconded that the petition be granted, with boundaries as defined in the petition.
 Petition of C. E. Dobbs and others for the formation of new school dis trict ont of portion of School District No. 3, was read; on motion the peti- ton was not granted, for the reason that sad pstition is contrary to Par. i516 Revised Statutes of Arizona,
 On motion Constable r M. Ham mon, was granted leave ol sb8eucs for sixty days 10 go beyond the limits cl ths county and Territory,
 On motion 1t was ordered that frcm and after date this county will pay bsuntieS for tho destrhctlon of wild animals as follows, to-wit: Panthsrs and mountain lions $l5 each, lynx, coyotes and wild cats 9 cents each
 On mouon warrant for S29 was ordered drawn en Reno Road Fund to be accounted for by the 0yersear of said Reno Road District in his next settlement.
 On motion the plastering of the Court House and the oementing of the basement f'ors in Caurt House as done by L |. WinFsey was accepted as per eontrAe.
 On motlon the house on the Big  Johnny or 0'Doughert7 mine wss sold to 4. R. Young for the sum of $25.
 Qa Hotion two old window frames and sash were sold to Jos. Thompson fer tue sum of fSi
 On motion the Board adjourned to Aug. q, 1888, at 10 o'clock a. m.
 CHAS. T. MARTIN Clerk. Approved J. REDMAE, Chairman.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-01
THE ,oc.rroN os TIE xEv rosr.

Tue committee sent to San Carlos te interview the detall of officers in ses- sion to select g site for a military Post, met with a pleasant reception and the agreeable character of their visit promises much for the realization of the hopes of tue people living on the west line of the reservation, for the location Of Post near Glebe
 Tie Board of officers are acting un. der orders that give them no discretion in their selection of a site, belng SC worded that the Board cannot desig- nate any nther point than San Carlos. But while ihey are at present limited in their authority, at the same time they realize he total un6tness of any point on the San Carries river for the establishment of permanent Pest, and are anxious to find more deara- ble sfat with the hope that their or dsrs may be modified aud give them the right 10 exercise a discretion in selecting the site. They have visited the most available spots on the San Carlos river and condemn that vicinity for climatic and sanitary reasons.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-01
PROCEEDINGS 0F TsE DEW0CRATIc
 MAss alEETESG

At the Dsfocratic meeting held al the court hohse on Tuesday evening the following proceedings were had Dr. s. c. Heineman was elected char man and T. A, Lonsrgaa secretary After appropriate remarks by Nsssrs Tripnsl, Robertson, Blair, Holmes Sultan, Heineman and others, the fol- lowing resolution, introduced by Mr, Lowe, was unanimously carried
 Believing that any action by the Territorial Convention, about to as- semble at Tucson, designating to tho Preaident the parties la be appointed to fill oflieIal positions in tine Ierrito- " would De unwise and premature, and productive of iil-fealing apd ani- moSit,eS between aspirants and their respective friends, and create strife and lukswarmneSs, where all should be harmony and energy. Therefore be 1t
 RESOLVED by the Democrats of Gila county in Mass Meeting assembled, that our delegates to said Convention be and are hereby instructed to une quivocaIly and continuously sp. esa all action of said Convention tendlng te recommend to tho President the names of any party for appointment, further than an expression of the nc cessity and justice of the principles of Home Rule and the enforcement there. oi in the Territories. And be t further
 RESOLVED, That we unanimously recommend to the Convention ths nomination of tue Hon. Marcus A. Smith fer Delegate 10 Congress; and eur county delegates to said Conven- ton are instructed to use all fair and legitimate means to secure his noml- nation.
 Messrs. R}alr, Robertson and Dr. Trippel were selected to represent Gila county m the Territorial Convention to bs held in Tuoson en the Sd prey, !, ?. McCabe, Went House and ". 4. Holmes were named as alternates. Patrick Shanley, s. Klein and W. A. Hclmes were appointed committee to solicit subscriptions to dstray the expenses of the delegates to Tucson, Dr, Trippel and Patrick Stanley were elected to fiIl the vacancy in the Coun- ty Central Committee. It was the sense of the meeting that the County Central Committee be requested to meet at an early date and fix the time for the primaries and County Gonven- ton. Meeting adjourned.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-01

A committee of Globe citizens mat the Board Of Officers appointed to se- feet site for inc new Post and to- gethsr examined the country in the vicinity of Tho'npson's and Holmes wells, about eight milas southeast oi Globe, and comprising & sufficient area of iqyel land to meet all requirements, and surrounded with excellent pas turags. lis eligibility Is further in- creased by proximity to good timber on Pinal mountain, and what is still more important, an abundant supply drumming water 10 be had by piping t about five miles. The Board ex- pressed themselves as entirely satisfied with the water supply at this point, available fer nse at the site suggested for 6 Post ir GilSon's valley.