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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-09

The postmaster general has appointed
Frank W. Spaulding postmaster at Sher-
burue, Vt.
Toiay's purchase of bonds, amounting to
S3, 7s2 200, completes the requirements of
the sinking fund for the present fiscal year
After Judge Thurman left the supreme
court he returned to the Ebbtt House and
spent quiet evening, Only a few friends
being received Al their request the Judge
consented to hold reception in the parlors
of the Ebbitt House some time prior to leay-
ing the city. The President it is said will
attend the reception. General Rosecrans
was made chairman of the reception COM
mitt1e.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-10-09
BY TELEGRAPH.
SIGNAL SERVICE
Weather Indications for the Next "a
Hours
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

" 17HIFV 0F' WEt' . n VI.
For Maine Fair, cooler, northwesterly
winds. brisk oa the coast, attending storm
centre in the Gulf Of st. Lawrence eau
tionsry signals are ordered for Tuesday
morning on the coast from Newport section
to Eastpou
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
A FINE MOUNTAIN RANCH.
From the Wilcox Stockman.

On returning from Fucker we made a detour and visited MT. B. F. Smiths place in Morse's Canycn. MT. Smith has without doubt the finest garden, vineyard and orchard in Coch;se county. Each year he raises large quantity of garden truck" of all kinds, and for two or three years past his grape vines have been bearing, as we'll as some of the fruit trees. This year both vines and trees are loaded with fruit, and the crop will be very large. Cherries were ripe at the time of our visit. Apples, peaches, apricots, plums, pears, quinces and cher ries are grown by MT. Smith, and all seem to do equally we'll. It will we'll re- pay one who doubts the adaptabilty of this section of Arizona for horticultural purposes to visit Mir. Smiths ranch and see what has been accomplished. The doubting Thomas will then no longer doubt.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
A NOVEL DAM,

E. w. Clark, who has located a ranch at Evans Camp, on the west side of the Huachucas, has solved a water and irri- gation problem, which is an important discovery for Arizona. MT. Clark dug a trench across the canyon to bedrock, in places twenty feet deep, and quite large volume of water was encountered. He then filled up the trench with clay to the surface, pudding the same as work pro gressed. The result IS that there is now a fine flow of water over the subterranean dam, where water never ran before ex. cept in the rainy season, sufficient to ir- igate several acres o! rick land lying below.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The majority of the Elections Com mittee has decided to report in favor ot unseating Representative Fel'on, of the Fifth California district, and putting in Sullivan, the Democrat, whom MT. Eel ton beat by II9 votes. The question was virtually decided three weeks ago, but by general consent Chairman Crisp agreed to withhold the report until after the convention. Votes are likely to be needed now 10 force the Mills bill. through, and there will be no further de- lay. The fact that Mir. Felton has proved himself a valuable member of the house and that Sullivan will rattle around in his chair will not make any more difference than the fact that Felton had majority of the votes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

One day week before last 8,ooo i'm. migrants landed at Castle Garden. This is at the rate of about 2,92o,ooo year. Of course this rate will not be kept up for year. The largest immigration which ever took place in any twelve month was in 1882, when 78S,992 aliens landed in this country. This year the total will scarcely reach that figure. It will be heavy enough, however, 10 make the matter of its regulation one with which Congress should concern itself- St. Louis Globe. Democrat.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The many old timers who remember John H. Marion, editor of the Courier, as one of Arizonas pioneers who early in the Cos blazed out the way for civiliza- tion to fellow, will regret to learn that President Cleveland has vetoed the bill recently passed by both Houses of Con- gress to relieve him of liabilities result. ing from his failure to fill government hay contract years ago, when drouth had parched everything as dry as a powder horn from the Rio Grande to the Colo rado.-Hoof and Horn.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The New York Mail and Express says: It IS becoming more and more evident that the Democrats are getting badly scared on the free trade issue. They have selected for chairman of their Ma. tional Committee MT. w. H. Barnum, of Connecticut, strong pro:ectionist; they got Mir. Carlisle to make protec- tionist speech in New York; and they are making the most strenuous efforts to have it appear that. Cleveland, in his message, meant exactly the opposite of what he said. And yet, and ye,-what does it mean, that the Mugwump jour nals are nearly all supporting the Demo. cratic candidate, on the sole plea that he is for free trade?
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The St. Lotus Repubncan, of the 26th ult., says: The leading cat lemen now in the city report that the supply of goot cattle is more nearly exhausted now than for many years. The upward turn in the prices caused by the decreased receipts of heavy cattle, which had until then been almost drug, began May 26,. and since then there has hardly been day when there were enough beef cattle received at this point to supply the demand. In twenty days prices have made greater advance than was ever made before in the history of Kansas City,
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
BUFFALO BILL TO VISIT ARIZONA.

BUFFALO BILL TO VISIT ARIZONA.
 Buffalo Bill. after the conclusion of his season at Erastina, proposes to conduct a party of British noblemen and in polit- ical life, together with several distin- guished Americans, on pleasure excur- sion across the plains. The party will start from his ranch at North Platt, Neb., and travel in wagons and on saddle horses, camping out at night. Since Major North's death, Col. Cody has been elected white chief of the Pawnees, and to this tribe he will first pay a visit. Thence he will take hls party into New Mexico and Arizona, stopping at all mill. tary posts and forts en route. He will come out through Lower California. The start will be made early in the Fall and the trip will consume several weeks. Col. Tom Ochiltree will probably be of the party.-N. Y. Sun.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
The Strength of the Republican Ticket Con-
 ceded

The Strength of the Republican Ticket Con-
 ceded.
 WASHINGTON, June 27.-An editorial in the New York Sun today has had the effect of sobering enthusiastic Democrats here. The Sun points out that Blaine and Logan carried States which welded them IS2 electoral votes in 1884. It also calls attention to the fact that the Demo. crats lost Indiana in 1886 by 3324 votes, and that the fifteen votes of Indiana added to the votes of States carried by Blaine and Logan would leave Harrison and Morton within four votes of the re- quired number to elect. It also calls attention to the fact that the vote of Connecticut has always been remarkably close, and that the prohibition vote there, which was more than the Democratic majority in 1884, is likely to fall back into the Republican column, and that Staie on the tariff issue is quite likely to go Republican.
 The Sun concludes its editorial m these words: It will not do for the Democrats to underrate the political importance of the Harrison and Morton ticket, while the nomination makes Indiana and Con- necticut from this tune on the veritable battle-ground. New York is not with. drawn from the question, for while it is absolutely indispensable to the success of Cleveland and Thurman, its loss would by no means deprive the Repub- licsns of their chances or render the fight hopeless for them. They won the election of 1868 without New York, and .aey nigh, be able to do it again. Un- deriving all this is the fact that General Harrison, like General Garfield, is an Ohio man, native of the Buckeye Stat-, and tha, Morton, like Arthur, the presi- dential nominee of the ticket, is New Yorker.
 Indeed, the Republican ticket of 1888 has many points of resemblance to the Republican ucket of 1860, and as all Democrats will remember the latter even', about the bes; thing the Democrats of the doubtful States can do now is to cease contemplating the weakness of the ticket which their opponents have put up and to develop what strength and stabil- ity appertains to their own.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
THE SOTAL PLANT.


 A new food for stock in considerable favor in the Southwest is the sotal plant It is found to De especially good for feed ing sheep. The plant belongs to th' aloe, and it is found growing in yer. large quantities over the plains of Wesl ern Texas. It also grows very exten- sively in Mexico. In appearance thu plant resembles that known as bea grass, the leaves being from eightee, inches to two feet in length, and thu edges have hooked horn. These leave; put out from crown or bulb. like pine apple or kohl rabi, which is on or abov, the ground, and is from foot to two ano one.half feet in diameter. The bulb i, the part that the stock eat, and is yer, nutritious, containing large amount Of saccharine matter. The Mexicans makt an alcoholic liquor from it, known a. mescal de sotal, and is one of.the mos, fiery of the many fiery beverages of thai country. To feed it to sheep mai starts out ahead of the flock and with ar axe splits open these bulbs, and the sheeI follow and gnaw out the center. In three or four months sheep will get hog fat or sotal, which is as good in winter, whe1 there is no grass, as in summer, and pos sibly better. Cattle are fed ir the sam. manner. Of course there is great waste for when once cut open the plant i killed. in which respect it differs from thu cactus plant, which propagates from ; leaf dropped on the ground. But fo thousands of square miles the sotal liter ally covers the ground and will feet hundred of thousands of sheep and cattle and will last into the incalculable future Sotal and cactus only few years agt were considered encumberers of the land and now they are important factors il successful stock raising and feeding il Southwest Texas.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

"How now, larpeyus, cred the bold Thurmanius, as the two Romans took the train for Herculaneum, Chow goes it?" Foul. O brave Thurmanius. By ISs, they-have nominated Hnrrisonius. who, wot, will hold the bridge as did Herhinius in the brave days of old" And Thurman, drawing his toga about hin, and invoking the mercy of the nine gods, went down to the Tiber to soak his head in it's placid water.-Nebraska State Jour- nal
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The contract for doing all the printing for the county for the coming six months has been awarded the EPITAPH by the Board of Supervisors. On advertising, the bids of the Prospector and this paper were the same, while on job work the EPITAPH got below its rival on items advertised for.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

A. D. IS44 1
 PEORIA, PEORIA, Co.,,
 State of Ill., To Whome it ma concern: no yee that John Smith and pauley Meyers ar herby entitled to go togethe, as other mared folks dose anywhere in side of corpret presinct an when mi com. missun coms am to Mary em for good and dat eme back to kniver any and all accident so help me good.
 o. M Ross,
 Justice of the Peace.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

An epidemic ol fites ha, broken out in Arizona towns of late. Two weeks ago last Sunday Kingman was destroyed, followed week later by the entire de- struction of Holbrook, and now comes Prescott on Sunday morning last and Flagstaff Monday morning with S5o,ooo and SIoo,o ,ooo fires respectively.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

No matter what may be the ills ycu bear from indigestion, dose of Ayers Cathartic Pills will ease you withou question. Just try them once and be assured; they have much worse dys- peptits cured. You'll find them nice and amply worth the price.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

According to the New York Herald, which has been Investigating the subject, Italian immigrants have been coming to New York this year at the rate of abou, 6ooo per month.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The National Republican, of Wash ngton, after a career of nearly twenty. ight years, suspended publication on he I2th, the paper having been merged nto the Washington Post, which is now printed as an independent journal.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

At the auction sale of l. ]. Haggin's yearling thosoughbreds. held in New York City on the 25th, King Thomas, a bay colt by imported King Ban, out of Maud Hampton, was purchased by Lucius Appleby at a cost of $3S,ooo, the highest figure ever paid for yearling The entire lot of seventy.two lead brought about $25o,o 900.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
Indigestion or Oonstipation.

A few HAMBURG FIGS are all that is necessary for tine cure of the severest cases of indigestion or constipation and one taken occasionally will prevent the development of these affections 25 cents. At all druggists. J. J. Mack & Co. pro. prietor, 5. F.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
Failing Health.
aDyspepsia Cured.

It would be impossible for me to de- scribe what suffered from Indigestion and Headache up to the time l began taking Ayers Sarsaparilla. Twas under the care of various physicians, and tried a great many kinds of medicines, but never obtained more than temporary :e- lief. After taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for a short time, my headache disap- peared, and my stomach performed its duties more perfectly. To-day my health is completely restored. Mary Harley, Springfield, Mass.
 have been greatly benefited by the prompt use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. It tones and invigorates the system, regu;, lates the action of the digestive and assimilative organs. and vitalizes the blood. It is, without doubt, the most reliable blood purifier yet discovered. - H. D. Johnson, 3S3 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. tt
 Aver s Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Aver & Co.,, Lowell. Mass.
 Price o1; six bottles. o5.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07

The Mormons have bought the Cor rallitos estate in Chihuahua, Mex. The price paid was $sooooo.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
Occidental Hotel

This is the only 6rst-classhotel in Tombstone. It is handsomely furnished with all modern improvements. Trav. elers who stop at this house will find every comfort and attention. Private rooms for commercial travellers at reason. able rates. A splendid billiard table and card room. The bar is supplied with pure brands of wines, liquors and cigars '@ u
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
TO RIVER ACCIDENTS.

The following certificate is said to be recorded in the records of Peoria county Ills.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
The First Sign

Of failing health, whether in the form of Night Sweats and Nervousness, or in a sense of General Weariness and Loss of Appetite, should suggest the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. This preparation is most effective for giving tone and strength to the enfeebled system, pro noting the digestion and assimilation of food, restoring the nervous forces to their normal condition, and for purify ing, enriching, and vitalizing the blood.
 Failing Health.
 Ten years ago my health began to fail. was troubled with distressing Cough, Night Sweats, Weakness, and Nervous ness. I tried various remedies pre- scribed by different physicians, but became SO weak that could not go up stairs without stopping to rest. My friends recommended me to try Ayers Sarsaparilla, which I.did, and I am now as healthy and strong as ever. -M Mrs. E. L. Williams, Alexandria, Minn.
 Ihave used Ayers Sarsaparilla, in my family, for Scrofula, and know, if it is taken faithfully, that it will thoroughly eradicate this terrible disease. have also prescribed it as tonic, as well as an alternative, and must say that honestly believe it to be the best blood medicine ever compounded.-W.F F. Fowler, M. D.. D.D. s.. Groouville Tenn. r
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-07-07
Pure Brown Leghorn Eggs for Sale.

Brown Leghorn Eggs, warranted pure, sa 90 der setting of thirteen. Inquire at the Epitaph office.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-12
dc Waather Cron Rnlletin.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The weather crop
bulletin for the week ending Saturday,
September %, says: The weather during
the week was generally favorable for all
growing crops in all sections, except New
England, where heavy rains were reported
as unfavorable. Throughout the cotton
ing the week has improved the condition
OF the co ton crop. In Louisiana the con
ditiOns were favorable for cane and the
harvesting Of rice, and generally through
out the gulf states. Over the tobacco re
giOns of Tennessee, Kentucky, North Caro-
lima and Virginia, and in the middle Allan
tic and New England states, frost is reported
which will probably result in some damage
to the growing crops, but warnings of these
frOsts were issued to the threatened sec
tiOns in time TO enable those receiving
them to secure the greater portion Of the
tobacco CROP.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-12
Dogs are Going Out of Fashion.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Every
day a sad eyed man stroIls up and
down Broadway with a collection of
dogs, held under control by long
strings. People stop him and talk.
The intelligent animals drop down on
the hagstones or grass and wait But
the bargain never comes. Dogs, the
fancier reluctantly admits, are going
out Of fashion" A magnificent st.
Bernard with a muzzIe like a lions,
and great, speaking eyes. is offered for
half what would have been considered q
moderate price two years ago and finds
no purchaser. The pug does not ride
IN miladi's lap with his neck decorated
with yellow bOws-nOt this season. He
skirmishes through the alleys and con-
sorts wife ours. He has fallen from
aristOcracy to democracy, and the fan
cier says there isn't any market worth
mentioning now for these once pam
pered darlings. Poodles, he adds, he
would never think of offering any more
t. respectable ladies. 1t would be an
insult. The only canine pets which
the fair mistresses have not WeaFied of
and discarded are the terriers-the
Skyes and their hairy kin. But even
these animated mop brushes are not as
popular as they once were. Saratoga
hOtelkeepers were quick to "catch on"
to this decline In the dog fashion. Last
season there were women who brought
their dogs with them, and not only in
sisted on having them in their rooms
at all hours, but some actually took
their pets into the big dining-rOOms
to the meals. One woman, the wife OF
a wealthy Rhode Islander, carried her
terrier into the crowded ball room and
deposited it In a chair beside her,
while scores of people stood. Oblivi-
Gus to the stares and mutterings, the
woman enjoyed t. hop and the ter
rier took nap. This season when the
descendant of Roger Williams put in
her appearance she found, to quote the
affable clerk, that the rates of board
for dogs had riz This is the cOnve-
nient way the Mr.. Riley of Saratoga
has of dealing with Objectionable
guests. There is a bottom but no top
limit to rates. The Rhode Island pat
ron was informed that she would be
charged for the dogs board, at a figure
at which even her extravagant ideas re-
cOiled. Thus the line was drawn this
season on dogs. The landlords would
hardly have attempted such a course
last year. but they saw the dog craze
winning, and they hoisted the warning,
No dogs need apply"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-12
First Digtriot Democrats.

NEBRAsKA CITY, Nsb., Sept 27.-The dem
Ocratic congressional convention OF the
First district met here today with about
two-thirds Of the elected delegates in at
tendance. Il was evident last night and
this morning that it would be difficult to
get any one to accept the nomination. and
a peculiar feature OF the situation was that
the South Platte wanted Douglas to name
the man. while Douglas conceded 1t to the
South Platte, and had no name to present
j. II. MOrlarlty OF Omaha j. r Burks
OF Gage and W. A Gardner of Douglas were
made chairman and secretary respectively.
Inere were no contests ana no resolutions,
the democratic madonna and state platforms
being endorsed On the hrSG roll or coun-
ties no names were presented aud a motion
was made to adjourn sine die. It was voted
down and a second roll commenced ass
named Q. H Brown OF Douglas and Brown
declined O5Oe presented A j. Sawyer OF
Lincoln, and Sawyer, in declining. Onered
the name of J. Sterling Morton. Paddock
Of Douglas, in behalf OF the entire deIega-
ton, seconded the nomination and Morton
was declared the nominee unanimously and
with great enthusiasm A committee, with
Sawyer chairman, notified Morton and
ing that he had not wished the honor, and
saying that it made no difference whether
or not he was elected; that he had led two
fOrlOrn hopes for the gOVernOrship at the
behest OF his party; that he did not desire
a seat IN congress, but welcomed the OppOr-
JuIriGy of taking part in the tariff debate
and challenged Cornell to meet him at any
time to discuss this issue of the hour. There
was tOrchlighG procession and speaking
at the opera house tonight in ratification
democratic demonstration during the cam
Daiun
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-12
A Horrible Crime.

CHICAGO, Oct. Minnie KatsOnburg
scarcely thirteen years of age, and Mrs
Margaret Elizabeth Snyder were arrested
tonight, the former for poisoning her
mother, brother and two sisters, and the
latter for urging the girl to do the act
Minnie quarre1Ied with her brother, and
claims to have been advised by Mrs. Snyder, a
neighbOr, to poison him. Accordingly last
Friday the girl spread a quantity of rat
poison upon the meat which was being
cooked for dinner Mrs. Katsonburg is at
present dangerously ill but the girls
brother and two sisters recovered from the
effects of the poison, after having been
given anti-Otes. Mrs. Snyder protests
Innocence OF everything connected with
the case
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-12
Russian Red Tape.

How easy it is in Russia, writes
George KEENAN, in the Century, to get
a high officials signature to any sort
OF a document may be illustrated by
an anecdote that have every reason
to believe Isl absolutely true. A "stOla
nachaInik, or head of a bureau, in the
provincial administration of TObOlsk,
while Boosting one day about his power
to shape and direct governmental &C
ton. made wager with another chin
Ovnik that he could get the governor
of the prOvince-the late Gov. LissO-
gorsks-tO sign a manuscript copy Of
the Lords prayer. He wrote the
prayer out IN the form of an official
document on q sheet of stamped paper,
numbered it, attached the proper seal
to it, and handed it to the governor
with a pile of other papers which re-
CURED signature. He won his wager.
The governor duly signed the Lords
prayer, and it wac probably as harm
less an official document as ever came
out of his Office.