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The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

The opening chapters of splen- did story for the young, by the famous snowman, P. T. Barnum, appears this week in the columns of The New York Family Story Paper. The story describes the adventures of an American boy, whom Mir. Barnum calls My Plucky Boy Tom," and whom he sent to India in search of wild, fierce and rare animals to replace those destroyed by the disastrous fire at Bridgeport last month. The reader is thrilled by the hair breadth escapes of this dauntless American boy when capturing the fiercest and widest animals ever seen in any travelling show. The New York Family Story Paper is for sale at all news-stands.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
Carlisle Items.

Our camp has been very quiet during the holidays. The Christ mas ball was the only feature that showed any stir among our clti- zens. It was given at the com pany boarding-house by Mrs. Baker, and was one of the finest ever had in the camp. The next event will be leap year ball, to be given some time in February for the benefit of the school.
 The mill has not been running full time, owing to the scarcity of water, which has always been the trouble here. Only part of the stamps are in operation, and they are hung up day or two every week.
 The construction of the smelter is gradually nearing completion.
 The latest strike here is a lime ledge, which has long been sought for, but until now unsuccessfully. Jack McNeff and Tom Levy have found good lime rock and can put it in bins for less than the freight from Duncan to Carlisle.
 Judge Greaves was in camp last week for the purpose of swearing in our new officers, J. Coleman, justice of the peace, and Mir. Dun- bar, deputy sheriff. We may now expect law and order, as these men are of the right stamp to ad- minister to the wants of our citl- zens in this respect.
 J. c. Kennedy is out on a milk ranch and is reported as looking finely.
 Thos. J. Woods was over to Cliff ton on a flying trip and brings back thrilling accounts of his ex- perience with inclined railroads, hot baths and the tiger" Joe Reichards says that the hot baths were enough for him.
 J. J. Oswald has returned from a pleasure trip to Lordsburg, and brings back word that he prefers Clifton. D.
 Carlisle, N. M., January 2d.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

The tariff question with both political parties has for years been like unto piece of money in a pan of electrified water. The money is wanted, but if it be touched the party touching will be shocked. So it has been in a manner with the question of ad- justing the tariff. Our statesmen have aired their views on the hustings during political cam paign excitement, but have never grappled the question with view of creating a direct issue; they have been afraid of being shocked. But now the tariff is an issue, as is evidenced from the way people are discussing 1t. And the strang- est thing about it is that the Re publicans are divided and the Democrats differ on the question. Men may be found differing about protection, etc, who have no de- fined idea of what they are talking about. President Cleveland is the only man that has displayed nerve enough to enter the field with lance at rest challenging solu- tion. His message to congress will bring to solution the ques- ton whether the country is in favor of free trade or protection, and so far his course must be ap- proTed by all people who have the real welfare of the country at heart and admired by every one
 who is able to appreciate a manly action. His course in this partic
 ular is in strong contrast to the politicians who have through self ish motives and fear of defeat either dodged the issue or strad- dled the fence. The Presidents message brings the matter square ly and fairly before the people, and the next Presidential battle must be fought on that platform and that platform alone. The contest will change the personnel of both parties. Certain elements heretofore always found in the ranks of the Democracy will in the next election undoubtedly be found casting their ballots for the Republican candidate and vice versa. Which will gain or lose in the greatest ratio remains yet to be seen. Old friends will part company as the struggle goes on in a manner only equalled by the way in which they did in 1860. We believe that the political com plexion. of whole States will change What may suit the State of Pennsylvania may or may not suit some other state depending upon for its resources different product. The great question. however, and the one which must be decided sooner or later, and which must consequently conduce to the great welfare of all, is, which policy will bring the most good to the greatest number. No matter what our political opinions may be; no matter whether our individual opinions may differ radically from those of the Presi- dent, each and every voter must glve him the credit of having the courage to proclaim his convic- tions, let the result be what it may.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

Lordsburg IS kicking about its
 postoffice. The, last issue of the
 Liberal says: The postoffice will
 on the 1st be moved to the build ing between the California store and Hart Bros meat market and will be blended with fruit and confectionery stand. We suggest the idea of establishing the office on wheels and then the mail can be delivered along with hay, chickens, eggs, milk, peanuts. fruits and other essentials which go to make postoffice one of the great institutions of this country The postoffice at this point seems to be drug upon the market as it has been sold and bartered like secondhand furniture, to the highest bidder. It has been of fered, but a short time ago, for $50. We consider 1t high time that the citizens of this place had something to say as to who mani pulated the malls, and if a change Is to be made let man be recom- mended by petition from the citizens and let that man be com petent and one who will give the position some attention. We have not done with this postoffice sale business yet.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

An Ell Paso dispatch of Decem- Der 18th says: l.. A. McWood of San Francisco, returned last night from the City of Mexlco, where he received the largest railway concession ever granted by the Mexican government. The Santa Fe and Mexican Central roads have been trying to get this same concession for several years. It commences at Topic, state of Jalisco, and runs northwest to Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast and thence northwest through Sinaloa, embracing a number of important cities, and continuing in the same direction through Sonora, forming a connection with the Southern Pacific at Yuma. The new line TOT Wnlcn the concession IS grant ed almost forms a circle, and will open the finest inning region in the world It will tap the mineral districts on the Pacific side of the Sierra Madres, and will carry the orc now transported by burros into a ready market Work is to be begun Tn May next, and the road is to be finished in four years. The chief engineers will leave Fl Paso in the next twenty days. AIr. McWood says he will have the required backing from New York, Boston and English capitalists.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

An exchange writes: We shall write three S's in our date-lines for twelvemonth. It is thou sand years since the combination last appeared, and it will be an- other thousand years hence ere it will occur again. What has been the progress in the last period? What will be the progress in the next? Here is a field for contem- plation.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

Concerning more than one-half
 the mining operations carried on in the mineral regions of the West,
 the outside world knows little or nothing. They hear much of what is being done by the large con- panies-much of their big mines, costly plant. enormous output of bullion, their profits and losses, their successes and failures, be- cause these being conspicious matters, arrest the attention of all. Everybody reads about the few big enterprises but nothing about the many small ones. for the reason that scarcely anything about these finds its way into the papers. The general public knows what the Plymouth company in California, the Ontario in Utah, and the Granite Mountain in Montana are accomplishing, even to the details of their business,
 but they do not know what the 10000 miners working their small claims about these great proper ties are doing; and yet these latter give support to more people and diffuse more wealth throughout the community than is done by the big corporations. The great army of self-employing miners, toiling silently and in their small way along the dead rivers" and the live water courses, on the mountain-sides, and in the deep canyons, make always enough money to maintain themselves and those dependent upon them in comfort, accommodating generally competence and sometimes a fortune besides. The labors of these men are for the most part intermittent, being carried on in some cases only in the dry and in others only in the wet season, the business in which they are en- gagged being more or less precar- ious. They have to conform their operations largely to the weather changes, and sometimes closely watch their opportunities. The dry diggings can be worked only in the wet season, and then in most cases only for a short time; but they pay well while the water lasts. Commissioning is practi- cable only when there is free water and plenty of it, the same being true of hydraulic operations in certain localities. The river bed miner deprecates the early advent of the rainy season, which the drifter, the hydraulicker and most other placer workers most desire. And so these silent workers have their ups and downs; yet, taken as whole, they are fairly prosperous, and really bene- fit the country at large more than the big companies with their ex tensive operations and large in vestments,-Mining and Scientific Press.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

It is stated that there is proba- bility of Mexico passing law placing heavy duty on the ex- portation of ores. Recently a powerful English company bought and took possession of the San Felipe reduction works near Chihuahua. This company is working hard to secure the adop- ton of the measure.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

The Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco, the representa- tive journal of it's class in the West and the oldest in the United States, has completed volume LV.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

Black Bart, the notorious stage robber, who, single-handed and alone, committed twenty-three robberies in six years, was released from the State prison of California on New Years day.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

4 man at Pittsburg, Pa, has been sentenced to jail for thirty days for lying. We would suggest to Hughes of the Star to keep away from Pittsburg. He would be liable to get life.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

Paddy Ryan was thoroughly whipped in prize fight at San Francisco by a local boxer named McAuliffe. It only took three rounds to do the job. And yet Sullivan got most ofhIs reputation for taking a good while longer to do the same job.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
In speaking of a possible resur-

In speaking of a possible resur- rection of the Cutting matter dur ing the present session of Con- gress at Washington, a prominent official at Paso del Norte says that the Mexican government does not look for any such reopening, but if agalnst their expectations Sec retary Bayard should persist in keeping the matter open, tGN Mexican authorities are prepared to lay before the government of the United States such an array of facts and such clear exposition
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04

The entire town of Bisbee was destroyed by fire on the night of December 3Oth. The Copper Queen works were saved, being some distance removed from the town.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
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The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
Notice of Homestead Proof
Homestead Application No. 49s.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, TUCSON, Ariz., December 20, A. D. 1887. NOTICE is hereby given that the folowine. named settler has filed notice of his iDten- tion to make final proof in support of his claim; and that said proof will be made be- fore the Clerk of the United States District Court at Solomonville, Arizona, on the 3Oth day of January, 1888, viz:
 David H. Matthews of Pima, Graham county, Arizona, for the E half and NV quarter of the NV quarter section 10 and SW 2l E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- ton O said land, viz.: Helen K. Maxham, Solomon $. Matthews, John D. Holiday and Charles A. Matthews, all of Pima, Arizona Territory.
 AID. DUFF,
 Register. First publication December g, 1887.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
John $. Marmaduke, Governor of Missouri, died from an attack of pneumonia on December 2Sth.

Fl Paso is having great trouble with tramps, who have been hold ing up citizens with monotonous regularity,
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
Revocation of Proclamation
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, l EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 OFFICE 0F THE GnvEpNOp |

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. WHEREAS, The Live Stock Sanitary Commission of the Territory has off, cially requested that the respective quarantine proclamations of May 26th, snd August 18th, 1887, issued by the Executive at their request, be now revoked.
 Now, therefore, I, c. Meyer Zulick, Governor of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby revoke said quar- antine proclamatious as aforesaid In Witness Whereof I have here
 unto set my hand and SEAL. caused the Great Seal of
 the Territory to be affixed. Done at Prescott, the Capital, this 14th day of December, 1887.
 By the Governor:
 JAMES A. BAYARD,
 Secretary of the Territory.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
FOR SALE.

Alfalfa hay, loose or bailed, in any quantities. For particulars address MICHAEL HOGAN, Duncan, Graham County, Arizona.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
Rail Road Tickets

To all parts of the U. s. bought sold and exchanged at s. H. DRAoH- MANS, Tucson, Arizona.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-01-04
Governors Proclamation. $ 800 REWARD ! EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
 MAY COME, GREETING: WHEREAS, I am informed that William c. Drake, late private, Troop G., 4th Cavalry, was found murdered, at Sulphur Springs, south of Wilcox, Arizona, on the 29th day of September last, and no trace of the murderer or murderers has been discovered.
 Now, therefore, I, c. Meyer Zulick, Governor of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby offer and proclaim a reward of five hundred dollars for arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of the said William c. Drake.
 In Witness Whereof, I have set my
 hand and caused the great [sEALl seal of the Territory to be
 affixed hereto.
 Done at Prescott, the Capital, the 26th day of November, A. D. 1887.
 c. MEYER ZULICK. By the Governor:
 JAS. A. BAYARD,
 Secretary of the Territory.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28

A FARNER, while driving along a
country road near Sulphur Springs,
Texas, saw an old pot which had been
washed up by the hard rain a few days
before. Picking it up to examine it,
he was avtonished to find that it con-
tanned $3.50 in gold. The money is
supposed to have been hidden by guer.
illas in war times.
AN inventive genius at Pocahon tas,
Ind, grinds cornstalks and coarse
pra lrie grass together and moistens
them with water. When this COM
pound has been reduced to pulp, he
presses it into blocks twelve inches
long and four inches thick When
these are thoroughly dried they burn
readily, and it is claimed give more
heat than the same amount of soft coal.
ELDER T. w. EVANS, the great Sha.
ker, in celebrating his eightieth birth.
day, says that he will live ten years
more, and will in that time see his
theories realized, to wit: State own.
ership of land, the holding of public
office by celibates alone, equal suffrage.
and the ownership and education OF
children by the State.
SOME of the handsomest old maj .
sions in the country may be seen in
Annapolis, Md. where they have stood
with but little alteration since the ear.
ly colonial days. A few of the hous q
date back to the seventeenth century
but the more imposing of them were
built just prior to the Revolution.
The old Grant homestead, located
four miles from st. Louis, Mo-, wa
sold the 2lst inst. by Chauncey M
Depew to satisfy a mortgage held BY
w. II. Vanderbilt. The farm consists
of 75O acres, and wes mOrtgsged tt
Vanderbilt at the time of the Grant
Ward failure. 1t sold for $40, 600. TIL
premises originally belonged to tn,
Dent family.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28

The bill now under consideration
b. q been formed for the double pur-
pose of reducing the surplus and r..
lieving the country of needless taxa.
ton. The changes made, the majorI-
ty of the committee believes, will ac
compllsh these objects; but let it be
clearly understood that The interests
of labor have been held steadily in
view at every stage of our proceedings,
and We believe that this bill furnishes
that protection o labor which our op-
ponents profess to give, but 10 which
TIE policy is directly opposed. Tue
effect of th S bill will ue, not t. reduce
his wages, out 10 lessen to him the
cost of the necs7saries of life, and to
decrease his de pendence upon the en-
ployer. EXtr- ne poverty and liber, y
never ext logether. Starving men
and women can not be Tree. Depen-
debt upon the employer for the oppOr
tuuity of earning bread, and frequent
ly for the roOf over his head the stead
ineos of his work dependent. not upon
the law of supply and demand, but
uDon Lne will of the Trust, the em-
p'oye 10 protected industries becomes
the personal and political slave of his
employer. 1t is the condition of this
"
menace to liberty or its bulwark.
that the committee has primarily
sought to better Protection, so CO slled,
will add no penny to the wage work.
er's pay or give one days additional
labor in the year, but it will rob him
out of an undue proportion of his
earnings to purchase the necesss ries
of life, and keep him trembling de
pendent, since the recent history OF
this country shows that the tendency
of the protected industries is toward
combination in the form of Trusts
under which production is arbitrarily
suspended, raising prices to the con
sumner aud throwing the workman out
of his job. Monopoly more terrible
more dangerous to the liberties of {
country, more oppressive to the labor
er, can pot be Imagined.
Tbs arisi Ocraey, soulless and re
morseless,i is totally unlike that which
ex sts abroad under the patents of th'
sovereign The members of the latte
draw their ST ted income from fixei
sources and redistribute them anon,
the people in the expenses of thei
living. But the members of our plu
tocfacy, the plutocracy of subsidy, tn
monopOliZers OF A merican ms rkets
are cont nually changing. by the ope
ration of their own will, the object
and the volume of IA laliOu Whicl
they lev y upon the pub ic, aud th
prOcs eds go to swell the fortunes G
adventures, which, when combine
'ogether, threaten the political subju
cation of the public. their exactiop
are limited only by their desire to tax
: or by the ability of the IA. sses TO pay
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28
DEAD BEAT ENVELOPES.
The President Signs a New La "
Applying n h heretO.


Applying Thereto.
by " collection agencies" in sending
out envelopes to delinquents, whether
dead beats" or not, as printed upon
the same, enclosing a dun, is declared
by an act just approved by the Presi-
dent, unlawful, and provides. among
other things:
"a nd all matter otherwise mailable
by law upon the envelope or outside
cover or wrapper of WI :ch, or postal
card, upon which indecent, lewd. les.
civiCUs, obscene, libelous, scurriIous
or threatening delineations, epithets,
terms, or language, or rejecting inju
riously upon the character or conduct
of another, may be written or pr uted
are hereby declared to be non. ma liable
matter, and sha not be conveyed in
the mails, nor delive. ed from any posi-
Office, nor by any letter carrier; and
any person who shall knowingly de
posit, or cause to be deposited, fol
mailing or delivery anything declare d
by this section to be nOn.mailable
matter, aud any person who shall
knowingly take the same or cause the
same to be taken fom the mails, fol
the purpose of circul lating or disposing
of, or of aiding in the circulation ol
disposition of the same shall be guilty
of q misdemeanor, and shall, for eacI
offense, be fined not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than five
thousand dollars, or imprisonment al
hard labor. not less than one year mol
more than ten years, or both, at the
discretion of the court.n
Postms ster General Dickinson says
Anything in the nature of an often
sive or threatening dun apparent upon
an envelope, outside cover. or posta
card, conveying the impression tha
such dun is enclosed, will be excluded
under this act.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28
SHALERSVILLE.

CORRESPONDENCE.
The meeting OF The o, B. Society the
eve of June 20th, was we'll attended.
The session w7s principally of a bust
ness nature. Several new members
ioined the ranks. The assembly were
entertained by some choice music by
Mrs. F. A. Barber aud Me-srs Craw
ford and Heslop. The Socie ) pnr-
chased an organ of fine tone and finish
and are now better prepared than eyer
to .lrnish enter ls sinment for their
many friends. The next regular meet
ing will be held on Satu day eve1 ing
June 30.
Mr.. Noble Haven's barns and other
outbuildings were destroyed by fire Oh
the evening of the goth. The # "ily
were away at the TINE, and neighbor-
seeing the fire did sil in their power
to stop it, but were not success Ill
though bad it not been for their united
efforts it is thought the house, too
would haye bu ned. Tbs 's a great
loss t. Mr.. Haven not~ itl ia nding
there was n Insurance on the proper "
We learn there were l 900 pounds o
wool burned 20. The fire is believed
to have been the work ofsu inceDdia,y y
| The little son of e. B. Kines "a sich
with lung fever. but is improving.
Mis. A mon Tomson is dangerously
i'll. The mumps are in the same family
A A. Barber, w lace Stage and l.
II. Ne'son, with heir wives, spent les
Sabbath with Geo. Tudie and .em /!
at Newton Fa g.
MISS Clara Tdttle - Visiting END
in Cleve aud. PHGBE.