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Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

The war clouds are still gathering in Europe. A special cablegram to the New York Times from London dated March I7th says: "In spite of the ex- pressed sympathy for Germany at the present time, there is undeniable evi. dence that Russia intends to take pro- nounced action of some kind, and pro- bably soon if the weather permits. Auth entic advices from South Prussia to-day state that two generals, fresh from a council at St Petersburg, have said that hostilities will begin in May. The work of putting the harbor of Odessa m state of defense is actively going on. Troops transported some time ago from Batoum to SebAstapol are being carried to the Austrian frontier and Bessbaraba, and trains are carrying them in preference to other business. Large numbers of troops are also making by easy stages Tula and Drest and Litoffsk to Kiet and the south west. At Eliz ,bethgrad, headquarters of the south Russian cavalry, the pur. chase of cavalry horses is going on. Cavalry arms of all kinds are being re- ceived and furnished, and blacksmiths are working night and day. The feeling is universal in southern Russia that the government is temporizing till frost and snow disappear, when its intentions will quickly become evident"
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

The synopsis of the Land Court bill, which is published in the EPlTAPH to day, furnishes the first public informa- f'on to the people of the Territory of the terms by which it is proposed to settle titles to lands in Arizona. Alter care. ful reading of the same, we fail to find any outrageous provisions, or any winch snouid cause such storm of indignation as has recently gone up from Maricop, and Final counties. In Cochise and Pima, where nine-tenths of the fraudu- lent land grants have been floated. the people are willing-nay, anxious-to have their claims adjudicated by such court. Hjustice, they say, cannot be there obtained, it is useless to look for it elsewhere. The great point to be looked at' however, is the vast benefit that will accrue to the Territory by having titles settled and secure. Unt,l that point is
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Pima and Cochise counties are more interested in the settlement of land grant titles in Arizona than all the balance of the Territory combined, as the grants are all within the borders of these two coun- t,es. So far as the so called P,ralta grant IS concerned, there hasnot even shadow oi title thus far been d veloped. All the alarm which some parties are stirring up about the the Peralta business, is for no other purpose than to snare the peo- pie in the Sall River Valley into purchas- ing bogus deeds from the Peralta syndi- cate in New York. The scheme is too thln, IL won't go.-Star.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Some "tin.horn" gambler or check guerilla, who should be blacking boots, writes for the Prospector an essay on Gambling as Business" and winds up his remarks as follows:
 The respectable" broker coppers wheat, or bets i, will go down He is can d "bear." We copper a card to do likewise, and are called a ",ger." You have wives, we have women. So d,d Solomon, and he was wise man. Until ] am shown the fallacy of my argument, ] am convinced 'h tt business is gamble and gambling is my business.
 Any respectable" newspaper tha, would publish such an outrageous insul, upon the wives and daughters of some men who follow the profession ct gam D'i"g ought to be "coppered." The EPIrAPH does not pretend to claim that gambling is a useful or altogether hon. orable calling, and yet the law licenses the business, and we all know that there are honorable gamblers.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

reached, it is the utmost presumption 10 invite or expect immigration. We cannot but think that the people of the Salt and Glla valleys are standing in their own light in opposing the passage of this bill. There are some provisions which might be improved upon,--for instance, those found in section II,-but on the whole the measure is an excellent one, and the EPITAPH, having the welfare of the Territory at heart, trusts that it will pass and become a law.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Field and Farm says there were les sons to be learned at ,hs pu lie sale of horses at Denver last week. When agood slzable horse of utility was put up, bid ders were numerous and pedigrees went for but little. Asparrow built horse with a pedigree as long as ones arm went for only song. A draft mare with size and substance, or roadster with well shaped body and sound legs, commanded every dollar they were worth. The day of the bronco and the plaything horse has passed
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

mines or minerals to the grantee, or un. less such grantee has become otherwise entitled thereto, in law or in equity, but all such mines or minerals shall remain the property of the United States, with the right of working the same and auth orizing the same to be worked, end every confirmation made and patent issued un- der this act shall be made and issued subject to the rights of the United States to authorize the lands included in such confirmation and patent to be entered upon by its citizens for the purpose of cession for locating and working gold, silver and quicksilver mines, or minerals of the same, that may be found therein, and to pass such laws as shall procure such rights and make the same efectual, which shall be stated in any patents is- sued under this act.
 Section IS. That all lands, the claim to which shall be finally rejected by said court, or by the Supreme Court, and. all lands to which no claim is presented to the said court within two years from the date of the approval of this act, shall be deemed, held and considered to be a part ofthe public domain of tfe United States.
 Section Io That the filing of a peti- ton for the confirmation of any private land claim in the court, as herein provid- ed, shall have the t fleet of lis pendens as to all persons subsequently, entering upon or acquiring any interest in the lands embraced in such claim or any part thereof, and said court may submit, in accordance with the usages of the court of equity, any question of fact that may arise during inve stigation of any claim to a jury to be summoned, empannelled, and paid in the same msnner as juries in the United States district courts.
 Section 20 That all the necessary expenses of lhe court hereby created, and all expenses necessarily incurred in the execution Of this act, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States, upon vouchers approved by the chief justice of said court. The pleadings and process of said court shall be the same as those now used in and issued fror courts of the United States, SO far as the same may be applicable.
 Section 2I. That section eight of the act of Congress approved July twenty second, eighteen hundred and 6fty.four, entitled, "An act to establish the office of surveyor general of New Mexico. Kan. sas and Nebraska, to grant donations to actual settlers therein. and for other pur- poses," and all acts amendatory or in ex- tension of said section eight, or supple. mentary thereto, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
 Section 22. That this act shall only remain in force for four years, from the appointment of the judges herein provid. ed for, and all acts or parts of acts incon. sistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed,
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

The Garden City, Kansas, Sentinel published the following sensible para graph, and it should be carefully read by all:
 If you wish to see the town prosper you must stand loyalty by its institutions. Our city has many advantages, and if our people stand by them they will be our life, otherwise the city cannot subsist. Patronize your home institutions. When you can purchase what you want at home, do SO. The man who does other wise is an enemy of the town, and should receive no patronage from his fellow citizens.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

In recent letter to a friend in this city, Hon. M. A. Smith, our delegate in Congress, unquali6edly denies every charge made against him touching hls connection with the bill elsewhere pub lished in this issue for the settlement of private land claims. The whole Phenix proceeding was based upon ignorance or xilful intention to misrepresent him. He not only did not introduce the bill, but is doing all in his power to defea, it. in this, the EPIrAPH thinks he is wrong, but nevertheless comedies that he has the courage of his convictions, and will do exactly as he considers right in the premises, notwithstanding the howls tha, go up from a few irresponsible men who never saw any good in anything. Some such bill is necessary for the welfare of our Territory.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

In an article upon the growth and prosperity of the Santa Fe system the Boston Herald speaks of the Mineral Belt as an important factor in the future business of the company. The Herald says: "In Arizona the Santa Fe has the line running from the Southern Pacific at Benson and running down into Mexico through Sonora to the gulf of California at Guaymas, and the Mineral Belt rail- way, extending down through valuable mining and timber region from the At. lantic q Pacific line, may be considered a part of the system. If the Mineral Belt should enter the rich agricultural region of the Gila and Salado valleys, i, would be assured the traffic of one of the most fertile regions in the United States"
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A REPRIevH FOR THE CONDEMNED.

A REPRleVE FOR THE CONDEMNED.
 Wretched men and women long condemned to suffer the tortures of dyspepsia are filled with new hope after few doses of Hostrtter's Stomach Bitters. This budding hope blossoms into the frution of certainty if the lters is per sisted in 1t brings reprive to all dyspeptics who seek its aid Flatulence, heartburn, sink ing at the pit of the stomach between meals, the nervous tremors and insom mia of which chronic indigestion is the parent, disappear with their hate ul progt nitor. Mot benefcent of stom- achcs who csn wonder that in so many in- stance it awakens grateful eloquence in those who. beniited ny it, SD ak voluntarily in its be- half. Itrequires graphic pen to describe the torments of dyspepsia. but in many of the testi- monias received by the proprietors of the Bit teis, these are portrayed with vivid truth ulress Constipation. biliousness muscular debility, malaral fevsrs and rheumatism are relieved by it.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

It is stated in well-lnformed political circles that the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin has written letter to an old political friend, favoring Robert T. Lincoln as candidate for president. The publ,ca- tion of the letter from Cassius M. Clay favoring Lincoln's candidacy, has made more conspicuous the fact that there is a stong Lincoln sentiment in New York and Pennsylvania. Roscoe Conkling is among these who look with favor on the nomination of Mir. Lincoln.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24
GUAYMAS.

One of the cites of Sonora that has bright future is Guaymas, and it is only a matter of few years before it will break from the bonds of inactivity and place itself in the rank of great seaport cities. With the best protected harbor on the Pacific slope of Mexico, it can not remain much longer in its present stne. Trade will force the issue. It seems strange, and at the same time shows striking ignorance, that eastern importers, who ship Mexican products from the western coast via San F francisco for the easr have never tried the Guay- mas route over the Sonora and N. M. & A. railroad to connect with transcon- tinental line. Here is saving of nearly two thousand miles and much time, two considerations fully worthy second thought.
 Guaymas has rich outlying country, which only needs money and energy to place it in tate that will give the Gul City solid and substantial support. No. better land for fruit culture is to be found in any part than at San Jose de Guay- mas, nine miles from the. new town. Thus has been demonstrated by wonder full productions ei the Aranjuez ranch, which was first set out as matter of experiment. The experiment has proved splendid investment. Oranges are about month earlier than in Hermosillo and other fruit propor tionately.
 On the whole Guaymas is good place to see for a person who desires an investment,-NogaIes Reserve.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

John M. Leary Is making special drIve in ladies shoes at ST Der pair. Be. sides he has the largest aud best selected stock of best makes of ladies', gent, and chldrens shoes ever displayed in this city. Genuine hand sewed work at less 'han city prices. Buckingham & Ht chts celebrated goods kept constantly on hand. People who order shoes by mail from the East make a great mistake, as they can be better suited at Leary's for less money. Give him trial and see if this statement is not correct.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

It is charming to observe the rivalry between the EPlTAPH and Prospector. It will not be more than a month before the two sheets will be hurling adobe houses at one another.-Nogales Reserve.
 Not so, boys. In month from now the EPITAPH will be showering roses over the cold corpse of its misguided contemporary. Adobe houses, never!
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Bob Paul. the gallant ex.sheriff of Pima county, ran the Stein's Pass train robbers into their hole-and they will rob no more trains. MT. Paul is now in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and a more efficient officer never lived.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Bagg takes the Democra' ic side of the tariff question, as every true Democrat should do, and warmly advocates free trade. If the EPITAPH were called upon to discuss the question, it would take the side sf protection to American in dustry, under which system our country has prospered for near a quarter of a century.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

The Consolidated California & Vir- ginia Mining Company, of Nevada, paid March 10th, dividend No. IS, ot fifty cents a share, aggrega,ing $Io8,ooo, making $3z4,ooo pad this year, and ST, ,s88, 900 pald to date.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Chief Justice Waite, of the United States Suprems Court, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence in Washington. He was one of the purest and best men in the nation, and his loss is to be greatly deplored.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

F. N. Wolcott's Cash Store is now ready for business at the new location in the Otis building, on Fremont street, near the Postcffice. The choicest and freshest groceries at the lowest cash prices.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

We are now prepared to draw drafts direct, issue letters of credit, and transfer money by mail, and cable. on all points of Europe Asia, Africa and Australia.
 R. w. WOOD.
 Cashier
 Bank of Tombstone
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Shepperd & Trevillian's regular weekly dancing soiree will be held this (Satut- day) evening at Mining Exchange hall.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24
OFFICIAL PApKa OF cocA,ss COUNTY

The EPITApH has brought its knitting with it, and is here to stay. Don't for. get this fact.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24
DANCING SOIREE.

Furnitve dirt cheap at C E. Kohlers
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

All wool 3 ply carpet ST 10 at Bagg's.
Tombstone epitaph., 1888-03-24

Carpets cheap as dirt at Kohler's.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
Profits of Small Farms.

In commenting upon the statement of returns yielded last year by the twenty acre place of H. A. Wenple, of the Nevada colony, recently pub lished in this paper the Sacramento Bee says
 "However, there is good evidence that if twenty acres will produce a yield of nearly S1700 year in Fresno the same area in this region will do a great deal better We have heretofore referred te patch of some forty acres within the limits of Sacramento city, one-half of which is planted to Bartlett pears and the balance to asparagus From the sworn statement of the ex- ecutors of the estate to which the property belongs, as rendered to the Superior Court, we quote:
 During period of five years there were cultivated about forty acres, half 'u asparagus and half in Barletts. The total receips from sales were $56, ,000. The taxes, labor, farm expenses and house expenses were S25,oC0. The net profit of S3l,000 is at the rate of Sl55 per acre per annum. The prop erty IS within the city limits of Sacra- mento and the taxes were therefore large, but the value of the land has doubled during that period. The sales were made to those who shipped the products East and to San Francisco
 Thus it is to be seen that twenty acres of this tract produced about twice as much profit as IS made out of the same acreage in Fresno.-Or, to put 1t in 8 different way, ten acres in Sacramento produced as much as twenty in Fresno. Besides 1t IS easy to See that had eggs and poultry and the small fruits been figured ia the Sacramento estimates, tho net profits would have been greater, we should
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03

say by 5000, easily realizing, say S2000, as an annual outcome from the ten acres. Of course it is. quite possi- ble to select ten-acre patches, even in this rich region, thst will not be near SO profitable, but the example given is no exaggeration, while it would be ac- tually difficult to find tillable lano hereabouts that will not do cuite as we'll as the Fresno land referred to-"
 Mir. Wemple's place yielded a he return last year of sl603 80 over ano above the produce use by the family and in addition to feed grown tor COWS and horses. And we wish 1t un derstood now, as we stated in oul former article, that we gave the figures about MT. Wemple's place not because they were exceptional, but because h' had taken the pains to keep a recor' of what he was doing, and his work and the results were no greaSor than were obtained by more than dozen others in his neighborhood. We can select half dozen twenty, forty and l60 acre places in this county which have yielded proportionate net returns far in excess of MT. Wemple's twenty acre tract. and Ghey are not garden spots inside the city limits and under the highest possible state of cultiva ton, either. Fresno farmers realiz
 arger profits for the amount of capita invested and labor expended than chose engaged in like business any where else in California, and Fresno
 lands devoted to fruit and vines are as productive as any to be found in the world. But the Bee, noted for its unfairness in dealing with everything outside of Sacramento, would have people believe that its comparison above is a just one. On the contrary, the Bee singles out one of the most productive places in the whole ot Northern California and compares it with place in this section which is known to be rather under the average of dozens of small farms upon which families are living. Fresno has noth
 Rg to ask but fair treatment at the Hands of the editorial writers on the Bee, and while the Republican will encourage the Bee to stand up and say as many good things as it can about Sacramento and Northern Cali fornia, it will insist upon a moderate regard for the truth upon the part of
 it's esteemed contemporary when mat ters pertaining to the central part of che state are under discussion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
The Whirligig CT Time.

A Savannah paper, in sort of Q mournful strain, says that grea' many of the plantations in different parts of the South, which were onct well known for their size, the magnif lcence of the residences upon them. the hopitality of their owners, or or account of the prominence of the fan ilies which possesses them, are now failing into ruins. The reason of thls is perhaps that the land has been worked so long without being .fertili zed that it has become poor, or 1t may be that those into whose possession i; has passed lacked the energy and skill which are required to make it pay un der the present system of labor. OnC of these famous old places in Liberty county, in this Stale, was iaoel y sold to a colored man for $2,500, only part of the purchase money being required at once. It Is known as Laurel View, and is within two miles of the historic town of Sudbury. It was once the home of the gifted John Elliot and very beautiful home 1t was. John Elliot represented Georgia in the United States Senate in 1920 to 1926. The plantations contains 2300 acres. It was purchased during the war of secession by Linton Stevens, and was sold to the present owner by his heirs The district in which tn. plantation is situated was noted frou the first settlement of the State until the emancipation of the slaves for the wealth and intelligence of it's citizens. 1t is now, however, almost wholly abandoned to the colored people. It. great plantations have been divided into small farms, and the superb man sions, once the homes of men noted for wealth and culture and of women famous for beauty and refinement, are falling into decay and are being re- placed by cabins and huts, whose chimneys of sticks and mud tell mor' plainly than words the marvellous change for the worse which has taken place in the once rich and prosperous district,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
Electricity As a Motive Power.

We continually hear electricity spoken of as motive power, and the prediction is freely made that 1t will soon take the place of the steam en- zine, that it will be employed to pro- pei vessels across the Atlantic, and the like. But such view of the mat ter is wholly wishost scientific basis Electricity, in it's important applica tions to machinery, is never In itself a source of power. It is merely a convenient and easily manageable form of energy, by which mechanical power is transferable from the ordinary prime motor, &s 2 steam engine or water wheel, to a secondary motor which is employed to do the work. It performs an office precisely analoguos to that of a belt or line of shafting, which, however useful in conveying power from one point to another, can, under no conceivable circumstances, be capable. of oriigg;a aat at;ns it.-E'rankl;n Leonard Pope, in Scribner's Magazine for March
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03

The clouds of diversity have floated away, leaving the bright sunshine of prosperity and hope to illumine the fertile acres of Yuma's favored soil The Mohawk canal is being pushed to completion at rapid pace, and within ten. months the wealth-giving waters of the crytal-likG Gila will be thread ing and fertiizing it's way through the rich lands of the Mohawk valley What is now a wilderness of brusL and weeds. populated by the rabbit and Gila monster, will be within one year fields of waving grain and young orchards and vineyards, and peopled by hundreds of desirable and indus trious farmers; not only in the luxu riant Mohawk valley, but in Antelope, Araby and the other lovely valleys of the Gila, in Yuma County. Rich soil, abundance of water, genial eli mate, early productions, and proximity to transportation, either by water ol rail, what can be the ultimate result Prosperity, lasting and increasing wealth for Yuma County, favored by fortune, nature and position.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-03
Brace Up.
district.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite is poor, you are bothered with headache, you are idgety, nervous, and generally out of sorts, and want to brace up. Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring medicines, or bitters, which have for their basis very cheap, bad whisney, and which stimulate you for an hour, and then leave you in
 worse condition than before. What yor
 want is an alterative that will purify you blood, st:rt healthy action of Liver ano Kidneys, restore your vitality, and give re
 newed health and strength. Such a medi- cine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 csnts 6 bottle at A. Franks store