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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-02-01
The Curby Case.

The case of the Territory vs. Curby, on appeal to the Supreme Court for new trial, was argued Tuesday in Phenix. The Republican says of the case:
 "One of the assignments of error was, that the defendant had been in- dicted by grand jury of not less than fifteen persons, under the law passed prior to 1888, whereas he should have been indicted by grand jury of not less than seventeen persons, or more than twenty-three, as provided by the law passed by the last Legislative As sembly-one of the "lost laws" pigeon holed by Zulick. But that feature was not argued, inasmuch as the Chief Justice announced that a majority of the members of the Supreme Court of Arizona were of the opinion that the laws passed by the last Legislative As sembly after sixty consecutive days from the time of it's cemme ncement but within sixty legislative days, are valid, and it was unnecessary there- fore, to argue that point. It was a question now before the Supreme Court of the United States in the mat ter from this county of the habeas corp Is proceedings in the case of the United States vs. Jefferson Wilson, in- dicted far murder by grand jury or ganized under the former law-who was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The arguments were ex- tensive and were able.
 "The other branches of the appeal will be argued in the near future, and the case then goes to the judges for decision"
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AN ACT
A AnlendatOry of Title 46. En'
 titled Mines.

AmendatOry A of Title 46, En-
 titled Mines.
 January P, 1S9l--Read first times
 rules suspended, read second time
 and 100 copies ordered printed, and
 referred to committee on territorial affairs,
 SECTION l. From and after the pas sage of this act each locator or locators of any mining claim shall eXpend al least One Hundred Dollars ($lO0.OO) for labor performed on the lead, lode or vein or perform twenty (2O) days labor thereon, and shall file the affi- davits of the persons to whom the To- cator or locators have paid the afore- said one hundred dollars (SlOOOO) certifying that they have received the aforesaid amount of money and per formed the labor therefor, stating the amount and character of labor per- formed thereon, which shall be filed for rec ord, with the County Recorder. And if the locator or locators elect to perform the labor required by this act he or they shall file with the County Recorder an affidavit verified before a justice of the peace or notary public, setting forth that they have worked twenty days, setting forth the amount and character of the labor performed upon the lead, lode or vein.
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New Movement.

From the Two Republics we learn that movement is on foot, to make some important changesi in the coinage of the Republic, Gen. Pacheco minis. ter of public works having submitted the following suggestions to congress-. In order to improve the current silver dollar the words "un peso" are to take the place of "ocho reales." Instead of indicating the fineness in "grammes," It will be expressed by simple deci- mal number. To do so, slight change will be made in the fineness, which will be O903 instead of O.9277. The present design will be better exc cuted and rendered more artistic. As regards small currency, it is proposed to coin a new piece-2O cents. The design on the twenty, ten and five cents pieces will be similar to that on the dollar. The coinage of fifty-cent and twenty-five cent pieces IS to be discontinued as they | o not harmonize with the decimal system. In the in terest of silver no smaller gold piece than $5 is to be coined. The design of the gold coin is to be improved and altered. On the observe it will re- semble the silver coin, but on the re. verse will be the bust of Hidalgo, in order that no one may mistake gold coin for a silver one. Copper coins will bear on the obverse the national arms, as on the silver dollar. The exc cutive is to be empowered to use bronze instead of pure copper, as it wears better and is not likely to be melted down for use in the arts.
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Three men on the chain gang are cleaning up Toughnut street.

The bill that passed the Assembly says the Phenix Herald, making grand larceny to consist in stealing $50 or more of property instead of $9, as at present. is particularly agreeable 10 cattlemen. It is almost impossible now to convict man tor stealing 6 calf, as the penalty is too severe. Un- der the new law, if passed, proper pun shment can be inflicted upon such wrong -doers Besides, all such offenses under $50 will be tried before a justice of the peace, and all expense of grand juries, petit juries and similar items of the District Court, will be saved to taxpayers.
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A Tight for Life.

Maruel Verdugo who was sentenced to be hung ard escaped from the Tue son jail before his time had come to swing off, is having hard time elud- ing his pursuers. The Citizen sof last night says that he was not received as cordially as he anticipated in Sonora, the Prefect of Magdalena upon being informed of his arrival ordering out the mounted guards (El Cordon) with the usual instructions to. "catch him but do not bring him alive" Verdugo hearing of the cordon being put upon his trail made turnabout After stealing g sorrel horse in Sonora, he returned to "the land of the free" crossing the Arizona border again on the 7th inst. He is now hidden in the foothills near Covered Wells, making occasional visits to the mines in that vicinity. He called at the copper mines worked by Martin Waer for pro- visions few days since, being then in a half starved condition. The news of his arrival was brought in by Mexi- can who does not wish his name re- vealed. A posse of three started from Tucson yesterday morning with the determination to bring him in dead or alive.
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Monday night being the 132d birth day of the poet Robbie Burns, the Scotchmen, though few in number celebrated the event in royal Scottish style at Bisbee. Burns songs were sung by Ed. Scott, w. Borthwick, A. McLennan and w. R. Thomas, while w. Strachan and w. Morrice read se lections from his works, the company spending very enjoyable evening, finishing the nights entertainment by the whole company singing Auld Lang Syne.
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Raised Figures on Soft Wood.

Ordinary molding and stamped work and the papier mache and pressed saw dust embossed work have been on the market for long time, and but few peo- pie mistake them now for hand work. Eastwood can be compressed to a very large extent, and will swell out again to it's original proportions upon being steamed. This property is utilized in the following manner: A piece of the wood is subjected to great pressure un- der die or stamp. This stamp presses or less elaborate pattern, lower than the rest of the surface. This process can be quickly performed, and the piece of wood is then passed to a blaming ma chine, which in twinkling planes down the surface of the wood just even with the top of the compressed pattern. The piece is then taken over to the steamer, where the warm, damp vapor soon swells the compressed parts back to their orig inal size. Thus handsome raised pat tern is produced on the planed surface of the wood which can hardly be dis tinguished from genuine hand-carved work.-Scientific American.
 Until lately cotton waste has been cleaned and reused, but the grease ex- tractcd from it has been thrown away. It is now found that the oil thus ex- tracted can be made, after very simple treatment, to yield first-class printing ink. The cotton waste is placed in steam chambers and solution of bi- sulphate of carbon is pumped into the vessels. This disengages the oil and grease, which is then passed into a series of heated coppers. from which it emerges as varnish, from which the
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w. w. Whitney and c. L. Cum mings returned to-day from Tucson, where they had been pulled by the Government on the sheep smuggling case, of which mention has been made time and again in the PRosPEcTOR. They were both placed under bonds to appear before the next grand jury. Some sensational developments are promised winch will reflect very un- favorably upon the prosecution of this case before it has blown over.
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Fred Smith is in Windsor, Ontario. According to the Chronicle he will be brought back to Tucson next month to answer to the government for em- bezzlement. He has according to that report been living in Montreal but recently moved to Windsor just across the river from Detroit. The Chronicle intimates that Pansy Smi.h his divorced wife will be a witness against him.
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From along the line of the x. M. X A. road comes the expressed wish oi the settlers and people in the towns and mining camps that the proposed annexation of that portion of Pima to Cochise may be consummated. The close proximity to the county seat ol Tombstone and its easy access by rail has always been leading feature in the desire of these people to belong in our county.
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There will be plenty of fun at the Mother Goose entertainment Friday night, judging from the rehearsals. The kids" are irrepressible, and al. though they cause much dismay to those who have them in training they are bound to give full satisfaction to the audience. We predict full house for them,
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MT. James Lambert, of New Bruns wick, Illinois, says: "I was badly af. hictel with rheumatism in the hips and legs, when I bought 6 bottle oi Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It cured me in three days. I am all right to. day and would insist on every one who is afflicted with that terrible dis. ease, to use Chamberlain Pain Balm and get we'll at once." For sale by H, J. Peto, Druggist.
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The performance of Gorton's Min strels at Reid's Opera House last even- ing was fairly we'll attended. This troupe is beyond question one of the very best that has visited Tucson in some years. Separately ard as a whole the members are perfect in their sev- eral parts, while the orchestral music was splendid. Should this troupe again visit Tucson it is safe to predict they will be greeted with d crowded hOuse.-[ Star.
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Asa Turner, whose recent experi. ence in Mexico was not the most pleasant, was in Tombstone to-day
 He left about $7O0 of his money, be- sides his wagon and horses, in posses. sion of the Mexican authorities, with out any hopes of recovering any of it.
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The minstrel entertainment last night at Scheillelin Hall was by far the best one that the citizens of Tomb. stoae have been treated to in the his. tory of the camp. The well filled house tended to enthuse the company and continual roar of laughter and applause greeted the efforts of the company. The costumes worn were unique and elegant and the jokes were not behind the times. The assertions made by the PRosPECToR that Billy Ri.d would not bring snide show tC Tombstone was fully verified.
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 NoTwITHsTANDING the apathy of our citizens regarding county division, the PRospECToR does not intend to take a back seat and see the consummation of the scheme without fight against it from now till the end of the session. That the people of Cochise county and by the people we mean those who stand the burden of taxation-are op- posed to the scheme, we feel satisfied, and that they are being hoodwinked by designing politicians needs no argu- ment to prove it. The lobby at Phe- nix as constituted is proof positive that there is an object in view outside of the bettering of the condition of those who support the present county gov ernment. It is but necessary to look back few years to the division of P ma county and the formation of Co., chise and subsequent events to show the object of the coterie of politicians now hanging on to the public crib at the capital.
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Clarence Coffman who was injured by premature blast a fortnight since. underwent the painful operation of having hls right eye taken out on sunday last, otherwise his recovery is rapid. He sat up today and dressed for the first time.
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From the protracted stay of Pro- lessor I. Aronson the optican we are led to believe that he understands his business and is master of his profes sion, otherwise he would not be warranted in staying longer than at first adver- tised.
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Legitimate burnt cork seems to have gone out of fashion, but the ap- pearance of genuine o'd-fashioned troupe in the Gorton's at the Princess opera house last evening demonstrated that it had not gone out of public favor. It is true that the GortOns did not come here heralded by any boast ing advertising or loud promises, but they attracted a crowded house on their first appearance, and succeeded in more than pleasing their audience. The company is artistically if not nu- merically a strong one, especially in music, their band being one of the finest that has ever been heard in the Princess.
 The songs were well sung, the jokes nearly all new and we'll told, the end men being funny without being vul. gar, the clog dancing remarkably clever, the specialties good if not new, and the farces far funnier than the usual run. and lacking that horseplay which characterizes so many of them.
 Winnipeg (Man.) Daily Free Press, Oct. II, 1890.
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TAKE away the clause in the Miles county division bill which gives the Governor the power to oppoint officers of the new county and the lobby and sack would dissolve into obscurity.
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By request Prof. Aronson will re- main here five days longer from date. He has done a good business, thanks the people for their patronage and promises to do as represented. Office at Palace Hotel until next Tuesday.
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The ladies of the Presby ait
 society will meet in the church, Satur
 day, Jan. 31, 1891, at 2 P. M. A full attendance is desired MRS. w. w. WHITNEY, Secretary.
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Billy Read was on hand this noon with Gorton's Minstrels. Without ex- ception the members of the troupe are the finest looking lot of show men ever seen in Tombstone.
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The Mother Goose entertainment, the programme of which was printed in last nights paper, is to be given to raise fund to repair the Presbyterian church and parsonage.
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A number of boys ran away from school to-day to see the band. Frank Ryan, chief of chaperons, made some of them resolve never to cut up such a caper again.
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Who They Are.

The committee on coun ties and county boundaries in the Council is composed of all northern men, Simp- son, Thurmond, Herndon, Brady and Frank.
 In the House the members compos- ing the committee are Fisher, Cough, Burr, Lesseur and Vail.
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Grand ODenfnS.

The Willows now has partial change of management, Lewis Vidal having bought Hugh Taylor's interest Tn the same. A grand opening will be given to night Wednesday, night, when an elegant free lunch will be spread at II o'clock. Every one is invited. HOWELL X VIDAL.
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Circuit Court Hill.

The circuit court bill which is before the lower house for consideration pro. vides for making three such courts in Arizona, and calls for an election one year hence to elect judges therefor. The ages of all judges must not be un- der thirty years. It gives the court concurrent jurisdiction with district courts.
 It makes county recorders, ex-offi- cio clerks of the county courts, with a salary of $500 per annum. Judges paid $3, 3,600 per annum.
 Ticket No. A won the banjo last night at the raffle by c throw of A.
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In the Supreme Court Monday the case of J. H. Behan vs. the Territorial Board of Prison Commissioners, in which Behan asks for the issuance o a mandate. requiring the Prison Com missioners to pay certain warrants held for salary, the Attorney Genera was given until yesterday to file his answer.
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J. H. Duncan left to-day for the mines at Teviston. A dryer is on the way, which will be placed on the ground and through which the pull verized rock will pass before going to the cOncentrators.
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At the children's entertainment to- morrow night at Schieiflin hall, doors E will be opened at ' 30 and the curtain will rise at eight. AS there are no re- served seats it would be wise to go early as the hall is bou Id to be crowd cd,
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A bill has been introduced 10 fix the maximum fares at six cents and the maximum freight charges at ten cents per ton per mile on all roads in Ari- zona. The bill is quite contrast with some previous ones, where the price of fares was fixed at one cent and freight thrown in,
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The Republican has gone head over heels into society and donned yell low coat. It is now in order for the Tucson Citizen to go into mourning.
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Sheriff Kelton and Deputy McGuirk went to Fairbank last night and cap tured a Mexican who will have his ex. animation to morrow in Justice AL worlds court on a charge of having killed the Mexican in that town last Sunday. The Sheriff has been quietly at work on the case and located his man last night. He had no trouble in making the capture, having found his prisoner in bed and asleep. The party returned about o'clock this morning
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The infant son of George McGee died yesterday and was buried to-day. The parents have the sympathy of the community in their irreparable loss.
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MT. J. J. Patton is having some fine large fagstones laid in his yard on Toughnut street, in place of the board walks, which have been removed.
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The hearing of the Mexican for tho murder of countryman at Fairbank Sunday is going on before Justice AlvOrd as we go to press.
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MT. H. Fisher has been making some repairs on his property on Fourth street, in the line of sidewalk and fencing.
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Mother Goose's children will appear in appropriate costumes on Friday evening.
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Jailor Ritchie is making many i'm provements around the court house with Tom Forget as the paddle wheel
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From Tursday's Daily.

The sale of the Yonge drug stock will take place on Feb. 9 by the sheriff, at public auction.
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As WILL be seen by the telegraph report of yesterdays proceedings O: the Legislature, Hughes of Pima has given notice of intention to introduce bill to create the county of Miles This is the same old Sierra Bonita division scheme under new name The new county will contain all of tbo country east of a line drawn along tLe summit of the Dragons, and also e portion of Graham county.
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TAX payers in the proposed county of Miles should open their eyes before being led to the slaughter by few schemers who are bent upon ruling the new county for their private bene- fit. They should stop and consider before endorsing any such scheme as is proposed. It is not justice to the taxpayer of either section of Cochse to entail an additional expense upon their present over-taxed condition. It will cost just as much to run either county as it does at present to run the county of Cochise or in other words one-half the taxpayers will have to stand the strain after division that we all share at present. This would in reality mean rate of 65 per cent on the present valuation. How would the cattle men take to that proposition?
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H. T. Fisher is cutting off the cot tonwood trees around his property on Fourth street.
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The Star says that George Daily has gone to the City of Mexico to get married.
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Do not lose any time, but get your reserved seats for the minstrels to- night.
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& s. E. R. R.-TIME GARD.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

From Wednesdays Duly.
 G. w. Cheyney is in Phenix.
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James Carol, who disappeared at Yuma on New Years night, was drowned. His body was found on the banks of the Colorado last Saturday.
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An elegant lunch will be served to. night, after the minstrel show, at the Willows,
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Yesterday was the day set apart for argument in the Curby case at Phe- nix.
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A. Wentworth and F. NJ. Mckay of Fairbank came up to enjoy the Min strel show last night.
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Mir. Walsh of the Can Can restaur

Mir. Walsh of the Can Can restaur- ant will leave some time next week tor Silver City, Utah, where he will take charge of a large hotel which is to be finished by the 10th of next month. His nephew will accompany him. MT. Walsh is business man as well as caterer to the appetite of the inner man and will succeed in any country. The best wishes of the com. munity will go with him.
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VI A Hk R ES D.

In Tombstone, January 29, 1891, by Charles Granville Johnston, Young Wah to Miss Ana Nebara, both of Fairbank.
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The heavy rain storm which began this noon bids fair to continue una bated through the night.
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Prof. Hee-digen, who has become familiar to the Arizona public through his professions of ability to locate water and mineral. but who failed so signally in the case of the Arizona Copper Company of Yuma, L-w claims that the company didn't treat him fairly. He says that they insist ed upon his coming to Yuma in the summer, when the thermometer stood at 55 . in the day and never fell be- low 122 at night. This, he claims, was very facilitating both to his in strument and his own divining pow. CTS,
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Chas. Marsden came up last night from Harshaw.
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The minstrel troupe left this morn- ing for Bisbee, where they will enter tain the people tonight.
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ss(e ukN.

BRAvIN.-.Iu Tombstone, Jan. 2S, to
 the wife of George Bravin, son.
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Ed. Stump and F. B. Fox are in from the Huachuca mountains.
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MT. Geo. Meyer is drilling Mother Goose's children in fancy march for Friday evening,
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Advertising rates made known at this ofice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-19
The ANTlIOTTERY COMBINE.

BATON RoU6E, La. Dec. 1s-The Adams,
Farmers Alliance and snti-lot,ery com
biue. IN its session at the state house last
night. adopted plat form. nominated a
state ticket. provided for the appointment
of A new state central committee, and ad-
journed sine die. The platform declares
is uual'erable opposition TO lotteries and
the adoption OF the proposed revenue
amendments 10 the constitution The
combine candidates are now In caucus
mapping out alan OF campaign.
BATON ROUGE. La, Dec IS.-Chairmau
Wells called the regular Democratic con
yeDtIon TO orgier this afternoon. After the
report OF the credentials committee. seat
ing the McEnery delegates from Grant
aud CHlca>ieu, was adopted. nominations
were declared in order. The following
were nominated: For governor, = d. Ne
Emery; lieutenant governor, Robert G
" icAllffe. \ committee on resolutions
was then appoiuteti and an adjournment
was taken until tomorrow.