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Monumenis far Confeaerate..

Circulars are being sent from the College Of
Charleston, S. C.. which earnestly invite the
cooperation OF all Southern Colleges ia form
ing an association 10 raise funds TO be applied
10 the erection Of monument TO perpetuate
the fame and memories Of Jefferson Davis,
Robert +. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and the Con-
federato dead in general. In order to arrange
some definite mode Of procedure il is proposed
that a convention Of Southern Universities aud
Colleges be held in Charleston ut such time
during the coming Fall IS may be found the
most expedient and convenient. and that an In
terstate oratOrical contest be made n feature Of
the proposed convention, each institution being
represented by one contestant. All Southern
Colleges are requested to send a representation,
whether they take part in the contest or not.
Is it not high time for the Southern people 20
put stop to raising money to build mOnu-
meuts over traitors 10 their country?
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and matches The matches are cheap, but the
cost Of the soap makes mp more than the differ
ence. j paid - cents for cake Of toilet soap
this morning which ! could have bought in
America for dime, and you cant get decent
piece Of soap for less than that amount got
a box Of excellent matches for two cents, aud
these matches arc of wax with a sulphur pTepa-
ration 20 both ends. so that after YOU have used
one end you can blow out the match aud save
il for a second lighting. One Of the brightest
pcdlers Of these matches is a little Mexican
boy, who has more rags than clothes aud who
hauuts tile courtyard Of the Itugbiie Hotel.
/ have patrOnizei him number Of times, aud
last night finding that ] had taken in c0un-
terlrit quarter ] threw il away aud saw him
pick il up This morning heard great fuss
at the door Of the hotel, and going out found
this little fellow, who is not yet six years old,
standing between a policeman and a young
American gentleman. He told the policeman
that the young American had given a bad
quarter in change when he had bought some
matches q moment OF 80 before, and the young
man denied IT, Quite fuss had arisen about
the matter, and thesympathyof the crowd WAS
with the match boy, when came up aud asked
to see the quarter. found il, by mark which
was made upon il. 10 DO the one which had
thrown away aud which had seen the boy
pick mp and through the noted guide opal
Joe, ] told the policeman where the boy had
gotten the cola. As soon as the urchin saw me
he started TO ran, but the policeman caught
him and gave him talking 10 before he let
him 60.
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them. ! know Of some men in Mexico who
keep regular book accounts between them
selves and the lottery, charging the amount
they pay out in money for tickets and erediting
that they receive Ia prizes, and strange TO say
one of these is so lucky that he is seyeral times
$4,000 ahead to-day. The majority, however,
lose, and the business is bad one for the
country and the people The podlers of these
tickets accOst you on the streets, they besiege
you at your meals in the restaurants, and they
are found in all the parks and public squares.
They arc Of all ages and sexes, and they are
more a class of beggars than anything else.
They ask you 10 buy a ticket in the lottery for
the love of God and for charity, and they get a
big percentage Of all they sell.
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enade park Of the city, out 10 the Castle OF
Chapu tepec, where Montozuma had his sum
mer palace, and where the President Of Mexico
has a great palace 10 day. The road is lined
with gTeat shade trees. and il runs through the
wide, Preen valley Of Mexico, giving beautiful
views Of the mountains on both sides, aud of
tie twin volcanoes POpocatapetl and the
White Woman, away i'm the distance. There
are a number OF fine statues between the Ala
media and ChaFuitepcc, aud the wide macad-
amizcd road bed is lined with as fine a set Of
tunouts rs you will sec in Vienna or Paris.
Here IN Mexico the emblem of wealth and
social standing is the oBnership-of a carriage,
and q swell dandy or belle viii skimp aud
save and pawn In order 10 he able 10 take
this afternoon ride on the Pasco. The fashion,
able hour is from 10 p. IN, and il you arc
not out several times a week at this time your
friends viii think you have left the city, or
have dropped out Of society. or have become
broke aud have gone into bankruptcy. The
result is that carriages arc had at all costs, aud
not few are bought on the instalmont plan
The cost is no iEc0ns.derablc one, and the best
horses here bring fabulous prices. was shown
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hired blue-hagged carriage last evening
aud took drive on the Paseo. This is the
fashionable drive for Mexico City, and il man
must ride in hired carriage the blue-hagged
ones are the most respectable The City Of
Mexico regulates its cabmen much better than
does any American city. The style Of the cab,
or turnout fixes its price per hour and you can
have a coach or carriage st 30 cents, 80 cents or
81 per hour. IL the cab has a little yellow flag
fastened TO its seat beside the driver you know
the charge is 20 cents. Ii the Gag is red the
rate is - cents and If it is blue IL win cost you
81. You can pile as many people as you please
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teams which am certain could have bough /
for $500 Ia New York, which arc worth here
5000, and you cannot get good team Of
carriaro horses rr1cr 81 600. Carriages are
TroPoitonately expensive. aud the best Of these
come from the United states or Europe The
Mexican plateau is not healthy place for our
horses and they have 90 undergo an acc!ima-
tizatiou. Great care is necessary ia keeping
them, and the importing Of them is a very
profitable business. met New York man who
told NE lac had inside $1,000 during the past
year IN selling American horses 10 Mexicans.
aud be said he found a ready market for all he
could ship. The Mexican horses are too sm al
for heavy carriages, aud their best points are
as riding animals Ihey arc single-footers as
a rule, aud with their stylish saddles and their
gorgeous riders they make "A fine appearance on
the Paseo They make their horses prancc and
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Old Nnrsery TnvnrItrs.

There was Tom the SON az the Piper,
Jack SpEr aud Merry Kim, Cole
AMI The Three Wise Men Of Gotham,
Who went 10 sea in bowl;
The woman who TOae on q broonstIck
Aud swept the cObwehbcd SKY,
And the boy who sat IN the corner
Eatii & his Christmas pie.
These were some Of tho old favorites, but
they have been supplantei by the "Pausy -
aud ChattcrboS stories, Little Lori F.un-
leroy" aud Five Littls PEPPERS" The old
fashioned pills and physics have hccn super.
seeded. and wisely, too, by PieTce's Purgatiye
Pellets, mild, harmless aud effective cathartic.
They arc pleasant 10 take-so gentle in their
action that the most delicate child can take
them, yet SO effective that they will cure the
most obstinate cases Of constipation, stomach.
liver and bowel troubles. They should be in
every nursery. As gentle laxative, only one
for 4 dose.
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AM living here ln the
old palace that the
Emperor lturbide oc-
cupied during his
short reign in Mexico.
IL is now a hotel, and
n very profitable one.
IL has hundreds OF
rooms, which arc rent
ed out at high prices,
and the Mexican uabob
who WINS il lives
abroad and draws a
princely revenue from
his dark faced mana
ger. 4 b e lturbide
Palace is ono Of the
biggest buildings Of
fbp Mevican Canital.
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4 C0mgade in Every Township
and Pest
TOSELL THE CANNONEER

"The Cannoneer" is undoubtedly the best
selling YEARBOOK now before the people. 1t
is unique in Its way, being the Seli-t0ld
actual experiences OF a private soldier III
much OF the very hardest fighting in the
war.
Every veteran, especially of the Army Of
the Potomac, wants = copy OF the book, and
also every man and woman whose father
served IN that army. 1t will go like hot
cakes among them.
We want good live ccmrade in every
Post and every Township in the country to
take hold of the book and push it. Good
wages can be made every day by its sale.
Send for Township, and specify two or
three others that you want il you cannot
get your first choice. Ask for terms to
agents" Address
THE NATIONAL TPTPJrNF
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY q 1891

the bellies of the city. and with their big hats,
their suits of velyety leather, trimmed with
silver, their big silver spurs, and their fancy
harness they look as though they were gotten
up for the circus or the stage rather than for an
afternoons pleasure ride on the fayorite drive
Of fashionable Capital.
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The Paseo. or Hyde Park, or rather Rotten
Row." Of Mexico City is one the finest drives
in the world. 1t is three miles long aud il is
widerthan Pennsyl vana avenue in Washington.
il leads from the Alameda, or the great prom
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MEXICO CITY.
A Talk About Some OF The Sights In
the Mexican Capital.

the Restaurants and the Pedlers About
Tllem-The Newhboys Of Mexico and the
Press -- lotteries, and How They Pay
the Governmental look mt tie Pawn
Brol1lng Establishments-The Great Gov
eminent pawshOp and It's Aucdons-A
Cheating Match-boy - The Fashionable
Drive Of Mexico city, and Ito Costly Turn
outB.
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TheHurbide Hotel faces San Francisco street.
This is one of the best streets Of the city and 10
contains many fine stores. The iewelry ostab-
lismeuts are flied with diamonds and precious
stones, and diamonds are said 10 be cheaper
here than in the United States The Mexican
buys jcwclry freely when be is fush aud pawus
it quickly when lie gets bard up. The result
is that the pawn shops Of Mexico arc one Of the
great institutions Of the country and nearly
everyone patr0nizes them. j have found many
OF them In every city j have visited, and even
the villages have them. There are private
pGwn-shops and 4 sort of Government pawn
shOp known rs he Monte dc Piedad, which has
its head house here IN Mexico City, aud which
has branch establishments all over thc country.
The private pawn-shOps arc chiefly run by
Spauiards. They charge high rates of interest,
and they Will lend on anything under the sun.
Mexico seems TO have a different idea OF pawn
broling sales than We have, aud the people
patr0niZc them aud boy as we do az respectable
stores. AT San Louis P0tOsi ] visited the
Monte de Piedad and asked the clerks il they
lad any fine Jewelry Tor SALE They replied
that they had Hot, and that the last monthly
auction lad taken pace day or two before
aud everything had been sold. Let me give
you a picture Of the ordinary private pawn
shop which you will find in nearly every
Mexican business center aud often in every few
blocks. The ttoTe-rOom Is one Of the largest ia
TIE civ. mere arc 40 snow WluQUWE, ANA YOU
enter the door aud see a long counter in front
o! you. The walls back Of this aud on the sides
are lined with pigeon holes and these are filled
with iittle round bundles marked with paper
or white cotton labels. On the counter arc
eases containing icwclry and other counters are
filed with the finest aud cheapest OF revol yers
The cwslry may be very fine, aud You may pick
up old and rare pieces very cheap You will fud
necklaces OF pearls, diamond rings and brace
lets, aud eli kinds Of gold aud silver plate some
Of which may date back almost 10 the DAYS Of
tile MOntezumas The clothing offered FOR sale
viii be a curiosity 10 you. Much Of il is made
Of uutanHCd leather ia the shape Of pautaloons
and vest, and the pawuable part Of this is in the
buttons, which are Of solid silver have seen
paHtal0Uus here which arc sold for $50 aud So
4 pair, and a SO hat ID not uncommon. ] met
a negro porter who was swelling around in
Mexican sOHbEcro and lie told me lie paid $40
FOR u. The average hat Of the peon Is a pawn
able article, aud tic pUsscssor Of $50 lat need
never 60 hungry. Then you Will find Mex can
saddles aud brides, arms Of all kinds, and
wUmcn's dresses aud b0sas or shaWs. The
Berapes ~ mems blankets, which they throw
around their shoulders, are paWncd, aud you
can buy pianos, sewing and every
thing you will find in Mexico at the pawn
shops. At Que place WAS offered fiue shawl
o. Spanish lace for so, which am sure must
have cost 10 times this amount, and al another
] saw piece u Emperor Maximilian's plate
fOr sale.
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The Government pawn-shop has its monthly
auctions, and one often picks up bargains at
them. bought "A very pretty diamond PIN at
ono Of these sales in Mexico city, aud doubt
not il came down through the family Of some
rich Mexican ana got 20 the pawn-shop through
the iOnGn0ss Of lis owner for The gambling
table AZ this auction sale there were ali the
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the hotel and they arc very prcsumptuous II
they kick abort the service tile heas, or the
cracking 81 b.l.iard-balls in the saloon on the
ground Loor which goes on day and night, Sun
day and other days. IR tic Mexican hotels you
generally a7 30 much Tor sour ROOMS and the
meals arc gotten outside. This is the case here.
There is restaurant ii the lturbide, where they
serve poor food, badly cooked, ~ dollar meal
or dollar aud a half a dav. The bin OF fare is
as long yOur arm, bat the taiablc dishes can
b. numbered on your fingers. Mexico raises as
good coffee you viii fad 10 the world Here
81 the lturbide they boil enough coffee al one
timE TO last for q week, aud rcheat ID from day
a. day. tits no wonder that il is bitter and bad.
Mexico is not butIcf-oaiiEg country. such as
We get seems to be- made Of goats milk aud
an told That good American butter brings from
- cents o. a dollar pound. Ihe bread is fair
but ihe meats are poor. aud Tie red pepper with
which they arc served Is the only thing that
make, tACm Uatabe. Still the ItuIbidc l!0tcl is
about as good q one as you can find hero and there
lsa tne opening ioT some smart American. The
ftrauRors 81 whom there arc thousands in Mex
ic0, H.li pay good prices Tor h0tc. accOmmoda.
iionF and toe city has ~ good markets a. any
Capitol n Europe A. it is the beds Oi tie best
hotels have no springs, The hard mattrasscs arc
laid Yp0u boards aud the pillows seem 10 be
made ol kud o. wool or cotton, which, after
az hour or 50, becomes as hard as stone under
your head.
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low rates Of interest. il was started as a chart
table institution, bat it has paid from the be-
ginning and il is now owned by private cor
poration though operated under the Govern
ment.
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Tie scenes about "a Mexican hotel are FAR diff
fereut from those Of an American ono. There
arc no reading rooms cigar stands news depots
or typeHritlrs The boys ready 10 be sent out
a. answer ihe lcll calls are not seen aud every
thing save the billiard saloon Is a. quiet as
funeral. 81 the servants OF the hotel arc men,
aud sour bed made ly q dark faced Indian.
ln tAg restaurants son are waited up0u by IN
uiaHs. who watch for fees quite as earnestly as
tht negro walters Of America, and sou seldom
fut any thing very iuc iu the shape Of parlor
You note thc curious methods II supplying the
kitchens Of the establishment. pedlers come
boz Will great baskets OF oranges piueapples aud
vegetable On their heads, aud a. tic restaurant
many of tic guests buy their own fruit. ] re-
member "a dark faced strawberry pedler who
brought us 0uE berries morning after morn ing.
IlC Bad so great baskets sluug % stick across
w. shoulder aud be- always wanted about four
tmrs O. much lyT lis strawberries as lie Eually
took. llc WIS a handsome fellow, and lie had
EcHpa Or blanket across bic shoulders which
was lIe envy 0i Tie other lutians about the
hotel. Such newspapers a. arc sold about
McE.can hotel are pcadled 10y men instead o.
toy- ald .hc b0olbiau aud the nowsboy seem
o. De unknown characters in Mexican lie. The
paper are always printed q day before the date
marked upon them and these noWsmcu cry out
I" Heic.E your Daily Times Of tomorrow" AL
the news Of tomorrow iu the Iiuus and similar
cries. Mexico has uO morning ICwsps per except
an English one and the people are satisfied with
morning papers printed the afternoon before.
The 5amc pHperllist isso'd ton phtBith the date
Of tomorrow viii be sold % morrow morning.
and The ncwsmon VIII cry Buy ro-day's Wmeg.
All lhc news. Just out" Everyone knows
that ihe cry Is a lie aud that The paper was
printed yesterday, bat il makes no difference.
Matches and lottery tickets are articles
which arc EaWkCd everywhere ID Mexico. and
yon End the lottery yrndeTs about every hotel
Tie McNicaus atc the greatest gGmblcrf in the
world, Hud everyone lDlrOulZcs tho lottery
Moro than s. 100000 ale spent on them every
year, and Of this the public receive about GO poI
cent. in prizes. Ii Is said tina: the Government
gets q revenue Of more tlRn half a million an.
nually from them, aud they are regular instl.
tuition, licensed aud run according 70 law
The tickets are sold as low rs q real, or ~
cents, aud great many Of the foreigners buy
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into the carriage and it will cost you no more
aud If you have il only half an hour you need
pay only half rates. The coachmcn are gem
orally decent fellows. They will try 10 over
charge you but will come 10 time il you watch
them, and they look quite stylish with their
tight leather pautOons and their big hats.
They size up very fairly in looks and honesty
with their class the world over, and have had
less trouble witlr1Lcm than with their kind in
other lands.
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DONALD kennedy
Of ROxbuIy, Mass, says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures
HOrrid Old Sores, Deep Seated
Ulcers of 40 years standing, In
ward Tumors, and every disease OF
the skin, except Thunder Humor,
and Cancer that has taken root.
Price $3.50. Sold by every Drug
gist in the q. s. and Canada.
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
by FRANK G. cARPENTER.

Special Correspondence THE NATIONAL TRIHUSE.
HOTEL ITURBIDE, MEXICO CITY, June 1891.
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It is five stories high and IL must cover sew
era acres The binding is constructed with
hRlf-d0zeu great courts IN lis interior, aud You
lose yourself in going from one part OF u 60
another. These courts are big enough 70 each
contain a regiment of soldiers aud troop OF
cavalry could turn around in one OF them very
easily. They are rooted by the sky and are
paved with stone, and half of the rooms oil the
hotel look out upon them. One OF the most
important businesses Of the servants OF the
hOtel Is 10 keep these courts clean, and i am
Weakened every morning 10y rdsp-ng sound
made by the sweepels, who brush them over
and over with brooms made Of twigs. These
are the great brooms oil Mexico for rough work,
and both streets aud houses are swept with
them They are made in many cases Ivy the
sweepcrs and the stTcet-swpcpcrs Of Mexico
City are convicts. The criminals have 70 labor,
aud I'll kinds OF dirty work ia done 10y them. Ny
FIRST sight upon coming into a Mexican town
was a soldier driving lot OF iail-birds along
the streets. Each one 81 these had bunch OF
twigs la his hands and nc a given signal tue
corps OF about 20 conviCts bent over and began
10 brush the cobblcsi0ncs As J passed they
looked M. only to ret a reprmand from the
guard which brought them back 10 business.
Here la the lturhide Hotel this same character
of sweeping is done, but the sweepeTs arc poems
or Indian servants who get perhaps 80 cents
day, and earn it. They do many other things
beside sweeping, and they seem TO be industrl-
Gus and willing 10 work.
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Mexico City is a town Of 100000 people. The
only elevator IL has is in this hotel, and this
elevator runs only from 10 in the morning UNI
Oh 10 clock at night. After this one las 10 trot
up TO his tNo-dollar-a-day room on the third or
fourth story, and L he goes down 10 the rcstaU-
rant his breakfast before 10 he has TO walk. 1t
e favor to the guests 10 be allowed TO stop at
The National tribune., 1891-07-09
GENERAL.

Tho water in the great Colorado Desert in
Southern California is steadily rising. aud is
also said TO be getting fresher. IL is believed
TO be surely coming from the Colorado River
IL it remains 10 will tun large extent OF ter
ri:ory into q habitabe region. The Chicago
Herald has published the results OF an cxpedi.
ton il sent out 10 fnd aui marx the spot II
which Christopher Columbus first landed Oh
the shores OF the New World. monument
has been erected on the northeastern shore OF
Watling's Island, Oh headland overlooking
the little sandy beach bIy IN which Columbus
landed.-The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
received a telegram last week from Gen. Ne
Cook dated Los Angeles. Cal, July . i'm which
lac state. that all the hostles OF the Asaibi viii
lagc of Moqui luiiEusj ia Arizona, were cap.
tured on the morning Of the lst inst
first journey over the Fixes Peak Railroad
was made June 80, an engine aud one ear ear
ryiug % passengers 10 tho summit. The line
is the highest in the world. The lower tCTrni-
nus is G, 400 feet above sea level and the upper
II,I47. The distance is nine miles aud the
stecpest grade is % per cent. Oh a rise of one
in forty.-Et Rev. Etholbur. Talbot, Mis-
sionary Bishop OF Western Idaho and Wyoming,
has been elected Bishop of Georgia, by the
Episcopal Diocesan Convention.
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A STITCH

II you tgdnt 10 Be sure and Get ito Fen ttoHs-
and dollar O year business 1chere dollars rotL
right into pour rockets 1cthout hardly any EFFORT
or yOuF part, don't delay minute, but tcTits 70
Giant ORE TO-, AUGUSTA, Maine for particulars
and free safaplcs 90 stCTt you an an hoEoTG6te
Summer, FGI and Winter business. Re1HsmbeT
.lTTlae and Tide ivdit for no man" and postal
ia time sdrcg p0H much disappointment, so don't
olIot1 Gny0re % get ~ ahead Of gC. Write today.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A Kanawha and Michigan passenger train
was participated through burnt trestie at
Farm Station, near Charleston, W. Va, July 4.
Thirteen people were killed, and % injured,
all but one passenger sustaining some injury.
Seven men were badly injured, two il is
thought fatally, July 3, By IA explosion of
coal oil gas on a tank steamer az Point Breeze.
y. Y.-Ry most terrible Tcar-cnd collision
on the New York, Lake Erie q Western near
Rayenna, O., score Of people were crushed
aud burned TO death. 4 heavy meat freight
train ran into the rear Of the night express on
which were a number OF glass workers from
Findlay. The freight engine tclescoped the
last car, ran through sleeper and buried it.
self in the second sleeper. The wreck caught
Ire aud was destroyed with its human victims.
a cyclone at Baton Rouge, La, July g,
damaged 90 houses, partially wrecked the State
penitcntiary, killing 10 convicts aud injuring
30 others, and also injured several citizens. It's
path was 500 yards wide.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
JOThe Public.

Notice Ia hereby given that Chris.
BaOmbnth has been appointed ~
authorized agent for the cohesion 81
all sums due the firm oi Rockhaft a;
Froelich, ns sol ns for the tfausac
tion OF all other JgsjEogs connected
with tho present management, such
no tho payment Of bills, collection ~
aud rCce,ptiUR FOR moneys duo, ctc.
RgcHHAitf j. FnoELicIi,
Iy &. RgCHHbRT,
Surviving partner 81 Tho Grm.
ElkO, Nov, Nov. 10, 1850. u
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-02-08
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Depot IIotci--CIark &c Green. Pro.
prictois.
20 FL Llnlrcaux. J r Wood. rusca.
sora; q VI Bower. Henry Stein, La.
mobile; NJ H1lmcs, Jesse Ferry, Jacob
Gardner, S l.; Mrs ID Wearuer,
Cherry Creek.
e y Baker, Winncmucca. II S Van
DTeilcn. w L Tel Co: p Hanson,
Wells; John CrOssor, Deeth; Nelson
Ouderkiris, Mound; Caus Mcpherson.
s r..
Thos Short Ruby Valley; 4 W Full.
Ter & wife, Coral Hill; " o wore.
South Fork; Cias Glider, California:
Jas Carroll, Brooklyn: q " Phillips.
John SwiIl, Tuscarora; = NJ McAfcc,
N Sheare-, North Fork; J D Abel L
wife, Fl Hallerl.