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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
Thanksgiving.

An Arizona Thanksgiving day means one with cloudless sky, no wind, bracing atmosphere with TO demand for oyercOats and a general good time. Yesterday was no exception The base ball game was the sttrac- ton at the race track in the afternoon The Huaehuca club came in on two wagons and presented a natty 'ap- pearauce in their brigbt Colored suits. The game was an interesting 0ne and resulted in a victory for the Tomb stone boys by a score oi 9 to ,. The Huachuca nine had 6 splendid battery but were weak in other places. Our boys as usual played an all-round good game. The soldier boys intend to practice more and give our nine another challenge in the near future. The visitors were much pleased with their visit Snd had 6 general good time. Many of them had not seen much of western life and fell in love with it at first sight.
 In the evening everybody repaired to the skating rink to see the event of the season-the skating carnival. The Huachuea band of six pieces had been engaged and the verdict Was that they were simply immense" The rink was crowded with participants and spectators. The characters were all good aud many original ideas were represented. Lack of space precludes an extended mention Of all the cos ! tumes.
 The first prize was won by MT. Steve Aguirre as Spanish bull fighter,
 The second pr ze for the best dress ed lady was awarded to Miss Will Sneed as Esmeralda.
 Miss Burr, oi Bishee, captured .l3e prize for second best dressed lady. The best sustained character was awarded to Mrs, Herrera who posed as barber pole which was carefully guided around by Mrs. sydow.
 Oakley Arnold as the little piecaniny captured the prize for second best sustained character,
 After the amusement afforded by the unmasking had been indulged in to the hearts content, dancing was the order ofthe balance of the night and was enjoyed most thoroughly. The music was divine, and the ve-dict was that the manager of the affair, Ben Baron, was a decided success al getting up an entertainment that could be so generally enjoyed as wal this thanksgiving carnival.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
PUT DOWN AS 4 HosiER.

Amusing Incident Apropos of James
 VhItcomb EiIey's EsPutstIOn Abroad.
 James Whitcomb Riley went abroad recently, and on the vessel coming Lack volunteered for the regular ships con cert for the benefit of destitute mar iners. says the New York Commercial Advertiser. He read number of his poems, which were rspturOuSly re- ceived by everybody present with the exception of two very stolid English men in the front row. The following conversation ensued between them later on in the smoking room:
 ''I say, Arthur, what was that chap. name who read the yerses2"
 "Aw, that's Wilcox Riley-he's quite
 clever tradesman."
 "BIess me, who'd "a thought it. heard he was a literary chap and all that sort of thing"
 No, I'm told he's hosier."
 You don't say so7 Really, now, what a pity it is that a man like him should be tied down to a shop"
 And this is what it is to be the Hoosier poet
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
CONDESSED NEWS.

The following is the standing Of the New York le gislature Democrats Is Republicans I5, Independents l. The case in tine vote oi iieutenant-goyern0r will give the organization of the sen ate to the Democrats. Tins calculs- ton leaves the senate itself the ascer tainment and decision in the case of Beck of Syracuse, who is alleged 10 be a citizen of Canada. The assembly therefore is expected to contain 67 Democrats and 61 Republicans.
 A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says, The news Of the addiction of Fonseca was received in Rio GFande do sul with general satisfaction and has put an end to the revolutionary movement in the statement. The Instructions placed in the Rio Grande have been removed and the Tiver has been re- opened to commerce. The insurgents are disbanding.
 Mrs. Cyrus W. Field died Tuesday aged 72.
 The Right Hon. Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, earl ef Lytton, ambas- sador to France, died suddenly from heart disease.
 Immediately on securing by Minnie apolis of thesRepubiican national con vention, the Democrats of St. Paul thought they should have the Demo cratic national convention, and it is probable that an enormous movement will be made.
 Fifty of the most respectable women in the town of Bremen Ohio, Sunday night rAided adisreptsbie house where they found seven men and four women. The men were allowed to escape. but the women were nearly brasen 10 death, and given zU minutes in which to leave the towD. The house was completely demolished.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
ne's Right.

Arizona has received a good word from the pen of Congressman Bowers of San Diego who recently visited Phenix on his way to Washington. What he saw astonished him beyond all expectation. In long letter to the San Diego Sun he tells of the great future iu store for this state, and calls the attention oi San Diegans to the opportunity they are neglecting by not opening a connection with the coast at that point. He says:
 What San Diege wants is railroad to Yuma, and it Will never take its place as an independent port until such road is built to connect your harbor with the great rich valleys of Arizona. and 1t should not be forgotten that these valleys can ge; along much better without San Diego than San Diego wilh ut them, Tor they are, or will soon be, connected with two transeontihental lines.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
4 PROTEST.
The Arrival Uf Apach Soldiers at Huachuca not
 Relished.

The citizens of Tombstone and Co., chise county generally do not hail with any amount Of satisfaction the proposed location of an Apache com pany at Huachuca. The Sentinel, pub lished there, and which is a conserya- tive representation Of the general opinion in army circles as far as this branch of it is concerned, has this to say regarding the Apache as a soldier {:
 "If reports are true, the Indian company at WhipPle Barracks has made bad break. Pay day brought the temptation, and the Indians under the gsrb of soldiers, got whiskey, and the usual result followed,
 "This occurrence has proven con- elusively that dressing an Indian in a soldiers uniform does not eliminate the Indian nature from him. The untamed tiger is in him, perchance eaged or lying dormant, but if the occasion is offered, the savage brute will come forth with all it's native ferocity. The government has been right in visiting a heavy punishment upon any one selling whiskey to h. dians, and it is evident that this same law will need to be kept in force over the Indian when he is made a soldier.
 eve confess we have very little con fideRce in these tigers dressed up in blue coats and blacked shoes, SO long as arms and ammunition are put in their hands. The sight and smell of blood is likely at any time to turn the whole post into pandemonium. We have studied this Indian business for over twenty-five years, have lived near them most of the time, have wis ited their schools have talked with the missionaries, have been on intimate terms with the agents, and we are convinced that the time to begin tO make citizen or a soldier out Of an Indian is in his youth; and the young CT the better. We hays no fear but that any of these Indian com panies can be guarded and cared for and utilized tO some extent. in well gar risOned posts away from cities and places of unusual temptations, but we confess that an Indian company with it's legalized squaw appendages. put down in a camp of soldiers, does not cause to loom up before our vision any rosy ! ndscape or particularly brilliant moral prospect. We will, however, gladly contribute our best endeavor to help guard against the evil, and encourage all that is good. "
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
six Months

Harry Scott was arrested last Tues day night after being found not guilty of assault to commit murder, on a charge oi threats to kill He was taken to jail and brought before Jus tice Johnston this morning where eSi- dence of threats were proven 70 have been made. Letters were produced which Scott had written to Mrs. Igo, refiecting upon MT Igo's character. also proof that Scott had tried to in duce L. E. Page to foreclose mortgage on Igo's property, to break him up. Allen English managed the prosecu- ton, this time with the result that Scott was given six months in the county jail, or that he give bonds in the sum of s25O0 to keep the peace.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
General Court Martial.

A general court martial is being held at the San Diego barracks this week. The court will consist of the following officers, assisted by the regu- Tor officers of the garrison: Lieutenant Colonel D. G. Gordon, Second Cavalry i; Captain W, A Ravelle, Second Cays airy; Captain R. W, Hugh, Eleventh Infantry, all of Fort Huachuca.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
ecoNoMY lN cleARs.
A Business Mans Method of CurtAiiini
 Expenses.


 Expenses.
 A well-lnown business man walked into cigar store the other morning, says the Rochester (N. M Democrat, and took out two coinsi One was a dopar and the other half dollar. He laid them both down on the case and pointed to a box of imported cigars, saying: ''Give me a dollars worth of those" The clerk handed them out and the buyer laid the six that he want ed in a row along the case. Then he said to the clerk: 'Give me half dol lars worth of any good fye-eent cigar" The clerk did as he was bid and the five-centers were laid along in a row also. The gentleman then took the row of imported cigars and cut the ends of of them all Then he mixed the fve-centers and the twenty-eenters up together and put them all into his eapaeious vest pockets
 A friend who was standing near, and who had watched the operation with a good deal of curiosity, said: Where fore2" Simply this, my boy" replied the man addressed. "I am in business where have to give away a good many cigars. l am a man who likes good cigar. cannot afford to give away the kind of cigars smoke myself, so buy days supply and cut the ends of. Then buy some cheap ones. When it is necessary for me to give away a cigar pull out handful and offer one to the person, whoever he may be. He thinks that the ones with the ends cut off have had in rny month and takes one of the cheap ones, whereby save a good many dollars in the course of a year and also keep myself on good terms with the people to whom it is necessary to give cigars"
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
The Charitable Poor.

That the poor are good to one another is the silent testimony of the race of beggars. Many of the cross streets up town through which throngs of work ing people pass to and from their work, says the New York Sun, are infested with beggars in the early morning and evening hours, and to an incredible ex- tent. These birds of prey, who are for the most part bloated, ragged women whose tattsrs are redolcnt of whisky, place themselves close to the stoop of some respectable dwelling house, and. crouehing against the rail, hold out a grimy hand which suggests rather than asks gift. Young girls going to their work are moved 10 compassion, and men feel superstitiOus repugnanee to passing an old woman in want, and SO these sodden, hopeless waifs of hurnani- ty find it profitable to haunt the places through which the tide of daily labor ebbs and flows most swiftly. In the matter of charity, the practical diff ference seems to be that the rich sub scribe to charitable societies, the poor give to those poorer than themselves. But the poor give from their poverty.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
Ihe Railroad

Work commenced at Fairbank this morning with force of ten or dozen men and the work of driving stakes is progressing rapidly. It is expected that this preliminary survey will be completed inside of ten days, when an estimate of the cost will be made. Quite a number Of the Tombstone boys are of the surveying party
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Miss Sarah Herring who has taught so long and satisfactorily in the Tombstone public school, has sent in ber res gnaIion, which was reluctantly accepted by the trustees. Miss Laura Hunsaker has been appointed to take the vacancy, and will commence her duties next Monday. Miss Herring will assist her father, Col. Wm. Her ringin his office. In the loss of Miss Herring's services, the public have cause for regret. Herlseholars lose a friend and instructor which time or circumstances will not efface from their memories.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

The Los Angeles Express of Wed nesday contains notice of the death of Mrs. J. F Burns of that city. Mrs. Burns was 8 sister of Mrs R. w. Wood Of this city, and woman es- teemed wherever known for her many virtues, among which her unselfish devotion to the welfare Of others was most prominent. Many acquaintances in Tombstone will deeply deplore her untir,ely death. and join in the sorrow more deeply felt by those more closely attached to her.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

TUcsoS tried to get Jay Gould to spend the winter there for his health. Last Monday Louis Huller the rail- way king and called the Jay Gould of Mexico, died on the train and his body was taken off the cars there. The press of that city simply said A man named Huller died on the train yes terday and will be buried here tomor- LOW" That settles Tucson in the es- timaiion of those of us who have money. Wen die elsewhere.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
Too Eupbatic.

During a session of the house of com mons the members wear their hats, which they remove when rising to speak or to make motion. This GUS tom is occasionally the cause of a com as to remaIn outside, and finally our acquaintance riPened until they would do their wsrk while I remained a watcher. I have stood by the hour watching the little fellows at work. They taught me that the claim of sci entific men that the coral does not grow more than one inch in one hun dred years is the sheerest nonsense. My pets builded an inch iu six months. How do they work2 We'll, that is a rather difficult question to answer. The little animal is a sack; that is, his stom- ach is the biggest part of him. He is a compound animal. and increases by germinatiOn, young polyPs springing from the original polyp. The upper surface is arrayed with tentacles, and the body is separated by a number of partitions that extend from the stomach -sa-tAle outer skin. Between these walls the carbonate of lime is deposited.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

IRE grand jury of Maricops county found things in pretty rotten shape up there. Among other things they said, was to voice the popular senti- ment that the contract system Of car ing for patients of the countyis wrong and should be remedled by the next legislature.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29
sALEsMEN WANTED

Small line Of samples from mlYufact- urinF corporation offered q live mao One traveller earned an average of S3Sc pef mouth for six years past. P. Q. Bos izi7NsrV .rs
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Chas. Vandevere, post tradrr at Huachuca few years ago, died at his fathers home at Ventura last Tuesday of malariAl fever. He had many friends in this section of the country.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Jo Pascholy is shipping his goods from Huachuca to Nogales where he will open a store. The Huschucs store is being fitted up for the can teen.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Kearsing, who used to belong to Tombstone, is in Silver City. He IS working up a lixiavstion process for working the Bremin mine ore.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

A rate of S10O per car on cattle from Benson to Nevada has been made on the $. P. road.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Skating at the rink tomorrow af- ternoon: children's day.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

Come tonight and get your skates at the rink.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

An Italian paper, II Carlino, recalls practical joke that appeals to our sym pathy as well as to our sense of humor. A painter had been commissioned to paint the image of saint on the refec- tory wall of convent The price stip- ulated was very low, but 1t was agreed that the painter should have his meals ct the expense of the convent until the work was finished. But the only food supplied to the poor artist was bread, onions and water. The day for unveil- ing the fresco at length arrived The triars stood round the artist, the curtain was removed It was no doubt a very fine picture, but the saint had his back turned toward the spectators What does this mean?- shouted the indignant prior. Padre, Twas compelled Co paint the picture as you see it, for the saint could not bear the smell of onions"
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

The Phenix Gazstte says that "A Tribolet, a Tombstone batckeIor was buying fat hogs at Tempe last week It probably alluded to Tonbstone's russling butcher.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-11-29

From Fridays Duly.
 The Can Can will set the dinner Of the year tomorrow.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06
New Workers Interested.
Special TO the Gazette.


NEW YORK, Aug. 5-The New York Sun
has the following: The state railway com
mission of Texas. OF which ex-senator
Reagan was recently appointed chairman,
has just announced to the railroad COM
p2nies of thai state the first OF d series of
reforms which it PROPOSES to carry out. Out
Of curiosity. perhaps, the commission issued
4 circular to the companies asking them
what they thought of the first plan.
We We're thunderstruck. " said repre-
sentative Of one OF the Texas roads yester-
day. We shouldn't have been more sur
priSed if the commissions had suggested that
we go into bankruptcy. for that is what the
new reform means. The commission IN
tends TO cut down commodity rates from
one-third TO one-half on all important prod
ucts, such as cotton, lumber hour, grain
and salt. They haven't gou to class rates
Yet. but I'm told they intend to make some
sweeping reductions in that line also. See
how this affects rates. The rate for cotton
from Dallas 10 Houston. 265 miles. is 62
cents per 100 pounds. TIE commission
proposes TO reduce it 10 3S cents. From
Calvert to Houston, l2S miles the rate on
cotton would be reduced from 62 cents TO 81
cents. In other words il is a slaughter OF
from 40 to % per cent. The worst OF ii Is
that rates will have TO be reduced CORES
pondingiy to all intermediate stations
The commission goes still further and
says mat no allowance snail pc rl;tue WhCn
the cargo is handled by several roads. No
allowance is TO be made for the transfer
from one road TO another. If 4 carload of
lumber has TO 20 over three roads IN order
to reach It's destination forty miles away,
ali that each company gets out of 1t VIII be
consumed by SwitChiu" charges. The de-
duc;ion is TO be made on 4 mileage basis.
The railroad people are very much worked
up about the matter, and they have not hes
itated to tell the commission what they
think about it. In consequence, before the
order for the reduction is officially issued,
the commission invited the managers of the
roads to attend Il conference to-day al Aus
Tin. when they will have 4 chance to state
their objections. y few DAYS ago the COM
mission sent off 4 long list of questions re-
lating TO traffic, which il requested the rail
roads to answer in detail The companies
did not comply to sUit the commission, and
the threatened reform is the result.
Those whom the sun reporter talked
with yesterday. SAID the scheme was orig
mated IN the BRAN of ex-senator Reagan,
who, they said, was bent on carrying out
some of his impract;cable theories. The
people deny that rates are any higher in
Texas than in most other states. They
haven't YET made up their minds why the
commission has taken Such radical stand
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, Aug. 5.-'l'he Peo-
pies party delegates are slow III arriving.
y About two hundred are here now and the
leaders say if the number reaches three
hundred they will be satisfied. Hugh
CavanauglI of Cincinnati will be elected
temporary chairman. The platform will
be constructed from suggestions of people,
but the Cincinnati platform with Il few adj
ditions on free coinage will probably be az
ccpted. \ strong contingent is advocating
female suffrage. ". Z. Farmer Of Texas,
i'll speech last night, said if the govern
ment can AXE - scents of silver, stamp i and
make 81 of it ii can take piece of paper and
stamp ii and make it worth 100 cents. He
was loudly cheered.
The district meetings al II O'Clock We're
all well attended. every district being rep
resented. There We're slight differences of
opinion in nearly every district. but the
only places they grew noisy were n the
first. second. seventeenth and twenty first.
The Hamilton county row was over the ad-
mission of Mrs. Mary Chichester. who came
as alternate. and the question of the legality
Of the Saturday night meeting which elect
ed the delegates.
Chairman Barnes of the state central
committee got terrible roasting from
Frank Cr'ist for the decision that the action
OF the people was not legal, ard Mr.. Barnes
decision was voted down After consider
able wrangling over Mrs. Chichester. she
arose and said she came in response 10 a
postal card from an executive committee
man, and if ruled out she was done with
the party forever. She was then elected
The delegates i'll the Sixteenth district dis
agreed on the 2-per-cent-lOaU plan pro
posed for the platform, and will go into the
convention divided. The Twenty-first dis
agreed on tho question Of the rule regulat-
ing the casting Of the vote Of the delega-
ton. Some wanted 10 cast the entire vote,
others the representation. They also go in
divided
The convention was called to order at
2:40 p. m, by II. F. Barnes of Tif1in. chair
man of the state committee after long
delay waiting for the Hamilton county dis
trict meeting to settle its difficulties and
JOIN the convention. There We're about 400
delegates present, and after prayer By Rev
Joshua Crawford. the chair read letters of
regret from prominent people in sympathy
with the movement. One from George f.
Gather, chairman of the Alabama state
committee, promising to carry that state in
1892 elected loud applause Another from
Senator Pfeffer rcclting the causes of the
party's organization. advising the adoption
of the Cincinnati resolutions. and plank
advocating honest money, was also greeted
with cheers.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06

DETROIT Mich. Aug. 5.-Thc reports of
or officers Of the STAFF were presented and
spread Dc~ore the encauPncnt. Adjutant-
generals report showed that on August 20
l>9u. there We're borne upqn the rolls of the
order GJrty-four departments, with 1855
posts and 39GHi comrades in good
standing. TIL" consolidated report of
The ddjutant-geucrdi for the period
ending June 30, 1891, as far As the returns
have been received. not all vet being in,
shows fOrty-nine departments with 14O9
posts and 39,, O65 comrades IN good stand
irg.
The sum expended ia charity. as reported
for the year ending June 30. 1899. was
$2lI,955.OO, relieving 2l,624 persons; for the
year ending June 80, 1891. {c};E3. $50 So. The
total number of deaths reported for the
year ending June 30, 1891, was 300.
The crnaster-gtncrdl' report
showed the assets of the organization TO be
is follows: Cash balance ON hand. $lS04 is:
due oyodcpartmcnts. Sl42g.41: less due 10
departments, SSH: balance. sl2l5. "a !;
United States bonds of 1901, $4,000; mar
ket value, SlS,'2O; supplies, 29+l TO- total
assets. S24. mo-.
The inspector generals report after de-
failing the condition Of the order says in
conclusion. Our comrades in the stronger
and more prosperous departments should
not forget tine full necessities of those in
the weak, + and less favored territories. and
should assist and encourage them III the
GOOD work whenever opportunity offers.
We should be especially interested in Sus
tanning Onr sister departments in the South.
as their membership is largely composed
Of comrades who, for the reason OF failing
health, have been compelled to secure
homes in "a warmer climate.