Tombstone epitaph., 1891-09-13
SEEN IN MEXICO.
Interesting Letter from the
 City of Guadalsjara.
GUADAJARA, Jalisco, Sept. Sd.

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 ED. PROsPECTOR:-Our sujourn o ten days in the beautiful capital her' has been pleasant and instructive Guadalajara, the capital of the stat. of Jalisco is, barring Mexico City, tht largest, richest and most populous cit, m the republic, and tho most import ant in the state.
 Guadalajara has 8 population oI 9O,OOO, with fine typographical situ- atlOn, It's elevation being over 5,O0C feet above sea level, rendering it quite cool and salubrious.
 | This city was founded in 154I and has slowly and steadily grown into d magnificent city, with it's twenty-,i yhl churches and many elegant public institutions. The streets are broad, straight: well paved and clean, and are traversed by over twenty miles ol street car lines.
 The principal streets and public parks and gardens are lighted with electricity, and few hours ride at night in d street car past the beautiful parks and private It esidences, many of the latter having arched courtyards after the Grecian style with crystal fo intains playing in the centre, is very attractive.
 The city possesses a library of "A QUO volumes, and its public institu- ,ions are of high grade. The state has two lyceums, one for each sex, also medical, law and scientific schools, the best in the republic. The people are refined, polite and hospitable.
 On the "Plaza de Armes" stands the "Palacio" or government building, for modern architecture seldom rival led On the north of the pl za stands an immense cathedral whose towers are 230 feet high.
 Five minutes ride on the street cars brought us to the portals of the state penitentiary. The director show ed Us through the various apartments. Passing three great iron gates and as many sentinels, we were in circular garden, in the center of which foun. tain stands. Radiating in all directions from the garden like spokes in Q wheel are arched walks some 200 feet long containing we'll ventilated, clean and spacious cells. The structure is built of solid granite, is 50Ox1O00 feet and stands on the west side of Esca- bedo park. It has 1000 cells and con, tains at the present time over SOO con"icts, among which is an old time Arizonian by the name of Sam Ora ham, we'll known about Tucson, and in 1881 was post trader at the Pima Indian reservation, with some Tucson gentlemen as bundsmen in the sum of $lO,OO0.
 This unfortunate fellow. while on a protractcd drunk, accidentally shot d German and killed him. He is serving out a twenty years term. 40 months having already passed. A strong pe- tition came from Tucson some time since but it did not have the desired effect owing to the strong prejudice oI the many German residents here. Mir. Graham expressed tbe desire of having some of his old Arizona friends try to petition him out but he seems to have very little hope. Eastern papers show him to be of moral character and good family.
 Jalisco contains over 100000 peo- pie, and is rich in the production of rice, sugar, coffee. chocolate, cocoa, slate, silver, marble, tobacco, wheat, barley, fine cabbages, and potatoes, etc, etc.
 The Plaza de Armes is the finest plaza in the city, at night as light a. day with its electric lights. Every night the military band discourses sweet music and thousands of promeD- aders. the upper class of the city, si;- , ting around on great easy seats or strolling through ;he walks. A pavilion in the center is occupied as music stand. The women prcm- enade around the plaza one way and the men another, and meeting each other. the men content themselve. with glance only from the brilliant eyed beauties. We predict, however ere many years that young men and women will promenade through thin . favored resort arm in arm as in ouI