Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-01
NEWS BY TYRE.

sastern portion of the two states from i've to eighteen inches have fallen. The railroads have experienced no trouble thus far.
 The Giobe-Democrat prints signed by Billy simms ] and sam BerIiner, of San Antonio, | offering a purse of SIS, 900 for a finish 1 6ght with skin tight or two ounce gloves, between Bob Fitzsimmons and | Jim Hall, of Australia, the tight 10 come off during the San Antonio fair, in the last week in October or the first of November, Marquis of Quecnsbury rules 10 govern. As an evidence oi good faith they will deposit S2,O00 with Roche, of S.. Louis, or Luke Short, of Fort Worth, as soon as the match IS made.
 The British steamship ElvastOu, the pioneer of a new line between Bal timore ana Brazil, sailed this morning for Rio Janeiro and Santos with full general cargo. including twenty freight osrs and one Pssse ger car for the Sautos. II also carries the United States mails. Will return 10 Balti- more with full cargo of coffee.
 People continued going to the Cherokee strip yesterday, though in small numbers. During the afternoon the Secretary of the Interior wired that settlers on the Cherokee strip were there at their peril A troop Of cavalry will begin Ihe work Of ejecting the boomers tomorrow.
 Rev. N. R. Covert, of Findlay. O., has retained counsel to press the claims of himself and Mrs Gen. John c. Fremont 10 the ownership of Bird island, in San Franciscn hay. Th'. amount involved is over SlOG0O0O0 Gen. Fremont, when military goyernpr of Ca'ifnruia. purchased the island rom Mexico. The Umtei States re pudiated the purchase and declined to reimburse Fremont. but took posses -ion and erected forti6ca.ions and lightlmu-e thereon at a cost of $9 GOO, GOO. Some time before hn died, heinz low in funds, Fremont secured fosn cial aid from Covert, giving a hsll option interest in the i-land.
 -The silver pool Investigating con.o mitiee made its report to the House last evening. The report, which is unanimous, gives lhe story of rtss in. vestigarinn alluding Co the more i'm portant testimony, but not reviewing 1t in detail, dismisses the testimony of Mr Owensby as the product f a ] Romancer," whose imagination IS not restrained by the limitations OI She truth. It concludes. after reviewing nil the evidence: There is no eyi- dence that any Representative is now, or has heon during the present session of Congress. directly, or indirectly, iD- tsrsstei in silver bullion or certificates representing silver bullion"
 The Southern Pacific Co. has made arrangements w1th the Santa Fe company to transfer all passengers to that road until the wrsbouts in Arizona can be repaired. Passengers arriving at Fl Paso and wishing to continue their jOuraey to California will be transferred to the Santa Fe train and taken to California via Den yer and Ogden.
 A San Francisco dispatch says The blockade on the Atlantic and Pacific in California and Arizona, will be raised tonight when trains will leave for the east.
 John L. Sullivan had a fight with brakeman at Athens, Georgia, in which he got black eye.
 Henry s. Ires, s youDg Napoleon Of finsncs is hack in Wall St buying and selling railways
 Senator Stewart has secured an appropriation of S2OO,OOO for the gathering of statistics relative to irri- ga;ian. $4o0,O0O ba- also been appro- rriase7i tor a pubic build ns ste in San Ffanci-ro.
 A London sPec.ai says: Slavin EoI iu a bar room quarrel with Mitch ei and practically 5opped tbe floor wifb him and inflicted injuries which confined him in his bed.
 -Adzioes from chili state that the tonnilardment of Iquiqas vas product