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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
CHANGES MADE.
The New Through Service on the
 Cotton Belt Affects Employees.

AS result of the Chicago service established by the Cotton Belt and commencing Tuesday, the corps Of passengers has been changed as to run of each conductor. This change becomes effective tomorrow, the 10th inst, Six conductors will run between Texarkana and Memphis. as follows: J. k. LeBosquet, ". w. Alexander, Chas. Q. Harris, on mum. bers l and ,; ". Fox, " E. Graham and sam W. Kenward, on numbers 3 and 4.
 The home of all these conductors will be Pine Bluff, to which city Harris will remove in Il short time. Two conductors will run between Fair Oaks and Cairo, c. E. Tucker and Ed E. Lynch. The home ot both will be Cairo, each removing from this city. Two will run lee. tween Fair Oaks and Gray's Potne. J. H. Holmes and Charles McNew Both will move from Pine Bluff to Gray's Point, their future.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
WILL HOLD \ FAIR,
Th Stockholders Of the Association
 to Meet This Afternoon.

The Fair Association will hold a meeting at the Citzers Bank in this city this (Monday1 after noou to arrange matters for the holding of the annual Fair here this Fall.
 The Graphic stated Sunday that it was hardly probable that ttere would be Fair this year, but the officials Of the Association are de- termined to have an annual show in the future. They will appeal to the people of our city for aid and If it is given, there is no doubt but what it will be success annually. A Fair is what makes town pop ular and causes it to grow. It is an enterprise that should be en. couraged and assisted by every person of the town and county in which it is held.
 We believe and hope that the off, ca@s and stockholders will succeed in their efforts to hold the annual Fair again this year and know that f properly encouraged, it will be best ever given.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
4 Pleasure and a Duty.

l consider it not only pleasure but duty l owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by the timely use o Chamberlain's Coiic, Cholera aud Diarroea Remedy. was taken very badly with fiux and procured 0 bottle of this remedy. 4 few doses of it effected a permanent cure. take pleasure In recommending 1t to others suffering from that dreadful w. Lynch. Dorr. ". Va. This remedy is sold by ". l.. De- woody < CO, druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
An Ancient Belief.

The aDcients believed that rheu- matlsm was the work of a demon within man. Any one who has had an attack of sciatic or infiam- matory rheumatism will agree that the infliction is demoniac enough to warrant the belief. 1t has never been claimed that Chamberain's Pam Balm would Cast out demons, but it will cuse rheumatism, and hundreds bear testimony to the truth of this statement. One application relieves the pain, and this quick relief which it affords is alone worth many times it's cost. For sale by V. l.. DewoodY X Co.,, druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
FIREMAN CRAWLEY
Took Sick at 8 ?. m. and Dled at 3 s.
 m,-WeIl Known.

Mir. NJ. H. Crawl n popular and highly respected Cotton Belt fireman died suddenly at the kerwin Hotel In this city this (Monday) morning. He was taken i'll Sunday evening at 5 o'clock with congestion and died at few minutes after 5 this morn ing.
 He leaves a devoted wife to mourn his death. Mr.Cra wiley was a good. kind and honest gentleman and possessed many friends in railway circles, where he was especially we'll known.
 To his heart-broken wife we ex- tend our heartfelt sympathy and condolence. The remains will prob. ably be shipped this afternoon to his old home in Iowa.
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A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.
Mrs. Mat Lester, of Lebanon. Tenn
 Visiting Relatives Here.

Mrs. Mat Lester, one of the wealthtest and most distinguished lady residents of Tennessee, is pay ing relatives here visit. She came in or the Cotton Belt road from Texas at noon and Is en route to her home at Lebanon, Tenn. She is lady of strikingly handsome ap- pearance and is quite well known throughout the south. Mrs. Lester is related to the Bridges, Whites and Roanes all of this city and while here, will be the guest of MT. Frank Bridges at the Trulock. Tonight a reunion of her relatives will take place at the Truloek.
 Mrs. Lester was formerly Miss Hattie Dillon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
p. & F. OFFER S25 co

To the lady n ho will send then. the
 best receipt for making cake Gnclud- ing ginger bread with their fine P. $ F. old fashioned molasses. A sample of the cake or ginger bread must accompany the receipt. togeth- CT with the blue trade mark nn Ia bel. Ask your grocer for it. Contest closes May 10th Address, Penick &
 Ford, Shre5 eport, La.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

The officers of the company are w. Hesseldon. president; F. s. Brooks, secretary, aud M. ". Flour nov, treasurer. In conversation with Secretary Brooks the other day he said:
 Several miles of the big ditch have already been built, with dam across the Rio 6rande near Algad-' ones. The ditch is 30 feet wide at the top and 20 feet at the bottom, and will have an average depth of 3 feet. The length of the canal when completed will be about 40 miles. The building of the dam at the kead- gate will insure W ater the year round. One mile below the dam the river runs over bed of solid rock aod then sinks into qaieksand, leaving DO surface water for several months of the year for a distance of thirty miles, or until Isleta IS reached. 1 is estimated that the big ditch vii. reclaim thousands of acres at present without water and not cultivated. It is the purpose of the company to settle this area with small truck and fruit farmers, to whom water rights will be sold at a stipulated price per acre. When the territory in touch with the big ditch is filed up with small farms, aud planted in orchard and other agricultural products, it will be a ve.itable garden spot, second only to the famous Salt River valley in Arizona. and it will make AIbu. quefque prosper and bloom like a rose"
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An Epldt mic of whoopIng Cough.

Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children con tracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. We had used Cham berlain s Cough Remedy very suc- eessfuily for croup and naturally turned to it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effected q complete cure.-Jobn E. Clifford, proprietor Norwood House. Nor
 wood, \. '. This remedy is for sale by ". L. Dewoody & Co, druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

The new Pine Bluff baseball team enjoyed practice game Ut Jones park in this city Sunday. They are getting in fine shape and the people of this city are soon to enjoy q series of interesting games. The team Is composed of the following named players. Charley Campbell, Mack Hunter. Beaurie Hut, Alphonsa Brewster, Finn Hut, Doc Baldwin Carter Murphy linn Allen aud Arthur Ere wster.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
HE IS DEAD.
  DR. COOK SUCCUMBED TO TO HIS WOUNDS SUM DAY NIGHT.
 - THE CORONER'S JURY. Estes is Again Locked Up On the Charge of
 Murder. 

Sunday evening at about 9:30 o'clock pr. J. o. Cook suceumbed to the wounds inflicted by Mir. ]. S. Estes with pistol last Thursday morning, on East Barraqne street.
 He died at his home on East Bar raque street, where he has been since he received the fatal wounds. All during his painful illness. he pro. tested against the physicians prob ing the wounds aud would hardly allow them near his bed. As & result, he died. Up to the last mo- ments of his existence, pr. Cook suf- ferea intense pain and his death was a horrible one. Doctors Galligher and Troupe held an autopsy over the body soon after his death to de- termine the exact course of and how many bullets entered the body. Tkey found that only one bullet entered the back. notwithstanding there were two bullet holes on that side of the body. The only solution given is that one of the bullets struck pants button or something equally as hard, glanced on back and bounced out again. Only one hole could be found in the back of Cook s coat.
 Estes Was out on bond when Cook died. but the coroner's jury ordered that he be rearrested this morDibg on charge of murder and placed in the hands of the sheriff. This was done and Estes was locked in the Jefferson county jail.
 The coroners' jury found that Dr. J @. Cook came to his death from wounds inflicted with pistol in the hands of one J. $. Estes.
 Attorney H. King White, who represents Estes, has instituted an- other habeas corpus proceeding. which will be heard by Judge Grace tbis afternoon, and through which Attorney White hopes to have his man again released on bond.
 Dr, Cook will be buried from the family residence this (Monday) af- ternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. c. W. Daniel of the Baptist church will of ficiate.
 Dr, Cook was fifty-six years of age. He was born in Illinois but resided for many years in various parts of Texas. William Cook, proprietor of paint and paper store, and john Cook, for many years clerk at the Oriental Hotel at Dallas, Texas, are two surviving sons. A wife is also left to mourn his death. Dr. Cook has resided here for the past three years. He leaves a two thousand dollar life insurance policy in the Masonic lodge at Houston. Texas,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
IN PROCESS OF coNsTRuc- TON FROM AGADONES TO
 ISLETA, IN NEW MEXICO.
FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES
Will Open Up a Large Area of Fertile Lands for Profit
 able Cultivation,
Special Correspondence of the Graphic.

Special Correspondence ofthe Graphic.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M,, May 10-To paraphrase the words of some writer, you have but to tickle the soil ot New Mexico with water and it laughs with harvest. These words are applicable to nearly all the arid regions ot the great south west, except in some localities and areas where alkaIi predominates to such an extent as to make agricul- sure impossible. But ordinarily wherever sufficient water can be ob. tained for the cultivation of crops, the soil IS remarkably productive, and will produce nearly all the fruits plants and crops of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Long before the discovery of Amerlca by Columbus, or before any settlements were established in the East, the ancestors of the present Pueblo Indians established con- munal cities, built irrigating canals and practiced agriculture to the then known highest extent in the Rio Grand valley of New Mexieo. and the Gila river and Salt river valleys of Arizona. As a result of tribal wars, interne cine strife, the bloodthirssy dispo- sition of the Apaches (whose hands throughout all history have been raised against all other races), and migrations and neglect, nearly all traces of these irrigating canals of the ancients have been lost, but enough evidences, and the chronicles of early Spanish explorers, have been left to Show that they once ex- isted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

From the earliest records of this country, the Rio Grande valley has always been thickIy populated and extensively cultivated. but never by half to it's fullest extent because of lack of water. There are millions of now barren acres of land that could
 be made as productive as the famed
 valley of the Nile if sufficient water could be secured to cultivate them. There is also a peculiar condition in the Rio Grande Valley, and broad stretches of river bottom on which there is not a barrel of water for many months throughout the year. This is due to the fact that much of the river bed is quicksand through which the water sinks, rising again several miles below, and continuing it's journey to the Gulf until another bed of quickSand IS reached where it again sinks out of sight. That con- dition prevails for several miles above and below Albuquerque, in of which some of the most productive soil in the Territory is uncultivated because of lack of irregating and water facilities.
 But this is soon to be overcome by the science and labor Of man. About the first of the year tbe Albuquerque Land & Irrigation Co.,, was organ ized, with ,an authorized capita stock of s100, 900, about fifty per cent. of which has been subscribed and paid in by local capital and business men. The purpose of the company is to build an irrigating canal to cover the above described territory, beginning at Algadones on the north and extending south around Albuquerque, to the ancient Indian pueblo of Isleta, distance of forty miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

Next I asked Secretary Brooks the extent of the work already done on the Big Ditch. To this he re- sponded: ssThe dam and about eight miles of the canal have been finished, and this covers the most expensive part of it, because much of the ditch had to be dug through rock. We began work on the canal last January, and although work has been ten porarily stopped, we ex- pect to have t completed in time to plant crops in the spring of 1901. :" It is to be remarked in this con nection that the dilch is being built entirely by local capital Not a dollar has been subscribed from the east, and DO bonds have been issued or hoated. It is such grit and er- terprise as this that makes cities great.
 J. ". ADAMS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

The suit of Joseph Cain ct al, trustees of the Cornerstone Colored Baptist church ys. the Richardson & May Land and Planting Company occupies the time of the Circuit Court today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

Dr. A. J. Richtor, physician of many years experience and gentle man In every sense of the word arrived here recently from Chicago He fame here prospecting and has decided to make this place his home. Dr. Richtor has the best of recom- mendations and references and we can safely say he is man of his profession strictly. Dr. Richtor is quite well known to several Pine BIuffians. We welcome him to our city and trust his future patronage will merit h.s remaining in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

Miss Emma Hardy had her right nand severely mashed in a job press press ut the Courier office this after. noon. Her hand was badly disfg- ured and q doctor was called t9 properly dress the wounded member.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

Mr. Robe. L. Byrd, of this city, has a unique curiosity in the shape of a check issued by the United States pustotfice department at Washing ton. The check was Issued in 1893 to Mir. c. C. Sleade, of Swan Lake, Ark, for services rendered at the postoffice at that place. It calls for anh cent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

Walker Drug Co.,, keep standing ready at all times a horse and hi- cicle for quick delivery of any thing ordered from them. w
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

.sSafe Bind, Safe Find.' Forti- fy yourself now by purifying and en- richening your blood and building up your system with Hoods Sarsaparilla and you may expect good health throughout the coming season.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14

All liver ills are cured by Hoods Pills, 25c.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22

farmer located Stony Brook the maariou
districts this State and bothered with malaria for years. times
so could work, and always very conspaed we'll For
years had malaria bad in the spring when engaged blowing
that could do nothing but shake must have taken about barrel
qnne pills besides of other remedies but obtained
any permanent benet Last fall peach time had most serious
attack Of hs ana then commenced take Rpans Tbues
friends the first box made all and have
been without them since take Tabue each morning and night
and sometimes feel than usually exhausted take three
day. They have kept stomach bowels regular and
have had the least touch of malaria splitting headache since
commenced know that sleep better and wake
refreshed than formerly don't know how many complaints
Rpan abueS will help but do know they will any the
condition and would be without them price
honestly consider them the medicine the world
also beneficial and the take
twenty years and have worked hard all @ the
farmers both early and late and in all kinds of weather.
and have enjoyed such good health have last fall
fact neghbo have all remarked improved condition and have
said, Saw john what doing 10 look SO healthy3
hthaR Nwnlnc tbenen
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22
Saltwater, Sept. I6, 1900.


The automobile" of the Cali
fornia wheat fields is a wonderful
engine, used to harvest the crops
upon the immense farms, which in
some instances cover thousands OF
acres. The traction engines used
for blowing, cultivating, seeding
and harvesting these enormous
crops are the largest ever built.
They are of fifty-horse power, with
driving wheels sixty inches in
diameter and flanges sixty inches
in width. They draw over the
fields sixteen ten-inch plows, four
six foot harrows and a press drill
to match, blowing, narrowing and
seeding from forty-five to seventy
FIVE acres at one operation each
day. Their use explains why the
vast crop of California, covering
millions of acres, can be planted
and cultivated in a country where
the supply of labor is not great
enough to plant a crop one-tenth
part as large In the harvest time,
by the aid of one of these enor-
nous harvesters, whose cutters are
twenty-six feet wide, the wheat is
at once headed, thrashed, cleaned
and sacked ready for market, the
machine in one day gathering the
crop of seventy-hve acres. To OBJ
serve one of these enormous ma
chimes travelling over the uneven
surface of these fields, crossing
wide bitches, or crawling along the
side hills, surmounting every OBJ
stacle with the most perfect ease,
and automatically gathering in the
ripened grain, sacked ready for
market, is sight of the rarest de-
scription. In them lies the power
that will wipe the small farmer off
the face of the earth.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22

sticking up about fifty feet distant,
and proceeding there they found
another skeleton with only the
back of the skull exposed; the
balance had evidently been cover
ed by sand drifting in as blown
by the wind, as it was on the side
of a sand hill. Upon digging in
they threw out bundle of sticks
about four feet long that broke in
pieces as they pulled them out.
From subsequent examination
they are of the opinion this skele-
ton was an Indian, lying face down
and the sticks were arrows fasten-
ed on his person. The bones of
the legs show him to have been
very large and the skull has all
the characteristics of an Indian
skull In investigating further
they found another skeleton about
forty feet beyond the skeleton of
the white man and in direct line
from the Indian. Their attention
was called to this skeleton by
finding an old rifle lying there, a
piece of cloth and the remains of
an old pair of shoes. The rifle
was gone except the barrel and a
few pieces of wood. The barrel
was very heavy and of unusual
length. Under the rifle and part
ly exposed was the skeleton of
what they are certain was once a
white woman, and the teeth show
ed she must have been young.
The skeleton was lying on the
back with the rifle across the chest
and around this skeleton, as that
of the white man, were sticking
many arrows. Upon digging in
to uncover the skeleton they poked
out piece of cloth which looks
like brown silk lining, and there
are other evidences of a dress; but
this piece of cloth must have been
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22
Registration Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the registry
books for the general election to be held No
vember 9th, 1900, for the election of State.
County and Township officers. are now open at
my office in Sutro, and will remain open on
ali legal days from 10 o clock a. IN. to O'Clock
p IN. until october 10th, 1900, and from October
10th. 1900, To October 2lst, 1909, from clock
to o clock p. m. in addition to the hours here
tofore mentioned, for the registration OF all
qualified electors in said Sutro precinct. at
which time the books OF registration will be
closed at e o'clock p m.
Naturalized cit zcns will be required to pro
duce their naturalization papers for inspection
at the time they present themselves for regis
tration.
BARNEY MORAN,
Registry Agent of SutrO Precinct
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22

sack or pocket, as when they
disturbed it they uncovered quite
a collection of articles. These are
mostly very much decayed and
rusted, but they were able to in
IDENTIFY four thimbles, a lot of
beads, an old knife, or rather the
handle of one about five inches
long, some white buttons and an
old daguerreotype in a wooden
frame about three and one-halt
inches square. This, strange to
say, was the best preserved of
anything, as it was printed on
glass. This picture is of lady IS
or 80 years of age, very dark com
plexion with a full round face.
The hair is black and plastered
down over the forehead and upper
part of the ear, as was the fashion
many years ago. She is dressed
in rather a low cut dress about the
neck, with sleeves coming half way
to the elbows, showing a pair of
plump, white arms.
AS it was then nearly dark and
they were about twenty miles
from home, they were unable to
pursue their search any longer,
but hasty search near the skele-
ton of the man brought to light
what appeared to be an old locket
or shield of metal about an inch
and a quarter across. 1t is very
much corroded and rusted and very
hard to determine what it might
have been. All the above articles
are in my possession and may be
seen at any time. OF course, we
intend to make more thorough
investigation as soon as possible,
provided we can find the place
again.
With the material on hand one
can build up many a strange
theory but probably no one will
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-09-22
PIONEER DAYS.
Startling Discoveries Of Battle With Indians ID
Churchill. The Bones of the Victims.

On Saturday last Chas. Kent
and Chas. Carmincke, while out
after cattle on the range north of
here and in the country known as
the west side of the Sink of Car
son, accidentally made a very re-
markable discovery that, if I'M
raveled, might furnish another
bloodcurdling story of Indian
cruelty of the early days.
They had ridden perhaps fifteen
miles north of here looking for
cattle when they came upon some
mustang horses, and taking after
them they ran in a northwesterly
direction about five miles farther,
when they gave up the chase.
They were then in comparative
ly unknown locality of sand hills
and alkali flats and probably about
ten miles east of the old emigrant
road coming in at Ragtown and
near the ground covered in early
days by the waters of the Hum
boldt and Carson rivers and known
as the lower Sink of the Carson.
While sitting on a sand hill rest
ing their horses they observed
what looked like bones on an
alkali fiat about 600 yards off and
looking through the glass they re-
sembled a skeleton. They started
to examine further and upon
reaching there found the skeleton
of what they now think was a
white man. The person must
have been sitting and fell forward
as the ribs and skull were on top
of the leg bones and must have
been a young man, as the teeth
were well preserved and regular,
and now comes the most remark
able part Of the story. Around
this skeleton sticking in the ground
were three or four sticks about
two feet III length that they sub
sequently proved were arrows by
finding the flint arrow heads near
in numbers. Upon looking back
in the direction from which they
had come they saw another bone