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WEEKLY EPITAPH.
TOMBSTONE. ARIZONA, MARCH 57, 1SS2
Six-Page Edition.
This Pa??c is from the Dailv
of Tuesday, March 21.
DEEP TUXXKI.IXG.
In 1SG3 and 1801 the great rage
was' deep tunneling to open up the
comparatively few mines then in ex
istence. It was about this timo that
Sutro located the long boro that im
tnortalized his name, and from which
ho has realized a golden fortune,
while the stockholders havo got the
experience. All tho papers at all
given to tho support of tho mining
industry advocatod the tunneling
system whero anything like adequate
advantages could be obtained. We
can most of us look back to tho in
ception of tho Sutro tunnel and dis
tinctly remember what miracles it
was to work for tho mines on the
Comstock lode. At that timo Aniei
icarfs had little or no experience in
silver mining, and did not realize
how rapidly a company could peno
trato tho bowels of tho oirth by aid
of modern appliances. Their idea of
mining was based upon the old,
!owj fussy way of Europe and Great
Britiari, where they havo
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fore they reached that level. How
wofully were all disappointed iii the
outcome of the venture! Long before
the tunnel approached the lode near
ly every company was hundreds of
feet below its level, and great en
gines were operating ponderous
pumps that wore deluging tho coun
try with rivers of water. It is only
of late that the tunnel has been of
any practical benefit to tho mines,
and that simply in drainage, no ore'
being run through it, as was ex
pected there would be. Upon the
Pacifio coast, the tunnel era ha3 long
been left in the back ground, it sel
dom being applied to the most su
perficial prospecting. 'Not so, how
over, in Colorado. There, owing to
the precipitous nature of the coun
try and tho system of parallel
ledges in a hard enclosing rock, they
hare in many places run tunnels with
good results, if we can believo the
published reports from there. In
tho New York Daily Indicator, of
March 15th, wo read ,jhat a very im
portant enterprise has been started
in Cloar Creek county, Col,, by a
company with $1,000,000 capital to
drive a tunnal a distance of four
miles . through the mineral belt ox
tending through Clear Creek and
Gilpin counties to tho gold mines in
the latter county. Work has al
ready commenced. The tunnel is, t
be 14 by 10 feet in size. Tho
reads very much like ono
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entirely too mod
bore; besides
a burden
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they
is and
Biy, which
except it peno-
no entire range of
i is peculiarly a Col-
"Brick" Pomeroy is
fed in another, and has been for
last two or three years. So far
as our knowledge goes, deep tunnel
ling in America has been a failure,
taken as a whole, and tho exceptions,
if exceptions there arc, only go to
prove tho rule.
In purely prospect work, wo be
lieve this rule will hold good tho
world over, that tho best results aro
attained by following the ledge
wherever it may go. Never leavo it
until such time as it is so thoroughly
developed that a working shaft Ju
bo sunk and levels run to it with the
tame certainty that a wagon road
can be built to tho San Pedro. The
reasons for this system of develop
ment are obvious: Ledges or veins
of oro are neither uniform in their
trend, dip or mineral constit
uents. This is a fact patent
to all miners. A shaft may bo
started at a point upon a vein whero
it is poor, botween two. chimneys,
and it may go down indefinitely with
out cutting ore, when, possibly,
within a fow inches upon oither or
both sides there is the beginning ot
& bonanza. Tho ledge may also havo
a fairize, but at a depth of ono hun
dred or two hundred feet it may
closo up so that the bare walls touch
eaoh .other, thero being a simple
seam to show whero tho ldgo ought
to be. How ofted has it been veri
fied that by tunnol or vertical shaft,
.when the ledge has been out it has
been a source of disappointment to
the owners. Wo know of ono ot tho
finest bodios ot oro in Tombstone,
that a crosscut was driven within
two feet of it and tho ore was not
discovered for a year later when ad-
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uitional work was Hone. All the
prospeot worK in ono ot ino leveling
mines of this district is dono by fol
lowing up the veins of ore, no mat
ter how small tho beginnings may
be, and tho results have .uniformly
been most successful. By tunneling,
were all other things equal here, such
results could not have been attained.
Wekk it not for tho limited circu
lation of our contemporary, tho great
prominence given tho recent trouble
by rehashing the old story would
work great injury to bur county.
Wo feel as strongly as any ono on
tl o subject, and as earnestly con
demn all acts of lawlessness, more
especially tho diabolical tarime of as
sassination. But wo likewise con
demn tho ghoulish spirit which would
keep (hunting in the face of the out
side world the details of n by gone
tragedy which prostrates business,
leading strangers to belivo that their
lives would bo endangered should
they visit us for the purpose of en
gaging in business or inspecting
mining property with a view to pur
chase. It is ai: acknowledged fact
that tho city of Tombstone, like all
prosperous mining camps, has its full
quota of hard characters, who hold
life very chnap, but that jly
run the town, iiu
JSHe
hibh'
SiicFcaunot guard
'b gainst. Ho is usually a paid tool of
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a still greater cowaid, and he lives
m all communities, even the most
respectable. What wo most strenu
ously object to is that our citizens
should be mado the sufferers by tho
constant and useless publication of
thread-baro stories calculated to
woik injury to tho entire community.
Souk idea of tho sizo of the match
trado may bo gained by a glance at
tho figures paid for stamps. Tho
government exacts a rovenuo of one
cent per 100 matches manufactured.
During tho year ending May, 1881,
one company paid for stamps $4,500,
000. This year tho amount will be
increased to 5,000,000. There are
200 matches in a box. Tho tax is 2
cents; they aro sold to tho grocer for
3 cunts, and retailed at 5 cents. Four
million five hundred thousand dol
lars represent 450,000,000 1-cent
stamps. As each stamp -represents
100 matches, tho grand total manu
factured is 45,500,0J0,000 matches,
or 277,500,000 5-cent boxes.
Mirssns. 'Mam.ette & FoLSOMliave a
contract for cutting 30,000 cords of wood
near Lake Tuline, Nevada. This wood
goes to supply tlie Comstock mines.
A movement has been set on foot for
tho annexation of Mono, Alpine and Ingo
counties, California, to Nevada. Much us.
Nevada mny desire it, California will nev
er consent to the'propositlon.
.'Mku
"man proposes and God disposes"
ited in the caso of the Virginia
which said on the 17th: "In
'c sky indicates that the snow-
over and the barometer gives
;ns of clearing up." Our dispatches
yesterday, from San Francisco, said that n
turious snow storm was raging at Virginia
City, and a dispatch from Carson says the
road Is impassable between there and
Reno.
One week ago to-day Mr. Phillip Del
esheimer, ex-superintendent of the Hale &
Norcross mine, at Virginia City, was pre
sented with a fine g'.ld headed cane by the
surface employes of the company. Mr.
Deidcshelmer le.ivcs the Comstock for So
nora this week, whero ho wil", superintend
the Santa Maria mines.
A Itleh. Curious Miierlinrn.
Mr. George W. Atkins, who recently re
turned from BhUec, brought a unique
specimen of oro from the 800 level of the
Copper Queen, of which he was one of the
early owners. It is a round fragment of
ore c. m posed of black oxides, green car
bonates and malachite, about six inches
long by four in diameter. Upon the top is
u capping of stahigmitic formation that
r-MirVs 'l'p .'..) w progress of growth that
this limo incrustation musi have
gone through In attaining its pr.csent size
ami thickness. As a cabinet specimen it
has rare value.
MICA I. I'KKSOXAI.M.
Archie McBride, Esq., accompanied by
Mr. John W. Taylor, will leave today for
Yuma. Mr. McBrHle goes for his health.
It is hoped that ho may be so much bene
fited as to bo able soon lo return and as
sume the management of the first-class
hotel he has opened here.
Major Tupper and Mr. Bernard, with
their wives, left for Camp Iluachuca this
afternoon.
Mr. It. C. Brown, of the Citizen, left by
coach this noon for home.
Col. J. S. McCoy and lady returned this
alternoon from tho Huachucas.
J. N. Thacker, Esq , of San Francisco, is
at tho Cosmopohian.
Abe lleymau, E;q., of Virginia City,
Nov., arrived In town yesterday, and has
taken apartments at the Cosmopolitan.
Mr. Hey-nan Is a partner of the enterpris
ing firm of Shoenfeld & Heyman of this
city.
Mr. Al. Llehcnllinl, of San Francisco, la
registered at the Cosmopolitan.
Mr. Springer and lady are legistered at
the Grand from Charleston.
J. J.- Carroll, M. P., of Fort Iluachuca,
is registered at the Cosmopolitan hotel.
OriMaVr
ANOTHER ASSASSINATION.
Frank Stilwell Pound Dead this
Morning,
Seine Another Chanter In tho Karp
Clanton Tragedy.
Special Dispatch to tho Erinm.
Tucson, March 21. This morning
at daylight the track-man at tho
Southern Pacifio railroad depot found
the body of Frank Stilwell about
one hundred yards north of Porter's
hotel, at the sido , of the track, rid
dled with bullets. Tho circumstances
of tho case, so far as learned, aro as
follows: Stilwell arrived here Sun
day to appear before tho grand jury
on a charge of stage robbery near
Bisbco last November. Ho was un
der bonds for his appearance. Last
night when tho west bound passen
Her train arrived, it brought the
REMAINS OF MORGAN EARP,
who had been killed Saturday night
at Tombstone, and his three brothers,
accompanied by Sherman Mo.Uasters,
Doc Holiiday and a man known as
Johnson, all heavily armed with
shotguns and revolvers. A few mo
ments before tho , train started, Stil
well and lie Clanton (brother to
WmU-Clanton, who was killed in
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jtono oy the karps,) went to
8t to meet a man by name of
J, who was to have come in
PBS before the grand jury.
frtlicir arrival at the depot they
saw tho Earp party walking on the
platform. Stilwell advised Clanton
to leavo at once, saying they wanted
to kill him. Clanton left a fow mo
ments later. Stilwell was Seen
WALKING DOWN THE TRACK
in the direction where his body was
found. Four of tho armed men who
were on the platform si on followed.
One was described as a slender, light
complexioned man wearing a white
hat. Just as tho train, was leaving,
six shots wore heard in the locality
of the assassination, but attracted no
particular attention, and nothing was
known of the tragedy until this
morning whop the body was discov
ered. Six shots went into his body
four rifle balls and two loads of
buckshot. Both legs were shot
through and
A CHARGE OP 11UCKSHOT
tu his left thigh, and a charge
through his breast, which must have
been delivered close, .as the coat was
powder burnt, and six bucksli .t holes
within a radius of three inches. Stil
well had a pistol on his person
which was not discharged. He evi
dently was taken unawares, as he
was desperate in a, fight and a quick
shot. His watch was taken, in the
hurry of which a part of the chain
was left. There is much excitement
here concerning the assassination,
and many speculations are rife.
Some say that he was
DECOYED TOTHE SPOT
whore he fell as ho possessed strong
evidence against c rtain stage rob
bers. Uthers think he was trying
to get away from the Earp par
ty and was overtaken, while it
is thought by some that he
went down the track to shoot one or
more of the Earp party as tho train
was moving out, two of them bcirg
on board. Tho killing is thought to
have been done by four of tho party
who accompanied the Earps here, as
the four men who followed the de
ceased down the track
WERE NOT SEEN AGAIN.
This morning at one o'clock as the
cast bound freight train approached
Pnpago, nine miles east of here, it
was flagged and four armed men got
on tho '.rain. They are strongly sus
pected. Tho deceased was 27 years
ot Hue; was a native ot texas; is a
brother to the famous scout Jack
Stilwell. Ho lias" been in Arizona four
years; was a teamster at Signal for
some timo and lately has been keep
ing a livery stable at Charleston nnd
Bisbce, and was an ox deputy sheriff
of Cochiso county. Yesterday Ike
Clanton received several dispatches
from Tombstone, warning him to look
out that a party wtre coming down
to put him out of the way, which put
him
ox ins GUARD.
The authorities here aro deter,
mined to 'go to tho bottom of this
matter, and if the parties are appre
hended there will bo no sham exam
ination, but a trial on merits, and
the guilty parties, whoever they may
be, will suffer the penalty of tiie law.
The Flood at .IIIUIcan'Nltend.
St. Louis, March 21. Tho clerk
of tho sipnmer City of Providence,
just from Vieksburg, givos some in
formation about the floods in tho
lower river, not before published.
The worst point in tho wholo river is
MiMigan's bend. Thero is an 6ver
flow and counter-overflow in that
district. Tho waters from the Mis
sissippi are going over tho levee and
floods back. The waters from tho
Yazoo aro coming in from behind,
and when these two meet a whirl
pool is formed which destroys every
thing in its course. The locality of
tho whirlpool is changing constantly
and every day it completes new des
truction. A largo yawl, filled with
negroes, was caught in it the other
;day,ind upset and all its occupants
were drowned. The whirlpool struck
a church a few days ago, in whioh
several people with their stock had
.been taking refugo. ..JEbe-nmureSr
!wajiriVfcw"Irnnutcs,"torii to pieces,"
the .stock drowned and the people
floated mound in the water somq
hours, but were finally rescued. Tlift
ortox struck the residence and
stable of an old paralytic farmer by
the namo of Jameson,- and totally?
annihilated them.- Tho old gentle-?
man was drowned
. ,
The Chinese Mill in the IIouf.
Washington, March 21. Uiscus-2
sion on tho Chinese bill in the housed
will We resumed to-morrow and will-
prohrfhly bo allowed to continue until
aboutfthreo o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon, when, according to Pago's
present intention, he will demand the
previous question. Friends of. the
bill do not think it advisable, to limit
the debate to any earlier poriod. Pa
cifio Coast members are meanwhile
assiduously laboring to gaj.i votes,
both almony republicans and demo
crats, anil a o satisfied that they lost
nothing by delay. Page, who has the
immediate charge of it, will endeavor
to prevent tho adoption of any
amendments, and for the reason here
tofore Mated is particularly earnest
in refusing to give his consent to any
reduction of timo of su-pension.
Hv mnintainiiiir the stand he has
I to encounter serious embarrassments
which were not experienced in the
senate; namely,, a positive knowl
edge on' the part 'of many members
that President Arthur would like to
have the period of suspension re
duced to ten years, and they have
widely circulated tho rumor that in
caso the bill bo brought to him with
out amendment of its twenty years'
suspension clause he will veto it on
tho ground' of alleged infraction of
the spirit of the treaty. These re
ports find but few believers in unprejudiced-
circle's, but are exciting a
considerable -amoulit of influence in
the house, and their ciruulition is
industriously- promoted by what
seems to be a pretty well organized
lobby made up representatives of
Chinese six companies in tho Bosten
and New York shipping interests,
and by sentimentalists from all
parts of tho country.
General Roseerans is confined to
Ids room to day by threatened ery
sipelas in the wounded foot. Hopes
to be at the capital by Wednesday to
speak and vote on the Chinese bill.
Another Itemtirertlon.
Chicago, March 21. A Times
Washington special states, on the
authority of a trustworthy person,
that President Garfield promised
Dorsey, out of personal friendship,
tlut there should be noprosecutions,
and that Ire subsequently allowed
Dorsey to see and examine all
official paper, memoranda of evi
dence, etc., and that Dorsey made
notes of the same and has prepared
a thorough defense.
The AwMisMin.
Washington, March 20. Guiteau
is making $50 a day on tiie sale of
his photographs and autographs, and
uses it in getting out his book. He
is rational on every subject but stal
wartism, but is furious at the name
of Gorham, and s-iys those papers
were all abusing Garfield till God's
man camo to remove him. He is de
lighted at Roseerans attack on Gar
field. Petition for
1'anlon I'rlvate
Claim.
Laud
Washington, March 21. Peti
tions for the pardon of Sergeant
Mason aro pouring in by every mail.
The house committee on private
land claims have agreed to report,
favorably on the bill confirming tho
title of J. McGarrahan to tho rancho
Patiocho Grande. The bill provides
that bona fide purchasers o a portion
of the tract shall bo protected, and
McGarrahan reimbursed.
Incut. ilelvilIt-V Itcport.
Washington, March 21. A very
long and complete report of Engin
eer Melville, of the Jeanettc, has
been submitted to the secretary of
the navy, in which he furnishes a
detailed account of the ciuise, suf
ferings and hardships of the explor
ers, and furnishes little or no nope
of the rescun of DeLong and the re
mainder of the crew.
fjicorsm ImI-ucitoittM.
Atlanta, March 17. The leading
independents of Georgia aro in cau
cus to-day. They havo formulated
an address to the people, urging the
formation of anew party and calling
for a mass meeting here of the Geor
gia independents, on Junol.
Nympnthy for Nersennt Mason.
Aliiany, Match 17. Tho assembly
lias adopted a resolution that the
President bo asked to commute the
punishmert of Sergeant Mason to
dismissal from the army.
AhIcs It luaheit A Denial.
Washington, D. C, March 20
Soteldo's counsel asks that the in
dietment be quashed for informality.
Marshall Jewell donies having sent
campaign money to Senator Dorsey
of which no account has been de
manded. More Consolidation.
New York, March 21. Authori
ties state that the Mutual Union Tel
egraph Company is about to bo con
solid itcd'with Western Union.
The Flood Unabated.
New Orleans', March 21.
-All
Tensas parish is under water.
l.luelloiiM liendvlllans.
Lkadville, Marcli 17. Joe T.
Dixon, city editor of tho Democrat,
and HciderholF, late managing editor
of the same, havo been arraigned for
criminal libel. Tho suit is brought
by John J. McGowen on account of
and article intimating that .he had
seduced a Mrs. Batemau while her
husband was in jaiU A cloud of wit
nesses nave oeeii sunucpuaeu, aim
nearly all the lawyers in town havo
volunteered for del'ete.
1 l Dos Cabecax Uold motes.
Otrr miners generally are feeling
veryijiibilant over the success of 'the
mill. Many of them now see their
way clear to getting a supply of the
fqe?ffful, which has been scarce with
them for
some time ptst.
Messrs. J. V. Vickcrs, tho well-
known real estate and insurance
agent of Tombstone, and J. G. Parke,
U. S. mineral surveyor and mining
engineer, from the same place, were
in town on Friday.
The mill is now running on ore
from tho Juniper mine. Two hun
dre'd tons will be worked before a
clean-up is made. The owners of
this large gold mine expect large re
turns, and we believe they will not
be disappointed.
Tho committee appointed to take
steps towards procuring a patent for
our townsito are busily at work, and
are making good progress. It is
thought that it will not be loner ere
.those claiming town lots will be able
to procure deeds for the same.
A rain set in on Friday night
(which has continued without ceasing
iup to the time of going to press. Ju
jconsequence tho air is fresh and
(bracing, and the grass is beginning
to look green, .byerything betokens
the advent of spring.
jj The Road Side miiio, belonging to
C. y. Barrow & Co.,' is showing up
some very hue ore. I he shaft is
now down twenty-seven feet with a
well defined vein o"er two feet in
width. The ore is principally gold
with traces of copper and carbonate.
Two miners, sleeping on tho side
of one of our mountains, were vis
ited by a polecat the other night.
The unwelcome visitor proceeded t.
announce his arrival, when one of
the sleepers awoke and exclaimed:
"In hell, by J s, I smell the sul
phur." Two civilians and two soldiers
wore arrested at Willcox last Mon-
iday, for stealing government prop
erty. They plead guilty as charged
hofore Judge Burke. The soldiers
were turned over to the military au
thorities and the civilians were bound
over to appear before tho grand jury.
We have been reliablv informed
ihat P. W. Smith has sold out his
one-half interest in the rich mines of
Winchester to Gen. Gashwilcr and
others, of Sau Francisco, for one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
This property was bonded by P. W,
smith for foU.UUU, ho selling one
half to Geo. Hearst for the amount
-of tho bond. He now disposes of
the other half for the above named
sum, it being a clear gain.
How Far Can a Man 'o on Foot in
Hlx IuysT
Hazael's performance of GOO miles
in six days, says the New York Sun,
was clearly not the limit of his abil
lty. JJetore the close ot tno race he
had his backer to bet on his going
625 miles. No one could be found
to take this bet, so he contented him
self with G0C miles, though there is
not the slightest doubt that he could
have made the greater distance if
there had been a special inducement
His backer thinks he could have gone
G49 miles in the six days. For a six
day race, as in all protracted strug
gles, of course the quality of museu-
lar endurance is the first reauisite
But that will be found ust'ess unless
there goes with it a strong digestion.
John Ennis was certainly a man of
extraordinary natural endurance and
pluck, but he had to abandon his ef
fort to make a fortune through go
us-you-please races, simply because
his stomach would not go with-him
After endurance and digestion good
condition being always understood
comes gait. Horsis win with good
and bad gaits; and so also of the
men who have rolled up great scores;
some travel with case and no appar
ent muscular exertion except what is
directly employed in locomotion; and
some go laborious y, with the ex
peusc of a great deal of muscular
effort that can bo of no service in
really driving the body forward
If tho man that clearly wastes
power can keep up with the man
that goes with no such waste, it is
evidently because ho can generate
more foico to waste, which implies
a better digestive apparatus; and it
must be remembered that the un
gainly Fitzgerald, in scoring ft82
miles in the. previous match, showed
his undeniable ability to go over GOO
miles. Also a man should be able
to go well both walking and running
O'Lcary, in condition, easily walk
ed away from his competitors; but
when a runner came against him he
was hopelessly beaten. Ho could
walk, but could not run. bo the old
grenadier Krohno possessed enor
mous endurance, but could not reach
the runners. See, now, what sort of
a man has just gone his GOO miles
with case. Hazael always has been
known as a great runner for any dis
tance from five to twenty miles; but
he was never celebrated as a walker.
Any one seeing him coming down
the stretch at speed might well be
lieve he saw a ghost. When run
ning, in spite of his bowed, misshap
en figure, Hazaol travels with such
an evenness of gait, and such ease
and grace of motion, that he almost
seems to get over tho ground with
out any movement at all. Yet, when
he slows down to walk, ho moves
with great latx.r and only moderate
speed. Hazacl is nearly 40 years old,
long past the primo of strength, and
has probably led a lire very different
ftom what would be martcd as the
best for a man to preserve
his vitality to the fullest extent.
He is a suffeier from hernia, and is a
poor walker, and, judging from his
previous performances, it is not' at all
likely that his digestion is of remark
able strength, or that ho is gifted
with such wonderful powers of 'recu
peration as was tho case with Wej
toti. Yet, such as he is, he has shown
his ability to go not far from
G50 miles m tho 142 hours.
His present score may never be beit
en, for the reason that six-day match
es may go out.of fashion; but it does
not seem improbable that the ideal
and phenomenal six-day runner, a
healthy youth with a cumbinatton of
the best of endurance, digestion and
gait, would cover nearly, if n-1 quite,
700 miles.
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A New Ore Car.
From the Crctted Bultt (Col. Iti-pub:icn.
We have been shown a new and
improved style of ore car, which has
many advantages over any we have
ever seen before. It is the invention ,
of Nathaniel B. Burpee, of Crested
Butte, and is especially adapted to
inclines, although it works equally
well on levels. The car is rViade of
heavy sheet iron pressed into the
shape of an ordinary car, but the
running genr is of novel design and
greatly reduces the cost of mining.
Instead of requiring' four wheels
and two tracks, but one track and
two wheels are used, and tho car is
hung below the raii. The entire rig
weighs less than the running gear of
an ordinary car; thus enabling much
more dirt and ore to be removed with
a given power than usual. A s.ngle
rail of the lightest pattern is" sus
pended on brackets near the roof of
the tunnel or drift, on which the two
wheels, which are set in line, work.
No ties are required, and where up
rights are used in the tunnel,
no additional timbers are re
quired. From these wheels,
which work on a steel pin,
bands run out and down around the
car whioh hangs below. In this way
the loss by friction is reduced to a
minimum, while the saving in rails
brings the new style car within reach
of every miner. At the top of the
incline, the rail is bent down for a
few feet and ends in a curve upward,
by means of which the car is given
an impetus forward and suddenly
stopped, so that the dirt is suddenly
thrown forward and- the car dumps
itself. Two cars can be used on the
same rail and by a single rope, by
introducing a well known switch ar
rangement, and the powerstill fur
ther reduced by the weight of the
descending car. With a little inge
nuity tho men working in tho breast
of tho incline can remove their own
dirt and ore without leaving their
places. Mr. .Burpee has applied for
a patent on his invention, and in
tends to make anangements to have
tho car manufactured extensively and
introduced.
The car has had a practical test
and found to be superior to anything
of the sort previously used. The in
ventor intends using tho car shown
us on some mines hi owns on Treas
ury mountain, in the Rock Creek
district.
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l,OCAl. Srt,lVTKUH.
Unclaimed telegrams: F. F. Thomas,
T. l'oung.
A ceutaix lawyer In this city, is now
enabled to " see the point."
There is a letter at the EriTAni office
for Jcrrv Quinlan from Mary E. Quintan,
of Virginia City.
The bar at the Grand hotel opened yes
terday. Mr. J. Pier'cy is the manager and
will iaauri! everything f a line quality in
his line.
Solomon Lodge U. D., F. fc A.-M., will
hold a special meeting to-morrow (Wed
nesday) erening, March 22, at 7:30 o'clk,
for work in the first degree.
The last bullion shipment for the Tomb
stone M. & M. Co. was four bars, weiph.
ing832 pounds and valued at $10,071,
shipped by Wells,-Fargo it Co.'s express.
Notwithstanding the continued fa
vorable developments in the mines in and
ar.mnd Tombstone, there Is a'great dearth
of news and the town is exceedingly
quiet.
An Hfiiciul map of Southern Arizona
and the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihua
hua, Sinaloa and Durango lias been pre
pared for the Mining Record, und is now
for sale at Robertson's bookstore. The
map is one of the best of the kind and
those desiring reliable information will do
well to consult this drawing.
Spring fever is the prevalent disease in
Tombstone at the present time. Thus far
there have been no fatal cases. The treat
ment most in vogue Is u horse and pack
or wagon and a few weeks' rations, and a
start for the mountains or Mexico. The
disease U sure to succumb, to a few weeks
of this treatment.
An interesting surgical operation was
performed upon one of our prominent
young attorneys a day or two since, a full
report of which will appear in the next
number of the London Lancet. It was of
that delicate and moral (not to say relig
ious) character which should be touched
upon lightly by that eminent medical
journal, in order to soare the young man's
feelings.
The city council seems to have dropped
the sewerage question. That this towu
needs a system of sewerage, such as will
render the people tree from the liability of
maladies us generate in ccss-pools and
the like, is self-evident. The only point
to be determined is just the plan to adopt
and how to meet it. Let .the committee
appointed by the council receive such sug-
gestions as (he citizens may have to make,
and, then act accordingly.
The Ei'itawi has been favored with a
Roster of Posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Department of California, to
which department Arizona belongs. There
aie 41 posts, of which Burnside, Tomb
stone, A. T., is 3G on the list. Tucson's
post is Negley, No. 33. The objects of the
Grand Army of the Republic are social,
fraternal and beneficiary, and strictly nnn
partizan. It is one of those Institutions
whereby men arc made mure social audi
humane, ana wnicn is caicuiaiea to em
balm in the memory of the present gener
ation the names of tho brave comrades
who laid down their lives for liberty and
man.
Ono of Tombstone's Ilotala.
The Grand hotel is now opened for the
reception of guests. All of the furniture
has not arrived and the finishing touchi s
have not been applied to the improve
ments; buthlill things are in such rder
that parties can be well entcrt&ined.
Mrs. McBuue crv kindly t'-i-k the
trouble to show un EnT.u'n reporter over
the house this morninc, HndTosy that the
beauty, nratness and prevailing uLeerful
ness which is everywhere to be een was
surprising would be but to place atruly
commendable cst&blld'iment in a vry mild
light.
The proprietors have refurnished and
refitted Hie houe throughout. All of
the furniture hag been purchased from the
celebrated manufactory it Grand Rapids,
Michigan. One cannot help but smile on
entering the handsome parlor, the scene
which greets the eye is so pleasing. This
apartment has been furnished in red, ac
cording to the latest- style, hnd is really
beautllul. In 'fact, the neatness in ali the
furniture, the bright pretty designs-'iif the
carpets, make all the rooms appear so cory
that you want to move right in.
The house has beeu running to its full
capacity for several days past, and it will
continue thus, f.ir people who visit the city
will appreciate an excellent hotel.
AXOTHKK KILUMi.
ThiM Time the Thunderbolt of lntk
KtrikVM the mlier -tile.
The people of Tombstone were startled
this morning wilh a report from Tucson
that Frank Stillwcll, u will known per
sonage in this county as late deputy sheriff
al Bisbce and as one ot the alleged Bisbee
st:.ge robbers, ns tdso suspected of having
killed an oldumn at the Bronkow mine
same two or three years ago, had beeu
found dead from the effects of a charge of
buckshot, near the Porter house, at the de
pot in Tucson. By u special dispatch to
the EriTArn, in another column, the re
port is confirmed and the full, particular!
given, so far as at present known. The
dispatch is In error when it state; that the
remains of Morgan Earp were on the
train. It thould have been that Virgil W.
Earp and wife were on the train, they
having left Tombstone for Colton, yester
day. As the dispatch says, there ire two
theories of the killing here as at Tucson.
One is, that the comrades of Stilwell, (ear
ing that he might turn states evidence,
have silenced him; and others, that it is
the work of the incensed Earp brothers for
the assassination of Morgan, it being
stated that there is positive cvjdence that
Stilwell was In Tombstone Saturday night
at the time Morgan Earp was muidered,
and that he rode into Tucson on horseback
on Sunday, lu either case his taking off
verities the say ing that " the way of the
transgressor is hard."
The Reception by the Tombstone Club
The Tombstone Club gave its first re
ception last evening at their rooms in the
Grand hotel. The members manifested
their good taste in inaugurating these bril
liant gatherings by tendering this initial
social event to their lively friends.
As a banqueting hall the room of the
club tar exceeds, in point of elegance, any
thing of the kind throughout the terri
tory. Splendid paintings were suspended on
the gilded walls and graceful stretches of
evergreens depended from the handsome
chandeliers. The guests were received by
the committee on arrangements, who, be
sides welcoming their friends there, saw to
it that no one was wanting in attention.
Ahont one hundred persons were pres
ent, being composed ol about half of each
ser.
The uentlcmen were all members, with
the exception of u number of invited
guests.
Among the many there were G. St. L.
Abbott, Frank B. Boarman, John II. Be
ban, Frer. E. Brooks, P. T. Colby, J. O.
Dunbar, H. C. Dibble and wife, C. F. Gil
lingham, G. E. Uoodfellotr, C. W. Good,
ale, A. T. Jones and wife, W. K. MesCe,
A. II. Emanuel, J. G. Mather, Richard
Rule, M. E. Joyce, Judge J. F. Lewis And
wi.'e, George S. Rice, A. II. Stebbins, M. A.
Smith. W. H. Seamans, II. M. Wood, Alf.
Tregidgo 'and wife, T. E. Sumner, F. C.
Hawkins and wife, Atlhur Haynes, A.
Mt-Bride and wife, A. Springer and wife,
of Charleston, Judge Berry nnd wife, Ed
ward Wily and wife, Charley Leach and
wife, 11. Solomon and wife, MUses Annie
Brown, Mattic Colby, OwUley, Minnie
Wallace, the Misses Mugan, Mrs. Vade,
Mrs. Chapin, Major and Mrs. Tupper, Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard, John P. Clum, R. C.
Brown, of the Tucson Citizun.-Liontl Ja
cobs, also of Tucson, and M.J. McDonald,
Esq., ot San Francisco.
.Mr. Joyce was the efficient floor mana
ger und the mazy dance held sway
through all the dreamy hours, stopping
only for refreshments, which were served
in the Grand restaurant at 11:30. Very
pretty boquets had been arranged and each
guest was the recipient of one of these
sweet tokens of favor.
It would consume too much space to
describe the elegant dresses of the ladies.
Suffice it fo say they were gorgeous, while
the costume- of the gentlemen would hare
done credit to a more metropolitan event.
Intense good feeling was manifested
throughout and the perfect unison which
prevailed was highly creditable to the
donors of the evening's festivities. Tomb
stone can indeed be proud of Its social
club.
Itrrorder's Court.
The following business was transacted
in Judge Wallace's court to-day:
Alfred Martinez, who was arrested by
Officer Kinney for being drunk and disor
derly, was sentenced to fifteen days in jail,
he not being able to meet the fine impoied
by the court.
Edward Sanford, arrested by Policeman
Solan for assault and battery, was commit
ted to jail to await his trial to-morrow at
10'o'clock.
Jim Clark was sent to jail for fifteen
days, having been found guilty of the
charge' of beinc drunk and disorderly, and
not being able to pay the tine.
The case of Maria Letang, charged with
assault on Louisa Dclancore, w as set for
2 o'clock this afternoon.
General Gkamt is said to have
lost a great deal of money lately" in
speculation. Ho never was fortu
nate in his business ventures. Ho
either catohes.on too late or strug
gles along with the procession too
long, and the consequences are that
ho is generally hard up. He has only
one consolation: The money bo
luses bv using his head he can regain
by using ins tiat. uenvcr lnrmne.