The Clifton clarion., April 27, 1887, Image 2

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THE CLIFTON CLARION.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1887.
Kxoistokd at thb PosT-omrr. Curron
A. T.. as Secokd-Class Uattsk.
TO AD EUT18KU3.-Nin lines of wKd
Nonpareil measurement make one square.
E. C DAKE. Adverti.in Aaent. M and S
Merchants' Exclutujre. Snn Krnnri.ro, Cel..
iwoar authnriwtl scant in that city, and con
tracts for advertising cnn be mnrlp with him.
Tub Ciabio! is on file in hi office.
TO COURESPONDKNTS. When
personal matter are the anbject of eommn
nicationa, a rifforon scrutiny will be made
f their contents. Please sign full name,
write only on one aide of yonr paper, and be
brief.
Colonel Wesley Merritt has
bwn nppoiDtecT it Brigadier Gen
eral in tbe United States Army,
vice Orlando B. Willcox, retired.
CmEr Justice Wright Las re
cently rnletl concerning jury duty,
that all naturalized citizen.", ninst
have their final paper, to becoiuo
legiblo jurors.
The Deniiug Headlight on tho
22nd began its seventh volume, in
other words it baa lived six useful,
busy years, and it has onr best
wishes for a nix fold increase in
usefulness and business in the
uix years coming next.
Tub silver vault in the Uuited
States Treasury building at Wash
ington is full and a new ono is to
be built. There aro now in this
vault two thousand tons of silver
mid fifty-eight of gold and still
onr statesmen are not happy, and
want to discus finance.
The Southwest Stockman (Will
cox) has changed hands J. M.
Bracewell having - disposed of his
interest therein "to D. N.Hnusafcer.
The Stockman is one of onr mot
wclcomo exchanges, and has fairly
earned the high reputation it en
joys as a reliable, clean and newsy
sheet That its position, aa one of
the best of Arizona journals, will
be sustained, under its new guid
ance, we feel assured.
The President has appointed
Alexander K. Lawlon, of Georgia,
Minister to Austria. The Austria
mission has been open since the
refusal of Anstra to accept A.M.
Keiley, of Virginia, a envoy from
Hie United States. Notwitbstand
iugKeiley's fitness for the position,
ns a man and a scholar, he was re
jected presumably, for tho reason
that his wife is a Jewess. A Jew is
not looked upon with favor by this
saurkiaut aristocracy, no matter
how fitting the Jew, and it is to be
lioped, for the sake of having a
kindly relation with this very self
iicportant government, that Mrs.
(leneral Lawton is a Ueutile. It
is a wonderful thing, by the way,
bow wo came to get along all this
time without some diplomat at
Franz Joseph's circus.
At their April meeting the Su
pervisors of this county considered
nud discussed fully the law passed
by the last legislature to emiblo
counties to fund their indebted
ness, and concluded that there
would be a great saving to the
county bv taking advantage of the
act. With this object in view they
authorized District Attorney Bo
lan to prepare the necessary bonds,
and agreed to meet in special sess
ion, as soon as tho bonds v.vre
ready, to take the necessary hteps
toward funding the county debt or
at least that portion of it contract
ed prior to July 80,
To enable tho Supervisors to act
intelligently in the matter, Y. M.
XewelT, Deputy County Treasurer,
prepared a statement of the debt,
ftvin which we extract tho follow
ing: Indebtedness of Grahasu
county np to July 30th,
1887.' .. :'&8,540.7i
Interest thereon comput
ed to July 1st, 1887, . . . .S11,CG1,21
Total.... 70,201.1)5.-
Iudebtedness of Graham
county from July 1st,
1883 to present... ?13,888.57
Interest thereon up to
July 1st, 18S7 674.5(3
TotaI.....-..:; $1-1.533.13
Total present indebtedness with
interest thereon computed to July
lt, 1887, 84,705.07.
It will be seen by the Bbove fig
ures that if tho Supervisors con
clude to fund the debt to include
July 30th, 188(5, but abnt 71,000
will be required. If however the
whole debt is funded by July 1st,
1887. it will require $84,765.07, to
which must be added the current
expenses of the present quarter,
estimated at $6,000, or about
91,000 in alL This togetLer with
the court house bouds already iss
ued, and not included in the above
indebtedness will make Graham
county's indebtness on July 1st,
next, about $106,000 in round
numbers.
Ia order to resume Ciish pay
ment at once it will be necessary
in also fund prospective indebted
ness ihat i, to provide for curreut
fi-pfrti fivm Juiy lit nn'il Miclt
time as the present years taxes
will be paid in, after which the re
ceipts should be made to-equal tho
expenditures. To do this it will
be necessary to create a debt of at
Wast $100,000, exclusive- ef the
of the court house bonds, and it is
the only way that we can see by
whieh cash payments can be re
sumed at once.
Miss Mollie Fancher, the New
York yonnd lady who has been in
trance for twenty years, is coming
to herself just in time to get ready
fcr the long journey. During her
franco spell she developed a faculty
that is called 6econd sight, ono of
the pecnliarties of which is an
ability to see things without look
ing at them and it is chronicled
that one of her finest performances
is to tell the contents of n letter
taken from the pot-t oftiee without
going through the formality of
tearing the envelope and spelling
it out. Miss Facchvr trauce and
all is not so much smarter than
lots of every-day people, that we
know intimntely, who can tell
whether their communication will
be a patent medicine ad. or a wash
bill, before the mail is opened.
The Overland Monthly for May
will contain several articles of
great interest and practical value
to Sontheren California and the
Southwest. S. N. Sheridan des
cribes the new harbor of "La Bal
lon u" and the work now in progress
there. : i..
O. E. Cromwell writes ot the ag
ricultural possibilities of " New
Mexico in an article upon the "Rio
Grando Valley." Henry DeGroot
contributes an exhaustive treatise
on ''The Mineral Resources cf
Southern California."
Other- interesting articles are:
"The Causes of the Piute and Ban
nock War," the first of a scries of
Indian War Papers by Maj. Geu.
O. O. Howard; "The Mission of the
Knights of Labor," by Irving M.
Scott
Poems, reviews, sketches of
travel and incident, the serials
"Chata and Chinita" and "Pnnta
cooset Colony,' short stories and
essays, with a 6uppliment upon
Alburquerque, New Mexico, and
the region tributary thereto, com
plete the number.
The Kissane case, wherein one
"Billy" Kissane, an incondiaryj
forger, mnrderer,etc.,who flourish
ed some thirty-five years ago in
Ohio, and who left that section for
complicity in the burning of the
steamer Martha "Washington, on
the Mississippi river near Helena,
Arkansas, January 14th 1852, is
alleged to be William K. Rogers,
a California millionaire rancher,
living in the Sonoma Valley, ap
pears to be about the latest press
sensation. The man Kissane seems
to have been the embodiment of
crime, and his connection with the
deed of burning a passenger ladn
bhip in the darkness of tho night,
and on the deep, causing the death
of eighteen persons must have
been evidence of a diabolism that
would make Mephisto ashamed of
himself. The act was commited to
secure tho insurance ou a bogus
cargo of merchandise, shipped by
Kissane and others. In the trans
action ho had the assistance of tho
clerk of the bout ; both were arrest
ed but through some technicality
coucercing jurisdiclian they were
released. In 1854 he was arrested
in New York for forgery and sent
to Sing Sing, from which prison
he was pardoned on condition thnt
ho would testify in the insurance
casts, the outgrowth of the burn
ing of tho steamer, two yer.rs be
fore. Ho vi-jli-ted his pledgo to
the insurance company and fled to
Nicaragua, where having assumed
another ntfrne it was reported that
he had been shot and killed - Kis
snnes identity ceases bore, nn.I
that of ono W. K. Roger.-, who ac
companied in 1855 tho Walker
band of Nicaragua filibusters is
taken np. It has been stated, or
alleged that, by an order from
Walker, the name of Rogers was
given in the baud to a man w ho
had some connection with tho
Martha Washington disaster. Sev
eral promiueut Californians hns
testified that they have known
Rogers ever since his service with
the filibusters, and he hitnnlf con
fesses to having beeu with tho:o,
hence the link connecting Kissane
with Rogers. Rogers for thirty
years has been an exemplary citi
zen of the Gol-.leu State, accumu
lated money, and married some
years ago a beautiful girl whose
brother-in-law is Lloyd Tevis, one
of the first lawyers in California,
and with the lady he has raised a
family of children. The whole
business is a romance, worthy the
folios of a yellow back novel, which
poikU a moral if it do not adorn a
tale.
Now that tho season of roundups
is upon ns, we hope to be forgiven
if we offer a little gratuitous ac'-
j vice concerning the "working" of
I the little calves, who may be so
' tji.fatunaio ti io Un ojilvpd
Bince last fall, and who havo now
to endure the "winter of their dis
content" A cow nnd calf with a
bunch of cattle may be ronnded
up and driven all the way from
five to ten miles to the seat of tor
ture i. e. the branding corral, and
their condition when they arrive at
the latter place, through the heat
and the sand can well be imagined
as anything else than comfortable.
Perhaps the calf through sore
pressure and frightened at the
sight of cowboy and brouc bo, dis
regarding the trail and running
"amuck," is caught by the neck with
a lasso, nnd dragged a section or
two to teach him something. Hav
ing learned something it staggers
into the corral to be flanked by a
brawny vacquero, and sometimes
lifted among tho clouds, brought
down with a thud that flattens its
ribs against its liver and then mu
tilated, with the knife nnd iron,
some times from the top cf its head
to the root of its tail. All tho mu
tilation may be necessary, nye is
necessary, but it is becoming
known to cattle men thnt the twist
ing, kicking, trap ball fun with a
six-weeks old calf, is calculated to
knock a little lentlu-r out of the
animal for a period at least, and
the process by which this is done
is liable to yield anythiug bnt first
class, and therefore profitable- an
imals, either fur beef or stock. W'q
know numerous outfits who will
not let their horses be abused, aud
very properly too, because of the
fact that they aro valuable prop
erty. Hw much more so then is
the calf. In cuttle raising, and
traffic the horses aro the fixtures
of the business, the calves are the
product which are oonverted into
capital. ,YVu kuo.w that the life
and limb of a cowboy is threatened
evpry day. ho rides, and works
with a roundup, and if he yanks a
refractory and "rollicky" maverick'
heifer around a Hue or so he can't
do her much hurt, becanso she's
big enough to stand it, nnd it is
more natural to jam her a little
than to let her trample upon and
hook the daylight into his rounded
form. Foremen of ranches nnd
owners are waking up to the fact
that the . least torture, abuse and
work thnt can be given to a young
calf, will increase their chances
for growing a healthy, robust an
imal. Thamas Toplcx.
The weather here is still breezy
and clonrls of fine dust are whirled
through the air so forcibly that
traveling in this section has ceased
to be a pleasure.
F. 13. McGinness, Post trader has
secured the contract for furnish
ing beef to the Post, he being the
lowest bidder at S3 97 per hundred
weight.
E. A. Cutter, of the new firm of
Cutter & Leahy, has gone up the
road for a few days.
The district school here has been
closod for the hot soason.
George Hill and M. E. Cunning
ham If ft for their ranch ou Eagle
croek this week.
Lieut John Baldwin, tne ener
getic quartermaster of the Fort, is
completing bis plans for the con
struction of an ice house, and wa
ter works here. The site chosen
for the buildings is on an elevated
piece of ground between U. S. hos
pi'al and the reservation line, nnd
close to the estate of tho late J. B.
Colli in.
Troop "(.,' 10th cavalry, Capt.
Lee, which has been stationed at
Ssn Cnrlon, is now back to its old
quarters at Thomas, having been
relieved by troop "B." saiuo regi
ment. Lieut. Watson, lOlh cavalry,
passed through hero lust week en
ronto to Fort Grant from San Car
los. Dr. A. P. Frick, V. S. A.,, late of
this post, has beeu nssigued to du
ty at Fort Graut, and has depart
ed for that post.
Hunt, Jr.. nnd J, II. O'Neil have
tho contract for tho building of
Neeso fc Voelckel's new store nnd
the way they make the mud fly in
the face of a strong northeast.wind
looks "as if they wanted 16 get
through at an earlv date.
George F. Kilmer, the villago
blacksmith, has made quite a num
ber of improvements around his
residence.aud hns built a cornif afiff
stable. Tho inside of his quarters
is undergoing certain" changes.
George seems to have a happy,
pleasant expression on his face of
late, and dame rumor bus cow-:
tnenced to whisper something about
orange blossoms, etc.
The town is certainly dull at
present, but everybody is lookiug
for better times in tho near future.
Graham.
Thomas, April 23, '87.
The El Paso
"DAILY TIMES"
WITH
Associated Press Dispatches,
For all the Spw ot the Day.
Hy Mail 81.00 Vkk Montii,
Jlo.no Dkr Year.
TDIES PUBLISHING CO.,
, n Pun. Tnxao.
1
Molomon HnyiuCH.
Nothing of importance trauspir
ed at the county seat during the
past week.
A few commercial travelers stop
ped over, dropped a dollar or two,
received an ordor and went on
their way rejoicing.
H. C. Day, of Dnncan, accom
panied by his wife and child, spent
a few days with ns. Mr. Day, who
was the collector of the special
school tax, voted by the citizens of
school district No. 2, Duucan, sold
on Wednesday the property of the
delinquents. Tho greater portion
of it was sold to tho territory, the
district not receiving much benefit
thereby.
That court will bo held at tho
regular time is an assured fact.
Tho grand and trial jurors have
been drawn in compliunco with
the order of Judge Barns, and a
week from to-morrow, unless soine
tiug extraordinary occurs, district
court will opon hero.
There aro very few criminal
Ci.sc8 on the calendar and everyone
predicts a short term.'
Parties visiting here desiring
good food and -accommodations
should put up at tho Detroit House
Jack Moore proprietor und if they
havo auiruaU the best of care will
be given them at Pouu-roy's cor
ral, rates at both places very rea
sonable. Messrs. Cutter and Leahy and
Qninn passed through last .week,
tho former en route to El Paso,
and the two latter to Thomas.
Pedro Michelena has been ap
pointed deputy nssessor and is
warming the tax paying citizens of
this section. . I have also been in;
forme'd that ho will assess Clifton''
and vicinity, if so a fair- valuation
may be expected.
Assessor Johnson is now in the
Aravaipa. So far, his work bus
been thorough and for a green
hand he is' spbkeu of us doing well.
Gila.
SSOO lewarfl!
Exf.cutivk Department, 1
Tkrwtury-ok Arizona,
Office of the Governor. J
To all - to whom these presents
may come, greeting: -
Whereas, I am informed that
Cornelius Ryan was brutally mur
dered at his ranch on the Sonoita,
on the night of the loth of March,
A. D. 1887, by one or more persons,
names to me unknown. ' "
"Now, therefore,.' I, C." Meyer
Zulick, Governor of the Territory
ot Arizona, by virtue of the author
ity in me vested, do hereby offer
and proclaim a reward of Five Hun
dred Dollars for the arrest and con
viction of the person or persons
committing said murder.
In witness whereof I
(, -") have hereunto set my
SEAL. hand and caused to lie
( v , ' ) affixed the Great Seal of
the Territory of Arizona.
Done at Vrcscott this twenty-sixth
day of March. A. D. 1S87.
C. MEYER Zl l.ICK.
Governor.
Wm. C. Fosti.r,
Acting Secretary of Territory.
TERRITORY OK ARIZONA, ")
KxKCfTivr: Department, V
Office of the Uovkbxor. J
To to whom these pres
ent may come greeting.:
Whereas. I am informed
that Felipe Robles was mur
dered on the night oflheth
day of February last in. the
City of Tucson by one Man
uel Gonzales':"
Now-therefore, J,-C. Meyer
Zulick, Governor of the Ter
ritory, of Arizona7, by virtue
of tlie authority in me vested
do hereby offer and proclaim
a reward of ; Five Hundred
Dollars' ($500) for the arrest
and eonVhrtfcrTof' the. sad
Manuel GotitTes, - .- ; Tl
IiiAnes! wttercnf I have
-yHerf (iiit'o set mylmnd and
SKAL J causal UiHireat SealofUi.0
:' , J Territory to be uflixed
- thereto.
Done at Prescott the cap
ital, this 19th day of March,
A-D. 1887.. -
C. MEYER ZULICK,
Governor.
Jas. A. Bayard,
Secretary of Territory.
MUTCH BROTHERS.'
Puet ofiise; Fcrt Grant. Kanch. JJaraka
S.-'rings, Graham Connty .Arizona.
Cattle branded w tli half circle V on left
b'ih opt '.rtfli rri;. rtfT h f' --sr.
a
Reward !
fjiOYAL tttMif Jk 0
Absolutely Pure.
Thin powder never T.iries. A marvel of
purity. BtreiiKtli ami wholwomenesw. More
economical than the ordinary kimU. aud
cannot be Hold in enmpetition with the mul
titude of low tettt, nhort weight alum or phoa-
Eliate nowdera. r-'oLD o.nlt m cans. Royal
a king Powder Co., 1U8 Wall St.. N. V.
THE
DETROIT HOUSE
MAIN STREET,
SCL0S0NVILLE, ARIZONA.
Having been thoroughly refitted i again
ep?n fur the rwceptioa of guents.
Every effort will be made to make this Honse
Hrdt-Cia?s in every particular.
BOARD BY THE DAY, WEEK OR
MONTH.
TErmS REASONABLE.
J. M. MOORE, Prop.
I.E. Solomon
Sjloriionville, Arizona,
DEALER IX
Dry Goods!
Boots and Shoes,
Canned Goods,
Clothing,
Groceries,
SurrLiES fob Miners, Raxchers
AND JfRKIOHTIKS.
WINES, LIQUORS & CIGARS.
A Blacksmith and Wagon
Shop
Storked with complete tol and with m
petxnt workmen on th premise.
Lordsburg, N. M.
fUnder the Management of
GEOEQE EEEB.
Only First-class Hotel
I n - Town .
Bailey's Wells!
-The half vvav Station between
Solomonvilla,
-AND-
Bowie Station,
And the only place on the rwad at which
Water, Hay and Grain
AND
WINES,
LIQUORS
AND CIGARS.
17" And Good Heals esa b Proosrod at
Reasonable Bates-
J. E. BAILEY. Proprietor.
. TT1P. PTOIJT'.Ii'f? HftTTT?
.a aaj -a. -a. v wijai aiv uwu if J4A J kJ A-i.. M. Uil KJM. V
HENRY BEIEKE,
WHOLESALE AUD RETAIL HEALER IN
HARDWARE, STOVES, AND TINWARE
GOODS, CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, MINERS SUPPLIES AKI
AMMMBMTIOX O- ALL'KINDS.
Solb Aoe.it Fob
Charter Oak Stove, Fairbanks Scale, Chatnpiott
Reapers and Xowen.
EL PASO STREET, EL PASO, TEXAS.
M Jk- -a.ft.-aa w JL
EL PASO,
JOBKBRS
GROCERIES,
. T5TS.TC a-rr-n a
Carry an Immonso Stock and Guarantee Prices against any Market. .
re. r. johnsox.
WHOLESALE
LIQUOR DEALERS,
MILWAUKEE BEEH.-
EL
B. SCHUSTER; CO.,
WHOLESALE
EL PASO, TEXAS.
LARGEST STOCK
West of Kansas City.
DEFY COMPETITION.
Orders IB 37- 2vall
Promptly attended to.
All goods free on board of cars
at Deming.
SHELDON AND SOLO MO N Vi LLE
Stage I line,
PHffiBLS FREUDEXTHAL,
Proprietor.
Tho most direct and comfortable route from
Clifton and tordsbnrg '
Solomonville and Settle
ments 011 the Sila.
Tarties from LonliibnrK or 7)nncan wish
ing to take stage can do eo b telegraphing
station agent at Clifton.
Leases Sheldon-, Tueudttys. and Saturdays
SQUARE IEAtI
SHOE SHOP,
MAIN STREET
...CLIFTON.
IMIeri's Boots
....AND....
Women's Fine Shoes
Hade ia tb la teat Eaatem atflM.
Hewed. "WorJt a Specialty.
Repairing neatl? and proaaptij done.
W. C BLANK. Proprietor.
GROCERS
AVTi TttntfT TTTTfltOTTf
1 V. VSey
TEXAS,
IS
DRY GOODS,
mjmiTTnrrAW -( -
JOHN JULIAS.
PASO, ITESZLAJS.
Board $7 per Week
SINGLE MEALS, 50 CENTS
....AT THE....
OCCIDENTAL
RESTAURANT,
MA IX ST I CXI'TB
GHaxley Lee ZFoUc.
Proprietor.
Open Day and Night.
THE CHOICEST STEAKS
And all Kiiuls of Wild Game
Serred in mny Btjlo dew red.
Watches and Clocks
REPAIRED,
AND -
REVOLVERS, :-: SHOT GUNS'
?FW!!.C MAPUfNF? FTP
wbiniiu iiinwii in kV hi v
Cleaned and put ia condition.
J. FRED D ALTON,
Camp Thomas,
Graham County, Ariz.
F. E. McGINNESS,
Post Trader,
Fort Thomas, Ariz. - -
eope constantly on hand a fine
assortment of
Gents Furbishing Goods :
r ' -'i-.y ........ . ....-'-ft.-.
Dry Goods & Groceries
Finest brands of
Wines and Cigr&rs
Both Domestic anil Foreign.
Ranch Supplies a Specialty.
Post Office adjoiniae the atom-
JAMES SIAS,
General Blacksmith
....AND .
HORSE SHOER.
Httv. Sia Mtrcct. - CXIFT
First Class Blacksmithing
la nit its branch ron with
promptness, and
at reasonable prices.
A Specialty Made of Shoe
ing llorws.