Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-12-22
TELECR APHlC.
Indian supplies for san Carlo.


r WILCOX, Decem her 21-NoTton 6
D Stewart of this place have shipped
for the D tst few monlhs nre hundred
e and thirty thousand pouads of flou
: to the San Carlos agency. and will
now deliver one hundred thousand &
month. December l6tn they shipped
sixteen wagons loaded with one hun
dred thousand pounds. Messrs
J Nor on & Stewart have the contract
: this year and will furnish altogether
. not less than one million and hall
pounds of -four for the Aprche In
dians and employ of the ag ncy.
Heavy shipments OF 40 per.
WILCOX, Dec. 21-The Old G ODE
Mining uCompany,zof Gl be, A. T.,
shippcd from this place last week
over eighty-six tons of copper in the
bar. The company is making heavy
shipments every week to different
points in the East.
The Tariff ssiII Not to be Report
ed Before January.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20-The Fin
ance Committee of the Senate does
not expect to be ready to report on
the Tariff bi before the middle of
january.
Acklen and kellogg Contest
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Joseph E..
Acklen who ran against VIM. Pitt
Kellog for Congress and was defeat
ed by six thousand majority is here
and proposes to contest Kellogg's
seat, not in hope of gettiug it him.
self, he says, but for the purpose of
showing up Kellngg's methods. He
makes the assertion that The most
outrageous corruption was practiced
and thai federal employees in Louis
lana were asses ed per cent for mis-
campaign; that the railroads assisted
him; that he spent from four to six
thousand dollars; that he sent Lewis
Saner and George Drnrv in the Gov
ernmcn service at New orleans into
Tie NflSficS VI lDctNilIe anu AS
sumption, with bags of money 10
distribute among the plan'aiio
hands and that he Acklen, &C uld
have half the lending officials includ
ing the collector Indicted for doing
VIII It Curtis w.s convicted OF doing
in New York.
Land 6 G~nnts to be forfeited.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-The ques-
tion of the forfeiture of unearned |
land grants to the Pacific railroads
is to be renewed in the House Judi |
ciary Committee after Christmas re-
CESS. The members of the commit
tee are in favor Of the forfeiture and
say. they do not intend to -let the
question rest if they can prevent it
by pressing it for definite action by
the committee. /
The Cannfbal Issands
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Eilwnod
E. horne called at the State Depart
ment to-dny in behalf Of the New
York, Philadelphia and Boston su-
gar importers and refiners, 10 ak
that the Departments letter called
for by the House Foreign Affairs
Committee with regard to political
bearing on the proposition to abro-
gate the Hawaiian treaty, lie held
until certain ~facts relating 10 that
branch of the suhjcct be submitted.
He was assured that the reply would
he wi hheld. Rnmors of the posi-
hility of the establishment of an
English uaval station at Hawaii if
the treaty be abrogated have for
overhung the attempts at
action here and it is understood that
the State Department has been in
by them.
Hexiran BandittI.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21-A Matamoras
special says that band of forty
br'gands made sudden attack upon
the town of Ahuaca,lan pueblo yes
terday, and by the display of fire,
arms overawed the inhabitants, who
fed terror stricken to their homes.
The brigands seized and bound the
Mayor, Justice and Aldermen and
carried them away captives, intend
ing to hold them for large ransom.
Gambetta Indasposed.
PARIS, Dec. 20-Gam beta still suf-
fers from a slight inflam mmation of
The bowels. His illness has caused
great sensation.
Congress Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-SENATE-
The Senate passed a diplomatic ap-
bill. The civil service
question was resumed. A recess
was taken and the resolution will
come up tomorrow.
House Robertson g am eudment
10 The postofflce bill WAS agreed to
after being so modified that the com
pensation- Of such sub bsid lied roads
be fixed by the Postmaster General
at rate not higher than that fixed
or allowed by law for other compa
MES of the same class to which the
gave land grants or
right of way.
Nova scotia.
CoATcooK, Dec. 20.-The heaviest
earthquake for ten years occurred at
20 P. N. yesterday.
Not to be Abandoned.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 21-The National
Greenback Committee has adjourn
ed. The secretary states that after
full discussion it was decided not to
abandon the permanent organization
for fusion with other organiza-
tons under new name.