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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
GOLDwATER AND THE CHINEE.
Proceedings in the Court of Recorder
Anderson This Morning.

Henry Goldwater, recently a deputy U. S.
marshal, slapped Chinaman on the face, at
the Arlington saloon last evening, duling a
quarrel about money. This morning he was
fined SIS by Recorder Anderson.
Altogether $I2S were imposed in fines by
the recorder to-day.
The individuals sent to Jail were w. Town
send and man named Jonas, each fined Sis
for fighting; Senobio Martinez and Moses
Brai, each fued SIS for being drunk; Jesus de
Alone So for committing nuisance, and NJ
Dresch, on whom fine of So was imposed
or being drunk. The other defendants and
their offenses werei NJ. Summers and F..
Jansen, S. for using insulting language; John
Wilkes, Harry Martin, James Flaheriy, Geo.
Smith, ]. M. O'Mara and John Suppler each
gned S. for being drunk; w. Summers, SIS
for disordsrly conduct, w. N. Chase, SIS for
conducting himself obstreperously; G. w.
Sanders, So for leaving his team unattended;
Jacob Heer, So for being drunk and disorder
ly. The cases against Julius Ripkey, for using
insulting language, were dismissed.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Dewitt Murder Cases,

A large crowd appeared in the district court
room this morning to hear the trial Of w. ID.
Meador, James Hester, Joe Sitterlie, Dave
Augustine, Jake Ryan and William Cox for
the murder of p. II. Brassel in Dewitt; county.
The cases were brought here by a change of
venue. Meador, Hester and Sitterlie are in
bond and the others are in confinement. They
were also charged with killing George Bras.
sci, son of P. II. Brassel, but of that Hester
and Augustine were acquitted in Dewitt
county and the accusation against the others
was dismissed in this city.
Owing to the absence of witnesses for the
prosecution trial was postponed and the case
set for the first Monday in January next.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
BEN. THOMPSON.
Judge Wilson withdraw His Consent 10
Argument for habeas Corpus.

A telegram was received by Ben. Thomp
sons attorneys to-day from Judge Wilson, to
the cou Of appeals, Withdrawing his consen,
to the hearing # petition for writ of ha
beas c"'pus. No reason was given, but it is
thought that Judge Wilson discovered after
he had set the hearing Ior Tomorrow that his
action would 10 IN conflict with the court OF
aPprals a. body, before whom an appeal is
peniirg from previous refusal to entertain
an a. plicHt;"n Tor 4 writ. Thcmpson's case is
set fer trial in the diStric, court to morrow.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
LOCAL PERSONALS.
Gossip About the Hotel Corridors and IL List
of Recent Arrivals.

Fred. A. Breitling, furniture dealer, Of
Houston, is in the city on business.
John f. Wilson and wife, and A. S. Kin
dred and wife, Bee county, are at the Nav
erick.
YIN. Davidson, Eagle Pass; Charles E.
Buer, Schulenburg, and A. M. Erskine, Sc
gum, are staying at the Menger.
Miss F. M. White, Fl. X. Mann and J. N.
Dennis, delegates to the Laredo Convention,
are registered at the Menger.
Dr. J.. C. Maddox and DR.. Mel lain, of the
U. S. army, started for Fort Brown this morn
ing to take the places of surgeons who became
ill there recently.
Registered to-day at the Maverick, Frank
Ferris. Laredo; A. J. Sylvester and S. Eng
lander, New York; Henry II. Wood, Balti
more, and John IL. Leslie, Chicago.
John league, Del Rio; Geo. w. Morgan,
Houstoh; b. M. Patterson, Uvalde; James
Wilson. Ell Paso; G. A. and Joel Williams are
guests at the Vance.
II. A. Burbank, of Laredo, arrived in the
city this morning, He is an attached witness
in the Ben Thompson habeas corpus case.
John II. Bolton is in Laredo, superintend-
ing the transportation of government shoes to
Brownsville.
Isaac Newton Dennis the we'll known at
torney and ex-legislator is in the city en- route
for Columbus.
H.::Drish, courteous merchant Of Corpus
Christi is visiting the city to secure medical
treatment by DR.. Herf.
The New York Dramatic News have ar
pointed Mr.. H. Ryder-Taylor as their ccrrse-
pondent for San Antonio vice Schmidt re-
signed.
Miss Adele Richter, who has been absent
from the city several months, visiting friends
and relatives in Houston and Galveston, ha
returned home.
VIC. Irwin, of Waugh's rancho; Saml
C. Lackey, Cuero, and J. A. Camel and two
sons have apartments at Hord's.
w. M. Walton, counsel for Ben Thompson
his headquarters At Hord's.
d. c. Lyons, a prominent stock grazer OIL
Karnes county, and his son, w. B. Lyons,
are on the books at The Central
b. G. Anderson, Sheriff of Gonzales coun,
ty, picks his teeth at the Central.
S. Brassel, Theo. Brassel and Mrs. Joe
| Sitterle came here to attend the trial Of the
De Witt county murder cases and took board
at the Central.
| George and Charles Chabot viii soon starr
for Philadelphia, to attend the Swarthmore
college.
On Saturday, Judge Burns handed Judge
Paschal, a package of copies OF indictment:
before the Federal cou,t, that had been ''soak
ed" for drink at saloon west of the Sa'
Pedro, by man who said he found them in
the liver. The papers were evidence of hav.
ing been "soaked."
Mrs. John G.. Shook well-known artist o.
this city, has just finished portrait Of the
late Miss Annie Wharton Green Williams and
presented it to the family of COL Thomas G.
Williams.
S. Martin, the proprietor Of tho Sunset res.
taurant, will leave this evening for Houston,
and will be absent for about week After
his return he will improve the restaurant in
various ways.
Col. George P. Finlay, democratic nominee
for congress in the OH district is registered al
the Mengef.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11

The Ulah commission has ma e the follow
tng report IN regard to the law allowing women
TO vote;
I'VE concluded that it vas not competent
Tor The commission (" repeal or modify The
statute in the manner >ugge sted; that the prin
ciple of female outrage in no respect comes in
conflict with the Edmands law, and that,
therefore, the commission had nothing what
ever to do with The subject. Moreover. We
to"nd on investigation, that this statute ha
been in free for fifteen years without being
adjudicated in the courts OF the territory o!
disturbed bv cOrCrhss.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Lot on Commerce street and house on Main
plaza; also, two residences for sale. Apply to
JOSEPH E. DWYER,
Executor.
SDeciaI for Editors.

The San Antonio News Agency press Asso-
ciatiom are prepared to furnish daily tclc-
tiers, containing special news OF San Antonio
and district, Mexico and Great Britain al terms
which place it within the reach Ofall. For fur
thcr particulars address the managing pre- :
prietor II. Rydcr-TaylOr, EVENING Light Of
nee, 2S Commerce street, San Antonio, Texas,
u. s. A., P. 0. Box 45. The agency represents
the Austin Statesman, Fort Worth Daily Ca
Zrtte, Chicago Tribune, Ennis Recorder, and
other American and English newspapers. tt
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The jury in the star route Cases are expected
to return verdict to-day and it is surmised
they have found portion Of the crew guilty..
The yellow fever is on the increase at Pen
saCola
Philadelphia Is enjoying "a sensation in the
way OF the robbery of an almshouse-the roof
was even stolen off of it.
One Of the English team at Creedmoore
found his gun barrel scratched so as to divert
his aim, and good deal of indignation was
the result.
The military are after the runaway Chey-
enne Indians who left their agency in Colora-
do without leave.
Panama has had an earthouake-ra;,road
travel is abandoned in consequence OF the dis
placement Of the bridges, and the people are
badly scared.
Ireland placed himself under the protecting
wing OF Reagan at Palestine, 1T will take a
stronger train than Ragean to pull John and
his OK cart through.
Where are all the independent candidates
this season. Bexar county does not belong to
the Old court house clique if only half an eff.
fort is made to please the people with compe-
tent candidates against the old ring ticket. :
Our county happy family illustrated the
power OF local office holders-they stay in by
the manipulation of the party machinery in
spite OF the fact that the majority of their own
party want 'hange.
The Egyptians attacked the English at Kas-
Sarsin, but were repused. The Egyptians
numbered about 1900
The body of Lieut.. Gribble, of the dra
goons, has been found
The next fight Letween the English and
Arabis forces will be at Tel ell kebir.
Marwood, the hangman. arrived in Ireland
on Friday to superintend the execution of
Francis Hynes. He was guarded by the po-
The prisoners in Jail at Kheokbam, in
Russia, revolted and sixty of them were killed,
Ten deaths in Havana from yellow fever
during last week.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.

JOHN HANCOCK ran as the know-nothing
candidate for congress in 1855, against Col. P.
H. Bell, and was beaten.
BROTHER HUCHABEs, of the Waxahachie
Minor, calls on the democracy 10 stick to their
collors.
THE Ell Paso Herald announces that Cros-
by, Of Houston, has come to that place to To-
cate.
THE Seguin Times aspires to be great
religious weekly. When the election is over,
Brother Yandell, there will be ample time for
repentance, sack cloth and ashes.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
BY THE POISON ROUTE.
Emile Laux Attempted to Commit Suicide
Yesterday Evening.

Emile Laux, aged Fl, attempted to commit
suicide by taking arsenic yesterday evening at
the house Of his father, Jacob Laux, miller,
No. 23S Soledad street. Laux, who is black
smith by trade, has not been employed for
some time. During the last two weeks he
seemed 10 be growing respondent. Yesterday
he drank large quantity OF beer and about 7
o ciock went home. Then, without writing
the usual farewell note Of explanation, he took
the arsenic. When discovered he was lying
on the floor of his room, foaming at the mouth
and writhng His agony was fright
full. Doctors Graves and Bennett were
called in attendance. When they ar
rived on the scene Laux was apparent
ly in the last throes of dissolution. The noz
zle of stomach pump was inserted between
his teeth, but during one Of his spasms he bi,
it in two Then emetics were administered
aud he soon recovered consciousness.
who are you ?" he asked Dr. Graves, VIII )
was bending over him.
Il am DR.. Graves" was the reply.
What are you doing here? ?"
Il am trying to save your life.
''Why in bazes didn't you lie: me die :?
said Laux; II am tired Of living"
Soon after he had spoken thus he notice!
some arsenic which he had spilled on the floor
At once he rolled over to it and would have
licked it up had not the doctors and member $
of the family interfered. He is now Amos
recovered from the effects of the poison, but
still declares that he will end his life. A mania
for suicide runs in the family. Two years ago
one of them killed himself by shooting AMI
subsequently another made an unsuccessful
suicidal attempt.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11

A Washington special to the Cincinnati Ga
zette says: There is good authority to state
that the White House will have a mistress
next winter. President Arthur * undoubtedly
engaged. and The marriage will take place
early in the fall The name Of the lady is for
the present a state secret The engagement
was made last spring, and the lady has, this
summer. at different watering places, been the
recipient of the choicest flowers from the
White House Conservatives.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Going to Try it Doable.

A license was issued to-day for the mar
rage Of Guadalupe Medrano and Felipa Ter
rasas. Last Saturday Robert John Kendall
obtained permission to wed Florence Davies.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11

The Rev, III. k. Traver, who recently
signed the pastorale Of the Regent street Bap
list church Of Saratoga. has been elected To-
The "thce Of president of the Leland university
at New O;leanS Mr.. Travcr formerly lived
in New York City.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
From the Galveston Mail.

From the Galveston Mail.
Our Tom Ochiltree.
The red-headed Ranger has come from the
East,
From the White House, the opera, the dance
and the feast,
From the conquest Of hearts and the favor Of
men.
. He comes to enliven our city again.
And the glance Of his eye is enchanting to see
And by it we know thathe's Tom Ochiltree.
Having hobnobbed with Jones, dined with
Mackey and Gould,
Our Tom is in finance and politics schooled,
His platforms his own and his policy's true,
To the good of the many and not of the few
So we welcome him home, 'mong his friends
by the sea,
Who love him because he is Tom Ochiltree
Like knight he is belted and ready for fight
The hosts of the bourbons are scattered in
fright,
Their leaders are powerlSs, their speakers
are dumb,
They've heard the loud beat OF our Ochltree's
drum,
Which musters the voters from hilltop and
lea,
Who rally for Right and our Tom Ochiltree |!
The ides of November, the story shall tell,
How Flnlay or Stockdale ingloriously fell.
Our Thomas triumphant, the people elate,
A good friend In congress to help out our
state:
o then we'll be happy as happy can be,
AS will be the Ranger, our Tom Ochiltree !
From the Chicago Times.l
All the professional patriots gable inces-
sanity about ''the people," 1t is 'the peo-
pies" right to rule. 1t is 'the peoples" right
10 choose the rulers. 1t is 'the peoples"
right to send to the legislative assembly rep
resentatves freely selected by themselves.
1t is 'the peoples" right to have "free cleo
tons ard o fair count" 1t is .the peoples"
government, ''of the people, by the people, +"
that all the professional patriots spend their
waking hours appaudng, and lie awake
nights devi,i"g ways and means to defend
against 1.-THE peoples" enemy that is making
continual war against ''the people," with a
persistent energy that can be wi'hstood only
hv the unceaS'rg exertlons of all the profess
ston.l l.atruts?
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Military Orders.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. g, 1882. I
Special Orders No. ".

In connection with the u S. military tele
graph lines, and upon application of the sigma
officer at these headquarters, the quartermas
ter's department will furnish transportation,
by rail, from Henrietta to Denison, Texas
fo1 private J w. Byram, signal corps, U. S.
army.
By order of Brigadier General Augur.
G. B. RUSSELL,
Capt. 9th Infantry, A. d. c.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Dam DESTROYED, .

The recent flood burst the dam constructed
at Mi,chelrs lake by Charles Hummel and
the prospect for duck shooting in that vicinity
is not so good as it was. The dam cost $I6o
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
Punched'COinS.


Too much publicity cannot be given to the
recent decision by Judge Lowell, of the Uni
tel safes Circuit Court in Massachusetts, con-
ceIning the filling of holes in punched silver
coins with base metal and attempting
10 pass punched coins with
the holes thus filled. The former
practice is held by the court to be an act of
counterfeitieg, and the latter is made subject
10 the penalty provided for the crime of pass
ing, or attempting to passf counterfeit money.
These practices hitherto have been BY many
persons regarded as trivial offenses. To all
such Judge Lowelrs decision should. through
wide publication, lie timely warning.
According to Edwin Alden & Bros An,eri-
can Newspaper Catalogue Just issued, there
are I2,I5S newspapers published in the United
States and the Canaaas Total in the United
States II.522; CTnadas, 6S5. Published as
follows: DailieS, IIs2: tr-weeklies, So: semi
wN"klies, 1870: We, khes, oo7S bi-weekles.
IS: semi monthEes, ZOE; monthlies, 100; BIZ
monthlies, IL.
young Mississippi student. named Joseph
+ Nelson. for Lark, answered an advertise
ment OF Pope'S theatre in ST. Louis. a few
days ago. tor ''supers" in the Irish Amer
lcan' and was so nervous from stage fright.
that the sudden report OF a pistol fired near
HIM caused him to lose his footing near The
flies and fall down cellar 10 feet deep None
81 his limbs were injured, hut the phvsic
thinkS he has sustained internal injurie.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11
A Brutal Husband.


Inez Dominguez slept in the brush near the
Alazan last night for fear that her husband
Julian Dominique would kill her. Early in
the evening Mrs. Dominguez found her hus-
band in company with woman of whom she
was jealous. She uporaided him for his inf
deity and he, engaged, threw her to the
gr und, beat and kicked her and dragged her
by her long hair When she escaped from
him her skin was black with bruises and blood
was flowing from wounds in her head. She
was found lying under some brush about half
mile from her home by policemen Coy and
Ferris. They offered to escor; her to town
but she preferred to stay where she was
hey tried to batter down the door OF ID 1min-
guel house to IA ke him in custody, but i; was
too firmly secured
Lou Douglas, ''the petite ehromo," was
married On the stage of the Laredo variety
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-11

Lou Douglas, "the petite ehromo," was
married On the stage of the Laredo variety
show to Thomas Jerome, an Ethiopian MINIS
trel engaged ut the same establishment.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

Recently quite an excitement and some
uncasiness has been caused from a dispatch
from Washington, dated 9Th, inst, copied
In the INDEX, to the effect that the Commits
sioner Of the General Land Ofice had or
dered a suspension Of all cash entries on
oage Indian lands, made by single men,
since June %, 1881, where the lands lie In
the countIes Of Sumner, Harper, Kingman or
Comanche. IL appears that Secretary Tel
Ter, Of the Interior department, has been
informed that a great deal Of land has been
and Is being entered by single men who had
In view the transfer Of the land to ranch
men for 'gHzing purposes only, and had
made no pretense Of tilltng the soil. The
different land Offices werc notified that in
future they must demand of all persons,
when maIing fnat proof, that they not on
ly sbOw actnai residence, bat also show i'm
provsments In the way Of blowing, etc.; so
that IN future persons intending to make
final proof must pillow up few acres ut
least.
In 1880 final proofs having been refused,
IN cases where II was shown the lands were
not being used for agricultural purposes,
nor any part Of them, Secretary Schurz dc
cided that persons desiring lands for graz
ing purposes need only show residence and
tAas the land was being used for stock pur-
poses In order to make final proof TO their
claim. Whether this decision or the later
ruling Of Secretary Teller will stand viii |
Ia 4 short time, be tested, a. several cases
that were rejected on the ground that the
proof failed TO set out that the lands or any
part Of them had been plowed, have been
taken up.
The laws under which Government lands
are entered allow the applicant, where he
has been residing upon the land, to date
his fling back 90 days, and make final proof
10 90 days from the date Of filing; hence 1t
will be difficult for persons settling OIL
land at the commencement Of the winter TO
cultivate sufficient amount OF land to en-
title them, under the recent ruling, to make
final proof inside Of the six months allow
ed under the law.
The Idea that single men alone should
be denied the right to patents, where the
filing has been made since June %, 1881, is
absurd. Where the proof was made in
strict compliance with law and the ruling
OF the Secretary Of the Interior single men
and married men will fare alike. All must,
under the present ruling, however. plow a
part Of the land they would own.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

An extensive cattle and land company has
been organized in Kansas City, with sever.
al capitalists, bankers and politicians con
nected with 1t, among them it is stated the
Armours, the governor Of Missouri and
the two Uuit'd States senator's. There will
be thirty members in the company and il
will control an immense capital, will have
all Office in London, one in New York and
one in Kansas City. They will operate in
the Southwest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-22

; ~ BY common consent, each man snouiu
fence bis own territory and leave his neigh
Dor the right to fence his II he choose IL
wouId seem there could be no objection;
or II two lines OF wire fence should De mace
East and West across the county at, say, ~
miles apart, II would divide the cattle that
great drifts might be avoided, and each
nnchman could keep his cattle on his par
tIcular range.
With some recognized system OF handling
our county Is surely paying greater reve-
nne as well as greater proht 70 innaO'-
tants when used rs grazing section, than
Il would pay any other way. To say That
a man may fence certain territory and by
force exclude all Others is absurd. To at
temps TO- prevent persons from locating up
on Government lands, though inside their
enclosure, for agricultural purposes, Is
equally as absurd, and as equally absurd is
the idea that by force or warrant OF law
can he ranchman, to his own exclusive use
oecnpy certain amount Of territory 1t be
ing Government land. and exclude the stock
Of his neighbor, hut such thing is done
by common consent.
In range herding. as.practiced In Barbour
county, and the entfte cattle growing sec
ton OF the Southwest, it has been custom
airy TO hold cattle belonging to particular
range on that range and turn those of the
neighbor back. This custom has been as
closely lived up to as if it were a law, and
each stockman has respected the range OF
the other as strictly as one farmer in the
East respects the pasture of his neighbor.
From the causes we have enumerated, as
well rs for the sake Of economy, and that
all the range may be utilized, many men
have seen flt to fence their ranges in prefer
ence to keeping line Of riders to hold
their cattle. The question naturally pre-
sents itself: II the customs and usages that
have governed the ranchmen and given
them the right to occupy certain territory
are 10 be respected in the future as in the
past, may they not, by common consent,
fence their ranges, thereby making the
business more pleasant, profitable and per-
manent to all the citizens Of the county,
BY fencing, large amount Of territory,
now held as neutral ground between rzn-
ges, could be utilized, and the land grazed
on both sides up to the fence.