The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-14
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
SUPPLIES FOR THE INDIANS.


The clerks,sent out to the Pacific coast BY
the Indian office to purchase and award Indian
supplies have returned. Supplies to the weight
were purchased, being an increase over last
year in weight of o4,475 pounds. The quail
ty of supplies are fully up to last years stan
dard, while cash was ten per cent. less. In
Spector Holcomb, in report to the general
land office, gives an interesting account OF the
establishment of an Office at Huron, Dakota,
October 9th. Monday was the day set for
the office to be open, and at 3 O'Clock that
morning over FIVE hundred attorneys assem-
bled in front of the building in readiness for
business. At 9 o'clock, when the doors were
opened, there was such a rush that the doors
and windows were broken, and several tights
occurred in their eagerness to file apphca-
tons. The first received was compelled to
make an announcement that all applications
would be regarded as having been filed stimuli
,aneously. Over 100000 worth of land was
sold for cost the first day. One hundred
thousand acres was entered, and that with
protests and applications. 1t was the largest
days work, perhaps, ever done at any land
Office in this country.
TACKLING THE MARRIAGE ASSOCIATIONS.
Assistant Attorney General Freeman, of the
postofice department., issued the first official
notice to the St. Elmo marriage insurance
company, of Chattanooga, Tenn, to show
cause why it should not be debarred from
receiving money orders and registered letters
because Of alleged fraud. An answer is ex-
pected within week. This will be test
case. 1t is stated that the southern mails are
so loaded down with marriage association
circulars, that the distribution of the mails is
several days behind, and that in Texas alone
these associations have secured in fees over
$4,000, 900.
New York, November I3.-A Richmond,
Va, special says private advices received
here state Dockery, republican, has been
elected congressman at-large by the liberals in
North Carolina, against Bennett, democrat.
The liberals also elect their congressional can
ddates in the first and seventh districts, over
Latham and Robbins, democrats. Those,
with Ottura, republican, elected in the first
district, will make the North Carolina delega-
ton stand FIVE democrats and four liberals, a
gain Of three for the latter.
BENNrTT's CABLE SCHEME BURLEsQUED.
New York, November -. The Sun in its
weekly review of Wall street affairs has the
following to say concerning James Gordon
Benefits new cable scheme; "The making
and laying of the cable are to cost So, 200, 900,
of which Bennett subscribes $1,000, 900, and
promises another million if the second cable
is necessary. The total capital to be raised is
to be $s,ooo,ooo. The new cable is to be
worked in connection with the Baltimore and
Ohio Geographic system, and the Herald ad
vises newspapers not to make any contracts
with the Western Union Telegraph Company
until Bennett is ready to serve them on philan-
thropic principles with his new toy. But it is
hard to see how he can offer like facilities to
those which the Western Union now gives to
its customers all over the continent. Apart
from that there is some doubt in the minds of
sensible business men whether he will persist
in his new scheme, and whether his present
passion for cabling may not evaporate, as his
love for polo, soup kitchens, yachting, Arctic
and African explorations has disappeared"