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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Brokers in grain, cotton and provisions,
No. . Soledad street. Home office, Gal
weston, Texas; branch offices Mt San An
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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15
ARE YOU AFFLICTED7
Brief Description of the Diseases OF the Eye Ear and Throat WITH
ten References of Remarkable Cures. By Dr.
NJ s. BmnhGm


a tgreatex
in relief
Il.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15
Respectfully submitted,
w, A. HONYNQR. Secret

Approved Dy inc FINANCE tOminittce:
LEOPOLD NJ. MICHAEL, Chairman.
We take pleasure in calling attention to the
above statement, which speaks for itself, aud
shows the best results ever attained by any
like association in this city In the same period
of time.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

O. w. DUNN, Secretary.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
THE DAhOrA' DIVISION BILL.

The Till for III. division If Dakota pas.
>.,,s l.v senate Tuesday by II vu!e vi "a fuI
10 % against, the other ,nenli,e's being
!'n.r.d. The u,II now g"s to the Lo,.s'
wMre il will probably he d. fcal.d. |,
pr"v.des lor division 90 tie 46th parallel,
that the pUrtwn north "f that line shall
remain u territory in lle name o. Lin
c"l,,, aud south Of The line the people |"
hold n Convention anu adutta c"nsliiu
'"n not r. pugnant to The Constitution oi
The United Stx'es which shall be submit
ed to III prcsi,ent "f the United S,.t->
ny the gover""r Ot the Territory whereul.
"n 'he president stall hy procl,matio"
'eclarc tho new STATE admitted into The
union. The surl Ut g., 900 is appr"pr,s-
ed to deiray The EXPENSES VI The consii-
,u,iOnal convenrioI. Tne details are all
rr"vided for and to all inlen;s aud plr.
p MS the till is an enablint act for south
y ,k"ia to reach statehood, pr'viued the
h,ll successfully runs the gauntlet Of the
hOlsr. --I
The question is by this hill presented TO
the people Of North D,ko II whether she
prefers d. siston 1T the sacrifice Of her
name or the retention Of her name at tie
sacrifice OF DIVISION. 1t ia tine the pco
PIE have no means "f enforcing their sen.
u".cn,s on the question other than i" tie
moral influences their wishes may exert
upon members Of Congress, many o
whom would no doubt be glad of the o. :.
jec,inn VI N 'rth Dakota rs an excuse tor
voting against The bill, but she Can hv
her Say Oh the subject all 'he same. The
Determination Of congress 10 give our sec
ton OF the territory q n " name with Iii
VISION is hec"ming more apparent and
marked every session and the question
with our people ,s whe' her We want d.
VISION at that ,,rice nr no,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
A TMrball Surprise Party.

% the evening of Tuesday Dec. 9Th
the residence of Mr.. J. II G Mcclellan
and Mrs Fannie Gardiner, IN township
1877, rAn.c 62, about twenty miles south
OF Jamestown, was the &C, ne Of yer.
pleasant surprise party instituted by the
many mir'h loving ladies aid gentlemen
IN the vicinity "t rarbelI. TIE occa son
was intended rs Il farewell party IN honor
Of Messrs. Whe,sbone ant Geu. McC!el.
In, VINO were about to depart for the
east III y shor, time The party consisted
Of over fifty OF The most prominent far
n,ers and their families oi thu, district.
After the light fan,as',c had ne. n in-
duIged in for three or four hours, in har
mony with the - e'mi,ous strains of the
Tarhell band, NJ. . r. Heath as ias,ruc.
tor, and Mrs Mckay, org"nis', the nu-
ner"us gu' sis par,ook u Il splendid snr
per prepared ~ the hostess, Mrs. Fannie
CIR 'lner, in her usual nospit"hle ma NJ.
and elegant taste. The gay and delighted
party d,sp rsed At d 'yllght next morning
m ire than satisfied with the delightful
time and gayetes Of the evenings en- ,er
tAlnment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
Tie Water Works Question.

Geo. W. Vennum, a II emher Of the
comp"ay 10 whom the city council grant
ed Il -charter for construction of water
works in tris city, denies that they ever
ask d sl5, 900 for their franchise but Say 8
they offered 1t to the Phelps Company and
III: latter declined to take 1T their hands
The question nos becomes one of veracl-
" bet~e Mr.. Phelps ard Mr. Vennum.
matter tann as l. concerns tie public.
the water works company gave a bond
IN the penal sum Of go, 900 to have the
works completed and IN operation on or
before the first of last November, which
they fail. toGo, in consequeE ce OF which
the people are without the bargalned for
water supply ard have to pay much
higher rate of insurance on heir property
thau they would now be required /" pay
hAd the water works been constructed.
It. IS no Justification Of the failure Of tht
company 10 Iultill tuelr contrac, with the
city that they did no, ask SIS, ,o' 0 Tor their
franchise, or that no other compnny
would take it of their hands. or that
times turned out 10 be harder than ex-
rec,ed. Business men are supposed TO
take these th,ngs into consltlsFiss&saii1sau1
fore binding themselves with a forfeiture
IN . contract with each olher or with the
public. A sond is binding on both or all
parties to to the contract of which it is a
part or 1t is not binding on either OF any
Of them. A bond means what II says or
it means no. hing at all. A bond IS mat
ter OF business among men aud not Of
chlld's play among children.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
AnOtnrr Fire and Another Evidence Of
the Want Of Fire PrOtpciinn.

At half past oLe O'Clock Friday morn
ing the fire alarm triangle rang out Will,
rs suh.iued music On the calm night,
which like the music Of the spheres
would have lulled the sleepers into deep.
er sleep but for tho uneartny screechi' &
and t"ot ng OF the railroad locomo ives
which reused the people t. sense oi
danger, who, clad in such mot ey ra.
ment rs fist come within reach, rushed
forth into the -treet to STE "what might
The matter be-" and TO tin'i that tire had
hr' ken out in Ncutzel s. Sons butcher
shop on Futh Avenue south
The fire company were soon on the
ground and opened their sizzling battery
Of sulpIuric acid anu soda upon the hre
from the chemical engine hut tho flames
only seemed to lauy such efforts to
scorn. The people, with an appreciation
Of the ability Of The fire engine barn of
past observation an experience, proceed
ell at once 10 remove al the goods from
the buildings within probable reach Of
the flames and then could do but little
" ore han watch the buildings burn down
which they did In very deliberate success
SION.
The building next joining on the north,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
THE ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES
INTO THE UNION STATE.

While / 'e power "f congress 10 hold
the terrItOri uf the Uni,eu State. unOer
feie'a' or provincial g"verLmen' until !,
suite the pleasure "f that h"'y to adm,,
item into the union rs s,A,cs is well re-
cognized and generally c""crd,d d, the
""ral right to do so may we'll te que g..
toned hut the moral right ( a territory
N he admitted as s'ntc IS like = rrvai
many other mora rights, there are no IT,
"a means hy which it. can he enforced
There are some ,n'i,-pens .hle reuu si,es
I : s,n,eho".i, such as sufficient populate n,
Il constitution not IN cpntl icL with the {. Il.
gal constitution and p,oyiding u rrpuh
lican f"Im Of g"yernm. nj for the people
OF the proposed state aud acceptable to
the c,izrns thereof These are IN no case
to he DIS egarded. The number and cbu, .
ac'cr of The population are in ,l,c d,scre
ton of congress as are also great many
other incidental questions.
1t woul" he n violation of his oath Of
office t. support the constitution Of the
United Sairs for mein'er t. vote f..r
the admission OF territory into the union
as a state with An unrepuhllcln cons, i,m
ton or with constitution conflicting
with the federal constitution, but it is no
violation OF hi Oath of office to vote
against admission for any discrei,ona, y
reason he may have and there is no pow
er in the government 10 compel him lo
wnive that discretion no matter how friv.
"l"us and unwarrantcd it may seem Ia
| others.
The number Of inhabitants required Is
in'irnnltr, hut justice to the other states
and the prInci, le Of equal representa-, a,,on
in the prorle's branch Of the national
legislature would rrq'nre that 1t be equal
10 the number fixed as the ratio OF rrp
resen'a''on in that hody, though this In.
not slways been required, five s,a,es hnv
! ing been adnitled into the uuion and
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE RErUDI.
ATtSIHAT REMONsTRAN.

In the sunday Morning A ert We direct
| Ell ~lt, ution to the special dispatch 10 the
Pioneer Press stating that, during lis
hnrnnxue on Dakota affairs, senator Vc>,
sent up to the clerks desk aud had read
"a long remOnsiranCe from Bismarck, !"
The impressi N conveyed by The dispatch
being that Bismarck had sent IN ,eI,,ons.
trance against division The Bismarck
Tribune uf S.'ur'ia. morning. which We
had not then Seen, edi,or.alIy contained
the iUl!. wing on The sans sui ct:
The TIihune has taken the unuile to
inquire ini" the ina ter aud timlis thai no
such -reIlilnsli snce h.< been sent from
B,s" arck, and no one In this city knows
anything about It. A Irn,nnsiran.e may
have teen presented, u, u is an u JUS
lice to Bismarck IL say That it. nr,gi,,n,.r:
IN tins ci y. 1t is pr"l'uhle that The p o.
nter Press IS in error IN this mnlirr. In
any event, the stat, Intnt ,s absolutely
ital-r, and - the disprich may h- con
sir,ri I" mean that B smmrrk Is nppnslng
division, aud therefore plnce Ibis cn,n,nu.
niy IN n inlsv light before the people ni
tie i+rrliny, this +n, ,'lIa,ic d-n,ai of the
hir' hplace-"f this "rrm"ns, rAnC+" sho,lh
t k'V"U IIjc ~NIeSiNeAI ClICuIuticn I'll u
the false stat ement has had.
The Alert - glad to ace 'his prompt and
emrha,,c deni.I ~ the Representative
I'aper Of b sma'ck, f.' Unexplained aid
unrepnd 'a'eh the fact IT such r,nper h.
ing in the hands Of hitter opponent "f
division, a. senator Vest is well known
TO he, w"nIh Just y ring dawn unon the
caLi'al CITY the Indignation Of all other
portions "f the territory. CIV Pierce, IN
his rep"r, to he ln'eri,r Department.,
correc ly, Ms we believe. says ",he sen'i
mrnt IN favor OF division IA practically
sn,n"us," and it would be Ira. neal
suicide h.r biama,ck, with alt she h,s n,
stake in hol'iIng the capital, to defy and
| an,agon,ze that ser ,imrnt. Viii ca gen
e,Al denial is not sufficient to inval. date
the document, which ct itself IS pri,na
acie evidence Of It's character, the denial
should suspend the judgment Of the pro
pl" reas"nshle length of time :or Bis
! marck I" pr"duce evidence that the paper
is \ forgery and fraud.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
MAR>HA..L MCCLURE PKOPR.
]. G WARSocK .EDrroR.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

The III, MIXERS Of the next coming iegIs.
ls,u,c will be pIac, d he,wee" the upper
and neither mills,"ncs Of public oprn,o"
on the subj"ct Of rn,lro"d l"gi>lH'iun; in
short, they "wlll be damned il they d"
and lie hamneI II t. ey DON'T" If they
have any commodities in the way al rep.
ulniions which they desire 10 hand dow"
to their CHI, drrn rs heir. looms the Alrr,
would advise them TO h-rme,ricnlly seal
them up bcfo e The session hrg,ns ns these
evnnesccnt assets may be Litficult 10 fad
afterwards.
The low price OF wheat the past yesr
has br"ugh, about the rlam"r f'r J. g'sa-
tive enforcement "f the reduction "t
fre,gh,s that hhctw,se would not have
hrd an existence an. this uensn'i will te
>trenuously mreh upon the legislature
There il danger that tins zeal m"y be ."
,xc-ssive ~ T. over reach the bounds ni
Judgement urd pro,iuc. Legislation ~ A..
zeal that il will not he sustained by the
cnui's; lrglsiniirn that will involve the
people in cxpens,ve litigation with the
ra,lr0 I'll companies only TO lose in III"
end, and The Legislators will then m
cursed tor making laws that wnuIh not
stn"d j'.d;ciaI lest. Any lteis a'."n thai
~,l' restrict or Il sturb The h,,s,ness sys.
tenn ad pied and IN use hy tho railro .i
companies will be cont, s"d by them To
the court last app ml. Rnlroah c"m-
p.nlts are notorious for asCettaininE i"
that way the validity Of laws affecting
them. Hence every till pr"pn.ed on the
sui irCt should receive the most th"rnugh
and exhaustive examination, for laws
thai VIII not and the test OF the courts
are injurious % both parties, the people
aud the railroads he people hn.e rights
:shich the ra'lro ds can he made to re
srect and tue railroads likewise have
rights which the people are E'und I" re
sprct. The "'flicul'y, ns the Alert has
cef"re said on tins 81 jet, IS !" uni
where ii. hl ends and wrong ugins on
c.lher band. Il is one of those questions
for which the paradox Of Schuyler C'lf.x
WI h regard to the recon =, ru:inn ot the
southern states after the rebellion applies
with peculiar iorce, that is, Quake haste
slowly"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18

h.s proven ID be M iutailIble one, H.
to'd,rg up our navy before tn. eyes OF
foreign na,ionss -z-
England maintains her navy Of 23S yes.
sels ut an annual cust If &5l ,6r7, IFS. and
u only the cost "f our navy for tm
last year had hrcn reported Johnny But
would ma urslly have concluded that n
our navy cost one third as much as hl>
we must have ore third as much Of Il nH
W, or nhuut so vcs> els instead If one fist
rate cruiser and thirty others awaiting
he visit OF the con,iemninx "tticer.
In clns,ng his report 5 c,elrry Chand
Ter grasps the possible contingency Of wa
and asks this pertinent 4uesii." "Cah
Il he supposed that, in the event Of war,
tif,y vessels OF all sizes and 5000 met
~,li fight our naval battles, transport "uI
-t.".p-, ma,nta,n our bl,"knd-s, aud cu'
II our rne.ny's commerce! Yet slm"s'
within s,lc1 narrow limit are We confined
hy the heplnable condition Of our CON
inercIul mnrine " g.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
ADMISSION As A NAIIUNAL QJES.
ITNE ....-#

II the nation u democratic party can stand II. 10
deny Dakota ju-,ice mos. Certain Dakota c. q
stand il to be drni' for jl-t &C will c'ne to Da
kota sure and certain, II the national democr tic
par v has To be ov-rthrown to secure 1t. If aehA.
tor v. It correctly "n,linea the policy OF his parry,
q r pn hican hous Of ,err, scnta,ives may be look
cd for in 1876. Dakota ia too big, and there are
too ma, people her. to make such guilty trif.ng
anything but dang rous to the party ,ha, engages
in il. The present o,rs. OF The democr tic pntty
will simply m Ike national issue of great qu-e
ton, in which justice. honor and common d+c,ncy
will be invincby srrayel against :mocracy.-
Sioux Falls Leader. 4
The Alert would admonish the l. ader
that II IS ovrrest,matng the impnrlanc.:
Of Dakota. A. fact ,r IN eth. party Of
na,inn,l politics II is represented hy fig.
nrc.9 with the tail cut II, and it n"ver
will he anything more Than this 10 ma
,'"na' politics until it is admitted into the
Union Mil 0ns Of pe"p!e will vote for
c'ngreSsmen il 1856 who will not give
tue weight # an x,om to the Dakota
question. and thousands will vote al that
elect ION Who will not know whether DA.
k",a is in America or Europe. TO u the
balance Of the Uni,ed Stale> looks Y, ~
small compared with Dakota, hu: The op-
iicnI d-lusion come. from The STANDPOINT
n, which the view is taken Ii Dakota
could have the election uf the uext coz
vrtss in her own hands It would 30 hard
with the de""cra's II they kept us out If
tn" union until 1855, but fortunately for
them that will not he our political pre-
,"9ative and unfortunately fal us they
are we'll aware uf il. Dakuix IS in q poor
position to over. hrow the nat onaI dem"
cratic party or any o'htr party 9 long a.
she has not a single vote in The eleCt,on
IT national officers, not even in the cleo
lion Of her own ahove the IAN Of mem
hers Of the legislature. anh c"nercss rnC
review and lnvsi,dnte their work if 30
disposed. The sdn.issi,n N Il "a ,.rr, ory
has n. yer been u national issue since
slavery went out Of p.lit,c. by I'll. e,.,nn.
c,pA,ion proclamation The mere sense
ot justice in such Cases does not extend
lar beyond the boundarhs Of the inca i,v
drccl,v affected In polr,c> the abstract
principle of justice is nice thing 10 con.
template and ,noraliEe upon bul 10 ,"hu
enre upon u naIIut IS u ~, re matter Of
faith with those who ar. directly affected
bV it,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18

thereby entitled tun representative ~
congress with less p"puIntI"n than thai
upon witch the ratio Of representation 10
other states was based
Illinois was adm. tied in 1918 when the
ratio of r-presen,At, n hy tn. hppor'i"n
congress for every IS 900 inhabitants. aud
yet her population III 1920 was only "a.
6Un. Florida was ad'n,t'rd IN lS45 wi'h
\ p 'pul~,,rn of 81. III wien the ra'i" OF
rrpr-s" n,a,ion WIS 7O,6sO Oregon WI.
admitted in 1859 v hen the RATIO nf rep
resen,n',on was 90 423. yet she only had
a ,.opnIa, ion "f 52,I65 in 1860 Nevn'iu
~as admitted IN 1864 with \ pornla, u,
N 1860, "f 40, 900 when the 'A,i" "f ier-
rrsen,a,ion was l27 ,5Sl; and under the
same r.tio of representation NrhrasK"
WIS ad,ni',e /, ~ 1867 while her D. puIatio"
three years later wn~ b", $4,000. g
The atr've slows ,ha, The number oi
population need not nrce sarily he equal
To he ra, 10 of rpprVs, n,","n at the TIME
OF admission, or WAS not held To be nec+s.
sars By The several congr+ssrs hy VIII rh
these states We're admitted. The numbt'
1T population Is merely a riscre'ionnr,
question. The ,"lk IN the senate by Ser.
nt"r Vest that Dnk",a has not l'"pIla,mn
enough 10 en,i,Ie h-r to admission Is ihr,r-
fore \ rrettXL and sub,trtule. The AL
porli"nment or ratio OF representation"
hnsed rp,n the lat census ~ one iu-tnltr
OF congress f'r rvcry l54, ,325 inhabitants
in u state. WAL. the CENSUS of 1870 show.
4 population |" D.k"'a of only l35, III.
the vote ut the late election, at III. Iea-
srna!le e.tima,e If fur inh .h,tants for
every vote, 35",ooO. Sm,h Dakota ~l"ue
has over 2W',oO, and North ako,a n
greater pr"l'"r,,"n Of the numt'er fixed Ms
the ra,i" "f representation than either
FI"rida, Oregon, Nevada or Nebraska
hal at the Tim Of their admission. U.s.,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
The Exrll,Dilun Law.

Dakots's exemp pt,on law is generally
admitted to be had law, more calculated
to encourage than to discourage dishon-
esty, and It is presumed the legislature
will take ii up for the purpose Of amend
Ing il ut the session this winter. Every
year or two some honest, well-meaning
member Of the leg'slat IRE tackles the
hjcct Of amendment III The exemption
law, but 80 far such honest, well meaning
members have been sat down upon with
considerable force and vehcmence. Tm r.,
have always been en- 'uxll mem 0-rs favor
ing the las to effeclusI!y disc nlrage n
second attempt at amendment during any
Que session. Smeho v, there seems to he
y strong desire In certain quarters TO keel,
the exemptions IN Dakota as large as pos
sibIe. A. the law stands at presen, a maj,
who has the Full amount of property ex-
empted is pretty we'll ixed.-Black Hills
Journal.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-12-18
TIE UNITED STATES NAVY.

The impression that the Uni,ei States
navy WAS destroyed few months "" iy
fishing smack running INTO IN sinking
navy vessel isn slight mIs,ake-vrr.
slight, t"wever. The Alert hns received
pamphlet which, on close inspec ion.
We ind /" be II rep"rt Ut that supposed !"
he extinct department offensive and de
fensiv' Of our governmcn 1t Is rot,
however, "tfensiv. enough 10 render III.
f"ieign p"wrss uneasy for their safety,
nor ~ it defensive enough to iuiimida'e e
Them from any attack iMy may ut any
tine feel dis .oscd to make.
The report says ne Eva 10 lie fleet" con.
si>ts Oi one hrst rate cruis r, eleven sec-
Ond rates and nineteen third rate, thirty
one in all, but only three Of III. IN iro"
hnils, all the rest being wo"d Three o..
tue vessels will be condemned rs beyond
repair 1T the irIt survey and sixo the
remainder will pass out OF seiyice within
SIX years, says secretary Chandler. The
report shnws that the expense Of keeping
the thirty one war vessels ab We wafer
together with few o,her vessels no'
worth mentioning and ircien.dl +xpen.
srs the pas, year has only hecn sl7,2y2,
6"l ~, and est,m les the rxprnsrs tor the
current fiscal year at el7,s6O, ,654 62. lie
recommends an increase OF the navy, .l,..
estimated cost OF which will he sl5.u7l,
5i2.62, making n total OF s32, ,932, ,227 p.
Il seetns o the Alert that It would he
good policy To require tue secretary Of the
navy only To report expenses aud csti
mates. They are large enough 10 make n
deep impression upon tor ign nations OF
the formidable character Of our navy, but
I" embrace in tho report what it Is tina,
constitutes our navy IS 10 give the whole
Thing away. The rebels held imp,r,an,
p''sllions on several occasions with battle
r.es of wooien guns made with cru>s cut
saws and paint. Alta distance they look
cd ns formidable NJ genuine guns ami the
effect OF the impression was the same
There IS no d,tfcren in the effect ot
real and i'nag'"sry danger. A man vii
hold up his hands II, the muzzle of sn
empty gun just as readily as if 1t was
loaded, If he d"eIn't know that it ,s emD
~. then why not apply this theory, which