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Delta chief., 1884-03-19
A Tragic End.

The Deming stage robbery came to a
tragic finale on the 10th. The particulars Of
the robbery were as follows: On the evening
of November "a last, Mitch Lee, Frank Tag
gart, Kit Joy and George Cleveland boarded
the east-bound passenger train on the South
ern Pacific at Gage,
KILLED THE ENGINEER,
robbed the express OF 81 ,0s5 and carried of
gold watch and chain. The Railroad company,
Wells, Fargo Il Co., and the United States
Postal authorities offered reward of 81 600
for the capture and conviction OF the robbers
and murderers. The Locomotive Engineers
also offered S400 for each criminal on similar
conditions. Hon. II. II. Whitehall, member Of
the Legislature from Grant county. then Sher-
III, captured all the sceundrels st different
times and places. The sequel was as follows:
On the 10Th, guards at the jail, two in.number,
took the four robbers, Kit JOY, Mitch Lee,
Frank Iaggart, and the negro, George Cleye-
land; Carlos Chavez. sentenced to hang for
The murder OF Yum Lee, and Charles
Cummings, horse thief-slx prisoners
III, IN aii,into the jail yard at 10
When in the yard the six prisoners sprang on
the guards, ovcrpowered them, tied them
hand and foot and relieved them Of their weap-
ons. They then secured the shackie keys, un-
locked their bonds and began skirmishing for
firearms. They secured three shotguns n
winchester rihe and revolver each and sith
these in hand unlocked the jail doors, march,
ed across the street to the Elephant corral
and ordered tine livery attendants to saddle up
six good ponies. II WAS all well planned; the
outlaws took their time and grumbled about
the stability OF the borscs brought out.
Heres my old pony" said Mitch. Lee, II
know can trust him. Saddle him up"
Rtf five pnuad hnrsrs esytlh l,r mi
said that he did not care ANYWAY. ''Oh. yes,
you WILL said Kit joy ave are going to
Kill Won anyhow. but don't care TO do II right
here. Get on behind Taggart;" aud the negro
did MS ordered. Several Wild shots wire fired
at the gang by citizens, but without effect,
and they rode out Of town. Frank Jackson, .
citizen, saw the cscapc, and mounting horse
followed In pursuit., keeping In sight and firing
to guide the citizens, who were securing arms
end horses. The outlaws had good start and
not eight miles out Of town the body Of the
negro vas found. with the top Of his head
blown on. When the po@se overlook the rob
bcrs battle ensued. and Carlos Chavez, the
Mexican. was killed and Mitch Lee and Frank
Taggart were captured. Joseph n. Lemffcr,
one Of the pursuing party and prominent
citizen Of Silver City, was Killed. Kit Joy and
the horsethicf Charles Cumming. alias Chas.
Spencer, made good their cscape. The posse
divided after the capture of Lee and Tagyart,
one part pursuing Joy and the horse thief, and
the Others returning to the city. On the way
back q convenient tree WAS found and both
were hanged. Lee confessed before being
strung up that he Hred the shot that killed
Webster, engineer. In tbeDeming train robbery.
The bodies of Mr.. LcafYer and The Negro were
taken back to Silver City.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
Unite the sIrIngs.

Said one Of the most successful mcr-
chants Of Cleveland. Ohio. to n lad
who was opening parcel: young
man, unite the strings; do not cut
them"
II was the first remark that he had
made to Ii new cmployc. 1t was the
first lessop the lad had to learn, and it
involved the principles Of success or
failure in his business career. Pointing
10 well-dressed man behind the coun-
ter. he said:
There Is man who always whips
out his scissors and cuts the strings of
the packages in three or four places.
He Is a good salesman, but he will new
or be anything more. presume hc
lives from hand TO mouth, and Is more
or less in debt. The trouble with
him is that he was never taught to
Save.
II told the boy just nov to unite tho
strings, not SO much for the value OF
the string as to teach him that every
thing Is to be saved and nothing vast
ed. II the idea can be firmly impress
ed upon the mind Of beginner In life
that nothing was made to bo wasted.
you have laid-the foundation of sue
cess
Delta chief., 1884-03-19

was $500 bushels, and Of rye, $50 bushels.
Most of the grain has been put on the market.
The farm will try the coming summer, the ex-
pertinent Of raising alfalfa, several hundred
acres of which were put in last fall
The Durango citizens held rousing
meeting on the 9th, the object of which was
to start a petition to the postofflce depart
ment for the establishment of a tri-weekly
mail route to the Atlantic & Pacific railway
The snow blockade has demonstrated the ne
cessity for southern outlet and the recent
test has shown the route employed an easy
one.
Mrs Watkins, whose husband was
lynched at Canon City for alleged cattle steal
ing, brought suit against t. Witcher to recover
the value Of nine head of cattle taken by
Witcher AMI others before the lynching and
upon which it is alleged, the charge which re-
suited in Watkins death was based. She was
awarded $225, and other suits are expected to
follow.
The Colorado Sunday school asso-
citation. which embraces Colorado and New
Mexico, has arranged through its executive
committee for a Territorial Sabbath school
convention, to be held in the city of Santa Fe,
on "wednesday, April 9, 1884. This conven-
ton is called for the purpose Of viewing the
whole Sunday school work in New Mexico, and
considering the difficulties peculiar to the work
in that field, with view Of more effectually
spreading the work among the Mexican and
Indians Some of the best workers in Colora-
do will be present, and 1t is hoped to have a
representative from each school in the terri
tory.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
Fatal Avalanche.

SALT LAKE. Utah. March s.-On the
night OF the 7th snow slide half mile wide,
extending from the SUNNI, down TO Alta,
swept away the works OF the New Emma mine.
Following were killed; Gus Lybecker, the
foreman of the works; d. d. wassSn, a ma
chinist, and his brother; Samuel Crctherr,
Charles Colgrccn and wife Edward Crockett,
Lottic Plcon, ID. J. johnson, n. s. Delcno,
William Stephenson, John Richardson. The
bodies Of Rll were recovered, except one. IL
was the worst slide ever known In Little Cot
tonwood, the snow piling forty feet high. The
damage 10 the mine is $1,000. The storm was
too bad to bring the bodies down. OF the
killed several leave families. The wasson
brothers were from near Port Henry, y. Y.
Friends unknown. George Cuilins. superin-
tendcnt Of the mine, came down to-day. bring
Ing the first news Of the disaster.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
Fatal Snow Slide.

GUNN1soN, March 11th.-At 2 o'clock
this afternoon q section hand named Dan
Windsor arrived at Pitkin with news Of ter
rible snow-slide disaster at Woodstock, nine
miles above that place. Woodstock is the first
station this side Of the Alpine tunnel, on the
South Park road, and consisted only Of few
railroad buildings. The slide occurred at 8
O'Clock last evening and carried away the sec
tion house, telegraph station water tank and
other buildings. Seventeen persons were
caught in the slide. These were Mrs Doyle, q
widow, who kept the section house, her SIX
children, another woman name unknown, j. 8.
Brown, the telegraph operator-Jssper M.
Caswell, Michael Shea, George Alexander, and
Horace Alexander and four other section
hands, whose names could not be learned.
The two women and one man were rescued
alive last night and'th dead body Of one man
was also taken out. Mrs. Doyle is reported
uninjured. Only one person, a section hand
named Smith, esca ed being carried away As
soon as the news reached Pltkin, Mayor Hard,
DR.. Rose, and about thirty Others, started on
snow-shoes for the scene Of the accident.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
A Pointer for Germany.

The French have found that when
pork Is thoroughly sailed even the trich-
inous parasites arc destroyed, and SO
they have rcscinded the decree prohib-
iting the importation Of salt pork from
America. We think II was Samuel Til
den who once recommended the Indian
corn Of America to tho people Of
France. They would find II just as
nutritious and palatable as salt pork,
and they would not have TO take II with
q percentages Of parasitics dead or
alive.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
She Must he pregedis..

The other day grocer sold nn old
farmer gallon Of tar, through mis-
take for molasses. After discovering
tho mistake he waited to hear some
complaint; but hearing none, wrote TO
the old fellow, who replied an follows:
much obliged fur tho c'reckshun;
but 1t come too late, and all the stuff
Is done used up. Wife. she lowed
that thar WAS sunthin' outen fix with
the 'lasscs; but lowed she must be
pregedist."
Delta chief., 1884-03-19


WASHINGTON, March Sth.-The Sem
ate was not in session.
HOUSE.
Objections from the Democratic side, prevent
ed Mr.. Phelps, of New Jersey, from presenting
the protest Of the New Jersey Senate against
Mr.. Morrison's tariff bill. The House refused
to take up the bonded whisky extension bill.
ed in Committee Of the Whole. A resolution
was adopted calling upon the Secretary OF War
for information In regard to the control or
navigation Of the South pass Of the Mississippi
river.
WASHINGTON, March ia joint
resolution passed providing for printing twelve
on the late Representative Haskell A bill
was introduced providing for the suspension
Of the silver dollar coinage for two years, and
the issue OF paper money; A conference COM
bill. The Mexican treaty was discussed in;exe-
cutive session.
Mr.. Morrison reported the new tariff bill
and Mr.. Mckinley submitted the news of the
minority. The bfll granting the right of way
across the military reservations at Forts Rus
sell and Laramie to the Cheyenne, Black Hills
and Montana railway, was favorably reported.
A resolution was adopted calling on the Inte-
rfor Department for information concerning
the lands patented to the Burlington d Mis-
souri, River road.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March ia joint
resolution providing for submitting to the
states a change In the presidential
nd., tsr making + sI was refebfS I'D to the
introduced providing for public
building at Boulder, Colorado. The pieuro-
pneumonia bill was taken up, but not acted
upon. The Fitz John Porter bill was dis
cussed.
The postofice appropriation bill was dis
cussed In committee Of the Whole. The,clause
limiting postmasters' salaries was struck out.
Efforts 20 increase the appropriations for post
masters, clerks and letter carriers were made,
but NO final conclusion was reached on the
bill.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March ia favor
able report was made upon the bill for the ad-
mission Of Dakota as a state. Mr.. Plumb, Of
Kansas, submitted a bill appropriating f25,
600 for the suppression OF the foot and mouth
disease, and an effort to rush It through was
checked by an objection. The Fitz John Por-
1t was passed.
HOUSE.
The postoffice appropriation bill was taken
up rby the committee Of the Whole, and
amended and discussed until the close Of the
days session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-A bill was
introduced to reduce the postage on second
class matter A joint resolution was discuss
ed appropriating 425, 900 to suppress the foot
and mouth disease.
HOUSE.
An effort to take up the Postoflce Apppro-
priation bill was defeated, and the private calen-
dar was taken up. A bill to pension the grand
daughter Of Thomas Jefferson, was defeated
A conference committee was appointed on the
Military Academy Appropriation bill. An eve
ming session was held for the consideration Of
pension bills.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19

VERY jam-tart little woman Lady
Stebbins Is, amt sheP" whispered one
masher to another in the ballroom.
"Yes!" moaned Spifany Stebbins, who
overheard the remark; "but she's more
than tart-she's . positive tartar, my
boys. ."-[London Fun.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19

When q man declares that he does
not want an Office, and keeps on de-
clining, when no real mention has been
made, put him down ~ candidate -
(Arkansaw Traveller.
Delta chief., 1884-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March Sth.-The Sen.
fa uas not session
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15
NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNERS
ON SAN PEDRO AVENUE.
CITY ENGINEER's OFFICE,
SAN ANTONIO, December 10, 1884

THE ST ATE OF TEXAS,
County of BeNar. Whereas certain par
tics, whose Games appear below, have failed TO
puy the amount assessed against them Tor
street improvements made by the City of San
Antonio, In front of their property on san
Pedro avenue. after having received due
notice to construct the same, but failed TO
comply with said notice, and also failed to pay
the amount due the city for improving sa d
street;
Therefore, In my capacity as City Engineer
Of aaid city, and In compliance with Section Q
of city Ordinance regulating atrt ct improve
ments, have levied upon,and will,during legal
hours, on the first Tuesday of the month of
January next, to-wit: On the sixth day OF
said month, and on each succeeding day there
after until the sale Is completed, sell at public
cutlery, TO the highest bidder Tor cash, the be-
low described parcels OF land and town lots
lying and beng I'm said City Of San Antonio, or
such portion thereof as win satisfy the amount
du- and unpaid by each respe ltive person
here in named, with nccrIung cost, before the
dOor of the County Courthouse, In the City of
Sin Antonio, County Of BeXar.
Amount and cost may be paid at any time
before the day of sac.
&. p. MATLACK, city Engineer
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

o. ruE subject Of big attorneys fees,
the following from the st. Louis Globe,
is worth repeating: "Whilc ex-senator
Dorsey was at st. Louis in attendance
on the cattle convention, he was asked
one day how much he paid Bob lnger-
soil for his defense in the star Route
trials. WELL, said he, 1T was very
curious how that was done. From the
beginning to the end Of the trial lnger-
soil never asked me for n dollar. one
day, after | had been acquitted on the
second trial, met Ingersoll. and ] asked
him how much owed him. lie at first
declined to talk about It, saying he had
no charge to make, and he didn't care II
he never got n cent. asked him to
walk few squares with me, and we
went to the Safe Deposit building. !
unlocked my box and took out per
cent government bond for 100000 and
gave It to him. lie put 1t in his pocket
and we walked away, and have not re-
ferred to the subject SINCE"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Tm SAN ANTONIO LIGnT Is evidently
struck on President Cleveland, Governor
Ireland and the Democratic party gene
rally. II has been giving the Democrats
taily ever since the election, and seems
almost ready to join in the fold.
The above is from the Meridian Blade.
The LIGnr is not ready to join the De-
mooracy. There is no need Of 1t In the
first place, and then the Republicanism
of the LIGHT illustrates one of the pecu-
liaritl, Of this great Southwest ms being
one Of 80 very few daily papers Of that
faith tha, ever made a success In the un-
dertaking. It will sorter rustic along
in quiet way in the attempt to even
things up politically, and some day when
pigs get to flying around 1t will try to
walk into the grand old Democratic
party
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Az American now in Ireland writes
the following to a friend in New York:
ave went to the Giants Causeway over
the electrical railway of which you have
repeatedly heard. The line extends
from Port Rush to Bushmllls, distance
of six miles. a dynamo at Bushmills is
operated by water power, and the cur
rent is carried along strap Of iron about
one-fourth OF an inch thick and three
inches wide, supported on posts foot
above the ground and the same distance
from the car, A bar of iron extends
from each end of the car, and has thin
elliptlcal spring at its extremity; the
spring adapts itself to the inequalities
Of the road and transmits the electric
current from the strip of iron to the dy-
namo under the car. This dynamo
works the wheels, and this ear in which
we rode went along at the rate of ten
miles an hour, smoothly, and without
the ierky motion observable in the cable
roads This one car has been running
two years without interruption for re-
| pairs"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

As general rule, the men who assume
to be the head Of many of the Socialist
societies, and who are alleged friends to
workingmen, are simply alarmists and
extremists, whose hardest work is done
with their jaw, which Is fac that has
been amply illustrated by the numerous
so-called Socialists who have come to
the United States in the past few years
and advocated their theories against the
peace and the foundation of all social
and business relations. The telegraph
reports from Chicago Friday give n
brief report OF Socialist club in that
city, when II speaker named Griffin de-
clared that workingmen must be in
cited to absolute resistance, and that all
monopollsts were enemies to the country
and ought to be hung. Criminal laws
were unnecessary. Peace and order
could be better sustained If they were
abolished. Famine was the result of
over-productlon, and not poor crops.
The only way to stop 1t was to pay moth
ing, receive pay for nothing, take every
thing, and without price" The public
opinion Of American society is so evenly
adjusted that 1t Immediately sizes up
such agitators in their true character
and treat them with the Indifference
they deserve, but at the same time it is
too indulgent,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Piles are frequently preceded by sense OF
weight In the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen. causing the patient TO suppose he
has = me affection of the kidneys or neighbour
ing organs. At times, symptoms of indiges-
tlOn IRE present. as hatulency, uneaslness OF
the stomach, etc. A moisture, like perspira-
ton, producing n very dsaRreeable itching,
after setting warm, Is very common attend
ant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
once 10 the application Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts
affected, ahso bing he Tumors. alaying the
intonse itching and affecting permanent
cure. Price, 90 cents. Address, The DR., Bo-
sanku Medicine Co fiqua, o. sold by G
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15
ADVERTISING RATES


Special rates given on larger space and long
time advertisements.
Legal advertisements 81 90 per inch first In
scrtion: 20 cents per inch each subsequent In
sertion. Trustees sales 81 90 per inch first In
sertion; % cents each insertion afterwards.
Reading matter. editorial page, 20 cents per
line each insertion. Local columns 20 cents
nrst insertiou; IOcents first week, 3 cents after
Art week. Special rates on 20 and 100 lines
running for month.
Home advertisements payable on FIRST of
each month. Transient advertising payable In
advance. Only metal cuts printed.
All contracts must be approved by the Dust
ness Manager.
Subscribers not receiving their paper VIII
please make complaint TO the office. Sub
scribcrs are warned not TO pay their subscrip-
ton except upon presentation Of properly
reociptcd bill from this office.
THOMAS II. JOHNSON.
business Manager.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

The question OF the New York Sen
atorship is one Of considerable impor-
lance, and President Arthur has given
permission to have his name mentioned
in that connection, provided he receives
the practical unanimous offer of the
New York Legislature, but he will not
in any manner canvass for the honor.
That Mr.. Arthur would honor the posi-
tion, no one can question, for of all the
men in public life to-day, there is no one
among them who has grown so rapidly
and deeply in the estimation of the peo-
pie OF the entire country. lie is a states
man OF to-day, and In the Senate would
be almost invaluable.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

"THE San Antonio LIGHT is preparing
to get out its regular holiday edition."
observes the Blanco-Star Vindicator,
and the information can also be added
that it will be most satisfactory and
complete OF anything of the kind during
tho eeason
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

THE Committee of One Hundred threw
very wet blanket over the political sit
uation in the postponing of its action as
to nominating city ticket until the 9th
instant
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

THERE is quite shout throughout the
press regarding the passenger rates to
New Orleans during the Exposition,
from Texas. 1t is only question Of n
short time, no doubt, until further re-
auctions will be made, because the
times and the interests OF the roads and
the people demand very liberal rate.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

ORDERS for copies of the Lidnr's holt
day edition should be sent in early. 1t
will be a San Antonio paper in every
resDpct
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Monday. December IS, 1884.

The Times is having lonesome time
of 1t in attempting to boost Colonel King
into the Mayors chair
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

REFORM in the management of the
Texas penitentiaries and of convict
labor will be question before the next
Jepislature
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

fabrics and furniture being In the lead.
Manufacturers are turning their atten-
tion to the South for market.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15
THOMAS II. JOHNSON.
business Manager.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

Entered ~ po.tofnce ut san Antonio, Texas
as second class matter
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

On TIE subject of the question of labor,
the New York Tribune says 1.-The past
week has brought no sign ofbetter times
for labor. In Philadelphia great strike
of carpet weavers reslsls II reduction,
and the stoppage Of boot and shoe con-
Germs throws 5000 men out Of work; In
Norwalk 1900 matters are striking to re-
sist reduction; the Reading road has
reduced wages 10 per cent, Cincinnati
iron concerns have made n temporary
reduction in order to work all through
the winter; and the glass concerns about
Wheeling are generally closing. 1t is
expected that further reduction in
price of pig iron will cause many Eas-
tern furnaces to stop work. The situa-
ton on the whole is less favorable than
1t was six years ago, when the greatest
depression existed and great acoumu-
lation Of idle money crowded the banks
as now. Then there was n solid basis in
a tariff which could not be changed;
now there is constant clamor for more
meddling with the tariff, and little rea-
son to hope that the Democrats in Con-
gress will be wise enough to keep quiet"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

UNDER the head of an Aspiration In
Stone" the Houston journal gives
much information in the following:
"rhe Washington monument, in Wash
ington City, which will be dedicated on
the next anniversary OF the Father of
his country, is by far the loitlest struc-
ture built by man. 1t may prove inter.
esting to mention the nine tallest build
ings in the world. from which the reader
may get n vivid idea of the prodigious
altitude Of the American monument. J.
The Washington Monument 800 feet.
2-The Cathedral of Cologne, $40 feet,
3-The Pyramid Of Cheops, 400 feet. 4
ST. Peters Church. in Rome, AIS feet.
5-St. Paurs Church, in London, 800
feet. est. Marks Church, in Venice,
1913 feet. The Capitol at Washington,
2s3 feet. S-The Brooklyn Bridge tower,
27G feet. 0-rrinity Church, New York,
2G3 feet. Thus it will be seen that the
Washington monument is Is feet higher
than any other structure on the globe. "
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-15

Ne- Time Card In Eject October IT, 1884,
La a. n. Railroad.
DEPAHTuRFs:
For At, Louis, via Mo. PPcinc route lin n. IN.
ror a. i,oni. vin l. ST. route . o.. II Goa m.
ror Laredo .......... .......... $50 o. IN.
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, via Mo. Pacific. ... g.n m.
From st Louis, via Iron Mountain. hag y m
From Laredo ...........,..t. ....... ''l' y IN