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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
FOURTH WARD PROTEST.
The City Council Consider the Question
ton and Decide.

The City Council Consider the Question
ton and Decide.
A special meeting of the city council
was held yesterday. The mayor pre-
sided and all aldermen were present eX-
cept Belknap.
The city clerk read The call showing
that the meeting was called 10 consider
the protest against the division of the
Fourth ward.
Mackey wanted to know If other bust
ness could be considered. when the
mayor answered No" For all this
MaGkey exhibited a map drawn by En-
gineer GentitZ in 1852, and which he
said was sworn to as the original. He
claimed this was valuable discovery,
having special bearing on the head OF
the river lines, and wanted 1t filed for
future reference.
The mayor said the suggestion should
have attention, and then as the commit
tee were not ready to report, a short
recess as taken.
During the recess, Mackey invited
the aldermen to examine the old map
and showed where attempts had been
made to Obliterate parts of 1t by chemi-
calls. but the council did not appear to
take much interest in the matter.
The report being now II ady the cOun-
ell eas embed and the following was
read:
"GOur committee to whom was refer
red the within petition would recon.
mend that in lieu of the former division
the Fourth ward be divided rs follows ::
Commencing at East Commerce and
Water streets;thence along Water street
to Alamo street; thece to Mill street, and
along Mill street to the river"
SMYE,
MENEY,
BERGSTRoM.
After considerable discussion that part
Of the ward next to the river WAS named
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
Not Much of q Qafaillrar

Sylvester, the station agent at Bee
vile, who suicided on Saturday, has
been discovered defaulter, but 1t is ex.
pected that his salary due will balance
his slight defalcation. Mr.. \ oakum says
that he was one Of the most prompt and
business-like agents on the road and he
has every confidence in his integrity
He is inclined to think that II he were
here matters now seemingly mysterious
could be satisfactorily explained.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30

A very enjoyable double birthday
party was given at the residence of tho
city treasurer, F. Herff, on avenue c,
Monday night. His father, DR.. 4. Herfi,
celebrated his natal anniversary at the
same time. large party, consisting
of the many relatives of both father and
son, consisting of the Herff and Lacoste
families, attended, besides the Beetho-
ven Maennerchor, which attended and
sang several delightful musical selec-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30

Mr.. j. NJ. Norris, an old resident of Rome,
Ca, says that he had been badly troubled
with Kidney Complaint for a great many
years and with Eczema for three years. at
times could scarcely walk and had tried many
remedies without benefit, until he began TAX.
ing Electric Bitters and amounting his hands
and feet with Bucklens Arnica Salve. This
treatment afforded him great relief and he
strongly recommends Electric Bitters TO ali
who suffer with Kidney Complaints or need a
Blood Pusifier, Sold by A. Dreiss. 3
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
DISMISSED.
The End of the Hearing of Mrs. Kauf-
mans Case


The case against Mrs. Helen Kaufman,
which had hearing Monday before
Justice Barnes was promptly dismissed
late in the evening. after long and ex-
haustive hearing Of both sides. 1t was
not proven that there was any motive
for the administering OF morphine to the
child, and II any had been administered,
1t had been done accidentally by Mrs.
Kaufman, who Is said to have cut the
sweet potato given the child with the
same knife blade she had used to dip up
the morphine out of the bottle. After
her dismissal Mrs. Kaufman was seized
with a fainting fit and was conveyed TO
her rooms at Miss Stevenson's. corner
Obraje and Acequia streets, where she
and her husband are now staying tenn
porarily. Mr.. Kaufman is very indig-
nant at the action of the city and county
authorities in throwing his wife in jail
In room with three prostitutes, where
he AYERS she was submitted to numerous
insults and indignities.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30

W. D Hoyt & Co, Wholesale and Retail
Bruggists OF Rome, Ga, says: We nave been
Bitters and Bucklen's Arnlca Salve for two
years. Have never handled remedies that
50 wei or give such universal satisfaction
mere have been some wonderful cures eff
fected by these medicines in this city. Several
cases Of pronounced consumption have been
entirely cured by the use of 4 few bottles of
Or. Kings New Discovery, taken in conneo-
ton with Electric Bitters. We guarante,
them slways. Sold by A. Dreiss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
Testimony of a Physician

James Beecher. NJ. d., of Sigourney, Iowa,
says: "For several years l have been using a
Cough Balsam, called DR.. HALLS BALsAM
FOR THE LUNGS, and in almost every case
throughout my practice have had success. |
have used and prescribed hundreds of bottles
since the days of my army practice 1883,
when was surgeon of Hospital No. l, Louis
vile, KY"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
Paint Your Roofs.

BY having your roofs painted well they vii
last three times as long, and stops up ali the
naws and small holes, thereby preventing
leaks during the storm and rains OF the com
ing winter months. Orders left with me at
the corner of Avenue and Houston street
VIII be promptly and satisfactorily done. Also
AZ kinds OF house, sign and carriage painting
Best material used. Charges reasonable
o-4-zm +. PAsCHE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30

Officer Van Alstyne has been ap-
pointed detective, vice Long, removed.
Van has discarded his uniform.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30
DON'T MISS
THIS CHANCE
1eard Of Prices nDy Goods We are Determined to Make Our
Prices So Low That Everybody Can Buy.
Ladies' ClOaks.

20 Ladies' Cloaks. all kinds ,...S4 70
10 Ladies' DOlmans. new styles ... 20
100 Wraps, different kinds, all new
Styles .''.... Of. .... Is O. 10 SIS %
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-30

After considerable discussion that part
Ofthe ward next to the river was named
8, and the remaining portion ward z.
The council thon adjourned.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
The Silver Dollar in 1894.

In the congress of 1894 the subject
of the emblems and devices for the
new silver dollar to be coined at the
Philadelphia mint came before the
house. A southern member bitterly
opposed the adoption of the eagle for
the emblem on the reverse of the coin,
on the ground that ''the eagle is the
king of birds, and hence neither suit
able nor proper to represent nation
whose institutions and interests were
wholly inimical to monarchical forms
of government" Perhaps a goose
might suit the gentleman" replied
Judge Thatcher, "as it is a rather
humble and republican bird, and
moreover, the gosling would answer
to place on the dimes" The fierce
southerner took the playful reioinder
as an insult, and sent a challenge to
the judge, who promptly refused to
fight on SO slight a ground. will
you be branded as a coward2" asked
the southerner's friend. Certainly,
if he pleases,' replied Thatcher; sI
always was one, and he knew it, OF he
would not have challenged me."-Ar-
gonaut.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
Sound Sense.

An excnange says that it is very
easy matter for a newspaper, by the
publication of one small item of news,
to incur the ill-will of an individual to
whom it has been constant source
of benefit for years. tits strange that
when such an item is published the
individual should jump at once to the
conclusion that the writer had him in
view when writing it, and that all the
paper had formerly done for him
should be in a moment forgotten, but
such is frequently the case. Some
people seem to think that a paper
should agree with them in every ques-
ton, when, Of course, such a thing
would be impossible No matter what
side it takes, it is certain to offend
somebody This is one OF the beauties
of journalism.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Yale's chess club has began series
Of games with Columbia players.
The claret vintage in France in
1885 was the smallest for many years
j. W. Lanergan, veteran actor
well known in the West, died at Bos-
ton.
The water in the Hudson river is
lower than it has been for twenty
years.
The Peruvian government is doing
its best to suppress gambling in
Lima.
Albany is preparing for monster.
hi-centennial celebration on the % of
July.
Mr. Citizens, the London writer, has
written an essay on the foreign trade,
Of America.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
An interesting Experiment.

Virginia Chronicle: Vail Brothers
parted out 20 head OF steers from their
beef cattle two months ago, and diyid-
ed them into two parts, weighed each
band separately, and put ten into a
close corral, where they had free access
to hay and water. There was high
board fence around them, where the
inclosure did not face the barn or some
other building. The other ten were
marked and turned out into the open
field with the other cattle. After five
weeks Of feeding the two bands were
carefully weighed, and the result was
slightly in favor of those fed out in
the field.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
Wealth in the River,

Millmen estimate that at least ten
per cent. of the bullion product of the
Comstock lode has flowed into the
Carson river in the form Of tailings
If this estimate is correct its slnggish
waters now roll over a bed literally
covered with the precious metals rep
resenting value of s41, 100000. DR..
Rae is confident that by his projected
dredging process. sluices and electric
batteries, he can resurrect and add at
least two-thirds of this buried treas
ure to the world. The doctor will
superintend personally the construct
ion of his boats and dredges, and will
be ready to begin dredging by the 1st
of June.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
Big Money in Her Old Cook Stove.

Big Money in Her Old Cook Stove.
A young woman of Dakota moved
few months ago from the Black Hills,
and while debating whether Or not to
move her Old cook stove also, was of
fered 1000 shares of Iron Hill stock
for it. The stock was then thought
to be worth just about as much rs the
paper on which it was printed. She
took the offer, and has already been
offered $4,000 for her stock, is hold
ing on for more money, and the shares
are still rising.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

The population of London now ex-
ceeds every other city, ancient or mod
ern, in the world. New York and all
its adjacent cities are not equal to two
thirds of it. Scotland, Switzerland
and the Australian colonies each con-
tains fewer souls, while Norway, Ser
via, Greece and Denmark have scarce
ly half as many Yet at the beginning
OF the present century the population
of London did not reach one million.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

At Cape Cod 10000 terms have been
killed in one season by an agent Of the
hat trade At Cobb's Island on the
Virginia coast, a New York woman
has succeeded in filling contract
with Paris millinery firm for 10000
skins of gulls, sea swallows and terms
at forty cents apiece.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

Brick Pomeroy says: Every time
I pay rent I am. taking that much
away from a home OF my own" That
probably accounts for the way Brick
has Of looking up new quarters ever
and anon just before rent is due, but,
thanks to the ways Of this wicked
world, some of our best citizens are
often troubled that way.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

A novel case OF boycotting is report
ed from Greensborough. Ga. 4
young man has won the affections OF
q cigar dealers daughter, but the
father forbade him the house. The
young man organized club of SYM
pathizers who refused to buy cigars
of him unless the father raised the
barricade. Latest accounts say he is
weakening. It is really to be hoped
that the affair will end in smoke.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

A young wife in Boston is seeking
divorce on the ground of brutality.
She tells story of terrible cruelty,
but perhaps her husband had sufic-
lent provocation. She admits that
she played on viol;n.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

Russia is building 900, 900 ram.
We predict that it viii become the
butt of as many newspaper jokes as
the seventy-fye American goat.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

A sausage sixty-four feet long has
just been made in Pennsylvania fac
tory. It is doubtful If Bismarck ever
sausage large one.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

The old axiom that 1.-TWO parallel
lines can never come together" has
been knocked to flinders by the rail-
road companies.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

The treasury officials say paper
dollar lasts fYe years and silver dol
lar 100 years. The retention Of the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
The Mormon and the Chinaman

The Mormon and the Chinaman.
A Norman going southwark,
A Chinaman going West
They stopped beneath sign board
70 sit them down to rest.
Now what a damned mean country
This isr' the Mormon said;
"a too-muchee must glo' countlaer'
And Chin Wong shook his head.
'Oh, whel you goin', Molmon?"
"Look up and you will know
The Chinee climbed the sign board,
And read ''To Mexico ~"
'And where you going, heathen?''
Look upes," said Chin Wong;
They read the ether sign board,
"This road to reach Hong KongB
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

close of the rebellion. has rendered
great and inestimable service to his
country.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

:'Oh, no, I suppose you weren't in
toxicated last evening when you came
home?" said Mrs. Dumbledigg to pa
tient husband.
"No, I was merely tired and went
into the library to enjoy cigar"
"You were perfectly sober, were
your
eyes. perfectly"
''Then, please explain, if you can,
how you came to mistake my hustle .
for your smoking cap and went to !.
sleep with it on your head.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

The ''pen-and-ink man. is still
mystery to the officers Of the secret
service, says Washington correspond
ent The most stenuous efforts have
been made to catch him, but he has
eluded their vigilance so far, and there
is not the slightest trace OF his identi-
ty or locality. The "pen-and-ink
man" is the person known in police
circles who makes counterfeit money
with pen and ink SO cleverly as to
pass it without detection. The secret
service has about fifty specimens Of
his handiwork, which have passed the
scrutiny of the bank clerks and te1lers,
and been detected by the experts Of
the National Bank of redemption
agency Of the treasury department.
The "pen-and-ink man" devotes most
Of his time to twenties and fifties. He
has made a few $40 notes, but the
bulk of these captured are of the de-
nominations indicated. The secret
service officers believed for a long
time that the "pen-and-ink man" was
some expert who merely employed
his leisure time in counterfeitlng.
They have given up that.theory and
are now firmly convinced that he is
making living at it. The reason
given for this is that the officers have
information that he produces one OF
these countsrfeits zach week, which
returns him only fair wages. The
spen-and-ink man. is wonderful ex-
pert, and he is an instance OF man
who prefers doing wrong at less wag-
ea than he could earn by doing right
in respectable vocation.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
Gold and in.

W learn Oy a lelLer ITon DeauWoOu
that on the slopes Of Niger Hill, in
Rawlins Mining District, gold is
found in large nuggets, and also
stream tin in extraordinary large piec-
es. A Mr.. Idiff took from his placer
mine on the west slope nugget of
gold mixed with quartz worth $40 for
the gold it contsined, but On account
of its peculiar shape and being mixed
with quartz is valued more for a cabi-
net specimen The same miner, whilst
working on the east slope some time
ago for placer gold, found a piece Of
stream tin (cassiterite) weighing 5 lbs,
2 ounces, assaying rs per cent. tin.
The intrinsic value Of which is only
rs cents, but on account ofithe unusual
size it is considered as valuable cabi-
net specimen as the gold nugget,
stream tin rarely occurring in such big
pieces. The source Of the tin ore has
been found, having come from the tin
veins in tina immediate vicinity, but
the source Of the gold SO far has not
been found, bat ii is generally suppos
ed to be in the immediate vicinity from
the fact that a great many nuggets
have quartz attached to them and are
rough and scraggs, whereas if its
source was at some distant locality it
would have been worn smooth the
same as washed pebbles, and the
quartz would have been worn from
the metal.-Independent.
Picking Railroad Ties
In the early history Of the Union
Pacific, the company treated ties with
preservative process something SINH
lar to the following as described by
the Rawlins Tribune:
The Union Pacific is about to estab-
lish laboratory, as it were, at Lara
mie, for preserving railroad ties by
what is known as the zinc-tannin pro-
cess. The apparatus consists Of sew
eral iron cylinders six feet in diameter
and Ill feet in length. An iron track
runs through these cylinders, and cars
built on two-foot gauge are run in
loaded with ties, iron doors close up
the ends and the work of treating the
ties begins. Each cylinder will treat
400 ties at one time and make three
runs day, SO that about 1000 ties per
day will be turned out with two cylin-
ders. The works will give employ
ment to forty laborers and will be in
operation by the first OF May The
patentee has constructed plant for
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road, one for the Rock Island, in Chi
cago, and one in st. LOUIS. The pro-
cess is claimed to keep the pine wood
from decaying, though not from suf
iering the wear and tear to which soft |
wood is liable.
The Mormon and the Chinaman.
A Norman going southwark,
A Chinaman going Vest
They stopped beneath sign board
70 sit them down to rest.
/" Now what damned mean country
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20
81 and 81 bills in the treasury has
forced about 100000 of silver into
circulation above the usual amount.

Three thousand colored people have
left the Southern states for the
extreme West, and as many more will
shortly follow. They go, they say,
because they are offered regular wages
as farm hands, and are becoming i'm
povershed in the south by high rents
and small margins.
The preacher" is the latest swind-
ling dodge being worked in Centeal
Iowa. He calls on his way distribut-
ing bibles, and often presents the fam
lily with a handsome book. He then
asks for dinner or other meal, and
takes 8 receipt for twenty-five cents
paid for it A few months later the
neighboring bank calls for the pay
ment of a note for $150.25.
In a recant novel we discover. the
gentieman'y villain at one moment
''lazily putting a German pipe, and
staring up at the ceiling;' on the next
page we suddenly find him throwing
away the end of his cigar and =
few lines further on he is ''lazily puff
ing at his cigarette, and smiling with
a superior air" Perhaps it will not
be necessary to inform our readers
that the novel was written by wo-
man.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-03-20

Your Connecticut man is usually
sharp at bargain when he gives his
mind to it. A Waterbury weekly
newspaper made an invariable rule to
charge 81 cash for years subscript-
ion, and $1.25 when the subscriber
was in arrears. One suberiber vas
three weeks behind when he went to
renew his subscription the other day.
He offered his dollar and was told
that S1.25 was the price. "I'll stop
my paper" said the subscriber.
''There are 12 cents l owe you for the
three papers" After the editor had
pocked the 10 cents the subscriber
handed out the same dollar and said
he guessed he'd subscribe for year.
He saved thirteen cents by the oper-
alton. He is Is years old--Spy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-28
BIRDS THAT DID NOT SOAR.
Prof. Lancaster's Flying Machines
Unsatisfactory.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 23.-The men,
bers of the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science spent consider
able time this morning in ridicullng one
of their fellows. There was a rush for
the section Of mechanical science where
the models OF soaring birds of Prof.
Lancaster were announced to be eX-
hibited. The capacity of tie room was
altogether too small for the demands
upon it. There was great disappolnt-
ment exhibited when the spectators saw
that the model, instead of being soaring
bird, made from paper or pasteboard.
was simply wooden frame with an
iron bar and pair OF scales. Prof. Lam
caster had number of diagrams, with
which he endeavored to show the effects
Of pressure in different directions on a
body, which would have tendency to
cause the body to ascend on an inclined
plane in a greater degree than its descent
in a vertical direction. 1t would be
harder to explain the alleged scientific
principles of Prof. Lancaster's paper than
1t would be. as was evident, to make the
professors of mathematics and mechani.
cal science present believe that the lee
turer's views were correct. Prof. Lam
caster was frequently interrupted with
questions from the 1ncr edulous audience,
who asked an explanation of his technical
utterances, but his answers were not sat-
isfact0ry.
When President Morse appeared on the
scene and the model of the flying machine
was not forthcoming, he energetically at
tackled the principles eXpounded by the
soaring bird man. The people had been
given to understand that the soaring
birds would be exhibited, and it looked
rather suspicious, to say the least, that
although, as Mr.. Lancaster had said, the
models could be quickly made, he showed
no sign of one. He had said that down in
Florida he made experiments success
fully, and that five years ago President
Morse moved the Suspension of the dis
cussion to give Mr.. Lancaster an Oppor-
tunity TO go out upon the square and try
a model. A member present then arose
and said: "Here is a man who will give
800 if he will make a model of a soaring
bird that will work" Subsequently 81, 900
was offered on the same basis, but neither
was taken. AS one member put it, the
model Of the soaring birds of Florida
would so far have to overcome the law of
gravitation as to fall mp instead of down.