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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19
AT CONGRESS- ST. STATION

All trains excepting night Pullman trains Will ssP
for passengers. -
THE Ills D. m. train Is the night express WIS
sleeping car attached and runs every night SAA-
days included, but not through to SkoWhegan -
Monday mornings or to Belfast and Dexter Or
beyond Bangor, on Sunday mornings.
Trains are due in Portland as follows The mora
ing trains from Augusta and Bath 8 40 a. u. )
Lewiston, $50 a. m. the day trains from baA-
COR and all intermediate stations and connect
ing roads at 1916 and 1910 p. m.; the after-
noon trains from Wateryille, Augusta, Baud
ROckland and Lewiston at 5.46 p. IN. the alght
Pullman Express train at l. 80 q. N.
Limited Tickets first and second GLASS, fer
all points i'm the Provinces en- snio at re-
duced rates.
Experiment not successful. Steamer will make
last "trip Dec. 10th.
PAYSON TUCKER, General Manager.
FE ROOTHBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket ACT.
Portland November 80, 1885. nO3Odu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-02-19

UTANTED-A child to board, baby preferred,
w by widow lady, residing at Falmouth
Foreside, Maine; best of references. For further
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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

q T. alone fespoAble Tor the rapid DE-
cline "a TIE value 81 silver. not only be-.
cause II The atlermnd anti-sllvef doc
trnes % tie President. hut also be-
cause u the failure Of congress 20 take
any steps % perfect the size industry
y conference WITH other leading ma.
tous looking 70 the adoption u b stan.
dard value tor the metal. That such 4
move would prove helpful. Is shown by
the recent advance Of silver. inc the
appointment Of a royal commissian b.
England Tor such = purpose.
We deuounee the action Of the Pre-
sident In appointing 10 certain federal
offices IN this territory men who have
proved failures In every other field Of
life. and who have used their official
position since coming here for the
purpose Of satisfying political ends of
the basest order. and who by their pub
lie and private acts have discouraged
the investment of eastern capital with.
In our borders.
We believe that all just dues or expen-
ses incurred by fhe militia during the
recent Indian raids should be liquidat-
ed by the territory. but that all exhor.
bltant prices should be resisted.
We declare that the doctrine Of free
trade rs taught by the democratic par.
" is n which. If II should become
the law Of this nation. would bring the
wages Of the silver miner down TO u
par with The wages Of the miners Of
Cornwall and other parts of the old
world. and that the protective policy
as instituted and maintained by the
Rupubicau party. youchsafes toAmeri-
can labor a Just reward.
We pledge ourselves to support the
Republican nominees IN sierra county.
and 10 work earnestly 10 all honorable
ways to secure their election before the
people.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Sierra County Republican Plat.
form.

We, the representatives OF Sierra
county In convention assembled at
HillsbOro re-ailirm our devotion 10 the
republican party, and our adherence TO
its principles.
We endorse the action of the last
territorial Republican convention and
the platform adopted Mt that time.
We declare that our last delegate to
congress- of the United States has clear
ly demonstrated his utter unftness TO
properly represent the great and grow
ing interests of this territory. where
AS, he init oduced in TO congress 1913
measures, he only succeeded in having
three Of them passed, and they were of
no practical benefit to our people. We
declare, further, that in the cause of
Kidding this territory of the hostile
Indians, he put forth no intelligent eff
fort. and thH' he did not even earnest
~ present ~ the government the facts
concerning the IUiH and d~esolation that
the hostiles wr0ugh. IN New Mexico.
We support the nomination OF Col. J..
W. Dwyer to he our next delegate in
congress, being fully convinced that
his past experience in public affairs,
coupled with his acknowledged energy
and ability insure to the people proper
representation before our government,
and the people of the east.
We believe that the public exrendi.
lures. both county and territorial
should be strictly guarded in order that
the burden OF taxation NAV be as light
~ possible.
We declare that the democratic par
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

There is a great cry being raised
that Mr.. storey is using the influence
of the Grand Army society TO help him
out. This is absolutely nonsense. No
society sucl Us the G. Il, X. of P's. O.
F. L. Ms, will allow their influence IA
be brought TO bear or IN any way figure
IN politics OF anything else Of he kind.
The success of such institutions lie In
not dickering in politics, that is to say,
no member is allowed TO use the good
name of his order for political pur-
poses.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Good Bye.

The Democratic ship Is. going down the
stream
Good bye. Antonio, good bye.
she's loaded own with democrats,
Good bye Antonio, good bye.
by Antonio, by low,
ny low. by low,
Good bye Antonio. good bye o,
Good bye Antonio, good bye.
The Republican ship L. rounding the bend
Hurrah Tor Dwycr, Huuah OF
she's loaded down with Republicans,
HurrRh for Dryer, Hurrah.
hrrrnh o. Hurrah o.
Hunsh OF Hurrah o.
The Repubiiaan hero will surely win,
Hurrah Tor Dwyer. Hurrahl
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Something to Explain.

The BLACK RANGE, In behalf OF
many republicans and democrats OF
precinct No. II. (Chloride), would like
to have j. r. Thorne. at present acting
as deputy sheriff in this county, also
democrat candidate for sheriff, explain
to them, how, after taking the oath Of
office rs one Of the deputies of Sierra
county. he announced himself a resi-
dent OF Sosorro county by advertising
his intentions to prove up on a certain
piece of land in Socorro county, in 1885.
This piece Of duplicity can be relied
upon as a solid fact and Mr., Thorne's
declaratory statement No. 1888 a be
e on file of the BLACK RANGE, If Mr..
Thorne can satisfactorily explain how
he CThorne) could claim residence In So
zorro county and bold the Office of de-
putty sheriff in Sierra county, both at
the same instance, he will greatly
oblige his sepublican and democrat
Dejghbors OF precinct No. II.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

The shaftLedge, though well paid
for blowing the democratic buglo for
Mr. Thorne and his friendsIs making a
failure Of the affair, except the blow
part OF Il. In Its praises Of its friends
and the condemnation OF rs foes the
shast-Ledge Is loo transparent; it,
sayings have no weight whatever and
Is therefore a dead issue In the cam
paIgn.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
LEGAL NoTICEs.
Final Proof Notices.
Us. Land onice. Las Cruces. n. NJ,

Us. Land onice. Las Cruces, n. NJ,
sept 10th, 1856.
Notice IL hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inten.
ton make iiual proof I'm support his claim.
and that said proof will be mado before
Probate Clerk Sierra county, ilillsburough.
NM, on Ogtober 2Sth. lsS6, viz:
FRANCIS 4. REILLY on ID. 5. No. 1879 for
the II q = neA see ~ aud c a g " 4
$ e 4 sec N tp 10 81 S west. He names the
following witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon. and cultivation OF, said
land, viz: Charles Froelich, Criss Olson,
George IL. Adams, Harry Adams, all of Fair.
v.sw, Sierra county. y. NJ.
septl7'2t EDMUND G. SHIELDS, Register.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

The secretary Of war has ordered
General Sheridan 10 send Geronimo
and fourteen Of his band 10 IT. Pickens,
Florida. TO be bept Ia close custody un.
tl further orders. and the other
Apaclies captured at TIC same time to
be taken to Fl Marion. Florida. And
the fifteen hostiles now nj San An.
tonic. Texas, are 10 be sent TO Fort
Pickens. FLORIDA.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

oftwo bucks and three sqlaEs are re-.
parted 10 hare Recently been captured
which u true, vii most decidedly pat
IN end 70 the Indian troubles "a New
Mexico ard Arizona a. they are The
last u m%urderous outnL
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
U. S. Land ONCE, Las CRUCES, n. NJ,

NWNUHI JUN, 1850
Notice Is hereby given that tho following
named settler has filed notice of his inten.
ton TO make final proof In support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made bo-
fore Probate Clerk, Sierra county, N. al ,
Marlborough, on October 18th, 1885, viz:
GEORGE y. HENDERSON on ID. 5. No.
1888 for the s y g i sec ! tip 10 :, r W.. lie
names the following Witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF, sHid land, viz: Oscar =. S%cenrce, WIN
Brinstead. Geo. Metcalf, John j. Snyder, al
OF sierra county, y. NJ.
Sop3.22 EDMUND G. SHIELDS Register.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
NOTICE.

Notice Is hereby given that n meeting ~
the citizens OF the townsite % Chloride, -,
ezra county, \. NJ, will be bella ON the I-t
OF November, 1856, at Robertsou's hall ~ 3
O'Clock = m, Tor she puIpusr of c~lcctit,-
two town trustees, In place Of II. Me-termuI
ana Jas. balglish, (nut legally qualified .
elected at 1t meeting held at EVur's hall on
june 9th, lssG.
sigLed aud dated NJ Chloride, y. NJ, I'll.
22nd day OF Oe .ober, lose.
Id OTro.
Dos tlMERp
j. al. COOK.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Land ONCE at Las Cruces. N. NJ .

Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his I'M.
tention to make final proof In support OF
his cl lin, and that said proof will be mnde
before probate clerk Sierra county, at
IItllsborough, y NJ. OF October 18th, 1855, viz
OMkR +. FRANKS on ID 5. No. 1902 forthe
S e e i sec 30, : = 5 " 4 and = W. + 4
sec - tp 10 X, range . west. lie names to fol
viz: John h. Centino, Burt ID. Mason d. c..
Cantwell. Judd Moore, oil Sierra Co, N NJ.
septl0-23. EDMUND q. SHIELDS, Register.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

The republican forces in the north
ern counties Of the territory are meet
ing with great success and Dwyer viii
be elected by "a large majority.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
U. 5. Land Office, Las Cruces, n NJ,

august 9th, 1885.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler hus He'd notice of his intcn-
ton to make final proof In support of his
claim, and hat said proof will be made be-.
tore Probate Clerk, SucOrro county, ut
Socorro, y. NJ, ON October 9Th 1886, viz
Ia sHiPMAN ON II. ID. application No.
1911 for the II " q n n e. uw q see 81
aud $ " ! $ G y 6 : " = sec 10 Up = south
range 6 west. lie names the following wit.
aesses To prove his continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz.
Thomas Dodds, VII. stevison, Frank Dndds.
Moses Adams, of socOrro county, New Mex.
Sep3.22 EDMUND G. SHIELDS Register
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

Belya lockwood Is preparing fcr the
presidential campaign fray 81 ISIS.
Beiya l. a little darling and Is as full
Of sand and energy as must anybody
that wears pants with suspenders al.
tached 10 them and will undoubtedly
get there just as she did m 81.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

Now and then, above the din of
battle, the voice OF somchired newspa.
per may be heard which sounds like
the death rattle ia the throat OF demo.
crazy, praising Antonio Joseph.
After November 2nd the melodious
voice OF the democratic FOG horn down
IN the hesilla NaIly, and Mr.. Kistler
OF the Optic. whose voice has grown
hoarse and sounds like a cracked tea.
kettle In distress and tie piping voices
of Lordsburg Advance and the King
ston Shaft-Ledge will forever b. silenc-
ed, aud Autonio Joseph will in3
himself standing on the rocky shores
of democracy, blighted lost aud forgot.
ten, and the funny" mpp Of the Socor.
70 Bullion will retire TO the dry dock
for repairs.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Notice TO CredItorsl

Estute of John 4. Anderson, deceased
NOTICE n hereby given % the creditors OF
" and all persons having claimns against
the said deceased, 10 present them with
necessary vouchers 90 D.. y. Holmes, adj.
Illustrator OF said estate. Ht his Office In
Chloride, sierra ouuuty, Ncw Mexico, within
the time required by statutes.
l. r. HOLMES,
Administrator
Dated at Chloride. n. NJ. sept. q, ls-G.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

The jealous West Pointers did not
succeed in getting Gen. Miles court
martialed and Gen. Crook and his as
SOCRATES are much dlsappointed.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

The campaign is at u red heat In the
south end Of the county. Kingston is
the pivot on when the turn will be
made. The principal fight seems to be
for sheriff and Kington will give a
good minority for Storey.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

T%hirty-nine Apaches, between the
ages of twelve and twenty-five, nov
prisoners at TT. Marion. Florida, are 20
sent to the Carlisle Indian training
school Pennsylvania.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

President Cleveland has opended
that great heart OF his and donated
500 TO the Sabine Pass sufferers. Not
only this. he has purchased Mrs. G.
n new winter cloak which her neigh
,oorf say Is just too nice for anything.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

A Detroit, Mich, girl of thirteen has
Just been found guilty and imprisoned
for horse stealing. Such is life in the
far east.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

Antonio Joseph's speech which he
delivered at Kingston last week showed
that gentleman's true cclors. Mr..
Joseph Is like the biblical Joseph. he
wears a coat OF many colors. When
Jsseph is amongsheepmen, he's a sheep
man. when among cattlemen. he's n
cattleman and when among miners he's
a mining man. But when he struck
Kingston he had. all these elements to
face ut the same time aud net having
sense enough to make 4 stand. he para.
lyzed what little influence that he
might have had by trying to whack up
equally among the different factions,
which not only Disguised his hearers
but gave himself and his part,
away.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29
Bar silver 9sH

The British dispatch boat Imogene,
was recently wrecked at G~allipolis
during q dense fog.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

lAansus and his follow err consisting
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

For Council.
JOHN X. MCFIE,
JOHN ID. BAH.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

Republican Ticket.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-10-29

For Delegate 10 Conxr-...
JOSEPH ". DWYER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

feelings were so wrought upon by the
stand the republican senators have taken
in questioning the power of the president
to remove any officials in the employ of
the U. s., that 1 felt it to be my duty to
write to you for particulars. l know you
are looked up to as one of the principal
leaders of the senators; but my object in
writing to you is not to wholly censure
you, but all the republican senators. On
the other hand, cannot fail to commend
the prompt and honorable spirit with
which the democratic senators, with Sena
tor Vest at their head, have met this step.
Now, sir, don't You think it would be bet
ter to leave off all this wrangling and try
10 benefit the welfare of your country !!
What is the object of the American people
in sending you to congress? Is it not to
attend to the general welfare of this coun-
try? 1t does not take statesman to see
that the course pursued by the republican
senators will be detrimental to their cause
in the great struggle of 1888. l hope that
the republican senators will awaken to the
true state of affairs. and, hereafter, strive
to labor for the welfare of their country.
Sir, if you wish your name to be handed
down to posterity, embellished with the
fame of a patriot, abandon this senseless
policy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
SECTION OF RECORD ROOM.

of bill or report in congress, making
fly or sixty large printed pages, may be
received at ten o'clock in the morning and
in two or three hours the printed and
stitched or bound copies will be laid on
the desks of members. The revised
statutes, comprising volume of 1,03S
;tavo pages, were printed, bound and de-
livered to the committee in two and half
days. The finest work ever issued from
the Office was "The Medical and Surgical
history of the War of the Rebellion" 1t
was print on fine paper, and contained
great number of magnificent illustra-
tions. An edition of 1000 copies was
first issued, and afterwards congress Or
dereG 10000; it was in demand by all the
eat libraries of tbe world. The say
oil of this great bee hive amounts in
round numbers to $135,000 per month.
Over $500 tons of paper are consumed
per month, or an average of one carload
per day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
THE BUILDING.

ployes in the bindery and folding room,
while now there are over 1000. On this
floor is also the specification room, which
furnishes employment to about $50
people. This is simply a printing
office, which turns out the official Patent
Office Gazette in its weekly form, and a
monthly edition of the same document,
which comprises a volume larger than
Webster's Unabridged dictionary.
An idea of the vast amount of work
turned out by this ero mC Us establish.
ment may be obtained from glance at
the number of documents, reports and
other publications issued by the govern
ment. In Major Ben Perley Poore's
descriptive Catalogue of Government
Publications. recently published, there
are 63.O63 titles, and it is estimated that
there are at least 10000 others not ill.,
cluded in this compilation. 1t is pretty
safe to say, therefore, that the govern
ment has published 10000 distinct works,
and that a complete library of all the
Pub. Docs" as they are irreverently
called, would be very large one. The
documents are of all sizes, and relate to
every imaginable topic. Some are great
thick quartos, like the census volumes or
the Medical History of the War;" And
at the other extreme are thousands of
pamphlet reports on small matters. But
it should be noted that the bills introduced
in the congresses are not included in the
titles; if they were, the total would be
high i'll the hundreds of thousands. The
largest single publication ever undertaken
by the government is the tenth Census"
which, if completed, would make twenty
four large quarto volumes. Only half of
these have been issued, or ever will be.
but even as it is, the Centennial Census"
is probably the most voluminous public
document. not counting, as one serial, the
various annual reports. The finest and
costliest group of publications relate to
the government surveys. Many of these
reports are superbly gotten up, copiously
illustrated, and accompanied by maps of
the highest scientific and mechanical ex-
cellence. One special series of twenty sep
arate titles relates to the canal routes of
the Isthmus of Panama. Then there are
reports of expeditions to the Arctic and
to the Amazon, reports on the cholera, on
birds and bugs, and grasses, on various
branches of political economy, on the In
dian from every standpoint; many elab-
crate reports on patents; the learned vol
umes put forth under the auspices of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

turn out the work demanded by the oper-
atoms of congress and the several de-
partments If the government. The gar
rulity of 325 house members, and the love
of speechmaking of seventy-six senator's.
all of whom are possessed of an ambition
to see their forsehic efforts in print, fur
nishes for about eight months in the year
the bulk of the heavy work of the big
printing Office, because the speeches that
are made to-day must be printed. bound
in brochure form and laid on the desks of
member tomorrow.
The head of this gigantic printing es-
Enlistment is called the public printer,
and is paid salary of $4,000 per year.
The Office is situated about one mile north
of the capitol, and occupies huge brick
structure. quadrangular in form, with
sides each measuring 300 feet,so that each
of its four stories are practically more
than one thousand feet in length by 175
feet in width. with every inch of space
utilized. The clatter of more than hun
bred presses nearly stuns and bewilders
the visitor upon the first floor, which also
contains the immense stores of paper
stock, vaults for the storage of cuts,
stereotype plates, etc. The court in the
rear of the press-room is occupied by the
roller and boiler houses, engine, machine
and carpenter shops, together with the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

ables and coal houses. Inc second floor
ntains the office of the public printer
and mis- immediate subordinates. together
with the Job and proof rooms, the stereo-
tipping and electrotyping departments
and the composition room. The third
floor is the bindery, and is used also for
the storage of the enormous quantities of
paper and binding materials necessary to
keep constantly at hand, while the fourth
floor contains the folding room, Con
gressional Record room, patent Office
specification room and storage for more
stock.
This description of the immense estab-
lishment. now necessitated by the growth
of the country, and the demand for in
creased legislation by congress, carries us
back instinctively to the time when a con-
tingent fund of $4,000 was all that was
permitted to be drawn upon for "fre-
wood, stationery and printing work." and
that was IN each year of Washington's adj
ministration. The first executive docu-
ment printed by order of congress was
Mr.. Jefferson's message on the Louisiana
purchase in 1903. 1t was not until 1919
that the notion of having a printer to
congress was seriously entertained, and In
that year each house elected its own
printer for the session. Nor did it take
long for the printer thus elected to WELD
sufficient influence over the members to
perpetuate himself in Office. There were
Father Richie Gales, SeatOn, Blair and
Rivers who by turns became the control
ing element in the politics of the country,
for they were the official spokesman of
the then WING and democratic parties re-
spectively. The printing for the XVII
congress cost 100000, and this was such
an extravagant sum that congress at once
adopted the contract system only to jump
from the frying pan into the fire.
for the succeeding congress doubled
it. So the next congress created
the office of superintendent of public
printing, position held for many years
by the lamented Defrees. In 1874 the
Office of public printer was created, and
the appointment placed at the disposal
of the president. Mr.. A. NJ. Clapp was
the first appointee to the responsible
place, Mr.. Defrees the second and Mr..
Sterling 2. Rounds, the present occupant
the third. In round numbers the cost
of maintaining the government printing
Office is now about two and a half millions
of dollars per annum, sum which, con
sidering the extent and character of the