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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-28
Proposals for Local Army Transportation
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTT OF TEXAS, !
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER, 7
San Antonio, Tex, April 20, 1886. J


SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, subject
= to the usual conditions, will be received at
this Office until II O'Clock, noon, on the 10Th of
May, 1885, at which time and place they will be
opened i'm the presence Of attending bidders,
for the local transportation, or hauling, of
military supplies within the limits of the city
of San Antonio, Texas, during the fiscal year
beginning July l, 1886.
The bulk of the supplies are to be hauled be-
tween the Government depot and railroad
dcpOts, and between the railroad depOts, but
bids will be for hauling between all points
within the city.
Proposals will state the rate per 100 pounds,
but separate rates may be offered for different
pats or divisions of the hauling, at the option
of the bidder.
Each proposal must be accompanied by usual
guarantee, without which no proposal will be
considered.
The Government reserves the right TO reject
any or AL proposals.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked: Proposals for Local Army Trans
pOrtation," and addressed TO the Chief Quar-
termaster, Department of Texas.
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Messrs. Noyes & Lsngholz are just
now in receipt Of large lot Of goods that
recommend themselves for the comfort
Of summer, consisting Of lap busters,
leather and linen fly nets, ear tips, and a
large supply OF the most modern hard
ware in the saddlery business. A casual
glance st their large establishment re
Veals the fact that they mean to keep up
with the march OF time. Fine home and
handmade harness for buggy or hack,
saddles for the cowboy or Mexican
hidalgo are always on hand. 27-3t
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No Fool as Bad as an Old Fool.

Editor San Antonio Light.
The Figaro is off of its base, judging
from the following printed in its issue OF
the oath inst
ut is reported that when certain
dude first got his volunteer uniform, he
put it on and appeared before his wife
and child, saying "he was a soldier"
mo, ma, said his little girl, that amt a
soldier, that's my pa, End he don't look
like one either"
Now, in answer to this, there is not a
married man in either of our volunteer
companies who has little girl to make
such a remark further, rather dude
than crank. ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
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Dissolution Notice.

This is to give notice that Mr.. Frank
Olsmith has severed his connection with
the Stoves Arms company, 24O Com
meTCe street.
The STEvEs ARMS COMPANY.
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MVssTs. NOTICy BTUs,.
GENTS tried MOrleys Blackberry Balsam
on two of my children that had the fluX very
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such a valuable medicine on the market To
all who are suffering from the above COM
plant | can Cheerfully recommend MOrley's
Blackberry basam. MORRIS MITCHELL.
For sale by +. Kateyer 4 Son.
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In Withdrawing from the above men
toned house, extend thanks to the
public for patronage, and ask that the
same be given the house as heretofore.
27-3t FRANK OLsMITH.
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Office for Rent,

a nicely furnished office can be rented
on good terms by applying to the man
ager of this paper. 5-l3-6t
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wOOD CITY, Bastrop County, Texas,
April Is, 1885.
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CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.

We are Headquarters on prices, and we
bought $4,000 bankrupt stock at so cents on
the dollar. You can save money by examin-
ing our stock.
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WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT.

Also very large line of NainsOoks, in small,
medium and very large patterns, at sac, lOc,
l2c, l5c, zoe and pc.
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lNOTE-ShOrt letters from our readers are
solicited for this column on any subject the
name of the writer must accompany the ar,
tiCIc. A big waste basket is reserved for all
rejected cOmmunicatiOus.l
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bodies to all parts of the United States. Tele-
phone connection. Calls attended day and
light SHly
, 1886-07-25
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Boston proposes to borrow 5000, 900 for
improvements.
Cholera in Italy is either decreasing oil
stationary, at all points, with little appre'
hension of its further spread.
The commissioner of internal revenue
is Of opinion that the production Of cleo
margarine will be increased by the recent
bill for taxing it.
Sebastopol and other Black sea ports
have been protected against torpedoes by
a submerged electric battery, the design
of an American engineer.
Senator Blair submitted a report yester-
day recommending the passage of two
pension bills over the veto. and severely
criticised the president action.
Salisbury has arrived in London and
had a conference with Harrington who
promises friendly support but declines to
Join a Conservative government.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Barney, Next
can veteran aud former president of the
Army OF the Potomac Association, died
Friday evening at his residence in San
Francisco.
Charles Bleakney, trustee of Classon
avenue Methodist church, Brooklyn, has
been sentenced to nine years In the states
prison for an indecent assault upon a
girl of IL.
, 1886-07-25
%TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Bayard Reports Progress on
the Fisheries Question.
Senate Proceediugs---Increas
of the Navy.
Affairs on the Rio Grande--
Foreign Notes.
Bayard Reports Progress.

WASHINGTON, July "a The president
to-day transmitted to the senate a report
from Secretary Bayird, made in compli-
ance with the senate resolution respecting
the seizure of American fishing vessels.
Instantly upon receiving authentic infor-
nation writes the secretary, 'of the
alleged seizure from the owners of the
vessels or their agents. or from consular
officers of the United States in Canada,
this department gave instructions to con
sular officers to make full and complete
investigation of the facts in each case, and
wherever an infraction of treaty rights or
of commercial rights and privileges of cit
liens OF the United States appeared to
have occurred. representation was
promptly made to her Brittanic majesty's
minister at this capital, calling for redress
and notification given Of a demand for
compensation for all loss and injury to the
vessels in question and their owners.
I'm order promptly to assert and main
tain the rights Of our citizens and our in
tel national rights under convention and
by the laws Of nations which might be
brought in question by these proceedings
and by the action Of the Canadian govern
ment. the professional services OF two
gentlemen learned in the law-Mr.
George W. Biddle, OF PHILADELPHIA, and
Mr.. William l.. Putnam, of Portland.
Me-, were retained by the executive, and
since the GOTH of May last these gentlemen
have bestowed their careful consideration
upon the circumstances and the law in
connection Herewith in each case. Pro
ceedings have been commenced in the vice
admiralty court at Halifax. N. s., in the
name of her majesty, Queen Victoria, as
plaintiff against the schooner David j.
Adams and the schooner Ella NJ. Doughty,
in both of which cases the complaint is
substantially the anne
Concurrent with these events, CORE
spondence has begun, and is still proceed.
ing between this department and the
British minister. and also between the
minister OF the United States in London
and the foreign Office of her Brittanic
majesty's government, to obtain suitable
recognition and enforcement of our rights
under the treaty and international laws
and commercial usages of both countries,
which are brought in question by the
action of the Canadian authorizes. IL is
believed that this correspondence must
soon terminate in an amicable settlement,
mutually just and honorable, and there
fore satisfactory to both countries and
their inhabitants, The undersigned is un-
able to recommend the president to COM
municate its contents in the present in
complete state, believing that to do so
wonld not be compatible with public in
t%erests, as connected with the transactions
referred to.
(Signcd) ST. +. BAYARD,
Secretary of State.
, 1886-07-25

Shiraz, too, and the whole tstretch of
country around it, is fearfully hot and
unhealthy in summer and fall, so that
the regiments sent there from the north
(and the shah does that constantly, be-
u these soldiers are Sunnites and
Turks by descent, and do not sassimilate
or fraternize with the natives), often lose
60 per cent. of their number ewithin Il
year. Take even the healthiest portions
of Persia; take Teheran, for, instance,
which is now, since good water has been
obtained in abundance, one of the ex-
c%eptionally salubrious points, and you
will find a death rate which in Europe
or America would be considered appall-
ing.
An able physician here, DIR. ALDER, tells
me that the death rate at Teheran is be-
tween 10 and 90 per /, 900, and the deaths
constantly exceed the births, the fact
that the town is growing in spite of it
being explained by the circumstance
that a continual influx of persons from
other parts of Persia takes place, and
that the deaths are seven-eighths among
children below 3 years of age, who are
carried off when weaned Cholera ablac-
tatorum). The deaths among the Euro
peans here show even a larger percent
age; they usually succumb to the acclim-
itization process in the third year. Take
it all around, l think the man with in
formation who would maintain that
Persia is a healthy country is either very
foolhardy or else worse .-Teheran Cor.
Chicago Times. ~
, 1886-07-25

In the botanical garden at the palace
they have the celebrated flower Tzapalil-
qui-Xochitl, of the Aztecs. The story
runs that there are only three of the
kind in the world, one at the palace, an
other at a different point in Mexico and
the mother plant on the mountain. AT
one time two tribes had a long and
bloody war for the possession of it, so the
story goes, but with great deal more ex-
aggeration. The plant is commonly
called the flower hand" as they claim
that inside is a perfect baby hand.
| went to see it, and was much dis
appointed. The tree grows to a good
height. The leaves, heart-shape, are
thick and about the color of the under
part of a silver maple leaf, except that
they are very rough, which prevents
them from glistening like the maple.
The thick, wax-like, bell-shaped red
blossom grows mouth upward, and in
side is the so-called hand. 1t has five
fingers and one thumb, but looks ex-
actly like a birds claw, and not like a
hand. The story raj that there are but
three in existence. Without doubt the
plant is rare and there may be no more
than a dozen, if that many, in the world;
but l have seen in the garden of two
different gentlemen the very same tree.
One of these gentlemen is in Europe,
and the other bought his plant from
him, so there was no way Of learning
where the three came from. Mexican
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1886-07-25

LONDON, July 24.-After Capt. Eos
ter had testified in the era 1ford divorce
case Sir Charles Dixie said to him: I'VE
will meet next week in Paris. when
ever you please, Foster replied calmly.
Jacob Gauddur will row Beach, the
Australian oarsman, on the Thames on
Sept. Is. forS5, 900 a side and the champ
ionship of the world.
BERLIN, July 24.-Political interest
centers In the conference at Kissengen
between Prince Bismarck and Count
Kalnoky, Austrian prime minister.
Count Kalnoky will return to Vienna to
morrow. The conference, it is thought,
will cement the alliance between Germany
and Austria, while 1t will tend toward a
breach with Russia.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 24.-The fune-
raj Of Hobart Pasha was conducted to day
with great pomp.
, 1886-07-25
TOPICS.

The sneak thieves are still abroad in
Laramie.
Work has begun on the excavation for
the university.
The Uinta county commissioners found
2l5 uDassessed lots in Evanston.
The assessment OF Albany county shows
an increase over last year Of 5000, S0i.
John McGill has announced himself as
a candidate for sheriff Of Albany county.
Bellville, Lost Creek, Shawnee, and
Platte are to be the names at the stations
between Lusk aud Douglas.
G. H. De Trafford, a few days ago
made quite an important sale of stock,
the purchaser being r, S. Van Tassell.
of Cheyenne, to whom the delivery was
made On Wednesday. The transfer con-
sisted of 1000 head of 3-year old cattle,
the price paid being SOS a head. Mr..
Van Tassell is driving the herd up to the
range on R~unningwater. Laramie
boomerang.
One of Rawlins' best known young
men beckoned the reporter mysteriously
aside the other day and drawing a hand
kerchief from his pocket, begun carefully
to unite one corner and soon showed n
fine specimen of large scale gold which he
said had been picked out OF a single pan
of earth from the grass roots in a region
not so very remote from Rawlins, but ex-
actly where he refused to divulge. RAN
Inns Tribune.
We are pleased to state that the insane
asylum committee have taken the military
steps for the sale of the $50, 600 territorial
bonds authorized by the late territorial
legislative assembly. Owing to the eag-
erness with which the capitol and univcr-
sity bonds were sought. and the hand
some premium paid Tor them, it can be
readily seen that the sale Of the asylum
bonds is a f%oregone conclusion. It now
looks as if the committee were going to
push the matter with all possible haste
Such being the case, the gentlemen hav-
ing the matter in hand will receive the
appreciation of the entire community -
Eranston Chieftain.
, 1886-07-25
Increase of the Navy.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-ImnIediately
after the reading Of the journal the house
vent into committee of the whole. Mr..
Crisp in the chair, on the bill for the in
crease of the navy. Mr.. Herbert said
that the majority Of the naval committee
had not changed their opinion in regard
to this matter; but it recognized the TACT
that the committee was simply a repre-
sentative Of the house and when it found
that there was an opinion in the house
that the original bill appropriated too
much money and provided for too many
ships, it contormed the bill to the senti-
mcnt of the house and had no apology
to offer. The original bill was then read
by sections for amendments.
On motion of Mr.. Buck, an amend
ment was adopted inserting in the bill the
provision contained in the substitute for a
dynamite gun cruiser.
Mr.. Boutelle moved to strike out the
clause which authorizes the secretary of
the navy, in certain emergencies, to i'm
port armor for new cruisers. Agreed to
yeas l0l, nays 81. The committee her
rose and reported the bill to the house.
MIR. Herbert offered as a substitute for the
bill the proposition agreed to by the COM
mittee on naval affairs, and which has
been published. 1t was agreed to-yeas
III. nays l04, and the bill as amended
was paecnd
, 1886-07-25
All Quiet on the Rio Grande.

DENVER, July 24.-In the Cutting i'm
broglio there are no developments to-day
except the arrival of l25 more Mexican
troops on this mornings regular train of
the Mexican Central. Consul Brigham
expects further instructions. The two
cities are quiet and business is done as
usual. Their. is very little sympathy for
the two persons involved, but the question
of national honor seems to be the incent-
i've for action. All the frontier press is
unanimous in praising the firm stand
taken by our state department. and as
they have been repeatedly calling atten-
ton to Mexican outrages on American
citizens they consider this action a victory
for themselves as well as their people.
A later dispatch from Ell Paso, Tex,
says: There was a report current here in
Ell Paso to-day that the arrest of Medina,
who caused Cuttings arrest, and who was
found guilty two days ago of disturbance
of the peace. during which Consul Brig
ham clerk was insulted and threatened.
was only nominal, and while it was pre-
tended that he was IN Jail he was in reality
quickly hid away in an obscure building.
1t was, however, given out publicly that
he was confined in cell No. ! in the same
laii III Which, OuttiuR 10 luCdICtIditu, anu
it was perhaps well hat the impression of
his Imprisonment got out at the time it
did, Tor it helped materially in allaying
excitement on the Texas side of the river,
which was just then ut fever heat.
The truth is. Medina, while being con-
Quoted to jail by Mexican police officers
became very o~bstreperous and belligerent,
fighting his escort all along. District Judge
Felipe Beiyas happened to come along
and seeing the state of affairs told the
police officers quietly to fall back. and
taking Medina's arm he succeeded in
leading him without resistance to Jail,
where he spent that night. The next
day he was tried and found guilty of dis
turbance and fined.
Just before sending off this dispatch,
10 o'clock a night. the situation has be-
come more grave. Cutting was brought
before Judge Castaneda this morning and
informed that his case had become of
such a national importance that it would
have to be transferred to the first district
court. where sentence would be pronounced
at some future day. Consul Brigham tried
to get a rep'y as to when the trial would
take place, but could get no satisfaction.
1t is becoming more evident that Mexico
is determined to give Cutting up.
Rumors on the streets of Paso del
Norte IS that a train load of troops with
some artillery is nearing the city, coming
up from chihuahua. 1t begins to look
like war.
, 1886-07-25

a correspondent of The Bee Journal
writes that a brood of chickens were in
the habit of frequenting the shed in
which he kept his bees. The bees stung
all the dark-colored ones to death, yet
did not modest the ~light-colored chicks.
Why the preference? The editor writes
that he has frequently spoken of the ad-
vantage of wearing light clothes among
the bees. We wear black bee wells be-
cause we cannot see clearly through any
color. Woolly, fuzzy and dark materials
are objected to by bees. A man, with a
plug hat on rarely gets stung, unless by
n bee that in trying to shoot the hat
aims too low and hits the face by mis-
take, while a companion at a suitable
distance is perfectly afe.-Lewiston Me.)
Journal.
, 1886-07-25

LAFAYETTE, IND, July 24.-The pre-
liminary trial of William g. Kizer. the
West Point merchant who is charged with
attempting to assault his II year old niece,
was held here today. The victim, Lottie
Hageard, a pretty dark eyed little girl,
testified that she went to the store of her
uncle Billy for a can of kerosene; that
he invited her into the cellar to get a bot.
tie of pop, and committed the assault
while there. On cross examination she
said Kizer had taken liberties with her
before. Kizer was bound over to the
circuit court in the sun of $500.
, 1886-07-25

GR%EENsBFRG. KY, July 24.-Clem
Bishop. aged 10, was married on Monday
to Retta Boston, his ward, aged not over
9 years. Bishop is a backwoods doctor
and preacher, possibly without diploma
or license. His wife died two weeks ago,
and the ncighbors threatened to take from
him this girl, whom be had adopted. To
prevent them he secured a license and
was married by Squire David Judd. He
presented a certificate from the girl, to
obtain the license, that she was 81 years
Of age. The official who gave the license
suspected something wrong and sent
messenger to recall it, but he reached the
place just after the marriage ceremony had
been performed.
, 1886-07-25

In March, 1895, Sophus Tromholt dis
patched some thousand circulars to all
parts of Norway containing different
queries regarding the aurora, and among
them also the following: Have you or
your acquaintance ever heard any sound
during aurora, and, in this case, when
and in what manner Up to Sept. 10,
he had received answers to these queries
from IA persons. OF these, notl less than
OF, or GA per cent, believe In the exist
ence of the aurora sound, and so (36 per
cent? state that they have heard it them
selves, while the other 80 cite testimonials
from other people; only 81 % per cent?
declare that they nave never heard the
.Ssound and know nothing about it, and
the other 81 (22 per cent have not
noticed the query at all. There are thus
90 affirmations against 81 negations.
The sound is variously described in
these answers as sizzling, creaking, whiz-
zing, rustling, cracking, kissing, whisper
ing, rushing, buzzing, ripping, roaring,
din, breezy, whipping, tanning, clashing,
Tapping, sweeping, etc.-Nature.
, 1886-07-25

CHICAGO, July 24.-There arrived in
Chicago to-day 600 members of the Grand
Army of the Republic from the New
England states en- route for San Francisco
where the twentieth annual National en-
campment ia to be held August 3, 1886.
A car load of delegates from Chicago for
San Francisco left Friday. and another
will start at 1890 O'Clock this noon. The
delegates from Chicago number about 100.
The train that leaves this moor is the
headquarters train of the state. The
national train leaves Monday at ~ O'Clock
at night.
, 1886-07-25

CHICAGO. July "a. -Cattle-Receipts
500; market strong and a shade higher;
shipping steers, 950@l 500 pounds,
80. 1905. IS; stoc4ers and feeders 81 30(d
3 rs; through Texas cattle, stronger;
lows 81. so; steers, g. 50(93. IS
bulls, Sl.75tG2. %; some Washington
Territory cattle at 50. 3O@3S5, with l,2O5
@l.24S pound Montana natives at "a. IS
ga 40, and l,077@l,0ss pound Montana
Texans at "a 90.
, 1886-07-25

NATION, ILL.,, July 24-Mrs. Melton,
Of Vancleve, o., arrived at Westield,
Friday, 10 visit her daughter, Mrs Geo.
Simmons. The family retired, and about
midnight Mrs. Simmons was aroused by
someone entering the back door OF the
house. She aroused her husband. who
grabbed a revolver and asked what the
intruder wanted. Receiving no reply, lac
supposed a burglar had entered the house,
aud fired. striking his mother-in law il
the abdomen. She died soon afterward,
Mrs. Melton had gone out to the well fol
a drink before the sad accident occurred.
, 1886-07-25
A Bow Murderer.

LOUISVILLE, July 24.-Samuel Dean,
aged II years, was thought to have been
accidentally shot yesterday by Howard
Hines, aged IA. To day Dean died, and
it de, eloped that lines deliberately muir
dered Dean while the two were picking
blsckberries. After remarking that he
intended 10 kill some one, Hines turned
suddenly on Dean and shot him through
the head, and, acting his part splcndidly,
can't to the city and gave himself up,
claiming that the shooting was accidental.
, 1886-07-25

Luther's boyish more at Mansfield, in
Saxony, has just been restored as far AS
possible to its original condition when
the reformer's parents dwelt there four
centuries ago. The old house had become
most dilapidated. Now il will be in
habited by a body of deaconesses, who
will nurse and care for the sick and poor
of the town.-Chicago Times.
, 1886-07-25

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne IAN find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street. The location is agreea.
Bile and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who I'M
derstand their business, the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room arc among the
many attractions Of this popular house
HERMAN KMME, proprietor.