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Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

The fruit industry of New Mexico, says the Optic, has attained enormous proportions within the last few years, and as an index to the preparations being made for shipping this years crop. a reporter this morning noticed fully 100000 fruit baskets in the Browne & Manzanares company warehouse, and these are but small portion of what will be required to pack the entire fruit product of this settien and the Mesilla valley.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
indian Expectations.

All persons who have claims against the Government for losses sustained through In dian tlepredations in Arizona and New Mexi- co, will find it 10 ther interest to eonmuni' cate immediately with the undersigned in re- gard to the same, if they desiretn take d,an tage of the laws recently passed by Congress to reimburse all parties who have suffered such losses. VIM. 0. O'NEILL,
 Attorney at law,
 Prescott, Arizona. looctf
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

The popular vote for President in Indiana in 1884 was Blame 233,463; Cleveland, 244 ,990i Butler, s,293; St. John, 3,02S.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

The cities of Australia are steadily growing in population. The census of Melbourne shows its population to be 400, 900, ons-seventh of that of Aus tralia.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

When the fact Is considered that the .werkIugmep of Massachusetts alone have more money in the savings banks than those of England. Scotland and Ireland combined, it is safe to decide that we can not afford 10 exchange our industrial policy for that which our British cousins are anxious to have us adept.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

This great Tonic has been introduced to the penple uf the Mississippi Nalley for the past thirteen wears with unhounded success and popularity.
 There is nothing Of the kind eXtant tha; eauals 1t as a stimulaut, an apetizer, or anti dyspeptic. It is particularly adapted to nlala- rious districts and as .
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

The United States is the largest lead producer in the world; Spain sec ond and Germany third.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
NOTICE.

All persons gre hereby forbidden killing cattle banded , Nor A D, and driving the game off their accustomed range, without written order from tile undersigned
 J. H CANANAk, Globe. a D. January 90. 1888
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

Some time ago the California Flor ist offered gold meda. prize to the person suggesting the most appropri- ate flower for adoption as our nation al flower. A lady in St Louis has se- cured the prize by naming the sun flower. The editor accepts the sug- gestion for tkese reasons:
 In some form it is native of many of our States, and grows spontaneous ly in most of them without culture, caring nothing for diversity of loca- tion or seasons.
 As plant 1t IS Tn appearance rich, thrifty and graceful, adapted alike to the town lot, barren hillside or swamp. and is in every way fit emblem for this great, prosperous, golden country Last but not least, the seed supplies a most palatable food for the national rooster, which crows at a; m. and ou election days.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

It is the butcher who knows how to make little go great weigh.-Alton Democrat
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

Col. J. NJ. Piper, president of the Taos Valley Canal Company at Ante nito, says his company have twenty miles of canal finished. and can lrri- gate 12O0OO acres of land by the first of September; that they have eontrac- ted for fsrty.eight miles more of canal, and have large force of sen at work, and that 113 families have lately settled in and near Antonito, and that the country is progressing most satisfactorlly.-J.as Vegas Optic.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
A New Forage Plant.

Aside from alfalfa, no other forage plant has created so much interest in Colorado as eSpersette, or saiufoip. Al though but recently introduced in the United States frem Hungary by the Agricultural Department, It has sprung greatly into favor, and there IS a constantly increasing demand for the seed, which sells all the way from $2 to s per pound. The plant flow CTS early in July and two crops sea- sen may be counted on here in Cobra do. 1t does best in calcareous soll.
 So far as we can learn it Is splea- did plant for the arid regions. Almost everything that is desirable in 2 gem eral purpose forage plant is clanned for this. IL furnishes an abundance of nutritious feed all through the hot test and dryest months. It needs no irrigation, and requires only to be sown to yield continuously the lar gest crops of grass. IL aouriShes well in the south of France and is highly es- tsemed as plant for increasing the flow of mllk in cows. Unlike alfalfa, 1t does not produce bloat and may be fed in green state with impunity.- Denver Field and Farm,
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

The manufacture of salt around the shores of Salt Lake, Utah, is an inn portant and growing industry! Near iy all the land adapted to the purpose has been appropriated by settlers. A level meadow is usually selected, few inches above and adjacent to ths wa ter of the lake. The surface of the soil is scraped and made level and hard like the ao3r of 9 brick-yard. A storm or high wind will drive the wa ter in from the lake and cover it, and slight dam prevents its return. It quickly svaperates and leaves resi- due of solid salt six to ten inches deep, that is shoyslsd into farn-wagons and marketed. This salt, owing to tao considerable percentage Of soda 1t cen tains, is not considered desirable Tor meat and butter, md does not com mand the price of purer article. but | is iu general uss in tue Terrltars
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25

A foreign exchange says that e1- haustive experiments in the manufac- ture of aluminum have recently been made at the krupp works at Essen, Germany, and with the most gratliy- ing results. The metal is turned cut pure in chunks, some oi winch weigh nearly 100 pounds, and the cost of production is said to be considerably less than 9 cents a pound. A com pany has been formed m England for managing the process on large scale, and it's patents also cover the manu- tacture of sodium, potassium and ar ti6c,al cryolite. There can be no doubt that when once alumnum is offered for sale at few cents per pound it will come into general use.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
American Exchange Hotel,
 sANsoME STREET, Opposite Wells Fargo 6 Co.'s Express
 SAN FRANCISCO.

yu,IfIS HOTEL having changed hands is now under
 l the experienced management of CHAS MONT GOMERH, who will spare no labor or expeDee to fur uish all his guests tbe comforts of home The Hotel i in te very ceHtse Of business and Is connected with ali tue leading bu6inesE houses with telephone which s for the of guests The travelling public will find the fortable and responsible, in the city. 1ABLE-FfkST- CLASS
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
SIon9 ach BiiGers.
 No. 20, South seccnG Street,

SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-25
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

A, ticket Office at the corner nearest the
railway station; B, G, the grand stand, B
showing the portion reserved for ladies; d,
the bleaching boards; E. carriage space.
The work of remodeling the ground is
in charge of Thomas Wilson, who has
been their general custodian. The re-
arrangement of the diamond was done
under the direction of Manager Good
ing, with the advice of w. F. Kreig.
The grand stand, circular in form, will
completely shelter its occupants from
the sun, and will seat nearly double the
number formerly. One-third has been
separated for the benefit of ladies, who
will now be kept away from the noisy
occupants of the bleaching boards. Di-
rectly under the ladies' stand is a nicely
fitted up room for the local players, while
similar one under the opposite end will
accommodate the visiting teams. The
ticketeffice is at the corner nearest the
railroad, and separate gates admit to the
various stands. After a game large
gates are thrown open to admit of easy
egreSS. In the corner formerly eccu-
pied by the entrance space is laid off
for carriages, which was badly needed
last year.
The Encouragement of the diamond is
also an improvement, giving better
view of the game and throwing more of
the field between the foul lines. Play
ers' benches will be at either end of the
grand stand, and the backstop will be
at right angles to the line of pitching in
stead of obliquely as heretofore.
In the matter of accommodations moth
ing has been omitted, and patrons of the
game will note with pleasure the great
improvement made.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
CATCHING TALENT.
The Receiving Ends of the Batter
les Are All Right.

1OS f1IC I'LL
Three catchers have been signed for
the coming season and the management
believes they are ''all right" Two are
new and unknown, and one is well
known and popular. The Importance of
this position can not be Overestimated.
With poor material at the receiving end
the efficiency of the finest pitcher is
greatly weakened and often entirely de-
stroyed. TO a large extent the catcher
is the balance of the team, and upon his.
steadiness and efficiency depends the
team work.; Accuracy in throwing, Wig
lance in watching the bases and cool
ness at critical plays are absolutely es-
sential to the position. Manager Good
ing thinks he is reasonably well fixed,
prospectively, at least, in backstops.
BILLY KREIG
did great work for Minneapolis last
year for the last half of the season. For
personal reasons he desired to live in
the Northwest and secured his release
from Washington to sign with Minneap-
oils. The Capital City team regretted
his departure, and the local papers
scored the management in lively terms
for permitting him to go. Kreig is a lit;
tie weak at times in throwing to second,
but still permits very little base steal
ing to be charged against him. His
catching is almost perfect, and he is one;
of the few men who can hold the CAM
non-ball delivery Of a pitcher like
Klopf. Batting is a strong point with
him, his record showing .402 for last sea-
son. But for a streak of hard luck.
early in the season, when his hardest.
hitting was directly into the hands of
the feeders, his record would have been
better by twenty points. He is entirely
satisfactory to the management and IT,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
young and is both ambitious and con-
scientious, and will always play his

young and is both ambitious and con-
scientious, and will always play his
best. 1T, .@,ts
KLOPF, THE KID,
only begins his second professional
pitching season and is young man of
promise. He is made of iron and never
Wearies, while his head seems never to
desert him. The last month of last sea-
son he pulled to the front wonderfully
and puzzled the Strongest batting teams.
In one game he shut Des Moi1les out
and in the next held them down to
three scattering hits and one unearned
run. His strongest ball is rising in
shoot, conceded to be the most difficult
to gauge. An additional season will
give him the confidence and experience
necessary to make a good pitcher,
Catcher Kreig looks for rare
work from Klopf this year. AS a batter
he has not made mark, being a long
Last season he made a number of home
runs, but has not had the experience to
make him reliable. He is but twenty
years of age and fine physical speci-
men.
: III; PARSONS, THE NEW MAN,
pitched in the international league last
year with Toronto, and in the same
team Outranked Crane, who has signed
with New York and is doing great work
in the South. Manager Gooding thinks
Parsons is treasure, but the public
must take him on. trust until he shows
his metal. His record is good through
out, but records are sometimes decep-
tive. Parsons has been fair batter and
fair base runner, as is usually the case
with pitchers, but his record of hits and
earned runs would stamp him as first
class man. The Minneapolis public is
willing to expect good work from him,
and if it gets it will give him the hearth
est support.
STERLING, OF DETROIT,
is another amateur, which, of course, is
against him. He has played with the
Detroit team in practice games, and was
strongly recommended to Manager
Gooding by Manager Watkins, of that
team. He is a very young man, but a
trained athlete, and weighs 100 pounds,
with six feet of height. He has the
build of a player, and is said to be able
to slug the ball. He will be given a
fair trial, and may Justify all advance
praises.
REHsE, OF MINNEAPOLIS,
is also an amateur. AS a college pitcher
he won many praises, and last year, in
playing throughout Minnesota, he
puzzled every batter who faced him.
Recommendations came simultaneously
from many sources and he was signed:
He has pitched against Billy Kreig and
Elmer Foster, and both OF them pro
nounced him good one. In batting
and bese running he is only average,
and is still an unknown quantity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
THE LEADING TOPIC.
Views of Various Men on the Up
permost Thought in Minneap-

Views of Various Men on the Up
permost Thought in Minneap-
oils.
The question was asked several men
yesterday what they regarded as the
most important matter before Minneap-
oils to-day. Their variety of views is
expressed below:
Mayor Ames-The most important
question in Minneapolis to-day is the
placing of our city back to where it for
merly was-the enterprising and pros
porous metropolis of the Northwest.
The One-idea policy and fanaticism
which have been prevalent during the
past year have had their paralyZing eff
fects upon business interests and real
estate values, which liberal and cos
mopOlitan policy, such as is enjoyed in
all other great cities. will tend to re-
vive.
Robert Hale-without giving the mat
ter too much thought, should say that
the most important question now before
Minneapolis is what can we do to EN-
courage manufacturers to locate here.
The next most important thing is to
have the railroad misunderstanding
settled in accordance with the plans
proposed by j. j. Hill, of the Manitoba
road.
Frank Lewis-The most important
matter before us is, who will be our
next president?
A, L. Haley-In my opinion the most
important thing before the Minneapolis
public is, or should be, how best to sup
press the scandals which are contin-
ually being printed in the daily papers.
This scandal printing disgraces our city
and Injuries our sons and daughters:
Rev. W. w. Satterlee-Your question
is an exceedingly difficult one to an
swer, sir; but | would say that the most
important subject before Minneapolis
to-day is the election of a city govern
ment which believes more in the en-
fOrcement of the laws than it does in
the breach. At present the laws are adj
ministered on the ground of eXpedi-
ency, and for no other reason.
Capt. T.. COnnolIy-The most i'm
portant thing in Minneapolis is to get a
good police force. 1t has been in ter
rible shape for year past, through
whose fault / cannot say.
Thomas Lawler-The most important
question in Minneapolis, and, for that
matter. the whole country, is revision
of the tariff. If it is revised it means
the success of the Democratic party in
this state.
Judge Hollins-About as important a
question as l can think of just now is,
Aow can we compel the street car COM
pany to remove the piles of snow and
ice it has heaped up in our streets,
stopping business and endangering life
and limb.
A. d. Smith-It is of great Importance
to Minneapolis citizens to know whether
we are going to be allowed to have a
self government or whether we must
submit to the dictatiOn of few fanat-
les whb are killing the city. Then our
grand jury system demands investiga-
ton, for / can prove that for years past
it has been Systematically packed by
these despotic rulers.
L. A. Condit-The most important
question before the people of this city at
the present time is the lowering or rails
ing the railroad tracks, so as to do away
with the grade crossings. 1t is ques-
ton which must be met sooner or later,
and the sooner it is disposed of, the
better it will be for the city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

agent at Minneapolis for the
Burlington load. Last October, when
commissions were abolished by Eastern
lines, he quilted the company, and after
twelve years service as railrOader gave
up the business and purchased the base
ball franchise.
Mr.. Gooding is an admirer and was al
ways liberal patron of sport, but has
mad no experience in base ball; how
ever, he is a hustler. and has an
abundance of executive ability. He
knows the first duty of manager is to
manage, and he will do it. He is
strict diSciplinarian and uses neither
TOBACCO nor stimulantS in his business.
Ii ne does not make a success of base
ball in Minneapolis, there is no success
in it.
The secretary of the team is Fred A.
Leland, who has been sufficiently
identified with sport in Minneapolis to
be well known. He is Brooklyn boy
and is just Manager Gooding's age. His
first interest in sporting matters was
developed as far back as 1869, while
living in Rockford, ILL.,, and he
claims to have been one of
the mascots of the old Forest City team,
which then included Spalding, Barnes,
Arson, Addy, Hastings and others.
For two seasons, as "kid," he was
chief water carrier and bat keeper of
the Forest Citys. In 1877 he entered
the employ of the Spaldings, and two
years ago came to Minneapolis and es-
tablished distributing depot for their
sporting goods. In sporting matters Of
legitimate character he has always
member of the Lurline Boat club, Max
wa TobOggan club and Long Meadow
Gun club, and was last year president
of the Minneapolis Bicycle club. He is
much more Sanguine than Manager
Gooding OF the playing powers of the
ball team, and thinks it will hustle hard
for first place.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
AS A BALL TOWN.
Is Minneapolis a Good Location
for a Team or Is 1t Not?

Is Minneapolis a Good Location
for Team or LIS 1t Not?
Nothing succeeds like success. The
base ball manager knows this, thor
oughly. For two years Minneapolis has
been "poor ball town" and money has
been sunk in the effort 10 support an
organization. So long as losing team
has the name of Minneapolis attached
to it, so long will it be ''poor ball
town." Even the cranks grow weary OF
going day after day to see the diamond
mopped up with the local team, while
it is not to be expected that casual
patrons could stand it. To be good
ball team, the home team must win.
There is no case on record where a city
of any size failed to support morally
and financially, team that won ma
jority of the games it played, With a
team that could do this, besides occa-
Paul, Minneapolis would be as profit
able city as the association
can furnish. If the team could
only win majority of it's home games,
all would be well, but Minneapolis has
never succeeded in doing that. When
it came to a game with st. Paul, where
local feeling ran high, Minneapolis
would fall down and allow st. Paul to
walk over her neck. Of the eighteen
games between them last season Mime
apoiis managed to win three. st. Paul
won eleven straight games, and how
could community be expected to sup
port team that played such ball?
tits confidently expected Mr.. Good
ing's hired men for 1888 will make a
better showing. He has sized up the
weaknesses of preceding organizations
and will meet them all. 1t is not under
stood that he claims to have the pen
nant winners or that he claims anything
in that line, but he believes he has fif-
teen good ball players and that they
will aid him in making record of
which the city need not be ashamed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18
THE INFIELD.
New Strength With New Blood
"a The apparent Outlook.

The apparent Outlook.
ItIhas already been stated that Min
neanolis was weak the season through
at the second bag. This weakness de-
moralized the entire infeld, and to it
many of the defeats can be directly
traced. For this season the center bag
will be strong point, well covered.
The effect will be noticeable toward
third base, and better work will surely
result. A little reasoning and putting
this and that together will convince
even the kickerS that for this coming
season the infield will be good one,
and will do all the work reasonably re-
sonably required of it. Halves at first,
BroAnan, second; Shaw, short, and
Robinson. third, make up a quartette
that. should easily "eat" everything
that comes in it's direction.
TIM BROSNAN,
who will cover the center bag and cap
tain the team, will strengthen it where
it most requires strength. Brosnan
led the second basemen of the
league last season, and will endeavor
to repeat the experiment this year. AS
a fielder he is all that can be asked, and
as a batter he is fair. His strength,
however. lies in his faculty for handling
the men and getting out of them the
tanned the Des MOines team. and the
high place taken by that organization
was largely due tohis good work. He held
the -nen together and improved their
team work, thing that Minneapolis
neverknew.
* DUNLAP. HALVES
will return to his old position at first
base. He is good man, reliable in the
field and power at !. the bat. In the
early part of last SeasOnhe played under
disadvantages which largely handi-
capped him, the principal being his fail
ure. to become acclimated before the
hard work began. For instance, his
batting record was very high for 1856,
but In 1887 he started off so badly that
his splendid work the last half of the
season failed to pull him up to where he
should have been. On the last trip of
the team his batting was .442
and his fielding 1888. For
time he was played on second base,
which-rather upset him, as he was un-
point is in hitting the ball. At times
when run depends upon a batter's
ability to paste the sphere beyond the
diamond, even if in an Outfielder's
hands. Billy was reliability itself. AS
a base stealer he had few superiors.
though his boldness often amounted to
rashness in tits regard.
* e JOHNNIE SHAW
has been a base ball study, and 1t was
difficult to say whether he was good or
bad, asa short stop. He came here last
season, heralded as fine player, and
much was expected of him. For the
first part of the season his work was
pronounced. He took everything in
Sight and showed himself the closest
base runner of the league. But he was
given tep much to do. The team had
rank second baseman and an Indifferent
man on third, and the result was that
Shaw was given too much field to cover.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

He took wild chances and made errors.
He was roasted for errors where he
should have had credit for taking
the chance. A wonderful one-hand
catch would bring home the widest
applause, while an excusable muff
brought down undeserved censure.
Some of the papers criticised him Sc
verely and unjustly, and this was SO
Systematically done that it affected his
confidence. He lost nerve and became
an Indifferent player. But he was as
conscientious, Woodworking player as
the team had, and if he had been less so
his record would have been better. In
re-engaging him Manager GOOding has
done well, and Johnnie will redeem HIM
self on the diamond this year. The
''cranks'' will be glad to see him once
more in the field and his pretty wife in
the grand stand,