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The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
California Impeachment Cases.

A Washington dispatch of the 25th says Representatives Thomp- son, Morrow and McKenna, of Cal ifornia appeared before the house judiciary committee to-day to give their views upon the memorial pre- sented by the citizens of San Fran cisco asking for the impeachment of Judges Sawyer and Sabine, for relieving Chinese from arrest by writs of habeas corpus. The meet ing was secret. The California members confined their statements to an exposition of the condition ofafairs which resulted in the pres ent action of charges being called in, merely in an advisory capacity. The subject will be further .consid- cred Thursday next.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
4 Lincoln County Killing.

A Las Cruces, N. M., dispatch to the Albuquerque Democrat, of the 25th inst, says: A bad state of af- fairs has for some time existed in the town of La Luz, about so miles east of this place. The trouble arose over disagreement about some stock, between the Stewards, Good, and other parties on one side and Lees, Cooper, Cherokee Bill and Mcdonald and others on the other, who is claimed, appro- priated some stock from the Good faction. Not long afterward Nc Donald was found with bullet hole through his head, for which the Mcdonald faction swore ven geance against the Good party. Not long after, Walter Good was thorough search up to this time has been of no avail. The Good party claims that he has been murdered. The Cooper party are in deep canyon, and say they will not surrender to the local au- thorities. Sheriff Ascarate and
  Chas Armijo left today for the seat of the disturbance
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

Mr. C. H. Dane received a teIe- gram Saturday from Colonel P. R. Smith, announcing that the organ ization of the New York and New Mexico Meat Company was com pleted and operations would begin very soon. The capital of the com pany, it is said. has been increased to S20,000,000. This is the big cat tie and ranch deal which Mr. o. Hammond, jr., of New York, and Col. P. R. Smith have been putting in shape, and which win put con- siderable cash in circulation in this vicinity very soon.-Deming Head light.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

A correspondent of the 'Mohave Miner says: "The Mohaves are powwowing and palavering at a great rate. It seems that the Act ing Commissioner of the Interior Department has written a letter to Indian Agent of the Mohaves ap- pointing Jim, generally known as Captain Jim," to be chief of all the Indians at the Needles, with the euphonious and lofty title of General Jim." The followers of old "Ah-Skeet" are indignant, while General James" is correspondingly pompous and happy"
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
Maxwell Grant Troubles.


 A Trinidad, Colorado, dispatch of the 25th inst. says: Intelligence is received from Stonewall, in this state, of further trouble between the settlers and the Maxwell company. The settlers made good their threats of yesterday by burning the dwelling and contents belonging to E. J. Randolph and wife, on ac- count of their acknowledging the authority of the Maxwell company by leasing land from them. Ran dolph and wife arrived here this afternoon, having escaped with nothing but the clothes they wore. J. w. Lewelling, who had been working for the Maxwell company. was also waited upon by a hundred armed settlers, most of whom wore masks, and was compelled to take his outfit and leave town. The set tiers say they will hold the country against the Maxwell grant claim ants at all hazards. The settlers com prise both Mexicans and Ameri cans.
 What may prove to be long and bloody struggle opened today on the Maxwell grant at Stonewall, for ty miles west of Trinidad. The sheriffs posse sent to keep peace was met by party of armed set tiers in numbers estimated at POO to 500 men. The settlers demanded the arms of the posse, which re- quest the officers refused to com ply with. The posse took up quar-. ters in the Pooler hotel, a large frame building. The settlers en- deavored to force an entrance when the posse opened fire. R. D. Russell, one of the oldest settlers fell dead and two or three other settlers were wounded. The fire was returned and the building soon riddled with balls. The eye witness who gave this information left while the fight was still going on. Trinidad is greatly excited and the sheriff is gathering men in large numbers to go to the relief of the besieg ged posse. It is believed that the building will be burned and the dozen besieged deputies put to death before morning. The settlers came from the tributaries of the Purgat9rie river and from Yer mejo, New Mexico, and also from the COstilla grant. In the fastness of the mountain ranges of the Max we'll grant, it seems useless to op- pose. them with either militia or re- gular troops. Public sentiment in Trinidad is entirely with the set tiers. The settlers cavalry is com posed of both Mexicans and Amer jeans.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
They Exchanged Wives.

There is a big sensation at Cleve- land, Tenn, over the swapping oI wives by Vim. Van Patten and R.
 E. Brooks, which has just come to light. The trade took place three weeks ago. Van Patten and Brooks came south two years ago from Michigan, and bought farms three miles from Cleveland. The fami- lies have always been on the best of terms, there being two children in each family. By the consent of both husbands and wives the two men traded partners three weeks ago, and the trade has proved very satisfactory until yesterday, when Van Patten went to Cleveland and consulted a lawyer to ascertain ii he could not compel Brooks to trade back. Mrs, Brooks is entire ly satisfied with Van Patten, and is willing to live with him. Brooks is said to have got the best of the bargain, as Mrs. Fau Patten is a beautiful woman. Prominent citi- zens of Cleveland threaten to take q hand in the matter by having the partiaa arrested.-Cincinnati En-
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

The indications are that the Tex as rangers will come up with a fine lot of fat beeves. J. B. Wilson says the first good news he has had in five years came from his Tom Green county ranch few days ago. It represented the pasture the finest for five years. What has been said of Mr. Wilson's ranch is true to a great extent of the whole of west Texas.-Dallas News.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
CeSariO LucerO AmbuShed and Killed
 at the MeScal Ranch.

Tie recent train robbery in So nora is fresh in the minds of the people. The pursuit and killing oi two of the robbers in the Milestone mountains, and the escape of one of the party, Manuel by name, is of recent date. In his pursuit of these outlaws Sheriff Slaughter was ac- companied by one man who knew the parties connected with the rob- bery, and who led him to their place uf conce .lment, where the fight took place in which two were killed as above stated. Cesario Lucero was the name of the sheriff's trust ed deputy. Manuel recognized him and future events proved that he had sworn vengeance against him :; for he paid the penalty for his bravery on Sunday morning last. The particulars of the murder as gleaned from an eye witness and re- lated to Sheriff Slaughter are as follows:
 Lucero left Tombstone short time ago for the Mescal ranch, just across the line in Mexico. He went with the idea of entering into the business of buylng and selling mes cal. He camped at the Mescal ranch, and was there Sunday morn ing. He little dreamed that Man uel, who had sworn to be revenged, was watching him. Camped in the canyon near by were two other Mexicans, known as Federico and Geronimo. Manuel was seen on Sat urday night near the Mescal ranch. On Sunday morning, Lucero went to the creek which runs through the ranch about two hundred yards dis tant from the house. He went un- armed, leaving his rifle at the house, not expecting any danger. After washing himself lie sauntercd back but had proceeded but few yards when the crack of a rifle shot was heard, quickly followed by second report, and Lucero was seen to fall in his tracks. Two men were seen to run away after convincing them selves that their victim was dead. They were recognized as Federico and Geronimo, two of the train rob- bers, for which a large reward is of fered but up to the present time have evaded arrest or a more mer- ited death. On examination of the body of the murdered man, 1t was found that he had received two bull let wounds, both in the head. Death must have been instantaneous. The remains were buried on the ranch.
 Lucero had repeatedly'been warn ed against exposing himself to the danger of riding alone through the country, but always replied that he feared nothing. How long this trio of desperate men will elude their pursuers is unknown, but that a just retribution will soon overtake them is just as certain as that their victim lies buried near the scene of their last cowardly act.-Prospector
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

tions, it is fair to presume that the decisions are usually correct, never without reasons and where a req sonable ground for doubt appears respecting intention of a settler, the settler alway receives the benefit thereof. HENRY N. CoPP.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06
MT. J. McMillan the Secretary of

Mr. J. MeMillan the Secretary of the Arizona Industrial Exposition, says that the prospects for suc- cessful exhibition are very fatter- ing. The number of entries are la: ger than ever before and a large number of visitors from the East ern States are expected to visit that place during the week of the expo sition. We are gratifed to learn of the bright prospects of the exposi- ton, as it is an institution of great value to the Territory at large, and especially so to Phoenix and the Salt River valley.-Mohave Miner.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

The town is at present full of high-hatted and jacket-braided Mex jeans said to have fled from Sonora to avoid conscription. 4 draft of 3O,000 men is said to have been or dered in Mexico, and the boys not caring for conscript service. have come into voluntary exile till the quota of men called for has been tilled.-Tucson Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-09-06

Seventeen hundred bales of buff falo robes recently arrived in New York from the west. These are said to be the last robes that will ever be sent east, such being the scarcity of the buffalo at present. At one time skins were sold at $4 apiece. Now they bring upward of $25. few being obtainable even at that price.-Hoof and Horn
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
THE DUTCHMAN AT HOME.
Singular Experiences of n Traveller in
Watery Holland.


The average Dutchman's life is passed
between wind and water; when he is not
in his windmill he is in his boat, and vice
versa.
In most Dutch private residences you
can jump out OF your front parlor window
into a canal, and your back garden is a
wet dock. You can swim about your
pastures and plough your field with d
small steamer.
suppose II Dutch gentleman, when he
gives a dinner party, is obliged to take a
header into his wine cellar to get at his
peculiar bin; at the very least, he must
keep q diving dress for his butler.
The Hague, for instance, is a charming
little place, with Il thousand genial
homely attractions of its own; but it
ought to be called q city and water. As
you walk along any OF the alleys of noble
trees in the fashionable quarter of The
Hague, you are startled by something
gliding along close by you in a ghostly,
noiseless manner.
Have l, you ask yourself TREMENDOUSLY,
at last entered the lane of spirits? Not
at all; that dark and silent apparition is
a boat with II ma in it, floating about u
canal which you had no idea was hard by
your elbow.
If every Dutchman does not know how
to paddle his own canoe, it is not for want
of the medium wherein to perform that
healthful exercise.-A Wanderers Notes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28

just as reached the table q man rose
and | d dropped into his seat. Then put
ting my teeth firmly together, | thrust
both hands into my pockets again. | felt
as if every eye in the room was on me. |
know they were when an instant later |
drew out both hands full Of" He hest
tated.
"Whats" asked several of the party in
chorus.
"Greenbacks. Grcenbacks Of all de-
nominations from ones up to twenties.
Greenbacks rolled up i'll little wads, irreg-
ular in shape, size and value.
"Well, | was as much astonishcd as any
one in the room. know | showed it, but
1 braced up and pu5 handful after hand
full of good money on the table in front of
me. Then, my pockets being emptied, |
Strengthened them out deliberately and
then began to count. There was 1927 in
the pile before me.
"Astonished? Well, boys, you never
saw a man so astonished in your life. |
rolled the bills up in Il wad and stuffed
them into my pocket, and, as you may
uppos went and took a drink. Then |
left the hotel and steered for Blocker
street, where il those days there was a
restaurant that Bohemians used to fire.
quent. There l sat down to try and think
the thing out"
His story was apparently ended. He
relapsed into silence.
"Why you won your money at the faro
table, and probably cashed i'll your chips
as fast as you won, and showed the money
into your pocket. That's easy
ooh, yes; it's an easy theory" resumed
the typographer; "but it had all been
done when | was absolutely unconscious.
Notwithstanding the fact thatitwasgood
luck it frightened me, and / haven't
played faro from that day to this"
"'Twas II queer experience, surely"
remarked the journalist who heard the
yarn. "And | suppose that money was
the stepping stone to your present for
tuner" he added.
ooh, yes, of course! Fortune? Lord,
man, if you were as Door as am now you
wouldn't fire off such a remark as that.
Stepping stone t oafortune, indeed! Why,
when | came to realize that | had so much
good money l started off on q regular
racket
"What l did l don't know, and I've
never been able to find any n who does.
/ did manage to see the Grand Duke
when he passed up Broadway, but the
next thing l remember wasn't so pleas
ant.
at was the following Monday evening.
sat in q chair on the veranda of an old
hotel over in jamaica, with the wind
blowing great guns and rain II sleet
beating against me like all possessed.
There was no n near me, Il l was al
most broke | got inside the hotel and
got a drink to brace up on, and | came
back to New York and my case as soon as
possible.
"Now for the moral. Don't drink to
excess or to Inconsistencies. | might
have committed murder and not known
it. I may have been robbed without
knowing it. | got my money without
knowing it, and got rid of it without
knowing it. In fact the whole experience
was one that l know little or nothing
about to-day.
81 say, Doc, will you give me some more
bouillon, and give the gentlemen what
ever they wish"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28

A gentleman who is visiting town for n
few days carried to n "heathcn Chinese"
OF laundry procliyities IL bundle of linen
which lie wished to have washed within n
short time.
The washerman took the package
and promised that it should be ready for
Tuesday evening. The stranger was I'M
able to cali on Tuesday, but on Wednes-
day he presented himself and asked for
his linen, only to be told that it was not
ready.
"Not ready" he returned impatiently.
"Why, you promised to have it ready last
night"
Eyes" the Chinaman answered with q
smile as child-like and bland us his Ian
guage was unreproducible in print, but
you didn't come after it last night"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
He Ought To Re Trusted.

There are different kinds of pluck. They
don't always inspire the same respect and
confidence.
A man in Arizona sent up to a firm in
San Francisco for some goods. They were
to be furnished on credit, and he gave Il
reference in town. The firm called upon
the reference.
"Do you know this man in Arizona?"
"Know hims Certainly; know him
we'll"
"What kind of q man is hep"
"He's q splendid fellow; a good fellow"
Hes in business there, isn't he?"
"Why yes. He's an enterprising chap;
got lots of push and pluck"
"IIe's written to us"
"TNhat does he Want?'
"Credit."
''That's all right"
"Well we'd like to know what kind of
a man be is"
"What kind of II nal he is? Grit.
That's what he is. He's the kind of a
man who'd put up $1,000 on u pair of
deuces and never wink"
"Thank you,"-San Francisco Chron.
icle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
THE Il FORK.
This Now Indispensable Implement a
Modern Invention.


Modern Invention.
1t is difficult to realize what a modern
invention the table fork is. Queen Eliz-
abeth never heard of one. She had. it
Is true, a few dainty forks, %perchance
with crystal handles, for eating preserved
fruit at dessert. But long after her time
dinner forks were unknown in England.
The very earliest now to be found are
not older than the middle of the reign Of
Charles III.
The few early forks of the reign of
George /. are three-pronged, and but few
of our neighbors can show us four-pronged
forks much before the reignof George Ill,
from which time their fashion has re-
NAMED unaltered to the present day, ex-
cept for their handles, which have fol-
lowed the fashion of spoons, finishing up
with the familiar fiddle pattern" of
nineteenth century use.
Before the days Of forks the ever and
basin, which have now generally dis
appeared, were much in request after
every course; whereas now the basin
alone, with n little ~rose-water, makes it's
appearance at civic feasts after dinner, as
Il matter of fashion rather than necessity.
Four out of five fine old basins have no
doubt been melted up to supply the very
forks whose invention rendered the wash
ing of the fingers superiuous.-Murray's
Magazine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
SNAKES IN THE RAREBIT.

Containing n Hint forPeople Called upon
To Do Impossible Things.
"Do you know about Tom Sharpless
and his rarebit?o the editor asked. 1.-The
tale is simple, but it might comfort you.
tom was famous forthe delicious rare
bit he could concoct, and Mrs. Chatterton
was always declaring she must have him
make one at her house. SO aftera talk of
several years she assembled a chosen
of friends to enjoy II WEIGH
rarebit which Tom was to make.
''The blazer was produced, the hostess
explaining that only one of the burners
would light, but That's she guessed it would
do. Then n red Dutch cheese was set
forth, dry and hard as a bone. Tom did
not vince.
''Then Mrs. Chatterton turned from u
pleasant chat with one of the guests who
sat around in hungry expectancy, and
placidly inquired what else Mr.. Sharpless
wanted. Tom said that he sometimes
used ale and mustard, and things of that
sort, but he did not wish to trouble her
with anything so insignificant us his IN
diyidual prejudices in regard to the ma
terials proper for II rarebit.
"Mrs. Chatterton then held Il CONVERSE
ton with the maid and announced that
there was no ale in the house, but that
the maid would bring in some sherry, and
she guessed he could make that do. Tom
assured her that anything would do; it
really didn't matter so much what a rare
bit was made of. Some French mustard
mixed, you know-and q piece of butter
were set before Tom, and he was expected
to make a rarebit from such materials.
He gravely dug out a lot of cheese,
contriving secretly to introduce into the
blazer with it half a dozen of those dia-
bolical inventions called Pharaoh's Ser
penis. Somehow or other he managed to
light these; let them get started and
lifted the lid to expose to the view of the
company q nest of squirming serpents.
"The ladies screamed, INT for a few
minutes there was confusion enough.
And as soon as he could make himself
heard, Tom turned to Mrs. Chatterton =
you know the air he has?-and observed
politely; I'm afraid there is something
peculiar about this cheese, after ALL
And so he got out of making a rarebit."
Boston Courier.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
Bunco Women.

The bunco women of New York are
more dangerous perhaps to what is
Familiarity termed the hayseed element of
visitors from ont of town than even the
bunco man himself.
Passengers in n Broadway car were sur
prised shortly after a notwithstanding
gentleman with u hoary yellow beard and
a shrewd, curious eye got on the car, to
see "a loudly dressed and very wideawake
woman turn with u bewildered look and
say to him:
II am u stranger in the city, sir, and
am afraid | may lose my way. Won't you
kindly tell me where l am"
Flattercd beyond expression at being
mistaken for n city man, the venerable
one from the country smiled and told the
distressed damsel hat she had Gust
passed the p~ost-olice." That was where
the old man had gotten on, and he knew
that IL locality in town.
Profuse thanksfollowed and thefou ldc-
ton of a roguish conversation was laid.
When the wideawake damsel got of tho
car, the old man followed her.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28
TEA DRINKING AND THE TEETH.
Something for the Intelligent Reader "a
Think About.

Something for the Intelligent Reader 20
Think About.
Some years since, when on duty at re-
cruiting stations in the North of Eng
land, | took observation on the great
amount of disease and loss of teeth exist
ing among the class of men Offering them
selves. 1t became a cause of rejection of
itself in great numbers.
AS far as inquiries went | was led to
trace it to the excessive tea drinking in
dulged in by the working classes in the
manufacturing towns, and this went on
all through the day, whether with food
or not. In fact, instead of 5 o'clock tea
being the invention of the upper classes,
it was found to exist to an injurious eX-
tent in the working classes long before
that time.
Tea seems to have Il peculiar tendency
to cause hyperemia in the tooth sacs,
leading to Inflammation, and, eventually,
abscess of the fang, with, of course, len
tralgia at every stage. Whether this
special tendency was due to theme or
tannin having an elective affinity for den
tine it is not possible for mo to say.
1t would be curious to know if medical
men, practicing in such manufacturing
districts, had observed the deterioration
of teeth to be coincident with tea drink
ing.-British Medical Journal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28

The Real Secretof the unparalleled success
of TIE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS may b
found in t1o0 DISTINGUISHING eAa1uchef7Sl'f
which more thar anything else nave con
tributcd to its remarkable growth.
FIRsT:-H IS Daily Paper fer B@gy IfefA
The people ofthe busy Yves apprcclatek keen
ly the neccssityo Of an intelligent knowledg
of the worlds daily doings, but they are tof
busy to waste valuable time In searchin,
through a cumbrous" blanket-sheet new
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science, religion, politics, and t~hethousane
and-one things which make up modern CIV
i~lization. They want ncws-all the
hit they don't want il concealed in an over.
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CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF WOODSTOWN, N j.

Station and business, Well drained, good
No more desirable lots ever offered in
For particulars call on or address
E.. s. FOGG, Agent, Woodstown, N. J..
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-28

NO" said the housenaid, al don't
apologize to n imam when l throw q bucket
cf water down the front steps to wash
'em, and he comes along and gets
drenchcd. I've tried apologizing, but Pve
found there's nothing you can say to a
mar in that case VIII satisfy him.
Scranton Truth.