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The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE Tombstone Prospector is au- thoritp for the following: A civil engineer surveying in the noun. tains 75 miles west of Durango City recently, discovered the site oi an ancient mining distlict. Above 100 arastras were found grouped about patios of immense size, over grown with forest trees four feet in diameter. At the mouth of shafts and tunnels are immense piles oi ore, which show value of from $75 to $100 per ton, A company has been organized to follow up the sur veyor's discovery.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

Sterling King, who it will be re- membefed was arrested near Pay son by the late Sheriff Reynolds, and taken to Stephenville, Erath county Texas, where he was wanted for murder, was recently convicted of manslaughter, the charge against him having been changed to that offense. He received a sentence of 3 years.-Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

A WRITER says: Since indepen- dence was achieved the United States Government has been the largest owner of arabic land on the earth. The total area of the pub lie domain, sold and unsold, foots up 1,849,072,5S7 acres, and consti- tutes 72 per cent of the area of the United States, including Alaska. About 70O,OOO,0OO acres of land have been sold and donated, about 1,150,00O,000 acres remain unsold. As the area of Alaska is 369, ,530,000 acres, the area o,d, exclusive of thQt territory, is about 7S0,000,000 acres
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE Phoenix Gazette publishes a telegram from Tucson which states that ex-Receiver Fred. w. Smith, of the Tucson Land Office, has turn ed the money over, belonging to the settlers, to Wm. Christy, of Phe- nix, as trustee, to be by him turned over to Receiver Chas. R. Drake, as required by the government.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
IDgerSOll'S Religion.

New York Dec. 10.-Colonel Rob- ert Ingersoll, writing of another re- cent work on immortality, makes this most liberal statement of his belief in the possibility of g life beyond the grave:
 If we admit the existence Of a God of infinite wisdom and com passion we may say that there must be a world better than this. But how do we account for one worse than this? That is to say, if justice triumphs here, why not there? If honesty goes without bread in this world, why not in another?- Ger tainly God will be no better then than now. Still, it may be possi- ble that a God of intimate love and compassion will so reward those who suffer-through suffering it. self-that all that happens will be consistent with wisdom and com passion. Love and hope are uni versal. So long as men love and so long as they hope there will prob ably be in the heart and brain a splendid dream of immortality.
 'It may be that we live no more that we go back to unconscious ness, dust-and yet the heart will always say, Perhaps there is an- other life" But whether there is or not, let us all paint on the can vas of the future picture that de- lights and satisfies the soul. We know that in this world after joy come grief, as after day comes night and it may be there is some world where after grief comes joy, as af- ter night comes day"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
Eleven Men LynChed.

St. Louis, Dec. 14.-A Republic special from Cheyenne, Wyoming, says:
 A report comes to the effect that the people of the Big Horn basin Johnson county, have broken up the Kettle Jack gang of thieves and cut-throats by lynching eleven ot them and driving the remainder out of the country.
 Kettle Jack and companions ar- rived in the region about a year ago After being reinforced by number of desperate characters they begun to plunder settlers. A farmer and two sons pursued the gang and made a fight for some of ther stolen property, but were shot down.
 People living in the basin, some 300 in number, lived in mortal ter TOT of Kettle Jacks band,
 Jack made captive and forced into marriage the daughter of a leading citizen. Her father headed a rescu. ing party, but the rescuers were de. feated with loss of two killed and half a dozen wounded.
 Jack grew bolder and bolder unti the citizens determined to wipe out the outlaws. They succeeded 1T storming the camp of the desper- adoes and the lynching followed.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
The Silver Question.

The disparity in the values of the two metals has been largely pro duced by the Government discrim- nations against silver, fact which is greatly to the profit of the rich men who are the creditors of na- tions and extensive corporations. If silver were accorded free coinage like gold it's money value would be increased in proportion. The mints will give equal weights of gold coin for gold bullion refined, charging nothing for the refining and coin | age. Silver belonging to private parties can only obtain coinage by the payment of seigniorage fee. Silver certificates issued upon sil- yer coin or bullion deposited in the Treasury makes safe currency not subject to dangerous fluctuation as would be Treasury notes in case ot great foreign war. Silver is val uable in every country and is money in many. It forms an excellent basis for money currency. If our silver coins do not pass as money abroad, neither do our gold coins. They are only worth their bullion value, except to parties who are willing to take them at par. There is no reason that silver shall not be brought to the same basis if the Nation will sit. - New Orleans Picayune.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE St. Johns Herald is mum about Mormons in Apache county, Albuquerque Citizen.
 The HERALD has answered SC many misrepresentations made by the Citizen, that it has about come to the conclusion, that anything ii may publish in regard to Apache county, will not be believed by the reading public, and that it would be useless waste of time to con: tradict anything more emanating from that source.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19


 THE Democrats of the House ot Representatives at a recent caucus in Washington adopted the follow ing resolution:
 Resolved, That we, the Democrat ic members of the House of the Fifty-frst Congress, at the begin ming of the first session, hereby send greeting to the people of the coun- try an assurance of our continuous confidence in and devotion to the principles of tariff reform as en- braced in Cleveland's message to the last Congress upon the subject, and in the platform of principles adopted at the last Democratic Ma tional Convention at St. Louis that we hail with delight the emphatic approval of those principles by the people as expressed at the polls at the recent elections and pledge our
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

The survey for the Central Ari- zona railroad (formerly the Miner al Belt)h been completed from the end of their present line, 40 miles south of Flagstaff, to Payson. The route selected is said to be practic- able,and the belief is expressed that construction work will be resumed in the spring. The survey will also be extended south from Payson, but whether to Globe or Phoenix, or both, is not definitely known.- Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

am satisfied that Cancer is hereditary in my fam ily My father died of it, sister of my mother died of it, and my own sister died of 1t. My feelings may be imagined, then, when the horrible disease made it's appearance on my side. It was malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such way that it could not be cut out. Numerous remedies were used for it. but the Cancer grew steadily worse until it seem- ed that was doomed to follow the others of the family. took Swifss Specific, which, from the first day, forced ont the poison. and continued it's use until had taken several bottles when found my self well. Ikcow tt2t S. s. s. cured me
 Winston, H. C., Nov. 26, 'G9. MRs. $. 1T. IDOL.
 Send rFock or Cancer erd Blood Diseases,
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

IT IS rumored that the widow of Glenn Reynolds, who was murdered by the Apaches while on the way to Yuma, is about to institute pro- ceedings against the Supervisors of Gila county. for not providing her husband with 8 suitable escort. Such 3 suit, in our opinion, would raise some knotty legal points, which would be hard to decide.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
STRAY GOATS.

Come to my ranch about the 18th of October, 1889, 1lO head of goats, with the following marks: Some have right ear cropped and left split, and some are marked with under bit in the left ear. Owner can have the goats by proving property, paying for this advertisement and the cost of herding. My ranch is six miles southeast of Show Low.
 JAS. E. PORTER. I have in my possession some stray goats, which the owner can have by proving property and paying charges.
 z. B. DECKER. Taylor, December ?, 1889.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE Chicago Inter-Ocean thinks it is wrong for Marquis to contest the election of Lampson as Lieute- nant-Governor of Ohio. Mr. Lamp son is credited on the face of the returns with a plurality of trihe over a score. How much more wrong, then, must he those contests by eighteen Republican aspirants for Congress who seek to overthrow majorities ranging from 1000 to 13OO02
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

selves to renew and continue in Congress the contest for the reduc- ton of war taxes so ably begun and prosecuted by our Representatives and Senators"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

A GENTLEMAN who recently re- turned to El Paso from a prospect ing trip into the Sierra Madre noun tains of Mexico, reports the discov- cry of an immense cave, in which were found 800 pair of sandals over 800 years old and several skeletons of both men and beasts.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

Two additional suits, says the Tombstone Prospector, have been filed in the District Court of this county against the bondsmen of ex- Treasurer Ritter, to recover the sum of $3,234 21, which amount Ritter is alleged to be short for the years 1885 and 1886.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

J. ELLISON reports to the Phoenix Herald that the biggest strike made in Arizona has been made in the Black range, about five miles from Harqua Hala, by Cap. McCasey, of Phoenix. The ore is a silver glance carrying gold, and assays as fol lows From 100 pound mill sam ples, No. 1, or first class ore, gold, $154, silver, 12,500 ounces; No. ?, or second class ore, gold, $143, sill yer $500 ounces to the ton. The ground in which it was found was considered barren. The camp is all excitement over the new find. The ore is solid and resembles Silver King ore. It is in one of the best formations known to prospectors and mineralogists for rich contin- uous veins of gold carrying silver ores. George A. Davis, formerly with the Arizona canal company, is McCasey's partner in the new find. He looks for at least 1000 people in the camp by the first of January.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE widow of pr. Henry Hitler, of Wilmington, Mass, has spent $500,000 for shroud for herself to be buried in, and two caskets, one f, her husband and one for herself.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

ACCORDING to the Herald the eli mate of Nogales is pre-eminently excellent for the poor man. Here he needs only a linen duster and a mustard plaster to evade both the law and what little cold weather happens along.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
NOTICE.

As all cattle branded with bar on each shoulder, known as the lightning brand, or a running NJ on one or both sides, now belong to me, 1 hereby give notice that any one unlawfully handling cattle or horses in these brands, will be prosecuted.
 de5 5t JOHN SWINBURNE.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

DENYING, NeW Mexico, is becom- ing a great cattle shipping point. One buyer alone has shipped over 10000 during the season to the great northwest.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

DOM PEDRO, the exiled Monarch from Brazil, predicts that the effort of his people to form a successful republic will fail. He gives as his reason the want of intelligence in the natives of Brazil.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

IT IS said in railroad circles that Jay Gould is laying plans to cap ture the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

EFFORTS from New York and Boston week before last included 3,572 live cattle, 112 live sheep, and 15,3O5 quarters of beef.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
nnnral Nnnl Dnv 1

General Neal Dow, the prohibit tionist, is 66 years old, but still has a clear eye, a good physique and a wealth of snowy white hair.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE Knights of Labor recently passed a resolution that the matter or snOrUer hours stIUufd- be regu- lated by the law of supply and de- poand
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THE Argentine Republic possesses roughly speaking, about 2O,00O,OOO head of horned cattle and about 130,O00,OO0 sheep.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

TIE total value of beef, hog and dairy exports for the year ending October 31, 1889, was $1OO,341,740, against $76,6S1, ,422 in the preceding year.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

TALLER, who robbed train on the Guaymas road, was slot on the 9th instant. The Mexicans have a summary way of dealing out jus tice.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

WEST VIRGINIA is agitating the question of the adoption of the Australian ballot system.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

\ CAR load of Texas goats sold at Chicago the other day at $2.10 per :lead they averaged 76 pounds.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

Or THE 375 Senators and Repre- sentatives who sat in Congress in 1876, only thirteen retain their seats.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

A CLUB in Buffalo, New York, is trying to raise $3O,0O0 for a fight between Sullivan and Jackson.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

They talk of ship canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow to cost $35,OOO,OOO.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

THERE are 14,982 patients in the insane asylums of New York state.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

g7<EED In ordering Suits or Overcoats observe EsAF strictly following rules for measure ment: Breast measure over vest, cioee up un- der arms. Waist measure, over pants. Inside leg measure, from crotch to heel.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

San Francisco has a home for girls out of work, started by Mrs. Crocker,
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

St. Johne, Thureday, December i9
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

RefeFences-First National Bank of Chf- cago, capital 5000, GOO; Continental National Bank of Chicago, capital g, 100000.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19

ED. L. HUNTLEY & O., Manufact- uFers and Wholesale Dealers in Clothing for Men, Boys and Children, 122 and 124 Market St Chicago, III. 20. Box 66E
The St. Johns herald., 1889-12-19
Ask your dealer for Ed. L. Huntley 6 (
HONEST CLOTHING

IT our BOods Af6 aOb LI ULI5 LlsLIu5 UI 5OILd STOREKEEPER in your section, you can PRO- largest GiAIL.-OEDER Wholesale CLOTHING HOUSE in the world at prices that will MAKE YOUR eyes snap and KEEP YOU guessing how we can keep our goods. send to us and We WILL fur nish you Suit or Overcoat, express or mail paid, on receipt of price, We will win and hold your patronage if you try us with an orderI We have built up this immense business by our PAINSTAKING methods, and by doing by oth. CTS as we would be done by,
 ED. l., HUNTLEY & Co.,, Style Originators.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
BROTHER JAsPER's PREDICTION


Richmond dispatch to Baltimore Sun.
The Rev. John Jasper, cOlOred preach
er, made famous by his contention that
"the sun de move" announced from his
pulpit two weeks ago from last Sunday
that he had dream that terrible storms,
floods and loss of life would soon occur,
that on May 81 there would be a fright
full catastrophe. Everybody in Rich
mond is now talking about the fulfill
ment of the prophecy.
Not only did the freShet come upon
the James River valley on that day, but
the Johnstown horror happened on that
fatal Friday. Police Justice Crutchiield
said he heard two cOlOred men converSing
Saturday evening about 1.-The dream,
and they agreed that Jasper was the one
true prophet of the day. Scores of prom
inent citizens heard their servants relate
Jasper's dream, and the negroes were
looking anxiously for the coming of the
31st of the month. Jasper did not preach
in Richmond Sunday. He conducted
services in the country and has not yet
returned. A coal-bl representative
of the colored race said: 81 started up
to hear Bro. Jasper, but met the sexton,
and he told me about Jasper being out
in the country. l wanted to hear what
application he would make of his dream.
His dreams never fail to come true.
This one about the freshet and loss of
life makes the third dream to my knOwl-
edge that has come true. Jasper has
some gift from God to foretell what is
to happen, so he may warn his people
of the evils and destruction nigh unto
them"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
THE CAMBRIA IRON WORKS.

From the Cincinnati COmmercal-Gazette 9Th.
Some idea may be formed of the loss in
the COnemaugh Valley from the food by
the mere statement that the stock of the
Cambria Iron Company was worth 25O in
the Philadelphia market last week, and
yesterday sold at SO. There is not much
left of that great concern, the second of
the kind in the world, but the good will.
But it will be rebuilt. There is energy
enough and capital enough for that
The stock was owned chiefly in Philadel-
phia, and yet the people of that great city
are foremost in their contributions for
the relief of sufferers by the catastrophe.
Philadelphia deserves great praise
We may rejoice that it is a part of ouI
great country.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
THE FUTURE OF JOHNSTOWN.

From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Optimistic views of the disaster are be-
ginning to come to the front. Messrs.
Joseph Brown, of Bailey & Brown, iron
makers, and John A Harper, of the Bank
of Pittsburgh, were making an estimate
of loss. Mr.. Brown said, without seeing
the ruins, he felt safe in saying that $780,
600 would put the Cambria Iron Works
in good shape and very probably much
less. Much of the machinery is of pow
erful character, and would not be injured
further than by dirt and rust, and can be
readily cleaned. The open-hearth steel
furnaces would be destroyed. They are
expensive, but the buildings used by iron
works, generally, are not expensive, most
them being mere sheds.
Mr.. Harper stated that while the loss
in dwellings would be necessarily heavy,
it would not be nearly so much as most
people suppose. Few tenements about
iron works cost 81, 900, and most of them
considerably less. OF many of the bet
ter class houses the walls will be found
intact and capable of repair. Consider
ing the size of the place there were not
great many very fine houses in Johns
town, the bulk of the population being
composed of people of moderate means.
1t is possible that the JohnstOwn of the
future will be much finer than that of the
past. Aside from loss of life, which can
not be estimated by humanity, great ca
lamities have frequently been the means
of making great cities, the case of Chica-
go being notable instance. In Johns
town one thing is certain-the town will
not again be built in hole, so as to be
drowned by future floods.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
ICANNOT LAST FOREVER.

1 We word of comfort for you
Who on life's rugged road
Are toiling meath the burden
OF heavy, hopeless load.
1t will make your heart grow lighter,
Whatever be your wrong,
And give you strength to bear it
If you take these words along,
And say when clouds OF darkness
Around your pathway hover,
1.-The sun is shining just beyond,
1t cannot last forever
Just try them when you re wearied
By each petty care and strife,
By each little aggravatiOn
OF your common daily life.
When angry words are rising
That you can scarcely smother,
And everything seems twisted up"
And tied in knots to bother,
You Il find these words are like knife,
Each twisted knot to sever;
Then straighten out each tangle with,
ut cannot last forever"
Or if some great disaster
Like cyclone sweep your sky,
And stunned and helpless with the shock
Beneath the wreck you lie,
Remember no storm comes
But has clearing day;
The darkest night morning,
An end the longest way,
Then take those words to cheer you,
You II find them like a lever
To raise your sinking spirits up,
at cannot last forever"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-06-13
New Series, Vol. 80, No "a.
A MOST PATHETIC STORY.

Denver Colorado Letter.
A most interesting story comes from
Leadville, how few years ago, when the
great mining camp was in the pride and
glory of its wonderful career, there was
employed in one of the largest newspa-
per offices there weak and fragile little
hunchback by the name of Willie Hauk.
The boy, though delicate in body, pos
sessed the heart and sand of a hero. No
one knew where he spent his nights, but
his days were devoted to his duties
about the office and to selling papers on
the streets. In all seasons he piled his
vocation, and no mountain storm, how
ever fiercely it might howl about the
hills, had power to drive him into shell
ter if there was a possible chance to dis
pose of his papers. His shril voice
could be heard into the night, and when
at last the silent streets were deserted
little Willie Hauk would steal away into
the night and darkness and be seen no
more until the gray hills were touched
by the light of the coming day.
Year after year passed by and the boy
grew like shadow, a walking skeleton
of helpless infancy, scarcely able to
stand upright beneath the burden of his
papers. 1t transpired, however, that the
boy had an object in view, which no
misfortune could make him forget or
forego. The boy had an only sister, and
to educate her had been the ambition OF
his life The girls voice had long be-
fore given promise of fame to its pos
SCISSOR, and could it be cultivated by the
masters of song, the imaginative boy al
ready saw the world in worship at the
feet of his darling. Out of his meager
earnings the boy had already saved
few hundred dollars, and with this he
had established the girl in one of the
most famous Conservatives of music in
Europe. Thereafter every month saw
draft start upon its long journey across
the ocean and thus the sisters expenses
were defrayed until she should gradu-
ate and return to become famous sing
er, whose materialized image the boy
carried in his mind.
The girl had now been gone almost
four years, the letters which the waiting
brother received regularly now began to
speak of her return, when they were to
dwell together always, and she, with her
divine art, was to support the siekly
boy and to love him to the end of time.
The mountains changed from green
to white, and from white to green again,
when Willie Hauk lay down among the
shadows of the hills and faded from the
earth. The sister came at last, but the
boy slept beneath the shelter OF the
mighty range, and the silent pines kept
watch above his lonely grave.
That sister is now the celebrated Min
ME Hauk.