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Minnesota's Great Discovery.

A Bohemian stonecutter of ST. Paul, Mimi,
named August Boorfried, has discovered
combination Of chemicals by the use
of which the hardest stone can be
dissolved and cast into any desired
shape, the casting being as hard as flint,
translucent and capable of taking on brilliant
lustre. 1t varies in color according to the
stone used, and can be had from bright red
to beautiful azure blue. While in the
fluid form it can be used for coating any
thing having stone OF CLASSY. surface. Mr..
Boorfried claims that car wheels and rails
can be made in this way. He will start for
the East in few days to secure the backing
OF wealthy capitalists.
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Death of a Noted Novelist.

Wilkie Collins, the noted English novelist.
who had been seriously i'll for some time, died
q few days ago.
William Wilkie Collins was born in Lon
don in January, 1924, and was the oldest son
of William Collins, r. A, the well-known
rustic painter His mother was sister OF
Mrs. Carpenter, noted portrait painter.
He was put in the tea trade, but left that to
study law. His first literary work was bl-
ography of his father, published in 1s4s.
From that time he devoted himself entirely
to literature, and published "Antonina, y
1850; "Rambles Beyond Railways" ="
Cash Box" 1852; 'sHide and Seek, !"
1854. Then in Household Words, "Af-
ter Dark" 1856, and 1.-THE Dead Secret"
1857. After that came The Queen of
Hearts" 1859; 1.-THE Woman in White, 1860;
.sNo Name" 1862, which appeared in AU the
Year Round; ''My Miscellanies," 1868;
aArmadale," 1856; 1.-THE Moonstone," 1865;
Man and Wife," 1870; "Poor Miss Finch, "
1872; Miss or Mrs. and Other Stories IN
Outline" 1873; 1.-THE New Magdalen," 1875;
1.-THE Law and the Lady" 1875; Two Des-
tinies," 1876; The Haunted HOTEL 1873;
t.The Fallen Leaves" 1879; "a Rogue's
Life. from His Birth to His Marriage" 1870;
s1The Black Robe" 1881; Heart and Sci
ence," 1888: II Say No." 1884; ''The Evil
Genius" 1856, and several novels recently o.!
now current in the periodicals. This record
of his stories is Wilkie Collinss life to Ameri-
cans. As dramatist he was not successful:
The novelist visited this country az the end
of 1878 and gave public readings.
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A YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
Cut His Sister for Interfering With
His Amusement.

His Amusement.
While Frank Hollywood, aged ten years, Of
New Bedford, Mass, was playing with an
old clock at the residence of his father his
sister Mary kicked thu clock. Frank then
stabbed his sister in the right limb with the
jagged blade of an old knife, severing the
conscious and dying. The boy was arrested.
While being conveyed to the station house
he tried to break away from the officers, with
the avowed intention of drowning himself in
the bay.
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MISS SALL1E l.. BULL, Of Alaska, has been
appointed copyist in the Interior Department
at Washington, on certificate from the Civil
Service Commission Miss Bull is the first
person ever appointed to the department
service from Alaska
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e. WILLIAM J. Fry, a well-known young
man in Allegheny, Penn, committed suicide
recently by plunging lead pencil repeat
-edly into his breast directly over the heart
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Storms and Land Slides in Mexico.

Advices from different parts of Mexico say
very heavy storms have been sweeping over over
storm was along the Pacific coast, and the
steamers Porfrio Diaz and Alata have prob.
ably been wrecked. After a five days
steady rain in the State of Vera Cruz, cy-
clone passed over the town Of Chicintepec,
causing great destruction, and, to add to the
terror Of the inhabitants, great land slide
occurred on the mountain back of the town.
part of which passed directly through the
town, cutting a great swath through the
buildings and carrying away everything In
its path.
A torrent of water then poured down the
gulley made by the land slide, and flooded
that part of the place not already destroyed
There was no loss of life, however, as the
people had warning and sufficient time to es-
cape, but the destruction in crops and loss OF
cattle was very great Two locomotives and
ten freight cars on the Mexican Central Rail
road were wrecked near Lagos. and Engineer
Brandt, an American, was killed, and Engl-
neer Garcia and Firemen Bolna and Mar
tinez fatally wounded.
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Washington.

THE American Consul at Kingston, ia
maica, has cabled that a riot has occurred at
the island of Navassa, and several Ameri-
cans were killed. The man-of-war Galena
has been ordered to the scene.
THE Cuur dAlene Indians have agreed to
sell $50, 600 acres from their reservation IN
Idaho to the Government for s50O,UO.
The Secretary of War has decided to ac-
cept the offer of the Indian Rights Assocla-
tion to purchase tract of land In North
Carolina for Geronimos band Of Indians,
and to establish them there in more civil
lied mode of life.
MAJOR THEopHILUs GAINES, Of West Vir-
ginia. has been appointed Chief of the Pen
sion Division of the Third Auditors Office,
and Z. L. Jordan Assistant Superintendent
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
SUPERINTENDENT KIMBALL, of the Life
saving Service, has recommended an increase
in the number of life-saving stations on the
Atlantic Coast.
AT the regular meeting of the Wonlan's
National Industrial League at Washington,
it was resolved that the women Of America
should insist on the right to be properly rep
resented in the great Exposition of 1892.
The United States ship Pensacola has
been detailed to convey the members of
the Solar Eclipse Expedition to st. Paul de
Loando.
The Superintendent of the Census has ap-
pointed Richard P. Rothwell, of New York,
chief special agent to take charge of the col
lection of statistics of gold and silver for the
X1th Census.
SEVERAL of the South American delegates
to the International Congress have arrived
in this country.
ro1 oSrr Su1rz, I'D Cliaf of tho R,,reeu of
Sati sites, at the request of Secretary Win
dom, las rendered his resignation.
Foreign.
A HEBREW family of six persons, at
Szatmar, Hungary, have been killed with
hatchets and terribly mutilated by unl, wn
persons. The motive of the crime was rob-
berry.
TWENTY students have been arrested at
Kieff, Russia, on the charge of being Mill
lists.
LORD MAYOR SEXTON, of Dublin, has de-
clared that Mr. Balfour's proposed Catholic
university will not divert hishmen from
seeking home rule.
A WAR fleet has been ordered to Tangiers,
Morocco, by the Government of Spain, and
10000 troops held in readiness to back its de-
mand for the release of Spaniards captured
by Moors.
The freedom of the city of Dublin has been
conferred by Lord Mayor Sexton upon Lady
Sandhurst Stanfeld, the English Home
Ruler, amid great enthusiasm.
CROPS in Austria are greatly damaged by
q heavy snowfall. Peasant cottages are
showed under.
THE British warship Lily has been wrecked
on the Lat .ador coast with the loss OF seven
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UNITED STATES TREASURER HUSTON re-
Gently signed two checks, one for 81, ,O0O, 600
and the other for S21, ,000, 600. The checks
are for money that has bean paid out fos
pensions.
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THE census of the City of Mexico, taken
recently under the direction of Governor
Ceballeros shows population Of 9.535.
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BURNT THE BANDITS.

Gendarmcs in Servia Crcmate a Wo-
man and Two Men.
In the Servian village of Losowiks, re-
Gently, body of gendarmes set fire to a
house in which party of bandits had taken
refuge. The leader Of the band, who was q
woman, and two other members perished in
the flames, after making desperate attempts
to fight their way out. The other members
of the band were captured. One gendarmo
was kiI48.
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more or less revnue, and 5000 of them
issue and pay mney and postal "-ders.
The Postoffice 'evenues are collected by
the sale of stamps. The Postoffice De-
partment issues ,hese stamps to the sever
al Postmasters, notifying the Auditor OF
the Treasury of he amount sent to every
Office, and this Office must see that OF
every stamp sod the Government gets
the proceeds. The moneys received are
not turned intoth Treasury like otner
moneys, but are Immediately paid out
for the salaries ind other expenses OF the
postal service. Every quarter the POST
masters, clerks, route agents, mall car
riers and contractors must be pald Wnat-
ever is due then, and proper receipts op-
tanned and sent to the Auditor OF 1he
Treasury. The Auditor carefully exam
ines every item, and allows only wnac is
due under the law, Or by the authority OF
the Postofiice Department, OF when ne
has been duly advised, and II there IS no'
money enough to 60 round, Congress mas
provided for the deficiency out OF the
general revenues.
Postmasters must also render an ac-
count to the Auditor every week OF all
moneys received by the issue OF money or
postal orders, and will at same time for
ward for credit the orders paid BY them.
The Auditor must see that all excess OF
money received at any office is at once
shipped to some other Office which Will
need funds to meet payments OF this ac,
count. He must also compare every paid
order received with the account OF the
issuing office, to see that the amount Is
properly charged therein. About fifteen
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
Doing a Good Business.

The F. F. Collins manufacturing
company, on Houston street, next the
bridge, is as busy as ever, turning out
windmills, pumps and water tanks.
1t would seem that the terrible rains
of the spring and summer season
would have had dampening effect
upon the business of the F. F. Collins
manufacturing establishment, but the
records do not prove it.
This company has now under con-
struction q, 900 gallon tank designed
for the Arkansas Pass railway, and it
Will soon be finished, to give place for
more work. Pumps and windmills
are beng sold daily, and the company
has received $4,000 feet of the finest
cypress lumber to be made into tanks.
Since the first of March to the present
date they have cut up 100000 feet of
lumber and made it into water tanks.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31


Grand drawing August Sd. 20
handsome dolls. A. PRESCOTT.
beautiful surah silks in all the
leading shades at A. Kahn's, SO cents
per yard. 7-ll-tf
Specially made of lithographing,
book binding and ruling by the Nav
erick Printing house. 6-27-6m
"A popular resort,-the Progress
saloon, 6OS-6l0 West Commerce street.
us tt
The Crystal Ice company do not
sell ice by the bar but by the pound.
Buy tickets and get $50 pounds for
S1.0O. 6-7tf
Eos- Bear in mind that Frank J. Bel
tel keeps builders hardware and lum-
Der, at the International and Great
Northern depot. 9-ll-ly
Trunk Factory, DOB Alamo Plaza,
Travelling Bags, Valises, Satchels,
Straps. Repairing done. H. Vogler
& Co. 4-25-lm
-Theo. Artzt will furnish the best
music for picnics, balls, weddings.
Leave orders at 300 Acequia street
IL I'm
Wall paper decoration, latest
style and largest assortment in the
southwest. B. c. Reilly & Co. 3-27-tf
When shopping make it your
business TO see A. Kahn's 80 cent
Surah. 7-11-tf.
If you want any money advanc ed
OH valuables, or on furniture without
removal, call on the Michael Loan
company, 403 w. Commerce. 7-7-1m
Ernest Dietzmann, cabinet maker
and carpenter; all kinds new work
and repairing done. No. 256 Market
street. 80 If
For sanitary work ring up tele-
phone No. IL Good work guaran-
teed. 1-l7-lm
AT 80 cents per yard A. Kahn is
selling beautiful line of all silk
Surah. I'll If
"A. Kahn has just received an
other shipment of all silk surah
which he is selling at 80 cts. yard. If
Fancy horses bought and sold at
Vogel's stables, opp. Menger hotel.
6-20tf
Try the Progress for fine liquors
and wines. COS and 6l0 West Com
merce street.
The progress" for beer, always
cold and fresh. COS and 6l0 West
Commerce street.
AT A. Kahn's you will find COM
plete and new line OF all silk Surah at
80 cents a yard. I'll If
The Crystal Ice company use only
distilled artesian water to make their
ice. Gift
Don't close your trade for house
or lot until you have first seen Ham,
bleton, Hadley & Co. 1t
Have your diamonds ..remounted
at moderate cost. A nice assortment
of latest design gold mountings at
Bell Bros. 2S1 Commerce st. 7:1Stf
Go to Little Red Grocery, North
Flores ST., corner Romano, for. best fe-
male Medicine, Orange Blossom"
where it is always fresh. 7-26-lm.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
REM 0VAL

Preparatory moving into building Commerce to
street. won't than 81 worth
of stock To accomplish that we have marked
article every department. goods clothing gents fur
nng goods carpets and mangs such wonderfully low prices
that will insure their speedy sale within the next fifteen days.
este per reduction in the price everything in the
house. This shopworn stock SALE but genuine bon fde sale
article stock and stock known the ceanes in
the city, everything and desirable,
Positively nobody should miss this great opportunity of
bargains before offered in the city of San Antonio
Everybody visit and for themselves whether
fifteen days. Remember everything
on the shelves goes Sale to last fifteen days.
sayEvery arce:marked in plain figures.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
Building Notes.

Messrs. Alfred Giles and Guindon
opened bids on residence for Mr.
McIlvaine, the lowest bidder being
J. B. Lyle, 81, 400. Also, on office for
Maverick estate, to be erected on
homestead lot on Houston street,
lowest bid being 1895, of Mr.. Boel-
hauwe, which was accepted without
vault doors). Mr.. Giles informed us
that the Joskes will be IN their NAM
moth store by middle of September
and that Mrs. T. E. Vance will move
in her elegant residence on Travis
park in about one week.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
Paying the Boys in Blue.

The United States troops at the
post were to-day mustered for pay.
Muster rolls will be sent to the post
headquarters, after being signed by
the men, with a view to payment on
August 8. Each company or troop
commander will choose his: own time
to muster. The post commander will
muster his staff Immediately after
guard mount. There will be no gene
raj inspection or review by the post
commander, but he will inspect the
band and post detachment.
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DkTT'C For Fine Drinks
s. O. BALL. 8 Main Plaza
Free Gift Distribution of Prizes.

Free Gift Distribution of Prizes.
How many kernels of rice are in
pint fruit jar? Best guess gets an
elegant dinner service, second best
fancy chamber set, etc. Ten prizes.
No charge for guessing. Prizes are
on exhibition in our show window.
If you are going to housekeeping call
on us, We can fit you up.
WAGNER q CHABOT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

-Tramps!
-Dynamiters!
Anarchists I! !.
Turn Loose the Bulldog.
The boycotters are going around.
The Sunset pay car, came in last
night.
-Jeraldo Pena and Louisa Andrada
have secured license to marry.
To-day the county employees were
paid their monthly salaries.
1T IN need OF any Surah Silk go to
A. Kahn's. I'll tt
Best Photographs at Callaway's
Gallery, Alb East Houston street.
American Hotel--LaredO, Texas.
$1.0O per day. r. J. SEE. 6-lStf
Painters and artists supplies.
3-27-tf B. G. RELY d Co.
-Purest ice in the city at the Alamo
ice factory. 5-2-tf
Deposit with the Maverick bank
and draw interest. 6-27-6m
-Chas. Boyle gets his musical in
struments direct from the factory. I'm
-Surah Silk 80 cents yard at A.
Kahn's. I'll tt
Maverick bank pays interest on
deposits. 6-27-6m
Buy your surah Silk alta Kahn's.
I'll If
-Drs. NJ. X. and F. NJ. Taylor, Of
Gee 402 Houston street. Tel.363 1l-6-ly
If you want your outhouses clean
ed ring up telephone No. II. 1-17-1m
"A. Kahn can sell you 60 cent
Surah Six for 80 cents yard. 7-11tf
City Sanitary Works clean vaults
and cesspools. TELEPHONE No. II. I'm
MIR. Ensign, of the telephone ex-
change, has been seriously i'll, but is
now convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Yerasch are re-
joicing in the birth of their first born,
aud Alderman Wultf is a grandpa.
San Antonio Rifles drilled on the
mesquite blocked Alamo plaza last
night.
-WANTED.-One helper at Seffels
blacksmith shop on Crockett street
7-3l-3t.
Mike and Joe's new beer garden
on Washington Square will be opened
tomorrow night.
The motions to dissolve the city
injunction suits will be taken in Judge
Noonan's court next Monday.
Mr.. w. l.. Lubbock has gone to
Austin to accept a position in the state
treasury department.
The fine table scarf ratified by
Miss Theresa Schumacher was won
by August A. Herft, on q throw OF AZ.
The anarchists and boycotters are
doing some free advertising for the
LIGHT.
The examinations for the Pea
body scholarships begins tomorrow
morning at the High school.
Lowest thermometer since yester-
days report IS deg; highest SO; at
noon to-day 81.
Mrs. Maria Trinidad Soto's fun
eral services were largely attended
yesterday evening.
"A Lecompte pear raised from a
7-year old tree by Mr.. Dan Sullivan
weighs one pound.
Mr.. Dullnig has some fine speci-
mems of porcelain ware made from
native kaolin.
Members of the Belknap Rifles
will meet at the Armory this evening.
r. B. GREEN, Capt. 7-31-lt
The S. A. p. pay car goes out to-
day, the passenger and mail cars go
out today, the embargo is raised so far
and all else will soon follow.
Manager Mutually, of the Grand
opera house, will have attractions
playing at both the Grand and Tur-
ner Opera houses during the fair.
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For Sale,

First-class family carriage and team
Of fine horses with new harness, horses
good trotters and gentle. Apply to
7-31 If HAMBLETON, HADLEY Il Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-31
ALE GRAND, M. D.

De PAcadame de Medicine Dosi-
metric de Paris, France.
Treatment sure, plain and easy OF
all diseases, acute and chronic, re-
puted as incurable. Guarantee to
cure all cases of fevers, in a short
time. Office 224 Soledad street.
Hours, from 10 a. m. to p. m. Speaks
Spanish French and Italian. 7-31 I'm
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MOrtuary.

July 3O.-Annie Mosely, % years,
consumption. ward 6.
July 31.-Thos. Talifero, 5 weeks,
inanition, ward 6.
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Furnished Rooms.

Furnished Rooms.
Southern exposure, new and pleas
ant, ) minutes walk from p. o.
Mrs. HAUEISON.
7-29 ct 20 Rusk St.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-17
THE KING OF GREECE
oas Of the Nost Progressive sad Demo
cratic Moasrehs of Europe

rr4hfr 1oUartRt OF Europe
King George Is one of the finest
looking monarchs Of Europe He 10
about five feet ten inches in heish. il
straight. well formed. and slender. and
his blonde head Is well sc, on a pair
Of broad shoulders He has a high
forehead. open. honest eyes. and q
long blonde mustache shows out over a
well-cut mouth He is forty-four years
old. but he looks ten years younger.
The Greeks pride themselves upon BE-
ing the most democratic people Of Eu-
rope. and there Is no more democratic
ruler than their King He extended
his hand to ms with more eo-dIaliiy
than dos Presideu, Harrison 10 one Of
his constituents from way-bacx- and he
put me thoroughly a. my ease His
frs; question showed ne tha. be keeps
himself sell Poetea On American poll
ties and American matters He asked
ne IL ! bad attended the Washington
Centennial celebration 81 Mex YORK
and expressed soue surprise thu, m
A8AA@ GAA~ -A[A u c4AFTAlZ
ooe=sioa lie referred 70 the Aneri-
can school which i. ROY in e~xi-,enc-
in Athens and complin@nted il highly.
he told ne that nothing had as vet been
decided a. 20 the excavations at Delphi.
bot said that Minister Fcara was
very anxious that they be made By
Americans Upoa ny referring 10 Ny
eenR and the wonderful excavations Of
DR. >ehlienAn he replied that there
vas still much RON for excavation at
that point and told ne tia, il was i'm
possible 10 appreciate the ruins which
arc It'll buried throughout Greece. /
spoke Of the new railroads and OF the
lsshmus OF Corirth and the King
seemed 10 think there would be no
1oubs Of their completion and that the
march Of Greece would be steadily o.
ward He spoke highly OF the pairi-
otIsn Of the Greeks. ard told me that
most Of the Gne buildings Of modern
Athe1= had been built from the doua-
lions Of wealthy Greek citizens in
Atheas and in other parts of the
world
The Queen OF Greece Is very dorae.-
tic. and she l. fonS OF her studies and
her children She Is ~elI-po<sed in
English literature and Hawthorne 10
oae OF her favorite<L She reads the
American authors aud the leading
American magazines are taken at the
palace She is a very good woman
and her chapel IS q of the prettiest
little churches in Greece-E. G. Car
penter. in Chicago lines
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-17
UNCLE SANS SOLDIERS


An Outiine Of the Daily Routine Of Mill
tary Life
The United States soldiers frs, duty
begins at $50 in the morning. at which
hour reville is sounded by the buclere
of all the batteries At this signal the
men all leave their quarters and form
in single file on the parade ground.
The roll is then called by the sergeant.
who also presents his morning report
to the Captain The report shows the
number of men on duty. the sick and
the absent Application for leaves Of
absence are handed in with the report,
and after the commanders approval
the men r all dismissed except those
who are to do guard duty The guard
detail is made out the evening before
it IS read out. and the men Who are ap-
pointed serve for twensy-four hours.
with 4 relief every VI hours
Tattoo is sounded Al nine o'clock.
which IS a signal for the men to turn
in and at e:l5 taps sound. at which
time all lights must be extinsuished.
unless q special order mas been issued
by the officer OF the day.
Besides military duty the soldier is
subject TO extra service. In onnec
ton with the barracks there i n good
sized farm. and the soldiers are fire.
quently required { throz aside their
guns for hoes and other agricultural
implements They also do all sorts of
outdoor worx. frequently imposed as a
punishment for some ofen<a
A soldiers wardrobe consists Of ,ro
suits OF undress clothing. one dress
uniform and helne. collars and cuffs.
shoes stockings. underwear and all
other necessary articles Of apparel.
furnished By the Government TO the
amount Of SGD for 1--WE yezrs-N. Y.
Star
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-17

But nov. after ALL said Greg
good-temperedly. pufsng away at his
pipA II think. as far a. you are con-
eerned, you might have left it alone
even nov. This all happened nearly
thirteen years ago; well. It's dead and
buried for better or worse What can
it matter to you what another fool
likes to say? What is the good Of it all
nov?-
what Is tho good Of & ALP What is
the good of any thing. Sydney
All. there you're getting beyond
me- old fellow. I'm not going into
ultimate conceptions al this time oil
night Perhaps l might help you-
Observation-Disclosures behind your heaa,
Hand me that SchopenhauerT
When. in the morning. Paul had 4
Characteristic scrawl from Greg. ask
ing him TO 90 and hear Faust" thai
evening. he knew instincsively that he
should go. and he went Without a
word being said about last night they
enjoyed themselves and understood
one another, and we're contented--Bel-
graviA