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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03

SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. APRIL >.
1880. Sealed proposals. in tripicatc. will
b" rccciycd here until T. o'clock. noon. ON
the 2d day Of May. 1880. and then opened.
for transportation Of Military Supplies ON
the following Described routes. in Depart
ment OF Texas. during the fiscal year com
mencing July |. 1880: Wagon Tramsporta-
ton, No. l-B"tWccn Maria and Fort
Davis, Texas; No. = Between Pcna and
Fort Ringgold. T"Nas: no 3-Bctwccn
SpOtfOrd junction and Fort Clark. Texas:
River Transportation No. 4-Bctwcru
Forts Brown and Ringgold. Texas. Local
Transportation. no. AT san Antonio.
Texas: No. G-At Brownsville. Texas.
All information will be- furnished ON an
UIicatiOu To This office. The United States
reserves the right 10 reject amy Dr all pro-
pu-aI- Envelopes containing proposals
Should Doc marked: "I'rDposaI for Trans
yurtatiOu on Route 80. -. and adj
dressed to the Undersigned GEORGE II.
WEEKS. Deputy Quartermastcr General.
L. :. A.. Chief Quartermaster. 4-2-Gt
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-03
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Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

Harry Brooks, of Troop D, lGth Cav airy, stationed at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, lover of a dusky maiden, killed her at Central City, within a mile of the fort Brooks subsequently, killed constable who attempted to arrest him, and fled to the hills, but shortly returned with the evident intention of further painting the town red, and with his winchester puneturea tue cheek of Horace John son, and endeavoriug to create a vacancy in the Central City post office through the agency ol lead, was hlm- self shot m the thigh, which termi- mated the fuslladc and resulted Tn the incarceration of Mir Harry Brooks in the Grant county jail, there to await trial, sentence, and death by the exc cutioner.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

At the district conrt at Solomon vile last week Judge Sloan refused to pst6ralize couple of men on account of their dense ignorance of all matters pertaining to the American govern msnt They will have to study before they vote.-Lordsburg Liberal.
 Judge Sloan IS less tolerant of igno- rance than the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States which enfranchised and placed the ballot in the hands of hundreds of thousand of persons whose ignorance IS the mother of their devotion. " Judge Sloan's position, on the ques- tion referred te, is to be commended.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The discussion of Crooks proposi- ton to turn the Chricahuas loose at Fort Slil, If it had no other effect. has dispelled the glamour with which Capt. Bourke, in his newspaper and magazine communications, and Her bert H. Bancroft in his pretended his tory of Crooks military expeditions in Arizona and New Me1lco, had invest ed Crooks reputation. His incompe- tency and love of adulatlcn have been pretty thoroughly exposed and it hay. ing been shown that the removal of the Chiricahuas to the Indian Terri tory would be attended with imminent peru to white settlers in New Mexico
 and Arizona, the suggestion is not likely to meet with favor in Congress.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

A lady at Hester Center, Iowa, was recently acquitted of the charge oI murder. The person killed was the Ole Bull of charivari party and was playing a horse-fddle at the time oI being plugged. The plea was just. fable homicide and so found by the trial jury. After the rendition of the verdict the judge made little talk, te the twelve good men and true, ex- pressing his satisfaction at their find. ing,
 Violaters of ;he public peace, in such cases, in this Territory, are, by the statutes, guilty of misdemeanor and punishable by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment in the county jail not exceeding two months.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15
A TIMELY PROTEST.

We have read the protest of Will, liam l.. Rynerson, Brewster Cameron W. H. H. Lewellen and George Christ representative men of New Mexico and Arizona, against the removal oi Geronimo, Chato and others of like ilk from Mount Vernon Barracks to Fort Sill, Indian Territory. The facts set forth are we'll considered, and in no particular can be truthfully gainsayed,
 The gentlemen referred to first called upon President Harrison and unburdened their minds Tn the plain est language that the question was susceptible of. which caused the exec utive officer of the Nation to prick up his ears, put on his thinking cap, and mentally ask himself, "Is it the part of public policy to comply with Gen eral Crooks request to remove the Chiricahuas from away down in Ala bama' to within tomahawking distance of New Mexico and Arizona?" Alter retrospecting in q western direction fer some minutes, he withdrew from the bridge of his nose Crooks specta- cles, through which he had been view ing the Chiricahua question, and upon taking a long breath said, gentlemen, desire that you present the facts, as stated 10 me, to the Hon. II. l.. Daws, Chairman of the Senate committes on Indian Affairs" In compliance with that request the representatives of New Mexico and Arizona then reduced their protest to writing and placed it where the President suggested it should go, where, no doubt, it received a respectful consideration.
 The current statement that Mount Vernon is unhealthy is contradicted by Gen. Crook's report January 9th, 1890, to the Secretary of War, in winch he said, This mortality has been much more than normal, and would seem due to home-sickness, change of climate, and the dreary monotOny of empty lives" Crooks reason for the removal ot the Chirica- huas as aptly apphes to very many thousands of whites, forced from their homes, melancholy wrscks, in peniten. tiaries, and thus denied the bliss which only centers in the mind.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

Governors Wolfey and Armstrong, and General Miles were notified to ap- pear yesterday before the House Com mittee on Indian Affairs and express their views in regard to the proposed removal of the Chiricahuas from Ala. bama to Fort Sill From the views alreaay expressed by those gentlemen It is morally certain that they gave Gen. Crook pet scheme black eye.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

Fred W. Smith, dsfaultmg Receiver of the Territorial land office in Tucson and now non est, IS reported as the son of William Smith, ex-C0ngress. man and exGOyernor of Virginia, to whom the so6riquet of Extra Billy" Smith attached in consequence of his many mail-routes, which were but lit. tie more than bridle-paihS, in Yir- ginia, over which the mails we're car. ried on horseback.
 Ben. Perley Poore, in his remin. iscsnces, has ths to say of Extra Billy" "Mr. Smith managed to SC cure large number of expeditions through Parson Obadiah Bruiu Brown, commonly called Parson Obadiah Bruin Beesway Brown, supennten. dent of the contract office of the Post Office Department. In place of the horseback system stage lines would he substituted, aud thiS service would be frequently expedited without much of yiew to produetivenesS, from one trip to three or six trips per week. All these expeditions were noted by stars (*s) at the bottom of Smiths vouchers, which, interpreted, meant extra allowance. So frequently did these stars appear in the Virginia con tractors account that ha soon came to be known in the Post Office Depart ment as Extra Billy Smith, and it nlhnro.l L. L,.., u, ftn,. 1irn
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The Tucson Star says: F. W. Ste- yens, of New York city, guessed at the time in which Nellie Bly would circle the globe. He missed the exact period by only two-6fths of a second He thereby gets the New York World 8 prize, which is a frst.class trip to Europe and return, all expenses paid, and S25O for pocket money besides.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

Gov. Prince, of New Mexico, at the request of the New Mexico Sanitary board, has issued quarantine procla- maticn against the importation of cat tie from New Jersey, Kings and Queens counties, New York. Ireland, France, Germany and Belgium, with out inspection, on account of pneu- ,nnnia
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15
According to the report of the Iui

According to the report of the Hi nois Board of Health, the grippe has extended over larger area with greater rapidity than any previous epidemic of which there isrecord. The total number of deaths in this coun- try IS put at 10000, and the rate of mortality was higher in Baltimore than in any other city.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The Journal Miner published the delinquent list of tax payers of this county, It fills nearly thirty columns of solid matter, and contains the names of over eight hundred tax pay CTS who have not yet liquldated with the county treasurer--Flasstaff Dem ocrat
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

General Nelson A. Miles IS now in Washington and, doubtless, will be asked to give his opinion in reference to Crook'S s prayer for tho removal of the Chiricahuas from Alabama to Fort Sill, Indian Territory. That he will coincide with Crook "in turning the rascals loose, IS not believed.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The U. s. Senate Committee on Ter ritories directed the chairman to re- port favorably on the Culloms bill, approving the funding act of Arizona. An amendment by the committee ex- tends the life of bonds from 25 to 50 years.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The total funded and floating in debtedness of Apache county IS $751; Sl376, and the value of property owned by the county, such as her court house, jail bridges, etc, is $27,- 700.-Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The Montana Democratic State Sen ators are now beyond the jurisdiction of the Sergeant of Arms, consequently the deadlock continues. One of the number returned by sheriff on the 6th, made his escape the following night, and is now in Idaho.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15
Notice for Publication.
Homestead Application. No. 4sO.
U. s. LAND OFFICE, TucsoN, Ariz. ,Iaularv lith 1Sg0.

U. S. LAND OFFICE, TucsoN, Ariz. l
 January llth, 1850, Notice IS hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the District Court, of Gila County, or in his absence before the Clerk If said court, at Globe, Gila County, Arizona, on February 24th, lSgo viz: Louis K. Thomson, of Catalpa, Gila County Arizona, for the W. , of $ W l of Section 26, and $. } of s. f. Section 27, Township 1, N, k. 15 E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and culti, ation of, said land viz;
 John H. Baker, Peter c. Robertson, and Niles AylesMofth. of A1ner Gila County, Arizona, and Charles Eads of Globe, Gila County, Arizoaa.
 HERBERT BROWN, jan1s-6t) Register.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The municipal election Tn Salt Lake, on the 10th, resulted in favor of the gentiles by a claimed majority ranging from soc to 500.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

The earnings of the Atcbison, Tope- ka X Santa Fe for the month of Janu- ary shows an increase over the pre- ceding month of $564, 900.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

Silcott has been found Tn Canada, bat the lack of an eytradition treaty makes hlm secure against arrest.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-02-15

KTRRyyOOD ACADEss 6- fs,rbnys), los An. geles. Cal Eadsio,nfaatsopat &s9 tn ss5it9, Inn fvfias opuns Sept h. J. Alonzo Fisher, 'E D., FrD.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03
THE MONTAGUE HERMIT DEAD.
Sylvester Hale Commits Suicide, Re
calling Guiiford Robbery Of 10
Wears Ago.

Sylvester Hale Commits Suicide, Re
calling n GuilfOrd Robbery Of 20
Wears Ago.
The Springfield Republican of Monday
last says The end Of a melancholy and
rather romantic life was brought TO light
Friday afternoon by two Turner's Falls
hunters, who found the dead body of Syl-
vester Hale, Montague hermit, who had
lived on Dry Hill" A revolver with one
chamber empty and a bullet hole in the
head explained the lonely mans death. On
his body was found watch, about $3.50 in
cash and the revolver Hale was about AZ
years old and had lived alone for some
time at the old Pike place, about q miles
from Turner's Falls. He was last seen a
week ago Sunday, and it is probable that he
had been dead some time, as decomposition
had set in. Many older residents remam-
ber the robbery ~ years ago, when Sylves-
ter Hale and his brother Henry, both of
Franklin county, stole about $1,000 from
Ira Kent Of Gulford, Vt, and disappeared
About two years after the robbery they r.
turned to their old haunts. and were ar
rested one night while asleep on Brushy
mountain in Leverett. They were taken
to Vermont, tried, convicted and sentenced
to 10 wears each in the state prison at
Windsor Henry died in about four years,
and after serving term Of nine years.
Sylvester was discharged He went back
10 Bernardston, his native place, but soon
afterward moved to Montague, always liv
ing alone at various places and working ct
odd Jobs for those who would give him en-
ployment Since his imprisonment DE
seemed broken down and at times had
acted strangely. His neighbors all speak
| kindly Of him and say that he seemed to be
| honest and conscientious He was inclined
| to a religious turn Of mind. although he
| never attended church, saving he was
good enough without going to sucl places. ~
| He refused TO eat meat, but lived mosLy
on crackers and cheese, as he fancied that
| almost everything else was 'adulterated
so that it would poison him He bought q
/ barrel of flour a few weeks ago, but never
/ opened it, as he said he found when he got
it home that it was adulterated He would
buy many other things at the stores carry
them home and then throw them away
without tasting or cooking, for the same
reason. He had other curious notions, ant
was observed to have grown more peculiai
during the past summer. He had no fem
| lily, but left relatives in Bernardston
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03

kicks and other sights and insults. as by
any worthier motive.
Late that night the Same trio walked to
the big house over the hills
Before they started out the man and boy
ate big supper and had plenty to drink
but Casey went hungry
II was so dark and foggy that Casey hal
some trouble to recall the exact lay Of the
ground, after the boy had entered the
house through window and the man
through the kitchen door opened hy the
boy. Casey was cold, sore from the kick
ing, and hungry. lie had been doing some
hard thinking aud when every thing was
quiet in the direction Of the house. he sud
denly arrived at a conclusion. which may
be attributed, according as YOU Judge
Casey. 10 a quickened conscience. or a de-
sire for food, shelter, and such tokens Of
regard as are not expressed by hob-nailed
shoes ~ stuiy s1e,ly around to the car
rage doors Of the barn and rouud small
entrance cut out Of the bottom Then
Casey knew he had not been dreaming TIM:
afternoon, as he was half afraid might he
the case lie found his way-easily enough
now-to the 'coachman's room upstairs
When that amazed man had responded %
Cesey's persistent tuggng at the heiclothcs.
nhh alult u lkNlt TIE W as "a lllle lIlENitnel
to identity his awakener a. the runt he sup
posed he hal drowned there was no mis-.
taking that curieus marking over the ewes
Casey had little diaiculty in urging the
coachman to quiet inspection Of the kitch
en- door and window, and then ,;aited con
tentedly when the coachman as quietly Gs
parted for help. When it came-two oil
cers-Casey signaled his companions inside
the house with a yelping which had the
suggestion Of joke in it and when his
companions ran plump into the officers
arms andwere nicely handcuffed together,
the joke seemed 10 strike Casey with fresh
force, for his barking was unmistakably
joyful, and it broke into very hysteria Of
mirth when the aroused housekeeper caught
him in her arms and exclaimed Lord
love us it's Rollo ~
Casey's hard experience in fighting for
life on the waterfront gives him an adj
vantage in warfare which he turns to
sweet purposes. He not only frequently
thrashes his brothers and sisters for the
slightest lapses from conduct denoting
proper pride of birth, but occasionally
whips his father and mother if he notices
any inclination on their part to neglect
those marks of respect due to his own un-
selfish and noble performance -Ed,rd'd
w. TOWnsend in He San Francisco ligo.
mint
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03

Of the renewal of business which hiss
taken place at the Nershire copper mines.
the settlement around which is ,acslly
known As "Copperiield," recent Dvticle
saws: This village was deserted immediate
ly after the miners riot Of 'SS.i. that has
since been given the name OF ;he FL
war The large copper mines. from Ahirh
more than 5000, 900 tons of ore "asi zen
taken in a single year, we're also. ioa-d
and soon filled with water In .n-T,
were 20OO inhabitants therr in ~ the
village was nearly barren Of life, the win
dows and doors Of the houses were broken
and vegetation of all kinds having zen
killed aud the hillsides blackered hy the
sulphurous acid gas from the ruastbeds
where the ore had been prepared for the
smelling furnaces, "Satanville" seemed an
appropriate name for the place. Two years
ago the mining plant was sold for few
thousands of dollars to some Germans, and
a small fortune was spent in working over
the old dumps. This proved % be Ia
losing venture, and when the Swedes left
the farmers came near abandoning hope
The situation has been suddenly changed.
and this is now one of the busiest villages
in eastern Vermont. The mines have been
pumped dry, and large gangs of miners
are working in them night and day. To
light the mines and the smelter, an electric
light plant has been put in. The houses
have been repaired and painted and are
now flied with workmen and their families
The opening of the mines has made this =
good market for the farmers, and the
abandoned farms will be wanted
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03
THE work or CONGRESS-.

The long session Of the Fifty first Con
gress has been one Of the longest on record,
and in many respects it has been the most
interesting and important session for years
The total number of bills passed by both
houses and affirmed by the President has
been 1885. OF these acts COG House and
275 Senate bills were for pensions to individ
uals. In the completed work of the ses-
sion, aside from the revision Of the tariff
and internal revenue laws 10y the Mckinley
Aldrich tariff bill, the following measures
enacted into laws may be named as the most
important The bill providing for the
monthly purchase of (, jO0, GOO ounces of
silver; the customs administrative bill the
dependent aud disability pension bill the
antitrust bill the anti-lottery bill the
provision for a worlds fair in Chicago in
1892 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of
the discovery Of America the admission
of Wyoming and Idaho to statehood the
meat inspections bill; the land grant for
feiture bill the original package bill; the
bill recommended by the international
Maritime conference to prevent collisions
at sea, and the provisions to add to the new
navy three line Of battle ships, one protect
ed cruiser one torpedo cruiser and one tor
pedo boat
Among the other public measures of I'M
portance that have been pushed to enact
ment during the present session lin addition
to the l3 regular annual appropriation bills
are the following Providing for the classi
fcation Of worsted cloths as wooden re
paaling the act of 1888 which withdrew
practically all the western public landi
from settlement, and providing that here
after only actual reservoir sites shall b,
withdrawn from entry, and that no on,
person shall, under any or all of the lane
laws, enter more than 320 acres to incor
porate the North river bridge company, an,
to authorize it to construct bridge acros
the Hudson river TO set apart as a public
park the tract of land containing the man
moth trees of California for the erection
of shops for the national armory at Spring
field, Mass to provide certificates of hon
orable service to those who have lost thei
certificates Of discharge for the establish
ment Of IA national park ON the battlefield
of Chickamauga for the relief of the Ms
sissippi valley food sufferers to repay tn
salaries of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives lost by the Silcott theft for tn
employment of 600 aud more clerks in tn
pension office to adjudicate cases aris n
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03
Give. Gen. Grou. the Credit.

lffom the New utk Man ana Express
The wise decision of Congress TO give the
people large reduction in sugar, and u
compensate the sugar interest in thi.
country by direct bounty of Il and tive
cents per pound, according to quality, meet.
with general approval. There was no bet
ter place to take off duties: and, on the
other hand, it would not have been fair t.
take away the protection hitherto afforded
to sugar growers, by virtue of which they
have developed large business. The
credit is largely due to Representative w
w. Grout, of the second Vermont district
for putting maple sugar on the same foot
ing as cane, sorghum and beet sugar in re
gard to bounty. His efforts were ably
seconded by his Vermont colleagues in botl
Senate aud House, and his proposition wa,
so inherently and manifestly fair that i
was adopted without any great opposition
The people Of Vermont appreciate Mr.
Grout's services, for they have Just re
elected him, aud he is one of the eight rep
resentatives-all Republicans so far electe,
10 the Fifty second Congress
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-03
The Lo.,er,'. Deaan. A..l,ude.
From the Boston Journal


1t is already apparent that the Louisiana
lottery is preparing in part to evade and in
part to defy the new anti-lottery law.
The New Orleans Times Democrat, mouth
piece of the lottery and chief Democratic
organ in the state, serves notice upon Con
gress that its Republican threats will be
of no avail, adding that "the company took
the necessary steps to prepare for the law
some time ago, and was thoroughly pre-
pared for it when it passed Congress. II
The Timts-Denocrat explains that the com
pany will transact its business in the future
through the express service instead of
through the mails. As for the section of
the law regarding lottery advertisements
the Times Democrat gives notice that it
proposes to publish the advertisements in
all its papers distributed in the city or sent
out by express or train, omitting it only in
the mail edition, which forms but small
part of its circulation. With these pre-
cautions, the Times Democrat is convinced
that the lottery and the newspapers have
nothing to fear from - this Republican in
suit TO louisiana" IL had better not be sc
sure about that, and even if the new Law
does prove ineffective, the lottery men
have not yet heard the last of the Republi
can Congress The powers of Federal
legislation are by no means exhausted. In