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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14
Ratified OFF THE RAILS.
Talked by Telegraph, Told by Train
Men and Taken in Transit

| The LIGHT has been made the recipient
OF an invitation to the first annual ball oil
the Switchmep's Mutual Aid society
! Alamo Lodge No. 1873, at the Casino Hall
Friday, Maya.
Jno. w. Goodwin, formerly passenger
conductor on the Memphis and Charles
ton road, is in the city enroute to the
coast to accept similar position with
the Corpus Christi and South American
| road. Mr.. Goodwin is a relative Of Chief
| Clerk Harvey Steele of the S. A. p. freight
| clerk.
The Office of Superintendent Merriam
| has been abolished, and that gentleman,
who has for some time been connected
with the road as one of its ableSt Superin-
tendentS, resigns on the 18th instant, re-
firing from railroad life altogether, it is
said.
L. J. Polk, traffic manager of the S. A.
p, went to Galveston Yesterday.
Supt. Innes. of the San Antonio division
Of the Southern Pacific, has returned
from an inspection tour over his division.
Seven cars of stock from Kerrville came
over the Arkansas Pass road yesterday
afternoon, going to st. Louis over the l..
q G. n. last night.
Eleven open street cars, for the San
Antonio Electric Street Railway Compa-
hys oiilNOu az Iuc odu huJOulO anu ATdH-
sas Pass depot yesterday.
Lightning struck the telephone in the
5. A. 2. freight Office about clock yes
terday morning, burning the wires and
completely demolishing the phone.
A car of beer goes out daily on the
south end of the line.
Fifteen cars of stock were loaded here
Yesterday, going north for the Indian
Territory, over the |. & G. N, last night.
Receiver Mcnamara, of the S. A. P,
has returned from Houston.
After the caStbound Southern Pacific
had left San Antonio yesterday morning
three of the passengers who had been on
board of the steamer ROmuus found that
they had been left Instructions were
wired ahead and the train was held at
Converse, twelve miles from San Antonio,
while the passengers took light engine
and went in pursuit. They were members
of one of the MOntezuma special parties
who had been spending the winter in
Mexico. In consequence of this delay the
train came into Houston one hour late.
Receiver T. NJ. Campbell is in town
again.
Peter B. Goodwin has returned from
flying trip to Houston.
Commercial agent Joe McMillen reports
freight traffic over the 5. p. as healthy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14
REAL ESTATE.
Deals and the Prices They Bring.

hS"hs anu thC HEiScs lucy DrinS
Denver and San Antonio Invest
ment company to c. n. Bennett,
blocks 25 and 60, South Heights
addition. ...................s ST., SO(
r. M. and L. A. Goings to A. G. Will
liams, lot 10, block g, Sharers'
subdivision. 1,5O(
Cslse Valenzuela and K. and J. Luz
jan to Bart j. Dewitt, north a
lot 4, block 2, south third range
South Pecos street. ......... LOO
E. Dreiss and p. Meerscheidt to J.
Reus, lot l, block &C. Frank ave-. 3U
E. Dreiss and Paul Meerscneidt to
Mrs. Anna Ruis, lot 2, block 25,
Silver street. Observation-Disclosures. 3O
John Sharer to r. NJ. Goings, lot 10,
block 6, Sharer'S subdivision. 25
f. MuenZenberger to John Sharer,
lot e. block s, Mittmarn street.. 2O
A. and E. V. de Leal to Carlos Gar
cia, lot fronting 60 varas on Perez
street. y............. 10
T. w. and A. Milburn to Thos.
Goggan & Bro lot 81, city lot 4, 45t
L. j. Trammett to Ellen c. Hitch
cock, lots 81 and 90, block 16 West
James Webb and wife by Sheriff to
Mary G. PaSchal, part of lots 3 "a,
block 10, Lewis and PaSchal's ad-
Chas. Viquet and wife to Gus Lowry
& Co, lot 36 block 3, city lot 49,. 80
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NATURES WONDER,

The only substance known that will
prevent tendency to Wrinkles or Ageing
of the skin. Preserves the tone, life and
transparent glow of youth. Prevents
whitening of the skin, drying up of the
flesh. SOC and Sl.OO at druggists, large
size prepaid by express for 800. f. s.
Wells, Jersey City, n. J. (6)
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Building Permits.

B. X. Sappington, dining room, ward 4,
$3.50.
Stephen DOlan. stable, ward ;, S15.
Jacob Schurch, shed, ward g.
Thos. A. Grey, steam laundry, ward 5
$500.
I. p. Walsh, dwelling, ward 3, 500.
f. Z. Kinchner, dwelling, ward 3.
f. SchelScher, dwelling, ward 4, $3.50.
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Before Judge Noonan.

In Judge Noonan'S court this morning
BasiliO MARTINEZ pleaded guilty to the
charge of horse theft and was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary. The
Balanzuela were dismissed, on account OF
the death of defendant.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14
Quick Meal" Gasoline Stoves

The stove which lights at once
Is the best one for the people
Is the wORder of the age!
Emits no smell, no smoke, no SCOT,
Is always ready for action.
Is safest and most improved,
Is so easily worked and so simple
On which meal is quickly cooked,
Is called "Quick Meal"
III. SCHULTZE, Agent.
4-11-lm No. Q w. Commerce street.
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Waste PAPER.

Since the gamblers have generally
agreed to quit playing and turning over
all their earnings to the "fee fiends,''
those ready printed blanks especially for
gamblers and gaming, is only so much
waste paper. So eager were they to pluck
the "old goose" regular printed blanks
were gotten up for the purpose, to save
time in writing them out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14

-SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. A
marvellous cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria,
Canker Mouth, and Headache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal in
lector for the more successful treatment
OF these complaints without extra charge.
Frlc &c soc, Sold by Adolph Dreiss.
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Will Visit Europe.

Judge c. L. Wurzbach and wife, Mrs.
A: Santleben and child, Miss Sophie
Wagner, Miss Pauline FrOboese, and Mr..
Julius Kaufman, Of Galveston, will leave
for Europe the early part of next week, to
remain some months.
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Mattings! Mattings +.
For Sale.

A nice six room cottage, centrally Iocat-
ed on good business lot 81 feet wide,
carriage house and stable, nicely i'm
proved, and very conveniently arranged.
Price s., 900, one half cash.
JOHN Z. HAMILTON & Co.
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WELLS HAIR RALSAM

If gray, gradually restores color. Ele-
CANT tonic dressing, Soc, S1.OO, druggists,
or S1.OO size prepaid by express for S1.OO.
E. s. Wells, Jersey City. ROUGH ON
WORMS. Safe, Sure Cure. 25c (2)
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Arrived.

Mrs. DR.. D. Wood, the world renowned
and highly celebrated queen spirit medium
iS,stayng at 303 Soledad st. 331 In
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14

Try no experiments.-Much time and
innnlte VeXation of spirit would be saved,
use Salvation Oil at once. At ali dealers
lOr % Genus bottle. Abbot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14
For Sale

Reiman's planning mill in good running
order, apply at Mrs. Gus A. Reiman'S,
No. 20 st. Johns street. 4-6-1m
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

This story may be recognized, as a
number of people have been at the
wrong end of the telephone. Those
who have been at the wrong end. how
ever, will not be quick to admit it.
The hereof course there must be a
hero-has apparently taken contract
to improve the manners of many Chi
cagoans, and he is trying to do it over
the telephone. He spends a good
share of his time giving information to
people who work the ting. a-ling" at
Chicago hotel.
Here is one end of conversation
overheard in the telephone room:
"Hullo"
Eyes, this is the hotel"
"Who?"
Brown? William Brown? I'll see.
Hold the wire"
A couple of minutes later.
"Hullo, tbere!"
"Yes. He's registered here"
I'll send up and see.
A few minutes later.
"Hullo"
Hes in. Any message?"
Jones will be over tonight? All
right; I'll tell him."
Then suddenly the young man began
ringing the bell like one possessed, and
the following was heard:
"Hullo, Central! Give me that man
who just rang Off.
Are you the man who called up
- Hotel?"
well, you're welcome"
Il say you're welcome. You forgot
to say Thank you,' but you're vel.
come"
Have to do it." explained the young
man, after he had rung off. II sup
pose he's tearing down the telephone
at the other end of the line, but the
next time he puts man to a lot of
trouble he'll thank him. Not one in
ts~snty--<1oss-ait--no 1s3s-a mon
chase all over the house and then say
Rats or something of that Sort
Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
the adjacent shore that small steamer
easily slips In between them.

| the adjacent shore that small steamer
| easily slips In between them.
In several places, especially on tho
outer islands OF the group, these soil.
| tary rocks are connected with the shore
| by natural stone bridges. festooned with
| clinging MOSES, that look like fairy
| arches flung out from the neighboring
| shore to please natures most fanciful
mood.
But when Louis Agassiz, the great
naturalist and gcologist, sailed among
these rocks on his famous geological
tour of the great lakes, some time in the
SOS, he looked upon them with moro
than a tourists eye, and recognized in
them the "old red sandstone" the oldest
stone known to science, of which Hugh
Miller, the Scotch geologist, has written
so charmlngly In his book of that name.
The scene which was before the eyes OF
Agassiz, as they fingered dreamily upon
the fantastic rock formations Of Sand,
Eastwood, Hermit and Presqus Isles,
was one of fearful grandeur, and one
which these very rocks convinced him
had actually taken place centuries be-
fore.
He saw the mighty forms OF noun
tains Of ice moving southwestward. with
such irresist bic and unmaginable power
as To scoop out of the solid sand stone
the bed OF the Chequamegon Bay, leav-
Ing here and there a break in its de-
structive path in the Shape of the islands
Just described. 1t was o scene the
mere thought of which must have
thrilled the soul of Agassiz strongly, as
did the sight of the actual and present
grandeur about him; and IL is not to be
wondered that an examination OF the
L axe Superior sand stone, which lies
close to the surface of the ground, con-
WINGED him of the correctness Of the
glacial action" theory.
At the quarry of the Prentice Brown
Stone Company, at Houghton's Point, are
plainly visible creases in the surface of
the stone, showing the smooth course
plowed and worn by the glacier in its
onward movement; and on the property
OF the same company at Presque Isle is
considerable area piled with prodigious
granite rocks, entirely foreign to the rock
formation of this region, and which
can be accounted for on no other
theory than that they became detached
from some glacier, which had brought
them In its Icy embrace from the far
north. There is, 1 understand, only one
place In the United States. other than
this region. where the ~old red sand
stone" lies close TO the surface, covered
with only thin layer Of soil; that is at
Potsdam, New York.
The Potsdaw stone, however, is too
broken to be proiitably worked, while
the Lake Superior stone has the COM
mercial advantage of being covered with
but slight stripping" OF earth easily
and chcaply removable.
How enduring this stone is may be In
ferred from the hardihood with which IL
has withstood for centuries the action OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

question regarding Their history?
Probably not one In thousand Ard
yet few questions, studiously followed
up, would lead TO more interesting de-
velopments, as / have good reason TO
know.
REQUIRES tourney of nearly 500 mics
known as sthe Apostle Islands" region.
These islands, twenty In number, lie
at the mouth OF Chequamegon Bay, on
the south shore OF Lake Superior, and
form one of tho most picturesque and
historic groups belonging to the Amerl-
tan continent
1t would he hardly possible for anyone
to thread the channels between these
islands, or skirt the shores of Chequame-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

the shore With the rear and rccoIl OF .
hundred cann0ns. would stir tho soul OF
duilard and cast q glamour over life
OF the commonest toll
To one who has looked upon the prIm-
tive beauty OF these islands, Il Is cheer
Ing thought 10 keep In mind that their
solitudes will probably remain for many
years unbroken by the whlr OF the
quarry "channeler. because the quarrles
on tbs main shore have only been In
operation for about three years. and NAV
DO said TO be only fairly opened, the
greater portion of their area being as
yet untouched; although their depth OF
valuable stone Is several hundred feet,
they are quarrlcd at present TO depth OF
only forty feet, and tho single quarry
mentioned has now standing In tho block
about 500, 600 worth OF stone.
But this Will quickly disappear, as its
market reaches from Kansas City TO
Boston. and from Winnipeg TO Philadel-
phia. The facts which enable the Lake
Superior browEstone to compete In tho
East with stone quarricd there are its
low cost OF quarrying, its facility for
shipment by both lake and railway, its
richness OF color, and its remarkable en-
during qualities.
But hereafter, when / look upon
front OF Superior brown-stone, its com
mercial and architectural features will
quickly fade from my mind and shall
see only tho wild caves and cliffs of the
Apostle Islands, with their rich setting
Of autumn foliage, green waters and blue
distances, shrouded in the smoky haze OF
Indian Summer. FORREST CRIssEY.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE

The House passed the Miner election bill
recommended BY the committee OF tho
whole. ON the LIST, by vote OF So 20 &c The
debate was at times very acrimonious. A
concurrent resolution was then adopted
that when the House adjourn ON the end IL
DC until Tuesday the 9Th. nc ss15 D. m.
The Senate passed an snti-railroad
pass bill. which not only includes
members OF the Legislature but State and
judicial officers ns well. The Joint Tax
alton Committee will report In favor
OF the California system OF taxing mort
Cages and return to the county system OF
collection OF taxes. The Fildew bill for the
repeal OF the Baker conspiracy law pissed
the House. The Senate confirmed the fol-
lowing executive appointments: George II.
fanford, Lansing. member Soldiers Home
Board, 10 MI vacancy; James Blair. Grand
hapids, member OF the Board OF Control
Tor the school for the Blind; Edward Ryan.
Hancock. member OF the Board OF Inspect
ors OF the Upper Peninsula prison.
THE Legislature decided on the I'd 20 adj
Journ until after the 9th. Just before the
house adjo burned Dafoe, Representative, In
troduced resolution reciting that the en-
ployes OF the State departments were being
taxed for campaign expenses and calling for
the appointment OF an investigating COM
mittee % look into the matter. The RS
olution was passed, and the auditor
general whom Dafoe accused sent for.
and committee appointed. The
auditor general stated that his clerks
had paid no assessments for political or
any other purpose. The investigating COM
mittee, OF which Dafoe was q member also
reported unanimously that no assessments
had been paid or asked for. The Senate
passed the Tilden bill repeating the Baker
conspiracy law. The bill had already
passed the House. A petition from Mrs.
Don nj. Dickinson and several hundred
OF her ladies OF State nroninenca waa Rad
Ii asks that the Governor be not allowed to
pardon men convicted OF criminal assault
and that the death penalty be restored In
Michigan.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
Plague of Locusts.

In order to check, if possible. the
annual plague Of locusts that devour
the heritage and blast the hopes of
graziers, farmers and fruit growers to
a greater or less extent in December.
the Victorian government proclaimed
November and 8 as holidays for the
scholars and schoolmasters in the
rural districts. in order that they
might cooperate with the settlers in
destroying the young locusts in the
early stage of their development be-
fore they have been equipped with
wings. enabling them to take flight
over the country to begin their work of
devastation.
With this end in view, preparations
were made in numerous parts of the
interior to destroy the pest in various
ways, such as by beating with branches
the beds in the fields where the rs vet
wingless creatures were known to ex-
ist, or narrowing the ground, or turn
ing focks of sheep upon the land and
moving them RAPIDLY about SO rs to
tread upon and kill or injure the young
brood, and also by spreading straw
over the plague spots and setting fire
to it. Recently the reports came that
the creatures massed Themselves so
thickly along some of the lines of rail
way that, although the brakes were
shut down the trains could not be
brought to stand until they had gone
half a. mile beyond the stations, owing
to the multitudes crushed beneath the
wheels, causing the train to pass along
as If the rails were covered with oil
The wheels actually slid along the
rails. In many of the northern towns
the inhabitants had to close their doors
to keep out the invading hosts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
SOcKLESS STATESMAN sIMP-
SON.
A Graphic Picture OF Kansas New Con-
cressman

A Graphic Picture or Kansas New Con-
cressman.
Jerry Simpson, the Congressional
curiosity from Kansas, is now one of
the leading attractions of Washington.
says a Kansan who recently visited
him. The sockless pride of the West
is about five feet ten inches high.
When he stands erect he looks as if he
were leaning against post. This is
supposed to come of his habit of lean
ing against posts around his town,
where, through ward politics, he was
town marshal for some years before his
elevation to Congress. The handshake
of Jerry discloses that while he may
be intended for farmer representa-
tive, he is not of the class of farmers
who report in person for labor in the
fields. His hands are the softest thing
about him, except his new Office. Since
taking up his residence in the capital
he has substituted gold-rim glasses for
plain wire rims. His hair seems in
clined to be independent, and stands
on end, each particular hair apparently
fighting for more room. The distance
between the hair line and the dark eyes
is scarcely equal to the average measure
ment. The facial angleis suggestive OF
a town marshal or rider of bucking
bronco. The mustache looks downward,
and instead of arresting progress in its
downward course by the timely in
reference of u barber, Jerry surren-
ders it to the mercy Of cigar "snipe"
and the incisors in the immediate vi
cinity. He has an emphatic malaria
complexion. The points of his shout
ders press forward and downward,
even more so than the average farmer
as he follows his cultivator on bright
spring morning. He does not move as
If he was trying to stop herd Of cat
tie on the stampede; it is decidedly
town marshal walk with q record of
"two DRINKS per month" He wears
number nine shoe without apologizing
to any one. The stripes in his "pants"
are very distinct, and run perpendicu-
larly instead of longitudinally. His
present stock of pants" shows broad,
yellowish stripe alternating with a
oh@stnsak. A@rral-- II aud
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
A spider stons n Mater.

The superintendent of an electric
light station gives strange instance
of the stopping of meter, and the ex-
PLANTATION of the trouble. On examin-
ing the meter, which was of twenty
light capacity, after lapse of month
in order to determine the quantity of
current to be charged for, he found
that the consumer, in the pressure of
business, had placed number of small
boxes around the meter, concealing IL
from view. As it was desirable not to
disturb them, it was suggested and
agreed to that the meter be allowed to
run another month. At the end of the
second month. the coast being clear.
the meter was examined, and it was
found that it recorded only five hours
since the time of the last examination.
This looked suspicious, but there was
no ground to believe that the meter
had been tempered with.
A very close inspection revealed the
fact that spider had spun its web
around the fans so that they could not
rotate under the action of the current.
1t appears that the screw which held
the cover to the top of the instrument
had not been put in. and that the spi-
der had taken advantage of the open
ing and established himself in the coy
quarters
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

these years, and is apparently as sound
as the day it was put into the piers.
When the stone is first quarried it Is SO
soft as to be easily whitfield with pen
knife, and contains considerable
amount OF water, or quarry sap" as it
is termed.
These conditions make It possible not
only to quarry the stone with great ease,
but also to saw IL into any desired shape
or size, by means Of immense "gang"
saws, made of strips of soft iron, onto
which are fed streams of wafer, sand,
and chilled shot.
The quarrying is done by means of
"channeling" engines, which run on
portable tracks and run set of three
drills on each side. As the engine is
moved along IL leaves two parallel
grooves about four feet apart and from
Stone 5essSt f. fes the tracks rae e1 Sss
laid crossing these grooves at right
angles, and the engines make the cross
cuts.
The last act in lifting these mammoth
blocks from the ancient bed In which
they have repoSed for uncountcd cent
uries Is completed when wedges arc
driven into thcm, at Ccpth correspond
ing to the desired thickness OF the ock,
splitting 1t from the underlying strata.
The strong arm of apondcrous steam
derrick is ways ready 10 graphic each
block and hoist il from the bottom of the
quarry onto small cars for the saw-mill,
or dock, or load IL into freight cars and
lake vessels for shipment in the rough.
To perform this labor requires n arge
amount of machinery and the labor of
from two to three hundred men.
At the one quarry at Houghton Point
arc not less than TIVE We channeling ma
chimes, beside the two large engines
which drive the gang-saws and the en-
gines which operate the numerous der
ricks.
One of the most curious machines in
use in the brown-stone business Is the
testing drill, operated by a small upright
engine. This drill will bore to almost any
depth and bring up cylindrical score"
of the stone.
Those who have this engine I'm charge
are often required to take it. on scow
towed by tug, to the most distant
Islands in the group and camp for days.
cutting roadways for the passage of
their engine into the ancient forests OF
pines and brches that have apparently
been undisturbed by the woodlands axe
from the formation of the islands.
1t was my good fortune to make such
a trip to Pressure Isle pronounced
"Presk-eel") on the tug which was to re-
lievc prospecting party which had becn
encamped In small tent on tho island