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The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29
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Steve Bryant came in town last night and brought the news with him of the killing of c. Smith, a brother of B. r. Smith, on their ranch in the Chiricahua mountains. The only information regarding the killing was that Apaches surround ed his cabin at daylight, and lay in waiting for him to get up. When Smith arose he went to the fire place to build a fire. having previously opened the door. The Indians took advantage of his back being to them and shot him through the door as he was in kneeling position. Af- ter killing him they ransacked the house, taking everything of use to them, after which they broke up everything in sight. The spot where the deed was committed is about fifteen miles from Fort Bowie, and it is supposed the troops from there were at once notified. The funeral of the murdered man took place yesterday.
 Thinking that perhaps the story  of the Smith killing in the Chirica- hua mountains might be a canard as regarded the parties doing the killing. the Prospector sent dis patch to Bowie, which is not far from the canyon where Smith lived, for information. The following re- ply was received this afternoon:
 FORT BOWIE, Jan. 17.
 PRosPECToR-Smith was killed in Morse canyon by Apaches. A cour- fer just arrived reports Lieutenant Clarke on hot trail. Nothing fur ther obtainable, s. k. DELoNG. Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

It is perhaps not universally known that Lieut.. Brainerd who has besn for some time past situated at Huachuca, was the sergeant Brainard who was one of the su:- vivors of the Greedy expedition and in company with Lieut.. Lockwood reached, so far as known, the high est point of north latitude-S3 de- grees 244 minutes. A recent mili- tary order transfers him to Stanton. -Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

Concerning certain pathological and ethnological discussions that are going on with considerable warmth, Mir. John Evans said, in his address in the British Associa- ton, that it will be for the benefit of science for speculations as to the origin and home of the Ayran fam fly to be rife; but it will still more effectually conduce to our eventual knowledge of this most interesting question if it be consistently borne in mind that they are but specula- tiOns.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The rise in the price of meat in Germany has not only increased the general consumption of horse flesh. but in western Germany has led many of the peasants, who have had to forego the meat market alto gether, to draw blood for blood saul sages every Saturday from the liv- ing swine. The blood is let into sausage skins, is sprinkled with fat, and, after having thickened, is eaten with sauerkraut for the Sunday din- ner.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

Henry Billings Brown, whom President Harrison has appointed to succeed Justice NIiller," said a local politician, "was born in Lee, Massachusetts, March ?, 1886. He entered the class of '56 at Yale, and was graduated when only twen- ty years old. He afterwards studied law and moved to Detroit, where he became so prominent a member of the bar that he was appointed dis trict attorney. In 1868 he was ap- pointed circuit judge of Wayne county, and held that position for about seven years. In 1875 Presi- dent Grant appointed him district judge of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern dis trict of the sixth circuit-a position he has held ever since. In stature the new justice is rather below the
 middle size. He is stoutly built and of strong constitution, smooth shayen andis thought to bear some resemblance to Mr.McKinley. Some years since Judge Brown married Mrs. Pitts, the widow of a wealthy Detroit merchant. She is a society leader at home, and is likely to be in Washington. Their home is one of the finest residences in Detroit.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The amount of gold now in cir culation is s35,OOO,OOO larger than it was year ago, while the increase in silver dollars is but $6,O00O00; yet the amount of gold in circula- tion is $411 100000 against a Treas ury holding of but S22e,000,0O0, while the silver in circulation is but s675,OOO,OOO against $32O ,5OO,- GOO in silver dollars in the Treas ury vaults.-Boston Advertiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

It has been determined that the resistance of the air to a bullet three-qualters of an inch in diame- ter,weighing one-twelfth ofa pound, is about 10 pounds, or 120 times the weight of a bullet at a velocity of about 1, 500 feet per second. On the principle of mechanical similitude it has been shown that 24-pound cannon ball fired with charge of 16 pounds ofpowder should acquire a velocity of 1850 foot-seconds, and that the resistance of the air would then amount to 54O pounds, or near ly 23 times the weight of the shot.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The counting of the population at the next taking of the census in Austria will be effected by means of an electrical counter. Different classes of people are marked on cards by means of perforated holes, and these cards are then passed through an electrical counter.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The Director-General of Indirect Taxes in France has just published the results of the vintage of 1890. It amounted to 27 ,417 ,327 hectolit- res, being an increase of 4,1S2,755 hectolitres on last year, but 2,260,- 768 less than the average of the last ten years (18SO-'9O).
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

At Elmira, N. r., Rev. T. K. Beecher recently preached the fun eral sermon of Mrs. Langdon, moth CT of Mrs. $. L. Clemens. Neither Clemens nor his wife attended, but listened to the service by long-dis- tance telephone at Hartford, Conn, 450 miles distant.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29
ReedIsm and its Effects.

In observing the proceedings o the var ous St te Legislatures hi year, nobody can fail to be struck by the extraordinary amount o sharp practice, tyranny and disre gard of constitutional restraints ex hibited. The situation is altogether unprecedented. It would be more appropriate to Central America than to the United States.
 In New Hampshire the Legisla- ture has been stolen bodily by Mir. Chandler, who has excluded some members and admitted others in accordance with his ideas of the exigencies of the case, In Conneti- cut the Republican House, whose majority owes its existence to the most extravagant gerrymander ever known in American politics, has re- fused to join the Democratic Sen ate in certifying the election of Democratic State officers who re- ceived not merely pluralitieS but clear majorities of all the votes cast. In New York the Democrats are said to be preparing to turn out Republican members of the Assem- bly, in order to give themselves a safe working majority. In Illinois an attempt was made to railroad a Democratic member of the Legisla- ture to prison on a trumped-up charge, and both the Republican Senate and the Democratic House threatened to turn out duly elected members of the opposition. In Minnesota combination of Demo- crats and Farmers Alliance men has ground the Republicans under foot. In South Dakota a similar combination has shut out the Re publicans and admitted Indepen- dent contestants. In Nebraska, for a time, the spectacle was presented of three Governors and Of Wrlts served on the Speaker of the House by force of arms. In Colorado the Assembly has split in two, each half having Republican majority. In Montana there is a Democratic and Republican House.
 What does all this mean? Have the people suddenly lost all the po- litical balance they inherited from fifty generations of self-governing ancestors?
 In our opinion most of these dis graceful proceedings are the direct fruit of the malign example set by Speaker Reed and his servlle ma iority in the national House of Rep resentatives. There before the who e country, the lesson was taught of unseating legally elected members, stifing debate and tramp ling on the rights of minorities. Severe as was the popular rebuke to these out rages their evil effects remain. It will take many a year of honest and quiet legislation to eradicate them.
 The tone of the House itself has been utterly ruined. Yesterday MT. Reed played another of his out rageous tricks on the minority and incurred a rebuke from Mir. Mills which, unparliamentary as 1t was, was justified. Even the Senate has been infected. The fate of the clo- ture resolution now under discus slon will determine whether we are still to have one legislative body fit for gentlemen or whether the smirch of Reedism will have to at tach to everything before it IS final ly washed away-Examiner.
 The rise in the price of meat in Germany has not only increased the
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

A determinate attempt to abolish ticket scalping has been finally or dered by the Western Passenger Association. Chairman Finley has been instructed to bring suit against any one found selling tickets who IS not authorized to do so.-Rail- way Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

Much as has been accomplished
 in the way of electrical inventions, the chances are that only the outer edge of the measureless field has as yet been touched.-Inventive Age.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

ACCORDING to the Stock Grower there are 1,S1O, 100 cattle, 3 ,492, 800 sheep, 344.SOO goats, SO,75O horses, 4l,55O burros, and 5,S1O mules in New Mexico.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The new census shows that there are about 75,0O0 persons in prison in the United States. There are, at least, as many more persons out of prison who belong to the criminal class, making 15O,OOO criminals or one for every 400 inhabitants.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29
OTerSt0Cked Ranges.

The Star is informed on good au
 thority that one of our largest cattl'
 firms is just at this time gathering two thousand cows and steers, ,whicl will go to California by trail, to bt pastured there, and then to be mar keted. We are also informed that as soon as these cattle are out of the way, possibly an equal number ot the same class of cattle will then again be gathered by this same firm and sent to the east, to be pastured in Kansas, and there to be disposed of later on Tn Chicago or Kansas City. For herd of cattle as large as this, to be gathered up here in Southern Arizona, off the range, and started out of the Territory carries with it an unusual degree of significance. As the firm is finan- cially one of the strongest in the Territory, this step can mean but one thing, and that is that our cat tie ranges in Pima and Cochise counties are now becoming danger ously overstocked, and the wisest and most prudent cattle owners are becoming fully aware of it and are acting accordingly. No eilinform- ed cattle man will deny that, as a cattle country, ours is without equal throughout the length and breadth of the land but this is no reason why our ranchmen should venture beyond the danger line in overtax- ing the grass supply, and thus en- dangering the large sums of money in live stock in this cOun- ty. That our cattle men of late years have been verging upon con- dition similar to this has been pat ent to all, and this condition has not only been not confined to this section, but extended to nearly every locality in the territory where ample grass and water, in proximi- ty to each other, invited our cattle men in the beginning to locate their herds. Our last summer season brought with it, it is true, the heav- fest rainfall for years, and this pro- duced such a grass crop, that 1t can be safely said that the physical condition of the cattle interest of Pima county was never better than it is today. This is we'll known, and it rejoices the heart ofevery one, because there is no industry more important than this one in our whole community. The Star also gladly congratulates the ranchman that his fortunes seem to be once more in the ascendant, but in wish ing him a prosperous new year it would not be doing it's duty, if it did not warn him not to overstock his range. Our cattlemen here in Tucson have been lately making the necessary arrangements to es- tabliSh a permanent cattle trail to California, Let them now see to it that they avail themselves of the spendid condition of their cattle and of their ranges, and relieve the lat ter whenever overstocked, and thus avoid all future danger,-Tucson Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29
Coming to their Senses.

The intimation that the customs
 force on the other side of the line
 were growing more chari table to-
 ward Americans going into their country is being daily reinforced by acts which make the assertion a true ] one. Yesterday MT. O. c. Smith re- ceived letter from the chief officer at San Pedro Custom House, telling him that he might have a wagon belonging to him which had been virtually confscated for year past. This individual case in itself is not the only one which is brought for ward to show the disposition of the officers, but there are in the neigh borhood of 150 similar cases which, to be made intelligible to the read CT, must be explained. There has been a custom in vogue to allow all wagons to go into Sonora by the payment of a duty ranging from S25 to $50. These wagons have been branded with the Custom House branding iron and that was considered passport anywhere in the State, and also allowed the own CT to cross the line back and forth without molestation. Upon inves- tigation being made by an officer sent from the City of Mexico about three months since 1t was discover ed that Bargeta, who was the chief of the San Pedro Custom House, had, contrary to law, been in the habit of branding wagons, giving no papers or receipts to show that the person had paid any duty, and had studiously avoided keeping any book of record to show that he had ever received a dollar from that source. Upon this finding Bargeta was dismissed from the service and an order made that all wagons in Sonora bearing the custom house brand, whose owners could not show a receipt for money paid as duty, should be considered as contraband goods, and not allowed to return to the United States in fact in many cases the wagons were seized and held, much to the inconvenience of the owners, who were virtually left afoot. Bargeta, we believe, is now held at Guaymas and will probably be punished for his peculations. The matter of confscating all wa gons found in Sonora without a re- ceipt for duty in the pocket of the owner, has been considered at the City of Mexico, and an order issued to allow all such to pass free from further duty and to notify owners of such that the blockade has been raised against them. It would be we'll, however, in future for owners of vehicles to get a receipt for mon- ey paid, in addition to the brand. Tombstone Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-29

The Academic des Sciences has. submitted a new system of musical notation of which 27 characters re- place the 203 symbols now employ ed to represent the seven notes of the gamut in the seven keys.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
THE CREAMERY.
To be In Operation In Mason Valley
Before Next March.


Senator Evan Williams and Mr..
Kaupisch returned the first of this
week from Mason Valley, where
they went to see about establishing
creamery. 1t is an assured fact
that the creamery will be built, and
arrangements are now being made
for the building and machinery.
What is to be known as the Cream
cry and Commercial Company has
been incorporated in Carson City,
with a capitol stock of 100000,
for the purpose of manufacturing
butter, cheese, condensed milk, etc.
This corporation will operate ex-
tensively in Mason Valley and
probably in other vallies in the
State. 1t has not yet been decided,
we believe, where the creamery for
Mason Valley will he located, but
it will probably be builtin the most
central part of the place. The
farmers of the valley have, we I'M
derstand pledged themselves 70 fur
nish milk from $50 COWS, and the
creamery will be of the capacity to
handle milk from 5000 cows, and
there is no doubt but that eventual
" the institution will be run to it's
full capacity.
The establishment of the cream
cry is the beginning of an era of
prosperity for Lyon county. The
full benefit of the enterprise cannot
yet be comprehended. 1t will make
a market for the large quantity of
hay raised, will furnish employment
to many men in different ways, and
will give the farmers chance to
sell something for cash. The farm
err who milks 25 COWS a day that
give an average amount of cream on
the milk will have an income of
from Sc to So per day, and by in
creasing his herd and killing off the
scrubs and putting in none but first
class dairy COWS, he can increase
this income to $40 or $50 day.
There is not the least doubt that
the institution will prove paying
proposition, for there is a market
for every pound of good butter and
cheese that can be manufactured.
When thesWashoe county creamery
was started. it was feared that it
would not pay for want of market.
Now it cannot make a tenth part OF
the butter it could sell. The same
with the Carson Valley creamery in
Douglas county. San Francisco
will take all the butter that Nevada
can produce, and good figures will
be paid for it because it is gilt edge.
No better butter can be made in any
country in the world.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
Tax Rate Reduced.

The Board Of Commissioners of
this county held special meeting
last Monday to consider the ques-
ton of reducing the tax rate. No
tice had been received from the
State Board of Equalization that
Lyon county property had been
subjected to a horizontal raise of 10
per cent. over the figures on the as
sessment roll as sent to the State
Board. The amount of the indi-
vidual raises in this county was in
the neighborhood of $4,000, and
it was considered that the rate
made last Spring-$215 would
raise more money than was neces-
sary to run the county government
1t was therefore resolved that the
rate be reduced as follows: On
General Fund, Zoe; on School Fund
&c; on Interest and Redemption
Fund, SC; making a total reduction
of zoe, and making the county
rate now $1.95. The total rate fol-
State and county is 1910 with ar
additional Toe in Dayton School,
District. The total amount of tax
able property in the county as re-
turned by the State Board is, in
round numbers, $1,785,00O, against
81 $4,000 last year. At the rate
now established about $500 will
be raised for county purposes, tc
which it may be estimated $4,000
or $4,000 will be added in revenue
from licences, polltaxes, State schoo
money, mining tax, docket fees, etc
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
The Musicians Guide.

Every music teacher, student or
music lover should have this vol
ume. 1t contains 200 pages Oval
liable musical information, with full
description of over 10000 pieces of
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sketches of over $50 composers, with
portraits and other illustrations.
Also choice selection of new vocal
and instrumental music and other
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THE MUSICIANS GUIDE, also sam
pie copy of BRAINARD's MUSICAL
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
THE DWEDSs Is.
Work Begun Again ard Extensive
Operations TO Follow,

Nearly all the machinery has
now arrived for the bucket dredge
that is to be put on the scow in the
Carson river to scoop the valuable
material out of the bed of the river.
J. II. Rae now has a small force of
men employed putting up the frame
work for the new dredge. He has
also contrated with Mr.. McCone,
of Virginia City, for a small 4-pan
mill to be erected on the river, and
will, as soon as other work is thor
oughly under way, put in a large
set of sluices. Some of our ex-
changes have recently stated that
the new dredge was to be placed on
a car and run on land. This is not
fact. The machinery for lifting
the material from the river will be
on the boat, and as this material is
brought up it will be dumped into
a Bennett amalgamator. After run
ming through this machine the stuff
will be run over a line of blanket
sluices on the river bank. 1t will
then be collected, and run through
pans in the mill to be erected and
thence it will be run over a Frue,
or some other concentration.
1t will be seen that the enterprise
is quite large one. More interest
is being taken in the scheme now
than ever before, and there seems to
be hardly doubt of the ultimate
success of the undertaking. The
company really has nest of mines
First it has a quicksilver mine, next
a gold mine, and lastly a sulphuret
deposit of vast proportions. The
system of saving the material, we
believe, is good one, and it is es-
timated that not over 10 per cent.
of the material raised will get away.
II everything runs smoothly, and
the weather permits, the river in
the vicinity of the dredge will pre-
sent scene of activity next Spring.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
serious Danger

Threatens every man, woman or child living
in region of country where fever and ague Is
prevalent since the germs of malarial disease
are inhaled from the air and are swallowed
from the water of such region. Medicinal
safeguard Is absolutely necessary to nulliiy
this danger AS means of fOrtifying and ac-
climating the system so to be able to resist
the malarial poison, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is incomparably the best and the most p0pe
ular. Irregularities of the stomach. liver and
bowels encourage malaria; but these are speed
lily rectifed by the Bitters. The functions Of
digestion and secretion are assisted by its use,
and a vigorous as well as regular condition of
the system promoted by 1t. Constitution and
physique are thus defended against the inrods
Of malaria by this matches preventive. which
worst cases of Intermittent and remittent To-
yerS
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
Cansumntion Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of simple vegetable
consumption. bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and
all throat and lung affections, also a positive
and radical cure for nervous debility and all
nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases. has felt it his duty to make it known to
his fellow sufferers Actuated by this motive
send free of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this
Ter N Y
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24
The World Enriched,

The facilities of the present day tor the pro
duction of everything that will conduce to the
material welfare and comfort of mankind are
almost unlimited, and when Syrup of Figs was
first produced the world was enriched with the
only perfect laxative known, as II is the only
remedy which is truly pleasing and refreshing
to the taste and prompt and effectual to cleanse
the system gently in the Spring time or, In fact,
at any time, and the better 1t Is known the
more popular 1t becomes.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-10-24

Orvis c. Ring, State Superintend-
ent of Public Schools, visited the
Dayton schools Thursday, on his
return from Mason Valley and the
South. He found many old friends
in Dayton, visited the schools, and
went on his way rejoicing.