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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
NEWS OF THE COURTS.

COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
The following motions were sub.
mitted in the Fourth Court Of Civil
Appeals this morning.:
Louisa Hilburn ct al. VS.. John
w. Preston, to suppress briefs Of
appellee, from Atascosa; White
Sewing Machine Co. We. Pauline
Hicks, for certiorari, from Bexar !;
Mrs. g. F. Barnell VS.. Edward
Prince ct al, for leave to file GER
titled copy of pleadings as part Of
record, from Kerr; Edward Gold
stein VS.. A. L. Cans, for rehearing,
from Wilson; F. w. Mueller vs..
Mutual Life Insurance Co., to post
pone submission and for time to
file briefs, from BeXar.
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Blanch j. Rust, a variety actress,
is suing d. F. Rust for divorce in
the Thirty.seventh District court.
They were married in Lampasas
county May y, 1884, and plaintiff
alleges, she has followed the occu-
patton of an actress the past eleven
years, earning living for herself
and child, boy three years of age,
and her aged mother. She says
that her husband spent most of
his time hanging around the
theaters where she was at work,
and that when at home he con-
tinually abused her. She states
although she is compelled to work
in variety theater there is not a
spot or stain on her character.
OTHER NEW SUITS.
Thirty-seventh District court:
Mary Elizabeth Twohig, by w.
G. Berry, guardian, vs. r. U. Gull
berson, Albert E. Devine and p. j.
NJ. Hally, Partition of lands in
Karnes and Maverick counties.
Leonard Cara vs. d. Sullivan &
Co., damages, $500.
Forty-fifth District Court:
F. Groos & Co. VS.. e. j. Gallagher,
promissory note, 1907 As.
Z. +. Evans VS.. John Evans,
trespass to try title on premises at
the southwest corner of North
Flores and Kingsbury streets and
also on the house at No. GAL North
Flores street, and sequestrstion on
the property, which is valued at
5000; also, damages, $500.
G. Slocovich VS.. Frank Rieden,
promissory note, $500, and damages
$1,000.
William II. Weiss VS.. Louise
Stahl, promissory note, $500, and
foreclosure of lien on lots Is, 10, 20
and q, block 10, original city lot 49,
A. Whiting vs. ]. F. Cahill, prom.
issory note and foreclosure OF lien
Albin Seidel VS.. A. j. Henty,
trespass to try title on west half
Of lots Is and l6 in Albin Seidel's
re-subdivision of block 13, and
damages, ST. 900.
Exparte Joseph Sinner, to remove
disabilities OF rlinority.
Chris. Kiel VS.. Leanna Randell
and j. H. Prendergast, promissory
note, $3.50.
j. T. Burnett and Henry Erke,
vs.. the San Antonio and Gull
} Shore Railway company, promis
sorry note, $4,000 and for fore
J closure Of lien.
REAL ESTATE.
Mrs. A. J. Dignowity to }. NJ
Clemen ts, lot 8, block E, on Bur
nett street; 5000.
Mrs. A. j. Dignowity to VIM
Dawson, lot ID, block a, on Lama
! street; $3.50.
Wash. Wood to,S. G. Martin, 10
, 8, block 3, on West Commerc
street; $3.50.
COURT NOTES.
! Nose G. Harris, charged with ae
! sault to murder, waived examina
tion before Justice Jones yester
day.
t The county clerk issued MARI
/ age license to j. r. Hester and l
j. Alsbury this morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
New Yorkand Europe

The Mallory s. s. line offers to the travelling
public the cheapest and most delightful sum-
rner route 10 New York in their fast and pew
erfpl iron steamers, having cabin and steer
age accommodations unsurpassed by any line
sfioat sailing from Galveston every Wednes-
day and Saturday mornings.
EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS
will and this the cheapest and most desirable
route, making close connection in New York
with ali the Trans Atlantic lines Passengers
booked through to and from all points in
Europe at reduced rates. For tickets, sailing
plans of all steamships, reservation OF room
and correct information in detail, apply TO
W.. YOUNG,
General Agent Mallory Line and Agent for
all Trans AIlantic lines. 523 e. Houston st.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-24
REAL ESTATE.

Mrs. A. J. Dignowity to }. NJ.
Clemen ts, lot 8, block E, on Bur-
nett street; 5000.
Mrs. A. j. Dignowity to VIM.
Dawson, lot -, block =, on Lamar
street; $3.50.
Wash. Wood to,S. G. Martin, lot
8, block 3, on West Commerce
street; $3.50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
TO THE POINT,

In the course of a crusade against
the users of false weights and meas
ures the Philadelphia police last week
found manufe cturer who disnlayad
a sign over his shop door rea1lins:
''One-half peck measures. all shanas
and sizes made here" When inter.
viewed as to the exact meaning of the
sign he said it meant Just what it said
people wanted measures of different
sizes, and he made it his business II
give his customers what they wanted
lie made tin quart measures on the
same basis, too, he said.
The two sons of Marsh Mcdowell
living near Orrville, O., placed a line
with several hooks, with which they
had been catching turtles, in the eel.
lar. A few pieces of meat were left
on the hooks and in a few minutes alo
family cat seized the meat and hooks
She became frantic when she found
she was caught and ran into a field
where a COW was grazing. and in SOME
manner one of the hooks became fast
ened In the cows tongue. Both the
cat and the cow were badly lacerated
by the hooks before Mcdowell could
release them.
o1anville Wis, has a woman who is
afflicted with leprosy, according to the
state board of health, the sixth case in
the state. The board has decided that
the woman can mingle with the people
On the streets and even at church if
she pleases, and also visit her friends.
but that none should sleep with her.
1he woman lis in a pitiable condition.
her fingers are broken off at the joints,
her feet are affected and one eve is
out. She had the leprosy for over
twenty years in Norway, where many
or the people affected with the disease
come from. She has been in Manyille
eleven years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
WHEN THE FIGHT BEGAN.

Al old woman living some distance
from Mammoth Cave, KY, was SUM-
mCned the other day to tell as an eve
witness what she knew about a fight
at her house several nights before, in
which three or four people We're killed.
She mounted the stand with evident
reluctance and many misgivings, and
when questioned by the court as 20
what she knew about the matter said
well, jedge, the fust knowed about
1T was when Bill Sanders called Tom
Smith a liar, en- Tom knocked him
down with a stick of wood. One of
Bills friends then hit Tom with a
knife, slicin' a big piece out of him.
Sam Jones, who was friend of Toms,
then shot the man with the knife en-
two more shot him, en- three or four
others got cut right smart by some
body. That naturally caused much ex-
element, jedge, en- then they COM
menced fitin'."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
a NOVEL FOOT WARMER.

Mrs. Sam Dugan, wife of a farmer
OF Georgetown, O., had an experience
with huge blacksnake which she will
not soon, if ever, forget For several
mornings past on awakening her feet
felt icy, as if something cold had been
laid against them, but as upon inves-
tlgation she found nothing the matter
1t was dismissed from her mind. This
morning, however, the circumstance
was indelIbly impressed upon her
memory. Upon turning the mattress
IN making the bed she was mortified to
discover an Immense lblacksnake coiled
up on the springs. She hastily sum-
moned her husband, who appeared
armed with a club ready for the fray.
The snake showed fight and terrific
struggle ensued. Mr.. Dugan was fin
ally victorious. The snake measured
five feet in length.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
COLONISTS ARE ILL TREATED
One Hundred and Fifty Subsisting on
Beans and Filthy Water-Con-
tagiOus Diseases Preyalent-Un-
less Food is Provided Trouble is
Feared.

Washington, July 25.-Bad news has
been received at the state department
from the colony of American negroes
that went ITO Mexico some time ago
and settled on a tract of land near
Tlahualilo. A telegram received from
United States Consul Sparks, at Peid-
raS Negras, states that the negroes are
in a deplorable condition. These emf
grants from the southern states went
to Mexico under alluring promises
from emigration agents of comfort
able homes in that country, but from
all accounts they have been i'll
treated and suffered great hardships
from the time of their arrival. The
consul says that the negroes are scat
tered for miles along the railroad with
out friends, funds or food, living on
beans and branch water. One hun
dred and fifty negroes from the col
ony are at Torean in a destitute condi-
ton with fifteen cases Of contagious
diseases amongst them.
The consul says that he can do moth
ing towards relief and fears trouble
because the negroes are starving. The
department has tried every way to
afford relief to the negroes, but it is
wellnigh powerless, and it is prob
able if the unfortunate negroes are to
be saved from starvation, private aid
must be extended to them immediate
ly. The state department has no
funds which can be applied to MAIN
tain destitute Americans other than
seamen in foreign countries. The con-
sui at Peidras Negras, however, has
been told to render any assistance
which he can properly extend and re-
port any serious developments. The
American minister at the City of Mex
leo has been instructed to inquire into
the treatment of the colonists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
STAYED TOO LONG.
An Iron River Woman Found Her
Husband Married

When Mrs. Trevlin, of Iron River,
went to st. Paul the latter part of
August last, after telling her husband
she was going to Hinckley, she prob
ably did not dream of the trouble and
complications which the future held in
store as the result of her statements.
The TreylinS were well known resi-
dents of Iron River and three children
completed the family. The youngest
child was a baby and this one Mrs.
Trevlin took with her. The memora-
BILE forest fires of last fall destroyed
Hlnckley on September l. When Mr..
Trevlin heard that the town had been
destroyed and hundreds of people
burned to death he feared that his wife
and baby might have been among the
unfortunates. Taking with him mis-
two remaining children he hurried to
the scene of the disaster Among the
scores of Scorched and disfigured
cOrpSeS Mr.. Trevlin discovered a
woman and child whom he identified
as Mrs. Trevlin and the baby. Mrs.
Trevlin, safe in st. Paul, for some in
applicable reason failed to send word
to her husband, whom she must have
known would be anxious about her
safety inasmuch as he was ignorant Of
the fact that she had gone elsewhere
than Hinckley.
Returning with his children to Iron
River, Mr. Trevlin sold his business
there, disposed of his household goods
and removed to Fort Francis, Man.
After period of mourning for his lost
wife and little one was over he realized
that it was necessary that some one
should look after the two remaining
children, and after a short courtship
he married Miss Annie Varley, the
daughter of a neighbor. A few days
ago Mrs. Trevlin caused a sensation at
Iron River by appearing there, looking
well but worried. Learning that her
husband had moved to Fort Francis,
she went there only to find a new wife
in her place. There was a scene, but
Miss Marley concluded to abdicate and
Mrs. Trevlin has resumed her place in
the affections of her husband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01

Of the land and building of the Boston
library was 1866 900. The Chicago uni
versity has a library of $4,000 vol
umes. The NeNberry library on the
North side near Lincoln park, has 49,
900 volumes. Both are exceeded -,
the Congressional library in Wash
ingt0n, established in 1902. It con-
tains $4,000 volumes and 10000 PAM
phlets, and the present rate of increase
is $1,000 volumes and 5000 pamphlets
a year. One of the boasts of the con-
ductors Of this library, richer than any
other in American books and books on
American subjects, is that it is one Of
the very few ire-proof libraries in the
world.
Following New York, should the pro-
posed consolidation be effected, among
the libraries Of Europe would come the
Royal Vienna library, 100000 volumes;
COpenha gen library, 100000; library of
the Vatican in Rome, $4,000, and the
! library of Oxford university, 800, 900.
beside many valuable manuscripts.
j The Importance and utility of a library
is not, of course, to be guaged wholly
by the number Of books on it's shelves.
A we'll assorted and judiciously made
collection Of 100000 may be Of much
greater value than a collection Of
100000 indiscriminately chosen. In
Europe much importance is attached
to editions of a standard work.
Whel cas- in the United States editions
count for little: it is the book itself
which is regarded.
New York nay not stand as high as
some foreign cities in respect to the
total number Of books in any one
library, but on the other hand, the OPP
portunitieS for general reading are
very widely diffused The Mercantile
library has 245,OOO books; the New
| York Historical library, 100000; the
New York Society library, 10000; the
Columbia College library, 100000: the
Maimonides library, 10000; the Cooper
Union library, $4,000: the Young Mems
Christian association, $4,000; and the
Mechanics and Tradesmen's library,
$4,000.
There are in all the libraries Of the
World-exclusive Of private libraries
and book store collections 1000, 900
volumes. In 1916, exactly half a CEN
fury ago, the number of volumes in all
the public libraries of the world, was
20,O00,00O, so that in the last century
the number of books may be said to
have doubled. This increase is in
great measure due to the remarkab BILE
cheapening in the cost of bookmaking.
incidentally this cheapening has
served to retard the growth of circu-
lating libraries, for when a novel
which cost 81 % can now be purchased
for % cents the incentive to subscribe
to a circulating library is much re-
duced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
FIRST SALUTE OF OUR FLAG

In Quiberon bay there was a great
French fleet under the command of
Admiral La Motte-Picquet, and from
him Paul Jones obtained what he
claimed to be the first foreign salute
ever given the American flag. 1t is
true that the governor of one of the
Dutch West India islands had got in
trouble the year before for saluting
the American flag; but La Motto
Picquets was undoubtedly the first di-
rect and unqualified salute. 1t was not
obtained without some address as well
as boldness ON Paul Jones part, as the
alliance between France and the
United States was not then signed: but
when the French admiral agreed to
salute, he did it courteously, paying
the compliment of haviD" his guns al
ready manned when Pa. al Jones sailed
through the fleet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
THE LORDS PRAYER.

oh! Father, hear our prayer;
Thy name all hallOW ed be;
Thy kingdom come; thy will be done
In heaven, and earth, and sea.
Give unto US, this day,
Our daily NEED of bread;
Our treSpaSseS forgive. as we
Eorgiy round us shed
Oh lead our wandering feet
Far from temptations way,
And grant deliverance, unto US,
From every evil day.
For thine the kingdom is,
Of angels and of men;
Thy power and glory shall be praised
FOrevermore Amen.
Nicholas Joseph Wander Weyde.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
IMPRESSION.

In these restrained and careful times
Our knowledge petrifies our rhymes.
All! for the reckless fire men had
When it was witty to be mad.
When wild conceits were piled in
scores,
And lit by faring metaphors,
When all was crazed and out of tune,
Yet held the music of the moon.
If we could dare to write as i'll
AS some whose voices haunt us still,
Perhaps even we might call our own
Their deep enchanting undertone.
We are too difttdent and rice,
Too learned, and too Oyer-wi5e,
Too much afraid Of faults, to be
The flutes of bold sincerity.
For, as this sweet life passes by,
We blink, and nod with critic eye;
We've no words rude enough to give
Its charm, 50 frank and fugitive.
The green and scarlet of the park,
The undula5ing streets at dark,
The brown smoke blown across the
blue,
This crowded city we walk through;
The pallid faces full of pain,
The field smell of the passing rain,
The laughter, longing, perfume, strife,
The daily spectacle of life:
All! how shall this be given, in rhyme,
By rhymsters of a knowing time?
All! for the age when verse was glad,
Being godlike, to be bad and mad.
Edmund GoSSe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01

look into those dying eyes had changed
JOS doubt to faith.
At the street door he ran into a stout
little person carrying a square medi-
cine case. Jo, graSping the situation
and the doctor at one and the same
time, asked him, as they mounted the
stairs, enough hurried questions to
keep the little man busy answering
him all the way to the top.
Yes, poor young devil, vouchsafed
the doctor as he stopped to take a
breath upon the lest landing, there's
a chance for him, very slight one, but
not if he stays cooped up in this
beastly hole. l did the best l could
when l stumbled in on him on my
rounds. His fever was raging, and, as
he needed a few things besides tur-
pentfne, brushes, and a few tubes Of
paint, i took a costly little watch
found among his otherwise sortlid pos
sessions and pawned it for him, in his
name, at the pawnbroker'S. Life is
worth a million of such trinkets to a
man, and now that he has found
friends-or rather they have found him
he will certainly be able to redeem
it. There's the ticket, sir-please ltake
care Of it for him. Here we are
Cupid must certainly have proved a
most effective and able second in the
doctors little game of who ms"
for Jack crept slowly but surely back
from the very brink of the echoless
shore, and in due time, set to painting
pictures away up in the sky-lighted
attic of his mother-in-law's home on
FOrty7SiXth street
AS for 10, it has occurred to him that
it might actually be possible for two
people living in the great metropolis to
bear the same name, and that he was
bit hasty in concluding that the very
promising young landscapist, Jack
Stuart, and the Jack Stuart now enjoy
ing the hospitality of Sing Sing were
one and the same Chicago
News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
LIONS LACK SELF-CONFIDENCE

Though the lion possesses colossal
strength it is wanting in confidence in
itself. Indeed, its distrust is excess
sive. 1t frequently happens that,
against its inclination, it leaves a prey
which it deems to have been too easily
obtained, suspecting it to be a bait.
Frequently, owing to this, man and
animal, who have been the defenseless
prey on the ground, have been aban-
doned by the brute, and have thus
miraculously escaped what seemed
certain death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
FAVORS SAN FRANCISCO.

Augusta, Me-, July 27.-Joseph S.
Manley says that the rational repub-
lican committee will meet in Wash
ington in December to select the place
and date for the next republican con-
vention instead of in November as has
been stated. Manlcy favors holding
the convention in San Francisco.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD.
New York's Position in the Event of
a Proposed Consolidation.

1t has been assumed by some per-
sons that the proposed consolidation of
the Astor and LenoX libraries with
the Tilden library would assure to
New York library larger than that
possessed by any other city. This is
mistake, according to the New York
Sun. The Astor library, incorporated
in 1910, has 100000 volumes; the
LenoN library, incorporated in 1870,
has 10000 volumes, and the beQuest of
Mr.. Tilden, it is computed, would per-
NIT the purchase of 100000 volumes
without duplicating the books in the
possession of either the Astor or the
LenoX library. This would bring the
total of books in the three institutions
to $4,000. But the Paris library.
which, in some respects ?aymt I?xao
of volumes, stand at the head of all
others, has now 100000 books. The
Imperial library of st. Petersburg has
100000 and the Munich library has
$4,000. The Royal --orary in Berlin
has 100000, and the Dresden library
525,000 so that New York, under the
proposed consolidation, would rank
seventh as compared with European
cities.
AT the present time New York does
not rank high for libraries, even
among the cities Of the United States.
The Boston Public library, started by
the benefactions of Joshua Bates.
Boston banker, who lived in London.
and aided afterward by George Pea
body, has $1,000 books. Mr.. Bates
contribution was $4,000, and the cost
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01

try paper boats are in use. Nor must
the necessary sewer pipe be forgot en-
PAPER pipes for carrying water. steam
or electricity are not uncommon. AS
conduits for electricity they are con-
sldered safe, even though the wire be
not lnsulated.-New York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
KILLED BY HER BROTHER.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 27.-The
body of little Maggie Craigie, the IA
year-old daughter Of Capt. Charles
Craigie Of the Minneapolis fire de-
partment, was found with the top of
the head blown off by charge from
a shotgun. Her S-year-old brother
confessed that he had killed the girl
by accident
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
A FORTUNE INVOLVED.

Trempealeau, Wis, July 27.-The
contest over the will of Henry Rhodes,
decea sed, has been adjourned till Sep
TENDER 3. The contestants are Willis
and Julius Rhodes. The estate is val
ued at $4,000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01
DOE AND THEBO-HOYS
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
WAR VISITS OSHKOSH.
LOOKS INTO FOX RIVER

And Starts Down Stream-He Tells
What the Government Has Ex-
River for, but Nevertheless Osh-
kosh Men Fear a Compromise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-06
FOREST FIRES STILL BURNING.
Town of Glen Hazel, Near Bradford,
Pa, Is Threatened.

BRADFORD, Pa, May 5.-The most de-
structve forest fires known in this sectionfor
years have ragged for the pas; week. About
o'clock this morning fire started be-
tween Glen Hazel and Kethers. Delivers
large sawmill, located between these points.
was soon destroyed. together with ten mill
lion feet of lumber, an engine house, rail-
road switches. sixteen cars of lumber and
coal, eight dwellings, an oil we'll and several
thousand acres of timber land. a special
train, consisting of a steamer and a large
force of fremen with hose, was sent from
here to the scene of the confagration. The
firemen were unable to do anything more
than prevent the fire from approaching the
town and succeeded in divertine the course
of the flames. Everything i'm the woods is
as dry as tinder and the leaves and under
brush furnish abundant fuel for the blaze
The flames are going up the hillside at
rapid rate and destroying everything i'm
their path. The sky is black with a sitting
smoke and the flames shoot as high as the
tops of the trees. 1t was with difficulty that
the inmates of the buildings escaped with
their lives. man had his shoulder brok-
en- and another injured Internally while
jumping from one or the buildings. In an
other house woman and child twenty
four hours old were rescued with difficulty.
The woman may die.
This afternoon second appeal was
ceived from Glen Hazel asking for moro
help and thirty-fve firemen with hose were
sent by special train. Ii was feared that
the fire was about to cross the east branch
OF the Clarion river and wipe out tho town