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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-22
ANOTHER RANCH FIRE.
BIG BARN AND NINE ANIMALS
BURNED.
The Kampmann Ranch Receives Another
Gall From the Fire Piend-His
Fayorite Horse Destroyed.

The fine farm of Mr.. III. ID. Ramp
mann, of this city, located about 81!
to miles east of the city, on the
Salado, was again visited by a disas'
trous fire at an early hour this morn.
ing. This is the second fire at this
ranch this month, the first fire occur.
ring Aug. 9Th and destroying a feed
house and contents worth about one
thousand dollars.
The fire this morning was discover
ed by Mr.. KampmaRn and family
about $50 o'clock, though from the
way in which it was so thoroughly
ablaze at this time it must have been
started fully 20 minutes previous to
that time. The farm hands, about II
men in all, were reused and the fire
apparatus with which the farm is
supplied was put into use and did
good service.
The fire was seen from this city at
4 o'clock and an alarm from the Sun
set hose company was turned in. This
was followed by a general alarm and
the firemen took the long run up the
hill in the direction of Nolan street,
until, at the top of Dignowity hill,
when the fire was seen to be out in
the country, the Sunset hose company
alone was sent to the rescue, this COM
pany being nearest having the fresh
est horse On arrival with plenty of
hose this company did good service
in eXtinguishing the flames where the
ranch hose could not reach.
The large barn and stables, 50X100
feet in size, was burned to the ground
with it's valuable contents, consisting
of loose and baled hay and other feed,
a fine old Concord buggy, a wagon
and other vehicles and farm machine
ry, together with all the harness, and
four horses and five mules. Mr..
Kampmann's loss on stock, it is esti-
mated will reach $500. Among the
horses burned to death was Bessie,
the pet driving horse of Mr.. Kamp-
mann and family, and who had been
in their service for nine years.
The fire was not extinguished until
after daylight today. There was some
insurance on the property, carried in
companies represented by Geo. G.
Eichlitz, but the attendants in this
insurance office were not able to state
the amount carried. The total loss
will reach probably $4,000.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

w. j. Jennings, of Pear sail, Is at
the Southern.
Albert G. HUH left for Comfort
this afternoon to join his family.
DIR. August Schweppe returned
yesterday from a visit to Comfort,
improved in health.
L. II. Coley has returned from a
trip to San Diego, and reports the
country hot and dry.
Editor A. G. Valdez, of I'll
Heraldo, has returned from a visit
to Monclova, Mex, his former
home.
MIR. A. F., Dignowity has re-
turned from a trip through the
western counties of this part of the
state.
Miss Katie Zim mermann, q
popular young lady Of Schulen-
burg, is in the city visiting Miss
Louise Baltz, at her home on
Eighth street.
w. N. Parks, Of Uvalde, arrived
In the city last night, to meet his
wife on her return from a visit to
Dallas. Mrs. Parks arrived this
morning. They are stopping at
the Mahncke.
Captain Ed. Buckley, a we'll
known hide buyer OF Eagle Pass,
formerly Of San Antonio, arrived
in the city yesterday to receive the
remains of the late Patrick d.
Hickey from New Orleans and &C.
company them to deceased's home
in Cotulla.
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Funeral of Joseph Landa.

The remains of the late Joseph
Landa will arrive in San Antonio
from New Braunfels tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock over the
International on a special train OF
three coaches. The funeral will
take place from the depot and the
remains will be buried in the
Jewish cemetery. The pail
bearers will be Congressman Geo
H. Noonan, F. Groos, Sol. Half, ,,
Moses Veith, Nose Haas and Sid.
ney Reinhardt, of Dallas.
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WAS PROMPTLY LYNCHED.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 22.-Frank
Miles, a half-bread Nez Perces In.
dian, waylaid Miss Richardson, an 10.
year-old girl of Lewiston, Idaho, neal
this city and assaulted her. He was
captured few hours later and lodged
in jail at Asotin. Shortly before mid
night a mob of ten masked men broke
into the Jail, took out the trembling
wretch and hanged him to a tree IL
the jail yard.
Miss Richardson's condition is crit
ical.
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POSSIBLY RA BIES.
Unknown Negro Acts Very Strangely on
the Street This Morning,

oAhAo"u NoSIV AUS very DtrdnS6ly on
the Street This Morning,
Officer Fred. Bolton, OF the Hous.
ton street beat, with the assis-
lance Of three officers summoned
with the patrol wagon from police
headquarters, had a severe tussle
this morning about 8 o'clock, at
the corner of Houston and Navarro
streets, with an unknown negro
man who began acting strangely
while in the Mackey building. He
was we'll dressed and apparently q
stranger. He frothed at the mouth
and growled much like dog, and
when any one came near him he
would attempt to bite them. Off,
Ger Rauschmeyer, who helped over
power him and put Kim in the
patrol wagon, was nearly caught
by the poor fellows teeth.
A charge Of lunacy was preferred
against him and he was placed In
the county jail.
The man came from Waco last
Monday and had been under treat
ment by DIR. Starnes, whose office
is in the Mackey building. Last
night he got away from his brother
and was not seen again until ar.
rested this morning.
1t is supposed he las afflicted
with hydrophiobia.
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LIGHT FLASHES.
S. D. SCUDDER, Fire Insurance.

The Hibernian club will cele-
brate its fifteenth anniversary on
September 18th with an enter
tainment.
Mrs. Brown, living at No. POI
Nixon street, Ward 4, reported to
police headquarters last night that
her 8-year.old boy had become lost
from home.
Feed the nerves upon pure,
rich blood and you will not be
nervous. Pure blood comes by
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla which
ds thus the greatest and best never
tonic.
Some open air chile stands
have been established on South
Alamo street.
Several residents on Garden
street are taking advantage of the
sewer building on this street to
secure enough OF the fine gravel
taken from the trench to make
class A(?) sidewalks in front of
their property.
R. S. Wentworth, Jr., OF the
adjutant generals Office, is receiv-
ing congratulations from his many
friends today, on having reached
the twenty-second milestone on his
journey through life.
Hoods pills cure nausea, sick
headache, indigestion, biliousness.
All druggists. 25e.
AT Trinity NJ. E. church, on
Avenue G, near the postoffice, Rev.
r. l.. Selle will conduct revival
services tomorrow at IL a. m. and
8 m.
Ross Davis, chief engineer of
the Southern ice plant celebrated
his twenty-fourth birthday ami
versary last night at his home on
Guenther street. Quiet a large
number of Mr.. Davis friends were
present who spent the evening
pleasantly in dancing and feast
ing.
"A dog which was supposed t
ne mad and which caused grea'
deal OF excitment on East Com
merce street, was shot by It's own
'ner, George Hays last night.
Sneak thieves entered the barn
of Walter Brown on Mitchell
street Thursday night and helped
themselves to new set harness
No clue to the thieves.
Arch Baldwin is dangerousl.
ill with typhoid fever at his hom'
at East End.
Sam Wilkin will be tried be
fore the district court this after
noon on habeas corpus from tn
city court.
-Chas. III. T. Mueller has begu
building q cottage at No. LA
Cara street, Ward 4, to cost 1885,
while driving in buggy o
Houston street, at the corner {
Navarro, this morning, DO
nearly ran over real estate ma
who stepped in the way. In juml
ing aside, to avoid the horse, til
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-Messrs. Chas. Chabot and j. l..
S. Hunt bsgged about thirty doves
on the Salado yesterday.
-"Grandpa" Daniel Oppenheim.
er is rejoicing over the arrival of a
fine baby boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Stiefel at Galveston Thursday
evening last.
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Ii HUNG CHANG COMING.

London, Aug. PHI Hung Chang
took special train to Southampton to-
day, where he embarked on board the
American liner st. Louis for New
York.
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COOL WEATHER TOMORROW.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 22.-For
Eastern Texas: Fair, preceded by
showers in the northern portion,
southerly winds becoming variable,
and cooler in the northern portion.
Western Texas: Local showers this
afternoon and tonight followed by
fair weather; northerly winds.
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SOUTH HEIGHTS FIRE.

At $50 o'clock this afternoon Mr..
c. NJ. Kingsley's residence on Porter
street, South Heights, caught fire and
an engine was sent out from the city.
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Licensed to Wed.

Edward Arthur Newth and
Jennie Elizabeth Calhoun.
Wade Haywood and Jemina
Niaus.
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WONDERFUL are the cures by
" Hoods Sarsaparilla, and yet they
are simple and natural. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla makes PURE BLOOD,
The advocate., 1896-11-11

Few women realize the influence exerted
on their bodily and mental well-being by
the special organism of their sex. It is
hard for them to believe that the little
drain which goes on,from day to day is suf-
hcient to sap away the very life forces. Yet
1t is so. The weakness, exhaustion, melan-
choly; the periodical prostration and some
times almost torture has no other cause,
two-thirds Of the time, than the abnormal,
unhealthy condition of the generstiVe
organs. Strangely enough even doctors
often fail to recognize the truth. For this
condition there is no other remedy in the
world so helpful and certain as DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t restores health
and vigor to the feminine functions and re-
newed vitality to the entire body. It heals
Inflammation, stops discharges, STRENGTHENS
the ligaments and builds up the internal
tissues which cannot be reached by "local
treatment" 1t is of inestimable value to
young women aud to prospective mothers,
greatly lessening the pains and perils Of
childbirth II taken during pregnancy.
The advocate., 1896-11-11

@S@@N "OAA' Wo IL bu Do GeG6l0 ike
them lazy town folks and won't stir
out OF the house to do a ChoFe until
we get our mornin' paper to read. An
do you think I'm goin' to drop my
letters In box out here for anyone to
come along an get? How'm I Roin'
to know they'll ever git to the post.
office, or that some'n' won't come
along an take the stamps off'n 'em.
No, stree, Harry, the old ways good
enough fer me as long as I'm plain
farmer"
A few more widely scattered deliv.
cries and the pOstmsn's work was done.
He had gathered up twelve letters be-
sides his deliveries, and turned his
pOny's head homeWard, reaching Bon.
ner Springs about $3.50 o'clock.
Sometimes long distance Is travelled
to deliver a letter to an isolated and
not very spprecistiVe farmer. One
day last week a postmsn travelled six
weary miles Of hills and mud and
rocks to deliver one 2.cent stamped
letter to farmer who didn't care the
snap Of his finger for it after he got It.
However, sign Of appreciation is
the fact that farmers are changing
their addresses from other township
postoftiCes to Bonner Springs, that they
may have the benefit of the free deliV-
cry. For the most part the farmers
are nightly pleased with the expert.
ment from the fact that it relieves
them of the responsibility of coming
to town for nothing else than the mail
when their wives run out of reading
matter.
The people of Bonner Springs are
very proud Of the fact that in all Kan
sss their town has been picked out
from which to conduct the expert
ment. Or, as the editor Of the local
paper puCS IL:
"Thst Bonner Springs has been Be-
lected as the testing station for the
State Of Kansas gives our citizens just
reason to feel proud. The result di-
rectly Affects the entire State, and for
that reason the eyes of the entire State
are directed BonnerWard.
"While we feel proud of the distinc-
ton conferred by Uncle Sam on our
community, and while we feel our
selves a little above our less fortunate
neighboring towns and even cities, we
will endesVOr to make the test so sue
cessful that all can profit by our good
fortune"
The experiment will conclude July1.
Ii rural mail delivery is found to be
both economical and of sufficient prsc.
iicsl utility, it is likely that the system
will be universally established and
farming communities given the benefit
Of the same prompt mail service that
obtains in cities.
The advocate., 1896-11-11
COUNTRY MAIL DELIVERY.
Rural POstmsn Who Deliver Letters 10 Kan
sss Farmers.

olCY Is 10 I'VE IN Gno country Win some
Of the advantages that accrue to cen.
ters of population. Country life, with
q daily delivery of mail and good roads,
would seem to be ideal. The govern
ment is experimenting with view to
delivering all mail matter to the rural
population on the day of it's arrival at
the terminal postoffice, The good
roads must come through the reslizs-
tlon to the farmer that they are his
greatest need.
In tWenty.three States of the union
@ simultaneous experiment in rural
mail delivery is being made. For Kan.
saS the work is being done from Bon
ner Springs, throughout Delaware
township in WyandOtte county. Last
Monday morning POstOfice Inspector
d. J. Sinclair of Omaha started three
rural carriers away from Bonner
Springs with full bags Of mail and the
good wishes of all. The carriers were
William Higgins, Charles Everett and
John David, and each one knew per-
sOnally every farmer In his district and
where he lived.
Delaware township contains thirty
six square miles Of territory bounded
on the South by the Kansas river.
Along the river and Wolf creek the
country is broken and wooded. The
Eastern part Of the township Is so
rough that an ordinary 40-aCre farm
assumes a cultiVable area of 100 acres,
because all sides of 1t are In the al-.
To the north it is rolling prairie and
more easily trsVersed.
The fast train on the Union Pacific
arrived In Bonner Springs from Kan
sas City az 1107 o'clock a. m. Imme-
diately upon It's arrival mail bags are
carried across tina street from the de.
pot to the postoffice and the dlstribu-
tlon Of the mail begun at once. The
mail that arrived earlier In the morn
ing and the night before Is already
distributed. All country mail is first
separated from town mail and turned
over to the carriers, who picked out
the pieces for delivery in their psrtic.
ulRr districts. The eastern half Of the
township is spportioned as one dis.
trict and Is the largest. The middle
district contains ten sections and Is
we'll populated. The western district
Is also composed of ten sections and is
quite closely populated.
The average number of pieces of
mail delivered daily by each carrier in
his district during the first week Of the
experiment was thirty letters and
newspapers, the newspapers being In
greater numbers. Besides delivering
the mail, the carriers also collect let
ters for transmittance and sell stamps.
AT 11:30 o'clock, the mail being dis
tributed. Miss Eva McDanield, acting
postmaster, enters the number Of pieces
Of mail In record, and the carriers
start out. Each carrier Is mounted on
q good stout pony and bears with him
a United States mail carriers leather
pouch, In which Is Q pocket for stamps
and q pOstman's horn.
One day last week q reporter for the
Star accompanied one of these rural
postmen over his district and observed
the distribution of the mail to the
farmers. The roads were almost i'm
The advocate., 1896-11-11

Iuo S0BGAo1Su' IL 10 BOOW uOmo WIG
made by myself" he added, 90 hit
wife approached with a jug Of th,
purple vintage In hOspitsble fashion.
Further up the road was q large snC
comfortable looking stone house, evi
IDENTIFY the country home Of mar
used to city living. The large yard
was filed with flowers and ornamental
shrubs, and lawn seats were set here
and there under the trees. 1t was the
residence Of Mr.. D. E. Cornell, several
times mentioned as q possible csndi
date for Governor Of Kansas, and al
one time holding a responsible posi-
tiOn with the Union Pacific railway.
No sooner had the postmsn's horn
announced his coming than q pretty
young woman came from the house
and ran down the walk with her hand
full Of letters. She bought 25 cents
worth Of stamps and received the fam.
lily mail. She was Miss Grace Cornell,
city bred girl, transplanted to coun-
try life.
"Living In the country is quite bear
able" she said, "Wlth q daily mail de-
livery. One may correspond with ones
friends promptly and freely, and, then,
one may have a fresh daily paper. The
person who has never lived in the
country, after living in the city, and
been compelled to exist without a word
of intelligence from the outer world,
does not know what q boon q daily
newspaper is. A lot Of six daily papers
Is more than one can properly digest
at sitting. We are delighted with the
rural mail delivery and hope that moth
ing will occur to cause It's dlscontinu-
snce."
Mrs. Cornell had also arrived with
letters to be mailed, and spoke of the
change In the routine of country life
since the poStmsn made his daily sp-
pesrsnce.
Further on mail deliveries were less
frequent because the postmsn was ap-
preaching the postoffice Of Emmett.
There are, In the township, FIVE post
offices, including Bonner Springs, and
at all these q certain amount of mail
is received for farmers living in their
vicinity. 1t is probably the intention
Of the PostOfice Department to make
the rural pOstman take the place of
these small country pOstofices. The
postmen are paid $25 q month for car
rying mail In their districts, which Is
more economical than maintaining
the postoftiCes, and likely to give more
satisfaction to the farmers.
Along the road nearly every farmer
had mail box nailed to his gate or to
q tree near by. It Ia the desire Of the
department that every farmer main
tain mail box and leave word with
the Bonner Springs postmaster that he
has done 30, and his mail will be de-
liVered to him, and collected for trans
mission.
1t is queer phase of human nature
that influences some farmers to look
with distrust upon every new plan ad-
Vocated by the government. Not far
from Emmett an old farmer leaned on
his gate when the postmsn came up.
He had no box out and there was no
mail for him. He was asked what he
thouOhf ne tho rurol rooil dalix,a,,, .,,,
The advocate., 1896-11-11


road wound up and down hill through
the woods, The postman, who had
been visible at turns In the road, sud
denly disappeared. Further on he was
seen to have left the road and was rid
ing through the wood. The team was
turned out Of the road and followed
MIN over bogS and in "parlous" places
between tree trunks with hardly q
hairs breadth between hubs and bark.
An opening in the woods was reached,
in the center Of which was a neat
white cottage, surrounded with q
psling fence, and on the gate letter
box with hinged cover. The post
man rode up to the box, left news
paper, took out letter and, with o
blast from his horn, was off down Q
private road to the section line.
Then up hill and down dale, founder.
ing In mud. The pOstman'S pony was
a bunch Of muscles, clean limbed and
with his tail tied up out Of the way of
the mud. So, on he prsnced, to the
distress Of the team, which had some
difficulty In keeping up. AT the top
Of muddy hill was a farm house Of
some Importance, A big white struc.
ture connected with all sorts of COM
Portable looking outhouses, and all
enclosed in good fences and approached
through an avenue Of great trees. 1t
was the 6OO-scre farm of Captain r.
P. Twist, for whom there was big
bundle Of mail, including some half
dozen newspapers.
The postmsn wound his horn with q
stirring blast as he rode up the avenue
towards the house. Dogs seemed to
spring from the ground on all sides.
Good, big, noisy farm dogs surrounded
the party with bRrks and bays and
yelps. To the music of horn and dogs
q tall old man left the house and sp-
preached the mail box. 1t was Cap
tain Twist, veteran and successful
farmer and one Of the solid men Of the
township.
"How do you regard this system of
rural mail deliVeryP" was asked.
Captain Twist belongs to that class
Of farmers who believes In good living
for farmers. He is 70 years of sgesnd
over, and is straight as an arrow. He
sllenced the clsmoring dogs and took
his pipe from his mouth.
"This is simply an act of justice to
the farmer" he said. "There is no
particular reason why the farmer
should be deprived Of the benefits of
q system that has been long enjoyed by
people In the city. l cannot but be.
lieVe it will be q glorious success.
Every farmer should put q good mail
box at the road side and consider him
self In luck. BY this system of mail
delivery / am able to read my daily
paper almost as soon as the man In the
city, at all events ss soon as l care to.
"It is not possible for farmer to 60
to town every day for his mail. Work
and bad roads prevent it. For this
reason he often loses money because
letters that should be answered at once
are not received until they are several
days old. Newspapers that accumu-
late for several days lose their ssVor
also.
"Now, If we only had good roads,
The advocate., 1896-11-11

The ADVOCATE from this week till
December 81, 1897, for one dollar canh.
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gold frame, making altogether
an artistic design OF RockpOrt's
piscatoriaf attractions.
The Shepherd and His Sheep.

A gentleman and his wife travel
ing in the Holy Land, while rest
ing by the roadside became in
terested in shepherd as he sought
to lead his flock over stream. In
vain he called to his sheep to fol-
low him through the shallow
waters, and again and again he
coaxed them on. They would come
so far and no farther. At last, as
final resort, he caught little
lamb and bore it to the other side.
Immediately the dam followed,
and then the entire flock crossed
safely to better pastures and cooler
shade. There was lesson in that
little incident for the two travellers.
1t had been necessary in their case,
too, that the Good Shepherd should
bear their only child across the
stream in order to draw them
closer to Him. But their hearts
had rebelled against the will of
God and they had sought to bury
their sorrow in distraction. AS
the meaning Of the lesson came
more fully upon them they &C.
cepted the great truth it taught;
and not only did they find healing
for their own broken hearts and
shattered hopes but were used of
God in bringing hope and comfort
into many another burdened and
darkened life. Dwight l.! Moody
in December Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
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NEWS OF THE COURT.

Thirty-seventh District court
Chas. Siegmann VS.. John P. Camp
bell, sheriff, and VIM. Cameron & Co.,
injunction; judgment for plaintiff.
DR.. L. s. Szendery VS.. Matthias Beck
er, appeal from justice court; motion
of plaintiff to re-instate case granted.
l.. p. Peck & Co., VS.. James Nc
Closkey, injunction; motion of plain
tiff to re-instate granted.
f. e. Evans VS.. Lucy Trask, ct. al,
injunction; defendants motion for
new trial granted.
L. III. Henderson VS.. ID. Sullivan, to
enforce specific performance and for
partition; verdict for plaintiff and in
tervenor, G. r. Sullivan.
New Suits Filed
Gustave Loriom VS.. Leon and Octa-
vie 7. Lecomte, appeal from justice
court, precinct No. 6.
Nettie Willett VS.. Devine & Mccoy,
ct. ais, note, 1.-TWO cases..
Y. Il. Nesbit VS.. J. p. Devine, ct. ais,
note.
Lewis Ulrich VS.. J. p. Devine, ct.
ais, note.
Annie Bee VS.. Devine & Mccoy, ct.
ais, note.
Major Hart VS.. Noah Benson, trans
ferred from Kerr county.
Major Hart VS.. John Parsons, ct. al.
transferred from Kerr county.