The oasis., 1896-09-05
Acrossr rIIIe BoIs DEN

MT, carlos sanchez Aiudnd, law
 yer Of Chihuahua, has Invented an
 improvement in typewrlters, so that
 they can be used for writing in books.
 The Two Republics says: Quite a
 number of army officers have recently
 been withdrawing from the raDks Tor
 the purpose, itis learned, of sailing
 for Cubn Go join the insurgents.
 Fl l'aso Herald; The Juarez custom
 house yards are ch0ck full or cars
 loaded with corn bound for points
 along the line Of the Mexican Central.
 Tie corn is from Kansas aud las been
 rushed in to take advantage Of the special reduction in rates during
 August, and because Of the dr0uth ia
 Mexico.
 A band of brigands attacked q ranch
 near San Juan de los Lagcs and killed
 Mariana Padilla the proprietor The latter mad2 a desperate resistance and
 Killed four Of the bandits, their dead bodies being found near the scene Of tie conflict. A vigorous search is be- ing made by the authorities for the remainder Of the band
 Gen. F.. J Mcxia, chairman Of the committee of ways and means Of the Mexican congress, was stricken with paralysis on tbe End u!t, while driy- ing through the City of Mexico. He has since been unconscious aud he can- not recover Gen, Mexia IS recognized as one of the statesmen and iinancieTs in Mexico Educated in the tinited States he was largely Instrumental in the progressive legislation under which Mexico has been SC suddenly pushed ahead He owns 10,000 acres Of land in leyas, chiefly situated near Mcxla, which bears his name.
 El Paso Herald: Proprietor Nc Dermoit, of the Robinson honse at Chihuahua, cane up this morning, and i- at the NcndOmc for day or two. He says the Mexican Central has party uf engiucers out along the proposed line towards Batupias from the city of Jhihuahua, with view eventually, no doubt to run q railroad line, perhaps, narrow guage, west ward t0 the Pacific coast, The need Of west road is much felt, but the difficulty Of getting over the moup tains has been the great drawback i However, with | narrow guage line the much needed communication can i be made.
 Inthe City Of Mexico there will be a 1 hundred miles Of sewer pipe, which is to be of clay. The authorities are in ! correspondence with Ameiican and 1 Scotch firms for the piping, but the | Scotch houses are said to offer about ! twenty per cent cheaper than the | American, which amounting to $200,- | 900 more or less on the contract in it's | entirety is something of q cOnsidera- | tion. However five car loads of piping | have been received from the Central ! Sewer Pipe company 9f Pittsburg for [ an experiment. as tO quality. Cost is | represented as not altogether an iror | clad requirement.; the city board of | sanitation being resolved to use the | best article provided the cost is not | excessive. D0ulton and company, Of 1 London, are sending samples of piping | as we'll Mr. GayOl is also in cores | pondence with parties mentioned inj the Louisville, lkentuckyl Engineer i ing News regarding q process for the | purilication of city drinking water
 In a recent letter to the manufac- lhit MI. " IT. llcl Idibiuf thlbbl Vi | the Spectator, Rushford, N r., says Tt may be q pleasure to you to know the high esteem in which Chamber lain's medicines are held by the peo- pie of your own state, where they must be best known. An aunt of mine who resides at Dexter, Iowa, was about to visit me few years since. and before leaving home wrote me. asking if they were sold here, stating if they were not she would bring a with her, as she did not like to be without themn The medicines referred to are Chamberlain's Cough famous for it's cures of colds and croup; Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, lame back, pains in N the side and chest and Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrh0ea Remedy | for towel complaints. These medi- cines have been in constant use in Iowa for almost quarter of a century rpbn pnoplA have lpgrnpd tlat tlQV arc