Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1891 — RECEIVED 45.000 POUNDS OF MAIL. [ARTICLE]

RECEIVED 45.000 POUNDS OF MAIL.

A Mining Camp ion lie Rio Gramle Gets 450 Sacks of P ipers m a Week. It is reported from Ilium, a small mining camp in Colorado, on the Rio Grande ijonthern Railroad, that during the last week 450 sacks of mail have arrived there. The sacks contained newspapers, and all those so far examined were .New York Tribunes of March 9. They were mailed in 2-cent wrappers, and all were addressed to Charles S. .Newton, Superintendent of the Caribbean Mine. The sending of so much mail matter looks like a scheme to rob the Government. This is the period when lailroads weigh mail matter, on which' their pay from the Government is based. The average of several lines between New York and Colorado has been fattened, but the local railroad officials say they would not profit much by the shipment. Newtoh, the man who received the 45,OC6 pounds of mail, has been summoned to Washington.