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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
TIIUSRDAY DEC. 21. 18S2
HOME FARM AND RANCH.
Winter Pasture.
The advantages of winter pasture
are found not so much in the actu;d
nutriment derived as in the wholcv
some effects upon the animal system
insured Ity mingling the green and
dry food Constipation ami the .slug-
gishness consequent therefrom may
be avoided by a short run upon grass
on such lavs as the weather will per
mit. The time should le so regulated
as not to interfere with the regular
feeding hours. 1 his lact. anil the mr-
ther one that the weather is most
likelv to favor it. indicates the early
afternoon as the most favorable for
the hour's run which will ordinarily
be found sufficient. Another consid-
eration which should not be over-
looked is the fact that the exercise
which is essential to wholesome thrift
is secured while the few bites of grass
are being snatched.
Sulphur for Diphtheria.
(I'bllaUcliilila Kctord.J
A gentleman residing in the north-
ern part of the city whose two little
daughters were dying last Thursday
of diphtheria saw in the llecord of
' that day a communication commend-
ing the use of sulphur in ciiseof diph-
theria. As a last resort he made a
trial of it using washed llowers of
sulphur and applying it directly to
the membraneous growths in ttie
throats of the children by means
of a common clay pipe. The
effect was almost majiej.l. With-
in two hours there was com-
plete relief and in two days the chil
dren who had been given up by their
physician ' had completely recovered.
Wnilo it is not reasonable to rely en-
tirely upon sulphur in the ills that be-
set childhood it is doubtful if there
has ever been a proper recognition of
its value as a destroyer of morbid or
fungus membraneous growths in
cases of a diphtheritic type. Distilled
or sublimed sulphur known as tlowers
of sulphur bh uld be used: not the
powdered crude sulphur.
Jersey Beds Durocs and lied Berk-
shires. There has been some dust thrown in
the eyes of the public by certain breed-
ers of red hogs. It is foolish for any
breeder of red hogs in New Jersey to
claim that ho has the only pure-bred
red hogs or Jersey Reds as they are
called in that state. One breeder in
New Jersey who claims to have the
' "pure breed" and that all others are
mixed or tpurious I imagine would
have hard work to give pedigrees more
than a dozen years back. Less than a
dozen years ago his lather wrote me
that he could not tell the origin of the
red hogs of New Jersey neither was
any citize n of that state in response
to my inquiries able to give their his-
tory. 1 also insertcel notices in some
of the leading agricultural journals
asking for their history; but obtained
no response. After a careful investi-
gation I lwamu satisfied that these
bogs aa well as the other families ol
other red hogs were descended from
the old Berkshire's and so reported to
the National Swine Brecelera conven-
tion. No one has ever disputed that
statement. Since that time I have
seen an old English work printed
nearly a hundred years ago which con-
tinued the impression; as the descrip-
tion of the old-fashioned Berkshire's
the color and characteristics of
the modern red hog are accounted for.
It is said that the Tarn worths the led
hogs of England are an offshoot ol
the Berkshuvs. A few importations
of these hogs have been made recently
to cross UKu the red hogs in America.
This red blood has been so strong in
America that it h;is preserved itself
although the crosses upon it have beeu
Innumerable. This is particularly the
case in New Jersey and along the At-
lantic Toast whero these hogs were
quite extensively bred. I saw them
twenty years ago in Maryland as well
as in New Jersey and they were red
and white sometimes marked with
black but always long in the body
and coarse in the bone with heavy
coats of hair anil bristles. There was
" no attempt in those days at breeding
them strictly pure any more than
there was the Durocs. another family
of red hogs bred in Saratoga county
New Yoak. The Durocs seem to have
been brought to this section from Con-
necticut where red hogs have lieen
bred and called lied Bei kshircs. The
stock seems to have become run out
in that state. The Durocs of Saratoga
were descended from a pair
of pigs brought into the vicinity
by a Mr. Kelsey who said they
were imported; but whether he meant
from Connecticut or Great Britain it
is not known. This was about sixty
years ago. other pigs were alter
wards brought from Connecticut to a
different part of the country. The
stock from these two different families
has been bred in the country ever
since. No particular svsteiu of puritv
In breeding seems to have been fol-
ltwed with the Durocs more than
with the Jersey IWs until within a
few years since they were brought
into notice by the National
owiDB ureeuers convention. ine
. orig nal and the present tyre of the
Jersey lied is. a coarser and a larger
no? than the Duroe and or course
they are superior to the latter so much
as greater sue is an advantage. The
Durocs are liner boned and will mature
sooner and fatten younger Both
families possess the geuerid character
istics of strong constitutional vigor
ani hearty appetites with strong
digestion and prolilicness most remark
able the inatural result of their
characteristics. They are wonder
fully hardy and possess an ability
to take care of themselves which
is quite gratifying. Several breed-
ers met together a lew years
ago ana determine! to begin breeding
to Durocs as they were culled the
name being a f;incy of Mr. Kelsey 's;
alter me noieu siuinon uuroc by
selecting the best blood to be obtained
and nearest like a good Berkshire
type. They adopted a standard of
characteristics which had own put on
" record but which it would be well to
repeat. They also determined to give
these hogs their true name Heel Berk-
shire. CoL F. D. Curtis in Exchange.
Diseases of the Hog.
So far a we have been able to learn.
either by reading or iy practical ex
per. ence there is as little known of the
var ous diseases of swino and the
methods called for to successfully
treat them as or any other one thing
In the treatment of disease whether
in tbe biped or the quadruped we
seldom if ever stop to ascertain the
cause and even less seldom ask the
question "v hat is disease ?"
We find an animal sick and immedi-
ttely jump at the conclusion the dis-
taso is tnis or tnat ami calls lor such
and such remedies. These are at hand.
or ornament ana applied at times with
inditlereut success: but successful or
uol me unknots
the treatment as
the blind."
is a blind one and
"the blind leading
Tho disease called hog cholera is
found all over the countrv. if we mav
believe the newspapers; but the indica
tions ot tne disease are as varied as
the causes are abundant and yet we
have remedies advertised by other-
wise reputanle newspapers proclaim-
ed as a spcciiio and sure cure. To be-
lieve any such nonsense is to make
ourselves the tool and toy of the
quack and to blind ourselves to the
first- problem to bo solve! viz: what
is the cause of the disease f Having
fou ul this the remedy will suggest
itB -If.
The following from the Ilenry
county Missouri Democrat is sugges-
tive in this connection:
Although there is no hogcholera re-
ported in tbe country yet farmers
hhould keep the fact prominently lo-
fore them that its appe:irance at any
time is not impossible. Hogs are
Karoo and high in price. Hogs sleep-
ing in a pile of old and rottiog heated
"t .iw is one cause of hoar cholera. '
i h bedding is warm and comfort-
able but the poison irenerated bv their
heat is a fruitful cause of disease and
death. We have no doubt but that
impure bad water has often hiul the
same effect. Keeping hogs night and
day in lilthy pens is the worst kind of
treatment tor sucn siock tnougn we
have seen hogs treated in this way
where the owners seemed to think
that it was a natural enough way to
treat this kind of stock. It is
pretty certain that in a general way
hogs need a good deal better treatment
than they get at the hands of those
that have the care of them. In the
winter season hogs like most other
kinds of live stock are often seriously
injured by lie-ing improperly watered.
Cutting a hole in the ice to obtain
water is a bad way to water any kind
of stock. It is especiidly so with hogs
as where they are being fed corn they
natundly require a good ileidof water
and where they are made to drink a
full supply of ice cold water they are
invariably injured by it to a greater
or less extent. Hogs should at all
times have pure well or spring water
at a temperature of about sixty de
grees.
Training a Colt
The most successful way of training
an animal is to begin at birth. It is
then readily managed as there is no
acquired habit to be overcome. The
important fact to be kept in view is to
teach him what you want him to
know and only that. In order to do
it successfully two things are neces-
sary kintlncss and decision; these
must never be lost sight of. Let the
colt know you mean well in the start
and idl subsequent handling. And in
directing him give him to understand
that there is no other way than yours
aud he will soon be made to respond to
the gentle yet firm pressure. Let j our
society be among his first impressions.
Pass your hand softly over him and pat
him but do not tire him. Repeat
vour visits at first at short intervals.
You will thus in his mind be coupled
with his mother and share her famil
iarity and also the sense ot protection
If vou secure his attachment and re
liance upon you you will have laid
the basis for idl your work. When
leading the mother put a halter on
the colt also so as to get him used to
it and give an idea of restraint. Con-
tinue this in the stable. In the use of
the halter care most be exercised so as
to avoid rashness and maintain your
firmness with him; never yield in
what you undertake being sure you
only undertake what Is necessery
and what has previously been de-
termined upon. But have confidence;
he is young and you never can handle
him so readily as now when he is the
feeblest and has not learned different-
ly lie will soon yield to your way
the only way he will know and all the
more w hen ho knows it will do mm
no harm. This last is important. If
harm is to come to hiui let it not
come from you. Make him familiar
with noises and startling approaches
first of a mild character gradually in-
creasing till the most stirring ado fails
to move him. This will prevent his
shying. Handle his feet and familiar
ize yourself with all parts of him. Put
things on his back light at first; fol
lowed with a bag. and at lost when he
is old enough with yourself.
Whatever is done never lie to a colt
never contradict yourself: he will
remember it and it will confuse him
he will be as apt to go wrong as right.
All uncertainty must therefore I
avoided and the line marked out for
him must be clear to him as to you
also; he must be held steadily in that
until he becomes established in it.
when he will not wish to depart frour
it. All must be done with a view
among other things to make it as
pleasant for him as possible with the
restraint always applied when needed.
and never yielding but doing it in
kindness and with as little ado as
rosslhle. He thus gradually and un-
aware to himself learns to do what
you want of him and that alone
if you keep other mtluenccs away
from him. Do not bother him
with heavier loads than he can draw.
if you wish to keep him from bulking.
In all that you are to do do not lose
sight of the important elements of
doing it in a gradual way. If it is
thought there is too much to be done.
b t it be remembered that the horse is
a valuable animal and that the pains
taken with him increase his value by
making him so much the moreservice-
able readily handled and alw ays reli
able. Every true horseman will ap-
preciate this. If the colt fails to
resiond with sutlicient alacrity if.
turtner ne is stupid or awkward or
of an indolent nature sell him; you
do not want nun. country Gentle-
man. Italian Bees.
After haying tested the Italian bees
for ten years we can say very truly
that they are far superior to the black
or native bees. First they are more
energetic and resist the uttack of rob-
liers and the lee-moth; never has a
strong colony of Italian bees been rob-
bed or destroyed by the bee-moth. Sec
ond they are better honey gatherers
and eon gather honey from tlowers
that the black bees cannot. Our Ital
ians daring a dry spell the fall of
1SSI. were busy working on red clover
while there could not be u black bee
seen. Third they will gather at least
one-third more honey than the black
bees to take one year with another.
Fourth and List they are mor quiet
ana ix tier to nancue tne bees stick
close to the combs.
A pure Italian should have three
distinct yellow bands or rings across
the lower part ot the abdomen and
bright yellow hair.over the body. The
so-called Albino bees are a strain of
Italians having white bands and hair;
they are the finest workers of the two
and very nice to handle: thev are of
American origin and are distinguish-
...l I : :.:- 1 .
cu in acieutuie; uee culture as .A pis
America. We got our first queen of
this strain of Italians. October. -1879.
The next year 1080 this colony gave
us two swarms and 110 pounds of one-
IHiund sections of honey and last year
the same queen's colony gave us sixty-
three pounds of one-pound sections of
honey. The honey of 1880 brought
us SH5.50. while that of 1881 brought
us 812.R0.
Our average last vear was forty-two
pounds per colony (Itali;ins when the
average per colony of black bees last
year fell below par.
How to Italianize.
First procure a good queen from a
reliable breeder and when the queen
arrives if in movable frame hive com-
mence on one side of the hive and
takeout one or two frames and shake
oil the bees so us to be sure that the
black queen is not on them. Now have
a'new hive put the two frames in and
set in Place of the old hive anil rarrv
the old hive and remaining bees some
six or eigm rous away men examine
eacn mime caretuuy until the black
uueen is found then kill her or make
a new colony by giving her about half
or tne irumes and set it some distance
from where it first stood. Queens are
mostly sent in a caire one inch thick
and two inches square. Take this
cage and lay it on a tnime of brood.
near tne lop bar and with a sharp
knife cut out a piece of comb just as
large as the cage and no lar-
ger. Now remove the two tacks
tnat noid the tin gate but do not
let the gate slip out of place slin thn
cage in the hole cut in the comb with
the gate down be sure the gate is in
the right place so it will be impossible
for the queen to get out place the
frames in the hives just as thev were.
and leave it for thirty-six to forty-
eight hours; then remove the tin gate
but leave the cage in position and
with a sharp thin knife urive two or
thi ee cuts just below the opening but
do not remove any comb; now close
the hive and the bees will know their
way out. but before closing the hive
le careful to destroy all queen cells.
In about five days open the hive and
see if all is right and remove the cage.
The above pl;in is intended for those
who have had out mtie experience at
the business and not for the practical
apiarian. Maryland Farmer.
Sheep otes.
A celebrated English breeder savs
that he did not find over one in 300 of
rams mat an was willing to nreeo. uy
being so particular in his choice he
got the very best and consequently
improved his flocks much more rapid
ly than those breeders who were less
careful than himself in making their
selections.
The River Platte countrv. South
America hiis double the numlier of
sheep owned in the United States
while Australia has 28000000 more
sheep than we have yet this country
produces eighty-five per cent as
much wool as is produced at the lover
I'latte and more than one-halt the
quantity credited to Australia. In
ten years the latter country has doubled
its wool production.
Whenever a sheep is going lame
its feet should be examined aud
cleaned out between the hoofs. Pure
the hoof if at all unsound or if the
shell of the hoof is foundturned under
the sole pare it down. On soft pas-
tures the hoof does not wear off as fast
as it grows and as a consequence the
crust frequently turns under the foot
and produces lameness.
Beginning a Garden.
If one proposes to begin gardening
whether to raise vegetables for home
use or for sale commencement should
not be put off until spring. The work
could have been started a month or
two earlier but much can yet lie done
in all but very cold localities. It is of
little use to try to make a garden on
wet land. Unless the soil hasa natural
drainage tile or plank drains should
be laid the first thing. If sod land be
selected apply a good dressing of man
ure break it up and let it He until
spring when another manuring and
plowing with thorough harrowing
will be needed. The success in . the
garden depends largely upon the
amount of manure applied to it.
Stable manure to the extent of fifty
to eighty loads to the acre is needed
or if so much cannot be obtained the
lack should be supplied by the use of
ground bone fish guano superphos-
phate or other good commercial
fertilizers.
How the War Bronght Peanuts Into
Prominence.
From the Norfolk Virginian.
Norfolk is now the largest peanut
market in the world except Marseilles
France and the peanut trade here hi;8
giunuiuoeun important leature oi
our commerce liesides numerous
commission houses where they are
handled we have two large cleaning
establishments which emplov some
two hundred iiands and have a capaci
ty ior cleaning about iuuu bushels per
day. ine cleaning process is simple.
The peanuts are first placed in a large
revolving drum which takes oft the
dirt and the rough surface. Thence
they are passed through brushes which
polish the surface and finally over a
series of canvas strips in motion about
which a number of hands stand and
iissort them as they come along pick
ing out the faulty ones and allowing
the choice peas to hud their way into
bags.
The peanut is a native of Africa
though it has never had the advantage
oi an emancipation act and is still
Iwught and sold as a commercial com-
modity. It has however materially
improved its condition by coming to a
civilized country and is now much
larger and daintier tuan its African
brother or let us say progenitor.
The African article was once larcelv
imported to this country but it is no
longer a ravorite with us and an in-
voice of African peas shipped to New
York last year was not marketable.
The variety now finds its market in
Marseilles where it and the Indian
cotton seeds are manufactured into
olive oil and imjiorted to this country
so that in point of fact the African
pea does find its way to America still.
Seriously it is a little singular that
the war vhich was waged for the
emancipation of the black man should
have brought the peanut into nroim
nence. Up to this time peanuts were
not grown to any appreciable extent
as an article of traffic and their com
mercial value is post belluni. The
Yankees tasted the dainty nut during
the war and while they did not be-
come so fascinated with its delicate
flavor as did the soldiers of Xenophon
with the lotos thev fell so much in
love with it as an article of diet that
as soon as -they returned to their
homes in the north they began to
clamor for it. ani the southern farmer
turned his attention from the negro to
his neighbor the peanut and soon the
growing oi peanuts came to be a great
inuustry in portions ot lrginia
.North Carolina and lennessee.
How Meicury Salivates.
Dubliii (Ua.) Post
On Monday young Mr. Watson
stepped into a drug store at Dublin
Georgia and asked lor c hlorate ot pot-
ash to use on the mouth of his broth
er who he said was salivated
"How did it happen?" was asked
thinking it a good time to point
moral that would put a check on pop-
ular misapprehension about cidouiel
and cold water.
"O" said he "he took calomel and
without thinking put his hands into
cold water and it salivated him.'
"The cold water had nothing to do
with it." we told him and asked if his
brother had eaten any hsn
"Yes" he replied fhe ate heartily of.
tisn alter taking the calomel and J
suppose the fish caused the calomel to
salivate nun.
"No the fish had no more to do with
it than the cold water.
"What then r"
"It was the large quantity of salt
(chloride of sodium) on the fish com
bining c hemieally with the calomel
(chloride of mercury) and forming bi
chloride of mercury (corrosive subli-
mate). This corrosive sublimate form
ed in the laboratory of the stomach is
what did the mischief. When you
take calomel avoid salt and salty food
as you would the most deadly poison
When sick people eat salty food they
are apt to drink water freely and if
salivated they lay the blame on the
water. The only wonder about it is
that so many escape with life. And
for the reason that all who take salt
and cidoinel in the stomach together
are not killed outright some scientific
men are doubtful as to the foregoing
tneory.
Considering the prevalence of calo-
mel taking in this community and the
misapprehension ot most people con
cerning the nature of this potent drug
we thought the above remarks might
not be inopportune
A Singular Coincidence.
Baltimore Siin.)
So closely do the reports of the secre
tary ol the treasury and the tariff com
mission agree that they seem to be the
product ot a joint e'lort ihe presi
dent diners irom his secretary in
thinking all internal revenue taxes ex
cept those on distilled spirits should
be abolished. As the revenue from
spirits brought in last year 868873-
408 there would thus be left out of
the secretary s surplus of 8577043 a
margin of only So 4 03633 for tariff re-
formers to operate on and it becomes
intelligible m hy .Mr. Kelley thinks so
highly of the presidents message.
txmmnssioner Kaum more conserva
tive is of opinion that a "reduc-
tion of from $60000000 to 870000000
in tne annual revenues can be sal el v
. I M 1 a 1 . . . . -
eniereu upon ana imnKS mat the
reduction in internal revenue should
be made on matches patent medicines
perfumery banks special taxes cigars
ami cigarettes ana snouia amount to
?285trXl28 leaving but $47077000 of
Mr. Folger's surplus and still less of
his own to the wicked tariff reform-
ers. It is plain that all the wind is
not yet taken out of the Democratic
sails. The Democrats will call for
much larger tax reductions and they
will insist oixkeeping the tax on arti-
cles which can most easily sustain it
so that more can be taken from the
tariff duties.
BODT 6NATCHERS SNATCHED.
Richmond. Va Dec. iin
guard in Oak wood cemeterv last mVht
arrested two medical students and two
coiorea men in tne act ot
Onen 1 n tr u I
imvA Fnnr riiio lvlloi.
- ..vw a&cu irom
the cemetery were' found at the Vir.
ginia medical coUIge. The students
in custody are rA)minently connected.
RESUMED operations.
Wilmington. Del tw 13 nn
iruon cotton nuns at New Castle
have resumed operations th
submitting to a reduction of wages.
From advance sheets of tli "Resources Soil
aud Climate of Texan." lirepartd by A. W.
bpaigut. Commissioner of Statistics. etc.J
WILLIAMSO COCSTY
Is in the north latitude 30 deg. 40
min and west longitude 97 deg. 30
mm. and ieorgetown the county
seat is 29 miles heart v due north of
Austin the capital of the state bv the
International and Great Northern
railwav and its Georgetown branch.
rea 1197 so uare miles.
Population in 1870.'. 6378
Population in 1880 (10 i
per cent colored) 15155
Assessed value of taxable
property in 1870 81839900
Assessed value of taxable
property in 1881 4703471
Assessed value of taxable
proierty in 1882 4849577
Assessed valueof live stock
in 1881 554842
Assessed- value of live stock
in 1882 719747
The eastern half of the county is
high rolling prairies with low ranges
of hills anil broad v;dleys at intervals
and crossed near the extreme south-
eastern coiner by a belt of post oak
woodland. The western half is hilly
and in some portions mountainous
with broad valleys along the streams
and covered over a great part of its
surface with a forest growth consist-
ing principally of walnut pecan post
oak live oak cedar box elder elm
hackberry and wild china. A small
projiortion of the timber is large but
most of it is suitable only lor fire-
wood the cedar being most used for
fencing. Along all the streams there
is more or lets timber the whole
wooded area being about one-third of
the county.
The Gabriel North Gabriel South
Gabriel Brushy "W illis and Donaho
creeks and their numerous tributaries
are widely and for the most part con-
veniently distributed over the county.
The streams named range in length
from 20 to 60 miles and in width of
channel from 15 to 60 feet. In mauy
places in tho county bold springs are
found and wells are obtained in nearly
every part at a depth of from 20 to 30
feet. In tho black lime lands the war
ter of both wells and springs is more
or less impregnated with lime and un
derground cisterns are prelerred and
in general use.
On the post oak uplands the soilj
are a gray or yellow sandy on a clay
foundation; on the upland prairies
a stilf black-waxy lime land and
in the valleys generally a black sandv
alluvium. The timbered portion west
of Georgetown is divided between a
black and chocolate-colored soil. Two-
thirds of the entire county is highly
fertile and well adapted to cultivation.
The best lands produce in many sea-
sons from one-half bide to a bale of
cotton per acre forty to sixty bushels
of corn fifteen to twenty of wheat or
sixty to eighty of oats but taking a
series 01 years tne yield over the en
tire county may be safely put at hall
these outside figures. Millet barley
potatoes vegetables and melons idl
yield large crops. Peaches plums and
grapes with proper culture return a
heavy yield and pecan nuts dewber-
ries and blackberries are the sponta-
neous and usually abundant products
of the soil. The mean annual rainfall
is about thirty-two inches aud with
early planting and deep and thorough
plowing serious damage to crops from
drouth is uncommon.
Until within a few years this was
almost exclusively a stock county and
tunning owing to tne natural Iruit
fulness of the soil is not yet conduct
ed in the systematic and thorough
manner which is necessary to obtain
the best results. Improved agricul
tural implements are used advanta
geously jiud to a considerable extent
on the prairie farms. Unimproved
land in the timbered portion of the
county is worth Iroin uO cents to 3
per acre and in the prairies from $3.50
to 810. Improved tracts range in price
iroin tu cio au acre anuinsome in
stances higher prices are demanded.
Cultivated land usually rents for from
82 to 85 an acre or for one-third the
grain aud one-fourth the cotton.
About sixty iier cent of the grass is
sedge and tne remainder mesquite
the two kinds supplementing each
other to furnish good pusturuge sum
mer and winter ordinarily range
stock winter entirely on the natural
pastures but the county is being so
rapidly enclosed in farms that there is
scarcely sutlicient open range left for
large herds of cattle or horses. Sheep
raising is now tne most proiitable
though the horse and cattle interests
are large and important. Ihe assess
ment rolls ot 1882 show m the county
iz.oou norses anu muies di.juu cattle
33930 sheep 340 goats and 8291 hoirs
Improved breeds of stockare receiving
mucn attention una lurge numbers 01
thoroughbred sheep and cattle have
been successfully introduced. The
largest single clip of wool from
one sheep exhibited at the in
ternational cotton exposition at At
lanta Georgia in 1881 was the lleece
of sheep in this county. It weiarhed
forty-four pounds and the same ani
mal yielded lor five years an average
of thirty-five pounds and one ounce per
annuui. Sheep are subject to no dis-
easeexcept scab which is readily cured
oy a simple and inexpensive remedy
wtnin reacn 01 every siieep owner
ork and riding animals and meat
corn and other domestic supplies can
be bought in all parts of the county
at reasonable rates. Game is not
abundant but there are tleer turkeys
ducks geese quiul prairie chickens
and squirrels in considerable quanti
ties ine ordinary varieties ol lresh
water fish are moderately abundant in
the larger streams.
iron ore silver and petroleum are
known to exist and there are surface
indications 01 coal but the extent ol
the deposits have not as yet been de
termined ine several Gabnel creeks
furnish water power sutlicient to run
cotton gins and grist mills. There are
several flouring and grist mills driven
generally by steam and a large num
ber of cotton gins run. some by steam.
but most usually by norse power.
The International and Great North-
ern railway runs through the south
eastern part ot the county with a
branch ten miles long from Bound
Bock to Georgetown; the Missouri
Pacific runs through the northeast
part to a junction with the Interna
tiomd and Great Northern railway at
'p 1 1 . 1. . . .. . : 1 - 1
Taylor: and the Austin and North
western railway runs along the south
western border tne aggregate railway
mileage in the county being about
eignty-iour nines.
Georgetown has about 1500 in habi
tants and an annual trade of from
$400000 to 8500000. At this point is
located the Southwestern university
an institution conducted under the
auspices of the Methodist Episcopal
church south with male and female
departments and a large attendance
of students in both. Round Rock has
about 900 inhabitants and Taylor
about 800 and both draw a large trade
trom the prosperous communities
around them. Round Rock college
has both a male and female
department is conducted by an able
faculty and is well attended. For the
year 1881-82 2556 children within the
scholastic age were enrolled in seventy-two
free school communities and
ior the year 1882-83. 2833. with a cor
responding increase of free echools.
There are also a number of private
schools of a high grade in the county.
The Roman Catholic Baptist Metho-
dist Christian Episcopal and North
ern and Southern Presbvtenan de-
nominations have churches in the
county and religious services are held
regularly not only in the towns but
in most rural neighborhoods.
The county levies a tax of twenty
cents on the one hundred dollars and
has no debt and about $4000 in the
treasury. The order of eeneral intel
ligence is high and the population is
conservative hospitable and law-
abiding. The temperature ranses in
summer from 75 to 95 degrees and in
winter irom au to W decrees .Fahren
heit. The greatest cold ever known
in the countv was 4 decrees ahnv
Tl f u : . .
bracing and the general health of the
T ". -vtv. M t-.i.o ciuu
mnauitants is good.
New York Dec. 13. At a meeting
of directors of the AVestern Union tel-
egrapa company to-day a quaiterly
dividend of 1 per cent was declared
payable January 15. The report shows
net revenues for the quarter ending
December 31 partially estimated of
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Gov. Stephens of Georgia is older
than any other acting governor.
A handsome Confederate monument
is to be erected at Goldsboro North
j Carolina.
Ale Malone was found frozen to
' .1 . 1- I .... . . . i
ueaiu in liuiui countv ueorgio u uay
or two ago.
Daniel Young a wealthy citizen of
White countv. Tennessee blew his
brains out.
J. J. Sims postmaster at Oxford.
Alabama is missimr. together with
81500 of government money.
South Carolina rejoices because her
securities are once more aliove par.
and there is no floating state debt.
Miss Ellen Conley fell down stairs
at the Cherokee cotton mills. Mobile
Alabama and was instantly killed.
A. Moog & Co. wholesale liquor
dealers Montgomery Alabama have
failed for 860UUO. "Assets unknown.
Fred Barney under indictment for
killing Timothy Dodson suicided In-
cutting his throat at Spring Hill Ten-
nessee. Chattanooga Tennessee is excited
over a possible manufacturing scheme
in which half a million dollars will be
invested.
Miss Meddie Baileva Koine Georgia
.young woman while carelessly hand-
ling a revolver fatally shot her aged
motner.
Intense excitement prevails in At
lanta over the resurrection of the bodv
of an aged lady named Mrs. Durham
by ghouls.
Ty Ty Georgia is scandalized over
the leading astray of a youngdaughter
of Dr. Kendriek a prominent citizen
uy ner uncie.
A bill has been passed bv the Ala
bama legislature to apply to congress
to appropriate the amount of the cot-
ton tax collected in that state as a
public school fund.
Henry and Charles Chambers bro-
thers had a quarrel at Bclton Geor-
gia and the latter was stabljod and
killed by the former. They are sons
of a wealthy farmer.
Augusta Chronicle: A gentleman
fond of statistics has figured out that
in Georgia as compared with other
states the ratio ot vexatious suits
against railroads is thirtv-seven to
one.
Nashville Banner: The father of
David Levick the boy who was killed
in the elevator at the Union-etreet
Bargain House some time ago has
brought suit against the firm for 810-
000 damages.
At Kinston North Carolina Alfred
Brooks while drunk crawled into a
cotton press and went too sleep. Not
knowing he was there the packers
pressed him into a bale of cotton
making him as flat as a wafer.
Ida Burke a beautiful girl and
daughter of one of Chattanooga's
wealthiest citizens for the third time
ran away Monday and entered upon a
life of shame. She was recaptured
and taken to a Kentucky reformatory.
At Newport Tennessee in a fit oi
jealousy Wm. Ramsey aged fiftv
years shot and killed VaL Clash aged
twenty-one. Ramsey then shot him-
self in the head but is still alive
though both eyes were put out by the
snot.
At Athens Georgia Foggy Cabin
urayman KnotKed tne bumr Iroin
forty-gallon barrel filled with whisky
uiteu 11 10 nis nps iook a unnK and
let it down again. He is said to be the
strongest man in the state if not in
the south.
A meteor weighing over 300 pounds
ieii at aiouni .airy .orth Caiolima
Sunday evening. Its fall was accom
panied by a violent explosion that
shook every building in the town
ihere was a brilliant momentary
mumiuation.
Hart well Georgia special: One year
ago nisi summer a nighlv respected
lady of this county dreamed that there
was money buried at a certain place
near where she lived. A few nights
ago sne tireaniea tne second time ol
the same circumstance. This made
such a deep impression on her mind as
caused her to investigate. She went
to the place and there hidden bv the
"miser's" hand she found about S'ioo
in silver and gold.
Nashville American: Last night
ttie electric light wire over an iron
shed on Church street liecame dis
placed and touched a metallic rod con
necting with one of the posts leadin
to the ground. An old erentlemun
whose name was not learned in pass-
ing along happened to touch his hand
to the post aud was schocked almost
senseless. Two bystanders in attempt
ing 10 relieve uie victim also came in
contact with the current and wcr
likewise treated.
Chattanooga Times: One of the
heaviest games ot poker ever played
in Chattanooga occurred Tuesdav
night. The game commenced about
9:30 p. m. very quietly. The game
was -live can ten and straddle" or. in
other words a five-dollar ante. There
were four engaged and as it progressed
interest increased ana stakes were
heavy. Bv 3:30 a. m. one of the party
had won 8900 and the other $500. The
losers are business men of Chattanoo
ga. A few nights since another game
was played in which S600 changed
hands in a lew hours.
The Man M ho Abused Riddleberger
w asluiiBton Special to the Chicago News.1
Page McCarty the gentleman who
was reported as having on hand an
"affair of honor" with Riddlelierger
nas returned to tne city irom Rich
uiond McCarty is a quiet gentlemanly-appearing
man. lie is of me
dium height and rather stout. He
dresses trimly and neatly and wears
a Derby hat low over his pale blue
eyes ne wears a small reddish-brown
mustache fiercely twisted at the ends
Mr. McCarty is not the quarrelsome
person mat ne nas been represented
He is very quiet very good-natured
and about the last man on earth to
seek a quarrel. The lact that he was
in his younger days the principal in an
unfortunate affair in which his oppo-
nent fell has given him a terrible
reputation as a fire-eater. "I do
not see what all the talk
has been about said Mr. Mc
Carty to-day. "Riddleberger attacked
me personally in the newspapers.
answered in the same vein and then
obeying the custom of my section. 1
went home so that Mr. Riddleberc-er
could find me if he cared for more
than a newspaper talk. Mr. Riddle
berger has announced himself as one
who believes in the code. and. as he
had made certain threats I went home
so as to satisfy the prejudice of mv
section but I never heard a word
from Riddleberger. I do not believe
in the code but while I never seek a
quarrel 1 could not afford living in
the section I do to avoid one if it
were forced upon me." It is possible
that Mr. Riddleberger thought before
seeking to bring about a duel that
McCarty is a crack shot who could
not miss nitting mm inside or a rea
sonable distance and that a tenn of
six years in the senate should not be
nghtly jeopardized.
Unanimity About It.
Washington Star.)
Gov. Thompson of South Carolina.
in his inaugural address advocates fed
eral aid in the matter of general edu
cation. He contends that such aid is
entirely consistent with the constitu
tion and our form of government and
maintains that it is the duty of the
federal government to aid in the erad
ication of illiteracy. On this subject
Gov. lnompson is in accord with what
appears to be the prevailing senti-
ment in the south. There seems to
be such unanimity in that section in
favor of a federal fund for school pur
poses that the representatives ot these
states in congress will no doubt gen-
erally vote for it when it becomes a
subject of national legislation. It has
not been very long since the prevalent
view in the south on this question
was that the matter of education
should be provided for and controlled
by the states respectively and that it
would not be constitutional to take
money out of the federal treasury
for general educational purposes.
opponent for re-election.
SORGHUM.
The Commissioner of Agriculture
Tells What he Knows of it.
St. Loris Dec 14. At the morn
ing session of the Mississippi Valley
Cane Growers association Hon. Geo.
is. coring tnited States commis
sioner 01 -vjrneuuure. delivered aJ
lengthy and exhaustive address upon
the subject of "Sonrhum Industry."
Before beginning the address Commis
sioner Loring took occasion to deny
statements in the Farmer's Review:
of Chicago to the effect that he was
erroneous in statistical information
prepared by his department concern-
ing the corn crop mid that the infor-
mation was obtained by Loring during
a junketing tour which he made
through the northwest forthepuriiose
of meeting certain aspiring politicians
during the fair season last fall. He
pronounced these statements untrue.
Loring began the address bv alluding
to his desire to lay before the conven-
tion the exact condition of the sor-
ghum industry at the present dav and
the interesting development it had
made thus far. He then gave at
length the varying opinions of manv
of those who had made a study of the
plant and a speciality relative to its
economic value. Coming down to
work of the department he-
stated the results of experiments
made there by a chemist especially
employed for the purpose and conclu-
sions which were reached by the na-
tional academy of sciences all of
which were given to the press Novem-
ber 15 bust. He referred to the opera-
tions at Rio Grande New Jersey ar-.d
at Campaign Hlinois. Experiments
at the department of agriculture lust
year showed that one hundred and
ninety-five pounds of sugar and 2977
gallons of syrup cost the government
5j82o . Reports from twenty-six states
showed the production of sugar from
sorghum during the year was 425750
pounds of sugar.and 8.525397 gallons
of syrup. In conclusion Loring ex-
horted the sorghum cultivators to per-
severe in their work. He referred to
the west as that iiortion of the coun-
try which supplied tho world's neces-
sities. The convention adopted a res-
olution thanking Loring for the ad-
dress. Professor Wiley of Lafayette
Indiana exhibited samples of paper
made from sorghum bagasse.
THE BOSS 1TUE.
The
Losses in Kingston Not Over
815000000.
New 1'okk Dec. 13. Inquiries
among the agencies of foreign insur-
ance companies confirm the report of a
large contlagration at Kingston
Jamaica but it is thought the loss has
oeeu exaggerated. However the dam-
age is believed to be heavy inasmuc h
as the large warehouses situated with
in the boundaries ot the burned district
usually contain at this season of the
year heavy stocks of sugar rum and
other merchandise for shipment to the
United States and Europe. The lire
inciuueu tne district irom the corner
ot est street at Port Royal
street nearly to East street. Both
sides ot Port Royal street were de
stroyed with the wharves to the
aouthward. Most of the buildings
destroyed were 01 stone or bncK. Hit
portion 01 tne city devoted to res-
idences was not reached by the names.
The principal losers will undoubtedly
ue mcrcnauts wno laid in large stocks
of goods for Christmas. A theatrt
recently litted up was destroyed. The
tire must have been extensive judging
from the large orders for lumbei
pouring in from Kingston during the
nay. ine total loss is estimated here
at half amount stated in the early-
dispatches. The Kingston steamer is
due here December 2o.
PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT FIRE.
Kingston. Dec. 14. The fire which
broke out in the business part of this
city on Sunday evening was not extin
guished till Wednesday. The loss is
placed at 6000000. 'ihe tire which
was of incendiary origin began in a
guuntity of shingles in a lumber yard
and the high wind which prevailed
giving great proportions. All the
warehouses wharves and stores were
consumed i our hundred stores in
all were destroyed. The buildings re
garded as tire-proof did not escape de
struction and nearly every one ol that
class which the fire attacked succumb
ed to the Haines. The fire was attend
ed with a loss of life. Five persons
are known to have been burned to
death. A new law will be passed pro
hibiting tne use 01 shingles hereaiter
COR.N LUS AM) CORNERS.
Yanderbilt on Grain Corners News-
papers Old Clothes Dressed Beef
Etc.
New York Dec. 14. The senate
committee on grain corners resumed
its session to-day. W. II. Yanderbilt
who had been subpojnaed to attend
came accompanied by Chancey M. De-
pew counsel for the New York Cen-
tnd and Hudson River railroad. Yan-
derbilt took the stand aud testified ol
dealing in futures. He suid it hud be-
comu tne custom to buy and sell with-
out intending to deliver. As he did
not deul in it he did not know much
of it und could only speuk of the mat-
ter as it affected r.ulro.ids. Sometimes
there would be a large call for grain
and all our cars will be called upon.
All at once the demand will cease the
elevators will be full and from 5uo to
2500 cars will be standing loaded on
the tracks. Then other men have to
suffer. I have been railroading
lor nineteen years and it is
like any other business. As to a reme
dy or suggestions I have talked to
our people a great deal about it an 1
can't Siiy that we ever came to anv
conclusion as to legislation concerning
corners. He did not know enoutrh 01
them to offer any suggestions. People
give me credit tor being a great spec-
ulator in stocks. I never bought a
share to speculate on and never sold a
share ot stock short. Every time
have bought them I have put up 20
per cent margin. Hundreds of other
men buy them and do not put up any
margin at all. There are thousands
of things in the newspapers about me
tnat are not true lney appear dav
after day and have no more truth than
1 tell you. newspaper men are like
the rest of us earning their living
ihey are good fellows but live bv
writing sensational stories and doing
tnat remarKaoiy well. 1 picked up
paper this morning and saw an item
concerning me tnat had not a
shadow of truth in it. It is
supposed Vanderbilt referred to his
reported purchase of the Omaha road.
1 think he resumed the svstem ot
dealing in futures has a bad effect.
No man who goes mto Wall street but
comes out a loser at some time.
Trouble in the northwest is throwing
things into chaos. It has piled up
freights that we can hardly move.
Matters have been so pushed that we
have been compelled to buy seventy-
five new locomotives and borrow
twelve. When he went to a tailor's
shop he expected to pay for his own
clothes and some other man's too. He
spoke of the dressed beef carrying
interest and said his road believed in
carrying it by the pound. To attempt
to touch corners wouia be bad tor both
sides and the subject should be left to
men who know more about it than he
did. It is expected that Jay Gould
will testily.
TEXAS AND MISSOURI NEWS.
St. Louis Dec. 14. J. M. Leeds
charged with embezzling a large
amount of money irom tne lexas and
Pacific railroad some months ago has
been jailed in Colorado City Texas.
A prize packing tea store run by
three men giving the names of Thos.
Robinson Max Fritzler and Henry
JackeL was raided by the police lost
night and the proprietors arrested on
a charge of violating the lottery law.
A P. Rvan. who was indicted here
some time since for swindling various
firms of this city out of 860000 worth
of dry goods and other merchandise
nH KPiiinir them in Paris. Texas ar
rived here and has given lxind in 83000
to appear before the criminal court.
remington works burned.
Utica.N.Y Dec 14. The Rem-
inrton sewing machine i;iciory iook
fire at 12-40 p. m. from a pile of shav- :
J are lost
inffa 'I rift !1U11ULU19 OUU UJttVAiA"- J 1
THE CAXE GROWERS.
Third Annual Session of the Missis-
sippi Valley Association.
St. Louis Dec. 13. The third an-
nual convention of the Mississippi
Cane Growers association met hero
to-day Ex-Lieut. Gov. N. J. Column
of St. Louis president in the chair.
Delegates were present from Illinois
Indiana Iowa Kansas. Louisiana
.ui-iiig.uit jiissouri .ew Jersey .New
ioiKeorusKa unio Pennsylvania
lennessee and Wisconsin. Hon.
George B. Loving commissioner of
igriculture. was annointe.1 i.rntur mi
he will deliver an address before the
convention to-morrow. A resolution
providing lor the appointment of a
committee to consider the propriety of
m is .i-ssociuLion asKing congress to
purchase the copyright of Isaac L.
Hodges book entitled "Sugar
Canes: Their Product and Manufac-
ture" was unanimously adopted.
President Column read 'the annual
address which gave a long and inter-
esting review of the torghuin indus--ry
and showed its great importance
to the country. A member of the
convention stated that if sorghum
muiiuiaciure really proves to be a
success it will keep in the country
iOo.ooo.Ou) to 88ouju00O which is now
paid for imported sugars and svruns.
Members of the convention will leave
Saturday for Njjw Orleans where
they will remain several days inspect-
ing sugar mills and refineries.
MICUIGAN's SENATOR.
Washington Dec. 14. The senu
torial canvass in Michigan is the gen
eral topic of discussion among west
ern congressmen to-day. It seems to
te the growing opinion that neither
Ferry nor Hubbell will lie successf ul
but that some one less prominent at
present will surely be elected. Con
siderable hard feeling exists among
the delegation at the course pursued
oy uspiranis.
ILLICIT IlirORTATION
The collector of customs at Norfolk
iigiuiu uaa imormeu me treasury
department that yesterday he seized
twenty-one packages containing crock-
erywure and Chinese curiosities on
the United States steamer Swatara
which arrived at that port from China.
Folger telegraphed the collector to re-
lease the goods ujion payment of duties
and expenses of seizure.
TUE DAKOTA DELEGATION.
A hearing was given this morning
by the sub-committee of the senate
committee on territories to the Da-
kota delegation who are seeking ad-
mission of the territory as a state.
The Yankton bond matter was the
principal topic of discussion which it
is understood has lieen practically set-
tled to the satisfaction of creditors. A
further hearing will occur to-morrow
before the lull committee.
TUE DADDY OF WATER8.
The examination of Gem Wright
cniei 01 engineers oy tne special com
mittee on the improvement of the
Mississippi river was concluded to-day
ngni aunerea to tne opinion pre
viously expressed by him that the
theory and plans upon which the rive
commission is conductinsr the work oi
protecting the banks and contracting
the width of the river is the best plan
of any for the improvement of tht
navigation of the river rather than to
protect the lands upon its banks.
NO MORE NEW STATES.
In view of the contingency that the
uepuuiicans may urge at tins session
tne admission 01 JJaKota as a state
caucus of Democratic senators w
neld this morning at which the mat
ter was discussed. There was no dis
sent from the opinion expressed bv
several senators that the policy of the
party snouiu be one or opposition
the admission at this time of any ter
ritory wnicn would give the Republi-
cans two additional votes in the sen
ate. Definite action on the question
was leit oix;n lor the present. Tli
subject of tariff and informal revenue
reductions was incidentally mention
ed. The chairman of the caucus w;is
directed to appoint a committeeof liv
senators to confer with a similar com
mittee of the house relative to the
policy to be adopted by the party upon
various questions likely to form sub
jects ot legislative action during the
present session.
Tom Pearson Denied Bull and Sent to
Jail.
Special to Tlie Statesman.
Bastrop Dec. 14. In the habeas
corpus trial to-day of Tom Pearson
before District Judge L. W. Moore
ior tne murder ot a negro in thi;
county in 1873 the defendant was de
mod bail and sent again to jau.
The Gca Murder Trial Progressing
Special to the Statesman.
N AVASOTA. D;c. 14. Taa Gee mur
der case is now on trial 111 the district
court. 1 wo days have been consumed
in empanneling the jury und the case
win occupy au 01 tnis week and seve
ral days ol next week. The proseeu
tion is represented by Messrs. C. R
Breediove and Wooten und the de
fense by Hon. Scth Sheppard of Gal
veston Maj. J. C Hutchinson of
Houston and several other attorneys
An exciting und interesting trial is uu-
ticiputed.
Dilley's Foundry aud Machine Shops
liurneu.
Special to the Statesman.
Palestine. Djc 14. Georze M.
Dilley . & Son's foundry and machine
- . 1 . . . . . 1 1 - . 1 . . 1 .
n oma uiuut'U ill itllumgllL i;ist IlIgllL.
ine building patterns ami machinery
are a complete loss. ihe firemen
saved the brass foundry offices and
outlying buildings. The loss is esti
mated at 825000 ; insurance 812.000.
in the Liverpool and London Home
of New York Springfield Fire and
Western Assurance. The works will
be rebuilt immediately
Col. Pierce's Railroad Views-
Texas Senator Shot At.
Special to Tlie Statesman. 1
San Antonio. Dec. 14. Col. II. B.
Andrews has been elected president of
tne electric nght company vice Col.
Belknap resigned.
The gambling question is being agi
tated and wiu be an issue in the com
ingcity election.
In an interview with Col. Pierce of
the Sunset to-day your correspondent
was told that our chances lor the Sun
set workshops were poor. S;in An
tonio has enough in the repair shops
and the main shops will be located at
Houston. The hospital question will
be settled when the road is completed
and CoL Pierce was in favor of San
Antonio for the location lie was not
favorably disposed to the action of
the legislature in their railroad legis
lation and said there would be a con-
certed action between Gould's airents
and all other railroad men of the state
on the three cents a mile law. and it
would come before the legislature.
No more roads will be built in Texas
unless it is repealed and when the
railroads stop the state will recede
200000 in population. No road ever
pays the first three years when
buut in Texas and the Sunset
last year under the five cent law
lost 826.000 and this vear will
lose 830000. Passenger fervice will
have to be stopped or run in connec
tion with the freights. He had spent
so much money in Texas he had no
more to 6pend. In building the Fredericksburg-
road thev would need land
and subsidies. Another line would be
surveyed and he was soon going to
look over the country in that direction
himself. He will remain in Texas
two or three months.
Senator George Pfeiffer eot into a
dispute with a Mr. Adler at New
Braunfels. last night and Adler shnt.
at but missed Pfeiffer. Adler was ar-
rested. Prince Arisucawa No Mm'a. thn
uncle of the Emperor of Japan and
field marshal of the imperial anny
with his suit has reached New "ork.
He left Japan last summer to be nre-
ent at the coronation of the eniperor I Harrisburo. Dec 13. At the
of Russia; but that ceremony being morning session of the state grange
postponed he has in the interim visit-! patrons of husbandry the reports of
ed most of the European courts and -the worthy master lecturer and secre-
is now on his return to Japan. He is tary were read. The membershin in
the highest in rank of any Japanese
America j
nuu utw iuwiuw ViaibCXA limviiQVl
EDITORIAL X0TES.
The best proof of the vnlnn of tht
Eads jetties to the commerce of the
Mississippi is furnished bv the official
statistics of the grain trade of New
Orleans for October during which
time twenty-eight steamships barks
and brigs cleared for foreign ports
taking ut 1.023458 bushels of wheat
alone against 54.715 bushels of wheat
and corn in October 1881. The Mem-
pins Appeal claims thut if the jetties
ure successful at the mouth of the
river as they are tho same sys'em
may be made equally successful at the
belli Is.
Edward Cox who killed Col. Robert
A. Alston in Atlanta Georgia in
18 and was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for life has been pardoned
out by Gov. Stephens. The tragedy
created a great sensation at the time
and the survivor although himself
badly wounded barely escaped being
lynched. The petition for his pardon
was signed by hundreds of people
irrespective of party including lol
members of the present house of rep-
resentatives of the Georgia legisla-
ture; and thirty members of the state
senate.
Although the British government
has been very lavish in the distribu-
tion of docorations to tho armv of
Rgypt there is an immense amount of
growling in the undecorated and un-
promoted group. Lower grade olli-
cers who thought they had by their
vaior determined tne result at Tel-el-
Kebir have either lieen neglected or
mne received siuriit promotion: but
even Sir John Adys Wolsely's c hief
oi stair wno did an extraordinary
amount of valuable work was onlv
promoted to the first-class of the Order
of Bath which is considerwl "no great
suah.es uy military men.
Apostle Joseph F. Smith lectured
the iaithful at Salt Lake City the
other day and in the course of his ex-
nortation informed them that he had
received the gift of tongues from
heaven when he was in the S;ind-
wich Islands. As proof of this he as-
serted that all of a sudden he found
himself able to read andwiliethe
Hawaiian language like an educated
native. The Salt Lake Tribune wagers
nan a aoaar aarainst its chances ol
ever becoming a Mormon apostle that
Joseph Smith couldn't learn any lan-
guage perfectly aud that he never re-
ceived any gilts from heaven; and it
notes that he recently confessed him-
self too stupid before' a grand jury to
1 ciueiiMicr n no certain persons were
more than two days. Perhaps Smith
is preparing his people for another
"revelation." One may be needed in
the due course of events
The New York Sun says: "The de
crees 01 ine ecclesiastical synod which
ciosco us deliberations in St. Patrick s
iscd its delilierations in St. Patrick's
cathedral on Novemlier 9. will be
ready for publication about December
15. There was an erroneous idea that
they were to be sent to Rome for rati
fication but they are concerned with
mailers 01 morals and not of faith.
and do not need Roman affirmation.
ihose most interestinir to the nublii
are a decree forbidding priests to attend
dramatic or operatic performances
in theatres one forbidding clerical at
tendance at race courses and one
making the wearing of the rabba. 01
Koman collar obligatory upon priests.
xneie is iuso a uecree prouioiting tne
use of flowers at funerals except in
the cases of young children when they
may ne appropriately used as typify
ing the innocence and purity ot the
dead. None of the decrees deal with
the amusements of the laity.
The latest news from Jamacia in
dicates no change for tho better in the
unhappy .state of affairs there. The
English residents seem to be more
embittered than ever against the sys
tem of crown government that ol-
tains. They demand a new form ol
government and entire liberty as
guaranteed by the English constitu
tion. As yet their demand has taken
no more serious form than firm clear
manly but respectful petition to the
queen. The News Letter goes so far
as to warn the patriots from commit
ting any acts of violence indicating
that sucn a sentiment is entertained
by the residents; As the people
seem to be unanimous outside of the
ollice-holding circles in their charges
against the present government and
as all the principal journals sympa
thize and side with them an impartial
observer cannot refrain from believing
tnat sucn grounds ior complaint cer
tainly exist.
PERSONAL.
It is said that Mr. Jay Gould is ne-
gotiating for an entire block of
ground in N ew x ork east of Central
Park and between Madison and Fifth
avenues with a view of erecting upon
11 me nnest dwelling house and con
servatory in that city.
A ashington letter says: "The
Rev. Hicks pastor of the Tabernacle
and spiritual adviser1 of Guiteau has
caused considerable excitement by his
last sermon in which he said: 'if
there is a hell I am willimr to be
damned for believing there is not such
a place and 1 say it here in this tem
ple of worship and under the mantle
01 a minister of God.
Oliver Doud Byron the actor who
secured the railroad tics of the tempo
rary iracK laid at tiberon Aew Jer
sey to convey President Garfield to
the 1 rancklyn cottage has completed
the log cabin which he constructed out
fif the ties at North Long Branch.
The cottage contains a handsome
mantel made of slabs from the rail-
road ties havinsr in its centre an open
ing in which is a picture of the dead
president.
A story from New York is that
Madame Nilsson was assigned to
rooms in the Windsor hotel above
those of Madame Patti. She consid
ered herself snubbed and refused to
occupy them though they had lieen
specially prepared for her. and chose
others on the opposite side of the
house but on the same floor as Patti.
.she could not get them and went to
the victoria the same dav. When
these two donnas meet thev exchange
cuiu uuns Homing more.
1 .1 1 . ii ; "
Chalmers in Search of "Recognition."
Washington Telcgram.J
A novel sight around the depart
ments i Gem Chalmers the Missis
sippi Manone. lie Is making the
grand rounds in order to talk over
with the secretanes his scheme of
managing the federal oatromure in
that state after the style adopted by
Mahone in Virginia. He has already
asked lor the removal of a few post
masters wnom ne claims worked
against him in his recent canvass and
the appointment in their stead of Ids
friends. His claims for recognition
are listened to but the administration
is not ready to muke him its steward
until he can furnish more fruits meet
for political repentance than he has
yet done. His scheme for an Indepen
dent party is regarded as too nebulous
ior present consideration.
tiie regular pool.
N ew 1 ork Dec. 13. The railroad
managers agreed on traffic on a basis
as follows: Minneapolis division of
ine uock island per cent; St. Paul
4 per cent; northwest and Omaha
per cent: St. Paul division of the
itocK island. 14- per cent and others 43
per cent eacn.
Milwaukee Dec. 13. John F.
rotter the celebrated representative
wno in 15W being challenged by
Roger A. Pryor named bowie knives
as weapons aud a locked room as the
place ot battle is dying at Muskwan-
age isconsin in the poorfarra
nouse.
Chicago Dec 13. In the suit of
Jane Marlow against John Wall a
saloon keeper for selling her husband
liquor to the extent of making him
almost an imbecile the jury gave in a
verdict for 8250. She asked for 85000.
The case is an aggravated one and
the guilt of the saloonist is clear.
the state is 2000 divided into 400
better than for many years.
vuftvu. uuauuim COUlUlIOn 111
PRESS 0PIM0XS.
If the tax On tnhunnn .I....U .
abolished a rebate would onlv n
Rep. JU8tlee Cincinnati Gazette
No satisfactory legislation is ex-
pected and there is no reason h
there should be. ir thiiS iJ .7
fW." of the globe
vor .k. " "VPu)llcan legislators
o er whom Gen. KTeifer so appropri-
ately presides. iii"
The Independent Rpnniiin nou-o.
ftlfr-uE the ""-MM is mashed.
ISUt With Keifer nroui.lin.. u
house and Steve DorK..v ni..t.i
secretary of the party it would seVm
that the machine is exceedingly solid.
-Atlanta Constitution. lemK 3
The constitution of the United
States should be so amended as to em-
power the president to veto one or
more items of an airopriation bill
while approving the r.-st of the bill.
1 hat would stop the practice of put-
ting through jobs by lumping them.
-N ew 1 ork Sun Independent. .
The president now declares himself
sis one with the liest sentiment of the
country in his attitude on civil service
reform. The people are moving for-
ward and it cannot lie s;ud that he is
holding biu k or that he is not profes-
sing a determination to respond to tho
lest expectations. New Y'ork Tri-
bune Rep.
There are a great many differing
opinions alniut the method of tax re-
duction but there is only one opinion
;is to the necessity of it. At such a
conjuncture the statesman who in-
sists on having his own way will have
to stand aside for the statesman who is
willing to do the best he can. Phila-
delphia Record Ind.
Samuel J. Tilden in the gubernato-
rial chair of the empire state displayed
the very highest order of executive
ability and effected reforms of incal-
culable lK-nefit to the people of New
ork. Governor-elect Cleveland has
done well in having a talk with one of
the most illustrious of his predeces-
sors. Washington Post Dem.
A Democratic house hiis been chosen
to reduce that taxation and that ex-
penditure but unhappily this house
cannot possibly even begin to do what
it was elected to do. in the ordinary
course of affairs before the close of
the year 1883. or accomplish any sub-
stantial results before the c lose of tho
fiscal year 1883-61. New York World
Dein. .
Better wait till the Democratic con-
gress assembles and let our political
opponents deal with Tefonu." There
are a great many people who think
"the grand old party' don't know
enough to save itself and that
it is really not worth saving. If
it is to lie operated as a Half-breod
concern that will surely betbeopinion
of a good many heretofore Republi
cans for some years to com 3. Albany
Express Stalwart
I do not think I should vote for
Gen. Butler to be governor of Louisi-
ina but his election showed a marked
improvement in public sentiment in
Massachusetts. Butler was antagon-
ized by that narrow hidebound politi-
w'ul sect which makes perpetual war
igainst the south. Yes I was reloiced
to see that Massachusetts had pro-
cessed sufficiently to select Butler as
her chief executive. It is a great step
forward. Senator Jonas of Louisi-
ana. Arthur Is Sound.
New York Suu.l
Every intelligent honest man must
feel an instinctive hatred for the elec-
toral fraud f 1876-7. bv which the
presidency of the United Strtes was
stolen; and also an instinctive repug-
nance for the hypocrites and villains
who committed and promoted the
fraud and who in various official
places and distinctions enjoyed the di-
rect usufruct thereof.
This honorable feeling of hatred and
repugnance expressed by President.
Arthur when h describes the shame-
ful period of fraud triumphant as.
"the four years immediately preceding
Mr. Garfield's accession to the presi-
dency." No one can allege that Chester A..
Arthur has pardoned or condoned the
blackest criins ever perpetrated by ne-
farious politicians. Honor to thia
true and manly president 1
Going to Lump It.
Dalian Time.
It takes but little aggravation at
this time to make the Gidveston man
wild with anger. A few days ago one
of them was in this city on a drum-
ming" expedition. One of our citi-
zens stated that he could not give the
Galveston house an ordesr for the rea
son first that he could do as well
by purchasing from a Dallas house
of the same. line and second
that Galveston didnt deserve any
favors on account of her late conduct
in politics. The Islander flew into a
passion and declared that Galveston
was proud of having elected Ochiltree
and if the balance of the state didn't
like it. to use his vernacuhtr. "it can
lump it." Having received permis
sion rrom a prominent man of that
town the state C4in now proceed to '
"iUtnp it" whatever that ui'-uus.
La Vie Parisienne. the French illus
trated weekly paper has become so
notoriously immoral even for Paris.
that the gove rnment has put a stop to
us circular inn.
The Children's Aid society in New
York have a kindergarten school in
which ninety little pupils are tausrht
various operations of agriculture and
the nature and .uses of the produce
of a farm A trough containing
earth is made' to represent a corn field
and this is ploughed harrowed and
planted. The children are taught
how corn grows and the supposed
ripened corn is taken to a mill and the
meal is made into johnny cakes baked
and eaten.
The High churchmen of the Church
of Ergland have determined to pur-
chase the late Dr. Pusey's valuable
library and erect a building to contain
it the collection to bear his name and
remain a memorial of the distingukh-
ed ecclesiastic who did so much to
promote the ritualistic movement
nearly half a century ago. The me-
morial library building will be erected
at Oxford. The Low church party
did not participate in the meeting at
which the memorial was discussed.
A son of IIon.E. W. English candi
date for vice president at the lost pres-
idential election was arrested in Indi-
anapolis on lost Thursday night at the
instance of Miss Elizabeth Williams a
refined and educated young lady of
that city of striking beauty who has
had many admirers. The nature of
the charge was such as to greatly
shock society circles in Indianapolis.
After having been pl:ice under nw
bonds to appear for trial the case wa
suddenly dropped by the withdrawal
of the charge.
'I met Oscar Wilde in London
once said Alme - nsson iwusseaua
the other day. "where we were both
guests and he was to take me down
to dinner. He commenced to talk his
nonsense and pose to me as we were
going to the dining room. 1 saia to
fim: 'Look here Mr. Wilde Mile.
Christine Nilsson will put up with no
such stuff. This is all put on ana
there is nothing in it but nonsense.'
Mr. Wri!ds said: 'Thank you. You
Hra the first sensible woman and true
friend that I've met After that he
acted as any other man should and
talked sensibly."
Fred Gebhardt the gilded youth of .
New Y'ork whose gallantries are said
to have caused the rupture between
Mrs. Labourcbe and Mrs. Langtry. is
creating a great deal of talk in Boston
where he is said to be enuneed in es
corting the Jersey Lilly about in bis
coupe which was shipped on from
New Y'ork for her special accommoda-
tion. In sending an order to a well
known wine house in New York re
cently Gebhardt wrote as follows:
Gentlemen Pleas to send me two
number 100 fifth Avenue seven cases
of l'omry seek. In haste." And all
the town is in a broad grin at this ex-
hibition of the lack of elementary
training on the part of Mrs. Langtry I
latest capture.
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