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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
TERMS :
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Clubs of Ten to one Postofllce
cimm f Fifteen tii oiih Postofllce 25 00
Clubs of Twenty. to one Fostnlllo & 60
Dallas Fort Worth and Somer-
ville belong to a racing circuit and
they give 88000 each for purses.
Every once in a while somebody
attempts to bring Judge Gresham to
the front as a presidential quantity.
That doctors and dry goods clerks
may be flattered we will state that
Judge Foraker is said to look like
them. '
The Santa Fe railway has formed
a combination for shipping purposes
between St. Louis and Texas with
the Texas and St. Louis railway.
1'ostmasteh GitESHAM does not
like the ugly abbreviation Oreg. for
Orego and no letter will hereafter
be forwarded bearing such superscrip-
tion. It is charged that Air. Uandall
when speaker organized the commit-
tees in favor of the protectionists
and' it is believed he would so organ-
ize them again.
John Sherman has announced in
favor of a monument to Eliza 1'ink-
ston. By the by John should be
looking after his namesake the hope-
fulscion of the defunct Eliza.
The Fort Worth Gazette in notic-
ing the beginning of an era of sui-
cides among negroes says "before the
war no one ever heard of a negro com-
mitting suicide." The Gazette is mis.
taken. A negro suicide might be told
of in Texas and thereby hangs a tale
affecting well at another time it
may be tqM.
Tue Boston Herald says: '-Courage
and. assurance count for a good deal
in a political contest for if the Dem-
ocrats advocated tariff reform with
one-half the boldness that the Repub-
licans display in their defense of pro-
tection they would carry the country
overwhelmingly in their favor in the
next national election.
Why the regency should lix a differ
ent standard on the age of young
women to be admitted to a course of
study in the university is not ex-
plained loung men shall be six-
teen; young women seventeen. Why
should the qualified female" of sixteen
be rejected. Is it because sweet six-
teen is rather too too.
Collector Uouektson's head it
is thought will soon drop into the
basket and George Bliss provided he
cannot get another long engagement
in a star-route trial may be? asked to
take the place. It is reported that
this is the result of ii plan of re-arranging
the Xew York ollices agreed
to between the president and White-
law Ueid.
The New York dealers in country
produce notify the public that after
J uly 1 they will not receive the trade
dollar except at its actual value. This
movement will probably extend all
over the country. As the banks and
railways refuse to receive it at pai the
people who can least alT -nl to lose.
suiter by the discount. J ins iraiuiu-
lent dollar should be made a legal
tender or put in the melting pot.
The virtual emperor of China is
Li Hung Chang one of the most sa-
gacious prudent and brave of the
present rulers of nations. For years
he has been looking after the military
standing of the empire and now the
army and navy of China are on an
excellent footing. The French will
have their hands full in attempting
to teach the empire how to respect
the standing of a European republic.
The New York Times directs at-
tention to the fact that the prosecu-
tors of the star route thieves have
been vilely defamed from day to day
by a "Washington administration or-
gan conducted by a member of Presi-
dent Arthur's own official family.
This defense of the star route ring
from a source so near the president
has had a visible and possibly a de-
termining weight with the Washing-
Osr the shores of the Caspian sea
iiear the city of Baku the people
tiave struck oil ; and there is enough
n.t t tvlirlf thn -tvVirda nf Aai Tn
the oleoginous district the earth
sweats oil at every pore and if the
Ann4a na ttnlf tuna PoWTlOfllxTQTll'l
'has a rival. A writer says : "A Swiss
iront.lm:in ia rtrnririetor of about
forty springs which as I was told
-on the spot yield 180000 poods each
of thirty-eight pounds per diem.
One fountain which I passed I do
not know whether it was that gentle-
man's property has been running for
five years at the rate of 25000 poods
; per day. The total yield of Oleopolis
was calculated at 20000000 poods in
1878.' Now I am told" it is about
100000000."
The success of the Mobile Rifles at
Nashville where military companies
from all over the union con' ended for
distinction has revived a military ar-
dor among Alabamians and men in
the other Southern states. The com-
petitive drills beget interest and
wholesome rivalry and a love for mil-
itary pursuits produced in no other
way. The experience of the war
somewhat destroyed desire to engage
in military pursuits; in fact our peo-
' pie came out so impoverished that
they had to look alone to questions of
meat and bread. These being success-
fully solved time may be found now
for pleasurable military undertaking.
We are at pace with Mexico and the
rest of the world and brave soldier
boys may parade with safety through-
out the land.
A writer in the San Francisco
Examiner argues that to elect the
next Democratic presidential nomi-
nee he must be able to carry New
York ; and after saying that Randall
and Bayard can both carry that state
he concludes that Randall should be
the nominee. Let us concede that
Randall can carry New Yorkwith his
high tariff proclivities might he not
loose other Democratic states which
would vote for Mr. Bayard. Were it
possible for any Democratic nominee
to carry Pennsylvania Mr. Bayard
could carry it by as much as any other
man even though he wero a resident
of the state. The Pennsylvania dele-
gation wanted to nominate Mr.
Bayard in 1880 but when the name
of General Hancock was presented of
course the vote ot the state was cast
for him.
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VOL. XII.
THE CAPITAL STATE FAIR.
"The premium list of the capital
state fair association is before us. It
wears a fair-like appearance being
devoted alone to information concern
ing the coming fair with not an ad
vertisement on its pages. A careful
inspection of the list of premiums
shows that in all the departments the
premiums have been made more com
prehensive and that they have been
doubled on all things while upon
many they have been increased many
times over what has heretofore been
offered. Especially in the live stock
departments have the premiums been
increased until they may be called
most attractive. In the machinery
and implement department money
premiums appear for the first time in
the history of the association while
in the agricultural industrial art and
fancy departments additional induce
meuts to exhibit are presented in
every item. A new spirit appears
to have siezed upon the minds of the
directors. This time they show a
determination to secure fine exhibits
in all the departments and ic is a
pleasurable feature to notice that the
business men of Austin contribute
no small share of the money towards
making up the premiums while a
large number of useful and valuable
articles are offered by them as special
awards. It may be predicted already
that the fair in October will be a
grand success but the interest of the
occasion may be added to besides
what the premium list affords in a
variety of ways. Novel entertain
ments are to be provided to add aest
to the exhibition and these may yet
be increased. Private suggestions
are in order in this respect and it
may be understood that the
directors of the association will sec-
ond any worthy effort presented by
private enterprise. The great St.
Louis fair occurs just two weeks be-
fore ours and the business people of
St. Louis are going to represent ia a
grand procession the industries and
trades of the great city. An interest-
ing thing of this sort might be in
stituted here making it even more
comprehensive. ' Business pro
fessional and trades people might
com bine and on a sort of great holi
day occasion illustrate to vifitors
through an attractive pageant the
business and industries of Austin
The usands of people will visit the
fair and according to the manner in
which they are entertained at Austin
will titey return in luture vears
bringing increased numbers with
them. In the way of an investment
any expense attached to the pageant
would be in the nature of
bread cast upon the waters which
would return and bring with it treas
ures of the sea. The financial bent tits
derived from these annual fairs be
long not to the stockholders of the
association but to the business and
tradespeople of Austin and to ask
them to exert themselves in popular-
izing the occasions is proper. Every
energy should bo bent to make not
only the fair but the city attractive
in October and the Statesman is
satisfied a united effort of our people
will be made to secure such a result
Gen. A. J. Warner of Ohio says:
My own vote will be determined by
the policy of the party likely to follow
the choice of speaker aud the in-
terests of the party rather than by
personal consideration." In this is
an expression of the whole point. If
the Democratic party intends to go
on with the tariff revisions down to
that point where the false doctrine of
protection shall cease if the party is
fixed in a purpose to put in operation
the wholesome principles of a consti-
tutional tariff which permits a tariff
for revenue only; then as much of the
influence of the next congress must
be for good in that direction. Let
members in congress adopt Warner's
doctrine and by the wise selection of
a speaker in exact and recognized ac-
cord with those views aid both the
course of legislation and advance the
interests of the party. If such a policy
be pursued it is not at all likely that
Mr. Randall will be the successful
candidate. He has many warm and
sincei e friends who doubt the truth
of the rumors which credit him with
being in favor of a high protective
tariff and deny that he mutually
aided the protectionists while he was
speaker. But many of those recog
nize the fact that a widespread opin
ion of the truth of these charges must
have the effect to make his selections
one of questionable propriety on ac-
count of its putting the party upon
the defensive from the very start.
A writer in the New York World
on what constitutes a constitution
tariff says: "A protective tariff
means favoritism prohibition mo-
hoply. The constitution says: A
tariff may be collected on imports to
pay the debts and provide for the
common defense and general welfare
of the United States' protective
tariff not mentioned. Mr. Madison
the expounder in applying the prac
tical workings of the constitutional
tariff said: 'The whole subject of
tariff is coimpressed into reve-
nue; the object incidental encour-
agement (not protection) to home in-
dustries; the incident discriminating
between articles of luxury and neces-r
sity so as to put the burden on luxu-
ry; all duties moderate so as to not
shackle trade or agriculture." The
Democratic platform based on funda-
mental law and principles should
therefore read: "A constitutional
tariff discriminating between articles
of luxury and necessity arranged to
foster trade industries and agricul-
ture equitably." A constitutional
tariff is for revenue. In arranging
such a tariff prudent patriotic men
will tax luxuries higher than necessi-
ties. In many articles there will be
absolutely free trade such as are
placed on the free list. Taxation will
afford incidental protection. .That is
inevitable all admit it and no one
seeks to avoid it. Still the tariff is
for revenue it is to raise money to
"pay debts it is for the government
and not for individuals. It protects
because protection to the extent of
the tax is unavoidable. It does not
say that the farm shall be taxed to
support the factory. It does not com-
mand that one class shall pay tribute
to another class. It is not all turkey
to the monopolist and all turkey buz-
zard to the working people. It is as
near just as human wisdom and jus-
tice can devise a tax. The Democra-
tic party is in favor of that sort of a
tariff and it is the law of the land as
certain as that error must eventually
yield to the power of truth. - - - -"
WMfY
JJJJ M
THE VOICE OF A PEOPLE.
And now since Queen Victoria has
taken on this melancholy streak over
the death of John Brown and fre
quents his grave and his old home
her abdication is hinted at and her
successors are discussed. Of course
her son the primogeniture's heir to
the throne Albert Edward prince of
Wales is her direct successor and
since he has two strong hearty grown
up boys it would be reasonable to
presume there may be anything
else but a direct succession. Albert
Victor the oldest son of the prince
is nearly twenty years old and
George the next son is sixteen years
old. As said speculation as to a
succession on the British throne
arises from this melancholy state
into which the queen has lapsed.
After-a-while however the good old
woman may find another trusty body
servant ami feeling that John Brown
has been replaced she may become
herself again and reign long in the
land. She belongs to a race noted
for longevity and ' she is now
only sixty-four years old. Besides
the English people are not
anxious for the rule to be changed
The Prince of Wales has been sowing
his wild oats for a good many years
and it is not known yet whether he
has given up the sport. True it is
some time ago a dangerous fever
came very near getting away with
his princeship. It may be supposed
an apparition of his satanic majesty's
pleasurable anticipation of his pres-
ence below rather frightened the gay
fellow and since then he has not
been parading his amorous and other
delightful pastimes before his sub-
jects. But after all it makes but
little difference who is king in Eng-
land so long as the people rule. A
wrong step on the part of the govern-
ment is at once followed by an ex
pression from the country and min-
istry and kings go tumbling to the
voice of the people. The voice of the
people is really the voice of God
in Great Britain. Kings and
ministers and parliaments bow before
the majestic voice and well they may
for it has been fixed that he who
dares oppose sheds his blood upon the
altar of despotism. The queen may
abdicate or she may die and the suc-
cession will not move a hair's breadth
the existing order of things in Eng-
land. A few months ago disturbances
might have attended the change but
the storm is passed and the power of
the government is recognized. The
crowning of an emperor at Moscow
and the blood of Irishmen who struck
at constituted power in England have
taught the disturbers of the peace of
Europe that their movements rebound
upon themselves. It is constitutional
power that protects England the
faith exacted in the execution of
Magna Charta that makes kings safe
and causes ministers to tremble at the
power that has made and which pro-
tects the sacred memento of trans-
mitted liberty. The English govern-
ment is demonstrated a liberal and
constitutional monarchy and it is so
liberal that constituted monarchy dare
not assert its will. Kings and queens
may be crowned and they may abdi
cate or be consigned to the hereafter
but the people live for ever. Eng
land may some day be a republic ; the
enormous expense oi royalty and of
nobility may drive the people to
change their form of government
to one of more simplicity but the
change would not work any violent
revolution. The people would will
the change and kings and nobles
would obey for they now tremble
when the popular voice is raised
against their indiscretions.
The Courier-Journal calls atten
tion to the manner in which disrepu-
table church scandals are arrayed be-
fore the public in the northern states.
The press teems with disputes
church .trials disorganizations and
scandals connected with clericals to
such an extent that it would seem
what ought to be best and purest is
frequently the foulest and worst. The
private and secular affairs of the
ministry are often made the subjects
of contention and wrangling. To
such a point have these troubles come
that the Jersey Journal writes pa
thetically in favor of some plan to
rid public ears of the nuisance of
church troubles. Such a state of af-
fairs at the south is unknown. What-
ever may be the occasion of this dis-
graceful condition in the north our
southern affairs do not comprehend
in these troubles the same grievances
and disreputable wrangling which
makes the northern churches scenes
of discord. It is one of the virtues
which the new south has not yet
seen fit to copy as fashion seems to
require in so many things. Probably
it is because legislators have not yet
seen fit to prescribe so beautiful a
social custom.
Gentlemen visiting the capital
from various portions of the state
report that a large number of young
men are preparing to attend the uni-
versity at the beginning of its first
session. This is right. We have
been sending our young men abroad
to receive advanced education and it
is safe to say that the expense of do-
ing so has averaged not a cent less
than $750 per annum. These young
men may now' come to Austin and
after paying the nominal matricu-
lation fee of 810 may obtain tuition
in any of the schools of the univer-
sity under as good professors as are
to be found in the institutions where
heretofore we have sent the young
Texans. It is estimated that over
three hundred yeung men have been
thus sent abroad annually at an ex-
pense of $225000. The savingiof pri-
vate means in Texas on account of
education will be immense and what
is most beautiful is that the univ.r-
sity will be open to every young
man and young woman in the
state who desires advanced edu-
cation. And it may be pursued in
any channel desired without the stu-
dent being forced to pursue studies
which his intended avocations do not
require.
The Keely motor applied to a 500-horse-power
locomotive is to be
tested on the railway between
Philadelphia and New York in Au-
gust. It is proposed to send it
through with a train of palace cars.
IWMOflR.ATIf! STATESMAN
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AUSTIN
ASOTHER RAILWAY IX THE SU-
GAR BELT.
Again there is talk of a railway be-
ing built from the mouth of the Bra-
zos river to Hempstead. There and
at intermediate points it would con-
nect with the entire railway system
of Texas and it could not fail to be a
road of importance. It would lead
right into the heart of the sugar dis-
trict and millions of capital would
no douht be induced thereby to
develop the sugar industry in the
state. There is hardly an acre of
ground in Fort Bend Brazoria Mata-
gorda and Wharton counties not cap-
able of producing a hogshead of
sugar while much of it has produced
over two hogsheads to the acre. AVhy
it all should not be speedily redeem-
ed from its native condition
and made to wave with green fields of
cane and corn and cotton is hard to
understand except that transpor-
tation is needed. The improved
plantati ns in this region were held
before the war at 850 per acre and
capital and labor is all that is needed
agaia to make them as valuable as
ever. The man who puts his money
in Oyster creek Brazos and Old Caney
lands in the sugar region will have
his dollars grow ten-fold in less than
fifteen years. The delta regions of
the Nile and the Mississippi are not
as rich as these lands because they
are more charged with mineral and
vegetable elements than any on
the face of the globe. Their fertility
is apparently inexhaustible some of
the land which has been culti-
vated over fifty years being as pro-
ductive now as ever. Being near the
coast the heavy dews of summer pro-
tccr crops even when rain is needed
but it is rare that rains do not fall so
as to make a succession of fine seasons
during the entire growing period
xtepoits from crops growing in these
counties this season are that an im-
mense yield will be obtained from all
Last year the crops there were excep-
tionally tine. Failures are unknown
in the production of sugar cotton
corn oats and the grasses
and railways penetrating these lands
are all that is needed to lead to
investments therein which will
speedily make it as God intended it
should be the garden spot of the
world. Besides its agricultural ca-
pabilities natural timbers abundant
and most valuable are -a source of
vast supply to commerce. It i.i hoped
tt railway from Velasco to Hemp-
stead will be speedily constructed. It
is the intention of the projectors of
this enterprise to make a great health
resort at Damon's Mound on Mound
Prairie in Brazoria county. It
is here that a vast mound
some miles square rises from the al-
luvial lands to a bight of near 100
feet and prospectors say that it con-
tains a multitude of minerals and
waters with unequaled curative prop-
erties. Why should not this railway
be built ? A syndicate of capitalists.
construcsing it and investing in these i
I. 1.1 .. a. 1 l .
uuinia vvuuiu muKe a vast ueai 01
money without any further effort.
The New York Herald asserts
the power of every judge to protect
t witness against impertinent innu
endoes and defamatory attacks upon
his character gratuitously made by
an attorney and it is his duty to ex-
ercise that pawer not only in justice
to the witness but also to prevent
what in many cases must lead to a
breach of the peace. Jf citiz. ns of
the highest standing in the communi-
ty are to be made to suffer without
cause in the courts a more grievous
wrong than that for which they have
gone there to seek redress then they
will soon learn that it will be better
for them to keep clear of t1 e courts.
The construction of Count Telf-
ner's railway across the entire coast
country of Texas will revolutionize
the condition or the rich alluvial belt.
It ought to convert it into a vast re
gion tor the production of sugar for
vvnicn no section ot the globe is su
perior instead oi one-tenth ot the
sugar consumed in the United States
!eing produced in the entire country
rex as ougnt to maKe one-third ol
what is so consumed. A vast region
of unsurpassed fertility and not sub
ject to overflow awaits the touch o
capital and labor to make southern
Texas the grreatest sugar region on
the North American continent.
It is said the piece of morocco tan
ned from the skin of a female inmate
of the Tewksbury almshouse is to
play a prominent part in the approach-
ing political campaign in Massachu
setts. It will be exhibited from e ery
rostrum in the state from which But-
ler speaks as a product and illustra-
tion of respectable Republican rule
and the masses will be asked if they
want to restore an executive regime
which has added tanned human skins
to the products of Massachusetts in-
dustry. Gen. Wm. II. Barnum chairman
of the Democratic executive commit-
tee is inclined to think Benjamin F.
Butlerjthe man who discovered the
Tewksbury tannery will be the Dem-
ocratic candidate for the presidency.
Well we do expect it would be best
to elect a level-headed chairman to
succeed Gen. Barnum. . A ray of rea-
son however shows out from his
befiddled soul when he says the "idea
of resurrecting Tilden and Hendricks
is ridiculous."
The maguey plant which abounds
n Mexico is said to produce a fiber
equal to the best Yucatan jute and
an excellent quality of paper pulp.
Mills for utilizing the plant in this
direction are to be started immedi-
ately. The Mexican government en-
courages the new industry by the of-
fer of a premium of $30000 for every
such mill established conditioned on
certain stipulations for rendering the
enterprise effective.
The register of Vanderbilt univer-
sity at Nashville Tennessee shows
an attendance of 487 students last
session. Of this number 58 are from
Texas. Professor Humphreys and
Broun of Vanderbilt have been
elected to chairs in the University of
Texas and having accepted it is rea-
sonable to suppose that most of the
Texas boys now at Nashville will be
at Austin another year.
In the opinion of the Albany Ar-
gus if Dorsey proposes a lawsuit
against every journal that has spoken
of him as a "star route thief" he
might as well take down a newspa-
per directory and go through the
whole list leaving out the Washing-
ton Republican and a few stalwart
sheets.
Rerdell who pleaded guilty to the
charge of conspiracy against the gov-
ernment with Dorsey and Brady in
the star route frauds was discharged
ast e court said "because one man
cannot be guilty of a conspiracy."
How would it do now to arraign the
prosecution on a charge of conspiracy
to acquit.
The Boston Post states that the
cotton factories in Maine are over-
run with cheap help imported from
the French provinces. In some of
the large rooms in these factories not
a single American can De found
among the operatives. It is in this
way that American labor ia protected.
John Furber is the champion sheep
shearer in Wisconsin his age taken
into consideration. He is but four-
teen years old yet in one day last
week he sheared fourteen sheep with-
out assistance)- catching the animals
himself. The; next day he sheared
twenty another boy aiding him by
catching the sheep.
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TEXAS THURSDAY
EDITORIAL X0TES.
Iowa is suffering from too much
rain and Tennessee for want of
rain. New England has just enough.
Endorsed mercantile paper sells in
New York for from 4 to C per cent
inter ist. "Not so well known paper"
which means that of persons who pay
a higher price pays from 7 to 8 per
-cent interest.
Matters in the paper trade are now
in about the same condition that they
were previous to the last boom and it
would not surprise us to see a big ad
vance this fall. If there is not some
rebel within the next twelve months
some of the weaker manufacturers
will have to succumb to the inevit
able.
The Calcutta exhibition which
opens December 3 of this year will
be wonderful for the notable collec
tion of precious stones which are to
be shown. Ihe great majontyjof the
native princes of India have prom-
ised to lend their finest jewels and
among them are some of the costliest
in the world. The collection will be
especially rich in diamonds and
pearls.
The New York Times says: "Two
hundred thousand dozen foreign eggs
have been received at this port during
the last nine months. In the fiscal
year ending June 30 1882 we im-
ported 11928784 dozens of eggs val-
ued at $1808450.13 or at the rate of
15 cents per 'dozen. Eggs by the way
are on the free list isn't it about
time that the American hen had a
representative on the committee of
ways and means."
England has lately been shipping
her Irish paupers here in great num-
bers. There was one batch of over a
thousand that came from the Gal way
poor house alone whose expenses the
British government paid. It looks a
little funny that we should take such
pains to keep out the Chinese who are
always able to take care of themselves
and admit a lot of vorthless raga-
muffins for our tax-payers to support.
Very kind too of the British govern-
ment. .
When American forests are men-
tioned most people think of the great
northwest; but it is said to be a fact
that no forests of America will to
day compare with those of North
Carolina in variety and luxuriance of
growth. This state contains all the
best known species ot trees to be
found in this country. On the up
lands may be found the white pine
and the hemlock; on the low lands
the palmetto and the magnolia. Of
the twenty-two species of oak to be
found east of the Rocky Mountains
nineteen grow in North Carolina;
and twice as many varieties of trees
grow within the limits of this
state as may be found in the
whole of Europe. For arboriculture
it is one of the most favored regions
of the globe; every variety of tree
grows with a rank luxuriance un-
known in the north. Some tulip
trees may be found more than a hun-
dred feet high and measuring thirty
feet around the foot of the trunk.
SOUTHERN STATES.
Tea raising's the latest experiment
in South Mississippi.
Turtle eggs are sold in Tampa
Fla. for ten cens a dozen.
Griffin Ga. is trying to raise $100.-
000 to build a cotton factory.
A turtle was caught a day or two
since at Cedar Keys that weighed 425
pounds.
Mr. F. B. Sackett of Titusville
Fla. recently took 900 pounds of
honey from six hives of bees.
A land sink occurred at the head of
Swift t reek in Hamilton county Fla.
a few days ago. Large pine trees
disappeared below the surface.
Mrs. Ben AYoody of Dahlonega.
Ga. killed a duck" a few days ago
which had a saale of gold nearly as
large as a grain of corn in its gizzard.
Bay-colored wild goats are said to
be plentiful in the pine wopds of
Grant parish La. The Colfax Chron-
icle says the meat of the animal is
extra fine.
The value of the orchard crops of
Florida twelve years ago was esti-
mated at about $00000. To-day
$1500000 would hardly buy them.
Mr. J. A. McQueen of Cedar Keys
has four old "Continental" pieces of
paper money. They were paid to his
grandfather" about the close of the
revolutionary war.
The cost of profane expressions ut-
tered in public in Fredericksburg
Va. is $1.50 each. The privileges of
the impecuneous in this country are
rapidly becoming extinct.
Florida has 630 factories working
2749 hands with a capital invested of
$1679930 paying annually in wages
$989592 and yielding annually in
products $4685403.
In the G ulf Hammock Levy county
Fla. are two live cypress trees some
eighty feet high that have cabbage
palmettos growing out of holes in
their sides forty to fifty feet above
the giound.
A company has been organized in
New Orleans to build a railway to the
jetties. The charter authorizes the
company to construct warehouses
harbors piers wharves etc. at the
junction of the railway w'th the sea
or river.
Charles Lanier son of the late Sid
ney Lanier the eminent poet and
grandson of CoL Robert Lanier of
Macon. ua has borne on the honors
of his school near Baltimore making
the highest mark in scholarship dis-
tinction ever won there.
The beautiful Virginia flag of the
Pulaski Guards was unfolded on Mon
day after a twenty years' rest in
charge of Sergeant Keffer. It was
presented to them by the ladies of the
county in May 1861 just before they
went on that terrible four years'
journey of death and disaster. The
survivors cling to it anectionateiy.
Atlanta Constitution: People who
prefer lard to cotton seed oil should
be deeply interested in the develop-
ments in Chicago where it is shown
that hoofs and offal are chemically
prepared and shipped south as a first-
class quality of hog lard. Nature has
in store many better compounds for
the kitchen than those found with a
Chicago brand.
Mr." Percy E. Battaile of Louisiana
has caught in the last twelve months
with a steel trap fixed on the top of a
very tall persimmon tree iorty-one
hawks five owls five crows and a
large number of birds. One of the
hawks weighed four pouuds and
measured four feet and four inches
from tip to tip of wings. Many of
the hawks were ot the very largest
kind.
As to the recent hail-storm ia West
Tennessee it is said that in some
places the crops were literary beaten
into the earth. A gentleman was
heard to say he could hold in his
hand every stalk of cotton left in an
eleven acre field. The forest trees
were stripped of their foliage and
thousands of dollars' worth of fruit
was destroyed. A more destructive
hail-storm has never visited that sec-
tion within the memory of man.
Some of the hail was as large as a
common door-knob.
mm
Voices its Sentiment.
Savannah News.
Gov. Foster is quoted as saying of
the Star route trials: "l think the
verdict gives general satisfaction.
There seems to be a general feeling
that the government has tried to use
dishonorable means to convict. Fol-
lowing the defendants with low de-
tectives was poor business for the
government." Calico Charley un-
doubtedly voices the sentiments of
the "grand old party" in general.
JUNE 28 1883.
Lessons on Bee Culture for Beginners
A correspondent of the Texas Far
mer writes to that paper as follows:
I told you in a foi nier letter that
ten colonies of Italian bees would
give six hundred pounds of honey
ruirannnm ii-itK Kut T ; . 1 .... V-
r'v - ...... v. i ... ii iLii mui. jibbit; tmc. .uw
I will tell you how you can get from
1000 to 3000 pounds of extracted
honey from the same number.
Keep your bees from swarming bv
adding a story ais fast as they are
filled and about once a week during
the swarming season look through
your hives and cut out all the oueen
cells. You can by this plan get a
queen to fill a three story Simplicity
hive. Commence early and feed if
necessary to keep up brood rearing ;
but this advice is rather too late for
this season so I will show you how
to Italianize your black bees at a cost
of only $2.50.
Purchase a pure tested queen and
introduce her to your strongest black
colony and give her a frame of
drone comb in the centre of the
breod nest and as soon as
you find caped drone cells you will be
ready for operations. Destroy your
black drones by emptying all your
black bees in front of the hive and
by making the entrance so narrow
that a drone cannot get in. Catch
your queen and drive your bees in
and leave the drones out. You can
soon dispatch them and cut out or
shave off the heads of the drone
brood with a sharp knife. As soon as
you get ready to Italianize your other
nine (we suppose you have just ten)
go to your strongest black stock and
pinch off their queen's head and
as soon as this colony has started
queen cells and I generally assist
the by cutting holes in the newest
and lightest brood combs where there
are plenty of brood and take a round-
pointed stick or pencil and start
queen cells myself. As soon as the
bees have got the eel's under eood
headway go to your Italian cuicny
and take out a frame that has brood
just hatching that is eggs just
hatching into a larva; take a tooth-
pick quill or a small spoon made for
the purpose and after extracting the
black larv from the queen cells dip
out carefully the young Italian larva;
and put in your cells.
As the a' ove plan requires very
nice work perhaps the following
would suit you better: Take a
strong colony and take from them all
their brood combs and destroy tneir
queen or give her away or make up
a small colony for her and get a comb
of brood eggs etc. and cut holes as
above described and with your sharp
stick start over eggs or larva; not
over one day old cells to the .amount
of double your size to Italianize and
in about ten days you are ready to go
to work. Destroy your black queens
on the ninth day after starting queen
cells; on the tenth day graf. a cell
in each culony; next day look and see
if the cells are all right; if any are de-
stroyed graft in another and if they
refuse to take a cell which is very
seldom the case you can proceed byi
the hrst plan. In twelve days trom
the time your cells are started your
queens are hithed and your Italian
drones are hatching too some are
already out. About four to six days af-
ter hatching your young queens will
take their bridal trip aud if they
meet with a drone on their tirst flight.
they will begin to lay on the tenth or
twelfth dav.
A Storr from 'Frisco.
rCliu'ago Herald. 1
A queer story comes from San Fran
cisco. During the war that city be-.
ing afraid of Alabamas and such
raised such a howl that the govern
ment built an iron clad took it apart
and shipped the pieces' in a sailing
vessel to be put together again on
arrival there. In the harbor of San
Francisco the vessel with the iron
clad on board sank. There was an
insurance on the sunken vessel
which if it could be realized would
be enough to enable the contractors
who were to put her together to go
on with their work. But it would
take time to collect the insurance
and the city being flush and badly
scared advanced to the contractors
$70000 taking the insurance policy as
security. Subsequently the policies
were placed in the hands of a New
York lawyer John E. Ward for col-
lection and the general public forgot
about the matter. Wrhen the discov-
ery was made a few weeks since
that there was not money enough in
the treasury or in the way to coma
in to meet current expenses the city
fathers cast a glance over the city's
assets discovered the item of 70000
and made inquiry about it. Investi-
gation showed that nearly ten years
ago Mr. Ward collected $30000 from
the insurance companies all he could
get and modestly sent a bill the cost
of collecting this sum of $32102.47.
He explained to the city fathers that
$22102.47 was the actual cost of col-
lection and the other $10000 was his
own fee. He says kindly that in
consideration of the city's financial
embarrassment he will not at this
lite date press for payment of the
$2102.47 still due him from the city
but will considerately call it square.
Such generosity has stirred the San
Franciscoans to the point of voting
Mr. Ward a medal and resolution of
thanks that he left them their climate
and the Golden Gate.
Serpent Poisons.
Times-l h'inocrat.l
During a recent meeting of the
National Academy of Science Drs.
S. Weir Mitciell and Edward T.
Reichert.of Philadelphia annonnced
a very interesting discovery in toxi-
cology the science of poisons. Most
observers up to the present time
have regarded the venoms of serpents
the bites of which are poisonous as
representing a single poison but
the researches of these gentlemen go
to show that many of them
contain two and several three
separate poisons. The venoms
especially mentioned are those
of the rattlesnake the moccasin
and the copperhead which were ob-
tained in a fresh state in which they
are all in the form of a slightly tur-
bid yellowish fluid. It was found
that in drying the venoms about 75
per cent of their weight was lost and
that in a state of aqueous solution all
the properties of the fresh venom
were preserved except that the inten-
sity of the poison was slightly dimin-
ished. The report shows that the
venom of the moccasin snake con-
tains three proteids one analogous
to peptones and a putrefacient ; one
akin to globulines and a much more
fatal poison probably attacking the
respiratory centres and destroying
the power of the blood to clot and a
third resembling the albumens.
The external symptoms caused in
animals by the several venoms
cobra rattlesnake moccasin or
copperhead do not differ radically
save in degree. In all alike there is
some primary heart disturbance tem-
porarily lowered blood pressure fatal
enfeeblement of the respiratory cen-
ters and local effusion of blood with
lessening or loss of its power to clot.
Cobra venom from India is proved
to be the most intense in its poison-
ous power the venom of our copper-
head next then the moccasin and
rattlesnake. Drs. Mitchell and
Reichert have for some time past been
conducting an elaborate study of the
venoms of almost all American
serpents the bites of which are pois-
onous as well aj many foreign ones
and the recent report is made up from
selections from their notes.
New Jersey has a prohibition can-
didate for governor. To prohibit the
manufacture of Jersey lightning
may be well enough. It can kill at
longer range than any other jim-jam
commodity. -
JiJ 1. Y JLi.
African exploration has made some
wonderful discoveries and if the
same zeal continues that has been
manifested in the past few years the
world will soon be possessed of all
there is to be known about the Dark
continent. The Congo region is the
latest field of search and a great num-
ber of expeditions have visited it in
the past four years. All of them have
astonishing adventures to relate and
important discoveries to chronicle.
Lieut. Wissman who was sent out
by the Berlin African society in 18S0
told his experience at the recent geo-
graphical congress. It was one contin-
uous struggle through a vast wilder-
ness here and there occupied by tribes
of superstitious and hostile savages.
The party were in constant peril and
at all times liable to murder and rob-
bery should the savages take a whim
in that direction. The story of the
expeditions of Livingstone Stanley
and other explorers is to the casual
reader full of constantly recurring
repetitions of the same old experience
and it may be doubted if African ex-
plorations are not classed by the gen-
eral public in very much" the same
category as polar expeditions. The
difference between a mere cruise of
observation to a region of ice and an
expedition to open to civilization a
fertile continent is recognized but no;
generally appreciated in its full
breadth. A single sentence in Lieut.
Wissmann's statement explains the
importance and far-reaching conse-
quences of the development of Afri-
ca. It is the statement that the Con
go is "the largest river but one on the
iace ot the earth being second only
to the Amazon. AVhen one thinks of
the Congo as larger than the Missis
sippi and draining a valley with every
variety of climate from tropic low-
land to lofty mountains of the tem
perate zone the importance of the
matter is more clearly apparant.
Diving for Pharaoh's Chariot Wheels
St. James Gazette. j
' The Abbe Moligno has written a
preface to M. Lecointre's "Campagne
de Moise your la sortie d'Egypt?" in
which he advocates the promotion ot
a joint stock company with the view
of exploring the bottom of the Red
sea and especially the bitter-water
lakes. In a German account of the
project it is justly described as "one
of the boldest." "It is nothing less"
continued the writer "than to search
the bottom of the Red sea to discover
there the proof of that great event
narrated by Moses 3000 years ago.
To provide the needful funds to carry
on excavations which would have for
their result the restoration to light
of the remains of the Egyptian
armies engulfed in the Red sea with
the chariots horsa" arms treasures
archives and perhaps the king him-
selfthat Pharaoh who was con-
quered by Moses this will indeed be
a noble enterprise. Buried in the
masses of salt of the Bitter Lakes
concealed at different places by thick
beds of salt these historical remains
are perhaps in a state of preservation
unexpected by us." The Abbe esti-
mates the cost of the excavations at
300000 francs and against expendi-
tures he places nothing in the way of
possible returns. It may be suggested
without irreverence however that if
tin Abbe Moigno should succeed in
disinterring but one indubitable
wheel of Pharaoh's chariots he might
make no end of money.
Wheat Prospects.
The breadth of winter wheat in the
entire country was reported in April
at 27734000 acres compared with the
amount sown for the preceding crop.
Allowing for the loss since then by
plowing up for other crops the area
remaining is about 'AV2 or 4 per cent
smaller than a year ago.
.The British requirements for wheat
for some months to tome will not be
important or urgent.
The European outlook for wheat
does not average as good as a year
ago but the impairment is not great.
The gloomy prospect for the
English wheat production is far from
being so gloomy as it was several
weeks ago.
The wheat crop in France has been
in an improving condition and now
makes a fair promise.
In Hungary the wheat outlook is re-
ported to be fine as a rule ; late plant-
ing of the winter crops is backward
and poor and partly replanted to
spring wheat the spring crop doing
well under warm rains.
In Russia the winter wheat is said
to be good but the spring crop quite
bad
To sum up the general condition of
the continental wheat crops they
show an average promise.
The Finest Fighters in the World.
Kansas City Journal.
A correspondent says the reason
for the non-suppression of the Apa-
ches is not the interference of the in-
terior department but simply and
solely to fear. He 3ays these Ameri-
can Arabs are the finest fighters the
world ever saw. They campaign in a
badly broken-up country which ' is
inaccessible to ordinary troops. The
correspondent gives some particulars
showing how the Apaches amuse
themselves. A band of fifty were
being pursued by five times their
number of Mexican troops.
The Apaches made a fight
and retreating again divided into
live bands. The pursuers did the
same. In the course of a few hours
the Apaches all met on the bank of
a precipice and annihilated each band
of pursuers as it arrived. A Mexi-
can general who has fought Indians
for many years says 500 Apaches can
hold their country against 5000
troops and have a good time of it in
the bargain. They are well mounted
active dead shots as brave as tigers
and in the opinion of the corres-
pondent are able to hold their own
against any comers by simple superi-
ority. Bad Lnck.
Many failures are set down to bad
luck when in fact it" was only bad
neglect. Sometimes it is bad igno
ranee and both are generally without
proper excuse though reasons are al-
ways abundantly stated why the
troubles were unavoidable. Now
what we are here in this world for is
to learn how to dQ things right to
occupy the time in the fulfillment of
high duties no individual is at liberty
to shrink or neglect. To perform
these duties we must be educated
trained drilled into them and he who
has opportunity and neglects their
advantages does not deserve success
and may fairly consider "bad luck"
his estate. No matter what calling
profession or industry we choose the
same obligation or necessity devolves
upon us to fit and prepare ourselves
for its perfect execution.
The Floridian says the "Murat
Place" a tract containing 357 acres
lying about a mile and a half west of
Tallhassee was last week bought by
Mr. E. L. Thompson of Wisconsin.
Some years after the death (in 1874)
of Charles Louis Napoleon Archie
Muraf eldest son of King Joachim
of Naples his widow the Princess
Murat purchased the place from Maj.
Richard Howard and resided there
until her death in 1867: Gov. Blox-
hain was the next owner and resided
there five years. In 1875 he sold it
to Mrs. M. D. Papy from whom Mr.
Thompson purchased it through the
real estate agency of Bernard & Lee
A Magnificent Effort.
I Dallas Times.
Governor Roberts made a speech
when the portrait of Chief Justice
Hemphill was hung in the supreme
court room. The speech was . deliv-
ered in tongue-tied English but is
said to have been a magnificent ef-
fort. .
AL N 0
NO. 42.
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS
Hklton. June 2-.. The resilience of Teter
lliiiiiiiiersniitli boot and shoe maker was
viMi.-Miiucu iiy nre iasi hikhi aim muiiini; was
saved. Total loss about BJti; no insurance.
The lire originated in the kitchen ami is sup-
posed to have been caused bv a defective Hue
v. .'n'OI. II.ILIIHTS.
s;" M.uiros June 2. Mr. Cheatham lato
' mver county lust moved to this place
was arrested here to-day charged with forgery
vvhile beiiid connectiil with some insurance.
He was not permitted to see his family hut
was earned to Longview on the first train lie
denies the charge. Owing to social and family
connections it has created quite a sensation
here.
i atesvili.k June 22. The district court is
still in session. The trial of the three Mur-
phys and llibor was finished to-day civinc
them two years each in the srate prison. They
were charged with theft of goods on the niKlit
of the lire here. As the goods were found in
their ossession three of the alnive parti.
plead guilty and asked the mercy of (lie court.
t rop prospects are very good.
jKKFITROV .tlflli. 1 A ..0.1..
committed on yesterday almut twelve md'es
Ha r-f 1 b .if tliio ..It.. ft t ... . -i
... uim viij. a mr. itoirrrs. wtiue at
her hntiif w;w uti-wL'.i . ... i...
i " mm tt VI V I VMF lit-
Krues. otw of whom tn-M a drawn kiiife at her
throat whilu the other tied heron the hed.eueh
limy ui n oeu tosi aim t'ommitUMi their hellish
uru. im uig ner inns ilea. Jier
Ills lillli :iml lir.tfwiMi .. l .....i t
i i nr m-Minn aim
short h nit 'lie. tit. tl...... fi
... ..... ..v uxmu-i ii hi 1 1. inirw (uir i it n ; are
I'liloretMl more speedily and etleetivelv judue
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..--.v.. ... cnr.Fi I 111. (Mil MLfllC
ClU PUlV .lull. Ot 4 I....... ..f .1.1
giving their names as Davis Nevell and t'ot-
tlHl .r.kl.t fil-M li...l 1. ........ l.:..
. ...v. v.i iia- IIOIII Clll.I'UH Ol
Si'ltl A iilmii.i ii.... .... :.. I . . .
...... ........ Mii.tiiM.uii hikih mm passii
through here at 1 oVlock. Our sheriff l'itt-
niann with a posse of men lett here at noon
to-day and overhauled them on the Kurd road
in Callahan county twentv-Hve miles from
lltn. Mllil Urpi.ut.iil lh. ..1
. . ' ....vo... c-lll.lt7 ntlHII Willi
eight or nine additional horses which have
iiit-iiiim-u. nicy are HiipH)scii u
nave been stolen from lllanco and Llano coun-
ties. They arrived here to-night at S o'clock
aud were lodged in jail.
. .... i u.tv. mull lliaiiuil 13 I I-
ceived here which makes certain that should
the citizens; of 1'alestiue offer proiier induce-
ments Uould's system will establish and build
a tine hospital here about the same si vie as at
rort Worth this one to be in case of accidents
on this portion of the road while that at Kort
Worth is for the northern and western sw-
tjons. A suitable sight might be donated for
the building utiri nit riuiil.f will i.a ......
I'.l I L"UTI V tr lima Ol T..C... !.... 1.. ....
offered.
Superintendent Herrin of the International
and Ureat Northern has returned from his
trill to t'hieaifo. uIimh In viuii...i tii. iii.iui
exposition.
San Saba June 21. Mr. Wm. Unpen. Jr.
while running his horse out on Waco creek
yesterday was thrown against a tree produ-
cing concussion of the brain from the effects
of which the physicians think he will die.
Dry weather continues aud many farms in
the country have been irrigated this season
and will make good crops hut the com crop
generally will be a failure. Cotton is suffering
very much from the drouth. It is drver here
now than it has lieen for five vears past.
Judge Townes li.us adjourned court at l.lano
and came home but will return and resume
next Monday and the court will be continued
until the docket is closed which will liulsh his
circuit for the present term.
El Faso June 21 .--T. I Parker general
freight and passenger agent of the Mexican
Cenrtal railway left for the City of Mexico
to-day where he will represent the road in the
same capacity lie is succeeded here by 1.. H.
King.
An epidemic nf measles prevails at Vuleta
in this county.
Ex-city marshal Caletta returned to-day
from a scout to the Sacramento mountains and
reports no track of Indians apparent. Adjutant-General
King was with the party and re-
ports some suffering by the exiicdition for want
of w ater.
The El Faso delegates to the Waco firemen's
convention have returned.
A Chinese barbershop was oiened to-dav.
The court is now engaged as an einiali'za't ion
board .
General Crook is expected here next week.
Waco June 21. Austin Simms. for the nuir"
der of Jas. Malone near Perry in September
1877 was put on trial toKlav. This is the sec-
ond trial the first resulting ill his conviction
and sentence to thirty-live years in the peni-
tentiary The statement of the assessor in reiriiril to
insolvent tax-payers was to-day prepared to
he forwarded to the comptroller ft shows
state tax due on personal property tobe$.tit.l!!;
couiitytaxyluri.i.'i; poll tax to stale JM47S.W);
county poll i.rso.
lierry Williams convicted this term was
granted a new trial lit the district court a
motion for new trial was overruled in Hardee
vs. Campbell.
The city council at its meeting to-night
ordered an inquiry to lie made in reference to
setting apart a portion of the public sunn for
a park and public garden
Fokt Worth June 21. The city was great-
ly excited Unlay over an article in the Demo-
crat stating that a prominent young physician
and a railroad man would leave at 4 oVlock for
Village creek to fight a duel. Friends finding
it impossible to adjust matters had one of the
parties arrested and the duel stopM-d.
The summer normal school Im-
broglio is being thoroiighlv 'sifted.
Mayor Smith says it is not iustice to Prof.
Hogg to say that he had anything to do with
either the inauguration of the school here or.
fixing the date and only now consents to help
conduct it for the good of the teachers. Hlame
for the agitation is placed on two officials at
Austin who the board say have gone outside
of their official duties in writing private let-
ters which created the discord! The board
further say that the alarm of teachers al-
though evident is groundless as the teachers
will be appointed before the schools adjourn.
Waco June 22. In the district court to-dv
the trial of Austin Sims for murder was con
eluded. Sims was convicted and sentenced to
five years for murder in the second degree.
He killed Jas. Melton in September 1877 and
on a former trial got thirty-five years. The
jury was out only two hours.
In the afternoon B. F. Baker was put on
trial for killing Dallas Hopkins at or near
Crawford iu this county in January last. The
testimony is all iu and argument opens to-
morrow. John Shiun's habeas corpus trial will be
heard ill the morning.
Maj J. F. Herbert superintendent of the
Waco compress is this afternoon reiKirted as
having completed the purchase of the Morgan
press at Clinton.
Commencement exercises of the Waco Uni-
versity are now going on and will last until
.he 2!tli instant.
Houston June 21. Just one year ago to-day
the riot occurred at the emancipation grounds
in which Char'es William was killed. Three
negroes John Holms Frank Buford and Ed-
ward Jameson have been in jail since. At
their trial to-day Buford and Jameson were
discharged while Holmes was found guilty of
murder in the second degree and sentenced to
live years iu the penitentiary. The cases at-
tracted wide-spread attention at the close of
the emancipation celebration .
Early this morning Jack Hughes was fear-
fully beaten up about the head his left eye be-
ing knocked almost entirely out and a bad hole
was.eut in his skull. Bill Davis who keeps a
negro saloon and gambling den on Milam
street was the one who did the beating and
was arrested this morning for the offense.
Hughes was taken first to the calalioose and
from there was sent to his home. The causes
leading to the difficulty could not be learned
but the beating was done with a club and if
Hughes recovers he will lie disfigured for life
Gkorgktown June 21. Mr. E. E. Overall
of the Houston Post arrived iu the city to-day.
The commencement of the Southwestern
University will be largely attended. The fol-
lowing reverend gentlemen of the east Texas
conference arrived to-day viz: Revs. John
Adams K. 8. Finlay VV. A. Kanijiey J. W.
Truitt Daniel Morris.
Geo. M. Dilley of Palestine arrived to-day
and is looking to be in splendid health.
'E. H. Wilson representing Japhet & Co. of
Houston is iu town making friends every-
where for his house.
Geo. C. Stevens is in charge of the con-
struction of the Georgetown water works. He
is excavating for the new engine house aud
developing the springs. Stevens is a trump in
lushing forward work keeping good cheer and
lappy faces abound him.
The great water works contractor Jas. T.
Jones whose success at other points is now
proverbial will also be the father ot water
works in Georgetown.
J. T. Tyler of the Austin Statksman Is
here in the interest of that paper. He leaves
for Lampasas and other noints to-morrow.
San Antonio June 21. R. J. Jones county
commissioner is lying at the point of death at
the residence of Col. S. O. Green on avenue C.
Judge Lewis of Waxahachie who has been
In the city interesting capital on the narrow
guage railroad to run from Kansas city to
Aransas Pass via this city left to-night for
Aransas Pass and from there goes to New
The medical association here have appointed
a committee to investigate the cause of the
alarming mortality among children.
Fence cutters have been at work maliciously
destroying the pasture fences of Cant. B. L.
Crouch in Frio counly. It is thought to be
the work of persons who antagonize the fencing
of public roads ' which has been extensively
done by cattle kings.
The summer normal school openes here July
2nd with a full con ot professors to instruct
youug teachers
Setti Dunbar is charged with having beaten
his wife to-day and her blackened eye and
bruised face sustain the charge.
John Mcyuunby who sometime
since borrowed money from a
friend who discovered it and although
the money was refunded the grand jury found
an indictment and lie was tried to-day
and sentenced for three years In the iieufteu-
" jfsaloon keeperat Del Rio.whohad twen cash-
ing time checks was finally swindled by the
"boys" forging checks which lie cashed.
The Sunset railroad refused to pay the
forged cheeks when presented whereupon the
said saloonkeeper seized an engine winch was
steamed up and ran off He finally levied on
a carlirad of liunlier.
Will E. Beck was sent up for two years yes-
terday for thelt of a gold watch. He was
to nave been married last night
to a charming young widow but owing to tiie
result of the trial the wedding did not trans-
pire. It is thought she will yet stick to the
bargain however. .'...
County Judge Mason and Colletor Casslano.
who fought last night had a Jury to-day and
were acquittedf the charge of tiguing.
Col. Ed. Buckley who failed recently Is re-
suming business and yesterday bought the
t arliu wool cliu at 19 and 21 cents
I IHoustov. June 22.-The scaffold f;
the L. M. Rich building fell this monn
some men were upou it one white .-.
negroes. All three were more or .
frm the fall and one of the tie
pretty badly so though no bones wei
and he will lie ready for work In a lew'
. At daylight this morning the watel
the I niou deiiot discovered the body 1Y
lying ill the ditch that was in-twee u ti.-
anil the Texas Express company's war-
His name was John Nolan and while
he had rolled into the ditch where h -the
water was but ten Inches deep I
drowned.
Till uffon..... .... 1 .
...... ..ii. iii.il. tn u nami
the Galveston Houston & Henderson i
rnu uy me ieMii joiin Douohue. a
man. who was tthig in the front of ti
Wit ll It I H ft llUMIlil..F 1 1
...... - - - - - ...... ..mi mi..! v jjw i ei .
the """'"'K; the car running over him ami
i.-iiriiniv. lie iiieu m a lew lm..
mit!ihi If I T..n ...... i i i
lkM.1 tlliu lll.lH.jl... 1 1 .11 .
.. ..... .. in. Hi)- uiixi oi Hp mi
during the night. He seemed to he
usual health yesterday. Capt. Te rel!
old and well known railway man and e
tor one of his greatest works being tin
Inir of Hie olil T..v tmi i
.1 . - miiini H'llll Unit
to the weet.
Dallas. .Imif 91 An ru.in i '
exerlenced here forthe last three dav-
wards of SO.OuO jKiumls per dv is used i
las exclusive of the shipment's to suml
nor points ami the fiu iorie. iw.m. i.....
capacity to manufacture more than a U
that amount. The receipts front northe-
regions have been very limited the i
season and much inconvenience has b.
IK-rienced. nartieiilarlv in famine. -.-.
are from three to live cents a pound.
Hiought a supply will be secured in tin-
inn in uireeouir.
There was an important meeting of p
at the rooms of C.ru Itoss at the Graud
sor hotel to-day What was beiii?
ered has not yet been developed but it 1
dent that some imiKirt ant scheme is -and
t hiit a big mining boom in that '
may soon lie expected.
J. R. Richie. i.n attorney from Wacot
the city straiu'iteninir out the ru.i.i
matters for the Missouri Pacific bety
las and Denton. Titles to right-of-v- r
old Dallas and Wichita now the M
cille for a part of the line were iTr"-
leucv never i-tiecied and the romp
liable to be confronted with trouble mm.
lion at any time unless remedied. i
There is liable to be a squabble ov.;
street paving contract Jet-yesterday t
Harvev. as ft. W. Bell wiu nu.iiiJ.-
on June 18. covering the style adopted
'arc blocks and roposos to dem;'
cents per square yard royalty for alt
no mo aiu-iupi hi enioiu me contract'.
Gir virft-niw .urn - A K.u a
night Ure was discovered in the tailor
IaiiiIs Gobert on Market street a fe'
west of Twentj'-seeond street. Throu
prompt action of the police and tire .
inent the ti anies were checked in their i
iency. The fire originated in n '
of cotton batting stored ove
wardrobe opposite the range ttue'oir
restaurant aud burned a hole thn :
ceiling. The damage was slight met
pally confined to a stock of goods wl4
removed after being thoroughly drench
water. The buildings In which the
nated are old aud d lanldatedtwojOo.r-
which have long been an eyesmiw rfl.
improve iuai; lorum of
street -if rWy were
1 hrouirh the htuoid nurclcHttiin..
lice authorities. Patrick Kltznntriek.
arrested last niuht for Httemntmt rtn
person of Miss Lohman escaped tl4
U.K. aiiiiuittii uik i-oiirwny OI tmeiol
Ionian. Filznatrick was not. Hint
last night but was-4teld iu'
lien at. liolli-i'tnl.iiiii Thin iiwirnltw. ..1
nay lorce came mi 1'ltzpatricK asked rt
lamed permission ot Sergeant Coniiell
to liis home and change his clothing
wauled to make as good an apiearaiicc ;;
possible in court when Ills cane was "
Serjeant Connelly selected otllcerjlemle. r
accompany i-nzpatricK. Arrtvlny afT"
where Filznatrick roomed the oilin.it.
ten him to go up stairs alone. In th
time the sergeant ascertaining the n -
me marge on which Kitivi"'
. 1.H....I...1 ul...l.l ..r. 111 Jr."
in ii ni ii nun i-ii iuu-r OlllCCI f
to tell him to keep a shai-p watclii
hut. .Arriving ai me uouse tile si
net by Henderson ami toc-cthcr nX
stairs to Kiloalriek's room Wiuk L
door they recieved no response wid
broke in to find their man gone.
search of the city and a close iiteh
out-going Uains and vessels lias fulled t
up their man. Such supreme carelein
the part of the officials in dealing will
held for such a grave oil'
universally condemned by the cim
Chief Jordan is justly indignant at tii
of ids subordinate and will exhaii-
means in nis power to apiiiiMeml t- i'
The encampment ot tirpT""4'
l!iKU4l 1 " sureuTriin-r-.
Claiborne lTasTWtved letters from a
of military companies In different pur:
state who are expressing their willing!!
earnest desire to come to Galveston :
encampment and to contest for premiu;
addition to Infantry companies two.
and two artillery companies will
ent and participate. A sham ba
on the programme between the first n
ond brigades with Geiv. Felix Robert-
Gen. A. S. Roberts in command in u
various infantry cavalry and artillei
panles will he engBged. The govern
staff and the various state officers
Present nud every effort will be made Jo
: lie encampment a rompleta success In
particular.
The Galveston artillery company have
Invited to participate in the 4th 'of Ju'
bration at Fort Worth. j
Dallas June 22.-The telegraph !
of the principal Western Union olllce
inci in imuas loHiay ior me purpose.'
iiik a suilc u.-noi-ii idii-tmvi to UlNClil
topics connected with thcwvimtio;
being to Improve thn
deriving means to
facilities in every restieet. Kiel
rcpresrimru I'J
son : u i r !
.Fort Worth :
D. Parker. D i
nio: E. G. i'al j
las; Bell Brooj
chairman of t
l ucre were a
parts of the-sli
present ny ;
bench t of tllJ
The only
ueeu uiscus
svstein and I
the public nf
graph coma
saicr ami mj
ill the loci
conccniingl
present
permanen
is strictly j
ors in naif
been on!.
aud tlic
mal V:
Westc-7
their
economic nieasa
teinpiauiiii and awaiting reports m in
inendations already on file at heatiip
but lacking this little formality from p
sources. Several resolutions were ini"
and disposed of to-day but they ai-
tainable for the press. There Is no uu
much improvement to the telegraph s. r
Texas is possible to come from tins in
but in audition to this it is safe to i
something on economy and reform. T
mittees on by-laws etc. were aim-
day. The managers meet again i.t
to-morrow aud expect to be iu session :
The ice famine was partially brol.
day as receipts came in from Northci
kets and more is exjiected to-niorr.)
night the commodity was not obtaiuai!
cents iier pound.
United States Marshal McKee left tii ; -ing
on official business In the neighlmi
tort Sill Indian Territory. Soinetlth;
portauue is expected from that sect ion.
The case of the state vs. W.J. Hau
Ashgrove Missouri for killing li. M .
this county in isso has progressed
ment of counsel. The case will go !
to-morrow and a verdict is exjiected by i
row night.
Jim Wilson alias Madison the irum
Ed. Ijove in tills county in 1H77 and v.
caied from the Dallas county iail in .
187i after conviction and senit
the penitentiary was captured In
territory on June 19 by Deputy CnUi -i
Marshal Mersou of Fort Smith as u.
Claiborne Jones an escaped 'lexas )
tiary convict and J . K. Enoch Jones
for criminal doings In Palo Pinto
Sheriff Smith of Dallas leaves f.
Smith to-morrow to get the prisoners.
Chas. Morris late county attorney i:
comity indicted by the grand jury lust
ary for forgery and who Jumped "
May was captured last night at !"-:
Jailed. He will be Uansferred to ti "
county Jail at McKliuiey.
Galveston June 21. Last night i.
Fitzpatrick was conducting Mi-
Lolimau home from the concert at 1
lion he made three desjieraw at.;
violate her person. Miss Lohmai
fiercely and screamed loudly for a
when the brute told her to stop s
and yield to his wishes or he yvonM
top of her head off and made b uhv
a pistol when Miss Lohman alter a
effort freed herself from the clutMe
lecherous scoundrel and tied scream:'
sister's on Aveune L. between lUi
streets. Yesterday she appeared
headquarters and swore out a warm.'
Fitzpatrick for an assault and at tempi
and lie was brought in by the polio- i
Miss Lohman is 18 years old ami i
lady of excellent Jiepute. residue in I
of Capt. Miller on Winnie street.
13th and 14th streets who ss;ak of i
highest terms as do all who know i
patrick is a young man about 23
native of New Orleans where liis
side and was employed as a driver
wagon by Fox Brothers bakers
was brought in be met Miss Lohmir.
plored her to withdraw the charge.'
intended her no harm on Tuesday !
replied that he had assaulted j;.
insulted her and lie would have
the consequences of his act as sue v
mined to prosecute him to the Inii. i
tcrward Fitzpatrick iu s-aking i f
ter spoke very disparagingly ol i
ladv and said if lie had wanted t
have accomplished his purpose ami
treat the whole mutter Willi supn ut.
ence. His preliminary examinai -
place before the recorder lo-mornm
Last night afttT mldiiicht.
nauied Meunier living lino;.
hir family near the corner of "i :
Fostollice streets while latiorieir
riutn tremens attempted to brain '
a'hatchet. His wife rushed in am!
batchet not however before ije
several blows on bis head. He 1
claw-hammer and attempted t
skull with it. The screams of ii
daughter brought the police v. i
and took the hammer away ft":
sent him to the hospital lor
Meunier and the room tnwliii !
self-destruction presented a g
ance.
The sedin-tlon case of Vfcl
on trial before Justice Spar;
this morning the evidence b'
sustain the cliarga.
As full facts are gathered
the five hoodlums who act
Tuesday eveuilijf. the inti
more intense. The lady in tne
captured vas the wife of Win. ft
the fire department. The sIhh-U i.
system caused by their rowdy;-:
her ami a premature birth rei -
lies in a critical condition. V
will lie in session shortly and '.
devote the intervening tune u i
such testimony as will show m ;
try of the roughs. '
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