San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1882 Page: 4 of 8
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Free Press.
ISAAC 2L JULIAN
Editor
BAM MA.R0O3 TEXAS.
THURSDAY MAUCII tf. lbi.
extered at tub roar orw AT RAX MUOOa
TEXaR ASWMXiXD CLAM MiTTCO.J
Announcements of Candidates.
t"r 'frNturt
TO TUK VOTK.KS Of HATH COUSTT
r eubcrld to nnoanc that
Vf. P M'V It candidal for Ilia office of Tre
tirer ol Hyt count jr
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
li tu Wiiittiiker and Flipper oolored are
to lmve new hearings
Tho president has approved the appor-
tiouuuuit bill.
Tlnddcreao of the publie debt for Feb-
r m-y Jh niKiut 8!000wo.
Tlie flw.l still prevail throughont the Mis
r!h .ippi valley.
Herbert Sponcer tin oolobr itod scientist
in expected to viH.t America shortly.
The ArknuwiH Press Association mocti tho
first Wo.luort.liy in Jmo next at Scarry.
An alvmioe in tho grain and feed markets
U teporia I ut St. Loti.it.
Oou. Sli'jrmaii is expoctoJ at S.m Antonio
niMJUt this auto.
! Sireut of California an iufumoin char-
luter has been npiointeJ minister to Oer
muny.
(loo. Alfred Tow.ihou J "Gath" the well-
known newspaper correspondent in on a
ViHlt to 1 exits
Conkling wits norn'.natod by Arthur to ths
vaiuoy m tho Htipreim court and confirm
ed bat dnlinc tho plnso
A bill is now before tho Stnto Lfigis'.iUuro
of Iowit to abolish whipping in tho public
r.. illlOlH.
Ho:no parties aro acting on Giv. ltDberts'rt
advice nad securing broad acros of Huhool
la ms w.tu marveloiH rupiuity.
Tho Washington Grand Jury is exploring
tin Orjgon ru n ideation of tho suir-routd
KJrvica.
Br tdlaugh having boon sent back to his
constituents is again returned to Parliaimnt
and knocking again for admmmon.
The trial of Sergeant Mason for shoot iug at
Guiteau some tiwj since is in progrosj at
Waiinglou.
Blaine do'ivcrod his eulogy of Garfield
according to aunouncoment. It is u very
ii-ie production of admirable tone and
tempor.
State Troasuror Tolk of Tennosnce aays
that tho debt of that Ktato is 27000. OiM) and
that tho decision rendered by the stiue
Miprame court repudiates all but $2 "iOO.OOO.
The Senate ha passed tho bill making
Grant Goneralof tho army and retiring with
the pay will add 13. "00 to his annual in-
co.uo. It was passed by a vota of 35 to 17.
Ground was broke last week for a new
conrt houso at Fredrick.fburg to coot
000. Mr. Giles of San Antonio is the archi-
tect. The widow of Dauiel Webster died at her
lioma near New York on the 2(ith ult at the
ago of 83 years. Sho was Wobst.ir's socond
wife.
A very large Jewish emigration to this
country is expaatod in co ittepionce of the
persecution in Russia. Their brethren in
New York are amugiug to assist thorn.
A nvva fired a pistol at Q'leon Victoria at
the Windtor milw.iy station on last Tuesday.
It turns out that ha w m but reuoutly dis-
charged frrom a luuatio asylum.
T;ia gran.1 j try have at last found bills
a run ;t Brady Dorsoy and the othor prin-
cip il star route thieves audit is thought
thay can Bcaroely essapo conviction.
From the 1st of January to the 15th of
last month I he shipments of specie from
this country aggregate $."75;J02i) of whiah
2 22 7 3 10 was gold and tho remainder
8 152-1 680 silver.
At a meeting of the veterans of tho war of
1812 at New York Feb. 22 only twelve put
ta an appearance. On9 of the number was
the venerable Thurlow Weed. A dinuer was
partaken of.
Judge Chas. Mason died at Burlington
yesterday. He was ono of the pioneers of
Iowa aud graduated from West Point at the
head of the cla-s of which Robert . Lee
aud Jefferson Davis wore members.
The rte'V apportionment bill passed by
tha Home fixes tho numbar of representa-
tives in Coui-ess at 32". Tha present num-
ber is 2J3. The repras.iutatio.i of Texas
will be 11 or nearly double the present quota.
The Palestine News reports not losa than
six convictions for violating the Sunday law
at a late term of tho county court at that
placet The flue was twenty dollkru lu tku.h
The Congresion.d comiu'ttee audit the
C'pousos of (iartlold's siiknot propose to
live Drs. Haiuiltoa an I Agae-w $13000
tacu. and Dr. Bliss $10. 0.x). This laiug
th consulting more than the aUndin phy-
iciatu is uot at all conipliuiant.u' to Bliss.
Tho fitiga liua has boon d'soontinu vl from
I'valJ" and the Bto.k aud flxtiuv- of the
it np-iny will move M to Fort
Clirk and Ta$Io 1V uot to
I'jH'mto east of the tvro L-t mcuLioikl
joints.
W. tt. Scale o of tho cllert Texas vet-
rrauK. and one of tle three mxriving -iurs
t t the decUration of Tt x in laaeptitiTw.
lil at Wiouiar Ust Vt'cdaottdaj aeJ N
jeara. 8. W. Blonr.t of Sin Anrtine
artl "I. and t B. Swart of M-nuroinerr.
a rJ 7I. ars th an'.v rrmain nurTiv.r of
thit fillA-t lauiJ whj fTCd the declaration
1 1 T:jLa I-JcpiI-i;ca.
Hon Gto. IL Pilmdlxton U. a Benator
from Ohio Loh favorwl na with a copy of
his able jwach ou Civil Service llefonu.
PrenWont Goallng has calltd the aanuid
inettUig of Uie Tex-ui lVem Amou1Uou to be
held at Houston ootauteaoin: April 4th.
"Moiubur of the asHoci ition who iuteud to
be presuut. and editor and uewspuper pro.
(irictoni who will apply for iuouiljorif'p will
plee notify the aomttry Mr. GaiL B.
Johnson Ilounton at as eiu-ly a date m
practicable."
Th (ialotnlun Xeu ha lost none of tho
partial regard of tho jxtople in this direction
but has boon ho alow and u.icnruiu in reac-h
ing us a i compared with tli4 Ban Autonio
JSxjnru as to have lost iuot of itt daily
circulation at this phu-e. Tha general agent
of the New however viu here last vettk
and atruigod to Lave it sent by the western
inaiL which pliioea it twenty-four hours
ahoitd of itH former progress aud will help
it to recover its lct ground.
The Hecrttary ut the Interior is Raid to
have transmitted an exhaustive report to
Congress on the questions Krowlijg out of
the attempt to occupy lands in the Iudiau
Territory. Tho Secretary asserts that thtro
are no lands open to settlement or entry the
tn ts in tho territory to which the govern-
ment hold titlo being ronervod by traaty
htipnlations. A proposition that tho criiui-
n:d laws i f the Unitevl Hiatos lo extended
over their landB has been mado to tlie Indian
delegations now. in Washington an1 will
evidently uvjet their approval.
Our Waxahatchie exchange the Mirror
thinks that "Tho presont road law of Texas
is a grard farce and a disgrace to tho statutes
of tho state. It works nn injustice in tho
fact thnt tho greater port 'on of the road tax
or work as the case may he falls upon tho
laboring elastics whiih the men who own
their hundreds and thousands pay only the
same amount as tho poor boy of eighteen
who hasn't a "red;" and if the wealthy man
has pussed forty-five years of age ha pays
nothing. Taxation (mould bo equal and just.
The poll tax should bo the samo with all
parties and that men should pay taxes in pro-
jMrtiou to what they are worth. It is not a
just law tbt requires tho poor man who has
no wngoii or team to pay as much to keep
the roads in good order as ouo who has a
dozen: but Texas Lis such a law and it is a
disgrace to her statute book.
The onlv way to remedy this evil is to
plant less cotton and raise more corn and
meat. There is no money m cotton nt H ana
10 certs when you have to pay s1.25 for
corn and from 13 to 15 ceuts for bacon.
Will onr farmers never lenm a lesson from
the past? Btubnrp Advertiser.
Nearly three hnnred chattel mortgages on
crops to be raisixl this year have bften filed
m the connty clerfi's olhce since January 1st.
Here is a fruitful supject for thought and
fanners should think of it. Tho Booner
they mak j it possible to quit this ruinous
practice the better it will be for their inter
est. LockJuirt Rt'gitter
The Houston Daily Po.it bfwan its third
volume on Sunday last. Certainly its suc-
:ess in the period of two years is wonderful
even in these doya of progression but the
excellence of this journal as a newspaper
merits all it has achieved. It is to have a
new double cylender Iloa press to meet the
demand but we hope it will continue to fold
its issues in the old convenient manner.-
Victoria Advocate.
The March 1st special edition of the
Ilouti'm Pout is not only neat in form
beautiful in typography but a vaie mecum
of varied information of value. It contains
a description of the counties gives the
various divisions of tne state tne agn ui-
tural grazing and timber districts a id a
review of the railroad and other improve-
ments of the stato. The large map 28x42
of the state printed in four colors is very
aocurate showing all matters one wishes to
glean from a first class map. The docu-
ment is a valuable immigration agent.
Credit is due the Post proprietors for the
skill and euergy displayed in the make up
of this edition.
We copy and endorse the above from the
Columbus Citizen.
The Capitol Building.
The contractors for building the state
capitol have arranged for active work to
begin at once. Messrs. Crcery & Haswell
bojan the excavation last week and it will
be pushed with vigor while every arrange-
ment is being perfected to follow with the
foundation stone work. Mr. Matthias
Schuell will be supperintondent of construc-
tion and will direct the entire business of
onstruction. Mr. Abner Taylor will bo in
h irge of construction and sub-contractors
will therefore look to him concerning all
matters in whn-h they may be interested. Col
o nd A. 0. 13 ibeock h is beeu appointed to
look after the landed interest of tire synai-
.-aieaud he will neoessaruly take an early op
portunity to inform himself as to the char
ter of of tha lauds and to organize a sys-
ein by which they may be niado valuable
t j thecoiupatiy. Austin itaternan.
A IM; Swindle.
The public are Wing inveigled into taking
a eulwtitut or being deceived into buying a
fraud l the reaiiou that dealers can buy the
couuUrfeiU at 5 pr dozen or 42 cents per
lot! and to ll it to th consumers at $1
making an enormous profit which is the
only oi'joct iu trying to aeil a preparation in
imitation of or mibNtitute for Simmons Liv-
i r U.'u'.itar. Nt4hiug i known about the
imitation! thoy aro made by adventurers
knowing nothing of medicine or drugs.
Buy oaly the genuine it Wing rooomeoded
by the pUt-t and rmn reliable people.
Take oniv th.it which is know a to be good
xaade by J. IL Zeillin Co.
Breaking (J round for tho Nevr Court
ll!ueIiitereHtlug Proceeding
Oa Saturday afternoon lt we were In
vitod by Judge Koue to to be present h
our reportorial canity at the cermony ol
broking ground for the mw court house
It was quite au impromptu gathering of the
oitixoaj who chmjed to be noar at hauiL
Maj. Hutchison being oil led on to moke
soiiie jinjlirninary remarks said that he came
to this plaoe in 18.19. Court was then held
in a house near the river which was also
usodfor schools aul religious meetings
Vwntol8G0 or 61 when tho first court
house was built on the imblio square This
was burned in 18KH. The late stone build
ing was the next one built The Major con
gratnlatod the people on the prospect of i
rotdly good ami nice building m indicative
of tha progrosa of the couniy ana irusioa
tliat it would le of snch a character that it
woull bo R'od a bund rod yean hence.
Judge Kone announced the programme to
be that the oldest ajttUers of the county
prottent were to take lead withpiok or spade
la the order of their priority. Regret was
expressed that tlmo had not allowed giving
notice to Judge Cheatham and Maj. Moon.
Of those present it was bold that Geo. T.
McGohoe camo next but he waived his
privilege in favor of Uucls Billy Pitta who
before striking the firt licks said he lauded
bore April Dth. 35 years at;o. Fired the first
guu oa the 4 th of July of that year using
3 lbs of powder 5 also raised the first liberty
pole on the hill.
Geo. T. McGchee now followed. Came
here in 18-16 a boy.
Mr. Ezell came next. Arrived here Jan
lr.th 1848. Helped build the first mill
Ferg Kyle followed. Came here in the
spring of '4S.
J. It. Williamson followed. Came in 1851.
J. S. Travis arrrived Dec. 24 1851.
Ex-sheriff Bugg now happened on the
scene and was enlisted. Also came in '51.
II. S. Harvey who had been sent for ar-
rived and assumed the spado rather out of
his proper time. Ha first came to this
county in 1815 along with Gen. Burleson
aud Maj. Lindsey who laid off the town;
but Mr. Harvey did not state whether he
settled here then or not. However it was not
long after at any rate.
Dr. Woods closed the procession of vet-
eran ground-breakers. He came here in 1854.
Thus closed an occasion which will long
be remembered with interest by the partici-
pants and spectators.
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A Plea for More and Better Roads.
Editob Fbee Pbess : It strikes me that
our road question needs ventilation. Our
board of supovisors it seems to me are not
acting to secure the accommodation of our
citizens. I think a county should bo a com-
pany organized to do what individuals alone
cannot do but putting our funds and wisdom
together work for tho good of the whole. '
Now are not roads a neccessity to the wel-
fare of all ? Tha merchant needs roads that
his customers may came and buy his goods ;
the farmer needs roads that ho may carry off
his produce aud buy what he needs ; the
children need roads to get to school ; the
officers need roads to hunt up their victims
aud attend to their official duties ; we all
need roads to go to church Sunday school
mill and tha county site. Then why not
levy a tax say five cants on each hundred
dollars of taxable property of the county
divide it to supervisors' districts pro rata if
you wish as a fund to open roads where
they are naected? I would be glad to sign a
petition to our board to levy this tax. Hope
some enterprising citizens will circutate
it through the county for I believe all first
class citizens would sign it and show to our
board that we do not approve of their no
road system as I understand at least one of
them says he will not give a cent to any road.
Now I do not think the policy fair that asks
the farmer through whose land a road may
pass to give the land ouild the extra fencing
when all are interested in the road it cer-
tainly is enough for him to give the land
and pay taxes on it to the county and let the
merchants and town people help build the
extra fence bridges eiq. on the road and
then let it belong to iha county. Again
what profit is the fine court house to be
built at Saa Maacos to us if we have no
roads ? For my part Messrs. Supervisors I
would rather have left off a few thousand
from that building and had roads if we can-
not afford both. I waa struck by the differ-
botween Travis county and ours on my trip
to Austin ; the roads were wide and well
worked; it looked like the difference of a
bad farmer and a good one. I felt bad for
my county.
I thought when I sat down that I would
say something about other things but the
road quastion has absorbed alL Small grain
looks well and there is a large acreage in.
It looks like spring has coma ; our farmers
are busy all look hopeful and cheerful
health good schools and happy children.
Now open a road to Kyle and Dupre and all
is well. There will be a large cotton crop
planted here. Stuctob.
Scixsca Haia Feb. Xh 1832.
:iiiiimukd v larrAUMwiw i lHi)
BELL & BROS
and Manufacturers and dealers In
Watches
Diamonds
Jewelry
Of Latest and MostEle
gant Designs
OLOOKS
OF ALL KINDS.
RAZORS POCKET ail TA-
BLK KNIVES
of our own Importation
BPBCTAOLBB J SPECIALTY
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w- it n o.. flAW ATITnWTfl. Tota
XlO 1 X UULUUloi jO uiiiooif won iu. ....v vmu
ORDERS BY MAIL will reoeive PROMPT ATTENTION. Every artiole guaranteed pta.
oisoly as represented. Call and see us at the store oc271y
In order to rednoe my stock preparatory to enlarging ray store roomr
I offer my stock of
IffHc
m ocsods.
Prompt relief la sick headache dizziness
nausea coartipation pain in the side etc.
fi-uaranteed to those using Carter's Little Liv
er Pills. One pill a done. So cents. For
able by Baycolds 1 Daniel
Strictly at Cost ! .
and IDiO-ST GOODS.
Notions Boots Shoes ana JbLats
at greatly reduced prices. A full stock of
John Deere Plows Standard
Cultivators
and other first class Implements. Also
Oil-MI IF WACWHTS
In Yard and Expecting a Oar-Load of
arbed Wire.
Thankin tlie Public for Liberal Patronage in the past I solicit a Con
tinuance in the Future and remain Respectfully Yours
M. GIESEN.
BOBBINS & BISHOP WATCHMAKERS
JE"WELEES. Dealers in
I'l.Tiai JUtVCL'HY M51VEBWASK ETC.
CO
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FINE WATCH ItEPATIUNG A SPECIAL!
Agent for the CELEBRATED MEDICATED SPECTACLES
For San Marcos Texas.
AND CURE DYSPEPSIA LIVER
COMPLAINT AMD ALL DIS-
EASES caused or
ilALA&tBA.
Thoso Bitters not only (tve an appetite but
wtUi It power todlgeet&e food taken. They
mako you eat and at the some time vnabls you
to get tho food out of what you tT aten.
With thstrusedrapepsladlsappaar&tliaUTer
secretes lu proper amount of bUe and the
bowoU more recu tarty ta consequence. Car.
tor's Urer Bitters ala break npCbiltnand fe-
Tor and prorent tbclr return and am a com-
ploteantiuoto toa.l tlalartal polsoa.Tptentlm-
y fre from Quinine Ko tnlckened syrupy
does cheap wtitty and wcrthlees roota.
Ko "food" BonMnw: tut a really medicinal
t'tUoraTry d rop of which to of t 1 ue aod a 111
doaoraeonefood. Bold la Urs pint bottles at
One Dollar per botUew rroparod otjj by
CARTER MEDICINE CO.
OUkm cf Outers IJttJe Uec TOs. t
35 37 Park Place New York City.
bold bt BAYKOLDS & DANIEL.
Dissolution Xotlee.
Ta partMrsbla ki'tMM krtofor M4arWd
Il4ft lit tmttui f irr'Rt lASCK kM
tka day b tml4 y Ckaa
Epar will tt4 ia muImmi ml all aturi
111 t 4 la ik miliaiH f an aiauert
caau wna Ue VaatacM at ta t-m
ck-3 CHAi. rriik
J. w. axct.
PBINTING OUTFIT FOR SALE!
C2?5 Tke Cheapest Yet ! 50
The subscriber has for sale the greater
portion of a NEWSPAPEB AND JOB
PRINTING OUTFIT (except Newspaper
Pre. ) It consists of 150 to 200 lbs of Bour-
geois; about 100 lbs of Nonpareil (both sec-
ond hand but good and very complete and
well Borted ;) some FIFTY FONTS more
or loss as may be wanted of GOOD
HANDSOME DISPLAY AND JOB TYPE
"of all sorts and sizes ;" a pair of chases for
a six seven or eight column paper with
Column and Head Bales and an abundance
of Leads and Dashes all complete and good:
Brass Galleys; Cases; Job Chases; Com-
posing Sticks Ac. tc. Also a good
NOVELTY JOBBER!
10x14 inches inside of chase. All of which
will be sold AT A BARGAIN FOB CASH
being entirely surplus to my office. Impres-
sions of type and other particulars will be
sent on application. Dont fail to write me
for I am prepared to offer the greatest bar-
pun in Printing Material ta be found t
the State or ebetchert.
Address L IL JULIAN
Proprietor Fui Pbbss
San Marcos Texas.
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