The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1890 Page: 4 of 8
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ftUDAYyJAN. 31 1890
0AT JlOENVy JR. Edilot.
Office In tiontet Huildintf on Second yirccl.
KHtorert nt the Abilene To rortofflco m
tjccotid-Clitss Mull flatter.
Subscription Xatei.
OflC year. ......... ........ 4 . .$l .50
'Slit months. t .. . . . . . .......... 7S
Three months ..... .k. ...... 40
To Our Snbscribora.
Wc have recently made out the ac-
counts of all who arc in arrears .on
their subscription to the Reportku
To those outside of this city and some
whp.receive their mail at this postofficc
we will mail statements to others
with whom we have regular accounts
they will be presented by our collector.
We hbpe our patrons will be prompt
In thejr settlements as many improve-
ments arc now being made in this office
and we are at fin enormous expense at
this particular lim .
The Reporter is Very thankful for
the liberal patronage it lias received
and it is wjth a view' to improving the
pager .that wo make this callupon its
patrons.
Cleburne is to have electric lights.
Sweetwater" is to bore for artesian
water.
Gov. Ross is reported quite sick
'with the la grippe.
Nolan county is trying to organize
a fair association.
Abilene will have the. finest nursery.
iii-iexasin live years.
'
Ex-Senator JRiddlebergerdied at his
home in "Virginia last week'. -
-Arbor day wjll be pretty well ob-
served throughout the state
Extensions' contemplated by North-
west Texas roads are mentioned in the
Gazette every dayi
Artestan water Tor. Dallas is being
seriously discussed by the people and
press of that city. ' . .
Hon. Geo. C. Pendleton has
noticed .himself a candidate
lieutenant-governor.
an-
for
The people of Ballinger and.Runnels
county are agitating the holding of a
county fair this iall.
Taylor Willjamsdn. county has fine
flowing well.of pure water which was
secured at a depth of 1400 feet.
Terrible floods and snowdrifts twen-
ty feet above Um telegraph pores are-
reported iu the "clonoUs climate" of
fCaliforny'
Afire in the Kitteny navy yard New
Hampshire destroyed several buildings
and much machinery. Lost is est't
J mated at $rooooo.
The citizens of. Wichita Falls held
an enthusiastiom'eeting Tuesday and
resolved to build railroad from that
city to Baylor county. t
Spme of our . farmers are very
anxious for a rairf'now while others
say that a rain within two pr three weeks
wquld be more acceptable .
John'L. Sullivan and Peter Jackson
are about to close arrangements for a
fight. If they do ve would like to
sfe Sullivan get knocked out.
'The Cleburne Chronicle emerges
.from its ashes brighter and newsier
than ever Continued and increased
success to' you Brother Scurlock
J i 1 --
A mad 'cow rushed into a camp in
the suburbs of Forth Worth Sunday
evening and killed two horses i.nd
wounded six others before the campers
could kill her.
Jim Starr the notorious Indian ter-
ritory desperado died in his cell at
"prt Smith Monday He was shot
on the ajstinsf Uy"a posse of United
'Statcs.jiiarshals.
Nellie Sly made a tour Around the
tI work! iA seventy-two days six hours
and eleven minutes.i We'll go the con-
) 1 tents nf rrnr Mni linv" ttint she didn't
mufihe wul number of 'trunks and
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A terrible wreck secured on the
.Monon rort jrft north of In-
dlaltopolisMpwday in which sk per-
sons were k!ed fend many wounded.
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That cfipjHng gofflf ihf rounds of
the press giving ltcauregardd reply to
an cx-confcdcratc soldier who sent five
dollars for a winning ticket shows the
old not far behind Barnum ill hatching
out advertising schemes.
Dallas has now taken hold of the ar-
tesian well problem and her best
posted business men say the success
of the enterprise will double thepopu
lation of that city and more than dou-
ble the value of real estate.
'Abilene is to have a brick yard" is
going the rounds of the press. Abileiic
has always had from one to three
bride yards .and now the proprietors
of one "of these propose to add ma-
chinery for making prqsscd brick
. Sherman must be a sleepy old town.
They have 'been at work there for
weeks trying to get up a bonus to se-
cure an extension of the M. K. & T.
railway tp that city and it seems that
failure will perch upon their banner.
- Sbme Parker county men seem to
delight in throwing out the inference
that Taylor county did not win the
bahner by fair means. Go it Boys
every time you open your mouths you
advertise Taylor county and the Abi-
lene countryv
An express. train on the Denver &
Rio Grande was blown from the track
at' Monument Colo. Monday and
several passengers were injured. The
.sleeper and two coaches caught fire
.which was extinguished by the heroic
efforts of the" trainmen:
There are certain enterprises of
great importance to Abilene that will
come when the artesian well has been
sunk. Later on you will hear from
them and you will then appreciate our
statement that much to you andyto the
city depends upon the artesian yell.
Waco thinks so much of her artes-
ian wells that she is going to have a
jubilee. Experts say that artesian wa-
ter can be obtained just as easily at
Abilene as at Waco and in fact .they
say that our city lies'in.the same .belt.
Abilene will rejoice too' when the wa-.
ter flows
Heavy wind storms are reported
from Iowa. Great damage has been
done to shipping on the Mississippi
and the fruit crop of that section is
seriously damaged In. ..California a
snow slide resulted .in the death of
several persons and damaged buildings
ancf railroad property.
The' City of Mexico with great
lakes of dear water vithin a few miles
of the city and a spring that gushes
out of the mountain side in a great
stream has found this water to be po-
inted by decaying vegetation and the
city is now furnished pure clear water
from an artesian well. '
Think how much you can invest in
the grandest enterprise .that .has1 ever
been put on foot for our city and when
the artesian well' committee .call pn
you help the enterprise'by responding
cheerfully. Men' work bravely and
earnestly for the common good when
their services are appreciated and by
such work everybody is benefitted
and the country and city are. made to
prosper
Some boys of the country press are
disposed to poke fun at the Times-
Herald when speaking of Exall's boom
for governor Henry Exall is an able
financier . who doubtless makes five
times as much in a year as the salary
the governor receives. To 'accept the
nomination even if it was tendered
him by the unanimous vote of the
convention would be to sacrifice his
personal interests tp the extent of
several thousand dollars a year. He
js a young man with a bright future
before him. As. governor of Texas he
would serve the people with credit to
the state and -to himself for besides be-
ing .successful fiancler he is one of
the ablest statesman ot which this grand
state can boast. Henry Exall is not. a
candidatejjfor governor but that he is
eminently qualified to fill the position
nojone acquainted with him will doubt.
The banner Won at the Dallas fair
by Abilene was not received at the.
latter place till the night of the toth
inst when it was recieved with appra-
nriate ceremonies band music and
I military parade Gordon Courier.
THJK AftTZIIAX WILL.
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Cm41 JhHtorM It.
AntLENE Tbxas Jan 34.' To the
chairman and executive members
of the Abilene progressive committee 1
Ynur committee on artesian wells beg
leave to make the following report :
Wc have made a personal inspec-
tion of the wells at Galveston Waco
and Peeos City. The greatest abun-
dance of water suitable for domestic
purposes has been obtained in these
cities iu some instances a single .well
flowing as much as 500000 gallons in
twenty-four hours. We are of the opin-
ion from the experience of these cities
as well as all other cities where artcs
ian wells haeTjetn-wirnVthat an am-
ple flbw of pure artesianwater can be
obtained anywhere in the Abilene
couhfry if the proper eflbrt is made to
secure it. The deepest wells in Texas
that we have seen arc those at Waco
'1830 feet but at this depth the great-
est abundance of pure water ij. ob-
tainedr and it flows with such force
that a stand pipe sixty-five feet high
is filled direct from' the vell "with no
other fo.'ce than the natural flow of the
water
We are in correspondence with a
number of artesian well borers and
we believe thdt.a well can besunkand
cased 2060 feet in the city of Abilene
at a cost of $.16000 and to the depth
of 2500 feet at a cost of $15000
Our estimates are based Upon figures
in our possession but these amounts
may be reduced when we are in "post-
tion -to make a. contract.
The sinking; of'an.artesian well is of
vftal importance t6 the wholepeople of
the Abilene country and more espec-
ially to the citizens of Abilene. It is
believed that a sufficient quantity of
artesian water suitable for domestic
purposes would have .great influence
in securing the building of ti'ew rail-
roads to Abilene and through -the Abi-
I lene country ; it would be a powerful
factor in inducing the location at Abi-
lene of certain large enterprises calcu-
lated to develop the Abilene country
and increase the trade of the city of
Abilene; it would settle foiever the
mpst important question our city has
to'deal with thatjs how to secure an
ample supply of clear wholesome wa-
ter ; it would have its influence upon
the development?? the Abilene coun-
try and: the growth of our city Be-
sides such a. flow of water would not
only largely increase the value of all
real estate iii the city but would also
have a great and beneficial influence
upon the values of country lands.
Better still it .would result in the per-
sonal advantage pleasure and comfort
" of every citizen of Abilene and all
those who visit the city.
We ' have considered the various
methods by which the necessary .money
could Be raised in "the least onerous
way to our citizens and property own-
ers .and we are' unanimously agreed
that the most equitable plan and the
one that would result in the greatest'
satisfaction -to -the whole people wjiuld
b$ to organize a joint stock company
to be composed of "the citizens and
property owners of the Abilene coun-
try and the city of Abilene. The stock
to be divided' into shares of ten dollars
each that every citizen and property
owner may become interested that
the sum of $15060 be 'raised imme-
diately to be paid in such installments
as we may' think best; that the city of
Abilene make a conditional lease or
sale to said joint stock company of the
present'water works plant dependent
upon the said company securing an
ample supply of artesian water suita-
ble for domestic purposes ; that the de-
tails of such contract be agreed on by
the mayor and city attorney of Abi-
lene the county judge of Taylor
county the chairman of the Abilene
progressive committee and the chair-
man of the artesian well committee ;
that said contract when reduced to
Writing shall be submitted to the city
council of Abilene and the artesian
well conynittee for their approval.
J. H ParrjNmore
Ch'mn Artesian Well Com
HENRY Sayles. Secretary
Abilene Texas Jan. 28.
At a meeting bt the Abilene pro-
gressive committee in executive ses-
sion the foregoing report of the ar-
tesian well committee was.unanimoqsly
approved and the matter was referred
back fo the artesian well committee
with authority to carry out the above
plans and secure an artesian well in
Abjlclic. Orro V St evens'
Cli'mn Progressive Com.
D J Rnb "Secretary.
MaY6r's Office? Abilene-
January 35 8$d. J
At a called meeting of the city coith-
c the above plan for securing an ar-
tesian well was Unanimously approved
by the city council and the committee
appointed by the progressive commit-
tee to draw the contract with the city
was likewise appointed by the city
council.
The ministers of Massachusetts
must See a "luff!' time if many of them
have such troubles as one" at Digli-
tort experienced of which the Gazette
says ;
At Dighton Mass. the1 pastof'hav-
ing opened a orusadc against kissing
games at church gatherings the young
people reyenged themselves .in "a per
culiar manner. They tied up his door;
Hailed up his gate scared him by dis-
charging revolvers; and puffed tobacco
smoke through the keyhole while he
was praying in his room. Some of the'
young bloods drank whisky from bot-
ties during church exercises and threw
tie flasks under the pews. The min-
ister says he has found three dozen of
these "pocket pistols" The only com-
ment is that this occurcd jn Massachu-
setts. What if it had been in Texas ?
A( local passenger day train and
through passenger night train service
on the' Texas & Pacific between this
city and Fort Worth would be a great
convenience to our people and in-
crease travel pn this .division at least
2 5 per cent Abilene R eporteri
Correct Bro. Hpenys "Very strange
policy that of a railroad ' company to
supply but one train a day over such
a country 'as lies between Fort Worth
and AbiIene.i-Gordon Courier.
The Times-Herald commented on
this necessity two months ago. The
trains are crowded so that seats can-
not be furnished the passengers The
night train each way would be a creat
convehience to the business people of
the west and would induce a larger
travel. Many would make the trip to
Dallas or Fort Worth and from east
to west when it can be dPne in two
nights and one day who cannot spare
the time that is now necessary for only
day trains. Dallas Times-Herald.
The Tariff.
The question bf reducing the tariff"
is of the greatest importance to all of
our people. It is the one question
upon which the success of the demo-
crats in 1892 depends. Its agitation
throughout the United States is kept
up by all the leading papers and poli-
ticians and the fan ks of the tariff re-
formers continue to swejl with each
discussion of the question. In the
North American Review the discussion
between Gladstone and . Blaine has
been eminently satisfactory to the re-
formers and at the request of Grover
Cleveland Mills has consented to take
up the discussion with Blaine.
To show how the interest is grow-
ing it "may be mentioned that trades-
men mechanics and farmers all over
the country' are writing for information
onu the subject Last week ex-Tresi-dent
Cleveland received a letter from
Mr. Hunt president of the cutters' as-
sociation which met .in national con-
'vention in Chicago;; asking for some
statement on the tariff" question to
which the ex-president-replied as fol-
lows": GH. Hunt President Dear Sir; I
thank you for sending me your ad-
dress made at the convention of the
custom foremen' tailor?' association
and I have reacl the same with inter-
est Tne question of tariff jeform di-
rectly affects all the people of the land
in a substantial wayj and they ought
to be interested in its discussion. I
am afraid that a great many of our
fellow-citizens are too. apt to regard
this as a political question affecting
them in a remote way and one that
may well enough be left for Doliticians-
to wrangle oyer. This induces neg-
lect of the subject by a great number
of our people and willingness to
blindly follow the party to which they
may happen to belong in their action
on it. It is a good sign to see practical
men such as peiong 10 your associa-
tion discussing the question for them-
selves. If this is done intelligently
and with sincere intent to secure the
truth tariff reformers I think.-have no
need to fear the result of suph a dis-
cussion. Very truly yours- -
Grover Cleveland.
A similar request was sent to Presi-
dent Harrison who did not reply. Af
ter the letter had been .read the unanU
mous thanks of the convention were
voted Mr.' Cleveland
The stock in the artesian well enter-
prise should be well distributed among
the whole people. Everybody must
haye the water aud every one should
have an interest in the. well and its
profits-
SPUING SEASON Mi
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We take pleasure in Informing our Mendi
and patrons that our first shipment of Spring
Goods will he oen arid ready for inspection
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Wg I 'snail snow
New Dress and Staple GingHams
Jlew Calicoes New Sateens
New Percals New Penangs
New Carpets New Mattingsr
A hxg assortment of "New w
Cambric Edgings and Insertings
We have enjoyed in the past the reputation
of carrying the largest and hest selected stock
in West Texas hut we justly "believe" that we
have succeeded this season in greatly outrank-
ing all our previous efforts.
Our assortment is more complete pur styles
more diversified and our prices lower than
ever before. An early call and inspection will
he appreciated!. Respectfully
S. LAPOWSKI & BEO.
Eocord 8:46 1-2. Trial 2:36.
TEXAS
Breed for
tor a
Speed
STERRETT & SO;NS.
Breeders of Improved
Horses and Cattle
Eanch on Spring Greek; IS miles North East of Abilene on '
the Albany 'road.'
'OfnlliAnn f Four fine French Draft Stallions for
mdlllOIlN' sae- ' These Stallions are thoroughly
"-'' acclimated and broken to range use.
Wc have sold 300 head of Graded-Stock this season at good
prices that yas sired by pur Stallions.
Office with Abilene Investment Co.
51-13. Abilono Texas
SPAULDING & WOODWARD
- Plumbers and Steam Fitters ::
Are now prepared to do all kinds of Pipe wor&
and Machinery repairing on short notice.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
South First StreetJ-Belbw Freight Depot.
Abilene. Colorado. Big Springs
HENRY
WHOLESALE
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PRINCE.;
Texas Prince Will serve a
limited number of mares at
$25.00 the seasonsTexas
Prince .is only the third re
move from' Mambrino Chief
II the great brood mare
sire; For extended pedigree
see smalDiand bills.
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Lewis Sharp's Barn.
Horse that can Trot.
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1890, newspaper, January 31, 1890; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330648/m1/4/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.