The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 18, 1882 Page: 1 of 4
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TEXAS TOPICS
The orange trues nt Galveston mo
In bloom
A knitting factory is booh to l o
opened tip in Sherman
li Corn in sonriie nt 2 ii bushel in
Menard eouuty
llosos havo bloomo 1 out of doors
fti Bun Antonio during tin whole win
t r
Tho looms orderod by the Cucro
0 ttou mills are now tu loute Cotton
oloib will bo inudo ul tlio mills llio
ItuUettn tiny that ottior iMttuiifiicturiiig
Industries will speedil follow
Olio Ve t of Livuol umutluui
bought tlio runrli of 1 It Taut on thu
Nueces river Th purchase involved
110000 notes of lunil at 200000 nuil
281100 ootth at 10 per houd lLo
umouiit of mouuy that okaugml lunula
wu hv r tiiill iMiUloinloHan J
The llooil that is now prevutlingin
tlio Dritzos river has deepened thu
channel tlirongh the bar at the mouth
of that Btroam to full twelve feet The
beaoh is strewn for man miles vritti
timber telegraph pules mils und other
debris biought down by the current
A teinblo ruin and wind storm
which in some plates assumed the char-
acter of a destructive tol undo passed
over the central portion of the State
on tho night of tbo 27th of I cbruar
Considerable damage was done to
buildings and fences but so far as
learned no lives wore lust
Among the cadets recently dis
nilsscd from the naval academy for in
elllcicnc in their studies was ll < u
moot It Duck of Texas who shot
Thompson when be w a being given u
doso of hazing becrotur Lincoln lias
issued au order upon tlio iccouimcuda
tiou of the aoaeleunu board reappoint-
ing lluck as it cadet at West Pointand
grouting him louvo wihout pay nutil
January 1
Thu Kansus City JuM no has been
talking to a successful Texas sheep man
who considers cuttle m ich moro tnsil
kiptatid more profitable on n large
scute than sheep Ho states that the
ilny when the sheep men can operate
in foxu without buying more or lus
land is post thus making it a nciiss t
for mi u to have considerable capital
for buying an I fencing land to insure
success
CftiffC DenwtitH Mcssis Isaac
Cloud ll U Gnrues and J M Culp
eif latnOsvillc now in the tity and
tluoslsattho Planters are tlnoo of the
heaviest shippers of cattle in that
Btulo who haro eome to St Louis to
luk uf the Missouri Pacllle railroad
some 1 enumeration for losses the feel
that they lmYo sustained fiiueo June
laslJll tuJay < tulcerwurttiiig t4 lttxitl
overcharging for feed Withiu these
rpast rliuo moutha the three halo for
yarded to Noithcru points over tins
rjad soma 1500 ears of eattle and thu
sum the bold thciuselvoueiitillcdto in-
Justice und equity runs up into the
thousands Hujor Culp said last even
mg that there were a number of oil oi
shippers in Minting to picecut cliiui
ou tne same ucoount the total amount
reptesuutud by all being about i10000
The Major sunt that Uiuuosiillo hoc
pud the Mlwuri Paoilio rond man
Hundreds of thousand of dotlais ami
hid sutblred gleutlos by thu eauless
lass and neglect of the road to propi l
ly htteud to the shippers wants liu
had ntltteu nuiuerous letters to the ot
llcers asking it bouio ledrcss ooulu
not we made but could not get any sat
ufaotion so they hud conic in person
to seo lf something could not be done
Jf Ln settlement was refused the
should carry the matter to tho courti
aud wuuld ditooutiuuo shipping oei
tho lino us they had rather drive then
stock lltty uiilcs than longer bo htihJLcl
to what they lelt mui wrong
llnrnlnglatn
A young woman who litcs at Papal
kon lliiwuil writing of the luvu Aon
which has been pouting from the grout
volcano for moru than a cur says 1 he
volcajo is about two miles from the
sou It somotimes pour with great
rapidity then blowing up the Hood
moves slowly gradually on o took
horscB und rodu the suycu miles tuat
intervene between home und the mout
tains with great rapidity leaving the
packhorses to tako their time lhe
part consisted mostly of women and
us on know 1 dare do ulmostuuytliing
wo were iu the lwu within nu hour
utter leaving homo Wo fastened the
horses lu u safu pi leo und wont out to
the crust but boforo wo wereavaro we
Wdro obligtnl tu go buck und movu our
bonos lor the luvu wuti creepingto
ward them and they becamo frightened
hllo Blumling on tho crust we could
dhtinctly near tho tush aud roar be
ueutb iu > it ground Its way over tjc
rough earth it is extremely hurd to
get specimens or lather to Jtccp them
lor they are so brittle Oh I wish you
oould hau soon wtiut I huo seen
Thero were the must beautiful cusoudes
that poetiofancy cau piolure The luvu
pouted down lu gulcnos and oauyons
elropplug into the water with a limine
boom as if a thousand demons were
straggling for some mastery j or It
would stealthily creep wound you una
u n you in aud out yim oft if not
wutehfiil It liu a power of faswnutiou
tlwt makes the looker on almost forget
himself and before he is awatu he is in
two Urrible danger of being swallowed
ui > It follows the taoUleiie ss if do
lurmluod with relentless lury to over
take ul lust Our wrt selected llti
muoII at A sate disuice uiul pitehid
tonta forth night throe limes dur
Ug the iiiifht w halt move ur the
hl ul lurlml Us euaiiuel uuil vw
M > mu < tusMtit tu Ik iuireusi1 iu
> aMKi u Mfiill that noumkl outgo
lu slesp swl Wi w u a tli it iuek
Mvw IHlUr i k < ot fire until dawo
1e tlwlly had lh unu and Lone
Wuvwl itotiiHi a deep rnviun and cxm
sidercd uiirs lvvs S4I0 To our ur
prUn tlio Uvu s i to d ui I only into tin
Itio ilH ol III rflllil i al ui k ti ii-
I < i u I p to I Hi liu t i
t iqii ok < tluiiii wi 41 u
voumi viii
llit mind ei n eolueive The water
stuimed and hissed mid foimid it
ought dusperuttly boiliug uud leap-
ing threo or four bet but was crowded
dot und forced totakorLfugo in u lower
level 1 could not sloep and s I sat
unit witched it in fact I did not dare
goto sleep lest 1 might uot escipe
ion cannot imagine tho dilleicnoc in
tho view it priselits by night ni
compared to the Mow by du The one
is li lug acting lire the other is a gru
molten creeping rilentleas stream th t-
Ills oveiy depression swullows tho lit
tie hikes drives the livutetHiiwa in the
steam makes a desert of thellowr val-
ley a waste of the rich pliiutatfou and
stops only when engulfed in tho ocean
Thousands of ucros otviituublopropert
huvo disappeared und stjll tho btreunis
arc moving steadily ou in various direc-
tions toward the sea
liu lent Ieiipln of vuivrlru
3 titnv TorV TrUrtme
At tho Acndcni of Siiencis Prof
John S Newberrv hetiireil on iho
Vueieut Civilization of America and
suid iu sllbstauee
When tho puvages were pressed
bade by advancing civibratlon they
had piessid was once the great natural
water gap between the lakes and the
Moxicuti Otilf when it was discovered
that they were not autochthonous for
mounds cuves palaces aud remains of
cities showed the existence of u race
that lived in tho highest stylo of civ ill
zatlou Investigation and research by
historians geologists and archil ologists
have brought to light much concerning
these wonderful people They can be
divided in two classes which with locil
differences nro generally the simo
Ono is the Mound I uildeis who dwelt
in the fertile Valley of tho Mississippi
following a sedentary and ptacoful lifu
Mounds built by them und instruments
aud pottery and copper ornaments
made by them have been dminvored
all through the Mississippi Vullc
The wire miners furmerd raited to
bucuo and remains uf their oil wells
still exist at Titusvillc Pu In uum
bers they probibl eipialed thu inha
Ijittiuts of the region at present und
enough is known of their osteolog to
sa tucy wcruof medium siro fair pro
poitiens Tilth a cranial development
not uuliko curred Iuduin Thcirtctth
were large und strong They buried
their dead with groat ceremouv When
and why uud how tho mound builders
disappeared wo do not know Iheir
ul imato futo was i roluibl entire ex-
tinction
Tho sccjud class of tin bo early
Americans was tho i aluco builders of
tho tablelauds a class that was tproad
from Chill ou tho south to Utah on
the nolth renehing their grouest tie
groo of lower and civilization in Ceu
tral America Mexico and Peru The
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< liis ruoVufnTt hough swept from
the earth b the brutality of Pizdrro
and Cor ez he lr eh > ry was nlioady iu
lis decidendi wu can scarcul uiuceive
of the oxltu t < f thtir magnificence
llus Mcxuiuii and IVriivutu era far sur-
passed anv thing iu our d i in the oou
striutiouol puiibe works rimdH aijili
ductspllnu nod itiei Tin illilitua
ddiuizud roa I that led fioni C II to to
Lima txei id d in i oit the Union lacl
lie huhi d ii il if ull the forts withl
our borders w < it put into one it would
not i ipitil th fi > title el stllio me thut Is
ettoOBMou on tho IVruv it i toast
Louis 11 llniau an engine r who wai
with M ulimllun has tlostribed the
rums of a Log sapnrt town on the
Putirlo coast of IMtxmo ino Central
Amtricnu countr itooiiudsiuevidences
of tho Aztec race and this winter man
arthti logista havo gone thither aud
from their labors wo thull soon lotru
inoio of thU wondrous poojilo Their
origin is lost in nutiiput lhey ma
havo come from the seed borne acrost
the sen by Phrmitciau traders J orhajn
the sprang from tho fablud raco ot
Atlantis lhey wire either indigenous
or importtd iu an embrotio state from
tlio Oriental Arcluopcligo tho latter
the most likely
Die lrofesstr illustrated his lecture
with stereuNoopio views ot tho remains
uf thoto people
Mitcp
The cr ing need of Aniorio tu ugri
culturo to day is a more general inpor
tatlouof tLc sheep Into tho farming
ooonomy More prollilo than horsosor
cattle as well usuioro tractable subsist
nig ou scantier harbago and requiring
less Btiporvislon it claims tho addi-
tional udvantsgcot piyiug for its rais-
ing iu annual installments of market-
able ileoce ponding its growth to ma-
turity It is moio readily transferred
from inclo to another and is
one uro
cosily restrained by fences which would
prove no burrior against tho oncroaoh
mout of other farm stock its light
ticud and lovo of repose warrant its
access to Held and pastures where
tramping of cattle uud touring ot hogs
a ojild not bo toleruted It wastes less
fotid in proportion to the tjuaulity eon
suraed and will hunt aud utilize much
that would otherwise bo lost to the
farmer Yielding a it turn lu both
lleeco und lltsb it fnrnishis its owner
with tho double a Ivantsge ot catcblug
a goo 1 market lor Ins product rt quit
lug less wuter aud tlliiOietl to wort for
its food It is without a peer when
summers drought taxes tho turners
resources for enabling Ins live stock to
maintain au nvnmgo ot thirst and flush
All that can be said lu behalf of ced-
ing lite stock ou the farm lis dulili
guwhtxl from tho soil impoverishing
Hiltcy of placing the raw gralu and
grass upon thu market will be found to
apply with double utuphusis to tin
farm that uirrios a putt of its out tit
one or more shtwp por sere N > tlo
a uruul returns unite fertility to ihe
s 11 Inproportimto thesm uutevutttl
for iissuppori wtttb noun tiiuds it n
ttu oveuue > wuti win Ii tho di ipugo
i e duttibuted NotwitliHtau liut Hie
e ideutitiivuutagesan iiuretsti in am p
aulluttt brlugs the sgtioulliiro a
couutry gouerally sud vspevtally luur
j inn to the butt lit oi a toll I innn us
1 i ttti It tut i tlieir Ss uiu ll
he in i tu the i uii i t < u
t oi u r uiv Jlititi y I us
i ti u > i lr I i i <
11 x t iisi i
IIUIM lit lllltll
How a SI 1 ouit Sjs llfsle I 01 tlif lonlrart tor
Hit t rrrllui or Hie r ia tailtol
tl t ult 1 iililnwe
Tho llejmlilii an of Huuda ton
tamed an artlolu iu rebitiou to the ton
tract which stimti Illinois parties lire
st cured to erect tho Texas ctutohouse
at Austin audit has sllbseipielill hi on
learned thut u St Louis syndic ito hud
n splendid opportunit to seouro this
bouauzi but let the tjuckcr peoplo get
ttway with them in it most lamentable
manner lleforo going into tho detail
it is welt to stato that the Texas author
ltn b proposo to give S0000u0 acres of
land iu the Pan iiaudleus thuoousid
t rutlon for the urei tiou of the oapltol
NMitnthu bid was llrst ndvertised
Mr Buell of ltock Island Mr Heard
slo the postmaster lit that place aud a
Mr Drake of Hoik Island optned ne
gotiations with the authorities They
then called the attention of Col A 0
llabeock of Canton Illluois to the
mutter and substipionlly tho llirwells
of Chicago and Col Abuer Talor of
that city were uiducod to go into the
enterprise Messrs Hiull lleardslev
aud Druko went to tholettiugut Austin
and putting iu
T11F LllWKHT lllll
They got tho refusal of tho contract
Tho failed within the prescribed timo
to furnish thu required bonds it is said
and Mr Hnell gave his chock for S20
000 to bo forfuited unless tlio require-
ments of tlio bond wore corupliod with-
in 20 days Ou returuiug from Tt xas
the party stopped at tho Southern hotel
where they were to bo joined b Col
llabeock Whllo hero the made the
acquaintance of Copt It M Chlplo
who upon learning of the enterprise
m which the ywtro inteios ol went to
work to soeuro tho coutrutt for furnish-
ing tho grnuito for Mr W It Allen and
his associates in that lino of business
This contract w as secured before the
arrival of Col llabeock
At onco couiprekindiug tho nijgni
tude uf tho Bchemo uud poroeiving u
woakuo s in the situation dipt Chip
ley oponod negotiations with Snell for
tho piirehaso of the cntiro contract in
bohulf of a syndicate of ten gentlemen
of St Louis induced inside of 21
hours by Capt Clupley to go into the
enterprise if they could soeuro the
contract Among thu ten wtrti largo
capitalists manufacturers and oontrae
tors JlubcoLks friends too were
MIT AtTISO IIIOMITIV MiOllllI
To suit Inn und ho was just iu thut
stuto of mind at the time to bo oper-
ated upon easily by the St Louis syu
dlcuto Sncll wjj liiilly nt that time
tho only man who had a dollar invested
iu tho ileal Ho was out 10000 on ox
ponso acouuut and had put up 201 IU0
as it forfeit
Tho St Louis mon dickered for somo
daa aud dually male utlors that wire
i oweikto sveure the prize They
nflerod only 13000 for tho contract
If they had put up 50000 tho gcutlo
man who furnished this information to
tho llciaMuan thinks they oould ousi
I hive closod the bargum
Jt was while tho negotiations were
going ou that Col llulitock arriveel
lie was the N ipoloon ol the party It
took him but u moment to reulizo the
Bituatioii and ho sunt Suoll off to ltock
Inland ou tho first train llo then took
the negotiations into his own hands
and was open for nny nrraugemt nt with
rill AT Lol IS BVNDll UK
that would be to their mutual ndvun
tage Ho waited a ton elts to allow
them to do lele whet thoy would elo
Uufortunat ly for tho syndic ito it is
alleged that they beenmt poBsensed with
the idea thut the thing tvus too ltrgo a
deal for u > other pirtics than them-
selves uud that iu duo timo tho others
woulililropoutauil it would lull into
their bunds All this too with the
full knoivloelgo of the face that the
were working ug iust men of financial
strength und ability Thu oonsequeuee
was that Col llabeock and his asso
ciatcs went otr to Chioufo and organ-
ize 4 the company getting all the
money and assistauco needed They
then rolurncdto Austin mid rnado gooel
the bond with tho state viz J25d000
This all happened within the puit
fortnight Cols llabeock and To lor
will return to lit Lonls in a few days
All tho benefit that St Louis will now
derive from this ontorpil o is thut tho
Ulcus will furnish thu granite for tlio
state house Cunt Chiplcy did his
work well although nut interested to a
groal extent He saw a gooel oppor
tuulty for money to bo muelo and In a
remarkably Bhort timo got tho syndi-
cate tegUher but thoy wcro too slow
Tho Illinois party is indebted to Col
llabeock for their success and St Louis
lobt tho thing it ii asserted by not
Backing properly Cant Ohipley vvm
saw at a glsxtco
Tim anKATorroBTCNm
Biuco tho bond has been filed it is
saM hit the parties havo been offered
J1000000 for tho landt Tho stato
houso will coit betweon 1500000 uud
1700000 so that ut tho very lowest
thero will bo a profit of from Sl000000
to 2 000000 in the undertaking even
grunting the fact that the lauds elo iiott
appreciate for somo timo iu value I
the tract of 3000000 acres ombrac1
ing about 6000 square miles is nourly
200 miles long ami about SO wide uud
very Loar tho size therefore of tbo
state of Oonnoctlcuh 1ifly thousand
acres ot the tract have been sot span
by the state ot Texas
to tie ray tin x
peusee uf the suiTey ami the ronmiiuler
will be the propetty ot the 111 noispeo
pl lu the ileal
Three railwsys sre pushing to that
oiiintry wliloh will inoresw the
value ol the ltn is vn the Houston
uml ioxss Central a line fruni Denver
10 New Orleans uud another rtoul from
An in II ts i uly ISti units ilisWut
I the line f the Atchison Topoka and
itutsltt I lulgrallU < i t < iiy get
tux tut thai loootrv Mil it I Ue
it posed to briirf WIKIO Lnrop aa
ovst uml
hU 181 1811 I iislt I
As soon u the r U y uv in retvesi
Ilio lteu > is luug euough to eutbrsee
IkiiIi In tk and emld in tttuiie sti re Jitst
i > tulles west of this itnltteliv trutt is
III l > l > t I Wils I W > el bug
tiitm it m in i ii ii w n ri t ii
wtucll ue in gruM tg ftmiiH J w nt J
AM M LI tllKttK HA
a
SAX SAH V TI2XAS KvTUlIKY AIOHNLSHJ 1IAUCII is KssJ
cattle An n i indteittn n i f the in
1 1 leasing valufof lands iu that part of-
t Texas ft cult be stftUd upon the best
authority that his csastc was offered for
Isnlu twovenrs ago Tot 250000 exclu
sivt of cotuse of thi live stock Last
summer though hd refused an ofler of
1 171 per aero fertile entire tritt
I lho parties who vrsnteel to pure ton
weio Pieuih capitalists untl thev wue
auMous tti establish col mu s in Tt xas
Tnirj seems but tittle loubt that this
vast tract of html whiih tint Illinois
piitios havo secnredwill rt iiht to its
owneis inside of llvovi in h from 2 to
1 per acre ami pron tbl mort on no
couut of the rapid mt > rmlwuv fm iltttos
areboing inereascd in iejii und the
immigration thatll Assuring into tho
Lono Star stato
Tho parties have c years allowtMl
them in which tc tiHio tho capttol
bullling The f JNtion will bu
nudor the ol feUli > vsbv TitW of
Chietgo and C pi W will uttom
to nil tho liisiueiJ0 ftinoclion with
tho anil > y
It will bosoeo from tho nbovo psiti
culnrs that somo St Lonls capitalists
let slip one of tho rarest opportunities
and the Illinois parties have seemed
through their chii f Cl 1 iboock one
of the 1 irgest nicest bonanzas of tin
igc
Du lull Haul 1 irgs
Lvery ono that lias fowls und wants
them to lay eggs next winter should In
very careful how ho manages them
during August and September or
during lho moulting timo Some poo
pie let their hens neirly stirvo during
thu moulting time but when real cold
weather comes the begin loRtufTthom
with cum etc hint by the timo they
gettueir strength again tlio winter is
uoarl over und von may hear them
complain that their Inns dont lay I
am not surprised if thev do not lay
with such treutmont Now I will give
ray mode of feeding during tho moult
ing timo In tho nioruiug I mix sour
thick milk with bran Bometinios I
put a littlu Bait or pepper in it nt noon
1 fueel n little rye oats or golden mlllei
seed ill thu evening wheat 1 givt
tiiem fresh water iu tho morn ng and
noon I am always er turelul to
keep m troughs elfiin homo time
ago a man said to me Are ourthiek
onsdiug I suit no flu mini thut
he lost uteiru than lift ouug uud old
all ulike I askod una about his ponl
try house Ho suld that ho kept lb
clean uud well ventilated whitewashed
t to I askod about the water lie s nil
ho gave them wrter as often as the
trough would get empty I went to
look ut bis trough uud I found it
standing in tho uoondu suu und the
whole was coatod with it green slime
which is junta deadly poisou to fowls
I tbiukif n mon hal to drink snob
wurin Jivt water ho would get tin
chicken cholera also All poultry
keepers should remembr that an ouuet
of > rovputioii is bettor bun n pound of
euro 7JA A riri In lino Fanner
He Wasnt llvnttl Inlllillug Irliu
nun iiouii ii
A countryman rldiur in inuhi aud
b it ling nmither pnssi 1 ul in u roatl
lending li to tho city tnl < > rt ml i
gang of negroes when Ihn filli > uin
luiiveisition took plac between linn
uld ono of tho part
Boss lciunic rido dm mule
Which mule
Do buo btck
Ail right you tuayhi h lnm unl it
voti keep on it quarter i f n mile I w h
give live dollars
Whoop goll I HiV a nl uiiiii
bossl Tbodtirkfy slaunml Ins hat on
the ground Gnnme A lift mis ol uu
niggers A lilt vras given him but as
his leg struck tho mult slm wontoui
from under him Vft thinks yers
smtrt dont on Whoi mulcl The
mule wasfscnighim uud pulling on the
hues like it thrto bitndrfil pound stnr
gcon Hole uiggor gjmine > unnuder
lift Husa tidmule snre Tluslime
thoy threw him on top ii d ho iockttl
his logs There was a tu > h Ihe mult
shuffled wultRod und tut it pigton
vring Pmully sho eudtel by junipiug
up into tho air and Iiuuln g with nil he r
fot togt thcr Tho darkn shot Into the
ulr ton feet anil fell hie a paiulzed
buzzard As ho raised himself up ou
hiselbow he romarkedti 1 kin ridoelal
lmoo bat I aint Vicl ju u rulin trim
today
i iio it imi IWrr llj
A citizen of llnfltlo who had boeu
reproached With living hi the windiest
city in tho land wrote somo yours
since to IfneralMycr for the stutis
tics on the subject litrtply ho to
ociveel a lublo which l its just pub
lulled lu tho BuffaltjaotfCV showing
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being tho windiest iltv 111 the lei I
ihlrhlikiuxl
It is I I i tlim HH til I till
ml I I p t fo t r 1 II it t tl u i
king iu Aniens lla oven Is great-
er as u crop and cotton is but fourth
uiuoug the great agricultural staples
In iKVIeortl was the e hlvt l riedlle I ul
thee Itilti el Htlts tluhls Its value I tliK
rii7iiit tti uii i iiIIowihI itvi
all > > Il J Ww I It at 1171 Ml 1I1
Htoletlii II was liill lllllt
111 ito th ill il ttlll I il III tt e rii
letllg > Jliii 412 He tlltp Itei e t
Il i tl > V it p Is h t lilt lit re tell K el it I
no eloutit It will sikiu l ilii utswu sec
uud ttuly to that uf ouiu i it u odd ut
tllSt tlllbiUttOu tWettlll nitlOII tetti i
lilil n am I I miit lniUt tu I
ill I elms i p li it ulU
n is urn
I u I ie i
i u ki > a i i
luiiiiimii in ii ts
A 1 asl linoilllt ol Uullliii sill I rotlirrtlnx
In Irosrtss
tllulie liviiKirsI
Ovlm stos Its 1ebruar 11 The
pist ear hits been a wonderful ono in
the History of loxus Ore it chungos
huvo tuktu plato and the Lono Star
State has enjnviul itluightof prosperi-
ty seleloni attullied by any olio State
in tntlve months timo Her evtraor
iliuiir lungress must bo erodited to the
rallroael whieh tojtivenated old laudj
di suluti of Ii dilution and started tliom
upon u new era of prosper ty Loss
than forty v oars ugo tho entire ooui
lueuee of Texas was oarted over tho
olel Sun Antonio rond thirty day be
ing oousumod tu trutel 100 miles Now
almost ov cry towu of nny commercial
impottauce has railroad eommunica
tiius and lu n few oara it railroad
biiibllug oontlniitM as it lads tho past
your Texas will bo grldiroucd
Tho tommcreial yearjustclosed finds
the International und liteiit Northtrn
lljilruuil lonipleted to tho Mexican
border and tho Texas Putiho Itailroad
through tu LI Paso making nn unbroken
lino from Jsow Orluaus to San lran
cisto During Jho eitr fifty tight new
ruilroails wcro eluirtired mid 2000 miles
of rouels constructoil opening over
1500 nnlos of now country to tho set
tier lwo years ago but sixty font
points of commercial importance vvuro
rune hod by rail now over 250 coramer
cud depots of consequence have thu
udvuntngo of coinmuuieutiou by tho
non horse The eilect of all this has
been niAgieul upon tho lesources anel
nppiurnnce of tho State
11IK AUSTIN AU NlUTllnESn US
which is now being rapidly pushed
through sixteen of the uoitliwtstcru
counties of the State was chirtertii
only sit months ugo and nt this timo
sixty milos havo bet u graded und track
is being laid at tbo ruto ot one and u
halt miles a day The initial point ot
tho rond is Austin lrom theuco il
goos on to Unmet Lituipusis San Sa
ba Menard Musou Brown Coleman
Concho Tom Uiouu Jones uud ituu
noils Counties connecting with the
loxus and Pacific at Abilene in lutlur
County Willi tho lull Colorado ami
Santa lo nt L nupasas and tho Inter-
national and Uroat Northern aud Hems
ton mid Tuxtis Central Ibtilroads at
Austin This road is opouiug up 500
miles of new country which ulrend
liusn population ot 100000 and is iIob
tiued to becouio u famous funning re
gion ami tho most thit kly populated
portion of tho Stato It is a singular
fact that with tho extensive railroad
building in Texas tho pist few ears
this rich und prosperous sectlou of tin
country should so long huvo escaped
the attention of tho tailroud lungnates
Tho builelingstouo of this portion ol
the State bus long been known ut
among the best to bo found anywhere
but ou account of the lack of meuus
for trumpurtutiou these quarrlts have
not yet been tftnerully opened The
ouiplttiou of tho tlrst division of this
road will deve lopo this luteiost nud it
is no oxn gtrutiou to su that in no
seopoof country of the same size cun
tnere be louuel such tine varied nud
iieiiueuse ilepositB of stone Thest
bids tonipiise murble ull kinds ot
lime stone nnel sunel stono which was
put to the test bv the architect of the
new eapitul billleling nud stood a crush
fiuee gteuter than that of any
other A mo ever known Of the same
high q utlit are the gruuito shite mid
uhihustor ft und so abundantly iu this
region
litis load iu opening up the lueum
parublo nob soil of these northwestern
counties will u Id thousands of dollars
totbe taxable waltli of Texas build-
up villages unit towns where otherwise
none would buvu existed and
crested oommureo mid values in
odious tint would have rimuiutd
worthless
Tho lino voter power also offers to
tho manufacturer it pluco for lho iu
vestment of his money and ulraiidy a
syndicate has been found to ostnbtlsh
largo woolen aud cotton mills at Marble
Pulls Tho water power of tho Colcra
do is enough to driro hundreds of mills
and northern capitalists uro now com-
ing in nud tho timo may yet come
when Texas will not only bo tLe great
est stock country in thoworldbnt rank
well up us a manufacturing Statu The
building stone for the now Capitol
which Is now in process of construc
tion miiBE also come from Msrble Palls
It is now settled beyond adnnbt that
tho International anil Great Northern
Kullroad will bo pushed into Mexico
Two mouths sgo when Laredo was
renchod tho engineering corps were
disbanded and It was stated that the
New York parlies had decidod to take
a rost aud fully stuely tho matter btfore
crossing tho llio Grande Yesterday
ono of tho engineers formerly on the
read received word from Engluucr
Irinello to report to him at once at S in
Antonio Ho was confident that this
meant to prooced from thoro to Mtxion
as it had been arranged when be left
bis position that should lho company
decide to survey the Hue he was to
take chargo o a party Later lu the
day ho was met agsiu and when asked
If thero was nothing new he to
heel Well yes The Inlwnntlousl
p > ople have decided tu run a line to
be citv ot Mexioti The turfy is now
iigamziiK tt Kau Anton i and will go
fioiu tin > o to Laredo the outfitting
I
lln it xas Western Narrow gauge
lUtilr id et wluish Froel Oruutu Pros
ilitit is building town I lVetlenoks
I urg Oraut is uow iu New Jiork ar
raugiug tluauoial lustier so thut the
eutine line fa t bo coupUttctt The
ielos Western elite rs the lun be r re
glims of the Slut and pre utlse n t lie e-
very gemel roa I V > to o as he Iiim st-
un belteiut ni malt rs iu Now urk
ho will rvturi lu Tcias nud givo the
revtet hi tursoittt afliutle n
Ihelaslur Ulllinu
llethUt lnile I 1 tt Now tmlk
uiluw aud soap usniifMtttiiug nii
isiUi tlvee Ut tnlluvlus brut tu trqi
tt > ns i girding tbo planking and eulti
talluli uf tlli < ctske I tie to llut ttlay hu-
e I I ki I t th 1U
i 11 ii I u it h t aiy
i ii itir iu i lailmi vviuvtU
intsiiu it
nnswer for the castor bean but a sandy
loam is prt ferable The soil should be
deep Tills crop does not thrive
lit uv Hit soils The ground should
bo well plowed and harrowed three or
four times Tho sctd should bo plant-
ed lho or six ftot apart oacb way lie
tween the sixth nml soventb rows the
distmco should be eight fett to udmit
alight cart or slide in Intrusting the
crop Hot wattr n bttlo below the
under Wells another son for whom
Wellsville Ohio was named had many
children but tho oxuet number is un
known to thu writer
Iriiiiilpn
Josh Hillings The grundpt is a in-
dividual aged sum whore between CO aud
100 years of a promiskious tempera
meat and iz a common occurrence in
all well regulated faoitlye Next tu a
hclthy mother in law they have more
akttve blzuesson hand tliauonny other
party iu tho household They aro the
standard of authority an all leading
topicks and what thoy dont kno about
things that took place sixtyllio years
ago or will take place for tho next six
ty live yeats to cum iz a damage for
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wlilrli rrodnrt vim Iosmlt of tlttttlfr In One
l > ir-
A correspondent ot tho Jeojie and
Patriot N1I gives the following in-
teresting history ot tho famous cow
Jersey Juceu of Hornet Ho says
Sho comes from tho herd Imported by
II T 1airbanks Co nud purchased
f V Bho wts sold when months
fore planting and the should remuin nmo
soaking in this wnttr twuitfour
hours They gtrmiuuto much quicker
by usnig hot water Light or ten scods
sliouhl Ijo dropped in inch hill and
coveted to thodtplli of about two In
chus Tho benn should bo plnutotl as
soon us ull danger of frost is past or
about tho timo ootton is planted Cul
livato shallow keep tho weeds down
uud the surface ehjrrt1veriirtil One
stalk mu hill is suflleient but do not
thin out until the cut worm season is
passed When the pods begin to turn
brown it is timo to harvest castor oil
beans Tiny should bo spread out iu
tho hot Bun ou it hard eleau surface
allowing twelve to fifteen fttt for the
beans to Hip when llio pods pop A
temporary jilauk fence around tho tid
ing yard is best
Did leiiuiutsteiKC
The llrst Protestant minister who
over preiichod n sermon west of the
Mississippi on this coutlnout was
Kldcr James Kerr n Baptist preacher
Ho preached the luucrul of his own
wife eighti en miles west of fat Louis
In 170J Ho and sho had traveled ou
horsebnek from Boylo county Ivy to
visit thoir daughter iu St Liuis cotin
t Mo Tiiunco they went to tho
Uoono Lick country nud on returning
Mrs Ken becumo sick from eating
green corn live miles beforo teuchlng
her daughtei s house und died on what
was utter arils known as tho It chard
sou farm ner husband prcucbed her
fmenil under Ihe Spanish government
in 17iJ Mrs Ketr was a Miss Wells
She was the grandmother of John
Henry Drown a grand aunt of P S
Pfouis ot tho Dallas lit aid a full
aunt of the great West Virginia orator
Philip Doddridge o sister of tho Oon
Wells who figured under Ocn liar
tison in tho war of 1812 15 a sister of
the man for whom Wcllsvillc Ohio
und of tho mau for whom Wellsburg
a wtro named uud a ureal mint oi
Mrs Goiiorul Cabell of Dallas Her
eldtrson James Kerr was the founder
of Gonzales suroor general of the
colonies of Do Witt and Do Leon and
u man of such worth that Kerr count
was named for him Ilielurd Kerr
her second son was eight ourB umem
bcr of tho Missouri Logislnturc after
wards of tlio Illinois Legislature an
tndiuu ugcut and died of ellow lover
on n visit to Texas in 1802 William
Kerr her third son was a soldier in
1812 a ciptaiu of volunteers the
founder ot Ashley Missouri and died
in 1650 Thomas Kerr her lust eon
was for seventeen years a count
judge in Pike county Missouri a boy
soldier iu 1812 15 narrowly escaped
death in the Black Hawk war of 18J2
nd tlunll died in Ltwrcuco comity
Missouri January 2J 1819 Tho daugh-
ters of tho elder Kerr as well as the
sous are ull tlead Their children aro
Hcattered from Hultimoro lo Oregon
and Texas In their veins runs the
blood of lnvuy of lho most eminent
men and women of tho great Wist und
Southwest nud this rcmlnisccuco is
written to enable thtm tho bitter to
know tach other Tho better to enable
tho tliesecudunts to rccegnize each
other ii should bo said that Mrs Kerr
was bom Patlouco tho duughter ol
Colonel ltiohard Wolls of Ike Mary
land line iu tho Revolutionary srmy
Sho was ono of twonty four brothers
and Bisters by ono father who bad two
wives Hy each wife Colonel Wells
had six sons and six daughters One
of his sons Colonel Charles Wells tot
whom Wellsburg was named had
twentyono children by one wife Alex
enny one to kno Grandpas aro not
entirely uscliss they aru handy to hold
bubys and feed pigs and are very
smart at mending a broken broom han
dle and sitting coal ashes and aro
good it putting up the clothes line on
washing das I baro seen grandpas
that could churn good but I kousieler
it a mighty moan trick io sot on an old
fellow of bO years to churning butter
I sm a gruudpa lulsvlf but I wont
eliuru butter for no concern not it i
iiuileritmij uiutclf I am as solid on
this konkluslon az a gtavou image 1
um willing tu tok baby all the timo
while the wiunniu folks ate billngsupo
I am willing to kill tags to vrotk up
iutu tag karixis they can keep mo
hunting liens eggs wet days or Picking
jrutm currants or I will ovon dip can-
dies or koto apples fat sass or turn a
grind stun but by thitutlet 1 wont
elhiltn 1 Uavaexsiuluect mltelt ou thin
ubjtwl nml I will b k Jkkmf su
hiieg m h lanalui iu hu light Bum1
Josh llilllug wont ehutn At a gen-
e < sil thing grandpas ate a sal ul turn
sailed olel pliooU who doul seem o
realise tlwt what hoy kuo IhomsoK it
the ttwult of oxpejtieute sml that
yuunger > tivpti > have got lo git tlnir
kniiviletlgs iu the same way sitautiyts
old to n farmer ot that town for 12
In bIx months from that timo sho was pur-
chased by Asa Hoyt a cooper of tho
snmo pluco Mr lloyt owned hor for
sovernl years Ho h n very careful
palustakieg man and did not own any
other Cow lho last year that sho was
in his possesion he kept an nttuntivo
account of all the butter and milk
which tho Queen produced At the
cud of tho7carfh6fo nhd that sho had
mado 710 pounds of butter Many
woro incredulous notwitliBtnndiug tho
excellent reputation of Mr Hoyt In
1870 howover tho cow was resold to
Josiah S Keuersou of Barnct Vt for
175 Mr Kencrson is well known
throughout New England ns tho nblo
agent for Bradleys phopphato Ho
christened her tho JeiBey luoen antl
put her into careful hands When sho
enmo in in tho spring of 1881 he hud
au accurate Account kept of her milk and
butter Sho has already prodncod bo
tween 500 und COO pounds of butter
and unless sho fails entirely at tho
end of tho year her record will pass 800
pounds lho trial began tho first part
of last May aud ill ono hundred days
from tho timo commencing tho yield
was 1101 pounds of milk averaging
11 02 pounds per day and from which
251 pounds and 0 ounces of bnttcrVero
mndo This would bo a fraction over
2J pounds ptr day and ono pound of
butter for 171 pounds of milk Mr
KencrBon has just Bold the Queen to
A B Darling proprietor of tho Tifth
Avcuiio hotel of Now Yoik for 2000
onsh Mr Darling now owns tho two
host cowsin tho world LurotaVwhoso
record is 750 pounds of butter iu ono
eur and tho Jcrsoy Queeu whoso
record will probably pass 800 pounds
As some may be curious to ku6w tho
amount of extra foed givon tho cow
hcioitis Two quarts each of shorts
mid ground oats nnd thrco pints each
of corn mod twico a diy making
oluven quarts of tho mixture in alb
She had besides oue peck of carrots iu
tlieir season and of cotirso tho best of
hay nud grnss that could bo affcrdod
This does not appear tn bo over fcoding
tor n mature cow weighing 1075ponnds
And producing the amount of butter
credited to her The cow is of good
size for this breed straight and hAnd
somo in form shading in color from
black lo fawn intersperced lth rhitsj
has a yellowish skin good shaped ltd
eler and teats and very large milk voms
She Bjipcitrs to bo iu a good hoalthy
condition but not fat and scms to
bear well her feed and tho drain mado
upon her system in tho production of
so much milk and butter It is to bo
hopod that she will come off first best
in the now progressing trial anil that
in consequence Vermont can bo cred-
ited with tho largest amount of butter
ever niako from one cow in a yoar in
tho United States
Au Ancient City
Tho discovery of it desorted cityt
sixty miles long cut out of tho face of
a winding cllll rewarded tho efforts of
tha Stephenson Smithsonian Institute
exploring party during its icsearchcs
through Now Moxico aud Arizona tho
past season This is lr far tho most
important Und yet made among the an-
cient haunts of tho illII dwellers Soma
of tho houses contain four anil five
dwellings ono on top of tho other and
ou the plateau above the cliff wcra
found niuny ruins ot temples of wor-
ship built of w oil cut squaro stouea
A comparison of tho collection ot pot-
tery and ot various implements gath-
ered in the cliff houses by the explor-
ing party with tboso obtained in the Pu-
eblo villages strengthens tho theory
that the Pueblo Indians are tha dogen
orato descendants of the once very
powerful race that built tho ruined cit-
ies of the plains and then receding bo
foro somo mora warliko foe carved out
thoso singular dwellings on tho walls of
dizzy precipices and found in thorn tt
may be for centuries both fortresses and
homes Perhaps the hieroglyphic de-
scriptions seen by Mr Btophenson will
ono day bo ilociphero1 and found to
contain the tragio history of tho wast-
ing away by wars and famines ot this
illfated people who like tho conies of
tho Bible made tho rocks their tefnge
11 anted a Divorce
Hen Mullett a colored man camo in-
to Little Hock Ark and finding tho
United States Jndgo sold Ive got n
piece of business for yor to transact
Well ropliedtho Judge proooed
Xs nttcr a divorce 1 have T y lit
tlu to do with such coses 1 But why do
7011 wish to sever the ties that bind
you to a oompanlou who iu all prolot
bllity Is much too good tor you
Kasolcaut get along will him Jedge
UlniP Yes ssh hUl YoudhVi
marry a man did youf Wo r r
uiaund aa likely a culled oniau 02 yor
evet seed an I dout want no divorce
from hot 1 wants a ilirorc from my1
sou Prom your sou J Veil kuo
dst boy Is a uioiutuus tight ob IroaMo
un it spcus ebery nl ki > lio kin git
hu hant on Theres no snob thiug
as a illvoroo trout a son Dar may
not iioitiele law 1 but dar Is wlduie
What ado law tut it it lut to perteul
a win Any uuu c n git adlutvu
from hu Wile 1 biilgtttni two from hhi
son u ono ob do Hue ptuU Buy iiow
Judge 1U Uw ou tie piul of technical
ny ktn da anything Cant r mjk
y
ilia technloauly Jo tu oUoega do ul
UUU whaUdtlY MaR dating i lf ral i
ate pcHit lili at IriiiHlii up cltjltlniti uttK ux joyluUv aasiitml ka
they liav get PttKcpiaud a teUm w0r tli olKr WtMT W C5
tiuntr yomi vmeaallteiW lafound li hu Mmti
Htju vut ta mM
maii HiHh ttWwild ttdl jwav lmj t > H fcl l JtMs
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