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THE' WEEKLY STATESMAN.
AUSTIN TEXAS.
THURSDAY. . . .AUGUST 25 1881
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Now ! the time to subscribe.
A Philadelphia chemist manu
factures good five-year-old brandy iu
five minutes.
The Germans are said to be solid
as to an undivided university and
thev are zoinz to vote almost to a
man for its location at Austin.
The next centennial will bo In
France iu 1889 the 100th anniver
sary of the French revolution
Preparations have already begun.
It Is a somewhat curious fact that
not only was the president shot on
Saturday but all of his relapses
have begun on that particular day of
the week.
Daniel and Cameron met in joint
debate iu Virginia the other day
and it is reported that the former
drew blood freely from his antag
onist. Whero was Mahone ?
The funds received and expended
bv the Irish Land Lcajruo for the
first six months of this year amount
ed to 43.000 of which 35000 were
contributed by the United States
The allopaths and homoeopaths of
St. Louis aro engaged in a war of
words. The public will rest easy so
Ijng as the ammunition used is cou
tlncd to calomel mix vomica pulsa
tilla etc.
The Indian war iu New Mexico
is indeed growing serious. The
whole country there is in a state ol
terror and the Indians are almost
entirely unresisted in their raiding
and murdering.
Because Tyler has no system ol
water works the Courier says that
water is a secondary consideration
In locating the state university.
This is a frank acknowledgment as
to the proclivities of the average
citizen of Tyler.
Gladstone is said to show evi
dences of overwork. There is noth-
ing surpribing in this announce-
ment when it is remembered that
he has been trying to pump some
" brain power into the house of lords.
Boston is one of the richest cities
in the Union ; indeed according to
population the richest. Her prop
erty 1b valued at $655513900. Rate
of taxation is $13.90. Number of
voters 99086 which gives $7275.42
to each voter.
In the last twenty years the Corn-
stock lode has yielded 6500000 tons
of ore which averaged $46.80 per
ton making the total value of ore
extracted $323671605. Of this ore
the gold formed 45 per cent in value
and the silver 66 per cent.
A startling evidence of news
paper enterprise is that of the San
Francisco Chronicle which paper
had the recent interview between
Judge Black and a Philadelphia
Times reporter telegraphed across
tho continent at an expense of $500.
Miss Oliver has been preaching
in Brooklyn for "more.strength" iu
young men. We are not advised as
to the hugging capacities of th)
Brooklyn young men but if Miss
Oliver who is said to be very pretty
will come down to Texas she will
find no reason to complain.
Russia has acquired from 1856 to
1881 29928 square miles in Europe '
and 1182690 square miles in Asia
in all an acquisition of 1212618
square miles. Deducting from t'als
the 775800 square miles sold to the
United States Russia's aggrandize-
ment during the reign of Alexander
1L was 436818 square miles.
C P. IluNTiNaTON does sot know
yet whether he will extend his road
from Memphis to Texarkana. He
denies too that he has purchased any
interest in tho Houston and Texas
Central rail v ay but aayt he has
talked with the heirs of Charles
Morgan about a purchase of the
road.
It has been repeatedly asserted
and generally believed that the
sympathy expressed by the eutire
country for the wounded president
had no political significance. There
is one man who appears not to share
this opinion. His name is Foster
and ho is trying to crawl back into
the Ohio governorship through
Garfield's wound.
Colonel Oosbcry editor of the
Cuero Bulletin has been investi-
gating the question thoroughly and
is satisfied that Pats Cavallo should
lead to the greatest harbor on the
Texas coast. The government work
J read done there has been carried
on alone in the interest of making
-"money for the contractor and the
opinion prevails that there is a heavy
pua irom me neiguDornooa or a
great sani bank to prevent any real
improvement at Pass Cavallo or at
any other point leading to any Tex-
as harbor west of Galveston Island.
Ik referring to the menacing po-
sit'aof corporations the governor
of Indiana iu htamoont AAra
the legislature says : "In my Judg
ment the republic can not live long
in the atmosphere which now sur
rounds the ballot-box. Moneyed
corporations to secure favorable
legislation for themselves are taking
an active part in elections by fur-
nishing large sums of money to cor-
rupt the voter and purchase special
privileges from the government
If money can control the decision at
the ballot-box it will" not be long
until it can control its existence."
THK AGRin i.TI KL AMD MECHAN
IC A I. COLLlXiK.
The Statksman has freely criti
cised the conduct of the A. & 31. col-
lege at Bryan aud has found fruit
ful sources therein for complaint.
The last legislature having been
convinced that the plan upon which
it had been conducted was a failure
joined in uu effort for reformation
and it now begins to look as though
there is something creditable to be
derived from the conduct of the in-
stitution. Under the old regime
politicians had too much to do with
its conduct. The governor lieuten
ant-governor and speaker of the
house of representatives were ex-
officio members of the board of
trustees and in filling places
in the institution there was
an earnest effort made in several in
stances to secure preferment for the
special pets of this or that aspirant
for state honors. The last legisla
ture happily did away with the old
manner of filling the board and it is
now composed of six men appointed
by the governor namely: E. B
Pickett of Liberty ; George Pfeuffer
of Comal ; T. M. Scott of Collin ; C-
C. Wiggin of Harris and J. G. Gar
rison of Rusk. Owing to the public
clamor against the Gathright style
of running the institution the new
board is now called upon to intro
duce entirely radical changes
President James had wisdom enough
to understand that very radical
changes wero necessary and he has
fortunately already somewhat ap
plied himself to the task and tho in
stitutiou closes its session of 1880-81
having advanced considerably in the
direction of needed reforms. Dur
iugthis session for the first tune
the original purposes for which the
institution was endowed have been
caught sight of and we now hear of
instruction having been extended in
agriculture and mechanics. Such a
course was favored by Governor
Roberts ut the past sittings of the
board but until a year ago he was
overridden in such proposition and
it was not until the summer meeting
of 1880 that he secured the adoption
of a resolution authorizing even this
partial course of instruction in agri
culture and mechanics. It was then
made a rule that the "cadets "should
t least have somewhat of an indus
trial and scientific training and it is
to bo hoped these courses will soon
be made complete and thorough
Metaphysics when taught in a great
institution by a master mind has its
charm for the inquiring theoritical
student but when made a chief part
of the course at Bryan the proposition
appears purely absurd. So does the
study of ancient and modern lan
guages and literature and chiefest
among them all does military science
stand in the light of absurdity as
necessity in this long so-called agri
cultural and mechanical institution
These "cadets" should hereafter be
known as pupils in the schools of
mechanics and physics and in
agriculture and chemistry and there
are strong indications that such de
sired condition of the institution
will after awhile be reached. Out of
the industrial department there
should be turned out trained agri
culturists and horticulturists and
machinists
and engineers and
from this institution should b
graduated instead of sprigs
ot
the law. young men who may
direct and train and make more
profitable agriculture in Texas an
who may assume intelligent direc
tion of industrial and public works
When a Texas school turns out fifty
or ono hundred such men each year
then we may say the stipulations
upon which a contract was made are
boing executed to the credit of Texas
as well as for her prosperity and
advancement. The good results that
maybe looked for from this institu-
tion under its changing conditions
is presented in the annual report
of the president when he says :
"Many of the students who were at
tracted here because of the advan-
tages offered for fine literary train-
ing at low cost are having their
minds turned into entirely new chan-
nels by the value and attractiveness
of technical courses which are being
so prominently developed now aud
which aro surely working a radical
change in the results of the college."
These features being developed leg-
islatures will hereafter be encour-
aged to make more liberal provis
ion for farm and shop development
while the improved laboratories of
the institution will enable the
pupils in agriculture and me-
chanics to procure a more in-
tellectual course- in these depart-
ments and thus give education in
branches of industry upon which
the state must depend most for pros
perity. The little that has been
done on tuo larm lor the past year
shows that it may be made not only
a field for education; but that it may
add to the financial prosperity of the
college while the small beginning
made in a mechanical department
demonstrates its -great prospective
value. Touching the little mechani
cal department the president says
that it is already a most attractive
feature of the institution and that
the shops etc- under Professor
Van Winkle are admirably conduct
ed. It is certainly gratifying to not e
the changing condition of this col
lege aud the Statesman earnestly
hopes the members of the present
board will see that the good Fork
progresses. They may re6t assured
the legislature will not hesitate to
lend them such aid as may be re-
required in carrying out tho pro-
visious for which this institution
was established. It is a revolution
In which we are deeply Interested
one which tho Statesman labored
to bring about and having been in
augurated we stand prepared to aid
in the food work as It advances.
Gen. Grant having charged the
communists with the assault on the
president Justus Schwab of New
York came back at him thusly :
Grant has intimated that we Nihi
lists communists and socialists are
responsible for Gultean'a work.
is corrupt ; Grant wants to bolster
himself up but he had better be care
ful how be proceeds. He should
thanK uoa mat no uuiteau ever
crossed his path I People then
wouldn't have wondered as mochas
they do now. And he had better
not forget that no day is ever -too
late for Nemesis.
RAILTOAD KEOCLATION AS PRAC
TICED IX r.EOROIA
Bradstreei which says no foolish
thing when financial and business
matters are under discussion calls
attention to the healthy condition of
railroads in Georgia while a most
senseless game of "lick jackets" is
going on among trunk lines under
the sole management of railroad
magnates In the "non progressive
parts of the country." Again Brad-
street thinks the Georgia plan of
management is in advance even of
the Massachusetts system being so
remaikable for the breadth and
minuteness of its regulation that no
mere interesting or practiced sub
oct may at present be engaged in
The favorable impression of this dis
tinguished commercial organ leads
us to look into the Georgia question
more closely especially since the
question of railroad management is
just now a chronic political topic
in Texas. It was held that the legis
lature of Georgia acted unconstitu
tionally when it created a railway
commission with power to regulate
railways but this question has been
tried and settled and the Georgia
railway commission is a living pow
erful reality. The law went into
force nearly two years since. The
three commissioners after the sys
tem of one expiration every two
years is in operation serve six years ;
one is to be "of experience in the
law" and one "of experience in rail
way business ;" they are prohibited
from owning any railroad stock or
bonds or having any interest in
"any" railroad this prohibition not
being confined to Georgra roads
Their powers are to ascertain and
make just and reasonable passenger
and freight rates and for every form
of railroad service ; to make rules
for preventing unjust discrimina-
tions and to make all arrangemeuts
needful for carrying out these pow-
ers and duties. All contracts aud
agreements of the roads between
themselves about carrying rates or
division of earnings must also be
approved by the commissioners.
They proceed to ascertain as best
they ran the actual cost of each roadf
one method beiug to require sworn
returns about that; then they pro-
pose to allow ra'es which will yield
what they assume fair returns aud
they claim to be as much impressed
with the duty of avoiding too low as
too high charges. They divide the
road as to passengers into three
classes which may charge respect
ively 3 4 aud 5 cents per mile ; when
tho fare does not end in 5 or in 0
the nearest sum so ending is to be
the fare 25 cents to stand for 27 and
30 for 28. As to freights there is a
list of exceptions thus; the North
western may add 10 per cent to
the standard ; the Central may add
15 to cotton and 20 to fertilizers but
must go by the schedule otherwise.
The schedule alphabetically arrang
ed is classified as usual in freight
schedules and apparently differs
from others only in the great minute
ness of specification almost every
conceivable case beingprovidedfor
articles in many forms of packing
by various quantities at owner's
risk or carrier's risk etc have their
rates attached. Suit was begun by
one of the roads to test .the constltn
tionality of the law. In making the
complaint the road held that the
commissioners had fixed its value at
$4000000 and its expenses at $550-
000 and allowed 8 per cent earnings
on its capital while the road con
tended for $4700000 value $700000;
expenses and 10 per cent profit. The
case was decided by Judge Woods of
the United States Supreme Court for
the commission its powers being
fully sustained. It was held just as
thev stated here last winter by the
railway managers that the law
would injure their business and
break down their roads but even un.
der tho strictest enforcement of the
commission's rules the condition of
the roads is growing better and their
revenues and stocks are all the time
improving. The stock of the Cen
tral and of the Georgia roads 66 and
80 shortly before the law was pass
ed are 120 and 180 now. The com
missloners pointedly say that some-
body must decide rates and that
"the ultimate decision must be made
by the disinterested and not by the
interested." Again they say that a
summary decision is necessary or all
business would be interrupted by
uncertainty about rates and "the in
experience of the commission has
been commented upon ; how much
will the experience of a jury for half
a day mend the matter?" As to the
danger of trusting such great pow
ers to three men they reply that the
lives and property of all citizens are
now subject to the three men who
constitute the state's highest court
and that "we can not have better
flour than can bo made of wheat.''
The condition of the Georgia roads
with the absence of all disputes be
tween the companies and the people
and the lack of these nice little epi
sodes in railroad war in which the
bulls and the bears practice at the
games of destruction and gain are
creditable to such law and bespeak
for it consideration in Texas and
elsewhere.
To make long opinions simple it
may be stated that the governor
holds the division question in the
university contest must be consid-
ered in counliug the votes on uni-
versity location only when it is dis
covered that division carries
by a majority vote as laid
down in the law; that division
is a side issue and when rejected by
a majority vote that is a dead issue.
Therefore if division does not carry
and it oughTnot to carry all the
votes for any place whether for
the entire or the main university
will be counted as for an undivided
university. The attorney-general
differs with the governor and the
secretary of state agrees with him.
These three officers count and de
clare the vote.
Tub annual product of gold and
silver in the world varies from $200-
000000 to $300000000. In 1875 the
total was $285000000 with decline
from that time until 1877 when the
tide turned. The product last year
was $118000000 in gold and $94000
000 in silver. Nearly- one-half of the
gold and about three-fourths of the
silver was" mined on the continent of
America. -
It is understood that Austin has
two sets of tickets for the university
election. One agaiust separating the
medical department from the main
university and in favor ot locating
the entire thing at Austiu. This
ticket is intended for general dis
tribution. The other in favor of
separation and for Austin for the
main university. The last is intend-
ed to catch the' vote of Houston and
Galveston. Lampasas Dispatch.
Everv ticket ordered by the citi
zens' committee has been printed at
the Statesman office and all are of
the class known as division tickets.
These tickets are now being dis
tributed by the committee and
it will not lend its sanction to
the issuance of any other tickets
Tho Statesman has earnestly op
posed the course ot the committee
having argued from the beginning
that an undivided university is the
only proper institution to be inaugu
rated. In this opinion it is joined
by a great many people throughout
the state who will vote for a solid
university no matter what style of
ready made printed ticket is offered
at the polls. The German citizens
of this and other counties are
opposed to any sort of division
ticket and the other day they were
oDenlv moving iu opposition to the
course of the committee. What they
may do is not known but this the
Statesman states positively that
no tickets will be authorized by the
Austin committee except division
tickets. These are now being for
warded all over the state by the
committee and are being placed
in the hands of the committee's ac
credited agents for distribution at
the noils. The Statesman ex
presses regret that the com-
mittee felt called upon to
adopt tho course it pursues but
it approves honesty in action and
can not see how it could have done
otherwise. This however has
nothiug to do with our opinion
which is just as strong as ever
that there should not be a divided
university. Were tickets beiug print
ed and circulated on the States-
man's account not a division ticket
would be presented and we
do really wsh such a ballot cou'd
be cast bv everv voter in the state
In this paper is presented a report
of Mr. Wooldrldge's remarks before
the citizens' meeting as to the
course of the committee. He makes
an open statement and none can fail
to commend him personally for the
course he and others do pursue.
This actiou is dictated by honor
and that should as we believe it
does settle all disputes as to con
clusions. Those who want to vote
for a solid university can do so
without dctrimeut to Austin and
the Statesman would urge them to
so vote; but in doing so nobody
will cast a ballot placed in his hands
by the Austin citizens' committee
It appears in honor bound to the
course agreed upon and the com
mittee is honestly llvlug up to all
agreements.
Col. John M. Swisher a well
known Texas veteran makes a pro-
position to the Texas veterans that
they hold their land certificates for
a short time not sacrificing these
dearly bought claims at prices now
offered. He addresses the veterans
in a circular saying :
"I ask you to withhold your laud
certificates from the market for one
month. I make this request because
I am in correspondence with capi
talists in New York with a view to
raising a sum sufficient to control all
the veteran certificates for location
in a body. If my proposition is ac
cepted and I have every hope of
success I will be prepared to make
advances on the certincates at once
for as much or more than you can
realize tor them at the present mar
ket price: and should the plan suc
ceed you will thereby realize a sun
. . . i i i l
Detter price. jsm buouiu ji iau
your certihcate win be worm as
much at the end ot a moutn irom
this time as at present. Therefore
you run no risk m holding up your
certificate. To insure success every
veteran should act in concert. By
so doing they will not only give
greater value to the certificates in
the event of the scheme being made
successful but will also secure in
addition to the enhanced value ot
the certificates an annual peusion
for life to the old soldiers and the
widows of soldiers whose valor won
an empire."
Col. Swisher's plan has been re
ferred to Hon. John Hancock Ex-
Governor Pease and Col. F W.
Johnson and they all heartily en
dorse it. Col. Swisher will shortly
make his plan more definitely
known to all concerned and it is
presumed he is even now ready to
present a full exposition of it to any
interested person addressing him
upon the subject.
For some time ominous whisper
ings have been current with regard
to the part played by the president's
physicians and now those innen-
does begin to assume somethilfg akin
to denniteness. A Washington cor-
respondent discusses the suspicion
that Dr. Bliss the surgeon in charge
corresponded with the stock gam
blers in New York the day before
the president's first relapse and
after giving an account ot the doc
tor's movements and reciting the
fact of his being closeted for an hour
in the office ot a private banker
says :
"It may be that Dr. miss's pres
ence at the bank and his being
closeted In Mlddleton's private
office so often during Wall street
hours Is perfectly legitimate also
that he can explain satisfactorily his
paying a hasty visit there just be-
fore Bending the dispatch for Drs.
Agnew and Hamilton. It can
readily be seen however how any
one with an agent in Wall street
knowing beforehand that Agnew
and Hamilton were to be sent for
and calculating the effect the an-
nouncement of such a fact would
have on the market could make his
purchases and sales advantageously.
It would be argued perhaps that
even the surgeon in charge of the
president's case has a right to take
advantage of his own stocks bnt the
feneral public would likely con-
emn it as a ghoulish proceeding so
tbat an explanation or denial from
Dr. Bliss would seem to be in order.
Judge Jeremiah S- Black sets
forth' the railroad monopoly issue
very clearly in the following words :
"If railroad corporations have the
unlimited power which they claim
then all business is at their mercy;
agriculture commercemanufactures
must suffer what they choose to in-
flict. They may rob labor of the
bread it wins and deprive all enter-
prise of iU just reward."
THE COURIER'S ABUSE AKO THE
"GOVERNMENT RINGS."
Tba burden of the Courier's advo
cacy of Tvler is abuse of Austin.
We search its columns for words of
favor for Tyler but find applied to
Austin only such expressions as
these: "She Is a disgrace to the
people of Texas" 'Austin coarse
aud ugly" "Her cloven foot"' "The
scarlet mother of Mexico" "Austin
bloodsuckers" "Austin is cowardly
too cowardly to succeed;"all of which
with the abusive sentences in which
such expressions occur must be
highly interesting to voters. Had
Austin a canvasser resorting to such
abuse as this against its ri-
vals the Statesman would de-
nonnce the committee sending him
out and would call for its withdraw
ol from the contest this abuse is
heaped against the capital of Texas
as a centre of political and moral
corruption when one of the
purest citizens of the state
who loves Tyler as his home
administers the affairs of our great
commonwealth in a manner not sur-
passed for credibility by any past
state administration. Governor
Roberts inaugurated a period of up
rljhtness in government circles
which keeps awav from Austin a
flock of cormorants from other por
tions of the state who engaged in
making rings and preying upon the
state treasury. For this Governor
Roberts is endorsed by the people
of Austin because they know he
conducts an honest administration
while they have been opposed to
all administrations allowing the ex
istence of these once widely organ
ized rings. The Statesman will in
lorm the Uotirter tuat there is now
no cbauce for a banker in a distant
city to hold more than ten thousand
aonars uue the state irom a
dead collector for eighteen months
simply because at the time of the
collector's death this money was on
deposit with said banker. These are
the sort of treasury riugsters Gov-
ernor Roberts has molested and the
fact may account for his being hated
by a few men in other places than
Austin where he is respected and
admired for his admirable adminis
tration of state affairs.
The statement of Mr. Woolen
made at Dallas that W aco had
sought a trade with Galveston or
Houston coutaius uot a syllable ol
truth as Mr. Wooten must have
known. Waco is and has so an
nouueed herself from the coimncuce
ment ot the canvass a candidate
for the entire university. Waco
Telephone.
Aud Captain W likes said in his
speech last evening : "Waco said to
tialvestouit you will support Waco
for the literary department of the
university we will not become a
candidate for the medical depart-
ment.' And Galveston refused to go
into the combination" Dallas
Times.
The Telephonehsis had a great deal
to say about alleged "trades" be
tween Austin and Galveston and
Houston. The Statesman will in
a few days give the full history of
matters between this city and the
localities named which will prove
conclusively that the charge of trad
ing and bargaining is without the
least foundation in fact. Meantime
we desire to ask the Telephone a di
rect question and desire as direct an
answer. Will it slate authoritative
ly on the part of the city of Waco
that the charge made by Mr. Wilkes
in the paragraph above is uutrue or
that Waco has not made overtures to
Galveston in the mauner indicated ?
Let us hear from you.
It is reported though we know
nothing of the origin of the report
that the Waco people in the event
of the defeat of their city for the
university location have determin
ed to contest the election in the
courts. It is said the suit will be
brought upon the ground that a di
vision of the university is unconsti
tutional. There were some able law
yers in the legislature who together
with the governor believed thata di
vision would in no wise conflict with
organic law; but admitting for the
moment that Colonel Herring's
views upon the subject arc cor
rect and that a division is un
constitutional we cannot be
lieve the people of Waco if
defeated would be guilty of such
weakness as to contest the mat
ter judicially in the face of a popu
lar verdict against their claims to
the institution. Regard for the
popular sentiment would forbid it
while as a matter of policy it would
be suicidal in the extreme. .
Mr. Dudley G. Wooten is doing
good work for Austiu in this uni
versity race and in the debate the
other day at Sherman rather got
the best of Col. nerring f Waco.
The trnth is Col. II. started out in
the canvass with a proposition that
tc"c1
can main
tain that the fathers did not
intend the university to be located
at Austin. Col. Herring is a man
of fine talent no doubt but he plac
ed entirely too much reliance upon
his powers as a special pleader
when he agreed to attempt the task
of controverting a well-known and
long-established historical fact. At
any rate he has made a signal fail
ure in his role of special interpre
ter of the will and intentions of the
fonnders of the republic. The
colonel should visit the seaside; he
needs more sail in his system.
The Illinois wool growers' asso
ciatiou has offered three pure silver
goblets of $50 value each to the
breeders of fine wool middle wool
and long wool sheep. It is believed
some of our Texas wool producers
might startle the northwestern
breeders by getting away with one
or more of these premiums. It is
said as fine marino sheep are bred
in Williamson county as anywhere
in the world.
Mr. E.J. Cotton of Chicago who
has spent the last two winters trav
eling in lennessee. nentncsy
Louisana Alabama Georgia and
Florida writes enthusiastically
about southern hospitality as well
as the abundance of game waiting
the attention of sportsmen. He
says that those who are prejudiced
against the south on account of po
litical leeling climate eta should
avail themselves ot the nrst oppor
tunity to take a trip south and the
longer they remain there the better
they will like it and he guarantees
that their prejudices will be num-
perea wita we imugs ui tae past.
Texas Facts and Fancies.
Luting is troubled with burglars.
Waxahachie is to have a new bank.
Waxahachie is troubled with scar
let fever.
Mexia has a new paper called the
Enterprise.
Vennor is catching it from the
Texas papers.
Falls county reports taxable values
at $3305430.
The printing business promises to
be good at Laredo.
Waco not to be outdone bv Dallas.
is having a water famine.
Henderson county will vote for
Austin for the university.
The Record wants a bank estab
lished at Georgetown.
Mack got off some of his abuse of
Austin at Waco Tuesday.
Dallas seems determined to have
that narrow gauge railway.
The trial of the stage robbers.
Wilkerson and Smith is in progress
at ban Antonio.
The San Antouians excurt to Me
dina Park nearly every Sunday.
A man was found guilty of embez
ziement at Dallas and jailed for one
hour.
ine burning ot a chicken coop
aroused the Dallas firemen at mid
night.
Alex Casee killed Joe Beal at
Cameron Friday by striking him
over the head with a fence rail.
Both negroes.
me L.aredo boom is increasing.
i.ne piace is to be the great entre
pot between two'great and thriving
countries.
A brute for unmercifully whip
ping bis wile was jailed at Dallas
His name isLipson; do not forget
the name.
Mr. Harry Smythe. editor of the
Weatherford Times who was prose'
cuted for pergery was honorably
acquitted.
Texarkaua is one of the most
thriving towns in the state. It sup
ports handsomely three newspapers
one oi mem a oauy.
The bondsmen of the sheriff of
Grayson county have withdrawn
from hiii boud and it is thought he
can not make a new one.
A jealous Mexican at Laredo killed
his wife and then in attempting to
swim the river to escape was
drowned.
Corsicana is troubled with bur
glars. Several sleeping rooms have
been entered recently and watches
and jewelry stolen.
Wyatt the ex-sheriff of Burleson
county it is reported has been ar-
rested charged with being a de-
faulter in the sum of $3000.
The Helton Journal says it was es
timated that 10000 people wero on
the grounds last Sunday at Penn's
Willow Springs campmeeting.
The Galveston News has received
favorable reports from all parts of
the state in regard to the cotton
crops. The corn crop is not so good.
Houston claims to be ahead again.
She has made the first shipment of
new cotton this year that goes out of
the united states having shipped
100 bales to Liverpool.
The Dallas Herald's presses are
now run by a gas engine a machine
that works without wood coal or
water the burning gas making the
motive power.
Heury Hombert died rather sud
denly in Galveston last Saturday
night. His life was insured for $4000
and there is some suspicien that be
was poisoned.
A t Dallas the police made a raid on
a lumber yard that had been con
verted into a lodging house ; thev
captured seven tramps who had con-
verted boards into beds.
It is reported at Fort Worth that
the Texas aud Pacific railroad will
haul no more lumber except for rail-
road purposes until January. Lum-
ber has advanced in price.
The Corsicana Independent cele
brated its first birthday by a big
edition and an eight page form. It
is a good paper and the Statesman
congratulates it upon its success.
A gaug of ruffians assaulted Spe
cial Officer Robinson Cole of Long-
view. Cole was trying to check
rowdyism. Six men assaulted him.
He whipped the whole party and ar-
rested three.
The judge of the county court of
Palo Pinto county Texas ordered
his court adjourned for two hundred
years last week iu order to give the
attorneys ample time to secure the
attendance of their witnesses.
Gov. Hubbard says that his road
has made money by a reduction oi
passenger fare from five to three
cents per mile. If the Texas and St.
Louis railroad can make money at
these rates why can't the other roads
reduce?
Dallas must beau awful dirty city.
The Herald eays : "What action is
the board ot health taking in the
matter of dirty disease-breeding
streets and gutters? Hadn't they
better invite some of the city fathers
to take a tramp along them either
during the day or at night? 'Their
offense is rank it smells to Heaven.' "
Brenham Banner : Campmeeting
season is uow at its height in Texas.
This class of meetings was invented
in 1799 on the banks ottbe Red river
in Kentucky. These meetings were
introduced into England by Rev.
Lorenzo Dow. but did not prove
popular. A few years after being
started in Kentucky they were in-
troduced iu the eastern states but at
this date are not as popular as in the
olden times.
Smiles and Frowns for tna Ladle.
Do you vacationize where your
wife does?
Pink stockings have black flower
ets.
Black shoes are worn with pink
bows.
Fluffy hair is restored to favor for
ladies.
Bodices are worn loose in front
and are gathered.
A beautiful brunette wears pale
pink Indian muslin.
A bibbed apron is worn on flower
bunting expeditions.
A bronze toilette is worn with a
hat which has a flesh-pink plume.
For the country a pale blue silk is
trimmed with plaited spotted net.
An Italian straw shepherdess' hat
has a large bow of pink moire rib
bon and a tult of rosebuds.
A cyncial man savs his wife is
only half like a telescope. He can
draw her out but he can't shut her
up.
Carriage bonnets are of Sumatra
straw covered with gathered white
lace the feathers being of the color
of ripe corn.
Large straw hats worn by ladies
are pulled somewhat forward on the
bead bnt not so much as to give a
saucy appearance.
Girls don't think a fellow is a gen
tleman because he gives you a polite
bow. Bowers are always knaves so
a euchre player informs us.
The poodle is a small dog ; they
are a woman's pet ; and I have seen
them when I almost wanted to swap
places with them. Josh.
A Virginia lady refuses to marry a
bald headed man though he is a mil-
lionaire. She explains: "We'd have
a family fight sometimes and no hair
to catch hold of."
A red two-cent and blue one-cent
postage stamp in place of the usual
three-cent stamp is all the rage
now among fashionable young lady
correspondents.
The Legality or Separatloa.
The Austin Satesman has heard.
although " knowlug nothing of the
origin of the report that the Waco
people in the event ot the dercat ol
their town for the university loca-
tion have determined to contest the
election in the courts. It is said the
suit will be brought upon the
ground that a division of the uni-
versity is unconstitutional" The
Telephone can say to the States
man in all candor that Waco has not
even canvassed much less decided
upon the propriety of such a policy.
Whatever may have been said here
bv people or press respecting the
legality of the separation theory
has been with a view of. calling the
attention of voters throughout the
state to the mandatory terms of the
organic law. It is believed the peo-
ple when once shown what the fra-
mers of the constitution intended.
will settle the question of separa-
tion at the ballot-box thus obviat-
ing the necessity of a resort to the
courts to prevent something that is
unwarranted by organic law. It is
for this reason that Waco is
making her fight for the uni
versity undivided as Austin has
announced at least twice she would
do. As a mere abstract Question.
independent of the canvass it is not
believed in Waco that the separa
tion policy will be sustained if test
ed in the supreme court at least
until It has been submitted to the
voters of the state in the shape of
a constitutional amendment and so
ratified. The Telephone has ex
pressed and now reiterates the
opinion that the "proposition"
which is all it is that is to be sub-
mitted to the people on the sixth
proximo is not a constitutional
amendment and would not be so
classed by a court of competent ju
risdiction the STATESMAN 8a'S
"there were some able lawyers in the
legislature who together with the
governor believed that a division
would in no wise connict with or
ganic law." Will the Statesman
kindly name these able lawyers?
We have the journals of the
house and senate and can
cite the Statesman to lawyer
after lawyer in each house who de
precated and voted against separa
tion. If the senate journal page 96
and 100 is referred to it will be
found that the senator from Austin
(Mr. Terrell) voted every time
against separation. Ou the final
vote in the senate when six sena
tors protested by their votes against
separation live ot the six were law
yers and Mr. Terrel was one of the
five. Senator Ross of Waco the
sixth senator voting nay was
the only one of the lot not
a lawyer. These are facts of re
cord and it is well to remem
ber them now. It is this unconsti
tutional attempt at dismemberment
bolstered up in the legislature by
the senator from Galveston that
Waco is keeping before the people
It is believed public sentimeut will
settle the nuostion thus relieving
Waco of the necessity of doing
something she has never thought of
doing: contesting in the supreme
court the result of tho election pro
vided such election is in favor of
division. Austin is as apt to be in
the courts as a contestant as Waco
Waco Telephone.
In answer to an inquiry the St
Louis Republican says : "The widow
ot an officer or soldier ot the Alext
can war who was wounded or con
tractcd disease whilo in service in
that war from which death resulted
although years afterward may ob-
tain a pension according to the grade
ot said soldier by making the proper
application." tone may obtain the
bounty without the condition of in
jury.
otraybd
T 1
u bands nigh 9 ye
ears old branded WA on left
shoulder nan a dim star in forehead.
m tar in forehead. Ten do)
lara reward for his return to J. B. HEAD
8PETH Austin. anl7dwtf
F "OR SALE Very cheap (cither with or with-
out a grist mill) saw house shed etc. all In
good condition a No. 1 Champion steam en-
gine twelve horse power almost new. For
particulars apply to J. KOPPEL & CO.
East Pecan street. anl7w4t
FOR SALE One load or thoroughbred Im-
ported rams; also. 400 high grade Merino
ewes. HOWARD BLAND Taylor Texas.
augldw3w
FOR SALE 500 head ot yonng ewes and 300
head of wethers at a bargain. Enquire of
W. Stelfox Congress Avenue. dlutw3t
AUCTION SALE On 1st day of Sep torn Iwr
there will be sold for at count of whom it
may conern at Freight Dopot of H. & T. C. R
U. in the city of Austin one car load of plow
beams now held by tho H. T. C. R. R. Co.
for freight and charges. Jy2H ltawlino
E STRAY NOTICE Taken up by J. H. Bur-
ditt and estraved before Fritz Tegener Jus-
tice of the peace Travis county July 2d 18H1
one sorrel mare auout 14'4 hands higo about
6 years old two hind feet white ana branded
Til (connected) on left shoulder and H on left
jaw; also a bay mire about 1 years old about
1454 bands high branded 4 (with aqnnrter cir-
cle over it) on right shoulder; alro a hay mare
little roan on hips about 7 or 8 vears old
about 144 hands high and branded F J on left
shoulder; also a dun rr are about 14 hands high
anout lOor 12 years old branded three times
with a figure 5 crossed at top by upper part of
letter T placed one above the other on left
shoulder and ronuter-hrandedal on right shoul-
der. Appraised at )15.00each.
au3w3t Frank Brown Clk. C. C. Travis Co.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
Estrayed by Tom Ross before W. G. Crock-
ett J. P. T. C July 30 1881 one iron-gray
mare 7 years old 14 hands high branded JK
(connected) on lctt shoulder valued at $25. .
FRANK BROWN ClkC. C.T. C.
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CINCHONA AND CHAMOMILE
An exceedingly agreeable TONIC and remedy
in cases of Indigestion Dyspepsia and
all Stomach complaint.
This pleasant medicine by Imparting strength
to the nervous and muscular system fa a
EBZVBNTIVE OF MALAEIAL AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
It It safe speedy In its effects and doei not in-
terfere with ordinary or generous diet.
THEELIXIB
IS ENDORSED BY PHY-
SICIANS. Prepared om ay Jas.A- Lee.
Sold at wholesale by Thompson George V
C GaiTeaton. mrlOwSm
WM. RAATZ
Manafacturer ol
Safes witli Key ni CoiMnation Lock
WROUGHT IRON RAIUH0
and Contractor for Iron Work of Every
ueacnption.
(Colorado street near Gov'r'i Mansion.
Austin Texas.
SEMFLE'S
SCOTCH SHEEP DIP
Prepared from Tobacco and other vegetable ex
racta. warranted to cure Hcab destroy Ticks
tnd all Parasites infesting sheen. Is non-Dois-
onona and improves the woof: 15 cents per
bmiiuu r aiiuns wuiaip jnu sneep. tot cir-
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THE UNIVERSITY
or
NORTH CAROLINA
NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN
AUGUST 25 188L
Combine the advantages of the oM Curricu
lum with apecial and extended Instruction ac
cording to the University aysu-m .
Connected with It are schsols of LAW. of
MEDICINE and of PHARMACY.
Special facilities
given lor practical atadiea
each as
Analytical and Aoniri i.Ti ral Chemistry
Land Si-rveyino Dhawinu IkxiK-
Keipino Business Law
Phonos bathy &c.
ExDenscg. Including tnltinn unit mom rant.
$185 to per annum.
Address ior catalogue and particular
KEMP P. BATTLE LL. D.
PRESIDENT.
Chapel Hill N. C July 1. angSldAW-Jw
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
-OF THE
CAPITAL
STATE FAI8
ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD AT THE
Fair Grounds
AT
AUSTIN TEXAS
Commencing
October 18th 1881
And Continuing Five lays.
Running and Trotting
Races Every Day.
Walking Match Third Day
3-MILE EQUESTRIAN RACE BY LADIES
Flitb lay.
Jjioerai I'rctmumtt oflcrod ou ex
hibits. No entrance fee charged
on animals or articles en-
tered for exhibition.
Railroads will Carry Passen
gers & Freight to the Fair
at Reduced Rates.
For further particulars reference
is made to the premium list which
hag been revised and can be had on
application to the Secretary at Aus-
tin Texas.
JOHN HANCOCK Pres't.
E. C. BARTHOLOMEW Hec'v.
uuH-dAwtf
svlwaya Cures and never dlaap-
points. The world'a great P&ln-
Rellerer for Msvn and Beaat
Cheap quick and reliable.
Prioe 25c 50o. Se. SI. per bottle
PITCHER'S CASTOKIA
is not Narcotic. Children
STOW fat upon Mothers like
and. Physicians recommend
CASTORIA. Itregrulatesthe
Bowels cures Wind Colic
allays Feverishness and de-
stroys Worms.
Price 35c. per bottle.
JySl deodaw
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of administration upon tbe estate of
W. H. Day deceased having been granted the
undersigned on tbe 83d day of July A . D. 1881
by the county court of Travis county Texas
notice is hereby given requiring all persons
having claims against said estate to present tbe
same to tbe undersigned wllbln the time pre-
scribed by law. My residence snd postottlce ad-
dress being in the city of Austin in said county.
This tbelst day or August 1881.
J. L. DRI8KILL.
Administrator of the estate of W. U. Day do-
ceased. au4-lm
Children
lo) w
FOR
Pitcher's
Caatoria.
Mothers like and Physicians
. It.
IT IS HOT NARCOTIC
CENTAUR LINIMENTS;
the World's great Pain-Ke-Heving
remedies. They heal
soothe and cure Burns
Wounds Weak Back and
Rheumatism upon Man and
Sprains Galls and Lameness
upon Beasts. Cheap quick
and reliable
Prioe 95e. 60e. tl. per eottle.
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JOHNSONS ANODYNE
XjXCTXJVEX32J"X1.
Tmr ltersual and External Ih.
CCRKS Neuralgia Diphtheria Croup Astb.
DuuBroociilttInnueuia.Sjre Luogs.Bleeduig at
tbe Longa Chronic Hoarsena Hacking Coui'Q
Whooping C'oofrh Chronic iiaeumatisoi Chronic
Piarrbiaa Chronic Dysentery Cholera Morbus
very J E X A N
RENNE'S
PAIN KILLING
Magic Oil
me Best Geneial ramlly Kemely.
'urely Vegetable and May Be Used
Internally or Externally.
'IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM."
It is not an ollv. creasv or stickr substance.
but CLEAN delicious anil safe to use by every
one. As an external remedy it give too weak-
ened and over strain d cordtt and musclea new
life and elastlcitv curing pains as wutor quench
es fire. It cures
SPRAIN'S HEADACHE SCIATICA
BRUISESTOOTHACHE NEURALGIA
BURNS LAME BACK. RHEUMATISM
CRICK IN THE NECK OR BACK.
As an internal reinvdv. 11 tones and corrects
the stomach aids dieestion and readily cunis
Colic Cholira Mokbi s Champs Dyspepsia.
SOUR STOMACH Ull'OUS EiOltB 111 BOAT IDd
Dyptbikia.
A bottle of KEXNE'S PAIN KILLING
MAGIC OIL In tbe bonne or on bond lor Imme
diate use in case of emergeucv will often sava
a life or a long and tedious sickness.
Sold by Druggists Grocers and Dealers in Medi
cines.
Southern Wholesale Depot
Dallas
Texas.
H. C. HOSKINS Manager.
Jy.11 deodawtf
MADAM FURLONG
UAS OPKNKD
Her Hchool for Ulrls and small Ilovs at Ibe Hun
nig House near tbe Ceutial Huilrosd depot.
MUSIC
In all lis branches. Hi-r teaching is too woll
known to need recommendation.
As required. Competent aaltaut will be iu
attendance.
t-tyln connection with the above she has made
arrangementa to accommodate seven or eight
young ladles at the small charge of 1H ( per
moiuu.
With permission she refers to tin following
:entlemen as to character and reputation as a
cacherand social position In sncielv: A. K.
Hawkes II. II. llnxzard T. H. Hlllrer It. M-
Canlleman anil K. H. Hmltli.
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The Bwift Kpuciflc Compauy Proprietors At-
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