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10
WEEKLY STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TKXAS.
Twelve Pages.
ON TJTIIE SOI Til V. yv
The Austin committee that waiteJ on
President Lott of the Aransas Paxs ral-
i- ml ill Sa'i An ouio lHst waek received at
his hands most c rartcou treatment. Iut
they also Warned from him mine very
i.lniii and uointed thin''. 1 hey Wure
I r ...
told tlmt if the railroad l.nil'. to our city
i would ooiae here not (or the li't!e bus:-
ritm AuMin w mid fnrtiish it. nu. f. r the
luilioad connection it would find here or
wou'd secure for the city. That .yateiu
wants an on'let to the norlli ever the St.
Louis. Arkansas and Texas n.ilrod. It
ha for mime time been considering the
feasibility of c instruct ing a line fur to
the astof lie. n; t' Brazo Valley
through Chiii run mid ( u to Waco where
it would connect with the at. Louis Ar-
kansas and Texus. The linn for a part of
this distance has been graded but if
AusHn and the oouutry between here mid
Yoakum will now promptly accept the
terms olfered by President Lott they will
secure thin much tn be desired railroad
route to the southeast. Pre-ideiit Lot
placed no fancy figuie upon hi offer; it is
what he will build the railroad for nud he
will not build it for a cent 1 . He was
open plain and positive in hi" proposi-
tion and Austin mti.-4'iiieet her share of
the expense fairly squarely and to the
letter. There cun be no (rilting
no compromise limine and there
should be none. It is not thought
ns iu'.s shire of the bonus will
bj more than hundred ihoiiswd dollars
at the outside it will probably fall lielow
im(; but even should it be one hundred
and llfty thousand dollars what is that
amount of uiotiey in comparison with the
vilue of the road? For mark you it
mentis not simply H railroad southeast to
t le gulf but it also means a line north to
a connection with the St. Louis Arkansas
aid Texas. This as President Lott bus
said is the chief inducement for him to
come to Austin mid this ooiitiejtion will
mo.t assuredly be Hindu. An estimate
will be made to-day of the approximate
cost of the bridge to cross
the Colorado and then Austin's bonus
can be delinitely determined. Thtrre is
about three weeks time to decide the
question of whether or not wo will give
that bonus. But it ehould lake only n
day ard should be i-ettled this week. It
c n be sjttled in only one business-like
wiy and that is for Austin at once to bind
President Lott to his agreement by put-
ting up Ine co'd cash mid securing duals
to the right of way for his line through
Travis oounty and depot grounds in this
"
WATKII A Nil W 11 A UK ViONoroi.lKK.
'I'lere is one element in the d ep water
problem that seems to have thus fares
caped observation in the progress of the
imitation for a deep water port I'll the
Texas coast. It Is wharf monopoly. At
Galveston this devil fish his i's grip on
every dollar of the commerce of th) state
entering through that port. For the la-t
thirty years the wharf company has ex
net id tribute from the Texas consumer
who hns been forced to pay the tax or
older his supplies by rail. 'I his embargo
laid on Texas commerce erected in
our chief and nearest gatewav tJ
the high seas has grown rich
off its spoils and more powerful
with age. It is almost completely identi-
fied with Galveston which owns a pirt of
it and gets a portion of the profits. Kn
trenched buhind veHted rights tin Galves-
ton Wharf company would still retain its
grip on importations coming through
tnat port with thirty feet of water lis
easily as of fourteen. It wonld be expect-
ing too much of human natnre to dream
that with increasing opportunities fur
playing the vampire on Texas commerce
it would relax its hold in the least.
If the state ever gtts deep
water at Galveston it must take
the wharf company along with it and
submit to the same exactions a- of yore
r do away with that cjmpiny. Nor is it
unlikely deep water at Padre Island would
be acoompauied by the same mi t of a
monopoly the foundation for which ap
pears already to have been laid. Things
might be different at the mouth of the
Brazos or the oocasion might create n
similar monopoly there.
Now what Texas wants is a deep water
port without these commercial devil
fishes. Our growing trade and commerce
demand a deep ontlet to the gulf nn
trammelled by any monopoly with the
power of saying to the Texas consignee:
"You must pay me my tribute or yon
don't get your goods."
If we can get deep water at Galveston
the next question to solve would be how
to get rid of the wharf company or to
prevent a similar monopoly at any other
point supposing the Galveston bar is left
onchanged.
CARLISLE AND THE Sl'tiAK Dl" 11 KS.
The views of Mr. Carlisle as expressed
in a recent interview in tiie New York
Herald on the sugar duties will attract
attention throughout the country and be
of special interest in Texas snd Louisiana.
He is represented as announcing himself
directly and unequivocally opposed to a
repeal of duties on sugar. This mav eem
strange for so prominent u leader in I
the so called free tr.ide moiement.
However the speaker of the house
explains the apparent inconsistency
Of bis position b saying he regarded the
duties on sugar as almost entirely revenue
fix and believed it one i f the duties that
should for that reas. u be convened.
He claims the tariff reformers among
whom he is a conspicuous chieftain are
really the friends of the sugar interests
and that when the question comes up in
the hon-e they will be found so aligned.
Curiously enough he as'erts the tariff re-
former will be f'lutid contending for
only a indrUe reduction. while
the ieprtseii-ativ s of other proticted
iuters-ts'' willgo for taking the greatest
pu t of tar:ff redue-i.m olf "sugar tobacao
and perhaps whisky."
If the views of Mr. Carlisle on sugar
ahou'd b ndoptrd as the policy of the
democratic party p wou'd go a gre waja
toward holding Ljasian s illJ witn tne
party. In fact thero is little doubt that
a repanl f the sugar datieswhich
Carlisle i.ppo(.rs WIH.W have 10 good
elf otoa that industry. Ciller tin pretut
system the production of sugar in
Louisiana it mu1. be c icfessed. has in-
creased from forty-one thousand hogs-
heads in lHlii; to a quarter of a million
at. present. The sugar interests of Texas
hive grown iu the same proportion thns
adding to the prodigious capabilities of
one of the richest regions iu
the s'ate.
(j l: PKT l.'AII.I.'OAH.i
The AirtL-as Pass railroad engineers
have inspected the Colorado river below
the city and selected the most suitable
site for the pronc-c -l n -w railroad bridge
and will iu a few d.ij s.siibniit the estimate
they make of the cost of the bridge. Iu
the meantime our business men and prop
erty owners should settle their finances In
a one hundred thousand dollars bonus
groove. It may not cost this much to
build the bridge secure the right of way
and depot grounds and give the Aransas
Pass railroad people one thonsand dollars
n mile for the distance the line will
traverse Travis connty but Austin will be
exceediiiRly lucky to get the railroad
bnitt that cheaply; lucky in having spent
so little money in securing a good thing
nnd lucky beyond computing in gaining
a railroad outlet thnt will be worth mil-
Iious'of dollars to the city. Austin in
the past eighteen months has indulged in
railroad talk ad nauseam; a score of rail-
roads have been constructed ou paper-
but this time we are convinced our people
mean strict business H is by far the
best proposition that has ever been made
us. The lino will t tp a rich and growing
section of the state; it leads iu the right di-
rection towards the gulf; it means of tie
cessiiy. another outlet to thejnorth Bnd its
price is very cheap almost nominal. If Aus-
tin don't embrace this opportunity she de-
serves to be to be taken oat into the mid-
dle of the gulf and sunk ten thousand
fathoms deep. Hut we have no idea she
will even hesitate this time nnd weexpect
to see the Aransas Pass hauling freight
out of Austin before the fall months are
here.
l s'l'lN TAYI.Oi: AMI WACO.
Messrs. Threadgill and Parker of Tay-
lor were iu Au-tin yrsterday to confir
with our railroad committee in regard to
the construction of a road from Waco
through McLennan Falls and Milam to
the city of Taylor iu Williamson county
and thence ou to Austin. Messrs. Wm.
Cameron and other wealthy citizens of
Waco have already obtained the charter
for a road covering a portion of the ter-
ritory named and ariiow out on the pro-
posed line with a surveying party. Owing
to the engagements of our railroad
committee with the chief engineer and
chief of construction of the San Antonio
and Aransas Pass road they were unable
to meet Mr. Cameron yesterday as re-
ouested bv him. but have arranged to
meet him and the Waco committee at
Taylor next Tuesday. April :! for a full
discussion of the matter. The line of
this proposed roi'd passes through a very
rich nud thickly populated conutry and
would make n valuable outlet for Austin.
Tin: decree of March L'l entrusts
Crown Prince William with the conduct
of state business; and it is said the em-
peror holds another decree in abeyance
that gives the crown prince fuller powers
in cae the emperor grows worse eud-dr-uly.
Though Frederick is Emperor in
name Crown Prinoe William and Prince
Biamarck rule the German empire.
Ai bkaut a mile and a half of the needed
right of way for the railroad to the south-
east it is understood has been secured
through the public-spirited action of Mr.
J. M. Day. That much of the line has
been donated by Mr. Day and it is hoped
the whole thirteen miles are owned by
such progressive business men. When
yon want to pat your finger on a man
who can quickly see a good thing and has
the grit to seize the opportunity you can
always call the turn on Doo Day. Would
that Austin had a thousand of such men.
Tui "Texas State Fair and Dallas Ex-
position" announces the third annual
encampment forOctoberllto.il inclu-
sive. The dates will be graven on our
memory and a large Austin contingent
will visit you at that time as on the two
former occasions. Such institutions de
serve the support aLd encouragement of
the entire state.
Tn;: died for t!ie Vrsetil block has
been tsecntej ! the scc: -tsry of war and
seut to o-r -cK ol a:ithorii s. Now fur a
pubVc school buil. line :n the le;: h ward.
That section of the ci'y has K.ng eso;:gh
been neg!ec'-i
ATTSTIX WEEK. Li 1 SlAlMJw t---. .
GOVERNMENTAL.
Matters Picked Up in a Tour of j
the Department.
-' "
Snicv Gossip and Political Points
tpiC jOsv o""
Heard at the Capitol
"
I'ruiu 'l'litirilav's lwlv.
Tile governor yesterday oiumnted 1"
seiit uee of Josh Shire of Tyler comity
o imprisonment for life. Shire is a col-
ored man. and was to hsve been Uui'g for
rape ou April . I'here are very grave
d-iibt as to Irs guii". u-.d hid he uot
e-c i ped from prison pef.din' an aipeil.
it is more t'san likely tha' he would have
gens sc t free. In escaping he forleited
hla righ to appeal and it was dismissed j
Tbe principal wituess against him 1 h'.' j
alleged vicniii.n erHZy nero woman. )
The couu'y offi'.'iii and over .'i.'io of 'h
ci'.iens of I y!er including many i t IiHr
bet and r-jujt prtminct. ktkeU t:.e gov-
ernor to c irrrnu'e ths sentence.
COMrllinl.l.KB'S DUMUrMSN
Comptroller McCall yesterday nude the
following deposits: Permanent school
fund. $."iOii: ava'lable school fund 4. .":"' :
general revenue f ."COI'.
STATE IiEPARTllKN l.
The following cnarters were filed iu the
office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The McDade Coopeiative association
Patrons of Husbandry. McDade; capital
stock. jSl'ii.oilO. Incorporators. A.
Black A. Shepard J. L. Floyd W. K. Ben-
son and ot hers.
The Dallas Branch Co-operative Manu-
facturing Alliauce: capital stock .ijno ooo.
Incorporators. M. V. Cole. W. Y. 'iriili'h.
L. C. Heme A. B. Worrell C. H. Patrick
E. A. Daniel II. B. Furbee J. T. Holland.
W. E. Farmer U. J. Sled-e. U. J. Hen-
drick. The Farmers' I'nittd Society of Jack-
son colony Grimes county; incorporators.
C. V. Vinson T. H. Behan. H. H. Story
Peter Jackson und S. Moore.
ll'miu Friday's Daily.
It will be seen from the following tnat
the appropriation bit. containing the
amount of the Texas claim has passtdtii"
senate and goes to the president fur his
signature.
The amount of the claim as passi d is
$92 77 70.40 from which must be deducted
about 'jl.'iOO commissions paid Hon. W.
H. Pope the agent of the stale having
the matter in charge. Credit is given
to those whom it is due for the successful
prosecution of this claim in the editorial
columns of th's paper.
Washington. D. C. Mrch .'2 l-s.
I . S. lines (iowrfior Austin Tex.
Appropriation bill containing Texas
indemnity appropriation passed the sen-
ate and goes to the president.
HlCllAllll Cokk.
In reply to the above the governor -ent
the following:
lhm. IMchard I nks ami f. H. Savers Washing-
ton l. C.
The people of Texas send their repre-
sentatives in congress hearty thanks for
then- eftioieut work in securing this long
deferred indemnity. L. S. Ross.
Governor.
The governor yesterday received an ap-
plication from Uvalde county asking
him to send a company of rangers ths-re
to aid the civic officers in breaking up a
gang of cattle and horse thieves.
STATE DEl'AUTMKNT.
The Putnam Farmers' Alliance Co-operative
association filed a charter yisterday:
capital $2000). Incorporator s: P. is.
Norton. J.D. Tipton. Jno. Snrles. C.
Cummlnge J. S. Barman. W. T. Statou
T. B. Willfong and ethers.
L'OMPIBOLLKH 3 PKl'Alt lMKS T.
Yesterday. Eastland county paid yl.SiWJ
iuterfst due on her bonds held by the per-
manent school fund.
Mills county also paid tl'.") interest on
her bond-.
LAND 01 PICK.
Application to purchase and lease
public school lands were received and tiled
in the general laud illlce yesterday ts
follows:
To purchase One for lUO acres watered
agricultural in Hemphill county : offer .'.'
per acre. ( Ine for 040 acres in Collings-
worth couVty. $L' per acre. One for 040
acres iu Kimble comity $2 per acre. One
for 040 acres in Carson connty. $2 per
acre. due for the purchase of 12?0
acres of timber in Tyler comity. $'.' l'." to
?'.'.."i0 per acre offered.
To lease One for f'.'o acres in Mason
connty. (Ine for 1.1.14 acres iu San Saba
county.
Win. M. McCarffitll. state agti;t and
classifier tiled his report on forty-two
surveys of ltio acres each in Eastland
county. These lands formerly purchased
have been forfeited for non payment ot
interest for ls". and are classified as dry
and priced at per acre txclu-ive of im-
provements made by original settlers.
Yim SatunUj's I'aily.
As wi'1 be seen elsewhere in this paper
the governor has determined to call an
extr.t sessionof the legislature on April M.
He received yesterdty nn application
from Presidio county for i srgers to ".id
the civil authorities.
STATE Iitl'AUIMEXT.
In the oHice of the secretary of stafa
yesterday the following charters were
filed:
The Southwestern and Mexican tire
syndicate of El Paso: capital stock. $100.-
(XM). Incorporators: J. J. Krane. F. M.
De Frez Geo. B. Zimplemau C. C. Fitz-
gerald. E. C. Roberts.
The Rock Hill institute of Miuden
Texas; capital stock $:100O0. Incorpora-
tors: J. A. H. Welch. R. R. Smith. Paul
Bet tig H. J. Jarrell. W. H. H. Hays.
The Sooiedad. Mutualista Mexicana. of
Eagle Pass a social organization.
comptbolleb's DEPABTUEM'.
Kaufman oounty redeemed two of her
bonds held by the permanent school fund
amounting to ftl.OOO paying interest on
same to date $340.
Guadalupe county paid her April inter-
est $1680 and redeemed $ 4.000 of her
bonds.
Deposits yesterday were as follows:
State revenue $;l.."75..";!; available school.
$'.'.4t!l.87.
AOBICl'LTl'BAL PEFABTUE.M'.
The force in the agricultural depart-
ment are busy forwarding blanks to as-
sessors for their final statistical report to
that department. These reports are made
by the assessors from information given
direct from the people and cover a wide
range of subjects pertaining to the crops
.'Hid resources if the several counties of
: Ue state. They w ill be arranged ar.i
1 published about the di ss- tf tne y sr.
making a bonk of ubout b'.i p;s. It
wi'.l be the first b ..' ever issued by thtf
t.Ve givil z:vth:r4 like a corr-et '
v TTimsnAY. MARCH 20 18b&
lection of facts pertaining to the state s
.tth. condition and resources socially
morally and financially.
t'rum Minday's liailyj
Re Texas Panhandle route will be open
for C!t-seBifrs ubout April 1 ineexaci
di-raace b tweeu Denver and Fort Worth
I is milis. Of these -UK) miles is from
D-uver to tha Texs state line and runs
! hrn.rh a cj.il and ngr.ciltural country
I while it t .;.i. by a trackage airangement
I with the Midl.i' d the miring resources of
li ...jville and Aspen. In Texas the road
wilt run ihroun a stocK raising gram
growing aud fruit bearing country for
ovrr 400 milis or more. Houston Post.
ComptroU-i- McCall yesterday deposited
$.Vi"ifit to the credit of general revenue
and $l;iW) to the credit of the school fund.
The followitg collectors made their
final settlement of 14S7 accounts yesier-
day: T. H. Lingham collector of Jeffer
son emu. B. L. K oh-ty co lect r of
Parke: county.
STATE UtPAKHUST.
The following eUirtur was ti ed iu the
o'iYico of the secretary of sMte yi.sterd i y:
Ths Consolidated Lumber company of
Bsaumour; cipital stock $100000. In-
corporators. H. J. Lutchar J. S. Kico J.
F. Carter. George Lock. i. N. Gilberr.
LAND OKt'ICK.
App icatious to purchase and lease pnb-
lie free ssliool laiuls were n'.ea in mis us-
partment yesterdaj. lis follows:
To purchase: One for 4S0 acres asylum
land in Jones county: one for 040 acres
in Martin county : oue tor r.'O in loin
Green county; one for 100 in San Saba
county; one for if.'O in Wilbarger county:
one for ."L'O iu Lipscomb couaty; one for
IHO in Armstrong couii'j'j one for 1140 ia
Martin county. All dry agricultural and
vilued at s;-.' per acre. On; to putchase
040 acres in Hemphill county wa ered
agricultural $;l per acre.
A. C. Wilnieth. st ite agent at Snyder.
I'txas. forw irded his classification of :!(
sect ions of school lauds in Dawson county.
The terra tirma comprised iu these sur-
veys seems unusually good mostly dry
soil varifgated.'nndy and chocolate cream
generally level: ail agricultural: some
"very fine" grass exceptionally good.
Fifteen or twenty sections show surface
water: dry per acre watered priced at
Sales of school lands as confirmed in
this office amounted to fl210 acres.
From Tuesday's Dally.
The governor yesterday issued a procla-
mation directing the election in Wise
oounty to fill the vacanoy iu the house of
representatives by reason of the resigna-
tion of Hou. J. P. Humphreys the elec-
tion to be held in twenty days from now
ou Saturday April L'O.
The governor also issued a proclama-
tion revoking one issued June '.1 1887
offering rewards for certain criminals as
the reasons for such rewards no longer
exist. The proclamation does not re-
voke special rewards for the Flatouia
train robbers.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed iu the
office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The Jacksonville Canning and Manu
facturing company of Cherokee couaty;
capital stock S'i.OOO. Incorporators:
W. H. Loveludv J. L. Dougias Jo n H
Bolton. A. R. Wright. C. A. Colter W. K.
Settles. H. L. Hodges L. Loyd ai d Gejrge
Tilley.
The Benevolent and Missionary asso
ciation. of New Boston. Bowie connty.
Incorporators: Monroe Kennedy Win
Thomas Abraham Brow aud S. R. Run
Mills.
COMPTROLLERS OFFICE.
Mr J. W. Nolan collestor of Kinney
connty made final settlement yesterday of
his account ending May 1. 18s through
his deputy Mr. J. W. Monng.
'1 i net amounts collected from 1SM7
taxes iu said couuty are as follows:
srsio aa valorem SrlU- 'V
School a I xaluieui '-' A:'
Tot a!
Deposited yesterday:
To Mat revenue
Available Jchonl
llENEKAL LANP OFFICE.
l"u II
S0.4S- ::)
. si:i in
Applications for purchase aud lease of
public lands were tiled iu this department
vesterday as follows:
To lease: One for l.l!. SO acres in Tom
Green county; one for 1UH0 acres in How-
ward county: one for l.O'-'O acres in Mc
Mullen count v.
The following to purchase were filed:
i ine for 040 acres in Harris couuty; oae
for 412 acres in Wichita county; one for
040 acres in Carson connty; two for 1280
acres in Potter oounty: one for 040 acres
in Wichita county all dry and assessed
ht i. per acre. 1 wo for 040 acres each in
Donnelv and Randall counties watertd
and agricultural offered at $; per acre
Paul Hesse surveyor and agent of Rio
(i' ande city reports trii sections of graz
ing land in Starr county ll.egaly fenced
1 1. C. Hector another state agent for
warded h'S rttiort comprising ;12 sec
tiODs in Kinney county. These lands are
ncarlv all classified as fine grazing. Some
are watered and some dry agricultural
and are valued at from $2 to $4 per acre
From Wednesday's daily i
The Perdinales Mining company of
Blauco county : capital stock $20000. filed
a charter yesterday in the office of the
secretary of state. Incorporators: J.'W.
Baines Ue secretary of state; A. Nebgen
Paul McMi lan James O. Farmer and D.
W. Southern.
The Smi'hville Ferry company capital
stock $1000: also filed a charter. Incor-
porators: K. H. McKaskill Austin George
and George Gordon.
Mr. John O'Neil collector of Calhoun
county made final setleiuent of his ao-
connt. ending May 1 1SS8.
The net amount of 1387 taxes collected
in said county are:
Mate ad valorem $.'?:) 64
School ad va'urem tii
Total $:iU)r) M
Deposited iu treasury yesterday:
State revenue JlpVI 00
Available school sou ou
Pink ?ums and mouta and da.liog teeth
And breath of balm and lips of roae
Are found not In this world beneath
With youns r old ave only those.
Who ever wisely while tbey may
l'fe SOZODOST by niht and day.
"This is a queer looking bnilding isn't
it?" he asked stopping in front of a house
on Lafayette square. "Yes; it is quite
odd and quite old." she replied evinoing
much interest -u it old:" "Oh yes;
very old. I can remember when er
er have you ever noticed Mr. De Smith
what beautiful streets we have ia Wash-
ington Washington Critic.
There is hen g;eat g.-itheriug of
lSip'i-'s in Washitutow next May. Some
2.ioo drht'ites. representing .".O.Oim
churches. )..:- U. u i ntniU-d.
I mr vii nAi'Vm'
1 1 1 1 AM lUl iM i.
FBOM TUESDAY'S DAILY.
The Grand Jury.
The grand j'lry "ill not convene again
until hy -'1. uJ " the boy "j11."8"
somthing hum if all signsdo not fail.
HotTe. .B. Turner.
Hon E B. Turner continues to improve
but does so slow.y. He is still very feeble
and it wi lb some time b.Mre he will be
able to be out.
Free Admission
To parties famishing the great drill with
good saddle-h.irses aid sadJUs Wednes-
day aud Saturday the 10th and lth of
May next. Make a note of this.
Gilmore's Band.
The manager of Gilmore's baud has
wriftea Secretary Chilton of tins imtrii-
gration association that if itispoMible
they will arrange the "Capitol alt z for
their band aud p'.ay j" at tUe drill.
"Now Willie." said the Sunday school
teacher "what is the lesson to-day
about?" "Daniel iu the lion's den.
That's right: and how did Diuiel come
to b in the lion's den?" "I ivkou he
wiuts-d to get away from the fellers that
mak jokes about him and the president.
Merchant Traveler.
Crnel Slur "I often wonder what my
ancestor Adam said when he first met
Eve." "Was he an ancestor of yours?"
Certai'.ly." "Then I guess he asked her
to loan him '.'" Lincoln Journal.
Vn old master knocked down for $000!"
read old Mrs. Nearsight in an art sale re-
.ot -Well." she continued. "SliOO is a
i v- . - . ....
jo.iJ d-ul of monev but I shonldn't tniuh
nnv mil n save a highway robber would be
briitfil enough to knock down an old mas
tcr for auv amount of money. I s pose
he was afraid to tackle a young master.
Norristowu Herald.
Yes." said Algernon Tracy to the
young lady with whom he was chatting
"it is useless'to complain or wnar cai & oe
helped. Man proposes and God disposes."
"As to the latter part ot iu remarK sue
repJAJ "I'm not prepared to speak but
as to the first part I can only say that
some ao anu some uuu i. .mn imut
Traveler.
Horsa Thieves.
Depredations by horse thieves are be
coming distressingly treiiaui. iew
nights ago Judge Hancock lost a tine
horse and Saturday niglit a very nue
animal was stolen from Prof. C. S. Knott
who lives about three miles south of the
city on Barton creek farmers snouia
keep a sharp look out tor suspicious
loafers in their neighborhoods.
Still They Come.
Yesterday the following persons regis-
tered at immigration headquarters: G.
L. Davis box 80 Cave Springs Floyd
couuty Ga.; Z. M. Maloombe Maguoketa
Jackson oounty la.; C. G. Thurston Wen-
donside by Waikaioe Otago New Zealand:
James Newooinb San Antonio; C. E.
Bush Dwell Vt.; L. H. Axtelle box 44
Reels la.: B. E. Harris Hopewell N. C.
Horace Buckuer Sunnyside Cumberland
connty Ya.
Off for Dallas.
Last night Mr. B. C. Giles member of
the state democratic executive committee
for this district and Colonel Will Lam
bert secretary left for Dallas to attend
a meeting of the committee to-day to fix
a time and select a place of meeting for
the state ceinooratic conventions.
His Honor Mayor Nulla aud Mr. Charley
Caldwell went up to lay before the corn-
mi' tec the claims of Austin and to urge
the holding of one of the conventions iu
this city.
Immigration Booming.
The influence of the immigration as-
sociation is being felt abroad and the
good that is to grow out of it to the
whole state cannot be estimated.
It hi. and is bringing the Lone Star
stale prominently before the. whole coun-
try and the world and never before in all
her history has there been so much in-
qniry from abroad from those wanting
to secure homes in the great southwest.
Yesterday Secretary Chilton received a
letter from Kansas wanting the names of
railroads selling excursion tickets to
Texas and asking the price of 200 tickets
for persons to visit Texas.
THE HIG SUITS.
Another Claimant in the Field for
Valuable Property.
Some time baok Tun Statksman pub-
lished the fact thnt a grandson of Colonel
Cooke of tha Army of Texas during the
revolution for independence had turned
up in this city and ha 1 instituted suit to
recover some valuable properly in the
city and county once owned by Colonel
Cooke. The suils as published have
been brought in the United State i and
district courts and will be tried lit the
present term. Due of the claimants a
daughter of Colonel and. Mrs. Cooke Mrs.
Mary A. Hardy of Itubertson county is
iu the city to give attent ion to the mat ter
nnd it is quietly bruited about that prepa-
rations are being made to institute pro-
ceedings to recover the lots on which
stand the First National bank bnilding
Bnd the ones now occupied by the Hatch-
ings Printing house. The suits are very-
important involving as they do property
worth thousands of dollars aud (heir
progress and final termination will be
watched with interest. Mrs. Hardv and
Mr. Bennet are very sanguine of suooess
nuu nave no lears as to me linal result.
District Court.
In this !ourt yesterday Judge Townes
presiding the following proceedings were
had:
The State vs. John Walker colored two
oases burglary and theft; two years in
eaoh case.
The State vs. Ed Teague theft: dis-
missed. The State vs. Robert Frank and Dick
Glass theft; dismissed.
The State vs. Anderson Leach theft-
dismissed. '
The State vs. Heck Glass theft of cot
ton: on trial.
The following cases have been set-
The State vs. Cal Roy theft of horses:
Monday next.
The State vs. Annie B. Hutoherson.
murder: May -.'s.
The State vs OgJen. Drew and Elliott
the depot cracksmen: April I
The State vs. I. G. N. ;!y '(.'..; .TH:e I
C autield vs. Walter Gresham et a' : neit
SsturJUv.
The Lessons of "Unser Fritz" Case
The greatest doctors in Europe don't
seem to know wh?t nils "Uuser Fritz."
Thus are the Garfield and Grant epi-
sodes repeated aud public confidence in
expert" medical knowledge is again
shaken. The effect is a revnlgion.
Since the fatsl days of 1833 many 0f
the doc-riues of the school men eouoern
ing extensive medicatiou have been f
abandoned and all schools of practice are
mo.e and more relying upon old-
fashioned. simple root and heib prepara-
tions aud careful nursing the only tg
liances known to our ancestors.
These methods and reliances are illus-
trated to-day in a series of old fashioned
roots and herb preparations recently
given to the world by the well known prti-
prielors of Warner's safe cure prepara-
tions made from formu'as possessed by
many of our oldest families and resoned
for popular use and issued under tae
happy desiguatioa of VVaraer's Log
Cabin Remedies.
"My sou" exclaimed a venerable woman
to the writer when he was a boy "my
son you'c yeller aud pale and weik-Uk
lookin' yon'r needin' a good shaking up
with some sas'paril'."
A jug of spring sarsaparilla was just as
necessarv in the "winter supplies" of fift '
" . j
years ago as was a onrrei ot pons ana a f
famous ineaioai aumuray says tnat tlij
very general prevalence of the use of such
a preparation as Log Cabin Sarsaparilla
explaius the rugged health of our ances-
tors. While Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla
is an excellent remedy for ull seasons of
the year it is particularly valuable in the
spring wheu the system is iu l of slug-
gish blood and requires n natural consti-
tutional tonic and iuvigorator to resist
colds and pneumonia aud the effects of a
long winter. Plnlo fll. Parsons clerk of
the City hotel of Hartford Conn. was
prostrated with a cold which he says
"seemed to settle through my body. I
neglected it nud the result was my blood
became impoverished and poisoned in-
dicated by inllamed eyes. I was treated
but my eyes grew worse. I Wits obliged
to wear n shade over them. I feared that
I would be obliged to give up work."
"Under the operation of Warner's Log '
Cabin Sarsaparilla and Liver Pills" ht
saye "The sore and inflamed eyes disap-
peared. My blood I know is in a health-
ier condition than it has been for years.
I have a much better appetite. I shall
take several more bottles for safety's
ake. Warner's Log Cabin barsaparilla
is a great blood puriner ana i most
heartily recommend it."
A few bottles of w arner s Log uaoin
Saraaparilla used in the family now will
save many a week of s ckness and many a .
dollar of lulls. Use no other. This is
the oldest most thoroughly tested and
best is put up in the largest sarsaparilla
bottle ou the market containing 120
doses. There is no other preparation ef
similar name that can equal it. The
name of its manufacturers is a guarantee
of its superior worth.
W hile the great u ictors wrangle over
the technicalities of an advanced medical
soienoe that can not cure disease such
simple preparations yearly snatch millions (
from untimely graves.
THAT BRIDGE.
A Meeting Held Yesterday in Its
Behalf.
The Statesman upon more than one
occasion has mentioned the imperative
necessity of having more bridge accom-
modation across the river at this point.
Especially do the citizens of the east-
ern portion of the county feel the neces-
sity for another bridge nnd they contend
that the financial condition is such that
one should be constructed at once.
Feeling thus a number of gentlemen
yesterday held a meeting at the office of
Mr. an Patten the East Sixth street
lumber merchant in the interest of the
movement and the sentiment of the
meeting was decidedly in favor of a
bridge to be located at the foot of Comal
street.
The matter is evidently being pushed
by men whose standing and influence is a
guarantee of its final success and they
urge that a bridge at the point named is
demanded by the growiLg trade and they
insist it is necessary for the welfare and
prosperity of the eastern part of the city
and county.
The question is assuming great im-
portance and cannot be ignored. The
county commissioner should give it
prompt and serious attention.
Texaa Patents.
The following patents were granted to
oitizens of Texas bearing date of March
'20 188IS. (Reported expressly for The
Statesman by Lonia Bagger it Co. nie-
chanicnl experts nnd solicitors of patents
Washington 1). C. Advice f reel:
No. .7'J"..")4 Frank L. Aten Round
Rock corn planting attachment.
No. :;7!).;.H1 Mathew Kell Granbury
ant trap.
No. 37!)r!)(i -A. Til D. O'Neal Ale Jo
cotton-stalk cutter.
No. .'179001 B. W. R.iines. Blossom
Prairie qailtiug frame.
No. ;:7!l770 G. A. Riedt' Cedar boiler
feeder regulator.
The Most Agreeable
As well as the most effective method of .
rliannllinrv haajnnl.n. ..1.1-
..utuuucn euius ana xeverB or
cleansing the system is by taking a few
doses of the pleasant California liquid
fruit remedy Syrup of Figs. Sold in 50
cents and $1 bottles by all leading drug-
gists. M. A. Crosby agent Austin.
The Passover.
Last evening at spndown begun the
Jewish feast to commemorate the deliv
erance and exodus of the Hebrews from
n nl.'nn I I . . '
ftJ1.i.ou uuuuge. ooiemn and impres-
sive services were held at the synagogue
la-t evening and they will be repeated to-
night and every night this week.
Sound and Sensible.
From the Bastrop Advertiser.
Distrust of law oauses mob law. Let
the statute law be strictly euforoed and
applied by those who have sworn upon
their oaths to do so. and t.hi- will h nn
distrust of law and no mob law.
Grocer (to bov "What
t W v Ills JUU UW4UI
James. James "Pnttin' sand in the
sugar." Grocer-Yell that won't do.
You must put the sugar in the sand and
then if a oustomer asks if we nut sand in
our sugar you oan truthfully gay no. You '
..... m B9 yon acquire more
iic.itn'B mat in the long ran
truth always pays.-New York Snnf
Wm. Chamoeilr.v b stockman of Cam-
eron county wi-j .rPItl hittenuya
rabid w?.t ueuBrowi.svr.! .. 8tareJ
to go ah the w.4y to Paris Franc- to b
treated by M. Pastenr. r"ai-'
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