San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1882 Page: 2 of 8
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SAN HABCOS .FREE PRESS.
r. XL JULIAN. PnbliaW.
BAN MARCOS
TEXAS
TEXAS TOPICS.
Times: Mr. M. B.
TalHum of our town Las received an
offer of $150000 cosh for hia ranch and
cattlo on tho Pecos. Ho says be would
not tako $200000 however; bo the bid-
der will have to come again.
Bronham Banner; Mr. Ellis one
Of the lessees of the penitentiary has
about 110 convicts employed on two
plantations near Walker's station in
Fort Bend county ; the two contain about
2300 acres of the best quality of alluvial
landF and produce so well that the
lessees average about $120 for each con-
vict hand clear of all expenses. About
BOO acres is cultivated in cane 8C0 in
corn and 1000 in cotton. One guard is
employed to every six convicts and to
far only two convicts havo escaped this
year
Cranberry ridette: Last Sunday
aftern&on during the shower a bolt of
lightning struck the house of Mr. F.
M. Eden instantly killed Mrs. Caroline
t?a rr;tn nf .lWnmfl Eden who was
on a visit here fair Tarrant county.
Two or three other persons in tho room
were severely shocked but recovered.
The electrio current struck the lady on
the left temple passing down her side
and tearing her shoo to pieces and
thence through the floor. Deceased
leaves a husband and three children.
She was very highly esteemed as an ex-
cellent woman.
t Record: Runnels county hs abouat
1500 inhabitants 35000 head of cattle
45000 head of sheep and 1000 head of
hogs. Tho finest land can be purchased
from fifty cents to $2.00 per acre.
Wheat corn rye oats millet potatoes
melons and all other products common
to Texas grow finely here. Farming
has just commenced.Runnels the coun-
ty site has three dry goods and grocery
houses drug store two hotels bank
blacksmith shop saloon livery stable
saddle shop three land offices school
and churches. It has 3UU wnaoiianis
and is a growing thriving prosperous
and substantial inland town. It will
soon be connected with the outer world
by railroad. Schools and churches are
springing up all over the county. Its
citizens are quiet hardworking indus-
trious contented and prosperous. The
health of the'eounty can not be Bur-
passed. The Natural Bridge in Virginia.
Edward A. Pollard gives in "High-
ways and By-ways of American Travel"
published by J. B. Lippincot &Co. the
following interesting description of this
great natural curiosity.
' There was a time when the Natural
Bridge was esteemed among the great-
est wonders of this continent. Of late
years it has languished in obscurity
and neglect visited only by stry
travellers from Virginia Springs or by
frugal picnic paities from the near
town of Lexine on and the neighbor
hood. The neglect of this sublime j
spectacle once so attractive to the mul-
titude of sight-seers is difficult to be
explained when we consider the easy
access to it.
The common route is by- way of
Lynchburg thence thirty-eight miles
on the James River and Kanahwa Canal.
The Canal divides immediately at the
foot of the Blue Ridge one section ex-
tending up the North River to the
town of Lexington and the other pur-
suing the banks of the James to Bu
chanan short of which you can stop at
the mouth of Cedar Creek within two
mile of the Natural Bridge. From a ;
few miles above Lynchburg the route :
by canal is adorned with mountain
scenery of tho richest and most varied
r canal is Kuururu uu uiuuuium
1 1 4 j
enerv of tho richest and most varied
. " . . ! under line is one hunarea ana naieij-
lt'TiDtion. and the traveller passes:" . 3j
: . ' .
slowly going scarcely more than three
mih.anhour.throughan almost con
tincus gallery of pictures. The writer ;
. . i
on mis trip had tne advantage 01 a
moonhpht night and of the company of
. - ... :
eome m:lMcJ U.llf. A. the to.t
for passing olic-cts vou can miac-.ue vou
are at rct voae. bonz broken .
andi.erced wA monntaia rrurs at
. . - t ...
one tine uder the thadoi
r of treat
w
through meadow with the trophy of
shivered c 00a Wam on it bosom; in
the dlitiLce mcattiics with twitilixg - i
v . v . i
clifTs agiin pasting saong silvrr-clad jas-tneLt in the very petfr-ction. of iae-
wiUow. mhere the James flowf rUcidly ebazical kill its rrren:!y drlibente
tlroa on them or the red glare of the
Ittivninf WAAill kill .lied br stray Area
UUIUIU5 m
during the drouth; and o' la thia
Jrtn. with tho XDU&iO Of
sweet voices iu the air. and the melan
vail of tha boatmen' horn occa
aionully intruding we travel on to the
ragged backbone of the nine wage.
Here where the James River emerges
from the mountains on the line 01 ab-
1 . T?r.triif7 counties. lUt
scenoe is -surpassingly picturesque
rwrlnnlnrxr Ealconv Falls.tho pyramid'
.Saiuul mountain throws in tho night
if. nnintl ahadow on the mingled wa
w f
and North Rivers
like a irreat spearhead to divide them
WhnrA it terminates in iuo
fniia in nreeioitous clilf the rocky
face of which looked at once grand and
I J . 1. i A
wierd as WO Baw It in tne moonngui..
branch of the canal as we nave sum
tha North River while
1 13
IV. vy-w r
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that along the banns or me ow
which we pursuo to our destination
into wilder scenes.
a fafrA.rnad coincident here with
tJifl flnnol either conveyance being
at
a
the choice of the traveler affords
succession of views of the most pictu-
roamio nil d romantic characters. As the
traveler enters the gap of the Blue
Ridge from the east the winding course
of the stage coach carries mm up me
til ho has cained an
Worn him. while the blue
outlines still further west of distant
mountains in Rockridge bound his
. s vt:fi
vision. The water scenery ia ueuumuj.
Lovely valleys debouch upon the
streams; there are peaceful shadows in
a. cfnoi.hln water: and on. the broad
llUW D v w
shoulders of the cattle on the banks we
see the drapery of the shadows 01 me
... 11 .1 WUa
trees beneath whicn mey iw.
fisherman standing leg-deep in tne
water can see his face as in a mirror.
On the North River the scenes are
11 a.
anieter. Emerging here tne iraveuer
sees a beautiful and fertile country
elevation hundreds of feet aoove
James over the waters of which the
zig-zag and rotton road hangs fear
fully. On every side are gig
nntaina. intersected by black ra
vines; and a mountain rivulet slight
a mAfiir from amid the primeval
auu o
forest dashes across the path and leap
ing from reck to rock goes joyiuuy m
its way. ......
The first view of the bridge is obtain-
ed half a mile from it at a turn in the
stage road. It is revealed with the sud-
denness of an apparition. Raised a
hundred feet above the highest trees of
L. At-
the forest and relieved againsn-uB Fu-
ple side of a distant mountain a whitish-
grey arch is seen in the .distance as
perfect and clean cut as the Egyptian
inventor of the arch could havo defined.
The tops of trees are waving in the in-
terval and we are relieved from the
first impression that it is man's mason-
ry the work of art on finding that it
supports some fifteen or twenty feet of
soil in which trees are firmly im-
beddedthe verdant testimony of
Nature's great work. Here too we are
divested of a notion which we believe
is a popular ene that the bridge is mere-
ly a huge slab of rock thrown across
a chasm or some such hasty and vio-
lent arrangement. It is no such thing.
The arch and ppproaches to is are
formed of one solid rock; the average
width of that portion which forms the
Bridge is eighty feet and beyond this
the rock extends for a hundred feet or
so in mural precipices divided by only
a single fissure that makes a natural
pier on the upper side of the Bridge
and up which climb the hardy firs as-
cending step by step on the double rock-
work till they over-shadow you.
This mighty rock a single mass sunk
in the earth's side of which even -what
appears is stupendous is of the same
geological character lime stone coer
the depm of f rom four to six feet
The
frQm fiTe to
r M the
' hundreaanJ ninety-
six feet and to the head two nunurcu ;
' f tQ h -
T stage-
" v . r . r . .
road which pisses over the Lndge runs
08onthwith an incUne of
. . ' . . . !
- . - Via' 1u u'Juu' o
sixty feet wide and lU height to ue weakness
olJ . .- . jyo ir weaaness.
thirtv - hve aecreea ana uc wuvn -
- j. j Kmiu Terr line of dnck. on th. pond Jo- '""i'.f
.. .. . . ... --.i.'81'- 1 c.eip i.j.L
iScnlt forthej
architect w realize aca
... . . 1- 1 A a lik
h( ictHretque cfTecU.
.f e troTV(Iio L c( Art in this
- 1.1 .. .rV ..t N"?lnrr- it ad
ai 'Af i.aaav "CTer which it hoct
trivtrjed by the be
- nrrote.tcat rejers 11 aa ocject
by the Uaatifal Cedar
lawn
Creek is not otherwise easily passed
for several miles either above or below
.. .1 ! i ti 1- w..itr ( tim anot.
toe xtriugc. it ia utvu' - . .
and yet likely to have survived the
treat fracture the evidences of which
are visible arounu uu wu.v- -
. ... f .limit ninetv feet through
the breadth of a rock ribbed bill that
u .ra at first disposed to reflect upon
as me won 01 bi
The i.awjer'9 Trade.
t .m innmAl" said the client
just found guilty of murder in tho first
degree and condemned 10 do hkukwu.
ii nntred?" howled the law
va 0 . .
. l.lVJnM alinnr.7
ycr. "What are you wnue "
Evidently you have never Deea wu
before for murder.
No" said the prisoner; "this is my
first offense."
Tt7k- naid the lawyer "the
1 f u; utwu - -
thing has but just commenced. Being
found guilty is now Dy me mw wuo
ered only the preliminary stage of 1
criminal trial."
Rnt whftt wm vou uo Iiuw
rtvn hnva twelve or fourteen
chances for life" said the lawyer.
First-Application lor a new iru
"Second-Stay of proceedings.
Th?rlWa shall find some now wit
irt will trove thatyou are quite
another man- as compared with what
you wt'io j -
- nk vnii commuieu mo
deed.
rtnThere are forty-five ex
A
tn tn rnlines of the court.
Fifth If these iau wo Baau
a certiorari. tw
Sixth If that fails we snail try mo
old habeas corpus.
. it
arth Then there is me msum-
x Tliot ooens a new new
altogether for saving your neck. We
can make you insane. I have in reserve
corps of 'experts' wno cau
f ?r00n. Sentence you to me
1 vnn Vnow. for life and let you
out by the back door in less that ayear
when the publio hasiorgoneu w.
the case. ' .
"Ninth-Petition the executive ior
pardon.
rni Tnn writes in . reserve.
IvUlU -
There's the writ of corporealibus aurora
borealis. Do you understand Latin?
Prisoner "Not a Latin.
t Tf that fails there's the
AJUWJCi "
writ of pulcherimus amo masculinibus
r.nB it is a sin anyhow to
hang a novable white man-like your-
.i mv. thorfi'n the writ of nil des-
perandum in quandary which means
- ort in n. storm oee 1
BUJ " .. 11- Tin k
Prisoner "I don't see exauwj.
know you must be a learned man and
know there's a heap of power in them
to. How much
Lawyer-"Well it costs heavily to
get them out especially those last
named for they are the choice and
fancy varieties. A thousand dollars
will smooth things and procrastinate
the gallows for the present.
Prisoner-Judge $500 is aU I can
raise just now. Won't that answer ?
t ?-J" t? lolf the time men-
tioned yes. You are saved for
months." N. Y. Graph;:.
six
Proverbs.
T nnt nnf n fr.rf.ed. and truth without
ua vr uw v-
vitality are both demoralizing to the
community.
When people boast 01 meir uum
veracity it is well to keep an eye upon
them.
Good things speak for themselves;
bad things require much eulogizing.
Do good deeds and forget them; you
will find them all recorded and bear-
ing interest to your credit when you
have left all earthly possessions behind.
When people flatter you you may be
pretty sure that they wish to make use
of you for their own interests.
A flatterer strives to weaken your
strength and f trengthen your weakness.
Knaves flatter fools but fools flatter
themselves.
To boat of your morality is a good
way to make people suspect you have
but little of it
lb UUIO u i. . ...
rr 1 i n(miir cfrpncrHi IS to eXPOSO
Tte way ot reiorming mo wuu
. . ; Viorsplf.
Ior eaca cue w
Ten time8 one is ten and ten righteous
en might save the country.-
.
... . .
"See here!" yeUed the lamer 0 tne
rhaD who had lust fired into a flock
'-rhXT sir ifthey are." j
. 1 ..lmlv Inailinrr '
"they're just as good for my purpose j
exactly. - !
1
yoETH country fishwife went to
buy
a dress. rsone 01 your Kuay
colors fcr me" she said at once to the
ud at once vo u.e
.t tte counter: 'give me slick red
ana yaw.
THE CATTLE TRADE.
II. BIm aaaProswi th. Great So.tfcwf.t.ra
o...l.l rnMnnndeneaof tb Olob-Dwocnt
Wichita Kan. July 18.-The catUe
whiflh a few vears ago hadita
headquarters on the Kansas Paciflo
.( Ahilflne. Kan. baa now
JBI.n-B
..nnn tn immAnna nroDortions and the
long horned rangy steers of a few
years ' since has given place to the
amooth-limbed and heavier steer pro
duced by a judicious crossing of pure
Durham cattle with the native Texas
and Cherokee cattle of Texas the Pan
t..niA enA fViA Tndian Territory.
UIU1U1V Ob AAV w
Thai immense and almost boundless
. In fh Panhandle of
rcglUU VI uiiimj 7
t.. Tndian Territory and South
western Kansas watered by the Great
Arkansas Canadian Uimarou ouicas-
n nri KimrAsoah rivers and their
t.AtojnrV of tributaries and branches is
nnvtiAil as the rreat southwestern
Anlf Ta varum of tha United States.
The territory embraced in the range
comprises some twenty-live counties in
Southwestern Kansas formerly Known
na tha rirnt. American Desert the
CSO wuw v w -
nwoltPfl atrio. a fifty-mile strip along
the southern border of Kansas the rich
m m
and fertile lands in the Indian .terri-
tory known as the Oklahoma ceded
lands and the and or dry lanos em
I J : Tartnn1lA of TATftS. '
uraveu iu tui?
A AftrAful reference to the map of this
section will show a perfect network of
Htxeams ana water uuuaocd.
. . 1
in a southeasterly direcuon making an
abundance of water for stock during
tha vanr Tho larco area of land com
auw O
the unorganized counties of
Kansas has been found after repeated
trials to be only a potters' neia ior ux-
versified farming and hence all this
vast p.onntrv has lone since been turned
y W
over to the stock raiser and vast herds
of cattle now range on the rich and ex-
tensive pasturage. The lands further
south in the Panhandle and Indian ter-
ritory are much th6 same in general
soil and climate while ' the grasses are
just as abundant and the waters as
good. The small beginning of a very
few years ago has developod into im
mense proportions and the cattle tongs
of the great southwest tha men who
nivn tho immense herds in Southwest
ern Kansas the Panhandle and the In-
Aan Torritorv. are now numbered
among the solid men of the country.
Messrs. Snyder urnm now nom in
the Indian Territory about 12000 head
of nattle: Tonv Day 3.000 Ewing
Brothers 5000 He wins & Titus 9000;
this firm last season shipped 1000 car
loads of cattle to the . St. Louis and
Kansas City markets. J. Bayard has
6000 head Dickey Brothers 10000.
The Kansas City Company shipped
more than 5000 beeves to Kansas City
and eastern markets during the past
season and now have upwards of 12000
cattle on the range. Messrs. Quinlan
& Crawford have 5000 head B. B. Q.
Campbell has 10000 J. Campbell
5000 Ben Miller has 3.000 head J.
Waters has 2500. Messrs. Bates &
Beal in the Panhandle of Texas own
and control 40000 head; and still we
might enumerate further but the above
is a fair sample of the many herds nov
covering this immense cattle range.
Buyers direct from the western mark-
ets visit the range each year. Thous-
ands of head each year pass through
ths city en route for the eastern mark-
ets while other thousands are shipped
into this city from Missouri Arkansas
and other points east en route for the
great range. A calf which costs $10
when it becomes a 2-year-old is worth
at least $20 Large animals are always
in demand. Four-year-old steers
weighing 1400 pounds and upwards
are fattened almost exclusively for the
European market.
The cattle trade of this vast region
has become so large that the various
great lines of railway are reaching out
rivaling each other in their efforts to
tVa rrafK. TtlA Ronto Fa
j by reason of the Caldwell branch and
its main line running through .Dodge
City has for a long time been able sub-
stantially to control the cattle ship
mentsof this section But this mon-
opoly cannot always last. The line of.
.""-
Territory westnrd lo AHiaqaetqo.
I .ti i;r. ;m!
strike the heart ot tne great cattle
great cattle.
r.nmi n.1 T1 tTilTifr rtAIEIT PHTlnl. '-ill
in the Tery near future control the
crcat cattle trade and fitment of this
Feciion gtTing a uirrct uuuci vo 01.
Louis. The final opening of the
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mtJ reiara e wue rac or
I tlAniilA. ' Yflt WA ViaI Iava til.
w bmw bvu wgci vruportlnna tv
.rill .
it has to-day. 1 No business (sajTu
mora remnnerativa. Pn .
vU uow tu
vast herdsmen of the plains repreae
much of the material wealth and pro
perity of tho courtry and their cam
thrive and their flocks increasa .
r.nA thv Blon. "e
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Attend to Your Charities During Life
Among large fortunes accumulated
by industrious and successful year
which have completely failed of scconj.
plishing anything is that of Edwin
Forrest. He was the beau ideal among
actors of the head of the profession
though many of the people took another
view. He was abstemious recluse care-
ful industrious and received the largest
prices for his playing and worked with
tho ATCAYiHon of a fewTA&rn fmn v
vuw w-v y f .ym m
childhood when he turned somersanlu
in the sawdust up to a rounded age.
His domestic life was a complete fail
ure. He not only separated from his
wife made their quarrels publio and
covered his soul with raff ft in bin
tempt to bespite her and degrade her
but he kept his own sister from marry-
ing and finally died leaving what was
supposed to be at least $1000000 in
property and money. He owned an
expensive house for those days on
rtrnnd afreet. Philadelphia in which tm
had a large library and pointings and
. i1 aV . tt
having sold his casue on me uaason
Rivor he bought what was considered
the finest farm for plants hot-houses
etc in the Middle States that Caleb
Cope bought ten miles north of Phila
delphia. This property he willed to
actors as a home for them thoHgh he
had been sparingly . social with them
while he lived. The property has so
run down through tho distaste of mo-
dern society for country estates that it
will not probably bring one-fourth of
the price that Forrest paid for it and
its income is almost nothing and it can
support but one or two pensioners a
year. In a similar way Forrest's city
property has declined. Consequently
the most laborious and prosperous
ar-tor on the American stage has not
left enough estate to feed and clothe
fwn rmnrjers. The property pays the
lawyer $2000 or $3000 a year pays its
taxes and hangs along. This would
appear to be another illustration of the
advisability of doing ones cnamy
while he his life to attend to it. The
old doorkeeper of Forrest McOordle
a hard man who was concerned in the
Astor Place riots died at the Forrest
Home so poor that some of the actors
have been asked to subscribe to a sew-
ing-machine for one of his daughters.
Nevertheless Mrs. Forrest whom lor-
rest hated so obtained a comfortable
allowance out of the estate and her
declining years were made comfortable
by Forrest's unintended labor. oiw
cinnati Enquirer.
He Fooled with Bolivar's Trunk.
Rnrffiited with spangles flip-flaps
ambling horses double-jointed riders
and the hair curling repartee 01
l"VTT7Ta William MallOT. Ol -Ueiawaro
county hied him to the elephant tent
at the circus for the purpose of solving
a conundrum that has troubled ms
somewhat inquisitive mind a longtime.
"To or. AlanhanfR trnnk hollOW Or is it
solid meat?" is the question the Dela-
ware county resresentativd has asked
himaelfmanv times. Excepting a few
philanthropic individuals who were
'eeding peanuts to the eiepnania .
tent was empty when Mr. aianuj
;ered and made a bee-line for the Dig-
est beast in the place tie goi w
at once and tapped and hanoua
fWllv. but in le
than five seconds after he poked W
cane up one of the monster's nostrils he
was making more revolutions per min-
ute than a circular saw running with
1000 pounds of steam on. Lulu when
shot from the cannon may fly 4gl
the air more gracefully than Mr. MaUoy
but certainly not half so speedily. Be
fell promiscuous-like about thirty t
from he spot he soared from and a
struck the ground. Bolivar who haj
watched his victim's progress throng
When picked Mr.
A. .-CTutioa h.
u-n-
br
D"
. 1 rt Tiolivar evince
j "J". br aumeroui
-rous granU.
"
compaai1
e fctrcci
Jomed I M. 7
"Yside and back by Bolitar. tr
''land although no bones axe broke
Ia ! bucketful of liniment will be reqj
! j to put him ia a. good.eoW
uutacuiu v.
. to pit Lira ia as gwu vv --. . lt
was t-efore be De?an ti
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