The Albany Star. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. [24], Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1883 Page: 1 of 7
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for a settlement
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and OkjmBm and ittmej Goo
; went to Sow York sad parti ci
of opening the great
the Milwaukee lawyer
i who flung a glass of water and a volley of
epithets in the face of Judge Mall*17, baring
completed the term of thirty days' imprison
meat to whicb she was condemned for her
eccentricity, was released from jail.
—Patrick Tynan "So. 1," through Gen.
Roger A. Pryor, kw eeunsel, haa informed
the British consulate in New lork that when
ever called upon be will promptly appear bo-
fore the United State* Marshal and defend
himself in the courts against any and all
charge*. Gen Fryer says his client lias been
" in the neighborhood of Willow street,
for at least a month, with his wife
and children and under his correct name.
—In revenge for the refusal of the wife o
one of his partners to give social recognition
to the new Mrs. Tabor, ex-Senator Tabor, of
Denver, instituted legal proceedings against
the partner for embezzlement The trial of
the case resulted in the partner's acquittal,
and he will now bring suit against Tabor for
malicious prosecution. The Denver Club,
the principal social organization of the city,
has expelled Tabor, alleging as the cause his
marriage with a woman with whom the wives
of members could not associate and still re
taintheir self-respect
KitOo*"
ortdtaf
hit'll dietaries,
tily by tbepeopj
—4 report «oms from 8L Pebersburg that
..rorioaa to the fepartor* of the Emperor for
Ww an exfitZa occurred under, the
vuhsUadaad n the fire-place in his drees-
—The entry at the Czar and Czarina of
Knaaia into Moscow, preliminary to the coro-
So^moito,oi«rred on t£e 22d of May,
•ad waa aaaritoi with g eet pomp, PTO"
* mUU royal personages aud
The Czar waa cheered lus-
be people along the line of the pro-
aim acknowkSged the compliment
rraeefnlly. There were no untoward events
tiring thsiay.
-The President appointed Richard Lambert,
of California, United gates Cousul at San
Mm, Mexico.
—Secretary XtOer appointed a commission,
oMiiiating of Henry C linn, John G. Fisher
and John Q. A. Peyton, of Kansas, to appraise
the Kickapoo Indian lands in Kansas
—The President has appointed Walter
Evans, of Loeisville, ly., Commissioner of
iLteraal Bereaue in place of Green B. Baum,
ruigned. The President also appointed Capt
Ferguson, of Greenville, Miss , a member of
the ItiMisaippi Hirer Owemtssion, to succeed
apt. James B. Eads.
—The Irisii Catholic clergy of Montreal op
pose affiliation of all the Irish sock-tie*, ou
ttic ground that it would savor of a political
alliance, and may result in causing trouble
with the Orange societies.
—fhere were heavy frosts throughout the
Sortliveet ou the tiA and 23d of May, causing
•erioiu damage to frail Wheat 'and corn
Farminer North and South.
Writer in Agricultural He view.
To enable your readers to understand
the great burden under which the
Southern people labored, I will make
a comparison between tlie profits of
farming North and South. The South
sent last year to the North $55,000,000
for wheat, $50,000,000 for corn, $72,-
000,000 for meat, and $25,000,000 for
hay—in all $202,000,000. Now, if the
South has sent the same amount every
year since tlie war, it will amount to
$3,332,000,000. It requires the labor
of eight men,at present prices of cotton
to purchase the corn that the labor
of one man produced in Illinois. I
suppose the lalxir of one man will put
in seventy-five acres of wheat in forty
days; and if the crop is a good one, it
will be 1125 bushels, to purchase which,
, in the South, will require the labor of
J seven men making cotton for a whole
year. One man in the North can raise
and fatten enough hogs to purchase
100 bales of cotton, at present prices
of meat and.cotton, or the labor of
twelve men for a year. Is it any won-
der that the white man of the South
is jKior, and always has been poor, and
lived in jx>or houses, rode ]>oor horses,
and lived poor? Is it any wonder that
the income of a man owning thirty-five
slaves was not equal to the income of
I a policeman? But, my dear general,
j this thing is changing. The old wool-
| dyed cotton planter in passing away—
| going, I hope, where he will Fee no
j cotton fields or cotton gins. And the
I youug generation will farm; they will
| make corn, wheat, oats, grass and stock.
I The South will keep the $202,000,000
I that they annually send up North.
_ j Then the old cabins will disappear,
S? ' ^ ^ their place will spring up nice
flog the roQDg cotton plants.
Casssl
tie*.
-TLc line schooner Wells Burt
> in the recent storm
1 board, ten men
Mur Chicago!
Michigan, ill
perished
Cori, a^rouu^ mi
foundered
on Laic
and a boy,
■ fell backward
Mich , and was
of bis bjdy falling
cottages, and they will fide Rood horses
and throw awav their home-made tobac-
co and butternut clothes.
Jin Curry.—Allie but in Hot Water.
From a letter addressed to a party
apooa log-saw at
cut In two, " '
la different _
-A flood in the stream that flown through
the cttr of Bead wood, Dakota, swept awav
eevoral bridges and a somber of houaee.
euZsLw "tiiaatod of •OUi.UX)
in this city, it is learned that Jim Cur
rv, who figured extensively in the prints
j of the country in connection wit h the
shooting of the actor, Porter, at Mar-
shall, several years ago, again brought
himself into notoriety on the 18th of
_pi_ .1- ■> 1 , ,, .. May. lie is a proprietor of a saloon
rusd Company's cabinet, uphobTurry and pajnt1tlic vllluK<' u{ Hh" Antonio, N. M., a
•hop*. Mar Joraor Cny, causing aloes of j abort distance. Iiclow Socorro. Curry
'tansnt^'^ mV" WU, '1B4' <,U11''07 a bar keeper
- . v, „ j whom he jiaid lils-rally. To his em-
n4 Well. Kiver rail/< d 'e°brujih flre'burned 1 P'°Jr®r8> 'nt®n*® 'l^t this m.xer of
«t wood, Mill property, cars, etc., j ooolinp leverages peraietcd in spending
j* deaf tho ro^ caauing a loss of! his stipend in a neighboring and rival
• ".'V-.-f Idood
S6s
York, arose
use, at Hot
to got a drink
it aev
a death
the worst
years swept over
'May. It was
oMflait Hblp
md from ail uoihk
mA lose of llfeare
■ssssaa
■*rtya foot ■
saloon. Being remonstrated with, he
I responded in vigorwun aud emphatic
English, whereupon Curry drew a re-
volver, and hitting him over the head
and firing several shots, ejected him
from the saloon. The ex bar-keeeper
armed himself with a rep«a|tf)g rule,
and ensconaing himself behind a pile
of flags opened a vigorous fttsilade on
the si Moon, firing about six tr-two shots,
Oatry took refuge liehind a whisky
barrel and waa graced by teveral leaf-
lets, while two or three "bums," at the
time, were plugged. The end is not
yet-
Three t olas to Um Dollar.
It waa in the bar-room of an tip-town
hotel. A somewhat pretentious and
self-opinionated politician was treating
his listeners U a flatulent ox position
of Mmotallista, the ooinage and Um
now nickoL He know *11 about it, and
nobody could got a word in edgewise.
At lefth one of Um auditor a mid:
"By the way, lure you Been those now
oa—three to the dollar T
What are yon jpring met There
ain't no «uch coin,- eaid the
Hon fardtght mors
1 til the wine waa i
to vhilhrn Um United HUAeo tn<Mury
did or did not prod nee ootas, three U
whK'h made a dollar. The fMUeaan
Waning that it 414 4*ww from Us
jun ket two bright qn
Md M «grte:
United HUUa Um
«Mir4MeMtiM4j
By far the most important element
la the comfort of the traveler is the
rate of continuous speed attained by a
railroad train. The high rate of the
accommodation train doe^ not ofbet
the worry and fret of the continuous
stops, and a long run -without getting
over much ground is an annoyance al-
most as grievous as being side-tracked
in the broiling sun on a not summer's
day to wait for a belated freight train
or an aggravating excursion which
blocks the way. England, as a recent
essay by Mr. A. L. Roach shows, sur-
passes us both in the number and
8peed of their fast trains, but Germany,
though only a little behind, can hardly
claim any superiority over this country
in the matter of fast trains. The fast-
est train in the world for Borne years,
and it probably is so still, though its
time has been somewhat reduced, is
"The Flying Dutchman," which used
to cover the distance between London
and Bristol, 118i miles, in two hours.
Germany follows with a train from
Berlin to -Hanover, which runs 152{
miles in three hours and forty-eight
minutes, which is at the rate of 51.7
miles an hour.
The palm for speed in this country
is closely contested by the two compa-
nies performing the service between
Philadelphia and New York. During
the Centennial two hours and a half
was the shortest time known between
New York and Philadelphia. Since
then two-hour trains have become fre-
quent upon the time-table, and the
competition as to wliich road should
make that time the oftenest has been
very sliarp. According to schedule,
the train leaving Jersey City by the
Pennsylvania at 4 r08 p. m. runs at the
rate of 47.8 miles an hour, while that
on the Bound Brook route runs at the
rate of 47.7, b«t has a mile less dis-
tance to run and less populous towns
to traverse. It is difficult to say which
best deserves the palm for fast time.
F'or long distance, the New York and
Chicago limited is without a rival in
the world, making, as it does, 913
miles in twenty-five hours. The fast-
est long distance train, and the fastest
train for any distance of more than
fifty miles, is the express on the Or-
leans line between Paris and Bordeaux,
which runs .'I5D miles in nine hours
and ten minutes, or thirty-nine miles
an hour.
The elements bearing into the short-
ening of time between two distances
are many and they increase rapidly, I
even out of proportion to the gain in |
the speed. Exceptional runs have
been made on nearly every railway in
the country, and there are few fir*t j
clag.s roads over which a passenger ;
coacl. hns not been hauled at the rato j
of a mile a minute. Mr. Vanderbilt !
has often traveled 100 miles in 100 |
minutes, and an engine has drawn a |
Bingle coach between Philadelphia and ,
New York in ninety-five minutes. The
4 .08 train previously spoken of always I
runs some parts of the distance ut a j
rate of more than u mile a minute, and |
its easiest run is from New Brunswick
to Trenton twenty-five. miles in
twenty-six minutes and a half. This
speed is only possible, however, with a
heavy engine, heav\ steel rails, a solid
road-bed, a comparatively light train,
slight grades and easy curves. All of
these elements have their force, and
how great force will lie lietter under-
stood when it is known that the im-
provements now making 011 tho Penn-
sylvania will enable the company to
shorten the time between New Vork
ami Philadelphia ten to fifteen minutes,
without any faster running than is
done on many long stretches now.
The straightening of the track and the
moving of the bridge across the Pas-
saic, and the finishing of the last cut
through Bygen hill, will savo four
minutes in the eight miles between
Newark and New York, and the reduc-
ing of the grade and sinking of tracks
through the northern part of Philadel-
phia, will help almost as much more.
When the work is completed, "to New
York in one hundred minutes" will lie
a reality rather than a possibility.
Ueaeral Scott's Narrow Karape.
[In 1861 General Hoott was fellow
voyager with Mr. Wood on his memor-
able miasi on to Europe.J
One evening after otir supper, I said
to the general: "There is one question
I have always wished to ask yon, lrat
have been restrained by fear that it
might be improper." The general drew
himself up, and said in his emniiatie
"Bir, yon are incapatri* of
aahing en improper question." I said:
"Yon an very kind; b«t if my inquiry
is indiscreet I am snre you will allow
it to pass unanswered." "I bear you,
sir." he replied. "Well then, geumral,
did anything remarkable happen to
roa oa the morning of the battle of
Chippewa r liter a brief bat improe-
shro sileaee he eaid: "Tea, sir;
thing did happen to a
vary rsnierkeHa I will now,
third time in my life, repeat the story:
4aj 0< JaLr, ISU, wm
heat. OaMtenr
11 i*li< d with a British fores
by OoiMral UialL Iron an
1 mo sMrafaf 101 late in
WaMirirw the ea
of the
informing me that she was the w4e of
a member of parliament, who
at Quebee; that her children,
and a young lady Mend were
with her in the house; that General
BiaU had placed a sentinel before her
door; and that she ventured, with great
doubts of the propriety of the request,
to ask that I would place a sentinel
upon the bridge to protect her against
-stragglers from our camp. I assured
the messenger that the lady's request
should be complied with. ' Early the
next morning the same messenger,
bearing a white flag, reappeared with a
note from the same lady, thanking me
for the protection she had enjoyed,ad-
ding that, in acknowledgment U>f my
civilities, she begged that I wouhl,with
such members of my staff as I chose to
bring with me. accept the hospitalities
of her house at a breakfast which had
been prepared with considerable atten-
tion, and was quite ready. Acting up-
on an impulse which I have never been
able to analyze or comprehend, I called
two of my aids, Lieutenants Worth and
Watts, and returned to the mansion al-
ready indicated.
"We met our hostess at the door,
who ushered us into the dining room,
where breakfast awaited us, and where
the young lady previously referred to
was already seated by the coffee, urn,
ou/hostess asking to be excused lor a
few minutes, and the young lady im-
mediately served our coffee. Before
we had broken our fast, Lieutenant
Watts rose from the table tor get his
bandanna (that being before the days
of napkins), which he had left in his
cap on a side table by the window; ]
glancing through which he saw Indians
approaching the house on one side, and
red-coats approaching on the other,
with an evident purpose of surround-
ing it and us,—and instantly exclaimed
'General, we are lietraved * Surincnm
General, we are betrayed! Springing
from our table and clearing the house, attention to affairs.
I saw our danger, and remembering I ian by birth and a
Lord Chesterfield had said, 'Whatever
is worth doing at all is worth doing
well,' and as we liad to run, and my
legs were longer than my companions',
I soon out stripped them. As we
made our escape we were fired at but
got across the bridge in safety.
"I lelt so much shame and mortifica-
tion at having nearly fallen into a trap,
that I could scarcely Jix my mind up-
The Northwest Texas Cattle Kaisers'
association has been in session three
days at Fort Worth. 'The organiza-
tion has a membership of 223, who
own from one, to sixty thousand cat-
tle, and represent a grand total of 1,-
400,000 cattle. There are several who
can boast of the ownership of from
forty to sixiy thousand head, and four-
teen who lay claim to over 20,000.
Among the first from the North to em-
bark in the cattle business in Texas,
were the Hartwell brothers, who went
from Bloomington. Illinois in the fall
of 1875. The aggregate of their worldly
possessions amounted to $48,000. This
sum they invested in Greer and Tom
Green counties, starting out with
4,300 cattle. To-duy they are the own^
en of 00.000 head, and are reputed to ' •
be worth at least $1,500,000. During
the season of 1882 they sold 10,000
head, and this year they expect to
brand 15,000 calves. For the last six
years they have been grading up with
Short horns and Herefords, and now
have one of the best herds in the State.
The largest ranch in the State is
that of Charles Goodnight, located at
the head of Red river. lie began buy-
ing land four years ago, securing 270,-
000 acres at thirty-five cents an acre.
In the meantime the price lias advanc-
ed from $1 to $2 per acre, but he is
still buying and now controlls 700,000
acres. To inclose his landed jKissess-
ions, 250 miles of fencing is required.
Mr. Goodnight has a lierd of 40,000
cattle. It is not the largest in the
State, but it is generally conceded to
be the finest, having been graded up
with unusual care. The superioirty of
his herd is evidenced by a recent sale
of 200 yearlings at $20 per head, while
the average price for Texas yearbng is
$15. He branded over 10,000 calves
last year, and will brand as many more
this season. Mr. Goodnight lives on
his ranche and gives his personal
lie is a Kentuck-
broud-minded and
liberal man.
m
The Matador Cattle company's ranch
I is situated in Motley and Cottle conn-
I ties on the Pease river. This property
j including 100,000 acres, was recently
] sold to a company of Scotch capitalists
at $1,250,000. A. D. Pickering, of C'hi-
jcago, was formerly interested in this
I ranch. The Worsham Cattle company,
in Willbarger and Hardeman counties,
on the duties, which ffotv demanded my j have 35,000 head. Their ranch covers
undivided attention. I knew that I
had oommited a great indiscretion in
accepting the singular invitation, and
that if any disaster resulted from it I
richly deserved to lose lioth my com-
| mission and my character. I constantly
J found myself wondering whether the
! lady really intended to betray us, or
| whether we hail l>een accidentally ob-
| served. The question would recur,
! even amidst the excitement of battle.
j Fortunately, my presence and services
in the field were not required until
Generals Porter and Ripley had been . - ■
engaged at intervals for several hours,1 handle and
so that when my brigade, with Tow
son's artillery, «<-re ordered to cross
Street's Criiek, my nerves and confi-
dence had become measurably quieted
and restored. I need not describe the
a territory forty by sixty miles. The
cattle were bought last summer of
Stevans & Worsham for $000,000.
They marketed about 4,000 three and
four year old beeves, and branded 8,-
500 calves. William Young, of Mil-
waukee, a gentleman well known on
the Chicago Board of Trade, is secre-
tary and treasurer and a lurge
stockholder in this company. The
Western Land and Cuttle company, of
London, organized in 18854 with a capi-
tal stock of £300,001), having .'$0,000
cattle, mostly half-breeds, in the Pan-
tile borders of New
Mexico. James a Forbes, of London,
is managing director in America.
The amount of Texas ranch property
controlled by Chicago capita) much
more than is generally supposed. I
battle of Chippewa. That belongs to j could name a score of Chicugoatis who
ami is part of tho history of our coun-
try. It is suflicent to say that at the
close of the day we w ere masters of
the position, ami that our arms were in
no w ay discredited. The British army
had fallen l>uck, leaving their wounded
in our possession. The mansion which
I had visited in the morning was the
largest house near, and to that the
wounded officers in both armies were
carried for surgicial treatment. As
soon as 1 could leave the field I went
to look after my wounded. I found the
English officers lying on the first floor,
and our own on the floor above. I saw
in the lower room the young lady whom
I haul met in the morning at the break-
fast table, her white dress all sprinkled
with blood. She had been attendiug
to the British wounded. On the second
floor, just as I was turning into the
room whore the officers wete, I met my
hostess.
"One glance at her was quite sufll
cient to answer the question which I
had been asking myself all day. She
had intended to l etray me, and nothing
but the accident of my aid rising for
his handkerchief saved us from cap-
ture.
Years afterwards in reflecting upon
this incident, I was led to doubt wheth-
er I had not mis<•oustrued her atartled
manner as I suddenly encountered her.
That unexpected meeting would hare
oooasioned <ynbarra*sment in either
contingency; and it is so dUBeult to be-
lieve a lady of cultivation and refine-
ment capable of such an act, that I am
arc more or less extensively engaged
I in the business of cattle raising. The
Chicago and Texas ('attic company,
| recently organized, has from 12,01)0 to
J 13,000 head on the Colorado and North
Concho rivers. The herd which is
j well graded up cost $215,000. The
I officers are: Isaac Waixel, president,
C.B.Moore, secretary; W. M. Dar-
lington, treasurer, and J. E. i>arliii«-
|ton, resident manager. Nelson Mor-
ris recently bought 124,880 acred in Tom
Green and Andrews counties, wliich lic
intends to fence uiid stock at once.
This tract lies within eight miles of
the Texas and Pacific railroad. Ad-
joining this prouertv J. B. Hoxie owns
61,200 acres. &lr. lloxie has also a
little patch of 84/JOO acres 111 the Pan-
handle, and a large and finely stocked
ranch in tho vicinity of Taylor. The
Chicago syndicate, composed of J. V.
Far well, C. B. Far well, Abner Taylor
and Coldnel Babcock (the latter gen-
tleman of Canton, Illinois), who has
the contract for building the State-
house at Austin, received for their out-
lay 3/100,000 acres of choice land. The
cost of the structure was to lie $,1,500,-
000, but subsequent changes in tlie
plan, will, it is said, incr<>aso the cost
to $2,000,000. It is the intention of
the parties to fonoe their property as
soon as practicable and stock it with
TexiA cattle, grading up with Here-
ford and Polled Angus bulls.
now, nearly'half a centnrv after the
event, disposed to give my hostess Um
hooeflt of that 4own>.<
"And tow sir," added the general,
this is the third time in my life I have
told this story. I do not remember to
have been spoken to before on that
yean." Ha at
with
subject for man/ jre
me, and pismsd to 1
himself a few ataomi
intimacy with
kot inquire how
a. kpowledfeof yoar sa-
,fWall,
kept the secret fa.tl
lorqr years, always^
i vornKM|Mf«
I rsaarkaUe Incident ia I
r UUr-From th* Julohiovra
vi m MV iiiiupawip
dertahos to pay $1,000 in case of
oa the production of Um last r
and a proportionate sum for it
• M
A Newspaper Novelty.
A Paris paper, thai Hauloi#, has
adopted a new aohome of premiums,
whUh quite exools the American syatent
of phromos, dictionaries, strawberry
ptaM$,or sewing machines. It is that
of insuring thslifaof each subscriber
■gafrst railway aooidania or other mis-
haps of travel. The management un-
" death,
reoeipt,
- wul . mmm.
The purenaser of even a single number
taay baUeflt by the arrangement if
anything happens hbfc during the day.
This ia a now thinein ailvevlWaf. It
Esjjk
Times.
TWfow lf*xr soon to he smh-1 Ir is hard to pleeae everybody. A
' MvtocriptUm fry UouQhUm, |^Ueeaan^hanged la Mew
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