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Saturday, February 9, 1884.
For repairs,
What do we need a navy for?
of course. .
Two hundred flowery stump-speakers will
be let loose in Michigan the coming fall in the
interest of the new Union party.
Chicago contains 125,000 Germans and they
are organizing for a friendly bout with the
Irish in the oftice-seekiug industry.
An Indiana mayor who refuses to rise and
explain on a projected street railroad is ac-
cused of being as dumb as an oyster.
" Some go out tor wool and come back
shorn." Does the brogan fit the pedal ex-
tremity of any particular individual ?
Will President Arthur succeed himself?
asks a New York journal. We venture to re-
mark that he will if be can possibly do so.
"~An Indiana newspaper characterizes its rival
as a " two-cent whelp." and intimates that it
is having its hide tanned ** by the act of God.'
A GREAT many trade dollars are now in the
hands of speculators. In due course they will
no doubt be redeemable at par. So it is ex-
pected.
Tuby are offering $2 apiece for Apache
scalps in Arizona, and a Connecticut youth
has been supplying the imitation
great success, financially.
article with
Prince Victor Napoleon will do the
United States. It is suggested by a contempo
rary that he run for street commissioner in
some live burg and settle down.
Miss Wheeler, the poetess, has made it pay
to write, for she has bought and paid for a
house with the product of her pen. She is,
however, but one in ten thousand.
JLi—. -1L "
Ex-Congressman Lock wood, of Buffalo,
who nominated Mr. Cleveland for governor of
the Empire State, is authority for stating that
the latter has presidential aspirations.
The " professional" spiritualist will steer
clear of Ohio if that State carries out its pro-
position to tax the materializers &J00 a liead.
Indeed it looks bad for the seance conductor.
King Louis, of Bavaria, has rooms in his
Upper story to let. The lirst symptoms were
observed recently when he tried to glut the
market with poetry. In short, the king is a
crank.
*1 Mr. Blaine," says the Morning Journal,
•* lays down his historical pen at the end of
every sentence and runs out to the front door
to see how the Arthur machine is coming
along."
Senator Payne's what-are-we here-for
platform is the way the Chicago Herald puts
it. Of course, Mr. Voorhee3 had no trouble
in climbing on that platform. It can't be Payne
and Voorhees. There must be some ballast.
Two suites of apartments at Windsor Cas-
tle are to be actually furnished with curtains
and upholstery of Irish poplin. This act is
perhaps to appease the indignation of the de-
Btructionists. Will O'Dvnamite allow the pur-
chase i
IIow to save the oyster—make the starfish
an article of food. It is called a radiated
echinoderm. but for all that it is said to be a
toothsome delicacy that may be cooked in vari-
ous ways. Let the dudes cail for starfish a la
Bandy Hook.
A Michigan Greenback orator recently,
warming up to his work, declared Congress
could, if it so desired, manufacture money out
of cats' tails. And it is related his auditors
were delighted at this logical outburst, and
loudly cheered him.
British conservatives were somewhat de-
moralized on the collapse of the first debate.
They will try again, but Baker Pasha, even if
he had gone under with his swarthy minions,
is not precisely the hero whose fate would
arouse national ardor.
PROPOSED ABOLITION OF NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE.
It is remarked that the proposition of Sena-
tor Voorhees, to give free transmission by mail
to newspapers and periodicals, has not met
with much favor from the press of the coun-
try. Whether the press in general is for the
measure or against it, or is merely indifferent
about it, may be thus far an open question. I|
is certain, however, that the press in general i
not clamoring for it as an act of grace and
beneficence to the newspaper interest- No re-
spectable newspaper establishment asks the
government to transport its printed matter
without charge. It knows very well that such
service can not be rendered without expense,
end it is perfectly willing to bear its full share
of the necessary expense. But because this is
the attitude of the true representatives of the
press, it does not follow, as has been argued in
some quarters, that there i9 no reason
why a proposition to abolish newspaper
postage should be favorably entertained in
Congress. To argue thus is to consider the
question from an utterly erroneous point -of
view. To be viewed properly it must. be.
viewed without reference to any special in-
terest, and in the light of a comprehensive
public interest. As the people at large are in-
finitely more concerned; in the freedom of the
press than the comparatively few persons who
make and sell newspapers* so they are in-
finitely more concerned than these compara-
tively few persons in having the greatest fa-
cilities for the easy, cheap, speedy and limit-
less distribution of newspapers. Prom the
foundation of our government the public
policy of the country in this relation was de
fined in the constitutional provision for post-
offices and post-roads. The early presidents
again and agaiu evinced their solicitude that
measures should be taken to promote the
freest and widest diffusion of intelligence
among the people. Washington, during his
second term, after advising some additional
taxation as necessary to an adequate revenue,
adds: " But here I can not forbear to recom-
mend a repeal of the tax on the transportation
of public prints. There is no resource
so firm for the government of the United
States as the affections of the people guided by
an enlightened policy ; and to this primary
good nothing can conduce more than a faith-
ful representation of public proceedings, dif-
fused without restraint, throughout the United
States." In his farewell address he returned
to the subject and endeavored to impress his
countrymen with an enduring conviction of
its vital importance by this final exhortation:
•' Promote, then, as an object of primary im-
portance, institutions for the general diffusion
of knowledge. In "proportion as the structure
of a government gives force to public opinion,
it is essential that public opinion should be en
lightened." Thus it appears that the argu
ment for the free transmission of printed mat-
ter containing needful information for the
people of the country rests upon the same
general basis as the argument for a free-
school education for the children of the
country. Of course the argument means
that both these services should be per
ormed at the public expense, because they
are demanded by a fundamental and compre-
hensive public interest. Newspaper establish
ments in the mere character of private in
dustries could manage, with a reasonable
freedom of enterprise, to distribute their pro
ducts and make money, and some of them
might even make more money in markets
sought at their own expense than they could
liope to make if newspaper postage were abol-
ished and a proportionately wider field of
competition were opened. Be this as it may,
such a proposition as that of Senator Voorhees
should not be adopted without careful modifi-
cation. Adopted as it stands, it would cer-
tainly" be grievously abused. The mails would
be loaded with printed trash and trumpery
advertising matter. Spurious and irrespon-
sible sheets would spring up to take advantage
of the privilege, and wildcat newspapering
would become a nuisance and a scandal. If
there is no way to surround a measure for free
mail distribution with conditions to guard
the mails against imposition, and the public
against false pretejxse, spuriousness and
fraud, then it is better to require that all
newspapers and all printed matter shall pay
moderate postage according to weight and
to bulk.
first Revolution, the disappointment and dis-
cord of the Restoration, the great but devasta-
ting wars of the fir,-it and thq humiliation, of
the disastrous second empire. It is evident
that neither, the . Napoleonic, idea, ngr,, the
.funeral of a prominent leader of thfi Bonapart-
ist faction, like M. Rouher, is , equal
tq the task of disturbing the tranquillity that
now reigns in the French capital. To fire the
French heart, or start another boom. for. im-
perialism, might possibly be effected by a man
of genius like the g^aat- founder.of the .first,
empire, but hardly by such men as the present
leaders of the Bonapartists. If it was intended
by M,. Roiiher's funeral to electrify the
French people with the Napoleonic idea by re-
minding them that the Bonapartists are still
alive, it has been a failure. If anything, it
has shown, nothing, but the . fycreaqigg. weak-
ness of that party and the growing influence
of republicanism in France.
STA1PB PR73SS.
An opinion prevails that Senator Sherman
is the favorite candidate of Wall street on the
Republican side. Who is the favorite of Wall
street on the Democratic side? Wall street is
so great that it will surely not be content with
less than two candidates.
Four hundred Boston women have appended
their signatures to legislation petitions against
granting further suffrage to women. In the
hub of the universe the howling of four thou-
sand women would not amount to much. They
are entirely too plentiful in that region.
———■i——————
The Courier-Journal, which favors the sus-
pension of the collection of the whisky tax.
represents that the tax is paid by consumers.
The tax is not paid by consumers till they buy
the whisky, and before they can ouy it the tax
must be paid by those who now own the whisky
in bond.
One of the moral mysteries of this world is
that a cyclone should ever have touched the
town of Grinnell, Iowa. There are no saloons
there, and no one has been sent to the poor-
house, jail or penitentiary from there for
twenty years. But—ah, yes! the town was
named for a congressman.
The German imperial family is greatly dis-
turbed at the renewal of matrimonial differ-
ences between Prince Frederick Charles and
his wife, the Princess Marie Anna. The prin-
cess has returned to her family at Anhalt, and
has refused for once and ail to live under the
same roof with her husband.
. ! - ' —.
Professor John L. Sullivan has gone to
Portland, Oregon, to fight a blacksmith, who
is described as "big as an ox, as black as char-
coal and as tough as a mule. He can crack
walnuts with his teeth, lift 1500 pounds on a
pair of scales, and smash a two inch hickory
board with a blow of his fist."
At a London gymnasium, it is said, a girl
Jumped the bar at a height of four feet ten
inches. When a man in Colorado who has
"struck it" is introduced to the average
maiden, she jumps so high and so lively that
a strait jacket and tin vest are necessary to
keep her in a state of serenity.
In France the fair ladies get the preference
over men as signal and railroad clerks, etc., and
receive the highest rate of wages. Their tom-
perate habits is the secret of success. This is
a bad business, though, in the way of encour-
aging the lazy husband—who possibly prevails
in Ganl as well as in this country.
A dispatch from Rome, Italy, tells of the
death of Monsignor Hastlot, rector of the
American college. He had a short illness, the
result of a chill caught while seeing off some
of the American bishops after the recent con-
gress. He was generally beloved, and had
made the college an honor to America.
The quinine manufacturers formed a com-
bination last summer and advanced the price
20 cents an ounce—from £1 50 to $1 70. Two
British firms have dropped the price to 5 cents
below what it was before, as the combination
led to diminished sale, and they would not
•tend the loss of demand. In this instance im-
portation unquestionably prevents domestic
monopoly, and in doing so illustrates a general
law <jf trade.
Rich. Robi nson has a little bill for a consti-
tutional amendment to permit the placing of
an export duty on cotton. The present protec-
tive tariff has doue about all the farmers can
bear to encourage cotton-raising in other coun-
tries for the European market. Robinson's
idea, if carried into execution, would simply
Stimulate cotton growing in Asia till that in-
dustry might be rendered still less profitable
here, and be generally abandoned by Ameri-
cans.
AFTERNOON PIRATES.
A Texas morning paper thinks that inasmuch as
there exist patent and copyright laws already, it
would be well to complete the good work by passing
a bill, uow before Congress, K) protect newspapers
by giving them a copyright of their contents for
twenty-four hours. Else, it is claimed, the after-
noon papers, by an active use of the scl&sors and
paste-pot, republish the contents of their morning .
neighbor's columns almost before .the ink is dry.
This plea for protectidri of a certain kind is made
doubly effective by the evident disinterestedness of
the paner which makes it, as the journal we,quote
from is ia no danger of being clipped from. [Gal-
veston Evening Print.
There is a^out a^ much gall condensed in.
the above extract from the Print as it is well
possible to force in an equal amount of space.
The Newb has been pretty liberal with its
evening contemporary. Ever since it began
its existence the Print has been boiling down
and copying bodily, to the extent of something
like a columfi a day, The News's telegraphic
dispatches published in the morning. Now.
this has been done by the Print without a par-
ticle of credit to The News, or so much as
by your leave," and the best The News has
ever had from its evening contemporary has
been an occasional rem iuder that The N|:ws
was a very slow old coach indeed* and had
better wake up to what was going on in the
great world around it. The Ne>ys has stood a
good deal of this sort of thing in its time,
vever, and can overlook its youthfnl con-
frere's vivacity. Yet The News pays large
sums of money for its special telegraphic ser-
vice. The .Print constitutes itself an heir to a
goodly portion of the same, although it has
never been courteous enough to acknow-
ledge it. Of course the passage of a law
by Congress giving newspapers copy-
right privileges over their matter for.
the period of at least twentyrfour hours would
make it lively for newspapers of the Print's
caliber to get hold of fresh news sometimes, at
least without asking permission from the own
ers of the same. An author may copyright his
work, and it is recognized and protected as his
property. Why should not a newspaper have
equal protection? Twenty-four hours will suf-
fice for the newspaper, but this would be
enough to clip the wings of the afternoon pi
rates. The passage of a twenty-four-hour copy-
right law would at least have the tendency to
force a more courteous bearing upon some of
these afternoon gentlemen, and if it did no
more good than this it would certainly be a
step in the right direction.
KENTUCKY'S NEW SEN ATOM.
After a protracted struggle the legislature of
Kentucky has decided the succession to the seat
of United States Senator Williams. In doing
so one of the ripest congressmen and staunch
est Democrats in the country has been pro
moted. To those who know Hon. J. C. S.
Blackburn there is little nebcfk* write of what
he is or has been. His name in Kentucky is
coupled with the checkered history of
the State in his time, and there
no one who will raise his voice
in detraction of "gallant Joe Blackburn," as
his friends delight to call him. In the days im-
mediately following the war, Captain Black-
bum, like many a soldier v&ose fortune wa
lost in the great struggle, returned to his pro
fession with the earnest hope that by the arbit-
rament of arms the issues between the sections
had been settled. He was willing to accept the
result, and he urged his State to do the same.
Th9 times were iiot smooth and well balanced,
even in the neutral of Kentucky, and it
was not long before such wef> as Blackburn,
Helm, Hays, McCreary, Carlisle., Price and
Hardin were brought to the front. The county
of Woodford sent Captain Blackburn
to the legislature, and two years later returned
him without opposition. Leslie was then gov-
ernor, John G, Carlisle was lieutenant-gov-
ernor, James B. McCreajy, afterward governor
was speaker, and Cerro Gordp Williams, J
C, S. Blackburn and Sweeny ware lumbers of
the House of Representatives. Just abo^t the
close of the legislative session, which was
brilliant one, having many important issues to
dispose of, Mr. #*ck, then representative
Congress, announced ilpit he would not be a
candidate for re-election. Colonel Trabue.
a mossback Democrat, the only
man out for the place. j^iend
of Captain Blackburn besieged him
to run. and he finally with reluctance con-
sented to do so. The citizens of the Ashland
district of Kentucky well remember the bril
liant canvass which followed between Black-
burn and William Brown, the Ablest and most
eloquent representative of the ftepiuj^can
party in the State, Goodloe and Harlan not
excepted. The end of that campaign made
Blackburn a congressman, and since that time
his history is part .and parcel of the public
records of the country, young in year
and experience, he uia4* & name
for himself in the prosecuti<^; on
the fioor of the House, of the famous
Belknap < use. Later he unearthed and brought
to a head the star-route swindle, and throuj
out his public life £e has been a bitter and un-
compromising opponaitfc ijf jobs and jobbery.
Senator-elect Blackburn is forty Xour years of
age, and is a magnificent specimen yf i^/s£cal
manhood. As a speaker he is not remarkable
for fluency oi' brilliancy, but with impressive
sincerity of maM and vigor of expression
he never fails to btfld it £rowd when he com-
mences to talk. With his now t>;?e experience
he will make a welcome accession to Miv £*ates-
rnanship of the United States Senate, if not to
the millionairedom, age and venerable decrepi-
tude of that body.
M. RO USER'S FUNERAL.
Considering tLa mercurial nature of the
French character, reeeiit utterances of Prince
Napoleon and hints that M. R<^her's funeral
might be made the occasion of a jbon&pgrtist
demonstration, it is matter of some little sur-
prise that the obsequjes passed away as quietly
as those of a country squire. Though a large
crowd was present, including a $ umber of pro-
minent politicians—presumably composed
chiefly of those ot Bonauartist proclivities—no
demonstration was ru3.de and no attempt at
one. Outside of the Bonaparte family them-
selves, probably no Frenchman was more inti-
mately associated with the fortunes of the
second empire than M. Eugene Rouher. He
was the minister of justice under Louis Napo-
leon. He was minister of agriculture in 1855;
president of the council of state from
1863 to 1807, and was identified with
the internal administration of the
second «$npire till the fall of Napoleon III, in
1870. When, after Sedan, the last shred of
power departed frog? imperial master, M.
Itouher tied from France, Lu* returned in 1872,
was elected to the assembly at Versailles in
1872, and continued as a member till I6Y0, as
the adherent of Napoleon IV. It is, therefore,
noteworthy that no demonstration of partisan
feeling attended the last rites over the remains
of the distinguished representative of the second
enipire and the staunch ad^cate of another an<l
the third. *The .fact, small in it»eif, sufficiently
indicates the profound repose at present enjoyed
by France from civil tumults, the uproar aud
the bloody distractions that make her history
for the last century. Republicanism is becom-
ing stronger in France. Jt is becoming in-
trenched in the conservatism ot the country.
The French, tired of revolution, are apparently
so well satisfied with the experiment of seli-
goverament that neither the splendors of em-
pire nor the giory that hangs around the Ita-
poleonic dynasty can tempt them to re-enter
upon the discussion uiu! troubles of the past.
They have had enough of internecine domestic
strife and internecine slaughter to appreciate
the present repose of their country. To r#4ch
it they have wadod through the blood of thw
What the I*i$ario^ Papers Say.
The Dallas Times reports briefly the p^ocefedj
ings at a meetiujj of, colo^e4 Republican* ii}
that city, which, tfc e Times says, was addre^ted
by Dick Nelson, of the Galveston, Spectator Jqq
♦he political status of the^colored man in Texr^s:
Richard reminded ,thein that there- are (Jft.Ofltt. He-
publican voters in the 5.tate. of whom 03,000 aiv
colored, apd then.osUed if they were getting their
•oliricaj rights. H< s^id the white Republicans in
>xas were such frfc.m mercenu?'v motives, and not
. it. was... they were oai
down ou. He said that tho colored man liad at-
.w^*ys r<ipeive$ mpr#;,CQnsyittration at the hands, of
tne Deipocrutsihaq at .the bands off the white Re-
publicans. The svm »»cn wrufce up ' the meeting ami
aspired Melvin AVade. George Hawkins, Frank
Fletcher and other.-? to speechify. The chances are
that in the 9tate convention the white Republican
will not be so potential as in the past. It is giv«-n.
out by white Repoblicans, and it is in all probabili-
ty a fact, that N'eison is a fraud. He is' said £0
luiye belonged to the gan^ of Cqney & Co., who, a
few months'ago, sold (be colored votes of Galves-
ton to the Democrats. It is further asserted that
he is organizing the colored .voters of Texas for the
purpose of increasing their Value in the elections
to take'place the present year. This may all fee
very true, but if the , negroes are to he used as
tools—and it seems ftyat they have been
all along—NefSon hAs clearer clainis' to any
money wbich can be 'realised Out of th'ein than the
white Republicans liave. * * *, The Republicans
of Texas are epjtitled to twrnriv-six delegates tp the
national convention. About two-thirds of the Re-
publican voters of the State are colored. Notwith-
standing this fact, heretofore twenty four of the
A Brooklyn man who recently, while a pas"
senger on a conductorless car, was assaulted
and beaten, has recovered damages from the
compaay. The Herald arg^ues that with this case
a precedent the many passengers who are
robbed on these cars, which are favorite busir
ness resorts of pickpockets, should be af^le to
compel the companies to reimburse them. A
few suits by this class of sufferers would con-
vince car-owners of the propriety of employing
conductors. Such a course may be quite ad
visable in large cities, but appears to be need-
less in small and orderly ones. The best econo-
my for the car companies is economy for the
public in the long,run, as service is naturally
extended according to the success of an enter-
prise developed according to its actual merits.
Giving employment to extra force at necessa-
rily moderate wages is not even in the line of
humanity where the requirement for extra
help is unreal
A system, of irredeemable ground rents has
grown up in Baltimore. The Hun declares it
an evil, and wpnts the restraining power of
law against its further extension^ The
State of Massachusetts, as far back
as 1SS5, found it necessary to at-
tach the ordinary incidents of property to
long leases, declaring that in all cases where
there is an unexpired residue of a term of fifty
years or more, the owners should be regarded
as freeholders, and the estate subject, like
freehold estates, to descent, devise, dower and
execution. B In Scotland nineteen years is re-
garded as the full limit proper for the liberty
of leasing. New York and Pennsylvania have
adopted laws against the long lease system.
Long leases are convenient for investors, but
of questionable propriety in a view of the gen-
eral interest.
The English papers are maliciously asking
Henry George what he intends doing with the
enormous profits of his lectures and his book
whether he intends applying his own doctrines
to them and making a fair divide with the
people. Thus they are pleased to misrepresent
him as a communist. His unwillingness to
divide the profits of his intellectual labor
might be taken as good evidence that he is not
a communist, if he had not explicitly so stated.
Profits from books and lectures are somewhat
different from landlordism—or at least that
sort of landlordism which is represented in
ground rents apart from any value'in improve-
ments or any compensation to the State for
the appropriation of tli8 laud, forests and
water privileges. Mr. George's arguments
will not be satisfactorily answered by ridicule
alone.
matter. The negroes
dtild see to it that they have seventeen out of the
twenty-six delegates to be appointed at, the ap-
proaching state convention to represent the l^epub-
icans of Texas in the national convention, or with-
draw from th¥1 party. The white Republicans of
Texas are entirely too greedy and proud. The ne-
groes have been citizens twenty years, and voting
the Republican ticket al! that tips*, still the gov -
ernpient never has yet placed a Texas "coon " in a
position where he could steal on a largo scale.
They have had to put up wjth robbing hen-roosts
and watermelon patches, while their white breth-
ren, no better than themselves politically, or other-
wise, in most cases, have had their hands in the
national treasury.
The Times seems to be disposed to sow dis-
cord in the Republican ranks. Let us have,
peace.
The Cleburne True Democrat (Greenbacker)
tomshing discovery that George Flournoy had
traveled all the wav--from San Francisco to Fort
W^orth to make Peter Smitli governor of Texas;
"ajia now they have discovered that Jay Gould is
trying to make a federal judge out of a San 4h£o-
5nio man named Ogden, The, idea iu each cass is
simply absurd. It is VeTiT Hf'
ever heard of the nian "named- Ogden, or even
thought of urging, recommending, or even suggest-
ing any man for appointment to tfye vacant federal
judgeship. As for,George Flourijoy's COnnectlpn
:with any scheme, intrigue. Or, plot, tp. Qoqtrpf. a
Tex^is nomination for governor, that If 'fytirq
preposterous still. He is not the sort of man for
thtit sort of work. He Is talented, bold, and im^ul-_
sive, almost recklessly frauk arid'open 1ii kit he
or thinks. Th£, hef t. his* lifq.
were spent In Texur-, and. Ins energies, his genius,
,and his,influence \\xr? qxerted w.moulding her in-
slitutiohs, developing lier resourets, apd^pfpniptjng
her prosperity. We came here for a visit to his olii
. home and his friends: and to attempt to couple his
name with a plot or scheme was an act ot supe'fil *
tive meanness.
" Adsuin;" The Richmond,Nation answers:
We are in receipt of an invitation to attend the
Murdi Gras to be held,aLGalve$ton qn.the SJth of
February. The citizens of Galveston have nnit'e v
in their efforts to nuik'ft'this tlfe grandest affair of
the kind tliat has taken jilace in the State, and that
they will succeed we havjj.no doubt. Tha.iuviUi
tidhd are the ftnest'we Mve seen Tor a good while,
and t}ie design,veryv beautiful, W.e_w^ll be the^e.
The Gainesville Independent says:
Judge Potter's charge on.the subject of violations
of the gaming law M as forcible. A pretty start
The bar a ti^es at Fall River, Mass., originate
in the condition of the industries especially
proteeted by the tariff. Excessive production
and subsequent stagnation are precisely what
hurt the workingman. As the Brooklyn Eagle
says of the factory hand, for two or three
yea^s, while he is employed at maximum rates,
lie may laugh at fci^e.n^n he calls a European
pauper; for two or three years affcepward he is
more of a pauper himself, for he is forced into
idleness altogether, or at best must accept re-
muneration which, in comparison with the
higher cost of living in tlii? country, makes
bin,, even poorer half the time than his foreign
competitor^. Tfep is how the tariff maintains
the dignity of American tapo£,
A pamphlet has been issued in Berlin en-
titled Bismarck and Twelve Years of His
Policy, from 1871 to 1S83. It is written with
an inspiration, and pretends to disclose per-
sistent intrigues on the part of Bismarck to
induce France to enter an Aus£ro-German alli-
ance against England and Ku&sia, ji^ibmarpk,
according to the pamphlet, first approached
the Count de Saint Villier, then French em-
bassador at Berlin, but mad© 129 allusion to
ths restoration to France of Alsace-Lorraine,
The S/e^cii embassador, the pamphlet says,
communicated' with tys government, which
repulsed the prince's overture. The pamphlet
is discredited b y German government oifiefaLs,
It will be interesting to learn as soon as pos-
sible wha( Mi*. Morrison's committee will do
with Mr. Morrisons tariff bill when it gets a
chance. l^Jie fc^ll Is a mild one,, being directed
rather at? the protective Superstructure upon
war taxes than at the war .taxes themselves.
Mr. Morrison is receiving considerable credit
for ingenuity in framing a measure which
offers some relief to industry, which the Re-
publicans may be embarrassed to oppose, unless
their £wy£r£ Democratic sympathizers can save
them from >the or*2e/j! by obstruction,
Poverty is the mother of vice and crime, and vice
and crime make cowards and slaves of a nation. If
onr preachers would only preach this doctrine a
little more than they do they would not have to
hold up their hands in holy horror at the rapid
growth of infidelity.
Here is a seeming dilemma, with horns as
long as tho$e of a Texas steer. The Bible says
the love of *money is the root of all evil, while
the True Democrat expresses its abhorrence of
poverty as though it was a religious sentiment.
Between the two there is room for safe middle
ground. "Give me neither poverty nor
riches."
The February number of the Texas Prairie
Flower, a. literary magazine,, devoted to the
Pure, the True, the Beautiful, prints articles
entitled Blossom, San Antonio Sketches,
Episode of a Shawl, After Many Years, the
Church of the Miraculous Appearance, Letters
to Young Ladies, the Confederate Capita]
During the War, Woman Versus Kitchen,
Lunatic Asylum (editorial), Peas upon a
Trencher, the Bride's Farewell, Be Just to the
Living.
The Bellville Standard reminds its readers
that the Mardi-Gras carnival at Galveston this
year promises to eclipse anything of the kind
ever seen in that city, and that the Santa Fe
road will sell round-trip tickets for the occa-
sion at So 25, one-halt the regular rates. The
tickets will hold good from the 20th instant to
March 2.
Complaints of mail failures are frequent*
Among the last is the following from the Bell-
ville Standard:
Irregularities in the mails on the Santa Fe have
become a subject of much complaiat among our
S?oplfc within the past two or three weeks. The
alvestoS News of Thursday dkt not reach here
uatil Sunday morning, and on Sunday evening not
a paper came to the Standard of any description—
the rime we usually receive the largest number.
Such frequent neglect of duty is without reasonable
excuse, and we think it is about time that the spe-
cial agent of the department should look into the
matter.
In reply to the objection of a Houston paper
to the passage, of a bill appropriating money
for deep water on Galveston bar, because it is
prepared by Congressman Ochiltree, the Bren-
ham Banner says:
If Mr. Ochiltree presents a good bill the fact of
its emanating from him should not militate against
its passage.
The Brenham Banner chronicles the death at
Independence, on the 5th instant, of Mrs. Annie
Marsh, agedi about eighty years. She was one
of the first 300 who settled in Austin's colony,
and had lived more than half a century in
Texas.
The Laredo Times, under the caption of An-
other Phase of the Mudd Case, says:
Saturday evening the Times received a pleasant
call from Mr. A. L. Montalbo, brother of the editor
of our local Spanish contemporary. El Horlzonte.
Mr. Montalbo is an attache of the Mexican National
railroad, and was on the train which knocked a
man off the bridge near Tomes Arispe. and so in-
jured him that his leg had to be amputated.. The
unfortunate affair did not occur until after dark,
and no one on board knew anything of it until they
reached' New Laredo. Arriving there, they were
told all about it, and all the train men, from the
conductor down, were' advised by friends outside
of railroad circles not to return to Saltillo, as they
would be arrester!, put in jail, with very little pros-
pect of getting out, and otherwise maltreated: but,
tearing 110 danger, when their train was ready to
ou it3 return, they all reported for duty,
atw were soon at the other end of the
road. Upon reaching Saltillo, they
learned that there were lodged against
the conductor, engineer and hrakeman charges of
criminal negligence resulting in the accident named.
Mr. Montalbo, Couductor Mudd and Engineer Gard-
uer, the parties charged, immediately proceeded to
police headquarters and gave themselves tap. Th^y
were placed in jail, where Messrs Montalbo and
Mrnld. vere held for two days pending an investiga-
tion, vheri they were allowed bail and released. At
the la;t accounts Mr. Gardner, the engineer, was
still in jail, as his Case had noi reached a point
Where he could be hailed, but the prospects for his
early release were very fluttering. Mr. Montalbo
snys they were all treated with distinguished cour-
tesy iJunng their incarceration. The judge'before
whom the investigation was conducted took it upon
himself to see the railroad agent at Saltillo, Mr.
Hay, and tell him that he would release the prison-
ers if he (Mr. Ray) would be responsible for them in
the name of the company. To this Mr. Ray replied
that it was impossible for him to do it, as he had no
authority to act in the name of the company in
snch instances. In the final trial Mr. •Montalbo an-
ticipates no trouble for himself or his friends.
Speaking of tho Mudd case, Mr. Montalbo says the
young man was placed in jail in Villa Garcia, and
that he was made to work on the streets in order to
earn for the government the cost of keepiug him.
The sympathies of some citizens of the town were
aroused by seeing the youug American thus en
gaged, as he had 110 friends or money, and they
askec! that he be relieved from his burdensome and
humiliating toil and they would support him. The
authorities complied with the request, and he is
taken to one residence to-day and another to-mor-
row, thus rendering it light on all to feed him, and
they cordially invite him to their tables and give
hnn the best of fare.
The Taylor. County Index says:
Judge T. B. Wheeler is out in an able and a very
elabprapd i-eply to ceflajh 0ritjqs£tfl9mi$ gojftmegts
upon his recent charge to the grand jury of Ste-
phens county bearing upon the subject of fence-
cutting.
The Index should point out, the critics. It
does not, require the grappling irons to draw
the judge into the papers or to the stump.
Even liis charges read a good deal like stump
speeches.
The Corsicana Courier, j-egai diess Qi tpe
proverb, do not look a gift horse in the mouth,
.criticises a literary contribution as follows:
Through tUe urbanity ot a personal friend^ we
have been favored with.a copy of the First Au.iu7l
Report of the Uorsicana Public Scho.»i« .iT*
:,kCT"8 ,0r the
The Moneyed Princes was the subject
of a sermon by Rev. Beecher recently, Speak-
iug of one of those individuals who had been on
'change, indiscriminately a bull or bear," he
said: " I think of hini &§ a friend to humanity;
but I approach his web, and a huge black spider
comes forth. He is a devourer of men—a njai}
whose soul sits down on the dunghill of filth!
(Sod's angels hold their noses when tbey look
down on him." Brother Talmage will have to
hump himself *to get away with this rhetorical
flourish.
1^ a debate Saturday .night last at Cleveland
on the question, "Shall women have the right
of suffrage V Mrs. Mary A. Livermore took
the affirmative aud Professor Van Buren Dens,
low, a shining light from Chicago, the nega-
tive. From first to last, iu the language of
Bell's Life, the professor was outfought at
every point, and hied him to his little bed very
much discomfited. Mrs. Livermore is said to
be a daisy in the debating business.
The Wurtemburg minister of the interior
has issued orders that henceforth young folks
of either sex shall not be allowed to dance to-
gether in places of public amusement. He,
however, will relax this o?der in case of mar-
riage parties, if tho originators of* the enter-
tainment furnish the police with the '4 neces-
sary moral guarantees." Proud police. If the
police were not simply impeccable, there would
be nice fees in perspective.
"The farmer d ;dge ^s played out,7' says the
Kansas City Times. " Such clap-trap among
an intelligent constituency will1 not catch votes.
The people know a political farmer wherever
they see him '1 it is* about time they were
catching on to the professional lubur agitator,
U/0 He is very numerous.
year 18S2-83. The pamphlet consists of twentv-si?
■ ejjm- is wretchedly
tniaeunt panted; *n,j t} bograj^iciuj beuis
the impress of a Wscksmith,: rather than tlSe t-ood
iagfO fRd. skilled workmanship of a practical
1 he Courier cites a number of ridiculous er-
rors, including the following:
The furniture of the public sehools is estimated at
,$20 06, the correct amount being tiQOUOO; language
-is spelled laqgug&i syllabus is spelled syllables,
aud culture reads culttue: mediaeval is spelled
midiseval, and in the black French clarendon head-
ing at top of pasre appears the word curriculum,
•thus: curricculum; recommend is spelled reccoin-
finend: indispensable is spelled indispensible.
= The Courier evidently blames the printer,
and not the writer, for tho error®.
; The San Antonio Express continues to show
its hostility to an appropriation for deep water
at Galveston, and says it is of as much import-
ance to San Antonio that Congress should
make a liberal appropriation to deepen the
water at Aransas pass as it is to Galveston to
increase the depth of water on her bar.
The Richmond. Nation reports a case of
false pretenses and swindling, as follows:
About the 1st of December a man by .the name
of Turner came to Richmond, and represented
himself to Messrs. Wheat <fc Gayle as a cattleman,
and asked credit for supplies.. He stated that his
father was very wealthy, and had purchased the
Widow Walker place, near Areola; that he had
500 head of cattle there* which he was feeding, but
had very little rwady money, and he wanted credit
till he could make a sale of twenty beeves, which
he had contracted to deliver the 1st of February.
•Hb was given creoit upon the abov*» understand-
ing, and purchased goods ostensibly .for the use of
his herders, which he said were tive in number.
He afterward came in accompanied by another
man,, whom he introduced as Mr. Wood, his prin-
cipal herder. About the middle of December
Wood said that Turner was to be married that
month. After securing credit of Wheat & Gayle,
he tried J.:C. Sproull and Tom Fields, and received
supplies from them also. A few days ago it was
discovered that Turner was only a hunter, did not
own any cattle, nor anything else to amount to
much, and that Woods was formerly a guard for
Colonel Cunningham, at Walker's station; that
Turner aud he were hunting iu the neighborhood
of Walker, and were using the supplies which they
had secured here to live on. Warrants were at
once made out and placed in the hands of the
sheriff, who arrested both of the men and brought
them to town. Turner and Woods are both in
jail..
The N ation says the Florence Gerald corn
pany came into Richmond afoot and fiat
broke, borrowed $4 to get their baggage out
of the depot, gave one performance to empty
benches, but the second brought nearly $30,
with which, and some money that they bor-
rowed, they were enabled to leave town in
state.
The Fort Worth Gazette sows tares iu the
Republican field:
The Texas colored brother is becoming impor-
tunate. They want to know, with the immortal
Web Flanagan. " what are we here for when
the dispensation of spoil* goes around and their
platter comes back empty. We say to the colored
men that tUeifldemands are just. They compose
the iiia^s of tin; Republican party In Texas, but
their OiV.c ul pay list is mighty brief.
The Houston Age is too old to be caught. by
absurd awl ridiculous reports. It says*
Some pert papers a few woeks a*Q wad*, the at*
the offenders before the courts.
bring..
TEXAS NSW,S ITEMS.
austin.
Belleville Standard: Mrs. Katrina Katrella,
living in the Westley neighborhood, was tried
Thursday on a charge of lunacy, aud i ordered
placed under restraint.
bell.
Temple Times: Our grainmen are making
large shipments to Lampasas The Temple
lire department have just received an elegant
500-pouhd fire-alarm l>ell.. . .Temple has been
infested the past few weoks with a number of
burglars, who have been working the town in
a wholesale style. Half a dozen private houses
were entered during last week in Various
parts of town, b.ut fortunately with poor re-
sults for the robbers; however a neat haul was
made on Sunday.night, in which^les -s. Fields
&' Jenkin's safe was blown open and ^'out £700
taken.
bee.
Pearsall News; Bee county is nearly desti-
tute of farmers. The town of Papalote is a de
seated village.
COLEMAN.
Voice: An old gentleman from Coryell
county, named Coatfe, died in his hack on
Saturday last, just after driving up and stop-
ping.
CALLAHAN.
Clarendon: Carpenters are flocking into
Baird and all ar# finding ready work
Mechanics, teamsters and laboring men are all
busy as bees just now in building up the new
Baird upon the burnt district There has
been a very accurate record kept here at Baird
now for more than two years; the record
passes over twenty-six months, or about 800
days, embraces the season of two entire crops,
and except in January, 1SS3, when no rain was
needed, we have had rain every month for the
twenty-six, and the , whole twenty:six 'months
has aggregated fifty-seven and one-half inches.
Mr. C. J. English informs us that it is bis
intention to start a brickyard here. This is
something much needed.
DALLAS.
Roanoke Clip February 2: At Hawkins,
day before ye»te ^ay a negro* while digging a
well was buried. alive, fifty feet deep, by the
dirt caving in on him. He was heard talking
fifteen minutes and then the ^xiind ceased
A gentleman living * miles north of town
told us Thursday wat never before had he
seen so great an amouut of land pWwed for the
time of year as at present,.. .Mr/Huoser, liv-
ing abottta mile southeast of town, while cut-
ting wood allowed his ax to glance aud strik-
ing his foot severed two or three te«es and cut
a fearful gash clear across the foot.
lamar.
Corn is plentiful in Paris at 45@50c per
bushel Paris is j^reparing to have a fair
next fall... .NorthTexan: A white man named
M. Bun-ell, sold a negro woman a luck .bean in
Paris, on the l4t*h, for"$2^ cash, with the pro-
mise that on the 18th she would dig up $3000
cash. This she failed to do; made complaint,
the bean man was arrested in Honey Grove,
brought back, and held over to await,the ac-
tion of the grand jury. He is now in Hotel de
Crook.
maverick.
Eagle Pass Maverick: On Tuesday of last
week we paid a visit to"the coal mines now be-
ing developed al>out four miles north of Eagle
Pass, on the bank of the Rio Grande. A num-
ber of shafts have been sunk, all developing
coal, the last one being a vein of coal eight
feet three inches in thickness without a break
in the vein, and yielding coal of as good ■ quali-
ty as that of Pittsburgh. Pa. We found a
tunnel being made.into the side of the bluff,
which has reached a distance of near 100 feet
through a solid bed of coal six feet in thickness,
and at a distance of about fifty feet from the
entrance of the shaft two passages are cut to
the right and left to the depth of about forty
feet each, both showing that the veins of coal
grow more solid the farther the side of the
bluff is penetrated.
navarro.
Corsicana Courier: Ou Wednesday night last,
as Mr. Sheen, the night attendant in the lint-
room of the oil mill, was passing through the
room, he was caught in some way by a band
and jerked violently through the hole and pre-
cipitated to the lower floor, falling on his head.
He was picked up senseless and carried home,
and consciousness only returned next morning.
Hir skull and shoulder blade were fractured,
and he received some internal injuries. Dr.
Hi
tlis recovery
Blair has been attending him;
is still very doubtfuJL
parker.
Weatherford has (shipped 10,830 bales of
cotton since September 1, and lias 1$9 left.
san augustine.
Saxon: A negro woman near Mr. Noel Rob:,
erts' killed her five months old babe a few
nights since by lying on it while asleep
What cotton still remains in our county is be-
ing marketed as fast as the inclement weather
and terrible roads will admit. A great portion
is carried to Nacogdoches and shipped thence
to Houston and Galveston, yet some is shipped
via the Sabine to New Orleans.
WEBB.
Laredo Times:
point lately baye all come loaded with passen-
The trains arriving at this
ly haye all come loaded with passen-
gers All Northerners who visit I^areao ar£
particularly impressed with our salubrious cli-
mate. ' " '
THE SPECULATIVE RLAKKEI
[Special to The News.]
Chicago, February 8.—Speculative markets on
'change are excited, with provisions the center of
attraction?
The rapid advance in hog products is due mainly
to the disclosures of the last delivery day. Pork,
lard and ribs did not "go round." Ftqw this it
was concluded the packers who have, as is
pretty certainly known, the property, do not pro-
pose to deliver it out: They have not lately been
sellers, but have bought on a gigantic scale. Thr
brokers in cash stuff, who have been declaring »
a month that they were compelled to telegrup
to country packers to fill cr^ejg, who
been pj-etjictiijg ap are nqw in better es-
teem. Furthermore, those people who are ue/
enough to bank officials to get their confidence,
clare now that PbU. Armour has been an enori*
borrower of. ** time money,*' and shake their h ..
at customers who express d desire to go short ot,
pork. Armour is not borrowing money to pay in-
terest ou it, they say, ahd this proposition Ls so
sensible a one that it finds general assent.
Back, of course, of the immediate speculative in-
fluences .are the Jegijtfmateftu^iif h&Wr»©#d aud
poor po£i4, &ud tew' arid n»Sh-pr«0ea^h0tfSL"
the Uearishiy TBfclijjty art? jjettW ** " . ■" —ven
for instance, Rkoio. !*«••- - admit thesa—
bom* - .ae.N®w' York Sun, who has
t-.v^uing u decline in everything for "five
•years, and who is now getting some credit because
in railroad stocks prices for the first time have lul-
lilled his predictions.
''PoHk'barrels are easily counted." says a trader.
Short ribs are easHy hand fed. The abolition of
•the corner rule has so far been a great thing for
the bears. It has uever yet been of any service to
manipulators. Nat Jones and his fellow-scalpers
have had their inning. The Englishmen claim to
have taken some millions of dollars out of this
™?;rket on the short side of lafti last summer and
fall. They've all had their time. I wouldn't fob
low their lead how for what I*m worth, I believe
if- I did I'd lose it. There is very little doubt
that Armour and the other leading packers here,
who have been packing pork and making ribs the
whole season at a 16 s:*. hiave not only
kept their product in their cellars, btat have bought
from outsiders the millions of dollars worth of
product these people have been-so anxious to sell
a: prices under the cost of manufacture. Armour's
greatest corner grew out of the depression follow-
ing the first French edict; McUeoeh sTmt of the
yellow fever scare. i should not be surprised at
another pork corner resulting from the panic which
followed McGeoch's failure.
Lard and rib* follow - in the wake of pork. The
latter always leads in any-speculative eacitement.
Lord, thb experts sdy, if other product Is about
right, is altogether too cheap. There are few lard
hugs arriving, and the demand is exceptionally
good.
Wheat and corn are dull and neglected, because
the exeitement about the provision pit has made it
a so much more; attractive place than any of the
grain crowds. Among the heavy buyers of wheat
are Brega, Wallace and Lindblom. A large num-
ber of operators believe that May wheat caa> not go
above $1. and hence they sell largely at about 99c.
It has paid so far, and they believe It will pay
again. Should the prices go above $1. this class
of operators would become urerent buyers
on the theory that well above a dollar means a dol-
lar five. In the meantime the weather will have a
very marked influence on prioes. while stock? are
likely to decrease some all ground, aBd the croak*
ers sing their usual song. The short interest in
wheat, however, has been greatly reduced, and
though some good houses are buyers, conservative
operators generally look for an easier market in
the near future, yet advise purchasing May on any
material break.
Tlfe Galveston News.
[Cleburne True Democrat.]
Our old friend, The Galveston Daily
News, is again the regular and welcome
visitor to our sanctum. The News is truly a
metropolitan paper, aud however extraneous
may be the views it takes at times, on the
political topics which agitate the public mind,
its arguments are based upon philosophic
reasoning, and not upon the bloody-shirt clap-
trap too common with some of bur leading
journals, both North and South.
[San Augustine Saxon.]
The course of The Galveston News to-
ward Governor Ireland and his administration
is no doubt unwarranted, and is dictated by a
spirit which is anything but consonant to the
dignity and responsibilities of . a journal of its
influence, but in spite of its ""Kisser sins,"
The News still heads the list or Texas papers
for ability and enterprise, and is an invalu-
able vademecum for the wideawake business
man of every vocation.
Excessive Pilot Charge*.
[New York Times.)
A pungent and truthful remark that masters
of vessels who take a ship to India and back
get no more money for their services than a
pilot who takes a vessel in aud out of the har-
bor of New York may be aocepted as a fair
illustration of. the excessive port c^rarea
authorized by law. 1
1 Rough on Raa» " clears out rats* mice; 5q.
THE NEW LAWS.
Brief Resume of the Performed,.
Oaring the Saecia^j Session.
njousp BfllLNo,
An act to amend arfricle;4300 of tiileitt', chapter lt
providing fpr tl*e establi^hpient.of pu^c rpads,j^»d
tp prohibit co(upiis$i$ncra. courts. fr<$| altfti inj£ or
changing public roafls e^pept, for tj^ pa,rj*os£>of
sh^teajng tjie distance. from the point 01 begin niag
to the point of destination, aud to repeal all laws
in conflict. v\ f^tli^ act.
Section h Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Texas, that--article title 87, chapter. L
shall be so amendedtpher^ifter read a^'o^ly w^;.
Article The. Qommif?ioners Courts of-the
several counties shall have full power, and it shall
he.their dut>;.to order_tUe. layioic-out- aad.opcuiag-
of public roads when necessary, and to discontinue
or alter any road whenever it shall be deemed ex-
pedient. as hereinafter prescribed, provided, that
hereafter jxo public road shaft he altered,or chang-
ed except fof tlite purpose of shortening the dis-
tance from the pQint^begi^niag tra&nint of
destination.
Sectldh S. AJb laws and partf ,of laws ia.conflict
with the provisjoVis^of this act.be and the .same are
hereby repeated.
Appco?^-February. iL 1$34.
[Senate Bi^l Xo. 46«]
An net to authoriie 'he severai County Commis-
sioners courts of the' State"of.T-exas to provide for
more than four terms of - the cohuty Court annual-
ly for the transaction oftciviland criminal business.
[Senate Bill .No. 29.J
An act to authorise the owner pragent to render
land for taxes due for ihe years 1871 to 1876, inclu-
sive, and providing for the assessment and collec-
tion of taxes due thereon.
[Rouse. B.iU ;No^( 93.1
An act to make an appropriation^ be used bv
the governor for the payment, of rewards and
ferreting out aad suppressing crime. Appropriat-
ing $50,000. Approved Februkpy 4^
[Senate Bill No! 68.]
An act to authorize counties to issue bonds for
bridge purposes. an«^.to., levy a tax to pay1 the
same: also, to validate boni}s heretofore issu$] for
bridge purposes.
[House Bill No, 30.3
An act to amend section 40 :of -an act entitled, an
act to redistrlct the State into judicial districts and
fix "
Approved April 9,18S3 It provides district attor-
neys Shall be elected in the First, Second. Third,
Fourth. Fifth. Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth,
Thirteenth,. Twentieth,. Twenty-first, Twenty-se-
cond,, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twentyreighth,
Twehty-nfnth. Thirtieth, Tliirty-first, Thirty-second,
lliirty-third. Thirty fourth^Thirty-rtffch, Thirty-
sycU?. Thirty-seventh aqd "Thirty-eighth - Judicial
districts.^ Ilevised January 2^.
[House Bill No. 13.]
An act to amend sections 3 and 11 of an act to
provide for the sale of all real estate bid off to the
State by collectors of taxes, at tax sales, the own-
ers of which have not redeemed the same (ap-
proved April 7, 1879), and to extend the right of re-
demption. Revised and approved February 5, 1884.
[House bill No. 5.]
An act to amend an act entitled "an act to redis-
trict the "State fnto Judicial districts artd' fix the
times for holding court therein, and to provide for
the election of judges and district attorneys in said
districts at the next general election." It provides
that the county of Galveston shall constitute the
Tenth Judicial district ."and that district court shall
be begun and held therein on first Mondays in.Feb-
ruary, April, June,. October and December, and
may continue in sessiou until all business is dis-
posed of ApRfovcd January 17.1
[Senate Bill No. 11.]
An act ?o amend article 413, chapter 2. title 13, of
an act entitled. An act to adopt and establish a
penal Code and a code Of ci'iutirial procedure for
the State of Texas, passed February 21, 1879, and
to repeal all laws in conflict therewith. It requires
gates placed across roads, to be kept ten feet wide,
and so constructed that it will cost no unnecessary
delay in opening same. It makes misdemeanors
finable not less than $5 nor more than $'.20, for fail-
ure to conmly with requirements. Approved. Feb-
ruary 2,1884.
[Senate Bill No. 34.]
An act amending an act to redistrict the State
in judicial districts arid provide for election of
judges and district attorneys:
It provides for the election of district attorneys
in tlie Second and Third Judicial dirtVids, and the
times of holding courts in said districss; also that
the governor shall appoint a district judge^in.the
Third Judicial district on the 1st of August, and
that the present judge of the Third Judicial dis-
trict shall become the judge in the Second Judicial
district, as prescribed , in the act in the arrange-
ment of the counties in tne districts.
[House Bill No. .33-J
An act making appropriations for deficiencies in
the appropriations heretofore made for payment
of expenses, in support of the gpvernment from
March, 18S\3.t > February 29, 1884. and for payment
of the annual interest on the public deb^from
March 1, 1884, to February'28, 1885.
[Hpuse Bill No. 4.1
An act making an appropriation fqr mileage and
per diem pay of members and per diem pay of
cers and ehi^loyes of the called session toe
Eighteenth Legislature.
iHouse Bill No. G9.]
An act to amend section 4 of an act entitled. An
act to reorganize the Twelfth. Sixteenth. Seven-
teenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-
fifth Judicial districts, and to" fix the times of hold-
ing courts therein, to change the time for holding
the District Courts in the Seventh and Fourteenth
Judicial districts and in the counties of Kaufman,
Sabine, San Augustine and Nacogdoches, and to
provide for election of district attorney in the Six-
teenth Judicial district.
[House Bill No. 28.]
An act to amend article 43C0 of title 87. cnapter 1,
providing for the establishment df public roads, to
prohibit commissioners courts from altering or
changing public roads, except for the purpose of
shortening the distance from the point of beginning
to the point of destination, and to repeal all laws in
conflict with this act.
Protecting an Infant Industry.
[Buffalo Express.!
Tho Minnesota town of Minneapolis had-its
first ease of sand ' ;— - — —
sjpiregfaof the opera
ze;ii. ;;iviri^r him tin*
blpyy. From tlrs i*>fritV"^£he^oc^ling* hj|-
mej^formal, for the citptpn araij /.ea' tw.p
liia.qesailaius and H^h d .the oilier lpl>p<lend.,
fidiwo suppose this is whatv Mfnn^yj>oli%paJJs.
f^tecting an infant industry.
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so auick as Ra9way's
Looseness. Diartrbceat or paipfjul,discharges from
the bowels are stopped in fifteen or twenty minutes
by" taking Railway's Ready Relief. No congestion
or fnirammafibn,.no weaknp.ss or lassitude will fol-
low the use of R. R. Relief.
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For headache, whether sick pr nervous, tooth-
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rheumatism, lumbago, pains and >vra*m >sm the
back, spine or kidneys, pains around the liver,
pleurisy, swelling of the joints, pains ia the bowels,
heartburn aud pains of all kinds, Radwgy Ready
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For the Cnre of Chronic Disease, Scro-
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or Cpntag'ious,
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ing, Hacking t>ry Cough, Caucerous Affections,
Syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding of the Lungs. Dys-
pepsia, "Water Brash, White Swelling, Tumors, Hip
Diseases, Mercurial Diseases, Female Complaints,
Gout, Dropsy, Bronchitis, Consumption.. For the
THE LANS BXLIM
The Most Important Measure Unact-
ed During, the Special Session.
An act to prohibit the unlawful fencing or inclos-
ing, or keeping inclosed, of the lands of another,
and of the public, public SchoOI, university aAid
asylum lauds of the State of Texas and ta pre-
vent the herding, or loose henUss drnetention
of stock upon the lands pf the State, the public
schools, university andVsylums. aud to provide
penalties for the violation 6f this act.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Texas, that if any person or corporation
shall knowingly make, or permitto remaia;stsa1d-
ing, any fence on or around the land of acotfoe^ Cc
the public, public school, university ft? asyhnu
lands, of this State, without foe written consent of
the owner thereof flute acknowledged, or a dulv
executed lejtfe of such land from the proper
authority, in case of public, public school, univer-
sity or asylum lands, as the case may be dulv ~a
corded in the county where the land lie^ Or th
which it is attached for judicial purposes Be shall
be deemed guilty of a nnsdemc^pr, "W upon con-
viction therefor fined hat less than )so
cents nor more cuiS v^r aore per moil,u
b.r and imprisoned
ffigthe couuty jail for any period not over VVy years,
vrtthln the meaning: 6C person, as this act
IS Included every man managing ybnttoUine for
a corporation, firm, or jo'uu company, an.1
"Ki eV'IV iwfi'ykil or person , \\jto
J • asiis: or. direct in the violation
of this apt. HSir of aU iines collected undcr-
fcs provisions ot this act shall be paM .d
the person or persons informing on the pinion or
corporation who Jiall unlawful!? incl^lby
provided, that eacn three months .Sd land ksn
inclosed shall constitute a offense. v fcnM
wiUiin the meaning cf aot is any structure®?
wood wire, cr W»!>, or any other maf rial in
tended w We*enJ difi passage ot catUe hn''4a"
ir,i,Kh*-i4Sit>8, iheep, goats, or hosrs. Where --«raous
or corporations havu unlawfully fenced land be-
longmz to ^ tne State, or public «cSonCunivelaiu
01 as> hltn lands, 't shall be thudutyof the attorney
general, either 111 persou v'i by proxv, to ii^s.itute
proceedings in thp onvjeot the S anv
unlawfully ino™iEl said
lanilaj acd-he' expenses inc urred in eineloyine
1,0 proieciua cases, shall be deducted
■tro,n t»e fine (V (Ulrt oolleeted from any oerson or
'WWS vwiatinK the provisions of tb'-S nct the
*.iff,d 10 the funJ to * h*h « belong!
1 i ? All persons or corporations who hare
already fenced unds wahln the prohibition of th'a
. . Six months from and after the • r,i„
that this act goes into effect to conform _v she i>ro.
hereatter; ia^
cure of
SKXlff DISEASES
ERUPTIONS O' THE J ACK AND BODY, PlM-
PJwES. BLOTCHES, SALT RHEUM, OLD SORES.
CLCERS. Dr. Kntlway's Sar»apariliiait
ftexolvent excelsall remedial agents. It purifies
the blood, restoring health aud vigor: clear skin
and beautiful conuilexipns secured to all.
Liver Complaints, Etc.
Not only does the Sarsapariilian Resolveut excel
all remedial ageuts in the cure of Chrouic Scrofu-,
lous. Constitutional and Skin Diseases, but it is the
only positive cure for
KIDNEY and BLA1)1>£H COMPLAINTS
Urinary and Womb Diseases,- Gravel. Diabetes,
Dropsy, Stoppage of Water. Incontinence of Urine,
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria,and in all cases where
there are brick-dust deposits, or the water is thick,,
cloudy, or mixed with substances like the white of
an egg, or threat Is like white silk, or there is a mor-
bid, dark, bilious appearance and white bone-dust
deposits, and where there is a pricking, burning
sensation when passing wafer, and "pain ip the
small of the back and along the loins J
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Price, $100 per bottle.
Tlie Great Liver and Stomur.U
Remedy.
Perfect purgative, soothir^ aperient, act without
pain, always reliaiilt uud natural in their opera-
tiohs.
A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FDR CALOMEL.
Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet
gum, purge, regulate, purify, clears and
strengthen.
RAD WAV'S PILLS for thy cute of all disorders
of the Stomach. Live- jewels, Kidneys, Bladder,
Pain in the Loss of Appetite, Langour,
«er.Y£m...i'teeases. Headache^ .Constipation, Co*—
LY£ness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Fever,
Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and ali de-
rangements of the Internal Viscera. Piuelv vege-
table, containing uo mercury, xuineoUs or "delete-
rious drugs.
A few doses of RAHWAS'a PILLS will free the
system of all <he named disorders.
irncfc, 23 Cents Per Box.
SOLD BY DRUGGIST^
''FALSE AVtll
MITCHELL «£
DALLAS, TBI., Manufacturers' General State Ag-ents fof Farm and
SXachinery and Agricultural Implements. General Stat# Agents
for Brown Ootton Gin Company.
IX STOCK—Hay Presses, the cheapest and brst in the United States; Bay State Engines; Brown's.
Celebrated G'ns; also, Cotton Bl<;om and Lummus Gins^tChicago heaieaJRjIjrnolds'?4 and 5-ineh screw*
Qqtton Presses. Knowles<£ Blake Pumus. Puiieys.-Beltmg. Brass Fittings. Pme, John Deere Plow#,-.
£fnc«nnari Barbed Wire. Turnbull Wagon*, •' pride of Texas " Corn Mills,rBolting Cloth.
Will furnish plans and speciiications for Flouring Mill*, etc. Send "for prioes and terms, if we have-'
■no local agents iu your vicinity. Our motto is small ?
R. V. TOMPKINS,
coaxuBsu coiaxassuro awp-t.ajbaw streets, pm.t.ab, tbias,
' EXCLUSIVE STATE AGENT' FOR
SZIKKER SJPAJUCIjSSS SZTGIZTSS,
STEARNS'S STATIONARY ENGINES,
OTTO SILENT GAB ENGINES,
BEMiHSTOM TYPE WRITER,
ZIMISEaUAN FRUIT OSTSR
COLUMBUS ALL-STSEL SCRAPER, '
HUGHES'S SUX.SY PLOWS,
UAPuOOD'S FLOWS, and
PTB>TVFICR»S PEEPETUAL HAY PRESSES.
I also, handle Miller's Buggies. CTiayipion Hay Rjckws and Loaders. Fairbanks", Scales Victor Scales^
« ood Eeajaers, Jlinnesota Chief Tncgslipra and Eneines,. Victor Cane Mills and Coot's Evai»oratorsL
ill
DALLAS. TEXAS.
WiU Succeed February 1, 1884.
C. A. K E AT I N
AND CONTINUE TO REPRESENT
FISH B|?ps, & CQ. IVigeiis utuier new. luuuaffnieut).
Ft'JiS 1 & BRADLKlf ,1'low^ ('ultiYa'.oia aBil Milky Rakes.
ERIK CITY IKON WillUtS Eiiaiaes. IJ«iiers aud Saw-ililla.
J. I. CASE T. M. CO, Thfesliers, Eiii»in>-s and Saw-Mills.
Oni-Horsc Cotton Platitprs.
Anil Wholesale Itpajg-Jeg,
And will completely change the blood in tho entire system in thres months An*
person wlo will take X PU1 each night from 1 to 13 weeks, may Lo restored to sound
health, if such a thins be POSSiJilo. For Female Complaints thv« PiUs no tonal
1'hyirians nia them for the cure of LIVER and KIDNEY dlaeaaea, jjold treiwhere'
urstut by Jnail for 25c. in stamps. Circulars free. ). s JQ11SSOJI 4 (,j. 'Kn.ior' *
Xenral-
V'wTwtl inl*T {Jur frinrmzl >
rt;u*ve ifcesc **"**• -
aw* posrtivrlv cure r.me
\ii«s L\e?K*2!iif',rmatIC:i th>it *«l save man?
u "*+*7 aail Don t delay a laomtai.
_ r lrcvantioi; beuer than cure
JOHNSON'S ANODYK£ LtNtiMENT< l kbs Jnaw.rJ«. r.ie«iine
■'«. < ofleh. Wfcnopiliic CoUKtl, Cliroiiiu I>i*rrb«a.-J>>'M4«<,rv. ' ujl»ru MoDmu. KWn». Troili«r2!5i •'
Lise^ses of Ilia Spine. Sold everywhere. Circulars Tree. S. >. ,'w!L\SO\' ^ ,
It is a well-known fact that most of tt»e
Ilorse and Cattle in this coun^
tr>- is worthless; that Sheridan's Condition
Powder is absolute I v pure and vejn.-.valuable.
Nothing on, Earth will foake hens
lay.Uke Sheridan's Condition Pow-
der. Dose, one teaspoonful to eafh pint of
LAY
*!"v ^ "ervwhar.. or ,ent by roan ft.r 35c. W •
CHICKEN CHOLERA If^. ^ >nrnnhedinlarcprKns,pncetl.OO: bv5peii.Sl.JO.
I Circulars free. f. s. john.SOX i CO.. BosrOnTilaJi.
FAEMERS ON THE OTTLF1 COAST
In order to meet tlie wishes of parties who do not
want to sell
COTTON 11ST THE SEE I>
\\ e are now building- another ginliouse, and next y "
season shall he-prepai-ed to gin
3000 Bales Cottc
whien we expect to reeeiTe, having ginned r
that nuinber this season. uearly
COTTON (VINNKD FOR TH' r-.
BAGGIIfe AM) TIES FUILMSHF
GALVESTON OH. COMPANY, j. y J 1
. • JAQVSS, Secretary
BROWN
GALV.ESXO 1ST., TEXAS.
Headquarters for
JEt BED WI
READ "FALSE TRUE." "V _ 1 1 —_
Send a letter stamp to ifcAD'W AX St-OOv, ' .MflVITIg H13U.C iStF&C
No. 32 Warren Street, New Vork., O O
" Infc.^4**ation worth tliousaaida wili
toytAu
TO THE PUBLIC.
Be* sure and ask for e*
he name of ICatiiyax is on what
id see that
a buy.
Section 4. This act shall not to persons
who have heretofore settled upon lands not their
own. where the inclosure tn &)U acres or less, and
where the principal pursuit of such person upon
the land is that of agriculture.
Section 5. That any person who owns cr oontrbls
land surrounding land of another may fence his
own land by fencing the inner boundaries of his
survey; and leaving a way or lane sixty f*?et wide
(unobstructed by gates or otherwise* to the outer
boundaries of the surrounding land, at aach place
as the owner ora.genc of the inner survey t^vuiand;
and providing two gates at such pla^ on the in-
ner and outer feuces as the owr^ur of the inner sur-
vevshalf demand; and they shall be kept in con-
dition convenient for opening and closing by the
owner of the fence; or, if no demand Is made, the
opening and gates shall be at such place as the
owner of the outer survey may select. When the
way or lane and gates are once located they shall
not be changed, except by cousent of the owners
of both the inner and outer surveys.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to herd, or aid in herding, or
cause to be herded, loose herded or detained for
grazing by line riding, any cattle, horses, mules,
asses, sheep or goats, on-any vacant public domain,
school, university or asylum lands within this Stale'
unless the same shall have b*en leased from the
proper authority; provided, that this section of
this act shall not apply to persons herdiug such
stock, in gathering for, or carrying to and from
icarket, or in moving the same from one section of
the country to another.
Section 7. Any person who shall knowingly vto*
late any of the provisions in section 6 of t}hl« act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion shatl be tined $100 for each year or part of a
year, for each section or part of "a, section (meaning
640 acres of land or less, whether surveyed in sec-
tions or not), which shall be used contrary, to the
provisions of this act.
section s." The owner of the cattje, horses or
sheep shall be liable to the State in tne sum of $100
for each year or part cf a year, for each 04Q acres
of land, or tract of les* size, that may be used con-
trary to the provisions of this act, which mav be
recovered in a civil action, without affecting the
criminal prosecutions prescribed herein
Section 9 Where such unleased land is now
herded upon contrary to the provisions of this act
belongs to the unappropriated public domain pub-
lic school, university or asylum lands, it shall be a
bar to the civil and criminal prosecution herein-
before provided for, for any violation prior to
January 1,1885, if the violator of this act; or the
owner of the cattle, horses or sheep, shall, prior to
the first day of September, A. D., 18S4, pay into the
state treasury $32 for each section of &J0 acres or
tract of less s»*e, used eontrary to this a,ct for the
benefit of the fund to which the lan-I Uetougs
Section 10. That all laws a*4 parts cf laws m
conflict herewith be onc^ the Saule are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 11 tact that there is no law fcaklne
it pecsl tsf fence the lands of another or the lands
os the State, aud that laree quantities of i nds are
so fenced, creates an imperative public ueceirty
that the rule requiring bills to be read on tN-ee
several days iu eaoh house shall bo suspended aai
that this act shall talte effect and be in fo«» from
and after its passage, and it is so enacted,
Valediction.
pftorper.\
not thine otm Inconstancy
Thou tender woman child;
1 thank thee that thou once hast loved, *
And kis«ed, and clasped, 9ad arniled-
Thyself to ms thou didst but lend—
Keep thee \ never could:
But lo^e and courage gav-'st thou me—
%hoa gav'st me naught but good.
I ne'er had known the lov«»f-)ift.
Without thy quickeni^e 'breath;
And in tha loss of thee/sweetheart,-
1 lost the fear of death,
A. iiftppy heart awhile X b^r6-
A calm oae uow I be^jr *
Be pardoned, tender Uttle hand
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THE PIKKN1X IRON CO.,
410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacrur^ra of Wrought Iron
Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Allele and Tee Bars,
WEO0GHT IRON ROOF TR USSES. GIBBERS AND JOISTS,
8.11 Kinds Or Iron Frnminir iifA.1 in fhu r *.e .t UmMi.iira Potfint VV rnn jht
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And all kinds of Iron Framing used in the coasi ruction of'Fire-Proof Buildings, Patent Wrou^h
_ Columns anc\ bufli up shapes for Iron Bridges.
MTLT>IKEN Sc SMITH Sole New Tork Aarents. 9.1 Liberty St..N. T.
rma ONLY GENtrra jii.
JOHANH H0FF'?,
MALT EXTRACT
HEA1TH BKVRTtAGF < Tonic and
l«utnta»© knewn. Th® Genuine C* IVTUVA
o-ne-rmitn more h.*ti?
tmitatioa, and i. SCFEitlQK in 4uldity.
" ttTeU5.°5!Johi;" .Hoff'sGeimtae
3talt Eartract during t ^ last ft years in
XI T«I. to
set of Dripeptli,
debilitated, e*p«-
lothert, Weakly
and Throat
>V. O. STILLII AX, A.H., Phlla.
ThavebrrafV tantt Hesirra.
T»rr»u** % tor bottling atid sell-
inr anotner preparktinn upon the
nir Genuine Sfalt Ex-
*OT. w ilch i have received
*ro ExhibiQonB, Mtdical
Societies, e: ^ etc.
Bewa <re 0f Imitations !
iB« w ithout Hitrnatnre of
_ J off" & " M or Its £i»aer,"
tck of e^ery bottle.
J OH A KIT HOFF,
Berlin, dermany.
tI.SOtr,SoU forth*
U. S.. SIS iC Ait) MMC* St., l?hilculelrl**,Fq.
5J'iTt,e*Ler"i'''in?f kio'Dtii
debUita't.S, e.p»-
tne x
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
T DESIRE TO SAY THAT I AM IN NO
JL way. shape or form responsible in connec-
tion with the business of any firm in the State
of Texas wherein the name of WARNER ap-
pears in a firm name. I long since retired
from all business in the 8tate except in con-
nection with Cattle and Ranching, which business
is being conducted under the firm name of J F-
EVANS Al CO. J- P. WARNED
Bloomington, ID., January 28,1S84.
The recent marked tendency of the
popular taste for srin results as much from the
fact that it ls susceptible of being an admirable
adjuoct of mixed or fancy beverages, as that.it is
an almost infallible specific for all kidney affec-
tion-.. the increase of which is as remarkable as ic
is alarming.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS
is tlie best forai in which to take it, as it is diuretic,
tonic, a palatable stimulant and an agreeable ex-
bilarant.
Persons should look for the W. A. S. label.
W. G. Veal.
C. H. Cooper.
.OPOSALS.
SPECIAL.
If you -want fresh
and pure
If you want first-class 'Goods at Small
Profits;
If you want cheap freights and prompt
dispatch in the deB very of your goods;
If you 7cant bott jm prices, the year
through, and mail orders filled with
fidelity and >a/ prices as low as though
you n*erept esent with ready cash, then
intrust u s with your business in the
Grocery and Dtug lines
'CASTLES ISTOBEK,
WACO.
Fo$ I
tow spirits, rely o« 1
b, palpitation and
AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION BALE.
rpO-DAY. AT 10 A. M., AT OUR SALES ROOM,
_l strand,
POTATOES, FLOUR. CANNED GOODS
arid SUNDHt GROCERIES.
Also, for account of steamship warehouse, om lot
of miscellaneous ovar-freight. consisting of Soap,
Oyster*, Apples. Pails, Pepper, coils of wire and
Barbed Wire, Horse-shoes, Bolts, Screws, etc.; also,
one work mule and.,one delivery wagon.
LYNCH & PENLAND.
7~EAL, COOPER & CO.. LAND DEALERS. DAL-
V LAS, Texas, buy ana sell lands in Texas, Mex-
ico, New Mexico and Arizona. Render and pay
| tares on land in Texas. Time to render for taxes,
i 1st of January to 1st of June; time to pay, 1st of
October to 1st of March; sales for taxes, usually 1st
Tuesday in May. If you desire to buy cheap graz-
ing land, a productive farm, or to invest in Dallas
city property, the Chicago of Texas, address or
call on VEAL, COOPER & CO, 612 Elm street, Dal-
las, Texas.
N otice.
HE G41IESM COM.
All orders oit coitiplaints, to*
receive prompt attention, should be left at
the office of tne Company, in the Brick Building, on.
Market Street, Between 24th sad 25Clft
Streets,
Between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock a. m. ,
f
AI G. BITTLAR, Seer®tar v.
BUSINESS CHANGES.
'Notice of Dissolution
fJTOE FIRM OF CHAS. HEIDKNHEIMER & CO.
county, Texas.
W. M. MINYARD, County Judge.
January 29, 18S4.
NQTICU9 CJTRICTORS
BY ORDTrfRC>F THE COUNTY COMMISSION-
Clnr i /Urto f Bell county. Texas, sealed propo-
sa*a M ill M rec^ jTe{j at county clerk's office of
Bell coi t exas. from tlie date hereof, until
MONDAY, the 3d day of MARCH,
A. D., LSS4, at 2 o'clock, E. M., for the
'Lrection of i Stone Court-house
to be built in the city of Belton, Texas, in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifications now ou
file in the co'unty clerk's ortice ot Bell county, and
also in the office or J. N. Preston & Son, architects,
Austin. Texas. Each bid must be accompanied
with a certified check or a satisfactory bond in the
sum of $5000, conditioned that the bidder will, in
the event his proposal is accepted within five days
thereafter enter into a bond with approved security
parable to the county judge and bis successors in
office in the sum of $35,000 for the faithful jm?r-
Tormance and carrying out of his contract. Bids
must be indorsed "proposalsto buildccurt-liouse,'
an 1 directed to W. M. Minyard, county judge. — , ,
The court revserves the right to reject any and all i .this day dissolved by mutual consent,
bids. ! CHARLES HE1DENHEIMER withdrawing.
By order of- the Commissioners Court of Bell j> CHAS. HEIDKNHEIMER,
JACOB 3TERN,
D. M. EBiRLICH.
Galveston, February 4, 18*4.
Notice of Copartnership.
rpHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS DAY
I formed a copartnership under the firm name of
1 HEIDENHEIMER & CO.,
i
And will continue the
WHOLESALE GROCERY AND
IMPORTING BUSINESS f
j of Charles Heidenheimer & Co.. assuming aft'Ha*
bilities and collecting all outstandings.
ISAAC HE1DENHEIX£R.
JACOB STERN.
D. M. EHRLICH.
Galveston, February 4, 1S34.
Withdrawing from business in Texa3 and loca-
ting in New York, I beg to thank my f riends for
their valued patronage, and bespeak their favors
for my successors, assuring thein 'the same rair
aud liberal treatment as heretofore.
CHAS. H/JDENHEIMER.
Galve«ton, February 4. 18M.
==BALLING£R, MOVf&TERRY,
N
Street Pavins.
ID PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
at the office of the Citv Engineer until S o'clock
p. m. on the 4th DAY OF MARCH next for paving
the folJLowia- streets in this eity with Bois d'Arc
Blocks, »ipon «k. fravel foundation, according to an
ordinance appR>ved December 5, 1883, and to plans
and specifications on file In this office, to wit: -Uaiii
Street—From the west side of Jefferson to the ea-t
side, of Sycamore street. Elm straet— From f.ae
west si ie of Sycamore street to the east corpor atioa
line. Jefferson, 5iarkct and" Sycamore str ^et^—
From Main street to the Texas and Pacific ra-'iroad.
Utuar street—From Wood to Elm street, i'hydias
street—From Main to Elm-street. Murphy street—
From Commerce to Elm street. Austin street—
From Wood street to the Texas and Pacific railroad.
College street—From Elm street to the Texas and
Pacific railroad. Iu all about 12.000 1 .near feet.
Eaoh proposal must be accompanied hy a bond,
with approved security, in the amou at of $1500,
that if the e«mtract is a%i arded the bidd er will enter
into contract by the *»J2d OF APRIL ue;*t. Bond and
security miil "also he required tor r, faithful per-
formance of the contract, tne work to commence
br the 15t«- OF MAY and to be co mpleted hy the
15th OF OCTOBER, .18.^4. Separa'^e pro)>osals are
invited for e-ch of the above stre-'fr-. and for the
whole of the work, bidder to specify the street or
streets bid on. The City Council reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, and to let all or any part
of the above work. Plans aud specifications to be
seen at this effice.
W. M. JOHNSON, City Engineer.
Dallas, Texas. January 1H, VM. —;
Articles on all the leading topics
of the day are to be f^und it the columns oi
Thjs Weekly News.
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