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AUSTtt WEEKLY STA1KSMAX. THUKaDAY. NOVEMBER 1 16S3
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CITY AM) C0UTY.
FROM THURSDAY'S DULY.
The Grand Jury.
The grand jury will not meet again
until the 2Gth of ueit month.
District Court.
In the district conrt yesterday Judge
Key presiding the following proceedings
were had:
The State vs. Cal Roy theft; acquitted.
Not to Blame.
The overseer of the work on the road
south of the city says he is not to blame
for that cave-in near Fairview park Mon-
day nuht. He was going out jes'.erday to
examine and repair the damage.
Lightnings Freak.
Mr. W. H. Rivers of the firm of Rivers
& Co. Elgin was in town yesterday and
informed a Statkjmas reporter that last
Sunday during a rain and hail storm
lightniug siruck the gin hoase of Mr. L.
L. Pnckec. The building was slightly
damaged and sime cottoa scorched and
injured.
Speaking at Del Valle.
There wis a gathering of DjI Valle citi-
zens last night and speaking in front of
Mr. Given' etore by Mr. Frank Brown
Mr. Geo. S. Walton Gen. V. R Hamby
Mr. J. W. Maxwell Mr. A. R. Morris Mr.
Ed. Anderson Mr. B. C. Giles Mr. J. W.
Caldwell and Mr. John W. Cloud. It was
expected Judge Glassoock would be ther?
but he failed to make his appearance.
Governmental.
The governor issued the fjllowing
proclamation yesterday:
Whereas It is now believed that there
is no longer any danger of yellow fiver by
reason of intercause with the state of
Mississippi;
Now therefore I L. 8. Ross do hereby
by virtue of the authority vested in ma by
t.-ie constitution and laws of the state
revoke all proclamations against yellow
fever ia so fnr as the same may refer to
ea'.d st ite of Mississippi.
How to Secure Turnpikes.
It is probably trne the present financial
condition of the county is such as will not
justify the issuance of bond to build
turnpikes in the county but recognizing
the absolute necessity for them and the
great advantage Austin would derive from
good turnpike roads The Statesman be-
lieves the business men of this city
oould Z n' make a more profit-
able Investment than by subscribing a
large faud for thir construction Bud as
we are willing to show onr faith by our
works we will agree to give $1000 to-
wards the raiding of enough money to
seonre good roads provided others equally
and more interested will contribute ac
cording to their ability.
y .
United
The marriage of Miss Mary H. Evans
diughter of Mrs. Col. S. H. Darden of
this city to Judge Wm. J. Phillips of
Waarton Tex. took place l ist night at
Colonel Darden' residence in the pres-
ence of a number of special friends of the
contracting parties. Rev. T. B. Lee of the
Episcopal churoh officiating. Miss Evans
is ons of thd most graceful and charming
young ladies of Austin whsre she is gou-e.-ally
recognized as a great favorite in a
wide oirelo of admirers. Judge Phillips
is a well known and prominent citizen of
Texas the adopted son of ex-Gov. A. C.
Borton. Ue was formerly county judge
of Wharton county for several years was
United Stn'ea marshal ia the Galveston
d.striot and is at present engaged in
planting in Whirton county. The couple
left last night for their future home at
Wharton.
OBITUAKY.
A Tribute to the Memory of Judge
Goorgo Dye.
Judge Goorgo Dye who has for the past
few years been residing in Laredo Tex.
died suddenly last Saturdsy night the L'Oih
inst. at his ranch near that city.
Judge Dye was past three score years
and ten and for the past yearj had been
in vory feeble health lie had been a
resident of Texas over forty years going
through the trials and vicissitudes of early
border life. Most of his time was spent
iu Brownnville of whioh city he was for a
number of years mayor prior to and
during the late war.
Immediately after the war he was sheriff
Of the county which office he filled with
marked distinction as at that time there
were many lawless characters along the
border of the Rio Grande. During the
Cortina trouble on the border ho was
ever in the lead in suppressing lawless-
ness and on various occasions has risked
bis life in defense of law aud order lie
was a man of noble impulses generous
his charity knew no bounds ever ready to
assist the poor and needy. Many a poor
confederate soldier especially members of
the iirst Texas cavalry will remember
Judge Dyes chirities and hojpitality dur-
ing their sojonrn in Brownsville. His doors
were ever open to them. They wer al-
ways welcome.
lie was a true Christian having been a
strict member of the Methodist church
ever since his youth. He was at one time
a citizen of Austin where he made many
friends who will regret to hear of his de-
mise. Ue leaves a devoted wife and two
daughtors one tho wife of our fellow
townsman F. M. Kundell and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Hipp of Laredo Tex. and cine
grandchildren to mourn his loss.
"leaves have their time to f til
And flowers to wither at the north winds breath.
And stars to set but all.
Thou hast all seasons lor thine own O Death."
.Marios.
EX-CONFEDERATE HOME.
A Movement in Boaton to Aid
the One at Austin Tex.
Major Joe Stewart is in Boston and it
seems be will succeed in getting liberal
aid for the Confederate home in this city
from the old union war veterans. The
following extract relative to the mat'er is
from the Boston Herald:
About seventy-five comrades of John i
A. Andrew post 15 assembled at their
post hall last evening to meet soldiers of I
the late war representing both north and
south to take measures to bring before
the people of Boston and vicinity the
necessities of the ex-Confederate soldiers'
home at Austin lex. Several ex-oon-federate
soldiers were present and many
members of G. A. R. posts of this imme-
diate vicinity.
Commander G. B. White of post 15
called the meeting to order and intro
duced Major Stewart of Texas who
spoke feelingly of the kindly reception he
had received since arriving ia Boston. He
spoke of the great difficulty the home
labored under from insufficient means
and appealed for aid to enable the di-
rectors of his home to bnild a brick or
stone buildjng to contain 100 ex-soldiers.
This horns is to be nitionnl nnd not of a
state charactrr as is the R. E. Lee home
at Richmond Va.
Maj. J. A. Maxwel' lite of the First
G.'O-gia C. V. cited the fact that the
soldiers of the southern army lefi their
home wives mothers aud daughters iu
tho cars of the negroes went to war and
found that the slaves were trae to their
tru-t be it said to their honor. The
slaves deserved a monument from the
conutry for their devotion.
Colonel Charles E. Hapgood spoke
favorably of the proposition to aid the
ex-confederat?8 in their necessities. Major
John E.Killian of Po.-t 2i thought that
an appeal oould be made fearlessly to the
publio and the G. A. R with good results.
Comrade Linehan thought that the posts
of Suffolk county and immediate vicinity
would all lend their moral support to the
project.
The matter of an appeal to the public
was left with the committee of Post 15.
they t5 issue a circular to the citizens of
this state and the Grand Army posts.
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM.
f Vrtlc'es appearlnz In this rolnmn are written
over Individual r-!nlbl!itj an i are published
' a niaiu-rs inm intv ui n?ri ouu
simplv to point liicu9in. Tub Statesman is
not to' be rardfd as indorsing anything herein be-
i low contained unless favorably commented on edl-
: torially.J
A Fiskville Lady's Exparienco
With Black Muddy Roada.
To the Editor of the fctatesman:
Shall Igive a little personal experience
in matters pertaining to our present im-
passible roads? Know then that we
country people appreciate the draoia as
much perhaps as our more fortunate city
friends and bsing desirous of seeing the
honored Keene in King Richard we
brought out the strongest horse we conld
muster a large Norman put all the nec-
essity curtains storm aprons etc. to the
buggy nndbidding defiance to the threat-
ening clouds started on our way rejoicing
to travel a distanoe of six miles which
distance had often been traveled in forty-
fivs minut-s. Well a mile from Fiskville
we struck black mud and oh horrors!
what a road. Mnd up to the hubs the
horse sinking half way to his knees at
every step and that with a slight cessa
tion on striking the choice (?) little turn- j
pike made of boulders as large as your
h iad to jolt over by way of rarity. That
was toe character of our road till we
reached the Lunatic asylum. This was
made by daylight or most of it as we
knew the character of the road too well
not to cive ourselves no abundance of
! time to get there in. Now imagine the
j horrors of the return trip through the
dark and facing the norther. In just
three hours from the time we left the city
did we reach our home.
The poor horse having to stop part of
tie way every few steps to recover breath
and strength the wheels one solid cake of
mud a foot thick weighing hundreds of
pounds and we Hhtvering wi b 67ery cold
blast that wrapped its icy mantle around
us. Fortunately as hope was almost ex-
piring that we would ever be able to reach
home we struggled out to the confines of
the black muJ and at 2 o'clock reached
the sheltering arms of our own dear home
wiser and perhaps sadder than when we
left it. Shall I leave out that in pity for
tho poor panting horse struggling so
bravely for us that I reached out repeat-
edly and with my hand pushed and pulled
the ould wet mud from the wheels as I
oould reach an unusually large heap of it?
Rest assured we heartily join in the echo of
"lot os have turnpikes and have them
soon .
Flowers Irora Houston.
It is a remarkable fact that for nearly
every society entertainment given in this
oi'y Houston furnishes the lloral decora
tions. Ihese are from the conservatory
of Mr. M. V. .Wright who has by the
great variety and beauty of his horti
cultural productions and the rare taste
and judgment in the seleotion and ar
rangemeut of lloral baskets corsage
bouquets and bontonieres made a reputa
tion among the people here that is worthy
of envy not alone for the deserved reputa
tion but for the revenue received by him
in his business. That a Houston florist
should be furnishing the Capital city of
Texas nearly 200 miles away with flowers
is a credit not only to him but to the en
lire Bayon city.
KING COTTON.
Movement of the Fleecy Staple Up
to the 12th iDst.
The last issue of the New York Finance
Reporter contains the following facts
relative to the movement of the cotton
orop:
For the week ending tnis evening Octo
ber 12 the total receipts have reached
250044 bales against 190".68 bales last
week 12S.TJ'J bales the previous week and
89077 bales three weeks siuce making the
total receipts since beptemoer 1 1(588
711143 bales against 1182838 bales for
the mme period of 1SS7 showing a de-
creoso since September 1 of 1888 of 438-
0115 bales.
The reoeipts of all the interior towns
for this week have beon 174991 bales.
Last year the receipts of 'the same week
were 177314 bales.
The old interior stocks havo increased
during the week 37702 and are to-night
42323 bales less than at the same period
last year. The reoeipts at the same towns
have been 8280 bales less than the same
week last year and since September 1 the
receipts at nil the towns are 2340.ri4 bales
less than for the some time in 1887.
The total reoeipts from the plantations
since September 1 1888 are 808435 biles:
in 1887 were 1338588 bales; in 18SG were
912.571 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports
the past week wore 250644 bales the actual
movement from plantations was 292101
bales the balance being taken from the
stocks at tho interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for the
same week were 308457 bales and for
1880 they were 202505 bales.
The imports in continental ports this
week have been 12.000 bale.
These figures indicate a deorease in the
cotton in sight of 739202 bales ns com-
pared with the same date of 1887 a de-
crease of 201. JftJO bales as compared with
the corresponding date of 1880 and a de-
crease of 201071 biles a j compared with
1885.
Caution. Bay only Dr. Isaac Thomp-
son's Eye Water. Carefully examine the
outside'wrapper. None other genuine.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION
A Vigorous Letter From Gov-
ernor Ross on the Subject.
Bad Poltical Economy to Suffer
Children to Grow Up In
Ignorance.
Governor Rjss has written the follow-
ing vigorous letter to a friend and it
fuliy explains i'self:
My Dear Friend After thanking yon
for your courtesy and kindness it is only
necessary for me to say that I was one
of a speciU committee of seven who
drifted the present article on education
in the constitution of 1875 which passed
the constitutional convention without
alteration and which laid the very founda-
tion of our present free-school system
and the records of the Seventeenth legis
latnre show that in every instance I advo-
cated measures to increase its efficiency.
The system has not a more devoted friend
in this state. The present superintend-
ent of publio education Hon. O. H.
Cooper and myself are in perfect accord
on the subject and have been so from
the start. The only purpose and
aim of the message from
which the extract was di-connected
was to remedy or to call attention of the
legislature to every branch of the subject
with the hope that they wonld remedy the
evils attending the present financial
features of the system.
You should read the message in connec-
tion with Mr. Cooper's report. You will
see that I urged the legislature to promptly
pay onr teachers and an appropriation of
about $525000 was made for that purpose
from the surplus. Toe services of these
people in this great field of labor cannot
be too highly estimated for I have always
held that it was the duty of the people to
provide ample facilities for the education
of every child in the state. Their minds
and hearts are a part of the productive
capital of greater importance than its
commerce or whatever else tends to pro mote
its grandeur and greatness.
No state can be truly or permanently
grea in the highest or best sense of the
word that does not provide for the home
education of its youth. There are hun-
dreds of poor children in onr midst en-
dowed with genits and thirsting for
knowledge who must be educated this way
or remain in ignorance aud as the vine
that does not find a solid wall to cling
upon will creep upon the gronnd and
siezs upon rubbish with its tendii 8
it wonld be bad political economy in
our people to suffer any of the children to
grow up in ignorance. Truly yours
L. S. Roes.
f FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY.
A Happy Peacock.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Peacock a
daughter. Mother and' father doing well.
Cotton Compress.
To date something like 25000 b3les of
cotton have been compressed at the cotton
compress.
St. Marys' School.
St. Marys' school now has in attendance
225 pupils CO of them being boarders.
The school his a splendid corps of
teachers and was never more prosperous.
Invited to Visit Austin.
The governor yesterday telegraphed
Hon. H. W.Grady of Atlanta Ga. who
is now in Dallas extending to him the
hospitalities of the Capitol oity of Texas
and inviting him to visit Austin.
Governmental.
The governor yesterday approved the
bill of Sheriff Brito of Cameron county
for $1000 expenses of sixty-rive men
for eight days during the Rio Grande City
troubles. Tho bill was cut down $500.
COMPTBOLtKB'8 DEPARTMENT.
The assessment rolls of El Paso county
received yesterday show a decrease of
$243900 in values.
The deposits yesterday amounted to
$G000.
Build Turnpikes.
Turnpikes in this county are a neces-
sity. The county is rapidly Ailing np with
settlers and the whole county is almost
under fence.
In whatever direction you go yon travel
through lanes and these are almost im-
passable during wet weather.
These lanes should be macadamized.
Indeed it is absolutely necessary. That
is a system of piSes are demanded and
mnst be built for the convenience of the
country folks.
A good system of pikes would add more
to the wealth of the county than all the
railroads.
The Confederate Home.
The Boston Journal speaking of Major
Jos Stewart's mission to that city in be-
half of the Confederate home says:
"Iu response to a call issued by a com
mittee of John A. Andrew Post 15 G. A.
R. appointed at the last regular meeting
on Friday last a number of Grand Army
men and ex-Coufederate soldiers residing
in the city met at the headquarters of the
obove post last evening. Tha object as
stated in a circular was 'for the purpose
of consulting npou means and measures
for the promotion and maintenance of a
national soldiers' home for disabled con-
federate soldiers at Austin Tex.' Major
Joe 11. Stewart (n tx-confodorate and a
lawyer of Austin) one of the directors of
the home explained what it was designed
to accomplish in case sufficient
means could be obtained. The
oonstitnti n of th9 state of Texas he said
prohibited en appropriation for any
charitable purpose rendering the project
dependont upon contributions; consider
ing their means tne people of the state
had already given liberally but the re-
peated cills upon them had put their
generosity to a severe test. Meantime
the needs of the disabled soldiers were
certainly no less pressing. He had come
to Boston because it had been suggested
that a generous response would be given.
They had faith that the Grand army
people were the ones to nppenl to being
sure to know how their brothers became
disib'.od. They owacd 14'j acres of land
in the city of Austin and a wooden build-
ing which accommodated twenty-fonr.
aud a tent eight J veterans one
of which was a federal. They de-
sired to put np a brk'k building
cipable of accommodating ore hundred
and obtain the necessary means to main-
tain it. Colonel Hapgood inquired if any
'other means of raising funds had been
I adopted than those mentioned; if for in-
stance aid had been solicited in the larger
southern cities ? The reply of Major
Stewart was in the negative. They had
not gone into other southern states or
cities for the reason that the project while
national in character was not les son'h-
ern; mas ieias was a gooa way on am
i that the feeling was entertained whether
rightly or wrongly he did not know at
home that possibly there might be Borne
jealousy to interfere. They were in
short adverse to risking the experiment
in that section.
Speeches favorable to aiding the proj ;ct
were made by several prominent Grand
Army men after which the committee of
Post 15 which called the meeting were
instructed to issue such a circular as they
deemed most suitable calling npoa the
uranu Arui pusia Buu tu i.uU.lu tut ouu -
scnptions
i Reception in Fairview.
Mr. and Mrs. Charle3 A. Newniug yes-
terday evening iendered a reception at
; their handsome residence in Fairview
! park to the new'.y Austin arrived bride
' and groom Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bdush.
j Some four hundred invitations were issued
and judging from the continuous line of
I callers daring the hours set for the re-
I ception (5 to 8 p. m.) every one responded.
! Mr. Brush is an exponent of citizenship
of which any city could be proud. He is
j one of the young and progressive men of
j Austin and a leader among them . He is
a friend to and a f-iend of all and aU
i were happy to pay their respects to his
beautiful briie and himself. Good fortune
I has marked his footsteps through life
j and in the wife he has won he has achieved
J his greatest blessing and happi
ness lo many of the society ot
Austin she was already known
and her sweet face charming manner in-
telligence and bright disposition have
endeared her to everyone at first sight.
In the reception yesterday they both
looked the happiness they experienced
. .r . . .
the center of a constantly changing circle
of friends and in the warm wishes for the
! ever increasing prosperity and happiness
of the Dride and groom there given ut-
terance are added those of the entire
staff of the humble periodical The States..
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THE SAVAGE WAY.
How the Indian Treats an Injury.
Old Time Methods.
The savage is emphatically the child of
natnre. He lives close to nature his only
education is gained in nature's school.
Wnen tho Indian receives an injury he
does not seek a cure in mineral poisons
but binds on the simple leaf administers
the herb U tea and with nature's aid
comes natural recovery.
Oar rngged ancestors who pierced the
wilderness built their nnoouth but com-
fortable log cabins and started the clear-
ings in the woods which in time became
the broad fertile fields of the modern
farmer found the roots and herbs that lay
close at hand nature's potent remedies for
all their common ailments. It was only
in very serious cases they sent for old
' siddle-bngs" with his physic whioh quite
as often killed as oared.
Latter day society ha3 wandered too far
away from nature in every way for its
own good. Our grandfathers and grand-
mothers lived wholesomer purer better
be ilthier more natural lives than we do.
Their minds were not filled with noxious
sms nor their bodies saturated with
poisonous drugs.
Is it not time to make a ohange to re-
tura to the simple vegetable preparations
of our grandmothers which contained
the power and potency of nature as reme-
dial agents and in all the ordinary ail-
ments were efficacious at least harmless?
The proprietors of Warner's Log Cabin
remedies have thought so and have put
on .the market a number of thee pure
gr.ju.icpmv.s.m uui '"""'Icat for carrying the current and two
ulas secured after patient searching into b3low which ca the car8 Ihe cnM are
the annals of the past so that those who bnilt of sheet irou and 8re feet square
ipont. horn n tit rt tirf ha ft-trirtif fham .
4 ii t p "tuvuu luw.UJ'
t-UV.J LIIUV VQUIU iCUl(Utt.D n ill (
be found "Log Cabin sarsaparilla" for the
blood; '"Log Cabin hop3 and buchn reme
dy" a tonic and stomach remedy; '"Log
Cabin cough and consumption remedy;"
"Log Cabin hair tonic" for strengthening
and renewing the hair; ''Log Cabin ex-
tract" for both external and internal ap
plication; "Log Cabin liver pills;" "Log
Cabin rose cream" an old but effective
remedy for cotarrab and ''Log Cabin
plasters." All these rtmedies are care-
fully prepared from recipes which were
found after long investigation to have
been those most successfully used by our
grandmothers of "ye olden time." They
are the simple vegetable efficacious
remedies of Log Cabin days.
Forty years ago two regular trains from
Boston on two different lines performed a
journey of forty-four miles in one hour
and fifteen minutes; actual time in
motion one hour and eight minutes;
average per hour 38.82. Weight of oars
175000 ponnds.
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!
Colorado Bottom Grass seed wanted.
For sale: Johnson Grass seed Alfalfa
Clover Rye Barley Sorghum and Colo-
rado Bottom Grafs and other field seeds.
Meal exchanged for corn. Shelled corn
and oats bought and sold. C. J. Martin
Hay Grain and Seed Dealer 202 West
Pecan street Austin Texas.
The Shora line express from Boston to
Groton performs the journey of 100 miles
in two hours and thirty-two minutes;
actual time in motion two hours and
nineteen minutes: average mi'es per hour
45.75. Weight of six cars 344000.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores Ulcers Salt Rheum Fever
Sores Tetter Chapped Hands Chilblains
Corns and all Skin Eruptions and posi-
tively cures Piles or no poy required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Morloy Bros.
Minister "You're a nice innocent
looking little boy Johnny. I'm sure you
don't go fishing Sunday ?" Johnny
"No sir. Me and the Mud alley boys plays
ball. Burlington Free Press.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Wins'ow's Soothing Syrup should
always be nsed for children teething. It
soothes the child softens the gums
allays all pe.in cures wind calio and is
the best remedy for diarrhw 25 cents
a bottle.
Ca ;it:tia '"Well what do you make it out j
to be ?" Miss Culture (of Boston) "Why. j
it is a feline vessel a Grimalkin crofc.'' ;
Captain "Oh yes; we call 'cm catboats." j
Ocean. 1
THE RAILROADS.
peraonal point3 and 0ther Item
I of General Interest
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TTh
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Rates of Speed on the
Different Roads An Electric
Railway for Mail Service.
W. Y. King has been appointed Chi
cago passenger aua ticnet aget ol tne
i Chieazo. Burlington and Q iincy to suo-
oeed James Wallaoe whose resignation
I takes effect November 1.
j The Unoa padfie officiaU haye
1 raEged wjth Chicago and North
western for through sleepers jointly with
the Union Pacific between Chicago an 1
Denver. They were put on last Sunday .
Car stove9 will be an excellent text for
state legislators to preach from this win-
ter. Toe companies shonld take the
stoves out of the coaches and the text ont
of the legislator's mouth at the same time.
Sedalia Mo. has made a strong bid for
the establishment of the general offices of
the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway in
that city and it is probable that the re-
ceivers will locate their headquarters
there.
A freight train consisting of eighty-
seven loaded cars and a caboose was re
cently pulled over the Birmingham Min-
eral road by one engine from Bessemer
Ala. to Tnomas a distance of twenty-six
miles. The length of the train was 2902
feet and the estimated weight 5222000
pounds.
Oscar G. Murray has been appointed
traffic manager of the Big Four and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroads. He will
assume the duties of his new office on
November 1 which will yield him a salary
more thin twice as large as the one which
i he now draws as freight tramo manazer of
.. ... . r .. b 8
luo
roia now ou tne vocation or the
I switchman will become more and more
j dangerous on the roads that use link and
; Fin couplers. Automatio couplers were
j they in general nse would save many a
life this winter.
The expenditure of $043200 by R?ceiver
McNulta of the Wabash railway has been
authorized by Judge Gresham. Of this
sum 000000 will be devoted to the pay-
ment of one six months' coupon on first
mortgages and fanded debt bonds and
the $48200 will be used upon bridges and
trestles.
The division offiies of the Kaosas City
extension of the Chicago Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway have been removed to
Chillicothe Mo. from Kansas City and
are permanat-ly located there. H. R.
Williams is the superiu'enient of the di-
vision and H. B. Earling train dispatcher
One day last week the Manistee and
Northern Railroad company commenced
laying track past the Sorenson boarding
house in Manistee Mien. As Boon as
Mrs. Sorenbon discovered the workmen
laying the trck she with revolver in
hand went to the workmen and demanded
that they desist. They refused where
upon she ordered a rocking chair to be
brought out and planting it across two
ties she occupied the chair throughout
the day all night and nntil o o clock the
next evening preventing the men from
laying the rails at which honr she was
arrested and placed in jail charged with
obstructing the building of the railroad.
That is the proposed speed for the eleo
trio postal railroad of the future. An
experimental hue has been erected at
Liurel twenty miles from Baltimore. A
compromise between the pneumatic tube
and the ordinary railroad carries a minia
f nia train nf 4- ttt r nnta an t? t.-m m o i 1 j nml
u ht without any attendance
The road ha3 thrce raiIs one flbove thc
! and twunty-one feet lonj?. speed will be
regulated and power or brakes applied by
eleotricity solely. If the experiment at
Laurel succeeds it is stated that similar
roaus will be laid between Baltimore and
rt'ashingtou and elsewhere.
A recent case in Ohio will be of interest
to conductors generally. Some months
since the Valley railway unceremoniously
discharged several passenger conductors
without assigning any reason. One of
them J. H. Archer on going to draw his
salary was told in. effect that he had
stolen more than the amount due him for
service and that the company therefore
refused to pay him. He entered suit and
obtained judgment for bis claim and
costs and a higher conrt sustained the
judgment. Archer now proposes to sue
tne company for defamation of character
in discharging him under circumstances
which allowed of only one inference that
he was a thief. This is said to be the first
time that a oonduotor discharged under
the imputation of theft has taken the
matter into the courts.
The fast train between Jersey City and
Philadelphia performs the journey of
89.6 miles in 1 honr and 52 minutes;
actual time in motion 1 hour and 48
minutes; average speed 49.7 miles per
hour. The weight of the locomotive is
90700 pounds; tender 56300; six cars
330100; total 'weight of empty train
483100 pounds. The consumption of
anthracite coal per mile is 55.58 pounds;
maximum grade Si. 8 feet per mile.
The limited express between Portland
and Bangor makes one stop and performs
the journey of 133 8 miles in 3 hours and
10 minutes; average speed 45 miles per
honr. Ihe weight of the locomotive is
92.S00 pounds; tender 05400; cars (esti-
mated) 212S00; total weight of empty
train 371000. Coal consumed per mile
40.3 ponnds.
The private train known as the "Flying
Dude" on the Old Colony road performs
the journey from Boston to Wood's Holl
seventy-two miles in one hour and forty
minutes and makes five stops; actual time
in motion one hour and thirty minutes;
the average is forty-eight miies per hour.
The weight of the locomotive and tender
is 125000 pound; three cars 178000;
total 303003. Coal consumed per mile
29.8 pounds. Maximum grade forty feet
per mi!ej an3 uoue 0Ter three mil(;s long
ihe weight of these three cars is about
the same as that of the four English cars
above-mentioned.
The Steamboat passenger train on the
old Colony road performs the journey
between Boston nnd Fall River fifty
mi es in one hour and twenty minutes
making ono stop; actual time ia motion
one hour and eighteen minutes; average
miles per hoar 38.4. Weight of locomo-
tive nnd tender 157000 pounds; twelve
cars 074 00 J; total 831.000. Coal per
mile 05.5 pounds. Maximum grade
forty-four feet per mile and five miles
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HOW CLEVELAND WILL WIU
Roswell e. Flower Predicts eo.oco
Plurality m This City.
From the New York Herald.
Ia the face of the kindling wood condi-
tion of local politios no little anxiety s
beginning to be expressed about the con-
dition of the national democratic wood
pile throughout the state. Fortunately
the assnrauoe is given that there are bur
logs of democracy in the intetior which
cannot be split.
At least a prominent demoorat whohai
traveled through the "southern tier" and
western counties says that the canvass
booming. Schenectady whioh was oat.
ried by Blaine in 1884 by 283 plurality
saya this gentleman will this year go fur
Cleveland. Owing to the large floating
population in Dutchess county the demo
crats hope to have a lighting chance for
Hill over Warner Miller.
F. C. Dean of Avoca N. Y. wrote i
letter to a friend in New York in which
he said: "My father has 2000 poundsof
fine wool which he will bet Bgainst $600
that Cleveland will be re-elected or he
will sll it for $1000 to be paid for when
Cleveland is re-elected president."
Just between lights yesterdayMr.Ro8well
P. Flower dropped iu at the Hoffman
house and in a few moments was ftu
rounded by a parterre of political buds
He looks as rosy and rugged as a well-to
do farmer with all the polish of t city
club swell. When asked whether he thought
:dr. Cleveland s cnances lor re election in
New York would be discounted by the
V.
disintegration of the democracy in the
city he said emphatically "No."
1 Mr. Cleveland will carry the ooontj
of New York by G0.C00 mojority"saidMr.
Flower "and I'm betting on it."
"Then" was added "you believe that
with Kings county's plurality of 20000
which is conceded the 70000 p'.nralitj
expected to strike the north shore of the
Harlem with a Harrisonian thump will bf
morj than counteracted and the stats
given to Cleveland and Hill by at ta
y
liyjttu:'
'Vja c'r tliftf'j thn vr rhinca will?
shope Up."
"Was there ever any honest intention
on the part of the county democtaoyoi
Tammany hall to unite on you as a onto
candidate for the mayoralty ?"
Mr. Flower blushed liked a peony ini
then said in a confidential whiepsr that
was charmingly naive:
"I don't know. A member of the na
tional committee told me there was. Bit
I didn't want the nomination and wouldn't
care for it now."
"You don't think there is any chance ol
a change in the present arrangement of
candidates? ''
"I am not on the committee this yen
yon know so I can'c say much authoriti
tively but I think the struggle will roj
along in its quadrangular grooves op t
over. Good day! The Herald is veryia- S
t inatitif aariiti nfinfurinra " sf
And about that majority in Kinj-
county. "Cleveland will cirry Kings county jo:
as sure as I sit here" said Diitrict-attoi
ney Ridgway of Brooklyn at the demo
cratio national hadquartars. "He will
tret 201000 maioritv as certain as fait
Hill mav tret a few more votes bnt the
difference will not be more than 500
votes. There is no betting; people come
Van Vnrlr nrhnn fhpV Vflnt. in TlOt 0D
ap
UUlUn ....v. J ' - -w I -j
t" i 1 ... . ; . ..mtftrir
money x no ueuiuurtiuu pitrvy it uu.".t
in Kings county and they nave got most
Blaine fellows back again."
A Woman's Discovery.
"Another wonderful discovery has beeul
made and that too by a lady in thi.'E
oounty. Disease fastened its clutches npot
her and for seven years she withstood it-'f
BPVArpfit tFQ.'a. Vint hor vital nro-anS WCttP!
undermined and death seemed imminent
For three months she coughed incessanuj
and could not sleep. She bought of os
bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery f"
Consumption! and was so much relieved
on taking first dose that she slept all night
and with one bottle has been miraenlonslj
cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lute
Thns write W. C. Hamrick fc Co. of Shelby
N. C-Get a free trial bottle at Morlej
Brothers' drug store.
"Cable cars are quite a recent thing
transportation" remarked the casus
caller. "Not at all" replied the enaKe eu
itor "we read about them in the Bible.
"What?'' "Yes. yon will remember the'
Paul stood before a gripper." Pittflbntj
Chronicle.
T . x t Hnnafitj
11 jour compminc is wani 01 uyy-
try half a wine glass of AngOStuWF
Bitters half an hour before dinner. Be-
ware of counterfeits. Ask for the genuir.fr
article manufactured by Dr. J. O-
Siegert fc Sous. I
"No" said Fog in a burst ot connucv.
"Mrs. F. is not what you would can
model cook but before I was marncu
never enjoyed my dinners as I do no
Tnen you take your dinners at DCIUC'.
von? ' "At Home r Jo sir; 1 aiwnj
at the hotel down 'town." Boston Tran
script.
f.-o ill flto etnr.oA frOfhr V)T .KBt "
Great Nerve Restorer. No nts bi -
lint's ns. farveIons cures. irenu.
1 An . ' 1 1. fit naaPII. D'
rn Dr. Klin. )31 Arch street. PhllaO"
phia Pa.
At the Circus "One ticket for m
two children's tickets for my two u
sons." "Excue me but your older m
.... i.AL "
is certunly older than twelve.
"Oh y
. iu- I- -n.inirer in1"
DUb ine utile uuc ia aa luuii juj.-b; t r
twelve as the big one is olJer. So its l
the same." Fliegende Blatter.
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