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VOL. II.—NO. 233.
fFrom Tuewliiy ni rning's da:ly.]
THE CO MKT.
EL PASO. TEXAS. SUNDAY, DEGIMBBB 16. 1883.
PEICi. FIVE CENTS
b« Foui4.
The comet, which will sfton be visible
to the- naked eye, ku been shown to be
tbe satne one which visited the solar sys-
tem in the yr-ar 1S12. , It was first disco v-
ered by an astronomer named M. Pons,
and is known as Pons'* comet. Prof.
Eacke discovered the track of the comet
to ban eclipse and predicted its return in
•boot 71 years. This return, so near the
picdleted time, is au astronomical
trinmph, as the calculations made to de-
tertu: oe.it* orbit seventy years ago, were
founded en dates neither numerous nor
widely disiribu ed.
On tbe tl.ic<L ef September of this year,
Mr. Brooks, of Phelps, N. Y., (Uncovered
m telescopic comet, it was accepted as a
new coitwvADd called BivoWa's comet,
comet b, 18 3.
Kev. Geo. Searle on September ".0 found
that the new comet was identieal with
that of 1813, thus jobbing Mr. Brooks of-
~thjs gltiry of his discovery. /
It will reach its perihelion, the point
nearest the sun, ou Jnif. 25, 1884, when it
~ will be about 60,000,000 miles from the
earth, two-thirds of the dudauce of the
■un. If- will not be as bright as the comet
of 1883, but it will not be necessary to
rise in tha "wie sma" hours'* to see it.
Unlike many comets, it has no tail, er at
least only a very short one, but it proud
•es to be more brilliaut than it was in
_T812. >
It is now visible through a good opera
or field glass, and to those wishing to
look for it, the following directions are
given:
Early iu tbe evening, first % bright star
in the northwest, in a group forming the
cquilateral'trlangle. It is the lowest and
bright*81 star of the group, at.d Is called
Vega, and the small star at tbe left cor-
ner of the triangle is also at the lower
r:gbt cornei »f the parallelograms This
group is known as ■'I-iyric*' ajful. looks
something like thist
• * Epsilon Lyioe.
f.
• -r~~ ^ ' * Vcga.
Epsilon I.yraTIs a double star to a good
eye or an opera glass, and tbe comet is
now aleve this < onstellathni, about two-
Thirds of the distance from It and the
MXt bright star above it. Through a
good opera or field glass the comet looks
lilce a tuiall, bright nebula, < r iui>f.
Wbeu first discovered it was away to the
oast a ad below the coasteUatien, above,
and la fast traveling towards the sun. It
will probably n+t be visible to the un-
ai led eye before the first of January. Its
next return will be about 1951.
Mining in the San Andrea range
is at present quite lively and reas-
onably successful
Settlers are rapidly flowing into
tha country south of Mesilla. They
could not go to a finer district.
Tn«" Socorro smelter continues
to be a pronounced success, and
Socorro reaps the benefit of it.
An American frheep man writing
from London to an exchange, ex-
presses the opiniyn that the world's
supply of sheep next- year will he
inadequate to its wants, and that in
consequence of thlsi both wool arid
mutton wilf bs higher in 1884 tli-jn
in 1S83. Let our sheep raiser*
make a note of this, j ai ticularly
those in K1 Pi.so and Presidio
counties.
It takes four thousand cattle per
day to supply the dress-ed meat and
canning companies of Chicago.
Texas- furnishes nearly all u.-ed.
Chicago people know gO'»-_ meat
when theyjsee it. There is slea<i5'
improvement going on in ihe char-
acter of the beef raised u the im-
mense grazing tTaets o-f Western
Texas.
TBE LBOEXI).
How the Virgin Appeared Three Times
to a Poor Idian.
CHIHUAHUA CHAT.
Chi'.uahui New.-.]
Colonel T. B. Mills, with hi* wife, lain
the City of Mexico.
Dr. Paschal reports the geaeral health
of the city usually goo 1. /
Immense quantities of fnrlght are belug
shipped to Parral and Santa Barbara. —
Newspapers are rapidly multiplying in
Mexico. Nearly every mail brings some
new exchange.
The feast and bull tights at Paso del
Norte ale attracting many visitors from
here and points couth.
Governor Palacio, of Baraugo, has sent
a force to Lerdo and ruii out .the roughs.
Travel will now be safe in that section.
Messrs. Ketelsen So Degetau say that
they have not nor w ill have aujr interest
in tha proposed Banco Mercantile frith a
Capital of two mill ton#.
The market presents a curious anJ in-
teresting spectacle these mornings.
Watermelons are still oa hand; the quince
crop is remarkably fine and native fralts
la geaeral good. ?
Mr. E. R. Lucas, our business manager,
and George Washington Mitchell, fore-
man, have gone to £1 Paso. Mr
Mitchell, as special artist, will sketch the
-lmll fights in Paso del Norte.
There was an immense passenger-train
north yesterday. So large was tb p crowd
that an extra coach had to be secared
train was delayed an hour to
tissa to purchase tickets.
^Mt aasnng the
Chihuahua to donate
tha gr*nd cathedral a Ml sat at chimes
for each tower. They can afford to da
It for the benefit of the torsade edifice,
themselves and the capital city of tha
yi?K~
Fort Dad*
Apaehe Socket. -
A meeting of the Presidio County Live
Stock association was held here last Mon-
day. Tbe crowd was small, but the reg-
ular business was conducted. The meat
lag adjourned until the thirty-first in
stant.
Lieutenant Gillespie, company X,
frontier battalion, stationed at Itrp
▼tile, has been promoted to a captaincy.'
Shako.
Joan Ouraa, the condemned Mexican,
will he executed next Friday. It
-ho a PubHc execution, as this vieiaity is
in need of what they call
Trinidad Morales, a
found dead at an early hoar
morning on the prairie east of Mr. Mer-
plot's corral. An sraminsrten of the
body showed ha cans to
The following is an extract from
the Leader and goes to show that
White Oaks i<» -a more prosperous
placo than is 'generally supposed.
Two miils are constantly reducing
our ores to a merchantable forir.
Las Vegas. El Paso, Albuquerque
and Socorro are already engaged in
competing to reach and secure our
trade. White Oaks has never had
a "boom," but her growth lias been
steady. She has never lo-t any-
thing, and !■ as risen from a settle-
ment of a couple of shanties to a
town of 1,000 inhabitants in four
years.
Ouitbusineas men "and prop rty
holders are jjast waking up to the
urgency of the White Oaks railroad
busings®, since we commenced
pointing out the danger^ of being
forestallted by bustling Albuquerquv
the matter. They begin to see
that, with ajl our natural and
acquired advantages it still is im-
peratively necessary to have this
railroad, in order to keep up and
peipetuate the proud position we
have attained as a commercial em-
porium during the last two or three
year? Without the White Oaks
road tnd the cheap and abundant
coal w hich it will bring, we would
not bo able to attain the point of
peimanent and eolid property which
El Pasojs friends and , we!l-wi»hers
fondly"hope'*lo see her gain. We
have pointed out already — an 1 we
repeat the statement in the most
emphatic manner—that El Paso
can build that road, or at least st:;rt
it, without wasting any more time
in waiting for outside assistance.
That wiU cqme soon enough ot its
own ao<90f«l irrl.en we pnee ha^p
proved our earaestnessby begi nning
work in an energetic aaJ - practical
man nor. The great mass of easy-
going and nonprogressive people
are coiiteVtt^iMy on their backs
and wait for evefrt^'fcut the li »nor
sod the subsequent profit o"f inaugu-
rating wprks of vast public benefit
belongt to^the superior few. It is
well for El Paso that she has them.
Public attention all over Western
Texas is being directed towards the
boring of artesian wells. It could
not be directed to a more important
subject.
Every now and then we hear of
Charlie McComas being alive, but
Chief Bonito, who ought to know
and who ia at the San Carlos reser-
vation, thinks that he strayed away
&om the hostiles, and has perished
of want and exposure.
The Galveston News has the
Waco Examiner down fine. It
says: VWill some gintleman please
to trid on the tail of the coat" of the
Waco Examiner? It is spoiling
for * fight, and no one seems dis-
posed to accommodate it. The
other papers make as great allow-
ance for it than the Malays for one
<*t^&*ir number who runs amuck.
one of these madmen makes
indiscriminate, attacks on all he
m sets he is treated like a common
enemy, but Texas papers 6nly boy-
cot one of their number - who runs
^ ■» « -
wild and wages war on aU tho rest
without causa."
In the year 15TI, as one Juan Diego,
an Indian peon, was p issiug near Te-
peac, now tftfe su! urban.village of Guad-
alupe Hidalgo, close the Cit.r of Mex-
ico, his footsteps were arrested by the
utoat holy Virgin, who reproached hiui
with the slowness of the Indians in em-
bracing the new religion, aud announced
to him the important fact that she was to
be the patron saint ot the Indians, and-
Charged hisi to g.< aad seport the same to
Zuuiarnga. theubUlu p of Mexico. Juan
obeyed the lieay.nly messenger, but was
turned out of doors ;:s a, lying Indian.
Shortly he was passing that way again,
and was a secon i time stopped aud di-
rected to return to the Bi-hop, and say
that "Mary, the mother of Cr»*K' had
sent him. The Bishop a second time re-
fused him jadmission 'o liis presence, but
directed that he be required to bring
s une token. O.i Dwinlier twelfth,
only two da; s liter, the Virgin made
her appearance for the third lime, avd
directed the Indian to go up the moun-
tain where he would lind a bunch of
roses growing out of the smooth p rpliy-
ry. '1 he Indian d d as he was couimaud-
ed and tinding the ro-es in the pl»c
named, he gathered them iu h s tilina (a
kind of apron) and carried them to
ilie bishop. Oa opening his "ti uia"
before the bishop and a com-
pany of genlh iU -M, assembled for that
purpose, it was found th.it tho roses had
imprinted themselves around a very
coarse picture of the Virgin. The bishop
was hard to convince at first, but, when he
considered that the liidim Could uot him-
self paint, and h id no ni mey with which
to pav au artist, he tin-illy \ ieldfii to con-
viction. Jro'.ne say tbis i Ientical *':ilina"
is preserved to this day in tlie church
which bears her name erected near the
place of her appear: nee. There was
some difficulty at tirst in identifying the
place of the ii.-t • appearance t>f the Vir-
gin, but this diili -nl' v wa~ removed by
the Virgin h rself, 'for. she again ap-
pealed and s:ainped her foot on the
spot, whereupon there "gushed forth a
sp; ing of inincral. Mie took the name of
the tow n and was Ci.uou'zed aa the Vir-
gin of Guad:-!upe.
Duriag the year 1843 Mexico operated
8586 schools, which Were attended by
468,864 childrea of both sexes. -
Pulque, the favorite driadc of eeetral
Mexico, la adulterated by addiag large
quantities of water.
The lew aickel bill, makiag the five
cent coin legal tender ia btnall amounts,'
is regarded iu Losiaeu circles at the cap-
ital with satisfaction and has already re-
stored coatideace.
.. 1'he Italian colonies, who lately arriv-
ed in Yucatan, are said to be iaay and
worthless. Most of them are bogging oa
the streets of Merida.
The engineers and contractors for tho
new hotel, size 300 by 17S, at Guayssas,
have arrived, and work oa the same will
now go forward without delay. The la-
cation Is at Puuta .Arenas, aad the cost
including furniture,will be over |SM,00
'l*he tenor, Knrico Glanniai, of the
Italian opera, was severely hissed while
-iugiug his part in Traviata aa Suaday
night. The preseat company haa (ailed
to win its way to hearty approval,
though fair houses have so far greeted
every performance.—Two Republics.
The following patents have been issued
to Americaus: To Thomas G. Scott, the
privilege fot ten years to maaufactare aa
insect powder; to Aaron G. Dyer aad
J a in e 4 M. Dyer, a patent oa a reck
breaking machine; to George Dowaie, a
patent on process for romoviag incrusta-
tions from boilers aad furnaces.
[From Thursday saoraing's edition.
Tko Arid
IILLA MBLASGK.
Lake Valley iinU Vicinity.
George W. Home, a i>raet':eal miner,
has lat--!y beer, traveling through" the
twining camps of Ijuke Valley and Grant
County, and gave an intere.-ting aeeouiit-
of what is Ix ing done at these places.
XjiiL-Sfe+tiott. the southern tejtuinnsof
tlie I.ai»?cr A'alley br.tneh, a-.d its jiVnt t'on
with the S inta Fe, is ail inconsiderable
town, from which place tli y me moving
bouses on wagons over to I.ake Valley.
This latter pl u'e, fourteen miles di-tant,
is a growing camp, alid is accumulating
at tli« expense of the former place.
Mining here is good—two hundred
men are at work, and th- force will be
increased when the railroad reaches here.
On that auspicious occasion they are
expecting to have ,i bnom.
At Kingston mining properties are
showing up well. An important con-
tract has jast been let there in the carry-
ing trade. Ten tons of coal and coke
will be carried daiiy to King-ton front
take Valley, aud the teams on their re-,
turn will carry back ten tons of bullion.
These places are distant about thirty
miles.
Georgetown at present is dead on ac-
count of a freezing out game being
placed. Tfie M irnbres mining company
wants to take control of the inin.'s, and
have shut down the work .
The, Lake Valley branch expects to
reaeh I^ike Valley by the first of Janua-
ry. The grade is very easy and the work
will be pushed, ^nly eighty men were
at work two weeks ago, but the ties had
just arrived aad track laying was begun,
two weeks ago to-day. From Lake Val-
ley they will push Into Kingston, and
expect iu time to reach the fine stock
country on the Gila, making a railroad
of about one hundred miles.
It is rather strange that a man
of such commanding position in
literature as Tennyson should have
stooped . to accepting tho empty attention
frivolity of a peerage. However,
Bulwer and Macttulay did the same.
and poor Tennyson, who is now old
and in his dotage, points to their
example as a palliation of his folly.
The nickel bill, which has just
been reported to the Mexican con-
gress, makes that coin a legal ten-
der |,o the extent of one dollar, in
all rums less than $100. Ovcrthat
sum it will be legal tender for one
percent. After June 30, 1881, only
one doll r in piekel will be legal
tender in any payment?. The gov-
ernment may pay two dollars in
all sums over $100, and only one
dollar in le5S amounts. Nickel
money will be received by the gov-
ernment on the following basis : Up
to January 31,18S4, no limit; Feb-
runry to April, 1884, twenty per
cent on all payments; May and
June fifteen per cent; after Jul3\
1S84, ten per cent. The govern-
ment will soon stop the issue of
five cent pieces as soon as the bill is
parsed, and will retain half of those
it receives back until it can ex-
change them for the silyer decimal
coin p. The 'government will re-
deem and coin the old silver coins
known as medios, reals and other
worn out pieces. The circulation of
the se coins is. to cease legally on
November 31, 1884, but if they
have not ^iall boon redeemed, tho
executive may extend the time;
there is
FC!
A recext decision of the
postmaster-general relating to
the rating of articles sent by mail
as merchandise, or as samples of
merchandise is that mail of this
kind is to be rated as matter of the
fourth class snd charged with pos^
age as such at the rate of one cent
for each ounce or fraction thereof.
The opinion of the postmaster-gen-
eral ia to the effect that ' it was never
the intention of congrtss to classify
matter which can have "no value
other than that of merchandise as
printed matter becaasa iff any print-
ing it may contain." The articles
to be considered, fourth class matter
are enumerated as follows : Labels,
patterns, playing^ cards, tickets,
photographs, lithographs, engrav-
ings, l^&aaiples of printing, fancy
lithographed and engnrved cards
(including Christmas, „ Nexy Yeari
and Easter card^), addressed Cags"
ami in general alt articles whiehj-
are e ^ ^ ^ ^
or stm|>les, aYlhough bearing print- ®Te
ing*. It has further l^oea
by the department that blan
St. Louis is making strenuous
efforts to capture the Mexican trade,
and particularly that of Chihuahua.
One of the letuiing members of the
St. Louis boud of trade says:
"Since the railroads hare penetra-
ted Mexico a large trade has come
to the United States from tbat
country. Before the railroads were
built into Mexico, tho commercial
houses of England aad Franco
caught all the Mexican trade. Tbe
United ^States is now catting into
that trade. . We axe much nearer
Mexico than Franco or England,
and can offer better induoensonts
than they can. Why, joat think,
you ean ride from here to Chihua-
hua in onlyv a few days time, and
before long you can get into a car
here and ride clear to tbe City of
Mexico. The Mexicans are very
friendly to us. If we want any
business facilities in that country
we can get them for the asking.
Tbey pay cash and buy largely.
Now, it strikes me that efforts
should- be made toaocure and re-
tain all the custom we can get."
And a prominent haberdasher says:
"Eyot party thai comes here leaves
$150 or $30b at this store." Said bo,
"ihey go in- largely for expensive
goods. They^uy the finest under-
Frona a geatlemaa, who has beea con-
stantly traveling tho Staked Plains dar-
ing tho past two yean, It was learned
that the growth of the towns between
Toyah and Big Springs is soatething pbe-
nonieaal. Where two years ago the cae-
:us heM undisputed sway are now flour-
ishing town*, Kith handsome hotels,
churches, school houses and puhiic build-
ings. JCviigraats are solecting this part
of the couatry for homestead*, sad are
comiae out ia largo numbers. The claw
of emigraats coming is most encourag-
ing. They are generally well to do
Americans from eastora states who have
become too crowded, and are located
where they Will have more elbow hx>m
Most of them have capltfcl, some ia large
quantities, and all the energy aad push
that so quickly develop this western
eouatry.
Abilene is buildingapvery fast; every-
oae is ia good spirits, aad happy as peo-
ple are who live in a booming town.
Now settters are arriving evary day. The
town has a line railroad hotel, and is
thought hy many to have forged ahead
of Colorado City.
Marieafeld, just over the line of Tear
Green ewunty, in Martin county, is a fine
Gerasaa settlement, and is fast develop-
ing into aa sgricoltural couatry. The
wheat looks arreea aad fiourlshlag and
the country has a general thrifty ap-
pearaace.
Moaahaa's Wells is a new town that is
It hss the beit
drinking water between Dallas and £1
Paso. Tbe town is about forty miles
east of Pecos in a large grazing country.
At present it Is growing faster in pro-
portion to its size than any town oa the
line of the Texas Pacific. A postofflee
will soon be established there, aad they
are tnakiag preparations to op*a a public
school. A number of tine sheep aad cat-
tle reaches are aow located near there,
where a few years ago it seemed impos-
sible for evea insects to live. "
Peoos is also growiag fast. The mail
for that place ia the last four months has
increased one huadred per ceat. The
mercbaats are doing a rattling trade tbis
winter. A uumbei of new cattle reaches
are being opened up. and tbe Cattle men
say that Pooes wQl divide tbe shipment
of cattle wtth Colorado City, as it is
much nearer and abetter point for many
ranchmen.
Toyah is doing welt. It has excellent
public schools, and will seen have a large
hotel bn<M tlSOT 'or invalids wfcf
to drink its J wonderful ipinersl water
which is lately becoming extensively
advertised for its curative powers.
Tbis well, kaowa as the White Sulphur
arell, has a depth of 812 'feet, and flows
300 gallons of water per mi Bute. The
temperature ot tbe water is 88 degrees,
which a qualitative analysis shows to
coasist of free carbonic acid gas, sulphu-
retted hydrogea, sulphate of iron aad
magnesia, sulphuric acid, silicic aeid,
alumiaa with oxide of iron aad traces of
arsenic aad iodides. ' There are In addi-
tion thro* cold wells, eoataiuing a large
percentage of sulohates of, magaesia
aad i?on. The mineral constitueats
of the water are fourteen grains to
the gallon, rwh!ch is Ave and a half
grains more than tbat contained in the
famous water* of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
At Sierra Blaaca the ground wu white
with snow, but the geaeral prosperous
appearance of tbe towns on the plains
continues. The gentleman predicted
that the tide of Immigration followleg the
track of the Texas aad Paciflc Will next
year reach £1 Paae county, when all
available lands will seen be taken up.
his new
he com-
KesiQa News.]
McDade is pushing work on
bouse at Organ, aad will soon
fortably fixed.
Williams Bros, have placed a good
stock of goods in their new store at Or-
gan. With a aew store, new goods and
low prices they null try to accommodate
all.
Superintendent Skidmore has made a
big strike of rich galena ore iu one of the
Philadelphia company's mlaes and will
soou begin extensive deveiopm«nt on the
The lumber has been hauled and A. B.
Cowan is active in puttiag up auother
house ut Organ. As soon as the house 1*
finished Dr. Cowan will move in with a
large, new stock ot drugs.
Oa Thursday Sanches aud Bruno
Marques were bouud over by Judge
Marciai Valdes in the sum of 93SJ, to
await the action of the ntxt grand jury
for stealing cattle from John Kiley from
hia ranch near Tularosa this county.
We are informed' that the Mesilla
military company which lias been orga-
nized three years, Ucouipssed entirely of
farmers and ranchmen, and had reached
a coaditloa of efficiency ami* discipline
excelled by no military company in the
Territory, will resign on account of the
abuse heaped upon them. The disband-
ment of this company will gratify the
lawless element whatever ether people
may think about it.
At 3 o'clock on tba morning ef Decern-
»y
ber 10th, Colonel S. J. Jones died at bis
residence in Mesilla. He was born in
Fluvanna county, Virginia, April 16,
1827 ; was married to Miss Mary C. Fray-
ser, May f, 1847, in Cumberland county,
Virginia. ^They came to Kansas in 1S55;
he was elected sheriff of Douglass county
and took as active part in behalf of the
oro-slavery party. * lie moved to Mesilla
valley ia 1858; in 1S59 was appointed col-
lector of custom?, moved the office to
Mesilla. In 1861 was appointed Sutler
at Fort Fllmore; and has since 18U1 lived
in Mesilla.
WHAT tUI SAIL).
X"
i.E *-
"I will BSTSr atmrry." »he said—she sui 1 —
"Unless s yeeng naa just suits me 1 find—
Tallsr than m* kr at lea*t Unit a head
He Bursty amt be,with a face bright and kind;
Hit eye* I'd prfefer'a violet blue.
His »air a llfht brown or very warm gf>:d;
He mast eiag—a Sne tenor—aud dance nice'y,
two. „
AuS tell as f*sd stJrle* as ever was t >1.1.
So smoking s'lewed, for the weed I detect,
*»e t course ne remark's that are ru le o
ill-brae,, - . . v. '
I'd U|.S tda te always be stylishly dressed,
man J many," she said—she said.
WHAT smc DU>.
And than the maid married—she did—shs did—
▲ three-score eld fellow much sborter than
aha.
Who ware a black wic that but aurkw.trdly hid
A pate that no balder could p issil ly be,
Aad his voice eas a creak, and he danced like
? a bear, » *
Xa< his noae tt was red, and dull gr. y were
his eyes,
Aad ke d tit by the bear aad stupidly state,
Aad be never said aaytbing wit'.y or wise,
And he smoked a clay pipe, and from morning
tUl ni#ht "
Ia hie aaoatb bell ef strongest-tubacc ' a quid;
be dreised—but anongb—he had two
the did -she did.
[From Frid y moraitig's dally edition.3
•OKI OAT or DATA
Some day, some day of days, 'hroadiagtbe street
With i-1 . heedless p. en.
Unlocking for saeb grace,
I shall heboid ywmr face!
Some day, soma day of days, tbas ssay we l
Percbance the su'i may shine frosa xkies of Kay,
Or winter's l.-y cl.Ul
Touch white^y vale aud hill:
What matter? I shall tbri.l .
Thr. ugh every vela with summer on tbat day.
Once more h'e's perfect youth » ill all oome book,
I shu. my eyes now, thinking how 'twill be.
How, faee to face, each ail
WiU e'ip i'.s lorg control.
Forget tUe dismal dele
Of dreary fate's dark, separstiog seat;
And gUoc > to g'.anc-, hand to band in greett^r,
Th.' past, wi:h ail U« fears.
Its s.ler.ee and its teus,
Its lonely, yearning years
Shall vanish in the moment of tbat meeting.
THK PANIC AT IILTN.
Time and Patience Kapacted te Owe AU.
El Paae young ladies are playing base
ball. How ia the name of bnetles and
stays do they get tbe ball te the base ?
Ft. Worth Gaaette. _ —
A party ef ysnnf ladies were at a pho-
tograph gallery la Fort Worth.
'•Do yen know, girls,'* carelessly ob-
served one e( the .a, "that ta the photo-
grapher's caaaera everything
its head r»
"It can't he possible !M exclaimed oee
ef the young ladies, growing pale, and
trembling like aa aspea leaf. "Ten
don't mean that 7"
"Bnt it's so, why 7 What's the matter
with yon 7" said the fret speaker
"Mercy en me! Why, I had my pho-
tograph takea here last Monday, and—
and—I—Oh, it's just toe terrible for
anything I"—Texas Slftings.
If tbe papers meet he fanny at the ex
penae of the young ladles of notch bor-
ing teems, we would prefer fer ourselves
vigorous health te ignorant stupidity.
•Oi
apd smoking j«
.embroidered fronts, faccj
etc." % I 1 - "
from
; wealt
hosiery,
the]
Tbat White Oaka road most be
talk We have waited a long time
fer some shadowy outsider, some
intangible Eastern capitalist, to
d it, and we wotdd have to keep
tine fer that until /doomt day
lit can be built, or at-j3aaat com-
menced, without outside assistance,
here, provided the right kind'
at take hold of H. It
in the cap of SI F
%oiM the WhHe
t or
ing thereon, anc
•
mi
ml lions qnite.
And she married bim gladly-
The Saa Antoalo Light js evident!r not
ipfeeeed. with tbe way public affairs
Save heea conducted in this state. It
thinks that there is ;something rotten in
Denmark. It says: "With her 'un-
ease area of pablic lands all belonging
te the State Texas should have been the
richest state in tbe Union, w iihjBverflow-
ing ooffers. she owned billions of m-re^
of land. Well, it is nearly all gone aud
Texas is hardly a whit better off than
her sister southern atatas in her liuanc-es.
Her public rcitoolsystem is either a fraud
or f humbug. In many coulitres tbe
public schools are taught four or five
months ia the year. WhafTS the matter?
What is the cause ef tbis? The stite has
bece defrauded out of her public laud6
and" the proceeds of sale .have been
wasted aud sqnaadered in every imagiu-
ableway by the legislature. No State lias
had more eorruptiou-frand aud rascality in
lead matters-, and the worst of it is party-
iam hae covered up the tracks of t faese
manifold frauds aud screened the guilty
pardea frowjtumahm«nt. The Demecra ts
have waated and squandered tbis im-
rinmsia and tbe proceeds of tbe
pnhliw land actually sold, for they alone
the people ef Texas have lo thaak
them |or all the frauds and mismanage-
ment about the puhiic lands. . The Light
favors the suryeyiug aad selling out of
every acre .of public laad to small
farmers aao^bena fide settlers and stop-
ping eerrup^oa and fraud.
Tc£j>ay will* be held the annual
eting of.s.the Texas Bar associa-
tion at Houston.. After the annual
hddmB of -the president, General
T. L. *Ws«f,'iiddteBses will be de-
livered by*H6n. Richard S. Walker,
preeiding^j^dgc of tbe commission-
ers of appeals^ Hons. Geo. Quinan,
of Wharton; George Clark, of
Waco; A. J. Peeler, of Austin; W.
L. Crawford, of. Pallas; Robert G.
Street, of Galveston, and John
Sayles/ of Bnenham. Many im-
portant subjects will come before
ihe association* a^d a. large attend-
snceis ^spesteid#,
Texas* rq>
From the Silver City Enterprise the
true inwardness of tbe linaacial embar-
rassment at that plaee is gleaned. H
seems Mr. I. N. Cohea attached the
banking business of Crawford for #40,^
000, and it appears that tjm Oraat county
and Crawford baaks were ta some way®
connected, and tbat the attachment ap*',
plies to both. Mr. Cohen left town this
afternoon, Tuesday, but we did aot learn
where he was bound to. A great amny
claim that Mr. Crawford has lost a large1
amount of money in the mines, aad at-
tribute his failure to that. It is generally
known that he is heavily latere*ted fag
(he Golden Kule mining property, aad
has invested quite a coa*iderable amount
In the mine, but we heiieye him toe
shrewd a hasine-s niaa to lavest so ex-
tensively in mines tbat it would eadaageC
his business. A true statement of
will be made in a few days, when the
same will be published. Until then all
that can be done is to wait patently for
further results.
The bank ug bouse of Meredith A Ail-
man opened on time and satisfied tho de-
mands of a large number ef depositors.
The above-named* gentlemen did not
appear to worry very much aad assured
everyone that a sufficient fend was with-
in the bank re st tt!e their entire liabilities*
and still leave a large amount of surplus..
Nevertheless a rua was made oa the hank
ai d its bottom proved tlrui.
At about 1S:30 o'clock Tuesday tho fel-C
iowiug notice was posted up on the doer,
of the Grant comity bask, which was
eagerly read by the large crowd which
tilled the street and surrounded tbe
batik: 'Ai.
KOTICI.
Having assumed charge as asstgnss ef
Newton Bradley, Esq., notice Is given te
depositors, and all others interested, that
a statement ot his affairs will be made as
soon as possible. ClfAS. 8. Wellss,
Assignee.
By 12 o'clock the streets were clear,
>ind business continued as heretofore, the
excitement somewhat died oet, aad
ereryoae interested appeared perfectly
contented, and confident that everything
would be settled properly in time.
C. P. Crawford left New York Monday
nigli:, and if nothing happens, will he
here to settle affairs by Wednesday or
Thursday, Forty thousand dollars la
ali tha| is needed to set him straight, and
no one entertains a doubt hut what be
will be able to raise that amount. He
will reserve nothing to satisfy his credi-
tors, uot eveu his residence, so we are
informed ffem reliable sonrces, aad hia
personal property together with what*
ever else he possesses, will surely
briug his assets $150,000 above his lla>
bilitie*. Tbe closing down ef the George*
town mines aad mill, and the geaeral
depressloa in business for the last month,
is the sole canse ef his failure,whjch. If
it could have been expected, would have
bee a abided, aad business continued
without aay trouble. The pinch la that
Mr. Crawford did not fully realise hli
positloa till too late, but nevertheless
immediate steps were takea, aad to rec-
tify matters is the cause ef his goiag
east. There eaa he no doubt hot what
dollar for dollar will be paid to hi4 cred-
itois upon his return, aad those havlag
money deposited in his baak need have
no fear as the same will he refunded
within a few days' time.
The Socorro Sun ssys: Ws no-
ticed an article in the El Pi
Times in reference to the SI Pfl
and White Oaks railroad, which
stated that a gentleman possessed
of ample means and influence had ,
offered $50,000 toward building the'
road, in case the people of El Pi
would contribute a similar
This seems to us a fair proposition-,
and if that amount was judicious*
ly expended, a showing could be
made which would result in its
speedy completion. There are np
serious engineering difficulties
encounter along the route, an
resources of the country it
penetrate are so varied and of
magnitude that capital would
come to the aid of the road
sufficient attention was attracted ts
the line %/.
Parties with dry
working in some of
ty
< < .
We hope they'll
is at
wmM
.
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