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THE STATESMAN. AUSTIN. TEXA TEEMS : Single Copy, per year ...... $2 00 Club of Tea. to oue Fostofflce 17 60 Clubs of Fifteen " " 25 00 Clubs of Tweuty " " 32 60 The proposed Tilden boom does not flow with remarkable force south ward. The exports of raw cotton, valued at S157.103.746 for the seven months ending January 31; 1883, has turned the gold shipments westward. Ex-Oov. DoBSHEiMER thinks the vote of New York will be cast in the nominating convention for McDon ald, of Indiana, for presidential candi date. The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette thinks it were better to let New Jer- Bey go as a Republican state than to attempt to hold her by. giving Kobe son a cabinet position. Senator Manderson, of Nebras ka, pronounces the high license law of his state the best liquor law in the United States. The new Missouri act is patterned after it. An electric mast in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is surmounted with eight lights of $4000-candle power each. By its aid the time by watch can be read within a radius of one mile. In Great Britain the large sum of 840,000,000,000 is invested in railways. Some of the engines weigh forty-five tons and take a load of ninety tons at a speed of from forty to fifty miles an hour. Commissioner Loring takes the belt as the champion lecturer of Amer ica. He will be invited to attend the fair at this place next October, and of course he will come to see Texas and will be heard from. Some of the members of the legis lature are greatly outraged at the publication of evidence elicited through the Sittings investigation, The house is responsible; that body voted the investigation. The Keeley motor company are still hard at work in Philadelphia and are confident of soon accomplishing what they set out to do. They have a full treasury, and the Philadelphia Telegram says it is being used in a practical way. m Dr. IlARKNKSS.has named the pre historic man with foot prints eighteen and a half inches Ions', with ball of loot eight inches and width of heel six inches, "Homo Nevaden." The belief prevails that Chicago belles are .his' direct "descendants. Dorsey had to take the witness stand and testify as to himself before the world could understand the utter purity of Mormon' character. That another chariot may come along and bear away from this wicked, wicked world such purity in mortal form is one of the possibilities. Large purchases of improved property are reported in Birmingham, Al.i!t:un;i. The Elyton land company liaa sold S30,(XJ0 worth of town lots Mac January 1, and this, it is said, is c:i!y about one-third of the total transactions in this class of real estate during that time. The Democrats in the New York legislature St4fcd the contract system in prison labor. .and are trying tolind some way of .evading their obligations. There ought t- be some of toe fearlessness of the Texas press infused into the New York newspapers. Democratic majorities have grown so large in Georgia that two Demo crats may enter the field for guber natorial honors TnAt one time Texas was that 'way, but the last nominee failed to hold up his end of the ma chine, and now, unless great circum spection be used, the regular nominee may have a rough time of it, for the point of weakness has been unfor tunately proven. Connecticut has declined to in clude the bonds of Minnesota among the securities in which savings banks are permitted to invest. If all debt paying states and the general govern ment were to adopt the inexorable rule that no .trust investments were permitted in the bonds of a state which had repudiated its debt and er made good the claims of its creditors, public credit would rest on a sounder foundation. An employe of a Pennsylvania mill has called the attention of the society to protect children from cruelty to the gross violation of the factory law by proprietors who force little children under thirteen to work twelve hours a day and over in the spinning room. Tha same complaint is made in New England. Children are jerked out of school at a tender age and forced to go to work in the mills to help up the family income, and here is where the boasted free school system sheds its light on all. The gold certificates have been a convenience of which business men would be reluctant to be deprived, and the government has doubtless saved much wear of its coins by per mitting paper certificates to circulate in their stead. But, nominally, the certificates are redeemable only at the sub-treasury in N ew York, although really .they are redeemed at all of the nine sub-treasuries. A proposi tion has been made that nine dis tinctive issues of certificates be made, one from each sub-treasury, but its adoption would complicate thesys tern without resulting, in any com mensurate advantage. A society of cremationists might now be formed in Austin. The busi ness has at last been fixed on a regu lar business, basis, and it could be gone in understanding as a business proposition. The entrance fee is fixed at $3 and the annual subscription is arranged upon a sliding scale, as fol lows: 21 to 23 years old, $3; 30 to 34, $4; 35 to 39, $5; 40 to 44, gti; 45 to 49, $8; 50 to 54, 810; 55 to 60, $15, and every person who joins after the age of GO-will have to pay the entire ex penses of his or her cremation. The rules of the association provide that the society shall furnish a coffin, hearse and one carriage, and pay all other expenses of transporting the body from the late residence to the crematory. If the relations of the deceased wish to invite their friends or make any of the usual display of a funeral they are to have the right to do so atj their own expense. Wee VOL. XII. NECESSARY TO PUBLIC SAJFETY. It is to be icgretted that the bill for regulating the pnictice of pharmacy was not made a law. The committee reported against its passage and there the matter rested, when the measure is really of vital importance. Law regulates the practice of medicine, and it fails to regulate the practice of pharmacy, upon which all medical practice depends. The pharma cist ought to be thorough ly educated in his profession! for the doctor when called to ad minister to the sick, is forced to resort to the pharmacist for the drugs with which he expects to eradicate disease and to build up languishing systems. The pharmacist should be an adept in distinguishing drugs and in compounding them. He should be able through education to discover the frauds and errors of manu facture, should be able to ap ply the chemical tests neces sary to prove the genuineness of that upon . which health and life depends. It was for these purposes that the bill was introduced, and why it should have been defeated in com mittee, by even doctors, is hard to un derstand. It was proposed therein to make it an offense for any person to conduct a pharmaceutical store for re. tailing or compounding or vending medicines, not under the super vision of a qualified pharma ceutist. The qualifications were fixed as follows: That any person in order to be qualified should be twenty one years old and a graduate in pharmacy, or have had four years practical experience in prepa ration of physicians prescriptions in compounding and vending medicines, or shall be an assistant in pharmacy; that graduates in pharmacy should be such as have obtained a diploma from a regular incorporated college of pharmacy, that requires not less than four years experience in stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been compounded before said diploma is issued; that phar macists claiming the right of being qualitisd under the act'sho'uld at its organization, show to the satisfaction of the board of pharmacy, to be created by the act, Liiitu iney nave nau uit requirements specified in regard to them; that assis tants in pharmacy should be twenty' one years old, have had four years ex perience in stores where prescriptions of medical practitioners have been prepared, and have passed a sat isfactory examination before the board of pharmacy of Texas. The committee tnought the bill was in ad vance of the age; that it was reqnir- ing great precaution in the country while it was proper only in the larger towns and cities. The argument is a poor one, for the lives of country people are just ; as precious as those of town and city people There are places in the country where worthless and wasted drugs are sold, from which all medical and curative qualitives have fled. Some of these drugs have been kept through about the same efficacy as brad pills. Too many such worthless compounds are sold even in the towns, and they will be sold to the danger of health and life until the law steps in and pro vides that drugs and medical compounds shall be sold only by those who know- what they are. The bill was prepared by a committee of phar macists, appointed by the Texas phar maceutical association, and it is in conformity wjth laws in force in other states. This association meets on the 8th of May in the city of Aus tin, and it is hoped, instead of being disheartened, its members will renew with more zeal their efforts in behalf of a law most necessary to public safety. The Jeannette enquiry, in its pur poses, has been a most absurd pro ceeding. The object seems to" have been to throw discredit on some of these men, and especially on Lieut. Melville, who denied themselves so much for the cause of discovery, and who braved death in that interest The investigation has shown that this officer acted with great heroism, and that he imperiled his own life in the attempt to save others. Despite the terrible hardslnps Melville had to encounter on .the trackless waste of snow and ice, and cold so intense as almost to congeal the blood, he did not relinquish his quest until he dis covered the frozen bodies of De Long and his men and had secured all the journals or memoranda that were buried with them in the snows. There is no doubt the more fully Melville's j course is investigated the more praise- J worihy will he be deemed and the more deserving of a vote of thanks and substantial rewards from con gress. f Hon. S. S. Cox states nothing new or strange to the Statesman- when he declares the ; tariff is to cut a figure in the selection of the' next speaker. We agree with him that the tariff revision of the last congress was a fraud, and besides it Is distractive and confusing. To execute the law as it now stands will be like reconciling absurdities, made . more ridiculous by the attempt What with treasury de cisions and grasping monopolies and greedy grabs and protesting lawyers and new rulings on old points and mixed classifications, thev tariff will prove a hybrid widen must be tackled if only to reduce verbal harmony out of the chaos. There is dissatisfaction as to almost every line of the tariff, not only because it is incongruous, but it is here excessive and there otherwise. A little reflection, a glance at the census, will show how impos sible it is to suppress agitation on the tariff. The farming capital is over $12,000,000,000, the manufacturing capital not $3,000,000,000. ' There are over one-third more farmers than manufacturers, and yet the prodact of the manufacturer to- that of the farmer is as twenty-two to five. This state of things will not last The west and south must be heard on the subject and the commercial interests ask revision. The .ship-building is bound up with freights and transpor tation of grain, and the east will be ready to join with the farmers and planters to demand substantial reduc tion of taxation. KL President Arthur is going into camp for two weeks on the Kissimee river. ' Dennis Kearney has played out politically, and the sand lot crowd went with him.. The czar's preparations for the coionation are all completed so are the Nihilists'. Let the band com mence to play. President Arthur and Secretary Chandler had too much regard for their safety to proceed to Florida on a government vessel. Larger average profits can be made by the cultivation of mixed crops, because the failure of one crop may be compensated by success of another. People will believe the charges against Mr. Bobinson, late fish com missioner, when proven. He inau gurated the fish business of the state, and his administration was necessa rily expensive. No one dares im peach his integrity. t There is a little time left in which the governor might wield his pen in shaping another veto message. The one sent in was received so kindly, especially when applying to. minor matters of purely local importance. But it was a small question, hence the message. The standing army of the United States numbers 30,000 men, and yet it is not quite big enough to kill 200 Apache Indians. If the government had sense enough to put soldiers wher; they are wanted, instead of where they are not wanted, Indian raids would cease to disgrace the country. Secretary Chandler, so our AVashington correspondent says, has discovered that the turrets for the Miantonomah can not be made in this country, and the job will have to be given to "European pauper labor.'' This is a beautiful commentary on the protected iron and steel interests of this country. After all the stiff protection they have received they admit that they can not build a tur-reir-fer,a government vessel. It is time to "encourage native industry" by some other systeiuTv The Alexandria, Virginia, Gazette remarks that "it is impossible for the people outside of Virginia to con ceive of the extent to which the judiciary and the public schools of the state have been prostituted by Gen. Mahone to the lowest of partisan pur poses. Nothing but actual experi ence could iMuce them to believe that what has been done and is now in progress in the courts and public schools of Virginia could be possible in a state of the American Union." The demoralizing influence of Ma hone hits been indefinitely promoted by the Republican administration and that, too, for the purpose of secur ing his aid as a United States senator. A mora infamous example of bribery was never set in the history of any government under heaven. Dr. Guidrah, of Virginia, has in vented an electrical apparatus called the electroscope, by which a person can not only speak with a distant friend but actually see him. A description of a test of the machine in the pres ence of forty scientific men at Mel bourne is thus described: "Sitting in a dark room, they saw projected on a large disk of white-burnished metal the race-course at Flemington, with its myriad hosts of active beings. Each minute detail stood out with perfect fidelity to the original, and as they looked at the wonderful picture through binocular glasses, it was diffi cult to imagine that they were not actually on the course itself, and moving among those whose actions they could so completely scan." Senator Coke's presence in this city has been most proper under the circumstances. Not long ago he was honored by the eighteenth legislature as man was never before honored in Texas. Elected to the United States senate for the sepond time, he looks forward to the fulfillment of a twelve years' service ot the commonwealth at the . federal - capital, and it is natural that he should desire to consult and commingle with the constituted powers of the state. Senator Coke has made a most faith ful representative of the state, and the influence he has been slowly building up at Washington has been greatly augmented of late by the manner of his re-election. To-day this man stands endorsed by every political element in the state, and it may be stated that this endorsement is because of a strict adhesion to duty. In a personal sense, too, it was emi nently proper that Mr. Coke should come to Austin while the legislature is still here. He certainly feels grate ful for an unusual honor, and by his presence he has been enabled to show such appreciation. The Statesman has not, under all circumstances, been Mr. Coke's political supporter. It fr vored his election, and then his re election", and it expects, in the next six years, to chronicle a brilliant pub lic record for the distinguished Texan The Size of Blaine's Religion. rCourier-Journal Some one has thought it would help J. G. Blaine politically to give the puuuc & uttie information bearing upon his religion, and hence an old letter has been dug up and is started again on its rounds. By reading the document, the fact appears that Mr. uiaine is not troubled with any par ticular religion. He has managed to steer clear of creeds. His morals are of the Mulligan school, his goodness partakes largely of the guano flavor, and he evidently thinks more of salt peter than of Saint Teter. In diplo macy he seemingly consults the devil, and as for righteousness, he has no use for - the article, except as it in creases his riches. That is alxmt thn size of Blaine's religion. Can't Afford It! . Brenham Banner. The Fort Worth Gazette has opened a war on Thomas J. Goree, superin tendent of penitentiaries. It says he has spent his time in lobbying at Austin, and further that he has said the state cannot manage the peniten tiaries except at great loss. "The state cannot afford to trust the man agement of this vast interest to a man who announces at the outset that he cannot run it except at a loss." DEMOCRATIC STATE AUSTIN, OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, April C. To the Editor of The Statesman: The competition of American food in the various markets are yearly causing more alarm in .European countries. The competition was first felt ui Lngland where, after years or futile opposition, it is now acknowl edged that it is cheaper to depend up on supplies from this country than upon the native farmers. Germany next commenced to growL but farm ers could procure only ruinous prices for their products and the parliament was loudly called upon to do some thing to check the influx, of YANKEE GRUB. But parliament refused to do more than place restrictions upon the im portation of pork, on the ground that it introduced disease into the country. Russia was next to squeal. Ameri can flour is now sold all over Europe cheaper than the farmers in the Black sea districts can produce it, and thousands of them are emigrating to the United States. France is now making a fuss. Consul Wilson, of Nantes, in a communication to the state department, which has just been made public, asserts that inter-i ested influence was brought to bear to secure the prohibition of American pork into that country. Wilson says he finds extending through the business com munity a general and widespread dis like for and opposition to the Ameri can tariff, so far as it may effect any article exported from France, and a strong disposition to retaliate, and that this feeling of dislike and oppo sition is intensified by the situation in regard to American pork where, he adds, is shown the willingness to re taliate. He gives a resume of the his tory of the efforts made by interested persons to secure legislative interposition between the fail ing French pork trade and American competition from 1877 to date, and strongly intimates that the representations made to the min ister of agriculture and commerce by the French pork nianufactureis, rather than to the any objection to the quality of any American pork, caused the issuance of the. decree of prohibition. Efforts are being made in swine European countries to check the importation of cattle and canned beef from this country. But the mass of the people in any of the countries where prohibitory measures were tried promptly showed their opposi tion, for never until the in troduction of beef from this country were they accustomed to a daily supply of meat on their -tables. Beef canning bids fair to become one of the LEADING INDUSTRIES OF TEXAS in the near future, her broad plains annualy grow countless thousands of -cuttlajyhich can be killed and manu-factureditt-pricfis that bid defiance to any European nation and to any state in the union. The canned beef can be placed in vessels at her seaports and at New Orleans, and skipped with very little railroad expense, an ad vantage not enjoyed by any of the small cotton-growing states in the in terior. The beef already sent in this way from Texas to the London mar ket was pronounced of excellent quality, as also the live cattle sent. The cattle were subjected to very lit tle railroad travel, and when they reached the Liverpool and London markets they were found to be fat and healthy, while those shipped from Kansas and Colorado by rail to New York and from there to England were found to be lean and diseased. THE PRESIDENT Had all of his fishing tackles packed, preparatory to making his south ern - trip. lie goes di rect to Jacksonville, where he will take a steamboat to Sanford. Then, if the weather is hot, he will go further up the St. Johns to an Island where there is reported to be good fishing, but if it is not too warm he will go on the South Florida rail road to Kissime city, at the head of Lake Tohopokatiga, a beautiful sheet of clear spring water, eleven miles long and from four to six miles wide, and full of channel bass often weigh ing a dozen pounds each. Mr. Arthur has been suffering of late from sciatica, and the clear air, pure water and warm climate of the land of flowers can but be beneficial to him especially if he can locate him self where delegations of citizens and importunate oflice-seekers cannot dis turb him. He is very fond of fishing, and throws a fly with very creditable dexterity, rather preferring to fish for salmon, sea bass or other large game to casting his line for trout. HOW PROTECTION HAS PROTECTED. It is understood that the steel-faced iron turrets of the ironclad Chianto nomah, which are to be fourteen inches in thickness, are to be manu factured abroad, and sent here to be placed on the vessel. The steel tubes of the -10-inch guns of the same vessel and the Scinch guns for the cruisers are also to be ordered from England. This importation of portions of our ne w men-of-war is probably necessa ry, but it is rather humiliating to think that.with all of our vast iron works and boundless mineral resour ces we cannot make our own vessels of defense. The secretary of the navy is anxious, however, to have some creditablo men-of-war afloat at the earliest possible moment, and if Ave have not the appliances for the con struction of any part of them here to import them. CATTLE DISEASES. - Dr. Loring, commissioner of agri culture, has rented an estate in the far east part of the city, which he is putting up as a station for .the inves tigation of the diseases of cattle. The board of health has given its permission, and the investigations will be conducted by an educated and experienced veterinary surgeon. YELLOWSTONE LEASES. Additional applications have been received at the interior department from persons to lease sites in the Yel lowstone Park. The interior depart ment will -not entertain these propositions until it is ascer tained whether or not the applicants are responsible. Assistant Secretary Joslyn says that it is ex pected the company which has re ceived leases will have hotels ready for summer tourists this year. A plan of one building has been re ceived. Many distinguished persons will visit the park this year and it is supposed President Arthur will be among the number. He has already stated his intention to go west during the summer and the collector of cus toms at Chicago has extended to him an invation from the Union League club for a reception. Next to Grant, Arthur is the greatest junketing president the country has ever haul He never can content himself long in Washington at a time, almost one half of his time during the winter months having been spent in other cities. TEXAS POSTAL MATTERS. Weyland postoffice, Hardin county. Texas, will hereafter be known as Village Mills. A postoffice has been established at Miller Grove, Hopkins county. The star mail service on route 31468, from Tilden to La Salle, has been increased to six times a week. On route 31,355, from McKin ney to Rockwall, mail will hereafter leave McKinney Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays at 12 m.; arrive at St. Paul by 4 p. m.; leave St ' Paul the same three days at 7 a. m.; arrive as McKinney by 11a.m.; leave St Paul Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 a. m.; arrive at Rockwall by 11:30 a. m.; leave Rockwall Tuesdays, Thursdays TEXAS, THURSDAY, and Saturdays at 12:30 p. m.; arrive at St. Paul by a p. m.. On route 6i,zJU. from Giddings to Rockwall, mail will leave Giddings Mondays and Fridays at 1 p. in.; arrive at Brown's Mills by 6 p. . m.; leave Brown's Mills Mondays and Fridays at 8 a. m: arrive at Giddings by 12 m leave Brown's Mills Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 a. m., arrive at Caldwell by 12 m.; leave Caldwell Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. m., arrive at Brown s Mills by b p. m. Mail messenger service has been estab lished to Aurora, Wise county, from Rhone, two miles distant, as olten as required. Samuel F. Carter has been commissed postmaster at Village Mills, Texas; Andrew J. Abshier at Dayton; Thomas W. Fox at Egypt; James E. Richardson at Picton, James F. Ward at Snake Prairie; James M. Swindle at Manning; John W. Cadenhead at Simpson ville, Adams i. Decfter at i.dom, Wright W. Fore at Cheapside, Joseph Kerr at Lufkin, James H. Hicks at The Grove, Asberry T. Mann at Woodbury, and Charlie E. Fatherree at Miller Grove, Hopkins county, Texas. TEXAS PATENTS. Daniel W. Coburn, of Buffalo, Texas, has been granted a patent for a car coupler; Edward E. Deland, lirady. patent for Shepherd's crook; Eugene Mccarty, bpanish ort. cotton cul tivator and chopper; Manning L. Nix, Paris, cotton gin feeder; James 11. .Nutting, (Jallisburg, cultivator; Edmund L. Wood, Eastland, combined clacking brush and blacking-box holder; George T. Woodlief and G. R. Dunn, Calvert, boot and shoe indica tor. Li. a. What the Statesman has Done. fKort Worth Gazette. 1 The Gazette's Democracy is not of the kind that believes it meet, just and proper to condone the sins of Demo crats. The way to make good uemo crats is to expose the bad ones and there are some bad ones. Fealty to party is commendable, when the party is right, it is contemptible when the party or the partisan is wrong. Statistics of Divorce. In his convention address of 1881 the bishop of Connecticut said: "There were in the year of grace 1878, in Maine. 478 divorces; jn New Hamp shire, 241; in Vermont, 19 ; in Mass achusetts, 600; in Connecticut, 401; and in Rhode Island, 196 making a total of 2113, and a larger ratio in proportion to the population than in France in the days of the revolution, though far less than in the city of Paris. On the basis of population by the present census, there was one divorce to every 1357 inhabitants in Maine; in New Hampshire, one to 1439; in Vermont, one to 1687; in Massachusetts, one to 2971; in Con necticut, one to 1553; and in Rhode Island, one to 1141." But the state of things is far worse to-day. The statistics show that in Vermont there is one. divorce for every fourteen marriages; in Rhode Island, one to every eleven. The re sult is. that in the New England states "four, thousand families are broken up every year. Effec t of Sunlight on Fluor. Boston Journal of Chemistry.1 It frequently happens that wheat or rye flour, in spite of the greatest care in baking, yields an inferior loaf, and the failure is commonly attrib uted to adulteration; but when sub mitted to investigation neither micro scopic nor chemical tests reveal any adulteration. Such flour is returned to the miller or dealer as unfit ror use. The miller says the flour was injured by the heating of the stones, and the dealer attributes the defect to the cir stance that the sun must have shone upon the sacks during transportation. It has been proved by numerous ex periments that tleur cannot bear the action of the sun, even when not ex posed directly to its rays. AVhen flour is exposed to the heat of the sun an alteration takes place in the gluten similar to that produced by the heat ing of the stones. For this reason it is advisable that the transportation of flour should take place, it possible, on cool days or by night, as well as that flour should be stored in a cool place. Costly Beer. iGalveston Print. 1 Beer costs more in Austin than in any other city in the state, and, ac cording to legislative statistics, it sells, or is sold, higher at the caravan sera of Messrs. Cunningham" & Ellis than elsewhere in Austin. The dis tinguished gentleman from San An tonio, who made averment of taking that costly drink, had a motive in his confidence imparted to the millions. Had he said that he got his drink for nothing Mrs. Grundy would have fixed her suspicious eyes upon his manly countenance and would have watched with interest for the appearance of the penitent bug from under the chip. The San An tonio tribune therefore rejoiced that he had expended the magnificent sum of $19.50 for a single draught of "the brown wine of Germany." Hence forth there was no smell of the burn ing penitents about his garments. Therefore he exults in his loss and emulates the economic Cleopatra when she tossed off her liquified pearl, to show off her glory in the eyes of Marc Antony. Now, may the uneasy spirit of the Santonion orator be at rest. No stone, or aged egg, or even tuft of grass can even be thrown against his transparent panes. Like a man he paid $19.50 for his drink, nor wiped his mouth without due confessiou. But of his brethren who did not pay the piper for the music, but on the contrary rather reclined on violet banks and let the dulcet sounds creep in their ears what mortal tongue may speak! The fact of their not paying $19.50 for a glass of beer like the flush gentleman from Santone, casts a sickly light over their patriotic attendance at the Hotel of " the Penitents, and clouds with the touch of suspicion the boon of Mrs. Grundy, the dear lady, as intently she watches the fading figures vanish from the scene, and whispers audibly: They pass: Nor of their name nor race, Have left a token or a trace. Save what their brethren must not say, Who shrined them on their knees that day; This broken tale is all I knew Of what they gave and what, they drew. Exeunt omnes, tn"S champion from Santone leading the van, whistling, "Now cock of your hats f u' sprushT" How to Handle a "Dead" Drunk. Boston Globe's Report ot Dr. Porter's Lecture. The doctor spoke at length upon re viving persons from an apoplectic fit, or from a "dead" drunk. In the latter case the odor of alcohol can alwavs be detected in the breath, but it should be remembered that the same symptons might exist in apo plexy. The sure way to tell whether a person is affected by apoplexy or profound intoxication is to examine the eyes. Pull back the lid, and if intoxication causes insensibility, the eye will reopen to the light, that is, the pupil will contract. In case of apo plexy, the eye is practically dead, and is not affected by changes of light, and, in general, one side of the body is paralyzed. When there is a pro found "dead" drunk - an emetic should be given, either - mustard and water or warm water, or a cold bath. The latter is a very effectual means of relief from the effects of excessive intoxication. In case of apoplexy put ice to the head, hot water to the feet the bath containing two table spoonfuls of mustard, and mustard poultices to the calves of the legs. The position of the body should not be recumbent but as nearly as possi ble to a sitting posture. When vom iting occurs, in all cases of insensi bility, it is an encouraging sign. APRIL 19, 1883. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS Corsicana, April 11. As the boarding train attached to the Breck enridge bridge gang on the Central road pulled out this evening from Car roll's switch, Mrs. Johnson, the board ing mistress, fell between the cars and was terribly mangled about the chest and head, and it is feared her injuries will prove fataL James L. Antery, Esq., the News' correspondent, leaves to-night for Austin on special business. San Antonio, April 11. Mary Li t tlejohn, who was arrested for stealing money from letters, was discharged on account of her youth. The Presbytery of west Texas is in session here to-night Many minis ters are in the session. A gang of horse thieves are infest ing and depredating this section, and stockmen are beginning to be heard from. CoL Felix W. A. Gutery will be married to Miss Flores next Saturday morning at San Fernando cathedral. Preparations are progressing for a grana weamng. lion. C. Upson is out again from a recent illness with pneumonia. Marshall, April 11. A burglar by the name of Charles Johnson was bagged here last night by Officer Winden. He was caught in the act carrying valuable jewelry from a pri vate house. The Texas and Pacific have a strike on their hands. The freight brake- men' struck, and have stopped all freight trains on this end of the line. The company have seen fit to reduce the number of men from three to two men for each train, and the brake men will not stand it. It is rumored that the shop men of the same road at this point will strike next Friday, unless certain demands are acceded to. Marshall is to have a cotton com press. The Texas and Pacific rail road company have purchased grounds for its erection. Fort Worth, April 11. At half past eight o'clock thievening M. B. Davis and O'Brien Moore, the latter city editor of the Democrat, had a bloody difficulty on Main street. Statements are conflicting, Davis affirming that Moore and a reporter named Mather attacked him in the dark and were beating him, when he drew his pistol and in the struggle it went off. Moore says Davis walked up and deliberately fired at him, but missed, when he (Moore) jumped on Davis, captured the pistol, knocked him down and kicked him in the face. Dr. Daniel stated at first that Davis had been shot in the face, but now thinks the hole was made by' the heel of a shoe. Davis, in the afternoon, met Moore, and after cursing him in a public place told" him to arm himself, that he would kill him at sight. Davis is very badly hurt. The affair creates great excitement and further trouble is ex pected. The Martin-Brown .company . was organized here to-day, with a capital of $500,000, to conduct a dry goods business. Mrs. Belle Burchelle, postmistress, will go to Waco to-morrow, with United States Marshal McKee, to ap pear before the United States court to answer the charges against her. Houston, April 11. Ever since the burning of the truck house on the night of April 1 detectives have been searching for the incendiary, as they did not accept the theory that a lamp was accidently jostled to the' floor as an old truck left the building. To-day a lad went before the grand jury and confessed that at the instigation of Jeff Buckingham, the driver, and Chas. Super ville, hjs associate, he lit a bale "of hay when the old truck and driver left the building to answer a false alarm which had been pre arranged. Both of the young men have been arrested. The scheme on their part was merely to burn down the old shell, knowing the citizens would erect a new house which woidd be to the advantage of the volunteer company. They did not dream but that the new truck would be pulled from the building and saved, but the hour was so late and the flames spread so rapidly that by the time assistance arrived nothing could be done. The only material loss was the truck, which cost $3500. The boys kept quiet about the mat ter after the disastrous result, but their guilt has come to light. It is highly probable that the act was the result ol boyish thoughtlessness. It will go hard with them. To-night a hght oc :urred back of the Oxford theatre between three negroes. Two brothers, Dan and Ike Irvine, cut Bill Meyers pretty severe ly with a razor. Ike, who is supposed to have done the cutting, was lodged in jail. His brother escaped. At the annual election for officers of the Houston cotton exchange and board of trade to-day, the following officers were elected: President, &am McAsham; vice president, H. W. Garrow; treasurer, F. A. Rice; direc tors, Wm. Christian, S, K, McDhenny, Wm. M. Read, W. D. Cleveland, Geo. L. Porter. Wm. V. R. Watson and A. Ruttkay. Galveston, April 11. 'The steam ship Whitney arrived this morning from Vera Gruz, with about sixty cabin and five deck passengers. Among the former were Col. Jno. Scullin, general manager of the southern division of the Mexican National railway; J. P. Harris, gen eral freight and passenger agent of the Mexican Central railway, and wife; Mr. J. P. Hale, a Cali fornia capitalist, and . (ieorge W. Dupree and lady, of New Or leans. Mr. Dupree was one of the original proprietors of the New Or leans Democrat, and is quite promi nent in that city. The Whitney had but five packages at 10 o'clock for New Orleans. Mr. Jno. Scullin has resigned his position - as general 'manager of the southern division of the Mexican Central railway for the purpose of directing his attention to his private business, which is large and varied. He is enthusiastic in ref erence to the grand possibilities and wonderful resources of Mexico, which but await their full developement by the completion of the railways now under construction in that country. Of the railways Mr. Scullin states that all lines which are controlled by American capital are being pushed forward as rapidly aa capital and men can construct them. - j Dr. Swearingen, state health officer, accompanied by the mayor and Architect Clayton, went out to Fort Point this morning and inspected the disinfecting warehouse in course of construction there. Dr. Swearingen was deli&rhted with the manner in which the building was being erected. Congressman Ochiltree win arrive here on the 18th inst Dallas, April 11. No arrests have been made in the Free-Malone shoot ing affray reported last night Prof Malone is reported to be doing well and no serious results are anticipated from his wounds. His son, Claude Malone, and Wm. Free were dismissed JLjL from the service ofj Sanger Bros, this mornmg. John C. McCoy, Lawrence Knepfly. and other representatives of Dallas commandery. Knights Templar, leave on Monday for San Antonio to at tend tne annual conclave ot the Grand Commandery of the state to be neiu April 18, iy and 2U. Mrs. S. A. Williams, a highly esteemed lady, died last night at the family residence, corner Commerce street and Ackard avenue, and was buried to-day. The funeral ceremony was neia at at. Matthew s Episcopal church. C. E. Roseville, charged with burglary, was to-day -discharged on habeas corpus proceedings in the dis trict court. Dallas, April 11. A representa- of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company has spent several days in Dallas looking over the Texas trunk; railroad, learning its condition. its present carrying trade, the char acter ot the country through which it is projected and posting him self generally in regard to the property. The representative left the city a day or two ago, and it now leaks out in railroad circles that a special committee of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe directory have been and are conferring with the bondholders and other creditors of the Texas Trunk to learn the financial status of the road, with a view to be coming possessed of it. The fore closure sale is to occur at Dallas on the first Tuesday in May next. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe people are represented as being anxious to secure the Texas Trunk and extend it from Dallas through northwest Texas to a connection with their main line in New Mexico, and continue the constructed part of the road from Kauff man to Sabine Pass as a gulf outlet for their system. The strike of the brakemen on the Iron Mountain road, between Texar kana and Little Rock, has necessi tated the sending of most of the freight of the Gould system in north Texas over the Missouri Pacific. The prospect is that freights will resume their proper routes in a day or two. RAILROAD PROPERTY DESTROYED. Winona, Minn., April 11. The round house and machine shop of the Winona and St. Peter division of the Northwestern railroad was burned this morning. Eleven locomotives are badly damaged. Loss, 35,000; no insurance, THE SCHILLER TRIAL. Milwaukie, . Wis,, April 11. At the morning session of the Schiller trial the prosecution opened their case by calling C. D. Nash, president oftheNewhall house company, and questioned him in regard to the plan of the house and its safety. THE ALMS HOUSE INVESTIGATION. Boston, April 11 In the Tewks bury alms house investigation to-day Frank Barker, formerly in charge of the insane building, said the beds were in a filthy condition. The charge of bathing of male patients in tank fifteen feet wide and one foot deep was sworn to. As many as eighty four bathed in the same water, which was rarely changed. Patients would object to going in and would be put in by force. The governor attempted to have testimony of what' insane female inmates had told witness in troduced, but after a discussion it was suppressed. Mark Heatheote, a policeman, who took a foundling to the alms house, saw a nurse filling its mouth with soap. Dr. Dean, a grad uate of Harvard medical school, testi fied that when he was a student, per haps fifty bodies were used during the winter term. RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION. Milwaukee, April 11. A New York special says: President Colby is now in that city closing negotia tions for the sale of the Wisconsin Central to the Villard syndicate, being a preliminary step to the estab lishment of a transcontinental line from New York to Portland, Oregon, with the construction of the Northern Pacific link connecting Superior City and Ashland, Wisconsin. The Cen tral gains an entrance to Milwaukee with another link to Chicago, to gether with a complete through line to in ew x one via tne uranu Trunk and West Shore road. However, the entire line will .not be under the single management of Villard, he contenting himself at least for the present with the traffic agreement east of Chicago. It is thought the whole line will be in operation by August 1. GOULD'S MAGNANIMITY. New York, April 11. The decision in the lower court as to dividends on fifteen millions of dollars of Western Union telegraph stock being calcu lated to embarrass innocent stock holders, Gould has determined .. to assume personal responsibility, pay ing the dividends on all of the stock out of his own , fund, amounting to $i,4uu,uuu. The louowing is his an nouncement to that effect: "In view of the serious incon venience to many persons from mali cious and vexatious suits against the western union telegraph company, I have arranged with the Mercantile trust company to advance to all stockholders of the Western Union telegraph company on and after April 12, lood, upon assignments to me at the office of said trust company of their right to receive the same. That portion of the January dividend still unpaid will be arranged, lor in the same manner. Signed, ay Gould, New York, April 11, 1883. RAILWAY OFFICIAL CHANGES. St. Louis, April 11. Two circulars were issued this afternoon by R. S. Hayes, one as first vice president of the Missouri Pacific railroad, stating that under the condition of things H. M. Hoxie, third vice president is relieved from attention to. assessment and taxation of properties, and further that James G. Howe, assistant secretary, will have charge of all matters pertaining to assessment and taxation, and also of the purchase of materials and supply. The second circular, issued from the the Wabash and St. Louis Pacific, offices, announ ces that Jno. C. Gault having resigned, H. M. -Hoxie, third vice president, will assume charge of the freight and passenger traffic, and that Jas. G. Howe, secretary, in addition to his duties as secretary will take charge of assessment and taxation and purchas ing of supplies. It further announces that heads of departments, except as above stated, will continue as here tofore. railroad tlme convehtion. St. Louis, April 11. The general railroad time convention met here at 11 o'clock with a large attendance. P. P. Wright of Cleveland, is in the chair, and W. F.Allen, of Philadel phia, is secretary. On motion the present officers were continued an other year. The present through time schedule was re-adopted, and it was resolved that changes go into effect May 13. A resolution on stan dard time was adopted as follows: That road3 east of and adjacent to Washington shall run by seventy-fifth meridian, or eastern time; between those points and Kansas City trains shall tun by ninetieth meridian, or central time, or one hour slower than eastern time; trains west of Kansas City shall run by one hundred and fifth and one hundred and twenty fifth meridian, or western time, two and three hours slower, respectively, than eastern time. A committee was appointed to Teport at next meeting on a uniform' signal system. f Gladstone, according to his son's statement, is determined to retire per manently from public life at an early day. jLJL i 0 NO. 37. HXVIIIth Legislature. Seventy-Eighth Day's Proceedings. SENATE. AU8TIN, April 11, 188" The senate met at the appointed hour; uieui. uor. m irun presiding ua a quo rumpresent. Prayer was offered by the chaplain. xiev ur. smooi. On motion ol Mr. Harris, reafliou the juurimrwas uispenseu with. PKT1TIONS. By Mr. Davis: For relief of free Pc'nol teacners. Jtelerrea to educational om mlttce. ENGROSSED BILLS. Offered by Mr. Martin: Srnale bill No. 357, amending tbe revised - ivil statutes Axing tbe bond of tbe .state I rvas urer at $250,000, and tbe organization (l Reeves county. Committee report favor ably received under suspension of the rules. Mr. Gibbs introduced senate bill 3113, federal court bill, to serve civil proceHweit and arrest criminals. Motion to pass, notwithstanding gov ernor's veto 22 ayes. Bill passed. House amendment substitute senate bill 305, to revise civil statutex, relating to drainage of public roads expends of same to be paid out ol general levenue concurred in l.y senate. Tbe chair laid before the seuate the houso DEFICIENCY BILL. Mr. Pfeufler stated tbat the bill had not been before the senate finance committee, and moved that it be referred. - Mr. Qooch thought it it should be re ferred to the finance committee, the i-cn-ate ought at once to adjourn to as t permit tbe committee to have a meeting without delay. Mr. Shannon thought the senate should go into committee ot the whole upo a. con sideration of the bill. The ayes and noes were called on Mr. Pfeutfer's motion, resulting iu the refer ence oi the bill by a vole of 15 ayes to 9 noes. Mr. Pope called up house bill No. 65, iu reference to amending the law for p o tection ot game. Passed- On motion of Mr. Pieuffer. the senate adjourned till 3 p. m , in order to give the uname committee time to consider on the deficiency bill and report thereon. . 4FTTKRNOON SKfSION. Mr. Pieufier, chairman of committee on finance, reported the bouse deficiency bill, with amendments. On motion ol Mr. Goocli the senate went into COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE upon the bill. The committee amendments were taken up separately, and the Jollowing adopted: sorters' hire, commlsloners of aDDeals. Galveston, f 30. Court of appeals. Austin, for books and stationery, 159.50. or expenses or lult relating to title of certain lands of Agricultural and Me chanical college, tSOO. to pay buacKielord county for Quaran tining against smallpox, $'iU7.36. to aenciency lor Quarantining against smallpox, and expenses incurred Inci dent thereto, $25,000. The committee amendment to strike out the appropriation of $075 for W. W. Searcy, executive clerk, and Mr. Mllby $22.90, and J. W. Swindells $002.82, was lost. The amendment to strike out tbe ap propriation of $150.15 ior T. J. Zink, guard at the Hunts ville penitentiary ,was lost. ' To add for S. N. Pickens, for services as inspector and guard for the liuk pen itentiary, $2 -7.50 Adopted. to auu ior t. d. Harris, suerin ol van Zandt county for conveying prisoners, $147. . . To add for H. ;. Denny, In payment of claim of J. M. Kiser, sheriff of Be 1 coun ty, for conveying prisoners, $101.50. Adopted. To strike out under the head ot ''mis cellaneous" $450,appropriated for the vet eran board, and Insert " Deffenbaugh $2r0, Hunter $250 and Johnson $500." Mr. MatlocK: Bubsutute lor amendment "to pay board of veterans for service rendered since July 2, 18S1, $1424. Adopted. To add to original contract for building capitol $300. Passed over. TO add ror Thomas uoegrmlor. balance due orr-nlano lor executive mansion. l-siunntfailuuii'AimioaofJvDli'ls, WZ-SD. Aaopieu. To add to pay Tom Marsh, agent, for rent of rooms for state offices, $170. Adopted. To add lor Wm. Brueggerhoff, for rent, $818. Adopted. To add to pay H. Bagadale, for sur veying university lands, $100. Adopted. To add to pay Galveston News for no tices of commission of appeals, $12 35; asylums, $85.80. Adopted. To add to pay W. T. Thompson for rent, $381. Adopted. To strike out '$15,00) to pay teachers and insert $20,C0O. Adopted. To add to the quarantine deficiency, for Christian Hess, $32.02; Duval county, $219.:" 0; Nueces county, $1504 Adopted. To add to the deficiency to pay the pub lic debt the following: Claims foe service rendered for frontier defence, $5000. Adopted. To add : To pay A. W. Kiley, for pub lishing citation in etcbeat suit, van Zndt county, $40 95. Adopted. Mr. Johnston, of belby, amendment: Adding O. t. Roberts, Jr , executive clerk, $1190; H.L. Spain, executive clerk, $1161.67, On motion of Mr. Gooch, the commit tee rose. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Announced the passage of senate bill No. 293, authorizing certain cities and towns to contract corporate limits, with amendment. - Senate bill No. 210, authorizing the city council of certain cities and towns to appoint a board of school trustees. Senate bill fixing the time for holding courts In the various judicial districts ot the state. House concurrent resolution, appro priating from the contingent fund a sufficient amount to pay tbe per diem of members, officers and employes of the eighteenth legislature. Mr. Martin reported tbat the committee ot tree conference on tbe house game law bill had agreed by taking irom the list of exempted counties Fails and Na varro, and by placing in the list of exemptions the counties of Tyler. Liberty,-Hardin, Jefferson. Orange, J as-p- r and Newton. Mr. Farrar, for conierence committee on the senate land fraud bill, reported that an agreement had been reached, pro posing certain changes In the bill. l.eport adopted. Mr. Gibbs moved reconsideration of the vote by which the committee ma jority report on tbe general appropriation bill was adopted. Mr. Johnston, of Shelby, moved a call of the senate. Mr. Houston absent. On motion of Mr. Goot-h, Mr. Houuon was excused for non-attendance, owing to illness in his family. Mr. Gooch moved the previous question on tbe motion to reconsider. Ordered, and the vote reconsidered. Mr. Davis moved adoption of the mi nority report, and moved the previous question on the motion. Ordered, and the minority repoit adopted by a vote ol 18 to 9. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Announced the adoption by the house of tbe report ot free conference committee upon the seuate substitute land fraud bill. Tbe free conference committee on the "land fraud bill" agreed that the house should recede Irom its second amendment, which amendment provides for the investigation or tbe manner in which Haskell county was put on the market in tbe city or Austin, and as to who were the purchasers of the land, and what persons, il any, connected with the land office bad bought lands? They recommended a substitute for section 6, which provides that suits shall be brought within one year, and may be brought in the county where tbe land lies, or to which the county is attached for judicial purposes, or in tbe county oi the residence of the purchaser, as tbe state may elect; hut suns rgainst eopora tiona or non-residents, or persons who have purchased as much or more than twenty-five sections of land more than the seven sections allowed by law, shall be brought in Travis county. Mr. Shannon moved tbat tbe senate ad iourn till 9 a. m. Thursday. Lost. Ayes 13, noes 14. Mr.Terrell offered an emergency clause. Adopted, and tbe bill passed. Mr. Randolph called up senate bill No. 268, providing for tbe election of assistant attorney for the twelfth judicial district. Passed. Mr Gooch called un senate bill amend ing tbe law relating fo notice of appeal from justices ot the peace, with majority house committee report Tbe bill pro poses a change In practice by doing away with tbe necessity of giving notice ol appeal In open court Mr. Shannon thought the bill was con ceived far the benefit of railroad law yer wno desire to appeal all cases from the justices' courts and find it inconven ient to attend in order to give notice of appeal In open court. air. Utbbs thought the bill meritorious, and tbat it should be referred. Mr. Martin thought tbe bill did not have sufficient meiit to justify a change of the law. Mr. Shannon moved the adoption of the adverse mnjority report. Lost by a vote of 15 nays to 11 yeas Mr. Chesley moved to adjourn till Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Lost. Bill pasi-ed to third reading. On motion ol Mr. Martin, the senate adjourned till Thursday at 10 a. m. HOUSE OK RIPRXSENT4TIVES. House met at the appointed hour. Speaker Gibson and a quorum present. Pryer by the chaplain. THE PENITENTIARY QTfSTIOX. The bouse resumed consideration of the new penitentiary bill, house bill No. 7411. the MtlPRtlnn nonrii mr ft... .. ..11.... . - - I I - " PI 1'W 'i .Uj-'UIO ment beiug amendmeut of Mr. Klllott and substitute therefor by Mr. Trylor, both of which alter some discussion were voted down. Mr. Travlnr nnnrl suhaiii.ifa fnm h. first section ot tbe bill, providing tor three commissioners at a salary of $3000 each, with a clerk at $1600 per annum. The commissioners are to give boiid of . $25,000 and make oath for the proper dis. uii:e ui uieir uui ies, wuicu are aeuoca. Itv Mr. Puttnn- Amnfwl tha itn,n1man. by substituting two for three commit sioncrs aud $2500 for3 CO as their salary The question was discussed pro and Limestone, McKinney, Krymier, Upton, oittguur, Ayrcs auu oiuers. ' A VETO SUSTAINED Pending discussion. Mr. Nash waa granted permission to nail up the gover nor's veto of senate bill 833, granting the United States jurisdiction over earLain properly in Dallas lor tbe erection of a public building. Mr. Cochran made the usual motion tbat the bill pass, the veto notwithstand ing. i.ost ior tne want ol the required two- thirds vote ayes 50, noes 81. So the bill was defeated. . THE GAME LAW. Messrs. Hill, Harkness and Garrison were appointed on the free conference committee on tbe bill amending the game law. THE PENITENTIARY QUESTION, The Taylor Patton substitute was loit Ayes 2d. noes 46. Amendmeut by Mr. Barry, nrovldtnr' for election ol superintendent by tha people wa lost. . By Mr. McKinney: Add to eulldu.2 provisiou that the Deciteutiarv board shall appoint a general financial agent. who shall exercise tbe powers and duties which may be prescribed by the board, and receive such eompebsatlon as the board may prescribe. Amendment by Mr. Browning that the salary shall not exceed $3009. Adopted. Amendment as thus amended waa adopted. Minor amendments by Mr. Frvmler and jir. juounuDU were auopveo.. Mr. camp moved tbe previous Question. aud the bill was engrossed. . Amendment by Mr. Garrison, provld Ing, if tbe board deem proper, for our- Y cnt.se oi a larm or farms on which sell supporting convicts may be employed, was adopted. Ky Mr. Ayres: Dlspenslnglwith sen ate confirmation of the board. Adopted. I he bl:l finally passed, and Mr. McKin ney moved to reconsider and lay the mo tion on the t ble. Carried. Tbe vote on the final passage was. ares 74, noes 8. QUARANTINE BILL. Mr. Upton In the chair". " Senate bill 859. prescribing Cities and pay oi quarantine omcers, was called up ub i-epurteu uu lavurauiy oy mr. rarsonSj--' chairman of committee on health and quarantine mattors. ! xue uiii uuauy passeu. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Taylor called up senate Joint reso lution No. 43, diminishing the number of terms of tbe county court, being on Its first passage. Passed. Mr. Moursund called up senate bill 298. adding articles 503a and 503b, providing lor severance of territory from town cor- ' poratlons under certain provisions. Passed. Mr. McBride called up senate bill 220. to refupd saloon keepers pro rata of licenses taken out where tbe local option' law has been applied before the licenses expired. Engrossed. Mr. Cramer called up senate bill 851. changing time of holding district court in tbe ninth district Passed. Mr Phelps called up senate bill 181. giving police powers to the Texas bat talion or Texas rangers, ror tne better protection of tbe frontier from thieves and marauders. The bill was discussed pro and con by Messrs. Phelps, Kobinson ot Jack, Brown ing, Taylor, wurzDacn ana uiu,ana, on motion ol Mr. Hill, was indefinitely tost- ponea. - jf House adjourned till a p. m. 'AFTER2IOON SESSION. Speaker Glbso 4 end a quorum present, SCHOOL Tr"uSTEE8. The speaker announced as tLe pending business motion of Mr. Cochran Vo take up senate bill 820, providing for appoint--, ment by city and town councils of boardu- of ochnol trustees. Mr. Rosenthal opposed tbe bill from Republican standpoint. He didn't see why tbe Democrats wanted so undemo cratic a measure as this ta'dng the elec tions away from tbe people. Mr. Uptoi. thought if It was not demo cratic it ought to suit his Republican col league, who should consequently feel graiifind. It might afford him an excuse lor corning over to the Democratic party. TLaughter' After further pleasantries In the dis cussion tbe bill passed. . QUARANTINE RESOLUTION. Mr. Latham csiled up joint resolution No. 20, inviting reciprocity with the Mexican government to prevent, tbe spread of yellow lever and any Infectious diseases on the Rio Grande frontier, and calling the attention of congress to the subject, by sending copies ol tbe resolu tion to our representatives at Washington. Tbe resolution passed. PROVIDISCf FOR PER DIEM. Mr. Upton presented report aa to un appropriated balance of the contingent fund. Also concurrent resolution pro viding tor transferor the same to make good deficiency in the appropriation of the mileage and per diem of tne mem bers; The resolution passed. Mr. Barrett called up senate bill 824,tbe object of which, he said, was to locate Confederate lan l certificates. The house refused to suspend the rules. - Mr. Cochran in the chair. Mr. Stringer called up tbe resolution looking to final adjournment next Fri day. Mr- Wurzoach opposed the motion till the laud bill waii disposed of. Mr. Frymler: And the appropriation bill. Mr. Upton ;m ved to postpone the res olution until 11 a. m. Thursday. Car . ried. THE GOVKUNOR'S VETO AGAIN. Mr Foster of Grayson called up tbe motion to reconsider the vote tuttatning tbe governor's veto of senate biil 833, to authorize the ciry ot Dallas to grant juris diction to the Ualted States over certain property In that city for the purpose of erecting a publlis building. - Tbe bill was ably discussed by Messrs. Acker, Taylor, Labatt,Wurzbacb, Upton, Cravens, KcKlnney, Foster of Giaysoa, and MdUrsund, and again by Messrs. Aciter ana xavior, woen jut. c osie, Limestone moved a call ot tbe bo After some minor businesspelidlngtbe call, the rules were suspelided and tbe motion to reconsider prevailed and the bill was passed c ver the governor's veto ayes 55; noes 27. THE LAND FRAUD BILL.' Mr. Armisteac. presented report of free conference committee. Report adopted. Tbe commtiuie recommend tbat tbe house recede from iu second amendment, allowing two years, and recommend twelve months as time In which suits are to be 'brought; that tbe house recede from its second amendment excepting Paschal county; and presented a substi tute Inr section 6 and the fourth amend ment ofthe home; suits shall be brought In twelve lnontis in the county where tbe land in question is situated, or In the county to wniclisucb county where the land Is situated is attached for judicial purposes, or in tbe county of the resi dence of the put chaser, or the person for whose benefit tbe purchases were made, as the state mny elect; provided, tbat suits for the recovery of such lands against non-renidents or corporations shall be brought in the district court of Travis county; and provides further, that in all c-ises where twenty-five sections or more of land in excess of the seven sec tions authorised by law to ba purcq-sed, baie been turchased by or tor the the benefit ot any oue person or corporation, suit for tbe recovery thereof shall be brought In the district court of Travis' county. Mr. Hill presented report of free con ference on tbe fUh and game MIL. Report adopt d. Mr. Flsber eilled up senate bill 211, authorizing county commissioners courts to issue bonds a ad levy tax to build court-bouse- and jails j: Pending eon (deration, the house ad journed till ti.ni. Thursday. : -j Cot ti mud on Second Fuge.J sd up JL,-