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1:i 1 1; I? ' i ree Press. ISAAC a JULIAN, Editor. 8ATUKDAV .JAN. 18. fflUaiPuper f Hay and Blanc Oounlifi., Mr. Wclilolclier 1cuU t Tk with sincere rearot that we hn Hrtnth of tbo able. laithful and distinguished i Represent ative in Conferees trora , tiis . uisinct. ir A',A nn VrifUv niuht tbo 10th inst. Distinguished funeral , honors were paid bim at Washington, ana nis ra mains sept iu charge of a Congression at Committco to San Antonio. Why Wolf '. ' On tho presumption that a District ConprcsBioDal Couvcotion will be culled to u'ominnto a successor to Mr. Schleicher, it has been suggested to bs to "put ia nomination" San Marcos os'a 'tuitablo pl.ico for holding said Coiiventiou. We aro boar tho centre of thoDistr'ct in one' direction, and bocupy a convenient and accessible onition with rcfercnuo to tho wholo. Tq say, than, lot San Maroos be the placo. W by not 7 ' k. IWJtcpheus is in a worse condi tion physically than he has been for years. . , . If Congress wants to find a rioh bo nanza of corruption, let an investiga tion bo mndo of the manner in which every oontraot for carrying tho mail is farmed out, tho honest bids in almost every cane secretly shown to favorites who bid a little lower and get tbo oontraot. It is possible an investiga tion might disclose the nmnner in which on a moderate salary the pious Tynor has grown immensely wealthy. OiiHfaTO Hchlelcber. Texas' dead . Congressman, Hon. Gustavo Sohleiohor, was born at Darmstadt, Germany, November 19, 1823, was educated for a civil engineer but left the fatherland soon after graduating trom the university of Geissen, and landed at Indianola in 1845. After some years spent on the frontier and surveying tho lands of the German oolonists, he looated in San Antonio, where he gained the oonfi denco of all olasses of people, who sonn found that ho was talented, honorable bravo and just. Ho was associated with Gen. Joseph E- Johnston, who was there a subaltern in the United States army stationed at Sun Antonio, in surveying tho routo of a railway to eonneot the gulf of Mexico and San Antonio, and in making examination of tho harbor at ludianola, Soon af ter the completion of the survey ho wait cleoted to tho legislature, and af ter two years' service was transferred to the State Senate, where ho continu ed for sovcral sessions. Enjoying the full confidence of the first men of the State, and making for himself a splen did record for industry and ability, When the troubles between the States broke out in 18G1 ho took sides with his State and did good service in the discharge of the duties to which he Was assigned. The Democratic con vention at Goliad in August, 1874. af ter more thau a hundred ballots nomi nated Mr. Schleicher for Congress as a compromise man, it having been found impossible to get a two-thirds Vote fur cither of the gentlemen first plaoed in nomination bcloro the con vention. At the expiration of his first U r:u he was re elected without serious oppns''.iou. This process weuld doubt less have becu repeated hist year but 1r hi course which tcparatcd him IrnHi the Democrat:!? majority on tho 'inanml (juostion. Opposed by. Judge Irclsn.l he .tiled to svt a two-thirds vote in the Sjii Aatonio convention, which JUmiIvcI without omninutinr. He w then t'lectel to the forty filth fVncres after t-ne of the mot arduous i n 1 cloe!y cwuiextcd cnv.-t-c ever Uwdj in the State. Mr. Schleicher's rvi'rl a a eonrcnian i known i throughout the country, anl crcJ c j rcleri-oeehcre. He w a treat mu-j J'-'ut. a theroush scholar, an able in- ' vet ticator. aa elegant writer, a gjod ! tpeakcr and a citizen of whoa any State might feel proa J. Of late year lis residence was at Curo, PeWitt ."law Vlw navl :" tm m. Itullroav lHu Jlro". Mulor Bishori boing. as be teJ about to leave this county, handed us the following lettor for such uso as w niiirht deem Droper. The letter will explain iteuff, and whatever may be thought aa to the practicability oi iu .MffPMtions. we think it possesses auffioteot interestito merit publication. ll whom it may concern win tia M unfabled to correspond with the - . ii writer, ii they aee proper to do lo.r-tD Fitcobubo. Mam.. Deo., 9, 188, a Vnu Kteim. San Marcos. : nu KiHVoura of 201. 1710 received, nd for. tho valuable infor- m.i;,in it contained I wish to tnaoK you and your friend Maj. J. II. Bisb nn. . The Fkek I'ress also received. with much othor information that bit the mark at tho right time. I see ; by thn Free Prebs that it is only IS miles irom San Maroos to Kingsbury, nnthflSnnset route, and the Major an va in his statoment twenty miles to Seguin, and only eighteen to Now Braunfels, and as 1 understand anoui twelve miles from New BraunfolB to Soguin. Now, is there anything being ilnnn hvanvono. to conneot ban Mar cos with any point by railway ? And if not, what is the feeling snd prospect of anything being done in that line ? If it is eighteen miles to Kingsbury, nil twantv to Seauin. and only eight een to Now Braunfels, and twelve from New Braunfels to Seguin, teaking it tliirtv miles from ban Marcos to be- guin via New Braunfels, whioh would you think would be the best for the public and the owners qi the railway v one should bebuilt.from San Marcos to the Sunset route, to build to Kings bury, eighteen miles, or to beguin, twenty miles, or to Seguin via New Braunfels, thirty miles? Could any parties in San Marcos be inducod to take hold of a railway project if othor parties would also take half interest in the same and build it ana put it in operation ? I have control of eight and a half miles of nnrrow guage rail road material, including switches, frogs, turntable, water-tanks, pumps, two oncines. seven freight and tour nasseneer oars, hand cars, tools, do- all nearly new, only been built and run nhmit hi months, (with the best oi care) and if the parties in San Marcos and other parties along tho line be tween San Maroos and tho Sunset routo would furnish a free right-of-way and depot grounds, when neeeded( and raise ono-half the cash needed to build the same, the persons that are interested in the above railroad prop erty (the 8J miles and rolling stock) will furnish tho other half, and build the line and put it in opperation at onco, if a charter could bo had. Do you think this projeot could bo carried out and a charter obtained for a nar row guage railway, two feet guage in stead of three feet as this eight and a half miles is two feet guage, and the rolling stock the same. The passengor cars will scat thirty passengers, each, and they can ride with more comfort iu the two feet, one in a seat, than in the three feet, two in a scat. If tho line should go to Kingsbury it will only require about nine and one half miles of track iu addition to the eight and ono-half on hand. This road could bo built and put into op eration and your oity connected with steam without a very large outlay by parties along tho line, and if your peo ple wish steam connections with the outside world I think this is your chance. Fcrhaps your people would rather have a line to Austin, which would be only!thirty miles, same as to Seguin by way of New Braunfels; you know best about that. But with this line put down cither to the Sunset route or to Austin, it would not bo long bo tore it would extend to other points, which could not help being of much benefit to San Marcos, Talk this matter over with the Maj or and your friends, and see what you think of the project, and please write me if you take any interest in the mat ter, and think favorable of such plan. If tbU nutter could be got Into the riiht hands, and tnanaved light, there is no doubt bat thoc connected with the project would do well and San Marcos in the near future become the centre of a system of two feet railroads extending tJ different points East, West, South and North. You may not at first think favorable of the two Ject fuare, but it is a perfect cuccen, J ..a .n l... nnn it in operation iiiivii "i " - . o decide, a thouiih noi approves the goage until they hod soeo it tried and had ridden upon it. I wish you would get the opinion of someone compoteot to judgo ns to about tho cost per miio i t.A..A '.,,.M railroad the route through the country botween San Marcos and tho point )OU think best tA u..n.i .v. atandnrd suase, yon will understand, is four feet eigh t and one-half inches, same as the Sunset .1,. Aniiin roads.) or the AAD MASS ur i three feet guage, WO I lUa UllIU V . F 1 A 1L and from that I can judge wna m, line will cost not including tho cost of bridging streams. Perhaps Kings- h.,r wnnU hfl the best Point SS the distance is loss, but if the Sunset route has not began to build from any point tn Vaw Braunfels. and aro not going to, then I should say, from my views, build via New Braunfels to Seguin, or to somo other point on the Sunset route, even if it was thirty or more miles. WritA nnv facts vou may think best about this matter, and I will lay it be fore my parties at onco and inform you of the result. Respectfully, J. L. BCTMAN. ladinna. DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATIONS. TvnTANAPOLis. Jan.. 8. A number of Democratio members of the legisla ture held a consultation to-day, in which it was the prevailing sentiment that the financial question was perma nently settled, and would not again en ter into State nolitics; further, that while Hendricks was the favorite son of Indiana, carrying Now York in 1880 was essential to success, and therefore Tildon should be re nominat ed for the presidency. Lastly, that Senator Voorhees, on the question of his ro-election to the Senate, should make no pledges to tho National party nor have further pronounced sympa thy with the Greenback movement. The promulgation of this sentiment oaused considerable feeling among Mr, Hendricks' friends. In the cauous to-night the Democrats, who have con trol, selected H. S. Canthorn, of Knox, for speaker, and Webster Dickson of Johnson, for clerk. Trouble is antici pated in organizing the Senate to-mor row, but an effort will be made with David D. Dale of White for principal secretary. St. Lotus Republican. . I ' To What Are We Irllllnc. There aro forty or more men in this country who can control from ten to one hundred million dollars capital. When these men combine they can raise or depress as they please the neo essaries of life or any article of com merce. A. T. Stewart was able to break up hundreds of small capitalists whose trade he wished to monopolize. Tho Standard oil company, with a hundred million dollars capital, has smashed nearly all rivalry and has an absolute monopoly of the whole petro leum oil trade of the country. By simplly using a lower grade of oil or adding a few cents on the priee per gallon it can realize millions of dollars profit, A millionaire is now engaged in the work of monopolizing all the wheat of the great metropolitan mark ets, so that there may be an advance of the price of that necessary of life, and he may realize immense profits Where is this infamous monopolizing to stop? First on one article and then on another, it is eating the life blood of our whole people. Baltimore Standard. Northern Texas has been visited by an unusually heavy snow and the cold est weather known for many years. In a number of places the themomcter went below zero, At Dallas the Trio, ity river was frozen over and sleigh riding was the order of the day. Julian Uartridge, member of Con gress from the Frst District of Geor gia, who died at Washington recently, was a native of Savannah, and a man of far more than ordinary abilities. He studied his profession at the Cam bridge law-school, and prior to the war was solicitor-general of the Eastern judicial circuit. lie served for some time in the Confederate army, waa a member of.the Confederate congress, and far the hut ten years has beca quite active and influential In the poli tics oi bis State. 30 MIS ONLY! CLQSING OUT 500 HATS At reduced prices, to make room for fresh goods. Hats worth $2," 3 50 $i find ' $5, reduced to $1 25, $2 25, 83 Wid S3 50. The largest assortment ever of fered. Prices from 25c to 83 50. Goods marked in plain figures. GRAND REDUCTION! FLANNELS, JEANS, BLANKETS. Fine nll-wool Red Flannel, 20c per yd. Fine White Flannel, 15c per yd. Gray Twilled Flannel, 20c per vd. 500 yds Doeskin Jeans, 25c per yd. 300 yds Jeans, 15c per yd. Blankets, 104, White, per pair $2 00. Clothing at cost. Boots and Shoes 25 per cent. less. 300 Corsets worth 1., only 40c. Sole agent for STAR SHIRT. 20 per cent, saved in purchasing Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, etc., of GEO. T. MALONE. u . l .. -.if New Goods! New Goods! SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, Is in Reooipt of his Largo and Well Selected Stock of GEtiER'L MERCHANDISE! Bouuht at LOW PRICES, and invites bis friends and customers to call and EXAMINE PRICES. I AM DETERMINED NOT TO BE UN DERSOLD BY ANYBODY! SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS GIVEN IN- ITIOLCnUOOTniSlAIHATs. I am just in receipt of the celebrated MOMNE WAGON, which I will sell at Austin prices. A complete stock of "DEERE PLOWS." Sept. 14-tf SAN MARCOS, TEXAS JIAXCFACTCRER OF TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WARES, AXD SCALES IK (IKIl.Mll, OFFICE AN11 PABLOR STOVES. Agent for Patent Sheet-Iron Roofing. . SHOP CAST SIDE OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE. I