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Patton's boom has gone ashore.
BillSterritt for the national
convention.
Tp.yas will make aa immense ex
hibit at New Orleans.
The advertising patronage of TnE
Statesman is simply enormous.
There is to be no congressional
walk-over in this district this time.
Let us send Terrell and Bracken
riige to the Chicago convention from
this district.
"We would sell gladly all our Inter
est In the sprinkling machine, for
a while at least.
The Dally Record, ot GalvestOD, is
an excellent little paper, but as a pun
ster it is a colossal failure.
The first St. Louis mail for several
dava came in vesterday. with its
wealth of musty.damp papers.
There is an ever increasing de
mand in Texas for lands, and in Aus
tin building lots are very active.
TnE campaign is opening up in the
northwest, and all the signs promise
i a wonderfully interesting summer,
Irish-American Poltics.
The Kansas democracy, though of
ten beaten, are undismayed. They
DroDose to have tariff reform and
Tilden, .
There is now no longer a doubt as
to Tilden's candidacy, no more In fact
than there is of his nomination, and
ubsequent election.
Walsh will be commissioner again,
if we are to judge from the hearty
way the sujrgestlon that he runs
again, is being received.
The counties are warming up to the
work a little. They'll come In under
the string not much behind the state
at the grand outcome.
The irregularity of the malls re
cently lias proven a great hardship to
the business interests of intericr
Texas. Will the clouds never roll by ?
The Examiner rushes to the defense
of Senator Coke, and no one attacks
Uadnt the Examiner better wait un
til it (or (Joke) is spurred before it
kicks?
, Two drummers presumably with
nothing better to do, went to cow-hiding
each other in Fort Worth the
other day. It is a bad ameuseent and it
doesn't help business a bit.
Walsh has many warmly attached
f ilends all over Texas. lie is favora
bly known in every county in the
Btate, and the boys will pu1! for him
with all their enthusiasm.
What has become of Mr. Marion
Martin ? The question is a little old-
fashioned we admit. But after all it
is entitled to a reply. Who will, or
who can make it?
There is considerable feeling in
Bastrop county over the Miles-Taylor
murder case. The return of the
Miles boys to that county for trial has
stirred up things considerably.
The Times wants a woolen mill at
Laredo because Waco has one. If
they try that, they will but go out
after a woolen mill and come back
doubtless, shorn of all their spare
cash.
It is said by those who ought to
know that Wash. Jones has nearly
made up his mind to give the democrats
a whirl for congress. There would be
music hanging on all the bushes
then.
The Chicago Current grows in
gracefulness as it grows in day3. It is
now one of the most charming literary
papers on the globe. Its 'success is
truly phenomenal,andit is profoundly
aad honestly earned.
A correspondent writes to know
"who in the hades is Bill Sterrett."
Not to know Bill Sterrett and why he
cuts such a "flgger", as Joe Gargery
would say, in the papers of Texas,
is to argue yourself unknown.
Elliott is a ladies' man. lie is
blooming out in his new character,
and is just adroit enough to have all
the pretty ladies of Texas working
like beavers for the exposition.
Texas never stands back when it
comes to going on the record as to her
preferences for a candidate for presi
dent. She has spoken out and very em
phatically for Tilden. She is not "go
ing back on" that expression either.
The approach of the Houston con
vention will be eagerly watch ed-
There are many lofty ambitions
hanging on the result of that meeting
of the clans. Dark horses are already
staked out all over the neighbor
hood.
It will be seen by a letter published
elsewhere this morning, over the sig
nature of John Hancock, that he re
fuses to make the race for congress
this fall. The Statesman will treat
the subject at greater length to-mor
row.
Senter will not tackle the old
alcalde again, this season. Senter is
the only interviewer in the state who
can write 'em so the victim won't go
bacK on the job. At least, the old
alcalde will think two or three thou
sand times ere he does a thing half so
foolish as to deny the last effort of
the Gazette's talented Austin reporter.
The Temple Times is quite severe
in its comments upon Mr. Illings-worth's-stement
to The States
man regarding his late experience in
that thriving little prairie city. Mr. L
is amply able to take care of himself
in this matter, and to him we refer
the Times.
Sunday's Gazette was an excellent
paper, and Senter's fine Italian hand
was traceable all over it Both the
Sometime since the leading Irish
men of America in council, framed a
set of resolutions the germ of which
was that they would oppose the party
maintaining free trade, and support
the other party which favored the ex
clusion of English commerce from our
shores. The feeling is, Indeed, a wide
spread one, and it would be found to
embrace about ninety -five per cent, of
the Irish citizenship of this country,
if an examination could be had. The
German readily gives up hi3 political
allegiance to the Fatherland, with all
of its hostilities and prejudices, re
taining only its delightful social modes
and pleasant reminiscences. They
soon become patriotic citizens of the
United States placing the new allegi
ance high above the old. Not so with
the Irish. They will pay taxes here,
fight like Turks for the government
and obey the laws, but they never
loose sight of Ireland. They never
part with the supreme allegiance to
Irish nationality into which they were
born. 1 heir first political care is for
the Green Isle. Nothing stands before
that in the estimation of your true
Irishman. This is a magnifient trait.
It glorifies the Irish people. It is as
charming as it is touching and it in.
dicates only that with a home govern
ment the Irish would be the most
patriotic people on earth. It makes all
people who love mankind regret keenly
that the brave Irish were unfortunate
enough to loose at Boyne Water their
identity among the nations. But de
lightful as the trait appears to those
who look at it from the stand point
of Irish interests alone, it is a threat
ening and even forbidding one looked
at from the point of our first best care
for the interests of this nation.
The theory is that our gates stand
wide open to the poor, the downtrod
den and the oppressed of all nations.
They are not only negatively welcome
when they elect to come, but the gov
ernment wisely offers inducements in
furnishing to all who will avail them
selves of its cheap homes upon the
vast domain belonging yet to it. But
in past payment for protection and
the glorious chances given all men
who join the citizenship of the great
republic, she wisely demands that the
prejudices as well as the allegiances of
the old country be kept on the other
shore. She cannot afford to tolerate
them here, much less to predicate her
policy or any part of it upon those
prejudices. Free trade is the hope of
America in all her future political
outlook. It is one of the accidents of
the position that England happens to
be the principal foreign beneficiary of
the proposed free trade pol
icy. This is - a democratic pol
cy and heretofore the Irish
citizenship ha3 acted mainly with the
democracy. As an adjunct to their
domestic struggle with England
they propose to act with the republi
can party showing in this way that
the allegiance for the home Isle
mouits infinitely above their allegiance
to this government, or any principal or
purpose inspired by their citizenship
here. The interests of the laboring
poor of this country, a large per cent,
of whom are Irish or of Irish extract
ion are all to be given up, pushed
back and lost sight of because the'
Irish agitators are still vainly
seeking, by fire and sword,
by dynamite and terror, to
force the concession of home
rule from the British govern
ment. We may and do strongly sym
pathise with the grand struggle waged
so long and so heroically for Irish na
tionality, but as Americans, as citi
zens of the United States, what haye
we, what can we have, to do with the
quarrels between the Irish people and
the central government of the British
empire? Nor can we properly lend
even a moral support to the effort to
disrupt a power with which we main
tain friendly reciprocal relations.
The Irish people in the United States
are either citizens of the United
States or they are. still subjects of the
the British crown. If they are our
own citizens any interference in the
way proposed in a quarrel between the
government and the people of Great
Britian, would be manifestly improper
and wrong. If they are still subjects
of the crown of Britain, then in
God's name what' have they to do
with our tariff laws or commercial
policy in any way? Such action of
the Irish people here would settle the
tariff question effectually, but would
settle it against the party, and the
people who have always been
in the closest sympathy with
the Irish and among whom exclu
sively are found the money which
so often and so powerfully voices the
sympathy ol the United States in the
moral struggle waged with such
sublime courage and touching devo
tion by the Irish and against the gov
ernment of England. But Its worst
immediate effect would be the up
growth of a party here which
would be peculiarly American
as against the Irish citizenship, and a
remodled knownothingism would
absolutely destroy the asylum fea
ture, the living chance the Irish
nave always naa nere. it the coun
cils of the Irish are wise they will ad
vise against the adoption of any poli
cy which, while it would hurt Eng
land and the Uni'.ol Sistei much.
would hurt themselves more.
a hanger on, and would-be-pensioner,
upon the bounty of the
people of the democracy. She is
democratic from principle, from birth,
education, and better still, from con
viction. She is democratic with the
rules, as with the principles and poli
cies of the party and the nominees of
her conventions. The News is demo
cratic with nothing long, and in most
things vital, not at all. -L-ess tnan
two years since, she cast over the reg
ular nominee of her convention ana
supported Ochiltree. And yet, such
is the effect of her continuous dinning
of anti-two-thirds ruleism into the
ears of the people, that largely over
two-thirds of the papers stand
with her in her raid on the rule.
It teaches another thing also, and
that is: While she reaches the press,
and Influences too many of the
papers, yet neither she nor they
can induce unfaithfulness among the
masses of the true, tried and ever
faithful democracy of the lone star
state, to whom be all honor.
The party schemes now prevailing
are numerous specious and danger
ous, but the recent primaries indicate
that they have taken no decided root
in this soiL Men have toyed with
the principle as they do with a pack
ncm nf rlvnamite. in wonder, and fas-
FBOM MITCHELL. COUNTY.
cinated by the dread power inhabiting
the innocent appearing substance,
but when the time for real action ar
rives they propose to handle safer
material, material which, while it de
stroys the object against which its en
ergies are directed, does not destroy the
operator. The destruction ol the two
thirds rule would destroy the democ
racy, and by its own hands the democ
racy of Texas will never die. It is
not, and the recent primaries indicate
this plainly, as yet affected by the
suicide mania. At least not to the
extent of cutting its own throat by
the abrogation of the two thirds rule.
This result is a living chagrin to the
dissemblers who, under the cloak of
their devotion to the party, never per
mit an opportunity to pass without
making the deadliest sort of a fight at
its best kown and most widely accept
ed rule of party government.as well as
of its faith and principles. Now we
should never object were the News
and Indeed all the other anti two-thirds
rule papers, to go over to the republi
can party. That's their right and
privilege, as it is their duty, when
they are honestly convinced that by
longer remaining with the democracy
they cannot find honest expression of
their views, or work effectively for
their real principles. Let us be one
thing or another. Let us be either
devoted and staunch democrats, or be
devoted and staunch republicans.
There Is no middle ground, no honest
party territpry between free trade and
protection, between the two-thirds and
the majority rules, and the man inca
pable of making his decision is unfit
to be entrusted with the working out
of the high and pure purposes of the
Texan Democracy.
To The Editor of The ktatfsm an :
Colorado, May 25. Yesterday the
democracy of Mitchell county met in
convention and selected delegates to
the Fort Worth and Houston conven
tions. G. W. Smith, delegate to Fort
Worth, with J. D. Martin as alternate,
D. E. Bentley, correspondent of the
free grass paper atJFort Wortb.was se
lected as delegate to tne state conven
tion at Houstcn, with II. 11. Allen, al
ternate. Resolutions were adopted
expressive of the sense of the conven
tion on the grass question.
A resolution deprecating the action
of the land board in raising the lease
price of lands as hurtful to the inter
ests of this section of country, but de
claring a willingness to abide the ac
tion and give it a fair trial was sub
stituted by resolutions favoring free
grass and in opposition to the present
lease system in toto. A speaker
took occasion to remark that if we
could not get what was demanded as
a right in the "old Texas," we should
have to look tor it in a "new Texas.
This sentiment did not meet with
much encouragement with the con
vention. There is on foot a land and cattle
trade between parties here that will
eclipse anything of the kind that has
taken place for some time. Particu
lars will be given when the trade is
consummated.
So far three-fourths of a million
pounds of wool has been received at
this point for storage and shipment.
Wool buyers say that the clip will foot
up over two millions, a great many
KNOCKING OUT
DOXY.
ORTHO-
of
The Two-Thirds Eule.
paper and its talented young Austin
correspondent were honored in it.
May abundant success attend both
barring their anti-two-thirds rule as
piratlons. and other things.
Maj. John F.Elliott, state com
missioner to the New Orleans expo
sition, was la town yesterday and
paid the Statesman a brief, but
pleasant, call. He is enthusiastic in
regard to the promise of a fine exhibit
from Texas. Maj. E. is on his way
to New Orleans via San Antonio. .
The San Antonio Times doesnt per
mit the Statesman to clip clipped
matter from the Philadelphia Times
l-ven though we retain the credits and
' alL The Times ha hardly enough
gray hairs in its pow to entitle it to
the censorship of the press in this
way. Neither the Times nor any other
paper ever found a paragraph leaded
out in thi3 paper which it could trace
to any other authorship. We say this
much, as the gravamen of the Times
remark is unquestionably to produce
some such impression.
Out of over two hundred counties
in the Btate only about thirty have
spoken out in favor of the majority
rule and against the two-thirds. This
too, when all the papers in the .state
or at least nearly all, have been filled
for months, and many of them for
years, with bitter tirades against the
rule so long tried by the fathers of the
democracy and which has come forth
from every fierce trial without even
the smell of fire on its garments. This
fact not only establishes the safety of
the rule, but it establishes mother
lact of which the papers may not feel
very proud : That is, the press is a pow
erful engine when It contends for fair
and legitimate ends; but when it
acts for a trucking, time-serving pur
pose, or becomes unfaithful, the peo
ple will not go with it. A free, un
bought, untrammelled press, is a vast
engine, indeed, but it is with the keen
est satisfaction that we recognize the
fact that when it becomes corrupt and
venal, when itsell3ita voice to the
selfish and the ambitious, as in this
two-thirds rule business, the people
call a halt, and the thunderous "thus
far and no farther," rings out over the
field of action.-: It is splendid, and it
restores confidence in the intelligence
and unsefish patriotism of the people.
Texas is intensely honest in her de
mocracy. She is unlike the News, ;
The Dallas Times doesn't relish the
idea of Wallace drawing his salary as
superintendent of an asylum which
doesn't exist. To tell the real truth
the thing is simply monstrous and no
mistake. Statesman.
It occurs to The Post that a very
?reat bug-a-boo is being made out of
his. Dr. Wa'lace hps been actively
engaged in the service of the state
almost from the day of his appoint
ment, .first, he visited other states
and obtained suggestions relative
the erection of buttings for the insane
which where of incalculable benent in
the formation of plans for the Terrell
asylum. Next, through his aid and
labors, in connection with Hon. B.
Frvmier. the state obtained a set
plans for $1,C33 which, under
other circumstances, wou'd have cost
treble that amount and probably
more, and now he is e"iaged every
day in the laborious tasK oi superin
tending the construction of the build
ing. It would not 1 3 unreasonable,
taking the history of the asylum
buildings at Austin tor c mpanson
and admitting Dr. Wallace's
treat experience in such matters,
say that his personal supervision of
the Terrell asylum building; through
each and every stage oi its construe
tion, will obviate neces. 'ry changes
at subsequent periods, tne cost
which would pay his salary a half
dozen times over, p arhaps. The legis
lature naa mis Terr xact in tiow
when it provided for the early incum
bancy of the office, trusting to the good
judgment of the board of managers
to till it with a man possessing the nec
essary requirements. Houston post.
That may be all very true. But
we have yet to learn that the archi
tects, plan drawers and builders em
ployed on the new Terrell asylum
were and are Incompetent and that
Wallace is the only man either in or
our of the state competent to plan
superintend the erection of an asylum
for the insane. And besides, the state
is paying for the services of men who
were to do just the work the Post
says Wallace is doing. It is a noto
rious fact that the "early incumban
cy clause, as tne post cans it, was
put in expressly for Wallace's benefit
that he was the pre -chosen superin
tendentand was to enjoy the semi
pension of his salary during all the
time the mechanics, architects and
scientists were building the building,
for which they alone, and not Dr.
Wallace, are responsible. Had this
thing been done by a republican legis
lature and Wallace or any other re
publican the beneficiary, the whole
state would have rung with the indig.
nation of the very same people and the
papers which are now so thoroughly
convinced that the state is having
"quid pro quo" for the salary paid to
the superintendent of the asylum
which is as yet not an asylum, what
ever else it may be. Bah!
Mr. Sah C. Walker, city marshal
of Temple, has a letter in to-day's
paper, and from its candid and tem
perate language, it is entitled to s
respectful consideration at the
hands of the people. The Statesman
is only anxious to develop the truth,
and it has absolutely no feeling in the
matter other than this.
Well, we should r-e-e e-mark that
the Martin boom is frost bitten badly,
and in a bad season of the year, too.
The old alcalde is just aching for
another interviewer to stand before
him.
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Dallas has ruled her gambling
population, and that is what no other
town in the state can say.
All good democrats will regret
that Judge Fleming has determined
not to return to the state Benate,
Somehow or other the Standard Oil
company don't seem to be in the race
to any alarming extent. Why ?
There willbe no lack of legislators
for the nineteenth, if only half are
elected who are now entered for the
race.
Politics are heating up over in the
the region of Upson's home. , - j
muttons are being shipped to St. Louis
and cnicago markets, xne past win
ter having been mild they come early
on the market, and in good condition.
By far the most interesting topic to
our people here is the projected
road in the direction of San Angelo,
of the C. S. A. & S. railroad. An en
gineer is in the field surveying routes,
and the work of building the road will
begin very soon. It is proposed to
connect with the western and Lam
pasas branch of the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe railroad, and become a part
of that road. Colorado is nothing if
not a "rustler."
A brick hotel, to cost $40,000, is go
ing up on Second street, to say noth
ing of the new court house and city
hall.
Good rains have fallen everywhere
except immediately around Colorado,
consequently grass is short.
MRS. HAYES IN THE CHAIR.
A Very SaoceMfut Meeting of the Wo
man's Rome Missionary Society.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church held a meeting last evening in
the Methodist Episcoprl church,
Broad and Arch streets. The large
building was crowded, chairs and
benches being brought from neighbor
ing establishments to accommodate
the audience. Mrs. Rutherford B.
Hayes presided. Mrs. Hayes is a tall,
graceful lady, with prominent fea
tures, and dark nair and eyes, ner
mouth, which is somewhat large, in
dicated considerable appreciation of
humor by the occasional twitches it
underwent at the quaint narratives of
Bishop Warren, and the amusing sal
lies of Mr. Reld. She has a soft voice,
and a quiet, gentle manner. She was
dressed in black silk, with a silver
gray bonnet, which was becoming to
her dark complexion. She spoke but
seldom, only announcing the speakers.
Beside Mrs. Hayes on the platform
sat Mrs. Bishop Simpson, Mrs. Bishop
Wylie, Mrs. Dr. Rust, and Mrs. Whet
stone, of Cincinnati.
Bishop Wylie addressed the meeting
with a long dessertation on mission
ary work, woman's missionary work
in particular. He spoke forccibly
about the state of women in Utah as
a degraded condition. The Woman's
Home Missionary Society have built
a boarding house in Salt Lake City
which can aciommodate forty girls.
It is already full. The girls are the
children of first and second discarded
wives. The society is trying to ob
tain funds for the foundation of an
Industrial home in the same city.
Bishop Warren told some interesting
anecdotes of negro life in the south,
?id described very vividly the
wretched condition of the women
He bejged that help world be sent to
Taem. Dr. Ried, secret jy of the M.
E. Missionary society, then solicited
assistance. He read a telegram just
roceived from New York, promising
S2.50 to build a home in Virginia.
The collections of the evening
amounted to over $4,CCD. Bishop
elect Fowler dismissed the meeting.
At the Door.
-1 thought myself indeed secure
So last the door, so firm the U,ck
cut to: ne toauniiR comes toiure
Colonel Ingersoll Standi Up Against
Hearen and Earth for Over Two
Honrs.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll lectur
ed in the Academy of Music last even
ing to an audience of nearly three
thousand people. From eight o'clock
until nearly half -past ten the indefat
igable free thinker scintillated with
bnirnt tnougnts and glittered witn
perspiration. He talked in para
graphs. In his lecture, "Orthodoxy,"
there was little that was continuous
in argument or contiguous in thought.
These are some of the things he said:
"Progre, in the theology of the
ciergy, is tne way to hell.
"It the ministers would tell their
thoughts you'd fiud a good many just
as bad as I am.
"There is nothing immortal except
a demonstrable fact.
"Words are born and are rocked in
cradles and grow old and worked out
and withered, just exactlA" like ortho
dox religion.
"The alchemist had to so and so did
the astrologer. The clergy is hatched
out of the same egg and it will haye
to go too.
"No one edits a religious paper ex
cept a man who ha3 tried to be a cler
gyman and failel.
"If the ministers know no more
about the other world than they know
about this it isn t worth mentioning.
"The other night the Young Men s
Christian Association building in
Washington was struck, by lightning
and yet my office is in the same
block.
"Nobody who is anybody believes in
the garden of Eden fairy tale.
"Malaria has the same relation to
medicine as total depravity has to
theology,
"They say a man is born to damna
tion. If I couldn't do better than
that I'd retire from the business.
"Religion makes enemies; common
sense makes friends.
"According to the death-bed repen
tence myth, there is only one jerk be
tween the gallows and heaven.
"Beauty is a religion.
"l drataer that any god snouid com
mit suicide than that a single soul
should suffer eternal agony."
The Fight on Walsh.
From the Waco Examiner.
Two years ago. the land sharks of
the northwest tried every means to
defeat Capt. Wm. Walsh for eoinmis
sioner. lie stood betwesn them and
the children's land, he had saved the
school lands of a half a dozen of the
best counties in the state from the ra
pacious maw of the lines which were
formed around the oliice of nearly
every county surveyor in the north
west, in tDis lignt with the sharks
he stood almost r lone; upon his de
fenseless head of woe, was showered
all the anathemas of the cha
grined and disappointed land
grabbers. Most of the land specula
tors were operating for the cattle
kings-and syndicates, mere tools in
their hands. At the G, Iveston con
vention they would gla Hy have de
feated Walsh, but they ha 1 no organ
ization, and no tenable ground upon
which to hght? siuce that time V alsn
has preservd the same unabashed
front, he ha3 dared to protect the
school fund, pnd to defeat every
scheme devised by the land-grabbers
and cattle kings to rob it. x or this
offense Wa'sh must be slaughtered.
That he has kept from their clutches
at least 5,OC3,CUJ acres of the finest
land in the state, saving to the fund
at least S10.CC 10C0 he must be sacri
ficed. Ever since the last nomination,
the land sharks have been work
ing to this end, and with the powerful
influence of the bullionairs at their
backs, they will give him a powerful
opposition. Capt. Walsh is not in all
things what we would like to see in a
commissioner, but he certainly has
the most essential elements, honesty
and the courage to protect the state
from raids of land sharks. His gal
lant fight in defense of the public do
main, and the millions he has saved
to the school tund, deserves recogni
tion at the hands of the people of
Texas, especially when the opposition
comes, to a great extent, from the
sharks and speculators, in whose path
he has stood while protecting the
state's interest and the school fund.
SNAKE IN A SLEEPING CAR-
From the Philadelphia time. '
"The livliest time I ever had on the
road," said the sleeping-car conductor,
"was one night when a snake got
loose in my car. We were coming
east from St. Louis, and out at Effing
ham, Illinois, we took on a family ot
Pittsburgers, bound for home. There
was a boy of ten in the party who
carried a little wicker cage in
his hand, partly wrapped up. I
thought of course, that he had a bird
in it and allowed him to take it with
him into the car. That night, at Day
ton, which we reached at half-past
nine o'clock a pretty youDg lady was
put aboaad and took a berth at the end
of the car, near the ladies' dressing
room. About ten o'clock, I was at the
otner end oi tne car looking at the
porter blacking the boots, when sud-1
denly there came from the dressing
room some of the sprightliest scream
ing you ever heard so keen that we
heard it over the noise of the train. I
rushed through the car followed by
the porter, and found the little laay who
got on at Dayton on tip-toes on the
washst and, frightened out of her wits
and pointing at something on the
floor. She was so excited that I
couldnt make out what she was say
ing, but I looked down, and there was
a nasty little green snake coiled up in
the middle of the floor and moving
his head about from side to side, evi
dently ready for a fieht. I wasn't ex
actly afraid of the thing, but it did
give me a creepy sort of feeling to see
it in my car, and I was just about to
kill it, when I heard somebody behind
me yelling: 'It's my snake! Don't kill
it! Don't kill it!' and the boy who had
brought the cage into the car rushed in
and took the snake tip in his hands.
But when the boy had put the snake
Dack in nis cage I settled matters by
dropping tne cage, snake and
dent Hoxie, at which a formal trans
fer Of the Wabash road was made to
the receivers. The oflice of general
agent and secretary of receivers was
created, and James F. How, present
secretary, appointed to the position,
while Dr. - D. S. H. Smith, present
treasurer, was made receiver's treas
urer, and for the present it
was determined to retain all officers
and officials of the road; but the re
ceivers announced the intention to
excercise the right of economy. They
will cut on as soon as practicable, an
non-interest earning lines, and lop off
all unnecessary expenses in the way
of salaries, labor, etc. The total
bonded debt of the Wabash is about
S80,0C3,C M.
Lieut. C W. Gunkle, intoxication
Lieut. John Walters, company B, de
sertion. Th9 report recommends tlfl
disbandinar of the fourth regiment,
and that ofliceis against whom there
are no charges be taken as a nucleus
foranewoLe.
FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.
Ligonier, Pa., May 29. Knupp's
tunnel on the South Pennsylvania
railroad was the scene of a terrible
accident, by which nine men were in
stantly killed and eleven others seri
ously injured, with Blight hopes for
recovery. A large force of men was
ensated In excavating the tunnel
about 100 feet from the main entrance
when the heavy scaffolding gave away,
with the above appalling result. It
was impossible to learn the names of
the victims, but it is said they were
principally Italians. The bodies hav
all been recovered, and a coroner':
inquest will be held. Greau
excitement prevails at the scene of
disaster.
Flames at Mobile.
Mobile. May 29. The wholesale
grocery and liquor house of L. Bower
s uo., ourneu to-nigni. ioss, nuuui,
640000; insurance, fc3O,C0O.
Fire In a Kentucky Tow n.
Cincinnati, May 29. The News-
Journal's Sharpsburg Ky, special
COGRESSlONAL NOTES.
Washington, May 29. Beck pre
sented a memorial from the managers
of the southern exposition at Louls
ville,.isking an appropriation of $25,
C20 ou account of government exhibits.
Voorhees presented a memorial from
the cituens of Indiana, praying that
Gen. John Freemont be placed on
the retired list.
Mr. Allison reported from the com
mittee the bill appropriating S1C0.OC3
for the relief of sufferers from the
oversow of the Mississippi and its
tributaries.
The senate committee do not favor
the appointment in the form pre
sented, nor the amount mentioned.
They recommend the appropriation
ot" the unexpended balance appropria
ted for the Ohio river sufferers, which
is about 4o,000. The committee rec
ommendation was agreed to. Yeas
32; navp, lo.
District of Columbia appropriation
bill was taken up, discussed and
passed. The Utah bill was taken up.
Messrs. Vo rhees and Williams en
deavored to get up the Mexican pen
sion bill, but a motion to go into exec
utive session was agreed to. Ad
journed till Monday.
Mr. Kasson made a Btong speech on
Hancock Declines.
Washington, D. C, )
May 27, 1884. J
To my Fellow-Citizens of the Tenth Congres
sional District ol Texas :
The time approaches when it will
be your privilege to select your repre
sentative in the next congress of the
United States. I, therefore, deem it
proper, without any further
delay, that I should respond to letters
of inquiry from partial friends, as
well as to meet the general presump
tion, that the incumbent of a seat in
congress is a candidate for re-el-ction
till he may declare to the contrary, to
notify you that I will not seek at your
hands a re-election to the high posi
stlon vou. in your generous confi
dence, bestowed upon me at the last
general election. I pssure you it is from
no want of due appreciation of the
highly honorable position, or sincere
gratitude for the confidence you man
ifested by conferring it, that I decline
to seek a continuance of it. My indi
vidual affairs, that have been much
neglected need my attention;
besides, family afflictions render it in
convenient, and very unpleasant to be
absent from home the length of time
the duties here require.
l am sure irom tne number or able
and deserving names mentioned in
connection with the position, some of
which are already named by several
newspapers of the district as their
first choice, you will be able to select
one as well, or better qualified than I,
to represent and guard your interests
here.
Profoundly thanking you for your
repeated expressions of confidence and
high honors I have received at your
hands, I remain,
Your obedient servant,
John Hancock.
My parent ear with timorous knock,
That timorous, baby-knocking and
art were stone could it withstand
he sweetness of my baby's plea
"Please let me in It's only me!"
I threw aside th' unfinished book,
Kegardless of its tempting charms,
And opening wide the door, I took
My laughing darling In my arms.
Who knows but in Eternity
I, like a truant child, shaU wait
The glories of a life to be,
Beyond the Heavenly Father's gate?
And will that Heavenly Father heed
As
j,atner! only l?"
fEugene Field, in the Current.
Forcible and Elegant,
From the Ourav fCol.l Solid Mnldonn.
Samuel J. Tilden, in point of brains,
executive ability, honesty of purpose
and purity of character, is the peer
of any living American who has ever
been in nublic rfe: and. to be frank.
we wou d rather vote for and support
him for pmident of these United
States than for any other man, liviner
or ueau, mciuamg w asnington, .Lin
coln, Christ, Moses and the apostles,
in snort, we are ior Tilden first, eter-
naiiy ana subsequently.
Always Charming.
From tne Galveston Daily News.
The two-thirds rule is a part of the
Austin statesman s jeweiery. It al
ways exhibits it in public maces, al
ways handles it with care, and always
places it in the most conspicuous
place. Notwithstanding this little
ldiosyncracy, however, The States
man is a charming paper, and can al
ways be read with interest and pleas
ure.
A Foolish Idea, Truly.
From the Hill County Visitor.
the statesman lauehs at the fool
ish idea of a set of men in Austin at
tempting to bulldoze it bv "hovrnt-
ting." The people of that city recog-
uiz,o me iaui, mas tne statesman is
the best paper ever published there,
and will support it. reeardless of the
tnreats or tne so-called labor unions.
Neither Dagger Nor Darning Needle.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
It is not true that on the openiner
night of the performance of "Mac
beth" ftt thn Port.A Kt: Marfin Porio
the gentleman who filled the title role'
iorgot fiis daggers and in a fat of des
peration stabbed Duncan with Sarah
isernnardt.
Ont of Joint.
From the Dallas Evening Times.
The times are all out of iolnt when
tne cowbovs obiect to Gihhs tiwm?n
ne at one time took a hand in a pri
vategameof draw poker. The hnl
lionaire organ reproduces the plaints
oi taese iesuve cosses.
After the Wall Street Waterloo.
From the Brooklyn Eaele.
lien, urant must be wisnintr that hn
too naa oeen writing a book during
UUO ItlSb B1A iuoutn3.
Mr. Irrlng'a Impressions of America.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
We have no hesitation in savino- that.
Mr. Irving's impressions of America
are . ...
9 9 8
Shows Up Well.
From the Dallas Evening Times.
xor a boycotted newspaper-Tnn
statesman snows up pretty well.
The Great Boycotted.
From the Dallas Evening Times.
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN Still Con
tinue to be issued with wonderful reg
ularityyet it is the great boycotted.
Fred, Jesse and Ulyssis in Chorus,
From the Chicago Tribune.
" What is a ban&ing nouse without a
father r The Grant Boys.
The Latest English Opera.
From the Pa"l Mall Gazette,
A second hearing of Mr. Stanford's
"Canterbury Pilgrims'' in every way
confirmed the high opinion generally
formed of it lrst week, and, we must
add, generally express- J for seldom
has a more unanimous press eulogy
gone fcrth. Peoplewho complain of the
orchestra being overtop if a, must re
fleet that it is in the taste of the pe
riod. From Wagaer's point of view,
you may overloa 1 the singing, but
you can hardly overload the orchestra.
The score of the "Parsifr1." his latest
triumph beats anything that he
or any one else evei: wrote in the way
of over-loading. The utmost instru
mental resources are press' 1 into the
service of the emotional development:
a small portion only of that complex
function is discharged by the voice;
the side currents under-currents and
cross-currents nay, the whole atmos
pheric burden, go to speak, of the
modern musical drama is given to
the orchestra. This is, of course, so in
"The Canterbury Pilgrlma. We are
told that the work has been bought
by the Germans for JE1.C13 exactlv
the sum Balfe got for "The Bohemian
uiri" in Kussia. it was then thought
a fabulous price. Now. we suppose.
"no gentleman would take less."
Ruin.
Look, friend, where that large, trembling ma
ple weaves
The indulgent sunshine through her careless
Dougns ;
Look wiiere the verge of that soft hill o'er-
Drows
Bent reapers busy among the tawny sheaves
Where Nature, as vou see. no shadow leavpa
Of dearth or pain.but with full thrift endows
The lnduleent soil and vet mv soul avows
This glade a rc'n, whose very zephyr grieves!
For history's darkest annals never knew
More Diteous w .-eck than to m v earl v Invo
One wild hour brought, near yonder pe? leful
aiwpe
Yet domed by heaven's calm sanctily of blue
How idlv blows the unheeding grass above
This viewless Uerculaneum ot my hope!
A New Tom Thumb Turns Up,
From the Florida Union.
One of the smallest men in the
United States lives at Cedar Key. His
uamo ia jLueuuaui .Livingstone saw
yer. He is twenty-two vears old.
forty and one-half inches high, wieghs
thirty-nine pounds, and the captain he
came over witn irom J.ey West says
ne can eat more tnan any two men in
the 8tate,. The midget was born and
reared m Jey West. He is built in
perfect proportion, is very bright and
can maKe an eloquent speech.
Logan's Pot.
From the Galveston News.
uen. Liogan is not eoine to open uo
the presidential jack-pot on a bob-tail
I'unois flush. He will draw a few
cards irom Missouri. -
No Stick in that Cold Lemonade,
From the Chicago l lines.
JSlr. Hidmunds is reported to he cnlil-
ly mumerent as to nis ooom. la this
respect jvir. .aamunds is in entire ac
cord with the country at large.
Soldier, Statesman and Financier.
From the West Virginia Democrat.
urant nas been tne greatest ceneral.
the worst president and the basest
siooi-pigeon oi tne age.
The Integrity of a True Journalist.
From the Winnipeg News.
v nen we once maKe a promise all
the men in town cou'dn't make us
nreaK it.
Nor Would it Hurt Him to Pray a Bit.
From the AtlantaConstitntion.
in jail, vounir Ward has ocpor.
tunity for both speculation and reflec
tion. .
A New Axiom for Wall Street.
From the New York Star.
ne is a wise broker- who knows his
own partner.
Grant's Boswell Also Played Out.
From the Chicago News.
ine last mat was seen of Adam
Badeau he was sitting under a mos
quito net out on Staten Island, wait
ing for the fly season to come.
Game Bird With Comb Still Uncut.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
So far from beinsr a dead cock in the
pit Mr. Ward permits the ominous an
nouncement tl. he is putting on his
gaffs. -
A Golden I-.
r a Big Square Hole.
From the Omaha it raid.
Wanted a millionaire to be chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee, vice Sabin, panic-stricken.
WAll'S WHIRLIGIG.
From the Harrisburg Telecraph.
In the lower market house this af
ternoon, among the numerous articles
offered for sale by Auctioneer Ensmin
ger was the old wheel from which the
names we'e drawn during the days of
the draft, in the latter part of the re
bellion. It is an ordinary roand box,
moving in the center, and nas a slid
ing door with a padlock. Phillip
Ensmlnger, the father of the
present auctioneer, w?s blind, and it
was his duty to draw the names
When the draft was over the wheel
fell into possession of the blind drawer
and has been laid away until to-day.
A great many who pars 1 it by stop
ped and looked at it eac'y, being remind-
i of the time when from its
depths was drawn their names and
they had either to pay 3C3 exemption
tee or irom gou to Sii'JU tor a substi
tute. The wheel was purchased by B. M.
Nead, esq., for 82.25 and he designs
presenting it to the Dauphin county
historical society. The key to the
padlock on the wh- 1 could not be
found, and r s yet it has not been
opened. It ?s understood that the
wheel contains- the names of those
who were lucky enough not to be
"drawn." A list of these might be
interesting reading.
Eventide.
At sunset on the beach I watch
The children in their glee;
One picks a pebble from the sand
And throws it in the sea.
A tiuy thing lo agitate
That vast immensity !
Its circles widen, widen out;
Then, faintlv closinir o'er.
Are lost in waves more turbulent,
Or swept upon the shore.
My life is like a pebble tossed
On Time's relluent sea;
A sudden ripple stirs its face,
Then glides out silently
In ever wid'ning circles, till
Its last faint breath is still,
As, weary with the strife to tight,
where strengtli must measured be,
It rests its ashing head within
Sweet sleep eternity.
Bad Boyco tters.
From the Corsicana Courier.
The labor unions and organizations
of Austin have agreed to boycott the
Statesman, and are working to pre
vent people irom patronizing tne pa
per. All the members of the labor
j organizations refuse to patronize any
mercnant or business man who adver
tises in the Statesman While we
may be in full symp thy with the me
chanics and laborir t men in seeking
to secure higher w? jes, we can not go
to the extent of upholding this miser
able spirit of boycotting. Such a
course will in the end inure to the dis
advantage of the labor organizations.
.Observations.
Spring days old were warm and long
They're longer now, and colder.
The world once 1- ked a met ry song ;
It's sadder new, and older.
The fairies and the msrry elves
Are shy and ("scontented:
They'd sense enough to hide t.iemselves
vVheu eat winds were invented.
When songs they san were sad at all
It was a cheery sadness;
The songs we write, if plad at all,
Express a solemn gs.1ness.
Our smile Is but a chastened grin,
Our fathers laughed and meant it;
And when they sinned some Jovial sin
They left us to repent it,
Jimmy's Bile.
From the San Antonio 'limes.
The bile poured out by Jimmy New
comb this morning on the occasion of
decorating the graves at the cemetery,
was nothing less than what was to be
expected from a miserable, cowardly,
despicable wretch, such as he is, and
it did not reflect anybody's sentiment
but his own. It seems strange, how
ever, that he should have oeen put
forward to make a speech.
Thirteen Lines About Men's Wear.
As found In the Fashion Papers.
Tan in its various shales remains the favor
ftp imlftf. fti man 's ffkiiMia fm. all uuinoinno
except evening or w ddingwear. when pea-i
laveiiuer k-us, euwueu vvun DtacK, are worn.
Geranium or variegated socks from Darby
shire, are sty'ishaud will be much worn.
Handkerchiefs are figurcl vuth flowers,
horses, whips axd tiny boais.
Percales shirt-rronts are worn with white
collars.
White hats are worn with very wide brims.
Collars are straight and not so high.
Cutis are much smaller.
all. out
of the window. I felt like dropping I -ava the business part of the town is
the boy out, too. The boy had put the I burned. Loss, 850,000; insurance, $25,-
cago uuuei me oenn on tne noor, anu i q00.
wnen tne porter was nsning out tne
boots he must have upset it and let the
snake out.
Maritime News.
Galveston, May 29. Arrived,
Sixty Years an American Soldier,
From the St. Ignace Republican.
Died, at his home on Macklnao
Island, May 16, William Marshall,
ordinance sergeant, united states
army. Sergeant Marshall was with
out doubt the oldest enlisted man in
the army of the United States. He
entered the service by enlisting in A
company of the Fifth United States
infantry August 12, 1823. After serv
ing in the field through the Flordian
and Mexican wars he came to Fort
Mackinac.
Spring Beauties.
What are these, you ask? these delicate things
With petals as airy as fancy's wings,
And diintilv pink as a maiden's cheek
When she thinks of the love she cannot speak.
Why, these I'U whisper a secret to von.
Nature is dreaming of flowers. Ii's .rue.
These are her dreams. When she wakens and
shows
Her marvelous HI v. her perfect rose.
Do you think such thrills to our hearts they'll 1
As these little dream-flowers found In Spring?
The Sheep of the Dead Ouray's Squaw.
From the Denver Republican.
"Chipeta," Ouray's widow, has six
thousand sheep located on Douglas
creek, near the line of Utah, that have
not been shorn for three years and is
willing to give half to some one who
will shear them.
An Old Sort of a Fancy in White.
From the Boston Transcript.
In a music room in a house on Mad
ison avenue everything is white, the
piano, tne noor, wails and celling, and
all the furniture and ornaments being
of the same cold hue
A Turtle as Big as an Ox.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
A humpback turtle measuring sev
en feet seven inches long by four feet
across the back was captured in Mon
terey bay last wesk. It weighed about
one thousand pounds. -
Except the Autumnal Election Figures.
From the Atlanta Constitution .
They are now figuring up the cost
of debating the Morrisou bill. It mav
happen that the costiless part of it
cannot be enumerated in figures.
steamship Aleriers. New York.
Steamship Aransas, New Orleans.
Steamship Hutchinson, unnton.
Steamship City of Norfolk, lndian
ola. Sailed, steamship Aransas, Corpus
Christi.
Steamship City of Norfolk, New
Orleans.
Steamship Hutchison, New Or
New Orleans Mav 29. Cleared:
ship Thomas Lord, Boston; brig Hora
Goodale, Providence. Arrived: steam
er Lucy P. Martin, Puerto Cortez;
ship Illinois, Markhe Dakar
New York Stocks.
New York, May 29. Govern
ments, irregular; railways, firm; state
securities, quiet. Share speculations
opened lower. New York Central and
New Jersey Central were weak, spots
of former declaring 1J and latter 24;
New York Central was depressed on
account of a story of reduction or
of dividends tol per cent, quarterly.
Before the first c?ll the temper of
speculations turned for the better, and
the market continued strong until the
close. There was a rise in tne Mis
souri Pacific to 7G at the close,
effect generally, placing the Wabash
in the hands of receivers, effectually
disposes of the bear talk that the Mis-souri-PaGific
would be saddled with
the Wabash, and that this had good
effect on the stock. There was some
heavy inside buying on the continued
incaeased earnings, and the bears
made vn effort to cove- r 11 which as
sisted an upward movement of Wab
ash securities not effected by appoint
ment of receivers for the property,
and in fact cloted higher on the be
ing that the course decided upon was
for the purpose of protecting both
stock and bondholders, and for pre
venting any outside proceedings
which might have proved detriment
al to the interests of a majority of the
holders. Securities compared with
last night's closing prices, are to4
per cent, higher, except for the New
York Central, which is per cent,
lower. Transactions 8383,000.
A Man Whom Cyclones Carefully Skip.
From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
A deed has been registered in
Wyandotte, Kansas, conveyin? a cer
tain lot of land to William Henry
tx : rry i rr
xiarnsou xyier xippecanoe (joon.
of
Howell at Couer d'Alene.
From the Ouray (Col.) Solid Mu'doon.
Gen. Howell's Cceuer d'Alene bank
ha3 yielded to the inevitable. Liabili
ties, all that could be contracted. As
sets, pair of duck overa'ls, coal scut
tle, three joints of stove pipe, photo
graph of Leadville and a white plug
hat No. 7.
How Cnpld Now Begins to Shoot Clams.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
In place of the customary "salts," as
they are called, there is a small bisque
Cupid with a spring in his back, which,
if you press, causes fine sprays of
salt to fly from the point of his cun
ning arrow.
Working Westard.
From the Ouray (Colo.) Solid Muldoon.
We judge from the magnitude and ,
total lack of assets attending the Ari
zona bank failures that civilization is
gradually working its way west.
Every Issue.
From the Hill County Visitor.
xne Austin statesman erows bet
eer and better every issue, and is now
a paper worthy of the capital of this
great state.
A Wink of Warning from the Argus-Eyed
From the Rutland Review.
Those persons wbo tipped over Tim
Horan's barrel of ashes will be pub
lished in tbis paper if such rascality
is not stopped.
A Dark Horse Worth Keeping an Eye On
From the Boston Herald, Ind.
it tne democrats really wisn a
fighting chance to win. they will nom
inate G rover Cleveland.
Let All Disinterested Citizens Speak.
From the Cincinnati Ennuher.
xne post masters oi tne country
ouzht to meet in mass convention and
Indorse Mr. Arthur.
The Frightful Dissipation of an Actor
From the Boston Herald.
Old actor Couldock s favorite diver
sion is eating peanuts sprinkled with
red pepper.
The Returns Coming Slowly In.
From the Chicago News.
One ward seems to nave gone lor
Grant pretty unanimously.
The People's Talk.
Cypress Mills, May 27, 1884,
To theEditor of The Statesman:
We have had a lone drv spell
four days, and farmers are busv hunt
ing their corn and cotton. From aH
accounts the mountain farmers are
ahead of their prairie brethren in
clean fields. The chief compl&int here
is the "sore shin" in cotton. There is
a deal of smut ingra'n, and late oats
will probably be attacked by rust
Grass, the staple of the west, is bet
ter than it has been for year3 at this
season, and cattle are all fat. The
percentage of calves is rather Bmall,
however.
Our sheriff, Mr. Jackson, h?s
been In the neighborhood lately,
with a view to gathering, in conjunc
tion with officers of Burnet and Travis
counties, a number of cattle with
brands blotched during the past win
ter. The Travis and Burnet officers
failing to meet him, Mr. Jackson lim
ited his operations to Blanco county.
The animals found by h'm were all
branded with the same device, and the
persors who did the work are well
known. For the present they are hid
ing out. It is alleged that they haye
an agent living near Kyle, who ship
the cattle for them. The people living
on Fpll creek and the Perdernales are
just now in a very bad humor, some of
them having lost a considerable num
ber of cattle.
Mr. Austin Kobinson came near
being seriously iDjurrd lately by his
horse falling with him and rormg
over him. llis elbow joint was disk
cated and he suffered other injuries.
but is fast recovering,
Very little interest is beiDg taken
in politics so far. The question of re
moving the county seat from Blanco
to Johnson City, will be voted upon
tbis fall, and it is antlcipat 1 that the
struggle will be lively. There are no
party tines drawn here in county elec
tions, tnougn some oi tne sneep men
propose tovote for no m?m for ofiUcewho
favors a low tariff. Such amovement
throughout the state would be desira
ble, as to state omcers ana congress
men, but ho w it would prove a valid
test in county affairs I fail to see.
Mr. Mpx Paul took in this section
last week. He seemed to . enjoy his
visit to nis uerman mends im
mensely.
Messrs. Randolph, Caviller and
Lockridge spent a few days at the
crossing of the Pede-nales fishing,
hunting and sight-seeing. They re
port good luck in fishing, and a fine
time generally.
INDIAN TROUBLES.
The Savages Raid a Manitoba Settlement
A Tnssle With an Indian.
Winnipeg. May 29. Maple creek.
(Manitoba) advices received this morn
ing state tnat inaians raiaea tne
settlement last night, killing Paul
Pollock and stampeding four horses,
The Indians went to Pollock's corral
and were running out his horses. He
hearing the noise jumped out of bed
and ran out in nis mgnt ciotnes un
armed. He had a hand-to-hand tussle
witn an Indian, and in the melee the
Indian shot him twice, one ball enter
ing the shoulder and one in tne cnest,
from the effects of which Pollock
died in about two hours. The In
dian, immediately after the shooting,
ran away .leaving his gun and butcher-
knife. The mounted police were no
tified and a force with Capt Elloche
in command, started for the scene of
the murder, with the intention of pur
suing the Indian. There is little hope
of capturing him. The Indian raiding
party number about 20. It is not
known whether they are American or
Canadian Indians.
Hot Springs Bank President.
St. Lotus. Mav 29. Deputy United
States Marshal Falkenburg and Chief
of Police Toler, of Hot Springs, ar
rived here this morning with war
rants for.Andrew Bruon, president of
the suspended Hot Springs national
bank, and Mrs. G. W. Stee), who ac
companied him, this afternoon. They
were taken before a United States
commissioner and information tiled
against them, the former being
charged with embezzlement and the
latter with aiding and abetting him.
Bruon'sbond was fixed at 810,000;
that of Mrs. St al $2,5C3, which nei
ther could furnish. A warrant of re
moval was then applied for, and the
prisoners will be taken back to Hot
Springs by officers.
Contested Seats In Congress.
Washington, May 29. The house
committee on (elections, by a vote of 9
to 1 decide! to report in favorof seat
ing Chalmers in tne contested election
case of Chrlmers vs. Manning, from
Mississippi. In the case of Massey
vs. Wise, the committee agreed to re
port in favor of Wise, by a vote of 7
to 4. An effort was also made to
agree upon a report in the case of
Campbell vs. Morey, oi.omo. &ix
democrats voted in favor of Camp
bell, Adams and Cook, democrats,
and five republicans refused to vote,
thus breaking the quorem. It was
said by those who refused to vote,
that they were not acquainted with
the merits of the case.
the unwisdom of acting upon 'tne
proposition which upset the whole
system of the customs Bervice without
proper consideration by the ways and
means committee.
Mr. llandall said the proposition
had been substantially recommended
by the secretary of the treasury.
Amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Cahpll offered an amendment
reducing the number of internal rev
enue agents to five.
Amendment agreed to. i
On motion of Mr. Bland an amend
mendment was adopted prohibiting
any government clerk or employe,
from performing any pri
vate services for any senator
member, head of a department or cam
paign committee.
The committee rose and reported
the bill to the house. The previous
nnpfition was ordered, and, without
further action, the house adjourned
until Saturday.
house.
Washington, May 29. -The speak
er announced the following appoint
ments: Slocum, Dibble and Dingley, con
ferees on the shipping bill.
Dorshelmer, Tucker, Reagan, Col
lins, Eldredge, Cannon and Laird a
committee ou the part of the house to
make hrrangemi-nts for the dedication
.-.f tho WuuiiiiiD-tcn monument.
Hammond, Rogers, (Ark.) Henley,
Kings, Bayn;, Wagelield and Millard,
a select committee to enquire whether
any ex iiviulx-rs have abused their
privil'gfs. , .. -
A bill to prohibit the patenting of
une.Tiied land grants, wai ordered
printed and reoommittded. .
The f.-llowing bills were reported
and placed on the calendar:
To regulate the form of lading
and exportation of imitations ot
hut.t.nr anil f;heese.
To divide the judicial district of
Kiinsas.
A joint resolution was offered propos
ing following as article 16 to the con
stitution: The right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be
abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of nativity.
he paragraph for the appointment
of an additional force of special exam
iners of the pension office having been
reached, Mr. Randall offered an
amendment which, after a long de
bate, was adopted, striking out the
proviso that these examiners shall be -appointed
by the secretary of the inf.
terior upon the recommendation o
the commissioner of pensions. This
leaves the appointments subject to
civil service rules.
Mr. Thompson offered an amend
ment providing that from and after
June 30, 1884, there shall be no more
than 43 internal revenue collec
tion districts. It further authorizes
the president to consolidate and reor
ganize the customs collection districts
of the United States on or before Oc
tober 1, 1884, so that the same shall
not exceed, in number, sixty-seven
Formal Transfer of the "Wabash
St. Louis, May 29. A met ting was
held this morning at the Wabash
railroad office, attenaed by Thos. E.
Tutt of St Louis; Solon Humphreys,
New York; receivers, Gn. V;ieer,
Swayne and Wells; H. B!o0gttt,of
the land department; and Vice-Presi-
Another Bank President Sick
Greensburg, Pa., May 29. The
Union deposit bank, owned by David
Tintsman and John Walker, closed
this morning, and post( J the follow
ing: "Being unable to convert our
naoer Into sufficient funds for a'l re
quirements. we deem it prudent to
suspend payment for the present.'
Mr. Tintsman being out of town, and
Mr. Walker lying sick at home, it is
impossible to get any information.
The McKeagne Trial.
Chicago. May 29- Will McKer.Tue,
charged with the murder of an aged
man and wile named wuson, at vvin
netka. two months P20, was acquitted
this morning on the indictment
charging him with the murder of the
husband. The inrV'ctment charging
him with the murder of the wite Is
still pendinsr. but the evidence is the
same in both cases. The trial has oc
cupied three weeks.
Crops In the Northwest.
St. Paul. May 29. Signal service
reports show a very light frost at La
crosse last nieht, but none in Min
nesota, Dakota, nor Montana. Crop
reports are unusually favorable. The
outlook improves daily in the spring
wheat section. The northwest reports
the condition excellent.
Matters in Wall Street.
Wall Street, May 29. At the
clearing house it was stated a large
number of new certificates had been
cancelled to-day, and there is no de
mand for them by the brokers. The
banks report brokers balances larerer.
and money again nowing tnis way.
Frost and Ice in "Wisconsin.
Milwaukee. May 28. The frost
was general in Wisconsin last nieht.
ana tobacco, small zruits and vegeta
bles, ana aiso corn, were oaoiy dam
aged. In Milwaukee county clothes
were frozen stiff on the line and ice
formed three-quarters of an inch on a
small pond.
Sequel to the Cincinnati Riot.
Columbus. O- May 29. The court
of inquiry which has been investigat
ing the conduct of CoL F. D. Mott, of
Dayton, and other officers of the fourth
regiment during the riot at -Cincinnati,
reported to the adjutant-general
his afternoon, believing the officers
guilty of offenses as follows: Col. F.
D. Mott incompent -ncy and diso
bedience to orders; Litt t.-Col. George
II. Phillips, leaving his command
without orders; Adit A. B. Anderson.
absence without leave and disobedi
ence to orders; Capt W. II. Wooter,
desertion and disobedience to orders;
D13P AKTM1SN T NOTES.
The county judge of Bastrop coun
ty yesterday paid the comptroller
$6,500 cash, in redemption of court- -bouse
bonds of that county held by
the state.
An amended charter of the Lee
County Co-operative Association, of
the patrons of husbandry, was filed
yesterday with the secretary of state.
Also the charter of the German Ev
angelical Lutheran St. Martin's con
gregation, of Austin, Texas.
Col. Brewster has received news of
the death of CoL Thos. H. Logwood,
late clerk in the office of insurance
and statistics, who died last Saturday
in Florence, Ala where he went some
time ago in the vain quest of health.
He leaves a wife and son about four
teen years of a.e, who were with him"
when he died. He was a very accom
plished and most estimable gentle
man. A number of city councils in the ,
state having considered the amend
ment to section 9, article 8, of the con
stitution, a i authorizing them to levy
a special ta x of 25 cents on the $100
for debts incurred prior to the adopt
ion of the amendment; 25 cents tor
public buildings, and 23 cents for
streets, sewers and other permanent
improvements: and having requested
the comptroller to register bonds so
issued, the attorney-general advises
the comptroller that 25 cents is the
maximum limit of such tax for all of
the above named purposes, except in
cases where a city has 10,000 inhabi-
tants.
The school report of McKInney city
shows a school term of five months
The comptroller yesterday paid into
the treasury $2,CCD to the credit ef the .
available school fund.
Pecos and Hopkins counties apply
to sell the school board some county '
bonds..
JNavarro county applies to buy bonds
of other counties as an investment of
county school funds.
So far applicants from forty coun
ties have sent in bids to buy or lease
school lands, since the recent offering
of the board. The bids are mostly
limited, the applicants generally being
actual settlers wanting to buy a few
sections each for their homej. There
are only two applicants to lease in con
siderable quantities, one of whom ap
plies ior twenty-nine and another
thirty-one sections.
Hot Springs National Bank.
Washington. May 29. Bank Ex
aminer Gateman, of St Louis, will
take charge of the Hot Springs nation-"
al bank.
Pacific Mail Directors. .
Nen York. May 29. The Pacific
mall directors were re-elected to-day.
N et earnings for the year, $1,4C0,0C0.
Dynamite in Ohio.
Wabash. Lnd May 28. Great ex
citement was caused at Xenia, near
this place, by the discovery of half a
pound of dynamite, with a three-foot
fuse attached, under the Journal of
fice. Ihe proprietors of. the paper bus-
pect the perpetrators to be some
person whose enmity has been incur
red through something published. It
is supposed it was the intention of the
villains to explode the dvnamlte at
night when no one was in the office,
so as to destroy the building without
taking life
Texas Patents.
The following patents were granted
to citizens of Texas, bearing date,
May 20, 1884, reported expressly for
this paper by Louis Bagger &Co.,
mechanical experts and solicitors of
patents, Washington, D. C: "
1113. j. w Cameron, mechanical
power, 298,739.
.Ford, u. X llonis, fence, Z98.S6I.
Palmer. W. W . Montague, well-
bucket windlass, 2J8,i;83. '
xrown, a. it.. iiainesviiie.BtaiK-cut-
ter, 299,053. , - ;