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Editors Democratic Stdtosmdn--I have
noticed with great pleasure your articles
calling attention to the duty We owe 10 i'm.
migrants and strangers coming 10 our city,
and showing conclusively that cur city may
be largely increased 10 population By judi
cious action IN the premises, and ifitWillnot
be out of place desire to make SuggUs-
ton. Let Us have q mass meeting Of our
citizens this week ct the Mayors court
room, and take the necessary steps toward
establishing temporary house Tor immi-
grants arriving in our city, and not pre-
pared TO pay hotel bills, 60 that they may
not be compelled 20 leave our city for want Of
ashelter, which has been the case IN many IN
stances. / learn that the county nuthori
ties have furnished, for the time being, q
part Of the court house building, and that
the city authorities have purchased and put
up stoves, etc. but, while this q az well
enough, IL Il not enough. Let us do more
IL is time we walked 70 the necessity Of &C.
ton.
And that meeting can do something else T.
Il can appoint committee Of citizens who
are willing % act to look up and receive and
kindly care for these people; and We can
courtesy and kindness which IL more price.
less TO q stranger IN stfange lnnd than
money or shelter
II you viii call this meeting, feel a.
sured that It will be largely attended and
result In much good. Believe our people
are ct last learning 70 feel that they cannot
prosper with hearts and purses both haimet-
ically sealed. UHcAoo,
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AT Eve minutes past II o'clock Speaker
Bryan called the House TO order.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The clerk called the roll and found fifty
three members present, and thirty-seven
absent
Mr.. Eppersen moved that new members
be sworn in.
Mr.. w. W. Davis AID J. H. Stewart
from the Third District Wereshen sworn in I;
also II. j. Munson fr3m the Twelfth Dis
trict, and ]. n. Moore from the Thirtieth
District.
After some little discussion about ad-
journing, = quorum was discovered 20 Be
upon the floor.
Speaker Bryan then addressed the House
IN very appropriate and pleasant manner,
which was very favorably received.
A committee Was then appointed % IN
form the Senate that the House was ready
for business. One also TO inform the Gov
ernor that the Legislature was IN session
and ready to receive his communication
The new members were then plsced upon
committees il place Of their predecessors.
The resignation Of Mr.. Roberts, door
keeper, was Rad and accepted.
Mr.. eafers, on the part Of the committee
toconmunicatewith the Governor, rslurned
and informed the House that he was ready
20 send in his message soon after the
private secretary 81 the Governor pre-
senled The docoment. and motion vas
made after ffleen pages Wcre rad % post
pone ne reading until another dag. The
c'ten nine,I-two page q splid
printed matter.
Hs liazrnea 10 % a x. so-dsg.
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SALVEsroS, January 4, 1875.
The Texas and Pacific, a. L runs. II 4
detriment TO Texas Il drains the State Of
her produce, taking Il Of 10 helm build mn
some commercial centre elsewhere. No
matter 70 what extent our resources nav be
developed, we will never be rich people
90 long as We have our headquarters thou-
sand or fifteen hundred miles away. It's
70 our interest to bring here. and keen here
as much capital a. we possibly can; and the
amount used in handling our produce abroad
makes US that much poorer than We would
otherwise be. Il Is true that the planter
may get as much for his cotton IL sc solls
il in New York IS IL be sells Il
in Texas; but then be has the same amount
of taxes to pay. We need to keep this
capital invested here 80 that L viii help us
pay the expenses Of the government. How.
ever, that Is only q small amount Of the ben
eft to result from concentration Of money
in our midst. We are not 20 be q State 81
producers alone If We would be great and
wealthy. We must have manufactures.
There are q hundred great interests 10 be
developed; and every dollar which goes
out Of the State or Is deferred from coming
here for want of proper encouragement.
lessons to that extent the chances Of an early
development Of our resources. EVER doi.
lar invested within the boundary lines,
every factory built, makes the whole State
so much richer. Every step in the direc.
ton Of improvement enhances generally the
value Of ourSproperty.
It is TO our interest then to prevent drain
ages. Every railroad should have tormi.
nus within the State. Our policy should
be to bring in, not to carry out; handle al
our produce at home and bring eli We can
here to be handled. We should foroo CAPT.
tai to come here. By forcing Il, mean H.
ducinS it. Capital is bound to 60 where It
will find the best investment. By inducing
it to come here, then, We force Il.
THIS all means that the Texas and Pacific
Railroad ihould have terminus at Calves
ton.
But how are We TO get it9 We may go
to work and build branch road By way Of
Austin; but after We shall have done that
we have not accomplished tho work We yet
about. The Texas and Pacific, it Is well
known, belongs 70 and is built with the In
tention OF working to other railroads East
Will It bring the commerce Of the Orient
halfway across the continent and there drop
it, leaving in the lurch the roads for whose
express benefit II was built9 Theao are
questions which should receive our earliest
attention. Experience has taught uB that
railroads can 90 arrange their tariffs ~ 70
direct freight into whatever channel they
desire It. What reason have wc 70 expect
that the Texas and Pacific viii sacrifice Il
self aud its friends BY stopping its freight
At Galveston, instead Of taking L on fifteCn
hundred miles further 10 New YOFkf
Then, we should not only think about
building this tap road, but We BnOul0 set
about devising some means BY which We
can compel the Texas and Pacific through
line to play fair with rs.
fremont
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IcOn1vNIcATED,I
me Inherent OF Austin.

The necessity Of narrow gauge railway
from Austin to Lampasas has been urged
by those who would see our city increase in
wealth and commercial importance. As 1t
seems that no public spirited parties have
taken hold Of the enterprise, ard should
they do so, Il would take some time before
the end could be contaminated, We think
something is immediately required TO facili-
tate travel and transportation TO the upper
counties. The roads for some miles ada
cent to the city, as they have been for near
" q month past, have rendered It impossi-
Die to convey the orders received by our
city merchants 20 their frontier destination.
In order 70 secure the up-countFy trade the
roads for at least ten or twelve miles should
be made easily passed over at al times.
Let thousands OF dollars be expended judi
ciously In such an enterprise, aud an ture
It will be appf lated 10y the counties north
and northcass u ~, besides the increase
and constancy Of trade attained will return
largely 20 all Interested. AS Il isat present
Rockdale has by far the advantage, and we
areinfol med has already directed great deal
Of trade that properly belongs 20 our city.
II the county court will force the night of
way direct TO some point ten or twelve
miles northwest Of Austin, and appropriate
an amount Of mooney 20 assist in the con
struction OF turnpike road thereto, be-
heve ] can say that many Of our city mer-
chants viii subscribe literally 10 attain
such an object. for one viii do my share.
The rapidly Increasing population Of the
frontier counties that may be brought with
in tha range Of Austin trade by such q
course demands something 10 be done IN
the matter. Hundreds Of immigrants are set
ting to-day In lampasas, Burnek, San saba
and "a ioininz counties. Let as do this and
hastea the communication Of the Interna-
national, and . railway 20 the Gulf, and the
consequent cheapening Of ell kinds Of
freight charges will insure Austin increased
trade and importance. CITIZEN.
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AT ]. S. Penn s. Co.'s may be seen pic
lures of all kinds tastefully arranged on
either side, among which are foe sisiles of
the brightest gems that ever graced the
easel of the great masters. In the midst
of them is a portrait executed by Prof. L.
A. HagaD, now of Austin. While We
would not disparage the work of those an
cient individuals, We would say that if
they ever executed portrait truer to life
and nature than the one referred to, they
are entitled to all the credit the world has
ever bestowed. The portrait is of our pop
ular banker, Mr.. Flave Everett. Go and
see it.
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To -tnE PEoPLB or THE CSTrED STATES
The patrons Of the Texas Gift Concert As
ISOLATION at Denison i-First concert Of the
Texas Gift Concert Association, in aid Of
Public Improvements In the city of Deni-
son, Texas Day fixed and full drawing as
sured on the thirty-frst Of March, 1915
Believing that ell concerned VIII appreciate
our actiOn as one for their interest, and
that full and complete drawing would be
preferable to = partial pro rcta drawing,
We have decided to make this short post
ponement rs an act Of justice TO the ticket
holders ard the public
In announcing the thirty-frst day OF De-
cembeT. 1874, as the first date, we did not
make due allowance for delays incident TO
an enterprise of such magnitude.
Night and day have the mammoth presses
of VIM. +. Murphy Sons, Philadelphia,
been working in our interest. The full
working force Of the Denison NesrS, Denison
Times, Dallas Commercial, and Sherman
Rs9istSr, have been brought into requisition
in order to furnish the necessary material
required 70 disseminate fully tie views and
objects of our association.
Although We have not succeeded in dis
posing of the entire 500, 900 tickets, yet
our success thus far must be a matter of
congratulation.
The Texas Gift Concert Association, of
Denison, is now .Jired fact, with over five
Thousand agents scattered over the United
States and Canadas, advertisements in owe
two thousand papers, with the most COM
plete and perfect system In our Office; dat
receiving thousands of orders for tickets,
and the most hattenng reports from our
agents-we can assure the public without
doubt, that a full drawing will take place
positively on the day fixed. The extreme
" low price of tickets, compared with other
enterprises of this kind, places chance in
our association within the reach of all, and
our success thus far has fully demonstrated
the wise policy We adopted.
Thanking the public for their generous
response and liberal support given to our
association. and pledgiDg ourselves to faith
| fully carry out our agreement with them,
we remain, yours respectfully,
A. R. COLLINS,
Secretary Texas Gift Concert Association.
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A RARE GKSTUs.-Prof. L. A. Hagan.
now temporarily located at Austin, Texas,
is q rare genius. This gentleman Il . por-
trait painter, whose productions by Tar ex-
eel anything Of the kind ever before intro
duced. He paints life-size portraits, from
all kinds Of small hkenessos, the smallest
and most defective Of which are made large
IS life, with most astonishing accuracy, de-
lineating every line, feature and expression,
true a. nature itself. The whole being done
By hand, all imperfections. damaged, or
Otherwise defective condition Of the pic
lures, are left behind, and the picture re-
produced, perfect and hfe-like in all its
parts. In view Of the above facts, Prof.
Hagan has no superior among the painters
Of modern times, and We predict the day Is
not far distant when be VIII be the bright
est star illuminating the armament Of the
art world. There are th0usandsup0n thou
sands in our land who really want 70 pre-
serve fkenesscs Of themselves, Or 81 de-
cc,ssd friends, buf the inferior uork which
sbonhds. tecethcf With the DISCUSSING IN.
8uercs of humbnQ. chemical copying
honsss. have caused them % folCEo having
i done. We would say 70 az, correspond,
~ letter. az personally, WITH Prof. h,gan.
ana We ruarantce tbat whatever ~ con-
lracis 70 40 viii - wel dcne. l-ke ID.
eldrc,1 nd write HIM llg1ats hsil7eaa
HA|
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THE ANNIVERSARY or MILAN LODGE
Unfortunately, We were prevented from
attending the reunion Of Odd Fellows at
the Opera House on the night Of the sixth.
This day was the anniversary Of Milan
Lodge, Il having now attained the age of
twenty-three years. But two of the char
ter members Of this time-honored institution
now live among US. Mr.. Thomas Freeman,
one Of them, is still member of Milan
Lodge, and Mr. p. DrCordova, another, is
member Of Capital Lodge. Dr. Haynie,
we understand, was not acharter member,
but became q member Of the Lodge at its
first meeting. The Lodge remained disor-
ganized during the war, but was reformed
after these bloody days, and has had much
and increasing prosperity. 1t has sixty
nine members at present, thirteen of whom
are Past Grands It has $500 at interest,
$3.50 in the treasury and $1,000 worth of
personal property, and has done much
good in its time. 1t has taken care
Of many widows and orphans, and
spent large sum upon the sick and
destitute. No wonder then that the. mem
beFs OF AIilaIA Lodge took pride in cole
brating their anniversary. The attendance
was large, tho addresses arc reported as
good, and the ladies added charm to the
gathering which nothing else could give.
There were plenty of the very best refresh
ments on hand, and Adams pure ale was
freely imbibed. After all this was over the
young people had number of pleasant
dances. Altogether it is reported as most
pleasant Affair." and VIC only regret our
absence.
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Is his sermon the other Sunday, 1lT
BeecheF exclaimed. II would rathor Be O
suffering man than happy fee" For cur
part, We would rather be : happy fes, Ten
to one. What . life Of adventure i be,
and, perchance, how delicious 9 martyrdoni
Wandering forth 20 quench his thirst q
the rich, purple champagne gore Of loEclg
woman, he fnds himself sorenely browsing
upon q field 81 Unsulliod snow within her
immaculate stocking Of dcecy six, feeIinH
that III there Is an olysium On earth s s
this, and when caught and daiptily crushed
between her dimpled fingers, he feels not
''incorporai suferance q pang a. great e.
when 3 giant dies" but simply "diea q
Foso-od0r il aromatic PAIN and, - fcI
him, there Is no Hades, that e the Last 81
him. But the ''sufcrinR manD-eofch hi1i
fooling about the silken hose. and As
Brother Beecher - too we'll aware, brook
Ign howls.-- L0uisriils Conrisr-,opFaoi
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ANOTHER TURNIP.-We have received
from Mr.. A. P. Blocker, who lives over the
river, tie largest and finest turnip that has
yet turned up on our table, or perhaps any
body else's in this settlement, though We
have previously received some summers.
The specimen before US measures twenty
four inches around, and weighs seven
pounds. 1t has beautiful proportions, and
complexion that any belle might be en-
vious of. The way turnips pour in upon u,
shows that the STATEsMAN is read by the
farming community. Can a still larger one
be found2
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DURING the severe weather, for the past
few weeks, when fire wood has been selling
as high as sixteen dollars per cord, there
must have been a great deal of suffering
among the poor. The Mssons, Changers,
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Hi
bernians will see that the needy Of their re-
spective orders have assistance. Outside Of
these orders there are many not able to pro-
cure wood. Will not the clergy Of the city
devise some plan to help the needyl
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BORIS says he don't oftep take the adj
vice of other people. Some, he says, viii
advise you just because they wish to be
considered knowing and experienced,
and good many will advise you to further
their own views and interests. However,
he saws, as there are exceptions to all gen.
eral rules, that it might be best on rare oc-
casions to take the advice of other people.
lie says on one occasion he made remark
in promiscuous crowd ''out West, " that
offended an individual present, who ad-
vised him to ''git up and git" quick, and as
the gentleman had on remarkably thick
pair of pot metal boots, and used his right
leg with uncommon vim, he ''got up and
got" at once, and has never since regretted
taking that fellows advice.
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II there is anything calculated to make a
naturally religiously inclined young man In
dulge in silent profanity at church, it is to
have his girl keep CHANGING at some fellow on
the other side of the house. 1t will make
shivering individual red hot in five min
utes. This is why Satan stimulates 80 many
wicked young swells to go to church.
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Mr.. SIssoN takes pleasure in informing
his patrons that he has secured the services
of Miss Rose KArasen, an accomplished
musician, to take charge Of his publication
department, and that she viii take pleasure
in playing all music over for parties to
select from.
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THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY.-We are
requested, by representative gentlemen Of
ad jacent counties, to call the convention Of
these who would build q railway from Tom
Scott's Southern Pacific to Austin and the
Gulf on the third Of February. On the
day formerly designated for Travis county,
another convention, in q neighboriDg
county. will be held.
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The CFTE EITA&CEs. - W no OF rs Can
tell what the debt Of our city now Is, and
with what swiftness it is piling up and &C.
cumuIasingl Our citizens are gravely pon.
derinq these financial questions, SO fraueht
with results vitality affecting the welfare Of
Austin. Loud and long arc the warning.
given Of the peril OF inaction and apathy
by such cities a. Memphis, Houston, and q
score Of others, once elate with commercial
pride and prosperity, now staggering under
a mountain Of debt unwisely and unneccs
sarily created. The taxpayers are not kept
informed as to the ratio Of expenditures
TO receipts in the urban treasury, but
enough has become visible to create uneasi.
ness and justify grave concern and inquiry.
The people kEor that bridges are taken up
from over the cutters aud then put back
again; the taxpayers knoe that eisterns arc
dug and then filed up again; the taxpayers
kaop that hundreds, perhaps thousands, OF
wagon-loads of dirt are hauled on to streets
to raise them, and that afterwards the same
streets are lowered again By the removal Of
the~s6me dirt. The taxpayers kaolr these
things because they have seen them, and
they want to trOp what it all means,
end as yet no one has risen to explain, y
perhaps because they cannot explain 10
their own satisfaction and exhoneration.
People are not IN the habit Of anusing
themselves . heavy expense by hauling
dirt on their own premises and then haul
ing il Of again, by tearing up and laying
down bridges in the same places, and by
digging cisterns and then filing them up
again. all for their own amusement, or to
give a6miFing friends or iftyfif cousins
employment; and they arc unanimously and
enthusiastically opposed to city officials
amusing themselves in that way at the
expense of taxpayers. It is certainly lit
tie strange that the experimenting policy
should not have come to an end ere this
with our city officials. A report, state
ment, remark, is earnestly solicited.
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NEW Law FRM.-We direct the atteA-
ton OF our readers to the Law card Of Coop
wood & Cunningham. whose Office is in
GlasscOck building, at the head Of the Ave
nue.. This firm will give special attention
to land litigation and land CLAIMS, and the
examination of Spanish titles.
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EVERYBODY uses Clouds Invigorating
Cordial for dyspepsia, liver complaint and
general debility. As female remedy, it
never fails.
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&. K. f., or Ku Klux Khan, often carries
terror to the hearts of many; but K. &. K.
-Kay's Kentucky Kure-is the only Lini-
ment that always brings relief to those who
use it. MORLEY Bros, Druggists,
nov12 If Pecan street, Austin, Texas.
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TIE battle Of Lookout lfounisin BE- besn
rivaiied IN q small way down n feTu, TIE
ue0nle Of that cheerful land having varied
The monotony 81 fghffng e. the p.ains ~
having 4 bsttis On Mouut Iorata. l1'tIg
abovs he clouds. n 90 respects 11gc tte
situsfion 81 the Geld The 1ght Il iaSl Ike
evsrv other 6Rht which has taken pIac6 90
goufh America any tine durIDg che past
ten wears, for = decided victory hae bcen
Qnfnsd, and tie enemy h1s been ''1isp1Ilet
n ali directions L rather hslp1 that Kind
d 60 enemy % get dispened u thle c1r
prehensiye way, as e gives nch 8 Iol q
nuclei % rally abort loF tie nczt FsscII
and . decisive victory always lepds 90 III
spirit both sides Immensely. "a things VII
probably continue 70 b Lively.
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THE TR1vIs RRLEs.-The Travis Rifles
held an election on Tuesday night. which
resulted in the following gentlemen being
elected officers Of the company. Capt.
Mather was first elected captain of the com
pany, but Immediately resigned: A. S.
Roberts, captain; W. K. HARRISON, irst
lieutenant; L. E. Edwards, second lieuten-
ant; Steve Mitchell, orderly sergeant; J. p.
Whiting, company clerk, Samuel Wade,
first corporal; Tom Miller, second corporal
7. ]. Dorm, third corporal; II. Lewis,
fourth corporal; w. B. Brush, first ser
geant; G. L. Robinson, second sergeant,
N. Myer, third sergeant; w. J. Greene,
fourth sergeant; ]. w. Mclaughlin, sur
geon; E. B. Wright, chaplain; Ben. Hon
net, color bearer.
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E1EcrioS IL LANrAsAs.-In tho nice lit
tie nouatain town Of Lampasas they take
the s.bit between their teeth and lunge
ahead during election time. An election
occaued theEo last Monday, and twas neck
and neck between the candidates all day,
the excitement running high from early
morn I'LL dewy eve. About one hundred
votes were polled, and the successful candi-
date came out three votes ahead. After the
eouns the victorious payty got out couple
81 opyils ana celebrated their success win
loud noiaes and pleasant good cheer.
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MORE STATE BoSDs soLD.-Goveraor
Coke yesterday received telegfaphic infor-
nation from New York that sixteen more
State bonds had been sold at the fattering
figure Of ninety cents on the dollar. Also,
information to the effect that the williams
& Guion claim Of 500, 600 had been can
csled from previous sales Of bonds, there
fore a considerable balance viii be left go
into the State Treasury. AS win be seen by
act Of the Fourteenth Legislature, on page
forty-six Of general laws, the balance Of
funds on hand from sale Of bonds, or SO
much Of il as may be required, after the
settlement with Williams & Guiou, Is to be
used 70 pay costs due shenffs, clerks, at
torneys, justices Of the peace, and other
peace officers in criminal prosecutions for
1872, and previous years.