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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-02

maze OF Deaihs unu tiiuporp Soo"AoAy
bolted together. II is dir and water
tight, and is operated by compressed
air. The main shaft or entrance is .
five-foot air tight cylinder extend
ing from four feet above high water
line down into the bed Of the caison.
II is made Of heavy iron plates and
contains three entrance doors above
the water line, from which an exit
can be made, If necessary. Next 10
the main3 3shaft is the supply shaft,
a three foot cylinder through which
the air viii be forood and material
supplied for carrying son the recon
struction of the tunnel wallis Wat
er and mud will be forced from the
interior Of the caison through the
discharging shaft, which is o six inch
pipe. The bodies will be taken out
first and then the work Of excavating
the tunnel will go on. The bodies
will be identified by the rubber boots
the men wore. Each man was num-
bered ON the books Of the company
and his boots bore his number 30
there will be no difficulty in identity
ing the bodies. The men will
be buried at the expense
Of the company, and some
provision made for the sup
port of their families.
The personal courage Of woman
was never more touchingly exempli-
fed than at Castle Garden the other
day: Two of the immigrant women
were noticedb by an inspector OF Gus
toms when they arrived by the An
ohoria, to be dressed with supera-
bundance Of clothing for summer
weather. Upon making an examination
she found about their bodies rs yards
of silk, 40 yards of velvet, and various
other articles of wearing apparel
weighing about 80 pounds.
: The Burns statue for Central Park
arrived by the steamship Anchoria
and was lifted from the forward hold
Of the vessel by a floating derrick
yesterday. 1t weighs seven tons and
is carefully packed in q strong wood
en- case. The pedestal, which weighs
fourteen tons, was brought over last
Tuesday. Both statue and pedestal
have been transported from Europe
free of charge. The statue, which
was made by Sir. John Steel, is to be
placed opposite that of Sir Walter
Scott in the park.
Miss Lizzie Chapman, the young
California lady who is about to be
married to Jessie r. Grant, is little
person with great deal Of fair hair
and soft brown eyes. Her father is
one the wealth lest operators in real
estate in San Francisco. Mr.. Grant
is twenty-five years old, and is a good
looking young man. He is o stock
broker in this city.
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MAILS.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF. TO AND
5FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE.
Nails from Ausin arrive At II n.
{" San Antonio arrive at r. II.
Above mails arrive aud depart daily except Sun
days. II e
Luliiy- arrives Tuesday and Friday at P. N.
Departs Wednesday aud Saturday At y. n.
day st7A.A. E.
Blanco, via ,w'mberly- departs Monday at Q A. NJ
Arrives Tuesday atGP. n.
oTri Houa': @
Register and Money Order dept from A. H.. to
4P. n. -......-..., ....gLt. 4.oa
General Deliucry srcm A. NJ, to8P.M.
A. Won STEIN. p. NJ.
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S(iCREu'lES,

San Marcos Lodge No. 342 meets Saturday on OF
before full moon. kd y. L. Green, WIZ. Albert
Hea'on secrei ary. LN4l lqI hl;Tn.ui
San Marcos Chapter No. l2a, meets Tuesday IN OF
before full moon, U. =. Hopkins ". H.. II. +.
Albert Heator. Secretary n'f d ftnv &
Hays Lodge X. Of n. No. 1868. meets 9nd and lth
Fridayaof each month. J. v. Hutcbins. Dictator.
". u. kennedys Reporter. ~l~
Star Of Hope Council No. q, U. F. 7. J. H
Combs, Pres. Frank Gellrtt, Secretary.
10. OF. Mouniaion Lodge No. l54 meets every
Monday night. Jno. r. Holland. N. U. Albert
H. atom. Secretary. ~ ssS.s
- Pe,kins Encampnent No. 90 meets lat 3rd and 9Th
Fl day u each mouth. II. .. James, G. Y. Albert
Hcstun Secret etary. tH ~
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lae..r :. b. lverll.snes.

utooor - too WS9Aso0esfl
wAsu shall vs sall ssr hsrssf ,.s "A 81
10 whom our praises sinsi
The pAmpsrsd child ef fsrtuass ,loD1tHc
The titled isrd Or king
They lire by eshsrs' labor CT -
Take sll and neshing give, te &
The noblsst type Of manhood
Are ,hoss who WORK 10 live. r sii
Then honor 10 our workmsus
Our hardy sons u toll 'ii'i. i-e'siit
The heross Of the workshops 5-irf,.
And nessrehs Of the coll.
who spans the earth with Iron, ~ a-.ei ''-'
And rsars the palace dome !
who ersstss ibv the rich naa l-iArI alO
The eomiorh Of hensi f.sfs.
Il 10 the patient teilsri
All homer 10 him thss f' ,s1e% $50
The true wealth Of the nation IUV iDnollia.
IL In her workinsmen. st.
For many tarrsn ages ~, -.
Earth hid her treasurss deep.
And all her giant iorcss9 toE QifigV ,e8tl
Seemed bound ~ 10 . slsspi :, ,..,,,,
Then Labor's "anvil chorus"
Broke oa The startled air, 's gaf.~ spt
And 10 ths, earth In rapture ssr. All q
Laid oil her riehss bare.
IT'S toll that over nature
Givss man his ptoud eostrel. ''.N sifse'
And prrihss asd hAllsws ig,l3 .eta!a gTGiif
The temples Of bis soul. ,.,,.... :. ,
II scattered foul diseases, y I
With all The ghastly tssius 4 ie1a hlnqnl
Put Iron 10 the muscle ia, tt l,,sfa la.h.
And crystal In the braln.
The Grand. AlmIsh'ly Builder.
who hshionsd out The earth, 'f ffiN
Hath stamped His seal VI honor ,N {
On labor from her birth.
In every asgsl flower A fa}
That blossoms from the scd. Tiar,
Behold the master touches ~
The haudiwork oi 0odi y ~ NttA ~ ~
Then honor 10 our workinsusn, -
: The hardy sons Of TOLL fs'li9 = .fVs1--Al
The heroes oI the workshops id,1 Yu I.Ai
And monarchs Of the soili u
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
sI OFFICIAL. q
cexsssl Aais nl.ssicf:


'ltk csssusssAAss-sss asssics:
Hon. Columbus Upson, Of Bexsr county.
.lfyls ssr.Asoa-,si-s pnrsrr O4
Hon. L. ]. Storey, q Caldwell Co.
- ssrsssrxrAr,vxs-s -sarH DIsTiicrs rst.
'mon'S: y: Ho,nes. q Gusd.!ups Co. a1sh ,
A'g ,ur.,c, oos,r-- -pra pp,.,or. glftI
Hen. l.. W. Moore. Presiding Judge. LaGrange.
Y. a a. rirss o., soLpixa ceesr. y.
HAss.-sd Nsndays IN March ind ssp,smbsr.
H. COUNTY Osnosns.
"a r. Kons, Jpdgs Csun,y coprt. 49st "
B. q. Hardin, District Clerk.
Nd. J. l.. Green, County Clerk. u T., iQs-
%. .-Rrown. Connty Atturnsy --s--s.----.s
ws:s Sheriff. Gss 81: s:s:i pis,.' r.. No.
". Wyatt, :" .. :. !"
H.1. Hcae.n.. County Treasurer.
r.. !; $.:;;;: Fl; :;;!:'ss s:.1A
;;:' + 4 ;:::i |;$:''', {, .IDffVT
Tfsrsot motoIxo CeuxrS up lassucr oomrs-,
CriSinA Cosu.y court~lss hohdy in each
pesn .GsaSv eosr,!sa- -cialsns- -hos.,A ss.ls...-
LIST Monday In February April, June, August, %.
tober and December.
Connissionsrs' Court-2d Mondays 10 February.
Nay, August and November.
.sss;t. s;'I.ds e. cisss Ysss snTnTf'' In each
;SsIli}s Ns.s-ssrrils,is ~ ppeA ~. City.
lA'iSU IN !: Sissiiss's,: Srississ sp;ias.. as..
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r..

METHODIST at the Methodist
Church every Sabbath Kev. 4. 4. Brown. Pastor.
-Presching NV the Christian
Church on the second and fourth Sabbaths In esof
4 PKEsBYTERIAN.-Preachin at the Presbyte
irian Church on ske second and fourth saV'
bath In each month oy the Rev. ". /. Kennedy.
PROTESTANT observation-disclosures svery
four! b Sunday In each month at lof O'Clock, A
~, and 7 p. M, at IT. Marks Church.)
BArTiSr.-Presching at the Christian Church
on the third Sunday In each month, by Elder II
Y. Burroughs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-02

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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-02

.-ssSTEEs. i-sH ~ .t-ss - ne su.s.lss. =
r-..-susrss. o.. 80 - sn sls best ssy's- .
= Fis-E FjEEsS cI.-CE
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-02

l5,sris.' - n. FEEE PkEss 6FFlcs-
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THE ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE
GOOD NEWS FOR THE TRAV-
Z FLING PUBLIC.

The large and Increased travel Via the sSUN.
SER ROUTE" renders necessary ADDITIONAL
ACCOMMODATION for its patrons. The Manage
ment have therefore dec med IL necessary to place
. Night Train on their schedule, which leaves
Houston for San Antonio at b:3j p. u. (Sundsys
excepted;) arriving at $50 o'clock A. n.
On this train will be found sleeplng Cars and
elessut Day Coaches, which have been lifted up
exclusively Tor this run. Berths In Sleeping Ears
have beea placed a. the moderate price Of 81 80
and 81 ", according to location. -.. .
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-02

arAsk any Tiekei Agent m the United States
or Canada for Tickets Over This Line, and you
VII get them. They will also Check yonr Rag
rsr- Tbrourh ovsr thi. Reliable sDd Ever Popu-
vr.s csss % every respect are the Dssiug Halls
and I.uach Counter on this line.
The 81. CANT Parior Csrs Of the wsson Manu-
f.cturr are ruf on Day Erprss Trains
IE. 1.w. PEIRCr. ia. @. p. A.
LL ..... Hessssn, Texas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03

The Eighty editor Of the Regiaer- I'VE
presume it is the individual who chal-
lensed the world to show that Garfield
was q lavyer)-got OF the following re-
mark yesterday:
.sFrom q population OF about 1000,
when the Democratic party came into
power in West Virginia, 1t has run up
nearly q million, or exactly 70s.0oo, &C.
cording 70 the last census"
Considering the fact that 7os,oOo lacks
exactly 1900 of being even three quarters
Of o million, 1t took considerable stretch
OF Imagination to spesk Of 1t as "nearly a
million" "A mere tribe Of $4,000, how
ever, Is amatter Of no consequence In the
ayes Of that gifted writer.
But the cold fact Of arithmetic is that
the population Of the State lacks l05,615
toaly los Bl5) of being even 7Os.0OO or,
in other words, i.laeks ss1,sos Of being
'.neaflya million, = or, in elIl other words,
the returns, as given In another col
Eumn, show that we have only o2,Se7
oyer half a million.
somsthing different that from "Dearly
a uIlllcn." AZ Last It would be in the
estimation Off man who knows enough
to know that JAMES A. GARFIELD mas bean
for yeans prscticing lawyer in the su-
ptens Court Of the United States, and was
associate esspsel with Jeremiah S. Black
in the biggest case e,s. Eisd in Brooke
county in this State, as far back - the
war 1898.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03

J4SrsyILLE, WIS, August sl-In this
section Of Wisconsin the farmers add to
their varied industries the cultivation Of
tobacco. The three counties Of Dane,
Rock, and jefferson raise nearly all the to.
bIeco in the State. and the little village Of
Edserton. on the line Of the ST. Paul Rail-
road, Is the center where the buyers con-
gregate to deal In the weed. This year
the crop Is one Of the largest ever raised
in this section, and the prospect now is
that II will command the highest price.
BUYERS are already in the field offering 10
make contracts at eight and half cents.
Some growers are holding OF for still
higher figure. Some idea oi the profit Of
tobacco. culture may be formed when II
is known that 4 good yield per acre Il
about / 800 pounds, which, At the Current
price o.dAy, would bring the ia mer sl2s
The crop is also more certain than wheat
and lsSs liable 10 attacks from enemies
that destroy Il. Il Is estimated that oyel
500, 900 will be paid for tobacco thil
year in Wisconsin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03
RIVER IHrELLIGExCE.


stilI slowly sWeIIIng-The Fleet or Tous
Pass Up.
The marks on the wharf last night show
ed 5 feet . inches Of water, and & slight
tendency to rise.
The new and elegant Chancellor passed
up for Pittsburgh yesterday, and will be
the regular Friday packet from that city to
Cincinnati. She will pass Wheeling about
daylight Saturday.
The Sidney is due from Cincinnati, and
will return as usual At 3 P. N. tomorrow.
She Is new, airy and elegant, and her OFF,
GERS accommodating and gentlemAnly.
The Emma Graham, the Wednesday
packet in the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
trade, passed down yesterday with good
load.
The new and beautiful steamer Scntia
will pass down this morning on her first
trip. She will be the regular Thursday
packet from Pittsburgh for Cincinnati.
She is beauty, and her proportions. &c,
are as follows: length, 2SS feet on deck;
IS feet beam; feet depth OF hold. The
cabin Is extremely handsome and contains
IS staterooms, roomy and elegantly ftted
up. Engines are lgl Inches diameter,
8 foot z inch stroke. Boilers are Of steel,
four in number. Wheel % feet diameter,
% foot buckets. The Scotia embodies the
best efforts Of Pittsburgh mechanics.
Her officers are as follows: Captain, Mort
Noll, formerly chief clerk OF the Katie
stockdale; CHIEF clerk, Mr. J, A. Yoishtly,
assisted by Messrs. John Noll aud Willis
SLockdale. The Scotia was loaded with
about $50 tons and had nice little party
of passengers when she left Pittsburgh
yesterday. The Telegraph says: "She will
itiugly represent 70 the cities below what
Pittsburgh can do in the way of complete
maritime architecture. Captain StOckdAle,
who has had supervision o. the building
OF the cabin, Sc., feels, or should feel,
thoroughly satisfied with every detail"
A Bellaire correspondent says: Dave
Keller is in town, taxing rest from pilot
ing.n
The Monitor got of Of the doeks yes
terday.
a covered barge is now used for tr.ns-
fer purposes by the o., 4. v. q W, Rail-
road.
The towboats Jackson and Nellie Wal
ton, which were aground on the upper
Island bar Tuesday night, got of 10 the
early morning, and the Jam OF tows which
were kept here by the blockade, passed ON
up. A number OF tows OF emplies passed
up yesterday.
The Annie Kelley and bargea, arrived
yesterday from the Mississippi river.
PiTTsBuRdH, September g River feet
inches and falling. Weather clear and
very hot.
CNc1NSArt, September 2,-River leet
0 inches aud falling. Arrived: j. W.
CAT, Memphis. Weather cloudy and
oAiRo. September 2.-Riyer II feet
and rising. Arrived: Colorado, st.
Louis; Davis, Evansville. Departed:
Springer, New Orleans. Weather cloudy
Thermometer So
LOUISVILLE, September River falling
with 8 feet in the canal Weather warm,
cloudy and rainy. The Virgie Lee pissed
down from Cincinnati to Evansville; FASH
ion and @. w. Anderson, up from Evans
vile to Cincinnati; Cherokee up from st.
Louis TO Cincinnati; Andy Fulton and
tow to Greensboro.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03
IHE PIrrsnuRan ExfosITIoN.

| Ek-..a.. v..s..hau-Aa Inn.
NI's,S n."ssS r.npsit % N All pepartments.
PrrrsHuRoH September 2.-The opening
Of the Pittsburgh Exposition to-day was
the mos. successful and auspieious of any
since the formation of the society. This
was true Of all its features-the attend
auce the display, the advanced state Of
n,an.,o,;or ,bs novs, fes,nres presanted.
.es1.A ~. s-s -SS..s... - . s..,.;aa,a :. -
etc., etc. Ihe management ahliCipase Au
unusually successful season, and nave
substantial grounds for this belief. The
.-o.,;.. ;.,o.o,, r,o,;ras,sd In the e,ast
stem'Hs tH'e'eSs A--N''s.'es- :. So ~ :.
tair py our people, as SHOWN " sne IN
mense throng in attendance upon the
onenino ceremonies. the rush for space,
H. 49,. oL.,.o,a, - ,ba e,b;hits and
.lo :, HisHe' cue. :. aS'e. '. - w ".S;s,.s.. 80,
tne presence ol scoIes VI eAni0isoio Hou
abroad, all evidence that our Ex.
position Ia taking a hold upon public
49, u,.L..,t L.. toto jo,a;ls con.
iAfoi' "'u's sSs So t'' -,
cerntng the exnloi@ theIe are some
features that demand special notice. 1t Is
a notable fact that onr large dry goods
nUsAO.s S..o .ass .a..S,. sa. T ,,Lan hoId 81 tss
n"usee nsfe seAetA' s@Ns - -" ~
Exposition In earnest iot tne ntSt ulne'
and have made displays that are highly
creditable. the most OF them in Centen.
Iii ..saS .nd "a, .,ner;or 10 ANYTHING
MAJ eases anu iA s.pe,,M MI nj
ever before shown IN flttsouIgh. Inc
prominent iewelry firms, never represent.
ed before, have magnificent and tasteful
displays Of diamonds, bronLes, etc. A
number Of large Eastern China, diamond
and jewelry houses have secured space,
which they have fitted up elaborately and
adorned with the choicest wares and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03
DOMESTIC NEWS IN nRIEr.

An American vas killed and four other
tourists badly hurt by the oveFturptng OF
A diligence near Schuls, Switzerland, yes
terday.
The steamer Hardwick, from Odessa for
Bristol with barley, shifted her cargo and
iouudered. ALI on board we're lost except
one fireman.
The Colored National Guard convention
finished It's work at st. Louis Wednesday
evening. Only biennial sessions will
hereafter be held.
New York advices say that Rev DR.. :,
A. Chapin, the well known Uniyersalist
pastor, Is seriously III. he is reduced in
weight from ee0 younds, few weeks ago,
TO 40 pounds.
z Base ball Yesterday: At Buffalo: Proyi.
dences, I; Buffaloes, !. At Cleveland:
Oleyelands, 2; Bostons, 8. At Chicago:
LAT game, II A. ", Chicagoes, l, Troys, 0;
I'D game, 4 P. N, ohicagoes, /; Troys, g.
An Ontario despatch says nine China
men, at work on the Canada Pacific
lR r, were standing on 4 rock over Q
blast, whsn prePatpre explosion took
place, were hurled into the air. TEc
had their skulls fractured. Erendsot the
men seized picks and axes and started tc
Wfeak yeneenee on the foreman OF the
gang, white man. They chased hin
several miles, but be finally escaped.
German military otiiceEs severely arih
else the conduct of the Englisn e4mpaigr
In Aighanistan, noting particularly th'
. utter absenee Of any intercommunicatior
J between Roberta and Phayre, shoSinI
the detective organization oltheir scouting
} system. Russian officers are unabli
! TO discover the merits OF Roberts mArcl
|. pt three hundred and sixty.tiye miles Il
!. fifteen and halt days, p6tsithStandin
: all the impedimsnts 81 de camp and ID
/ tlraggsd nature Of the country. %
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03
TnEKANsAs RErUBLICAss.
rhey Nominate 81. John for Governor.
and Adopt a Set of Candid and Manly
Resolutions.

They Nominate st. John for Governor
and Adopt Set Of Candid and Manly
Resolutions.
TopEkA, September e.-The convention
reoonvened at 4:SO, and the CredentlAll
Committee not being ready to report ar
hour and a half was spent in speeches
singing, &C., when an adjournment was
had till 7:20. At that time the convention
met, and the Credential Committee re.
ported. The ballot for Governor was then
taken with the following result: St John,
29o; Carpenter, 80; Henry, 40; scattering
n.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following platform, which was adopt.
ed: The Republicans OF Kansas In con-
yention assembled heartily endorse the
declaration Of principles embodied
| in the National Republican Plat.
form, and pledge their united and
jealous support to the nominees oi
the Chicago Convention, James A. Gar
field and Chester A. Arthur. We point
with satisfaction to the rapidity aud sub
stantial growth OF Kansas under an unbro-
ken Republican administration, extending
through two decades. We congratulate
the people Of the State that seneral eduea.
tom has gone hand inland with the nat.
ural development We take especial
pride in the fact that the revenues Of the
State have been honestly collected and
wisely and securely invested. We affirm
that the United States Is Nation, and
that Il Is alike the right and duty OF the
General Government to secure 10 all of Its
citizens full and complete liberty and ex.
act equality in the e9ercse Of their civil
and political rights. A free ballot
uninfiuenced by force or intimidation and
fair count oil such ballots are necess-
Iary for the preservation oil free institu.
lions. The republic cannot endure ii
shotguns or tissue ballots, intimidation or
false counting, controls the choice of OH
GERS and the policy OF legislation or ad-
immigration The change most needed
In this country Is one which will abolish
the monstrous system, by which Q vast
section OF the country has been made and
is kept solely for the Democracy. We
congratulate the people upon the fact that
the resumption OF specie payment has
brought in Its train general prosperity and
uniyersal confidence, and that our curren.
Icy, coin and paper, has fixed value and Is
convertible, secure and equivalent. We
declare that inAsmueh as the Republican
party OF this State Is justly held responsi-
hle for the officers whom 1t or its repre-
ssntatiyes elect, and inasmuch as exper-
ience has shown the grave evils resulting
from purely personal canyasses, 1t If
the duty OF the Republican members oi
the Legislature in the election Of the var
ious officers within their choice, TO act in
concert and in accordance with the deter.
minatiou Of a fairly expressed majority Of
the Republican members in caucus or con-
yention assembled.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-03

WASHINGTON, D. O., September 2.-Chiei
Brooks, Of fthe Secret Service has received
information Of a new scheme for swindling
in vogue in Mississippi. Some ingenious
rascals have made photographs of green
backs, and have circulated them In the
back counties, among ignorant people, as
a new style Of Government checks. They
discounted them and the parties who
took them circulated them awhile until
they found their way into a local bank.
Here the fraud not being detected, they
seht over $4,000 to the Treasury for re-
demption, where, OF course, It was in.
stantly discovered that they were moth
ing but photographs Of the face OF United
States notes of large denominations.