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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
GENERAL DIX'S DONKEY.
From our ANIMAL Friends.


The late General John A. Dix very fond OF
animals and never allowed any belonging 10 his
family to be in tho slightest degree neglected.
Among bis iavorites d donkey that he named
Flora Temple and when the General took possess
sion of his country seat at West Hampton, Flora
was sent there for the good of her health. The
little creature, although separated from her
friends, soon became attached to her rural nome,
and on the ar ival of the Governor or any member
OF the family from the city. Flora was always on
hand to greet the visitors Among the elegant
surroundings Flora naturally became luxurious in
her appetite and finally. turned up her nose so
to speak-at the usual food provided for her
species and when corn, carrots and other substan-
tia eatabes were placed before her she expressed
her disa pproya al wilma neigh and troted OIL to the
door of tue servants hall. where bread ana sugar
were furnished 10 suit her epicurean taste. fIee 10
roam at will about the beautiful grounds thus
hum BILE tayorlte Of the grand old soldier, who sent
thrill of patriotism TO the heart OF every lover or
his country when he issued that soul stirring mas
date If any man attempts to haul down the
American flag shoot him on the SPOT" outlives
her dear old MASTER surrounded with every comfort
to make her declining years as happy as IN the
DAYS oil yore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
PRITHEE M1D4M.

Prithee madam, what are yOu,
That You accept with scornlng
Love that is honorable, true,
Ana constant. night and morning,
Exacting it as beauty's due!
Beauty lures, but love must bind,
And beautv's long unklndness,
Although that love were ten times BIND,
Cures him of his blindness,
Gives HIM back his lucid mind.
Though love. it seems, less pleases you
Than ADMIRATION endless,
You'll find III such "a retlnuc
Much that is cold and trendlcss,
Flatterers many, lovers few.
With these neither sigh nor weep,
| only give you warning,
That for the future you must keep
For some one else your scornng;
III ''0'' J. b. SELKIRK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
RARE CHANCE FOR INVENTORS.
F-Om The Galrestot Netrs.


Cotton-pckers are now getting a dollar per
hundred pounds OF seed cotton, price so remunera-
tive that even the lazy city voter by profession
has been induced to leave the exciting scenes the
free drinks and social equality OF the time, TO earn
"a stake for the winter garnering the heecy staple
in its vast abundance. From the interior towns
and cities, especially, have these happy go-lueky
people emimated to the fields. and left behind
them dearth of labor which asserts its needs and
existence in the want" columns of the press. lie
probably costs the people of Texas 1890 1000 per
Southern States is worth no, less than SJ0.00UvO0
more at the gins than IL Is la the fields. Here -
presented tho grandest incentive 10 mechanical
Invention that all the industi les OF the world may
offer A machine capable of picking IA much cotton
az an industrious farmer OF Texas can raise would
simply the place of u dozen active field hands. In
this age OF invention many have attempted tho
task. Some have given it their whole endeayoFs tor
years. but all have failed. Southern planters. IN
case n steam eotton-pcker was invented. would
find their business revolutonizcd. Their field
work costs them more per day per hand than
any other rnsklled labor in the world. An lnyen-
ton of that kiud would give tho Southern planter
an almost absolute though legitimate monopoly or
cotton raising aud free thcm from the labor corner
during every fall and winter. Then why 10 ncs
the cotton producing Interests of all the states
ODER q reward IN money SO tempting that ~ would
enlist the brightest and most suecesstu lnVentois
of the world in the attempt to solve he probiemI
million dollars could be raised tor the purpose py
very small contributions from each planter; in
case this plan is not adopted, 10 II sugeest"n may
the faculty and students OF the Agricultural nna
mechanical colleges of the Southern states tu.n
their attention In that direction. Ine cottoh'kt1
was invented Ia tho South why may not 'ns
cotto n picker be alsof
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

Mr. Charles Mullen, leading paper manufacturer ut
Holly Springs Ponn who furnishes much of the paper
TO the state Government at Harrisburg told me that his
observation was that the Philadelphia Committee OF One
Hundred losing its Influence over the business class
"Tho independents" he said "are our most re-
snectobe people unduestonnby but they do not be
vond dsorgan7ing They LACK cOnstancy to leaders OF
their own creation and throw off every OBLIGATION as II
that was going to make anything better Tho remark OF
old General Cameron that the Independent movement
would let I'm the rpetradcls Is not without reason Ft
brings in Democratic Congress what else Is 70 De ex-
pccted Mr. stewart, the Independent candidate. told
mo he had no de he was going to be elected. he is
really cccioneering Mr. Pattison and tho loss OF
tIe state to he Republican party may he fatal TO
Congress and TO conservative legislation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

hear that P. T. Barnum offered Mr. Dewitt c.
Wheeler TO pay his friend the Minister to SIAM 100000
for one OF the royal white elephants and TO paw Mr.
Wheeler royalty OF go 900 year long AZ the animal
lived But the Minister ia said to have replied that these
elephants which not white but OF br0wniSh unge
could not he exported from the country being held
sacred there except possibly by the King himself who
having somewhat emancipated himself from super
sons might condesccnd TO present one 10 tho Presi-
dent Of the United states The happy thought arises
that If Arthur cannot he rcnomnatcd he can go around
showing the white elephant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

Mr. Thaddcus Mahan. n lawyer from Chambershurg
thus expressed himself to "rhcsc kckers can't get
away with this State. We in n tighter squeeze
than this in 1872 The nomination Of both Stewart and
Pattison was dictated bv Aeck Mcclure. who used to
live here and Stewards law partner He got ont Of
here broke. after sticking OF HIS friends in oil
schemes and mining iobs The object OF his life is 10
down the CamerOns. and he'll sacrifice Stewart 10 do It
he did Curtin. II Charley Smith had his way in Tho
Press newspaper, he would right out for Stewart
but the of the paper Wells Of Psburg wants to
90 10 the United States Senate douhtuD aud IL steer
iug TO the wind for Beaver No, sir the kckers can't
carry Pennsylvania
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

then remembered that was in the hotel John Brown
stopped at under the alias of John Smith as he
turned his fiery thought downward to HarpePs
Ferry on this anniversary nearly twenty-three
years ago. He comet; none other saw
one though It lowered in the dawn. The comet
was the When great come these vulgar portents
do not stride theatrical in the heavens in the absence OF
porentous the Snowman meteor sezes bis occasion
The hero stands his purpose wrapped in the atmos
phere of his simplicity his plain ego sweeping the moral
night and ready to die at the nober dawn Prgs cannot
study him through opera glass and gossip on his
clothes his habits his various conventional relations TO
this or that Enough for him that he is at his place ana
headed toward his rightul end unwelcome. unrelated
my ,tic shadowy. He passes backward and the daylight
blooms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

"Mr Vanderbits railroad is the miscellaneous term
applied to n variety Of nOndescrtpt building in both
Eastern and Western Pennsylvania one line nearly com
pleed connecting the Reading Railroad at Harrisburg
with the Norfolk and Western and the Baltimore and Ohio
and Western Maryland systems at HagerstOwn; another
line advances from Ohio through Youngstown and Pitts
burg TO the Youghiogheny Valley and meets the first
named system Chambersburg. Penn If these be
yanderbilt's systems they look imposing The Cumber-
and Valley IL naturally feeling this stimulation.
HagestOwn has sprung 1900 people, Carlisle has new
works and is building 700 freight cars for the Erie
Railroad and the rolling stock for Blaine aud Daviss
new coal railroad on the upper Potomac, and eight
freight trains day are coming up the Shenandoah Val
lev line. now managed by Mr. A. Pope, long the
manager of the Coast and Florida lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

have fully quoted all these pro-Beaver parties
There remains to Ay that after all the pausbility OF
and the arrogance OF others the fears and the
nsolence always following long caitn sway saw that
the greatest doubts existed Of Beavers honest election
and also saw, what is always dangerous In republic
n terror and an insubordlnaton OF any party change
which is Of the OF monarchy tel where changes
whether wholesome aud popular or not arc cohSuereu
high treason When become afraid TO change In time
OF peace we assert the nervousness and failure OF pop
ular State.
Ex- Mayor wickham says he believes the Republicans
will assiat IN elect Cleveland because they senu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

Roanoke is the new Altoona at the junction OF tho
Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah Valley Railroads.
II has sprung TO inhabitants in less than year,
and Mr. George X Mulln, who keeps the restaurant
stations along the line, says he received dividend OF
per cent In the Roanoke improvement Company the hIso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

Mr. Albert Small, a leading lawyer at Iiagerstowns
Nd says that Ben Harrison, of Indiana, is the moso
probable Presidential candidate ia public life"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

As an illustration OF what is said above learn that
Chairman Cooper of Beavers State Committee in Penn
sylyanla says that If Mr.. Blaine would MAKE single
speech in that State for Beaver he would be out Of all
danger The Cooper deny anything but the barrel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

"AIl doubt about Mr. Blaine being candidate for the
next Republican nomination." said an Iowa Republican
me last week, "can he put by. He Is going TO make
the canvass again. Arthur has strength with the
party voters and it is too late to start new candidate
agnnst him. Blaine has taken the field and will run like
wildare"
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
1t Is Not At All Strange But True.

Anyone may go into that mammoth estab-
lishmcnt of H. WOlfsOn and never see the pro-
prctOr but this is accounted for by the fact
that Mr.. WolfsOn supcrintcnds in person all the
different branches of his huge emporium of
everything that can be desired. Ocular de-
mOnstratiOn shows that his store is crowded by
purchasers from morning until night, so much
as to make il Il difficult task to get through
the throng of the fair ones, that crowd the
fancy dress department and lay I'm their
stock for fall decorations, of which the
stock is immense In all its intrinsic and delicate
army Oj employees Mr.. WolfsOn necessarily
needs and who are kept busy, the store rcsem-
bles a great bee hive i'm which there is nothing
but hustle and industry. This is no eXaggeri-
ton. but solid fact it but shows what the en-
ergy, pluck and business enterprise of one man
can accomplish who means but to win.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
LOCAL PERSONALS.
Gossip About the Hotel Corridors and List
of Recent Arrivals.

Lieut.. T. B. Hickey, U. S. army, is here
from Fort Clark. He is registered at the
Menger.
DR.. McIain, U. S. surgeon, started for
Brownsville last evening.
DR. w. II. Wums, of Dallas, Texas, is reg
istered at the Central.
John A. Kerr, prominent merchant OF
Cotulla, is staying at Hord's.
L. c. Manlove left on the Eagle Pass train
this morning.
Jose Pardo, Mexican customs officer, is on
the books at the Maverick.
Mrs. James Gay and ]. A. Block, Montell,
Uvalde county, are at the Maverick.
F. Harrison and wife, Cuero, are guests al
the Vance.
Mr.. C. DeVeire has bought Mr.. Pages
interest in the firm of Vail and Page, and the
new firm will be known as Vail and De Veire
N. w. Hunter, a division superintendent of
the International railway, is staying at the
Menger.
Langley Smith, who had been boardr q
some time at the Menger, left for the west to-
day to make investments in stock ranches.
H. E. Parkman, A. E. Stockwell, New
York; J. c. Gregory, Laredo; B. J. Burns,
Baltimore; w. M. Edwardy, Galveston, and
Louis H. Roberts, St. Louis, are at the Nav
erick.
Capt. w. E. Meek left the Vance hous e
yesterday for his home in Mississippi to be
gone some weeks.
r. J. Kendall, resident reporter for the Gal
weston News, has been admitted to practice
in the district court. He has license granted
by the Staunton district court in November,
1878.
Mr.. Louis HAHN, of Lockhart, is in the
city. Louis is one of the boys. He says times
are good in Caldwell county.
VIM. M. Edwardy, editor "Texas Midland
Review" published at Galveston, paid the
LIGHT call this morning, He is witness
in the Thompson case.
Geo. H. Mills, sheep raiser of LaSalle
county; Mrs. K T. Talbot, Cotula; Miss Ella
Hefner, Sherman: Mrs. F. K Pridham and
Mrs. A. G Field, Victoria; X. Power Mission
Valley, and J. II. Hill, Georgetown, are a,
Hord;s.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT.

Local option was defeated at Palestine
A stage robbery has occurred on the road to
Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Joseph Lionville, servant and author, OF
Paris, is dead.
The news from Egypt is not exciting; no
great hattie has vel taken place.
The Rio GrAnde is again reported rising, a,
Eagle Pass.
Murray, the government surgeon, reports e
new cases OF elbow feveS yesterday.
Ten new cases Of fever were reported at
Pensacola yesterday, 81 in all.
Francis Haynes was hanged at Limerick.
Ireland, at s o'clock yesterday
John Sullivan, a railroad man, committed
suicide at Houston, by jumping under NOV
ing train.
Reports from the Maine election show a
complete republican victory. Name was put
down by the democrats as doubtful
The star route jury brought in a verdict of
guilty as 10 Miner and ReredelI, not guilty as
10 Turner and Peek, no agreement as 70 Brady
and the Dorseys.
JUDGE HANCOCK has gone to England.
II Star Vindieator.
Yes, he's gone goner, gonest, brother Vim
dicator-hes gone there to make his canvass
for congress where tree trade is all the go.
NEW herring, mackcrcl, white-fish, cod fish.
Just arrived, AT the City Grocery.
G-ll-d L. ABRAHAMs,
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
GOULD'S GRIP.
The Silent Little Man of Iron Adds the
Texas Trunk to His Possessions.

Special Dispatch to the EVENING LIGHT.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. I2.-It now transpire,
that when the Texas Trunk railway was sold
few weeks ago, it was purchased for Gould
by banking firm in this city. The fact was
kept secret from even the trunk line receiver
Texas and Pacific agents have charge Of the
tickets and freight of the Trunk line, and
Trunk trains will run down on the Texas and
Pacific tracks.
THE DURANGO ROAD.
Special to the EVENING LIGHT
Monterey, Mexico, September IA re-
port is current that a French company is to
build the proposed Durango and Sinaloa rail
way.
INTERNATIONAL TRACKS
The work Of repairing the tracks of the In
ternational railway between here and Austin
is now in course of completion. 1t is thought
that an International train will arrive from the
north this evening and one start for the north
Tomorrow morning.
RIO GRANDE BRIDGES.
Three hundred laborers will leave here this
evening for the Rio Grande to work on bridges
Of the International railroad damaged by the
late food.
PRESIDENT PALMERS ADDRESS.
President Palmer, of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railway company, in an address to
the stockholders, September 4. says: The
grose earnings of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway (construction material being deduc-
ted) for the years 1891 and 1882, SO far as re-
ported, present the following comparisons
The gross earnings for the month Of July,
1882. declined per cent on the same earn
ings for July, 1881
The gross earnings for the month of August
1882. declined per cent from those of Aug,
ust, 1881.
The gross earnings for the firsi seven months
of 1882 gained over IS per cent over the same
earnings for the first seven months of 1881.
TAXES PAID.
The Houston & Texas Central railroad
company has promptly paid the taxes on lands
owned in unorganized counties. The tots
tax amounted to $5,o37.75.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

Notice..
Mrs. GacnslenS school on South Flores
street, will reopen on Monday next, Sept. 18th
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
Notice.

PIANO lessons by French lady. Hest ref
ercnces from New York IL ISlpah st. II. In
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

IRREGULAR and sluggish action of the bow
els, headache, sickness at the stomach, pain i'm
the back and loins, etc, indicate that the liver
IL ut fault. and that nature requires assistance
to enable this organ to throw of impurities.
Morleys TINS Tonic Cordial IL compounded
especially for this purpose. Mild I'm action and
cffecvte ,is IL cure cleaning the system thor
oughly. and impurting new life andicncrgy to
the invalid. Try it. For sale by +. kalteyer Il
Son.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
REAGAN TACKLES JONES.

Judge Reagan has taken up the cudgel for
Ireland, and is stumping his district with
Wash. Jones, AT Palestine, Reagan's home,
the joint canvass was arranged. Jones dined
with Reagan and that same evening they had
it out at the opera house. Jones congratu-
lated the democracy that they had at length,
afte. serious consultation and troublous efforts,
found a man to stand side by side with him
and discuss the issues of the day.
Reagan also paid Jones high compliment;
he said he was the ablest representative in the
state of all those opposing the democratic
party, then went on to sing John Ireland's
tune about republicans stealing, etc.
OF course Jones had an easy thing of it with
old leather head as an opponent.
1.-THE prohibition convention, held in Chica-
60, ad journed after the adoption of a resolu-
ton in favor of female suffrage and declaring
as public criminals all those engaged in the
Importation, expectation. manufacture, sale
and supply OF alcoholic beverages. Austin
Statesman,
THAT will suit Jno. Ireland to dot. He
joined the prohibs. in 1877. He first Joined
the know-nothines in IS54,-he afterwards
joined the democrats--then he enlisted andet
the banner of the S. s., and 1877 he evidestly
became disguised with the democracy and
joined the prohibitionists,-even now he is
running as bourbon prohibitionist.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
Notice.

Owing tOJ. NJ. Hunts withdrawal from tho
firm of j. NJ. Hunt Il Co., the style of the firm
has been changed 10 The Alamo Music
House" W. is. STERLING,
gS-lw Business Manugcr
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

NEW herring, mackcrcl, white-fSh, cod fish
Jus, arrived, AT the City Grocery.
G-ll-t l.. ABRAHAMS,
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
Ten Cords Wood Wanted.

Ten cords of split oak or ash wood also five
ions nf Pat Kinney coal, il wanted. Fer
particulars call at the LIGHT Office. Stiff
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

Professor Rote informed LIGHT repor
ted that instructions have been given for tn,
school house grounds to be overlaid with
white earth
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
Conclusion of the Star Route Trial,

Conclusion of the Star Route Trial,
Upon the rendering of the verdict in. the star
route trial, the following took place:
Pending the hearing of he motion for new
II AL and also upon Merrick's motion for new
and increased bonds for the defendants as 10
whom no agreement was reached, Miner and
Reredell were sent to Jail for the present.
After few words of thanks from the fore
man, to Judge Wyie, for the kindness he has
shown, the judge replied in similar telms.
Judge Wylie replied: 1T is not such YER
dict as should like, but it is your verdict and
your work. You are responsible for it, The
court is not"
AT the close of the proceedings last week,
tempts which have been made to bride certain
position Of this case, | would present such
facts as have to present. Will l present
them as sworn statements to you p
The court-"No. No, sir; not at all. Your
experience may have been different from that
OF other members of the jury, No doubt it is.
That is matter which viii probably be inves.
tgated in another way. 1t does not belong to
your verdict"
Foreman Dickson-"No relation what
ever? ?"
The court-"No. III be true, as has been
reported to me by several members of this
Jury, that efforts to bribe them have been
made, think that no more abominable, 10
more censurable depth of crime, can be
named ! think this is not the place for a
court or jury to talk on that subject. 1t is a
matter which ought to be in the hands of the
officers Of the law, and if any of the scoundrels
be convicted, do not know whether the jury
would convict him or not. We shall endeavor
to do our duty as court. Goodbye, gen.
temen"
Mr., Ingersoll-'We have no objection to
the jury stating who approached them"
Merrick-"Nor have we, and the govern
ment will examine the whole natter"
Wilson. Of the counsel for the defense
1--WE will have an examination. The govern
ment will not make an examination by itself. "
Merrck-"Pardon me, sir; but the govern
ment will, and put it where it belongs"
The court, smiling-"I never Vas so happy
in my life. Here are both sides anxious to
expose crime, and we shall certainly have a
conviction the next time"
PIANO lessons by a French lady. best ref
erenccs trom New York IL Pecan 81, u. In
Notice.
Mrs. GacnslenS school. on South Flores
street, will Reopen on Monday next, sept. 18th.
1t is announced that Col. Bob Ilgefsoll
has made his last speech hoi,.so a jury, as he
intends to abandon that branch of the practice.
The latest Pennsylvania political dot is the
charge that the Irish land league has sold out
to the republican parry. they havS, they
have got into good company.
Col. Mckee ha' appointed Rev VIM. Jesse
Grant as deputy U. S. marshal. lie must
be sort of fighting parson.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

Col. Mckee ha' appointed Rev. VIM. Jesse
Grant as deputy U. S. marshal. lie must
be sort Of fighting Parson.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12

1t is announced that Col. Bob IIgefsoli
has made his last speech hof,so jury, as he
intends to abandon that branch of the practice.
The latest Pennsylvania political dot is the
charge that the Irish land league has sold out
to the republican parry. II they havs, they
have got into good company.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-12
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