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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-12-14
TRAIN PROTECTION IN TEXAS.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6.-Owing to the
boldness of train robbers and the num-
Der of bad or suspicious characters in
fecting towns and the country in
the northern part of Texas, the rail-
road companies are taking unusual
precautions to protect their trains.
Commencing to-day, all passenger and
express trains on the Texas ana Pacific
road will carry strong flores of state
rangers as guard between Fort
Worth and Ell Paso, and other roads
will probably pursue the same course.
No captures have yet been made OF
the men who attacked a train on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road a
few days ago, but it is pretty well es-
tablished that one of them was NOR
tally wounded in fight next day at
CleDurne, and was secretly buried by
his comrades.
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Huntington After the Houston and
Texas Central Road.
Isl. Louis Republican,. ]

The Gould management has been
attacked of late by some of the papers
on account of alleged oppressive rates,
and the system in the southwest ID
meeting with considerable opposition,
particularly in Texas, where open war
has been declared against it by the
Sunset route and the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe, and it is even said that
the relations of the Texas Central
have not been of the most amicable
nature. About. a year ago the
Southern Pacific formed an agreement
with the Texas Pacific and Iron
Mountain roads on through business,
the junction between the two sys-
TENS being at Sierro Blanco, short
distance this side of FL Paso. 1t is
now said that if this agreement has
not been dissolved it soon will be, as
G. p. Huntington, who is the controll-
ing spirit in the Southern Pacific, is
forming or has formed other alliances
in Texas, which will be more 70 his
advantage. The Sunset route is build
ing on and within short while viii
meet the Southern Pacific, and that
will give the Huntington line con-
nection to New Orleans. Since the
death of Mr.. Whitney, the late .pre5i-
dent of the Houston and Texas
Central, it is rumored that the
Huntington party are making
strenuous efforts to secure
controlling interest in the line.
1t has always been supposed that he
held a considerable interest in the
Texas Central, and it is believed in
railway circles here that he VIII
greatly strengthen his position IN
Texas after the next annual election
of the Texas Central. Mr.. Hunting
ton is also a considerable owner OF
stock in the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco road. and is reported as picking
nm ali of those securities he finds on
the market; and at tho next stock
holders meeting of that company it
wouId not surprise some leading au-
thorities here, SO they say, if he were
10 show pretty full hand at
that time. 1t is also the opinion that
il ever there is serious clash be-
tween these two railway magnates in
the southwest-Gould and Hunting
ton-it will be quite lively one.
These two leading capitalists seem to
have greater appreciation of the
as a field for profitable in
vestment than any of the other rail-
way magnates of the country. The
territory is certainly large enough for
both and many others, but like great
generals in command of large forces,
they may not be satisfied with letting
each other alone.
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DALLAS.
News Of the Day Gathered by a
Statesman Reporter.
[special to The Statesman

DALLAS, Dec. 81. NJ. Dixon, late
postmaster at Ennis, was tried and
acquitted in the federal court to-day
on the charge of embezzlement. Mr..
Dixon is the man who drew the S15,-
600 prize in the last Louisiana lottery
drawing.
z. 5. Pfouts, senior member of the
publishers OF the Dallas Herald,
to-day received the sad intelligence OF
the death OF his daughter at san An
tonic. Deceased was the wife OF
Alonzo Millett, one of the wealthiest
cattle men in Texas. Mrs. NIilIett, as
Miss Mollie Pfouts, had been one of the
most popular young ladies of Dallas,
st. Louis and st. Joe, in all of which
places she had lived. Her death
causes sincere regret among a large
circle of friends and relatives. Mrs.
blillett has been an invalid for two
years.
jeff and George Barnett were ar
rested and jailed here for stealing
horses near CRANBERRY, in Hood coun-
ty. One OF the horses was recovered.
John White, stranger and suspi-
clOus character, was caught burglarlZ-
ing the National hotel and lodged in
jail.
The Dallas car and agricultural i'm
plement manufacturing works were
seized by the United States marshal
to-day, to satisfy an attachment for
S34Oo in favor of the L. NJ. Rumsey
manufacturing company of st. Louis.
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OhitnarY.

At injecting of the employees of the
comptroller's department on Friday.
the 9Th inst, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. Almighty God in his in
scrutable wisdom has seen proper to
take from our midst our fellow clerk.
w. IL. Raglin therefore, be it
Resolved, That while we bow to the
dispensation of Him "who doeth all
things well, we feel that in the death
of w. II. Raglin we have lost friend
whose genuine worth was appreciated
by all who him one who in every re-
lation of life proved himself one of
Gods noblest works--an honest man.
Resolved, That while we have lost a
friend, we recognize the fact that the
state of Texas has lost a faithful SER
want, one who, from her earliest his
tory, was identified with her in adver-
sity as in prosperity.
Resolved, That we tender our SYM
pathies to the family of deceased, and
that the secretary of this meeting is
directed to forward to them a copy of
these resolutions.
JAMES WALKER, S.G.SNEED.
Secretary. President.
Austin, Dec. 8, 1882.
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PALESTINE.
A Snug Hiding Place for Whisky.
[Snecial to the Statesman. l

PALESTINE, Dec. 6.-The northwest
side of the public square in the old
town was nearly destroyed by fire last
night. Among the losses was A.
Joist's store and warehouse, $500; in
surance $500 in Home and Glens
Falls; Conoway House 500, insured
for $500 in Glens Falls; Links store,
fully insured in the Glens Falls; Haw-
kins, merchandise, $1,000, insured for
$500 in Western: Arott, stock, $1,000,
insured for 5000 in Milwaukee.
PALESTINE, Dec. 9.-City Marshal
Rogers went to arrest negro to-
night and noticed something SUSPECT
Gus in a corner of the cabin, covered
with an old quilt. Uncovering it he
found full barrel of whisky. Further
investigation discovered three more
barrels under the bed, all concealed
by liquor dealer here, with the inten-
ton, doubtless, to defraud. Rogers
removed the whisky to the City Hall
and telegraphed LIE Gierse at Calves
ton, and other merchants, who had
furnished goods.
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Southern Coal Fields,

Not many years since the great
Pennsylvania fields were supposed to
constitute the majority of the avail
able coal deposits of the country. But
the states of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Georgia and Alabama aggregate nearly
1900 square miles of the finest btu
minous coal territory, nearly four
times that of like deposits in Penn
sylvania In Texas there are said to
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gentleman himself says his intended
wife. His grief was something terri
BILE to witness. and many of his more
intimate friends predict that he will
lose entirely his mental balance.
The company was disbanded at once,
and tomorrow will receive their sala-
ries in full up to date and tickets of
transportation to their homes. Mr..
Frayne will, he says, retire to private
life, and never expect to go upon the
stage again.
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CALIFoRNIA-MExICAN RAILWAY.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA San
Dia dispatch says: Ground was bro
ken ON the Baja, California and Sonora
railroad to-day, in Tia Juana valley,
on the Mexican side of the line. A
contract for the first section of twenty
miles has been let, and grading will
be rapidly rushed. The road runs
through Lower California, crossing
the Colorado near its mouth; thence
through Sonora to Calabas, in Ari-
IONA. 1t is understood capital for the
construction has been raised in Eng
land, and that the enterprise is in the
hands of large stockholders of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road.
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WACO.
Municipal Election and School Prop
OsitiOn-Killed.
Especial to The Statesman.l

WACO, Dec. 9.-The city election
takes place on Monday. All the
municipal officers are to be elected, and
a proposition to establish first-class
graded free schools for ten months in
the year will be voted on. The result
of the latter is doubtful, as it requires
two-thirds of the vote cast to carry
and there is considerable opposition.
Prof. Hogg, of Fort Worth, is speak
ing at the courthouse tonight in
favor of the proposition, and other
speeches will be made.
n man named Cullen was killed at
Bold Springs, in this county, to-day;
but no further particulars can be OBJ
tanned.
The Broom Brigade fever has struck
Waco, and two companies of sweet
sweepers are giving an exhibition to-
night at Odd Fellows hall.
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THE MATTER WITH THE BUTTER.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Dec. AT the
second days session of the National
butter, cheese and egg association, p.
Kuleshoff, delegate of the Russian
department of Agriculture, was intro
duced. This gentleman is making a
tour of the country for the purpose of
investigating the American system of
agriculture. Jonathan Perrian, of
Illinois, addressed the convention on
"Hay and Grass, and the Question of
Butter Fiavoring," which he consider
ed due to the kind of grass fed, and
the great reputation of Pennsylvania
butter for fine flavor was owing to the
grasses of that region containing ben
zOic acid
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MURDER FoR MONEY.

MEMPHIS. Dec. 9.-Before daylight
Yesterday two masked men went to
the store of j. G. James, at Sharkey,
Mississippi. and aroused the clerk, who
was sleeping in the store. saying they
wanted medicine. As the clerk opened
the door the men rushed in and fired
four shots. one of which struck him
in the breast. He died in three hours
The men demanded the keys of the
safe, but left without taking anything.
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weeks. He walked to the scafold
firmly, then sang a hymn without
tremor in his voice, and was accom-
panied by his spiritual adviser, Rev.
Mr.. Hess. who offered a prayer and
then made a few remarks, and at 1910
the rope was cut. There was few
commissions and in seven minutes and
thirty seconds he was dead. Sanders
killed Wing a year ago the 18th of
last November, in a fit of jealousy,
both being in love with the same girl.
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A FRAUDULENT CONCERN.

DENVER, Dec. 3. - The Denver fire
insurance company has collapsed. 1t
was organized fifteen months ago
with a capital stock of S1,OO0,OOO, of
which over one quarter was paid in,
and elected c. Z. Fisk, president, A.
II. Russell, vice president, and p. p.
Goddard, secretary, who on January
l, 1882, made most fiattering state
ment of the company's condition. 1t
now transpires they never had dol
lar of capital in money in the treasury
and their only assets were a few I'M
secured individual notes and tracts of
unimproved land in the southern
states, to which they held imperfect
title. Trouble is ahead.
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A sHoorTNe-TO HANG.

MEMPHIS. Dec. "a difficulty 90
CURED Thursday night at Ensley's
convict farm, ten miles south of this
city, between U. NJ. Tardy and E. NJ.
Wheeler, two guards, which resulted
in Tarty shooting Wheeler in the
bowels. Wheeler returned the shot
and killed Tardy.
Robert Wilson, who killed Frank
Boswell in this city last September,
was sentenced to-day to hang Janu-
arv 30.
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A HoRRID END.

TowANDA, PA, Dec. 5.-When the
accident occurred at Rummersield
last night, Engineer Faulke. who was
pinioned in the cab of his own wreck
ed locomotive, saw flames spreading
around him and called to the train
hands to cut away the cab. His right
leg could not be extricated and he
knew he must roast alive unless the
cab was cut away. The spectators
fruitlessly tried to release him, but
the flames spread so rapidly that no
one could get near enough to the cab
to work with axes, and there was no
water at hand with which to subdue
the flames. He bravely met his death
by inches in the flames.
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TYLER.
Proceedings in the Personal,
Etc.
[Special to the Statesman

TYLER, Dec. 9.-Supreme court
The following reports of the commits
sion of appeals were adopted: At
firmed-Dolson ct al. VS.. Moss, appeal
from Robertson county; Barley VS.
Tarrant, from Tarrant county; Shil
lings VS.. Howell, from Lamar county;
Battle VS.. Guldriff, from McLennan;
Blakes VS.. Todd, from Travis; Patter-
son ct al. VS.. Reynolds, from McLen-
non; Aycock VS.. Hearne, from Robert
son; Roberts VS.. Christman, from
Washington; Duryea ct al. VS.. Gid
dings ct al, from Washington; Ross
VS.. Fitch and wife, from Bastrop.
Reversed and rendered-Maxwen VS..
Hillburn, from Lamar. The court
also reversed and remanded Howard
ct al. VS.. Kopperel, from Bell county;
Corporation of Seguin VS.. Ireland,
from Guadalupe.
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BOYs DROWNED.

TALLAHASSEE. FLA, Dec. 9.-An
oyster sloop, used as mail boat, cap
sized near Fort Meyers last evening.
Three sons of John Bright and son
of Margaret Tierce, whose ages range
from eight to fifteen years, were
drowned.
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SAN ANTONIO.
A Statesman News Gatherer's Report.
Especial to TIE Statesman

Especial to the Statesman.l
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 9.-The wealth
er is wet and the races are postponed
till Monday next.
Mrs. Alonzo Millett, wife of the
well-known stock man, died to-day.
The Pierce-Huntington railroad par
ty arrived tonight and were met at the
depot by committee of citizens.
The Bossy silver mine in Gillespie
county, said to be unprecedentedly rich
in ore, has been recovered by Mr.. j.
Z. Jones.
Three Mexicans stabbed a fourth
last night, very seriously, and escaped.
John Weymiller, in blasting rock in
well near Uvalde, recently, claimed
to have knocked the bottom out" and
discovered a many roomed cavern.
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AL ABOUT A Girl.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. ga Post Dispatch
special from Charleston. Missouri.
says Albert Sanders, colored, was
hung for the murder of Moses Wing.
also colored, this morning at 1870.
Sanders partook of the last sacrament.
being joined by Howard Underwood.
colored, who VIII be executed in three
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TRAINS DELAYED BY COLD.

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Most all the
trains due here yesterday and last
night were from half an hour to
twelve hours late. Many freights
were abandoned. The snow was no
impeachment but it was difficult to
make steam enough to prevent the
water from freezing in the tanks. No
accidents are vet reported.
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Some time during the last century,
a party named Galbreath died in Eng
land. leaving large fortune, which
bv some means found its way into the
Bank of England, where it has since
remained lost to the heirs, until re-
Gently discovered. Several of the
heirs. it is said, reside in Missouri,
among whom are James B. Thompson,
editor of the La Plata Press, VIM. A.
Thompson, of the Missouri City
Chronicle. and Mrs. M. L. Phipps,
widow of Alex. Phipps, deceased, for
merly of the Moberly Monitor: Ar
rangements have been made to re-
cover the interests of these parties.
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A 100000 mortgage has been re-

"A 100000 mortgage has been re-
corded in West Virginia by Philadel-
phla trust company on lands in the
rich canal and coal formation.
In the production of coal, Illinois
IS now second only to Pennsylvania.
The state bureau of labor reports that
the output has increased from 81 100000
tons in 1880 to 100000 tons in 1882.
and that the value at the mines has
been nearly S14,OO0,OO0
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cAMpTFps FINED

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Nearly all the
gamblers arrested yesterday were re-
leased to-day, being fined S25 each and
costs. A few took change of venue.
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IN MEMORIAM.

Little JOIN, died December 1. 1852 .o,
oil MI. ana Mrs; j; G.. Wheeler, OF Manor
ms lina 70 Ma3l III aeep sympathy, the follow.
Lower Lower the curtain, darken the room.
why lei IN sunbeams where all is gloom.
SOIL be the football, light be rs tread
"hlie' cold and silent, :" My boy is dead.
o, hush the loud hum Of the crowd IN the
street. N "" ene
Whispers, II need be, methInks were more mae,
10 spread re9dd the sad news. What is else to be
But that ds in his young loneliness, my boy is
Hear ye not the low notes of the birds on the
Is the dirge that the wind chants more plain.
In Kindness, the leaves strive to warm the cold
Where, in unconscious beauty, my boy is
Nay, trouble me not with those books and
affairs: 'U
They're nought to me now but wearisome
cares;
What now shall strive for9 Why look ahead9
ALL all now is over, for My boy is dead. |"
Is dead o, fond parents. repeat not the
Let not the dark utt'rance on your lips DO
Lift up your sad eyes to the regions n, ,ov
And behold in his glory, your Charming boy.
Would We call him again from world of bliss
Ana give him share In the sorrows Of this? '
Would You snatch from his grasp peace with
out an alloy,
And fetter with fife cares your cherished boyq
All, lift up your eyes Ye are not without
hope,
We are not of the band who in thick darkness
grOpe
To the faithful and tried has the promise been
given,
That seed sown in grief shall blossom in
heaven
o, fortunate child, beloved Of God
lntercede Tor your parents, now under the
Send angels to cheer them, to raise their bowed
head,
To tell them. In gladness. ruEIR nov Ia NOT
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LACROSSE, Dec. THE thermome-
ter marked % : below zero here this
morning. and 100 below at noon Ice
is running in the river, but it will
probably gorge soon-
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OSTRICH FARMING.
The Prospects of Its Success in This
Country.
New York Times. ]

Ostrich Farming and the Prospects
of its Success in this Country" was
the subject of some instructive re-
marks by Mr.. &. j. Sketchley, late OF
the TranSvaal, South Africa, before
the American Institute Farmers club,
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Sketchley
stated that he had had several years OF
practical experience in ostrich farm
ing in Cape Colony. The industry OF
breeding OStricheS for their feathers
was begun in South Africa only
twelve or thirteen years ago. Prior
to that the wild oStricheS were killed
for their feathers. At present more
than $6,250,000 worth of ostrich feath-
ers are exported from South Africa,
nine-tenthS of which are the feathers
of tame birds. An ostrich is first
plucked at the age OF six or eight
months, and again from six to nine
six or nine months. The quality ana
value of the feathers improve with
each succeeding plucking. If an os-
trich has a plentiful supply Of food
the feathers will grow and ripen
quickly. Ostriches will thrive wher-
ever sheep will. In fact, it is pecu-
iarity Of their class than they will eat
and digest almost anything. The
breeding of ostriches is managed as
follows: A pair of birds which cost
at the cape from $3.50 to $1,000, or what
is called a set, viz, cock and two hens,
are enclosed in a paddock or camp any
size from forty by sixty yards to two
or three acres each, the larger the bet
ter. Wood is the best for the inclo-
sure, which should be at least five feet
nigh. The smaller the Enclosure the
more artificial feeding the bird re-
quire. The artificial food for one os-
trich generally consists of one pound
of lndlan corn and about a buckettuI
of cut green barley, or prickly pear,
per day. After the eggs are laid they
are put in an incubator for Matching.
On the blackboard was the following
statement, prepared by Mr.. SketchIey:
One pair OF OStricheS, costing SIUUU,
will produce in one year the follow
ing:
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BOTH SAFE.

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 9.-The yacht
Idle Hour andsfhe steam tug George
w. Childs, reported lost with all hands,
are both safely harbored.
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THE TIBER RISING.
Stock Yards Combination.

ROME, Dec. 9.-The Tiber is rising,
and threatens to inundate the lower
part of the city.
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AFTER THE WESTERN UNION.


ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 9.-Jos. P.
Queos, of New York, stakeholder of
the Western Union telegraph COM
pany, made an application to-day to
the attorney general for the commence
ment of an attachment against the
Western Union telegraph company
and directors to vacate their charter
and annul the existence of said COM
pany, and to remove their directors
from office and compel them to account
for their official conduct in the manage
ment of funds and property committed
to their charge. A large amount of
documentary matter accompanied the
application. The attorney general de-
cided to hear the case December 10.
The Western Union officials make
the following statement concerning
the application mentioned in the
above dispatch: Greater, the relater
who Institutes these proceedings, is
understood to be a clerk in the house
of Groesbeck & Schuleyback, brokers,
who do business for most of the lead
ing men in the Mutual Union tele-
graph company. The application is
doubtless spiteful retort on the ac-
ton taken against that COM
pany and its directors by the
attorney general or the COM
plants, Messrs. Cameron and Gould.
1t is no doubt further prompted by
its supposed effect ON the market
value of the stock and the opportuni-
ties it may afford for stock jobbing
operations. The petition embraces all
the leading steps in the workings of
company since 1854, when its stock,
properties and business were very
small. Many actions charged as lille
gal have already been legated in court
and their legality fully sustained.
The action complained of was taken
on the advice of able counsel, after
examination of the statutes, and is
still believed by Western Union coun-
sci to have been strictly in accordance
with the law. Only yesterday the
Mutual Union company made an offer
to lease its lines and properties to this
company, which if they had accepted
these proceedings would not have
been likely to be brought.