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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-01
Thirty-Ninth Days Proceedings.
SENATE
AUSTIN, Feb. %, 1883.

AUSTIN, Feb. 20, 1883.
The senate met at the usual hour,
Lieut.. Gov. Martin presiding and a
quorum present.
The chaplain, Rev. DR.. Smoot. Of
fered prayer.
On motion of Mr.. Peacock, the
journal was not read.
PETITIONS
Mr.. Davis: From the citizens of
Cooke county. requesting the sub
mission of the prohibition amendment
to the people.
Mr.. Matlock: From citizens of Bay
lor. protesting against attaching any
counties to said county for judicial
purposes.
Mr.. Kleberg: For relief of ]. W.
Dirkey. and others for special relief
as forme Assessor Of Dimmit county
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
judiciary No. 1.--Ar. Terrell. chair
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The A. & M. College.

The Agricultural and Mechanical,
college of Texas has only about eighty
students after a naturalization o.
about three hundred and fifty. Among
other diseases. the ehills and feyers
seem to prevail to an alarming ex-
tent. Why thousands of dollars should
be spent in erecting a state college in
three miles of the Brazos river
marshes, Is one Of the enigmas Of the
.loxr
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The Poll Tax Bill.
[Burnet BulIetin.l

We endorse the measure most heart
lily, and hope that it may be engrafted
in the laws of the state. 1t would not
only increase the revenue, but It
would he just to thousands of hard
working poer men. who are really
educating the children Of a large
class of drones and idIers, who are
too lazy to earn the dollar poll tax for
the privilege of citizenship.
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A Heavy Margin.
East Texas News.l


If Cunningham and Ellis have their
contract endorsed by the senate while
other parties offer TO pay twice as
much as &. and Z. offered for the
lease of the penitentiaries, 1t viii look
very much as if somebody had re-
ceived very heavy margin Sc
cure this endorsement. We can ac~
count for this in no other way.
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Comments their Wisdom.

A majority of the senote committee
on penitentiaries favor the approval
Of the penitentiary clause. A minor
ity, composed Of John Young Gooch,
John II. Traylrr, Barnett Gibbs and
NJ. Y. Randolph oppose ratification.
A splendid quartette. The Gazette
commends their wisdom and states
manship.
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Whole business a Fraud.
LBrazoria Independent.l

EX-Gov. Roberts was examined by
the joint committee on the peniten-
tiary. and said that the old lease
should be held firm, and If not the
state should resume the management.
The governor is only trying to vindi-
cate his former actions. The whole
business is Il fraud
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Tennessee Resumption.

Abolish the penitentiary leasing
system, and then the Cincinnati Com
mercial-Gazette wants TO know what
is to be done with the convictsY" Put
them on the roads. They can do the
state some service constructing high
ways, and with injury to none, their
labor will in the end be ten times
more profitable to the people than TO
turn them over to greedy contractors
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EnlRmnficnl.
tDenison Herald-News.J

tDenisOn llerald-News.J
J. NJ. Claiborne, chairman Of the
state Democratic committee, has been
appointed major general Of the Texas
militia by Gov. Ireland. Attention.
Texas Pecan Corps!
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Fair Treatment.

The railroads in Texas pay one
tenth of the taxes. Such an interest
deserves fair treatment at the hands
of the law-making power.
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Should Contribute.

We heartily endorse the measure,
for It is a sorry man who cannot raise
the paltry sum OF two dollars. and a
very mean one who wants to enjoy
the profits of any business without
contributing some Of the capital and
expense money. We claim To have a
government Of the people and for tho
people. and cyef - who considers
himself one OF c0unffy'f soy
erei9pe should cont lte 10 is sup
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coMMIrrFE REPoRTs.

Various committee reports were
presented without reading.
Mr.. Mckinney. for special commit
leo appointed TO Yj6if The state schools,
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Sec. 8. The person desiring to pur-
chase any of said land shall file his
application with the person author
lied to sell, designating the particular
section, or tract less than q section,
which he desires to purchase and ac-
company it with a sufficient sum of
money to pay for advertising the lid
in such manner as may be prescribed
oy the board, and on the first Tuesday
Of the month designated in the adver-
tisement, and after at least twenty
days notice, the person having au-
thority shall sell the same to the high
est and best bidder, at the court house
of the county in which it is situated
II in an organized county, or If in an
unorganized county, ut the court
house door of the county to which it
is attached for surveying purposes.
The application shall be considered
the first bid unless raised, before
offered at public outcry, and any one
desiring to raise the bid may do SO by
notifying the seller in writing at any
time before it is put up at public out
cry or orally at the public auction.
No bid shall be received ut less sum
than the minimum price fixed by law,
nor shall any fraction of less than
100 acres be left by such sale, nor
shall any fraction of less than $40
acres be divided: nor shall such sec
ton De divided into other than half a
quarter section.
Should the person advancing the
sum of money for advertising the hid
rs above provided, not become the
purchaser of the land bid for, said
money shall he returned to him and
collected from the purchaser.
| Sec. 2. The purchaser shall Mt once
! pay to the persons selling for the state
one-thirtieth of the amount bid. and
execute his obligation for the remain
der OF the purchase money. payable to
| the state Of Texas. and binding the
J purchaser 70 psy one hirtieth of the
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gree during the time the memorialist
SAYS the people would not enforce the
laws, and this Is as good a showing
for the proportion of crime committed
in the county as any other county in
the state can make.
The statement that one-fourth of
the people are not honest and do not
eXecrate the crime of murder is all
guess-work and without evidence to
support it. The people of Bastrop
county compare favorably in this re-
spect to the people Of any county in
the state.
The implied statement that some of
the officers have been manipulated
In the interest of murderers, is all
without evidence to support it. All
unprecedented persons, informed as to
the matter, know that Bastrop county
has now, and has had during the
period referred to by the memorialist,
good and efficient officers. from con-
stable up.
While / sympathize with the me
morialist. and believe him to be con-
scientious in this matter, my duty re-
quires me to say publicly that the
statements, made by him, are not
true.
lin answer to the above, Mr.. Davis
desires us to state that when he stated
in his memorial that "three-fourths OF
the people of Bastrop county exc
Grated crime" that it did not follow
that he meant the other fourth loved
it. or approved of it Indifferent to
everything not directly touching their
own interest, is characteristic of q
considerable art of the human race
everywhere. That explains his idea
of the position of some of the fourth
His statement that there had beer
three homicides to one indictment in
that county, was based on statement:
of fact and variations of murder
made to him by some of tbs best eiti
zens of the county. He is glad TO b
corrected He Enthusiastically state:
| that he believes the people Of ever
precinct in that county. except tn
| McDade precinct, viii compare favor
ably with any IN the state; nc tha
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-04-13
BOYLE COUNTY.
DdDNUe.

/ UQHbfffe.
License was Issued on Wednesday, fol
the marriage Of Leslie Walters and Mol
lie t. Phillips.
Mr.. ]. G. AXE, late Of Natehez, Miss.
will take charge Of the Clemens House
He is expected to arrive on Monday OF
Tuesday.
Mrs. Nancy Mars, who is in her S5th
year fell down stairs on Tuesday night and
fractured her hip joint. Drs. R. w. & F,
Dunlap, are the attending surgeons.
Thieves broke into the smoke-house oil
s. d. Moore on Wednesday night and stole
about dozen hams and sides. No arrests
yet, though certain parties are suspected.
Little Willie Warren, son Of Mr.. VIM.
Warren, is very sick with sub-acute inflam.
nation of the stomach and bowels. His
physicians report him no better this Thurs
day morning.
Mr.. james McCaffery, late Of the
county Fermanah and province Of Ulster,
now of Danville, on heing told that the
Salvation had invaded Kentucky, asked,
"Who is il trying to Salivate ?"
Price Hudson, Of the firm Of Scoggin,
Hudson & Co., ON Tuesday shipped to Lou
isville 16 coach and harness horses. The
prices paid were from $50 to $780, They
are part Of a lot intended for the New
Orleans market.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Samuel and Mr..
and Mrs. X. c. Nichols have taken rooms
at Gilchers Hotel. Rev. Geo. @. Sutton,
the new rector Of Trinity Church, began
his pastorate last Sunday. He and wife
have taken rooms at the Central Hotel.
"A call has been issued for a meeting
of ex. soldiers and sailors of the federal ar.
my and navy at the Tribune Office next Sat-
urday night, the object being to organize
or establish "Post" OF the Grand Army
Of the Republic. The order is non-polit-
ical.
On Tuesday a respectfully dressed
white woman alighted from North bound
train on the @. S. r. and desiring board
ing house, in some way found herself at
Mrs. Steinbergen's on Sd Street. She was
accompanied by sweet faced little girl
about i've years old, who called her Aunt
Matte. The woman made several trips
lp town during the day and towards night
/ was noticed that she had become what is
known as drunk. About dark she was 80
Doislerous that the police were sent for and
hen the fun commenced in earnest. She |
'creamed and fought and cussed the Off
,ers. She USED language not usually heard /
n drawing rooms. When the party ar
lived at the Courthouse gate she laid |
lown and would walk no further and came
,ery near doing what Artemus Wards
BROTHER did when playing the bearded wo-
nan in the "show bisness." She was final
y lodged in Jail and a nights sleep in that
ale retreat brought shame and penitence
which she freely expressed this morning,
Wednesday, when she was brought out
md released. She left on the first train,
aking with berth little girl who had been
AIRED for by Mr.. Thorell, the kind hearted
,ndlOrd Of the Central Hotel. Nothing is
nown Of the woman who gave her name
; Mrs. Matte Jennings.
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NOTES or CURRENT EYEEIs.

There were eighty-nine deaths from
smallpox in New Orleans during the past
week.
p. ID. Barnum, jeweler, Of Louisville,
has assigned, with liabilities estimated at
$4,000.
In a match with BogArdus at Phila-
delphia, Carver broke ninety out Of
100 clay pigeons.
Irvine Tucker, Of Marion county, shot
and killed his brother George about the
settlement Of their fathers estate.
The Canadian Government has reject
ed the propositions made with reference to
the admission Of American WHISTLES.
Judge Charles Lawrence, for nine
years a member Of the Illinois Supreme
Bench, died at Decatur, Ala, Tuesday.
w. II. Vanderbilt has $40, 200 900 in
four per cent government bonds, the quar-
terly interest on which amounts to S4O2,-
900.
"A severe snow storm prevailed In the
Northwest Tuesday night. At 81. Paul
The snow was four inches deep and at Du-
Iuth il Was ak.
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PULASKI COUNTY
Somerset

COMCfoCts
Bell Gragg, Of this county, was killed
near Chattanooga by falling from a train.
Rev. Mr.. Gragg will organize a church
at the Waddle school-house on the 4th
Sunday.
WIN. Godby stuck an az through his
foot and the wound BLEED SO prOfusely that
he is expected TO die.
Mr.. w. + Cross, formerly Of Va, was
married to Miss Matte Boyle, OF this
place, at the residence OF Mr.. II. q. Smith,
by Rev. ]. II. Williams. A select crowd
Of friends were present, who made the
couple good many bridal presents. Mr..
and Mrs Cross will live neal BeTea.
The recent storm assumed the proper
tions Of a cyclone in this vicinity. John
Meece's house on Flat Lick was blown
down and Elias Vaughfs was unrOofed.
The barns Of Il. NJ. Porch and Judge Ken
irick were badly damaged and the Wait
block in Somerset Was unroofed. The
rain poured in and damaged the merchants
goods, &c, to the amount Of $1,000 10
B, 800
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CASEY COUNTY

AfoeTV.
Green River got on a high last Friday
and carried OF all the fences along iis banks
If you want 10 know anything sboul
Peck's bad boy and his pa, call on DR.. Nc
Roberts.
Married, at the residence Of Frank
Mills, near Dunnville, James Noe to Mis-,
johnson. The groom is SO years oil while
the bride is only IL.
-Osbourne Bailey, Of col. has been
brought here by the the sheriff Of Boyle
county and lodged in Jail for stealing a
horse from old man Pendleton three years
ago.
Ben Ruberts sold 10 DR.. p. II. Dunn
2 fat cattle, averaging 1920 pounds, al 81
cents. Several lots Of stock bogs have been
sold in this vicinity recently. at prices
ranging from 81 to &c.
Andy Price and his son John were
tried before Judge B)wman for stealing 4
sides Of meat from Eliza Henson and were
acquitted because the county attorney fail
ed to prove the value Of the meat.
Misses Florence aud Belle Coalter,
Matte McAninoh, Belle Williams and Bet.
tie Neal, Of Middleburg, are visiting friends
and relatives near Dunnville. Misses Mat
tie Cohey and Annie Bowman and Frank
Warmer are visiting friends near Huston
willie. June Hooker, Of Hustonville, is
spending few days with Daniel Allen.
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WHILE this paper has endeavored
ON numerous occasions TO bring as
much odium as possible on the whole
sale pardoning business conducted at
the little town of Frankfort by one
DR.. Blackburn, of yellow fever noto-
riety, it never for a moment condemn
ed him for the pardon of the soiled
doves at Lexington. This unfortu-
nate class Of women should have the
sympathy of all honest men and since
the "social evil" can not be eradicated,
they should be protected as long as
they keep themselves in proper ssclu.
sion, instead Of being bounded out of
the wages of their sin by officers of
the Law. What we did find fault
with however, in connection with the
matter, was the reasons alleged to have
been given by Gov. Blackburn for his
act and the subsequent charge that a
pardon broker, who had.secured the
"clemency," had gotten 500 each
from the ID women pardoned. This
latter has brought the Governor to an
explanation and we are glad to hear
that his reasons for dismissing the
indictments against the women were
purely under a proper feeling for that
class of wretched humanity and that
if man were to approach him for a
pardon and he had the faintest idea
that he was acting for money instead
of the right and justice Of his cause
he would order him out of his Office
and excellerate his movements by an
application of his boot toe. Hurrah
for the "dear old Gov" we begin to
lose faith in our doctrine that he is
totally depraved.
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Tnr Louisville Commercial Of We'd.

THE Louisville Commercial Of Wed
nesday has a dispatch from Frankfort
containing the lying assertion that
Judge Owsley had acknowledged that
his goose is cooked" and that he
would within a few days withdraw
from the Gubernatorial contest, Civ
ing as the reason for his action, that
the sentiment of the State was so
strong against Union soldiers that he
could not hope to win. The Judge
happened to be in Louisville at the
time and a reporter was sent to know
the truth Of the story. He very
promptly denounced it as "a lie from
beginning to end" and said if there
was a semblance of truth in regard to
his withdrawals would never be be-
cause of the reason assigned, for his
best friends we're among those who
had fought in the Confederate army.
The whole thing is but another effort
on the part of the political tricksters
to ipjure Owsley, whose growing
strength is every where apparent, and
whose election will crush out a lot of
old "hacks" who see in him a man to
whom they will be unable to say, edo
this" and be doeth it. Seeing that he
was sure to sweep Louisville and JET
ferson county like whirlwind, the
Jacob boom was started. so that he
could be given the solid instruction as
a matter of home pride, the ringsters
taking care in that event to see that
reliable Knott men are chosen as del
egates who will at the proper time de-
sert Jacob and give the strength which
now undoubtedly belongs to Owsley,
to their favorite. But why are these
efforts directed at Judge Owsley ?
Simply because he is the strongest
man in the race and the ringsters
know that their days are numbered
unless they can by despicable trickery
and downright lying defeat him;
which they can not do for the people
will be warned of their doings and be
ready to resent, as they always are,
any wrong put on an honest man, who
is as ignorant of the arts of the un-
scrupulous politician as he would be
above engaging in mean act to de-
feat an opponent The hand writing
is on the wall that Owsley is to be our
next Governor and the tricksters, as
Henry Watterson would say, will find
themselves in an awkward position
" 'twixt hell and the iron works."
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w. l.. Conant went to Louisville last
week with $50 to buy goods for a coun-
try store, but meeting some old friends, he
INDUCED 10 social glass and finally got
40 drunk that he had to be taken TO the
police station where he was kept until he
was sober The sum Of $40. found In bic
pocket when he was incarccraied, was res.
lored to him; but instead Of Learning wis
DON from his cad experience, he got drunk
er than ever. lie was again arrested, and
this time only G cents we're found about
him. Conant says he certainly did not
spend all his money for whisky, but he
was too drunk to know what had become
Of il,
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SAM M. BURDETT,
Alto At LAW,
LANCASTER, KY.
win practice In Garrard and adjoining COUNTIES
and Court Of Appeals li8t-iyrl
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A Texas Farm For Sale 1!

l will sell or exchange my Farm In Texas Cor
Texas, about ~ OF IA miles South OF the city Of
Fort Worth and about same distance North OF
the City OF Cleburne In johnson county. Contains
SEQ Acres Of fine land. all under fence swith n
good harm upon Il and good water on place ID Il
Hrsf-rafe farming land and is especially we'll
located for raising cattle, being on high plateau
between two never falling streams of water. II Il
about one mile East OF the surveyed route OF the
Fort Worth Rio Grande X. r., which will bc
completed 10 short time, and also about miles
tion from Fl Worth 10 Galveston. This farm Is In
the great cotton aud wheat raising section ofNOrth
efn Texas aud very desirable for any wanting
to fam raise cattle. Also have on the place a
small bunch Of Short Horn Heifers with cali and
one fine Short Horn Bull, years old this spring;
also farming implements, that l will trade with
the place. WIN. MCKEE DUNCAN,
Jan. II. 1881. liam Lancaster, Ky.
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Agents of the u. 3. Cattle Commission,
sent to West Virginia to investigate the
reports Of pleuro-pneumonia in that State,
assert that they are entirely groundless and
that there are no signs Of any lung disease
among the cattle.
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LASCAsr ADVERTISEMENT.

b. f. WALTER.
~ u IL a H Or DE NTIS II,
LANCASTER, KY.
Ofhce over Citizens National Bank. Once hOuis
from 10 ~ A. N. and from 10 8 Pm.
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Turnpike Election.

Tn, annual meeting Of the shareholders Of the
stanford A Halls Gap Turnpike Co. for the cleo
tiOn OF president and board Of directors for the
ensuing year will be held al the Circuit Clerks
once Ia stanford ON SATURDAY, MAY 0, 1883.
1877 ,. n. LYNN, President.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-01-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

Judge "What cannot understand
is how you could kill a man with sim
gle blow" Culprit-" Shall show you
how" -FHegellde Bldtter.
There are some folks in the world
who are so in the habit of looking on
the dark side of life that, as Jerold says,
they can't even see the bright side of
the moon.
"A wag, speaking of friend whom
he suspected of living altogether beyond
his means, observed that he believed he
''would owe several thousand dollars
after all his debts were paid. "-LalO-
renee american.
The Philadelphia Bulletin propounds
this conundrum: Could two little boys
pounding their father be called, with
any proprety, pair OF Pa-iammers?"
Pa-haps; but what on earth are Z" Pa
iammers?n We've lost the combination.
~ Y. Commercial AdCertiSer.
"A man was found dead on the floor
of his room at the Merriwether Hotel,
Frankfort, the other morning. He had
blown out the gas. Sad afairP" said
the landlord, speaking OF the event; 81
should say it was. Over one thousand
feet OF gas escapedr' Boston Post,
-"So your business is picking up,
eh?" said a facetious cobbler to a rag
picker, who had Just commenced opera
tons on an ash barrel in front of his
shop door. "Yes, and ] see yours is
mending" quickly replied the ragged
urchin, CHANGING at the dilapidated boot
in the cobbler's hand. YOnkerS States
man
The dancing lady who tries to wear
! the skirt of her dress under her arm
and the waist around her knees, and
kicks her slippers clear over the orches-
ira chairs every night, gets 5000 a
week, and the city missionary gets 5000
year; the horse race scoops in $4,000
the first day, and the church fair lasts
week, works thirty of its best women
nearly to death, and comes out $40 in
debt. Chicago Times.
Newspaper proverbs: 1.-TWO heads
are better than one," when the news is
important. There are great many
things which ''go without saying =
horses. for instance. ''All the world 8
a stage and everybody prefers to be
on top, even if he can't drive. The
relations of rival railroads give them
much more trouble than their ''connec-
tons. "-BoSton AdUertiser.
When some of the Congressman
sent their albums around in the House
for the autographs of their colleagues
the other day, one of them. thinking
that the pages who presented the books
for signatures also owned the volumes,
wrote words of fatherly wisdom before
his name. In Senator Edmunds book
he wrote with flourish: BE a good
boy and you will become good man."
The Senator hopes to profit by this adj
vice and even to grow up, perhaps, to
be the prido of his parents. -De!roii
Post.