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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
TEXAS TEMPERATURES.
A Record or the varistisss In Ssr'h Texas Ssnss
the Past lear. III
Dallas Herald ~

This being the first Of the year, the
newspaper reader will be treated TO all
manner of statistics, industrial, com
mercial and what not, from tabulat'
ed statement of the number OF pins
manufactured, lost or mislaid during
the past year, to ponderous data con-
corning the movements of the staples
of trade. But we venture to assert
that not even "Old Probabilities HIM
self can exhibit any more unwearyinig
attention to detail than is evident IN
the statements appended. Any one
who can for whole year keep impair
tial and accurate record of the thou
sand and one changes Of our mercun-
al climate, need not fear to enter INTO
q campaign against the heart OF the
most obdurate Of coquettes, and If any
of us poor mortals are entitled to a
solid gold crown and triple plated
harp in the, sweet hereafter it is he.
To Captain John J. Eakins the Her
aid is indebted for the following in
formation, which is strictly reliable:
During the year ithas rained seventy
times; there have been two light SHOWS,
four sleets, and it has hailed three
times, the storm of the eleventh OF
April having been the most remarka-
bic of its kind in the memory of our
informant some of the falling stones
measuring two inches in diameter.
The rainfall has been the most gener.
GUS for thirty4three years. Ice formed
only twice last winter, February End
ands march 9Th. During the entire
winter of 1882 the wind did not
blow from the north more than twenty
four hours at d time, with the excep-
ton of the 10th of May, when it blew
from that quarter for five days in sue
cession. Last summer was hecoolest
of any within the memory of our
obliging metereologist, the hottest day
being July Sd, when the thermometer
stood at SO Q in the shade. The mer-
curry stood at, Csc on the 18th day
of August, at SO o on the End; and
on July 9th at GA e., Jur 18th at
go and on June 4th at Sc 0. There
was an exemption from snow or ice
until the 29th of November. Mr..
Eakins says this has been a most ex-
traordinary year as. to it's extremes,
and equally prodigal of it's good as it's
bad gifts. ,ae
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
Prompt Payment.

A wealthy banker in one of our
large cities, who is noted for his large
subscriptions to charities, and for his
kindly habits of private benevolence,
was called on one evening, and asked
to 90 to the help of a man who had
attempted suicide. They found the
man in wretchcd house, in an alley
not far from the bankers dwelling.
The front room was a cobbler's shop;
behind it, on miserable bed in the
kitchen, lay the poor shoemaker, with
gaping cash in his throat, while his
wife and children were gathered about
him. '''',./
eve had been without food for
days." said the woman, when he
returned. 1t is not my husband S
fault. He is hard working, sober
man. But he could neither get work,
nor the pay for that which he had
done. To-day he went to collect a
debt due him by rich family, but the
gentleman was not at home. My
husband was weak from fasting, and
seeing us starving drove him mad.
So it ended that way" turning to the
fainting, motionless figure on the bed.
The banker having warmed and
fed the family, hurried home, opened
the desk, and took out a file of little
bills. All his debts were promptly
met, but he, was apt to be careless
about the accounts of milk, bread,
etc., because they were SO petty. He
found there was a bill of Michael
Goodlow's for repairing children's
shoes, $40. Michael Geodlow was
the suicide. It was the bankers I'M
paid debt which had brought these
people to the verge Of the grave, and
driven this man to desperation, while
at the very time the banker had given
away thousands in charity.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
Artificial Child Incubation.
From the Sanitary News.3

The report of some remarkable ex-
periments in so-called artificial child
incubation comes from Franco. The
Glasgow Mail says that the immense
success which has attended the artifi-
cial incubation of chickens in France
recently attracted the attention of DIR.
Tavernier, learned and ingenious
physician. He was attached to a
hospital for foundlings, and was an
noyed at the number of foundlings
who died within the first six months
of their life. The majority of those
admitted to the hospital were week
and sickly, and he resolved to try what
"artifcial incubation would accom-
plish if applied to infants. The doc
tor constructed child incubator on
precisely the same model of the ordi-
nary chicken incubator. It was. a box
covered with glass slide, furnished
with soft wooden bed, and kept at
the temperature Of eighty-six degrees
Fahrenheit, by the aid of hot water.
He selected as the subject of his first
experiment miserably made infant,
one that had come into the world at
an injudiciously early period. This
infant was placed in the incubator,
provided with a nursing bottle, and
kept in a dark room. To the sur
prise of the doctor, it ceased to cry
ON the second day after it was placed
in the incubator, and although it had
previously been a preternaturally
sleeple,s child, it sunk into adeep and
quick sleep. The child remained in
the incubator for about eight weeks,
during which time it never once
cried, and never remained awake ex-
cept when taking nourishment. 1t
grew rapidly, and when, at the ex-
piration of sixty days, it was removed
from the incubator, it presented the
appearance of a healthy infant of at
least year old. Delighted with the
success of the experiment, DR.. Tav-
ernier next selected an ordinary
G-months-old infant addicted to the
usual pains and collie and exhibiting
the usual fretfulness of French in
fants. This child conducted itself
while in the incubator precisely as its
predecessor had done. Itnever cried !;
it spent its whole time in sleep, and
II grew as if ii had made up Its mind
to embrace the career of a giant. After
a six-weeks' stay in the incubator 1t
was removed and weighed; during
that brief period it had doubled its
weight. It had become so strong and
healthy that il resembled child three
years old, and it could actually walk
when holding on to a convenientpiece
of furniture. These two experiments
satisfied Dr.. Tavernier of the vast ad-
vantage of artiftiAl child incubation.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
A Fight with q Grizzly.

Jared B. Harding, hunter, and
his Indian guide were caught in a
storm in the mountains near
Glendive, M. T., few weeks ago.
The men CROPPED their way along a
trail for several miles to find late in
the afternoon that they had mistaken
their bearing and were, perhaps, fur.
ther away from their cabin than at
the start towards it. AS they moved
down into ravine for shelter they
discovered a cave, into the warm
depth of which they crawled. Kind.
ling a fire they began to broil bits Of
venison steak, the odor of which en-
ticed a grizzly bear to themouth Of the
cave. That the cave was the bears
den did not appear, for there was no
evidence therein of it's previous occu-
pacy, but the grizzly walked in all the
same. The hunters scaled one Of
the walls of the cavern very quickly,
obtaining a foothold on ledge several
feet above the floor. The grizzly ran
round and round the cave for several
minutes and then ate all the provis-
ions he could find. He did not seem
to mind the men until Harding shot
him. At the report he tried to get at
his assailant, who fired half dozen
shots with his repeating rifle, the In,
dian alternating. The bear left at
the 10th shot, and on the following
day was found five Oh six miles away,
where he had died from loss of blood.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
The Lick Observats

Concerning the Lick observ.,.
the San Jose (Cal.) Times saws: my
observatory is situated on the LOWE nne
of the peaks of the mountain, Al "'''
elevation Of 1885 feet about aho az
the sea. We found here ample tsS,;
mony that the $4,000 which Css
tain Frazer has paid out this Yea, I ip.
been wisely expended. Almost o mo
half of the observatory proper is nov
being rooted. When completed !,
will be 80 feet long, with a width ~
the center Of 60 feet, and is 40 at ea.I
side. At one end of this stmctnsa
stands a dome 80 feet in diameter ~
the base and 16 feet high, in which :
mounted fine twelve-inch refractin~
telescope. The instrument is tw;css
the size of any other glass in III.
State, and is capable of power oi
1900 diameters. 1t can cause ths
moon, which is almost 100000 miles
away to appears as though it were but
200 miles distant. The remainde,
of the finished section of the building
will be devoted to a clock room. q
large workshop, a dormitory and wait.
ing room, and a reception room 70,
visitors. The excavation for the great
dome is 80 feet diameter. The dome
will be built on the solid rock and will
be occupied by the famous thirty.siix
inch refractor. This glass is the lap.
est in the world, the next in order
being the Vienna refractor, twenty.
seven inches, the the telescope at the
Naval observatory at Washington,
twenty-six inches, the Newhall instru.
ment at Newcastle, England twenty.
five inches, and the recently erected
refractor at the Halsted Observatory,
Princeton twenty-three inches. The
focal length necessary for the Lick
telescope can not be determined un.
til the object glass is tested. Hence
1t is now impossible to build the dome
for its reception, for it's length may be
anywhere from forty to sixty feet
Two, small structures adjoining
the main building are already supplied
with apparatus indispensable to the
astronomer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
Gossip About Jay Gould.

Gould is a native of Delaware coun-
ty, and lived there-his father was an
intelligent, wel-to-do farmer, l have
heard-until he had attained his legal
majority. Soon after that he bought
large tract of land, and issued q
pamphlet, written by himself, ingen-
iously setting forth it's advantages.
He speedily sold it in sections at
large advance on it's cost, evincing
then, as he had evinced from early
teens, remarkable talent for trad
ing. AS his home was near the line
of the Erie Railway, his attention was
early directed to its importance, and
he purchased some of it's securities
with the first surplus money he made.
He steadily increased his interest in
the road until he had been chosen d.
rector, and finally gained control Of
the corporation. 1t will be remem:-
bered that, after he had been forced
out of bis Dictatorship, as it virtually
was, owing to the overthrow of Tweed
& Co., and after legal proceedings had
been instituted against him for the
recovery of great sum alleged to
have been illegitimately obtained by
him, he surrendered $9,00O,O00,
knowing he would be obliged by the
courts to do so. The nine millions,
as they were called, are now said to
have consisted to a large extent of
doubtful securities, so that the actual
cash benefit to the Erie road did not
reach much more than sixth of the
amount named. The report of the
surrender, however, put up the stock,
and Gould before the matter had be-
come known, bought large blocks of
shares and disposed of them, it is as
serted, at the advance, thereby getting
back much more money than he gave
up. The assertion, no doubt true,
clearly illustrates Gould's astuteness
and capacity for calculation.
His first appearance III business
here was as leather merchant III the
quarter east of Nassau and north of
Beekman street, known as the swamp.
Then very young, he exhibited the
same alertness, discemment and
knowledge of the market that have
since distinguished him III a far
greater degree. He prospered, of
course, and while dealing in leather,
fell in love, so the story goes, with a
pretty and interesting girl, and, as her
parents opposed the match on account
eff her tender youth, ran away with
and married her.
The marriage turned out al I'M
usually happy one. The couple are
still devoted to one another. She is
wholly domestic, a very quiet, refined,
well-bred woman, who would rather
be at home with her husband and
children than anywhere else. She
dislikes show as heartily as her hege
does, and is free from the least tine
ture Of social ambition. One never
reads, as one generally reads Of the
wives Of nch New Workers in the So
called society journals, about her
sumptuous entertainments, her mag
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
Old John Reforms.

Old John entered a store and draw
ing the proprietor aside, said:
Colonel, yer's alters hearn it said
dat dar Amino honesty in Arkansaw
niger, amt yer?"
L don't know about all of them
John, but know that many of them
are dishonest.
Eyes, wall Colonel, eff 1 makes a
knowledgement yer WON'T hab me put
in jail, will yer"
No, proceed"
Il have just 'fessed 'igion an frum
dis time ont Use gwine ter do what's
right, bnt 1 Ulster be a thief. Night
afore last Jest as de young man was a
closin' up yer store, 1 come slippin'
along an stole a pair oh shoes outen
de window. l tuck 'em home, but
now as / hab 'fessed 'hgion, Use fotch
EN- back an heah da is"
And you brought them back be-
cause you professed religion eh?"
Yes, sir, an sides dat da's too
small. Amt yer got big par what
yer can change fur 'em, boss? Now
dat Use been so homes yer oughter
kinder reward me-"
Get out, or III have you arrested.
Novel"
oh, III 60, but mine what / tell
yer. Naixt time III get bigger par.
-Arkansou Trapeler.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
Miss Anthony q PhilanthrOpist.

A St. Louis paper states that as
Miss Susan B. Anthony was leaving
that city recently, herway to Leav,
enwort6, with two medium sized
trunks, the baggage-master objected
to check them both OH asingle ticket
and demanded pay for extra weight
But" said she, "they together weigh
less than the ordinary sized Saratoga
I distributed the weight in this way
purposely to save the man who does
the lifting" The clerk looked at her
incredulously. "And you tell me Sc,
riously that you do this simply out OF o.
consideration for the baggageman?
II do" How long have you done
it?" "All my life. 1 never purcnIaSeu
a large trunk for fear 1 might add to
the overburdened baggagemans al
fictions." The clerk walked OF ana
conferred with the head of the de-
partment. Then the two returned 70
gether. DO 1 understand, " sad tue
chief, "that you, of all women, nave
been the first to show humanity 70,
ward railroad people?" THAT Is
tenet of my creed" "Check 'ha'
baggage, said the chief, with emPGA-
sis, land when you runfor ONCE Mi''
Anthony, you shall have my vote
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11

The state fish commissioner Will
soon ship $1,000 young carp from
Austria to north Texas.
As much as two bales OF cotton
TO the acre are said to have been gath l.
cred by some farmers in Travis
county.
The official circular announcing
the absorption of the Galveston,
Houston & Henderson by the Gould
system, has appeared. The negotia-
tons for the purchase have been going
for some time, but the bargain was
not settled until Thursday Of this
week. s.lnI. subs fe a9or rt,t
The Texas & st. Louis Narrow
Gauge is now completed from Bird S
Point, opposite Cairo, Illinois, to
Clarendon, Arkansas, a distance of
216 miles, and only forty miles OF
track laying remains to be completed
to finish the entireline This will be
accomplished in thirty days. An iron
bridge over the White river, with a
draw of 800 feet, was swung into pc.
sition yesterday. Freight trains are
running to Caldron, and passenger
trains will be put on next week. 7H
-Corsicana Observer: On last
Monday morning, while Sam, the son
of Mr.. James Sheets, who resides
near Chatfeld, with two companions,
were preparing to shoot off a Christ
mas gun, made by boring hole in a
log, filling it with powder, and dry
ing in a tight-ftting grooved peg, the
powder prematurely exploded and
drove the peg up from under SANS
chin through portion of his head.
1t came through just above the eye,
tearing and decorating his face and
crushing the bones of his head in a
fearful manner. The unfortunate lad
died almost instantly.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11

The worth Of cotton seed is not, as
yet, appreciated by the planters of the
south. The hnters taken from the
seed sell at from sc to &c per pound;
after the oil is extracted the meal is a
remarkable fertilizer and stock feed;
the hulls make good fuel, and the
ashes are neh in potash. Besides
this, a beautiful nch dye, anaine
purple, can be produced from the
seed.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11

WHAT did you think Of my tram nc, :.
tboueht?- asked, a lecturer OF ~
posed friend. Il thought II ise.d
one thing, replied the supposed IT, IT,.
~Ah,' responded the delighted lec.,
er. what was that?' "A sleeping o.
was the answer.
CHILDREN are like boils-i lEveryV.S:.
knows how to take care OF tnose
belong TO other people.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-01-11
TEXAS TOPICS.

The state fish commissioner will
soon ship $1,000 young carp from
Austria to north Texas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
The Sharon Divorce Case
Arrived,

San Francisco, 1.-Senator Sharon
stated with reference to the charge
of adultery brought against him BY
Aggle Hill, who claims to be his
wife, that he would take immediate
measures to punish his traducers to
the full extent of the law, aud
characterize the scheme rs az of
characterless woman and Cd un-
scrupui0us man to exIoIt money,
and he refuses to be plucked. Il is
stated by the other side that
Governor Richards, Of W sconsia,
who attended the wedding of the
Senator's daughter, Flora, to Sir
Thomas Heskith. will come from
the east TO testify that he heard
Sharon acknowledge that he had
been secretly married TO Miss Hill.
w. E. Sheridan, the tragsdian,
and Miss L. Davenp0rt,ar ived here
last night on the ZeSandia from
Australia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

The youngest and favorite son CT tie
Amer of Afghsnis.an died OF measles.
Business il being suspended in Canton,
and many Chinese are leaving the city
Secretary Lincoln has gone to
Sandusky, Ohio, to spend a few
days.
Governor Ireland, OF Texas, is being
warmly-received in his tour Of eastern
Mexico. -
Proctor & Sons, corn milIers, New
castle. England. have failed. Liabilities
el50. 600.
Five thousand persons attended the
National League meeting st Tippersry,
on Sunday.
The National Cotton Planters sasocis
ftion OF America viii hold its convention
10 Vicksburg on November 2lst.
The twenty-three Provincetown.
MSS, vessels on Grand Banks during
the August gales. are sll right.
Nihilists have issued circulars
demanding that Russia put stop
to the ill-treatment of prisoners.
| Lieutenant Darlington. COM
mander of the Greeley relief ex-
petition, has arrived in Washing
ltCl,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
The Mad NeWsdeaIers.

New York, SO.-Newsdetlera on the
east side, to-day, effected permanent
organization. A mass meeting Of news
dealers will be held on Tuesday evening",
at which united action will b. taken in
reference 10 the price OF pspsrs. o. their
way TO the meeting several loesl ascot
atoms will march in b1diss, and ba
eesring the inscripti n, 'Succ IS 10 The
Tribune, the working mans friend"
The f>llowing agreement will be extern
sively circulated aud largely signed by
nswsdeslers of this city: ''Tbe recent
cut 10 The price of New York daily pa
pers is against our interests Is busiress
men. The publication of chesp news pa
pers is unealled for, and it ia tieh time
publishers should recognize neWsdealers
aa fsceors necessary to circulation. The
delsy In trains and ths risk N handling
justify Us in holding to former prices.
Therefore We sgree to retain the former
uniform price on New York dailies, and
in no event to uadersell the ssme."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02

DR.. Van Eummell has been in Salt Lake
but two weeks. and already offers the follow
ing well-known citizens as references about
this great success OF his treatment Of Catarrt
OF the Nose, Throat aud Lungs:
Judge q. j. Wenner, Office over London
Bank.
Major ". q. Biz !.
w. Bredemeyer, Mining Engineer and
United States Surveyor, 48 Second South
street. . Treated for twelve years, and no rs-
lief until now.
Mr.. stephen Leyburn, First South and
Second East streets.
DR.. Steinhart. 224 State road, tried all the
prominent physicians In st. Louis and New
York, and went to Europe last year. He got
no benefit until the past two weeks under Dr.,
Van Bummelps treatment.
Mr.. Orson Rogers, with Spencer Clawson,
says "Life Is looking brighter now"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
LATEST TELEHRAMS.
ALFONSO'S RECEPTION.

The Better Glass of Parisians Re-
greet the Outrage.
Paris, 3O.-President Grevy Wis
tied King Alfonso at the Spanish
embassy, this afternoon. The inter
view was of a most cordial char
acter. The Temps, referring to the
hostile reception of Alfonso by the
populace, says: The regret and
patriotic humiliation felt by all
good citizens occasioned by the
events of yesterday should not
cause US to exaggerate the import
ance of this melancholy manifesto
ton. A few Thousands who are the
authors of this scandal are a band
of brawlers always the same, who
whistle and stamp their feet at pub
lie meetings, and who treated
Theirs and Gambetta in a man =
ner similar to that in which
they treated Alfonso, who
no more represent the Interests and
dignity of France than they do the
honor of other nations. We trust
ether nations. especially Spain. will
not regard the errors Of the fanatics
as expressing the sentiments oil
France. A majority of the Journals
contain editorials of like. character
There were no arrests yesterday in
connection with the hostile demon
stration. Reports Of arrest are
enormous. The rumor that Alfonso
left Paris proved untrue. 1t is
asserted, however, that the King
was advised to remain quiet, but re
| fused, saying he was perfectly aware
of the facts that the hostile demon
stration was not the work OF thu
Partisan people, but of some mis-
guided individuals. The King at
tended mass at the church of st
CIothilde. He sent message to In
quire concerning the condition o
the cuirassier forming part of tn
escort yesterday, who was throw
from his horse. Alfonso promised I
provide for the injured soldiers fan
liz, if his injuries should prove fata
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
The Lost Expedition.

San Francisco, 1.-The schooner
Ether, which arrived at Many60--
ough. Queensland, from the South
seas, states having spoke the French
steamer Bruat. The captain re-
ported having discovered the fate OF
the La Persuse expedition. lo9t on
the lslsnd of Santa Cruz. They
recovered some brass cannOns, The
anchors were embedded in COAL.
The French officers elected from
the natives that a tradi-
ton existed thaS the survivors
had partly built new ship. but that
all the party had died from natural
causes before its cOmpletlon Yes
tiges of the fort were also &c. :
cred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-02
Yellow Fever.

San Francisco, 1.-The quaran-
tine officer reports yellow fever
patients on board the steamer New
bern recovering. The sick will be
removed from the steamer and
placed on a floating hulk, 80 that
other passengers may not be .ex-
posed as at present to the fever.
No new cases have been Developed
since the arrival of the steamer.
Every possible preeaution is being
taken to prevent cOntagion with
the shore. All letters sent by those
on board to friends on shore are
fumigated before delivery.