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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-06
Some of Our Bargains
SILKS AND DRESS GOODS,

A special lot OF Cclored Brocaded Silk Vel.
Yets at %, worth 80. 90
A lot of BLACK Goods, double width. tne Oual
lty, at $50, worth S5c,
Checked, striped and Figured sumIrer Silks
extra quality, FULLY worth 81, at50o
special lot of fine All Wool and silk Dres.
Goods, A6 inches wide, at SOC, fully worih 81 2i
An elegant lot of All-Wool. French Plaids, A
inches wide. are again reduced to 75c.; originally
sl.50. tbs Is the last chance at them.
One lot of silk Embroidered tne All. Woo
were SOLD at 81 80,
A lot of Al-Wool Satin Striped, "A inches wild,
down to sL0O from 81 SO.
lot Of Brocaded Dress Goods for 25c.; actual
ly worth ioc.
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Millinery and Cloak Department

lot OF very handsome Dolmans at a uniform
PR eof $40 co. among them are garments that
have been selling for S2n 90
Another reduction in sils Dolmans: One spe.
oial lot at.sl0.OO this is the last time we shall
olier them at such figures, and they are sure 10
be sold out at that price
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CARPET DEPARTMENT,

One lot of Administer Rugs at 3 So worth 90
,o iarse line OF Cfetonnes Teouced 10 loo, 49,,
2Oc,, 25e and S5c, that were Csc SOC, aCc. and
Gee. ---s-L wv ''0' "i'u
large lot of first quality Tlneolum gt l 90
worth sl.25; they are in patterns not
nelng made any more, and We win close them ut
the above figures. w
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And Still Other Bargains
CARPET DEPARTMENT.

AN Lace Curtains in one, two and three pair
lots have been marked down 10 about half their
value
A lot OF odds and ends in Carpets marked
down from is TO Is per cent.
Smyrna Velvet and Tapestry Rugs and Mats
marked way down rom former prices
One special lot of Smyrna Mats at co, worth
$500.
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More Of Our Bargains
millinery and Cloak Department.

A lot of Hats and Buhleis marked down to
6Oe., 90 and 81 30, worth double the price.
A lot of Felt Skirts AT 40c, Soc, 6Oc s5C.. 90
90 and sL75, worth 60c,, 75c., 81 and upward.
A lot OF Ladies' and Misses Walking
Jackets, light and medium colored, all
at the very low price of $3.50 will not be offered
again for less than 3 80 and 81 o.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-06

ness was done in the district court 10 ,iav.
cock main began at ; D. m,
To-Day, at Henry Byrre's garden. George
Holland fought three Dallas eocsS
sssalnst three of Milt. Z. Bowls
Isrrant county cocks. Holland won
two matches and lost one. ~
ane streets are lively 10 night with sleighs,
nghts, shouting with glee. 1t is perhaps
sne meirlest night of innocent pleasure ever
Al preceding remarks about the Gazette
stiSe must be quoted from the evening
rort Worth Democrat. The strike is main.
tanned firmly by the printers, and the pub
nshers m are equally firm, Il. b. Paddock,
Walter Malone. Colgate (iobman) and two
boys are getting out some sort of psper,
iican only be small sheet.
Inc agent OF the HERALD is besieged
orders for to-morrow's HERALD.
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san Antonio.

DAN ANTONIO, FEB. o. Special, The
weather yesterday and to-day ranged be-
tween 10 and 10 degrees, snow and s.eet
falling at intervals this morning and
through the day all the while, and the
earth Is covered with sleet and ice The
hrst sleighs ever seen here were drawn
through the streets this afternoon. The
damp cold extends only about eighty miles
and no losses of stock are reported beyoni
that country, though many thousand re.
ported died south and northwest OF here,
last night and yesterday. II il still clondy
and damp, with a fine snow falling this
evening and tonight. ! @ expected ths
losses OF stock will be gry than Tor the
past two days, as everything IS frozen and
stock cannot find subsistence. No possi-
ollity at present to estimate the ex.
tent OF the losses but they
VIII certainly be very great. All trains
rom tne west are ON time, though the
sralns rom the north are much behind.
Street cars We're laid up all the morning.
AT the Merchants exchange in idipua-
tion meeting this evening, 1t Yves resolved
that Senator Coke does not represent the
views oil the people of north Texas, and "a
large number OF others residing in other
sections OF the state o Texas; that wool
growers of Texas rel resent $50, ,0O0, 600 Snd
iayor the present tariff on wool being re-
tained' and any reduction woult prove
immaterial to theirinterests. The meeting
was held on account of the position taken
In the senate last Friday by Senator Coke,
AT Catolla, south of this city to-day,
Charley Bragg and Green Mccullough,
cowboys. fought. Mccullough was shot
through the hand, and stray bullet from
nBragg's pistol killed justice named WI.
hams, who was writing in his office at the
tlme. Both parties were arrested. The
affair grew out of dispute over the snoria
election in LaSalle county held Saturday,
when Charley Mckinney, Captain OF the
state troops, defeated William Tompkns,
SAID to be a friend of band of dcsperadoes
to which MOCullouph belonged
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NEWS By SPECIALS.

Decatur: Destructive V.ys. in Which
Large Number Of Business
Houses are Burned, With
Their Contents,
Aud C' communicating To Stables, q Num-
Der Of Valuable Horses are
Burned 10 Death.
hexia: Railroad Collision, Wherein
4 Passenger Train Is Upset,
and Nobody Hurt.
Wichita Falls: Heavy Losses OF
Sheep Reported by the Severe
Weather Row
Between the Cowboys aud A Saloonist
One Nan Shot and Several Beat Up.
Inc conrt-Iiouse at yernsn Burned and
county Records Likewise,
Fort Worth: Printers Strlkc-Two
Brothers and Their Story.
galveston, Waco. and Other Points
Send Their Data of
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"s,,s, ~.s.s v.s,.o cs,.rss,s .. yv,o. xuo-Uity 7:
eapmM STOCK, $4,000. Alexander Mil
ronpsny, oil Ernth county capital stock
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WIclllta EnllA.

WICHITA FALLS, Feb. 5.'-lSpccial. -
Heavy losses of sheep are reported from tho
severity of the weather. Loss of cattle
small.
Vernon advices report the loss of the
courthouse and county records OF Wibar-
ger by fire, Friday.
general row occurred here last night
between salooniSt and some COW. bdvs
one man was shot, but not seriously and
several Others had their faces badly bunped
up. All parties concerned are under arreX.
-. ANOTHER ACCOUNT
WICHITA FALLg, Feb, 5.-Yesseriay a.
row occurred between some COWBOYS en-
one sue anu aCarpenter and saloon man on
the other. The cowboys ware LadI,
bruised up,
AT Vernon, on Friday night, fire brok,
out in the building used as court. honss
and destroyed 1t and two other houses.
Ihe county records supposed to have been
lost. A'' '''A
smallpox at Henrietta has produced n
pane ana many OF the people are leaving.
only lour cases so far, two of which were
fatal, but all had their origin from the first
case, the party dying last week, and WAS
supposed not to have been smallpox. Ii
1t is thought that measures have b en-
taken that VIII prevent ii spreading further.
~ Il: Logan " Co., of Henrietta, made
an assignment Saturday, in favor of their
creditors; but II was not generally known
until to-day, and created a good deal of
commouon among business men at Henri
eua. An attachment was run on the stock
To-day IN layor of the MERCHANTS Il Plant
ers' bank OF Sherman. The liabilities of
the hrm are about $4,000, but 1.-THE stock
Is not sacriiced will more than nav the en-.
tire Indebtedness. ''
The cold weather has materially inter-
Tered with business, and IL is still yerv se.
we're. Stock seem to be doing very well; no
losses reported.
A number of prospectors from the north
are here looking for Investments.
Judge williams has not arrived to open
district court, but will reach here to.mor-
row. Not much business before the conrt
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Waco.


WACO, Feb. 5.-[Special, lit has been
raining at intervals for three days, and the
ground is covered with solid Sheet q
white. Many improvised sleighs were ont
and several upset, but nobody hurt. A
large number of families were caught with.
out fuel, and coal and wood wagons have
been busy oil day supplying Immediate
wants. No doubt many poor people snf.
fered severely.
Justice Evans, of this city, learned TODAY
that W. Is. Turner, a tenant on his farm.
near Robinson, took advantage of the snow
storm, and ahscoDded with q wagon ami
team worth $780, leaving no trace OF the
direction taken.
Today, young man, giving the name
OF Drew Miller, WAS arrested and Jailed ON
suspicion OF oeing horse thief.
Yesterday Hebrew marriage took place
between Mr. G. Rosenthal and Mrs. Hattie
Epstein, in which the ceremony was per.
formed by Rev, J. d Shaw, and Afterwards
celebrated according to the Jewish rites bv
members of the synagogue.
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Decatur.


DRcATuE, Feb. 5.-[special About /
o'clock, this morning, fire broke out in
the stables of the Rock wagon.yard, and
rapidly spread to tho adjoining building.
Notwi outstanding the cold norther blowing
the citizens turned out quite liberally bn1.
owing to the fact that we have no ire
engine and very limited snpplv Of
water, little could be done except TO r. move
some OF the cortents Of the burning bnild-
ings. The following are the losses: !. 4.
McGee, building, $3,0O0 no Insurance
Harmon Il Byrd, loss 81, 800; insured for
Sl,OO In tho German & California com.
pany. Jim Kinney. building, loss 81 5oo,
insured for 5000 in the Traders' New V or.
leans association. William Spear. stock Of
furniture, 5000; insured with tbe E,st
Teyas company for $1,000, Lancashsre
81 900; 81. Paul, $1,000; and In the stabIe of
the wagon-yard were II head of horses bc. ~
longing to various parties. nil bnrnSj
Among the horses were tho fine henrse
team belonging to William Spear Tha
origin Of the fire Is unknown. an"
IL Ia showing tonight.
Nbhttuueu u,l nam is,.....
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~, uing brnlten,iaties OF refI .mntories
Feh'ihg uiteussion the senais adjourned
"a, iOueg,
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day nigh burglars en,.fe>
store of Leener R.lds,ot. n
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Between the Cowboys aud a Saloonist.
One Nan shot and Several Beat Up.
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'on''"aeu on RAIN. Page
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15
Gems from Prof. David swii

An item from history is a leaf
forest.-The history of the human
race, aside from war and politics, is a
history of sentiment. In child IL
reaches after a rose; in manhood after
marble, and purple, and harp, and
song.-Songs are as useful as plows:
poems are as full of utility as are rail-
ways and the telegraph. : The carpen-
ter turns into an architect when the
beautiful of Gods world has made
the mind outgrow its wigwam or
cabin. Thus the conclusion comes
back to us that beauty is utility: it is
usefulness in full Accommodating is
more useful than the beautifully
sensibility awakened is like river
once started from the melting noun
tain snow.-A soul with no sense OF
the beautiful could not be good or
great in any field known to man.
Beauty is a high form of usefulness.
There must be harmony between the
character of God and the doctrine Of
His sactuary. The beautiful Is the
useful, and in the finer, sweeter truth
Of to-day there is lying mighty use.
fulness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15


An end should be put to our. iniqui-
tous penitentiary system at once. The
lessees of that institution have peck
eted the proceeds of the labor of the
convicts of the state for about four
years. and without giving the state
anything in return. 1t is all very
well and good for those in power TO
remember their friends, hut they
should not remember them so vividly
as the lessees of the penitentiary seem
to loom up in the minds of those in
authority. The lessees of the pen
itentiary pay the state for each con-
Wet per month what that convict's
labor is worth for one day, and the
proceeds of his labor for the remain
ing twenty-five days 60 into the
pockets of the lessees. This should
be reversed so as to give the state the
proceeds of the twenty-five days
labor, for the labor of convicts should
certainly benefit the state and not in
dividuals- The penitentiary system
IS the most Ubiquitous job ever per-
petrated on the people Of Texas. II
would DO credit to New York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

A MISSISSIPPI correspondent of q
New York paper has lately animad-
verted most harshly upon the He
brews of the south. 1t is admitted
that there have been in the past vio-
lent race prejudices. Time was when
the jew was made scoff and a by
word. His vocation and his gabar-
dine were subjects OF reproach. He
was believed to be possessed of fabu-
lous wealth, which he accumulated
disporting the Gentiles, fand was
tortured to force him to disgorge the
treasure he had amassed by thrift
and industry. In later days princes
did not disdain to borrow large
amounts from the tribe thus perse-
cuted. and spendthrift heirs in expec-
fancy found. by the aid of post obits,
pecuniary accommodations from the
Israelite at the Ghetto, the Rialto, or
the London Exchange. The DRAMA
fist and the novelist introduced the
Hebrew into their writings 10 make
him butt of ridicule. His speech,
his calling and his attire were grossly
caricatured. He was represented
falsely rs a heartless Insurer. who loan
ed money out at exhorbitant interest,
and was banned by those whom he
aided In time of need. He was a
n \
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

ONE of the Colorado senators seems
to he rare specimen of vulgarity, to
say the least. He was married at
Williard's hotel the other night to an
Oshkosh lady of twenty-three, who is
very beautiful; but the wedding was
private, AS the bride was in mourning
A Washington dispatch telling of the
great social event, which promised to
be one of the most magnificent af-
fairs that had taken place there fol
years. says that "among the articles
bridegoom's wedding outfit are
twelve nightshirts, which cost $25c
each. These were exhibited to party
of gentlemen friends last evening
Tabor belongs to the gold-bug variety
of statesmen.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

JAMES SToDDARD BoYNToN, the
new governor of Georgia, is native
of that state, and is now fifty-one
years old. His opportunities as boy
were of the most meager description.
His parents, though in fair circum-
stances, were never wealthy. His
only education was that derived from
the field school. He studied law,
entered at the bar, built up good
practice, served rs colonel in the war
resumed his profession and was elect
ed to the present legislature, of which
body he was made president. He is a
magnificent specimen of manhood
six feet three inches in height and
straight rs an arrow. He is to be
married shortly, his first wife having
died four years ago. His first official
act was the signing of check drawn
by Senator Brown in relation to some
penitentiary expenses. He immedi-
ately issued proclamation ordering
the election.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

SOME of the penitentiary lease
struck senators cut off the copies of
the STATESMAN, which the state was
paying for that the people might be
informed on all questions, and now
they are looking in all directions to find
paper that may say they have done
right. These senators did not pay for
the copies of the STATESMAN they
circulated; the people were paying
for them. But the truth must not be
told by a paper under all circum-
stances, and if it be told under such
circumstances rs these now surround
ing the legislature, its circulation
must at once be suppressed
by those who hope to hide
themselves from the public gaze.
Heretofore the STATESMAN has been
generous enough not to hold up indi-
vidual legislators to view; now it be-
gins to appear necessary for the better
protection of the people that it should
change the rule.
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One of the Baldwin Gang.

san Antonio Light
The loose and Intellectual manner
in which the public schools are man.
aged is indicated by the frequency of
the scandals relating to them. For
the past two years there has scarcely
been day when some story of school
Encouragement or corruption Was
not circulated. But it is doubtful if
the worst is yet known, for one OF the
features of Superintendent Totes
code of ethics is secrecy, The better
to carry out his plans he prevails on,
Mayor French and some of the cOunr-
cilmen to assist him in his endeavorss
to prevent the public from obtaining
information it is entitled TO. This
was the course pursued in the case
of the man johnson, who
recently resigned the superintendent
of the colored public school because
of disclosures made as to his conduct,
tending to show him unfit for the
Office of teacher; and it was the
course pursued in nearly every other
case of scandal in the school depart
ment. 1t is high time an investiga--
ton was made into the conduct of the.
star chamber inquisitionists who keep.
no record of their doings. These.
men, the mayor, the school superin-
tendent and the members of the
school committee of the council, are
Lut the servants of the people, and
should be made to understand that
they are responsible to the people.
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Looks Very Strange.


The railroads of Texas pay one
tenth of the taxes, furnish really the
only means of transportation, and yet
some people call them grasping mon
opolies, and try to legislate against
them. They deserve liberal consid-
Grafton at our hands, and it looks very
inconsistent for our legislative body
to try and dictate to them now, when
few years ago we were allowing
them endless privileges and ten thou
sand acres of land to the mile as in
dncementS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15
Choose Between Them,

State superintendent of penitenti-
aries under the lease system is farce
in all states where it has been tried.
To hope that it will be otherwise in
Texas is stupid, for the constituted
authorities, alas, appear to be part
and parcel of the ring. The question
now before the legislature is choice
between ring supremacy and the SUI
premacy of the people.
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lContlnued on Third Page. /
The Best Place for Them.

oan AM ONO Express
Reports say there are thirty thous-
and northern people now in Florida
for the benefit of their health and for
pleasure. These people would come
to San Antonio and western Texas If
accommodations for them could be
found. They spend on an average
say five dollars a day each, or total
of $4,000 a day-S1, 100000 a week
or S13,50O,O00 a season of three
months. Say we get one-third Of that
number-and western Texas is a
healthier lace than Florida, and far
superior as pleasure country-and
we find that, almost beyond question,
we are losing millions of dollars every
winter because we have no means Of
accommodating the vast army of people
who would winter here if they would
be decently entertained.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

THE Houston Post says: "The adj
vocates for the state resumption OF
the penitentiary control have the bet
ter of the argument, and the opposi-
ton are driven into the expedent
ditch of dollars and cents. Ultimate
ly expediency of so low grade will
not prevail against the law of right
and the moral instincts of the people,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

THE STATESMAN does not ask these
sensitive legislators to circulate any
newspaper that may ventilate the
lease question. 1t is natural that they
should protect themselves against
criticism, even at the expense of the
state
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His Bashfulness.

Colonel G. W. Breckenridge, presi-
dent of the first national bank of San
Antonio, has been made member of
the geographical society of England.
This celebrated society, whose MEM
bers are the most noted men of our
times, such as Humboldt, Darwin and
other celebrities, in making Mr..
Breckenridge a member, has honored
itself, while it at the same time has
honored the state of Texas. The Sc
lection is good one, and we bring
this notice because of. the new mem
ber's bashfulness to make it known
himself.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

WHY should there be delay by the
senate in acting on the bill granting
a pittance to the Texas veterans?
Why not suspend the rules and pass
the bill at once, and let these old men,
who have been patiently waiting,
have what the state proposes to give
them? It will cost no more to give
them something at once than to make
them wait indefinitely.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

Col. Tom OCHILTREE's pay as a
congressman began on March 4, but
Treasurer Gilfllan says no salary can
be paid him until his debts as United
States marshal are paid to the govern
mant.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

The Dallas Times has its agents In
Austin, and it is unnecessary for it to
ask the STATESMAN to inform 1t on
matter patent to them and to all men
that Gov. Ireland used his influence
for these penitentiary leases.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-15

MRS. LANGTRY has been playing
Freddie Gebhardt, and now Freddie
is going to play the Lilly. The New
York papers tell us that he becomes
her manager for long engagement
in this country next year.
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Milking in the Channel Islands.

The manner of milking in che
Channel Islands, the home of the
Jersey cow, or more properly, per-
haps, the Alderney. is peculiar. at
least. Milking and straining the
milk are done at one operation. The
milk maid with her tin pail, linen
strainer and sea-shell proceeds to the
pasture. Seating herself beside the
cow, she thus completes her arrange
ments: The strainer is securely tied
over the narrow mouthed bucket, and
placing the large shallow shell on the
strainer she vigorously directs the
stream into the shell; oyerfowing
the shallow brim, the milk passel
through the strainer into the receJ
tacle beneath, the shell being ua
simply to prevent wearing a hol
the linen strainer.
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The First.

lfOrt worth Democrat
money in bank, ",is Georgla's boast.
Money in bank, is Texas toast. Geor-
gia was the first American state to
float a per cent loan-Texas the first
and only one to pay 40 per cent
premium for her own securities before
due.
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Fated.
fisherman Coulrier.1

Mr.. Chenoweth made two hours
speech in favor of his railroad bill last
Saturday. Long speeches will not
keep life in Mr.. Chenoweth's pet. 1t
is doomed.