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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
GLANDS UP,
An Exciting Scene on Union PaeIa, r,,,
Laramie Boomarano

Laramie Boomerang.
Passengers on yesterdays we.,
bound express were treated 10 a " 0aa
uine Western seene--- sometime s Sva'
the Buffalo all Bill style. Fortunately i 4
ended without bloodshed, though ~ y
that was wanting was the pressure a ~
trigger by determined man. Tb :,
circumstances are as follows,
In the second-class car We're th,.
soldiers, cavalrymen and recruits ~
route from Fort Sidney to Fort WASH IL
axle, w. II. The one in charge, pamsI
Daily, was somewhat under the ~
fuence of liquor, and making SO mnoL
noise that the conductor, N. A. HEATH u
finally told him to shut up. The faI
low answered back in an impudsnt
manner, but finally subsidized. When
the train reached Sherman, he lit
cigar and walked into the frst.cIaoa
car. Mr.. Heath informed him tb.i
smoking was not allowed there, IN
the presence of ladies, but Daily said
he didn't care a d-n whether i
was or not. He was told that he mnot
throw away his cigar or it would hS
taken from him, and he sullenIv
dropped the weed and reached for his
revolver, which was in the holster on
the belt around his waist land in
quired whether there was ANYTHING
else Heath wanted. The conductor
told him that now he had thrown
away the cigar he would not be mo.
Tested if he kept quiet. The fellow
then, growing holder, drew his gun
and said if Heath wanted ANYTHING
more he would Elk" him with that:
but Mr.. Heath leisurely walked awav,
as though he had let the matter drop.
Reaching the baggage car, he took his
shotgun, which he always kept on
hand in case of an emergency, and
seeing that it was in good order,
pulled the bell cord. When the train
Stacked up he dropped OFF, catching on
to the rear platform. He then opened
the door of the car in which the be-
ligerent Daily sat, and cooking both
barrels of the shotgun, walked for
ward a few steps, leveled it at the
fellows head and cried, Hands upr
Daily turned, and seeing the mouths
of the aforesaid weapon staring him
in the face, threw both hands up 50
quickly that healmostjerked his arms
from the sockets. While in this posi-.
ton he was disarmed---the revolver
being found on the seat beside him.
On the arrival of the train Daily was
turned over to the Laramie city au.
thorities, and is now in Jail. He will
have hearing tonight on the charge
of an assault with intent to commit
murder.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
Commercial Value OF Louisigna Moss.

Twenty years ago, as q CONNER
cial staple says the New Orleans
Picayunc, moss had no status, and
was not quoted on the New Orleans
market, so very insignificant were the
receipts and so little did it enter into
consumption at that time in the vari-
GUS Industries which now absorb all
that is gathered. Since the war,
however, and especially within the
last eight or ten years, the value and
importance of moss as a factor in
several manufacturing and industrial
branches has become manifest. In
the upLolstering department, in the
carriage and harness industry, in mat
trass and pillow making, emitting sew
eral other lines, moss has in great
measure supplanted the article former
ly used (halr and WOOL, and this sub
stitution of material in these various
industrial departments is notdue alone
to advantages of price and cost, but
to causes and reasons more urgent -
those of health and durability-and
to other technical advantages which
are better understood by those en-
gagged in the industries to which we
have referred. At the present time,
the moss factories of this city-if such
establishments can with accuracy be
so designated-are driven to their ut
most capacity to supply the demand
from Northern, Eastern and Western
manufacturers. There are at present
IN New Orleans three of these moss
cleaning establishments, each hand
ling and manipulating daily fifty to
sixty bales of the article, and a total
during the yearof thirty to forty thou
sand bales. There is no reason what
ever why the receipts at New Orleans
should not be one hundred thousand
bales. The swamps and forests of
Louisiana can furnish any supply for
generations to come. One parish
alone, that Of Lafourche, is capable
Of an annual yield Of twenty thousand
bales if the proper energy and labor
Be applied
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
Woman in Texas.
Houston Post.

The founders of our state were a
great set of men; not that they were
individually heroes OF saints, but as a
class, they rose perhaps to higher lev
els in legislation for the future than
any other American body. See what
they did for education! The children,
indeed, are only half provided for, but
if the gracious boquest of our fathers
had been carried out in integrity and
with intelligence, the praires would
be dotted over with school-houses, and
a denser and more cultivated popula,
ton would have been the result of the
schoolmaster's philanthropic labors.
They called into being the university,
which, if properly managed, will be-
come the pride of the state as well as
the chief source of its mental eXcellen-
cy. They provided for the unfortun-
ate in princely fashion, and to con-
victed criminals they gave solemn
pledge of humane and decent treat
ment, which the present Legislature
is just beginning to realize. But it is
concerning none of these things that
We desire to comment to-day. We
desire simply to say that it is a good
thing for woman to live in Texas
and marry in this state. Not content
to be gallant toward woman, as our
western men naturally are, the Texan
fathers laid it down as the first prin-
ciple of law that woman shall be
largely and safely protected in all
matters Of property and personal in
terest, even if il be somewhat at the
expense of men. A woman by the
fact of marriage heirs one third of the
husbands property and becomes an
equal JOINT partner in the ownership
Of every dollar that has been accumu-
lated during the term Of their married
life. We believe that this enlightened
and liberal provision for women has
no counterpart in the laws Of any 9TH
CT state in the Union. II the women
Of other states only knew which side
Of their bread was substantially but
tered there would be quite a feminine
exodus TO the Lone Star STATED Tex
IS has the men and the lands, and
they vii not run away. Our men may
be, IS . class, IN need Of . little pol.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
TEXAS TOPICS.

The receipts at the State Treas
ury one day last week from land sales
were $4,000.
Only nine members of the pre-
sent senate were members of the pre-
vious body.
Palestine is discussing a prospect
for a $25, 900 public school blilding
Also for illuminating the city Will
the electric light.
The gritty deputy U. 5. Marshal
Joe Shelly, who arrested Treasurer
Polk near Larado, will reap the re,
ward of his bravery and integrity
On the very day that he nabbed the
fugitive and refused a bride of $4,000
to "hands of, the legislature of Ten
nessee passed resolution offering a
reward of $4,000 for Folks capture.
1.-Two hoodlums from Gonzales
county stood on the platform at Be-
gum the other day and as the cars
passed amused themselves by smash
ing the windows to the great terror OF
the passengers. They were arrested,
tried and fined $40, which consider
ing the high order of fun they enjoyed,
was cheap enough to prevent them
trying any more of the same kind of
fun.
"A telegram from Larado says:
Ex-ConstaEle Damiotto on the night
of the 9Th undertook to arrest one of
the pickpockets who have been doing
the city, and for that purpose donned
fine gold watch and chain, so ar
ranged that when the chain was dis
turbed a pin would prick him and
give him the alarm. Thus prepared,
he appeared on the fiesta ground,
and at the end of fifteen minutes
found, to his extreme modification,
that he had been robbed of his watch
and chain.
The Erlanger's preliminary sur
veys in Texas are completed. The
branch from OLfeVepoft strikes Ile
Brazos near the town of Courtney.
The line from Alexandria passes
through Brennan, Lagrange and
Gonzales, and strikes the Rio Grande
at Presideonot Presideo del Norte, but
a place below Eagle Pass. The line
between Alexandria and PRESIDED is
about as near an air line as could be
well constructed with reference to
easy grades, and as the English Syn
dictate is wealthy, we hope to see some
progress this year i'll construction.
Certainly the completion of the road
from Meridian to New Orleans and
from Vicksburg to Shreveport is not
as much work as should be accom-
plished in the next twelve months.
---MenphjS APpeai.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
Florida Shell Heaps.

The material and preparation OF
the Florida shell heap vessels differ
from that of other mounds as those
along the coast region of that same
state and others found throughout the
United States; the clay elsewhere is
mingled with broken shells and sand,
in the florida specimens almost pure
CLAW is used, seldom showing any ad,
mixture of sand, though at times
vegetable fiber is present, which pro-
duces a cellular and porous structure
which the original makers have, IN
part, overcome by the use of an out,
Slip clay. In ornamentation the specl'
mems are markedly inferior to those
from other localities less deliberately
adorned, and displayed only a rude
and primitive conception of artistic
design. They indicate in this respect
an earlier origin than the fiictile wares
from the coast mounds OF those found
in later burial places. Stone nipple
ments were found in considerable
numbers, though numerous enough
to prove the acquaintance OF the shell;
heap makers with flint chipping, and
though but seldom buried deep in the
piles, were incontestably coeval with
their formation. They consist OF
rudely-cut celts, stone chisels. knives
or scrapers, arrow-heads, chips and
fragments, all clearly the work OF men S
hands. Implements of bone were more
frequent, but apparently limited to
avis and piercers, an office for which
bone, then and since, seems very gen
orally reserved. Implements of shell,
as might have been anticipated, were
common, though very slightly, if at
all varied in form, consisting Of rect
angular bits, ground down to edges on
one side, forming an efficient scraper,
cleaner OF bone wedge. Perforated
shells, possibly used for ornament,
are found near the upper surface of
the mounds, and drinking cups made
from the large univalve (Busycon per-
versa are similarly found near the
surface. These last objects are recent,
and may have been known to
the Indians who succeeded, at q
long remove, the aboriginal inhabit-
ants. Pipes and metals are both
absent. Human bones were found
rom top to bottom of these heaps
skulls, legs, arms and bodies-and
while some were unbroken and entire,
the condition of others suggested the
unwelcome thought Of their having
formed a part of a cannibal's repast,
a conclusion which some recent ex-
aminations by Lieutenant Vogdes
strengthened. He found large bones,
whose marrow might justly form an
attractive feature in an aboriginal din
ner opened lengthwise and bearing
evidences of designed cleaverage.
Cannibalism was really so common
among our Indians at the arrival of
the white men that it would scarcely
seem surprising to find its antecedents
hidden in these early works.-Ihe
AmerjcaH AntjquGry.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
Texas Cattle.DrlYe Of 1883.

Since the annual drive of cattle from
Texas assmed such grand proportions
all trustworthy information has been
eagerly sought. A few years ago those
who gathered this information were
content to wait until the cattle had
passed Red River on their way to the
North. This took place sometimes in
May and sometimes later, but no ap,
proximately accurate idea of the vol.
ume of the drive could be obtained
until near the end Of summer. Now,
however, quite accurate estimates OF
the number and the character OF the
animals which will be driven North
during the year are placed before the
first month Of the year is half gone
In it's issue for last week the Teas
Lice Stoch Journal gave the number Of
cattle which will come over the trail
from that State as coming close to
100000. Of this number, it thinks
not more than 100, 1000 will be put on
the open market; the other lOO,oOV
will be sold for ranch purposes IN
the ranches whence they start the
prices ior which these cattle have been
contracted range from S1O.5O 70
$12.50 for yearlings, $14.5O to SlO,W
for 2-year-olds, and SIS to Sl9 IOl
3-year-olds. Nearly all the females
to be driven are for ranch purposes
and We're sold at what just now ns
considered fancy prices. !,
The paper named says; line as
mand for 2-year-old steers has OeeI
largely in excess for the supply ana
the entire crop will, in all probaOIg,
be brought out by the high Prl's.
offered. The demand for young steer
for ranch purposes in the state ~ ,
greater by one-half than it was ~.
year, owing partly to the fact uj'
female cattle are worth as mu
money on Southwestern ranches
they are in the North, and are fS
not for sale. The tendency 10 ~.
on to breeding stock evidences -
fact that Southwestern rancnn
prefer to breed cattle to grow Oee'ss
and that for breeding purposes =
in the world excels oou
west Texas. The small NUMBER
N-HE
S-year-old steers to be driven tnls ~ +.
shows that the demand for oea a.I
been unusually great, and that - a
and 2-year-old steers were dn'ss
very closely for the past two yeAl
That poor bedriddel inEAoa
49, ,.o.bay or dsuRhtefs a.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01

the plains, and at the time of writing
had not been found. 1t is thought to
be only the beginning OF an open
warfare between the cattle and sheep
men of that section.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01

The Northern mills here show a
decrease in their takings of nearly 3
per cent, while those of the south IN
creased theirs 30 per cent, and their
proportion of the consumption OF all
the American mills from 8 to IL pei
cent.
There is no mistake about the
movement and tendency. That it is
coming south there is nc question. 1t
has already begun in earnest.
During the past two years, cotton
mills containing 100000 spindlers,
and aggregating $1O,592,0O0 ia CAPT
tai, have been established south of the
Potomac and all Of these are flourish
ing and making money.
4 correspondent of the New York
Hcrald, Mr.. Ballard Smith, who has
been travelling through the south for
the purpose of getting the view ofour
people on the tariff question, has in
terviewed many of the cotton manu-
facturers of Georgia and the two Caro-
linas, the seat Of the most prosperous
mills in the country, and finds them
wonderfully Indifferent about the duty
ON cotton goods. 1T may hurt the
northern mills, they say, ito repeal
this duty, but it will scarcely affect
us, and the reduction i'll the cost of
machinery that will ensue from a
change in the tariff will more than
compensate us for any reduction IN
the value of cotton goods, that may
follow the repeal of the dutyon them. "
And he made another important
discovery, which was the southern
cotton mills were not only supplying
the home market, but exporting large
amounts of goods abroad, one of the
Georgia mills having a sbig con-
tract for China. 1t would be inter
esting to discover how much of the
cotton goods exported from this coun-
try are manufactured in southern
mills; we feel convinced, from Mr..
Smiths showing, that they furnish
considerably more than their percent
age of our exports.
1t is illustrative of the situation to
read the laments of the Philadelphia
papers ever the disorganized and un-
satisfactory condition of the textile
manufactures of that city, nearly a
third of which are now idle. Phila-
delphia is the most important cotton
manufacturing centre of our larger
cities, and the bad condition Of the
cotton goods business there explains
the figures of the National Cotton Ex-
change, showing, as they do, a large
decrease in those Of southern Mills
Dallas Planter and Farmer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01

WATERPROOF, La, hss Ia drinking
places out Of 513 houses. The man
Who named the town vss certainly in
spired.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01

That poor bedridde'l inNAD - b
sister, mother, or dSughteI' "a ss
made the picture Of beam - y
bottles of Hop Bitters- va
hem sufeTf when % easily e
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-02-01
Progress OF Southern Cotton Mills

The National Cotton Exchanges re-
port of the movement OF the staple 10
January 1, affords still further eyi-
dence Of the prosperity of the south
ern cotton mills and their large IN
crease of production. The following
are it's figures of the amount of cot
ton taken by the southern and north
ern mills for the four months Of Sep
TENDER, October, November and De-
cember:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
THE WORK OF THE SALVATION ARMY.

At the meeting of the Baptist Preachers yestcr-
day. the Rev DR.. J. n. Murdoch, secretary of the
American Baptist Union of Foreign Missions, deliv-
cred an address on the r" Missionary OntI0ok;
The Rev. w. II. II. Marsh of New Brunswick, \. j.,
spoke of the work of the Salvation Army in that
town. The speaker said that its members were
the caIs, of much disturbance Everybody
complained of the noise that they made at night.
marching through the streets. shouting, beating
drums and playing on every and any instrument
that was productive OF discOrd and calculated 10
disturb the quiet and rest of the neighborhood; The
ministers of all denominations at first sympathlzed
with them and encouraged them, but later their
work had been superficial. II lacked wisdom and
prudence and associated and cOnfounded religion
with excitement.
THE members of the arnv," said the speaker,
"have principally worked on backsliders mean
our Methodist brethren. Naturally the Methodsts
take every occasion to pitch INTO the army. or
course. this contention between the army and the
Methodists has kept the former before the public
There are some cases of genuine conversion accom-
plshed by the army. recently baptized two young
men, who abandoned their evil life as a result Of
the exhOrtatOns of the army. They certainly have
done a great deal of good in New Brunswick, bat
doubt its stability"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
CAUGHT BY A REGISTERED LETTER.

Complaint was recently made to Postmaster Pear
son by Samuel W. Clark of Warwick, K. l., that
j. ii. Jewell Offering special facilities for buying
lottery tickets The complaint was referred to Post
Office Inspector NewcOme. and Clark was requested
to answer JEWELS Communication favorably and to
send a egistered letter containing money to No. 81
Park row, the address that gwen. The letter
was received there, notice was left for Jewell, and
Yesterday a called for the registered letter. He
was arrested. but said that his name was Sherry
and that lie only acting In behalf of jewell lie
said that the latter was to be found in liquor store
IN Futon-st. Jewell was arrested there. and his
real name given as +. n Carr. He was taken
before commissioner Shields, and waving examina-
tion was held In $1,000 to aw ait the action Of the
Grand Jury
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
MR.. KINsELLA,s POSITION.

1t was made known yesterday in Brooklyn that
the proposed purchase of The BrOOklyn UHiOn-Argas
by Thomas Kiusella and William Hester, respective
" editor aud publisher OF The BROOKLYN Edgic,
$4,000 had been paid to bind the bargain. The
larger part of the stock of The Eagle is held by the
firm Of Kingsley 81 Keeney and by William Van
Anden. 1t was on tne refusal of Mr.. Kingsley TO
part with any of his stock that Messrs KDsella and
Hester arranged for the purchase of The Onion, n
order to use the threat of going across the street
TO bring the other stockholders 10 terms The lat
ter found that the change wOud prove disadvan-
tageous to their paper and was decided Oh Satur-
day to accede to the demands Of the editor
II was reported yesterday that The Union drguS
would not go back into the hands of its former
owners. but would be bought by some Republican
nnlitlcians of BROOKLYN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN para,

LIVERPOOL, Feb 19-Arrved. ste Lake Champlain
(Br Jack son, York Feb q Bretwalda f3r
penter New Orleans Jan 81 Deepdae Br sharp from
Baltimore Jan 81 Hank0w tBrl. Alberisan from NewOr
leans Jan Norseman Br) Williams from Boston Feb 81
Victoria r) Harm from Galveston Jan % Biow tBr
Darnen. FROM Galveston Jan "a Texas lbrl Dale. from
Baltimore Feb g. Celia Brl simpson, from Galveston Jan %.
Also ary Lord Cough. Hughes from Philadel
pha Feb g.
LARNE Feb lSSailed steamer State OF Alabama tBr wy.
lie from Glasgow hence for NewYork.
lAVRE Feb Arrived steamer ST Laurent tfr, Dea-
plane from New.York Feb T.
BREMEN Feb l9-Arved steamer AshUrooke (Br), Taylor
from New. Orleans jan 26
BARCELONA, Feb l3-Arrived, (Br
nell, from Norfolk Jan 81.
HALIFAX, Feb l9Arryed, Acadian Br) Magrath,
Baltimore.
DOMESTIC PORTS
BOSTON, Feb 19-Arrived steamers Gate City. Hedge,
Savannah Reading. Smith, and Norman NickersoD Pha
deDha; Glancus Bearse New. York
Cleared steamers llyran targher Liverpool Gen Whit
ney. Haett, New-York
PHILADELPHIA Feb l9Arriyed steamers Navigation Br).
Dsey. Mediterranean ports saxon, Snow. Boston; Rattle.
snake OdiGrne, Lynn Tonawanda sherman. Providencei
Worth, New Bedford; PerkiOaen Miller
sea- Santee Hines. NewYork.
Cleared steamer Cath Whiting. Briggs. New.York.
BALTIMORE Feb 19-Arnved. steamer Johns Hopkins,
Msrci savannah
Also arrived steamers Oakve Br Race Cardiff Petriana
CHARLEsTOY Feb I9-Arved steamer VIM Lawrence, Bal.
NgwORLEAss Feb steamers Alava, Liverpool
DerOnda, Hayre.
AZ the Passes-Arved steamers Commander LIVERPOOL
Ana de Sala Barcelona
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-20
ACCUSED OF FRAUD.

James NJ. futile has begun suit before Judge
Freedman of the Superior Court, against Richard T.
Rothwell, on a charge of fraud. lie states that in
1880 Rothwell WAS engaged in organizing the
futile had 749 shares Of the Calling Gold and Silver
Mining Company. The property of this com
pany was acquired by the Canada
Company the latter agreeing 10 pay 100000 for
IT. futile was TO receive 10 700 shares in payment
for his shares in the Calling Company. 1t was un-
derstoOd that ROthwell should go TO Europe and
dispose Of certain amount of the Canada Com
pany's stock at so cents per share. II Is alleged
that Inc sold considerable number Of shares at
81 80 share, but has failed TO pay futile any
thing. The complainant declares that the price
agreed on for his shares was 81 400. ROthwell was
taken into custody an order of arrest issued by
Judge Freedman, and he gave $4,000 bail.