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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The freight steamship Glamorgan,
bound from Liverpool to New York, was
lost in mid-ocean, seven of the crew perish
ing.
The boiler in planning mill at Westville,
Ind, exploded, killing O. A. Hatson and
Beecher Hilton.
"A fire at Monongahela City, Pa, con
sumed school building, carriage-shop and
ten houses causing a loss of $4,000.
The Dunlap elevator and MILL at
Albany, N. Y, took fire from friction Of the
shafting, and was wholly consumed The
falling walls killed four men and seriously
injured three others The total loss is
$780, Two Touring mills and
several other buildings at Red
Wing, Mimi, worth 100000; the
freight depot of the Jeffersonville road
at Columbus, Ind a business block in
Mcpherson, Kan, valued at $50, 900, and the
chemical works of Chappell & Co., in St
Louis, worth $50, 600, were also burned
w H. Pratt, President of the Bank Of
Mobile, was killed at Birmingham, Ala,
while attempting to pass between tho cars
Of freight train
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
Dynamite Supersedes 1.-THE Axe.

A Somerset county (Maine) firm
have a pulp mandatory, consuming
spruce and hemlock timber. Their
operations are large, and instead Of
practicing the old method of chopping
down trees and saving them up in
order to get them into the pulp mill,
they blow them to pieces with Dyna-
mite. An eyewitness thus describes
the process: A fine large spruce was
selected, and a hole was driven in
about ten inches, the chips were re-
moved and dynamite cartridge in
serted. The dynamite comes in
sticks like a candle, and resembles
moist brown sugar. A fuse was
attached and the men sought place
of safety. In a few seconds there
was a mighty roar, and the great
tree was up in the air about ten feet,
and then, with swoop and a crash
it came to the earth again, splintered
hal way to the trunk. Dynamite is
not cheap, but taking into consid-
Grafton the time, labor, wear and
tear of tools saved, is not as expen-
sive as might be supposed.-Lumbsr-
man
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22

1t appears the more mopsv
spent upon mattresses TO strens,h.n
the bank and CONTROL the curre~s
the more mattresses there are 10 !,
washed away; and that wasb;aS'
away operation can not be stonnaS
unless mattresses are placed on I'M nm
banks the whole length of the r;vs.
at one and the same period Of l",'
water; and it further appears, th' s
the more the channel is deepened h.
q limitation of width, the more tbs,
cantankerous river will 60 out Of H.
deepened channel and make for itssI,
a new wide and shallow channsl
such as it loves, through somebody's
farm.
Upon the whole, we imagine tb;.
country will have to consider oncs
more the much-neglected plan for tbs
improvement of the Mississippi, suo'
gested by Captain Cowdan, an Oh
steamboat captain, to make outlets
and cut-offs, and help the floods dis.
charge themselves faster. That i
the best that can be done. The leyes
and mattress plan merely eats up The
public funds, but does navigation M
good.-ChicagO Tribune.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22

former was seconded by his father, and w~
beaten In the twentieth round IN" P'
subsequently secured tho principals u.
Tho ininitabls little LottA, VINO Is ssu
10 DO making moro monsy than any sotresa
IN America, began n two weeS engage
ment ut Mcvlsker's Theater, cnoaSo' '~..
Monday A local critic pleasantly sJs
the little woman: sLotta is tolerabiy wall
known. Many may remember tha' $40 'p-
pesred here last season. She IL aviTso'o~A
little woman, with red hair and roSuish
s,es aho has a way OF kicking. There
nothing solemn in her work Dignity Is nos
one OF her fairngs shs dances ae Jumps
OH tables She winiu wickediy. People
with good memories declare she has dons
those things for along time -severa seaSonA
IA fact But no ono is tired OF hor She
hks sunshine, always welcome
Tho floods In me lower Mississippi val
,,y. while nos 30 high Us year ago, have
done great damage The SUNK landn Oh
N. sS Francis river are submerged, and sew
erai lives are reported to have been fo'e
Tho people arc living In the upper soorieS 7"
their houses or noating about In boais On
r,tts AZ Kew Madrid thors b not HOUSE.
~ \ nuni~tsd, and tho snno tzuSsA"s aASo
exh,o m Arxansne CITY. bs<ua pcusonn NJ
rsportsd drowned in THO Vicinity Of HosSnA
Ark. -
ne engineer oi,icer VITO WINS dessied %
survey and locats tho HennePin oansl
has presentod HI. report 30 the Secretary a
War, Flo offers a ol,ciso Of three rouses'
varying inlength from dIty -four 10 SEVEN.
t,-.ivo miies. ADD providing for canal ana
feeder eighty foet wide On the w~1
hne and sessn feet deep, whh iochs
10 asst long ad tArT 100
vide The sost Of Those works ranges from
s5,si1, 4es 30 s1,cW,6+6. Tho estimate f<
the enl~gemeue of tho Illinois and Michigan
canal to the Same dimensions as arc pro-
posed for the Hsanepin canal oonsanpas'o
an expenditure of ~, 2oS, 90
The Supreme Court of tho United Ste~os
has pronounced demonstrations tho "hh
dleberger law" of Virginia, relative to an al
fustment of the debt Of that State.
MIR. James Gilfllan, United States Treas
urGr, mas TeSlSucu LILO ohiSS "@SN-
two years service in the department., having
held his present position the past Six years
There is suspicion that ex-RepresentatlV'
J. G. Burrows, of Michigan, has designs upof
the Office.
1t now appears that Charles II. Reed On
not succeed in getting his $1,000 appropria
ton for defending Guiteau, the item having
been stricken out by the conference com
mittee at the last moment
Maine and Northeastern Canada have
been suffering from extreme cold weather
At Fairfield, Me-, on the 9th OF March, the
mercury indicated 40 degrees below zero.
The papers leasing the New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio railroad to the New York
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company
for the period of ninety nine years wer'
signed in New York the other day.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
PERSONAL.

Gen. James Fl. Simpson, who WAS on the
retired list, died at St Paul Of pneumonia
He graduated At West Point half century
ago, and served m tho ARTILLERY through the
Florida wM
Dudley n. Dubese, ox-Member of Con-
gresu from she Augusta HA) dAserics, died at
Washington OF pr&y.k
"A dispatch from 81 Louis alleges ths
ex-senator Tabor, q Colorado, and Miss
HcCourt, Of Oshkosh, Wiz, who were
married al Washington Ast week, went
tlrsuah the Aana Ct n.xh0e n pnt~sss
before Justice Of The Pease, al 81 bouss,
the SCth of September last
Alexander H Stephens died at htsante,
Ga, ON the Sd inst Deceased was born in
Georgia in 1870 graduated in Franklin Col
lege, and built up a lucrative law praotico-
He served six terms IN the Georgia House
and ono torn in tho Senate, and then held
q seat In Congress for sixteen years. He
was a vigorous opponent Of secession,
but finally accepted ths Vice Prosi-
dency o. the Southern Oonfederacy.
In 1865 he was one Of TIE rebel Peace Com
rnissioners who hold a conference with
President lincoln ad Secretary Seward
Lfte< Less scrreodG he vas priscnar at
Port Warren for Eve months In 1885 he
was elected TO We Uoitcd Ssstes Senate, but
vas not given . sest Prom lS7S 20 1872 be
Wa again a member Of Congress, rcsigntng
30 aceept the Governocship Of Georgia
-S6lson Hutchins, editor and propriesx
Of the washiAgton Pod, was married ths
other day 10 Miss Sarita Brady, Of that ctty.
The ne~iy-wedded pair have sailed foc Bu-
rupa
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
The Struggle with the Mississippi.

The government may spend upon
the improvement of the Mississippi
river anywhere from $4,000, 600 to
$500, OOO,0 and when the money
has been spent, it may suddenly
find some day that the nver has got
up in the night and destroyed all the
improvements made, and that the
money is consequently a dead loss.
This is not an encouragement for
liberal appropriations, yet it is what
the committee of congress reports as
the practicable state Of the case.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
NEWS IN BRLEF.
FOREIGN.

-oPlaherty, late PreadeTI d eio Land
Ieague, at Limerick, having refused 10 pay
rent thirty head q his cattlo have bcon
seisod
Special police protection has boon given
Lord Harrington, British War Minister,
against whom, 1t is alleged, plot exists
The Empress Of Germany has given / 100
marks In aid OF American flood suiferera
m. Raynaud, large sbear' operator on
the Paris Bourso, has failed for 100000
Gladstone returns to England from
France greatly improved in health
Frank Byrno has retained Clunet, the
eminent Paris advocate. In his extradlticn
ease. Victor Hugo wiz write to the papers
IN Byrne's behalf
-Walnh, arrested in France for completely
IN tho Dublin conspiracy, formed u secret
society IN the North Of England 70 which
5000 men belong, who are well provided
with funds and arms.
The Town Council Of Dublin has e1-
peeled James Carey, the informer
Emperor william has accepted the res
ionation OF Won Kaansko, German War Min
lister.
Suicides f milteHy officers Ut Berlin,
because Of financial embarrassment occur
Utmost daf1y.
-Glsdstone's reappearcnos in the House
Of Commons was hailed With loud cheers
from oil parts Of the House
The memorial tablet in the house at
Rome, Italy formerly occupied by Prof
Morse, lbs .father Of the telegraph was
unsefled the other day In the pCesenoe OF a
distinguished assembly
yield, tho Dublin Juror, who was manned
by The conspirasoxs, has lodged claim for
damages amounting TO 10000
"A severe wind and snow-storm has pre-
vailed on the British coast Several wrecks
sus reported, In two or three casSs attended
vunih loss of Me
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
TEXAS TOPICS.

The city Of Houston has appro.
priated $4,000 for the benefit Of her
public schools for the present scholas.
tic year.
The Great Eastern Circus ba,
commenced the season at Galveston,
and will make a tour through tn,
stats.
The receipts of revenue at the
comptroller,s for January were $685..
900; February $4,000 against $685..
900 and $4,000 respectively for the
same months in 1882.
Col. J. w. Fishburn senior ed.
itor the of Mersa Ledger, and a former
president of the Texas Press Associ.
alton, died at his home in Nexia, on
the morning of March IL.
"A Chinaman does not benefit our
state morally, financially or any
other way. We have enough Of the
laboring class of our own citizens
without employing aliens, or foreign.
ers who have never and will never
even support the constitution of the
United States, much less the state Of
Texas. Charity begins at home, and
if work is here let us give it to our
citizenship Springs Paragraph.
The Chicago Tribune of March
9Th, says: The proposed Texas COL
ony received it's new charter yeSter-
day from Springfield under the title
of the Chicago Cooperative Agricult-
ural and General Manufacturing
company. The capital stock is $685..
900, and the shares have been reduc-
ed from 500 to $50. There are al.
ready thirty-three stockholders. They
have accepted the donation Of s,S79
acres in Haskell County, Texas, from
Mrs. Fl. G. Garner, to whom it was
decided in trust by DR.. Joseph 3.
Field, who received it from the State:
President Taylor and others will
start for Texas in April to lay out a
town on their land.
The New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat is in receipt of information
that comes from the most authentic
source, to the effect that after the
transfer of the Morgan interests a
great improvement will be made In
the Star & Crescent and Sunset
routes. The road from 81 PaSo TO
New Orleans will, owing to the tact
that Huntington buys to keep,
be made as fine, in every respect as
any in the country, and will beequlp'
ped with all the railroad appliances
now in general use by all the g T1a'
lines throughout the country. Inc
Southern Pacific route to Ban Fran.
cisco leaped into popular favor 9 y.
moment it was completed, and 10
through travel is daily increasing anu
will continue to increase.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

"A grocer Of Jerpey City, named O T. W.
Mcdonald, has failed, owing soooco
"A company has been Incorporated 70
build n railway from Peoria 20 MILWAUKEE,
via Sterling,
Tho Directors OF tho Union Iron ma
Steel Company, OF Chicago, have called
meetine OF stockholders TO consider tho
proprioty of increasing the stock 70 s''""'-
zoo I'm order 10 revive the establishment
Failures: Humphrey A Co, hides and
leather, New York; G. HAiderman, lewoier'
shenand ali Pa. and 81 Marie ihlbanid,
dry goods Montreal Humphrey Co o
liabilities are between SEQ, goo and a'OO,loo
Iron and steel manufacturers complain
that n great wrong has been done THAR M
terest by the tariff revision, and claim thoir
only remedy Ia a reduction OF she expenses
for labor and material Tho workmen, on
the other hand, declare they will not submit
20 n reduction of wages and labor strikes OF
considerable dimensions will, 1t n predicted,
occur the approaching summer.
ID. W. Read & Co., commission merch-
ants In iron ores, with offices at New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia, have failed
"A furnace company operating leased
works at steubenville, Ohio, has suspended
psyment, with liabilities OF $4,000 and
assets Of so, 600. 49,.
Fair. Nevada, made his appearance In
the Senate Chamber at Washington, just be-
fore the end of the session, and when he
rose tn present a measure Senator Davis was
unable to place him
On the eighty first ballot In the Michigan
Legislature Thomas W. Palmer, of Detrois,
was elected United States Senator, receiving
seyenty-five votes to torty-two for Stout
Fusionist
The Directors of tho Chicsgo and North
western road have declared quarterly divi-
dend of 2 per oenA on preferred stock
Owing to lack of funds TO pay gas bills,
the streets Of San Francisco are in darkness,
and tho lamps have been removed
"A brother OF tho lsAo Gov Williams. OF
Indiana, died at Jacksboro, Texas, whsre he
vas once County Judge. For the past six
months he had boon insana
between 800 and 600 men employed In
ybs Springfield oily rolling mills, who took
their situations with tho understanding that
ts,ey should have no connection with the
Amalca1nated Union, have struck because
their employers refused 10 release them from
that obligation.
Following is the statement of the public
debt for March 1:
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
Ostrich Farming.

The following informauonis gieah-
ed from a report upon the subject,
by United States Consul Jourdan' ~
Algiers, North Africa;
The domestication OF the ostrch
has proved successful in the district
of Aigiers, where the mean temporal
ture is 600 Fahrenheit, the max
mum "a o in the shade, and 140o
in the sun, with a variation from day
to night of about 22o. They flour,
in the wild state where it freezes at
night. and is intensely hot during the
day. In connection Colonel Jourdan
saws: "As to climate they can bear
a great deal of heat and cold;'South-
ern Texas would suit them admira-
BLY," There is no limited incubating
season; some birds begin to lay IN
September, and others progressively
through winter to spring as late as
July. Food for the birds consists OF
green stuffs, such as cactus leaves
mon -prickly), cabbage, salad, lucerne'
saline and alkaline herbs; grains,
such as wheat, dry barley, oats, and
Indian corn. The cost of feeding OF
course depends upon whether. the
feed is purchased or raised. A daily
allowance per bird is 2 pounds OF
grain and 20 pounds of green herbs
except when they are allowed to Craze
on the open prairies, in which case
the cost for food would be next to
nothing.
The plumage is taken from the
birds about once every ten months or
year, and each plucking averages, per
bird, from $50 to 500. The trans
portation of full grown birds by sea,
is quite practicable, but they must
be well cared for while in transit.
One year old chickens, under favora-
bic conditions, may be transported
by sea, but the best age for importing
birds is when they are about fifteen
months old. The average price for
good birds in Algeria, is approx
mately as follows:
Chick, two months old SI2 aO
Chick, one year old .......lou
Male adult fifteen months old ----....------- 20o
Female adult. fifteen months OLD .:...---- leu
The total annual expense for each
pair of birds, including attendance, is
about $50. In case of purchase, two
attendants, fully competent, could be
engaged to come with the birds and
remain in America a few years.
They would probably demand $50 OF
$50 per month for chief attendant,
and 500 or $50 per month for the
assistant, with all travelling expenses.
The birds could be shipped direct
from an Algerian port to the United
States, but at what cost it is difficult
to ascertain. An ostrich farm can be
started from almost any number OF
birds-four breeding pairs, and two
young females in case of accident,
being sufficient number. One year
after the arrival of the birds in Amer
lea natural incubation could be OBJ
tanned. 1t would be impossible to
import ostrich eggs to the United
States and have them arrive in the
proper condition for incubation. The
birds are seldom sick, and only re-
quire protection from the coolest
weather. Their natural term of life
is from twenty to thirty years.
It is impossible to give anything
like synopsis of the workin the
brief space of a newspaper article,
but the Neps will be pleased to
furnish to parties interesed, any fur
her information desired upon the
subject.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22

IL paying out 500 to his workmen,
a manufacturer at Marseilles, Illinois,
privately marked the bills. Within
two weeks s342 of it was deposited
in the local bank by saloon keepers.
ANEW book is titled Short Sayings
of Great Men," When are We to
have The Great Sayings of Short
Menu"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22
WHAT'S i'm q Name!

A Washington colored man VINO
had applied for 500 pension, the
other day received an envelope 1rom
the Treasury Department cOn i IL
500. An acquaintance In the , uS
partment identified him and he dreS
the money. A few days Afterwards
a gentleman appeared at the Irea 81.
~ inquiring what had become Oh .r'
money which had been promised ni y.
He was shown the check with the u
dorsement of his name, but accom-,
panied by a cross. The gentlema
was naturally indignant, not on! =. "
the loss of the money, but at TINS =
cusation against his literary a'' .Lst
ments. Investigation showed ln.,
his and the colored mans name S IT,
the same even to the initial, -
colored capitalist was not found u.-,
he had spent nearly half the mO MOI e
His friends raised the deficit ana :.
returned the full amount. de ~,
was a blighted being, however,
those few short hours Of luxury
,..,Def Taco 5'T0sk a. 80 ~
Ton psr Bouncs oarre. La, Aoo $3.50
.ssn~r St. yoha psdksd up -
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-22

me Esesner Taco Sz0eA -
Ton psar BONES oa-re. La, eoo @
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A.~-n el@-e 60rDo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
LIEUTENANT S. F. CLARKsON.

Lieutenant 5. f. Clarkson, OF the U. S. n,
who died o! Nice January g. and whose body Will be
sent from his brothers house. NO49 Eass Sxty-1tst
TO Virginia at hsfpast 10 this morning was great
grandson of Floyd Garrison. OF the sgners OF the
Decl II alton OF Independence.
Lieu enaDt ClarksOn graduated from Annapolis In
1866 In 1865 he became ensign and 10 1870 ho was
made Lieutenant Two years ago he went with Rear
Admiral Nicholson TO the European siauOn. IL was
while seryne of the west coast frica that Lieutenant
Carksou contracted the disease that Caused bis attn
While 1t Alexandria, IN the Egyptian war; he was one OF
the three officers who landed with 100 n and one gun
from the Ga to protect tue American residents.
After the Omb irdInenL he TRANSIT Trcd % the nag
sbip Lancaster and attache that vase when lie
died His vie attended him duTiLg MS illness, and
brought his remains to tils cOuutrI 'Or burial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES,

A large crowd filled the Brooklyn Academy
Mt the Philharmonic rehearsal Yesterday. The Haudei
music precisely suits Miss Thursby, and she sang II
dencously. The work OF the orchestra especia! III '
Bacn suite and the Beethoven SYMPHONY was car
and high delight awaits those who attenu 'ho ''N'
this evening
Every available place in the Casino was W
cupied last evening. at the one-hundteut" Typ r, ~
tion ~, ..Tbe Queens Lace Handkerchief" The oc'
ca,o only seryes to prompt renewed notice OF tn i
Renous and sparkling work which ougnt 10 We oo5 nro
ali VINO love good music and Innocent tun q 80 f
eramme is offered for tine sun lay evening concert
Two theatrical incidents of novel cha,ao-
tfr invite the public attention this evening MIS-
Anderson at the Fifth Avenue Theau wiz ,"'p ''o-
etc Birnea In Fazio important ehor'' " s i'ne
81, ao chs wa. e,t seen hero In this clara ter Az
ths Acadeny of Music will the promised perform
nc. IN aid Of the Bar hodi Statue Pelesta fund Miss
lean Rurnside produces her play Was He RIG Y ana
SorsaIf n,r.onate, the chief chara ter LARGE and
brilliant audience s anticipated, ami 1t IA hoped tnat the
receipts will amount to considerable sum- Inc opJeet
IA maDtiestly good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
DIED


isaa CEntered into rest at Bridgeport Conn January
iooo Cornella Sterling. wife OF the late William n am
non, IN the 1Oth year Of her age. " ~
OOChCROFT-Eebruary 3 1888 at the resds,c. ~ h.r
III sing Sing Matilda U. only daugnter OF Janes
OLahhsON AT Nice France January g. last Lisnts,
his age. $3.50 '"''' al 'no o'tn year OK
Relatives and friends Of the family and officer, Of thu rx
uu NaFy arc fespe ;t:uly requested
d'ces at Tue residence OF his brother Floyd Csrkso
no 40 East 66thst. Saturday February g. Al 10 III
O'CLOCK a. ~, without turther invitation. "
lntermeut at Norfolk Va
DE VOU kSNEY-At MOntclair, ~ j. February 9 1897
oatsh cray; vile ~ Abraham p. De Eoursnsy. ~'
eS tu friends OF the samy " invited
O'Clock .. m. 49, '' ~' 10"
Lloyd wife Of John Edmand, ~ 0
Bunod a. COlliDsvllo Conn
JACKSON On Friday morning. February 2 OF diphthsua
~ enc residence OF her parents Char
Otte Lou daughter OF Thomas and Charlotte Bailey
Jackson Funeral private ~ ''
InterInenL in Vale Cemetery SCHENECTADY
the 3lst year of MS age - ~ 'o'''"
Relatives and friends tn funera from
NO |of west Ilth st.. this saturday, at o'clock.
MILLER At atoDah, Y. Feb 'uary q Deborah A. reot
OF norman w Miller. IN thh SDth year Of nor age.
ruher rO Tao hatOnsh Methodist Episcopal Church
Monday, February B. at 1890 D. IN
REMER-On nuary 81 1881 AZ No. 80 Lewis-aye Brook.
yD Of scar et fever Grace Van Dusen child ot
John a aud eleanor Ware Remer aged years z months
ana DAYS
san Francisco papers please copy.
ROBER 5-0u the morning OF the I'd inst James Roberts
In tho ) th year OF ais
Funeral services at his late resi- No 1873
No flowers.