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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
Parody on Texas.

"A correspondent OF the 81. Joseph, thouo Hsr-
a,d. who has been 10 Texas describes our State In
the following parody. or course there 10 some ex'
sgasrstIou embodied 10 his verse, bu. We are con-
strained TO admit that there lisa wonderful sight OF
f.ets sprlnkled In :-DeHisoS Heies.l
Beautiful Texas Whist do you think Z
Pleaty OF grapes, and no wine to drink;
Ptenty OF creeks. and no water at hand.
No oats for your horses, but plenty OF land.
Pleaty Of horses. but none At to ride;
Plenty Of poverty. aud some little pride;
Plenty Of hides, and no leather that's tanned;
Though scabby mesquite encumbors the land.
Plenty Of cattle, no butter or milk;
No dress Ter the dairy. but plenty ofsilk
Plenty ofraIn, when II comes down at all.
Enough and to spare would II come st your call
Plenty Of wind. no drawback on that,
And when talking OF stock, there 10 plenty OF chat.
Plenty Of rock. the cisterns 10 wall,
But we cannot fiud time to do IL at all.
Plenty OF bois dare. but hardly hedge;
Plenty OF hogs as thin as wedge,
Plenty Of bacon year before last.
Plenty again when there comes . good mast.
Plenty OF chairs, but all so low
That to eat, you mnst hang your own elbow.
Plenty OF grub, such - poor beef and bacon,
Which reminds you Of the home you have sadly for
saken.
o. land OF great promise, not yet fulfilled,
What country you might be II people so wt!led u
All teemlng with beauty, plenty and wealth.
Every requisite here for comfort and health,
Blu. with corn bread and bacon, men have enough
And women get happy over bottle Of snuff
iInjus,lcs. It should be added. that the ora In
Texas SO graphically described above. 10 steadily
passing away since the advent Of the railroad dis
peGsation. ED. FRRE Pass.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
More Of Our River.

: correspondent OF : Northern
uawspaYsr wrote from San Marcos III
1873 as follows.
The san Marcos River Is q great
'ituCai wonder. well worth going q
ing distance 10 see. about a half
ME nbovs the town It surses up from
20 rocky base Of the mountains. q
.lil-b0Tu river. as Minerva spranE
zmed cap a-pic from tie head Of Ju-
I'ster. IA c.lSE;c fable. Fifty yards
aDCYc yea have ID trace Of Its exist
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
The Kind OF People Who Are Wanted
In Texas.

In the first place. We have more doc.
tors than are needed and more than Can
make legitimate support. Ours is A
healthy country, and very few doctors
will answer the purpose. II one half
that are here would drop medicine and
take up the pillow, they would be mora
sure Of living, and the country wous
be vastly benefited. We have mind
times too many lawyers, The State
could we'll afford to make big swap
and trade off seven eighths OF her
lawyers for Northern farmers, at the
rate of forty lawyers tor enc farmer
and make big money" by the ex-
change. II we had fen more good
preachers, and great many less poor
ones, we think the churches 10 Texas
would be more prosperous. and religion
rate considerably higher.
We have all the clerks, counter hop.
pers, book-keepers, lawyers, doctors
and deadheads the country can we'll
support, and we cannot advise any more
to come. But we do aUdnt and must havs.
farmers. We have plenty Of room, and
Will Slauly Welc"iuc WitiIu VuI UOruer5
Gve million good farmers. Any man
who is determined to make his living
by tillng the soil, will be received with
outstretched arms. We want as many
stock -raisers as can come. We have as
fine stock country as can be found
anywhere in the world, and we want
more stock men. We want farm Iaborers,
we want dairymen, cheese, and butter
makers; we want fruit growers, garden
ers, wool wers, and manufactures.
But we want most Of ali, tarmers-4O
acre farmers, 50 acre farmers. and $50
acre farmers. We want farmers who
pillow deep and put in their seaC IN good
season. We want subsoiI men We
don't want that class Of n1en WAC oroak
prairie with Shovel plow and enc mule,
and who depend too much on Provi-
dence for a crop without .obcr. We
want esrly rising, hard. working sober,
industrious, good managing men, and
with such, our prosperity az \ State and
county is certain Waco EcamS&cr.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
A Ten Year Old Boys |i2T OF the
Situation.

THE following WEE found among his pa~
ners after his decease. Ed.
SAN MARCOS.
San Marcos is o very pretty place to look
at but not very rice to live in. Il TIE sum-
raer sometimes the weather is So bad that The
farmers can't plant early enough 10 got their
CROPS in before the frost. II the winter
sometimes it rains SO much Tat IT is too
muddy to plant, and then when 1t does get
dry enough the frost comes and kuIS good
many vegetables, and then the have to
plant over again, sometimes four or I'VE
times. When the frost las gone then the
dry spell comes On, and in the lnl0Ilo OF the
summer the wells begin to 90 dly, and most
all the little creeks, too, and the grass dies,
and cattle; sometimes the people have 10
drive their cattle for five or ten miles to va
ter them. The San Marcos River has never
gone dry The people have to haul water
for five or six miles, and sometimes more
The mud here is as sticky as glue, pretty
near; if you get it on your feet, you can
hardly get it off in bad weather with knife
to clean your shoe or boot. The best thing
they have here to wear in muddy weather Is
q pair of big rough boots with high tops;
There are good many negroes here, ana
Mexicans; and In 1871 there was not very
much business and not very good crops ouV
in 1875 it was rainy and muddy WINTER
and in the summer all the wells went ufy,
most, and there was hardly any crops msde
and hardly any business at all, ana you
could hardly find any butter or eggs or uillA
there was hardly anything at the stores, anu
what you did get was mighty high the Deei
was high, and everything.
In the mountains the trees look pretty anu
green. There are great many pricAiy
nears in the mountains, and some caves aad
big cliffs. There are big live caES III '--I
woods. They grow in large buhe9es So 49,
are crooked; they start up sort o peL.-- -
over, and then twist about each otneL a.. -.
bend over in seven or eight feet Iroli :; 80 !.
ground. They are always green; Wiz = .ba
coming spring all the leaves drop on W ~
ground and leave young buds on. lI - -
tree is not green in the winter Ito iea ,.s,.
drop of. and leave it bare, the leaves CIV.
the Ground oil over, and they keep 0roPp'-.
all the wear. The cedar IS nee .leo, :
makes the woods smell with its odOIi az
the acuarita is a little bush when O. 60
little berry. its leaf has three niue - -
ON II. When the aguaritas are mp, -
make q nice pie; i. tastes little iiks c1ii'---'
pies. - s,-car,. Il
r;ses IN ,bs mountains ct the bottom 7.
Ia,,,e hin. !. has flowers and grass gIos--s
n fba bottom. It is nice to go III -. -
!. % a. bead. You can see the Do''.-- =
= = .Io 5esTest ,,laces. The Waier-1.---...
:, - ,,I,css re stretched acres -!
-. :. "A lool Iite lsnd With weeds go -
on Il. Si.A1s -. Is-c
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11
The Right Tine to so North and to
Come South.

The san Antonio Express joins the
New Orleans Picayune II contending
that there Is no advantage in going north
during summer to escape hot weather.
And the age eoncurs with tie Express
and Picayuue. From the middle Of
Jupe 70 the middle Of August, the Pc
rcd usually chosen for going north, the
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11

Last year the best lalds n ~. : "a tsiss
uroduosd froa two 20 to - . - o-its
Of cotton to the acre B1i t1''
sxcepsic-sl.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11

Our thanks are due TO MT. FOT TIS-s
our CountyAssessor. IS veil a. iOU :. 80 n
Kone. forvaluable aid rendered.
this publication.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-11

1.-THE following YVES found among his
pers after his decoase. Ed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
Late News.
A MOTHER KILLS HER CHILD,
And Then Commits Suicide.
Free Traders in Session at st. LOuis-.
The English Bruisers.

MONMOUTH, H., Oct 3-Mrs. Bailey,
aged 45 years, wife of q commercial tray
eler, and her daughter, aged 16 years,
were found dead in corn field near this
city yesterday morning, and from note
found on the mother it was evident that
she had killed her child with razor aud
then took her own life with the same
weapon. The daughter had been de-
mented since her birth. and the mother
had of late given herself up to brooding
over her daughters condition, which i'm
PEELED her to the deed.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. Oct. 3.-Burglars
entered the postofffce last night. broke
open the safe and stole the entire con
tents consisting of 81. PAS in money, $572
in postage stamps, book of postal notes,
number 105 to $50 inclusive, note of c.
W. Cochrane for 5000. the Glouster Gas
Light company's certificate for ten shares
in the Boston Gas Light company's stock,
an unregistered bond of the New Mexico
& Southern Pacific railroad company for
81 900, two 81 900 unregistered bonds of
the New York and Northeast Railroad
Car Trust company certificates for four
teen shares of the Gloucester Gas Light
company and other valuable securities
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
FREE TRADE

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-A conference OF
from various free trade
of the country was held at
the Polytechnic building yesterday morn
ing. Ex-Gov Phelps soon opened the
convention with an address. He spoke
of the necessity of close organization and
outlined the objects of free trade. He
said free trade was necessity and in
giving history of protection said that
the political parties had always urged it
as a temporary measure. The whig party
taught that it was ephemeral, but protec
ton still existed and still the cry was ''in
a few years longer it will be accomplish
ed" He deprecated the fact that the
tariff on tobacco had been lowered to the
detriment of necessities. Speeches were
made by Others advocating the organiZa-
ton of a Northwestern, and Mississippi
Valley Free Trade League. Action on
this question was postponed. A committee
on organization, etc, was appointed The
old officers of the Missouri free trade
league were reelected
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
AN UNSATISFACTORY GLOVE FIGHT.

New YORK, Oct 3.-Charles 3 Mitchell,
the champion middle weight of England,
and William Sheriff, alias "the Prussian,
met in the prize ring this afternoon at a
secluded spot on the shore Of Long ISL
and. The fight was witnessed by large
number of sporting celebrities and many
prominent men of New Rork and vicinity,
who were especially invited to attend
The pugulists are both Englishmcn and
have each had several ring contests, in
most of which they have been successful.
The present match was made Sept 18th
last, between William Madden for Mitch
ell, and Arthur chambers for Sheriff. the
C millions being $1,000 side, six rounds,
Marquis Queensbury rules, science and
endurance to count. Seven rounds were
fought, during which neither gained any
decided advantage. The fight occupied
about twenty minutes. When the crowd
OF onlookers who had paid SO each to
see the fight, saw both men then prepar
ing to leave the ring, they set up tre
mendOus yell and demanded that they
should fight it out The referee, however,
decided that the fight was over. and that
the result was a draw, There were re
newed yells, and The fighters cviHced a
disposition to go on. but the referee de-
cided against them. Neither OF the men
appeared much punished. Mitchell
walked to his carriage as lightly as he left
it before the fight, and slight swelling of
the face was the only indication of the
fight about the person of the :Prussian. ."
The result was very unsatisfactory to all
concerned, and attempts were made to
arrange another match, to be fought in
Mexico, for $500 side. A large
amount of money was put up by the
friends of both men, but the referee de
Clared all bets off.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Application 3. was
made to the war department by few
survivors of confederate brigade resid-
ing in Norfolk. for permission to use their
old battletlags, now in possession of that
department, on the occasion of the reunion
to take place in afew weeks. There are
several hundred battle Gags stored in the
war department. Adjutant General Drum
said today that the application would
have to be refused as neither the secretary
of war nor the president could give OF
lend the flags without the sanction OF
congress.
The coinage at the mints during Sep
tember was 6,276, ,210, of which So. $50
600 were standard silver dollars.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
rEMpERANOE AND coNaREss.

New York, Oct 3.-Miss Francis E .
Willard, of Chicago. president; Mrs. B.
Buell., of Connecticut; Miss Annie Gordon,
of Massachusetts; Miss Mary II. Hurt,
of Hyde Park, Mass, and Mrs. Francis
]. Barnes, of this city, appeared as dele
gates from the national woman's chris
tan temperance union before the senate
committee on labor and education yester-
day and urged that the subject in which
they had so deeply interested themselves
be laid before congress.
1t was stated that the labor union, with
its thirty one auxiliary and territorial
unions. was the largest society ever com
posed of women and controlled entirely
by them. The number of local unions
was about 5000 with membership OF
about $4,000, besides the large number OF
juvenile organizations. The witnesses
showed the good work they had accom-
plished in various sections Of the country,
and spoke of the support given them by
the press in their efforts to suppress in
temperance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
OLD VETERANS,

PTTsBURG, Oct. 3. Yesterday was
Grand Army day and the city was in holi-
day attire in honor of the veterans. The
day opened up gloomy with steady rain
which ruined many decorations; but at
noon the clouds passed away and at one
o'clock the sun shone brightly and the
streets were thronged with visitors from
surrounding towns in Western Pennsyl-
vania and Eastern Ohio and West Vir-
ginia In the afternoon there was grand
parade, in which it was estimated not less
than ten thousand veterans were in line
The procession moved promptly at two
o'clock and traversed the principal streets
of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The decora-
tions along the route were profuse and
great enthusiasm prevailed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
Twists and TWingeS.

''My brethren shouted DR.. Talmage one bright
autumnal Sunday, "here is lesson from the corn
field. God has arranged that the ear and the husk
shall be parted. Every rheumatic pain is but a
thrust Of the husking peg, and every neuralgic
twinge is only twist of the husker.''
Possibly; but nobody wants to be husked, for
all that and nature teaches US to resist the pro
cess. Therefore, we accept with gratitude what
ever helps us to suppress those very twists and
twinges
From his pleasant home, Greenmount, near
sing-Bing, N. Y, NJ Alfred Baer French gen
tleman, writes:
Il have suffered almost intOlerable tofments
from rheumatism for many years OF the numer-
Gus remedies which have tried none benefited
me. But PARKER's Tonic gave me great satisfac-
ton. certify with pleasure that it restored my
health. You are welcome to publish this and use
my name"
Messrs HiscOx & Co., call especial attention to
the fact that this preparation, which has been
known as PARKERs GINGER Tonic will hereafter
be advertised and sold simply under the name Of
FARKER's Tonic. As unprincipaled dealers are
constantly deceiying their customers by substitut
ing inferior preparations under the name of gin
ger and as ginger is really an animportant ingre-
dent, we drop the misleading word.
There is no change, however in the preparation
itself, and all bottles remaining in the hands OF
dealers, wrapped under the name of Parker's Gin
ger Tonic, contain the genuine medicine if the
facsimile signature of HIsCOX Co is at the bot
tom of the outside wrapper
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
RELIGIOUS.

MINNEAPoLIs, Oct. 3.-Six branches of
the Baptist church, favoring open com
munion but differing on minor points, are
in convention here by delegates from all
parts of the Uuited States, Canada, New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The con-
vention was called to order by Rev. o. B
Cheney. D. D., president of Bates Col
lege, Lewiston, Me- The committee on
organization reported as follows: Presi.
dent, .. B. Cheney, of Maine; first vice
president. W. P Hale, of Indiana; second,
W. B. Allen. of Illinois; secretary S. P.
Crawford, of Illinois; secretary, c. D.
Dudley, of Minnesota Many interesting
papers were read ana discussed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
LEGAL

CHICAGO. Oct. 3.--Respcctng the con
trOversy between the German dailies of
this city, the following is understood to be
a correct statement Of facts of Richard
Michaelis, of the Freie PresSe, made an
onslaught in the columns of his paper
against August Spies editor of the Ar5ei-
ter Zeit1tng, plainly charging HIM with
being a thief and accessory to man
slaughter. Spies had Michaelis arrested
for criminal libel, and on repetition of the
published charges had Michaelis arrested
a second time. In the meantime the Staats
Zeitung took up the cudgel for for Spies
and termed the attack of Michaelis as un-
warranted Michaelis Immediately began
what were supposed to be retaliatory
actions and entered suit against A. G.
Hessing, Washington Hessing. William
Rapp, and Herman Raster. all of the
Stats ZeituRg, and August Spies of the
Arbeiter Zeitung, for libel, but when the
case has been twice called for trial. and
yesterday for the second time, and Mi
chaelis failing to appear, the suit was
dismissed. The suit of Spies agains
Michaelis after hearing all the evidences
resulted in the latter being bound over to
the Criminal Court for action by the
Grand Jury.
ALBANY, Oct 3.-The Court of Appeals
decided the Hatch Williams cases in fav
or of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. The decision of the general term
is reversed, and the Judgement of the
special term is affirmed At Wall street
at II o'clock stocks opened firm. In the
first half hour the Western Union devel'
oped, marked strength, and advanced to
S13 The rise was due to the decision
rendered in favor of the Company by the
Court of Appeals An attorney for the
Company says, the decision means thai
the adverse general term decision is re
versed. and the decision by Judge
Truax in the Company's favor is affirmed
This establishes legally SIS, 529,590 o.
stock and removes all obstacles in thu
way of the payments of dividend
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
THE CROPS.

New YORK. Oct. 3.-The evening Post
says; "Our special correspondent has
gone over the corn district west and
northwest of Chicago and as far as St.
Paul during the past week, and gives it
as the opinion of the best farmers and
merchants that the damage to the corn
crop is largely over estimated. and that If
corn does not actually freeze before it
dries out, there will be an abundant crop,
even in the frosted districts; also that
theie is large supply of old corn in the
country yet.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
THE INSULT TO KING ALFONSO


King Alfonso, in declining the invita-
tion of President Grevy to prolong his
stay in Paris, remarked that Grevy's apol
ogy for his treatment by the people might
make him forget the bitterness of his
entry, but Spain would long remember
the Kisses of the populace, who would
not see that behind the King it was a
nation that they were kissing As the
train bearing Alfonso to the frontier left
the station in Paris, His Majesty requested
General Pittie, the Secretary of President
Grevy, to inform the President that be
left him with q deep sense of his cour-
tesy.
NO TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND GER
MANY.
The Times Paris correspondent, who
was on the train with Alfonso, reports in
an interview with the Marquis de la Vega
de Armiio, the Spanish Minister of For
eign Affairs that he was authorized tc
deny the reports that treaty had been
entered into by Spain and Germany.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
IRUN, Spain, October 3-The train
containing King Alfonso and suite arriv
ed here yesterday morning. The King
was received with unbounded enthusiasm
by the crowd in waiting In parting a
the frontier with his French escort, the
King bade the aid de camp of President
Grevy to convey his thanks to the Pre-
sident for the cordial welcome he gave
him in Paris.
INQUIRY ORDERED.
LONDON, October "a dispatch from
Paris to local news agency states thai
Aldeck Rousseau Minister of the Inter
ior. has ordered that an inquiry be insti
tuted as to what measures were taken tC
secure order on the occasion of King AL
fonso's arrival in Paris Saturday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
FOREIGN LANDS.

PARIS, Oct. 3-The order for the as
sembling of the Cabinet yesterday, under
President Grevy has been countermanded
1t is reported that ministerial crisis ex-
lots
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