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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-13
FROM WASHINGTON


WNvu>uIuN, July l2-lhr fpl owing
cNpIus itself Washington, July IL
Commissioner ~ the general land office
Sir, ! call your attention To my letters
uf May l7th aud 2Sth last, relating to
thc Northern Pacific hand, which should
mot hy CLOSED to srttlciu ut amy longer
thuu ia necessary tu enable the company
to make sclcct uu ut lands III lieu II
those lost within b tn limits ia the
states Of Wisconsin and Minnesota now
surveyed, and scc No rcnsou why
the company should not at once
complete itg srclcClons within
thosc states, aud Tia r,fbrc direct you
to the Immo iIut notice Of ud company,
that all collections must be made ia
those states within three month, from
that at the end ~ that time all orders
aud withdrawals heretofore made
81 indemnity hud within tn Ne
whether lying W thin the first or second
indemnity limits, will he revoked, and
all such lands will be restored to the
public domain aud REQ cnod to settle
mrut unier the law Of congress-.
To public land uude authority con.
tcrred by the net which provides
Tor selections shall be- made under the dl-
rucltpn Oi the secretary OF the interior.
/ deem II br-t To dictate nj tue outset,
/ whlt Un my opinionl practice should hr
/ in relation to ,clcrtlu s rhr amount at
/ lands lost within each state should,
| without exception, b. made mp by
sclccliDn within such ,tatr-, without re-
gard to quality, II there be sulll lent
/ within indemnity limits tor that purpose.
/ | do not think It WAS the Intention OF
granting, nor do deem 1t just or cquit-
/ able tp the government or to settlers
/ tu permit the company to Gull
/ the lands within such Limit. lr,y-
ny certain portions un,clrrtod because
/ they are poor, and tNcn selecting other
lnud- further along the line In place OF
Hds lost within the granted limits in
these states. | tm aware that ct the cXpi-
. ration at the time herein liked Tor the
completion ct the selections, there will
remain large number OF undetermined
contests INVOLVING lands ia granted and
indemnity limits, and that new contracts
viii arse growing ont selections and
otherwise; That hy rtt,uns ot such con
test the company will not be- abb TO com
ulclc It,, selections within such time n 10
lands which it shall lo.r ia these contests.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-13

Hebrew Congregations reported that eX-
pcpditurc- during The past live years, for
the maintenance OF the college, have rX-
crrdcI receipts by sls .2GO. which sum the
executive board were obi ged to borrow
from the sinking funds. They recon-
mend That IN order tu maintain the He
brew Mon college It's income be increus-
ed to $1,000 per year. They suggest that
the council ask congregations to increase
their individual contributions from - to
) 30 per year.
LARGE CATTLE DRIVE.
lu1LE Rock. July Reports from
the cattle regions OF Texas say that care.
lui estimates place the number oi cattle
driven up the trial from that section at
10000 Hrad an increase OF 100000 over
those at Hst summer. THE bulk of the
cattle are driven 10 Kansas aud the ives.
tern territories.
srrr NNp NrrEAL
INV NnEW, July l2-Suit WAS brought
IN the supreme court 10y Eliphrl Mott
against the Lasnucyas NIma- de Sautts
Marie GOA aud Silver Miuius company.
The plaintiff demands accounting debts,
aud rutorci dem rrr, which WAS over
ruled. They then took AN appeal.
ma ILWk-urN lEttL.
Eu,IoN. .nly ~, Tue tiking oi evil
dcuco u the IcNk,bury examination
clos, d to-day. Iu-moiroW, the lat day,
viii hc divided between Counsel Brown
aud tpo govern pr tor Argument, Brown to
take thc forenoon and Bu Ter the alter
noon.
CHor ESTIMATES.
rNNorIu \ru. july l2-rhr STATE
Board vi Agriculture. based ON 1t, returns
throughout the stat. makes thu following
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-13
WIND AND RAIN.
Heavy Damages and Loss Of Life In
Some Sections.

WACO, DAKOIA, July l2,-Lu.t even
ing there occurred the wort hlil Storm
ever known here. Crop, are badly dam
aged, some fields entirely ru ned. The
bel. EXTENDED alb put eight, miles north. Its
length rs not yet learned.
IL MILWAUKEE
MILwAuKEF, July IA heavy wind
storm passed over the state Last night,
striking Portage about , o'clock a. m.
lcmpli,hing 3 brick building In course of
cr. ctOn. The storm reached Nil Naukee
at a. N but lid Ouly small damage.
THE LDss II CANADA,
EoNp1S, OSTNmo, July l9,-rhe hood
ha, sub'iDed and relief measures are on
loot. All OF the distressed arr Temporal
r.ly provided Tor. No more bodies have
been recovered, bur many who are miss
ing have not yet turned up. The pro-
perry loss is $4,000,
WATERS sUBsmEp.
LoNDcN. ONrAWn, July l2.-No more
deaths are reported or bodies found. The
wafer has subsidized to It's normal level.
CiuZcns are furnishing relief Railway
crsume regularly to-mOraw.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-13
IIsI,isNNI.IIIi:S
A Deadly ARRAY Between BrOthers-ln-
Law.

CuNm His, July l2,-At Burnett
Prairie an aiTrny occurred hetween
Douglass Gordy and his sisters hus-
band, Williams, the result ~ an old
family nd Gprdy went to Williams
residence armed with u knife and cut
Williams several times The latter ran
bat VIA followed by Goriy whereupon
Williams drew his own knife and 1t 10.
bed Gordy to the heart. Gorly dropped
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-13

B.-u>eDN, u. r. Ju'y T. -Justire
Co lus, WOO conducted the examination
uu the Demur4r case at Maulnu gave
hI- decision tins morning, dlscharging
Marquis, Miller mud Moore, aud holding
that tine homicide was justItiHblt, IN view
~ the threat by the O'Douali arty,whu
were escaping from arrest at tine time tho
shooting occurred,
SiOODO DIAMOND ,IlNl.
Nrw uLk. July II jas. H. Marietta,
arrested tor stealing 5000 % worth oi dn-
uolIs rom Franz Kramer. i-wclrr.
pTi France, and who after beng con-
ylrcd = grand larceny, was granted a
new ttiul. Wa, discharge today On rhy
ground Dt not sufficient evidence to s cure
cHng clion lie WAS rcarc,rcC In civil
SUIT 90 recover the value OF diamonds not
uni IN his possession.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
How Mr.. ExbeadIe Saved His Own Life.

Many wears ago, when Denver dldn
have any opera house, and the Rocky
Mountain country was terra 1ncognlta
of the world, there wandered out to the
region of Fort Benton a man named
EXbeadle, who made himself unpopular
among the Shoshones by killing some
of the most prominent men whenever
he could catch them away from home.
As result of this course of proce-
dure, Mr.. Exbeadle had large private
cemetery, and hostilities were declared
by the tribe.
Mr.. EXbeadle was a speculator, and
one day fortune threw in his way lot
of fireworks that didn't meet with a
ready sale and he purchased them, more
for his own amusement than anything
else. These he put to one side, and
didn't think of them again until one day
there was a council of war in the Sqse.
shone tribe, at which it was resolved to
eXtinguish the light of Mr. Exbeadle
and send him across the mysterious
river.
They notified him that the intention
was to make him climb the golden stair
in about fifteen minutes, western time.
1t looked pretty dubious for moment,
and he didn't know exactly what to do,
not having time to consult counsel.
1t was dark night in autumn, and
Mr.. EXbeadle felt that the morrow would
be of very little interest to him.
Like an inspiration, however, came
the recollection of his fireworks. He
rose and said
Gentlemen of the forest, you az
parently have the bulge on me, and |
admit you are largely in the majority,
butyou do not know me. lam medicine
man from Michigan, and | can makeit
mighty interesting for you if you carry
this thing too far. l just say for your
own good, and more in sorrow than in
anger. If you take out my vitals and
feed them to the vultures / will linger
near you in the spirit, and l will annoy
you pretty plenty. am aware that l
have planted some of your leading men
in the cold, cold ground, but that isn't
marker to what | will perform when
| get out of the flesh, where | won't be
delayed by the inclemency of the
weather.
g will now proceed to show you a
few little amateur efforts of mine as a
medicine man from away back"
Mr.. Exbeadle then let off new style
of sea serpent from a slight elevation.
1t was the biggest thing in the line of
pyrotechnics that was ever turned loose
west of the Missouri. 1t shot out into
the dark about nine feet like car load
of delirium tremens and squirmed
through the inky bosom of night like an
uneasy demon in his sleep. The gath
ering warriors of the tribe took one hor-
rified look at the kissing emissary. and
lit out. They left all their baggage tba at
didn' t happen to be tied to them, and
there hasn't been a Shoshone Indian
seen there since.
Mr.. Exbeadle picked out the best
ponies belonging to the tribe, loaded up
the rest of the fireworks and went home.
He lived many years after and became
one of the most trusted Indian Peace
Commissioners known in western his
tory.-Nye'S Boomerang.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09

The National Temperance Society
and Publication House celebrated its
eighteenth anniversary at the Broadway
tabernacle, on Thursday evening, the
10th inst. The Secretary Mr.. j. N.
Stearns, presented the annual report,
which states that marked and rapid
progress has been made in the cause of
Temperance during the last year:
The friends of the cause are more numer-
GUS, better united, have a clearer perception
OF what is to be done to eradicate the evils of
1ntemperance; and although they are not all
united as 10 modes of action, yet they are all
agreed that the home and the Nation must be
protected and preserved from this fell de-
tutionai amendment prohibiting ' the manu-
| facture and sale of Intoxicating liquors as q
beverage prominently before them, in three
| of which it has been voted to submit it to q
popular vote of the people. In three others it
passed one House and failed in the other. In
only one State has there been backward
STEP -,
lions to the already large and extensive list,
making l, liz now on the catalogue; of which
25,OOO copies have been printed the past year,
comprising S,4S7,5O0 pages, making $4,000 vol
umes, containing 91,S2S7S6 pages, printed
since the organization of the society. The So
ciety has prosecuted the missionary work
among the freedmen of the South and among
other classes.
The report of the Treasurer, w. D. Porter,
were $50, 56S.32, and the total expenditures,
SOL, 64970 The donation of the late President
of $4,000 has been set apart, at his request,
as a special fund, the interest only of which
can be used, for the gratuitous distribution of
literature. The John II. Blair fund of $1,000,
the interest and income of which is only to be
used for the distribution of Temperance litera-
ture, especially among railway employees"
Rev. DR.. T. L. .Cuyler, presiding, pro-
nounced a glowing and eloquent eulogy
on the late President, Hon, William E.
Dodge, placing him at the head of
American philanthropists of the present
age, and portraying his eminent useful
ness in the Temperance cause and
every other good work. He spoke par
ticularly of his consistency, courage,
self-denial and liberality, which had no
parallel in the activities and benevo-
lence of the day. In conclusion, DR..
Cuyler announced that the society had
elected to the vacant chair the venera-
BILE ex-President of Williams College,
Mark Hopkins, d. D. Mr.. G. H. Mead,
who has been travelling in the South,
recounted his experience and observa-
lions there, and Mr.. and Mrs. Stebbins
added to the interest of the meeting by
singing several very effective songs
N. Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09

the root Of desire for such deep popuI
larity. So far from such a mans be-
ing "no ones enemy but his own," he
is the enemy of all who are dependent
upon him, and all who love him; the
enemy, likewise, of the order and
stability of the society of which he is a
member.
1t is time that the sickly sentiment
tally about drunkards being the most
noble and generous men in the world
should be dispelled, and that we should
know that in all weak self-indulgence
lie the seeds of possible, if not prob
able, felony. Time, too, that parents
learn that it is better to make their
boys self-denying, pains-taking and
conscientious, than to have them grow
up the "best fellows in the world. -
N. b. WinSloaO, IN Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
At THE FESTIVAL.

They talked of their babies, their clothes and
their teeth, ID. ......
And there isn't thing you can think of be-
meath e.. .I|'-O :
The sun or the moon they didn't discuss,
With wonderful din and a wonderful fuss
But the music we all had assembled to hear
These three charming mothers of babies so
dear.
The orchestra played that musical dream
OF Schubert-his last-until it would seem
That a chorus of angels had caught up the
And lent the sweet tone of their voices SUI
preme
To lift our souls up; but these fair mothers
three
Still talked of their babies in innocent glee.
And now the grand chorus rings out through
the hall,
And melody reigns supreme over all
Over all save these mothers, who seem to for
get
The charms of the music, because they have
set
Themselves for a talk, their babies for text,
Without even thought for those they have
vexed.
They tell us that music will charm the wild
breast
OF the savage and set him completely at rest,
But, with babies for text, no song ever sung
Can stop for moment a fond mother S
tongue.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
King Alcohol.

The history of King Alcohol is his
tory of shame and corruption, of cruel
ty, rage and ruin.
He has taken the glory of health from
the cheek, and placed there the hue Of
the wine-cup.
He has taken the luster from the eye,
and made it dim and bloodshot.
He has taken vitality from the blood,
disease and death.
He has entered the brain, the temple
of thought, dethroned reason, and made
it reel with folly.
He has taken the beam of intelli-
gence from the eye, and exchanged it
for the stupid stare of idiocy and dull
ness.
He has taken the impress of emo
bled manhood from the face, and left
the marks of sensuality and BRITISH
ness.
He has taken the beauty and come
illness from the face, and has left it i'll
shaped and bloated.
He has taken firmness and elasticity
from the steps, and made them faltering
and treacherous.
he has GakeH FlSor from Ine arll, anu
left flabbiness and weakness.
He has bribed the tongue to utter mad
ness and cursing.
He has taken cunning from the hands,
and turned them from deeds of useful
ness to become instruments of brutality
and murder.
He has broke the ties of friendship,
and planted seeds of enmity.
He has made a kind indulgent father
brute, tyrant and a murderer.-Ho4se
and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
Temperance Items.

IF ALL MEN could be dissuaded from
the use of Intoxicating liquors, the Of
flee of Judge would be sinecure.-
Judge AlderSon.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT FIGURES esti-
mate that one-fifth of the $3.50, 100000
earned by the British workingmen and
women yearly, goes for beer and liquor.
VICE SEEMS WORSE in Chinaman
than any other being. Opium-smoking
by one of these seems infinitely worse
for example than whisky drinking by
one of Uncle Sans free-born citizens.
But it is not. Both practices lead to
equal degradation and disgraces.- CHI
cdgo Inter Ocean.
The ATLANTA (Ga.) Star says that
while liquor was sold in Polk County
between seventy-five and one hundred
and twenty-five true bills were found at
each term of court, and the Jail was
nearly always crowded; now the aver
age number of bills is less than fifty,
and the Jail is empty.
AN UPTOWN WOMAN narrowly es-
capped terrible death the other day.
Her husband kept bottle of forUy-cent
whisky in the house, and she concluded
to take a swallow of the stuff For
tunately she got hold of the wrong
bottle and swallowed quantity of rat
poison. Herald.
IT IS EASIER to suppress the desire
for drink in its infant stages than to
break it up after the appetite has been
formed. The sin of drunkenness once
admitted into the citadel of the, heart,
orings a thousand contendin~ evils in
its train. 1t is easier to ss.y NO while
you are free, than it is to say no after
the deviGsh demon has you fully in his
power
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
Amateur Printing.

Why should not get my own esti-
mate and print for MYSELF" is COM
mon question, and the answer is mani
fold. A book arranged by an amateur
is almost always disagreeable to the eye.
The reader will often not know why a
given page is SO much pleasanter to
read than another, when an experienced
person will see at glance that the print
of one is too broad on the paper, and
the breadth of q single letter would
make all the difference, and there are q
dozen little details of this sort which
need personal attention at every turn.
Nor can an amateur successfully ad-
vertise or distribute his book. Even an
author of the celebrity of Mr.. Ruskin
has crippled his usefulness and injured
his sale by attempting amateur publish
ing.-F'Ortajghtly ReUieoO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
Monaghan Pity for Animals.

Nowhere will you find less cruelty
than in Mongolia. Not only do their
cattle and tlocks receive expressions of
sympathy in suffering, and such allevia-
ton of pain as their owner knows how
to give, but even the meanest creatures,
insects and reptiles included, are treated
with consideration. One of the best
proofs of the habitual kindness of the
Mongol is the tameness of the birds on
the plateau. Crows perch themselves
on the top of loaded camels, and de-
liberately steal Chinamen's rusks and
MongoIs mutton before the very ewes
of the vociferating owners; hawks
swoop down in the market-place at
Urga, and snatch eatables from the
hands of the unwary, who simply ac-
cuse the thief of patricide and pass on;
and swallows, year after year, build
their nests and rear their young inside
the very tents of the Mongols. A Mon
golian's pity seems to flow out freely
toward the suffering of all creatures,
even the meanest and most vexatous.
My bald-headed camel-driver was
nearly driven to distraction one even
ing by cloud of mosquitoes, which
kept lowering over and alighting on his
shining Rate. During the night there
came touch of frost, and, when we
rose in the morning, not an insect was
on the wing. Looking at them as they
clung benumbed to the sides of the tefS,
he remarked. 1.-The mosquitoes are
frozen!' and then added, in tone of
Sincere sympathy, the Mongol phrase
expressive of pity, "Hoarhe, hoarhe"
There was no sarcasm or hypocrisy
about it.-"Among the MongolS. "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09

80, myr'
Her sister looked up into the Major $
face for second, then dropped her
brow on his shoulder and said:
80 my!"
And the Major, looking down at the
face before him, now entirely empty OF
ROBUSTNESS and everything else but
tenderness, forgot all the past, placed
his arms about the graceful figure that
rested on him, and said
80 my!" j,
And although he has been married
ten years, he never has had reason 10
regret his mistake. The Hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
An Improbable Statement.

at is reported that the Postmaster General
is about to make decision in regard to the
class of newspapers known as patent out,
sides, fnsides or cooperative that will
necessarily cause large number of local
papers, of the smallest circulation and least
influence, to suspend publication. His reason
for so doing is that the papers being printed
on one side in the cities and then sold by the
quire to thousands of country publishers,
who print the other half at home, is sufficient
evidence that such papers are not self-sus-
tanning, and in accordance has about decided
to exclude all such from the mails as second
class matter. There are about 4 900 such pub
locations issued in this country, and if the
ruling goes into effect about 5000 would sus-
pend, while the remaining 1000 of the better
class of 'co-operatives' would be greatly
strengthened, and could then afford to pub
lish the whole of their papers; so, in the end,
the press, advertisers and the public would
be greatly benefited
The foregoing item, which has APP
Sidney. o., is another evidence of the
vindictiveness of some publishers where
the cooperative papers affect their re-
ceipts for advertising and subscription.
Section of the Postal Law, approved
June %, 1874, says: THAT newspapers,
one copy to each actual subscriber, re-
siding within the county where the same
are printed, in whole or in part, and
published, shall go free through the
mails; but the same shall not be deliy
cred at letter-carrier offices or distrib-
nted by carriers unless postage is paid
thereon as by law provided. :" From
this it will be seen that the Postmaster
Generals rulings have been anticipated
by the National Congress, and the pro-
posed decision would be illegal and of
no effect. Chicago Banner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09

Nearly million feet of lumber is
annually turned into baseball bats.
One firm alone in Michigan uses half
that amount, and employs about one
hundred men at the turning lathes.-
ChicQqo Hcrald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
A noted "dude'' has died in Phila

A noted ''duden has died in Phila-
delphia. He was a balloon in the
Geological Garden. His postures and
gait were exactly like the current
American imitation of the London
swells, and he showed just about
enough intelligence to complete the
likeness.-Rbitddeiphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09

"A New York letter tells of New
York rag-picker who suddenly became
wealthy by some means unknown,
bought mansion on Fifth Avenue,
educated his children, kept carriage,
declined in body and mind, was finally
found one night in shirt-sleeves wearing
diamond studs and poking away at an
ash-barrel, and is now in a private
asylum for the insane.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-09
The Nnw Orlnnnc P;nnatai

The New Orleans PIcdyune calls at
tention to the alarming number of par
dons and combinations granted under
the auspices of the present administra-
ton in Louisiana, and predicts that I'M
less there is great change for the better
in this respect the tribunal of Judge
Lynch will be very soon set up in every
parish.