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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-22
PEARS.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.-Another one of
those mys terious disappearances for
which st. Louis has become somewhat
famous, occurred on Sunday evening and
has caused great grief in several we'll
known families, On Sunday evening Col :.
Jas. o. Churchill, vice president and man
ager of the Western Coal company, and
mis- wife went out for q short drive, leaving
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

JUDGE COOLEY has just published
an elaborate paper on corporate
rights. He declares that the true
policy of the state is to give full pro-
lection to corporate property and at
the same time to insist upon the
faithful performance of corporate
duties. A fixed code and an unbend-
ing tariff of rates cannot be pre-
scribed. On this point he says: "Rates
must yield and accommodate them
selves to innumerable circumstances
and contingencies, expected and I'M
expected, and they must be met
and provided for by the governing
power as they arise. No other known
business requires larger technical skill,
greater ability or wider experience,
and the ablest, wisest and most eXpe-
rienced man would be guilty of an act
of supreme folly, if, with ample pow
er, he undertook to prescribe unbend-
ing rules for future charges. To pre-
scribe tariffs of rates for one road, or
the roads of one state, which the COM
petitors are not obliged to observe,
would be like prescribing in advance
by law the movements of an army
while the enemy was at liberty to
maneuver at discretion. Railroad
competition is an earnest strife, if not
a warfare, and experience heretofore
has shown that all that can be done
by common arrangements and under
standings is simply to prevent the
strife from becoming mutually de-
.StrnctiYe.'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

GEO. CROOK demands that the cap
tive Indians shall be treated in good
faith. He insists that the attempt to
punish those now held as prisoners on
the San Carlos reservation would be
to precipitate a bitter war, in which
the interests of both Mexico and the
United States would suffer severely.
He emphasizes the difficulty of carry
ing on a successful campaign against
savages who can retire to the caves of
the mountains like wolves and
coyotes, and says that exact acquies-
cence with the terms of surrender Of
fers the only possible means of pro-
tecting the lives and property of a
large number of industrious people in
two countries. AS Gen. Crook has
earned the right to speak frankly on
the Indian question, it will be well for
Secretary Teller to listen to him and
then take his advice to the letter.
The Indian fighter has shown himself
a humane as well as a brave man, who
believes in keeping his word when
once given.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

In combating cholera M. Pasteur
insists upon the most elaborate pre-
cautions with reference to water used
for domestic purposes All drinking
water must first be boiled, and the
glasses and the pitchers into which it
is poured must be perfectly clean.
Even water for the toilet must first be
boiled. Table cutlery and spoons
must be placed in an oven and heated
to a certain point. Bed clothing must
be repeatedly washed and rapidly
dried. These rules are laid down
more especially for doctors and nurses
who live among the sufferers from
the epidemic. NJ. Pasteur denounces
under.done meat and badly cooked
vegetables as especially dangerous
He has even devised mask, com
posed of two thin sheets of brass, be-
tween which is introduced a thir
layer of phenolized cotton, which de
stroys cholera germs while passing
through it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
A Lesson in Horse Management

GQ6 DIOCh OOurHtli
Young man, | see you are about to
take drive this morning, and will
offer you some advice. Your horse is
FESTIVE and wants to be off before you
are ready; you may as well break him
of this now as at any other time, and
hereafter you will find that it has been
half hour well spent. Just give him
the reins, while you put your foot on
the step, as if to get in; the horse
makes move to go; tighten the reins
and say "who." Put your foot on the
step again; the horse makes another
move; / hold the reins and speak to
him again. The horse is getting ex-
cited. Pat him a little on the neck
and talk to him soothingly. Put your
foot on the step again, and repeat this
process until the horse will stand for
you to get in and ADJUST yourself in
your seat and tell him to go. A few
such lessons will train him so that he
viii always wait for the order before
starting.
Now, as your horse has Just been
fed, drive him at a very gentle pace
| for the first two or three miles, until
he warns up and his body becomes
lighter. But, before you start, let me
show you how to hold the reins.
Take them in your left hand,
have them of equal length from the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

A CONTEMPORARY observes that
there is sense in state fairs, but pre-
cious little in military encampments
in time of peace. To this the Indian
apolis Sentinel says: "Fairs are
among the very best, if not the very
best, evidences of a country's growth,
peace and prosperity" There cannot,
it urges, be a single reasonable objec-
ton to an agricultural and mechani-
cal fair. All approve them, and in
every instance they create healthy
emulation and arouse ambitions
which rebound to the good of commu-
mites and to whole states. They ex-
hibit in combination the triumphs OF
labor, skill, intelligence and wealth
They bring communities into harmo-
NOUS effort to promote the public
veal. They are suggestive of peace
and good win. They are eloquent OF
progress and prosperity and
point to higher achievements in de
veloping the resources. Such is settled
public sentiment, and for these rea
sons, and for many other good ones
tibet THE STATESMAN urges the PEG
pie of this section to put their bes
display forward at the coming Capita
State Fair. We want to see the in
terest grow annually, SO that thre'
years ! &c, in 1886. we may assume
totlsd a semi-centennial exposition
creditable not only to Texas, but tC
the entire South and West.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

previous trouble and quarreled as
they forded the river. When they
landed they Immediately engaged in a
fight, using rocks and pocket knives.
w. II. Garrett was struck on the
head, his skull being fractured, but
death did not occur until to-day.
Turner was cut in eleven places by
John and Henry Garrett, and may die.
The jury of inquest over the body of
w. III. Garrett returned a verdict that
deceased came to his death by frac-
ture of the skull by some sharp
pointed substance, from the hands Of
j. NJ. Turner, or from fall from the
wagon in which he rode Henry and
John Garrett, who were concerned in
the difficulty have left for part, an-
known, probably to await develop
ments in Turner's condition. w. II.
Garrett, at the time of his death was
under Indictment for arson in this
county.
No rain since July. The weather
is hot and dry.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
RELIGIOUS NOTES AND CHURCH
CHIMES,

The American Bible Society has
received letters from Constantinople
indicating disposition on the part of
the Turkish government to Withdraw
Its objections to the distribution of
the scriptures.
1t IS said that at a large and fash
lonable Fifth avenue church, on re-
cent Sunday morning, there were ex-
actly seventeen persons present. The
people had apparently initiated the
pastor and were off on their vacation.
The national council of Congre-
gatlonal churches of the United
States will be held in Concord, n. H.,
beginning October 1, and continue
about a week. They will be enter
tanned by the North and South Con-
gregatlonal churches, which unite in
inviting the organization to Concord.
Minneapolis has 100000 people and
nine Congregational churches. OF
this the CongregationaliSt says: "Only
tive cities in the Union have larger
number than this, viz: Boston, 26:
Brooklyn, IL; New Haven, 10; Chica-
go. II; Cleveland, 10; Worcester, Port
land and Hartford each have 8.
Bishop Borgess. has forbidden the
Roman Catholic churches of Michigan
to raise any money by raffies, fairs, cX-
curSiOns, or balls. The first conse-
quence of this is the leSsening of the
incomes of several charitable institu-
tlons, and he has ordered an assess
ment on his diocese to make up de-
felt of $500.
a successful form of evangelization
in France is the bible carriage move
ment. NJ. Pointet, in a vehicle suit
ably furnished with religious reading,
has itinerated in not less than ten de-
partments of the republic, selling
bibles and tracts and using his car
rage as pulpit from which to preach.
The chief opposition is in the vicinity
of Paris.
Through the effort of Mrs. Martha
Riggs Morris, about $500 have been
raised toward erecting home for girls
of the Dakota tribe of Indians, at Sis
seton agency, Dakota. The object of
the home is to teach them the princi-
pies of Christianity, the ordinary
branches of study and practical house
keeping. The sum raised is almost
one-half the amount needed for the
enterprise.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Parkhurst says that the
profits from the sale of the Moody
and Sankey hymn-book, are not far
from 100000, and that the whole of
this vast sum has been used for be-
neVolent purposes. The Y. M. G. A.
of Chicago has received 100000.
Other associations throughout the
country have received large gifts.
The Chicago avenue church has re-
ceived $4,000. None of the money
has been used for the personal COM
fort of either Mr.. Moody or Mr.. San
kew.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

bit, and to cross each other in your
hand, the off side one resting on your
| first finger, the other on the fourth
finger, the back of the hand upward,
Now, in guiding the horse, you have
only to use the wrist joint, which will
direct him either right or left, as you
wish. Keep your hand steady, with
gentle pressure on the bit-no jerk
ing or switching of the reinS. If
more speed is wanted, take the whip
in your right hand, to be gently used
for that purpose; be careful not to
apply it any harder than is necessary
to bring him up to the required speed.
Speak to him Soothingly, and init
mate in the most gentle manner what
you want him to do, and he Will try
to do it. So noble an animal should
not be handled roughly nor over
driven.
When you return have the harness
removed at once. and the horse rubbed
down with wisp of straw or
hay. Give him a bite of straw or hay,
and let him cool off before being
watered or fed. Every one who
handles horse, or has anything to do
with one, should in the first place cul-
tiVate his acquaintance; let him know
that you are his friend, and prove it to
him by your kind treatment; he needs
this to inspire confidence. and when
that is gained he is your humble SER
want.
If your horse gets frightened at any
unusual sight or noise, do not whip
him, for if you do he will connect the
whippingiwith the object that alarmed
him, and be afraid of it ever after
II he merely SHES at an object, give
him time to examine it which, with
some encouraging words from the
driver, will pursuade him to pass it.
You get frightened, too, sometimes,
and would not like to be whipped
it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
PROHIBITION In KANSAS.

The public has been watching the
effect of a Kansas law, to understand
the value of prohibitory legislation.
1t is said the election of Mr.. Click. as
governor, was equivalent to decla-
ration that the people of Kansas are
not satisfied with the prohibitory
liquor amendment, and it is demand
ed that the question be recommitted
to the people. Governor st. John was
the pioneer of prohibition in Kansas,
and to his efforts was greatly due the
adoption of the amendment. When
the amendment became unpopular,
and it was found that prohibition was
a practical failure, the people of Kan
sas turned the champion Of prohibit
ton out of office, and put in his
place a German Democrat, who,
of course. favors liberal license
system. But the lncon-
sistencie5 Of politics are shown in the
fact that the legislature, which was
expected to present the proposition to
the people, will fail to submit the
question and the prohibition amend
ment to the states constitution will be
apt to remain in force. 1t is urged
that it would have been much more
to the purpose had the people of Kan
sas chosen legislature to carry out
their purpose when they were elect
ing a governor. Gov. Click is bound
to execute the prohibitory laws, and
he doubtless does execute them as
faithfully as Gov. st. John would have
done. So thelpeople of Kansas have
gained nothing by this victory. They
have feebly avenged themselves on
Gov. st. John for persuading them to
adopt the amendment, and they have
with amusing inconsistency elected a
legislature that refuses to take
the preliminary steps for its
repeal. The practical result is COM
promise of the kind so frequent in
the history of such legislation. While
the prohibitionists will rejoice in their
barren amendment, the opponents of
prohibition will have their whisky
and beer. Successive legislatures Will
refuse To submit the question
of repeal to the people, and the pro-
hibitory laws will fall with each year
into greater contempt, until their re-
peal will become matter of indif-
ference. The mischievous tendency
of this is to loosen the restraint of all
laws when people frevolously impose
upon themselves enactments which
they do not mean to obey or to enforce.
AS a contemporary, in discussing the
adoption of prohibitory statutes,
says: When a solemn provision in the
organic law is trampled upon with i'm
punity other laws are likely to be
treated in the same way. In matters
Of this kind the masses of men do not
make nice distinctions. By popular
vote the majority of the people of
Kansas declared that they wanted a
law to prohibit the minority in the
state from indulging social taste for
beer. By a subsequent vote the ma
jority have plainly indicated that they
made mistake in adopting the pro-
hibitory amendment. But they erred
again in electing legislature that
would do nothing. Thus the prohibit
tionists have their amendment and
the beer men of Kansas their beer; and
the authority of law is being laughed
at all over the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE Canadian Pacific railway is
now completed about one thousand
miles west Of Winnipeg, and 141O west
of Lake Superior. The road has been
building at the rate of one hundred
miles per month, but this rate will be
decreased in mountain construction
so as to amount to about two or two
and half miles per day. In Novem-
Der the summit of the Rocky Noun
tains will be crossed. and the road will
be completed and trains running from
ocean to ocean in two years from the
present month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

SAM HING, the richest Chinaman
in America, is said to be worth al
ready 100000. 1t is stated that he
is now supplying the Mexican and
Texas railways with 10000 Chinese
laborers, and each one pays him 81
per month for keeping them in labor
Besides this he is paid bonus on job
work obtained through him. In this
way he is making about half million
annually.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
1t Do Seem.
TnalIas Times y

Waco, the center of gravity for
cranks and curious specimens of Gu-
manity in general, comes to the front
again. Yesterday the people of the
Methodist persuasion of that burg
listened to Brother j. K. Streets
farewell to orthodoxy. For some
time the reverned gentle
man has been unable to swallow the
Bible as he would sugar-coated pill,
and the difficulty of deglutition in
tensified with the flight of time, and
yesterday he withdrew from the
church. Rev. Shaw runs the
Independent Pulpit, but Streets
Monthly will now be the
most independent. The ten
dency of all progressive newspapers is
towards Independentism, and it seems
that the tendency of progressive per-
sons is in the same direction. 1t does
seem that a man has to forsake his
God before he can engage in INDIE
pendent journalism.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
SHouLp the goYernment nav to the

k7HHO Q I'D WIZ . 70 u 1111OI1V PttJ % OhHO
negro depositors of the Freedman's
bank, out of which they were cheated
by set of swindlers, the monies
stolen from them, it looks as though
the Southern slave holders ought to be
paid for their losses. When the debts
of private swindlers are assumed by
the government, the door is opened,
most certainly, for the payment of any
sort of losses. The Freedman's bank
was in no manner related to the gov
eminent, though the same sort of ras-
Gals were robbing both the govern.
ment and the negroes. Is it proposed
that the people shall settle the defal-
cations of all rogues and villains?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE story of the pension lobbyist,
Fitzgerald, is very interesting. as well
as disgraceful. The publication of
the facts in the case was probably not
necessary to enlighten Commissioner
Dudles.S lie has had abundant OPP
portunity to find out the kind of man
Fitzgerald is. Unless something is
very soon done it will be suspected
that Fitzgerald is greater than the
pension bureau and capable Of con-
sidering how he shall dispose of it
rather than allowing it to determine
how 1t shall dispose of him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

On the 9Th day Of September a
golden spike will be driven in the
last rail of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, thus completing the third line
of railway communication across the
American continent. The line is
practically finished already and con-
-struction trains are running over it,
although the connection was made by
a switch, leaving a few rails on the
main line to be laid on the day of the
formal opening.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

MEXICO is seeking prominence In
the silk manufacturing industry
among her other enterprises. The
Mexican Industrial society has been
organized to cultivate the mulberry
tree and to promote the raising of silk
worms in different localities. Tween
ty more establishments for providing
raw material are to be established and
silk mill built "with all the latest
improvements" The subsidy amounts
to $1,000 for ten years to each of the
twenty establishments, and 5000 be-
sides the land, "to all colonies estab-
lished to assist in this industry"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
SAN ANTONIO.
Especial to The statesman.1

ISpeclal TO The Statesman.I
SAN ANTONIO, September IA
new German social club has been
formed.
Miss McNutt, guest at a hotel
mere had an epileptic fit on the street
called. W.
A negro farmer was robbed of $3.50
in gold last night.
Insurance adjusters are arriving to
ADJUST claims of the Hugo & Schmelt-
ger fire.
Two horse thieves, Littleton and
Mll!lgan, have been arrested by rang
ers in La Sale county.
A stock of $4,000 was subscribed
by our citizens to-day for the new
railroad.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

Mr.. JOHN SHERMAN says: "Ohio
has lost S30O00,O00 in the last thirty
years by refusing to tax the liquor
traffic" For over twenty years of
that thirty the state legislature was
in the hands of the Republicans, and
as the governor has no veto power,
Sherman's party could have taxed, re-
taxed and double taxed the traffic
whenever it felt inclined. Why
didn't it9
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE July-AugustC Crop Report, pub.
lished by the state board of agricul-
ture of Ohio, maintains that the short
age on the wheat crop for the whole
country will be 12O,O00O0O bushels. as
compared with the crop of 1862. In
other words, that the crop will be
fully as short as in 1881, and conse-
quently prices full as high.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
RAsTROP.
Especial to The statesman. l

BAsTRoP, September "A fatal
difficulty occurred opposite Bastrop
across the river, Saturday evening, in
which w. H. Garrett, a renter on B
G. Duval's farm, was killed, and j
NJ. Turner, renter on Mark Young's
farm, was severely cut. Turner is
now lying in precarious condition.
He and the Garrett boys had some
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

IF IN time Queen Victoria's "go-
ings on" over the death of John
Brown will come to an end, as her
knee has gotten well at last, the En-.
glish nation may rest in peace once
more, and the outside world cease
laughing at royal freaks.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
A CoNFERENCE of anti-Bourbons is

A CONFERENCE of anti-Bourbons is
what they call a meeting held be-
tween Malone, Longstreet, Chalmers
and Gorham in Washington few
days ago. Since "anti-Bourbon"
means anti-decent government and a
descent upon the public treasures OF
the South, it may be expected that
almost all the good people of the
Southern States will be Bourbon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
TYLER.
Especial to The Statesman.

Especial to The Statesman.
TYLER, September 3.-At las this
afternoon, as engine No. rs on the
International and Great Northern
railroad was making the Texas and
st. Louis crossing, the pilot struck
the cross-rail and derailed the engine
and the forward trucks of the tender.
Two feet further and it would have
turned the engine, making a serious
wreck. The local passenger on the
Texas and st. Louis railroad was de-
layed for more than an hour, in con-
sequence of the crossing being block
ed in the meanwhile.
II. G. Hail was fined to-day in the
county court the sum of 800, for SELL
ing liquors on election day at Winona,
this county, July 3.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

THE San Francisco Wasp stings the
public as follows: "To say that the
extra money which protection COM
pels the whole people to pay for these
things does not go directly into the
pockets of the few hundreds that pro-
duce them is to be a ghostly fool, va.
grant in the moon-gilded fens and
; frosted morasses of irreclaimahle
error and impenitent nonsense" The
business end Of the Wasp, it is OBJ
served. is evidently in good working
order
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

DAVENPORT, Ia, elects a Demo-
cratic mayor. The city is usually Re-
publican, and this surprise is explained
by disaffection in the party owing to
the prohibition plank in the platform
of the recent Republican convention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

SHOULD the Asiatic cholera, in
reality, have appeared in Wisconsin,
there will be regular stampede OF
pleasure seekers in this direction, and
should the disease reported be this
fatal malady it proves what we said
some time ago, that its presence is tc
be accounted for sometimes only OF
the ground that the disease germ
travels vast distances in currents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

MALONE is reported to be in dis
pair, and he is more desperate be-
cause of the absence of the president
and the chiefs of the departments.
There is nobody in Washington
through whom he can enforce his
trades with the administration. 1t is
pretty generally conceded that his
DAYS are numbered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
BRENNAN.
Especial to The Statesman. /

BRENNAN, September 3.-The dis
trict court opened to-day. The grand
jury was ernpannelled. Seventeen
prisoners are in Jail, twelve of whom
are charged with murder.
Sallie Gentry, negro woman liv-
ing near the line of Washington and
Lee counties, was murdered last Sun
day week with case knife. On Fri
day her body was found in a water
hole in Cedar creek. A negro man
was caught and stretched little. He
confessed the crime and was taken to
the Lee county jail.
The public schools opened to-day
with a large attendance.