The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-04
a>vAGER WON.
rx-Gotcrnor sIeS;.> * BETS Upon III. Jsd~-
went aud Is> - a silk pres.

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went aud Ls> - silk Dress
Chatting aeoa, the new History Of Col
orado with the author, Mrs. Hodges, a few
evenings ago, the lady ~, niloned the con,
tribution that Texas hsd n .de towards the
formation OF the s,s,e. asa given number
of square miles.
That ISIS great mis;ake,r q III the ex,
governor. Texas never eohsn buted an
acre 10 IT,"
Equally positive of the research he had
made, Mrs, Hodges Insisted upoa her ,Noint,
AWer much rldicnle aad laughter ~ so
fabulous an assertion, the ex COVER. lor
ske'ehed lln5s ON paper, mapping out the
ulmenSlons OF colorado, and tracing eacll
one thereby, endeavoring to convince his
adversary OF the correctness OF his assertion.
but without success, Tor she held resolntely
TO her hrst statement aud offered 10 proye
II BY indtsputabe authority.
4 WI bet you silk dress against n lead
pencil that am risht and on are wrong. -
said eN Governor McCook.
very wei, was the answer, "but YOU
Will certainly lose the wager"
Ihere was much testing among those
present anu good deal OF curiosity as TO
who should be the winner, which was de-
oided by the following statistics, produced
next day
cEssIoN ny TKxAs.
"CongreSs, by act OF September s, 1850.
made proposals for the cession by lexas Of
her claim To the territory north of latitude
50 degrees, 30 minutes north, west of the
! llSd meridian OF longitude west from
Greenwich, and south OF the thirty.seconl
parallel OF latitude, aud to the Rio Grande
river to the United States Texas was
! In rRllnuulSh nil aluif,,u -. fr.....l
States for any payments or liabilities on tbe
part OF the United States for the property,
ot the republic ot Texas surrendered by tho
sla'e which was turned over to the United
states At the time of the annexation. and
the United states proposed To nay 10 the
state OF Texas $4,000, o0O for such cossipn
( IN Q per cent, tourteeu-ycsr Nonds.
/ November % 1850, the legislature OF the
state accepted, and by proclamation of the
president OF the United States, OF nccom.
/ per lS, lSO, the act Of Cougfpss of Septem.
her ., 1880 was announced TO be operative.
and the coded territory came under the
control Of the United States.
ARIA Ann COST or THE puHCuAsN
The United States obtained this cessian
Tor the public domain (cstimatedl lul ,Ttl1
square miles Of territory being and lying in
the following states aud territories
,..,.,..,..,... square miles
''''t "'N NN'h NRAAVE VI hNhNtlN F.fhN
, In tue southwestern corner VI Colorado lsOOl
III tne eastern portion of tho territory OF
New Mexico ..,.,,. A...... ..... . Ga nOi
In the public land strip north OF the Pan.
hRuulc oil Iexas,. .,..,.f ...,.......... 10 sou
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. I'M 49,
! or d, no $50 acres
over all the above, except the land lyinr
IN the public land strip" and excepting
certain grants therein made by the Spanish
and Mexican authorities, have the public
land laws OF the United States, as to survey
aud disposition, been extended. Ii cost
Principal sum, 5pcr-ceut, li.yeAr
DVhur., .,,.,,. ,t..,,. .s.....4........ ~ OUl on
Interest 10 state Of redemption, ....'.. sNGoN
Act OF February - 1885 .....,....... as 600
Total ,6 ooo on
The United States assumed jurisdiction
at once upon the acceptance by the state OF
Texas OF the terms offered, and has since re.
tained It,"
Since the production OF the above acts OF
congress, eto, which were simply laid he
lore him by Mrs. Hodges, the distinguished
ex-governor and gallant soldier has been Ill
viding his time between the study of tn,
derivation OF territory forming the state o
Colorado and the texture OF the best silk
70 be had in Denver, On the latter point
like tue hirh.toned gentleman he Is, hi
mind Is firmly made up that only the very
best shall be Riven In payment of the sill
dress he lost ON his wager. Il Denver Trih
une.