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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-12-27
A Professional Whittier.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.

William Yoke claims to be the
champion jack-knife artist of the day
although he was born in st Louis
and not Yankeedom. A Post-Dis-
patch reporter heard of this profess
sIonal lacerator of pine sticks and
sought him out. It was not until the
inside of an unused Methodist Church
at Kirkwood, this country, was reach,
ed that Mr. Yoke and his knife were
conered The knife was slashing
cigar-boxes to pieces at railway speed
when the reporter opened up with:
'Are you the man who is making an
automatic worlds fair and st. Louis
Exposition with knife?"
''No, that isn't what [ call it. I am
making what I call the Missouri
Pacific and Strasbury Cathedral
Automatic Wonders, with the Gold
en- Ark of the Covenant. It will con
tain over $4,000 pieces and will have
1, 100 moving and working figures"
all around the gaunt and dismant-
led church were piles Of cigar boxes
and laths and myriads of nicely
carved pieces Of wood, apparently
portions of models of buildings. The
whittier was a small man, with keen
eyes and ready tongue, and about a2s
years Of age. In the course of an
hours conversation he said in sub
stance: II din't know that I was
anything extra of whittier until
about 1869, when in a snail way
made some models. [ was in Texas
working a millwrighting. The first
large piece [ ever made was a model
of a Bermuda Castle. Afterward
made Calmoral Castle, Bingen Cas-
tie, Miramar Castle, the Steamer
Bristol, Solomon's Temple, and the
Texas State Capitol at Austin. Solo
mons Temple contained 22, 1868 pieces,
and had 1869 windows. It is now
on exhibition in Texas The Austin
Capitol Building So, 044 pieces and
Sol moving people. Every room and
department in the building was given,
with all the officers and Legislators.
Everybody was represented, down to
the man saving wood in the base
ment for the furnaces. All the figures
were moved by a wooden engine,
which was run by sand falling on an
Overshot WI eel. [ made this piece at
odd moments in 1880.
Il have just hired this church and
begun steady work I shall sleep and
eat in this church until about May 1,
next. The material! Yes, it takes
considerable [ have already used
up 967 cigar boxes and 800 laths. It
will take in all /, 800 cigar boxes. 500
laths, and 500 feet of lumber. The
cigar boxes I get for one cent each.
[ used no tools except my knife"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
Notice to Property owners.
CITY COLLECTORS OFFICE, I
san Antonio, August z. 1891

T. Tee
san Antonio, August Z, 1883.
TIVE STATE OF TEXAS,
County Of Bexdr. ( whereas certain mar
ties owning property In the City OF san Anto-
MO nave tailed TO construct their sidewHlk-,
after due notice given, rs required by section
OF An Ordinance Regulating & ,nstriIptiOn of
Sidewalks and the city having constructed
said sidewalks as iequired by Section Ut snid
ordinance, and the Mayor having certified to
me the below mentioned amounts Tor cOllec.
ton,
Therefore, |. F. c. Hauesen, Tax Collector of
sail city, m CcIriance wi h Sect ~ q of said
ordinance. du hereby notify the below m, H.
TONED property owner to come forward with
In % daist ON date OF this notice ana my the
amount = opposite each respective Name 10.
gether with Hucrutngu'st
III not paid within said time, am required
uy Seol ton 10 Of sal ordinance to levy aud . II
80 much ni said pr perry as may be- necessary
u satisfy tue Gust OF construction aud col &C.
lion. II. Z. HAUElsEN, City Collector.
sos o. '''' ''1' VI D"yor "'onu''
Mrs, Catherine Weber west side of Aoequia
street, ~ ~.
Mira. Jane A. Wheat, west side of Acequia
street, S5J %.
Mrs. g Maru"heau, west side OF AoequIa
street, Sl26 W.
Estate Of Mrs. NJ 'nchacca do Bustillo, east
SID OF soledad street, S9i H.
John +. Camp, west side south Flores street,
Slo5 81.
Richard Riley, west side South Flores street,
san Antonio Ice Company, west side OF
LosoSa street, ASi5 ~. aug7' H-E-sep6
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

From the Burlington Hawkeye.
Barnum says he is going to get white ele-
plant away from Siam or perish, vicariously
in the attempt. Why should he 60 to Siam
Here's Sammy Tilden, with clear bill OF
health from DR.. Waltersrn, warranted sound
IN wind, limb, and condition, and an elephant
upon the hands OF the other Barr um. Why
can't the own aud only P T." take Samm,
lie isn't naturally very white, but then he's
been whitewashed so oien that he is sickhcd
Ger with the pale hue OF investigation, and is
plenty white enough for pale brown ele.
plant
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

The Salt Lake Tribune says THE whole
Mormon question, when stripped Of cant,
means thst there is a thoroughly disciplined
organization here, which is determined to defy
all laws that do not suit il; to persist in the
custom which is abhorrent alike 10 science
and decency, and to cover with the 81 me Of
abuse and SANDER the name Of every man who
raises his voice in protest against it 1t ought
to be plain to the c. M rehension Of the dullest
Norman brain that this position will have to
be receeded from after while or a collision
with the Governm, Mt will be inevitable. viii
there ever be a time when a retreat will be
easier than now 2"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

EX-GOVERNOR PEAsE died at his home in
Lampasas, after a brief illness, on Sunday
last. He was long identified with public af-
fairs in Texas and held many positions q
honor and trust. He was elected Governor
of the State in 1858, and was reelected in
1855. The Galveston News, in speaking Of
hls life, says: "Pers ,nally he had lew or no
enemies, and the prejudice he incurred by his
course after the war was rather fee ing Of
surprise and regret than Of hostility. lie mar
RED in Connec icut about the year 1850, and
leaves a vile and one daughter to lament the
close Of his long and well spent life. lie
served Texas faithfully in all the offices she
bestowed upon him, and his memory will be
cherished as that Of one among the purest
patriots Of the country when the p litcal fault
imputed 10 his later career shall have been
forgotten. No one ever suspected the purity
of his motives, the sincerity OF his convictions,
or the irankness with which he expressed
hem"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

"THs Lourger' in the Fort Worth Gazette
speaking OF the Louisville exposition and the
large number of Texans who are visiting it,
says: Il could not help but think how humil-
lated they must be ~heL walking through the
main hall and viewing the products Of eom.
merce art and agriculture e hibited by various
5 ates, TO think that Texas, the greatest and
wealthest Of them all, has no place among
them. And this too with a much larger cash
balance in her Treasury than any one among
them. The failure Of the ruiabaga Leg la
ture to have this State properly represented
visa great mistake, and one that should never
be repeated. there is such thing as States
as well as individuals becoming penny wise
and pound foolish, and am Of the opinion
this is one Of the occasions"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
Advice to Hungry Democrats.

From the Wheeling lnto lig,ncer.
1.-THE Democratic party is hungry and wants
to be fed, the proper thing is to call around at
the kitchen door and politely ask to have its
b sket filed. THIS thing OF sloshine around
with croNbars waiting r chance to be k IN
S unseemly, and 1t is Likely TO attract the at
teution OF the police.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

y "NE PnIoE-No DEVIATION.

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subscription except upon presentation OF a
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THOMAS II. JOHNSON.
Business Manager.
Entered at postofncc at San Antonio, Texas.
n D
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

TIVE Washington Republican says; "Mojor
WATSON, the dtfaulting Paymasier, who is
now serving out term Of imprisonment in
the Kansas state penitentiary, was a member
Of the Army Mutual Aid ass, citation at the
time Of his defaleation and had paid his dues
up to January l. 1854 After he had been
sent to the peniteniiary he wrote to the com.
mittee Of the association asking that his fam
lily be allowed all accruing benefits up to the
close Of the year. The committee has con-
sidered the request and refused to grant it,
and have notified him Of their action, coupled
with the statement that his name has been
dropped and the overp,id dues will be cred
tied to the general fund OF the association"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

THE Galveston News says: 1.-The compile
ton Of the gap between Cuero and Gonzales,
on The Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific rail-
wsy, now being actively undertaken, will
give the Huntington or San Antonio railway
system connection to the coast at Indianola,
draining the county from Indianola to Ilar.
wood on a north and south line. The News
learns that the gap rel red to will be laid
With rails and completed within the next 90
days. Il is further learned that eventually
the line Of steamers now running to lndianola
will be wi hdrawn, the terminus Of the CUT,
Western Texas and Pacific rad in that event
being at Victoria, the present int rsection Of
the New York Texas and Mexican railroad.
l, is apparent from this hat the Huntington
syndi,a,e propose to abandon as much pos
slbe its coast steamship srvice, transferring
business 10 its railroad lines wherever practi-
cable"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

The estimate placed upon the Texas cotton
crop his season is only 1 600 600 bales The
d'outh and worms are responsible for the
short crop.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

OK THE authority Of The Pail Mall Gazette
It IS said there are over 400 prsvenuble deaths
10 E gland every week.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

THE LIGHT endorses the Orange Tribune
when it says The Houston Age is the most
modest paper 10 Texas.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

In 1860 the population Of Texas was o.
coo in 1870 it vas SlS COO, in 1880 it reached
l, S97, COO, and the Marlin Ball thinks hat it
will reach 3 600 900 in 1890.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

Mr.. J. S JOHNSON, living near Sulphur
Springs, rails, d I2S bushels Of fine onions of
Of one acre Of grouLd, the total value being
$751; so.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

SAYS Saratoga respondent: "The
heavies, investment in the pools on the Sara.
toga races are made by women. They give
emf llyment on the grand stand to half a
dozen runners. ole betting woman saw,
who was hrght'eyed Young brunette, dressed
In tightly e ting plum colored velvet coat,
with diamonds as large as her eyes 10 each
ear, invested me morning $1,000 on the events
Of The day. She was as cain amidst he ex-
element Of the course as II she we're at the
haberdashefs buying pins and needles, and
seemed 10 understand the business as well as
any luriman on the ground. When she went
TO her carriage the satchel she carried had a
comfortable lining Of bank bills"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

Iris estimated that the telegraphers los,
about $500 COO IN wages during the strike.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

THE Victoria Advocate sees in the proposed
new brewery to be erected in San Antonio an
indication that, aside from articles Of luxury,
the South is fast becoming self sustaining.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
Miscellaneous.
Observation-Disclosures Northern
RAILWAY.
Time Gard, I'm Effect July ~.

Leave San Antonio bound North at 7;45 y.
M. ia:l5 p. tn. and p. IN. Arrive-s;i0 a. M,
1886 y. IN. and p. m. Leave for Laredo Up. m,
arrive from Laredo 7;l5a. M.
Train leaving San Antonio 7;45 a. IN. has
tho famous
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
puaLisHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT
sio EAST COMMERCE STREET.
PRoPRGETORs.

r. EtIyFREp by carriers throughout the city
IL AT ~ Cents Per Week, payable to our
s7eat. Single copies for sale by newsboye At
5 Cents.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

ONE Dan Sully got up a drama which he
called : Picks Bad Boy" whereupon George
Peck author of the bad boy stories, sued out
an Injunction in the United States court, at
Boston, restraining Sully from u.iug the name.
Peck himself is also preparing the plot Of a
play to be known as "Peck's Bad Boy" Now
II some one would sue out writ restraining
both parties from iraieting the rubbish Of tina
kind upon lorg suffering public he will CON
fer favor that will not soon be forgotten.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
TO Movers !
new First-ClaSs Laundry

wo Hon & Co have opened '-cla-s laun-
dry ut HA Housions rect. All clothes done up
In nrs -tlass siNlo. Ia lies aud gentlemen will
leave notice at the laundry and their clothes
III he called for aud delivered NJ N ri notice
Charges reasonable. WO HOP x co.,
s-li.lm lat OF san Francisco
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

THE BRENNAN Banner says: 1.-THE pros
Perity Of Texas is unbounded, this is shown
by the increased valuation of properly
throughout the entire State. It's now est.
mt d hat the assessment this year will ex-
coed that oflast year by about $Ioo, ooo, 600
1t is more Than likely that the State advalorem
tax can be reduced to IS cents and still yield
enough for all state purposes"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

A w'IrER on forestry gives a gem NJ sen.
siAle advice that is peculiarly applicable to
Texas, in the following: Thousands Of men
are toiling This day to lay up wealth for their
children, when il they would invest small
amou. in land and then plant few acres Of
our hest forest trees, their money would grow
into fortune by the time their children had
grown into manhood"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

THREE is an establishment in Green Bay,
Wisconsin, engaged 10 the manufacture Of
wooden shoes. The shoes are cut out Of green
bass wood, smoked and Dried, and sold for
IS cents a pair.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST go. 1888.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

AN EXTRA SESSION Of The Legislature will
no doubt he called to a just the laws in ac-
eordance with the amendments recently
adopted. The expense will be from $40 600
to $50 ooo and the lGHT is of the opinion
that an extra session will in the end prove
beneficial to the people generally.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29

Entered at postofice at san Antonio, Texas
4 sacnnf-Class matter.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-08-29
PULLusN HOTEL CAR

through 10 81. Louis without change. Train
leaving san Antonio at i2:l5 y. m. has Pullman
Palace Sleeping car to Texarkana, where
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Interceding for ODonnel

Secretary Frelinghuysen having
cabled to Minister Lowell to recog-
nize the American citizenship of
O'Donnel, the 1ntercessions in his
behalf will rest upon better ground.
They become the appeals of the
United States in behalf of one of
her own citizens, to whom a fair
trial has not been accorded.
There are good reasons for bes
lieying that the jury misunder-
stood the charge of the judge, and
this has been called 70 the at
tention of Mr.. Gladstone. Yet
the ferooity with which English
ra age and fear demand the death
of O'Donnell shows no sign of
abatement. II is a vengeance
that the English temper demands,
not Justice. It would be SO un-
popular thing for the ministry to
soften the sentence of O'Donpell
that there is very little hope that
he will escape the death penalty.
But America should none the less
stand by the citizen of her adop-
ton to the last extremity, and
protest solemnly against his ju-
dicial murder.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Effects of Restriction in South Car
olina.

Effects of Restriction in South Car
olina.
Charleston News and Courier.
A correspondent aU New York
sends the News and Courier Q re.
port Of conversation had with Mr..
w. P. Clyde, who is well known al
a capitalist who has large invests
ments in. southern railway and
steamship lines. Mr.. Clyde is OF
the opinion that the railroad laws
OF South Carolina and Geo, gis will
cripple the railways in those states.
and check the further investment
of northern capital in railroads aud
other enterprises. The reasons for
this conclusion are given frankly,
and Mr.. Clyde admits that the rail-
roads themselves are to blame for
not having taken steps to place their
views before the public when the
South Carolina law was under con.
sideratlon last session. Nothing
harsh is said about the Legislature
or the Railroad, Commission; but it
is contended that it is beyond hui
man power to provide by legislation
for the thousand and one complex
tiles and vexations Of railroad busi-
ness. and that no commissioners,
could apply the law so as
to make it just and reasonable in its
operations.
The News and Courier has COZ.
sistently supported the railroad
law, and is still hoeefni
that it can be made a projections
to the public without being menscs
to the railroads. 1t seems to us
that the law has been of considers.
BILE advantage to the public, and We
are sure that the railroads need to
be restrained and, in proper degree,
and controlled. But ie
is far from the interests of the pub.
lie to have the railroads threatened
with ruin as it is to have the railx
roads entirely free to play pitch ana
toss with freight and passenger
travel In the State.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
This Seasons Trimnlings.

Pointed trimmings of all kinds
are meeting with marked favor,
and many silk, velvet and satin
pIastrons, revers, panels and
waistcoats for cutaway bodIces
are now in the course OF prepara-
ton to wear combined with ele>
giant evening dresses of a con-
trasting material. Young ladies.
who have taste for it are busily
engaged in painting sprays of
tiny flowers upon yards of three
inch satin ribbons, these to be
caught up in loops. and to droop
in long ends amid the folds Of the
skirt drapery. For fancy and
dancing dress, wide sashes are
decorated to correspond. A more
delicate and still more beautiful
work is that of painting lace. a bit
of artistic occupation requiring
the incest care, the truest eye to
the blending and shading of del
icate colors, and the daintnst and
deftest of fingers.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
UNCLE SAM.
Some Light on his Household Affairs.

Some Light on his Household Affairs.
In his report for the year ended
June 80, 1883, on the foreign COM.
merce of the United States, Mr.. Jos.
Nimmo, chief of the bureau Of sta
tistics, shows that the total value of
the imports and exports Of mer-
chandise during the year amounted
to S1,547, ,O20,3l6, and was larger
than during any previous year IN
the history of the country. The
excess of the value of the exports
over the imports Of merchandise
was $1O0, ,65S, ,4SS, against an excess
of S25, ,9O2.6 the previous year
The commerce with Great Britain
and Ireland constituted nearly 40
per cent. Of the total value of the
foreign commerce. The total duties
collected upon imports were S21O,-
637, ,293, against S216,13S,916 the
preceding year. The value of ag-
ricultural exports during the year
was $e19. 1863 ,439, and of manufac-
tured products Sill, ,S90,001, against
S1O3. 132,4 ,4S1 the preceding year,
being larger than during any pre-.
vious year. The total number OF
immigrants to the United States
during the year was 603, 1872, against
7S5. .992 the preceding year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
Fashions in Outdoor Costumes.

The chill winds from the north
has nee assitated the donning of cons
Portable cold-weather attire, and it
is well just now to have complete
new outdoor costume from head to
foot made of some light woolen
material, which may be worn far
into the winter. Pale neutral hues
look cold upon the promenade, and
the bright warm colors are far
more suitable and becoming, albeit
there is just now tendency toward
the grays and fawns in their many
tones and semi-tones. There are
exhibited this season an almost
endless variety of brilliant and
bright fabrics from which to choose
fabrics not only soft to the touch,
finely woven, novel In design and
stylish in effect, but SO wonderfully
low in price also as to make 1t the
easiest matter in the world for the
most moderately circumstanced
people to present just as good ali
appearance as their rich neighbors
-proyided they can make their own
dresses,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-20
FoRrY-EIGHr CONGRESS.
Some Facts about its Composition
as Compared with the Past.

Baltimore Sun.
The Forty-eighth Congress will
meet on Monday next to organize
and transact the business of a ses-
sion which, from the number OF
Of pressing issues to be brought be-
fore it, is likely to be of unusual
i,.terest. The senate consists of 38
republicans, Sc democrats, and two
readjusters who will vote with the
republicans. The House, of which
the membership was increased by
the last apportionment from 293 to
sS5, will stand: Democrats, 1874;
republicans, lis; readjusters, 5; in
dependents, 4; greenbackers 2; va
cancies, 2. The number of votes
constituting a majority of the house
is 163, but the democratic majority
over all is 63. The distribution of
the democratic strength. which is
greatest in the west and south, Is in
accord with the fact brought out by
the census of 1883 that the centre
of population and power in the
Union is west of the ,Alleghanies
and is moving to the southwest
The preponderating influence, for
merly welded by the eastern, mid
die and south Atlantic states, be-
longs now to-the Mississippi valley,
and the control of the democratic
party-the shaping ofits policy and
the naming Of its presidential can
didates-follows the centre of pop
uIation. Of the 1914 democratic
members of the 4Sth congress the
eastern states sent but 6, the middle
states 81, the south Atlantic states,
including in that group Maryland
and Virginia, 81; the Gulf states,
27; the central western and north
western states Is; the Pacific states,
Z. Excluding Florida from the
number of Gulf states, it will be
found that of the 194 votes cast by
democrats in the congress which
meets next Monday, at least 104
are cast by representatives of the
central, western, north western and
Gulf states, all of which lie for the
most part west of the Allegheny
and if the Z votes of the
Pacific states be added the total is
to Ill. 1t is not surprising
therefore, that the sceptre has de-
parted from "the original thirteen"
states, be the panty in power demo-
cratic or republican.