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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

II. Ketchum teaches school for the
good people of Wallace creek, and IN
order to keep posted ON local affairs
he subscribed for the News, just lik,
all good men ought to do
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

Tho boys continue to fsh, but theil
success is far from satisfactory.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

Building material of every eharac-
ter Mt the lowest possible prices ia sup
piled by the cold reliable" firm OF
Cameron & Co, Lanpasas. See theiI
immense stock and get prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

Risien keeps busy on the waterworks
and in short time many of our citi-
Gems will be supplied with an abundance
of nature's couling beverage ut their
doors.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

ha use, halves, akiuning knlvsa ana
e-''D~ Anl'ee as Joes, clasks.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21
sell Humber umt further notice at 9 per huNdred.

1t ia generally believed that tho
Santa Fe railway management has
abandoned the project .of building
their rond on the nnt't side of the
river and that they wIlipkc the most
sensible and practical rente-viz; cross
ing the Colorado at or nrar the mouth
of the San Saba, thencc'up the river TO
san Snha town, thence up said river
via Brady aud On westward to San
Angelo This is II practical route, and
it is positively asserted by those who
are familiar with the Territory that
there are no distractions in the way
and that the route is an admirable ono
over which to construct road, This
route would give the road control of a
vast territory which is NOW tributary
to other ronds ann Wa Id de-, elnp a
coutry rich in hidden resources which
would eventually rival the best cuun.
try through which road las ever been
built. There is no reason why this
route should not be taken nnd We be-
lievo it will he chosen by the manager
of the road when they once understand
the practicabiit, of the route and the
nature of the country through which
tho toad ould pass.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

Rev. j. A. King of Mason was in
town Wednesday.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1885-03-21

The Odd Fellows are making exten-
Acknowledgements for the ohservation oi
their natal day, April27 1885. Follow.
ing are the namesof the committeeman
who have charge of tho of the matter;
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS. u. j.
Stockbridge, John Seiders, E.M.Hognn
john l.. Walters aud c. Winrow
On INVITATION 5. b. Inward. G
w. Walters aud c. psBeaty.
To PROCURE GROUNDS VIVID An.
RANGE THE SAME Jos NJ Harkey
II. n. Austin. G. d Allen, II Hnldeu
and ID. C.. Woods.
on TRANsPoHTAnoN.-B. f. Cox
NJ. II. Johnson and W D Austin.
On MusIoand PRlNTiNG &C. p. Beatty
Johu T Walters aud Jas f. Brown
TO PRoouRE ORATORS A B HAY
worth, W. A. Wilson and G W. Wal
ters.
MARSHALL OF THE DAY. t. NJ
Hogan.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
HORSE NOTES.

Iowa has over ninety-one thousand
horses, or one horse for every ten
persons.
Fixed stakes are to be prominent
feature at the Brighton Beach race
course next season. Nine are now
announced for the June meeting.
Brighton gave $181 $3.50 added money
last year, over $4,000 more than any
of the other great rae s assocl-
ations.
The sudden and severe changes in
the weather this winter cannot but
have an effect on the health of the
horses. While it requires watching
to keep them comfortable in moderate
weather, it would seem almost i'm
possible to do so when the change
from warm to cold weather has been
as sudden as at times during the past
few months.
The blacksmith who does not keep
up with the Developments of science
in regard to shoeing. horses, will find
his trade growingless every year, as
horse owners are awakening to the
fact more fully that shoeing must be
done on scientific principles, II done
the most effectively. When horse
owners realize the fact that they are
the losers by improper shoeing, they
should see TO it that the man who
does their work is capable of doing
it as 1t should be done.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
a Mental sIaIady and hts Remedy.

A man of high intelligence, well ed
ucated, and of vigorous understand
ing in most things, was nevertheless
given to the practice of self-torment-
ing III regard to the state of his
health. He was fairly robust, ate ana
drank well, slept easily, walked with
remarkable energy, was capable OF
severe and long-SuStained mental Ia
Dor and of much physical exertlon.
Unluckily for himself, he began to
study domestic medicine, and straight
way too active imagination led him
to stimulate in his own case the Symp-
toms of almost every disease he had
happened to read of. He was apo
plectic, paraylitic, rheumatic; he had
heart disease; his lungs were affected
his liver was congeSted; govt threat
ened him; his vision became enfeebled
obscure sensations alarmed him as to
the state of his brain; fevers OF one
kind or another were perpetually
Matching in his system. The mans
life became a misery and burden
to him; he half killed himself with
terror, and nearly succeeded in get
ting poisoned by a succession OF
varied and opposing remedies.
1t last he was cured. Reading
the symptoms of condition from
which it is physiologicaliy impossible
that men should recover, he found
to his horror that each particular
symptom was distinctly marked In
his own case. He went oyel
the ground again and again; each re
newed examination only served t(
bring out the symptoms with more
alarming distinctness. Then th'
affair became too ludicrous; a heart,
fit of laughter dissipated not onl.
that ailment, but all the rest. the SUI
farar WAS cured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
FIGHTING SOLONS.
A couple of Members OF the LegislS
ture Rave Row.

A couple of Members OF the Legfsla
ture Rave a Row.
A number of members of the Leg
islature were seated in Billions Res
taurant last night, eating supper
Presently another member, Mr.. Merri-
weather, of Frio County, came in and
took a seat close to his brother Solons.
He had a stick in his hand with which
he kept tapping DR.. Camp, the men,
Der from Limestone. To this the
gentleman at first paid no at
tention, but finally objected, after the
annoyance was continued, Merri-
weather, was said to be drinking,
and seemingly ripe for row. AT last
some emphatic words passed and a
fight was only prevented through the
intervention of friends. The diff
Guilty was. however, renewed on the
sidewalk not long after, and, flourish
ing their walking canes both the gen
tlemen made at each other, Speaker
Upton in endeavoring to act as peace
maker caught one of the blows--a
sorry reward for mis- benevolent inten-
tions. Then others again interfered
and the row was stopped for the
night,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
HOME. FARM AND RANCH.
TOULTRY.


Feed chicks as early in the morn
ing and as late in the evening as
possible.
One cock may be used in the barn.
yard two years to good advantage.
Curds and Germ meal mixed make
a good food for ducks.
Milk and whey is a coed food for
chickens, young or old.
In crossing chickens between
large and a small breed, use hens OF
the large breed.
Whole grain fed to fowls at night
is .digested; fed them by day IL goes
to fat instead of eggs.
Take sitting hens off the nest early
in the morning and feed them apart
from other chickens.
A hen has seen her best laying days
when she has completed her second
year.
When signs of sickness in your
fowl-yard appear, give one teaspoon
full of blue anthony in two quarts
of bran, twice week.
If chicks are troubled with vermin,
place flowers of sulphur in tin box
with perforated top, and dust little
under each wing.
1.-THE weather is warm, take the
mother from the chicks when they
are five or six weeks old. Wean the
chicks; budding under the mother
only increases their heat and breeds
vermin'
One of the funny things is if you
cross two breeds of non-sitters, the
results will do little but sit. They
would wear out even white door
knob.
Unless you have wide range, don't
try to raise turkeys. When confined
in yard, it is claimed that it will re-
uuire as much food to bring one tur-
key to maturity as will make forty
pounds of pork.
II eggs are wanted in winter, select
early Matched pullets of laying breeds,
and give them warm quarters, clean
perches, sufficient water (not too
cold), and feed in the morning of
corn-meal and wheat middlings, wet
up with milk. Feed meat scraps
daily, and keep good shells broken
fine, and plenty of gravel within
reach of the fowls. at noon feed
corn, buekwheat, ETC., scattered
among chaff; clover hay, or oats In
the bundle, may be given frequently
for the fowls to pick at.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
rick douglass has 100000 and lives in

trick Douglass has 5 100000. and lives in
and owns a house opposite Washing
ton formerly owned by man who so
hated the blacks that he refused to
sell anything to one of them. John
r. Cooke. tax-collector of the District
of Columbia, himself pays taxes on
100000. John NJ. Langston, United
States Minister to Haytl, has $4,000.
John Lynch, of Mississippi, who pre-
sided so ably at the Chicago Conven-
ton last summer, is very wealthy, So
is Congressman Small, DR.. Gloster
left 100000 when he died, and
has a son-in-law worth $4,000, be
sides four-story drug store in New
York. John X. Lewis, OF Boston,
makes the clothes of the Beacon Hill
dudes, and did business last year OF
OO,OO0 He was once slave and
ragged and barefo0ted, followed Sher-
man and his troops in their march
to the sea. Cincinnati has colored
furniture dealer whose check is good
any day for 100000, although twenty
FIVE years ago he was a Kentucky
slave. The late Robert Gordon, of
Cincinnati, owned thirty four-story
residences at the time of his death.
One day he entered Queen City
bank and asked for government
bonds. The cashier did not know
him, and when he handed out his
check for $4,000 the cashier appealed
in establishment to the president o.
the bank. "Give him the bonds" said
the latter, "hIs check is good for three
times that" San Francisco has fiji
teen colored men assessed above
$4,000 each. Detroit has colored
druggist with a big store on, Wood
ward Avenue. Jones, of Chicago, is
worth half million. add Buffalo has
several negroes who pay taxes on
$4,000 each. Robertson, of st. Louis,
who lately died, owned barber shop
whose fittings cost $4,000 and was
acknowledged to be the finest in the
world,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
Ancient Pipes In ireland.


Small tobacco pipes of an ancient
form are frequently found in Ireland
on digging or blowing up the groud,
particularly in the vicinity of those
circular intrenchments called Danish
forts, which were most probably the
villages or settlements of the native
Irish. In the first volume Of the
"Anthologia Hibernica" there is
print of one which was found at
Bannockstown, County Kildare, stick
ing between the teeth of human
skull, and it is accompanied by a pa
per which goes to prove that the
Northern, nations of Europe were
acquainted with tobacco. or an herb
of similar properties, and that they
smoked it through small tubes-of
course, long before the existence of
America was known. The argu-
ments in favor of the antiquity of
smoking receive additional support
from the discovery of several small
clay pipes in the hull of ship found
some years since, when excavating at
DaQtZiG
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
OLD MEN FOR COUNCIL.
Yang Wen for War.

San Antonio Express.
The recent disgraceful scenes in the
State Senate have aroused the fears of
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN, and 1t
wants a Constitutional Amendment
preventing men from serving in the
capacity OF lawmakers until they are
old enough to have acquired expert
ence in life, hardened their reasoning
faculties, and had their blood re-
duced to safe temperature.
In other wof,fE, THE STATESMAN
wants a cons.i1t'I3nal requirement of
40 years of age Ia The lower, and 45
for the upper house of the Legisla-
ture. The idea isa good one, especial
ly as it would prevent the practice so
often INDUCED in by communities of
electing young MEN to the Legisla-
ture, not because of any ability or
qualifications they may possess for
making a good representative, but
just to "give the young man boost"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
How to get Rich.

Nothing is more easy than to grow
rich. 1t is only to trust nobody, to
befriend none, to get everything and
save everything you get, to stint our
selves and everybody belonging to us,
to be the friend of no man and have
no man for our friend. to heap
interest upon interest, cent upon cent,
to be mean, miserable and despised
for some twenty or thirty years, and
riches will come to US as sure as dis
ease and disappointment. And when
pretty nearly enough wealth is col
lected by disregard of all the chari-
ties of the human heart, and at the ex-
pense of every enjoyment save that
of wallowlng in filthy meanness,
death comes to finish the work, the
body is buried in hole and the heirs
dance over it, and the spirit goes
where
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26

required by their charters, passed to
third reading.
The crop mortgage Till passed. 1t
is House bill amending article 197 Of
the Penal Code.
Substitute House bill 2IS, giving
sheriffs more clearly the benefits and
protection of indemnity bonds of
plaintiffs in cases Of seizures of prop
erty. Passed.
Senate bill 235 relative to terms of
county courts passed with slight
amendments to third reading.
Senate bill 157, amending the law of
eScheat passed final reading.
Substitute House bill granting Car
los p. Huntington, assignee of w. s.
Jones claim for Galveston bay flats,
opposite Virginia Point, right Of way
across the flats for a railroad and
Wharves was considered. The pro-
posed grant excludes right to charge
wharfage, or use more of the flats
than is necessary, so that other enter.
priseS may have corresponding privi-
leges.
The bill was indefinitely postponed.
One objection to the bill was that the
80 days notice OF application to the
Legislature had not been given by
Huntington.
Mr.. Cavitt offered the following:
Whereas, The sad intelligence has
just been received that the Hon. Geo.
Meriwether, a distinguished member
of the Eighteenth Legislature, was
killed yesterday at Goliad, be it
Resolved, That the State and coun-
try has lost Il coed, valiant and patri-
otto citizen; that the coincidence and
Sympstby of this house is hereby eX-
tended to the Hon. Th0S. MeriWether,
of the Nineteenth Legislature, and
other relatives of the deceased in this
hour of their bereavement.
Adopted hy rising vote.
Senate amendments to House bill
amending section Is of judicial act
were concurred in,
Senate bill creating Webb county
land district passed.
Senate bill creating the Hardeman,
Cottle and Motley Counties land dis
trict, passed.
House bill for relief of Mrs. Sarah
Nichols, widow, for services of her
husband in building the State Land
office, was considered with favorable
report from the committee, md a
minority report signed by Mr.. i ,rnett
against it.
Mr.. Smith, of Travis, spoke in favor
of the majority report, recommending
an appropriation of $1,000.
Mr.. Moore. of Travis, explained that
it was an old claim, to which the
minority repor, objected on the ground
of Limitation. There was no question
of the services having been per-
formed.
Mr. Camp, of Limestone, said he
would suggest simple act to author
ize sueing the State and test the claim
in the courts.
The minority report by Mr.. Barnett
was adop: ed.
House adjourned till 3 o'clock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
GREELEY'S APPETITE.
The Edltor's P,OdigiOua Appetite
for Fruit aud Morning
Journals,

for Fruit aud Morning
Journals.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
"Horace Greeley was agIeat eater;he
didn't care much about the quality,
hut went in for quantity" said John
Schlosser, caterer of the Duquesne
Club.
a. was caterer at the E House
when Greeley lived there. He was .
very queer old man, and good
natnred one. He would sit In his
room. dressed in a dirty old dressing
GOWN. with an old pair of slippers on,
and read the papers early in tho morn
inc. 1t was wonderful the number
of napers he would read and throw
in piles all around the room, and II
anv of them we're lost or taken away
when his room was cleaned up he
would be furious. He was q great
eater of fruits. Nearly eyery day bas-
kets and even barrels OF fruits were
sent TO him. He was very fond OF
pineapples. and some friends sent MN
two or three barrels at time, which
he enioved with great relish.
"WaS he good liver and fond OF
sdelicacies and French cooking? 2"
"Not at all. As long as 8 dish
pleased his taste he never stopped &c
inquire what it was made of. Ii be
wanted q repetition of it he would
saw. Il want some of that you gave me
the other day. and that would end it
lie was an enormous eater. but wa;
too much of a farmer to care to e.
Ito details. Sometimes one of HI
intimates, Mr.. Bardley, the lawyer
would give Mr.. Greeley a dinner. bu
Tsr Greeley never gave him any in re
-tnrn Mr.. Greeley was in bad healtl
then. and L think that MS manner .
eating did not make him an
healthier.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
House of Representatives.

Speaker Foster and quorum pres
ent.
Motion was made to take up
House bill 533, providing for purchase
of two hundred volumes of Reports
of the Court of Appeals. No quorum
voting, a call of the House was de-
the members having gone out.
House refusing to suspend the call,
House bill 562 was taken up, being an
act to amend the act providing for
the more efficient management of the
State penitentiaries. The bill IS
known as the Mckinney bill. 1t
amends sections 1. 2 and 4, and aims
to meet the present constitutional
objection to employing convicts on
public works, suggested by the Gov
ernor. The bill was engrossed.
House bill 1872, allowing county
Judges, clerks of district and county
courts, sheriffs and county treas
urers, necessary stationery and office
furniture, to be paid for out Of the
county treasury on orders of commits
sioner's courts.
Mr.. Moore, of Washington, author
of the bill, spoke in its favor.
Amendment including "for justice
of the peace was adopted and tn
bill was engroSsed.
The court reports bill, (533) was re
sumed and passed.
| Mr.. McGahey asked to take up tn
bill to place Texas exhibits. after tn
Worlds Fair, in charge of Mr.. Crock
EFT, in the Alamo, at San Antonio
House refused.
Mr.. Taylor withdrew his motion c
yesterday to reconsider the AsyluI
bill.
Senate hill 165, amending the la
i relative to condemnation in damage
. for right of way for railroads W;
passed with amendment, applyir
/ where owners of property are "
5 known or. secrete themselves 50 PR
: cess cannot be served on them.
Senate bill 209. for relief of railro;
S companies which, on account of Il
: stringency of the times, have be-
unable to equip their roads fully,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
Let us Protect Democracy,

Paris Free Tongue.
The ringism in the Democratic party
must be rooted out; otherwise, it will
eventually bankrupt the State Gov
eminent and cause a "crevass'' in the
Democratic ranks that it will be i'm
possible to check until after the party
has been drowned out. Laugh at this
if you will, but wait and see. 1t re-
mains for the people to save the DEM
ocratic party from itself by destroying
the dangerous ringism that exists in
its lines. Will they do it?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
BOUND TO STOP IT.
The City Council Takes Steps to
Suppress LaWlessness.

In view of the present disgraceful
condition prevailing in Austin, where
by law and .decency are being trampled
on, and the houses of all classes of Cit
liens invaded night after night by ruff
fans of the vilest sort, his Honor,
Mayor Robertson, thought it his duty
to call a special meeting of the Coun-
Gil. He was right in so doing, for at
juncture like the present, all eyes
were turned on the municipal govern
ment for protection and relief.
The Council was called to order
noon, and the following members
were present: Snyder, Wells, Under
hill, Mas, Croker, Holman, Platt,
Odeil, Brush, Hill. Darlington, War
rem, Schubert and Campbell.
After the call had been read, the
Mayor briefly explained the object of
! the meeting. Councilman Croker
| made motion that fifty special police
men be appointed. He said it would
cost a great deal of money, but the
emergency of the occasion demanded
| the expenditure. All the women in
his neighborhooi were badly scared.
He didn't think the present state Of
things would last more than ten or
| fifteen days.
Alderman Mas didn't think the ap-
pointment of special policemen would
do much good. Things would be
quiet as long as they strved
but when they were dis harged the
outrages would be renewed. He
thought some better plan might be
formulated.
Alderman Brush said, that it die
not matter if the fact of appointing
special policemen was made public
The class of people who commit crime
as a rule, are unable to read. Any
man who was found on the streets al
ter midnight unless, he was able tt
give good account of himself, ough
to be locked up.
Alderman Platt was not opposed tt
the appointment of special men, bu
thought, every citizen should be Will
ing to help guard the city; was Will
, ing to do his share.
Mr.. Underhill thought that two ex
!, ira policemen in each ward, with tn
cooperation OF the citizens would sui
! fice.
Alderman Odell spoke of offer
ing reward to the officer
arr6SLl0g ally parry COHfAOtO
of a burglarious attack. Nj
Platt opposed this, except in case OF
! servant girl who was fortunate enoug
! to shoot her assailant. He was will
. ing to offer $500 reward to the frs
o girl who shot a burglar. daughter
Mr.. Hill then come forward wit
the following ordinances
= Be it ordained by the Council, ths
the Mayor and Aldermen to be az
20 pointed by him, are hereby authorize
o TO take such action as they may dee
y advisable to detect. punish, and SUI
press laWlesSness in the city.
I'd. That tt Mayor, with the adyi
20 and consent of the three councilme
% appoint a special force of policeme
= and detectives, not TO exceed fifty me
and to contract to pay
such services, not to exceed an aggr
If gate of 500 per night.
~ The rules were suspended and t
" ordinance passed without a disser
w ing voice. The Mayor appoint
e :" Messr5. Plat, Hill and Campbell, al
&C together with these gentlemen, a
oS the City Marshal and Sergeant
Is Police retired to consult about t
q exr cution of such measures as TIA
saw fit to adopt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
A New Dodge,

A confidence game which is worked
in Paris necessities the suicide of the
principal operator. He shoots him.
self and falls dead. His "pal' takes
up collection for his family among
the crowd which assemblies. The
scene was enacted and spoiled the
other day in the Rue Pierre Charron.
Some officious person called the police
ambulance before the collection was
concluded, and both corpse and SYM
pathiser were obliged to cut and run
for it, with, the police in hot pur-
Suit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
A Mere Opinion.

Senator Vance, of North Carolina
has been to see Cleveland, and says:
swell. 1 dout know what to make of
him. I've thought of him a good deal.
/ don't know what he is trying to do
unless he Is trying to make a second
George Washington Of himself on 9
small scale"