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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
AUSTIN.


\ Nc~ tlaa,sormastei- iiumor Of a iiig
Land sale Smcided 4 Reign OF Terror.
Special y ii.o Gazette
ArsuN, TEN, oct i3.-Capt. l.. r.
SEEKER qualified to-day as qUurtermaster
of stale troops, Vice John @. Johnson, re-
signed The latter has his bond made NJ
ready To forward TO Washington bat de-
cincs 10 give The names Just yet awhile
The report Of the sale In England of
5000, 600 acrcs OF capitol lands for s25..
O0e,O0 CanSrd much stir aud comment
here to-day. several state officials wcro
interviewed on tho subject, but prufossod
Ignorance OF the Whole matter I, Is he
licNcd by come % be canard, rs no sane
man would give ~ an acre Tor hat land.
c. y Potter Of san Antonio attempted
suicide lurc to-day by the lnudauum routc
hut failed Cause, low inauccs aud gen.
eral desnair
Tho annual statement of tile progress
Of the Fort Worth s Denver railway was
received Rt The comptnllcr's Office fo.dty
but returned Tor correction, the matter
not having been properly arranged
IN cYtnlng paper this evening con
tanned the statement thai when the Negro,
Meek Nigh, suspected of oultnges, WHS
recently arrested by Marshal icr aud de-
ipctNes Fsn Pecan street, they took
him TO secluded place near TIE African
church, put a rope round his
neck and beat and kicked him 20 make
him confess The paper states that the
negro was brought 10 The editors office,
and marks oi violence were sliil on his
back Marshal Lee denies the story and
SAYS Mack resisted arrest and II took
eight men 60 yet him into ian, aud they
were forced 10 use rope nciore they got
him IN The rope was used only To pun
him into jail Mack was not struck or
ill.treatcd In any way Ne was charged
with completely IN Che rape and murder Of
the Rlmio girl.
Gov. Ireland and Secretary OF State
Banes and others have gone ON big
hunt In Bastrop county, also hsh ng
Since the release OF of the negro, Alcck
Mack, there has been regular reign OF
terror among the colored women Of
Austin, aud IL begins TO extend 10 white
ladies rs well. Though the grand jury
found no bill 1t is believed he has been
connected with the Rainie murder Col.
ored women now sleep with hatchots aud
butchcr-knives under their heads. All
developments indicate an organized gang,
like the Lowry gang IN North Carolina,
which will eventually demand Judge
Lynch
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
LIcrlInn ID Omcera.

Ai.W YOEk, Oct i5.--Atam meeting Oh Tho
directors Of tlc New York Lake Eric and
western Railway company to-day the
resignation OF H. s. Bower, ylcc-prosl-
don't, was rendered on account 81 his I'll
health, and was accepted and resolutions
al regret adopted.
Mr.. s.. NJ. Fcti0n, Jr, was elected 70
nrst yice-presidcnt Of the company, and
Mr. Charles pairc, who has Tor some time
been general superintendent Of the New
York, Pennsylvania & ohio railway, WAS
elected second ylce-president. w. NJ.
Clements, who was tor many years gem
erai superintendent o. The Baltimore 3
Ohjo railway,was appointed general super.
inMndent 81 tbe New York, Pennsyl.
yaina & Ohio railway , :. Hammond
was appointed general freight agent u
the New York, Lake Erie & Western rail-
way company, 10 succeed Mr FOLEY ap'
pointed commercial agent
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
The Great Powers Demand the lmme-
date Recall Of the Troops
from East Room-Elec,
King Milan Informs the Powers That
lie Mast Either 60 TO War or
Indicate Ills Throne.
England To- NnmcN nermah TO mdlN.-
rr'-ident Crc,S OF France can.
1idatc TOW Re-iirctlon,


Via Markas beNoetl ,ablr 10 the t'aEctts
l.oNnoN, Oct. 10. The powers have
taken sudden and unexpectedly severe
action With regard TO Prince Alexander,
They have sent him a powmptory com.
muncaton requiring the Immediate r..
call OF the bulgarian troops from East
koom.lleo
Prince AlcSandcr's reply + awaited
With anxiety.
confidence is cNpnsscd that ho Will
glNe way iu view Of the inter hopeless
ness oi action IN opposition 10 the VIII OF
the combined powers hut anarchy and
revolution are threatened.
king Milan has issued notification ta
the powers that II Is his Intention 20 take
personal command OF the operations for
the extension OF his territory
Tho advance parties of the SerNiah
columns ave lntrcnchlng themselves on
the Bulgagian frontier
The hands of rregnlais who crossed
The frontier have returned from an cNtcn.
sive reconnaissance ON the Rulgaran
side, having avoided the bulgarian troops
and met with NO opposition,
The mobilization OF the cntlre Servim
army Is declared 10 be complete, and al
Is IN readiness tor the formal declaration
OF war
The powers husc delegated 10 Austria
che task OF restraining King Milan, Who
Eas hucn nothcd "a the decision arrived
at restoring the statu QUO Ia ,onm.Eleg
Later adNicos state that revolutionary
Jdsing Is fcnrcd ~ bulgaria u The demand
of The powers i complied with,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
An Intriguing consul.

CncrIrA, oct. Is A dispatch from
Mandalay SAYS that NJ Haas, the French
consul, IL ~, aud VIII start on his return
10 Franco tomorrow NJ Haas secured
a valuable concession from King 1hcbnw
for The French company, and Il Is alleged
that bis lnlrlgucs al Burne1 court were
the cause Of the governments arbitrary
action IN the ease Of the Bombay and
Bnrmah corporation, which has resulted
In the present troubles between Burmnll
md the governmental India.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
CLEBURNE.


Personal.
Special 10 the Gazette.
CiEBURNE, TIN, Oct 49, The CONE
mlssioners' court to-day appointed w !"
Combs constable Of Alyaradn, in place of
Mr. Best, who resigned.
Mai, Coon Williams bought ont w. y.
McCrary's interest IN the Empress saloon
aud billiard hall which, has beeu run by
McCmry s Warren. The new Hrn name
will be Warren g. Williams
Mr. J.. a, Patton, prominent lawyer
Of Alyardo, Is OF the ClcDurnr house TO-
night.
@sRipped by the Light Of he
Noon, PLAYED tonight al the opera
house, WIS certainty enjoyed by
our fnnIoying people, aud was deserving
of a better house than they had tonight
business Of an kinds 10 good Ia ouf
city.
Farmers are turning their products
into cash and trade lively.
Cotton IS coming IN brisk and prccsarc
satisfactory.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16

LDNDoS, oct. l5,--LOrd Salisbury ln
o speech Tonight, said ihei NF, Chamber.
laip's proposal, made Ia his recent speech,
would be fatal blow 90 capital aud the
interests d industry 81. Chamber-
iain's statement that the church and
state question wiz moi bc inoOted IN the
next parliament vas without foundation
~ the question was uat seitled " lhT
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
rn,ornhlc 10 Id no.ernmonI.

LIMA, oct, ~. According 10 dispatches
received from Nuacho the hght AZ Cain-
marcn wHs favorable 20 thc government
forces flonz attacked She Oily VIII l01n
men, but was completely repnscd.
The press comments with satisfaction
on the aihcrcncr0i Bolhia % Peru W the
matter 81 Trade route through The Pc
ruyian territory 81 opposition 70 GILLIAN
aspirations Ia ihat direction, a7 shown ly
rejection 70 proposal 10 construct rail.
road from Antoiagasta % Nuanehaca
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
In lEnNnr I'D MOO lrn.le.

loNnoN, Oct. l5.--rhc Liverpool
ohAmhnr Of commerce reports 20 tie royal
commission ON trade dlgte-sluu that tAoro
has been gradual decilnc In trade da,lnu
the past ten years and tnat The number Of
vessels y larrely in excess Of the dv.
maud. The chamber approves og irce
trade and urges foreign countries 20
abandon tho county syStomh adding Gat
u they NtuSe the British government
must hnpuSe duties Gu goods from such
-laANlllrliAN
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
NIolnIon % lhe Il.llM rreal l.onaomne.

q, TIE italian clnbassador presided az
ngrotd ~ condemn The violation ul the
BERTH treaty hy the union ~ Room,khe
and Dulgoru, aud that they appr,ytd Tho
pacific attitude OF Use porte
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
.Inl,n lInll ALnnl ii 1rnh.

LoNpoN, oct H. The trouble between
Burmah and the government OF lndiH Win
probably lend 90 the annexation OF the
former 10 india The matter NAs fes
riously discussed at the Indian Office To.
day. II is believed that sufficient force
viii be semi 20 Mandnlay Ia dcposo King
Thcbaw and annex the country to India
IN order TO prevent future complications
whenever The king Of Burnah wants 20
raise trouble
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
VOL. XII NO. 50.

ueNi, { would be- 10 tie following parlia.
neni ltwould be the creates; conhlct
ln English history.
Aitcr rcternce To the religious nNvs.
ton and % The relations with krancc,
luri salisbury urged his hearers tO show
themselves worthy oi the coming struggle
6cicrr,ng 10 Great nri,ain's ioreisu NJ.
lations, Lord salisbury said Il WAS I'm.
glands policy 10 shuu quarrcls Nhcrc She
IA not concerned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
arr,ln Nm 100 Nm.

luNpON, OFT, IS, it IL reported That
King Milan Of Servla ms informed the
powers that he must either go e. war az
ahdicatc bis throne, anil That hh las 40.
cidcd 20 80 TO war, He has prepared q
manifesto his array which it NJ IS.
pected, VIII be issued tomorrow
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
Tha Cl,oIern Ilroori.

TuNls, oct i6 NAteen deaths from
cholera have occurred hero during the
past fortnight Nine hundred Mecca piis
1ims are cxuected 90 arrive Tomorrow
They win hayc 20 undergo Owe days. quar-
antine beior being permitted 70 enter
tho city
MApmp, Oct ~. Yesterday 2ll neB
cases OF cholera aud 200 deaths Bofe ~
ported li Spain
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
Al rhrti,onal,e N 4lrll,

pAtCRMn, oct, l5.v-A heavy shock 81
earthquake was tcit here this muming.
Tho disturbance caused a thrtc-.iorS
house 10 fail, hnrymg the occupants DO.
heath lhc debris Eight corpse leave
huon rccN, cred from the MINIS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
A Ncnncc hi rrnrn.

tpNsrANrlNopLE, OCT l5 rho porle
has issued circular to thc powei9 stlt
ing TINT Che armament Of Greece ), a
menace 20 peace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16
cnndl,Into rorIse.I.lectlon.

PANS, oct. TO- President tresy Inns
Officially announced chat no WI entg Che
coming contest for The presidency "
France
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16

Dublin, oct To- The government TO-
truds to prosecute the Middleton branch
Of The National Lcague for boycotilns
Daniel Humphreys until Ne Was Compelled
20 reiustntc an ObnoSionH tenant
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-16

WtMIiNNI0N, Dct. rs, "a Y.~for
the West 0a'i stRUs Fair weather
.o1tiefiy winds, beroning variable,
siighi changes Do temperature
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
The Parrot and the Monkey Story.

A well-worn American anecdote de-
scribes the result of owning both par
rot and a monkey. When the owner of
the bird and the beast comes home one
day he finds the monkey decked with
red and green feathers, but he does not
find the parrot for a long while. At last
the bird appears from an obscure cor
ner plucked bare save q single tail
feather; he hops upon his perch with
such dignity as he can muster and
says, with infinite pathos: '.Oh, we
have had he'll of time!" At first
nothing could seem more American
than this, but my friend Mr.. Austin
Dobson has recently drawn my atten-
ton to story essentially the same in
Walpole's letters. Yet another parrot
story popular in New York, where
well-known wit happens to be a noto
rious sufferer. is as little American as
this of Walpole's. The sufferer is
supposed to ask the man who offers
the parrot for sale if it c-c-c-can t-t-t-
talk. III it could not talk better than
you I'd wiring its neck" is the vender's
indignant answer. | found this only
the other day in Bucklaud's ..Curiosi-
ties of Natural History" first published
nearly quarter of Il century ago; in
all probability it is yet more ancient
LOngnldH' S .HdgdziRe.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
A Boston Romance,

About eighteen months ago, a young
| gentleman living on Commonwealth
| avenue was smitten with a violent pas
, sion for pretty servant employed in
his mothers house. They were mar
ried secretly; but the family early dis
covered the state of affairs, and then
there was terrible time. 1t was pro-
posed to the erring son that his low
born wife should be given a sum of
money and sent so far away that she
could never trouble him. 1t is pre-
sumed he regretted his hasty act, for
he accepted the terms, and the girl was
sent away. The matter was confined
to members of the family, with the ex-
ception of an aunt of the young man,
who helped furnish the money to buy
| the silence OF the girl. not even the
most intimate friends having an idea of
the way things stood. The young gen.
tleman, of course, passed for an un-
married man.
About * months after the disap-
pearance of his wife he met a beauti-
ful girl at Cambridge, with whom he
fell desperately in love. She was love-
ly. accomplished and his equal in birth
and fortune. He paid her marked at
tcntiOn for several months, and finally
offered himself in marriage The young
lady accepted him, and the engages
ment was announced. Now, during
this time the aunt, who knew his Sc
cret, had been taken violently insane,
and was put in the Mclean Asylum for
treatment. The Cambridge young
lady, whom we will call Miss White,
ha. sister in the same asylum who
was insane from melancholy. Miss
White frequently visited her sister, and
continued to do so after her engage
ment, even speaking of her coming
happiness during one of her visits. One
day one of the keepers at the asylum
said TO the melancholy patient: Miss
White, your sister is coming to see you
to-day In the opposite gallery the
aunt Of the young man was confined.
and she overheard the message She
Immediately called out, Il must see
your sister when she comes; l have a
secret to tell her." Accordingly, when
Miss White called, the aunt found
means to see her. and, after asking if
1t was true she was engaged, told her
'ho SUI VI ihc youuS lpdu uldTrlaUe,
and that he had never been divorced.
The young lady was almost stunned,
although, obtaining the news in such
place, she could not believe it. Re-
turning home she told her father what
sue had heard. and upon investigation
he found it true. At this time the in
vitations were out for the wedding
and all preparations made. Miss White
sent her betrothed husband note ask
ing him to call at a certain time. When
he arrived she walked into the room
and in the presence of her parents ac-
cused him of his treachery and the ter
rible position in which he had nearly
placed her. He did not attempt de-
nial, and could not find anything to
say in extenuation, except that he
loved her and thought that his wife
would never appear. The young lady
suffered serious illness, which sufficed
as a pretext for recalling the invita-
tions. The kind of honor in family
which could permit such thing to 90
on and allow an innocent girl to be
sacrificed, ought to be bound in a
separate edition of the blue book.-Bos-
ton Courier
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
The London Express Engineer.

No two engines ever resemble each
other, no matter how carefully they
may have been built from the same
plan, neither do any two drivers man.
age their engines precisely in the same
way. We have in this instance an ex-
cellent opportunity of comparing two
different methods of driving. 1t is the
drivers principal object to get the re-
quired amount of work out of his en-
gine with the smallest possible expen-
diture of coal and water. To obtain
this result the steam must be worked
expansively, which is done by placing
the valve gear in such position by
means of the lever that the supply of
steam to the cylinders is cut off before
the piston has accomplished its full
stroke. There are two ways of con-
trolling the speed of an engine worked,
as all locomotives are worked now,
expansively. You may keep the regu-
lator wide open, so that there is always
full supply of steam on its way to the
cylinders, in which case you increase
or diminish the speed by using the
steam more or less expansively through
the agency of the lever. Or you may
work with the same amount Of expan-
sion throughout the journey. and have
command of the engine by constantly
changing the position of. the regulator.
There is no doubt that the men who
employ the latter method save some
thing by it-although this would hard
ly seem to be the opinion of the drivGx
who is rapidly bringing us nearer to
London, for unlike the driver whom we
accompanied on the daylight journey,
his hand is not often on the regulator.
As We rush on past countless signals,
punctual to the minute, yet always hav-
ing ample time to slacken speed before
We come top places where the color lights
cluster thickest, we are reminded how
much is required of an express engine
man besides thorough acquaintance
with the machinery he has to control.
Travelling at night at great speed, he
must know every inch of the road by
heart-where an incline begins and
where it ends-and the exact spot at
which every signal along the line may
be first sighted. He must have COM
pletely mastered the working of the
traffic on both the up and down lines,
and, above all, must be ready to act
with the utmost promptitude should
go wrong.-1he Saturday
ReCieU.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Among the Michigan Pines.

Charles Ellis, in a series OF instruc-
tive and entertaining articles in the
Current. on the life and social condi-
tions of the hardy backwoodsmen in
the Michigan pines says: A bad fea-
ture of the social conditions here, and
enc which should be condemned. is
that the girls marry too young. Mar
riage at sixteen and eighteen is quite
common, am told, and it is said that
they are known to marry even as
young as fourteen. This is very bad
for good civiliZation-bad also for the
young women. as they are quite sure to
learn. l have seen young girls about
the country homes who were bright
eyed, full of promise, and sometimes
attractive, and school-children whose
red cheeks were pictures of health If
only they would put away this bad
done her work of ripening upon them.
l am sure another generation of wives
and mothers would show to decidedly
better advantage than the present.
With these child-wives. the care of
children and the work and care of
country homes, show them old at twen-
tytive, and the rest of life is an un-
easy fret and whine. 1t is little wonder
that so many of their faces are blank
and unnatural. Then, too, the men
who have to bear with these worn-out
wives are not always the most thought
full and indulgent mortals on earth.
One still morning as l was passing one
of these primitive ''places," / was a
.,-,T - e 4 FL
that was quite touching. By the shan
ty that served as barn the man, hus-
band he was, worked loading his sleigh
with shingles. 1t had showed two or
three inches in the night, was showing
very quietly then, but the morning was
otherwise pleasant. As stood unseen
watching the man at work l saw COM
ing from the house one of these little,
thin, stoop-shouldered child-wives car
rying in one hand tin pail and in the
other, stretched above her head to keep
the thing out of the snow. an old blank
ct. Presently the man saw her COM
ing.
"You got yer t'other shoes on? What
yer comm aout fur anyway"
I'm goin' t'milk m thought I'd
bring the blanket aout cos you might
want it, Jim," said she, with a weak
little consumptive laugh.
''Hev yer got them there t'other
shoes on?"
He says this with an increasing hard
ness of tone that indicates a jam in the
current of his feelings.
.N'no, faint cold bit!"
..Y u're a-- fOolw
The little woman tries to laugh, but
whimpers and goes to the barn. Man
goes on loading shingles and swearing
to himself, as if soliloquizing on the
stubbornness of married women in
general. Then he happens to see me,
and that l am apparently listening,
and straightway out speaks he with the
tender voice of lover:
Yer orter put on yer t'other shoes
afore yer cum aout, Mamie, SO yer ort,
dear"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Some Poets Horses.

1t is very curious fact that poets
see nothing of the natural animal in
the horse. As beast. quadruped,
they absolutely ignore it. 1t is only in
its artificial varieties that they recog-
nize it at all. and even then so seldom
as to surprise the student of these
pages. About the horse particular, in
dividual steeds of fame, a volume might
easily be gathered from our poets. But
of the creature in nature they say moth
ing. The beast has become so thor
oughly relative that it has lost all indi-
viduality. 1t is either the other half of
a cavalier, warrior. a war chariot,
plow. a coach, or cart, or something
else, that it cannot be contemplated
apart from its rider, its accountre-
ments, or the vehicle it draws. All
other animals have characters of their
own. The horse has none. 1t varies
only according to the kind of man on
its back or the kind of thing behind it.
Attach plow to it and it becomes at
once heavy" and dull set soldier
upon il and it is '.fiery' and proud"
When ladies ride their horses turn to
..milk-white palfreys;" the hero of
poem, whether knight or highwayman.
bestrides, as a rule, a "courser."
There are also"swift-heeled Arabians,"
and 'barbs," and '.jennets;" but these
are not meant for real horses. There
is, Of course, nothing surprising in the
fact that poets have but little in SYM
pathy with stable boys or bookmakers.
When they do speak of grooms they
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-22
Furnishing up the Details.

1t has been noted how cunningly
Tennyson can gild and furbish up the
most commonplace detail-as when he
calls Arthur's mustache '.the knightly
growth that fringed his lips" or con-
descends to glorify a pigeon pie. or
paints the clowns astonishment by this
detail, 1.-THE brawny spearman let his
cheeks bulge with the unswallowed
piece, and turning stared;" or thus
characterizes 4 pun, land took the
word, and play'd upon it, and made it
of two colors." This kind of ingenuity,
indeed, belongs rather to talent than to
genius; it is exercised in cold blood; but
talent may be a valuable auxiliary of
genius. perfecting skill in the technical
departments of art. Yet such gift is
not without danger to the possessor. 1t
may tempt him to make his work too
much like delicate mosaic of costly
stone, too hard and unblended, from
excessive elaboration of detail. One
may even prefer to art thus highly
wrought a more glowing and careless
strain, that lifts us off our feet, and car
ries us away as on more rapid, if more
turbid, torrent of inspiration, such as
We find in Byron. Shelley, or Victor
Hugo. Here you are compelled to
pause at every step and admire the de-
sign of the costly tessellated pavement
under your feet. Perhaps there is a
jew@led glitter. a pre-Raphaelite or
Japanese minuteness of finish, here and
there in Tennyson that takes away from
the feeling of aerial perspective and re-
mote distance, leaving little to the i'm
agination; not suggesting and whetting
the appetite. but rather satiating it; his
loving observation of minute particu-
lars is so faithful, his knowledge of
what others, even men of science. have
observed so accurate, his fancy so nim-
BILE in the detection of similitudes. But
every master has his own manner, and
his reverent disciples would be sorry if
he could be without it. We love the
little idiosyncrasies of our friends
The Contemporary Rerieao.