The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-02-23
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the Latest State Papers
The ST. Louis and San Francisco has
sent ont an increased number OF hangers
advertising the excursion rates to Texas
The roads ire all doing their duty.
It would impair the business and com
oerciaI prestige of Waco TO let the Mer-
chants exchange project fail. AND tne
building ought to cost at least Sfo'oCo'-
Waco Day.
The arrivals at the Grand Central, FL
Paso. numbered forty-two on Saturday
and fifty-seven Sunday, making a totai
of 4O2' for the week. This Is almost
sixty per day.
Every hotel In town is crowded. Most
of the guests are strangers, some of whom
are inyalids who find this the sanltarlum
of the world for them. Ell Paso neeus
more hotel sccommodations.-El Paso
Tribune.
The Mobeetie Panhandle claims to have
it from straight and authoritative sources
that the Frisco will begin this spring ana
build diligently. The Frisco is after ne"
territory, and aside from its advantages
in the trancontiuental line no better or
greater new territory could be found tIan
the Panhandle.
The prickly pear industry in southwest
Texas is becoming quite extensive, ana Is
so far such a success that those VINO
scoffed at it year ago have become con
verts and many of them are engaging in
it themselves. From few thousand head
that were fed last year by way of expert
ment the number has increased this year
to somewhere in the neighborhood OF
10000. The industry will unqueston-
ably grow in magnitude from this on
Exchange.
Hon. Temple Houston, of Mobeetie, is
! at Dallas in attendance upon the federal
court. He reports that the Panhandle
country is rapidly filling up with farmers
He contemplates no important land legls'
lation by the Twenty first legislature
Some minor defects in the present law, he
says, will be corrected. Beyond that he
contemplstes nothing. When asked
if he would be a candidate for
congress he declined to state
positively, but the inference is that
Colonel Lanham will find him aspiring to
his seat when he returns home next sum
mer.-Exchange.
The Dallas paper mill project hangs
fire, owing to the lack of aRJ organized
efforts to give it push ahead. 1t is u.s.
derstood that since the last report of the
status of the enterprise there has not
been a dollar subscribed to it, and that
unless some immediate action be had it is
likely to take the course of the Gaines
vile railroad by being switched off IN q
new direction. It has been suggested
that it might be well TO have the president
of the Merchants Exchange call meet
ing for the purpose :! s.sci:!t!irg the
public into motjo- L regards this enter
prise.-Dallas News.
A committee Of asiileusr consisting
of A. H. Pierce, Of Wharton: J. 4. Nc
Fadden, of Victoria; J. ". Alien, OF Lul-
ing; j. H. Fleming OF Vlctori.; A. c.
Jones, of Beeville, and G. ". Fulton ar
rived in the city yesterday morning, and
in the afternoon appeared before the
Texas Traffic association. Col. a. G.
Jones was seen by Post man last night,
and he said: "Our object is to secure
lower rates and quicker time from the
railroads. The prices of cattle have got
ten so low that shipments cannot be made
under the present rates and we have
strong hopes that when the officials IN
derstand the circumstances they will
accede to our request. We cannot afford
to ship at the present rates" Colonel
Jones represents the stockmen of Bee
county.-Houston Post.
A number of citizens met with the Waco
Light infantry last night in their armory
to discuss the matter of the company 60
ing to Austin to engage in the compet-
tive drill next May. Mr.. James B. Baker
made very spirited speech, in which he
guaranteed the company that the citizens
would raise sufficient money to assist in
paying the company's expenses during
the encampment. Mr.. W. B. Morrison
then followed in a ringing speech,
and promised that the merchants
would permit their employees to at
tend the drills. He thought that the
company's presC nee in the dill would be
an advertisement that would be we'll worth
what 1t would cost. That for every dollar
contributed the merchant would have ten
returned. The company unanimously
agreed to enter the contest, and the taem-
bers thereupon signed articles of agree
ment to attend and practice beforehand.
Waco Examiner.