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Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
HEAVILY GUARDED.

Mcnacing letters reached Bismarck and
Emperor William, warning them that the
beginning of the reign of repression Of
the people would be signalized by an act
Of retaliation. Arrests of suspects have
been made at Hamburg, Leipsic, Berlin
and elsewhere. The police watching the
chancelor,s residence on Wilhelm strasse
have been quadrupled. The official ex-
pcctation IS that the emperor will au-
thorize some striking severity against So
cialists. Every socialist leader resents
the report as a mere pretext for reaction
airy measures. Leading socialists say
they have no desire to shorten the days
Of the chancellor or the emperor. They
wish to pursue peaceful propaganda in
the hope that the events Of the Emperor
Williams reign will tend naturally to
develop their cause.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
A Unique Telegraph System.

There has grown mp among the farm
ers Of county in Michigan a telegraph
system which might be generally ex-
tended throughout the rural districts
everywhere. The system began by two
farmers connecting their houses with q
wire for their own convenience and op-
erating their line with the ordinary
Morse Instruments. Gradually other
farmers extended the line to their own
houses, aud after time the wire was
run into the neighbOring village. Seven
years ago the combined farmers and q
few village merchants organized them
selves into company and il has since
been extended until now it has sixty.fiye
miles Of wire aud ninety Offices, two
thirds Of the latter being in farm-lIouses
and nearly all the rest in stores where
these farmers do their trading. One or
two newspaper Offices, rs many more
railroad FREIGHT Offices, the County Tel.
ephone Exchange and the larger post
Offices are all connected. Every farmer
is his own operator, battery man and
line repairer. OF, course, any quantity
of private communication is kept up be-
tween the stockholders Of this independ.
cnt system. There are two or three indie
pendent systems Of these lines Iii opera.
tion in the country, arranged 50 that
they can be connected with each other
at intersecting points, and tho whole
scheme II being worked very eheaply
and successfully. %.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
THE WORLD OVER.
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL-
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CApITALIsTs,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.

Several cases of cholera are reported at
Messina, Italy.
The weather is favorable for the
Egyptian cotton crop, which is equal to
that of 1887. w. ..
A band of Apaches went on the war
path in Southern Arizona and butchered
many settlers. ...s#
Herr Furth, under secretary oil state,
will succeed Puttkamer as Prussian min
lister of the interior.
Premier Crisp, of Italy, will shortly
visit Prince Bismarck at Frederichsruhe.
He will bear an autograph letter from
King HumberS.
Two colored men, named Rislee and
Lee, who shot City Marshal William
Benkley and Deputy Martin, at Chete,
opa, Kan, were taken from Jail and
lynched.
Eviction notices have been served on
thirty tenants on Vandeleur estate ID
County Glare, Ireland. Police and mill
tary, armed with battering rams, will as
sist the evietors if necessary. III
The factory and warehouses Of the
Reading Hardware works, at Reading
Pa, several buildings five stories high,
covering several acres of ground, burned
recently. Loss estimated at $3.50, 900,
with an insurance of several thousand
dollars.
Public opinion in Austria has grown
alarmed at the rapproachment OF the
Emperor. It appears to dread breaking
up the alliance, which event would leave
Austria to face Russia alone. These
fears are not shared by the Austro-Hun'
garian ministers.
The Irish bishops have published Sc.
ries OF resolutions, explaining in detail
the present position of the land question,
and expressing the opinion that, unless
Parliament Immediately applies really eff
fectiyc measures to protect the tenants
from oppressive actions and arbitrary
eviction, the most disastrous consequent
ces to public order and the safety Of the
people must almost inevitably ensue.
The failure of the iron manufacturers
and the Amalganated Association Of
Iron and Steel Workers at Pittsburg to
agree upon wage scale for the coming
year necessitates the closing down of the
North Chicago Rolling Mills COmpany's
plant at Bay View, Wis, and the few
mills that have not been closed already,
will shut down soon for an indefinite
period.
A desperate fight between United
States officers and two notorious desper-
ADDE'S took place at a green corn dance
near Eufaula in the Indian Territory.
United States Marshals Phillyis and Nc
Glaughlin attended the dance with the
expectation of arresting some escaped
outlaws. They found two whom they
wanted-broihers named Barrett. The
Barretts refused to surrender, and in .
fight which followed, Phillyis was in
stantly killed; mclaughlin and one Of
the Barrett brothers were riddled with
bullets so both died shortly; an outsider,
named McIntosh, was shot by the sur
viving Birrett, who torrorized the gath
ering for some time.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
COTTON.

The New York Financial Chronicle
saws: The total receipts from the plan
tations since September /, 1887, are
s, AGO, S23; in 1867 were 5,1S4, 2S4
bales; in 1856 were 5,331, ,s47. Al
though the receipts at the outports the
past week were Is, ,026 bales, the actual
movement from the plantations was only
$500, the balance being taken from
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
the receipts from the plantations for the
same week We. e 24S bales, and for 1856
they we're 3,s72 bales. The increase in
amount in sight US compared with last
year. is 4S3, 4G3 bales, increase as COM
pared with 1856 is 1856, OIL bales, and
the increase over 1ss4-5 is 1,214, 126
bales.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
PERILous VOYAGE.

A balloon which ascended from the
Boston common at Q o'clock Wednesday
evening, descended in the harbor off
Point Hirley. The occupants were sub
merged, and for three miles or more
were dragged through the water
at a rapid pace by the balloon, which
was impelled by strong gale. They
were signaled by the steam yacht, Rose
NJ, and the latter, after stern chase,
succeeded in overtaking the balloonists
aud making fast the drag rope to ler
capstan. After much trouble the party
were taken aboard, and all were safely
brought to this city. The journey was a
most perilous one, aud the escape sfrom
death Of the excursiorists miraculous.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
NO WAR.

The Berlin Qrous ZcitWHg says Prince
Bismarck hiss induced Russia 10 abandon
definitely the idea Of making IN alliance
with France. The Berlin correspondent
Of the London BaRg Merssays: "Prince
Bismarck, In conversation with several
members Of the upper house of the Prts.
sian diet, expressed The conviction that
peace would not be disturbed unless the
other powers provoked war. He had no
such fear Of Russia. lie was firmly con-
yinccd that The former differences be-
tween Germany and Russia would be
completely settled. lie wished lie could
feel the same confidence in France. In
France. however, lie added. The unex-
prcicd might open at any time."
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
HILLsBoRo n. G, THURSDAY, JULY la 1888

the rail which runs along the edge Of the
rostrum. His short talk conyulsed the
crowd with laughter. After General
Curtin, General Longstrect spoke a few
short sentences and then Gen. Slocum, Of
the 12th corps, addressed the audience
for short time. General Curtis, com
mandcr Of G. A. r., Of New York, fol-
lowed and Rev. DIR. Valentine closed
the exercises with q benediction.
The final exercises Of the re-uuion Of the
Army Of the Potomac were held ia the
National cemetery on the following day,
where George William Curtis delivered
m oration and George Parsons Lathrop
read a poem.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WHAT THE sWELTERING PUB.
Lie OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF oNGREss--IMpoRTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT cLEvELAND-AP-
PolNTMENTs AND REMOVALS, ETC,
CONGREssIONAL.

The Senate bill, explanatory Of the
act to settle certain accounts between
the United States and Mississippi and
other states, was reported from the Sen
ate committee on public lands and placed
on the calendar. The House joint reso-
luton, extending to the states Of Florida
and Louisiana the joint resolution Of the
14th Of May, 1858, relating to the dis
posal Of public lands in certain states,
was reported from the same committee
and passed with an amendment continu-
ing it in force till the adjournment of the
present Congress instead of till the ad-
jouinment of the present session, MIR.
Plumb, who had charge of it, stating
that Congress would undoubtedly adj
journ within few weeks. The river
and harbpr bill was taken up and Mr..
Call moved TO increase the appropriation
for st. John river, Florida, from $780,
900 to $3.50, 900. After argument in ia
vor of amendments by Messrs. Call and
Pasco. it was agreed to-yeas 23, nays
90. Mr.. Call also moved to insert an
item of $4,000 for Indian river, Florida.
Disagreed to. Mr.. Sherman said he
wouldn't insist on his motion to recon-
slider the vote agreeing to the Hennepin
canal amendment, although he was op-
posed to it. Mr.. Daniel called for sep
arate vote on the amendment reducing
the appropriation for James river. Vir-
ginia, (below Richmond) from $225, 600
to 100000, and argued against the
amendment. 1t was disagreed to. The
bill was then passed. The bill, as orig
inally reported from the Senate commit
tee on commerce appropriated $21, 562,-
1877. As it finally passed the Senate
it appropriates $22, ,474, 1877, having
been increased by the Senate $912, 900.
I'm the House the following bill
were introduced and referred: BY Mr..
Herbert, of Alabama, granting the right
of-Way through Fort Morgan military
reservation to the Birmingham and Navy
Cove Harbor Railroad Company.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
QUARANTINE SERVICE.

The bill now before the House cstab.
fishes quarantine stations as follows: At
the mouth Of Delaware bay, near Cape
Charles; at the entrance Of Chesapeake
bay; ON The Georgia coasts; at Key West;
IN san Diego harbor; in San Francisco
harbor; and at or near Port Townsend,
Puget Sound. II appropriate s542, 0Oc
for the construction and maintenance Of
the above named stations. An appropri.
alton of $4,000 Is made for the main.
tenance Of the gulf quarantine station
formerly Ship island) for the fiscal yeai
1889.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
GOSSIP.


Senator 'Edmunds reported back the
nomination Of Judge Fuller to tine Sem
ate without recommendation, and it has
gone upon the executive calendar.
The President nominated. Peter F.
Knight, of Florida, to be United States
marshal for the southern district of
Florida, vice Fernando j. Moreno, re-
signed.
Postmaster General has telegraphed
Instructions to the postmaster at
Plant City, Fla, to fumigate all out
going mails on account of the reported
presence there Of infectious fever.
Gen. Sheridan has sailed for Nonquit,
Mass, where he has seaside cottage.
The U. S. S. Swatara, conveyed him
there, and the sea voyage will do much
to assist him to recover his health.
Senator Vest presented petitions from
the merchants exchange of st. Louis,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nash
vile, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Tampa,
asking an appropriation for improving
the harbor at Tampa, Fla. The petit
TONERS represent that the improvement
Of this harbor wonld be Of immense
value to the South aud West, as it would
enable goods to be shipped to Cuba and
South America via Tampa, and thus
greatly shorten the distance over which
they have to be II nsported.
The weather crop bulletin issued by
the Signal Office says: The weather du.
ring the past week has been favorable
for all growing crops in the wheat, corn
aud tobacco region Of Ohio, upper Mis-
sissippi and Missouri valleys and Tcnnes.
see. Heavy rains doubtless, interfered
with harvesting from Missouri eastward
TO Virginia, and the continuous cloudy
weather over Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas is reported as having been un-
favorable TO the cotton plant, but an inn
proyement Is reported in that section du-
ring the latter portion of the week. In
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia the weather is favorable, and all
crops will doubtless improve during the
week.
The following notice has been issued
by the Signal Office: On and after July
|, there will be but two regular telegraph
reports received daily at the signal office
IN Washington, in place Of the three tri-
daily telegraph reports, which previously
have been received. These two reports
will bc made at s q. m. and 8 y. m, and
indications will be prepared from these
rpor,s anil issued to the Associated
Press as promptly as practicable, proba.
bly about 10 a. m. and 10 p. nj. The
weather indications will be Tor a period
Of thirty.six hours from the time Of each
report. The indications ISSUED in the
morning at 10 a. m. will cover the follow.
ing day until s p. m, and those issued
nj 10 y. IN. will cover the following day
and night. Three p. m. indications viii
bc discontinued. and IN place Of the . p.
m. reports the chief signal officer has
provided special reports 10 bc made 10
the central office whenever weather
changes are decided and indicate an ap.
preaching storm.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
SKIPPED.

A. NJ Duhama has abscondcd from
IonrlryilIc, Canada. lie had charge in
that Town Of the collection of water
rents aud supervision Of auctions sales,
aid WIS also corporation baililf. The
amount Of his defalcation Is about
5000
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
Philndelnh[a Is. Rostnn.

A Philadelphia lady, visiting friends
In Boston, complained much Of the
crooked streets. ''Now PHILADELPHIA
she said is so beautifully and regularly
laid out
tYes.n responded her Yankee host,
s'but II Boston were as dead as phiIa-
delphia, doubtless It would 5e as decent
Ii laid out. .m--DetrOit Free Press.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
SEVERE STORMS.

Reports Of very disastrous storms oc.
curing during the last few days have been
received from several points In Iowa,
Pennsylvania aud New Jersey. Many
houses and barns have been blown down,
trees uprooted aud stripped Of their
limbs, fruit destroyed, horses and cattle
killed, crops laid waste, and great dam.
age done generally, but fortunately there
are no human lives reported lost thus FAR.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12
ExPELLING JEsuITs.

The Ottawa, Ont, Journal says II
learns, on good authority, that Bishop
Laileche, Of Three Rivers diocese, signed
decree on Tuesday evening ordering
the expulsion of the Jesuits from that
diocese on the ground that they have
'unduly influenced Catholics to change
their wills on their deathbeds in favor
Of the Jesuits.
Hillsboro recorder., 1888-07-12

Cotton worms have appeared in fw.
counties in the southern part of the state,
and it is feared that they will do as much
damage to the crop as in 1867, when the
crop was total failure. -
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28
THE MEETING.
Judge James II. Burts Recon-
mended for County Judge.

Judge James II. Burts Recon-
mended for County Judge.
At the earnest and of repeated request
of well known and prominent farmers
living in different parts of the county,
the bar OF Austin, pursuant to call pub
lished in Sundays STATESMAN, met yester-
day in the district court room to select
and recommend TO the county democratic
convention suitable person for county
judge.
Forty-one members of the bar were
present.
Major W. NJ. Walton called the meeting
to order, and, on motion, General n. G.
Shelley was elected chairman and At
torney Thomas II. Wheeless, secretary.
Some little discussion was had, and, out
of some five or six names mentioned,
Judge James H. BurIs was unanimously
recommended TO the democrats and the
whole people of the county as suitable
person for the position of county judge.
Judge z. I. Fillmore, Judge Tom Sneed
and Hon. W. NJ. Walton were appointed
TO repsre card, giving result of the
meeting, aud 1t Is a. follows:
To the People of Travis county.
Mainly upon the suggestion OF many Of
our fellow citizens who we're unacquainted
with some members of the Austin bar, and
with a view to assist you in the selection
OF a suitable person for the county Judge
ship, the undersigned members of the
Austin bar have had full conference, and
after due elaboration We present TO you
the name of James h. Burts. He is
lawyer of long standing, well known TO
many of you, and of uuq uestioned honesty
and competency.
We desire to say that in taking this
action there Is no disposition on the part
of the members of the bar TO arrogate TO
themselves the right of selection for said
office. or 20 forsstall the selection Of any
county convention composed Of delegates
of the people, or M party, but simply to
discharge what many citizens regard as
duty of the bar to inform the people of
their views aud recommend TO them some
suitable person for so highly important a
juGIcisl Office. requiring as it does the
b-s- la.rsl or~eirrr1-u.S
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28
GOOD ROADS a SOURCE OF wEALTE

Ths commuric lrion tbs morning, upon
the subject Of macadamizei county roads
is pertinent and worthy 10; only OF the
attention OF the county commissioner
court, but of all the business men of the
city and county. From the showing
made, if from no other consideration. i;
would seem only just and fair that the
county should turn its attention to va!u-
able improvements in lis northern por-
tiou, since, a. a mater of fact, this cen
trail and southern section has received the
benefits mentioned. But granted these
bridges spoken of have been built this
has not affected the road question, except
so far as immediate approach 20 Austin
is concerned The county needs good
roads and needs them badly, not only
throughout its northern but also in its
southern territory. NJ. Graves mentions
forty miles OF roads IL the northern $50
tioa as being especially important 10
which could be added lister on. II has
been estimated that 100 miles OF turn
pixies would cover the county very
tn roughly, touching ali important places.
I. has also been concluded that by using
the county convicts, and that because of
the accessibility of rocks, these roads can |
be well macadam;zsd for about one thou !
sand dollars a mile. But suppose it costs |
one hundred thousand dollars for ninety |
miles of turnpikes, it would be one hun
drel thousand dollars expended in the
most profitable way the cOulty could pos
sibly devise. These turlPikes would be
fruitful source of revenue TO Austin, for
cur correspondent speaks
only too truthfully when he declares that
he towns he mentions are capturing
rsde that rightfully belongs to our city,
md will be returned to Us if the prope:
fort in this direction is made. They
would also ipereas- the taxable values of
he county generally, and add immeasur-
.oly TO the con, enience of oar people.
This matter will be the live issue in the
oming campaign, and only mer pledged
} inaugurate some other road policy
lau the improbable one now in effect,
vii be able t. successfully contend for
he offices of county commissioners.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28
les OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Twelve Pages.
THE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE READY

THE REPUBLICANS ANNOUNCE READY
After week OF w5angllng the repub-
lican party has selected It's champions
for the coming conflict. Benjamin Har.
rison and Levi p. Morton compose the
national ticket now placed in the field
by this party. 1t i an unexpected ticket,
but an eminently respectable one. Har-
rison is known from the name won for
him in the earlier years of our nations
history, as well as from the work he has
himself accomplished in congress as
represen .ative of Indiana repu5licanism.
Levi p. Morton, the vice presidential
candidate, is known everywhere as fit
ting exponent of his party in New York.
He hiss served for years in congress and
has represented this government az a
foreign court. He Is man of ability and
great wealth.
The ticket is a surprise and, We think,
will be disappointment TO the great
majority of the republican party Not that
the gentlemen composing it are not men
ia whom that party can place trus. and OF
whom they could well be proud, but it has
not that snap and ring about it the party |
needed for the unequal contest it must
wage this year II is a ticket that will |
not arouse enthusiasm nor have about it
that vim and fire that characterized the
great campaign Blaine conducted four I!
years ago. Yet the democrats must not |
deceive themselves into the belief that il is /
a ticket that will be easily defeated. Per
sonalities will not figure as they
did four years ago, but great
principles are before the people for :,
decision, and it is becoming and /,
wise for the democracy of the nation at
once to get into harness and prepare for
the warm work ahead. The lines have
been drawn. Each party has declared its
platform of principles, each has pu: for
ward the champions of those principles
and its own entity, and the advance from
each side is nov in order. The adjourn
ment of the convention yesterday was
the signal for the battle. 1t will
be waged holly until November, wh=n
victory must crown one, defeat be the
portion of the other, cOutesting party. l.
is for US TO say whether we viii be found
with the sheep or the goats. The Issue
has been Joined.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28
Smith on Free Passes.

To the Editor of the Statesman.
notice il your Burnet correspondence
that Senator Glasscock il speech there
very highly commended the action of
General Hogg in his rigorous prosecution
OF delinquent railroads and his efforts 10
trying to force corporations to comply
with their charters. The people no doubt
will ratify General Hogs course by an
almost unanimous election.
Now, if Senator Giesscock can induce
his brother senators aud representatives
to dispense with their free railroad passes
they will place themselves in the attitude
OF independent lawmakers, and at the
same time relieve the roads of great
burden. The people want to know why
Legislators, assessors, judges and sheriffs
have free Yasses. SMITH.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28

! Principles are indestructible, but po-
! li;ical parties ars not everlasting. Theirex.
isteuce Is guaranteed only by the nscessi-
/ ties that rendered them possible. Our re-
public is only a century old, and yet more
than one political organization has risen,
had It's day and passed into absolute OBJ
livion-buried in the rubbish of the psst'
The federalists once exerted vast in
iuence in the government of the
United States. Blu. where Is the party
of Alexander Hamilton to-day? Then,
again, the whig party, with Clay, Webster
and its other great intellects, was at
one time the peer OF democracy il power.
Where are the wings now! As party
they have ceased 70 exist. And why have
the federal and whig parties besn dis
banded! Simply because there was no
further use for them; there was no great
purpose to be accomplished through
them, and the people abandoned them.
The signs Of the times emphsticslly
point to a like fate for the re-
publican party. The great object
which brought itiuto being-the abolition
of slavery-uo logger exists, and, if
appearances are not deceptive, it
VIII soon be laid away on the
shelves of the political catacombs OF the
ages Like the wing and federslist par
ties, it will be mummy for the study of
future historians. In all probability the
race between Harrison and Cleveland will
be the last struggle the republican party
will ever make for the presidency. Defeat
TO that party this time means ruin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-28

Has Travis county any democratic clubs
organized for the coming fray! They
could have accomplished good work be-
fore the primaries, bu. that is too late
now. Yet, there IS work to be done and
lots Of il before November. This city
and county could well afford TO organize
at lesst q half dozen enthusiasts clubs
bent on hard and honest effort 70, the
success Of the party.