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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

IKTEare authorized TO announce Hon Geo. W.
Wv Glasscock, of Georgetown, as democratic
candidate for state senator of the Twenty-tourth
district.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

WE are instructed to announce Ed Anderson
w az a candidate for county treasurer at the
ensuing election in November.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

TNoR DISTRICT ATTORNEY am demo-
II cratic candidate for district attorney.
JOE H. STEWART.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
Twelve Pages.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE a'e authorized to announce Judge Jas. II.
w Burte As a candidate for county judge at
The ensuing election in November.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

The State at large-A w. Terrell, of Travis; j
W. Bailey. of Cooke.
First District-A. Y. Mckinney, of Walker
Second District-E. c. Dickinson, OF Cherokee
Third District-R. c. DeGraffenreid, of Gregg.
Fourth District-HOward Templeton, of Hopkins
Fifth District-J. A. Carroll, of Dehton.
Sixth District. S. Woods, of kaufman.
Seventh District-E. d. Linn, of Victoria.
Eighth District-W. s. Fly, of Gonzales.
Ninth District-W. II. Richardson, of Limestone.
Tenth Dlstrict-J. II. McLeary, of Bexar.
Eleventh District-E. A. Mcdowell, of Coryell
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Entered at the postofice as second'class matter.
office of publication, West Pecan street, next 10
oatofira
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

0lhIL DDllUOn31lJ llUAUt'
For Governor:
L. S. Ross.
For Lieutenant Governor:
T. B. WHEELER.
For Attorney General:
j. S. HOGG.
For Comptroller
JOHN D. MCCALL.
For Treasurer:
FRANK II. LUBBOCK.
For Land Commissioner:
r. NJ. HALL.
For Superintendent Public Instruction:
o. II. COOPER.
Supreme Court-Jobn W. Stsyton. Chief Justice
X, H. GSnee, j. l.. Henry, Associate Justices.
Court of Appeals-John p. White, Sam. A.
Wilson, James NJ. Hurt.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
For Congressional District:
JOSEPH D. SAVERS.
SENATORIAL TICKET.
For State Senator-Twenty Fourth District
b. c. GILES.
JUDICIAL TICKET.
For District Judge-W. NJ. KEY.
For District Attorney-JAMES Il. ROBERTSON
Travis CMlDtv IPmCCratiC Ticket
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13
SENATORIAL TICKET

For Congressional District:
JOSEPH d. SAVERS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-09-13

CONGRESSIONAL TICKET
, 1888-11-29
TALE OF A TRAPPER.
Tho Lucrative business OF Taking wild
Game In Montana.

Tho Lucrative business OF Taking wild
Game In Montana.
John Koch, Norwegian hunter and
trapper, who has for three winters been
hunting bears and wolves in Montana for
the large bounty paid by that territory Tor
them, in an interview with reporter
said:
"They have been paying up there" said
Mr.. Koch yesterday, ''S8 for bear scalp.
$4 for 9 mountain lion and $3.50 for q
wolf. Take these bounties with what you
get for the skin and you make pretty
good thing of it.
Besides this there is some money in
bear meat, and when elk and deer are
counted IN 1t is not a bad business. There
are number of men in Montana who do
nothing else but hunt and trap.
wolves have been plentier and more
profitable than anything else. IL 10 not 30
much trouble to get them. The easiest
way is to put strychnine in dead animal
by first hacking little hicks In it after the
skin is of. Wolves will come down and
attack this animal sometimes in large
numbers and their death is certain. Sonie-
times they will die right there, but occa-
sionally they drag themselves two miles
away. Last winter | caught eighty wolves
In this way.
1T was very poor winter for bears.
and only got Eve. They were grizzlies
and cinnamons. The way did it was by
u great steel trap set between two logs on
their trails.
THE mountain lions which | caught
were taken the came way, only that had
to cover the trap more carefully. they be-
ing more suspicious than the bears. In
both cases usually baited the trap with
grouse or chicken. rarely using beef or
pork. Grouse is the best bait trapper
can get, and, as they were pretty plentiful,
usually had all wanted. These lion
will 20 a good deal closer to houses tina n
bears, and they are quite dangerous and
every way more savage.
ION tse Yellowstone river. at Yellow
stone mountain and Emlgrant peak. and
around there there are great many mink.
They bother the frontier settlers a good
deal, stealing their chickens and all other
fowls. There are some skilled trappers
over there who are taking the mink pretty
fast. Mink do not. like badgers and some
kinds of beavers, gnaw off their feet when
trapped: Wolves do this, however, and
this is why we poison them instead of set
ting traps for them. They would eat their
own legs of and escape"
, 1888-11-29
THE PRATTLER.

Last evening as the writer was passing
along Howard street he was suddenly
brought to a halt by a spirited conversa-
tion between two society bellies of Spokane.
They were discussing hygiene aud the eff
fects of ice cream on the human system.
diligence in ice cream eating was not det-
rimental to the human system and that
lacinR was not necessarily Injurious. No.
argued that one or the other must, &C.
cording to hygienic rules, be injurious, in
asmuch a. they are diametrically opposite
in their effects. Continuing, she said the
tendency of ice ceeam was to expand the
stomach, while lacing compressed the
whole upper extremity, thereby placing
the system in an unhealthy condition.
Just then Professor Blank appeared on
professor, concluded to ascertain, II possi-
Bile, this eminent gentleman's opinion on
the effects of ice cream eating. The pro-
fessor was accosted by the fair damsel OF
the ''city of falling water" and the follow
ing conversation ensued:
professor, what effect does ice.cream
eating have on the human system? 1 say
it is not necessarily injurious"
NO., said the professor, sit is not
necessarily Injurious.
We'll them" said +. the charming damsel,
cXpthtu 10 us Wuy Y IN Ub'-
because" said he, ice cream, when
taken into she stomach is at once dissolved
by the gastric Juice and aius the stomach
in digestinR the more hardy food.
"Good!" shouted the two voices, I'VE
are glad to know it. We just ate six
glasses apiece. But tell US, professor. is
lacing injurious? After eating so much
ice cream what effect would lacing have
on us?"
1T would Lurst your tanks" came a
voice from tie opposite side Of the street.
It was hardware mau telling bis work
men to let the water out OF tank as 1t
might freeze and burst the receptacle.
The ladies suddenly remembered they
had q call to make, and the professor left
AZ il in hurry TO catch the next train.
He was real estate agent. and was
speaking about the Los Angeles boom. He
said Los Angeles became city OF $4,000
souls, with only one natural resource
climate-while. said he, We have many re-
sources. Our water power 10 unexcelled.
, 1888-11-29
WHY THEY ARE THANKFUL.
A General Observance OF Thanksgiving In
the City.


A General Observance OF Thanksgiving In
the City.
Everywhere throughout the city ar
ranRements are being made for the general
Observance Of the day. Inquiry at the
leading hotels elicits the information that
they will spread dinners such as they have
never before attempted, while the proprie-
tors OF all the restaurants. and even the
little coffee houses and lunch counters. are
determined that their patrons shall have
cause to remember with pleasure the ma
tional day of Thanksgiving in 1888.
The leading members of the various
churches are also making elaborate prep
arations for an appropriate observance.
Many of the houses of worship will be
handsomely decorated with everereens ana
otner ornamentation, and public dinners
will be spread by Christian ladies at diff.
ferent places. Services will be held in
nearly all the churches.
A large number of private dinner par.
ties are contemplated, and the day prom.
ises 70 be what IL should be-a day of rest
and thanks9ivinR throughout the city.
Here are few expressions from gentle
meo who are thankful:
City Clerk White--Thankful the pen
paralysis in my hand 10 gone, and that
An able to work.
s. Heath feel that ought 10 be
for great many things. ] have
much 70 be thankful for.
Sam Vinsou--l don't believe have any
|tiag 70 % thankful for. except that am
slive.
Sisasl Service Observer Stewart pre-
, 1888-11-29

Justice Demanded for . Territory Filled
with Old Soldiers.

WIN via Soioiers.
James O'Meara, a cousin of our towns
man I. j. O'Meara, arrived here yester-
day. He il a passenger conductor on the
Northern Pacific road and speaks warmly
of the drift of first class migration into
Washington territory, and of the wonder.
full development of the Pend d d'Oreille and
CPur Alene mining regions. Prospect
ors, who gambled over Mother Earth for
years in California, Arizona and even in
the silver deposits of the Sierra Madres
have gone into these regions in swarms,
have staked of their claims, pierced few
feet through the surface Groupings" and
pronounce this region the most inviting
they have yet wooed with pick, axe and
quick silver.
What is now demanded, not as a bene-
faction, but as an apoogetic measure of
justice for past omission, is the admission
of Washington territory into the Union,
and Mr.. o. 'Meara says that her admission
will be hailed by all as an incentive to
greater exertion in the upbuilding of the
natural development of this now embryonic
state. We have long deplored the exclu.
sion OF this territory and could never ac-
count for the indifference Of national leg.
islators on this subject. an Indifference
TO this measure. Indifference can answer
business proposition with shrug of the
shoulder or clumsy sneer, where
the nostrils suddenly assume that debat-
able confguration between an
obese Interrogation point and
the thin lines of sarcastic inteTjection,
but to oppose q measure with violence or
studious calmness implies that the matter
has undergone the treatment OF reason
ing mind Yet no reasons have been ad-
vanced against the admission of this terri.
tory in the face of the clouds of witnesses
and the unbroken lines of cumulative tes-
timony, swelling like an army in favor of
making sovereign commonwealth out Of
territory the most promising and most
ineton territory had committed the un-
pardonable sin, or that when she does add
a star TO our banner, that they would 'yank"
her in in that ungraci0us manner which
characterized the restoration of state auton.
omy in reconstruction periods. We can
see no reason any longer to treat the b.rt
blood and Drawn, the most intelligent of
all frontiersmen, linked to the heart of
national unity with the sabre scars and
unhealed sores OF the veteran soldier,
whose mines and lumber mills, whose hop
zelda and fruit farms, and, above ali,
whose humble shielings in out of the way
homesteads attest their civic worth and
usefulness In carrying the ensign Of our
country a. far west In peace az they
pierced swamps and barren and cotton
patch and palmetto grove In the South, 10
make WashipRton territory the home of
freemen--which IL 10. 1900, 900 strong"
Don't fence out the soldier any longer
Davenport (Iowa) Times.
, 1888-11-29
IMPORTANT CUTOFF.
The Northern Pacific short Line to Ell
| 1enaburg.

The Northern Pacific short Line to Ell
lensburg.
The Northern Pacific company has COM
menced the construction of an important
cutoff from point near Spokane Falls,
w. T., on its main line, southwest of Ell
lensburg, distance of IT'S miles. The
rail distance from Spokane Falls to Ellens-
burg is 272 miles, so that the construction
of this road, which it is said will be fin.
ished in year, will shorten the Northern
Paci6c's transcontinental line nearly 100
miles, and save about four hours in time.
The present line after leaving Spokane
Falls, makes detour of about 100 uiles
south tn Pasco Junction, and returns near
ly that distance to the north before cross
ing the Cascade. The new road.
besides the great saving of distance,
will open up new and promising
country to settlement; while although the
272 miles of the original will be aban-
doned for through travel, that portion
will doubtless prove profitable by reason of
the great development of the country
which the road has already caused. and
will continue going on in the direction of
shortening and improving old lines by Sc
Letting shorter routes, a work generally
involving large expenditures, which often
the builders of the first lines do not feel
warranted to incur. In few cases the
partial abandonment of an original cir
cuitous line works injury to the region
through which it runs, but generally the
old line has developed population and
business sufficient to warrant it's continued
operation, while the new line proceeds to
work up its own local traffic.-Railway
Age.
, 1888-11-29
THE ROAD MUST PAY.
A Decision Relating to the Checking a

A Decision Relating to the Checking of
Baggage by Travellers.
Following Is decision rendered few
days ago by the Minnesota supreme court,
involving the rights of passengers travel
ing over roads with baggage, where the
same is checked and rechecked many times
The case is that of Chas. Ahlbeck, appel
liant, vs. the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Man.
itoba railway company, respondent. Il
appears that the plaintiff came by rail
from Port Huron, wnere his trunk, con-
tanning his baggage, was checked to Chi
cago. At the latter place he was given
another check therefor by the Chicago x
Northwestern railroad company, on which
road he came to st. Paul. At the Union
depot at st. Paul he exchanged the check
OF the NORTH company for the local
Grove City, in Minnesota, where the de-
fendant rendered to him trunk not his
own, to which was attached duplicate of
the check last received by him. The trains
OF the defendant enter and depart from
the Union depot, where il has no separate
place or facilities for handling baggage,
but all the baggage received or delivered
there by the defendant is handled by the
depot company, to which the business is
entrusted by the defendant. and that com
pany checks the baggage, makes exchanges
VI SueSho tucicOu de may Ut required, using
the checks OF the defendant, which are
furnished for such purposes. Upon the
evidence prima facie case was made for
the plaintiff. The lower court, however,
dismissed the case.
The court decided as follows:
Where a railroad company's trains, by
an arrangement with another COMPANY.
regularly enter and depart from the depot
OF the latter and entrusts to it the busi-
ness of handling and checking the bag
gage OF its passengers. and furnishes its
own checks therefor. such company must
be deemed the agent of the frat named
company in respect to such business. The
possession OF baggage check by q rail-
way passenger is prima facia evidence
that the carrier has received and 10 In DOS.
session Of his personal baggage, and when
he delivers such check TO the agent Of q
connecting railroad company and receives
IT. check in exchange therefor, the pr.
, 1888-11-29
at | am
Q thank

sume l oueh at ! am
alive. for ha thank
ful for.
James Monaghan--Oh, I have several
things TO be thankful for. Ivea hU
baby, for one thing.
L. Rockman--l'm thankful that real es-
tate 10 going up.
II. M. Tull-l have much to be thankful
for. Fortune has smiled on me. have
made purchase which yields me more
than any purchase made BY any one du.
ring the year.
J. M. Adams-I am thankful that cleo.
ous and that We are entering upon an era
that promises continued prosperity.
Charles Davis--Thankful that the dem.
ocrats have been fired.
E. B. Hyde-Thankful for my election
and that OF the republican ticket from
Harrison down. and for q very prosperous
year, especially for Spokane Falls.
Harry Hayward-l have nothing 10 be
thankful for unless It 10 that Harrison is
elected and that the hotel business 10 pros.
porous and improving. We all have much
10 be thankful for, am 90 thankful for
my life that I'm almost dead.
DR.. j. D. McLean--We should all be
thankful for the general prosperity all
ovcL SuU SOuutEys cupoCihiiy IN w washington
territory. AS Paul Schultze stated in an
interview In your paper yesterday, when
the country is prosperous the railroad is
prosperous and Wizards prediction Is be.
ing verified.
John l.. Wilson-Thankfu for the re-
publican victory and many other things.
A wit suggests the following menu for
Thanksgiving dinner:
MENU.
Bare Boughs. Falling Leaves.
Rain la Cats and Dogs.
Indian Summer Served Warm with
Sweet N emories.
Brooding Mists, Wrapped in Silence.
Family Parties. preserved in Unity.
Groanlng Boards, Sauce de Bon Appctit
Gratitude, garnished with Mirth
North Winds, glaces
Fireside Frolics. Hoods and Muhiers.
Bonhres.
And he adds the banqueters ought to be
than kful throughout the meal
, 1888-11-29
WINTER WORK.

Tho Northern Pacific and Washington n
Idaho Roads.
It is given out definitely that the two
railroad grades between Wallace and Null
Ian are to be constructed just as soon as 1t
can possibly be done. Mr.. Smith, the gen.
tleman who has the contract for the entire
grading of the Washington & Idaho has
taken the contract for grading the North
ern Pacific between Wallace and Mullan
Having the first contract, he could bid low
on the second, for in many places the two
grades amount simply to one grade for a
double track.
Months of good weather passed and
nothing was done toward building these
lines. It was given out on the best au-
thority that the Northern Pacific had con.
tracted with the Hunter Mining Company
to build to Mullan this year, or rather
this winter. IL was known that Mr.
Smith had taken contract to grade the
Washington q Idaho as far as Mullap this
year. Those who did not follow the affairs
of these companies in the courts could un-
derstand little of the causes of delay. It
was not till the good weather Of summer
and fall was almost gone that the right Of
way cases were settled; that by wise rul-
ings OF the court neither road was given
special advantages and both were permit.
ted to build. There was an effort on the
part of the Northern to compromise with
the Washington u Idaho or to purchase
its rights in this country. Since the rights
of both roads are equal, it is to the adyan-
taRe of both TO grade together.
It seems certain that the Northern Pa
ci6c will move right on with its work till
the road is in operation to Mullan. We
understand that rails and all track sup.
plies have been ordered. Both companies
are now making headquarters at Wallace.
Their movements certainly indicate that
they mean business. MIR. Wolf. the board
ing house manager for the Northern, has
made arrangements to accommodate a
large force. A few men are clearing right
of-way. The company has advertised in
Spokane Falls for 300 men, and IL Is re-
ported that they are hiring men in all parts
Of Ceur d'Alene. We are not informed
as to wages. The Washington Il Inaho
also has quite number of men at work.
-C9ur d'Alene Times.
, 1888-11-29
FOR THE WISE ONLY.

Once on time gobbler walked
Through rural giades in pride resplende,t
And TO a friendly gander talked
mi, when suddenly q notice pendant
iney spied upon rustic wall
IN literary ostentstion,
WIN margins wide and letters tail,
presidential proclamation.
or blessing on the state II told;
=, Each granary and savings bank full;
NO democrat irl need OF gold,
For which the pious should be than,
The boom In Spokane surely bound "a ,.h
10 make the place still more WEALTH.
Cleveland licked In the second round,1
Sack willie In England safe and healthy
The army email, the nayy less,
The State department in q mess,
The free trade issue out Of vision,
Therefore 10 oil show gratitude.
And make the sprightly youth remembe-
BY. sports diverse and toothsonie food
The last fair Thursday In November
the Chief Executive OF State,
In all the glory OF his station
Proclaimed alike for small and great
A holiday throughout the nation.
And to the mandate put his pen ~
And thus approved 1t well and duly.
I'm hopes Of writing of again,
Yours, Grover Cleveland, very truly"
"Methinks," the gobbler said, sedate,
"Inis document IT, worth attention,
inouBn many dressings come OF late
Our President forgets to mention.
he has overlooked by some mischance
To provide for prayers In advance
For sundry statesmen-not even word
All have been carefully ignored.
These great omissions l regret
His Excellency has looked over;
He's hurt the public pride and yet
On Tuesday, the 9Th, 1 voted for Grover"
"Me, too" the gander gobbled back,
Without sufficient thought Of Murray,
"ferhaps the foolscap was too slack,
Or Grover wrote 1t In a hurry.
1t matters not; the mandate wise
We must obey. SO here's to pleasure"
Thus saying to the fields he flies
To gather gastromic treasure.
And thanks he gave for snails and frogs.
And hlchedt the wheat and yellow corn.
While by his side the gobbler logs
All joyous for Thanksgiving morn
Until the farmers ruthless knife
The windpipe OF the couple presses,
And to their wild appeals for life
The rustic sage the pair addresses:
"Thanksy giving Day is for the wise,
The good and true who toll and reasonlu.
The Lifetime Of the idler flies ~
And brings no Joy in any season. ~
The lesson some might draw from this
Who read 1t only with their eyes,
Is that where ignorance Is bliss
'Tis frightful folly to be wise."
WAC.
Spokane Falls, Nov. 9th.
, 1888-11-29
Tho BalloOner.

We do not hear of ignorant people flying
up in balloons, but that is because these
vehicles are more difficult to obtain than I
gigs or boats; also because ballooning il '
not nearly such good fun as riding, driving
or boating. Neither is it necessary that
the ballooner-a much better word than
aeronaut-should be ignorant to put his
described. However expert he NAV
be he is as much at the mercy Of
accidents as the merest bungler in boat.
The wind blows him about. He gets freez-
Ing cold and cannot help himself.
His machine bumps against trees
and things when he IL coming
down because it is whirling help
lessly about, and, as his ballast has
been already thrown out to smash the con-
not 60 up again. The bump throws him,
out apd he breaks his nose and his snuff
box. Every now and then he is dipped in
salt water and dragged out by the passing
smack. The crew receive him with salt
horse and Hamburg gin bought from a,
North Sea cooper, which gives him bad
headache. Why he goes through all this
nobody knows. He sees nothing when he
Is up, and when he 10 down he sees what
the rest of us do who trust TO our legs. At
tunes he does little science of the kind
tirely unimportant for the hundred and IF
tieth time. He Is immensely proud of
this, and the scientific papers mention him.
1t is very right for him 10 make the-m most
of his luck, but whether it was worth
while to go through so much to obtain so.
little is question. To be sure it il no use
arguing the point with him. The true
ballooner thinks il is creditable thing to
show over and over again that he will risk
broken bones and drowning to prove that
Montgol6er had found out all about the
machine long time ago. II he likes the
occupation he must be allowed TO follow it,
since 70 live in time of freedom. The
only course open TO those who do not share
his faith 10 To keep on telling him he IL
silly fellow, and to make him pay damages.
for the things he breaks with his ballast,
his Rrapnel and his car.-Saturday Re-
view.
To Rogers the poet. beautiful face vas
one that WAS ''aFch and full Of mirth.
No woman waiting for her husband com.
ing home from the lodge 1t night would
have appeared beautiful to him.--Courisr.
, 1888-11-29
CAUSE FOR SIGHS.

zone more unfortunate"
Sadly miscarried;
Rsshly importunate.
Gone and been married.
Talk to him tendsrly,
Watch bim with care;
Pull down his vest,
And smooth back his hair.
Had he no friendsp
Who In moment Of bliss,
Might come to his rescue
Aud save him from this3
Think when he's "late,"
or his wife's scolding jaw;
And worse, ah still worse,
or his mother-in-law.
Think of the fate
OF that figure once trim,
And have In your hearts
Compassion for him.
j. s. j. r.
Spokane Falls. Nov. "a, 1888.