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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-29
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Last week . party Of $50 men, women
and children reached here from the
North west for settlement In Louisiana.
Another party Of $50 from lowe. iii.
nois, Nebraska and Minnesota came in
Thursday, destined for TapgipAhoa aud
Calcasieu parishes. The movement 10
the result Of the former Immigration
Of the Western people into Louisiaua,
who are so we'll satisded with 1t that
they have written home to their friends
to come here whore they can gat cheap
lands, . fertile soil and Q mild and
pleasant climate. The large immiRrs>
tlon now pouring In here 10 an evidence
Of the success Of The Iowa and Illinois
colonies, and It may reasonably be ex-
pected to increase with ~very year. Tue
prevalence Of bttkzards up North Just
now will no doubt bring more people
South.
Here, in our opinion, Is the bes,
means OF solving the negro problem.
Throw open the doors of Louisiana to
aii white immigrants, encouraging im-
migration Of this kind In every way,
wipe out the negro majority now In
this State, and there Will be NO negro
question, no race disturbance or dI1er-
ence Of any kind. It means al end to
alt these troubles, and It means better
agricultural methods and larger crops.
Louisiana has this remedy within its
reach; 1t should seize It. The people
from lows, Illinois, Nebraska and Min
nesota arc already pouring Ia here al.
most without invitation; With bat little
effort on our part, where there are hun
dreds coming to-day, there will soon be
thousands, AMI Louisiana will become
what IL ought 10 be-a white State.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-29
NOTICE TO TAX PAYER,

NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE, OUACH-
l. fta Parish, La. Taxes due the State of
Louisiana and the Perish of Ouschits, AZ
set forth in the assessment rolls for 1883,
on fle in this Office, are now due, and will
property October /, and on immovable
property on December 81, 1888, and will
incur a penalty of per cent per month
from said date until paid.
W.T. THEOBALDS,
Sheriff and ex-offcio Tax Collector,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-12-29

NJ. SIMON, THE TAILOR,
rs NOW PREPARED TO CLEAN AND
L renovate Gents Fall and Winter Cloth
ing by the new steam process Of renoyat.
ion. Shop opposite Bank.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14

1--WE are not in the trust,'' he said
: 'and that organization has on numerous
occasions threatened to do us up. To
show you the desperate character of TIL
deed, let me call your attention to the
fact that there were Is 200 barrels o.
whisky stored under the roof that was
torn open. If these had been ignited a
terrible fire would have been, added to
the horrors of the explosion. One of the
representatives of the trust was here
shortly after the explosion, but the feel
ing among the men against this organiza-
ton was so great that he had to skip out,
for fear of being violently dealt with. -
Mr.. j. d. Lynch, manager of the
Shufeldt Company, offers a reward OF
S25 900 for the arrest of the person who
threw the dynamite on the distillery
building, for the name Of the man who
employed him to do the work, or such
information as will lead to the detection
and arrest of the parties responsible for
the outrages. Members of the whisky
trust ridicule the idea that the attempt
to destroy the property was the work
directly Or indirectly of that organiza-
tiOn
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
AUSTIN.
The New Capitol to be Formally and
Finally Accepted This Morning.
Suicide by Morphine.
The Bonds of the Capitol Furnishing Board
Contractors Signed-Yield of Sugar
ON the Convict Farm.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. Dec. 7.-Commissioner
Fosters census and statistical report will
appear in book form about the 10th inst
Only limited number of copies will be
printed.
The following commissions for the Ire
land Rifles were issued to-day: Jacob
Ray, captain; W. f. Ferguson, first
lieutenant: Morris Williams, second lieu
tenant. This is negro company OF Sc
gum.
The capitol furnishing board have
about concluded their labOrs to-day. The
bonds of the contractors were signed and
the contracts closed Agents of the con-
tracing houses in Chicago at once tele-
graphed for the goods to be forwarded.
The chambers of the senate and house
will be furnished first.
a member of the penitentiary board
makes the statement that on the state
convict farm in Fort Bend county
twenty-five acres in cane yielded &C 900
pounds of first sugar and 20 900 pounds
of second sugar, besides ITO barrels of
molasSes.
This morning at clock Pearl Clifford
departed this life by the morphine road.
The deceased came from st. Louis where
she has mother and brother living.
Here she led a life of shame and
was addicted to drinking. Last
night she observed her special friend en-
tering another den. This was too much
for the virtuous Pearl, and she proceeded
forthwith to get as drunk as vile spirits
could make her and then swallowed the
poison. She died at the house of Josie
Williams, and Judge Stuart held the in
quest about 10 O'Clock. About year
ago, it is said, the deceased tried to start
on the same journey and for the same
cause.
The capitol board met at p. m. in the
governors Office to receive the final re-
port of Examining Architect Miller
of Washington. Governor Ross, Land
Commissioner Hall, Treasurer Lubbock
and Attorney-General HOgg and Comp
trOller Mccall were present. Architect
Miller read his written report which was
III few lines saying he had completed the
examination of the new capitol, that such
changes as he had indicated had been
faithfully carried out by Contractor
Wilke, that the building was now correct,
first-cass in every particular, and i'll his
opinion one of the finest and best COIL
structed buildings in the United States
and he therefore recommended its accep-
ton by the state. General HOgg said he
was now entirely satisfied, except as to
one thing. The pillars in the base
ment had not been painted according
to contract. Commissioner Hall held
contrary opinion, but Colonel Abner Tay-
lOr, the syndicate contractor, spoke up
and said it didn t matter, as it cost only
$40 he would have the painting done
The board appeared satisfied, and will
meet ats9in the morning, when the new
capitol will be finally and formally re-
'eeived by the state, which will end the
whole matt9fs ALPS well that ends well.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
TEXAS CAPITOL.
1t is Received by the Board and is Now the
Property of the State--Resolu-
lions Passed.
Special to the Gazette.

Speclal 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten. Dec. S.-The last act
in the building of the magnificent new
granite capitol of Texas transpired to-
day, when the capitol board, including
Governor Ross and the heads of depart
ments ,met with Abner Taylor of Chi
cago, contractor and architect, FORM
ally accepted the building on behalf
of the state. There was very little GER
emory. Only the necessary papers were
signed. The following resolution was
adopted by the board
Whereas, the capitol board in q meet
ing held this day have secured the final
report of f. C. Miller, superin-
tendent of construction and examin-
ing architect, which said re-
port shows that all the defects
discovered by him had been remedied by
the contractor, said work being done
under his direction and to his entire salts
faction; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the capitol receiving
board, concurred in by the capitol
board, having explicit confidence
in the said architect and the efficiency of
inspection and the work completed in
pursuance thereof, the said capitol build
lIS NC anu lie Shlhe II HeISpg fttelNeu ~
fully and completely rs the powers and
authority in us vested SO TO
do by act of the Twentieth
legislator called session, approved May
81, 1888, entitled "an act to providefor
the reception of the new capitol.
Thus ends the controversy about de-
fects in the building which has been paid
for with 3 900 900 acres of Texas lands,
and is pronouHdM by architects rs one of
the ljpeSt structures in the world.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
Montreal Star.

From statistics just published, dealing
with the richest men living we learn that
there are about 700 with over million
sterling, of whom 200 reside in England,
100 in the United States, 100 i'll Germany
and Austria, Is in France, so in Russia,
so in India and I25 in other countries.
The richest among these millionaires are
the following: Jay Gould, the Amer
lean railway king, worth $685.
600 900; annual income, e ,060,-
900; Mackay, ESQ 200 900, e. 800 900;
Rothschild England f4o 900 900, e.
900 200; Vanderbilt, f25 ,000,00 e.
250 900; J. B. Jones united ,States),
ego 200 200, Fl 900 900; Duke of West
minister, ZIG 900 900, Is 900 900; J. j.
Aston United States, fl0 200 900,
$500 900; W. Stewart Omitted States),
$500 600, e. 400 900; ]. G. Bennett
United states), f6, 900 900, f9OO 900;
Duke of Sutherland, &c 900 900, $780,
600; Duke of Northumberland, e5 ,000,-
900, goo, 900; Marquis of Butte, E4 ,000,-
600, annual income f260 900.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.
Attempt TO Blow up a Large Distillery in
North Chicago Partially Successful.

Attempt TO Blow up Large Distillery in
North Chicago Partially Successful.
CHICAGO, ILL. Dec. 10 Shortly after
clock this morning an attempt was
made to destroy the Shufeldt Company's
distillery in the northern portion of the
city by dynamite. Enough facts are
not known to justify a conclusion as to
whether it is the work of anarchists or of
some one who has personal grudge
against the Shufeldts At the hour
mentioned, the neighborhood was shaken
by a tremendous explosion, breaking
many windows in the surrounding houses
and causing the people 70 rush into the
street in great alarm. An in
vestigation showed that bomb
had been thrown from the street into a
detached warehouse used for storing high
wines. This building was shattered. The
hoops bursted off OF many casks and the
heads of some were driven in. Very
soon afterward package wrapped in pa
per was discovered lying in the street. 1t
contained several sticks of dynamite and
some caps. a fuse connected with the
package showed evidence of having
been lighted, but had gone out prema-
turely These articles are now in the
possession of the police who are at work
on the case.
A ragged hole about three feet square
was torn in the roof and in various other
ways the structure was damaged. EX-
animation revealed the fact that some
person, evidently standing on the high
sidewalk on Hawthorn street had thrown
upon the low roof of the building
package of dynamite sticks tied to-
mi AZ 40 TnS ho1
been ignited. These sticks consist of
compressed dynamite wrapped in paste
board and provided with Illuminating
caps. The combination had exploded
and it was only owing to the peculiar
charge that the entire structure as well
as the surrounding buildings were not in
stantly leveled. The aim of the
man or men who committed
the deed was . evidently TO
hit the skylight on the roof, and the
mark was missed but by a few feet.
Underneath the sllylight are eight large
tubs or watts of highly infammable
liquor. Had a dynamite stick exploded
on the skylght the liquor would have
been instantly ignited and q terrible ex-
plosion would have resulted, an eX-
plosion, Captain Schaak thinks, of
sufficient violence TO have torn down a
score of buildings. As it was the damage
was comparatively small. A lot of
barrels of wine underneath the spot
where the explosion occurred had the
hoops torn off but none of the contents
was spilled. On the roof about fifteen
feet from the spot where the first
explosion occurred was found
another bundle of dynamite
sticks, seven in number. They had not
exploded on account of some defect in
the fuse, which had evidently been ig
nited. Fortunately, no one was in the
building at the time and no loss of life or
limb was caused.
James d. Lynch, one of the proprie-
tors of the distillery, says he believes it
to be the work of the whisky trust,
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
Marriages of jew and Gentle.
New YorE. sun.

Marriages between Jews and Gentffss
are occasionally heard of in this city and
one of our orthodox Hebrew-American
fellow citizens has expressed the appre-
hension felt by his people of the result of
this admiXture of races. He says that
the danger to HebraiSm is far greater in
the United States than in any country of
Europe. In social life, as well as in mer-
camille, Jews and Gentiles mingle here as
they do nowhere else. They visit each
other at their homes; they often belong
TO the same societies; they are often
partners in business; the boys and girls
of both races form acquaintance and
friendships in the public schools. The
consequences are occasionally seen in
those matrimonial alliances of which com
plant is made by the orthodox descend
ants of Abraham. The rabbis are doing
all they can to prevent them, but they
do not always meet with the desired SIC
cess.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14

alone In this. Every large city in Europe
is in a similar plight, and before another
century win have passed some action will
have to be taken by leaders in Israel.
What that action will be we will not at
tempt to forestall, but we dare say it
will be stronger medicine than weak
dose of a week day-service on Sunday.
Wherever and whenever Jews labor in
the service of good morals, religious
training: whenever and wherever they
try tosawaken an interest in higher life,
anjaeal inspiration, they should be en-
ieeHraEed and not discouraged. The
rdemdH of .agnosticism and intidelity is
Aproad doing mischief enough, but it
tSss be fought by closing the houses of
wors The misfortune rather is that
they &Tp tSeQpuch closed. Whenever we
find f4fin o9 let us go in and assist in
the exeSsasess
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
Costly Royalty.
St. Louis Chronicle.

Queen Victoria possesses about a. 90
acres of land and from seven to ten MTge
and splendid residences, with immense
parks attached, three or four steam
yachts, the control of several hundred
pensions, annuities and church
livings, dispensing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars annually, military
escort and many oener eossSSs luxuries, for
which British taxpayers areAbled to the
tune of SO 900 200 every year .8ger ,.-sls
and daughters and certain nephews and
neices receive, besides, 81 100000, while
remoter relatives come i'll for considera-
bic slices of fat. For these OUTLAWS
the beneficiaries give i'll return
a large amount of junketing, travel,
saltatory exercises and of cold shoulder
to outside barbarians. John Bull, how
ever, delights in keeping up the luxury,
and if the royal progeny were as prolific
as rabbits, would put his hand in his
pocket and grin from ear to ear in ecstacy
at the privilege of furnishing them all
with gilded homes feather beds, pate de
fole gras and champagne.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
THE FIRE RECORD. ,
The Old Crutchfield House OfaDaEas,
Once the Foremost Hosiery OF 4
North Texas, Buried.
Some of the Famous Guests Who PartookJ
the HOspitalities OF the Place in thess.F
Early Days of Texas. sf

Special to the Gazette. a
DALLAS, TEX, Dec. 1O.-The fire dr.
partment was called out at o clock tbs
morning by an alarm from the Old
Crutchfield house, corner of Mfa2 arg
jefferson. The fire got good staEG
however, and soon the old house l3Sf ia
ashes. This is the second burning Of the
hotel. The first occurred in 1860. The
Crutchfield house was the most historic
building in Dallas. Judge Nat NJ. Bur-
ford, one of the old residents of the city Z,
speaking about it, said:
at was built in 1852 by Thomas F g.
Crutchfield from lumber hauled from
Red River county, and under his and
his wife's estimable management was
the foremost hostelry of North Texas q.
1t was destroyed by fire in June, 1860, at
the same time that all business houses in
Dallas, numbering fifteen, went down in
flames. Mr.. Crutchfield at once rebuilt 1t +,
and it was from the veranda of that house
which burned last night that John w {.
Forney, the famous newspaper man of
Philadelphia; Colonel Tom Scott, presi-
dent of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
way, then $50 miles east of here,
and Robert Garrett, ST., of the
Baltimore and Ohio Road, addressed a
crowd of Dallas citizens on the subject of
extending the Texas and Pacific road into
this city. 1t was during their visit that
the present Texas and Pacific depot and
rOund-house grounds were located. Dur
ing the Crutchfield management there
was never a scandal nor Il murder con-
nected with the history of the house. 1t
was the most magnificent hotel i'll Texas.
Among the famous guests who partOok Of
the Inequalities of the place | recall the
names of Governor Thomas p. Hathaway
Bell, General Thomas Rusk General Sam
Houston, Governor f VI PeaSe and o .
NJ. Roberts. the old alcalde; among cele-
brated European guests was Prince
Paul, the reigning sovereign of
Williamsburg, who remained n week
in the year '52 and went
from here TO St. Louis by stage; Victor
Considerable, NJ. Kantagrel, for whom
one of the streets in this city has been
named, and NJ. Cosin, all prominently
connected with French immigration into
tbs county. 1t ceased to be the leading
Hotel after the death of Thomas F.
Crutchfield, which I think occurred in
1868. OF the surviving descendants of
Thomas F. CrutchfieId and wife there
remains now only James 0. Crutchfield
of Lamar county and Mrs. Ophelia Eakins
of this city -
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
TAXES MUST BE PAID.

What Collector Murrey Has to Say About It.
In conversation with Tax Collector
Murrey last night he said there were q
number of persons who had not paid their
occupation taxes, and the county attor-
ney and grand jury would certainly take
action in regard to the delinquents. The
law on the subject is very plain and must
be complied with. In regard to state
and county taxes he says the law re-
quires his books to be closed by
January l and taxes must be paid by that
time. Several persons have asked if
they could not have a few days extra
time, but in each case he has told them
the law was made for all alike and he
would make no discrimination He pro-
poses to plumb the law and now gives no.
tice that all must pay their taxes by the
date named or pay the penalty fixed for
delinquency. Mr.. Murrey says he has
no discretion in the matter and does not
propose TO do something ne has no au-
thority to do.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
COTTON CROP.
Bright Prospects of Midsummer Blighted
by Continuous Storms, Prevent
ing Picking.
The Yield of 1888 Placed at Three Hundred
Thousand Bales Less than Last Year ona
Careful Estimate.

MEMPHIS, TENN. Dec. 10.-The reg
mar monthly cotton crop report to be is
sued tomorrow by Hill, Fountaine s
Co. ,-wlH gay:
The indefinite report of the bureau of
agriculture issued last month regarding
PROMPTED us, OH November %, to write
900 letters of inquiry to every section in
the south and gather statistics ss to- he
outcome of the crop. The 4<fponsessto
these inquiries, which bear sc avelEEe
date of December 3, haTeTbeen cf9tRs
fully arranged by states, and there 9kE
be no question rs to the correctness of ffh
reports receiSsSs embracing, rs they do,
buyer atfS BE planter, The
past seaso9#ss lSsen an unprecedented
Dne in maf@ NesEfsts. .Thd plant was
thriving weks s5jiNs Early irs5sasgnst, when
severe galeFsf Wind eGsshhpanied with
ronrtsssd al fof fssfseight hours. The The
dan9gssustasped from that storm, which
I. pros#attd StF plant, was aggravated by
sNontffAdhs Gin, which fell during August
lid 4AtEas9ber The picking season
began S{7S' latter part of September and
s,EaS seriously interrupted by spells of bad
weIher, which prevailed at short
lntHSals during October and No
= geEber, which delayed the gathering of
SctfItS crop and many bolls which were ma
tured and ready to open rotted and de-
rayed. From every section of the south
the same complaint is made of cotton
open In the fields and being
=
damp weather. At no period since
picking commenced has there been ten
days of continuous fair weather. The
supply of labor which was hitherto ample
and working well at this season is now
reported scarce and very unsettled. This
is doubtless due in some respects to the
recent national election, but III many
sections of the south the long continuous
wet weather disheartened the cotton
pickers who were daily becoming more
involved in debt and they have deserted
the cotton field for more renumerative
and steady wages on railroads and to
assist III building levees.
The responses to our letters Of inquiry
enable us to make an estimate as TO the
yield of the present crop of cotton, which
we place at 6 ,7l6 900 bales, or in round
figures about 300 200 bales less than last
year. There is a general decrease re-
ported for every state excepting Texas
and Tennessee. Replies from the former
were at variance, some reporting an in
crease over last year while a major
ity reported a decrease. The es-
innate of Texas is inclined
TO a slight decrease, but there
is no doubt of very large shortage in the
northern half of the state. The greatest
loss reported is from the Misslssissppi
Valley, where in many counties the crop
win fall short fully Alb per cent. of
last year Our estimate of SIG 200
bales is the maximum yield, and may be
reduced by inclement weather, which
would further retard picking and in
crease the loss to the planter, whose cot
ton is now open in the field, but cannot
be saved unless fair weather prevails.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
THE POPULAR VOTE.

CIeveland's Plurality Over Harrison Larger
Than His Plurality Over Blaine.
Z Sr. LOUIS, Mo. Dec. 9.-The official
Colorado just reported. Cleveland has a
plurality over Harrison in the country as
a whole of SO ,2S0 in the popular vote as
compared with plurality in 1884 of 60, :
6S3 over Blaine.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-14
Eyga aiset Erly l5ssss Try ResAam's Pills.
DEADLY ALTERNATIM CURRENT
1t viii Drive the Hangman Out; ef Rsssness il
New York After january.
Washington Star, December

Washington Star, December6 s.
Experiments made at Edison's lab
oratOry at Orange, N. j., yesterday de-
cided that the hangman occupation
will be gone in New York after January
l, when the law requiring criminals to
be executed by electricity goes into effect
Up to the present there has been some
doubt as to whether certain results could
always be produced by electricity, but
yesterdays experiments settled the ques-
ton definitely. The first victim was a
calf weighing l2413 pounds. The hair
was cut on the forehead and on the spine
behind the fore legs, and spOnge-covered
plates, moistened i'll sulphate of zine,
were fastened in place. The resistance
of the animal was 5000 ohms An alter
mating current of 700 volts was applied
for thirty seconds and the animal was
killed Instantly. 1t was dissected by
Drs. Ingram and Bleyer, but the brain
heart and lungs were found to be in nor
NAL condition, and the meat was pro-
nounced fit for food. One metal
plate carrying the current touched
the hair of the forehead and
slightly burned it, but other
wise there were no external indications
of injury. The second calf weighed I45
pounds, and had a resistance of 1900
ohms. The deadly alternating current
at 700 volts pressure was applied for five
seconds, and produced instant death.
A horse weighing 1880 pounds was next
killed by passing the alternating current
at 700 volts from one fOreeg to the other.
Nae resistance of this animal was II 600
asins. The experiments proved the
alternating c1gEent to be the most deadly
st5fpe ic1fFayn "a Science