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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-03-08
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-03-08

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maiden 8nbtnoung nit Dnr9'S dtafpasen mad Meuc ba geeran NahonaLBabn.
] 6. MAC NAMARA, w. I. RIGSBY,
gtde. asnt aampmann @ebdube. 2idd.asnt, s. & g q. DEPOT
THOS. F. FISHER, General asnt ear9o, asras.
JE. GALBRAITH, D.L PRICE.
General YaFair 6 Sidt Mant. aTFmt General Yafaser C gdd Aaent
n. EDDY, General Manasn, YaLfne Sras.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

SAN ANTONIO secures the South
west Texas asylum. The deeds for
the tract are made to the state. The
owners of the tract look to the citizens
of this county TO reimburse them.
They will not get left but they should
not have to wait for a certainty of
that fact. About 40 per cent of the
purchase money is yet to be sub
scribed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

THE Floresville citizen punches.up
the good county Of Wilson to greater
diligence in preparing for the COM
ing exposition in this city. Other
county papers are following the same
line of suggestion and Importantly
and 1T will not be without results.
The Citizen says:
Nearly every county in the great
state of Texas will be represenUe at
the San Antonio Fair. Wilson coun-
ty is just as good as any count y in
the state and can If she tries, have
just as good an exhibit as any county.
There is nothing that would be-
greater benefit to a county than a
fine exhibit. Wilson has the great
est variety of mineral water, the
finest lot of native grasses, the finest
horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, the
finest corn, oats rye, millet, sugar
cane, broom corn, chicken corn,
pumpkins, potatoes, turnips, all kinds
of garden vegetables and in fact
almost anything and everything that
is valuable and useful. We have as
fine lot of building material as any
county IN the STATE, all KINDS OF tim
Der, brick that will compare favor
able with any, rock etc. Let the
people wake up and have our county
we'll represented at the fair, and
those that do their part IN the work
will never have cause to regret it,"
The citizen is right. The counties,
as well as the individuals, will be
benefited that take part in this ex-
position. OF this there is no ques-
ton. There will be no loafing round
the door stone of regret on account
of neglected and lost opportunities
by those who take the van in the
development and advertisement of
5 'uthwest Texas. The reward Will
come and that right speedily.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26
Grand Opening.

Miss NJ. V. Grinder kindly request,
the ladies Of San Antonio aud vicin-
ity to inspect her large stock of Mi
linery, Fancy Goods and Ladies
Fu uishiugs, which have now all ar
rived and will be displayed on am
after Monday. October u, at 42l Easl
Houston street, opp. Maverick Bank
l0-l6-tf.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

THE amenities are beautifully pre-
served between Chicago and st. Louis
in the matter of rivalry over Worlds
fair location. The 81. Louis Republic
soothes its sister by the lakes with
this specimen emollient:
while Col. Medill is Tapping the
Bloody Shirt and shrieking over the
'secti"nalsm' of St. Louis in asking
for Worlds Fair votes from the
Southern States, Chicago has profess
sional confidence men and Ropers
travelling in the South in the disguise
of Rebel Sympalhizers instructed to
give it out that Chicago lacks nothing
but the Worlds Fair to make it vi
olently Southern"
Washington notes the exchange of
courtesies and with a wink at New
York says, when these two have
swallowed each other we will draw
cuts for first position.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

IT HAVING been announced that
certain we'll known women were 60
ing to write in response to the ques-
ton "What I would do If was a
man ~ the Norristown Herald rises to
remark that the first thing they
would do would be to take of. their
hats on entering theater.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

Mrs. NJ. E. Matthews, at Little
Red grocery, sole agent for DR.. Nc
Hill's medicines-kidney cure, pile
remedy, stomach powders, consripa-
non pills, catarrh cure, rheumatic
llniment and best female medicine
ORANGE BLOSSOM lO-2l-lm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26

THE citizens of San Antonio never
have had a better opportunity to
show their hospitality than they will
have during the present fair. The
city will be full to overlooking of visi-
tors and the willingness of our citi-
zens to entertain strangers will be
submitted to fair test. San Anto-
Mo should make a good record at this
fair aud it will bring fruit for years to
come.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-26
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1889.

FORAKER is much better, the dem
ocracy no better and Campbell's
chances daily growing worse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
A GROWING CONCERN.
The First Ten Years of Luckie's
Marble Works Show Won
derful Progress.

Mr.. A. K. Luckie, proprietor of
the well known Luckie Marble
Works, showed a reporter for this
paper through his large establish
ment this morning. The addition
of a mantle department is great
improvement and this branch of
the business will alone prove profit
able. This is the only mantle
house between Kansas City and st.
Louis. The stock of iron, slate
and marble mantles is large.
Mr.. Luckie employs about a
dozen men at good salaries and his
works are constantly crowded with
orders. He maintains agents in a
dozen Missouri counties, while his
work scatters far and wide through
the Mississippi valley.
A number of fine monuments, i'm
ported direct from Scotland, have
just been received. They bear ex
animation, being fine specimens o
workmanship.
Besides mantleI of every descrip
ton, there May be had at this Office
CRATES, encaustic tiling, shells ant
and white sand, the latter for deco
rating purposes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
JULIA H. THAYER
Fourth Of ;Jnlv in History.


The Fourth Of July occupies conspicuous
place in nAmerlcan history for other reasons
than that it is the National birthday. In
celebrating 1t we naturally dwell exclu.
sively on the scenes in Independence Hall
at the adoption Of the Declaration, but had
this iflustrious event fallen upon any other
day, the Fourth should have still held a
prominent place in the peoples memory.
Yet, curiously enough, it is not at all a nota-
BILE day in military history No doubt 1t il
well that we have neither to commemorate
q victory won, nor to lament a battle lost
upon this day. Though the Nation was al
war during twenty Of the first hundred
years Of its existence, and has been engaged
in more than four hundred battles, yet, with
single exception, there has been no blood
shed on the Fourth.
Several actions have taken place on the
third day of the month-the most note.
worthy being the eliminating struggle Of
the civil war at Gettysburg-and on the
fifth, but had 1t not been for the unfortunate
assault Of the Confederates on Helena, Ark,
In 1868, the surrender Of Vicksburg thai
same year would have been the only i'm
portant military event connected with thu
National anniversary.
Mention, however, might be made here oil
an incident in Washington's career, ths
memory of which doubtless threw an occa
sional shade over his rejoicings at the re
currence of this day. During campaign
against the French and Indians in 1754
Washington, at the head Of a small force
was compelled by a greatly superior body 0,
the enemy to retreat to some hastily con
structed entertainments, which We're char
acteristically called Fort Necessity.
On the night Of July 8, after comba
which had lasted ten hours, the Frencl
commander summoned the brave younf
colonial officer to surrender. The parleyinf
continued till late at night, when Washing
ton agreed to the honorable terms ofierel
him, and on the morning of the Fourtl
marched out of the fort with all the honor
Of war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

mounted from the self same stone. Lydia
kept her horse and, before they rode off, I
heard her promise 70 come again to-mor-
row.
Hua-m-mr' said Fairfax, refectireiy,
'..hat young lady can easily be disposed Of.
beliese you chauced the other day te men.
ton the fact that Lady Blanche, low In
Paris, Is her aunt, did you notin
YES" replied Dick, wondeF,ngly.
Fairfax took from his vest pocket teie-
graphic blank, on which was written the
simple word, ''Send. F."
Now, my fair charmer, Miss Lydia, 1
think we have you out of the way''
Roger continued he, calling the vaies,
''delivcr this at the telegraph office. and
then hire horse and buggy at some livery
stable. Be sure and secure a strong horse
and buggy with q rubber apron for wet
weather"
In perhaps half an hour the sound of ap-
preaching wheels was heard, and Roger
quickly announced himself. Finding the
| vehicle suited for the service which he de-
sired to impose upon it, Fairfax called the
three men together, saying:
SO To some inn for the night At eight
| O'clock tomorrow morning take the dali
Gesfe that leaves bere, and passes y. cross.
road-only % short distance from our desti-
naton- hoScf, You KNOW the way from
| there to the village, and the point bevond-
| where you went with Mr.. Oxford yesterday
near where the brook crosses the road at
/ the pool You understandlr
| Il do str,'f said Roger, knowingly.
| Every well, then, you all understand. Put
all your bundles in the carriage and go off
| for good Sleep
| The three servants were quickly on their
way TO tho village, Roger proving himself
| perfectly invuinerable when bomharded
with questions by the two excited and Curl
| GUS seaIlcI:.
| Dick and Fairfax, meanwhile, were on
their way to the village of Y, thirty miles
| distant. At halfpast three o'clock ill the
| morning they were approaching the we'll
known town. and the east was beginning to
| show faint signs of light.
Fairfax urgei to rapid pace the horse
| that quickly carried them through the slum-
bering place. He made brief pause at the
| inn of Landlord Baudray. They drove di-
rectly toward tie appointed rendezvous near
| the fateful pooi and led the horse into the
midst of 4 neiglboring grove, where it was
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
CHAPTER x.
IONE' THERE 1T COMESt


AS she sat painting upon this eventful
afternoon, when her expected companion,
Lydia, was riding leisurely upon frultleSs
errand to Dol, Natalie let her thoughts re-
vert to their conversation of the two pre-
vious days.
Then, of course, she thought of Fairfax.
What 4 sad, but striking face he had. Who
was hea What troubled him so muchs She
was convinced something did. Why had he
started so and colored when he saw her
coming down the staircases Would she
ever see him agains He interested her;
Lydia, too, took such an interest in him.
Why had she, herself, Immediately
thought of that song, when she cast her
eyes upon hima Why, too, did she always
think of it in connection with hima That
song was peculiarly and only hers and
Otto's. What right had this man to it?
And vet it seemed his, too, as much as
theirs. Yes, and Lydia had said he had
been much disturbed as he listened to it,
and had remarked that it was interviewer
with his fate. Perhaps-she was almost
certain of it-her lost knife would return
through him.
In this ingenious and child-like manner
she unused, zealously painting all the time.
| Suddenly the voice of Dimitri aroused
her. He pointed significantly to the storm
slowly gathering in the south. Her time
piece indicated half-past five o'clock. The
storm couldn't possibly break for at least an
| hour an half yet. She made the best of
| her opportunity; and at a quarter past six
| the finishing touch was laid upon the cam
| vas. Mounted on AIedji, she turned to-
| ward the view and waved her hand,
saying:
ssAdieu! adieul Medji, this is our last,
nv fleetest Tomorrow we go.n
For distance of several hundred rods
| from the main road the cliff road ran in a
| perfectly straight direction.
Just as Natalie gained the point where the
| highway came in sight, she thought that
she caught sight of a figure which darted
backward from the center of the road and
| disappeared from view on the left; but, see
| ing nothing more, she concluded her eyes
had deceived her.
| A shrill whistle pierced the quiet air,
| This time She could not be mistaken. What
did it mean. Probably some huntsman cali
| ing his dogs.
| When arrived at the main road she
! glanced up and down it, but saw nothing un
| usual.
| A huntsman-undoubted he who haG
| Just blown the whistle-and an old farmer
| were earnestly engaged in conversation.
Beyond them were some carriers coming
down the road. These were the only per
sons in sight.
When she came to her favorite pool not {
soul was to be seen there, either.
| fTo BE CONTINUED.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. cambridge Munday Esq,
County Atty, Clay Co., Tex. says !:
"Have used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. My brother
also was very low with Malarial
Fever and Jaundice, but was cured
by timely use of this medicine.
Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved
his Iife." Mr.. D. I. Wilcoxson. of
Horse Cave, KY, adds like testi-
mony, saying: He positively be.
lieves he would have died, had il
not been for Electric Bitters. This
great remedy will ward off, as well
as cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach
Disorders stands unequaled. Price
Soc. and s1.O0 at J. F. Llewellyn's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

well, but it always looked ten years older
than his face.
exit" said Dolph, as they stood in the
Office at the mill, ''this is the Fo'th er July.
b'lieve I'll take er walk ter town an have
er spin with the boys"
"If you wanter take er spin, Mr.. Dolph,n
said Elsie, coming in Al the moment and
seating herself on his stool, "sposen you
take spin with met I'll teach you to spin
cotton yarn, an then knit you er pair Nv
socks outen it."
"But that 'ud be work, Miss Elsie, an ter.
days sr holiday. You see, I wanter 60 tsE
town.
"Waal, I'd jest like ter know what's
harder work than walkin' five miles, gittin'
drunk an wanderin' back home erg1nF"
"Elsiep'
"Never min, parper; me an Mr.. Dolph
haint er goin' to quart. But it does seem
strange that men can't celebrate the Fo'th
er July 'thout gittin' drunk. Seems ter me
prayin' would be the bes' way, any how"
'sSposen / don't GIT drunk" suggested
Dolph.
"When did they quit sellin' whisky at
Gurdonm was her answer.
| Dolph walked to town and enjoyed the
| day after the fashion of the country. BE
| went to the dirty bar-room where dirty
| men and flies swarmed and took drink,
| treating the crowd. The crowd treateN
| him, and this exchange Of civilities con-
! tinued till six in the evening. Then, like q
pilgrim, weary and heavy-laden, he started
! home.
/ When he became conscious he found HIM
| self propped up in bed with both arms in
| splints. Elsie sat by him
tsIn the,'-
ssName of goodness she said, tits
me. You fell down the Rock creek bank,
at the two-mile crossin', an foun' you.
Both yer arms wuz broke"
ssBut,'-
81 had er vision, Mr. Dolph, that you
| wpz in trouble, an so sot out ter look ful
You. sides, l kinder felt mad at myself
fur talkin' so rough ter you in the morn
in'.''
/ .That needent er bothered you ertall
Elsie, for nuthin' you ever said ter me eve
hurt my feelin's."
s.An' Sides, she went on, ayour sayin
me wunst, er long time ergo, mad
me aliers thinlSin' erbont you when
thought you mo6ght be in er fx ter 81
|, hurt. You saved me from the fire"
Il ssAn' you saved me from hell-fre," b
/ said. 'sElsie, I'll never git drunk ergir
/ The Fo'th er July has alters been one u
my big drunk days; frum now, it'n be th
day frum what reckin nay swearin' on.
s.Hello, Dolphi'' said Kit, coming in. .'Ai
} you come tos We had er deuce NV er tint
I me an the doctor an Elsie, er gittin 30
! quiet ernuf ter put them boards on ye
j arms
j SIT wuzzen't me, XIII, but the Fo'th-el
July whisky. But Z wua't never do 70 :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

oto bed. "Licler'' got him down occasional.
ly, but when he had slept it of he felt like
"the same old Dolph." Kitwas knock-kneed,
nervous, hollow-eyed and salIow. His face
was smooth child's, but a razor never
touched it. He took tobacco between his
drinks, to which Dolph attributed the cause
of his constant "ailin'.''
Big heaps Of sawdust dotted the ground
for half mile around the mill. 1t some
times happened that these would catch fire,
which would smolder for weeks before
breaking out. Kit had daughter, Elsie,
twenty years old, black-eyed, black-haired
and pretty. One morning, when she was a
child while standing at his desk estimating
bill of lumber, Dolph saw her walking the
foot-log that crossed the creek.
From it plank led to saw-dust pile,
from which was short jump to the ground.
When she reached the pile she disappeared,
and dark blue smoke arose. Dolph knew
what that meant, and ran to the spot. He
pulled her out. Her clothing was on fire,
and the wind famed it to fame. Taking
her in his arms, he jumped into the water.
She was unhurt, but his left hand was SO
burned that the skin hung in long strips
from the ends of his fingers. The hand got
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
TIRED OUT.

sJust tired ont" the neighbor said.
Turning from the squalid bed,
Where the weary woman lay,
Painting life's last hours away.
Save that sound of sobbing breath,
All was still as coming death;
For the frightened children covered
Where, with heavy brows that lowered
Meath the lons-eEduring strain,
The mute husband bore his pain
Just tired GUITAR down below
Waves were fretting on the flow;
And the full, reeurrent roar
Echoed upward from the shore;
Fainter grew the pulses beat
AS the worn hands plucked the Sheet
And the death damps gathered where
Ruffied all the tangled hair
Said the watcher al her side.
She is waiting for the tide"
When the waves had ebbed anew,
The tired life was over. too;
Gone from want, and care, and i'll
Very peacefully and still,
After all she bore and wept.
Hard worked wife and mother slept;
Very fair she looked, and meek,
Long dark Iashes swept her cheek,
Worn hands crossed upon her breast,
For the weary was at rest"
HI The TtGr Round
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

Conductor Gibbs, of the way
freight, says Auxvasse is one of
the best and most thriving towns
he knows Of any where and says
we have the most enterprising men
IN the country. He also says there
is more freight received here than
any other three towns on the
Branch( excepting Fulten). Thanks,
Hal, for such a deserving compli-
ment.-Au.kvasse Repieu.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

sfumbered in harmless security. Not 60
the lazy family cat stretched on the clean,
sunshiny floor. Izzy was looking fxed1y at
her, and his staring orbs were those Of
fate. He had an idea, a punster might say,
and this idea. it was plainly to be seen, was
of a sanguinary nature.
But this was the time for action, not sen
timent. Izzy drew off his cowhide shoes
and softly stepped across the floor, took
down his fathers powder-horn from Its &C.
customed peg, and creeping back to Tabby,
he began a solemn march around her,
pouring on the floor stream of powder
as he went, until his victim lay hemmed in
by as many Internal circles as ever Dante
conceived of-stiu the cat slept ON.
Izzy went to the kitchen fireplace, took
out live coal and approached the feline
dreamer. His cheeks flushed with childish
isy, his glad heart beat like the village
drum on trainiug-day. He looked very sni-
mated. The cat slept ou-he applied the
coal to the granular rings.
The cat no longer slept. She rose into the
air, nay, she shot heavenward amid burs1
of smoke and fame, resembling the apothe-
osis of Hercules, and with one ''yaouP ~
that rang out like the trump of doom, she
went crashing through the window-glass
with momentum that leads the writer o1
this simple tale to infer she is still madly
careening through space, and that, Iki
Tennyson's Brook" she will thus ''go On
forever"
'sIsrael Hackstaff, ketch me a-leavip' 70
'lone 'nuther time, ye' meddlin', good-fur
npthin', sassy feller, you'll Take Of ye'
don'tcher dare tb git up fore sundown,'
are the magical words of maternal affec
ton, accompanied by the proper muscute,
punctuation marks, that finally dispel ths
opparition and restore to normal condi
ton the wierd horror Of the scene.
fr,rYA n Tuavvp
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
A Costly Campaign.

Senator Edmunds discusses the
morals of politics in a late magazine,
and estimates that SIS, 100000 was
the money cost of the late
campaign. He wisely refrains
from distributing the money be-
tween the parties, but serves all
alike. The only new remedy he
suggests in addition to better
registration laws, restricted emi-
grafton and naturalization is the
compulsory publication of election
expenses.