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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Business Notes.

FOURTH avenue was very quiet yesterday.
closing up accounts occupying the time of
brokers of every sort and degree.
The Williamsburg Oil Company is still work
ing on well No. 2, on the Weinman farm. Well
No. l is plugged as securely as ever
PITTsBURG occupies the seventh place
among the Clearing House cities leading Bal
timore, Cincinnati and New Orleans.
THE Reading Railroad reports that its coal
shipment for the week ending December 2S
was IS, 900 tons, of which 1900 tons were sent
to Port Richmond and 5000 tons were sent to
Port Liberty.
SECRETARY WINDOW yesterday telegraphed
instructions to the various sub-treasurers to
pay upon presentation, the checks for interest
on the per cent loan, due January ], and on
the Pacific railroad bonds. amounting to nearly
$80OO0O0
THE Pennsylvania Railroad reports that the
quantity of coal and coke originating on and
carried over its lines east of Pittsburg and Erie
for the week ending December q was 34y, 65S
tons, of which 2S5, 1926 tons were coal and l24.-
S27 tons coke. The total tonnage for the year
thus far has been 1909, ,9I5 tons, compared with
Is, AIS, SOB tons in the corresponding period of
1883. decrease of SS0, 6SS tons.
THE amount of metal produced by F fur
mace, of the Edgar Thomson works, the past
week has averaged S26 tons every "a hours
The yield has for some days reached as high
as 346 tons. The two new furnaces which are
fast approaching completion will do much bet
ter. A decade ago a daily weld of l5O tons was
considered immense. 1t will not be long until
400 tons will be the daily product of single
furnace at Braddock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
BETRAYED BY HIS BEARD.
A MulattO Prisoner Who Passed for Some
Time as a White Man.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcHI

Time n White Mnn.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHI
WILMINGTON, DEL, December 3d.
Early Monday morning last, police officer
arrested well-dressed man who reached
this city, at o'clock, from Norfolk, and
who was behaving in mysterious manner.
He wore large slouch hat, and had on
long, false black beard. He said his name
was Christman, but he refused to give any
account OF himself, and the only charge upon
which he could be held was that of carrying
concealed deadly weapons, small pistol
being found in his pocket. He was locked
up in the City Hall, and to-day he was
recognized by deputy sheriff from Hamp-
ton, Va, as William H. Bonaparte, who
broke Jail there on October 81. He had
been sentenced to five years Tor abductlng
little white girl.
Bonaparte is light mulatto, and was
taken for a white man by the police
here. He was at one time assistant editor
of the Boston Advocate, and stumped the
Southern States for the Republicans. He
is said to be highly educated and polished
orator,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
THE CHICAGO HUSTLE,
Another Example of 1T is Being Sprung Upon
This City.

Captain James Meredith, of Chicago, is
in the city, as an agent of the Worlds Fair
propaganda Of that pushing city. He has a
novel contrivance intended to boom his
towns claims. 1t is small paper stamp,
the size of postage stamp, gummed on one
side and on the other bearing a red seal like
a circular saw. In white letters on the seal
are the words, 1892. Worlds Exposition,
Chicago"
The stamps are printed in sheets, perfor-
ated like sheet OF postage stamps They
are gummed on the outside of envelopes.
Captain Meredith is distributing them to all
the merchants and business men of this
city who favor Chicago, that they may send
them out with their correspondence, and
thus indicate to the country at large that
Pittsburg is with Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
A GOOD START.

Local Bankers Continue to Do a Land
Office Business.
The week opened at the banks with fair
demand for loans and supply Of cash equal
to all anticipated requirements. There was no
change in rates. which were steady at 607 per
cent for call and time accommodations. Cler-
ical business was of large proportions The
exchanges were 81 432 1886 ~, and the balances
SSO4, 1888 SO.
tight ranging from4 to 40 per cent; last loan, 4;
closed offered at T. Prime mercantile paper,
5M@71S. Sterling exchange quiet and weak
at 81 70 for 60-0ay bills and 81 81 for demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

hams, medium. 974c; sugar-cured hams, small,
1Vze; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, &c; sugar
cured shoulders, SIC; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders, TIC; sugar-cured California hams,
&c; sugar-eured dried beef fats, Sc; sugar-cured
dried beef sets, Zoe; sugar-cuFed dried beef
sides, TIC; bacon clear bellies, TIC; dry salt
shoulders, sc; dry salt clear sides, &c. Mess
pork, heavy, sl1 so; mess pork, family, sl2 90
Lard-Refned. in tierces, 534c; half-barrels
55Ac; BIB tin pals, exc; on tin pails sc; 10-H
tin pals, &c; 5-B tin pals, SIC. Smoked
sausage long, sc; large, SC Fresh pork links,
&c. Boneless hams, l01%c. Pigs feet, half bar
rel, s. 90; quarter barrel, 81 Is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Other OIL Markets.

OIL CITY. December 9O-Petroleum opened
at 81 O31<; highest, 81 O311 lowest 81 0S; closed
81 03as.
BRADFORD, December 3O-Opened at 81 0311z;
closed. 81 0914; highest 81 0Sss; lowest, 81 025S
TITUsvILLE, December 3O-Opened at 81 OS51S;
highest, 81 0S1z; lowest. 81 O3; closed, 81 0S33s
NEW YORK December 30 Petroleum opened
steady at 81 03 declined to 81 025s, then rallied
and moved up to 81 0S% and closed at 81 031<.
Stock Exchange: Opening, 81 O31 highest, 81 O396;
change: Opening, 81 0314: highest. 81 OSsS; low
est, 81 O21s; closing, 81 0Sss. Total sales, AS,-
600 barrels
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
on The MEND.

Stocks Active for Monday, and Prices Show
Some Improvement.
Considerable spirit was developed in the
stock market yesterday, and sales we're unex-
pectedly large for Monday, and practically the
end of the year, footing up 945 shares. of which
205 we're Philadelphia Cas-
With one OF two exceptions prices were firm,
and some of the favorites were higher Phila-
delphia Gas was one of the strong features.
Luster was sold at 4S and closed with ~ bid.
New York and Cleveland Gas was wanted at
80, but was held at 81. The weakest spot in the
market was Wheeling Gas, which was bid
down to 90
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
The visible supply of Grain.

New YORK, December 8O.-The visible supply
of grain on Saturday, December Is, as com
piled bv the New York Produce Exchange, was
as follows: Wheat, 1891, ,64S bushels: decrease,
SO3l5l bushels. Corn, $685. ,90l bushels; in
crease. 2242 944 bushels. Oats s. l53 2O3 bushels:
increase, 299.926 bushels Rye, l.252, $50 BUSH
els: increase, !, 259 bushels Barley 2,425,7 ,756
bushels; decrease, "a III bushels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
LANDS AND HOUSES.
People Still Going Around and Picking
Them Up-Latest Deals.

Reed B. Coyle & Co., l3l Fourth avenue sold
one acre of ground adjoining the Thornton
place plan, at Coraopolis, having erected
thereon brick machine shop. for $500. The
purchasers will make arrangements imme-
diately for the manufacturing Of steel.
Black & Baird, 95 Fourth avenue, sold to J.
N. Stewart lot No. 81 in the ]. Walter Hay
plan of Valley View place, situate on Rebecca
street, near Penn avenue, being 20x10O feet, for
$425, on the easy payment plan. They also
placed mortgage Of 1880 for one year, at
per cent, on an Oakland property
Samuel w. Black & Co., SO Fourth avenue
sold property on Reed street, near 01erhill
Eleventh ward, Pittsburg, size 20x96 feet to an
alley, for price approximating s., $50.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
RrnZiIinnCnGne-

RIO DE JAEEIRo, December 3O-Coffee dull
AND irregular; good second, $500 reIs. Receipts
dnring the week, 1900 bags; purchases for
United States, 5000; clearances for do 2l 900:
stock. 2IS.000 bags.
SANTOS. December 3O.-Cofee-Good aver
age, $3.50 reis per 10 kilos; receipts during the
week, 1000 bags; purchases for the United
States, none: clearances for do ZOO: stock,
lS5 600 bags
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

xxx bakers. So 5O@s rs. Rye -four, 50 500
475
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., fine white. SIS O0@
10 90 % ton: brown middlings. S12 000l4 90;
SIS 50616 90.
HAY-Baled timothy, No. l, s1l 5O9l2 90;
No. 2 do, s. 00@l0 90; loose from wagon, Sll 90
OH %. according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay
81 0008 90: packing do. Sc 506Q7 90.
STRAw-Oafs. S6 1907 90; wheat and rye
straw, &6 O0G6 25.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
A LITTLE BETTER.

petroleum Pulls up Trihe, bnt ts Still
Dull and Narrow.
The oil market yesterday showed small i'm
provement over the worst days of last week,
butt was featureless and narrow, with light
trading all round.
The opening was 10Sss highest 1882, lowest
lO27s closing 1867. Pittsburg and OIL City did
most of the buying. But the support was in
sufficient, and the market sagged off and closed
at next to the lowest point of the day.
There was very little news, important or
otherwise. 1t was rumored that the Standard
would show Its hand early next month, and
break is looked for by some. Saturdays clear
ances were 1000 barrels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
CIosiur Bond Ouorntiou..

NEW YoRK-Clearings, s76,9ls.Ssl; balances,
81 344. 6O3.
BosToN--O -Olearings, s48S64,7 ,7sl; balances, g.
III, ,398 Money, per cent.
-Clearings, s2,3S352S; balances.
S4lI. 400.
PHILADELPHIA : Clearings, s9942.Ols; bal
ances, 81, 500, ,504
CHIcAeo-Money firm at 6@61S for call and
61<QS for time loans. Clearings, Sll S95, ,000 New
York exchange. 25@5Oc premium.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

CHICAGO, December 30.-The Board of Trade
report on the visible supply of grain is as fol-
lows: Wheat. 3S,H2 600 bushels: decrease.
S04.00O Corn. S0970 900; increase. 22O4, ,0O0 Oats,
2.l54, 600. Rye, l,252 900: increase, LOCO. Bar.
ley, 2426,000; decrease, $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Dressed Meats.

The following prices are furnished by Armour
& Co. on dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 4OtO $50
bs, SC; so to $50 fbs, &C., $50 TO $50 Bs, 6%@6lc.
Sheep. SC 3 D. Lambs, &c q d. Hogs. SIC.
Fresh pork loins, 7c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Keen Them in ,he Nur..rv.

Hamburg Figs should be kept in the nursery,
where they are particularly useful in case of
constipation or Indigestion, as they are liked
by children and are prompt and eficacious in
action. q cents. Dose, one fig. Mack Drug
Co.. N, Y TTsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
PhIIndelnI,in stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, FUR
nlshed by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers' No 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Metal Marker.

New YoRK-Pig iron steady. Copper quiet
lsteady; Lake. January, Sl4 30 Lead dull;
'estic. So 80 Tin irmer and fairly active;
is. S9l 10.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

S. W. HILL. Pittsburg Meat Supply
Company, corner Of Church avenue and
Anderson street, Allegheny, Pa, sold for
Nelson Morris & Co., Tor the week ending
December 2S. 1889, 81 carcassss beef; aver
age weight, 634 pounds; average price, So 81
per 100 pounds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

Northwestern. 5,265: Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, 6, 4O5; New England, 1850: Reading. 80,
100; Richmond and West Point, 3, l49; ST. Paul,
Is, Sol; Union Pacific, Is, 400.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

BLAIR's PILLs-Great English gout and
rheumatic remedy. Sure. prompt and effect
i've. At druggistJ. TTsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK. LINZ,
4O1 smIthneId Street, cor. Four,b .veuue.

4V1 5uIItHueIu StEeeI' CUFs NUuEtu |Aseuu5s
Capital, 100000. Surplus, $50, 900.
Deposits of 81 and upward received and
interest allowed at per cent IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

vation Oil viii relieve and cure pain
lhtning speed, Price, % cents bottle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
NEAT on THE HOOP.
The Condition of Business Mt the East Liberty
stock Yards.
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH j
MNAnA nnnnrr l,r,,. oLh Ipnn ' Z

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
MONDAY, December 30, 1889.
CATTLE-Receipts, l,SOO head; shipments
.S4O head: market active; prime. S4 2564 So;
good s. COOS 90i fair. 81 6J@S .; seven cars of
cattle shipped to New York to-day.
HoGs-Re eipts. $50 head: shipments. 400
head. market active; all grades, So S5a4 CO.;
nine car of hogs shipped TO New York to-day.
SHEEP Receipts. 1000 head; shipments, 2 400
head: market fair: extra. S. 1905 30: good.
s. 6OG4 80; fair. So 5O64 %; common. 81 SOAP So;
lambs. 81 OO36 So
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
HeaIthis WeaItn

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burg. Pa. se.7l&
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31

Resulting from Folly, Vice, Il rs.sr g, Hc.
cesses or OYertaxatiOn, Enerva irE ut lsr.s
ting the victim for Work, Busin3ss -E5 A~-.
riage or Social Relations.
Avoid unskillful pretenders. Possas Z
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only 81 by mail. postpaid conc sa.sg .l ul1,4
wrapper. Illustrative Prospectus F-ss. s. ,lf
apply now. The distinguished al s.. Fr-El
Parker. VI. D., received the COL aF- IEH
ELE0 MEDAL from the Na!iona Es i,.. a5.
socstion, for this PRIZE ESSAY on EE Sg1Hs
and PHYSICAL DEBILITY. DR. pl-sa- ars &
corps of Assistant Physicians uaj 1s t.l-
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STTTUTE, No. 4 Bulinch ST., Boz tor. Mass. y d,
whom all orders for books or lett PTS ,l layics
should be directed as above. aul s-f--r. .uW I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-31
Features of the Market.

Corrected daily by John NJ. Oakley d Co., 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro-
leum Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
PERSONAL POINTS.

d.. Stoddard, Dentist, Austin, Texas.
DR.. Smiths dental rooms, first floor
Mcdonald building.
Mr.. J. W. Parker, of Taylor, was in Aus
tin yesterday.
Maj. Vim. Elliott, of Taylor, spent yes
terday in Austin.
Mr.. R. Fl. Phillips, of LAGRANGE, lie
stopping at the DrisBill.
Mr.. Ed. j. Byrne has returned from a
business trip to New York.
Rev. M. d. Reynolds, president of Cen
sensry college, Lampasas, is In the city.
Mr.. A. L. TeaRarden and family leave
to-day for months visit 10 CorpusO Christi.
Mr.. William Thatcher and family, of
su2srland, are stopping at the DriskilI.
Mr.. John G. Wheeler, prominent mer-
chant Of Manor, was in Austin yesterday.
DR.. e. Mussina, Hom@pathist, cor. Trim
ity and Willow. late at Graham g. Tel. SO
Col. B. B. Grooms, prominent cattle
man of the Panhandle, was in town yes
terdsy.
DR.. R. M. Swearingen left last night for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
AN IMPORTANT CHARTER.
The New Articles of Incorpora-
ton of the Houston and
Texas Central.

Mr.. Charles Dillingham;, receiver of the
Houston and Texas Central railway, Capt.
James A. Baker, Jr., oft he firm of Baker
Bolts d Baker, attorneys for the abroad,
and Col. O. O. Gibbs, land commissioner of
the road, arrived in the city yesterday on
special. The object of the visit was to
have the attorney-general pass on
the articles of incorporation OF the
Houston and Texas Central under the act of
1889, on behalf OF the purchasers of the
road at the sale in Galveston last fall. The
sale was made under decree of the Ged-
eral court, and this charter is for the pur-
ptss OF putting the property toto the
hands Of the new purchasers. The prop
erty included in this embraces the lines
from Houston TO Denison and that from
Hempstead to this city. It ia understood
that there was some friction over certain
specifications 10 the charter. The instru-
meDt was passed upon by the attorney
general, and the party returned to Hous-
ton last night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Alliance Matters.

Mr.. H. B. Beck, assistant County ALI
ance lecturer, will start out on tour of
the county tomorrow morning. His
business is to explain the aims, objects
and purposes of the Alliance and to Or
ganize Alliances wherever the requisite
number desire it. He will go down the river
first. Those who need Mr.. Beok's assistance
can have their wants attended to by writing
to the secretary of the County Alliance. u
1t is stated upon good authority that
the farmers of the county, regardless of
m membership of the Alliance, propose to
patronize the Alliance yard in this city.
Farmers 10 some of the adjoining ooun-
ties have also declared their intention of
bringing their cotton to this city, provided
the roads leading to tine city are kept In
good condition. This Is pointer for the
commissioners court.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
The Oldest Living Mason.

Dol. Robert 1. Chester, of Jackson,
Tenn, enjoys the distinction of being the
Oldest living Mason. He was born at
Carlisle, Pa, July 81, 1898, and is So years
old to-day. He was taken to east Tennes-
see in December, 1896, and is unq ues-
tlonably the Oldest inhabItant
of the state. In July, 1916,
he removed to middle Tennessee,
and in May, 1928, to west Tennessee,
where he now resides, at Jackson, Madi-
son county. Mr.. Chester Joined the Ma
sonic order in 1914, when he was 81 years
of age. He is still an enthusiastic mem
Der. The interesting old man served in
the war of 1912. 10 1884 he carried the
presidential vote of Tennessee to the pres
ident of the senate at Washington. He is
six feet high and weighs from ITO to $50
pounds. Still erect in person, healthy
and of vigorous understanding, the Oldest
Mason in the world will probably live to
be more than a century old.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
The First Presbyterian Church.

The members of the First Presbyterian
church have determined to complete their
chutch building, at the corner of Layaca
and Seventh streets. The structure was
commenced and partly completed as it
now stands in 1850 at cost of $4,000. 1t
is the intention of the trustees to have the
walls raised and the building completed,
which will make one of the handeOmest
church edifices in the city. Within two
days the members of the congregation
hsvs subscribed $9,545 toward the COM
pletion of the building. Many of the con-
gregation have not yet been approached
on the subject, and it is quite certain that
this sum will be very materially aug
mented within the next few days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
GOOD CROPS
On the State Farm-Letter From
Colonel Goree to Mr.. TIPS.

Hon. Walter Tips, chairman of the
state penitentiary board, has received the
following interesting letter from Col. L. j.
Goree, superintendent of penitentiaries:
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT
Texas STATE PENITENT1ARIEs,
HARLEM, Tex, July 10, 1889. y
Hon. Walter Tips, Austin, Texas
My Dear Sir-I came to Harlem this
morning and have been over large por-
tion of the crops. The crop as whole
is in fine condition. Capt. Ransom is
laying by his cotton. He has run around
it all with sweeps aud is now breaking out
the middles. Will finish in four or five
days, both blowing and hoeing. The
cotton is growing, acquiring a good color
and Is fruiting splendidly. think he will
have fair picking by August l.. The
worms have done no damage. Wherever
tn y have appeared poison has been
promptly applied and their depredations
stopped. Not much sign of boil worm
yet, but Capt. Ransom will from time to
time, put the lamps in the field. think
we have 500 acres of cotton as high as
my head, the balance about 400 acres
from knee to Waste high and all we'll
frulted.
In poisoning Capt. Ransom has used
mostly the Roach machine, and is much
pleased with it. The powder is blown from
a tube by small blower and is distributed
over from ten to fifteen rows. One hand
and two mules can poison five or six acres
an hour.
The cane, both stubble and plant, is do
ing finely. The stubble and most of the
plant is laid by and growing rapidly. A
good rain in five or six days will benefit
both cane and cotton. The corn is excel
lent. The fodder is ripening rapidly and
we will be able to save considerable
amount of it. The stock are in fine con-
dition.
Considerable sickness amongst convicts
and guards, but nothing of a serious char
acter.
The prospect of a crop in Harlem is
very flattering at this time.
Very truly, THos. j. GoREE,
Superintendent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01

you are hereby respectfully advised that
such act Is constitutional and fully author
ICES cities or towns having control of the
public free schools therein to issue bonds
for the erection of public free school
buildings within their limits and to levy
tax not exceeding 20 cents on the 800
worth of property to pay for them, and
this they can do by action of their ooun
ellis without any vote of the people 10
favor thereof. Very respectfully,
Signed j. S. HoGG,
Attorney general.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
CONFEDERATE HOME NOTES
Generous Contribution from Sol
diers of the United States
Army,

ARMY.
Major Henry E. Shelley, president of
the board of directors of the Confederate
Home, yesterday received the following
letter:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, !
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July rs, 1889.
Maj IT henry &. Shelley, President Board of Di-
rectors Confederate Home, Austin, Tex:
SRI have the honor to transmit here
with check for one hundred and sixty dol
lars and fifty cents ($160.50). This amount
was contributed by the officers and en-
listed men of the regular army within the
state of Texas, to assist in establishing a
home for disabled soldiers of the late Con-
federate army. The greater portion of
the amount is from those who during the
stirring times from '61 to IS stood face to
face in battle array with the men whom
they hope to benefit by this contribution.
AS it may possibly be of interest in the
future, list of the subscribers with their
rank in the army accom- panies this simply
for reference and not for publication.
Very respectfully, your Obedient servant,
j. P. MARTIN,
Assistant Adjutant General, U. s. A.
Major Henry E. Shelley, presi-
dent of the board of directors of the
Confederate Home, desires to return
thanks to Mr.. Charles T. Hicks, manager
of the Austin City Street railway for
furnishing free transportation to the in
mates of the Home.
Tickets for the rafle of the Weber grand
piano are not selling very fest. Only
about forty ticket have been sold. 1t is
expected that 5000 tickets will be sold.
At least no more than this number will be
offered for sale and is to be hoped that
this number will be speedily disposed of.