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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-22

By Goodhue's Patchen. dam unknown.
n, trottez. record 2:26H, BY Iowa
J. p. stonssosd-Msrquis. trottsr. record
2:2o1<, By The Marquis, dam BY Montana
Gift. Belle. trotter, $50 class, by Daunt-
les, dam BY Clark Chief. Condo, trotter,
record 2:20, by Abbottsford. entered in the
frse-for-all. Mr.. Stoneroad also has thu
Clark. which hs pe1chssed lev days ago
Of 8. E Larabie, o3 Dear Lodge. Ed wilkes
y ~ Bartholomew WILKES, and will start In
Helena. II 10 said he can trot mile IN the
twenties.
This splendid array Of horses will contest
"seh
an aggregate value of $4,000. The horse
men are delighted with the track, which
they pronounce the finest on the circuit.
Too much praise cannot be accorded Score
tary Pope for his energy and efficiency IN
making preparations for the TAR ana races.
He has personally superintended everything
even to the smallest detail. The improve
msnts made at the fair grounds this year
represent an expenditure of about $12,OOO,
the most important and substantial being
the building of the new track and fencing
it IN. The new fence has been whitewashed
the green pasture on tho inside, presents
cheerful view. Helena has the only regula-
ton race course in the state; it il az smooth
az billiard table, free from stones, and
kept we'll sprinkled. There are just two
moderate turns at either end, and the
home stretch is as good as any in the coun-
try. From the six furlong stand 1t straight
ems out and il seventy-Ave feet wide to 9
distance over 100 yards below the grand
stand, giving ample room for six or eight
sulkeyH to come ON even terms down
tho stretch. The judges stand
is located on the grand stand
side new feature recently adopted on east
ern tracks, and one which gives the Judges
better opportunity Of lining the horses az
they pass under the wire. Secretary Pope
will have a brass band at the track each
day. This is the only place on the circuit
whore music has been regularly furnished:
The stables are all in good condition and
all appointments are perfected for sue
cessful week. Mr.. Pope has been untirinQ
in his efforts to mako the coming meeting
pleasant for all. and that he has accom-
plished 80 much, single handed and alone,
speaks glowinRly for his business capacity
and capability a. the secretary Of such an
institution.
The work of making up all the events
and the programme, attending to correa'
pondence, receiving entries and besides az.
ranging all the details for the fair exhibit
has devolved upon him. He has given x
the public programme of excellent races
with liberal purses, which have had tho de-
sired effect Of attracting horses OF recoR
nized speed. The race programme tor thu
week is as follows:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-22

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TOR eALE-FIvR THOUsAND HEAD OF
Il sheep Enquire Of John 4. Keattng, this
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-22

Il OET-A POCKET BOOK CONTAINING
" money. Finder will b rewarded BY lsevine
samc ct this otfice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20
Bee COUNTY And BBETIbLE.
New Ell Dorado. fer HOmeseekers and
Investors. g.,

Bee county lies midway between the
San Antonl6 and Nueces rives, less than
400 miles southeast of San Antonio, 100
west of Houston, 60 FROM Arkansas Pass,
the future great seaport, aud 200 from
the Rio Grande. The county is generally
level or rolling prairie, but well drained
and entirely free from marshes. Black
sandy loan with clay sub-soil Is the pre-
vailing quality of soil, interspersed in
some portions With very, rich black mes
quite land. While the soil is as rich as
any in Texas, there is none but what
contains sand enough to scouT on the
pillow. Bee county will average as much
cotton to the acre as any in the state.
Picking begins q month earlier and con-
tinues month later than in North Texas
Corn and oats grow we'll, never having
failed entirely. Wheat is but little
sown. The crop of natural mesquite hay
is something immense. Irish and sweet
potatoes, melons, pumpkins and all
kinds of vegetables grow to great perfec-
ton. Pears, peaches, plums, apricots,
figs, oranges, bananas, Strawberries,
raspberries and ali kinds of small fruits
grow remarkably well, as demonstrated
upon the market fruit farms that are
being opened around Beeville. Bee
county has plenty of timber for fuel and
fencing About three-fourths of the coun-
ty is susceptible of cultivation, though
less than 10 per cent. is now cultivated.
Raising of cattle, horses and mules has
been the chief occupation of the people
until 1890, when the farm average has
been tenfold increased. Much attention
is given to improving the breeds and
stock farming is destined to be the lead
ing industry. The blizzard IS chilling
blast spends its fury before reaching Bee
county and has but little influence upon
the thermometer. Sixty miles is far
enough removed from the gulf to get full
benefit of its constant and glorious
breezes shorn Of its excess of salt and
humidity and perfumed with the fra
GRANGE of the flower-decked prairiss, af-
fording, indeed, q climatic Ell Dorado.
Here is the world IS sauitarinm and place
of refuge from scores of the ills the hui
man flesh il heir to. Blanco. Media,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20

feet above sea level, and renders the place ia
vorable for health. Invalids come here from the
North to spend the winter, and from the low
warm regions of the South to spend the summer
as it is much cooler in this hiIly country
The KerIville paper Of April 26th last, con-
tanned this item:
Mr. R. P. Kibbe was in town this week on
business. We congratulated him on his healthy
appearance and good looks generally. He said
there is considerable difference in his appear
ance now from what he looked like when he first
came to this country, about ten years ago. He
suffering with asthma, had had several
hemorrhages, could hardly walk, and the doc
tors told him he couldn't live three months.
Sounds like patent medicine testimonial,
don't it?'' he added; ''but took no medicine in
mine-iust little good whisky and plenty Of
outdoor exercise. -
There citizens of Kerrville and Kerr coun-
ty, now in good health and engaged in active
enployments, who came here almost in a dying
condition, and had to be lifted from their con-
veyaEces, hardly able to speak above a whis-
per.
The following are the names of q few
Judge JohnA. Bonnel, owner of Camp Verde,
near kerrville.
R. G. Richards, ex-county surveyor.
DIR. g. R. Parsons.
E. g. Wells, liquor dealer.
George L. Leigh, present tar assessor.
Thad Bunker.
B. P. Kibbe.
KeTville is a trading and shipping point for
an almost fmitless scope of country for wool,
hides, cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and
Much attention lately has been paid to the in
PRODUCTION of blooded stock. We have an intel
hgent, active and prosperous business commu-
nifty.
Charles Shreiner's semi annual wool sales at
tract great many outside buyers. He handles
the clips OF about 800 growers Of the heecy sta
pie and prices obtained compare favorably with
the highest rates obtained in any Of the'wool
markets of the state.
An artesian well is being sunk about mile
from town. and Kerrville viii soon be supplied
with an excellent quality Of pune water through
her waterworks system. A spirit Of general i'm
provement seems to prevail lately. A company
has been formed to build $50 900 hotel; the cor
poration has made appropriations for street
grading and paving good system Of sidewalks
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20

mountains of Virginia, yet I think the scenery
here is finer. Yesterday, in company with
Messrs. Morgan. Baker and A. R. Carter. ] took
trip over the mountains and viii say never
shining brightly, yet the air was so pure, and
having a constant breeze, the heat was not felt
while we were along the road. We saw q great
peal Of small game and some wild turkeys, and
am led to believe that one who is fond OF hunt
ing can enjoy all the sport he might wish. With
such a section of country in our own state.
cannot see why people 90 to other states and
countries for health and recreation.
Mr.. A. R. Carter remarked: Like Mr.. Link,
am very favorably impressed with Kerrville
and its surroundings, l came here q few weeks
ago sick man, suffering with malarial fever.
now feel like new man: There is no reason
why this town should not be generally resorted
to by our people for health and recreation.
There are fine drives along the Guadalupe river
and through the hills, and teams are to be hired
Mr. W. w Shaw. prominent railroad lawyer
of Houston, joined in the conversation and
said:
''I'I tell you what's fact. I'd like the best
in the world to stay whole month longer. but
important business compels me to return home
at once, This climate has done me world of
good
Hon. E. F. Yeager, editor and proprietor of
the axahachis Enterprise, writing to his paper
under date OF December z. 1889, says:
'.Leaving Boerne arrived at Kerrville nearly
three weeks ago. Many citizens Of Kerrville owe
their location and residence here to considera-
tons of health. The town has population Of
1000 to 100, and is completely encircled by high
ranges of hills In nestles in one of the most at
tractive valleys ofthe Guadalupe river, a clear.
large stream capable Of furnishing immense
water power fo- manufacturing purposes. The
surrounding hills are rocky and generally COW
cred with live oak. post oak and other small tim
Der. Groves OF oak and other scattering timber
are also seen in the valleys. The many creek
and river valleys in Kerr county are very pro-
ductive. and the hills furnish fine range for
sheep. goats, cattle and other stock. Hogs
grow fat on the live oas acorns. Meat is cheaper
here and generally better than IN North
Texas. This is not a drouth coun-
toy, as many suppose. Plenty OF
rain has fallen of late years. and fine crops are
gathered from fields and gardens. The atInos-
Ishere is pure and dry. The elevation is 1890
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20

Question We to
the FamedH Resotof Southwest Texas

Professor F. H. Albert of Houston, an emil
nent-educator o; that city, was in Kerrville last
July during the summer vacation. The pro-
lessor has been great traveller in his time, and
has seen the greater part of the old world, in
Guiding Switzerland, Spain and other countries
famed for the grandeur and beauty of their nat
ural scenery. He was asked how he liked Kerr
vile and her surroundings.
Like it9 am charmed with til And this is
what all the guests in this hotel, visitors like
myself. say. whenever you put the question to
them. This morning about Z O'Clock when
looked at the Thermometer found it registered
only seventy-eight degrees, and at ths hottest
time in the afternoon ninety degrees, which
have been here. The fresh mountain
air braces you up and gives you an
took drive up the mountain ridge that encir-
Giles the town. After we crossed the Guadalupe
river and came to the highest elevations we
got sight of scenery that reminded me of Swift
zerland. We could see as far as twenty miles at
least, and though it was near noontide we
scarcely noticed the heat of the sun. Il is very
strange, sir, that the people Of Houston, Gal
weston and other Texas cities, viii go and spend
their money in the North and East when they
can get such sights, such bracing air as l find
here in their own state. an positive if people
knRsz, or had only an idea of what Kerrville and
its surroundings offer them, they would come
here by the hundreds. viii add this, that
hotel who came here for their health told me
that after being here only few days they felt
the beneficial effects of your pure and health
inspiring mountain air. -
Mr.. Harry Hardy, who had Joined the pro-
fessor while he talked. remarked that he en-
dorsed every word the professor had spoken,
and added:
81 have travelled great deal in Texas. but
had no idea there was such delightful spot in
existence as Kerrville. came here to get my
family settled for the hot season, intending to
return to my business the next morning; but
am so enchanted by what have seen and felt
here that shall prolouE my stay
j. w. Link of Palestine, ex county Judge and
. prominent lawyer OF that city, said:
II like EerrYille. have been among the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20
B0ERNE. KENDALL CO.

b0eFne, On the line of the Arkansas
fa's railroad, 80 miles north OF San An
'9n'0 latitude 80 deg, $50 miles from
We coast and 1900 feet above the sea, is
u The center of the warm dry belt which
stretches northward and westward. from
'3u antonio, where is found a happy
~sulum between the humidity of the
.S'S' regions and rarifed atmosphere of
- pans northwest-is peculiarly IA
'0'aoIe for the preservation and restora-
t t,,u VI health. Having a mean average
a-peEature in winter of 80 deg; in
ty ' Wy OF 80 deg; an average humid
~. VI " deg, it can be relied on
bsoJ.tuout the year for climate
TIM, TN! eQuable, agreeable, invigors-
psr;,r oHI peculiarly conducive to lon
Of b., statistics show that the mortality
q, . os aud Kendall county is the low
~ any section in the world.
n, ~ Is the most considerable town
tsr,. 's IaiIFoad, has about 1000 inbabi-
tons. ' - IN various industrial occu-
roIIJra Is UeautituEta laid out ina slightly
lOIs ~ 10y dLnlu the Qet6e0eQ loot
IN 6o y. Inc rocky mounains which pile
ib NJ U r, and commands. on every side
erv -'Vsl charming and Diversified scen-
ara 1000, oood hotels and boarding houses
comro ullesrous, talented .physioigqs are at
NM i4 a while fresh meat u honey,
deIio,Iu sh' game, fruits, with all the
sbn ,Tacles for Invalid appetites, are in
.ec,to Iauee. Roads lead out in every di-
piba W. ~. through fertile valleys, by run
silen, '',eems, over green hills and up
lorsr. canyons, giving attractions to
hsaItb Vi nature, artists and seekers after
Eon, pleasure and recreation.
purcS usss may be rented, lands may be
inn,osassed from So. so toS25 per acre
eobsi5ements and chafacterr of land
few throughout rough. the summer campers for a
Of tsn, eehs or months can4have ihe loan
By 4 oIs 70 be pitched ina sylvan grove
i6ippI Sa- running stefan, and every
nlttss uooe for their enjoyment by COM
VI reliable citizens.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Within the limitatsf mites traversed
by the. San and Arkansas Pass Railway
grew lGgifiaift crops of wheat, oats, barley,
rye BUckwheat, corn, sorghum, millet, alfal-
ia, broom corn, castor beans, peas and beans
of all varieties, peaches, pears, plums, grapes,
figs, and other fruits, tomatoes and all other
vegetables, melons of every variety and great
size and lusciousness, all kinds of grasses, flow
ers and nursery stock. The grains and fruits
of the North as well as the Southern staples
are all here, and intelligent cultivation alone
is needed to make of this region the garden
spot of America.
There is not county through which this
road pssses that does not afford thousands of
acres of soil adapted to the growth of what is
above enumerated and much more
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20
WHAT IT OFFERS.

1t is along the lines of this road that South
west Texas offers such inducements to settlers
as would, if fully understood, rapidly fill this
whole region with corn and cotton farms, fruit
orchards and vineyards, vegetable gardens
and root crops of all kinds. The lands through
which this road runs are very fertile, well
watered and timbered. The climate is unsur-
passed and there is not any section of the
country through which it passes in which
farming operations cannot be successfully
carried Oh. Fruits, grapes, vegetables and
melons ripen and are marketed weeks in adj
vance of other sections. Write to
r. W. ANDREWS,
Assistant General Passenger Agent at
SAN ANTONIO,
And learn what members of the National Hor-
ticultural Association say about this section
of Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20
Mecca Of n. Southwest!
Is a BETTING Term for That Part
Of Our State TraVersed By the
San Antonio { Arkansas Pass Ry.

Favored by nature in all its phases, elevated
with, a healthful climate where pulmonary
troubles are unknown, cool summers, with re-
freshing sea breezes and mild winters, rich,
cheap and productive lands. Such is the Sec
ton to which we invite the traveller in search
Of health, wealth, pleasure or a location for
home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-20

will be laid shortly, the material for which is to
be found in endless abundance right at our
doors fine public park is in contemplation,
and it is probable that within year q line Of
street cars win be in operation.
Kerryine is the center of q wool and cotton
producing region, the equal of any in the state,
with fuel and building material in abundance,
and accessible. With these and good railroad
facilities, why is Kerryille not a good manufae-
turing point?
The chief products Of the county last year
footed up about as follows:
Cotton, value. $1,000
Corn, value, .-.........-.----...-''''.. Z9,gO9
Oats, value ..................... I4,25O
Farley, value. .-....-...............-..... ol9
irish potatoes I5G
Hay, cultivated. 2OO0 tons
Miilet. ................ 90 tons
Sorghum molasses. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s3.Oy1
Sorghum hay. ......................... s., 600
Number of sheep sheared. .............. $1,000
Number Of pounds Of wool clipped. slO,00S
Value of wool CLIP. 30 W.
Value OF honey product. .....-......' sd'o5s
Number Of cattle in county. -.......--.. S0,O9o
Number Of horses in county .............. 5,yJ1
Number of mules in county ..........-.-. z,oo9
Number OF goats In county ...--.--...... o'VO1
Kerrville is now incorporated, and will at once
enlarge her educational facilities. A SCHOOL
building of fine stone, to cost $1,000, Is project
ed to which enterprise our honoFed ex-mayor.
Jos. A. Tivy has donated city property OF value
equal TO the cost Of the structure, including g
site of twenty acres within the city limits.
WHY has Kerr county remained so long terra
incognitaf asked an enthusiastic health seeker.
The reason is manifest. Kerr county is COM
paratively unknown, because her people have
been in way too busy; and In way too care
less to advertise. The modern real estate agent
is unknown in Kerryville.
To all who are overcome by disease, who are
seeking new lease OF life, would say, ssstand
not on the order Of your coming but come ct
once, before the enemy has effected q lodgment,
and come to stay. Bring your capital with yon-
Do not fear that you viii find no profitable in
vestments for your money. Your enterprise
will open new avenues TO 3 healthy competence.
The future immigrants to this part Of Texas VII
be men who find something in thi life worth
wing for besides the almighty dollar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-06
Explosion on a Steamer.

About o'clock yesterday evening an OK
plcson occurred in the tank steamer Hans
and Kurt, lying at the Atlantic Oil Rein
ing Company g dock, at Point Breeze, Phila-
delphia. One man was killed and twelve
others were badly injured. The vessel was
ruined, and $780, 900 gallons of oil, together
with considerable wharf property, including
brick storage building, were destroyed by
the fire which resulted from the explosion
There had been no fire aboard the vessel,
and no cause for the explosion is known
unless it be spontaneous combustion. The
burning steamer was towed down the river
as soon 90 possible, and run aground. Tugs
continued to pour water into her for several
hours. She lie warped out of shape, and
will have to be rebuilt the damage Is
about $4,000. The steamer was owned in
Hamburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-06
Vireinia's Debt

The proposed scheme for settling the State
debt, as telegraphei from New York, is coz
lirmed by pamphlet just published, which
fully sets forth the details. The pamphlet
contains among other things letter from
ex-President Cleveland Hon. Thomas Bay
ard, w. R. Phelps, and other gentlemen
who are requested TO act rs board OF arbi-
tration, ami pass upon any plans of settle
ment which this committee may submit to
them. There gentlemen in their reply say
they will accapt the place az members OF
the board. O0e important feature Of the
scheme is that it proposes that the basis Of
the agreement will require that the bonds
shall be placed in the hands OF tho commit
tee, consisting of Frederick z. Olcot aud
others. and that tbs majority Of tie whole
bonded debt when 90 deposited may de
ter mine plan of settlement. When this is
done the conditions of the pool bind oil WHO
enter into it to accept ts terms.
The debt commission appointed at the
last session OF the Legislature to receive
propositions from the bondholGers has never
yet had meeting. They will probably hold
ono in month or So Under the provisions
of the act creating this commission little or
no latitude is given them to act. They are
bound by tbs. terms Of the RiddIeberger
bill and before any proposition can be RI
eeive9 by the commission the law prescribes
that those rendering it shall give security
for million dollars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-06
Serious Railroad Accident.

WHEELING, w. Va, June Ga special
train Of two cars on the Ohio River railroad
filed with Baltimore and Ohio railroad Of
fcials en- route to Wheeling went through @
treste IS miles south OF Benwood last night.
The train jumped tho track aud went 20 feet
over the trestle, turning upside down. Sew
eral of the occupants OF the car were badly
Injured, and it is miracle that no body was
killed outright. The following were injur-
ed A.. H. Johnson, civil engineer mante-
nance Of way Baltimore and Ohio road, bad
ly bruised, cut on head; j. A. Hunter, divi-
sion engineer, B. & o road, seriously hurt !;
J. F. Leggs. superintendent western divls-
ion Baltimore and Ohio road, right arm
broken. badly cut, and bruised all over the
body John Mock, superintendent OF bridges
of the Ohio River road, badly burt A. Wal
ter, general superintendent OF the Baltimore
and Ohio road, badly hurt G. l.. Williams,
superintendent of the Ohio River railroad,
badly bruised about the body a. ]. Single
ton. brakeman, badly bruised and ankle
sprained, and two colored porters were
slightly il jared. The injured were taken 10
the Mcclure House, Wheeling. in a specisl
train.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-06-06
The School Books.

J'hs State Board of ducation has adopt.
ed the public school textbooks, but
Mr. Massey, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, is not yet ready to give the list
to the press. Several Emergencies from the
old list were made. All the changes that
occur are from non-.ruat to trust books.
While one Of Vensbe's arithmetlcs has
been retained, two others. both truaI books,
are placed On the lst, thus giving the trust
Two chances to Venabie's one. The trust
books are Whites and Davies ariihmetica.
The Graphic COPY book published by A
Lovall & Co., q nou-trust firm, been dif-
placed by the Spancerian copy book, pub
Iished by trnst firm. Perhaps the greatest
sacrifice Of Southern authorship made is that
of Holmes histories. published by the Unl-
verslty Publishing Company, ron-trust
finn, the author of which is Professor
Holmes, of the University of Virginia. 1t ia
understood that this history will be thrown
aside for Barnes history, published By A s.
Barnes & Co., of Nav York. 2 trust firm,
and authored by a northern man. Ihess
will probably be the principal changes il too
present list.