The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
AFRAID OF he lille.
Why Satan Did Not Locate In Texas-Austin
The New Governor.


AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. ~ Special. i
When the commissioners came here to To-
cate the capital of this great state it was
said by one of them that the devil would
have made it the seat OF his empire but
he could not get a good title. lie has,
however, secured good many corner lots
since, and is prepared to SCOOP in" the
residue at an early day, but he may have
some difficulty in securing possession, for,
If there is any man on earth proud of his
state it is Texsn-to the manor born.
Austin is beautifully located on the Col
orado river and built on a series of hills
The streets are wide and many handsome
business and private residences adorn the
same. The capitol building stands on the
summit OF hill and is simply immense.
1t is built of Texas granite and cost be-
tween three and four millions. 1t is fin
ished and furnished elegantly. When the
landscape work on the grounds has been
completed no state in this union can pre-
sent handsOmer or more substantial
capital building.
New Jersey can boast of her red, sandy
hogs, Pennsylvania of her Berkshire,
Ohio of her white China, Indiana of her
elm-peelers, and North Carolina of her
razor backs land the only breed that can
Outrun a niger, but Texas can proudly
challenge the world on her stock of Hogs,
for weight age, ability, and running
qualities. James b. Hogg, inaugurated
governor yesterday, is native Texan
land the only governor ever born in the
Lone Star statel, is thirty-nine years OF
age. weighs 800 pounds, has splendid
abilities, and was elected by $4,000 ma
jOrity over Webb flanagan, who, at the
Chicago convention in 1880, said: "If not
here for the offices, then what in hill
are we here for?" 1t now looks as though
he would wait some time before he gets
into office.
Governor Hogg is a splendid example of
what may be achieved by an American
boy with honest purposes, ability and
nerve. In his inaugural he said: From
obscurity have fought my way up TO the
very acme OF my political ambition"
Texas is now on the wave of wonderful
progress. She is an empire within her
self in extent OF territory, versatility of
climate, mineral resources, agriculture
and stock raising. Thousands are flowing
here from the Dakotas and Northern states
to avoid the coldand they find cheap lands,
rich beyond measure. and in a few years
more Texas lOng-horned cattle will be
thing of the past, but her lands will pro-
duce enough grain to feed the nation and
sufficient cotton to clothe the same.
Austin has taken a new departure. For
the first time she has given an inaugural
ball and banquet. The capitol building
was turned over to the committee, and it
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legislative hall, large and handsome, was
turned into ball room, and here fully a
thousand persons, old and Young, danced
the hours away. Many of the ladies' toll
cts were beautiful beyond description, and
the lights. in fact, "shone on brave men
and fair women. THE banquet was given
in the library room, and over five hundred
plates were set at once. The decorations
were elegant and the menu was all that
the most fastidIOus taste could
wish, and from beginning to
the close everything moved off
in perfect harmony. The leading citizens
of the state and ladies and gentlemen
from many of the Northern cities were
present and thus enjoyed Austin's hos
pitality, and the memory of which will
ever remain as one OF LIES happy real
tiles. In the rotunda of the capitol is a
splendid oil painting oil Davy Crockett IN
his buckskin suit and near by large
painting of Santa Anna surrendering to
Gen. Sam Houston under live oak tree
covered with moss. This was after Hous-
toms celebrated victory at the battle OF
San Jacinto. And how the memory goes
back and lives over in admiration of the
men who won Texan independence and
made her an empire sturdy, free and
prosperous. ASA HEARTS.