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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

e<>S<e 4S>s< = - - $780, ~ 49,
CREEDE, COL. Feb. IA shooting
ARRAY occurred here saturday night,
the particulars OF which have been sup
pressed. Az far - can be learned no
one Was killed. sI1ouisiana KID" had
been gambling in "Soapy" Smiths
place and had lost his money. He b.
gan complaining thst he had been
robbed when he was promptly knocked
on the head with q slx-shOOtef aud
thrown out of doore.
The KID. thirsting for revenge, laid
in wait outside, and soon afterwards
two of Smiths gang came out. The
Louisiana Kid opened IRE On the
two men, which they were not slow to
return. The firing then became gen.
eral, and many bystanders had narrow
escapes.
The result WAS that the manager Of
Smlth's place, whose name could not
he learned. had both his thumbs shot
OF. was slightIy wounded in his body
and had an arm broken. The Louiei.
ana Kid received three shots, ono in the
neck and two IN the body. None OF
the wounds are fatal. No arrests we're
mazda
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

lfviDR Woodworth Was srniGned IN
30 eooFt yesosrday for sailing milk
"a - city without 3 Iioonsss against
the pgovisioue of he ofdinaucs. Milk
Inspector Tinenon made Ne complaint
and Il Ne the 0sst BE- has hen called
upon 70 make. UndorebexH Walsh
arrested the rsspoudent Who lives IN
Ada. Mood worth claims Inst he wes
nos swAro q The fact tnat he should
poy . hcenoe. The cnse We adjourned
until Ihuro1ay mosnsnG.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

4 nsaisAv sd Dsaisssus Dsvssags.
1fonier Chocolate. Learn 10 make :
real cup Of chocolate. Address me
nisr, New York." Free sample with
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

Estate OF Harry H. Ives. deceased;
order appointing Michigan Trust CON-
pAny administrator.
Estats Of Michael Bowling, deceaeed;
orcer allowing foroigr Will and Harriet
l. Bowling appointed execusrix.
Estats Of Maria LicsWeld, deceased;
inventory filed.
Estate of Carey A. Hawkins, d 81,
MINORS; letters of guardianship 70 VIM.
II. Hawkins.
Estate Of Margaret H. Shechan, -
Il, minors; letters Of guardianship 70
George Clapperton.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

January line of desks, tables, dressiug
Gases snd hall seats are more beautiful
than ever, and can be purchased only
at retail at Hartman's new furniture
rooms, 81 TO 100 Ottawa street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

Buy your tickets OF the ladies Coz
childreu's aid benefit ct Hartmann,
February %.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

The Valley City Milling Company has
no pser IN Che Inanufacturo of 0ouxs
Try 4ho LILY WHITE.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16
10 Il.a HOUR Only.

Each. morning this week, between
tie hours of 9 and 1880 only, No will
olEor choico of our entire genuine Fos-
tor Kid gloves as % cents. Everyone
knows the regular prices are $3.50,
1l.75, 500, e2.26. This sale will close
Zach day 1t 1890 sherp, and hret come
fr1t served. E.P. KIDDER & Co.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

a public reception has been tendoFed
By the citizens of Detroit TO ex-P President
Cleveland. The notable event will take
place 81 the Light Infantry Army,
Detroit Tuesday, February -, 1892.
TO give all an opportunity to visit
Detroit and pay their respects 70 that
honorable gentleman the D., G. H. 4
n. R'y will make . rate of single fare
tor the round trip. Tickets good gong
and returning on al trains OF February
ga. Last train leaves Detroit II p. m.
with sleeping car accommodation,
arrive Grand Rapids $40 q. m.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

Tho am00innce took ~ Reward,
who vno eek. lrou IL Eaaerson houno
- - 9. = 4. koep&tnl yseooF1ng efssr.
uGou.
Cnof1se 1rocv ~1s arrested IL sAe
lrcnfe - oiEh< Tor sighting and
Ioo1e1 - q pot1oe hF1d1nHrters
ne pol,oe Nefe called - No. l5e CAso
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-16

The New York Coffee Room altar
this date will be open from 8 =. M
until "a p. M; Sundays from 2 .. m. TO
Il b. M. BEACH & BOoTH,
No. 81 Pearl street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Short Lived Crazes.

This is great country for crazes.
They sweep over the country like cy-
clones. Whence they come and whittier
they go man knoweth not A few Years
ago the entire country was in the throes
OF the pedestrian craze. In every civ
town and village athletes were YEARLY
trampinS around and around a sawdust
circle, while thousands of spectators ap-
plauded the dreary exhibition. Nobody
walks now that can ride.
Next we had the roller skating craze.
which affected both men and women,
1t, too, has gone glimmering, leaving a
trail of broken bones in its wake. The
bicycle craze is now upon us, and bids
talr to become a chronic disease. The
men have had the red necktie craze and
recovered from it in time to laugh at the
suspender craze of their big sisters.
America soon loves her fads to death
Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
"A PIucky CAPTAIN.

A yeomanry regiment of Devonshirj
was enacting a sham fight, when Cap
tain Prettyjohn was ordered to retreat
before a charge Of the enemy.
"Retrait! what doth that mane!' in
quired the captain. "Retrait meantt
rinning away, zim; then it shall never
be told up to Dodbrook market that
Cap'n Pridgen and his brave men rinned
away"
Accordingly, as the enemy came on,
bearing down upon him at a rapid trot,
he shouted to his troop:
"Charge, my brave boys, charge! Us
baint voxes and they baint hounds!
Usll face 'em like men!"
The collision, as one might guess,
was awful. Men, horses and accouter-
ments strewed the ground on every side,
and several troopers were more or less
injured. Youths Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
WHERE WILL 1T END?

The question of the relation of Aus
tin and her municipal affairs to the
government of Travis county may
prove a much more serious question
than many now suppose. In the past
few months there have been several
clashes of authority between the two,
wholly unnecessary and uncalled for
clashes il is true, but undoubted
clashes. Half of the county commits
sioners court have opposed the open
ruptures, but the other half
aided by the county judge,
have fathered them. Now the
question occurs, how far will this
course be carried? A bridge worth
many thousands of dollars, the prop
erty of the county, is thrown on the
city's hands, and we are served notice
to keep it in good repair at our
peril-a thing by the way about which
the county did not busy itself when it
admitted it was in full charge of the
bridge. The city disputes the author
ity of this threat, but still it has been
openly made. This course having
been entered on by the county author.
tiles, what will be their action in ref
erence to the county roads to be sub
merged and the fords to be deepened
in the Colorado by the rising water of
the dam lake? The line of the new
city charter takes in at different
points and at many others the lake
will submerge the old county road
running up the east bank of the river
above the dam. Will the county COM
missioners' court issue its bull and
compel the city to make other roads
over the mountains to Austin and keep
them in repair? The STATESMAN
well remembers that about two years
ago, in addition to all the money the
city gives to county bridge and road
work, number of our citizens formed |
a road association and built, with |
their own money, d splendid road to
the Montopolis bridge and past it,
and did other good road work. When
the dam is done must we expect the
county, after its recent insults, will
call on the city to form other road as
sociations, or to tax herself additional
ly to build some more roads for it, es-
tablish ferries across the lake, etc.,
etc? Is it not we'll for the city to look
ahead little and to see that steps are
taken to re-establish harmony and
unity between the city and county
governments? Certainly, it is neither
the desire nor intention of the one to
overreach or defraud the other. Both |
should realize a common interest die.
tates mutual confidence and assist
ance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

THE record of the long session OF
this congress now in its closing days,
is beautiful story of what congress
failed to do. After all, however, pos
sibly that is the best that can be said
about congresses and all legislative
bodies. 1t may be great deal cheaper
for the government to pay millions in
keeping congress in session doing
nothing, than to have them tinkering
with subjects they don't understand
and making the statute books still
larger and heavier for free distribu-
ton through the over burdened mails.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Driving Out the Rabbit,

When the rabbit, which seems to be
a great mischief maker in the folklore
OF most races, is identified by the alb,
original Cherokee physician as the cause
OF disease the rabbit hawk" is sum-
moned to drive the wicked animal out
OF the patient. Sometimes after the in
truder has been thus expelled "a small
portion still remains" in the words of
the formula, and accordingly the whirl-
WIND Is summoned from the tree tops to
carry the remnant to the uplands, and
there scatter it so that it shall never re-
ppear.-Washington Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Eluding the Officers.

Here is an amusing description of one
of Balzac's periods of impecuniosity
Merry, the poet, great friend of Bal
zac's, was an inveterate gambler and
rarely left the card table before day,
break. His way lay past the Cafe de
Paris and for four consecutive mornings
he had met Balzac strolling leisurely
up and down dressed in a pantalon a
pieds (trousers not terminating below
the ankle, but with feet in them like
stockings) and frock coat with velvet
facings. The second morning Merry felt
surprised at the coincidence, the third
he was puzzled, the fourth he could hold
out no longer, and asked Balzac the
reason of these nocturnal perambula-
lions roundabout the same spot.
Balzac put his hand in his pocket and
produced an almanac showing that the
sun did not rise before $40. Il am being
tracked by the officers of the tribunal
de commerce and obliged to hide myself
during the day, but at this hour | am
free and can take a walk, for as long as
the sun is not upthey cannot arrest me-"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

decision? If favorable to the present
commission law, the railroads have
their appeal to higher tribunal, and
doubtless will take it. But if adverse
to the constitutionality of the present
law, what of the future course of the
people, for these are they who are in
terested as well as the railroads?
Will the state appeal to the supreme
court of the United States, or will the
next legislature be called upon to cor
rect the evils in the law complained
of and decided against? For be it
borne in mind that it is the commits
sion, the commission that the people
want. They care not about
the phraseology of the law
it is the spirit of the law
and the blessings its wise enforcement
will secure them, that they demand.
They do not want to oppose the rail-
roads; they know full well the bless
ings the railroads have brought them
and that in their greater development
lies the quickest and best advance
nent of the welfare of the entire state.
But they want equality of railroad
they want fairness broad
md general, they want the railroads
% deal as generously by all the people
vs. the state has done by the railroads.
n this position of law and equity they
tand and calmly await Judge Nc
decision, confident in their
lights, the justice of their cause and
heir ability in the end to attain their
beet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

ANOTHER newspaper man is going to
abandon the straight and narrow way
and go to perdition-or rather, the
legislature. This time it is JEFF Me-
Lemore of the Corpus Christi Caller.
Poor fellow. His heart is all right,
but the head must be weak to cause
such downfall. He should be prayed
for.-Galveston Tribune.
Well now, really it won't do any
harm to have change. What Texas
wants is to rid herself of such legisla-
tors as are capable of framing such
destructive laws as was the alien land
law
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Street Railways in Great Britain

There are 963 miles of tramways
opened for passengers in Great Britain
The working stock consists of 4, O67 cars
and animal traction is still the favorite
method. In 1891 $1,000 horses were en-
ployed and 57s steam locomotives; $685.
goo, 600 passengers were carried, and the
receipts were $40, 451 900. The value of
the tramways is about 10000, OOO The
value Of the roads in the state of New
York is S7S, 200, 0O0.-New York Sun,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION SUI

THE RAILROAD COMMISSION SUIT.
The most important suit tried fol
many years in Texas was submitted
for decision last Saturday afternoon at
Dallas. The cas- is important not
alone for the legal points involved, but
for the bearing it will have on the
commerce and prosperity of the state.
If the decision is rendered soon
enough it may also intimately affect
the political trend of the present
heated political campaign. The his
tory Of the railroad commission of
Texas is too well known to need re-
freshment by review. Low mutter-
ings of discomfort several years ago
took voice at last in open advocacy of
a change. Wordy discussion finally
lead to action. One session of the leg
islature at last voted down the change
only to make the next session more
determined to enact the law.
The suit in question is
now to decide whether or not the
every zest of that session in its dete-
mination to act promptly and deci-
sively did not betray it into reform
too sweeping, into change too radical,
into comforting powers too absolute.
And now, what of the result of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Buddhist Ceremonies,

Some Buddhist ceremonies present ;
striking analogy to certain Christian
rites. DR.. Medhurst says: "The very
titles of their intercessions, such as god
dess of mercy holy mother queen Of
heaven with an image of the virgin
having child in her arms holding a
crescent, are all such striking coinci
dences that the Catholic missionaries
were greatly stumbled at the resem.
blances between Chinese worship and
their own when they came over to con.
vert the natives to Christianity" Lon.
don Standard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Turpentine for Corns.

The cheapest and surest remedy for
either hard or soft corns is turpentine
If little of this is rubbed on a corn
every evening for about two weeks the
corn and roots will both come entirely
out and will not reappear in any form
If the turpentine runs onto the adjoin-
ing skin it will cause a little soreness
but otherwise the remedy is as painles.
as it is efficient.-St. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrat
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Great Men Not ALWAYS Tall.

Louis the Great, less his high heeled
shoes and towering wig, dwindles tc
about 5 feet 6, but even thus pared down
to the inches nature gave him he was a
giant compared with Sir Francis Drake
and with Admiral Keppel-"Little Keep
pei" as every sailor in the fleet fondly
dubbed him from pure love and admira.
tion.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

President:
GROVER CLEVELAND.
" ADLAI STEVENSON.
HON. JOSEPH D. SAVERS.
'' HON. WALTER TIPS.
THOs II. WIRELESS
d. A. MFALL.
Judge Fifty-third Judicial District
JAMES II. ROBERTSON.
Judge Twenty-sixth Judicial District
II. b COCHRAN
+. g. MORRIS.
District Attorney Twenty. sixth Judicial District
A S. BURLESON.
Clerk of District Court
JAMES p HART.
County Judge:
WIN. Won ROSENBERG, JR.
county 0'0'A' JOHN p. KIRK.
County Attorney:
A.. S. WALKER, JR.
''''''' VI W i. THRAsHER.
Assessor of Taxes,
II. NJ. METZ.
County Treasurer
Justices of the Peace, Precinct No 3.
NJ. NJ. JOHNSON.
PHIL. p. BARBOUR.
Constable Precinct No.3.
J. NJ DAVIS.
County Commissioner Precinct No. !:
j. w. BROWN.
County Commissioner Precinct No. q
G. w. THORP
County Commissioners Precinct No. 3.
ID. G. HEISNER.
County Commissioner Precinct No. L.
D. A. TODD.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

HE Manufacturers Record is pitch
ing into boom schemes and advises
the gullible public to beware of plausi-
BILE yet fraudulent Investments. This
is excellent bread cast upon very tur-
bulent waters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
A MESSAGE sRom PARADISE.

Why mean you by this weeping
To break my very heart!
We both are in Christ's keeping,
And therefore cannot part.
You there-I here-though severed,
We still at heart are one:
only just in sunshine,
The shadows scarcely gone.
What If the clouds surround you,
You can the brightness see,
'Tis only just little way
That leads from you TO rne.
/ was SO very weary,
Surely you could not mourn,
That little sooner
Should lay my burden down.
Then weep not, weep not, darling;
God wipes away all tears,
IT'S only yet little WHILE"
Though you may call it-years.
Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Wichita for Clark.
Special to The Statesman.

special 10 me statesman.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Aug. L.
The Democratic convention of Wichita
county was held today. The differ
ences existing between the Hogg and
Clark men of precinct No. l were set
tied by committee of five of the un-
ctontesting delegates, which decided
in favor of the Clark delegation. Dele
gates to the state convention were in
structed to vote for the following can
dldates: Clark, Rogers, Culberson,
workman, Mccall, Thompson and
carlisle and Maj. r. Cobb for congress.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Why the Negro Stands Heat

The African is better protected against
the evil effects of the excessive heat than
his white brother in two ways. The
texture of his cuticle is exceptionally
we'll adapted to encourage free perspira,
ton and his natural temperament does
not incline him to borrow trouble large
Chicago Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Curious South American Ants.

There is a species of ant in South
America that plant and cultivate a kind
of grass called ant rice, and are so ad-
vanced in civilization that mailing is
understood by them. Then there are
mushroom growing ants, who cultivate
fungus, and others again who use UNI
brellas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

A Frenchman has succeeded, it is said,
in producing an excellent driving belt
by parchmenting the leather instead of
tanning it. The belts have greater
durability and do not stretch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

In spraying with arsenicals against
the coating moth, the safe proportions
are one pound of poison, either paris
green or London purple, to $50 gallons
of water. When this is properly done
but little harm is possible.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
Everything Big.

Mr.. Gotham-Is your home in a good
section for farming?
Western Mani sh'd say so. Every
thing grows like mad. Why, I've seen
haistones as big as hens eggs.-New
York Weekly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

The most expensive legislature III the
world is that of France, which costs al
nually $4,000, 900, 900. The Italian parlia-
ment costs $4,000 year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
COUNTY AND CITY INTERESTS ONE.

COUNTY AND CITY IN1ERESIS ONE
That brethren should dwell to-
gether in peace is an injunction thai
has received the sanction of holy
writ. That this peace is often most
unnecessarily broken is proven by the
present strained relations between
our city and county authorities. Why
the county has seen fit to array itself
in such persistent conflict with the
city in the matter of public
improvement and safety it is
difficult to imagine. Surely
there is an interdependent relation
between the city and county in all
matters affecting the general welfare
and prosperity. If there is an i'm
passable road or O condemned bridge
on the city limits, that is as much a
matter of public concern and damage
to the county as it is to the city. Why
should such condition of affairs serve
to create only dissension between the
two on the score of responsibility and
Jurisdiction, rather than an ardent de-
sire on the part of each to remedy
the evil complained of? The
condition of the Avenue
bridge over the Colorado
precipitated discussion and an an
tagonism most certainly in bad taste,
wholly to be deplored and that may
result injuriously to all concerned.
And now it appears this is to be re-
peated in the case of the Bouldin
creek bridge. The letter OF the mayor
to the county judge and county COM
missioners on the subject strikes The
STATESMAN as very conservative, and
in view of all the circumstances, very
just and proper. Why it should have
ELECTED the reply it did from
the county Judge, rather than
the considerable action it deserved
at the hands of the commissioners
court is not easy of determination.
For l. must be borne in mind that in
such communication, calling atten-
tion to such public danger and neces-
sity the mayor is peculiarly the mouth
piece of the city, and the commission
ers court, and not the county judge,
the proper party to reply. The
STATESMAN and we believe our citi-
zens generally, regret the tone of the
county judges answer to the mayors
letter of warning, and request for ac-
ton and assistance. 1t was an answer
certainly not calculated to create
better feeling between the city and |
county, whose best interests
and future prospects all demand that
perfect unity and concord should exist
between the city and county to the
end that the quickest and surest gen.
eral development and prosperity may
prevail. 1t Is understood the county
commissioners court will be in session
today, possibly to consider other mat
tiers, but it is to be desired that this
subject shall be called up, that we
may know the authoritative opinion
of the whole court on the subject.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

The Greeks sometimes buried their
dead in the ground, but more generally
cremated them in imitation of the
Romans.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

TO restore, thicken, and give you a
luXuriant growth of hair, to keep its
color natural as in youth, to remove
dandruf, use only Halls Hair Re-
newer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
FARM NOTES.
LAWN GRASS,

Edited by John c. Edgar Duval, to whom all
communications for this column should De al
draSSpd
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04
THE MORGAN HORSE

1t will be 100 years in 1893 since the
famous horse Justin Morgan was
foaled in Spring field, Mass, says The
Farmers Call.
He was the founder of the family.
the progenitor of many of the fastest
OF our American trotters, and Morgan
blood is scattered over the Union.
Wherever it is found it is safe to saw
1T flows through the veins of horse
so full of spirit that he will 90 till
he drops dead. The Morgans
are known as roadsters and drivers of
excellence and endurance. They NAV
be said to be more characteristicalIy
an American family than any other
type OF blooded horse in this country.
Their spirited, graceful heads mark
them particularly. They are not SO
large as some of the other families OF
roadsters, but with careful breeding
and selection they will grow larger.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

At any rate, we are glad to find that
Morgans are coming into fashion
again.