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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
TAYLOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Taylor, Texas. December IA mass
meeting Of citizens was held at tile opera
house last night for the purpose OF re-
organizing the Taylor fire department,
The meeting was tho result of call by
the mayor and members of the board OF
aldermen. y number OF new names were
added last night and a committee wat
appointed 20 take the names of Others
who would volunteer their services. Tay-
Tor has always enjoyed the very hest of
protection by a most efficient fire depart
ment composed Of faithful and we'll drill-
cd volunteers. who have lnbored hard
and continuously for years. distingnishing
themselves on many occasions IN noble
battles against the fire ilend. 4 large
number Of the old members will remain
Ia the new organization and a new chief
viii DO elected next Friday night.
Tho Taylor Cotton Gin company ex-
hibted on the streets today the first cyl
indrical bale Of coffin compressed by ,hcli
new press Just put In. Tho bale weight
Jp2 pounds, ana presents a very neat ant
smooth appearance. Tho machinery i
rim the Cotton Ginners' Compress com.
many of Chicago.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
RRENnAM RupGer.

Brennan, Texas. December B.-An Inn
meuse crowd has throngod the streets Of
Erenham today and trade has been
biist.
Air. Joe Routt Of Chuppcu Ilnl came
W TO dieroRe Of the last remnant OF lbs
short cotton crop, i2l bales. Last year
he made about 900 bales
The following officers were elected Fri
lay night Cor the ensuing term OF lihland
Lodge No 2isi. *. OF H., O. Hermann,
dictator. NJ. Russi. vice dictator: August
Lindcmann. assistant dictator; I'D Muel.
Ter reporter. Louis GrassmuclS. financial
reporter. r. HOFFMAN,. treasurer, II
FRANKIE. chaplain. Henry Wehrmann.
guide. Louis Rink, guard. VIM. Boomcr
sentinel; Charles WielkenR. cx-dictai0r,
Vim. Spnuonb"rg, representative 10 tn
Grand Lodge; f. Krentzlin. alternate.
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shortened two months for the want OF
funds, but this year. or rtiher next
springs term viii probably run fun time.
Tho RockpOrt ire department has made
preparation to present the city with Il
inc crAyon picture OF the late samuel II.
smith. one Of HaekpDrts most highly es-
tccmeh citizens and big hearted phil
anthrOplW. The city council mas set next
Wednesday to receive the picture and
County Attorney poeler VIII prescott II,
while city Attorney Andrews VIII spread
himgeif IN accepting the gift In behalf OF
the city.
Hon. T. -. Earnest Of Laredo lectured
al lsailey's pavilion last night to m az,
proCiafiye Hfdic nee Or the fubirct Of
'Thc old Time DafkY." The lecture was
for tho beaeft Of the local lodge or
Knights Of rythiae.
Mr.. Fanigan Of waco, who shot himself
In the hnnd Monday on Puerto bay, had
10 have the member anputatcd, which
Cqeration was successfully accomplished
hy Or. w. y. Pugh. and the patient II
now doing nicely
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

flno az any I'm Louisiana. There has been
and Will Sc near 900 acres Of iAnd nut
into cultivation since last winter the
water ia very good aud cum be had IN
any quantity at twenty feet. Flowing ar
tesian wells are but li0tle over GG feet.
Hrouths are unknown IN this eecliun OF
tine gtate. always insuiing n good crop.
Cotton. corn, cane. vegetables and most
fusion.
Being near Houston. Il has the advnn-
tage Of the best market IN the STATE.
II has near four miles Of graded street
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

Missouri city, Texas. December 70 MIS-
souri city n on the southern Pacific nine
teen miles west OF Houston. II was laid
eff by Cash & Luckel In August Of 1884.
The population at present H. something
over 100. IL has good public school
building and six months OF public ires
schools
As yet there Is no church. but tie Rap-
tists have preaching services twice per
month and Sunday school every sunday
II is surrounded by as line farming land
as there IS In the state.
The prairie land varies from black waNy
10 black sandy loan The timbered ltnd
IS partly black and red. The red lnnd Ia
used FOR raising sugar cane, pro iucing al
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
! NMET FROM BEAUMONT.
|us Of the Port Arthur Company
Being Executed,
FHIy.FOuP FEET AT SABINE PASS
Promised by New Year Rice ware
house Is Needed-S school Report.
Amateur Base HALL League.

saumont Texas. December H.-1ndica-
Us now are that January l, 1875, VIII
Jefferson county a veritable hive OF
~ workmen. Plans of the Port Ar
y Land company Cor building the new
W Of Port Arthur and converting 5o,-
acres Of Jefferson county prairie lands
productive farms are beginning to
2ne definite shape and within the
fortnight the undertaking will have
tically begun.
sFeyors three corps OF whom have
"a In the field for more than a month
u about completed their lahors. The
oSn has been plotted into lots and
M' the big irrigation canal and
mage bitches surveyed. laying out of
'sse property into farming tracts is
e' way and contractors are now pre-
4s 10 take up tho work and build in
'aahce with the plans OF the pro-
ss.
previously announced In these
u's' n contract has been let FOR the
"ucuon of a short line that will
rort Arthur rail connection with
-.aoht via the Sabine and East Texas
H, and the company Is now re-
DDS for the construction OF So
''u ana digging an artcslan wen at
za,,n toWh as Well "a for digging an
lsss,.,, canal to construct which will
b ~ 'hc removal of not less than
yards OF DIRT.
Mana a'so purpose to prepare several
h yesr "NISs OF land for a rice crop
lss winch will noccssitate the
sz ~ "a leFees, fences tenement
ttu a big mill 70 handle The crop
~. raised. a snip channel twenty
n .utep, 100 feet wide and several
pbmsn,s Is a part Of the plans Of de-
Esss ~, as Is also the extension OF the
n ivy, fittshurg and Gulf railroad
r,'ni,e leport to Port Arthur ana the
Artb,m.. OF terminal line from
nitthur to Houston.
ssl,,to success Of TINS venture VIII
and a. NV 'mpi0yment of an army of
ais hn, 'Npvuditure of thousands ul
b aosi,ii inc Port Arthur Land com
Bon HISS took all that into cousld-
aAd in XXI, purchasing the large body
sene,r,hh e.derson. the vice president
(ihs n ~ ~ manager, spcrt several
clcssd beaumont before the land deal
}. AMI r anu studied the conditions care
wh6 yaVe.,,,iler re nor his associates are
ESat s,.."iu undertake any entCtpiiat
fig II VI ccEnting he/cost ana .Om-
exn',in the possihle~returns rncy
tuDlin,,,fnee energy. ability and Al
enitieu ,s wealth, and. seeing thc op-
4dyen,oI pro1iabl" ny cstmcnt. tnCy
ahi n ase OF them, They viii s'iu-
fstly..' uolns 50 Will not only prosper
lFsis =, put VIII make 1t possible sol
DE NJ larmers to secure d aomC
n hahpliee A'Alle employment to many
he ora AT SABINE PASS.
tot,r, seht good weather continue
st.na pSors Tor harbor improvements
Teas as Npect to make the people
l.iopr New Years present of o
M The mg dr~'ls se' In Jnm no Si,.t
a ih from Galveston and put Il
tsnetss' -, Fass, is doing better tial
hrs snbs ~ 2,e'iod, This dreige, It's vii
eu' is equipped with a sue
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LOVE pLIlADED GUuTY.

Waco. Texas. December ii.-c. a. Love.
the Calvert embezzling assistant pogtmas-
tor. whose nlBht 10 Central America ana
pursuit by tho Federal authorities. and
his arrest and return have frequently
been mentioned IN the press dispatches,
pleaded guilty 20 three indictments y
be senienced IN few days
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
AnANsAs co1INry TEAcnEns.

Rockpor. Tcxss. December 1.-THE
County Teachers Institute Of Aransas
county met yesterday AT 2 p. N. at the
public school building pnd also last night
at O'Clock and this mornins at O'clock.
Several teachers from II distance pariici-
patcd in the exercises aud an Interesting
meeting was had all round
The Rockport school St. IN flourisfbnR
condition under the cflicieat management
OF Professor Plummer and MS corps OF
able teachers. Last year the term was
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

the Rcd Men last night. W. J, Hubbard.
acting junior sycamore, while lighting
hts cigar, had his costume catch FIRE.
The flames shot upward like IA flash.
burning him about the face and neck
painfully before n could be extinsuished.
Al special session Of the city council
this afternoon Policeman W. H. Hngt
WIZ appointed city marshal In the place
OF II. a. Durham, who resigned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

which Mr. Sonfleld will deliver a lecture
on Dress" He viii leave for hts new
charge in Galveston next Friday.
Messrs. Charley Mash, Ed Bianchctto OF
FL PaTo. Joe Simmons and Lee i3lanchetts
returned Thursday afternoon from two
days hunt TN the Big I'm nelghborho0d,
They had reasonable good luck, baggiug
thirty Draro chickens aud a number u
ducgs, but report that chickens and quail
are being exterminated by market hunters
from Galveston.
Work on the court house square arte-
sian well is progressing rapidly.
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FOUND DEAD.

Brmnond. Texas. Dcccmber 12.-This
morning, about o'clock Gains Birdwell,
SON Of one of our leading druggists, was
found dead 10 bed. Cause of death sup
posed TO be heart failure. Gains was
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

raised here and was young man of un-
usual bright intellect. lie win bc buried
this evening by the Roberts Rifles. III
which he was an honored and jealous
member.
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sErrLEns Eon wMARroM couNTY,

SETTLERS FOR WHARTON COUNTY.
FL Campo. Texas. December H.-irive
cars OF immigrants with household goods
have arrived here this week. All wecl-to-
do farmers from the north.
A party OF twenty-four prospectors from
Parker, Kan. reached here today. Those
people have many friends already located
here and will buy largely.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
vEIAsco LOCALS.

Velasco, Texas. December H.-For the
week ending December q 1895. deeds were
filed in the county clerks office at Bra
zora, showing transfers Of real estate to
the amount of Sligo
The ladies OF the Episcopal church are
busy getting up Christmas tree for tho
little ones or their Sunday school classes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Palestine. Texas. December IA seri-
GUS accident occurred at the council OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES,

| De Ford. the Populist in the Oklahoma
| house, was born in Mississippi.
| Five men in the territorial council and
/ in the house were born in Indiana.
It begins to look as though no man
would ever be hanged in Oklahoma
Richard Carney will probably be held
for burning the Alva school-house.
Speaker Barnes came from Arkansas to
Oklahoma, but he first saw light in New
York state.
One of Oklahoma's sources Of revenue
played out this year. The mistle-toe crop
was a failure.
The reign of typhoid fever in Oklahoma
is over. During TIE summer months it
ragged fearfully.
The government thinks that Guthrie
wants too much for her Jail. The price
asked was $500.
The Cheyenne Indians are receiving
their clothing from the government at
Watonga this year.
Frank Greer has accused Governor Rem
frow's message of having a plethora Of
conditions and paucity Of recommended
TONS
It is CLAIMED by the Chandler News that
Bill Cook caught the deputy marshals
surrounding him and at once hypnotized
the whole outfit.
The authorities of Saltwater captured
man in a saloon there the other day and
he had some trouble in proving that he
was not Bill Doolin.
If the Oklahoma legislature really in
tends to investigate the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians. it better get a good
supply of disinfectants.
A little Enid boy was asked to parse the
sentence: Il saw the bridge" mo,
didn't" he yelled" "It was the other
fellow down at Pond Creek"
The Indictment weather attacked Alva's
building boom the other day and at the
end Of the second round the Indictment
weather had to be carried out on shut
ter.
If Representative Spencer og Yukon
gets a good many write-ups in the news
papers ii can be explained by the fact that,
in the house, he sits next to the press
table.
Dick Plunkett of Perry has been in
Guthrie and looked over the legislature
He gives it out that he can lick anybody
in the aggregation from sergeant-at-arms
down
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13
The aaha Daily Eagle: Sunday aor,me january 49, 1895.
ALL THAT TALK OF INGALLS,.

From the body of the Republican
party of Kansas there comes quite a
strongly expressed sentiment in favor
of John j. Ingalls, for the United States
senate. In some localities this senti-
ment is so pronounced as to have led
| up to the polling of townships and the
writing of letters to Topeka.
Still. and however, these local move
ments have had little weight or effect
at Topeka. and less with the men who
have a vote upon that question. IN
doubtedly the sentiment referred to.
springs from the fact that ingalls, was
defeated by the Pop party. There are
in it elements Of honest Indignation,
desire for revenge and determination
to right the wrong. The reason why this
sentiment fails to move the men who
will elect United States senator next
week is because it lacks political
weight It is the politicians who make
and unmake other politicians and
statesmen. Ingalls,, whether states
man or not, is not a politician. In all
his eighteen years in the United States
senate the Kansas politician fails to re.
call that ingalls, ever exerted himself
to help ''the boys" They don't deny
that in his speeches he posed grandly,
and stood I'D for the Kansas idea in a
way that did not fail to attract uni
versal and favorable attention, but in
that same hour the men out on the
plains who helped to make him" were
wont to draw the contrasting picture
of Plumb down at the departments
rustling for things" and things"
were what the average Kansas fellow
want So all this talk about ingalls,
being elected to the United States SEN
ate over the heads of the worthy men
who are pronounced candidates will
amount to nothing, unless in prolonged
and veXations deadlock he should be
rushed through in the frenzy and en-
thusiasm of the moment
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13
GREATER THAN HUMAN BLUNDERs

Apropos Of the plots and counter
plots, and the bungling attempts at
legislation, it is well to remember that
no party or compact of scheming poll
ticians can disrupt this nation. 1t is a
common error to assume that the out
come of this or that issue will tell
nightly upon the prosperity of our in
situations. People talk of the stability
or instability of our government as
though it was some transitOry, floating
entirety, subject to the drifting tides of
public clamor, or the more vulnerable
edict Of some public functionary who
happens at the time to be warming the
seat of some Office of state.
There are great economical and
physical facts which refute all such
assumptions. Geographically situated
in the very midst of the trackless
oceans Of commerce, possessed Of I'M
bounded natural wealth in minerals,
a soil unsurpassed in fertility and ad-
artion tt. every pro,lu"t known to man
kind, checkered ahu bounded 10y water
ways IDEALLY perfect and cO1Ipt"t9 for
handling her vast product. this Re-
public is not inapty termed the price
less gift-a land peculiarly blessed.
Supplementing these natural advart-
ages came a race, indomitable in pur-
pose Of that spirit of freedom which
ripened into the universal desire for
self government This is the germ
idea, the potential force which con-
fronts every obstacle to growth, and
stands as an impregnable wall against
any or all so-called instructions.
1t is new civilization, unique in its
adherence to the great principle of
human freedom. Ours is a govern
ment which is nothing if not complete,
and he who lives in a perpetual night
mare Of forebodings for the future
has not studied the elements, or cal
culated the strength of the foundations
upon which it is built.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13
REFORM ALIAS PROGRESS.

Reform in these latter days pervadeS
everything. 1t is a visible, tangible
entity everywhere. In every depart
ment, not only in civil government, but
in the trades, professions and the
varied vocations Of life, there seems,
by common consent, to have sprung
up new order-a departure from the
laws, the customs, the idioms and even
the dietiecs and the apparel of our faith
ers. 1t may be fad, a coincidence or
general and spontaneous breaking
away from the abuses and short COM
ings of our more primitive days. We
prefer to believe, however, that it
comes through the operation of natur-
al, we'll recognized forces-forces
which have directed our civilization
and reform is but the logical-the very
elimination Of effects once regarded as
hereucal and revolutionary. Lucky is
this age, and this generation, if it is TO
behold a flood-light of scientific diScov-
cry correction of old abuses and a
putting away of the old toggery Of
superstition. The Virginia Uncle. in
his ignorance and innocence. will still
insist that 1.-The sun do move" but the
hopeful feature of the day is that he is
dwindling into minority of rapidly
accelerating proportions. 1t is ques-
! uonable whether the term reform is
happy one. Whether or not it is one
Of those modern catchy" expressions,
| intended as kind of metaphorical
blanket to cover everything new, is. at
least, open for discussion. If reform
isthe synonym of progress, based upon
truth. ii might be allowed to stand
but so many DISCUSSES and pretenders
have nailed it TO their colors that the
term has suffered the effects of bad
company.
Whether it is to be reform, or pro-
gresS or the crisp expressive get there
Eli spirit OF the times. it is certain
that this generation has taken higher
/ ground. Not only have we discarded
/ much OF the rubbish Of the generation
which has gone to swell the great ma
| Jority. but we are demanding better
civil rules. We have raised the stand
ard of moral purity; we have hunted
the culprit and the despoiler to his vile
abode, and, above all. we have de-
manded strict enforcement OF our
civic rights 1t is hopeful augury
for better government. and n purer
social relation that the people-the
voters OF this great Republic have de-
liberately, and OF their own choice.
erected the standard, and by object
lessons, not remarks. spoken the man
date which shall govern in all matters
related to the franchise Henceforth
the individual. the sect or the party
who would stand before this jugger-
naut of the peoples edict will soon
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13
know the terrors Of meeting an ire
Sistible force.

Thirty-three fatalities have been re-
ported for the last season in the Alps,
which is less than the average. Four
persons met their deaths by avelanches
or falling stones, six by exposure to
the weather, fourteen missed their
footing and fell down precipices, three
were killed by tightening, one fell into
glacier assure, one was lost while
seeking edelweiss, and four cases are
unexplained.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Miss Anthony (SuSan) recently at
tended the opera for the first time in
her life. She saw several girls on the
stage whom she remembered as grand
mothers when she was a little Girl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

1t is fact that the Missouri river
towns are sluggish. II is a fact that
from Wichita south clear to Houston,
Texas, the people are gaining in pros
perity every day. Do you think that
means anything?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Pekin was taken at 9 o'clock ar night
and the Cinnamon were driven from
their beds. AS the dress that China
man wears in the day time looks like 4
night-shirt. what must his night-gown
lnnl, likaI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

In writing to Bismarck the young
king signs himself: Your affectionate
emperor" And old Bismarck lights
his pipe and puffS smoke at the letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Her Golden Hair was Hanging
Down Her Back" is the title of a song
that has been prohibited as obscene.
The air got too gay with the hair. that
was all
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Many man will explain to the col
iector that he can not pay an income
tax by pointing gleefully to his wife's
seal-Skin cloak.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Horses are now so cheap that the
man who will steal one is public ben
efactor and the old saw about locking
the stable after the Steed is stolen" is
obsolete
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The senatorial contest may not be
gambling at all, but it does partake of
something Of the nature of a grab-bag.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The income tax collector viii probab-
~ have to ask Senator Hill to quit
speaking against the income tax long
enough to pay his tax.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

In the senatorial game the Skinny
block has suddenly disappeared and it
Is suspected by the players that ingalls,
has it in his pocket.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

In taking Pekin at night. the Japs in
dorsed the old sentiment: The best
of all ways, to lengthen our days. is to
steal a few hours from the night nv
dear"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

A Kansas editor has been sentenced
to the peintentiary for being obscene.
Balzac and Boccaccio are not accept
able as precedents in Kansas courts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

As soon as the Guthrie Jail can be en-
larged, Judge Scott will send the legis-
lature there for contempt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Peoule who have been out of prosper
ity so long that they can not tell a
boom when they see one should come
to Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

While Ex-Governor Waite faces OBJ
livion with a stiff upper lip, he man.
ages TO keep the lower jaw in action
10y going on the lecture platform.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Kansas and Oklahoma are being per-
suaded that the first few days of a
legislative session is a good deal of an
oratorical contest after all.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Those who love horse meat can hitch
teeth at very nominal expense.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The decreased demand for manufac-
tured products, owing to hard times,
is seriously effecting Europe's trade
with this country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The fact that Indians can grow no
beard ought to prove the power of at
triton in western winds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The Kansas legislature may jump at
a conclusion-and Mr. Conclusions
other name may be ingalls,.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

Look at the clearing house figures of
Wichita, you skeptic, and then say
Wichita is not on a boom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

As lecturer Brides Waite will not
have the trouble Breckenridge has had.
Waite will have no gate-receipts to at
tach
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The man who will represent Kansas
in the senate for the next six years has
not made his election sure yet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-13

The inaugural festivities at Topeka
are simply an additional ratification of
the greatest victory ever won in
Kansas