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Tee New Orleans Statss lesrus that the
BaSd&ii tariE bill was compiled almost eu-
firtly by Mr. Joseph D. Weeks, the sacra
tary tbe Amcricsn Protective league,
end ope c! the secretaries of the republican
wtUpuftl fofflmittee. w^en axv. ;Y!slv?
fturd, after all the trouble he had taken
wi h it, ttot hu K,ndall bill would not be
adopi< d by the letnbllcan minority of the
wuvp at d means committee In opposition to
he Mills bill fce wrs very bitter, and da-
olu) ed that he hoped then that the Mills bill
niiiiht become a law. By the way, there
are stveral eastern republican paperd,
httided by tie Boston Advertiser, which
have begun to weaken. Mr. Rand ill's fol-
lowers are said to be shaky. The^e papers
seem to be preparing how to explain the
success of the Mills bill, which they rather
expect. Perhaps their fears render tbem
poor judge?, as most people's hopes do. Per-
haps, also, they are prepared to try what
can be done to make the reform wholly In
tbe interest of the manufacturers and then
give it a lift. The Mills bill may be greatly
n odlfied, and there is the danger.
GOOD FOR INVENTORS AND FOR THE
PUBLIC.
Unlike most propositions to olaatigetha
patent laws of the United ditif-s, that of
Representative Mirtlu is both yeusi'oia a a >3
just. The adoption of e n jo a laaasurs
would enuro to the groat sab»t*nti»l bene-
fit o: inventors la gener.il au.ttae public
at large. I' would relieve the latter of
exorbitant tax eo trffiaeatl? caargeS b?
the speculators lo important patent mi-
nopolles, and would goaraute-e the litter
what they rarely receive. a"> qiate returns
for the labor and time exp?r.ded on useful
Inventions. Under ice presaut oatentlaws
It is the exceptiun when the Inventors re-
ceive comparative 1> more lhaa a tr;flu:«
remuneration. Ciptta'lsts, m?u with
money, who fen,-'w a gri d thing when tiiey
see it, and are ever ready to buy up invan
Hons, which will bj in active demand
aie the principal, if not ex
elusive baiitfi-iarles Occasionally
the inventor protita by his discovery, bat
ttich instances are rare, and on*> has ouly
to glance ever a list of the great iaventors
of the world to perceive that nearly all of
ibem lived and died poor men while others
amassed fortunes through their talents. It
is in this direction more particularly that
tbe good effects of Mr. Martin's bill would
be felt, for It provides for paying a bounty
in money, in proportion to the value of the
Invention, to the discoverer or inventor,
w ich bounty shall not b9 the subject of as-
sigx-ment, tin- mnst go to the inventor him
eel ". The capitalist or corporation buying
tie patent, or the patentee himself, is guar-
anteed iho exclusive right to make or use the
liyention for five years. This is faU and
jr st to 111 concerned, and if passed into a
lav will go further to stlaau
Into inventions and encourage in-
v ntors then any amount, ot protection
that could be offorded by making the patent
laws more stringent. It may bs urged thit
it is wrong for Iho government to use the
people's money to pay bounties to iuven
tors, a d ihat the system will prove very
expensive, but suchobjsctions are not reas-
onable, because the people are taxed far
more heavily under the present system in
orcier to swell tfce profits of the patenteas
ifcan they could ever be even under the
leavles' bounty system. Take, for instauce,
the tclechone. An instrument costs only a
few dollars, and the real value of all Its at-
tachments is only a few dollars more, and
yet each individual user of the telephone is
taxed $40 or $50 a year. Bat perhaps the
sewing machine affords the best illustra
tlon. Only a year or two ago a first-class
machine was considered cheap that sold for
lasts than $100. Blnce then the patents on
m ist of Its Important parts have ex-
pired, and the $100 machines of a
few years ago are now selling for $18 and
$20. Deduct the present prica from th»t
paid formerly and the reader has the
amount of tax paid by taa purchaser to tiia
patentee. The people might growl at pay
ing ih^ inventor of a machine of equal marlt
with the sewing machine a bonus of $50,000,
t no yet they contribute indirectly a thousand
times that amount before they are taroagh
with It. It does not take many machines tc
return $50,000 when thera ,'s a clear profii of
more than $80 on each machine. Mr. Mar-
tin's bill would regulate all this. The ia-
vetitor receives his bonus and is thus re-
warded for his labor; the patentee Is guar-
anteed the sole right to use, make or sell
the invention for five years, and thus re-
c ives proper returns for hi3 invested cap
ital, while the public is relieved of twalva
years' indirect taxation Impoaad b7 the
present patent laws.
'pi k«n ol by tbe genoral pregs more throujs
a spirit of impartial justice to all good men
s'tktne new homes than through any
tuought of soliciting Immigration.
When iren are asking for higher wag ;s
fcey use often reminded that thai goods
will be made higher and other laborers have
o pay moie. The Detroit Advance turns
te same argument on the other Bide, say-
in i-:
The capitalist never stops to consider that a
reduction In ways throughout the country
u,u>t reduce his uartet, for a reductun of
>rocGs lmn» diatolv i pacts on the demand for
toods. lie is jnst like the boy who cutoff the
Inunth on w hich he was sitting, and then was
its', i.nlfcl.ed because he stopped so suddenly.
Bach arguments are at least eqaally fair
n hoth heeds even if they be buteqaallv
Eifftci've in any practical sense. Thay
iould do In the past when production and
s!e were confined within narrow territorial
iniltp, ard tbey might again have some
orce if ail labor and all capital were ever
o tecome as two bodies operatlug up?n
each other, not fractionally, but as entire-
ties. The manufaenrer wh> reduces or
raices wages in his particular mill has still
to cell nearly all bis goods to others tbaa
hiB own employee, and the rest of saclety is
ut remotely tffeattd by that rise or fail la
wages, unlets it is general in the trada
throughout the country.
THE RETURN PROM CALIFORNIA.
Amotg tfce aids to slander launched
against Texas by foreign parties and ema-
nating from Consul Lyall Is the statement
tta* thousands of working people left the
state last year. Now this is one of the half-
truths which operate as falsehoods. A
lumber, though doubtless not a very large
nemter, of Texas people were attracted by
the California boom, and went to Los An-
geles er (1 other places out there. Tbi) was
not because those people had compared
and knew the relative advantages of Texas
asc California, for moat of them kne » only
that Texas is a place where people caa get
on fcy it dustry and knew nothing of Call-
fc. ma except that people were reported to
bs making fortunes there by speca
Jatlon and creating flush times
There is in humanity a large
eleiLeiitretitlef s to get where fortunes, or if
not fortunes then an easy and abundant
living, otic be picked up with the leas exer
ticn. Ti e people who most embody this
element often leave a safe thing and rush to
tsfcat is far worse for them In the nn
trifd world beyond the horizon of their
kntwl' cge and experience. Such was the
fate of quite a number who went to Callfor
nl". Tat y were not long theie'before they
v-tre atixiocs to return to Texas. Sime
wcnlC find niches into which they would fit,
fcnt tteinajoiity of working people were
diteppcluted, judging by all the reports
which The News has seen. When such ad
venturers have got back to Texas they are
cured of the wandering fever by such an
(xpetieECP, except in a few bad cases,
report'of this movement that should be full
enough to be really truthful—to give a fair
impression of tha whole and not merely of a
part of the occurrence—would say something
of the illusory California boon), its sudden
attractions for the over stimulated faaoy
of very sanguine persons, without du9 ve
gerd to their means or circumstances, au<
of the awikenlsg and return of many, aad
the* t'ePlre of others to return if they c.iuid
Ret hold of the necessary i r > pay the:
fare. However, even while tha California
fceem was on there was a steady and far
mote solid migration from California to
Texas of men in tha sheep business and
farmers able to buy land and make them
selves goad home*. This procasi eoa
tJsnes. Texas progress is steady. The ed
dies do not affect the coarse of the stream
Texas nttdb not to ba a snppllant far im
migration, but she is quita cosfilent of
see^gter natural advantages speedily t'e-
veloped, and such errors or mislaadiag
views as hers ^yerted tQ ars to 0e
A Paris dispatch says It has been dis-
covered that Getiernl Boulanger knew of
the intention to present his name in various
departments. Very likely, and he knew it
wottld do him no harm It he got a large vote.
Grave illness rendered necassary the re-
tirement of General Terry, which occurred
on the 5.h instant. So there was a vacancy
created in the grade of major general In the
active service.
The lumber of presidential candidates In
the United States senate is the elrcum
stance which probably accounts for the
adoption of Mr. Beck's amendment to the
bond purchase bill. R >man vlr ne, in p II-
tics, should be historically investigated. It
may be found to bs just what the republican
senate exhibits at the approach of a presi-
dential campaign.
The cable keys must have bfcen touched
by a humorist, for a message says that the
diffeiences between the emperor and Bis
marck have been settled. A certain our
rlage will 'ake place, Bismarck will nit re-
sign, and Bismarck is high up. It did not
need the additional statement that Bis-
marck tad not been asked to realgu. If he
had been asked he weuld probably have
still further accommodated the empe:or by
complying.
John L. Sullivan's recent comparative
failure, which has been made the occasion
of numerous comments, is at last attrlbatsd
lo his tarrying too long or too often with
the whisky bottle—a likely explanation.
Dk. Uuyic haB observed several children
affected wlthnaaal catarrh with obstruotlon
to easy breathing who were unable to tlx
ibeir attention upon their studies, bat the
restoration of normal nasal breathing had
a wonderfully beneficial effect upon their
sluggish mental faculties.The Health Month-
ly s-»ye:"We have no reason to suppose that
the doctor is guying us. Insufficient breath-
ing wcnld naturally obtnnd the brain."
Australia has two great industries—rab-
bit killing and sheep raising.
THL PUBLIC REGISTER.
A large number of letters written by
Napoleon I to his brother, King Lou's of Hoi
land, have been discovered at Uo&smeer, Hoi
laud.
The ex queen ot Naples, living in exile In
France, devotes her attention chiefiv to horse
racing. She has a large stable of capital
horses.
Anent the Wales silver wedding it Is'ob-
served that the princess' eight bridesmaids of
twenty five years ago ore all living, all mar-
ried and none divorced. Doubtless they are
still beautiful.
Justices Lamar and Harlan are the on
ly members of the United States supreme
comt who do not own houses in Washington
Mrs. Lamar, however, In wealthy,and intends
to buy or build a house at she capital.
The death Is announced of Pattlson Jol
ly of Dublin, Ireland, the oldest printer in the
world. He was 1(4 years old, and pulled the
first sheet of the Edinburgh Journal more
than seventy years ago.
General A. W. Riley, aged 94 years,
one ol the oldest and most respected citizens
of Rochester, N. Y., died last week after a
brief illness, lie went to K ochester from Con-
necticut in 1816, when the present city wai a
small hamlet. He leaves a laige property.
The statement Is made that Mme B>ge-
let of France and Mrs. AH Trigg of Finland
wro atterded the Women's convention in
WaUilngtcn, could not speak a word of Kng-
Ufeh a fortnight ago, but are now aOle to con
verse readily In our tongue.
Thekk is an admirable project afoot, in
which Amei lean classical scholars may prop
ei ly be Interested, far raising a worthy memo
rial to the late Kev. Ui. Robert Soott, dean ot
Rochester, and partner of Dr. Henry G, Lld-
dell in producing the famous Greek lexicon,
Dr. Liddell, by the way, Is still dean of Ohrlst
church, Oxford.
The sultan has given a well known pic
ture of Lord Nelson, which was In his posses
sloe, to the London National gallery. In 1798,af-
ter the battle of the Nile, Selem III sent some
vety iich gilts to Ne'son, among them being
the Chelongk, a diamond plume, only given to
victoilous Mussulmans, Nelson gave the por
ti alt in return, painted by Guzzardl of Paler
mo.
£ Lawrence Depbw, a brother of Chauu
cey if. Dfcpew, is a successful cracker manu
factnrer, living In Detr >lt, Mich. He Is a few
3 ears joutger than his fa'nous brother. "Lir
r>" Depew, as he is generally known In De
tro t,'s a college graduate, but he Is not an
pfter-dlnner speaker. He is fond of yachts,
dogs, hcrses and guns. He married the daugh
ter of A. M. Copeland, postmaster at Detroit,
The Hon. John Hamilton, an ex senator
of tne dominion, and one of the wealthiest
men In Canada, died suddenly at his residence
In Montreal last week ot paralysis, aged 61
years. De was an extensive lumberman, a dl
rector oi the Lank of Montreal, aiid had been
at one time presl.ent of the Merchants' bank
of Canada.
A contemporary Pxclaini that the q^en
usually leaves a drawing room before the
ftinctiiIs over, because her majesty can not
stand fcrany length of time. It Is quite a mis
take to suppose that the onsen really stands
during a di awing ro»m. In reality her majes
ty t-lts upon a scrt of stool of crimson and
gold, which is so arranged that, to those who
pass before her, she appears to be standlug.
Suit Instituted for Damages.
Palestise, Tex., April 10.— Cue parea'B
o£ Lee Welch, who was tun ov <r aad killed
by an engine in the yards at this place a
mouth ago, fi'.ed suit for damages in the
district court totlay. The ataoaat asked
fcr$-0,000.
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Paperi Throughout Texat Are
Talking About.
The Gorzales Inquirer says:
A week ago, judging from the Pos1,
Smith did not have a phostof a show to ba
mayor of the city of Houston, yet he beat
his opponent over 1000 votes.
Such mistakes of the papers are Retting
to be too common. A few more and people
will have no more faith In snch predictions
than In weather prognostics.
By a mistake in its make up the first page
of the Kyle Nutshell is printed u pslde down.
Is the paper standing on Its head in token
of Its happiness at having controlled the
late municipal election?
The Gimlet says Brenham has a colored
lawyer named C^aln. but does notcallhlm
able.
The San Antonio Express tells how the
pride has been knocked out of it in a way
that may apply to some other Texas cities
whose municipal heads are held high:
Uion more than one occasion it has
been ihe pride and joy of San Antonlans to
hang upon the lips of our worthy mayor as
he returned thanks for some honor paid,
responded to a toast at some banqaet or
thrilled some primary meeting, Tne Ex-
press had fondly imagined that In tais
peculiar line we held the belt, bat Is com-
pelled to lower Its haughty crest before
Mayor Smith of Cincinnati. At the recent
dedication of a public btiildlng that worthy
ifflciol remarked: -The gratification isof
honest pride, and if those who feel at seeing
these joyous demonstrations that they are
tut the marks ot gratifiaatlon.that they are
the signs, the outward signs, that we pos-
sess the inward sense of !a just pride, taen
may we feel that In all wo have undertaken
that that which overcomes us to-day in
tfcis dedication, that which we hava accotn
plished gives us the permission to feel a
just pride in what we have undertaken."
Knocked out we are, bat not despairing.
When onr executive has had two more
j ears of practice he will lay Smith out so
cold that his family can use hlin for a re-
frigerator.
The Eenison News has a leader labeled,
"The Itch for Office, a Most Prevalent Dis-
ease—A Few Remarks Inspired by the Late
Canvass for the Mayoralty of that city." It
saye:
There is a fascination frantic about thli
malady. Men would rather have it than
blue blood and a coat of arms, and when
once they have It they wouldn't give It up
for all the wealth of Gonld, even though it
brings them enemies, and slander, aud
evil habits, and treachery and sleepless
nights and diminished bank account.
Youcg men are peculiarly susceptible to
the fascination of this disease. They culti-
vate deceit and wise ways; they search tho
dictionary for high-sounding words, and
they delve into unfathomable literature for
seme other man's weighty thoughts. Taay
tie themselves to the coattatls of mighty
politicians and adopt their Ideas aad ape
treir ways. They labor to acquire the mtg-
retic hand olasp and the glance that ba-
i uilee and commands. Bat the itch for
f ffice is more attainable than office. Many
candidates aie left in chagrin each cam-
paign. Their business has perished of neg-
lect: tfcelr honor wears many stains; taelr
families hare become strangers, and their
fortunes are wasted. But they still hava
-ht Itch. With feverish anxiety they await
the cc ming of another season when offloaj
aie in the market so they may seek—and
get left again.
The Temple Times says it is ever ready
o allow anyone who may consider himself
uijustly Injured by criticism the oppor-
tunity of defending himself- Bat theTtaies
sur-rejoins when it Is,as It believes, unduly
censured.
The Celumbla Old Capitol reproduces
the following from old files of Brazoria
county papers:
The Planters' Gazette.publishedIn Colum-
bia in 1«2, says: "A party of about twenty
Indians lately came to Apstin and killed
a mail named Bell and captured a Mr. Cole*
man, who made his eecape." The Colum-
bia Gazette, 1813, says: "Captain Flack,
who went up the river to float down cotton
for Messrs. Smith S Adrianoe, passed
Washington with ninety bales of cotton on
a raft protected by gum elastic bags." ''We
learn from Mr. Blckford, who arrived Sat-
urday from Victoria, that Colonel James
Powers was recently captured at his resi-
dence on Live Oak point by a party of Max
ican soldiers and carried to Mexico. These
soldiers came to his house inopeaday
and Informed him that they hai or-
ders from the commandant at
Matamoros to take him and the goods
fce bad In bis possession to that city. They
fave him permission to pack his goods In
Is own carts. Fears are entertained that
he will share the fate ot the unfortunate
Demit, who was captured near Aransas two
years ago, and died In a dungeon." "Gov-
ernor Butler, United States commissioner,
concluded a treaty on the 25th ot March,
1S13, at the Waco village; with the Dela
wares, Shawnees, Ionies, Andargoes, Wa
coes and Caddoes." Speaking of the return
home of the Mler prisoners (November,
1S44) the old Columbia Planter says:
"While our hands and hearts are full of
this subject, we will pause to pay a tribute
of acknowledgment to a young gentleman
whose benevolent condact deserves to ba
commemorated in letters of gold. Wo al-
lude to our fellow citizen Mr. William Man-
Eon, who happening to be at New Orleans,
on his return from college, when the pris-
oners prrived there, divided among them
every dollar ot which he was possessed,
and tock a deck passage with them. Truly
such actions are their own reward."
Tfce Gainesville Register says:
Henry Rosenberg, a wealthy banker of
Galveston, has given $40,000 for a school
building to be erected In the east end of
that city. Mr. Rosenberg Is but following
ihe example of the lata George Bill, ani
setting a good example to others. Galves
ton has several millionaires, but onlva few
enterprises that haye been benefited by
them.
The Register is mistaken. The rich men
ot Galveston are liberal and public-spirit
ed. There are no rich misers here. No city
in Texas begins to rival this in the amount
of money expended for public purposes,
whether for education, charity, religion, or
business.
The Bellville Times says:
Representatiye Stewart has introduced
Into tbe house a bill to amend the natural!
zatlen laws so as to require would-be citi
■zens to make oath that they are not poly
gamists, anarchists or communists. The
sooner the bill becomes a law the better.
The Rockdale Reporter says it is mad at
State Press of The Galveston Naws. Not
mad enough to fight, Ziowever:
The Daily News of the 31 instant copies
our editorial on Personal Journalism and
credits tfce same to the Rockdale Messen-
ger. Tne Messenger has not baen heard
trora, but it is presumed it will ba mad, too,
and mad enough to fight.
Mistakes will happen In the best regulat
ed paper?. Let the Reporter have due
credit, ihough It can afford to do without all
that it is entitled to. It is always clothed
In its right mind.
There is an old story of R. M. William
son (Three legged Willie), that when ho
was a judge a bullying lawyer in his court
closed a demand fcr an order by laying a
bcwle knife on the bar and saying "that
was the law ot the case." The judga lifted
a double-barrel from the bench and said
"that was the constitution that controlled
such law." The tradition seems to linger
in Fort Bmd county and serve as a preua
dent. The Richmond Opinion says:
Our learneu judge o£ the district, in fix^
ing rp at tfce rew court house, with careful
forethought asked for a gun to decorate his
offioc—to be used against future possibili-
ties. Mr. Connor, the ever-obliging yoans
officer, agreed to attend to the matter, ant
tot many days since the jadge, on wending
bis way to the aforementioned office, found
a mammoth gun, whose muzzle reaohsdtha
eeHire while the breech touched the iioir.
Judge B. quietly asked to have the un-
wieldy weapon removed. Mr. Connor, cum
jfiviligio ex officio, had taken Eu^eae Da
day's sign from the gunshop to daoorate
the judge's handsome office.
The Opinion says Mr. Ransom of the
state farm reports that the farm has '200
convicts at work, and 250 acres of new land
have been cleared, ditched and pat into
cultivation. The farm has now 1800 aires
in cultivation, with a good stand of cotton,
corn and cane.
The Express says:
Another citizen of Galveston, Mr. Henry
Rosenberg, has set a good example to those
havlEg a superabundance of wealth, by
making a handsome benefaction to the com-
ix unity in which he has made his fortune.
Ho will bare tho satisfaction of knowing
that after his death benefits will continue
to be conferred upon the rising generation
ihrougb his benefaction; that that mach of
bis wealth at least is secured to good pur-
poses.
The Express turns Its prod for a moment
frrm the mossbacks of Ban Antonio, and
calls Galveston another:
It tbe dwellers upon that sand bank do
tot speedily recognize the fact that tho day
of tfce governmental appropriation has
passed, and that the way to get there is to
iiustie, there will ba occasion for a new
Goldsmith to write tne story of a Texan de-
etrtfd village.
The prophetic ken of tha Express sees
more than Is obvious to the uninspired. So
far there Is no sigh of the exodus, bat Gal-
veston has more people, business and en-
terprise than at any time in the past.
While Ban Antonio was wool gathering in
the figurative sense Galveston got away
with her wool trade. Hence this hostility.
The Brenhata Banner says:
The Galveston News of Wednesday con-
tained an able and enthusiastic writs up of
Brenham and of Washington county, which
Will be of great benefit to this section. It
was prepared by Hon. Harry Haynes, aaa
was a labor of love on his part. The pre-
paration of it entailed great trouble aud
Dalns, besides occupying a good portion of
:is time, and Mr. Haynes deserves a vote
ol thanks for it.
The San Antonio Express gives the crank
a turn:
Victoria, queen of England and Ireland
and empress of India, has a consul at Gal-
veston who is the most appropriately named
man that breaks dally bread. It the Ex-
press is not in error, it was about one year
ago that Mr. Lyall handed in a report on
Texas which for Drazon misrepresentation
of facts and baseless malice was unequaied.
He has supplemented this precious docu-
ment by another which, while it lacks In
great part the abuse of its predecessor, is
still Enfficlontly venomous to call for no-
tice. His statements anmmarizad are: The
soli 1b fruitful and the climate moderately
healthy. An Englishman had best keep
away unlets be Is a capitalist. People able
to buy only 200 acre farms should g^> else-
where. Ninety per cent of unoccnplad laud
Is unworkable save by Irrigation. Irriga-
tion in Texas is in its Infancy. Fertile
land may be bad cheaply, but drouths
are wellnigh inevitable, and when thay
set in nothing will grow, la every
town of the state 15 per cent of the working
classes, skilled mechanics and all, are out
of employment and can't get It. Dariag the
pest year thousands of workmen hava left
tbe state. The country is more unhealthy
tbaii the Cape or Australia, living is vary
high, lawlessness prevails and there is a
large negro pcpulation."a great percentage
of whom aie just as savage, ignorant and
brutal as the Congo tribes from whom thay
are descended."
In all candor theExpress submits that the
Bt n. Lyall should take a reef In himself. IC
the consul's statements are true, we might
as well drop tkm immigration agitation right
here. Tbe small farmer Is the man we w.tnt.
If our country Is unhealthy,our land barren
save for irrigation and the settler runs Im-
minent risk of losing his life through sav-
agery of Congoites, he will not come, or, if
he does come, will seize the earliest oppor-
tunity to get away. To people who kaow
Texas it is unnecessary to say that Lyali's
statements are In great measure unquali-
fiedly false. But outsiders may be influenced
by his screed, and for their benefit the state-
ment is repeated that he is most appropri-
ately.nnmed.
A STIRRING MESSAGE
From Mayor Hewitt to the New York Common
Council—He Stands Pat.
New York, April 10.—Mayor Hewitt to-
day transmitted to the common council a
stirring message disapproving the resolu-
tion taking from the mayor the power of
directing what flags shall bo displayed
npon city buildings. In it he shows that
while the Irish born population amounts to
16.45 per cent, 27 per cent of the board of
nldermen are Irish—more than 1 times
the normal ratio of representation—aad
that the same ratio of representation pre-
vails In all d«partments except the
police, where 2G10 are Irish born—
nearly double the normal percent
age. This he declares is at the
expense of the German element. Heglvas
a tabulated account of national rapresenta-
tlon In office and in charitable institutions.
He states that he does not publish the tables
to invoke comment, but declares that uader
our own free government and boundless re-
sources the Irish malcontents should ex-
hibit a modest restraint in claiming naw
privileges, not now known to law and not
desired by the more conservative portion of
the nationality, in whose favor exception is
demanded. He advises the board of aldar-
men to adopt some measure whereby the
vexed question may be made squarely an
issue before the people.
The Starr County Judgeship.
To The News.
Rio Grande City, Tex., April 7.—Tbe
crisis in the matter of the county judgeship
of Btarr county was reached to-day.
At the November term of the district
court here judgment was rendered against
incumbent Livingston and In favor of John
P. Kelsey. To gain tlme.Livingston took
his appeal to the wrong termof the suprama
court, but was forced by IKelsey's attorney
before the GalveBton term, which has jasi
expired. There the appeal was dismissed,
when Livingston sued out a writ of error to
the next Tyler term, and give what he
called a supersedeas bond to arrest all pro
ceedings pending a hearing on the writ of
error.
These tactics of Livingston's attorneys
were again defeated, as they were forced
again betore the Galveston term, when tao
court refused the writ, holding that having
lost their right of appeal plaintiff in error
could not remedy the same by writ of error,
as such writ will not lie aquo warrants
proceeding. This Is the first time this ques-
tion has ever been decided by a court of
aPlneathe face of this last decision incum-
bent insisted on his right of appeal to
Tyler, and died officially this mornlug, as
the district clerk on the filing of the man-
date of the supreme court to day issued
process to tbe sheriff to oust Llviugston
and Install Kelsey. Livingston has the
key to his office desk, but a mechanic Is
now at work removing the lock, ander the
protection of the sheriff, who in connection
with the clerk recognizes Kelsey as tha oil
clal head of the county of Siarr. Thus
ends the greatest legal farce ever enacted
la Starr county. Voiaa,
Burglary at Aguilla.
Aguilla, Tex., April 10.—Tha store of E.
R, Boyd of this place was broken Into on
Saturday night and a large amount of goods
taken, Including clothing, cutlery, jewelry,
hats, caps, boots and shoes, groceries, etc.
No olew to the burglars. Entrance was
effected by boring through the boards at
the back end of the store building. Toe
caeh drawer was untouched.
BASTROP OUGHT TO BOO VI.
SHE POSSESStS ALL THE REQUISITES.
Both the City ard County in Excellent Condi-
tion- Rich in Developed and Unde-
veloped Rc-sources.
Bastrop, Tex , April 8.—One of the oldest
oh well as prettiest towns in the state of
Texas is Bastrop. Any one who will walk
through tfce town can not fall to ba much
impressed with its beauty aad the evi-
dences of wealth to be seen on every side.
Tbe large, spacious dwelling houses, built
to last for generations, surrounded almost
In tveiy Instance with magnificent gar-
dens, filled at this time of year with the
choicest exotics and many bned flowers,
gladden the heart of the weary traveler and
make him feel as though he had at last
found the new El Dorado. ^
Basti op is marked with all the character-
istics of a New England town. A seeming
quiet pervades the place, the inhabitants
are mainly well-to-do, and a sell'-satlsfied
air dominates their every movement. Yet
beneath this calm and peaceful exterior a
vest amount of business is handled every
year, the very advantageous position of the
town alone insuring an ever increasing
trade with the surrounding country. We
are indebted to one of tfce oldest citizens ol
Bastrop coun'y, Colonel Phil Claiborne, for
much valuable information furnished. Also
to J. C. Buchanau. This town and, county ia
named after a French gentleman,
earon de bastrop.
The original county Included Hays, Cald-
well, Travis and Lse counties, but as It Is at
present organized contains about 900 square
miles, or 014,400 acres of land, very largely
arable and first class soil. The tovn ol
Bastrop is situated on the Taylor, Baatrop
and Houston railroad, thirty-two miles be-
low the city of Austin and on ihe east bank
of the beautiful Colorado river. 1c is said
that by the aid ot a good glass on clear
days Bastrop can readily be perceived from
the dome of the new capitol building at
AuBtin, at an elevation of 310 feet. Bastrop
can boast of possessing everything first
class, and has raised and educated mora
leading statesmen and orators, whose
voices are heard not only In the courts ot
the state but also In the councils of the na-
tion, than any other county In Texas. It
would be Invidious to name them. The
county is divided almost equally in twain
by the Colorado river, running southeast
through its entire limits. It has a valley
varying from two to four miles 1a width,
with a rich soil, largely alluvial, inter-
spersed occasionally with black waxy lana,
all very productive and bearing every-
thing conducive to the suppor, comfort
and happiness of the population.
THE COLORADO RIVER
has many tributary streams wlthla tho
county limits, among which are Cedar
cteek, Walnut creek, Mahar craek, Wilbar-
ger creek, Sandy creek and several other
smaller streams, thus Insuring a plentiful
supply of pure, wholesome water for agri-
cultural as well as domestic consumption.
These streams are spanned by eleven wall
constructed iron bridges, whilBt a magnifi-
cent bridge across the Colorado river at the
town of Bastrop is one of the future proba-
bilities.
The facilities for transportation are very
good, an easy outlet for communication
with all the principal points being already,
assured. The extension of the Missouri
Pacific (Taylor, Bastrop and Houston) road
to Houston will give direct communication
with all points south and east, as well as
allowing Bastrop to engage In traffic to Gal-
veston. The probable extension of Mr.
Huntington's road from Lagrange to Bas-
trop Is already attracting socio attention,
and will no doubt materialize.
SCHOOi-S, CHURCHES, EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTES, ETC.
Bastrop has quite a number of first class
public and private schools which are
equipped with all the modern adjuncts to
the successful teaching of not only the ele-
mentary grades of knowledge but also for
the prosecution of the higher branches. By
the sale of the school lands Bastrop has an
independent school fund of over $40,000, ex-
clusive of her interest In the general sohool
fund conferred by the state, so that nothing
is left undone that money can purchase or
brains supply to educate the youth of Bas-
trop county to become smart men, thor-
oughly educated, useful to themselve3 and
ornamental t? society.
With a population of 22,000 in the county
end 8CC0 m the city, the people are bounti-
fully blessed with universal good health,
and are a respectable, well to do, law abid-
ing community. The number of canrchaa
scattered plentifully about the county is ft
sufficient and trustworthy evidence of tho
general character of the people. In the
town of Bastrop alone there are seven
churches of orthodox christians, well rep-
resented and moving harmoniously on,
hand in hand, toward the coasoaioiaiion ot
the good work.
A MAGNIFICENT COUM-houss,
built at a cost of $35,000, tends to baautltt
the town, while the scores of magnificent
private residences scattered through the
adjacent country give evidence of the thrift
and energy of the occupants. Bastrop has
two weekly papers, the Bastrop Advertiser
and the Bastrop Bee, both oi which are very
liberally supported, and are a credit to the
county. Bastrop is well supplied with
building material. Her many Hrga and sub-
stantial business houses, constructed from a
most excellent and beautiful quality ol
brick manufactured at this point, evidences
this fact. Among the more recant Improve-
ments In this line we note the fine two-story
brick building of Mr. O. P. Elzner, non
nearlvig completion. We also fltid here
three well appointed lumber yards, wltli
large stocks of the famous long leaf yellow
pine and Calcasieu lumber, all doing a good
business.
Take it all in all,
NO PRETTIER TOWN
nestles in the valley of the Colorado than
Bastrop, and nowhere in the broad expanse
of Texas can the home seekar find lands
more fertile, skies more sunny, people
more refined and cultured, than here.
Home seekers, men of push and enterprise,
will find many splendid openings hare, and
capitalists seeking good paying invest-
ments should not fail to prospect Bastrop
and Us rich surroundings.
And then, too, the minerals nad ores OS
Bastrop county are of no mean order.
They have not been developed a=i yet, but
enough ha3 b^en done in that direction to
show ihat there is great wealth hHdaa un-
der the surface as well as on top of It. Iu
fact, no county In Texas Is so well off in
this respect as Bastrop. Baaidas the ex-
cellent building stone mentioned above,
there are indications of other laas practi-
cally ustful but far richer deposits. Bas-
trop Is 1a a most enviable position now,
but when all its resources are developed,
as they will be in time, it will Indeed be onQ
of the gardes spots ol.lexas. X» 8»
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