The Fort Worth Gazette from Fort Worth, Texas • Page 7

AT THE PICKERY Farmers from All Parts of Texas at the Barbecue They ee Uoga Mado Into lork at the Kate of One Per Minute and Marvel linchJv John Hoilfs Triumph The Happiest Man In Teies A Gala Day Battling Fpeecbes It was a triumph for Texas and lor Fort Worth was the barbecue nt the Inlon stockyards yesterday But to John It Hoxie belongs all the pory for tho success or the barbecue and the establishment ot the Institutions whl tho barbeoua was calculated to tail attention to HTbreo thousand poople were present TO is rough estimate nnd Is probably slwrt of the correot llgures They began to nrrive early lu tho day nnd from 0 lock in the morning till darkness ob fnned the earth at night the road lead ins to tne stockyards wns lined with ve nules going and coming and notwitb itandlng tho North Side street railway company had put on extra oars for the day the facilities for transportation wero far short of the demand Erery car go me and coming was pnuked People at tue yards desiring to come to tho city its to go far up the track to catch the car and big men were seen crawling through the windows In order to make Sure of seats the yards there was continually ring mam of people There were tho fanners from the North South East nnd West some of them from hundreds of miles away It was the farmers ut and they availed themselves ot nu Hoxios hospitality They had tneir wives and children with them Many of them bore on their coat lapel tno bailgo of the Farmers Alliauoeu that strong organization whose mtlueucs lias recently been felt in tne politics of the nation with ueli forco as to make lii old parties of law makers tremble Hut the farmers wero not alone Uieiewcrea great many city peoplo out and hmomr them were some of tho nest tiiUB of Koit Worth most of winm wero aicninjinnied by ladies and rh Ilren 1iier smith the father of Fort crU was there Wheievr there is mi vent which redounds to the credit of i ort Worth then you will Hud Peter Mi tl tlapt apt Tom Wpst wna there Tom ns itxiated liimfelf with a party of Jack comity stockmen unci over barbecued meats and a pan of bread discussed the pnrk busmess from tho grouud up en Cameron was there And you ullnt get within a rod of tho genernl Ttanout being struck with a sophism deal mg from the present event an incontrovertible argument for the immediate greatness of Toxas xoi hundreds of other ot the staunch i ien Is of Fort Worth and Texas wero on cnul to shake hands on the occasion Uilin iloxie was everywhere First bf tr around to see that the meats were he im nrbecued properly then he was a uodred yards away pointing out the tine pmnts in a recent arrival of bogs then was looking after the comfort of a rvv of laMes and next you would llntl him in the paokery explaining the modus operandi ot the hoguminute machine It was Col Hoxles reception aud ho male Ills guests feel at home and enjoy themselves He sucoceded admirably II tin somi srrAKivn IV I 3IcGsii hey tlio Orator ot tlia I nj Cameron and Andrews It was at 12 oclock whon the grounds ro well crowded with people that iMitmoreean of oratory wusiudulged in tho enjr ment of those who heard uttie hour mentioned the grounds a it tho hotel were a pioture Toe rv tree and shrub in the neighbor i a horse was tied and wagons nnd ej on every band attested tho ot locomotion employed by hand Upturned umbrellas where the ladles wero Tho verandas of ths hotel were packed with trujer luces Morgan Wells took a place on a enri of the piazza nnd In earnest e5 tiered an invocation to the Al ti tftty for a continuance of the prose ty in Texas Indicated by the occasion enlled the present conclave to Peter Smith followed the minister i terse sentences introduced Sen Cameron who coming to tho ft delivered stirring address cal uted to stir up the Texan to a realiza the grand ndvuntagPEho possesies a i tizen of tuo Empire state en Mayor Smith Introduced Hon 1 McGnughey the recently elected lumlfsUraer of the genernl land ollice who acted i orator of the day And bit ad iresewas a trone onev lie called attennou the paokery froiiKwhleh the eau of the i tpirlngporker could reach hit eftrsiJJAnd he callcddfcttentlon to the great adttintnge BVtohjfn institution wascalpKJated torj pithe farmers et3exa ft iComparewrfie condltiou of he farmers otfjyyyi FbUiitry now withy ustiU wns a few years ago and poinM3 the advantages whichSi Hf itft the ieent day enjoy as the result of Im ved methods and improved ma ery Ho spoke of tho eom 1 units of oppression of labor iV capltnl but contended that the ere necessary to each other ve need more capital he said ar tRl and labor must march a oc witn locked shields Vet speaker admitted there must be etinug wroug in the agricultural when the farmer who produces ibitnurce of all wealth enjoys so little it as soon as the present cotton pn sold hard times will come to the farmer again France has nearly 50 Per capita of wealth while this country has but 512 per capita Yet our im Plraeiiis ure not rude we pet better ees for corn and cotton than of old i 1 our grainaries nro full The speaker gave soma suggestions as iIn reason for the existing condition of things The farmers are wasteful hey lire faster than they used to but ti i 7 should do so for this is a fast age And the credit system Is a great curse of a age The stats government is man zed property so none of our afllictious iau bf attributed to that The railroad rates have hurt us some Hut the great curse is tho tariff imposed by the Federal government The speaker spoke of remedies for the fsrrrnTs plight The subtreasury heme was touched upon and its weaknesses pointed out Such a project was VVX declared impracticable But the following rules were rocommended Keep out of debt Plant less cotton Raise more hogs and grain Induce capital to come to Texas Regulate freight charges And stick with the Demooratio party In nn effort to tear down the robber tariff The speakers effort was loudly cheered at its close Gen Cameron again took occasion to address the people and proposed a platform upon which adherents to all political parties could stand the gist of whioh was progress development of resources and enoouragement of home enterprise He struck the key note The people dispersed to gather at the tables where the barbeoued meats were spread after which Hon Andrews delivered an address His main point was to show the farmer how he lost money by the fact that all he produces must be sent North to be made up into shape for use So with his cotton so with his stock The farmers best chance to secure cash is to make bis produce into pork and bring It to Fort Worth BAW AND COOKED The Barbecue Dispatched The Packcryuml Ynrils Inspected East of the stock yards hotel the barbecue was prepared There the trenches were located and there a half dozen skilled barbecue cooks were engaged over Iron grates preparing beef pork mutton and game Near by were a half dozen long tables running parallel with each other where when the hour came tho barbecue was placed And heavy spread It was Iloslde the barbecued meat there was sausages of all kinds from the paokery and corned beef and poultry cut no small figure There was ac abundanro for everybody although thoro was suoh a large crowd The barbecue was not over in a few minutes It lasted from about 1230 till 430 People were continually arriving and leaving nnd eaoh one was supplied with the freshest piece of meat on tho market Leaving the tables the visitors sought the packing house which was thrown open from the Sticking room on the top lloor to the packery under the ground Everything was made pleasant for the strangers and oflicials of the company from Presidunt John noxie down to the humblest errand boy vied with each other in making tbiu comfortable Amazement was depicted upon every face that inspected the building In one lloor the slaughtering of hogs was seen where blood llowed like water and porkers were heard to scream almost after they wero salted down so quickly were they polished off In another room sausagemaking of all kinds was seen Further on the chopping of the meat into Us different marketable shapes was witnessed Then the packing room was arrived at where hundreds of square teet of flooring was found covered four feet deep with neatly laid away and salted pork Aud the lardroom was Inspected nnd barrel after barrel of this valuable hog product was found ready for the market And Btill further tho stranger came to the shipping department where he found fresh pork being placed in solid refrigerator boxes which Instead of the old labels which have become eyesores to the peoplo of Texas bore these words Rktuhv to the Fout Worth Packing House Foiit Worth Tkx The state of the Fort Worth market for hogs was of course matter of leading interest to the farmers and the information they gained in response to inquiries on that point was of a sort calculated to please them as well ns to give them a good Impression of Fort Worth During the day wagon after wagon loaded with bogs arrived and unloaded nt the yards Altogether C42 head of hogs were brought In This represents at least 150 wagon loads The prices paid yesterday ranged between S340 aud 5375 per hundred weight It is very easy to figure that there was at least S5000 paid out yesterday for livo hogs in Fort Worth This is a good average of the business done sinoe the paokery commenced There was much to Interest the strangers nt the stockyards and paokery Until 4 oclock the visitors strolled about At the hour named tho scene of interest was transferred to the Stockyards hotel In the rotunda a troupe of colored musicians was brought and to the tune ot fancifully tickled strings the merry dance was inaugurated The sport was lead by Col John Hoxio himself who with the irrepressible Louis Do Mouche scraped the floor in au old time Aircinia breakdown terpsichorean exhibition in which both gentlemen did themselves credit and greatly entertained the spectators who crowded around them on the floor aud cheered them on from the galleries above So the fun went on and so the day closed It was an event in the development of Fort Worth The farmers camo and saw for themselves what bad been done and learned how they might take advantage of it Col John Hoxio has good reason to be proud of the affair Twas he who suggested it tiajjjho made it possible and he wha frled rT out successfully Shifty i Tnrfitt Again GrKxwoon Two Chlcngi Clarence SeJps raranc Meekerrfjjjffrging hira Slth cott tsWmurdererof Millionni Chicago JtkW Wv a Cotton Gin Hurned Epecial to the Gsiette Black Jack Tex Deo Yesterday evening the steam gin belonging to Johnson Smith located ten miles northeast of this place near Oakland church was totally destroyed by fire Flvo bales of cotton belonging to the firm were burned The pin was insured for S2500 and the estimated lo sInclud ing cotton Is SIOOO Mr Smith Is the party whose bouse was recently burned near this place He was not occupying it and it Is doubtful whether he gets the Insurance At any rate it is a heavy loss to him and probably equally so to Mr Johnson Henry uuw Storxn TitiCKEE Cal Deo 3 It has stormed steady since last night Eighteen Inches of snow has falleu here during the day and four feet at the summit The barometer registers 22 deg 40 being tha lowest on record It Is snowing and blowing hard from Alta to Verdi Snow plows are running ahead of the passenger trains aud rotary plows are at Blue Canyon and Tructee ready for Instant use The snow sheds are in perfect condition and the trainmaster says the mountain division is more thoroughly equipped for fighting mow than ever before NATIONAL ALLIANCE Dolnfrs ot Yesterdays Session ol the Convention at Ocala Fla The Colored Brother on Ills Ear Chairman Haennes Beeommrndatlons for a Third Party Convection yesterdays session at ocaui Ocala Fla Deo 5 Clover one of Kansas delegates introduced and had passed at yesterdays National Alliance meeting a resolution reciting that the United States census returns in respect to farm mortgages was grossly Incorrect and calling upon all county and subAlliances in each state to take immediate steps to secure accurate reports from county records Cascadin of West Virginia offered the following resolution That we the National Farmers Alliance of America believing that obedience and veneration for the laws of God is the conservlnir and saving force of the human government we do hereby respectfully request that the directors of the great national fair of 1892 do not destroy the Sabbath by keeping open gates on the Lords Day The resolution passed unanimously THE COLORED BROTHERS CONDEMNATION At a meeting of the National colored Alliance yesterday a resolution was offered criticising and condemning the notion of the white Alliance in passing a resolution lu oppositiou to the Federal election bill because such action has no reference whatever to the alm3 and purposes of the organization and was calculated to check tho growth nnd influence of the Alliance Tho resolution was discussed at some leneth The opinions expressed wero not bo much In favor of the Federal election bill as lu cou demaaiou of the whites for going out of its way to intermeddle in politics NATIONAL SECIERARYH REPORT Natioual Secretary Turner submitted his annual report last night but it is incomplete owing to the constant payment of subAlliance dues during this session During the past vear 1089 new charters were issued to subAlliances as follows West Virginia 2f2 Colorado 132 Indiana 132 Michigan 100 Virginia 93 Illinois 87 South Carolina 83 Ohio II Pennsylvania 59 New Jersey 20 Minnesota 5 Iowa 5 Oregon 1 Oklahoma 1 State charters have been issued to tho following states Indiana Illinois Colorado Michigan West Virginia Oklahoma North Dakota Some questions having been raised as to the unanimous indorsement of the St Louis platform by the Natioual Alllauco last year Livingston of Georgia this morning moved its ndoptlon by the present body The motion was adopted with an amendment so ns to demand government control of railroads and telegraph lines and if this shall not result in relief to the masses and In chockinc or curing the existing evils the government shall become actual owners of such lines This platform does not include tho sub treasury bill Wade of Tennessee offered nn additional amendment that every Alliance lecturer stute and national and all newspaper organs of the Alliance should print the St LouisCalifornia amended platform or suffer suspension from the order and further that no candidate for any national political olneo 6hall bo supported by the Alliance members unlets be Indorses this platform and any subAl liunee not complying with theso restrictions may be suspended at the pleasuro of the president This was also adopted unanimously upon the call of roll by states Maoune chairman of tho national executive committee submitted his annual report of the work aooom plished by that body during the past year Tho report recommended reduction of salaries of all national otlicers nnd the removal from Washiuston City of the National Alliance presidents office inasmuch as the retention of it there entails oxpense not commensurate with its usefulness After adjournment of the forenoon session McCune gave the Associated Press representative the following report of his utlernnces upon the third party question 1 told the delegates that the people in the Southern states were not prepared to embark In a third party movement that tbey had not elected delegates to this convention that the people of some Western aud Northwestern states hud already embarked in the movement and considered that the prosperity of the order demanded some action of that kind to sustain them in their efforts In this emergency there was great necessity for conservatism and we should not forcet we were representing the people at home and not our own likes and dislikes I recommouded a compromise that would carry out tho end sought to be achieved by the West and North if it met the approval of the South that the convention be called to meet in February 1892 that convention to be composed of delegates of associations of producers and that the next annual session of the supreme council elect delegates to reprepresent this order in that convention I sustained this by saying that It not commit the people but provided means whereby they could express themselves on this great question through their subordinate couuty und state orlgauizations during the coming year When the great convention meets enil delegates will come therewith authority and instructions from their people If their people decide in favor of independent party action it will prevail if not the cause will still be benefited by the conference and there will be a better understanding of the objects which labor organizations are seeking to achieve This Is a basis of all I recommended but it has taken wonderful hold upon the man and it will satisfy both sides col Livingstons oriNiON In conversation with an Associated press repiesentatlve Col Livingston said in reply to the question as to the probable effect on the politics ot the country It the Alliance polioy was adopted as outlined by Dr Macune It cant fail to have marked effect It would commit the Alliance of the South almost solidly against a third party Before February 1892 we shall bare cbanoe to sea which one of the leading polltloal parties will show a willingness to aocede our demands There is nothing new In the principles of the Alliance platform except the circumstances nnd condition which have brought It into exlattnoe Clay Calhoun and Webster stood In it and eren Charles Sumner was not ver far off from It If neither party listens to us then it will be time for us to act Independently We bare ou disposition to break down other polit ical societies but relief must come through some political channel Do you think there Is any prospect of the Republican party fnlllng Into line and espousing the cause of the Alliance I cannot say that 1 doDo you think the Democratio party of the South would join the Southern Democrats on the Alliance platform Ido And I think more and make the predlotion that the Democratio national convention ot 1392 will adopt the Alliance St Louis platform in toto HOSTILE ROSEBUDS They Sleep With Ono Eye on Their Gnn Iho Have All the Beef Tbey Want an are Living nigh Fine Ridge Agency Dec 5 The situation has not materially changed Hostile Rosebud Indians sleep under their arms prepared constantly for an attaok They have three lines of signal couriers between this city nnd their camp nnd any movement of the troops would bo known forthwith They have taken all they wish of the government beef herd and burned the buildings nnd corrals They are living hich and happy They have moved to the edge of the Bad Lands Military preparation proceeds rapidly Unless the Indians come In within a very few days troops will be equipped and In position when an advance may be ordered A CHANGE The Sew Commissioner of the land Olflce Felleves In Kottlon In OlOce Not Installed Hon Mofiaugbey has sentiments and ho is not afraid to express them The North Texas representative in the next state administration will make friends by his candor even If his many other good qualities do not distinguish him from the common herd Ho was in the city yesterday and talked to Gazette man Your Austin correspondent stated a faot when he said I proposed to make a clean sweep of the clerks in the commissioners office after my instollation he said I bcllovo in rotation in office nnd I propose to carry my ideas into effect when I get down to business But 1 am not installed yet 1 wish you would mention that fact for it would save mo much annoyance and serve to prevent mistakes A great many peoplo imagine 1 am already in office and daily I receive letters on business pertaining to the commissioners duties tho writers laborinc under the mistako that I am tho commissioner I will not be in office until January 20 1891 UVALDE FAIK A Croat fuccess Th liaclns anil Hoping Contest8ContInUBil ToDay Special to tho Gazette Uvalde Tex Dao 5 The third day of the fair has proved tho greatest success there being a largor attendance and a moro interesting procramme in the roping contest This morning Uvnldo beat the best record nnd tied his animal in 29 seconds the best reoord heretofore being 33 seconds The second prize was won bv Butch Patterson in 30 seoonds third by II Patterson in 41 seconds The races this afternoon were more exciting than on any previous day Amos Groves won the trot in three heats A large petition beinc presented to the board of directors asking them to continue one more day it has been decided to continue over tomorrow when there will be another roping contest A large orowd will be present from the surrounding country The Dismissal of Btizner Washington Deo 5 The last batch of the BlalneMlzner correspondence Just made publio concludes with the letter ot the secretery of state dismissing the minister Secretary Blaine closes this letter as follows On more than one occasion this Government has permitted its legislation ships of war to offer hospitality to political refugees This is done from motives of humanity Its views would not have beou less pronounced if In addition to the human aspect of the subject It hud also been confronted with the duty of preventing the decks of its merchant vessels from being made a theater of Illeeal violence upon groundless and unlawful executions without even the pretense ot legal formality For your course therefore in intervening to permit the authorities of Guatemala to accomplish their desire to capture Barundia I can discover no justillca Kutlierford at Ciioro Special to the Gazette Cuero Tex Dec 5 Dr Rutherford state health officer arrived in our city this afternoon and attended a meeting of the city council and board of trade assuring the citizens that no alarm maybe apprehended ns be is just from Yoa kum rnd aepnrts all cases six In number thoroughly Isolated Dr Rutherford Is a man who is to be relied on and to say any more is superfluous Fonnd Dead Under Ills Wagon Epecial to the Gazette Guthrie Deo 5 While returning home last night a farmer named Davis Hying Ave miles east was either murdered or accidentally killed Farmers coming to town this morning found his body under bis wagonbed with tha head crushed in He was known to hare several bitter enemies in the community In which he lived and foul play Is feared He was forty years of age and in good circumstances San Antonios Fair Association Special to the Gazette San Antonio Tex Deo 5 The stockholders of the San Antonio fair association met today and authorized the Issuanoe of 563000 worth of bonds The sale of these It thought will be easily effected The fundsderlyed will be used to put the association on a sound basis Shiner Qn ntin Special to the Gazttte BHrKER Txx Deo 5 The town has been quarantined owing to the fear of the spread of smallpox It Is thought that things will straightened in a few days Bnbscrlbe forlMJMMtly Gazette VtAi1 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY DECEMBER II HOGG AT HOME Writing His Jlessajre Constant Stream of Callers and OSiceSeekers Progress ot the Alamo 3Ionnmenc The Sam Iiallroad Kntha lmtlo Over the Worlds Fair The Llano Komi Special to the Gazette Austin Tex Dec 4 Excavation for the Alamo monument on the capltol grounds has begun A good deal of tho material for the construction ot the monument 13 already on the ground and the balance will be brought as fast as circumstances admit When the work of exenvnting has reached solid rock foot or two beneath the surfaco tho opening will bo filled with a mixture of broken granite sand and cement on which the superstructure will stand The monument proper to be built of Texas granite will be twentyseven feet hich and will be surmounted by a bronze military statue eight feet in height It will stand directly in front ot the oapi tolofew feet to the right of the paved walk leading up to the main entrance to tho building and when completed will doubtless present quite an imposing appearance There are those who complain of the site as an unsuitable one being in front of and olose to the capitol whioh in Its mnssiveness and stupendous proportions overshadows it so completely There maybe something In this objection but it is difficult to see where else the monument could be placed so as to secure conspicuousness It must be there or out of sight altogether and it would never do to ereot It lu a corner or hide it away where the stranger would require tho services of a policeman to llnd It Perhaps If a site for it wero found elsewhero we 6hould hear louder objections still The objeotor like the poor is always with us and like a bad penny Is not to be got rid of A beautiful park centrally located in the city would perhaps furnish a ore eligible site for monument but where Is the park When Austin thanks to her great dam shall become a city of one or two hundred thousand people with nil the modern Improvements and adornments belonging thereto such as elegant avenues boulevards and parks she will not be at a loss for suitable npd proper sights for bur monuments In the meantime thu fastidious must wnit and consent to chain down their highfnlution Ward McAllis ter notions of propriety and Iltuess Austins Four Hundred Is yet in the em bryonio state and her Central and Tuxedo parks are figments only of tho brain or at least creations of the moro or less distant future The Alamo mouument was designed nnd will be constructed by James Clark Co of Louisville Kentucky and will cost the state the sum of 14 500 The furnishing of the stone was let under a subcontract to the Texas Granite company of Burnet whioh company owing to unavailable delays aud vexations has been somowhat delayed in getting the material on tho grouud If work could have begun sooucr ns was intended the monument would have been completed by the first of tho year But under the terms of tho contract the company has until Mnroh 1 to complete the work and unless the unexpected happens will easily do so The city is having some trouble and vexatious delay in the bulling of the projected railroad out to the site of the dam The distance is between three nnd four milesand the route lay partly through the city Mr George Brackenridge of San Antonio agreed to build the road and actually begun work some weeks neo Ho soon encountered obstacles however that caused him to call a halt for a timo The route surveyed lay through tho property of private owners Inside the corporate limits who raised a variety of objections to the road Some held that it would greatly damage their property and asked that it be run elsewhere anywhere so that it missed them All were anxious for the road but no one oared to bavo it run close to bis premises Others demand what is considered extravagant sums for right of way through their ground and so it goes A day or two ngo Mr Brackenridge sent communication to the city council offering to surrender his franchise if the citv would reimburse him for the work done on the road That is the muddle into whioh things have got The city depends on Mr Brackenridge to build the road and has so far granted him everything in its power everything in fact that he asked and yet the work drags It now has a committee at work ascertaining the cost of the right of way to the corporate limits and on the principle that beggars cannot be choosers It may have to either purchase the risht of way or condemn the same In regular form at its own expense so that the building of tho road may proceed The road is an absolute necessity in hauling material to the dam nnd must be built if tho dam is to go ahead Indeed the city is bound by its contruct with Mr Corrigan to furnish blm transportation for his material and must therefore by book or crook construct the road let whosoever must bo hurt by it The usual obstacles and difficulties are thrown in its way but they will be brushed aside and the car of progress or the iron horse will be allowed to go snorting on his way Mrs Ryan one of the lady commissioners from Texas to the Columbian fair has returned to Austin overflowing with enthusiasm over tha great fair and the important figuro which Texas must make thereat when the doors shall bo thrown open to the world She was delignted with the manner In which the lady commissioners were received and entertained in Chicago and says that while no great amount of business was or oould be done by the ladies yet the talent and capaoity for it was clearly demonstrated The lady commissioners organized chose such officers as were needed and appointed committees They will probably ba called together again In April provided congress makes the necessary appropriation for paying their salaries In the meantime they will exert their individual energies at home urging their states to provide the best possible exhibits for the fair Mrs Ryan Is exceedingly anxious that the Texas legislaturetlo the handsome thing in aiding the state to furnish an exhibit that will do her credit at the fair To that end she will from now on devote her energies in behalf of the honor and glory of Texas mOn to Llano is the constant neverending cry here as It is anywhere from Waco to San Antonio Taylor haB the craze as also Georgetown Lampa sas nnd no telling how many other ambitious communities There are millions in it and all of Central and Southwestern Texas has the Llano irou fever Syr nt 1 AMAZING OFFER WE ARE GIVING AWAY THE war Comprising his Plays Sonnets and Pooms vrith tho noted preface by DH JOHNSON A Q10SSA2T ASD AIJ AOCOCXT Or EACH TUir ITT Tnr PSV WM HARNESS A of Christ College Cambridge England ftn a jp TO EACH SUBSCRIBER OF THIS PArER OLD OK LV Ul ON THE FOLLOW TERZ We will give each subscriber i copy or this 00 boolrand a car subscription to the paper for i 25 advance This is the greatest 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neighoers see it they will also want it We will give the book and one years subscription to our paper to any person sending us S225 Old subscribers who have already paid for their paper and who send us 5225 will receive the book and have their subscriptions extended one year from the date of their present expiration 5 otc If tho book ham to be hent by mall or oxprrkh add 25 cents to tho rpmlttnnrc to envov rosst of trnnspnrtntlfil Waco it seems is already reaching out with a new line of railway for the Llano iron and Austin will nover be happy until she has a lino of track connecting her with the iron mines in the Northwest A syndicate chiefly of Austin capitalists consisting of A 1 Wooldridge A Ellis JIaj Little field II Tobin Col Holloway of Burnet and others have said to the Austin board of trade that they will buy and extend the Northwestern road to Llano if the peoplo of Austin and Llnno will guarantee them a bonus of 51j0C00 the right ot way from Burnet to Llano and depot grounds at the northern terminus There the matter Btands now What is to come of it is unknown The board has tho proposition under advisement and will probably decide to make an effort to raise the bonus AttorneyGeneral Horr is a homo keeping body of late seldom rcturninc to his onico in tho capitol In thu afternoon In order to do any work he has been compelled to this course by the constant stream of callers ofllceseckers and others Hocking to his office It is learned that he is devoting such timo as he can suatoh from his other worn to the preparation of his mossnEo which will follow in its recommendations the policy outlined by tho statu convention In its platform It is probable that the message will set forth Gen Hoggs Idea of tho character of railway commission law needful and the necessity for the utmost care in making tho law safely nnd securely constitutional The advertising committee recently appointed to solicit funds for advertising purposes has about SC00O pledged and are now looking about them for ways to spend it so as to bring Austin to the notice of all mankind Mr John Howard of Wichita Falls a professional boomer and lu Worthnm of San Antonio a brotlf of Treasurerelect Wortham are here telling the committeo how to advertise and prepiring plans to be carried out by themselves South Austin the neat littlu Tillage that has sprang up on the south side of the Colorado voted Tuesday to incorporate as a city The vote stood sixty three for to thirtythree against A meeting will be held and the election of a mayor and city council ordered before many days This step on the part of the Soutb siders Is said to have been hastened by the fear that under the amended charter which Austin will procure Irom the legislature this winter the South Side would be annexed and made part of the city As the Southslders are not at all eager to help the old town pay for her dam and many other municipal burdens they hedged against the new oharter by incorporating Brackenridge hall the university clubhouse built and donated tor use of the students by George Brackenridge was opened this week It is supplied with splendid restauraut cook and fea fe afcaf ki atozi tv other necessities ot a wellregulated mess hall and will doubtless bo a great convonincu to tho students A XKW TIIIXG An Invention Calculated to Hevolntlonlzj Farm Work James of Abilone Texns is in the oity with nn invention tha is going to revolutionize farm work somewhat It is a machino that would commonly called a stalk cutter It is a little worst than that it is pulverizer Biid is Intended principally to clear ground of cotton stalks by a process of pulverizing so that they can be plowed under aud not interfere with the cultivation of the new crop Mr James is not hero fo the purpose or introducing this machine but Is looking up a location for fa tory It was upon tho suggestion of traveling representative of Tjik Gvzettb thnt Mr lumes camo here Tula machine If not un pxperininat but 1 success and 11s soon as tho manufacture ot them can be begun aud placed upon tho market there will bo a demand for thousunde cf tbem for the Southern trade Mr Inmes is nt tho Mansion where he would like to meet any ot tne businessmen who feel an Interest in au enterprise ot this kind A DIAUOSD STEAL rrecions Stonfs to the Anionat of ilOOOO Jlhslng from a Kansas City Vault Special to the Gazette Kansas City Mo Veo 3 Then hna beon a mysterious diamond robbery here lthin the past ten dnys whioh tha detectives aro working upon and tha Interested parties are trying hard to keep quiet Mrs Kirk Amour had S10 030 worth of diamonds in a box of the Safety deposit vaults and they have disappeared While all parties are very reticent on thi affair it is learned thu the key ot tho box had been loaned to some friend and that either an impression of the key has been taken or a duplicate bas been made and the box opened upon forged credentials The Howie Cnurthonse Blutldle Special to the Gazette Tkxakkanv Tkx Deo 4 The court housa embroplio Is In statu quo Tha commissioners court met at New Boston yesterday and proceoded to tlnd tho geographical center It Is said that they located the spot whioh is about one and a half miles southwest from New Boston They consecrated the spot by burying the favorite pipe ot Couuty Judge Dil lard mail u65cn ctutth 000FWigKArin To every 6yMHWWIBWyta rtia ucui Sewing 2t i 1.