Waco Daily News (Waco, Texas) Vol. 3 No. 173, Saturday, February 7, 1891

              VOL. 3. WACO, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 7, 1891. NO. 173.
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ESPECIALLY WHEN APPLIED TO A LINE OF
That are equal to any other $3.50 shoe made. If
you will look at ours you’ll say so too. Our new
spring stock is in. Come and see them, they are
wearers every pair of them; no shoddy, but solid
leather. Money’s worth for you every time you
buy a pair, and then yon tell your neighbor and it’s
two pair sold for us in place of one. That’s the
way we want business, plenty of it, small profits,
but they grow with sales. If you are on the street
near our house come in, we 11 show them to you.
Buy or not, it’s all the same with us, we’ll tell you
thank you and ask you to call again. What styles?
Every style! You can’t miss getting suited, for
we have decided upon this as our popnlar line—that
means money’s worth more than ever. Big stock
all styles and sizes always, but remember ours is
THE SHOE DEPARTMENT.
BOTHERS.
THE “MAN BEAR.”
To-Night Only.
A rare opportunity will be afforded
our citizens in general of seeing one
of Nature’s Greatest freaks—alive
and living—that may never be again
afforded in a life time. This strange
freak of nature, that was somewhat
briefly referred to about twelve or
eighteen months ago in the St. Louis
papers, has been procured from the
family that gave it birth, (Mysheralls,
now living in Armstrong county, this
state), by ,Dr. E, L. Buckey, an en-terprising
agent in the employ of the
North Western Museum syndicate,
whose headquarters are at Chicago
The strange creature is alive, white,
weighs 153 pounds and about 27
years of age, and has flesh and power
of speech, hut is worthily termed a
bear—owing to the pecular formation
of his limbs—claws, six in number, on
each of his fore limbs, webbed out be-yond
the second joints, while the
nails split in the middle and hook at
the ends. His head greatly resembles
a bear, while a complete absence of
patellas or knee-caps compels him to
go upon all-fours. The feet are also
formed exactly as those of a bear, be-ing
entirely devoid of heels. He is
one of twelve brothers and sisters, all
of whom, excepting him, are properly
and normally formed. From personal
solicitation and for the indulgence of
science the doctor has consented to
publicly exhibit his find this afternoon
and evening at Fifth and Austin
streets, (Taylor block), doors open
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m., only.
The Doctor hereby extends to all
practicing physicians as well as city
and county officials and press repre-sentatives
a cordial invitation to call
without any charge whatever, in order
to prove to the sceptical practitioner
that there not only can occur the
Lusus Natures of the external birth-mark,
but offers to prove in this
strange find a Lusus Natures of bone
formation as well. A small admission
fee of 10 cents will be charged the
outside public merely to cover current
expenses occasioned by stopping over.
JTlie World’* Fair.
Chicago, Feb. 7.—Work on the
main grounds of the World’s Fair at
Jackson park is to be commenced at
once. The executive committee to-day
accepted the reduction by Me-
Arthur Bros., on their bid for doing
the dredging and filling, and the con-tract
was awarded them, subject to
confirmation by the directors next
Friday. The reduction was from
$444,897 to $379,OoO. The acceptance
of the proposition was unanimous and
it will undoubtedly be confirmed by
the directory. Arthur Bros, have al-ready
made arrangements to bring
the neessary machinery here, and as
soon as that is done work will be com-menced.
The task ot staking out the
ground and proposed plan of work
will probably be begun to-morrow or
Monday.
Snowed Worms.
Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. ^—A
puzzling phenomena has been noticed
frequently in some parts of the Val-ley
Bend district, Randolph county,
this winter. The crust of the snow
has been covered two or three times
with worms, resembling the ordinary
out worms. Where they come from
unless they fall with the snow, is in-explicable.
The snow is now two
feet deep, and the crust is too strong
for them to have come up from the
ground. A square root of snow can
scarcely be found some days without a
dozen of these worms on it.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
“A PUBLIC MEASURE TO PORMOTE
PRIVATE INTERESTS.
Senator Kimbrough’* Bill-Loaning
the Children’s Money—Potter’s
Bill—-The Senators Stephens
Prolixity off Enactments.
Special to the News.
Austin, Feb. 7.—The “blanket
sheet” dailies have had their repre-sentatives
hard at work since yester-day,-
button holing members and lay-ing
before them the claims of their
respective publications for state patro-nage,
The resolutions passed yester-day,
allowing each member of the house
20 copies of a daily paper, to he paid
for at state expense, to be sent out to
his constituents, many result in mak-
| ing the individual member a little
folid with those to whom the papers
are addressed, but little warrant is
sound for the practice, little in law or
common sense. Some of the members
do not believe in the scheme, voted
against it, and now refuse to send
out the papers. The resolutions
should be called “a public measure to
promote private business.”
Senator Kimbrough’s bill, to amend
the general in corporation law, is de-signed
to change a feature of that statute
that has caused a good deal of com-plaint.
The law as it now stands pre-eludes
the formation of corporations
for many purposes, and yet leaves the
Way open for corporations chartered
under the laws of other states to come
into Texas and engage in that very
line of business. As an instance of
this, mercantile companies can not be
incorporated in Texas, excepted under
restrictions that render such incorpora-tion
undesirable The W. H. Taylor
dry goods company of Fort Worth,
sent up to West Virgina, procured a
charter, and opened up business under
it in the city where the panther made
his lair. a
Senator Stephens Tias introduced a
bill to provide for loaning the school
fund to private parties on real estate
security. This is in opposition to
Hogg’s idea of loaning the money on
railroad securities, and will furnish a
fine subject for a lively fight. The
grangers have not taken kindly to
Hogg’s idea; they may like this better.
Potter’s hill to make notes, bonds
and other securities held outside the
state, hut secured on property inside
the state, subjeot to taxation in the
county in which such property is
located, also provides a rattling scrap.
It is a very “sanctim” measure.
The mechanics of Dallas employed
two lawyers to prepare a mechanics
lien bill, to bring it down here and
try to get it passed. It was introduced
yesterday by Chochran, and a close
examination revealed the fact that it
differs very little from the committee
bill prepared by Swan. As the Swan
bill has the start it is probable it will
go through. The Olay county states-man
feels very good to think he has
come so near suiting all parties.
Senator Stephens has introduced
about twice as many bills as any other
member of the upper house. He has
also gotten many more of his meas-ures
passed.
The applause which greeted Ter-rell
yesterday when, in the course of a
speech, he declared himself as op-posed
to a convention to form a oon-stitution,
showed how keenly many
members the heuse feel on the mat-ter.
The Travis county statesman
immediately drew up and offered a
resolution declaring the holding of a
constitutional convention unnecessary
and inexpedient. Are the represents-tives
of the people afraid to trust the
people?
Gresham’s state depasitory bill is
gaining friends.
It is now assured that there will he no
convention to form anew constitution.
Terrell’s resolution declaring it to be
inexpedient was passed yesterday after
much argument; twelve houses have
glided silently by and no motion to
reconsider has been made, and it can
now be authorizatatively stated, as
above, that the convention idea has
been knocked out.
The correspondents now in Austin
have learned to mention nothing as
being settled until so long a time has
passed that it can not be reconsidered.
In the debate which occurred yester-day
over the Terrell’s resolution there
was an interesting passage at arms
between Gresham and Terrell. Gres
ham said the chief reason the friends of
the resolutions had for opposing a
constitution was, judging by what they
said, because they feared to trust the
people. He quoted Terrell as saying
in the committee room that the 60,000
railroad employes in this state were no
more than peons.
This brought Terrell to his feet
with an explanation that reaffirmed
the remark quoted by Gresham. He
expressed great sympathy for the
poor fellows, but held that they were
peons nevertheless.
When Gresham had finished his
speech the Travis county statesman
arose and made a talk that was greeted
with applause. He had
beeD *on the defensive by Gresham,
and itjjtook him fifteen minutes to ex-plain
what he said and why, hut when
he got through that he sailed along
at a very good gait. He tried to even
things up by intimating that Gresham
represented the “money power.”
Brown, O’Brien, Batts and others
made speeches of more or less merit,
but the two gentlemen memtioned
were the ones who dropped the ginger
into the discussion.
There seems no reason to think
that the separate coach bill passed
by the senate yesterday will be agreed
to by the house, and hereaf-ter
colored traveler will enjoy
his railway ride incontaminated and
undisturbed by the presence of “po’
white trash.”
Whether Page’s uniform text hook
bill will go through is a question of
some doubt. When the senate ad-journed
on yesterday—to next Mon-day—
the bill was in its second read-ing,
and Crane had just finished an
able speech in opposition to it. Crane
says if the bill passes, when a child
wants a book he will telljhis father, who
will tell the trustee, who will tell the
district manager, who will apply ta
state headquarters, where the matter
will be considered. If the consider-ation
is favorable the book will be
sent to the district manager who will
turn it over to the trustee, who will
deliver it to the boy in time for use
by his oldest son.
Railroad News.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 7.—At no time
since the presidents of the western
railroads formulated their agreement
has there appeared so little prospeots
of a successful launching of the western
traffic association as to-day. The
scheme of dividing traffie has been
tried hv the southwestern Missouri
river lines. The agreement to that
end which they entered into last sum-mer
has proved a failure. The arbi-trators
having charge of this tonnage
pool have several times ordered the
Atchison to divert freight with other
lines, but most orders have been dis-obeyed.
Chairman Walker says the
arbitrators can do nothing in the face
of such a state of affairs and he ac-knowledges
that the agreement is
broken.
In passenger affairs it is also claim-ed
that the Atchison has wilfully vio-lated
the pledge. The Jacksonville
Southwestern, with which it is allied
in forming a through line between
Chicago and St. Louis, has so disturb-ed
rates between those points that
Chairman Finley of the Western Pas-senger
association has issued an order
to the effect that the Atchison must
no longer honor tickets of the Jack-sonville
Southwestern from St. Louis
to Chicago. This the chairman has a
right to do under the agreement but
nobody believes the Achinsofi will
obey the order, and the result will
probably be its withdrawal from the
western passenger association in
which case it cannot be a member of
the president’s association. It is free-ly
predicted to-day that unless the
Atchison makes haste to change its
policy the western traffic association
will never be put into Operation.
B. C. Williams.
In this issue can be found the card
of B. C. Williams & Co. They handle
real estate and are reliable and courte-ous
gentlemen.
The best cigars in town at Joe Leh-man’s.
TELEGRAPHIC HEWS.
THE PEOPLE ARE DYING LIKE
SHEEP, AT SPRINGTOWN-Tlie
western Railway Presidents
•Hydrophobia Scare—News From
All Parts by Cable aniWire.
Dying Like Sheep.
Special to the News.
Weatherford, Tex., Feb. 7.—A
great many of the citizeps of
iSpringtown, are in this city
today and every one of them
confirms the report which reach-ed
here yesterday that the spotted
fever was raging as a terrible epide-mic
in that town. Since Wednesday,
when it struck the place, six deaths
have occurred that have been heard
of and new cases are developing hour-ly.
Those who have been there say
the disease is in its most malignant
form and speedily has a fatal effect.
The gentleman with whom the cor-respondent
was speaking said that one
man was struck with it and died in
nine minutes in yesterday their
schools all closed and the people are
all fleeing from the pestilence as from
the yellow fever. To-day the town is
almost depopulated and will remain so
until the ravages of the disease are
checked. _____
The Red Pest in Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 7.—The preva-lence
of smallpox in Chautauqua coun-ty
has been investigated by Dr. Hill,
of the state board of heath, who re-ports
seven persons stricken with the
disease and a large number of women
and children exposed, very few vacci-nated
people, no quanantine and no
restrictions nor precautionary meas-ures
in force. Dr. Hill at once adopt-ed
and put in force all the usual meas-urses
to prevent the spread of the dis-ease.
The first one afflicted was Mrs.
Dr. Crandall, who has been traveling
in California. The others now sick,
and under strict quarantine, are :
Anna Crandall, C. G. Crandall, and
Eva Crandall, aged 11, 16 and 14
years; John^Mvers, Johana Myers and
Dora Adams. None had ever been
vaccinated except Mrs. Crandall. A?
member of the state board was sent
to-day to Lyon county to investigate a
similar case reported there. The dis-ease
is also said to have broken out in
Summer county, but is held in check
by local quarantine regulations.
A Hydropliobiu. Scare#
Columbus, Iod. Feb. 7.—Great ex-citement
prevails in Brandywine town-ship,
Shelby county, on account of the
prevalence of hydrophobia. Many
cattle and hogs have been recently
bitten by dogs Caffected by the
malady, and yesterday James Reinhart
had to kill several large hogs and fat
cattle, which were allegad to have ra-hies.
The farmers are up in arms and
declare that the Assessor will not find
a dog when he makes his rounds.
Thirty of them met at Center School
House to-day and resolved to kill their
own dogs and then extend their work
of destruction until every dog in that
section is dead.
Indiana. Natural Gas L-eag^e.
Muncie, Ind., Feb. 7.—Pursuant to
adjournment of a meeting held at An-derson
January 23, representatives
from Marion, Elwood, Kokoma, An-derson,
Hartford City, Jonesboro,
Portland, Fairmount, Redkey, Dun-kirk,
Noblesville and Alexandria, im-portant
cities and towns in the Indi-ana
gas belt, met in this city to-day
for the purpose of framing the Indiana
Natural Gas Belt League. The fol-lowing
permanent officers were elec-ted:
President, J. S. Ludlum, of
Marion; secretary, W. A. Doherty, of
Elwood. The next meeting is at An-derson,
February 18, when disoussion
will be had and steps taken to
prevent the useless waste and protect
the mutual interests of the belt.
The climate here did not agree
with me and I was sick with malaria
most all the time. The lest exposure
gave me a severe cold and my health
was miserable. I grew weaker until I
began a use of Dr. Bull's Sarsaparilla,
when I gained health and strength.
I recommend it as the very best
strengthening medicine.—Sarah Wal-ton,
Wabash, Ind.