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San Marcos Free Press,
I.H.JULIAN, "Prove All Things"! Hold Fait that which Is Cood." PROPRIETOR.
.
VOL. Vll. SAN MARCOS, HAYS CO., TEXAS, JANUARY 26, 1878. . NO. 12.
Free Press,
VUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
1SAA0 H. JULIAN,
To whom all Letters should be Addre.sed.
Office South aido of Plaza.
RAT Ed OF SUBSCRIPTION :
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Legal and trau.t.nt advertising pey.bl. .trlelly
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Uc.l nolle... 10 eent. per II.. each '"""""j
Announcing candidates tor ofll.o, county, S 5.W
For Dlstrlot or State office., ,0 00
Obituary notice, of ov.r ten Hoes .b.rg.d t
dvertielngr.te..
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Mewnpaper.
ATTEST TEXAS FRRK PRESS, t. H. JULIAN,
east corner Main Pl, next door to tb. port
office.
Banker.
M
ITCHRLL, GLOVRH CO., Mitchell'. Bnlldlng
nry Jod. mil oroeerloa.
DOHAI-SON JOHNSON. Worth aid. Hull
Plana.
r V. HUTCHINS CO., Wot .Id. Mali
) . Plata.
rp v. DAILF.T BROS., Weal .Id. of th. H.ln
1 Plaia.
STK1X GIESEN, South .d. .f the Main
Plaaa.
TtRIGGS 0. H., Morth .Id. " tb n"1"
DPlain.
y B. FRT, South aide Flex.,
p J.C.SMlTH.HorthSld.Plaaa.
or.eerl.i.
T R. COCREH AM A CO., north .Id. of the
If, pleie, adjoining itarpere .
QHARLES BOCK, South tide Plexu.
D r u c kU t
DATR0UD3 DANIEL, north aid. of the Mala
11 Plaia.
ATTO OR VMM. Travis' Corner.
p h v a 1 c I a lis.
,K. WOODS A BLAKRMORK, office In Woods
'id Uaiiiel . Drug .tore.
D
RS. DENTON A PENDLETON, omce college
'treat, nearly opposite nuicuiwu -
Dentist.
R. J. H. COMBS, office North aid. of of the
Main Plaia.
I, a w r r .
TtOTCHWON.oi FRANKLIN, In the Court-house,
11
B. McBRIDE, office In the Court Houae,
LtTEKLtNG FISHER, offloe In the Court Home.
T. BROWN, .flic, over Mitchell', .tor.
Lim(ftMII.Urr Fnfcllc.
IK. JULIAN, offlea fata Pa... Building, next
t door to .oat office.
II t I
GRAVIS HOOSE.weetaid. Plaia.
ffearAlmtr ).
WISIAN. Weateld..fp.bllequar..
iriilllm.rr Stare.
JJ BOFHE1NZ, M.th aid. Flax..
Kakerf mmA Ceafectienerr.
HEO. SIMON, uextdeorweat at Poat Office.
Wagon Carriage laker.
H. B.C. rear of DoTinaey Co.'. Black-
aallk Skop.
Black.aaltk.
THOMPSON, S. . nr. Aaetiaa Maeaui. au.
r.rpe.lsr ak SSall4er.
VOGELSANG, Sea Aanai. sret.
Urerr ana Sale Mtakl.
B. BALES, Saa Aatml. atreet.
Catiatlakere.
TWA ED. st sta f Phi ..
ratclaaaaker aaa Jsari
BOBBIN, eaat site plana.
5.00 T OO
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16.00 4fi.no
M.QO 60 00
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
OFFICIAL.
00Kam-Oth nmaicrt
Hon. Gustave ScblelcluT, of DeWIlt Co.
matou -Her Ditraicr:
Ron. L. J. Storey, ol CaMwall Co,
aa easts vtathkii e4mtsmcTi
Ho.. J . V. Hutahlna, of Ilaya Co.
Hod. W. M. Bust, of GuadalupeCo.
BISTBIOT MUT 16TH DISTBI0T.
Hon. L. W. Moore, Presiding Judge, LaOrange.
Ttuaa or homiinci cooar.
Ha. Sd Mondaya in March and September.
county omo.M.
Sterling Flaher, Judge County Court,
P.J. Manlove, County AUoruey.
Ed. J . L. Orren, Clerk.
Jaa. A. Wren. fberilT. C. S. Cock, Deputy.
C. W. Groom , Juatlce of lb. Peace Pre. No. 1
1. M. Braedlore. ' " '
H. 0. Little. ' " " S
L. Smith, " M " " "
H. A. MoMean.,ConutyTrHurer.
A. Htaton, 4wtr.
Ben. C. Hardin, Hurreyor.
D. P. Hopkina, Coni'r Precinct No. 1.
O.K. Moore " ' " 1.
J. R. Burleiou, " " " S.
J L. Baavmore. " " " 4.
Geo. H. Ward, Conatable.
Timkb nr aokniao Covarr axo Pr.oikot Cooarn
Crlniliinl County Court lit Monday lu each
month. ft'
Couuty Court for Civil and Probate buaineei
lal Monday In rvuruary April, June, Augun, uc
tober and December.
Commia'ioneri' Court Id Mondaya In February,
May, Auiiunt aud November.
Juatlce Court Preciuct No. 1 let Friday lo each
month, San Marcoa.
Precinct No. 1 Id Friday In each month HtClly.
a 3(1 " wimuerieya biiii
i, i. 44ib Dripping Springs.
towm orriciaa.
Mayor A. B. F. Kerr.
Council W. 0. Uutchlion, W.B. Fry, L. W. Mitch
ell, D. P. Hopklna, P. K. Turner.
M.hl-A. B. Dalley.
CHIIKCIIICM.
METHODIST. Preaching at the Metbodlat
Church every gabbatb. Kev. J. 8. Glllett, Faator
CHRISTIAN. Preaching at the Christian
Church on the second and fonrth Sabbaths In each
month by Elder J. J. Williamson.
PRE8BTTEHIAN. Preaching at the Presbyte.
rlen Ch.rch on the second end fourth Hah'
balbln eaehmeath by the Kev. W. I,, Kennedy.
PROTESTANT RPISCOPAL.-Srvice second
H.aday In each month at 10X o'clock, a. m., and
7 p.m., ;.l It. Mart's vnurcn.)
Austin Stage arrives at 11 o'clock m. San
Antonio Stage arrives at If o'clock M. Both
Ballr arrivals. Malls close at 11 a
Oonsalea.arrlves Tuesdays aud Friiluys at 6 r. .(
leavea at a. . next morning.
A. Von Btmh.P. M
AN ADDRESS TO THE SICK.
Do you want to purify the system t
Do you want to get rid of Biliousness t
Do you want Hometlilng to strengthen you?
Do you want a good upprtlte t
Do you want to get rid of nervousness (
Do you want good digestion 1
Do you want to sleep well!
Do you want to build up your constitution I
Do you want a brisk and vigorous teellug t
If you do,
TAKE
SIMMONS'
LIVER
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.;
Sole proprietors Simmons' Liver Uegulator,
Philadelphia.
1 na t Avuaita
Home
Kemedy
la warranted not to
contain a single par
llcle of Mercury, or
any tnurloua miner,
al eubfttauca, but is
FtJKKLT VEGET
ABLE, contalnin
those Southern Keota
and Herb., wbioh an
All-Wise Providence
.1 YJ I ET, a?.!
JV Zf
baa nlaced In countrlea where Liver disease most
prevail. Itwiix craa ai Diseases CAUsea sv oa
BAsnaasKT nr th. I.ivaa Aaa Bowau, KnautAra
THB LlTBB AKD rBKTBBT
CHILLS AND FEVER.
IM.nOJIk LIVEM NEKCL1TOB
la emlnentlv a Fanll? Medicine; and by being
k ept ready for Immediate reeert will save many an
hour of (altering and many a dollar in time and
doctors' billa.
After OTer Forty Tesra' trial It Is still reoeMog
the mo-t unqUAlifle.l leatimnnlsls to ite virtues
from persons ot the higheet character and respoa.
slbility. Eminent physiciaaa reoommend it aa th.
most
EFFECTUAL 8PECSFIC
rnR rnssriPAllON. HEADACHE, PAIN IN
I UK g(lLi.DKKS,MZZINF.HS,a,aK STOMACH,
kUiTl-rh If TH MOCTH. Bll.l.lllUS AT
TACK. PU.PITATION OFTHKHEAhT. PAIN
IN T1IK RTlilOS OF Til K KIHHKT', HRn.''l
KXt'T, ii'.'JlM AND FORKBOUISO OK F.VIL,
A I.I. -JK vWiii'll AhS THE OFFSPRING OF A
DI.'liAl-KU l.Vi;tt.
COLIC IS CII1LDEEX.
For cii'ldrrn complaining cf
colic, tiid-ae, or sick etom
mrh. a les-oalol erasere wtll
give rell'f. Children, aa well
as adalta rat aometiaMa we
scuch Biipper, or eat eoaae
tktngaLirh dee. net digest
well, prwi jcingsoer staenach.
trarthc-a. restlessaees; a
rnt Ioh ml Liver agulatr
;ll a'v rellel. Tktaapplle
ti jr-"-.s ut ail area. It ia
the etrspret, .ami aud best
Faaiiiy Kt4xiae la tkeerarldl
IT HAS NO EQUAL.
aiUTlOX!
si Pw'r. a Preaered SIMMONS LIT
Ft Br,iCLAlfllt.eMiearrave1VTaeT,
r,ak Tr-- V, k. fump aa-i ligaatar. aaatwaen.
eawotaris ttLf. e
;. 2L ZZXLC? & CI,
rleeSI.00 Mlaelafcia,ta.
BY ALL retCGGUTS.
Scat- tt-ly
nv A.H1 BV.
In th. street of By and By
Stands th. charuel house of Raver
Dream Iran dead h. must dissever
W bo hi. fortune her. would try I
There's . patho. In th. cry,
A. ef Impotent endeavor
lu the street of By .nd By
Bland tb. charo.l house sf Never
Gr.v. or gallant, low or high,
Dull or dainty, cross or clever,
To. bust lose your chance forever
If yo. let It forth t.Jy
In th. .met of By aad Xyl
Ml'HIKKM.
Strikes are quit, proper, only strike right
Strike t. some purpose, bat awl for a Sght
S tike for your manhood, for hoaor sad lame
Strike right and left, till you win . good a.m.
Strike for your freedom, from alllthal I. vile
trlk. oB .ompauloas wh. often beguile i
Strike with the hammer, tb. sledge and tb. ax
trlk. .ft" baa habile with burdensome tax )
trlk. out unaided, depend on n. other
Strike without gloves, andy.ur foolishness smoth
er t
Strike off the fetters of fashion and prld. ;
trlk. where 'tis best, but let Wisdom decide ; .
Strike a good blow wblle th. Iron Is hot ;
Strike, keep striking, till yo. bit the right spot.
WAftilllftGTOni I.ETTER.
Washington. D. 0., )
Jan. 17, 1878. i
I do not believe that .11 the Repub
licans iu the House oared on general
prinoiples to vote against tbe investi
gation resolutions passed t be other day.
-There are many of them who would
like to see an exposure of what has
been corrupt in the administration of
affairs in the laBt dozen years. They
all voted against it, it is true, but some
may have hud an honest idea that in
vestigations, as proposed in tbe resolu
tions, would do more harm than good
They were wrong, of course, but there
is excuse for them. Let us hope that
Demuoratio committees will shun the
secret and unfair kibd of investigation
held in the departments here since Mr.
Hayes was inaugurated. Give us open
and fair ones, and thus disageeeably
disappoint tliose honest Republicans,
who voted against investigation in the
fear that their own party taotios would
be pursued. I write this iu the belief that
there are, in fact, in tbe Republican
party many bonest and practical meu
who hope for a reform in the oivil ser
vice of the Government, and aro willing
to help it aloDg, no matter how deeply
their former leaders may be implicated.
What they desire, I think, is that per
fect fairness should be shown. As good
citizens, they are entitled to that, and
as good oitizeos we ought to conoede as
much. Let us have no more secret in
vestigations. '
However tbe resolutions are passed,
and we are without doubt to have dur
ing this session a great number of in
vestigations into what has been done in
several if not all the Departments.
Time and money so expended will be
well expended if, as ia to be hoped, the
investigations are so conducted as to
expose all who are guilty. Again, let
us have no more secret investigations.
Though the bill of Secretary Sher
man for the issue of small bonds has
valuable features; it also has perni
cious ones. It proposes, lor instance,
that the bonda shall be receivable by
the United Statu only Id the purchase
of other Bonda. This adds another
olass of money to our already, disgrace
fully complex currency. Gold, which
is received for all dues ; greenbacks,
received for all but customs ; silver,
received ia limited amounts for some
purposes and not for others, are enough
diverse kinds of money. Secretary
Sherman will have to modify bia bill
considerably before it will be adopted.
The feature of yesterday was the fi
nancial speech of Senator Voorheea.
It attracted a Senate lull, and waa ad
mitted by everybody to be a masterly
presentation of tbe subject. His de
nunciation of tbe financial legislation
of the past dozen years, and hit expo
sure of the inooatiateneiea of Secretary
Sherman were exceedingly forcible.
Chairman Wood, of the Ways and
Means Committee, baa a plan for aim
plifying the tariff. He is s man famil
iar with the subject daring his whole
life peraaps more than any other aaa
now in public life. For this reason,
aside from his position as chairman, of
tbe committee charged with suoh af
fairs, liia tariff bill is entitled to con
sideration. The works of the Ilayden Survey are
making us acquainted with horetofore
unknown regions, rioh in minerals and
of great agricultural and erasing value.
It extends from Arisona to Montana,
embraoinr the Territories of Utah, Col
orado, Wyoming, Idaho and Dakota.
This Survey has issued a series of
annual reports, presenting the results
in a popular form for general distribu
tion. A series of quarto volumes are
also issued, embraoing purely scien
tific matters, for distribution to col
leges, libraries and soientifio specialists.
A series of bulletins are also issued,
in which matters requiring special and
immediate attention may be found.
There nre also the miscellaneous pub
lications, suoh as meteorology, distan
ces and altitudes, catalogues, &o.
Rix.
TEXAS l,AiU FHAUIFS.
CoariplVle l.lait ot the Namea aatd
AliiiM-a ot the Paltlee la
tbe Hlupeeudoiw
Fraud.
St. Louis, January 16. It will be
recollected that when Ham, Stevens
and others were arrested at Kansas
Citv. some three months ago, for stu
pendous swindling in Texas lands,
great anxiety was expressed to learn
the names of all those engaged in the
frauds and who issued bogus deeds.
These names, or at least the greater
part of them, are now supplied by spe
cial agent Amos P. Foster, of the Uni
ted States postal service, who arrested
Ham and Stevens, and who has ever
since been engaged in working up tbe
ce. The publication of the names is
important for the reason that large
quantities of land were sold and con
veyed by members of the gang in most
of the Western and Southern. States,
and it is pretty certain that all the ti
tles which have emanated for the past
eight or ten years from any of these
parties are fraudulent and of no value
whatever. They are as follows : K. K
Atwell, K. P. Bates, Job D. Barry
John Burt, George D. Brown, John N.
Davis, Thomas Dalton, II. A. Ed
wards. J. F. Goodman, J. R. Mamill,
John Hall, J. B. Hughes, II. G. Ha-
zlcton, Aaron Hughes, John J ones, V.
R. Jackson, H. C. Brown, Herman
Brandt, Jonas Cheek, Job M.Davis,
George Dawson, W. H. Bibbs, J. R.
Hamilton, John R. Hall. Bartlett
Hickman, John L. Hutchinson, James
A. Haines, A. M.Jones, W. G. Kelly,
Alexander Kelly, John M. Mercer, Or
landoKizer, John L. Martin, D. A.
Newberry. Ezra Oakes, Allen Oakley,
Luke O. Bacnon, John Ryan, Uriah
P. Smith. W. L. Stevens, George W.
Smith, Robert W. Toasdale, B. F.
Williams, Jacob J. Bates, George
Brosbv. J. T. Ogden. 0. A. Oliver &
Co., Sylvester Oppice, L. Rockwell &
Co., D. R. Stern. A.J. Smith, George
A.Stearns and Gee" H. Thompson.
e '
A Traveler in Texts reports a new
degree of table etiquette. He discov
ered a few blonde hairs in the soup,
and he thought the landlord would
feel very bad about it, but that gentle
man merely remarked, as he excavated
a perishing fly from the butter: AH I
ask is. judge, that you don't fish 'em
out with your finger. You have got to
use a fork. It ia one of the rales of
the house that no gentleman is expect
ed to put his fingers in tbe vittlea I
This ain't no railroad town, but when
it comes to style and tone, we carry off
the blue ribbon every time the horn
toots."
Don't alander. Don't gossip. Don't
lie. Don't steal. Don't swear. Don't
spit tobacco juice where decent people
are obliged to walk. Don't imagine
that yon kaow it all. and snore, too.
Satanta is still in the penitentiary.
and aever speaks exeept when his
toogae is loosened with a promise of
tobacco.
latawaeait.
Beecber, an abstract of whose ser
mon on hell we published last week,
oan soarcely be said to have taken thy
initiative on that subjeot. Prior to bit
discourse, Canon Farrar, an eminent dl.
vine of the English Established Churah .
and author ot a noted work on tne me
of Christ, has created much sensation
throughout the Kingdom by a sermtl
be lately proaohed in Westminster
Abbey, im wbioh he boldly denounoed
the belief in the dootrine of eternal
punishment, and deolared it to be tb
offspring of bigotry and superstition.
He protested that the words "hell,
damnation, and eternal," should bo
and they would be omitted from the
revised editions ot the Bible ; and sea
thingly attaeked the teachings and
eharaoter of St. Augustine and his
views on "Material Hell." It is re-
L.Vt. . T n.i1.. ..... ... V.S
uiuranuiQ, ajvuuuu ie)ioi pi
while nine-tenths of the more thought
ful members of the Established Church
and of the non-conformisU agree with
Canon Farrar in almost everything he
preaches on these subjects, it was for
having expressed similar views then
held to be rank heresies Prof. Mau
rice was expelled from the Chair ot
Theology at Kings College less than
twenty-five years ago. In other words
what were unpardonable heresies then
are now received as true dootrines of
the Churoh. In Elizabeth's reign Dr.
Farm's preaching would have sent him
to the stake, At this day he is glori
fied for proclaiming them. If he next
advanoea the thesis that there is no
"hell or damnation" hereafter, as a
punishment for wickedness in the world
he will not need to go over to the Uni"
versalists he will remain at his ad
vanced place with bis flock.
The Poet Barae,
Burns was one of tbe few poets fit to
be seen. It has been asserted that ge
nius is a disease the malady of phys
ical inferiority. It is certain that wo
have heard of Pope, the hunohbaok ;
of Soott and Bvroo, oripples ; of the
epileptic Julius Cffisar, who, it is said,
never planned a great battle without
going into fits ; and of Napoleon, whom
a few years of trouble killed, where
Cobbett (a man of talent, not genius)
would have melted St. Helena, rather
than have given up the ghost with a
full belly.' If Pope could have leaped
over five-barred gates, he probubly
would not have written his inimitable
sofa and lap-dog poetry ; but it does
not follow that he would not have writ
ten the "Essay on Man." And they
who assert that genius is a physical dig.
ease, should remember that, as true
critios are more rare than true povta,
we have only one in our language, Wil
liam Haslitt ; so very tall and complete
men are rare as genius itself, a fact well
known to persons who have the ap
pointment of constables. And if it is
undeniable that God wastes nothing.
and that we, therefore, perhaps, seldom
find a gigantic body combined with the
soul of iEolian tones, it is equally un
deniable that Burna was ao eiception
to the rule a ma a of geoius, tall.
strong and handsome as any ra m that
could be picked out of a thousand at a
country fair.
The Doorest girls io the wrld are
those who have never been taiwht to
work. There are thousands of them,
thev have been taught to destii"; labor
and depend oa others for a liviag, and
are perfectly helpless. The n. ft for.
lorn and miserable women on eirih be
loDg to this clue. It beloor" to wo
men to protect their daughter, from
this deplorable condition. Thy do
them a treat wrong if they trjft it.
Every daughter shonld te t uit to
earn her own living. The rl-h a 4 well
as the poor require this tr- .tmcct.
The above applies, oi ours, wili
equal force to the other t.
Major Jones has a ti'r, which he
rigidly adheres to, to di-cUrre ipt
Ranger who geta drunk and riisf.ibs
the peace. He baa jtut cLaUtd
three for each aboodact ia A-tic-

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