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"BY KASEIX Jfc LEVIS
Pridayv JMrruavy 1, 1S78.
Xxports anil Imports
The official statement of our
exports and imports for eleven
nixiths ending November 30
Jasfy snows that onr, total im-
J ports of all kinds -were in round
numbers Jurat Trudrwl and
seventy-one (million 'dollars,
against. tour Jnmdrw and sev
enteen nullionC tor the same
time the preceding: year. The
cxp6StlTwe1"five,b.iiudrcd and
-ninety-nine million, against
t it hundred and seven million
for the preceding year. Out
exports exceeded our imports
pbout one hundred and twenty
seven million. OF the precious
metals we exported ieily four
teen million more than we im
ported. "We ere not diminish -in"
our supply of these metals,
however.. On the contrary, wo
are increasing it, the yield of
iimies last-year.belng elgbty-two
inillum." Deducting the exeess
of export', we still have a net
gain'or fifty-eight million.
' As a matter of. interest, we
givd a list of a few of our lead
" ino- ,cioort8 for the eleven
month's: Cotton, one hundred
and twenty-nine million dollars;
-wheat, sirtpmillionjxoni, forty
million; ionr,- twenty million;
coal ""oil, "Jorty-eighfc-f million
- bacony thirty-eight million; lard,
.twenty mllllonftobaceotwcnty-
tbrce million; 1resb 'beef, four
nvllton;-salt beef, 'two "million.
Oar ekiet imports were: Sugar
and racUaes, ninetyvfiye mil
liou; coffevfilty-Eis million: tea,
fifteen miilioa; cotton manufac
tures, elgbtcea millian; flax
goods, filteca million woolens,
tbirtyj-sevea million.
m . "
. Tbe Insane.
There & muck complaint
fronivarwis portions of.tlie
tState'-tliat inssaleeisons 6ent
to-the insancAsjDat Austin
rare denied admisaoBj-aud that
..atertlieytarc takes Shore by
1 iMunty olficeri they" are ffejected
-and sent liati Lome. Ii our
ionnty jail we now Sxtc three
cT Uiis unfortunate eisas of peo-
-plc, "who. being cnt&djy'uitablBTiirunificence scarcely equaled,
-o take care ot or do xnytliing lorv.
-ihemselvesj are a ftsrSeaa on the
public. InaSmnek xs ttlio t&x-
payersjiavc ba tate tafA ot the
insane, it vwaii mo uiucii
cheaper 'in" tke lg iran that
they helsupported ft&escnenil
expense of tie State At large,
instead ot by the several coun
ties, lwiero tbcre are no ad
' equate taeans oigifiiiigtiiein the
care and Attention tibkt they
need 1erclicapea!; jutd beet
plan tor all parties ecenied, is
-TfliassSiapGohtSy fiw State of
die resyausibility of tiLdr'carc,
ijmsas'fiirmers estimate corn
at iittecn ceats a busliel, at
which price It a cheaper fael
than coal or wocxL. Hcre.it is
worth from thirty tolorty cent",
at which, price the average
farmer says there us no money
in it The merdiauts here can
,r.ii(ktSflrd;to,p3y-satifactory
ricc for com on account of the
''enormous (?riS charged jby the.
"Oentraijra3nad. freights are
carried from Galveston to Kan-
" 6as' City, dietance about 800
milestxir', lessthan jia charged
from, Galveston to Brenham,
distance 125'inile3. The fact
ip, it costs more ro get corn to
the seaboard trtm Brenham
than it does from points in the.
'interior of Kansas; Missouri or
Illinois. The next Legislature
BlionTd take the matter in
- iiand.ri i .5?
To gnowJ the injustice ot the
proposition' that United States
bonds should bo paid in gold.
est.'Lbuis,?wwfitca says,'
on nndbubtfid authority, that of
Arbauksofflde St- Loui, that
United ,Statp bonds were
bought by German capitaliots
?t 38 cenrt "in gofd, with tho
expectation and nnderotanding
ihat they, would ultimately be
paid in gold at tha rato of one
hundred cents on the dollar.
..T. 0. M. We bare received
a large poster announcing the
K; O, M. festival at Galveston
on the 5th of March It was
printed ut the Galveston ATews
job office, and is a masterly
iuSt Of the t ogrflphers art.
H
EDITOBUIiJlOTBf.
W i
CHAKU2&Bu38lins.becn found
again, this time iii Baltiniore.
The Congressional proceed
ings a e of no special ''in terest.
.TncsilvcrbiU again occupied
all day Wednesday in the J5cn-
s :' - i
Geo. P. OoKDOs.'.inventor of
the Gordou printing -'press, is
dead.
IIuxTi.NGTos'sPaeiflc Railway
bill is meeting with much oppo
sition. Tun Matthews1 silver Jrcsolu-
tfon parsed the Home by a vote
of lSTto 79,
Tun-Morning OaU is-the name
Of the latest newspaper adveu-
ture in Dallas.
Mn' Joits DcjccAij, 'an old
and valued, citizen ot Harrison
county, is dead.
Beecher axd Tilton still fur
nish the butt for newspapers to
tire tlfeir wit at.
Acsttia, like the other powcis
consider that the peace condi
tions require mnch modification
Tjik Dallas Herald pavs the
Banxee. a -high compliment.
Modesty forbids its reproduc
tion. '
Tne constitutionality ot the
dog tax is now before the Ap
pelate Court of the State at
Austin.
Tiie practice of Kangarooing
new -comers in connty jails
hould be" abolished" by the legal
a mionnej!,
.1 "
We liavo at; Jast: received a
stray copy of the Tyler Demo
oral, tne nrst in ttvo or tiiree
montlis.
Dons are faithful friends of
msn hut, unfortunately-' for the
. -1- " '.' -u-T.. "..1. jr.
cnninu racu, men uru uiucu uib
posed to.makelnn of them.
' Major Tbojias P. OcniLTBEE
is announced, as a candidate for
Governor. The probabilities
arc that it" is "only n joke on
Toin. ,
Me. E K. Collin's, the
founder of the first line ot
!steam8hips across the Atlantic
ocean, has recently ilied in re
dnced'circumstjinces. A special to Jtbo Cincinnati
Gazette -jsays that there is a
move on foot to reduce tliOjSal
arics of tho principal missions
from $17,000,to $15,000.
Qpeex VicroBiAwith a regal
' contnbntes from her own pn-
vate purse $500 for the benefit
of the Turkish .sufferers.
-JCiraReturr.ingJBofird eases
are on trial at New Orleans. A
severance bus been granted
and the trial of Anderson com
menced. Welb has left the
Peace will jiow be signed on
Russian territory by the Turk
ish embassadors. Russia makes
her own terms, but still the Ot
toman Empire is not wiped
out .
IENVAMN"IIraTKKfjwas ar
rested down in Camden,- JS. J.,
charged with having murdered
J. M. Armstrong, on whose life
he held policies of life insur
ance to secure a debt.
The royal marriage at Madrid
is said to have been the most1
magnificent of modern times.
The mother ot King Alfonso
XII was a dissolute woman,
who is now exiled
A detail of two United States
Army officers has been assigned,
with one gentleman appointed
by the Governor of Texa8, to
make a thorough investigation
ol the El Paso troubles.
A copy of the Grpeer, a rep
resentative organ of that branch
of business is before ? and
strange .as it may seem one ot
tho meet prominent advertise
ment on its first page was
f'Oleomkrgcarinc butter, finest
quality-lV-- . -
FxRssriiECHEB is, the name
given by tbe Germans to Ibe
leleplone. No less than fifty
fonc names werc; .proposed at
ifeidelberg. Here is a sample:
5' Doppclstalilbtediznngenspree
.her." Iloy would rtbo Wato
Telephone look with all ot
that for a name.
It U said that one StIIson
Hntchins, of the Washington
Pod, distributed an even thou
sand loaves of bread, and that
among'tho recipituta of the
charity were two ex-Congress-raen,
four journalists and one
ex-cabinet officer. Here is a
stnrv with a moral that is
worthy ot the consideration of
all thinking men.
It appears that 'Major E. A.
Burke, otNew Orleans, and"W.
E. Chandler, of Chandler let
"tenawtorietyy. hare got into n
lively -pplitiealquarrel by,tels
!raph. y , "
-The7 -nextr "State
in the opinion
Express thou
Antonio, nn
time for
the
.Si
hi
digni
hi? move:
ccived at the. "WarDepartnl
lora iniinnen ot day?.
Skkatob VooanKEB has np
peared on tho lecf ure platform in
Washington tty. His tbrme is
Thbmn's' Jefferebn; tjio snjiject
Ts one to which the Tall Syca
more ot the Wabash is able -to
do. amplo, justice.
Dc'LiNDintiiupr, director'of
the miit, states that if the mint
nt New Orleans is establi-hcd it
can coin ten million in silver
annually- With the addition to
tho coinage facilities, all the
silver can be coined.
Marlin .. If LanffVeeeives
the Democratic- nomination he
will ran the race. If not, we
don't-believe he will be an ''in
dependent" or a bolter, .as the
Jfeicf , correspondent hints at.
He is too honorable a man for
-that.
- Mb. JiN. Babtiiolow, a prcr
iessional newspaper man, is out
sot the Sherman Courier, and is
now: out-looking for a job. He
has never Jield a po-ition on
any paperiin ;the State ior more
than- a.wtek,, ' iS
A-Loadosc 8pbcsil to the New
York paperscomes over the
wires stating that tne passage
of the Blind silver sbil! will
have -a depressing efiect on
- ' vr r.-' ,,r - . ..
American seaintie. Tins is a
matter that concerns the capi
talist alone.
TiiETjirkish gorctinwent is
having- difficulty in mwinfalning
order at the capital. jnong
the refugees are many armed?
Circassian. These Jiavc al
ready plundered towns, antf
are flocking into Constantinople
laden with booty.,
Ex-Govener Stockdale de
nies that he is a candidate for any
officeror anj body,s slate or has
proposed a combination with
anybody---The S. A. depress
says that On" tho question ot
being a candidate, however, he is
non committed so far.
Ix 18G5 there was $1,651,-
'282,378 6t paper money in cir-
culation in' the United States,
or at the rate of 147.42 per
capita. The amount lias been
steadily rednceci until in 1S77
there was but $090,443,394, or
only $14.60 per capita.
The case o'f. the State vs. A.
M. and B. M. Hubby was called
for trial in the Criminal District
Conrt at Galveston on Tuesday,
and on motion of defendants'
attorneys was continued. The
witnesses were put under & 300
bond each.
- -
The product ot4he mines ot
'the United, Stutes and Mexico
amount to, about SO,Ono,000
an p nail v $45,000,000 gold and
$35,000,000 silver. At this rate
ot inflation'' it will be a long
time before the cojmtry is flood
ed will metaliccurraney.
The papers are" again " begin
ning to teem with accounts .of
all kinds ot rascality. A few
dajsagoia daring attempt was
made to rob a passenger train
train on the .Atciieson, Toppka
and Santa Fe railroad in Kan
sas. As the train approached
a small station it was fired into.
The traiji immediately pulled
out and thus avoided capture'.
Kansas Crnr is going to work"
with mneh vigor to turn her
Immense grain trade southward
by the great water route. This
means the shipment ot all grain
down the Missouri river to St.
Loni', and then eastward via
the Mississippi. Should this
object bo accomplished, the
railroads will lose a largo
amount of traffic.
A Washingon special to the
Galveston A'cwt says: The
House Jndicary Committee nu.
ammonsly accepted to-day cul
berson'sTeport ordering return
to' the-' State' of Texas of the
$101,000. balance of Texas in
demnity fund. Mr.Onlberson n ill
bring the mitter into House the
first time the committee is call
ed, and there is.no doubt of its
pss-uge.
1eon?CTtrO
i- s- ..rit of
vmmm
IdibB
ik'V
hrstji'M
mjikl i.. f U
tVHr
nam hiirraH.
STATS ItfEWS.
. Galvcs'ou has organized a
greenback clnb.
"y- The Pnrim ball at Houston
jaBgtfor the 5lh ot March.
T Pocket picking istke
amusement in Austin.
-The Caswell .Vj re-
iurvmng operations oris.
lanro quantity ol cotton
mpicked in Bell county.
hero are five prsjncrs
i"tin county
lToute1 Areola p'antn-
flfty three plow? are in daily
ice.
Colorado conntypJauters
are busy preparing tor the
year's crop.
' Te Committee on Wavsand
'Means have completed their
tariff bill. "
Tho Georgetown Sun
offers itself for one year fur a
load of wood.
AnsTim is bitterly oppord
to the di-memberment ot the
Ottoman Empiie. " "
Horse thieves have been
doing an extensive business in
Colorado connty.
Mrs. Gardner, of Marliu,
li.-w taken out a license as a
spiiitual medium.
The Grand Commandery
Knights Templars met on
Thursday at .Austin.
Anderson, ot ' Returning
Board infamy, is now on trial
at New Orleans.
Every few days we read
about trains being ditched on
the Central road.
A number of new. school
houses arc being put up in
Lampasas connty.
We are aijain nndcr obliga
tions to Hon. D. C. Gjddings
torCongicsaion.il f.-vori.
S. S. Matthows, of the
western portion of Burleson
coH'ity died on the 18th inst.
The- Laborers Champion
13 . the title of a new paper
lately started in Shelby county.
" The Lampasss Dispatch
says that tinning operations
arc being aethely cwiinenced.
Fox and eat hunting,is the
amiteement among the Marlin
ites w!k delight in nocturnal
sport,
Mr- T, W, House, on his
Areola plantation, raised poik
enough to supply the entire
place.
The Lampasas Dispa'ch
wants to find out why corres
pondents will net fsrnioh their
names.
.' Beaumontfj shipped 136
cars of lumber, tfcsj.iiid shingles
during the .week ending 25th
lllat.
About one thousand coun
terfeit Mexican dollars hive
been put' in circulation at At
lanta. " -
A wagon load of D?cans
created qnito an excitement on
the Aienne in Austin a day or
two ago.
According to the "Waco
Telephone no "regular" slate
seenis to hae room for Hon.
John Ireland.
Throckmorton and Saycrs
is said to be the latest guberna
torial slate stibject to revision,
and correction.
Measles are prevalent 'in'
the toin of Beaumont, anil dii
that account one or:two school
have been clo-ed.
.An entire block ot busi
ness hon-.es was burned at our
liciirhborins town ot Mellican
on Sunday night.
Dlind Tom is billed for
Tyler on the 5th ot February.
Ho has a world wide reputa
tion as a musician.
Smith connty, it is. sai(lT
offers many inducements to
emigrants. The connty is
healty, and the lands good.
A high official ot Denison
and a prominent Republican
politician Is in hot water He
is afflicted with crookedness.
Hen3 are doing a lively
business this winter np in the
vicinity of Tyler. Eggs arc
worth only ten cents a dozen.
- A panther has been cap
tured near Dallas; it is about
flic size ot an ordinary cat.
,Wha wijl Fort Worth do now?
Tivc" hundred and fifrepn
bales" of cotton have been ginned
by Messrs. Graves and Dii
Bono, of MeLellau County, this
tt; on.
Bcm
snrv
ajijwivjm-'mij.'ir,
The wheat ciop in Bell
county is looking line. The
Journal ays a coiisi lerablc
quantity of spring wheat will
be toui.
' The Coirancho Chief an
nonnees the adent ot a new
paper in another county thiifl):
.Another candidate for st:ira
tion. '
The farmers of Smith
oounty are realizing the fact
that it is a tro.,d thing to have
an abundant supply of hogs and
corn.
"Jumping Froy' is the
name of a weekly paper to be
started at Bailey Jurctiou, on
tl e Deniaon and Southeastern
railroad.
l'rof. Bro'ika, an English
man who lias been plsving the
. --c
pinuo m a saloon at Sherman,
'died suddenly at that place
fiom the effect of a fit.
Galveston is only two
months behind, in paying her
police force. Policemen haio
heaps ot fun, and c-in afford to
work ''for tun."'
Candidates iff county offi
cers are about to become as
the leaves in the "Yallc Her
inosa," Is this' way the Belton
ibtwviflZ-puts it.
The hair restorative man
ufacturers hail as well retire
from business. A San Saba
man has discovered that" coal
oil is tbe best restorer.
The Lumberman says there
are now five doctors in Beau
mont, and jot there has been
but one d.ath among the white
population since la-.t July.
Gcotge Harris the alleged
murderer M Olcnick was arrested
by the Sheriff of nill connty and
has taken him to Austin, The
govcnoi's reward of 100 was
paid.
Tho .lu-tin Statesman
says that on Monday evening
Land Commissioner Groo? and
Chief Cleik Fisher left for Gal
veston to appear as witnesses in
the Hobby trial.
The Clnrksville Banner
says connty candidates and
Bermuda grass are beginning
to make their appearance all
over North Texas. -Grazing
should be good this year.
llearne has had a slight
sensation. Bill Clark, a bar
keeper, shot A. W. Thrasher.,
Iii this case d d thieving
scoundrel w:b the provoeatiau.
Thrasher is likely to came out
second best.
A Dallas hotel clerk is in
hock, charged with" reducing the
size ot a gentleman's pocket
book fiom Sl,20O to $53. The
purse was left for sate keepinj:
in the hands of the cleik.
Deiiisoa -News: The track
of the Denison and Southeast
ern Railroad is now laid for a
distance of ten miles, and if the
good weather continues trains
will run to B.iily Junction
soon;
Dr. E. J. Scott and D. II.
Hardy settled a difficulty at
Mil'Icw on Siturdiy last.
Scott is now going around with
a lead mine in his body, and
the probabilities arc that he
will never have any more
trouble.
The San Antonio Jicprcss
learns that Johnson Farsce, a
colored-negro thief, who i lived
oh the Gnad.ilupc, near Segnin.
was called out of his house a
few days ago nnd fired upon.
Only ix shots entered his
body. He has gone to be an
angel.
Just because a couple of
religious people at Houston
were unable to sing well they
were arrc-ted, taken before the
comts, fined, and then published
in every newspiper .in Texas.
"Man's inhumanity to man has
made countless thousands
mourn."
San Antonio has a. num
ber ot street gamins, who are
np to all kinds of tricks and
and rascality. The other day
a small boy was caught with a
pistol in his possession jnst as
was going for another boy, say
ing: "Come on; I am fixtd for
you." Young America is very
progressive.
Times must be getting
pi city hard in Northern Texas.
The stage between Fort Worth
and Wcatlierford was halted by
two masked men, twenty miles
from the latter place, and the
passengers, five in number, were
made to hand over all their
valuables, about $400 in cur
re:ev a'aJ three gold watches.
s-
',;,. V'.'.v.pc
Somornen are no emsti
tuleditli it'lt is an litter nnrxi-.
sibilitj i'orthonutociijoyIiap-J
p.iness TlmLim-msas Dis
pateh complains that there
hasn't "bceii tflmurdcf lihTthat
county tor a coon's age.
A Galveston man is ,pos--csocp
ol what he terms a
Brazilian hogv-nwpigl'txone.and
a half' pound.-,- W,b rathnrUnv
pect the pig -in 'qnosfiQu, is a
Guinea pig, 'and not a luig'at
all.tl f " ! -, ,
S! Shcrmsn'ilrofel kopp?r
made ids' appearance in Waco
looking f6r" his wife-who had
eloped wit. a. Mexican' coot?;
lea higher four chiVr'tv behind.
That 'woman is not 'wofth look--!
ing tor. j. vi ,
Onr ncigliboriiic ' 'city,
Bryan has a military company
called Wl.fyaii :RIfleS.'-They
hue 'ordered their uniform
from 'New York. A good idea
to tend every dollar ont ot the
State that is' possible -by any
means to gef rid'of.
Tanant county lias ro
ce'Ved a large number of sub
stantial citizen", mostly from
the northern and western State.
Mo-t ot the new comers have
.ample means. Th'e black
pairic lands seem to be in most
demand.
Parson Robert MeKnrncy
was recently ass.is-inatcd at his
re idem o in Whitesboro. It
appears that hearing a distur
bance in a negro cabin, late it
jiight, he went out to siewhit
was the matter, when he was
set upon by an unknown man
and stabbed. He fell dead.
It now appears 'th it Mrs.
L. S. Gardner, of Mnrlin, vho-
challeiiged Professor Cooke, the
spiritual cpocr, to detect her
in any human agency in slate
-writing, priipoes milking a gen
eral toup as a medium. Sh., it
seems, claims - that jhc cannot
account lor her niediumiistic
qnalitics."
1 he Denison JTeics reports
the killing ;oi a brakeman cm
jhe Texas Central road. It
seems he was making, what in
rililrnad jiarlence,- is known its
the flying switch. He had de
scended between the cars, and
pulled out the coupling pin
while standing on the draw
head; falling forward, he was.
nil? over'aud killed;
The Bel ton JoxtrnaH has a.
word to say in tay6r of small
farms, and ,'cWan in-tmce in
which' a man in' 'Bell connty
cleared a thon'sand Hollan a
year on a farm of 3?xty-five
acres. He, then "invested his
surplus means in a place ot five
or six hundred acres, and at
tempting to operate it with
hired labor finds himself in
debt. Small farms paj the
bfct.
The E-.tray Journal, a
weekly publication devoted ex
clusivelv to the recovery of
estrayed stock, has been, so says
the -Waco Examiner, consoli
dated with that paper. Grang
ers ot Texas are Invited to hear
this item in mind. The ixami
ner and Patron has been the
recognized organ of the Grange
in this State, and has. we be
lieve, done its duty.
Waco has had 'and main
tainetr the reputation of being
the laTgest cotton shipping
point in the vjtatc. The 7ix.i
ner of the,.5th inst. says that
only: 69 bales wcrereceiied on
that day. The shipments
amounted to about 275 bales.
Here we go again in small re
ceipts ot T.xan produce. The
distance from a grain market Is
too great on account ot the
enormous tariff charged for
ti eights'.
The Ho'nston Telegram
gives thede'tails of a murder
in the southwestern portion ot
Montgomery county. It ap
pears that two bi others named
Vick had a misnnderstanding.
One of them was married to a
beautiful woman, tho other
was single. The wife was the
cause ot the difHcnlty. An
estrangement took place between
the brother. They did not
meet tor four years. ' Upon
meeting it again it was at the
hoivta of the married brother.
Words ensued, both men were
armcil, and while the wifu was
standing, between them, the
linsbaudipu.-hcd his wife out ot
tlic'way and filed-, -killing his
brother. An inquest was duly
held, and tho murderer put
asdtr $590 bsni
Cominuicatrit 1 Jg-
TolIticaLFononi.
Jriiccftnsidcration $t theJol-
lowing items is asked ot tbe
community":;
1. The liondcd bcht of the
United States of America as to
quity.aiid liquidation.
2. The annulling superfluous
offices and the .reduction ol sal
aries and fees..
3. The reilnctlon of the army
and navy. '
4. The vexpeuses ot govern -
tincnt to be. paiu gratuitously
ami pleasantly. ,
5. To establish legal money.
VG. 'What flie5 government
should eiiconragd and what
not.- , t ,
7. To reform, tbe indiciary.
S. Whom to nonlinate and
snppoi'fti office.
oxectcl with , adequate aid of
s otnr. . ,
No.'" 1. Because ,'thev"bond
were ' created "to aid nrihiwtul
pnqioses. V. la 'iiwi'they are
void.
The Fourth. Haying re
ceived no consideration, owe
nothing.
Vie.ved in the mo-t favora
ble light to the bondholder, they
were for greenback value,
donblc the amount ol gold.
The interest being paid in gold
was double interest. Tho prin
cipal is therefore entitled to a
credit of the excess of the inter
ist paid. The balance should
be pail in greenbacks, reiieviug
the people of an'onerons burthen
I ot unjust taxation. '
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Cremation in Italy.
The. Jjincet saj's that on the
9th ot October, at-tho cemete
ry Riolo at Lo li. Professor
Gorini made a new trial of tho
crematory apparatus invented
by him-elf There were sev
eral distingui-hed person pres
ent, among them Div Bono
who was delegated bv the Coun
cil of Milan; Dr. ISnrdi, also
or Alii. in: and the renresentativ--
es of the leading Italian papers,
jtrofeosioii.il )md lay. -Ttie nnm
bcr of armysurgeoiis in ntted
ance vvas alo nni:irkeJ. The
body destined 'tor 'cremation
vvar th.'t ot "n mau,-'iiity-two
ydars ofjgc, mid .weighing forty-two
kilogrammes. It vvas
introdnccd into the appnratns
nt'l V. AI. at 3 PM the fire had
doneits work,and there remained
of the body only 5 per cent ot its
original weight. Not the slight
est fetor or dis.igreable sensation
vvas experienced by the bystati-"
dcrs. This resnlt was obtained
with the consumption of two
hundred- kilogrammes- ot wxkL
A around of applause sainted
Protcsor Gorini and. Sin the
name or" the-oompany. Dr. Bonn
congratulated him on having
pre d iced the moat expeditious
and thorough crematory appara
tus yet knowu. Scimtiijh
American.
-.COSFLVOKATION Kf HoXOLCLU.
Mr. Comly, the U. S. minis-terTe-iident'in
the'dawiiiinn Is
land, writes to the Department
ot Stat Oa that during a severe
and de-tructiyor stonn of three
day-' dnratiou a fire broke jnt
in" Ilonolilln on the night of
December lSth; consuming over
?250,00Q worth of property. The
wharves And government ware
house wer6 totally destroyed
and the custom-house was with
difficulty saTed. The king and
and niiii-ter were early on the,
ground; bis maje-ty calling ont
his household troops, and him
self working at the brakes ot
the hand engines to crconrage
the rest. The want of a steam
fire engine was severely felt.
The loss of the I7awaiian gov
ernment is .some ?(0.000j the
next liearct loss (:45,000) fall
ing on an American citizen, nam
ed Ilfjppei.
Ili-BKEWS AS MkAT-E.TKKS.
The Hebrew inhabitints.of Bos
ton consninj a gocd deal ot
meat, and as they oly eat "the
iorequartera oj an animal, reject
the hind cmarters cntirelv. the
number ot cattle killed ior them
Is larger than it otherwise
would bi. It probably amounts
to abont 50 oxen, 00 or 75 cal
ves and abont 25shciervveek.
AH these anim lis have to be kill
ed by a rabbi and the meat, ha" -
mg btcnproperJy ftaniliedaccord
in to Jewish rnles. is retaii.ed
by Hebrew pmvisioif dealers, ol
whom there are nine in differ
ent quarters- of the city. Bos
ton JPost.
Ivvkoakoos are not exclusive
ly courts, as appears y an
item in the New Tork Sun.
The colonists ci Queensland,
Australia, are complaining ot
the enormon3 depredations
cansed by large droves of kan
garoos, which are overrunning
the settled districts m the in
terior, nnd destroying vegeta
tion. Kangaroo courts " are
harmless as compared with
genuine kangaroos.
The Colorado Citizen says
proceedings should be instituted
against the immigration agents
for flooding this country with
impecunious tramps,, who can
not get work, and finally resort
te crime.
Frocccdln; of,( It y ConDcU'Jauuar
-O, 10!
;. Council niet in. regular ses
sion, all the members being
pfe-xiirr
Pi:iric
Pet ir ion otMr. J. M-Iluds-m,
asking .U i rctltictkm
m.iiii tlm
assessment ot bis.i.'H'pcrty from
laOOlifSOO was reeeJTgd ami
petition granttd.- -
Petition' 'of Mr. K. ''JoTinsoir,
asking a reduction in the assess
ment of,lf pri,ertJ Jin $30O
to$500,wai received and peti
tion granted.
, At the reqnest the'Mayor
an apjinip'nati'lu 0.150 v:r
ordered fro,n .(he genera) tut d
to the rtt.t' fibid, tor thbYpur
poseTfTo !StruPtji2rbTitIge uu
Afi tf st i-eef ,' sbSih 'bi niilro.il.
An nppropri itiou ot 5155 wa
ordered from the- irbnenil,lund
to sclioijl building fund toakc
up draft of E. P. Davis again-t
the city amc belli given him
as part p.iyident'ot school houses
'and lot. ' -
An appropriation ot $103.50
was ordered triHii the. general
fund to school building' fund ti
take up draft of P. A: Engclfcu
agiiinat the citv lor money ad
vanced by him to the city to
compete cash payment for school
lu)nc and lot.
Rcpmt tf city as-Kssor and
collector was referred to Finance
Copiiiiittee. ,(
Sevenil bills having been re
ferred to Finance Committee at
last meeting and approved since;
were ordered paid. , t .-,
The loHowing school bill
were ordered paidfJWm. Rulm,
catting wood, l-10;r Marth.i
-Foster, services as j mitor for
November, 1577, $&; (Torneli.v
Slaughter, services a-janitor for
Novcinl er, 1877, tG. ' ' "
'lha iollowing billsl" were rein--tl
to Finance Committee:
A., pox, lumber. 13.2";
Singfetary ifc Co., for two tin
sigiw tor collector's" olticc,$2.
Proposition-ot II. 1 R. Mc
Clung to cnt down-and clear
i- away the trees growing in Day
street, on .llg Wranrh in W il
kins' additiini,AviiaTcccived ami
priviiege'gniiTed.l tnl'
. Tlie "Dallas Jleral J acconntt
iCI.J. .. .1 . u t
tr the hard,tinie-i in tin- Sti'c
by saving; that tbey are brought
on by economy.. This , theory
might be tenabie -it'ihere was
any nionev in the country
' ,." "
vGeorgetown'-. brass hanl
has come ont from .its winter
I quarters, and dnring the la-t
week has given" several seri
nades The town also has a
shooting 'gallery --,.. Wo k on
the c-onrt-liouse is progr&smj
rapidly. " .
Tbe eigannakers' strike has
colhiiisctT mil nnlortunatelv
the strikers arc far wor-e off"
thin they were before. N. Y.
Herald.
Lamae as a candidate for the
vfrb presidency Straddles a
blind." Austin Statesman.
'Has this any 'reference to a
game of cards known as
draw. '
Thk r ctof of a fashionable
est cnl church is "now affec
tionately spoken nt in 'clerical
circles a"- "The AostIe of the?
GentceU." Philadelphia Bul
Trtin. , Jlnmaii j iws s'Ojl for 2 apt icer
at the seat ot war in Bulgaria,,
and yet the American people
pay $5,000 a year' and 'mileage
to "their "Congressmen. Woreh
ester Press.
? 7 ;
Zaph Ciiaxm.ebs head gran
ger np at the fann has prepar
ed an agreahle fm prise' for his
chiet. fie has planted twelve
acres in mint. Cinc'nnath
Commercial.
Lovirrs an intoxic-ation. Cin.
Com. i'es, but a year of mat
rimony will sober yon up.
J?ranUin Patroit.
m
A Stajtteing minora reached
thocity-yesterdajto the efiectr
tliat Judge Darn had defined
his political position. It proved
to be a molciote canard' and
men breatliat .more -freely.
Burlington IlavikeyeS
Br. vtn-b rhymes well' enough
with llayne.But it w'qnite clear
that Dewcs and noar together
do not spell "Weliter. World,
Como to think ot ir the stock ot"
Websters is rather iriiilted now--
ad.is. Washington Star.
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Qjjegy: " Why will men
smoke ,cpmmi toboco, "when
they ' can "iinr MarbuVg Bros.
-lSeal'cfNorih -Girolina," at '
the same price V
JSITCOTTON SfcED WaSTEP.
Tlighes,t cash prfeepiiid for same
delivered at rwvr vvan'lioiue.
diw3m -J. A:,WiLKrj,-s.
roB rne cheapest and best
selected 'stock "of Dry (Joods, go.
to Newbouer'Bros'. new dry
goods palace on Main street.
dst rcc-eiyeda inU and com
n line in bidies.'iiiisses anil
plot
fliiMren'i Shoes. Mens', youths''
and boys' Kiots and. Shoes sold
a&T.rmarkableJow figures, at
D,iWv Bloomonrgirs..
Sqnare moils for 25 cents i
the rhuais. Rctaai-aat.
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