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- BV RAXKIX IETIN.
Friday, March -8 1878.
-This year business will be
' ripiirlej on St. Patricks' day.
J Jt falls on Sunday-
i
.. JUtakd Tayue lias bren
omifinncd by tlfe Senate to be
.Jtiiilstcr to Germany.
, .
Jmtaix. Rockdale bavp afire
dmrtmi-iit? Messenger -
Fee, tt sac w able.
The Denison Herald agrees
with the Hannke in regard to
the cfiicacy of tho wbipping-
th-Jv
Tjie Texa-j-and Pacific people
say tbey can p:iss their bill, but
itlicr eople well informed
doubt this.
Thk State otYrg'n'a 's
dead broke, having only $103
in the treasury and no means of
collecting or borrowing any
money.
Stoxwell H. KrsfTii. has
been confirmed United States
.Marshal tor the Western DIsr
trictot Texas, vice Thomas F.
Pnrnel!.
TnK directorof the mint says
( ho can coin 1,000,000 silver
dollars this month, and has the
dies and everything ready to
begin at once.
Jt is reported that the treaty
. otpeace between Russia and
Turkey has been signed. The
. enthusiasm over tho news at St.
PetCbburg is nnpreredented.
i TnK Eddy Brothers, spirit
naliet,s have been arrested and
" Vera tried at Albany, N. T.,
a "elwirgc of swindling in
connooti&n with their manifes-
i,tkm basin ass.
A Miii. is now before the
House committee on banking tc
l retire the national bank notes
Mid issue greenbacks in their
fitead. The idea is a good one
J Mid should be jjarried ohI.
j G. W. C. Lkk has commenced
'suit against tbo present holders
'for the recovery of the Arling
'ton estate. Tho case is being
-tried in tie United States Dis
trict Court at Alexandria, Vir
ginia. -
, A if bw industry has been
started in Minnesota, that of
systematically fusing bull frogs
tor market. Three thousand
dozen legs were shipped to St
lyiuis last year Epicures con
sider frogs legs a choice deli
cacy. .
TnK Captain General of Cuba
lias issued a proclamation de
claring the negroes free. The
slaves of insurgents are all
Bet tree. People who re
mained faithful to the govern
ment will bo indemnified, in the
manner that gradual abolition
prescribes."
Tdk Yicksbnrg Herald says
that while it regrets tho course
ot Senator Lamar on tho silver
question, it has no faul to find
with him for his honest convic-
tfuus. "If Lamar is not an
sbl-, true Sonthern statesman,
there is no timber in this State
of -which to make one."
Thkeb Fsems to be a great
dearth of Mexican news at
present. Col. Ilayne, collector
f customs at .Brownsville, be-A-rc
tho House Military Com
mittee, testified that the trcons
at present on the Rio Grande
are sufficient for protection.
Jle thinks all the raids above
Laredo arebr Indians.
. -. .... -, -a-
Thk Rockdale Messenger has
actually gone and got mad, sim
ply because The Banker doesn't
know Parson Tuiicr, who has
been an expounder of the Gos
pel in Milam comity lor the past
forty years. All right: We
trcre laboring nnder the impres
sion that he was a kinsman ot
the famous Daniel Tneker.
Thk San Autonio Express
ssys Setb, Sliepanl is iooining up
as the coining Congressman
from the Filth District. It is a
Tittle early to speculate as to
who wflF be the man, but we
would not be at all suqiriscd to
sec Shepard set the nomination.
Jle is a citizen of Brcnlura and
as worthy a gentleman as any
iu the district.
TIIE O., C S. F. HT.-CATTLE.
The Galveston Journal of
Commerce says that a binding
contract lia! been made be
tween the G. C. and S. F. rail
way company and James H.
Brooks for the construction ot
the road to lircnhain. The
contract also contains a proviso
for the extension of tht road to
Bolton, in the event ot certain
conditions being complied with.
This is gratifying news, and we
most sincerely hoje that work
will lc speedily begun.
The stock, trade along the
proposed line is rapidly assum
ing importance, and will, so
soon as the road is completed,
afford no inconsiderable reve
nue. The raising of stall-fed
cattle is compratively a new
indnstry in this section ot the
State, and probably more fat
cattle have- been shipped from
Breuham this season than the
aggregate shipments ol two or
three years previously. A great
many of the German farmers of
Austin comity are already mak
ing a specialty of raising cattle.
Last tall the Messrs. Sargeant,
of Illinois, were here and readi
ily disposed of several car loads
of short'horn cattle, and also
someone Berkshire and Essex
swine. The gentleman named
made a business of.brceding
fine stock. It will not be long
"before the effect of having im
proved cattle will make itselt
manifest. Wo have as fine
corn-growing land as any in the
State, and pasturage the year
ronnd. The winters are short
and generally very mild, thus
giving us every advantage in
the world for the production ot
cheap beef. It seems to bo al
most inevitable that this imme
diate section ot country will,
before many years, become
noted tor the fine quality ot ite
beet cattle, .and the business
will, year by year, grow in im
portance. When proper rail
road 'facilities are offered, the
shipment of tat hogs will also
form no inconsiderable part ot
our exports. New Orleans af
fords a market tor them at all
seasons ot the year, and even
now it is by no means an
unusual thing to see a drove of
porkers shipped by steamer
from Galveston to Hew Or
leans. In view of the importance ot
the cattle business, the G., C.
and S. F. railway has erected
stock pens in the vicinity ot
Areola station, where this road
crosses the Brazona tap, and
on Monday last commenced the
running ot Eeari-weekly trains.
legal Sales.
-The Paris North Texmn, says
the Hempstead Messenger, calls
upon the press of the -State to
co-operate with it in getting the
next Lagislatnre to pass a law
requiring sheriffs' and other
sales, now advertised by being
posted in three places in the
county, to be published in the
papers. The Mssenger says it
would be pleased to see such a
law, but that it does not want
anything which has the appear
ance ot eleemosynary sustain
ance. As the law now stands,
it appears to us, to be a hard
ship on the parties whose goods
and chatties are sold, as by the
present system ot advertising,
no one except those who make a
specialty ot attending these sales,
know anything about them and
the consequence is, property is
not unfreqnently sacrificed to
the detriment ot the debtor.
The eustom otadvertising sher
iff and trust sales of real estate
is sanctioned in nearly every
State in the Union, aud from
its universality, we arc inclined
to the opinion, that it gives gen
eral satisfaction. As a matter
of course, it wonld bo a good
thing for the newspapers, but on
the other hand, would not the
parties most directly interested
in the sales received a quid pro
quo.
The St. Louis Bepuilican
says. "General min should
ruh upon us now: but, never
theless, nobody seems to havo
any particular fear ot this
dreadful silver bill now that it
is a silvir law." There are a
great many people in Texas who
are ready to be ruined with
silver dollars of American coin-
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Senator Coke has introduced
a bill in the Senate providing
for tho construction ot a milita
ry railroad from San Antonio
to Laredo.
NETt DRESS.
The Bas.vkk has ordered
Irom the St. Louis Typo Foun
dry an entire new dr&ss, and on
or before the 1st of April will
make its appearance in new
type. It is the intention ot the
proprietors to keep fully up
with the times, and to furnish
a paper which, in typographi
cal appearance and contents,
shall be a credit to the county.
The Baknke is now one ot the
largest papers published in the
interior, as a glance at its
weekly edition will show. It
gives every week from five to
seven columns ot new and fresh
local matter; about five columns
of the very late&t and freshest
Stato news, carefully compiled
from its large list ot exchanges,
and abouMen columns ot orig
inal editorials, and editorial
notes and news items, together
with several columns of care
fully selected agricultural mat
ter, making it a newspaper for
tho people, The proprietors
take pleasure in assnring their
many patrons that no pains
shall be spared to maintain the
good opinion which they have ot
the Bannek. The type on
which the Bakxer is now
printed is offered for sale at a
bargain.
Brick Poaeror.
The Banner acknowledges
the receipt of a letter from Mr.
M. M. Pomeroy, returning
thanks for correcting the item
stating thnt his paper had sus
pended. He takes exvption to
its criticism of his position on
the "greenback qnestion, and
then gives his views in a con
densed form, and ask that we
reply through the Banner.
This, we most respectfully de
cline to do, not desiring to enter
into any controversy on the
snbjert, Mr. Pomeroy has a
perfect right to his opinion,
which it is but just to say, he
has made thoroughly public.
He has many proselytes, and is
now, we think, at the head ot
the greenback movement. We
entertain our own views of tiie
financial problem. The ablest
minds in the country are not
agreed npon any one plan. We
could not convince Mr. Pome
roy that he is wrong. Mr.
Pomeroy cannot convince us
that we are not right. Mr.
Pomeroy writes us a very polite
and gentlemanly letter, and
with him, as an individual, we
have no fault to find. We re
serve the right to criticise his
opinions as publicly expressed
in his paper
AUtlonarics-
St, Louis has 500,000 inhabi
tants, and its churches can con
tain only 30,000 people. In
this respect St. Louis is not far
different from all the other
large cities in the United States.
ret all ot these cities take up
collections and sent missionaries
to convert the heathens in In
dia, China and Africa. The
Austin Statesman, quoting Cnpt,
Silas Bent, an admirable scholar
and gentleman who spent some
time in China, as saying the
oldest Protestant missionary in
that country confesses that all
attempts to convert the Chinese
have proved failures. But few
of the converts remain firm.
W. H. Russell, in his notes on
travel in India, doubts whether
twenty high caste Hindoos have
been converted since the Brit
ish entered India. The dedrc
tions drawn from the facts pre
sented is, that it would be bet
ter to spend the money used in
foreign missions at home.
Thk Marshall Herald says
that it has written to Throck
morton, and his reply warrants
the assertion that he is a candi
date, and as fully in the field
as it his name was authoritative
ly announced in every paper in
the State. This announcement
may be taken as official. The
Herald undertakes, in an edito
rial a column in length, to show
why Throckmorton should be
Governor. The Banner has no
favorite to urge for the position
and is satisfied to nbido by the
decision ot the State Democrat
ic Convention. It does not,
however, think that Throckmor
ton will be the man.
Five we?ks ago A. J. Bald
win, of Berlin, Conn., was bit
ten by a dog, from the effects of
which he died on the 27th ult.
The doctors pronounce it a caso
of hydrophobia.
THE C0MI5U STATE COXTKXTlOJi.
Interrogatories lr the Chairman of
the Democratic State Executlm
Committee.
Tothf Members nf the Democratic
State Executive Committee.
It appears, from the vote cast
by yon, that there is not major
ity in favor ot any place for hold
ing the convention.
Dallas, Austin, Galveston,
Houston, Waco. Palestine and
San Antonio havo been named.
To avoid, it possible, the ex
pense, inconvenience, and delay
of calling the committee togeth
er to determine the question. I
have thought it best to ask your
advice, as follows:
1. What place is yur first
choice?
JJ. What your second choice?
3. What your third choice?
4. Shall a plurality, or major
ity, ot the votes cast be requis
ite! 5. Should no place receive the
necessary number ot votes as a
first choice, shall I rounder the
votes cast in answer t Inter
rogatory 2d, and it, in response
thereto, there should be a suffi
cient number for any place,
shall I call the conention tor
that place?
6. Should the vote3 cast in re
sponse to Interrogatories 1st and
2J respectively not be decisive,
shall 1 then consider the votes
cast in answer to Interrogatory
3d; and if, in reply thereto, there
should appear the necessary
number of votes for any place,
shall I designate such place as
where the convention is to be
held?
7. It there should be failure
to elect in the manner as above
stated, shall I place in nomina
tion before the committee the
two places receiving the great
est number ot votes as lirst
choice, one ot which to be selec
ted as the place tor holding the
convention!
Yonr immediate and especial
attention is invited hereto, and
should any member now be a
non-resident of the district for
which he was appointed, he is
requested to so inform me, that
some other person mav be at
once appointed, in his stead and
the committee kept at its maxi
mum number.
Joseth D. Satebs,
Chairman Dem. State Execu
tive Committee.
Bastrop, February 26. 1878.
Thk Brenham Banner is mis
taken in this statement:
When the State convention
which nominated Coke the firsi
time was assembled at Anstin,
tho Democracy of that place
wonld not furnish lights, until a
delegate proposed a collection
for that purpose, and moved
that the Travis delegates be ex
empt from so cntribnting.
Wo hope onr contemporary
will make the proper correction
Stale Gazette.
The Banner would not know
ingly make a false charge. It
would afford us unbounded
pleasure to correct the above
statement, but we have the
most solemn asservatiou of one
who knows, that the statement
made in the paragraph quoted
by the Oasette is true.
The Washington Star pub
lishes the daily receipts of the
government. On the 2Sth ult.
they were, Internal revenne
$378,909,45; customs 5418,323.
86. Thus, it goes on day after
day. The govcrnn ent "scoops
np" from one-halt to three-quarters
of a million daily- Money
is scarce and times are hard,
bnt yet there is a steady flow of
revenue into the capacious maw
of the treasury.
The Gahcston A'eics of the
5th inst. is a mammoth sheet,
full to repletion with the cur
rent news of the day, and also
giving an elaborate description
of "Prince Silex's Pomp," The
third annual celebration of the
M. D. R.'8 took place on Mon
day Twenty-tour cars were in
the procession, each ot which
is accurately described.
THEDenison iVcw, speaking
of Throckmortons' candidacy, re
marks: Tne office is seeking the
man, not the man the office.
We are pleased to know that
theic is at least one departure
from the time honored custom
of the man seeking the office.
Two years ago tho United
States fish commission deposited
salmon eggs in Wolf river
which empties into the Missis
sippi justbelow Memphis. This
season the fishermen are taking
salmon in largo numbers. Sal
mon always return to the place
ol their iuenbation.
The Galveston Journal of
Commerce has an editoral in
which it takes strong grounds
against the drumming system,
and makes some well timed re
marks upon the particular beni
fit that wonld accrue to Galves
ton in particular, were the sys
tem abolished by the wholesale
dealers ot that city.
STATS nsws.
Wheat prospects
in
Bell
county aieRiiperb.
Mumps aud measles
are
prevalent in Dallas.
A mad dog was shot in
Hempstead but not killed.
J. A. Fcddcrman habccu
appointed post-master at Bel ton.
The Jefferson Jimp wants
gambling legalized and licensed.
Several Chicago wholesale
houses advertise in the Dallas
papers.
The Cotton seed oil mills
begin work on Monday next
at Dallas.
The courthouse at Hender
son was destroyed by fire on the
6th inst.
The Dallas saloons are
now closed f ron 9 a si to 4 p m
on Sunday.
St Patrick's day will be
celebrated in Dallas on Satur-
nrday the 16 th.
The habef s corpus case of
Parker and Hodges is btill pro
gicssing at Bryan.
The lights has gor c out in
Dr. Sam Houston's Longview
Lantern. It's dead.
The Hempstead Messenger
says work on tho Brazos bridge
was begun on Monday.
There are said to be one
hundred and fourteen regular
Greenback clubs in Texas.
The tax collector is abroad
in many connties in Texas much
to the disgust ot delinquents.
Thk Congressional proceed
ings of the last few flays have
been of no general public inter
est. At An-tin eggs arc selling
at ten cents a dozen; soft oily
butter is firm at thirty cents a
pound.
'r.'Kinii, theonvictel mur
derer, has been sent from lions
ton to Galveston for safe keep
ing in the jail.
Hattie Washburne, tho wo
man who "accideny"' shot Jack
Duncan at Dallas, has been dis
charged from jail.
The way the Dallas Her
ald puts it they no longer steal
horses in nothern Texas; they
simply 'fhook" them.
The Victoria Advocate re
ports tho sale of a fine lot of
sixteen corn-fed steers to a city
butcher at $25 a head.
J. P. and M. T. Griffin charg
ed with robbing the express at
faris, are in jail in that city in
default of $5000 bond each.
Several farmers in the
neighborhood ot Giddings have
planted from twenty to thirty
barrels of Irish potatoes each.
Capt. W. J Walter, for
many years connected with the
mechanical department of the
Dallas Herald became associate
editor.
Dr John T. Tinslcy, a Texas
veteran of 1835 died at Gonza
les on the 6th inst., aged 78
years. He had resided in tho
county 45 years. '
The Victoria Advocate re
plying to an item in another pa
per says that no snch an insti
tution as local option ever ex
isted in Victoria county.
A young German butcher
boy, lately employed in Denison
has fallen heir to ?80,000. The
money awaits him in Cincin
nati. He butchers no more.
Tho Bastrop Advertiser
with due solemnity announces
the birth of a calf, and regrets
that its sex was not the one de
sired by the owner ot the cow.
Another old Texan has
been tonnd. Jonathan Pool,
resides at Cedar Springs, Falls
county and has been a constant
resident of Texas for sixty-one
years.
A Houston Telegram report
er, on Saturday lat, interviewed
Messrs. Asa Jarman and John
H. James. Both gentlemen
have lived in Texas for forty
eight years.
The Victoria Advocate says
that sine the passagcof the silver
bill there is no just cause why
Mexican dollars should not be
par instead of ten per cent dis
count as at present.
Tho Grayson County
Greenback Executive Commit
tee met at Sherman on Satur
day last. The attendance was
just largo enough to pas a
serioc3 of resolutions.As wejhaTc
already said we havo but little
taith in this so-called Greenback
movemaut.
In Denison two young men
were trying to sell a mule at a
rodicnloiisly low price. They
were arrested on suspicion and
a six-shooter was found in the
possesion ot one ot them.
A Mr. Dillard, of Foit
Worth, was met on the road by
highwaymen nea r Cleburne,
knocked down and robbed ot
17.50. The robbers gave
him a very severe beating.
Griffin the express agent
at Paris, who wasreccntly 10b
bed ot a 810,000 imckage on
the platform, aud also his broth
er were arrested on a charge of
having committed the robbery.
A negro escaped from the
Belton j lil; he was pursued by
the jailer ahd attcr biing knock
ed down five times concluded to
surrender. He wa repaired by
a doctor and again locked up.
Spotswood, the train robber,
is a bad man. lie committed
a mnrder in Missouri, for which
he was tried and acquitted. He
was implicated in the mnrder
of two negro men at Cotton
wood in this State.
The examination ot Paker
and Hodges, charged with the
murder of Rush Randlc, was
concluded at Brvan on Wed
nesday. Judge Ford admitted
the defendant to bail in the
sum of $ 6000 each.
The champion tramp pnt
in bisappenranee in Denison.
lie went to a private house and
locking a lady In the kitchen
ordered her to cook him a break
fast. He kept her a prisioner
until the breaktaat was done.
A shooting scrape took
place last week at Fairfield.Froe
tono comity. A man named
James Chappcll was shot by A.
Deining, Sr., ot Mexia. The
wound is painful but not serious
Tho trouble was all aliout a dog.
The examination of Geo.
Harris charged with the mnrder
ot Olenick was concluded before
JnsticeTegeneron Wednesday
tin has taken the matter under
advitemcut and will render his
desision on Friday. Austin
Statesman.
At an experience meeting
in Dallas hist Sunday night one
man arose with tears in his eyes
and actually acknowleged to
having been guilty of editing a
newspaper in Arkansas. The
confession produced a great con
sternation in the audience.
In 1872 Waco organized a
library association which has
had a fitful existence ever since.
It seems te have been impossi
ble to arouse popular interest in
it. The book are now in pos
session of the Y .M. C. A. and ef
fort will be made to utilize them.
" The Jixaimner snys the
nnmbcr of building now being
erected in all parts of Waco is
surprisingly large. In every
neignborhood in the county new
farms are being opened and im
proved, with houses fences and
orchards; on every hand there is
the best evidence of enterprise,
thrift and prosperity.
Tnr. 'aldcrmanic election in
Galveston on Monday passed
off quietly. Fonr Democrats
and two Independents were
elected. In Galveston the al
dermen serve two years. There
are twelve aldermen in all, one
half ot whom are elected each
year; the others hold over.
The Dallas Morning Call
asks uIs there a hell?" and pro
ceeds to anwer, yes, several ot
them. It than goes on to enu
'merate a number of gambling
houses. The tiger lnxnriates
in all the case and magnificence
that is he wont when undistnrb
ed. The menagerie is run wide
open and in open daylight.
On Friday night Rockdale
was visited by another fire.
The residence of John R. Giles
caught fire from an exploded
coil lamp (non-explosive oil)
and was consumed. The flames
communicated to the residence
of Solon Jynes, destroying it
also. Mr. Joyncs bad time to
save most of his furnitnrc.
--The dead body of a man,
in an almost decomposed state,
wa3 fonnd near the road, some
six miles west of An-tin. The
skuli was brought to a farm
house by a hungry dog; an ex
amination showed a bullet hole
in the back of it, thus making
it clear that the man had been
murdered. The body is suppos
de to have been that of Henry
Wood, who lived in the cedar
brake in the neighborhood.
In the McLennan county
Criminal conrt, at Waco, police
man Freeman was tried for al
leged false imprisonment in ar
resting and holding lor a few
moment? in custody, a man
named Jackson, whom he sus
pected ot carrying concealed
weapons. The jury charged the
officer $27 and accompaniments.
Four Worth has lately en
joyed a first class sensation. A
gentleman and his wife were
stopping at a hotel. The wite
had visited the room of a male
hoarder. The husband became
jealous and firing into tho room
where he supposed his wife wa,
scared the man so badly that he
jumped from a second story
window and eloped.
San Antonio, having proba
ly had cneough of Galvoston on
"that celebrated" excursion last
spring, concluded to havo a
Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday
celebration of its own. A band
ot urn-Jo was employed and a pro
cession had during the day los
ing with a grand dance in the
evening.
Thk lexas Iron Age, rail
way guide and land journal, is
the title ot a new weekly paper
judt. started at Anstin by Col. W.
Y. Leader, a gentleman well
known in Texas journalism.
The Colonel having retired from
the political arena, the Banner
wishes him mnch success in his
new undertaking.
San Antonio comes nobly
to the front with a cock pit, and
the Krpress forthwith files a
requisition tor a ball ring on
one ot the public squares. A
hull-fight is conducive to pnblic
morals.
The S. A. Express says "the
way Blind Tom ajiplands him
self reminds one of the Waco
Examiner endorsing Lang lor
Governor."
Victoria Advocate: Pedro
Lastra has retnrned from the
Rio Grande with a herd ot five
hundred saddle horses lor Mes-rs.
Snyders. The horses will b
used in driving cattle to Kan
sas this spring.... The success
with which wheat has been
grown in this section has
brought reaping mnclr.nc manu
facturers to the front to see what
will lie netdedin their line....
We have received a sample ot
strawberries of this season's
growth. The berries were ot
good size, rich in coler and quit"
ripe and Jnciou-'.
Congressman Schleicher
thinks the best way to increase
trade with Mexico is to take
measurer to insure peace, and
this can lie done only by keep
ing a large force on tho boitL-r.
At present English "merchants
have representatives in Mexico
and also give long credits.
Nearly every paper in the
State has a parting word fc r
Old Ben Wade, who has "cross
ed over the river," but whether
"to rest under the shade ol the
trees," is beyond human ken.
Ceeket county Kentucky has
been visited by a tornado 400
yards wide. In the village of
Mount Olive several honses were
swept away. Two or three farm
honses were destroyed and five
or six persons were killed. Loss
in property $5o,0"0.
St Louis now has another
through railroad connects s
with St Paul; the newly open
ed road runs through central
Iowa from north to south; the
portion of the Stato traversed is
largely devoted to the prodno
'ionotgram. The Hepublican
ot Monday last is almost ex
clusively devoted to writing up
the advantages offered by St.
Lonis is a grain market tor the
great northwest. The comple
tion of the Eads jetties at the
mouth of the Missisippi gives
an outlet to the sea for the vast
qnanity of grainiprodnctd in the
Missisppi valley. If there is
anv truth in tho assertion of the
Hepiillican the prestige of Chi
cago is gone.
Brenham Feb. 25th 1S7S.
I have this day received ot
Messrs. Bayles & Koberson.
Agents for I he Planters and
Merchants Mutual Insurance
Co. ot Mobile, Ala. Seven hun
dred dollars, payment in full of
loss by fire and my store house
and contents.
Wm. LOCHRIDGE.
Ifcw Advertisements
C. C. L0CK5TT,
-A.toraa.oy,"ivtIj'vw
Brenbnm, Texaa,
Office In Allcora buildinff, opposite
public eqnare. mcli$-w.
W. C BAIRD, M. D.,
Plijiltian and Surgeon,
Wesley. Washington Count, 'rexa
miLS w
Hotico to Tar-Payars
Ijat Cliano.
TflE TIJIE FOB. PATMESTS OF
Taxes on resl estate for he jea s
1873. 1874, 1875 and 1877 will 1m ex
teutletl to lti- Ent Iar ot April next
without cost, after which ilum tlixni
will jwUiety be no further Irl.iV.
All patties who hare nut rAld tueif
taxed tor Bald ynrt, are rrquratnl tn
cunie forward and par ''"" "ama and
sam coet. It. A. HAHVIX,
Collector Washington Cunnty.
For Sale.
AFOUTT" ACKE FARTI. S1TTJA
tul ne sbIIb ami a quartrr rn
ot lir-nhni, wrH ImproTfil; Wood and
water plentiful; a aph-uriul .location Tor
adtirjffinr. productive noil. Will b
sold tor ne thud chrIi, balatier p rabln
within one aid two jeara Ap ily. at
the Bam--it Office. Mrch8 if
VBG-ETINE.
IIKR OWN WOW?.
IULTiMOHr,3l. I., Feb. 13, 1377.
Mr. tl. It. tevks.
Deahu IncenU yean, I hive fint a
Forraml err alufUI &.. I hart wiraf tbx
frlrlani. but the nmltlti't niTC mr. Sotr I
liaeheant fmtrj:HlntYni llv wlto
w&trfclt fr a I'jDjf lime. ant hm-aiue all ell
from yunr epfiitp, ami I went awl Ixmpht
me one ltt1e r Vejetine: and after I had
n-ed imebotile, the jiti-i left me, anrl It be
ran to heal, ami then 1 1 tiht miff othfr bnt
tie. and m 1 lake It yet. I thank Gtl for thU
remwlv and yoiuvelfs ami irl-hlnpr every
Fiiflerermirnay alteut ion toll. It bablev
Ing for beafth
MBS.CKnVTlE,
673 Wext Baltimore Street.
VKGET1XR.
SAKE ANDSCTtK.
?iii.IT. R. ?txticc-.
Id 1i72 yoor A ejretfne tra.- rew mmemlrd to
ne. and, jirMinjr tn the perFnaI'tn? of a
friend. I mnruted to try it. At the lime I
wasufTerlncfrnm jrenejal debility and nerr
oia pmsrraibm.. rupeiimlncfil by otenrork.
and UTejmlsr habit-- Its wonderful rt enth
eimr and cnrarlTP iirfierlle eemrl tn a fleet
my debilitated system frwn te (Iritdve; ami
nnYlerlr per Wt rut ttof rapidly recnTered.
a biln more titan it-mil health and pirnl
feeilnjr Mnee then IhAie not he-i fated h
to piTeVeireinemyrntirnfpialIiIeiUiidore
roent. a hein? a -afer mne, ami powerful
apentln prnmling health and rrMtnrlnr th
waited eytrm fr neir lire and enerpr. Vrse
tlneNtheonlTmedirlite I u--e; and anions aj
I lire loerer expect to find a letTCT.
YoniMtmlr. YT. II. CLARK,
U0 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Fran.
YEfiETIKE.
THE REST SrRfGVEOICISE.
OUKXXBTUWX.
It. R. Ftxtkw.
DearS!!: Thi-tUfr pertlfVlhat Ihaven-e-l
ymur "Blood lreiaraiifn"rn ray familr for
several year, and tl fnt that for Scrofula or
Cankeron ITnroon or Rhenmati atrertlon It
cannot I exrellnl; and a a Mood purifier
and sprinjrnmlirinclt Sthehe-tthrn?I hare
errr n.ed, and 1 have u-ed atnxt ei erytlilnjr.
I can cherrtmly recommend It to any one in
need of och a medicine.
Tours rejnecifnllr.
Mis. A . A .TinMORK.
19 Rueell street.
VKGETIXE.
TVHAT I SEEDED.
Eostot, Feb. 13, 1S7U
JI.R.Snmcr.
lrc.R?in w nt oneyearfincel found ntr
elf In a feeble enndllfou fnini peneial rteMfi
rr. Vejreilne va tfronjdy recommrndeil tn
meb a friend who had been muchbrnetltteft
byitane. I iirnruredthe article. and. afler
lining- tereiM bottle, ita,- rntfojed to health,
and di-enntluned it ne. I feelqnite confi
dent that there 1 ha medicine nprriur tnit
for tboe complaint Cr wlilrh It I epertallr
prepared, and would ebeerflillT recommend
itthot-ewho feel that they necd'comrthlog to
restore them to ierfect healths
ReiectfallrTncii.
trCl. FKTTEXCnX.
rirroofS. 31. 1'ertcnrm & Co.,
o. MFRue St., Kodtoa.
yegetine:
ALL HAVE OBTAINED RELIET.
Sorni Rroncx, Mje. , Jan . 17. l&J.
H. R. Stttew.
DKJiRra I hare bad dFpepiatn itmrornt
form for the lat len yean, and nare taken
hnndreda of tlnntn' worth ormedirinewlth
outobtalniujc anv relief. In Seirtember last
I commenced taking the Vccetinjr. idnce
irhieh time rov health ha- Ftradily fmprored.
My food dise-t. -well, audi hare pained fif
teen poumbofntu Therearei'evrralothers
In IIiN place taking Vcgetine, and all have
obtained rcliaf. Tonni truly.
THOMAS E. MOORE,
Orer-eer of Can! Eom, rorteiuouta t.'a
Milbj.
VEGSTIWE,
Prepared he
U. R. STEVEN, Boston. 3tas.
Yegetine Sold fo all firuggitts.
Financial Report.
Th State of Texas, County of
Washington:
Stat- ment -if tbfdeb'a, receipts and
xpendituren of Washington comity
for the year beginninc January 1, A.
D 1877, and ending December SI, A.
I). 1877, inclni-ive.
Amount iluebTthenron-
Iv January I, 1ST7, a
shown by teconU Oon-
mivtlnsers' roort,teb-
mary term, 1.-7T 30,S3 SO
Amount bCrip Lul ty
OUtrlct Urrk to jurors
upto Atvm-tlJ, 1T7 . I,ll 50
AnbxuitokeriplNweUny
ortinly clerk to Jnrow
ilurinstheTrarl!&7 .. ,4M 00
Amount rrli Lueil to
nairpera 1t county clerk
In OT! I,6M J3
AnvtunHrthfrclalm aj-
lirnvrU by umnib
Hnm' conrt, anil
MTiu nnlercd therefor
during is; ii.awai
curr.
Ily amount rpsktrrrd
M-rlphl In IstT. .. . 7,sin OT
By amount Jury scrip
11.1 In 1S7T 0I. I9
Dy arouuni common
irlitailinlti . . 13,501 62
By amount court botb
jailnrrip iilln 1KT. . 4,339 38
By amount mail and
brklrfc ecrin paW In
1377 .. .. j 744 45
By amount lnnatic ar- '
luni-x-rippaiil tnlt7f . 1,51813
By amount common dcrip
on hand iu trratury S 231 63
By amount cash in treas
ury j joo 13
Bramonnt balance due
bycounty 1G.0B7 73
l,lta 73-VJ,103 73
Office County Judge, Washing
ton County, Brenham, Texas.
1,11. E Williams, county jndfra of
Wanhinpton county, certiiy" the above,
lobe a true and correct statement of
the debt, receipts and expenditures of
the cunty lor tke year commencing
January l.and eudinj; December 31,
A. D. 1877, as rhown by the records of
the Commlraionera cuntt and the re
port of the County Treasurer- By thia
stntrment i: will be seen that in one
year the debt lias hen decreased from
$30,330-511 to $16,057.73, a decreahe of
nearly one-half. I hereto annex state
ment of R. A.Harrin, Esq . Tax Collec
tor, as pari of this stntemrnt.
Given under mr real and signature
officially February 28. 1878.
H.E. WILLIAMS.
Oiunty Jcriire Washington UOt.
Brenhem, Feb. 28. 1877.
Judge H. E Williams, Bren
ham, 2'cvasz
Dkk Sut At your request I have
examined the lax rolls in my poores
aion, and find that there was about
$J3,0O) still duH the county on tho
first day of Jjunary A. D 1878. I
think I can collect nlmut $30,000 of
eaid amount daring the present Tear.
Respectfully, joar obedient serenm,
1UA.HARVIN.
TnxtfclJe tor Washington Ue.
Marclil-n4t
BEV. S. HOGEftS,
Attorxtoyt-Ij cn-roc-,
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